Macie Rasmussen

2 months ago | racketmn.com | Macie Rasmussen

Circle pits form. A body floats atop hands. Someone holds a Nintendo DS up high to capture the hype. All night long, dim red light settles on the audience huddled in the dungeon-like space at Pilllar Forum as Tarkovsky’s eerie, arty sci-fi puzzler Stalker screens behind the bands onstage, each group offering its own take on a once-niche indie rock style that, nearly four decades since it emerged, is now heard everywhere: shoegaze.

Jul 31, 2024 | thecurrent.org | Macie Rasmussen |Sara Fish

Vampire Weekend’s live experience has surpassed the preppy hooks from their earlier years. For the New York-bred band’s fifth album, Only God Was Above Us, they designed thought-provoking narratives and sonic palettes. As they demonstrated during their first Twin Cities performances in five years, this is a group peaking right now.

Jul 14, 2024 | thecurrent.org | Ayisha Jaffer |Macie Rasmussen

This week on Good News on The Current, we feature a story from a listener who is also a freelance writer for The Current. Macie Rasmussen describes why a certain song by LCD Soundsystem is especially important to her.