There were a lot of really fun moments in that,” Minzenberger said. “It was really fun to film, just getting so many people that we love so much in the same room. 14 with an accompanying music video features the band and their friends breaking different objects together. Minzenberger said that after getting to know each other, they showed each other artists they each liked and soon enough found crossover influences, such as artists “Deerhunter” and “Atlas Sound.”įriko’s most recent project “Crashing Through” released Nov. Towards the middle of their set, the band also brought one of their close friends from the crowd to sing a cover of Liz Phair’s song “F- and Run.” Having been friends for a long time as Kapetan said on stage, the band’s dynamic and chemistry was truly engaging.Īs for shared influences, the band talked about how they really enjoy emotional music, which influences their sound. They shared an intimate moment with both each other and the crowd Minzenberger sat on the floor of the stage and played guitar softly while Kapetan stood and played the keyboard. After you asked me to play with you I’ve been fully reminded on of why I love the instrument so much,” Minzenberger said.ĭuring the show, the band played their most recent release “For Emma,” one of their slower tracks. “I hadn’t been playing drums for about a year and a half, I took a major hiatus. Minzenberger said that shortly before Friko’s formation around 2021, they had taken some time away from playing the drums up until the band was brought together. Minzenberger and Kapetan went to the same high school together in the Chicago area and both played in different bands before Friko. When it was time for Friko to perform, the band hugged one another before walking on stage and opening with one of their most popular songs titled “Crimson to Chrome.” The band was accompanied by Milwaukee-based band Scam Likely and Madison-based band She’s Green. The Chicago-based group has been immersed in the DIY music scene and since then have embarked on their first headlining tour, playing at the Cactus Club Nov. With a high lonesome twang, an Emmylou-like southern drawl, and blistering guitar techniques, Blue Cactus exercises the honky-tonk muscles to firmly bear the flag for a new generation of country music.Guitarist and vocalist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger together form the indie-rock band Fr iko. The North Carolina duo have performed at several beloved festivals including Nelsonville, Red Wing Roots, Muddy Roots and Hopscotch and shared the stage as support for an array of artists from The War & Treaty, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, and Lilly Hiatt to Town Mountain and Junior Brown among others.īetween the comfort of classic country and the glamour of 70s rock,īlue Cactus resuscitates a fleeting style of honest-to-goodness country music considered valueless to a “new” country music where songwriting is officiated by financial analysts and teams of marketing plutocrats instead of woebegone troubadours. Following their critically-acclaimed 2017 debut and a string of singles in 2020, Stranger Again saw the band taking their sound to an ambitious new plane, where country-rock and light psychedelia mingle, vocals soaring over twangy slide guitars and propulsive basslines. No Depression, American Songwriter, FLOOD Magazine, Talkhouse,Īnd INDY Week among others. Their sophomore album, Stranger Again, released in 2021 on Sleepy Cat Records, nabbed enthusiastic attention from tastemakers including Blue Cactus, the North Carolina duo of Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez, make Dream Country: a blend of grit, glitz, groove, and twang thatĮvokes a celestial soundscape of mid-century heartbreak and harkens comparisons eclectic and iconic as Bobbie Gentry, Fleetwood Mac,
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