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  • The Ledge #452: 1985

    Posted on November 21, 2020 2:30 am by theledge Comment

    After last week’s wildly fun look back at 1990, it only made sense to do another similar-themed show. This time we go back to 1985, one of the most important years of my life. It’s the year I graduated from college. It’s the year that music pretty much became a full time way of life for me.

    It was also a year of some of my favorite records of all time, as shown by the three spotlight artists of the evening. The first is pretty obvious. The major label debut of The Replacements, “Tim”, came out in September of that year, and everybody knows my feelings over that record. Another artist saw their debut album rescued from the KAUR garbage bin. Camper Van Beethoven’s “Telephone Free Landslide Victory”, rescued from the dumpster by the late Don Holmstrom, became the late night party record for me and my drinking buddies. And Husker Du had not one but two classic records that year (“Flip Your Wig” and “New Day Rising”).

    But obviously that’s not all. New sounds were coming out of the UK thanks to the likes of The Jesus and Marychain. Jangle pop was alive and well in the U.S. with R.E.M. and a plethora of other artists. Even Sioux Falls had developed a bit of a scene with great records by No Direction and Ill Bill & The Spinal Chills. It’s a great two hours of memories!

    After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy! These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs.

     

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  • The Ledge #428: Scott’s Fave Songs Vol. 4 – Minneapolis

    Posted on May 23, 2020 1:49 am by theledge Comment

    It’s safe to say that a Minneapolis-themed show would come out of the series of my favorite songs of all time. It was actually the easiest of the shows to put together. No, it’s not two hours of Replacements and Husker Du songs. Certainly both of those bands are well-represented but so many other bands from that great city had a huge impact on my life. Many of these are extremely popular (Soul Asylum, Jayhawks, Suburbs) but there are also a lesser-known ton of records that were just as important in my life. For example, I saw The Phones as many times over the years as I saw any of these other bands. And I may not know much about the history of artists such as The Ticks or Crash Street Kids but I played those records to death over the years.

    Now here’s a bit of a disclaimer. I did switch away from Minneapolis for a long set of Sioux Falls bands, and other artists from places such as Austin, Minnesota and Cedar Falls, Iowa are represented. And technically The Hold Steady are a Brooklyn band. But Minneapolis certainly influenced all of the Sioux Falls bands I included, and those other bands did consider Minneapolis home. Or a second home?

    After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy! These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs.

     

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  • The Ledge #421: Don’t Stand So Close To Me

    Posted on March 28, 2020 1:19 am by theledge Comment

    I understood pretty early on this week that it was going to be impossible to come up with a new theme this week. The pandemic is the only thing any of us are thinking about these days, especially with the situation being more grim every day.

    Since last week’s “isolation” theme went pretty well, as far as I’m concerned at least, I decided to put together another week with a similar collection of songs. Last week’s was confined primarily to recent releases, however, outside of a few older tracks that I definitely wanted to include. This week I opened up the major Hudson music archives and did a few searches with the same key words – “isolation”, “flu”, “ghost town”, etc. Of course, I always need to be guided by the great words of Paul Westerberg, so he also gets his share of play in this episode.

    After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy! Touring artists are having an especially tough time these days with the cancellation of SXSW and the closings of most venues.

     

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  • Live Ledge #376: 1984 American College Rock

    Posted on April 20, 2019 1:19 am by theledge Comment

    A look back at quite possibly the greatest year in independent college rock and roll.

     

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  • Live Ledge #372: Midwest 1979

    Posted on March 23, 2019 2:16 am by theledge Comment

    An extended broadcast showcasing the 1979 Midwest indie rock scene.

     

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  • Live Ledge #342: 1983

    Posted on July 28, 2018 1:18 am by theledge Comment

    This week we take a look back at the great indie, punk, and college rock from 1983!

     

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    📂This entry was posted in Podcast 📎and tagged 1983 husker du live ledge music no direction podcast punk replacements scott hudson suburbs
  • Live Ledge #308: New Releases

    Posted on November 4, 2017 1:17 am by theledge Comment

    Another set of fabulous new releases. 2017 has been great for new music!

     

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  • Live Ledge #305: More New Releases

    Posted on October 14, 2017 1:41 am by theledge Comment

    A continuation of last week’s action-packed new release show!

     

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  • Live Ledge #304: New Releases

    Posted on October 7, 2017 1:19 am by theledge Comment

    Two hours of great new releases, including tracks from the new live Replacements album.

     

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  • Live Ledge #302: Grant Hart

    Posted on September 16, 2017 1:17 am by theledge Comment

    This week’s show is dedicated to the late, great Grant Hart from Husker Du.

     

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