Cecil Otter

Marijuana Deathsquads remix P.O.S., plan tour with Solid Gold

It's truly a great time to be part of Marijuana Deathsquads. In addition to their engrossing "Music Rocks" May residency at Icehouse (which continues tonight with an MDS rap set, as well as a performance by Lizzo alongside Lazerbeak and Cliff Rhymes as they bring LIZZOBANGERS to life, and DJ Plain O ... More >>

The Best Love is Free IV at the Fine Line, 2/9/13

The Best Love is Free, featuring Cecil Otter with Later Babes, I Colossus and Sophia Eris Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis Saturday, February 9, 2013Now that the Best Love is Free showcase and the Twin Cities have had a steady thing going for a few years here, it's become quite a prosperous and hap ... More >>

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Mixed Blood Majority at the Triple Rock, 1/26/13

Mixed Blood Majority with Guante & Big Cats and LaLiberte Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis Saturday, January 26, 2013 It's easy to be cynical about new local supergroups when our music community seems to interbreed at such an alarming rate, but Mixed Blood Majority's set on Saturday made an ... More >>

The Best Love is Free 4 announces lineup

The fourth year of the Best Love is Free celebration has been slated for Saturday, February 9, 2013. Submissions are now closed, so now the anticipation builds as the crew sifts through a load of local material to string together the fourth compilation.What we know for sure is that Doomtree rapper C ... More >>

Doomtree Blowout VIII at First Avenue, 12/14/12

Doomtree Blowout VIII night oneFirst Avenue, MinneapolisFriday, December 14, 2012The wings and teeth didn't book another week-long set of shows like last year's Blowout celebration, but that's beside the point. Oh Minneapolis, we have such high standards. Never mind that P.O.S has kidney issues. Or ... More >>

Doomtree to release documentary, Team the Best Team DVD

Minneapolis rap group Doomtree will release a full-length documentary detailing their rise titled Team the Best Team on December 11. Just in time for the Blowout VIII shows at First Avenue, and definitely ahead of your holiday giving schedule.This 70-minute film was directed by by Chris Hadland, who ... More >>

The Doomtree cosmetics line -- inspired by Dessa's lipstick

See Also:Dessa develops a lipstick for charitySo we already know Dessa has teamed up with the Elixery on a lipstick, and is donating proceeds to a favorite charity (CARE, which empowers and educates women around the world). But what about the rest of the Doomtree collective? Are they feeling left ou ... More >>

Doomtree's noir-heavy "Beacon" video debuts

The dark, grimy industrial revolution provides the visual motif for the latest Doomtree video offering from No Kings. Unlike the humor of "Bangarang," the "Beacon" clip is a black-and-white mini-movie filled with steampunk imagery and period clothing draped upon featured rappers Dessa, P.O.S., Cecil ... More >>

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Dessa sells out the O'Shaughnessy, 4/20/12

Dessa O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, St. PaulFriday, April 20, 2012 Whatever else Dessa may be -- Doomtree representative, rapper, singer, chameleon artist and all -- she is above all a sophisticated conductor and a woman with a vision. Her sold-out show at St. Catherine's O'Shaughnessy Auditorium wa ... More >>

Minnesota's Best Albums of 2011

Low, Doomtree, Brute Heart top best local releases

Doomtree Blowout VII: Night Six at First Avenue, 12/09/11

Photos by Nick Wosika​Doomtree Blowout VII: Night SixDecember 9, 2011First Avenue, Minneapolis After five consecutive late-night, high-energy individual performances in the Entry this week, you could have forgiven Doomtree if their sold-out, full-crew set in First Avenue's Mainroom Friday n ... More >>

Doomtree's No Kings spurs week-long rap party at First Avenue

Crew making winter more fun this year

The Cloak Ox, Mason Jennings, more locals featured on Daytrotter

Illustration by Johnnie CluneyCreepiest rendering of Mason Jennings ever?​"We have made it people, we have finally made it." Recent Picked to Click champs the Cloak Ox were the latest in a long string of Twin Cities acts to proudly announce that they'd recorded a session with Illinois-based record ... More >>

Doomtree Entry show announcement--Cecil Otter's special guests on Thursday

​We wrap up our exciting week of announcing the special guests for Doomtree's curated 7th St. Entry shows with Cecil Otter's night on Thursday, December 8th. As you probably already gathered, there are going to be plenty of stellar sets filled with enough amazing artists to keep the Entry absolute ... More >>

Sims talks about his Good Time Zoo tour and homecoming show this Saturday

​There's always something incredible about a tour homecoming show: The band rides into town high on the momentum of playing every day for a month straight, executing their set with the precision of a road-tested act. It's a phenomenon that Doomtree's Sims knows well, having toured the U.S. with bo ... More >>

SoundTown Series: Sims talks about his first headlining tour and new EP

​The beats never stop for the tireless crew of Doomtree. It was barely six months ago that Sims released his sophomore album, Bad Time Zoo, to overwhelming support from critics, peers, and fans. His smooth delivery and the intelligent persistence of his rhymes make Doomtree's youngest partner ... More >>

