Minnesota Brown

This week, Europe is on high alert after Sweden reported picking up a distress signal from a Russian submarine in its territorial waters. The Scandinavian nation has cause for concern because the loose Russian sub might contain nuclear materials or weapons. Further reports indicate some kind of strange foreign-flagged ship seen in the area, possibly connected…

Northern Minnesota’s own Trampled by Turtles is now a repeat visitor to the AV Club’s Undercover series, in which mid-level bands struggling with their limitations in the harsh face of stardom cover one song from a list of tunes by other mid-level bands struggling with their limitations in the harsh face of stardom and/or radio…

Here in Northern Minnesota, lamenting winter is a growing cottage industry. Why, just think of it! Another polar vortex. Of course, the fact that winter is always cold here remains a fact that kills the buzz of trumped-up media reports, but only if you let it. Lately it seems that our cultural memory extends back…

Last year, we held our winter edition of the Great Northern Radio Show in Fosston, Minnesota. The “jam” that inspired that show was this video, “Straight Outta’ Fosston” by rapper/comedian Bino White (Fosston’s own Joe Hanson). Hanson, who now lives in California, has a well-followed web series “Badge of Shame.” A mix of music, sketches…