By Kaleb Bronson
When arriving on the Minnesotan turf in 1991, no one thought this man of mystery would give birth to a plethora of studio albums, break records during a 52.4 hour music marathon and carry an alter-ego which transforms the stage during every performance, but the man known as Mark Mallman has, and is [...]

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By Rich Horton
First things first, I thought this album for some reason would have some metal in it. When I hear Satanic surf band, I figured there might be some metal guitars and those metal can’t understand vocals. Then I thought surf music with vocals, that wouldn’t really fit.

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By Brett Reese
Take the vocals from The Clash, add a pinch of the lead singer of Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, throw in some Beatles’ styled music, and a dash of Royksopp’s downbeat moods, mix it all up, and out would come Spiritual Mansions new album, “Touched.”

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CD release parties, art shows and more this weekend. You can check out our events website – riftmagazine.ning.com for the skinny on it all.
The St. Paul Sac Attack Benefit Show, Sept. 11 at the Rock.
ARP! #10 Pipe Dreams Release Party
The Van Gobots CD release at the Uptown.
Miyagi Birthday Party and art opening
Randomness, Control, and the [...]

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By: Kaleb Bronson
If Yoda were to step into an audience while this Minneapolis MC was spitting his rhymes, he would say, “Wisdom, this one has.”If anyone has seen local eager MC SIMS perform or heard any of his cemented lyrical balance, they would agree and on False Hopes XIV,  SIMS of the supreme Doomtree crew, [...]

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By: Tammy Reese
It’s hard to believe someone as talented as Claire Taubenhaus is an unsigned artist. Her debut album, “No Compass and No Commands” is a breathtakingly, refreshing change from all of the cookie-cutter artists playing all over the radio. Taubenhaus’ clear, crisp vocals blend marvelously with the acoustically driven backgrounds of the album. Each [...]

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By  Kaleb Bronson
He should be known as a musical conquistador, Matt Jennings new record Todavia is a unshakable album with a sound that gathers the Spanish caravan of delicate strums, lyrics and inquisition into the era of intermingled language barriers.

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The newest video posted by Northern Outpost. For more videos check out their website.

NORTHERN OUTPOST – Episode 17 – 9/4/09 – Economy Team from Northern Outpost on Vimeo.

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From the guy who created our first cover drawing, DWITT is celebrating five years of self employment. He is celebrating by having a sale on his art prints and posters. Five dollar posters and other discounts on his art. He also has a subscription deal where you get all the posters he does for the [...]

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By Sean Brown
Calusa sounds like they’re having more fun than any band in recent memory. Hard and fast, they play a modern version of 1980s punk rock along the lines of other Minneapolis icons like Husker Du or The Replacements, on a larger scale there are elements of the Ramones and Dead Kennedys. Unfortunately for [...]

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