Photos: Atmosphere at Red Rocks (Morrison, CO)
Atmosphere (Minneapolis, MN), Danny Brown (Detroit, MI), Souls of Mischief (East Oakland, CA), The Grouch & Eligh w/ DJ Fresh (Oakland, CA), Mr. Dibbs (Cincinnati, Ohio), Breakbeat Lou of Ultimate Breaks & Beats (New York City, NY) Galle
PHOTOS: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, TLC AND NELLY AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER (ST PAUL, MN)
New Kids on the Block (Boston, MA), TLC (Atlanta, GA) and Nelly (St Louis, MO)May 20th, 2015Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, MN Big hitters of the late 80’s and 90’s were featured at the Xcel Energy Center in St Paul in front of a Full House. “The Main Event” tour features thre
REVIEW: DESSA – PARTS OF SPEECH (2013)
Dessa is consistent, but not. This Minneapolis MC, poet, frequent college speaker, “underrated writer, overrated rapper, undecided major” has been all over the place since 2005’s Falsehopes, including creating her own lipstick with The Elixery to support CARE.org (an organi
REVIEW: MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – THE HEIST (2012)
Macklemore is a prime example of what it is to be a musician nowadays. Patient and fan-focused, but not in the sense you’re focusing your efforts to appease but appreciate. Fan appreciation pizza party? How could you not like an artist that does that? Blueprint has honed this humbleness as we
CONCERT REVIEW: DESSA LIPSTICK LAUNCH PARTY AT ICEHOUSE (MINNEAPOLIS, MN)
Saturday night The Elixery, a Minneapolis, MN based cosmetic house launched their much-anticipated new color, Dessa. With a local star line up that included Barb Abney from 89.3 The Current, and performances by Dessa, Aby Wolf, and Ashley Gold the night proved to be a s
INTERVIEW: PROF & DJ FUNDO (MINNEAPOLIS)
Minneapolis’ hip-hop artist Prof known for his sarcastic interviews, outrageously witty raps, don’t give a fuck attitude, and his generously energetic party-like live shows took a moment from signing autographs to talk with us at this year’s Soundset Festival. His partner (in crime), DJ Fun
INTERVIEW: THE TRIBE & BIG CATS! (MINNEAPOLIS)
The Tribe & Big Cats! also known as, TTxBC may only be two people on stage, but in their words, “We’re like 15 people, and a couple jungle cats.” The Minneapolis hip-hop duo, and sometimes more made a splash at this years Soundset Festival. We caught up with them behind the scenes after
REVIEW: MALLY & THE SUNDANCE KID – THE LAST GREAT… (2012)
In a scene that’s seeing debates over quality of music vs. over-saturation, few Twin Cities rappers have the patience and poise that MaLLy has. Despite rapping for years, the fellow is precise in his path, absorbing what happens around him and taking his time releasing track after track
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: DOOMTREE & YELAWOLF AT LA CIGALE (PARIS)
As a Midwesterner who splits time between Chicago, Madison and Minneapolis, learning and anticipating spending a good chunk of the next year in Europe, like many others, instantly calls forth premature nostalgia for all things 3:30 AM diner trips, craft brews (recently Cave à Bulles solved that), f