Astronautalis offers up new single 'Dimitri Mendeleev' as a free download

Photo by Erik HessAstronautalis at the Guthrie last month​Avid Gimme Noise readers will know that we've been pretty stoked about Astronautalis's recent move to Minneapolis. The Floridia-born rapper is a fierce performer and gifted freestyler, and he's a natural addition to our already bursting-at- ... More >>

Astronautalis, Lazlo Supreme, and MaLLy at the Guthrie Theater, 7/9/11

Photos by Erik HessAstronautalis​Dessa's Cadence Series with Astronautalis, Lazlo Supreme, and MaLLyJuly 9, 2011The Dowling Studio at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis"I'm so excited," Astronautalis beamed on Saturday night, during one of the many breaks in his set where he stopped playing music to ... More >>

Marijuana Deathsquads featured on Daytrotter

​Daytrotter is all up in the Twin Cities scene again. Just yesterday we saw Gabe Douglas of the 4onthefloor tweeting that his band was down at the Daytrotter studios in Rock Island, Illinois recording a session, and today the site posted a three-track performance by revolving electromanipulators M ... More >>

Tapes 'N Tapes and Fort Wilson Riot's recent Daytrotter sessions

It's Friday, and you're likely idling in your office and sitting on a fence between interminable boredom and weekend giddiness. I don't think we ever really grow up that much, considering we've been feeling that exact same conflicting emotion since the first grade. And remember when you told your mo ... More >>

Doomtree Blowout VI at First Avenue, 12/10/10

Photos by Nick Wosika​Doomtree Blowout VIDecember 10, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisThere was no stopping the Doomtree crew Friday night, as the five emcees, two producers, and smattering of special guests kept the momentum pushing forward for a solid three hours of nonstop music.

Doomtree Blowout VI

Brute Heart, Dosh, Peter Wolf Crier record new Daytrotter sessions

​Illionois-based recording site Daytrotter continues to show its love for Twin Cities bands this month with a new session by Brute Heart and return visits by powerhouse duo Peter Wolf Crier and multi-instrumental maestro Dosh. The three women in Brute Heart especially seemed to make their mark o ... More >>

We Are the Willows featured on Daytrotter

​It's no secret that we're fans of Peter Miller of We Are the Willow's stark soundscapes, poignant songwriting, and delicate voice; we're such adamant supporters of that last quality, in fact, that we named Miller Best Male Vocalist in this year's Best of the Twin Cities issue of City Pages. So we ... More >>

Soundset 2010: What to Watch

P.O.S at Soundset 2009Photo by Denis Jeong Plaster​Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and that means it's time for Soundset 2010 to take over the parking lot of Canterbury Park in Shakopee. Every year, the annual Rhymesayers-sponsored hip-hop festival features a mix of local heroes, classic legends, ... More >>

Director Brady Kiernan talks Stuck Between Stations, music, and Minneapolis

Photo by Kris Drake​Local director Brady Kiernan knows how to work. Since finishing his film degree in 2002, he's made his mark on the Twin Cities scene the old fashioned way, through blood, sweat, and skill. Working his way up has paid off with project after project: he's produced multiple ... More >>

Doomtree record massive Daytrotter session

​The Twin Cities is continuing its total domination of the Daytrotter site with yet another session by local artists posted today. Doomtree members Dessa, Sims, Cecil Otter, and Mike Mictlan traveled down to the Illinois recording studio to track a massive 12-song session."They come from a city, l ... More >>

Doomtree Blowout V energizes First Avenue

The hip-hop crew's annual extravaganza showcased their diverse pool of talent.

Weekend Checklist: The Hopefuls, The Alarmists, and Dane Cook

June 12-14.

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: June 5-11

Jeff Hanson passes, Gaslight Anthem announce TC date, the Pretenders pull out of MN Zoo show & next week's best new releases.

Doomtree's Cecil Otter finds his voice apart from the rap pack

Sage Francis' label picks up Otter's 2008 release, Rebel Yellow

Kristoff Krane and Cecil Otter play balloon show this weekend

The two solo rap artists will play a show with a unique twist.

SXSW: Rhymesayers showcase, the Hold Steady, and two churches

A recap of Day Two at South by Southwest.

Feb. 12, 2009: School of Seven Bells & the Guystorm

School of Seven Bells play the Current, Ouija Radio's Christy Hunt on Letterman & more MN acts announced for SXSW

Spiral Bound Release Party

Doomtree Discography and Notes: 2001-2009

2001[not really Doomtree] Building Better Bombs, Bottle Rocket single, 100 black discs limited edition [no label][not really Doomtree] Building Better Bombs, I Will Burn mini CD [no label][not really Doomtree] Cenospecies, In Definition (Peak Records), 2001: "Hip Hop"Note: Here's probably the firs ... More >>

Dessa announces book reading at the Guthrie

Clapperclaw

Ward Rubrecht reviews the Cecil Otter CD release show

Labor Day weekend: More than a JCPenny sale

Laughin' and clownin': Atmosphere in the atmosphere

Doomtree Blowout III

T.Q.D.: Not Yet

City Planner: Weekend Edition (12/2-3)

Mel Gibson and the Pants: w/Guitar

Dance with me

The Revolution Starts... Right After the Drinks

Complaints, explanations, and bar chat with Doomtree rappers Cecil Otter and Dessa

Doomsday!

From the garbage house to the club with P.O.S. and his Doomtree crew