Recorded mostly live, The West Is the Future captures the intensity and dynamic range of Darren Jackson's Minneapolis band as a four-piece, with long-time drummer Christopher McGuire (John Vanderslice), guitarist Erik Appelwick (Vicious Vicious, Olympic Hopefuls) and bassist Zak Sally (Low) offering up a moody fusion of rock, folk, and country that has garnered comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliot Smith, Sparklehorse, The Black Heart Procession, and Pink Floyd. The darkly cinematic album picks    [ read more ]

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Like the Black Hills of songwriter Darren Jackson's native South Dakota, alt-rock duo Kid Dakota is a creature of extremes:Whisper-quiet vocals explode into searing guitar riffs and crushing drumbeats in a single breath. Loneliness and beauty go hand in hand. And a two-man band from Minneapolis makes a sound big enough to fill a stadium. Those two men-Jackson on electric guitar and vocals, and Ian Prince on drums-offer up a moody fusion of rock, folk, and country on the order of Okkervil and Sparklehorse.

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