Back Catalog Sukpatch

In the days before any chimp with a MacBook could create his own Radiohead remix album, Chris Heidman and Steve Cruze put Minneapolis on the indie-pop map the old-fashioned way. As Sukpatch, the duo leaned heavily on four-track recorders and raw DIY moxie to develop its signature sound: a sly, lo-fi amalgam of drum loops, samples, thrift-store synth drones, and brazenly esoteric lyrics that lilt and lull like a psychedelic game of patty-cake. Haulin’ Grass was their first full-length joint, book-ended by a smattering of 7-inch singles and EP releases that eventually added up to a deal with the Beastie Boys’ Grand Royal imprint. What Beck’s Odelay did for American radio at-large, these cats did for the Twin Cities’ indie scene, making it safe for hip-hop-inflected pop pastiche and giving stoic 7th Street Entry patrons a reason to get off the wall.