Last week, Twin Cities singer Lyriq Lashay dropped the official video for 'Out of Control'. The song and its accompanying video serve as a response to the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin, as well as the evermore ubiquitous issue of gun violence in America. The full video can be seen here.
There's something sadly telling about this song's continued relevance, or even its heightened relevance, in the wake of Monday's Baltimore riots. That it's relevant to a documented disparity that has enveloped Amadou Diallo, Rodney King, Emmett Till and plenty of others throughout our nation's history is even sadder. Or enraging. Likely both.
Lashay went on to proclaim her support of Wednesday's planned MN Rise Up and #ShutIdDown With Baltimore action at Gold Medal Park, and to encourage local fans to join her there.
The apparent new face of Shoegaze is a Minneapolis musician
When local musician Tim Ritter posted a #tbt picture from his "Hey, girl..." days as a sullen 21-year-old, the last thing he probably expected was to go mildly viral. The pic took on a life of its own, though, and spread slowly through the Shoegaziest corners of the internet until it landed as the cover photo for an online mixtape out of Paris (France, not Texas.)
Ritter, who plays in Basement Apartment, was as confused by the unsanctioned use of his likeness as anyone, until he gave it some thought and determined the nature of the photo's escape from the confines of Facebook:
