Twin Town High Music Yearbook: Volume 8
September 5th, 2006
By Archived Story
What can I say? It has a little something for everyone. From punk to indie rock, B96 to Kool-108, MTV to CMT - well maybe that is taking it a bit too far. Nonetheless, Twin Town High Music Yearbook is an eclectic arrangement of some of the best music the Twin Cities have to offer for 2006-07.
The CD’s overall tone is mellow, ideal while hanging with a group of friends. Don’t get too comfortable though — the middle of the disc will halt you in mid roll and force you to dance. The Pines lead the way through a few bumpy spots, but eventually steer you out of the woods to a calm and collected finish. Big Quarters will shake your hips and move your feet, Roma Di Luna will have you reminiscing about the one that got away, and Building Better Bombs will send you flailing into the middle of a mosh pit.
Even if you skip through a number of tracks, only finding three or four that you like, the goal of the CD will have been accomplished: introducing locals and outsiders alike to emerging Minnesotan talents.
Hats off to Leo Kuelbs, past music editor at the Pulse, who helped release the first CD, and Steve McPherson, current music editor of Pulse of the Twin Cities, for sifting through nearly 100 submissions over slices of Davanni’s pizza with David Goldstein and Ben Durrant, narrowing the album down to a creative kaleidoscope of 22 tracks. Thanks also to Ben Durrant for his mad mastering skills.
