Article and Photos by: E. Jourdain, Jr.   Minneapolis, Minnesota – Ministry released AmeriKKKant in March, 2018 and hit the road for a Spring tour celebrating the release of their first album in five years. The band took a summer break but packed up and hit the road again for a Fall

Article and Photos by: E. Jourdain, Jr.   Walker, Minnesota -- GRAMMY winning comedic duo Cheech and Chong paid a visit to Northern Lights Casino and Events Center in Walker, Minnesota. The opening act is none other than the hilarious Shelby Chong, wife of Tommy Chong. Shelby opens up her set with a

Article and Photos by: E. Jourdain, Jr.   Bemidji, Minnesota -- It’s a cold and freezing rain kind of evening in the small northern Minnesota city of Bemidji. It’s 7pm and a handful of metal heads mixed with rockers and even a Juggalo crew are starting to show up at a small downtown

Article and Photos by: E. Jourdain, Jr.   Minneapolis, Minnesota – Even though the generation gap was real and easily noticeable, the Ministry and Death Grips show meshed perfectly. Sacramento, California’s Death Grips has been dubbed as Experimental Hip-Hop, Noise Rap, Industrial Punk, etcetera. Whatever you choose to call them, there’s no doubting

Article and Photos by: E. Jourdain, Jr.   Fargo, North Dakota 9.28.17 -- The lights go dim, thrashing riffs begin to blast from the PA system. A group of women take stage wearing black bikinis, some with chains and some with ripped leggings. The crowd is seemingly stunned for the first few

Article and Photos by: E. Jourdain, Jr.   Bemidji, Minnesota - I’d like to begin this brief review by quickly stating the obvious. Bemidji, Minnesota was shook, in a good way. We don’t get many performances by artists of this caliber very often here in the Northland. Bemidji, Minnesota sits in the middle