Cake In 15

In case you missed it, Caroline Smith covering “Androgynous” was one of the highlights of the Tribute to the Replacements at First Avenue last week.  So of course, CakeIn15 has video… Caroline Smith covers The Replacements “Androgynous” from CakeIn15 on Vimeo.

Local underground rapper Kristoff Krane is a hugger, he’s got a lot of love for a lot of people and is always willing to share it. Now he’s in need of some love of his own. After weeks of shooting the video for the standout track “Miracle” from his This Will Work For Now release, [...]

Mason Jennings‘ new record Blood of Man is getting a heaping of critical praise, as his best yet, and a return to form after some other middling efforts this decade. Adding Jacob Hanson on guitar certainly has helped round out the band and Blood of Man has pumped new life on Jennings’ discography. His extended [...]

Photo by Alexa Jones. The Street Preacher came back to his home corner Friday and Saturday, as Brother Ali wrapped up the Fresh Air tour with two bouncing shows in the First Avenue Mainroom. With a full complement of Rhymesayers Entertainment talent backing him up, Ali threw a spiritual dance party, a deep-rolling, baddest-motherfucker communal [...]

Last night, the CakeIn15 house was packed for two intimate shows from musical duo and real life husband and wife Alexei and Channy Moon Casselle, also known as Roma di Luna. A 7pm show sold out in about a day and so a 4pm show was added, and both shows were filled with traditional music, [...]

If you ever sat in the basement of Java Jack’s, this is one of the songs that is part of the orthodox canon of the Mad Ripple Hootenanny tunes, along with Brianna Lane‘s “Porchlight” and Stook!‘s “A Song Is More Then Just A Song”, “Death Bed Bride” is part of the liturgy of the Hoot, [...]

Christian-Philippe Quilici of vita.mn posts what amounts to an op-ed calling on to question the sexy new ad campaign for MN AIDS Walk. The new AIDS Walk promotional materials feature glossy videos of buffed men talking in stilted terms about the importance of safe sex practices. Here is Alex’s behind-the-scenes video: The problem, as Quilici [...]

While down the street, the Dirty Projectors were either blowing you away with their complexity or turning you off with the same, at the Triple Rock Social Club, young London-based orch-poppers Fanfarlo were making the room all warm and cozy with their promising arrangements and homespun rock. The sextet just kicked off their first headlining [...]

“Any Fantasies You May Have After This You May Disregard as Fallacious” or “Their Perfection is Absolute and Everlasting” For Staciaann’s photos for Vita.mn on Facebook, clik here. Close to the end of The Mountain Goats set at the Cedar Cultural Center on Saturday night, John Darnielle squinted out to the audience and smiled, pulling [...]

Standing out in front of the Music Box Theater Friday night for the criminally under-attended J.Tillman show, Dearling Physique frontman Dominique Davis came out to rave about this new Yeasayer track, “Ambling Alp” (get it by clicking the Yeasayer link). Since their last new tune, the contribution “Tightrope” to the Dark Was The Night compilation, [...]