I went to an Open Mic at the White Squirrel last fall. It was an open mic of neo-soul music hosted by DJ Demonica and Milan Chanel. It was fun to hear so amazing singers of neo-soul we have in the Twin Cities. A whole new world to me. So I was excited to have a chance to get DJ Demonica come to talk about Left On Read: A Heartbreak Open Mic event Feb 17 at the White Squirrel. We also talked about Morrissey, the music scene in the Twin Cities versus L.A. and San Francisco and accordions.
Big thanks to folks who sent us requests and recommendations for MN songs about heartbreak. Check out the songs we played below or our aspirational playlist on Spotify.
| Artist | Song | Release |
| Gramma’s Boyfriend | I Live My Broken Dreams | Perm |
| BEV | You’re Gonna Destroy Me | Crusher |
| Howler | Told You Once | America Give Up |
| Jeremy Messersmith | You’ll Only Break His Heart | Heart Murmurs |
| The Scarlet Goodbye | Raylene | Raylene – Single |
| Faith Boblett | Who Do You Think You’re Fooling | Who Do You Think You’re Fooling – Single |
| Dizzy Fae | I Can’t Lend You My Heart | Are We There Yet? |
| Flipp | Time to Travel | Too Dumb to Quit |
| Cindy Lawson | Go Find Another Heart to Break | Don’t Come Crying to Me – EP |
| PypeR | Heartbreaker | Heartbreaker – EP |
| Katy Tessman | Tulips & Daffodils (feat. Louis Tessman Stanoch) | Fly |
| The Customers | Tonight | Green Bottle Thursday |
| Amanda Grace | Cold | Better Life – EP |
| The Flamin’ Oh’s | i remember romance | The First Two Albums + Bonus Track |
| Gospel Machine | Them Young Girl Blues | Your Holy Ghost |
| Dessa | Mineshaft 2 | A Badly Broken Code |
| Mary Bue | Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (feat. Dark Pony) | Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (feat. Dark Pony) – Single |
| Lauryn Hill | Ex-Factor | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
| Loki’s Folly | The Love Song | Sisu |
| Morrissey | I Know Very Well How I Got My Name | Suedehead / I Know Very Well How I Got My Name [Digital 45] |
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