Happy Friday! We’ll kick off this week’s new video roundup with a pair of releases from two of Minnesota’s biggest and longest-running hip-hop crews… Doomtree’s ducks What, did you think Doomtree was going to slow down now that they’ve wrapped up the 10 consecutive events of their Last Blowout Ever? With a new full-crew album…

Way back in the day, before the White Stripes blew up, Jack White worked as an upholsterer. Later, White and his fellow upholsterer Brian Muldoon formed a duo who called themselves—wait for it—the Upholsterers and cut a couple of songs. One of those songs, “Apple of My Eye,” was released commercially in 2000. The second, “Your Furniture Was…

‘Tis the season for holiday music, and of course for us that means holiday music by Minnesota’s many talented artists. There are lots of opportunities for you to listen local this holiday season—including six very special hours this coming Monday, Dec. 22. The seasonal sounds have already begun on Wonderground, where Barb Abney has been curating…

At 24 years old, the electronic artist Vaski—born Alex Brouwer in Savage, Minn.—has already been around the world and back, touring on the strength of his accessible, frenetic, and bass-heavy dance music. Brouwer first caught the attention of the writhing masses when he was just 19, and quickly rose to the top of the heap of…

Iron Range singer-songwriter Paul Metsa’s critically acclaimed memoir Blue Guitar Highway will be adapted for the stage. Jim Stowell—an influential Minnesota writer, teacher, and actor—has adapted Metsa’s 2011 book into Blue Guitar Highway—The Musical. The onstage adaptation will star Metsa himself and will include collaborations with renowned artists such as Willie Walker, Mari Harris, and Sonny…

Patti LaBelle is legendary not just for her singing but for her cooking. When she offered to cook some of her famous soul food for Questlove, he was all in—but, he soon discovered, it wasn’t going to be that simple. He told his story to Okayplayer, which animated the nine-minute tale that features cameos from DJ Jazzy Jeff, Bunny…

Sonny Knight and the Lakers are coming home to Minneapolis with four shows at the Dakota Jazz Club. The band will perform two shows tomorrow, Dec. 18, at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.; and two shows on Friday, Dec. 19, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The venue will transform the main floor into a dancing space for maximum…

Is the all-star tribute charity concert the new all-star tribute charity album? It seems so, as yet another has just been booked: a March 28 concert at Carnegie Hall will feature the Roots, Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, Rufus Wainwright, Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Beth Orton, Steve Earle, and several other artists paying tribute to David Byrne and Talking Heads. It’s the 11th…

From performing in a Jellybean Johnson-produced all-girl band in junior high to singing backing vocals and touring with Caroline Smith, 30-year-old vocalist Yasmina Moore-Foster has already accumulated a long and fascinating musical resume. And although she is just breaking out with her first solo material and playing out under her own name for the first time this year, her…

Corbin Spooky Black has changed his stage name to his real name, Corbin, for his newest collaboration with WeDidit and thestand4rd. With the name change, Corbin has come out with a more aggressive delivery on the new track “Worn.” The angelic voice of Spooky Black still hides in the track’s eerie production, but Corbin ends up…