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Best of Coachella 2012: Sunday, April 22

See also: Our complete Coachella coverage By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event.

Best of Coachella 2012: Sunday, April 15

See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14 *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs Wow, that was fast! In a whirlwind of top-notch performances from legends and buzz bands alike, pool parties, and rain, Coachella's first weekend is over. Here are our scribes' favorite moments from Sund ... More >>

Das Racist at Triple Rock, 4/5/12

Das Racist With Spyder Baybie Raw Dogg and 2% Muck, Illuminous 3Triple Rock Social Club, MinneapolisThursday, April 5, 2012It was hard to know what to expect at Das Racist's first Minneapolis appearance. The group's cryptic and comedic approach to post-modern hip-hop is so goofy, strange and listles ... More >>

Alert: SXSW coverage ahead

​You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that nearly every building gets used as a music venue during the annual music festival. And starting Thursday, writers and photographers from the music blogs of the Village Voice Media empire plan to go to as many of them as we possi ... More >>

Dre Day 2012 lineup announced

​The yearly celebration of West Coast G-Funk great Dr. Dre's legacy, Dre Day, turns 10 this year. As has been the case for the previous nine Februarys, this thing is a serious dose of hip-hop and history. Though its roots are in Minneapolis, the event has spread around the country and will even ke ... More >>

Radiohead, The Black Keys, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg to headline Coachella

​After quite a bit of speculation (and many customary fake announcements), the lineup for the Coachella Music and Arts Festival was released yesterday, with the Black Keys, Radiohead, and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg serving as the headliners. The massive music festival, held each spring on the Emp ... More >>

Dr. Dre: An abridged history in honor of Dre Day

​Dre Day, our annual bluntsmoked, brass monkeyed, and ingeniously tended get-down in honor of the one and only, was started by the local design firm Burlesque of North America nine years ago Saturday, when those multi-disciplinarians were banded around Life Sucks Die Magazine. And for all the ridi ... More >>

The Grammys: The good, the bad, and the really, really awkward

​Perhaps the biggest surprise from this year's Grammy Awards broadcast is that there are actually some honest-to-god surprises to report, the biggest of which was notoriously indie artists Arcade Fire coming out on top in the Album of the Year category.Here, we present a rundown of some of the mos ... More >>

Snoop Dogg at the Cabooze, 01/25/11

Photos by Alex Uncapher​Snoop DoggJanuary 25, 2011The Cabooze, MinneapolisWith Snoop Dogg in the house, of course there was going to be one hell of a party at the Cabooze on Tuesday night. Playing the second of two sold-out shows over the course of just a few hours, the Big Boss Dogg turned out th ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Snoop, the Current's birthday party, and more

Photos by Alex Uncapher​Snoop DoggJanuary 25, 2011The Cabooze, MinneapolisWith Snoop Dogg in the house, of course there was going to be one hell of a party at the Cabooze on Tuesday night. Playing the second of two sold-out shows over the course of just a few hours, the Big Boss Dogg turned out th ... More >>

Snoop Dogg

Photos by Alex Uncapher​Snoop DoggJanuary 25, 2011The Cabooze, MinneapolisWith Snoop Dogg in the house, of course there was going to be one hell of a party at the Cabooze on Tuesday night. Playing the second of two sold-out shows over the course of just a few hours, the Big Boss Dogg turned out th ... More >>

Dre Day 2011 announced

​Now an annual tradition, Dre Day, the celebration of all things Dr. Dre-related, will return to the Triple Rock Social Club on February 19 with headliners Heiruspecs."Heiruspecs will be performing a full live set of all the classic Dr. Dre / Snoop / NWA classics with an all-star cast of guest ... More >>

2011 album trainspotting: Why not start now?

​Here's a little free, unsolicited, pre-Christmas advice from Gimme Noise: Do let the iTunes gift cards Santa leaves behind burn a metaphorical hole in your stocking. No pain, no gain, after all - and if you're willing to hold your zombified-consumer rifle fire for a little while, the new year pro ... More >>

The Week That Was: Wyclef v. Bieber, Talib Kweli returns, N.E.R.D.'s self-canonization

​Last week, you hurried to begin Christmas shopping, finish buying Thanksgiving trimmings, and scrounge enough spare change to buy yourself a copy of Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday. And while you weren't paying much or any attention - and who could blame you? - all of this stuff happened.

