I had a chance to travel out of town this past week. It’s always nice to step out of your everyday element for a bit. Naturally, I couldn’t resist seeking out any and all places that were selling records along the way, and I’m pleased to say that I came across a handful of gems,…
On this installment of the podcast, we dig into the jingling world of The Skygreen Leopards, Jewelled Antler and beyond with Glenn Donaldson. For the past two decades, Donaldson has been an active presence in underground and experimental music circles, contributing to numerous group efforts including Mirza, The Blithe Sons, Thuja, Flying Canyon, and The…
I’d like to say that I have been easing into my usual mellow summer mode, but after dealing with some unseasonably hot days, I feel more like summer has been thrust upon us. This has made for, at times, an intense and exhausting past couple of weeks. The playlist for this installment of the podcast…
On April 20th, we hosted our second annual “An Evening of Experimental and Improvised Sound” event at the Arts Center of St. Peter. It was such a memorable evening filled with magical performances by Maths Balance Volumes, Troy Schafer, Aquarelle, and Sean McCann. Here’s a great video capturing some of the sights and sounds that went…
After back-to-back feature shows, the listening pile has been stacking up on me once again, so on this installment I get back to highlighting a bunch of mostly newer releases across various formats that have arrived of late. I’ve got a few lengthy selections included this time, and things seem to vary quite a bit…
Well, it has been a few months since we last posted the playlists for the weekly Free Form Freakout show here on the website. A lot went down during that time: snow, public DJ outings, live shows from Ty Segall and The Residents (& more), the KMSU Spring Pledge Drive, more snow, An Evening of…
On this installment of the FFFoxy Podcast, I was joined in the studio by Sean McCann. Sean was in town taking part in “An Evening of Experimental & Improvised Sound”, an event that Free Form Freakout curated at the Arts Center of St. Peter. It proved to be such a memorable evening filled with mesmerizing…
On this installment of the FFFoxy Podcast, we dig deeper into the shadowy world of the Korea Undok Group. From its beginnings in 2015, the Winnipeg-based Korea Undok Group has maintained a bit of a cryptic presence within the cassette underground: the name – being lifted from a spam email service – is applied to…
KMSU’s annual Spring Pledge Drive starts on Wednesday, April 18 and runs through Friday, April 27th. The station’s goal this time around is to raise an ambitious $40,000. As we’re sure many listeners of independent public radio fully understand, these fundraisers aren’t just a means to bring in much-needed money to help pay for operating…
April is shaping up to be a very busy month, so I decided to knock out another podcast since I had a little free time to work with this week. I’ve got a stacked installment for you this time filled with sounds from mostly newer releases to come out in the first quarter of this…
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