Afterwall Brookings, South Dakota
Jon Bakken's basement tunes.
He's an elementary orchestra teacher who also makes Tiger
Meat, a website & zine about the best South Dakota music. tigermeatmusic.com
With Eliza Blue, Jon recently released an EP of rough drafts from their upcoming music theater collaboration called The Grass Widow.
Jon has a wife and two kids who are way cooler than him.
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Afterwall recommends:
My favorite album of 2022.
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Water Music
by Alex Massa's Water Music
Incredible music, important message.
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The Wake Singers
by The Wake Singers
Straight up rockstars.
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Two dozen 12-string acoustic improvisations that feel undeniably haunting, like lost transmissions from ancient Appalachia, rediscovered.
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Erudite chamber pop that hearkens back to the elegant and experimental production of the 1960s, swinging from melancholia to playfulness.
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if no one else cares, why should I care?
by Good Good Blood
Pairing lo-fi indie rock with silvery folk instrumentation, the self-described "bedroom pop wizard" casts a cozy, poignant spell.
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