Kid Dakota
Kid Dakota is Darren Jackson. On the right day, Kid Dakota may also include: drummer Christopher McGuire, bassist Zak Sally (Low), and turntablist Andrew Broder (Fog). Darren and company released the So Pretty LP on Low's Chair Kickers Union label in October of 2002.Two unreleased tracks appear on the APARTMENT MUSIC compilation.
  
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Work of Saws
"Bred on the healthy pop influences of XTC and Richard Davies, Minneapolis' Work of Saws was initially conceived as a hobby project of singer/guitarist Brock Davis. Using a beat up tape recorder, Davis began compiling hundreds of one- to two-minute "songlets" that ran the stylistic gamut, including country-pop vignettes, playful punk/pop ditties, and Brill Building-inspired pop songs… Work of Saws (Davis, Dave Salmela, Kurt Froehlich, and Greg Barnell) released their epic, largely acoustic, 44-song debut album, Motivation and Watertower Grammar, in the spring of 2001." Their second LP, The Pious Flats, is out now.
 
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Mike Brady
Mike Brady is a busy man. Yet despite all of his commitments, he still manages to write hundreds of perfect pop songs in his spare time. Besides his first official solo project, Mike is a co-leader of Twin Cities alt-country favorites, Accident Clearinghouse. He also performs and records with his other brilliant projects, First Prize Killers, Clog and Florida. On the APARTMENT MUSIC recordings, Brady is joined by the Mike Brady Orchestra. Strings included. Currently available: Mike Brady's Cold Night his second release, As Long As The Day Is Long.
 
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Quillan Roe
Quillan Roe is the co-leader of Accident Clearinghouse. Like his band mate, Mike Brady, Roe has an impressive back catalog. In addition to five Accident Clearinghouse discs, Roe has already recorded a solo record and a 3-song single for "Happy".
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The Owls (of Minneapolis)
The Owls are a quiet Twin Cities super group of sorts. Brian Tighe of The Hang Up, Brian's wife Allison LaBonne (The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group) and Maria May are joined by John Jerry (Ashtray Hearts) drums. The Owls have one EP, 'Our Hopes and Dreams,' available on Magic Marker Records. Two Owls tracks appear on Free Election's Apartment Music compilation. LaBonne's "City Girl" and (former Owl) Steve Ittner's "Black Hands of Tyme" are modern classics.
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Florida
Florida is the other super group on the APARTMENT MUSIC compilation. The group features three prolific songwriters: Tony Mogelson, Peter Robelia, and Mike Brady, in addition to drummer Kevin Riach. The result is thinking man's power pop. Pure genius. They have two discs, Golden Sun Song Book and Drum Solo on the Bumpers, and are currently finishing up their third. Most of the members of Florida have teamed up with Paul D to form another super group, First Prize Killers.
 
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