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Weekend Checklist: Japandroids, Doomtree, Bloodnstuff

This weekend marks the annual Doomtree Blowout at First Avenue. Tickets are still available for the Sunday show! Japandroids are also returning for two sold out nights at The Triple Rock. Amsterdam Bar & Hall is hosting Rock the Halls featuring bands like BNLX, Teenage Moods, and Fire ... More >>

Doomtree Day in Minneapolis is Friday, proclaims Mayor Rybak

The Mayans (or dumb folks from the present, depending on what you believe) predicted our impending doom for just over a week from now, but an impending Doomtree Day is coming even sooner. In conjunction with the opening night of the Doomtree Blowout 8 at First Avenue,  Minneapolis mayor R.T. Ry ... More >>

Twin Cities Year in Music 2012

From P.O.S. to Prince to Polica, 2012 was a golden year in Minnesota music

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 >>

Lollapalooza 2012 lineup announced, and it's a good one

Related: SoundTown 2012 lineup announced River's Edge Music Festival 2012 at Harriet Island lineupYet another festival lineup came hurling toward the concert-going set late last night and it's a good one. This year's Lollapalooza performers include a bevy of top-tier Billboard-charting acts -- start ... More >>

Ghostmouth's Sean Chaucer: My dad can beat up your band's dad

​First impressions are hard to take back, but even with ludicrousness of a name like Ghostmouth, the Twin Cities band's members take themselves seriously. With their new album, which is actually a collection five years in the making, the band share with their fans a new maturity that opens an elem ... More >>

Trampled by Turtles, Doomtree top Gimme Noise SXSW day party

​As promised, Gimme Noise is proud to announce our showcase for next week's South By Southwest Music Conference. Two local heavyweights lead the lineup in Duluth folk-bluegrass troupe Trampled by Turtles, and the Twin Cities hip-hop collective Doomtree. The rest of the lineup includes the infectio ... More >>

Doomtree's Sims: I don't give two sh*ts about Skrillex

​Doomtree's tour stop in New York nearly got uprooted last week when a 106-year-old pipe burst on the street where their performance was supposed to take place. Although their show was two days after the flooding, Bowery Ballroom was still without proper running water on Thursday, and a four-hour ... More >>

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Minnesota's Best Albums of 2011

Low, Doomtree, Brute Heart top best local releases

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

Crew making winter more fun this year

Mike Mictlan's Blowout night in the Entry, 12/5/11

Photos by Erik Hess​Mike Mictlan and FriendsDecember 5, 20117th St. Entry, MinneapolisAlong with a new batch of intensely-collaborative rap songs, No Kings came with a determined mantra that truly came to life at last night's Mictlan-curated stint at 7th Street Entry for the 7th Doomtree Blowout. ... 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 >>

Minnesota does CMJ: Doomtree, Me & My Arrow, Melismatics rock NYC

Photos by Allegra OxboroughDoomtree's Mike Mictlan​BY ALLEGRA OXBOROUGHBrooklyn took two heaping spoonfuls of Minneapolis this Wednesday at the CMJ marathon. Early in the day the Green Room Music Source booking agency curated an all-Minneapolis showcase at Spike Hill in Williamsburg. The show ... More >>

Dessa, Feist top October 4 new releases

​Minneapolis stalwart songstress Dessa drops her new record Castor, The Twin today via Doomtree. The album features re-workings of 10 of her songs along with her newest single, "The Beekeeper." Dessa notes, in a post on the Doomtree site, that if fans are planning to buy the record online, th ... More >>

Sims and Lazerbeak release new video for 'LMG'

​In today's edition of "Wednesdays with Lazerbeak", the online blog and platform for the Doomtree mega-production wizard, there's a plethora of audio and visual wonderment. Aside from teasing us with news about the upcoming Doomtree full length, there's a killer new video for the Minnesota jam ... 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 >>

Doomtree enter the studio to work on second full-crew album

Photo by Erik HessDoomtree at SXSW 2011​In keeping with their current rigorous schedule of record, release, tour, repeat, the seven current members of the Doomtree crew are heading back into the studio this week to record their second full-length, full-crew album, which will serve as the follow-up ... More >>

Doomtree unveils new project: Wugazi

​Two artists (Fugazi & the Wu Tang Clan) near and dear in every way to millions of peoples' hearts and minds, smooshed together by the Cities' most-favoritest cadre of shape shifters? We'll bite.

