Maddie Thies

Long time supportive player in the scene, bassist and backing vocalist for many, Maddie Thies, is stepping center stage. Thies’ award winning unique art-alternative and genre bending style tackles the many aches of the heart. Pulling from her life experiences as a Third Culture Kid growing up between South Korea and Minnesota, chronic pain, grief, yearning, and sometimes her little black dog, Thies’ music is wandering, lush, and real. Maddie Thies was named 2025’s Upcoming Artist of The Year by The Loring Collective, with Album of The Year and Artist of The Year all going to projects Thies cultivates for both 2025 and 2026. Thies was a 2021-22 Cedar Cultural Commissions Winner, and was a participant of First Avenues Rock Lottery in the summer of ‘24. Her single “Postcard Collection” gained her international recognition and locally was named one of 89.3 The Current’s January 2023 “Music You Should Know”. Maddie Thies is a prominent bassist and backing vocalist for several groups in the Twin Cities scene, such as anni xo, Sister Species, Willow Waters & The Earth Tones, Joe Bartel, and First Avenues 2024 Best New Band, Kiernan. She has also accompanied many award winning groups and has been recognized globally tangentially across all her projects.  Maddie Thies is joined on stage by her close friends and collaborators: Lucas Rollo on bass, keys, and backing vocals, Riley Jacobson on guitar and keys, and Aurelio Sandoval Pogatshnik on drums.