Music Events in Minneapolis

Fronted by The Voice (Team Dan + Shay) and American Idol favorite Ryan Argast the Alternative Pop Rock band, Marina City, is rounded out by Eric Somers-Urrea on drums, and guitarist Todor Birindjiev. With dark brooding production, genre-bending prowess, and powerful vocal delivery, MARINA CITY is a refreshing alternative rock band that reflects a melting pot of influences. Their statement EP, REFLECTIONS VOL I showcases the vulnerability and emotion fans have attached themselves too when seeing their explosive live performances. The opening track “Who Are You Now?” serves as a “kick-in-the-teeth” introduction to the band with Argast’s grit and soul baring through every word. The addicting guitar riff establishes the band’s sound as Birindjiev assures every song must have a riff that can’t be easily forgotten. “I’m So Broke” validates Marina City is not a one trick pony. Their poppier side still comes with dark undertones, introspective lyrics, and cutting riffs however it’s Somers-Urrea’s grooves that tear through the speakers.

Babytooth is the full band project of Portland, OR-based singer/songwriter Isabel Zacharias. Annie Fifer (Yellow Room) lends guitar leads by turns distorted and crystal-clear, with Hugh Jepson (Soft Cheese, Moon Shy) behind the drums and Benson Chong (Honeydiu, How Strange It Is) splitting time between bass & keyboards. Fitting into and elaborating on the lineage of Pacific Northwest indie, the songs move between noisy melodic rock & twinkly folk experiments, recalling the scrappy '90s/early-aughts rock of the region as much as the incisive lyrical focus of acts like Smog and Silver Jews. LETTTERS is a three-piece rock band from Minneapolis featuring Robert Bob Martin, Luke Muellerleile, and Andy Fuller. LETTTERS began as a recording project to explore Robert’s songwriting and multi-instrumentalist tendencies while he performed around the Midwest in other bands. He released three albums without any intention of performing this work live, but with the release of 2024’s “The Ropes,” Luke and Andy joined in to bring these songs to the stage. Glurge is music for bugs trying to climb out of the sink

Formed in 2008 Grand Demise of Civilization quickly became a notable fixture of the Minnesota metal scene. Playing a brand of blackened death metal both melodic and brutal they garnered attention for their speed, intensity and precision. Typically long-form, their music pulls the listener into dark epic worlds. They released their debut full-length, "Black Goat Apocalypse" in 2009, proceeded by "Repent of the Sentient Being" (2013) and "Below the Feet of Kings" (2019). Continuing their bombardment of Epic Hell Metal, Grand Demise of Civilization released their fourth full-length, "The Blaze of Abaddon" in 2024 on CD, cassette and digital via Ordovician Records. SUNLESS (Minneapolis, MN) craft a uniquely dissonant and angular strain of death metal, blending technical precision with bleak atmospheres. With their releases Ylem (Willowtip, 2021) and Urraca (Independent/Aural, 2017), they’ve cemented their place among the most compelling bands in the new wave of progressive death metal. For fans of: Gorguts, Ulcerate, Baring Teeth Ulkum is prophetic sorrow and lament. Black doom adjacent to Funeral Doom, Death Doom and Black Metal.

Spit Takes is a gritty and melodic American punk band formed in 2022. The band is Vanessa McKinney (vocals), Monet Wong (guitar), Angie Lynch (Bass), Charles Gehr (Drums). Spit Takes deliver a fierce and infectious sound with raw, unapologetic lyrics & thick guitar riffs. Influences range from Amyl and the Sniffers & X-Ray Spex to Bikini Kill & The Slits. Scrunchies is a post-everything art punk band that brings a loud & energetic live set, recalling the messy and cathartic energy of late-'80s grunge, noise rock, and post-punk bands with heavy and melodic songs and surrealistic lyrics. Frontperson Laura Larson formerly led brash punk band Baby Guts and was also a member of seminal dance-punk drums and bass trio, Kitten Forever. Twin Cities queer punk band DOLL CHASER started with an idea to give back to the queer community they call home. Inspired by a wide variety of rock and punk groups, Doll Chaser combines a lively rhythm section with face melting lead guitar and aggressive, politically charged vocals with a splash of catchy harmonies to create a wholly unique style you won't find anywhere else.