CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: ASTRONAUTALIS AT THE TRIPLE ROCK SOCIAL CLUB (MINNEAPOLIS)
Astronautalis (Minneapolis), Me and My Arrow (Minneapolis), Votel (Minneapolis)October 3rd, 2011Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota On a warm Monday night, Minneapolis had it’s first chance to welcome it’s newest Rap-resident home with open arms and take in top notch openers&
Concert Review: Zaz at Rockwood Music Hall (New York City)
Zaz (Tours, France)July 30th, 2011Rockwood Music Hall in New York City, New York Everyone gets nervous when landing in a foreign country. You stammer with the semblances of the learnt language in hopes that people can understand you. You stumble around hoping you caught the right metro line to the
Photography: Mike Mictlan and Lazerbeak present Hand Over Fist (Minneapolis)
Mike Mictlan and Lazerbeak (Minneapolis, MN)June 9th, 2011Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, MN Gallery: Hand Over Fist Another long day of work was done and I was home for the night… or so I thought. Scanning through Twitter with dinner in front of me, I saw that Mike Mictlan and Lazerbea
FESTIVAL REVIEW + PHOTOS: SOUNDSET 2011 AT CANTERBURY PARK (SHAKOPEE, MN)
Sunday, May 29th marked the fourth year for Rhymesayers Entertainment’s hip-hop festival, Soundset. What started out as a hip-hop festival in the parking lot in front of the Metrodome in 2008 drew more than 20,000 fans to Canterbury Park this year. Sunday’s attendance marked Soundset t
PHOTOGRAPHY: GUILTY SIMPSON AT 7TH STREET ENTRY (MINNEAPOLIS)
Guilty Simpson (Detroit), Muja Messiah (Minneapolis), DJ Turtleneck (Minneapolis), Mally (Minneapolis) and So Gold (Minneapolis)May 7th, 20117th Street Entry in Minneapolis, Minnesota May 7th was busy busy. Yelle at First Ave, Guilty at 7th. It was the fi
PHOTOGRAPHY: BLUEPRINT AT THE FREQUENCY (MADISON)
Blueprint (Ohio), Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Seattle)March 30th, 2011The Frequency in Madison, Wisconsin The long awaited album The Adventures in Counter Culture hits the world Tuesday. Print is from Columbus, and has also released albums with RJD2 
Photography: 3rd Annual F.Stokes Day After Christmas Show at the Frequency (Madison, Wisconsin)
F.Stokes (Madison), DJ Radish (Madison), Legendary Jackson (Madison)December 26th, 2010The Frequency in Madison, Wisconsin. F.Stokes treats Madison like family. From inviting everyone on stage after over two hours of a set, to passing cookies and inviting friends up for story tim
PHOTOGRAPHY: DOOMTREE BLOWOUT VI AT FIRST AVENUE (MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA)
Doomtree (Twin Cities)December 10th, 2010First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Blowout is an annual end of year celebration that the Doomtree crew throws, which is one of two major Minneapolis rap events in my book (the other being Soundset). Katia and I were together for Friday night befor