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A peek behind Soundset 2013

From Snoop Dogg to Atmosphere, the festival boasts a variety of talent

Blueprint: I'll be onstage at Soundset for almost 10 hours

Rhymesayers label treasure and representative Blueprint is an articulate and prolific figure. Founder of Weightless Recordings, half of the super-duos Soul Position with RJD2 and Greenhouse Effect with Illogic, and a standout solo member of the biggest independent label in the region, the veteran em ... More >>

Rhymesayers releases "Soundset 2013 Let's Go!" teaser video

With this weather, it's hard to believe that summer will ever arrive... but sure enough, warmer weather and music festivals will be right around the corner. In just over three weeks on May 26, Canterbury Park Festival Field will be packed with fans clamoring to see Snoop Dogg, Atmosphere, Brother Al ... More >>

Best Twin Cities concerts 2012

The Gimme Noise crew attended a lot of concerts, festivals, events, gatherings, and what have you this past year. As is the case with every year in live music in the Twin Cities, the cacophonous noises etched history into the walls of our storied venues and into our minds. There were a lot of firsts ... More >>

Mid West Music Fest, Day Three: Kimya Dawson, the Melismatics, BNLX, and My Private Eye

Mid West Music Fest, Day Three: Featuring Kimya Dawson, the Melismatics, BNLX, and My Private EyeWinona, MNSaturday, April 21, 2012See also:Mid West Music Fest Day One with Tapes 'n TapesMid West Music Fest, Day Two: the 4onthefloor, Rogue ValleyThe final day of the Mid West Music Fest found the gra ... More >>

Soundset 2012 lineup announced, includes Big K.R.I.T.

​ Officially on its fifth year of making the Twin Cities a legitimate festival destination for hip-hop lovers, Soundset will celebrate a handful of years when it returns to Canterbury on Sunday, May 27.

The 10 best rap songs of 2011

​"I don't know art, but I know what I like." "There's no accounting for taste." "Opinions are like assholes." There's validity to each one of these statements, but that doesn't mean that anyone's going to agree with any feelings anyone else expresses about anything on the Internet. And while hip-h ... More >>

Celebration of the Life of Mikey 'Eyedea' Larsen, 11/9/10

​For many of his fans, he was known as battle rap legend and Rhymesayers recording artist Eyedea. For others, he was Micheal Larsen, the front man of genre-bending experimental groups like Carbon Carousel and Face Candy. For others still, he was known by his alter-ego Oliver Hart.But for most of t ... More >>

August 19, 2009: Datarock & Vampire Hands

Datarock, Murder City Devils and Soulfly set TC dates & Felt 3 performs with Aesop Rock.

De La Soul, Nike, and corporate everything

My favorite music right now is the new album by De La Soul, Are You In?: Nike Original Run--a new take on rap-rock-techno in 45 bracing minutes, with production by Detroit's Young RJ and Chicago duo Flosstradamus, with the latter mixing the results into one continuous track.This is also De La's fir ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Rush and More

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Playing G.I. Joe With Vast Aire

Strangers in Town

Meet near-legends Cepia and Sean Connaughty

Top-Ten-o-Matic

City Pages scribes chime in with their top tens

Bands on the Run

Road-tripping to Texas for South by Southwest