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2012 Stories by Nate Patrin

• Wants vs. Needs

  published April 18, 2012

  Fusing fashion-driven, style-conscious tastemaking and deep, crowd-rocking musical knowledge isn't something to be taken lightly on either end of... More >>

• Get Cryphy

  published July 4, 2012

  We may be a few years past the point where crunk and hyphy are the hot-trend hip hop subgenres, but First Ave's recurring "Get Cryphy!" night... More >>

• Silver City Millers

  published December 19, 2012

  Since autumn 2010, the Silver City Millers -- multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Jeff Rolfzen and mandolinist/clogger Sarah Cagley -- have... More >>

• Trailer Trash's Trashy Little Xmas Show

  published December 19, 2012

  There's two grand holiday traditions in downtown Minneapolis, and only one of them involves elbowing through skyway crowds as you gawk down at... More >>

• Cory Wong Quartet

  published April 25, 2012

  Usually when someone's referred to as one of the best-kept secrets in town, it's an aspiring journeyman or a niche-genre artist that's flying... More >>

• Nachito Herrera

  published December 12, 2012

  Nachito Herrera has taken an eventful route from Cuba to Minneapolis -- a child prodigy at 12 performing Rachmaninoff with the Cuban Symphony... More >>

• High on Fire

  published December 5, 2012

  Matt Pike's transition from the diabolical sludge of '90s doom-metal overlords Sleep to the stoner-thrash hybrid of High on Fire has been one of... More >>

• Nachito Herrera

  published November 21, 2012

  Nachito Herrera has taken an eventful route from Cuba to Minneapolis -- a child prodigy at 12 performing Rachmaninoff with the Cuban Symphony... More >>

• The Coup

  published November 21, 2012

  Oakland hip-hop veterans the Coup have released only three albums under their own name in the past 11 years. That their previous two sound like... More >>

• Death Grips

  published November 21, 2012

  Death Grips' skate-punk rap breakout The Money Store was grimy enough to sustain momentum for 2012, but they figured a same-year followup... More >>

• Menahan Street Band

  published November 7, 2012

  The nexus of horn-driven funk from the Daptone and Truth and Soul labels deserves its own chapter in Brooklyn music history. After all, bands like... More >>

• Big Boi

  published November 7, 2012

  Stankonia deep cut "Red Velvet" holds one of those telling lines that goes a long way toward explaining the modus operandi of Big Boi:... More >>

• MN Musicians Vote No!

  published October 24, 2012

  The fight for equal rights in Minnesota gets a raucous soundtrack this weekend, as a who's who of Twin Cities pop and rock icons team up to oppose... More >>

• E.L.nO.

  published October 24, 2012

  For far too long we've been told that Electric Light Orchestra were insufferable '70s cheese, a bloated prog-rock monstrosity that valued... More >>

• Ariel Pink

  published September 19, 2012

  In another era, Ariel Pink's rise from one-man home-tape oddball to underground rock favorite would result in some strange flash of fame —... More >>

• Kill the Vultures

  published August 29, 2012

  Kill the Vultures have gone three albums and an EP deep into a career devoted to giving you a distinct feeling of noir-tinged unease. Their first... More >>

• E.L.nO.

  published August 29, 2012

  For far too long we've been told that Electric Light Orchestra were insufferable '70s cheese, a bloated prog-rock monstrosity that valued... More >>

• Kill the Vultures

  published August 15, 2012

  Kill the Vultures have gone three albums and an EP deep into a career devoted to giving you a distinct feeling of noir-tinged unease. Their first... More >>

• Nachito Herrera

  published August 8, 2012

  Nachito Herrera has taken an eventful route from Cuba to Minneapolis -- a child prodigy at 12 performing Rachmaninoff with the Cuban Symphony... More >>

• Fuck Knights

  published August 1, 2012

  Armed with a loud bass, a louder, pencil-strummed guitar and a deceptively stripped-down drumkit, Fuck Knights have spent the past few years... More >>

• Comedy Bang! Bang! Live!

  published July 25, 2012

  Three years ago, Comedy Bang! Bang! debuted as Comedy Death Ray, a radio show/podcast where host and Mr. Show alumnus Scott... More >>

• E.L.nO.

  published July 25, 2012

  For far too long we've been told that Electric Light Orchestra were insufferable '70s cheese, a bloated prog-rock monstrosity that valued... More >>

• Brass Messengers

  published July 18, 2012

  The best way to describe the Brass Messengers is through a litany of basic facts -- they're a brass band, there's eleven of them, and you can see... More >>

• Nachito Herrera

  published July 11, 2012

  Nachito Herrera has taken an eventful route from Cuba to Minneapolis -- a child prodigy at 12 performing Rachmaninoff with the Cuban Symphony... More >>

• El-P/Killer Mike

  published July 4, 2012

  Ten years ago, El-P dropped his brilliantly abrasive solo debut, Fantastic Damage, while Killer Mike's show-stealing verse on Outkast's... More >>