The Brothers Tapes are: Josh Grier (lead vocals/guitar), Jeremy Hanson (drums), Matt Kretzmann (keyboard/tamberine/backing-vocals), Erik Appelwick (bass/backing-vocals). From the 'City of Lakes' (Minneapolis, Minnesota) far, far away comes a surprisingly weird and wonderful musical heritage, both eclectic and indispensable, Bob Dylan, Prince, Babes In Toyland - to name but a few. Their album 'The Loon' followed, was lovingly recorded in June 2005 at Short Man Studios, with close friend (and later fellow Tapes) Erik Appelwick. It's pieces of the basement indie of Pavement, the eclecticism of Talking Heads and frenzied power of the Pixies, but offers not some populist pastiche, but instead a vital, thrilling and unique blast of energy and melody like nothing you have ever heard before.