twilight hours Archive
27 Dec 2016
Best Music of 2016: New Releases
I’ve said it before, and in 2016 it’s true as ever: those people who complain that there’s no good music any more simply aren’t looking hard enough, or in the […]
14 Sep 2016
Album Mini-review: The Twilight Hours — Black Beauty
File next to: Todd Rundgren, Ben Folds, Matthew Sweet Minneapolis’ Trip Shakespeare was always a band apart; they never fit into most people’s idea of that city’s sound. Scintillating vocal […]
13 Mar 2015
A Trip Back in Time with Trip Shakespeare (Part Three)
>>> Hey kids! Don’t forget to read Parts One and Two! <<< Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: As we discussed earlier, you’re credited as co-producer on the new Trip […]
12 Mar 2015
A Trip Back in Time with Trip Shakespeare (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: When Trip Shakespeare cut Applehead Man, you were originally a trio. By the time of the second album, Matt Wilson‘s brother Dan had joined. […]
11 Mar 2015
A Trip Back in Time with Trip Shakespeare (Part One)
My interview with John Munson, bassist with late 1980s critical darlings Trip Shakespeare, began with him noting that my name sounded familiar to him: “How might I have heard your […]
30 Nov 2009
Album Review: The Twilight Hours – Stereo Night
Things could have gone so differently. In the early 90s, rock music found itself at the latest in a long series of crossroads. There wasn’t much of lasting value happening […]