Each month, we’re rounding up the latest local music that’s been on repeat. Follow our Spotify playlist to keep up with new music releases from Minnesota.
“The One You’ll Want Tomorrow” by Stone Arch Rivals
Stone Arch Rivals return with a tune that celebrates contradiction It’s raw yet dreamy, chaotic yet deeply alive. It’s all about finding light in the madness and a heartbreaking cry to laugh through the pain, to be a rebel in a world that keeps trying to bring you down, and to have a good time doing it.
“One Sin at a Time” by Ryan Necci and The Buffalo Gospel
“One Sin at a Time” opens up Ryan Necci and The Buffalo Gospel’s new album, The Dead Can’t Take a Hint. The record is deep, unhinged, and country-tinged–with soaring melodies filtered through heart-thumping tunes. The 11-track LP is a magnificent take on country-rock and told through a sharp, melody-driven, and emotionally raw cinema-inspired storytelling lens. Necci and co. showcase an unbridled creativity and gift for writing songs that speak truth to power with a plain-spoken and clear-eyed delivery.
“Thumbsucker” by Maya McDonald
Maya McDonald’s vocals are a force of nature: dynamic, unfiltered, and fiercely human. She moves effortlessly from brash, low-frequency punk poetry to airy, melodic pop-punk interludes, all tied together by that lilt that’s instantly recognizable. The result is a sound that feels both modern and nostalgic, a reminder of when we had to sentimentalize our chaos just to keep going.
“All Too Well” by Lookbook reflects on the joys, heartache and occasional disillusionment of getting older in the Midwest, all the while pushing towards the future. Each song on the new record, Unhide, unearths a side of themselves that had been buried or forgotten, forming an introspective journey threaded with both torment and joy.
“Lover, I’m an Anthem” by Carlisle Evans Peck
Carlisle Evans Peck embodies the hidden struggles behind ostensibly ordinary lives, rendered here with soft, tender grace. Peck leans into its quiet heaviness and lets it live in a darker, more cinematic world. Lyrically, “Lover, I’m an Anthem” captures the blur of intimacy and self-reflection—a plea for calm from a mind that won’t stop overthinking. Both wistful and anthemic, “Lover” delivers a melody that lingers long after it fades.
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