Been enjoying a stretch of beautiful summer weather around these parts, and I think we’ve found the perfect soundtrack for these days in The Garment District’s new album called If You Take Your Magic Slow. We couldn’t agree more with their label’s description of the album that reads: “A mix of surreal instrumentals and subtle…
It took some extra time to put together a playlist I felt comfortable with for this episode of the podcast as there were so many excellent new releases and tracks to comb through. In fact, many of my favorite artists are included here on this show. On the cassette front, though, I can’t say enough…
It has been a busy past couple of weeks around here in FFF land making it difficult for Carl and I to meet up for the regular weekly shows. Fortunately, we have had local music head and vinyl fiend, Jameson Sweiger, sitting in with us on these occasions when the other is gone. He’s been…
On this episode of the FFFoxy Podcast, we delved into the latest collaborative endeavor from a core group of artists that have been long-time favorites of ours on the show: Nathan McLaughlin, Joe Houpert, Cody Yantis, and Josh Mason. For the past two years, they have been working on an ambitious series of releases under…
On this episode of the FFFoxy Podcast, we sifted through loads of (mostly) new music that we have acquired in the past month or so. Lots of terrific tape releases this time around, of which we’re especially loving the dark thriller “soundtrack” work of Yves Malone, the hypnotic rhythmic throb of Safehouse, the bittersweet pop…
On this week’s show, we discussed and played tracks from a bunch of artists that will be performing at Heliotrope X, the long-running annual three-day festival highlighting the Twin Cities vibrant underground music community. We’re especially looking forward to checking out Weakwick (*tape pictured above) and American Cream – a couple of bands whose music…
On this episode of the podcast show, we were joined in the studio by James Lindbloom who runs the Roaratorio label out of Minneapolis. We’ve been talking with James for years about having him be a guest on the show, and finally the weather and our schedules (etc.) were in sync. And his appearance on…
On the last couple of shows, we spun some new releases that have come out in recent weeks, revisited some other titles from the first part of the year, and tossed in some older tracks for good measure . Of the new material, David is particularly keen on the latest from Michael O, Armure, and Line…
Lots of great new music to sift through on this episode of the FFFoxy Podcast. We have been especially loving the latest albums from Jackie McDowell (who formerly recorded under the name Inez Lightfoot) and Armure, along with recent releases from the House of Alchemy, Crash Symbols, and FET Press labels. FET Press, working together…
It was a busy and exciting month for us here on Free Form Freakout. Carl had a great turnout for Record Store Day at his shop, Tune Town, and experienced his most profitable day in his store’s history. KMSU, the station where FFF emanates from, stared down its largest pledge drive goal in its history…