What the what?

Today Dessa posted this hilar photo on her Facebook page of herself with Doomtree cohorts Mike Mictlan and Cecil Otter, without explanation - except to say "Did I mention that this happened?" We'll leave it at that.


Via Dessa on Facebook
Submitted by @jahnapeloquin

Doomtree heading to cabin to record new album

Local hip hop collective Doomtree just announced via Twitter that they're heading to a cabin in the woods to record a new album.


Hmm, sounds like they're taking a cue from another sorta-local musician...


Submitted by @jahnapeloquin

Tweet recap: Doomtree's #FREEEBIRD secret show

Wow, you guys. Just wow. Last night's secret Doomtree #FREEEBIRD RV show was nuts.


Doomtree posted video:



Bleubird (owner of the FREEEBIRD RV) uploaded a bunch of pix.

Our own @jahnapeloquin recaps the show for Vita.mn, with tons of photos.

More Tweets from the night:

Doomtree announce secret show tonight

We love it when Soundset happens, because that always means that a bunch of Doomtree cohorts will be in town and things are bound to get crazy. Sure enough, the hip hop collective announced a few hours ago on Twitter that they're doing a secret show somewhere in Minneapolis tonight. Details have been slowly emerging, but from what we gather, it will be post-Get Cryphy, after-hours, and include performances from P.O.S., Mike Mictlan, and frequent Doomtree/Soundset cohorts Spyder Baybie, Bleubird, Astronautalis, and K the I. Your best bet is to head to Get Cryphy at First Avenue's Record Room or the Turnt Up 1 Year Anniversary at Nomad tonight or follow #FREEEBIRD on Twitter.

[Via Astronautalis on Tumblr]

And we're not sure if these are hints or fake outs, but they made us LOL either way:


Submitted by @jahnapeloquin

Marijuana Deathsquads, Har Mar, P.O.S. play at L.A. strip club

For their gig last night in L.A., local acts Marijuana Deathsquads, Har Mar Superstar, Mike Mictlan, P.O.S., Spyder Baybie Rawdog and Slapping Purses took over strip club Crazy Girls. And the resulting Tweets and TwitPics were LOL/OMG-worthy.

Via @spyderbaybie

Har Mar Superstar. Via @spyderbaybie

Marijuana Deathsquads' Ryan Olson & P.O.S. Via @spyderbaybie

Marijuana Deathsquad's Ryan Olson looks on. Via @kristoffer_k

And just cuz it's funny, here's a fan drawing for the Har Mar/Deathsquads residency via Har Mar Superstar's tumblr. If you're in the L.A. area tonight, don't miss the culmination of the Har Mar/Deathsquads weekly residency at The Satellite.

Submitted by @jahnapeloquin

Behind-the-scenes photos of P.O.S. & Mike Mictlan's recording sessions

L.A. photographer Ricardo Zapata just posted a Flickr set of photos from the L.A. recording sessions for the forthcoming P.O.S. and Mike Mictlan releases. Here are a few shots:




Click HERE to view the full set.

Via @ricardozapata

Submitted by @jahnapeloquin

Mike Mictlan knocks it out

The new video for "Prizefight" by Doomtree cohort Mike Mictlan is a hot item circulatin' the internetz locally and beyond. Word has it that Mictlan's new vid snagged a top slot on Myspace's front page. Pretty sweet!

The rapper remixes his "prized" track on the Hand Over Fist EP and partners it with some stellar visuals with a little help from director and local graphic designer/artist Greg Hubacek, as well as a slew of other talented Twin Cities folks.

@anderother says: "the wooly mammoth minnesnowta murder maker @MIKEMICTLAN is on the front page of Myspace for that #Prizefight video"

@MPLSTV links the vid and says: "Do it to folks. We haven't seen a music video this innovative for a minute."

Mike Mictlan "PRIZEFIGHT" Music Video from Ted Romeo on Vimeo.

submitted by @letoilemagazine