Soundset Series: Rhymesayers staples Brother Ali, Blueprint, Grieves & Budo, more

Brother Ali​Back before Soundset became the annual festival it is today, there was a Rhymesayers-hosted event by the same name that took over, and consistently sold out, the First Ave Mainroom every Wednesday, housing some of the big names on the company roster as well as visiting acts. The festi ... More >>

Gayngs Affiliyated Showcase at First Avenue, 3/6/2011

The Gayngs and Gimme Noise Affiliyated Showcase at First Avenue was nothing short of epic -- so epic, in fact, that even the word doesn't seem big enough. The colossal 15-band bill was a Minneapolis Best Of, with simultaneous billings in the Record Room, the Entry, and the Mainroom. Not to mention s ... More >>

SXSW 2011: Minnesota roll call

​With South by Southwest less than a month away (the music portion kicks off on March 16), we thought it a good time to start compiling our list of Minnesotans making the haul down to Austin, Texas this year.At first glance, it looks like there will be quite a few bands repping our great state -- ... 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.

Lazerbeak prepares to release solo debut

Photo by Allison Allen​In case you haven't picked up a print edition of City Pages this week, we'd like to direct your attention to this interview with Doomtree producer and former Plastic Constellation Lazerbeak, a.k.a. Aaron Mader, who is releasing his solo debut next weekend at the Fine Line.

Dessa reflects on her artistic journey

Doomtree MC runs through four definitive experiences

Win Grand Old Day wristbands today at 2 p.m.

​Grand Old Day is coming up fast -- the annual St. Paul street fest takes place this Sunday, June 6, and a whole slew of fantastic local bands are lined up to play. This year, admission into the portion of the festival that houses all of the music stages (including the City Pages stage with First ... More >>

Lyn-Lake Street Fest

Har Mar Superstar headlining Lyn Lake fest this Sunday

Via Har Mar's Tumblr blog​There's no excuse for staying indoors this weekend. In addition to the flurry of musical lineups taking over Northeast for Art-A-Whirl this weekend, the Lyn Lake Street Festival has booked an airtight cast of musicians to perform at its festivities this Sunday afternoon. ... 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 >>

Weekend Checklist: Soul Asylum, Doomtree, and Gay Witch Abortion

December 4-6.

Doomtree Blowout V

Lazerbeak to speak at the Whole next week

The Doomtree producer will give a lecture about his history and practices.

Sims tonight at the Turf Club

With DJ TRL's Circus raging up the Clown Lounge, tonight is an excellent night to hit up the Midway's crown jewel.

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

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

McNally Smith announces hip-hop diploma program

The St. Paul-based music college is offering a one-of-a-kind program.

Minnesota Mixtape 2008

Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

Interview: Sims talks about upcoming album, Blowout

Doomtree CD release show announced

Doomtree send cryptic messages across the blogosphere

Staring At The Sun: David Hansen reviews Soundset

Soundset 08

Breakfast of Champions 5/14: Medical alert

Doomtree Blowout III

True Life Confessions

Doomtree hears my mortal sins

Lights Out 2005

MC Sims faces another year of Doomtree fanatics, political unrest, and construction work

Doomtree made into dolls at Robot Love

Sims: Lights Out Paris

Two Hundred Twenty-Four Ballots...and No Hanging Chads!

Picked to Click Pollsters cast their votes

Doomsday!

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