REVIEW: BUSDRIVER – BEAUS$EROS (2012)
Way back before fall of 2003, I couldn’t be caught dead listening to rap or anything resembling a beat with words put to it. What was the point of it? Musically, there was no technical skill to it in comparison to other music. No battles to try and top your own prowess on a guitar, […]
PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO: ASTRONAUTALIS AT L’INTERNATIONAL (PARIS)
Astronautalis (Minneapolis, MN) and Bleubird (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)January 18th, 2012L’International in Paris, France The past few years it’s always a thrill to hear that Astronautalis is coming to town, kinda what you would imagine it’d be like back in the 1880s when the cir
Review: Doomtree – No Kings (2011)
No Kings is not hot on the heels of F H : X V or 2008′s Doomtree. It’s in searing pursuit, hugging hairpin curves tighter, and launching a full on Mad Max auditory assault that chases you down, latches on, and refuses to let you go until nearly 47 minutes later. The Minneapol
REVIEW: ASTRONAUTALIS – THIS IS OUR SCIENCE (2011)
No way will this review ever do linguistic justice. It’s as futile as saving the life in the opening scene of Cliffhanger. Dare I compare Bothwell to Sylvester Stallone? Nah, well…yes. Unlike Rocky, Astronautalis improves with age and each iteration. The Jacksonville wordsmith had the
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&
Interview: Atmosphere (Minneapolis)
Sean Daley, better known as Slug, has spent more than 15 years defining and supporting the ever-changing genre of underground hip-hop under the guise of Atmosphere and the Rhymesayers label. DJ/Producer Anthony Davis (Ant), guitarist Nate Collis and keyboard player Eric Anderson
Interview: P.O.S. (Minneapolis)
Photographer, Ricardo Zapata has contributed in the past with his beautiful images from the Doomtree Blowout and Soundset Festival. Today he adds an interview along with his photography with P.O.S. from Doomtree on his fourth full length album. To see more photography from t
INTERVIEW: SIMS (FEAT. CECIL OTTER) (MINNEAPOLIS)
In the middle of August, Katia and I made it to Minneapolis for a weekend of basking in the last bit of a Minnesota summer. On a patio in Uptown, we sat down with Sims for a chat, who quickly brought over Cecil Otter to join in and chat about his upcoming Good Time Zoo Tour (dates below), the [&
INTERVIEW: GRIEVES (SEATTLE), PART ONE
In the wake of his upcoming fourth album, Grieves (Ben Laub) sat down with me for a little one on one. Grieves and producer, Budo teamed up once again for Together/Apart, which debuts June 21, 2011 on Rhymesayers Entertainment. The same week his new album drops he heads on the Vans Warp