Best Minnesota albums of the year (so far)

June 28, 2013 at 11:08PM
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Here we go again. Six months until the usual barrage of year-end lists hits, here's a tally of 10 albums that deserve to be ranked at 2013's halfway point. This annual semiannual roundup includes classic-sounding efforts by two of Minnesota's best-known rock bands, Low and the Replacements, innovative work by more recent stars such as the Stnnng and Dessa, plus quite a few upstarts you should discover well before the December recaps hit.

ON AIR: Chris Riemenschneider will weigh his picks against those of the Current's "Local Show" staff (6 p.m. Sun., 89.3 FM).

Haphduzn & Dimitry Killstorm, “Whittier Alliance” album art
Haphduzn & Dimitry Killstorm, “Whittier Alliance” album art (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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