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Minneapolis punk-rock bands | 70s and 80s punk

Steve Almaas

True love is found in the utterly charming “You’re the One for Me,” which shows up on Everywhere You’ve Been with a bouquet of flowers in hand. Flush with all the giddy innocence of new romance, the song is a soft, slow goodnight kiss of sparkling roots-pop, drawn closer by sly hooks and pulling away with a sweet smile. Its intentions are pure, as are those of Steve Almaas on this, his easygoing, exceedingly likeable sixth solo album. Unlikely to be issued any citations for disturbing the peace, its unhurried, lighthearted Americana so warm and inviting, Everywhere You’ve Been bears little resemblance to the rambunctious, full-throttle noisemaking of Almaas’s trailblazing Suicide Commandos, who probably first introduced the Twin Cities to punk rock. Nor does it share much in common with the clean, jangly country-rock of Beat Rodeo, formed by Almaas in the ‘80s. Even the swinging, upbeat rockabilly of “Someway, Somehow, Somewhere” is more reminiscent of Ricky Ne

Indie Spotlight reviews of Doug Hoekstra, Steve Almaas, June Star and more

Indie Spotlight reviews of Doug Hoekstra, Steve Almaas, June Star and more Author: By Lee Zimmerman Doug Hoekstranever settles for the ordinary, but his new album The Day Deserved may be his most ambitious project yet.. With songs that veer from the cajoling (“Seaside Town”) to the caressing (“Late Night Ramble,” Grace”) to the carousing (“Keeper of the Word”) and even the quirky (“Wintertime”), it is, by Hoekstra’s own description, a record “intended to be a marker of the times, fleshed out by “disenfranchised characters inhabiting the tunes, pressing on through barriers and breaks fostered by their surroundings.” It is, by any definition, an ambitious outing, one that covers a lot of musical turf while keeping its intents intact. Nevertheless, it’s also throughly intriguing and compelling, an album that reaches well beyond the usual melodic and thematic constraints. Hoekstra’s low cast vocals belie the album’s more urgent intents, but the emoti

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