Local Current Blog
The Best Minnesota Music Photography of 2012
by Nate Ryan
December 13, 2012

The Blind Shake / Photo by Erik Hess

Brother Ali / Photo by Erik Hess

Zoo Animal / Photo by Erik Hess

Birthday Suits / Photo by Erik Hess

Rock the Garden 2012 / Photo by Erik Hess

P.O.S. / Photo by Erik Hess

P.O.S. / Photo by Graham Tilbert
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Macklemore / Photo by Lessie Plesser

Rock the Garden 2012 / Photo by Lessie Plesser
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Jason Miller of The Evening Rig / Photo by Lessie Plesser

The Current's Birthday Party / Photo by Nate Ryan

Matt and Kim / Photo by Nate Ryan

Rock the Garden 2012 / Photo by Nate Ryan

The Hold Steady / Photo by Nate Ryan

Marijuana Deathsquads / Photo by Nate Ryan

Trampled By Turtles / Photo by Nate Ryan

Photo by Nate Ryan

Chastity Brown / Photo by Nate Ryan

P.O.S. (Photo by Nate Ryan/MPR)

Semisonic / Photo by Nate Ryan

Wiping out Thousands / Photo by Stacy Schwartz

Soul Asylum / Photo by Steven Cohen

Y.N.RichKids / Photo by Steven Cohen

Father John Misty / Photo by Steven Cohen

Gary Burger of The Monks / Photo by Steven Cohen

Mike Nesmith / Photo by Steven Cohen

River's Edge Music Festival / Photo by Tony Nelson

Roger Waters / Photo by Tony Nelson

Bruce Springsteen / Photo by Tony Nelson

Florence and the Machine / Photo by Tony Nelson

Public Enemy / Photo by Tony Nelson
2012 was a great year for local music, with amazing shows both small and large. As I started to edit my best concert photos from the year, I decided to reach out to some of the other music photographers in the Twin Cities, and add their work to our 2012 photo gallery. Ben Clark, Erik Hess, Leslie Plesser, Tony Nelson, Steven Cohen, Graham Tolbert, and Stacy Schwartz all contributed images. It is so hard to edit the selction down to a reasonable size gallery, but I tried to focus on some of the memerable shows and showcase the passion frozen in concert photographs.
- Nate Ryan, Photographer/videographer at The Current

Flaming Lips / Photo by Ben Clark

Alan Sparhawk / Photo by Ben Clark

Brother Ali / Photo by Ben Clark

The Revolution / Photo by Ben Clark

Beach House / Photo by Ben Clark

This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
