Intellectual Dissatisfaction

06/25/2026

We made the trip to Clarksdale, Mississippi, for the Pinetop Perkins Foundation Workshop Blues Showcase — the closing-night celebration of the foundation’s 17th annual workshop week, where musicians gather to learn, play, and carry the blues forward.

The night took us to Ground Zero Blues Club, a place that feels like much more than a venue. It’s part blues club, part community gathering place, and part living postcard from the heart of Mississippi blues country.

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Live review: https://www.intellectualdissatisfaction.com/p/the-pinetop-perkins-foundation-showcase

06/25/2026

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06/24/2026

We are trying not to fill the setlist plans up to much to be flexible for artist interviews we are planning on interviewing HEYZ on Saturday! Electric Forest is gonna be great!

06/24/2026

American Patchwork Quartet & Levitt Jam Camp Celebrate a World of Music

Flags from around the world moved through the crowd as campers, families, volunteers and community members celebrated the multicultural theme guiding this year’s Levitt Jam Camp showcase.

Live review: https://www.intellectualdissatisfaction.com/p/american-patchwork-quartet-and-levitt

06/24/2026

Our Electric Forest coverage team will be leaving Sioux Falls soon! See you in the forest! 🌲

Learning together and creating side by side fuels The Forest. Meet this year’s Brainery Workshop schedule.

06/24/2026

The Effigies discuss new album release with Lyrical Limelight.

06/24/2026

The Effigies talk about how John Kezdy's death impacted the band logistically, and themselves emotionally.

06/24/2026

The Effigies said bars still have the same “old bar” smell they did back in the 80's.

Their recent album, Burned, has been described through the band’s official store as their first new release in 17 years and the final album with vocals from late lead singer John Kezdy, who died during the recording period.

06/24/2026

The Effigies’ recent album Burned has been described through the band’s official store as their first new release in 17 years and the final album with vocals from late lead singer John Kezdy, who died during the recording period.

Talking about that record with Zamost and Economou made it clear the album was not just another release cycle.

Watch full interview: https://www.intellectualdissatisfaction.com/p/the-effigies-river-city-rejects-and

06/23/2026

On June 18, Backline Music Hall opened the first show in its Summer Youth Concert Series with Reece Burks, Celie Duffie and Davis White. The venue had it listed as a youth-centered night with music starting at 7 p.m. and an all-ages spirit built right into the idea of the event.

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Live review: https://www.intellectualdissatisfaction.com/p/blmhs-summer-youth-concert-series

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