Dr. Dre and Snoop have a couple more things to say about smoking weed

​As a song title, "Kush" isn't exactly original; but neither was "Under Pressure," come to think of it now. The title of former speaks directly to producer/rapper/legend Dr. Dre's great theme: smoking copious quantities of great, dank weed. That may be why "Kush" is slated to be the first single f ... More >>

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​As a song title, "Kush" isn't exactly original; but neither was "Under Pressure," come to think of it now. The title of former speaks directly to producer/rapper/legend Dr. Dre's great theme: smoking copious quantities of great, dank weed. That may be why "Kush" is slated to be the first single f ... More >>

"Let's Be Professional" by Tribe and Big Cats!: It's awesome and free, cop it already

A rundown of the four best tracks on the new Big Cats! and Tribe mixtape.

Jimmy2Times' Dre Day Mixtape: 'Mothership Connection' (MP3)

Jimmy2Times gets us in the Dre Day spirit with a new mix featuring Dre, Snoop, NWA, Lady of Rage and more.

Dre Day

Jimmy2Times gets us in the Dre Day spirit with a new mix featuring Dre, Snoop, NWA, Lady of Rage and more.

Dre Day, Bassgasm, and more

Jimmy2Times gets us in the Dre Day spirit with a new mix featuring Dre, Snoop, NWA, Lady of Rage and more.

Dre Day 2010 to take over the Triple Rock this Thursday

Ain't nuthin' but a Dre thang.

Joe Basel: Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Douche

The "End Racism & Sexism Now: Kill all White Males" controversy.

Bomp!

The "End Racism & Sexism Now: Kill all White Males" controversy.

Ask Gimme Noise: Where are Minneapolis' well-rounded dance nights?

All he wants to do is dance.

Dr. Dre previews new album in Dr Pepper ad

Did Dr Pepper learn nothing from Chinese Democracy?!

Busta Rhymes

Did Dr Pepper learn nothing from Chinese Democracy?!

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: Feb.6-12, 2009

Highlights from the past week including Lykke Li & Tapes 'n Tapes and next week's new releases

Aw Naw Hell Naw: DRE DAY and everybody's celebratin'!!!

Jimmy2Times gives us a run-down of his five favorite Dr. Dre facts.

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: January 16-22, 2009

The Songs We Can't Escape

DU Nation founder Lars Larson lists Top 10 gangster tracks

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The Songs We Can't Escape

Dre Day: Chronic Condition in the Mainroom

Celebrating the Dr.'s birthday in bacchanalian fashion

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Celebrating the Dr.'s birthday in bacchanalian fashion

The ladies come out for Too $hort

Celebrating the Dr.'s birthday in bacchanalian fashion

The Game: The Documentary

Celebrating the Dr.'s birthday in bacchanalian fashion

Various Artists: Radio India and The Conet Project

Celebrating the Dr.'s birthday in bacchanalian fashion

Playing Doctor

Smoking like Dre, rioting against junior high, singing in the parking lot

'Kast Away

André's simply singing; Big Boi blows your brain into outer space

50 Cent: Get Rich or Die Tryin'

André's simply singing; Big Boi blows your brain into outer space

Undercover Brothers

In the new blaxploitation, agitprop gets smoked by infinite jest

Neighborhood Watch

Fireball Espresso Café Keeps an Eye on Local Hip Hop

All the Rage

Eminem learns to sharpen his battle rhymes, but not to choose his battles

Young Spuds in a Longhorn Daze

Eminem learns to sharpen his battle rhymes, but not to choose his battles

Class Clown

Eminem turns the trials of the white urban poor into a scabrous comedy with himself as the punch line--and punching bag

True MCs

Back to Middle School: Wild Pitch reissues hip-hop classics by Gang Starr, the UMC's, Main Source, and Lord Finesse.

various artists: Wild Style: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Back to Middle School: Wild Pitch reissues hip-hop classics by Gang Starr, the UMC's, Main Source, and Lord Finesse.

Muggs Presents... The Soul Assassins (Chapter I) by various artists

Back to Middle School: Wild Pitch reissues hip-hop classics by Gang Starr, the UMC's, Main Source, and Lord Finesse.

Boobs & Boobs

Back to Middle School: Wild Pitch reissues hip-hop classics by Gang Starr, the UMC's, Main Source, and Lord Finesse.

Dead On Arrival

Tupac's posthumous Makaveli, along with new releases by Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, take gangsta rap to different ends