For fans of ’90s Minneapolis’ pop, a new release from the Hang Ups is a cause for celebration. Despite their flaws – namely, a tendency to the twee and a …
Originally published July 20, 1999 on Sidewalk.com. After spending the early part of this decade trying to shake loose from his reputation as a slightly saner Syd Barrett, tuneful Englishman …
Originally published Dec. 2, 1998 on sidewalk.com. It’s no longer online there, so I’ve reposted it in full here. Yeah, yeah, she’s the one with the 24-hour look-at-me Web cams in …
In the early ’60s, the surf sound was king in Minnesota – never mind that we’re farther from the ocean than any place except Mongolia – and Soma Records was …