Casey Deming & Albert Elmore @ Regis Center for Art Tonight!

There's a series of performances curated by Ryan Wurst at the Regis Center for Art on the West Bank campus of the University of Minnesota. Tonight's performance features Casey Deming and Albert Elmore's "Final Project." I'll keep you posted as I hear about more of these shows. Definitely worth checking out.


w130 Regis Center for Art (418 21st Ave S., U of M West Bank campus, Minneapolis, MN) 7pm/all ages/suggested donation


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Albert Elmore
& Casey Deming

present their
FINAL PROJECT

Quakers-Quakers

The much-anticipated self-titled Quakers debut on Stones Throw hits the streets today, accompanied by this choppy video preview of the album below. As you probably know, the 35 member collective boasts the talents of producers Geoff Barrow aka Fuzzface (Portishead, BEAK>), Katalyst and 7-Stu-7. If you so choose, you can learn more here. Enjoy!

Numbers Not Names-Numbers Not Names

Kill the Vultures MC Crescent Moon serves up tales of hard-boiled bad cop/bad cop dystopia with cohorts Alap Momin aka Oktopus (Dӓlek), Chris Cole (Many Fingers/Third Eye Foundation) and Jean-Michel Pires (The Married Monk, Bed) in Numbers Not Names, the brainchild of Stéphane Grégoire (Ici D'Ailleurs). In the video a for their premier track of the same name, a pounding beat churns industrial amidst creeping guitar figures and bursts of pressurized angst, all mirrored in a procession of imagery unsettling yet all too familiar. Sweet dreams.

NUMBERS NOT NAMES : NUMBERS NOT NAMES from Ici d'ailleurs on Vimeo.

Tuesday Series @ Madame Tonight!

L.L. Bean (Ryan Wurst-electronics, Erin Hael-movement), Jaded Matron (Isa Gagarin & Beth Chekola-voice & eletronics) and Liz Jacobs (?) perform at the prestigious Tuesday Series tonight at Madame. Be there!

Madame of the Arts (3401 Chicago Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN) 8pm/all ages/suggested donation

Photek-DJ-Kicks Mix

You can stream legendary producer Photek's contribution to the prodigious DJ-Kicks series below (courtesy of Mixmag). Available for purchase March 26th, his is the first DJ-Kicks mix of 2012. Enjoy!

DJ-Kicks mixed by Photek by Mixmag

MODE @ Honey Tomorrow!

Make no bones about it, MODE keeps coming up big with an assortment of awesome bass music month after month. Tomorrow at Honey, Easyrider, Sovietpanda, Heavy Arms and Westin will tell you all about it. Be there!

Honey (205 E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN) 10pm/21+/$3

Quakers-Smoke (featuring Jonwayne)

Here's another prerelease tremor from Quakers, whose album drops March 27th on Stones Throw. "Smoke," a solid cut somewhat reminiscent of Quannum Projects, features the talents of Jonwayne. Listen below!

Quakers - Smoke feat. Jonwayne by Stones Throw Records

Clipd Beaks-Wake

Clipd Beaks are back on the scene (not that they ever left) with an excellent noir electro trip called Wake. You can listen and download below or via their Bandcamp page.

Tuesday Series @ Madame Tomorrow!

The Tuesday Series at Madame features another champion lineup tomorrow encompassing the duo of Bryce Beverlin II and Mike Hallenbeck and a solo performance from Jonathan Kaiser and Alden Ikeda each. Don't miss it!

Madame of the Arts (3401 Chicago Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN) 8pm/all ages/suggested donation

Quakers-Stones Throw Podcast 72

Stones Throw is featuring a free mixtape from Quakers, the Geoff Barrow-related collective set to release its debut album March 27th. Hip-Hop Quake Mix, mixed by Katalyst, is available here. Hope this tides you over until the release!

Ceephax Acid Crew-Mediterranean Acid

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With a new album in the works, Ceephax Acid Crew shares a Middle Eastern tinged ditty called "Mediterranean Acid." Peep the palm trees!

Mediterranean Acid by Ceephax

So You Think You Kahn Dance Episode 3-Mux Mool

MPLS.TV's Bobby Kahn asks Mux Mool some questions about music and dance for episode 3 of So You Think You Kahn Dance. Mux performs Sunday, March 11th at 7th Street Entry with Mrhorror and Connie Hawkins. Get your groove on!



7th Street Entry (701 1st Ave., Minneapolis, MN) 8pm/18+/$10 adv. ($12 door)

Clark-The Pining Pt.2 & Secret (featuring Martina Topley-Bird)

With the release of Iradelphic less than a month away (April 2nd, Warp Records) Clark shares a couple more tracks from the album. You can listen to "The Pining pt.2" and "Secret" (featuring Martina Topley-Bird) below. The album promises to be a pleasure!

Zomby-777 & Darkness 93

Amidst deliberation as to whether he should drop off the site, Zomby shares unreleased tracks "777" and "Darkness 93" via his Twitter. Download for free and enjoy!

Basuketto @ Red Stag Supperclub Tonight!

Tonight marks the maiden voyage of Basuketto, a weekly series of collective improvisations curated by Mark McGee (Father You See Queen, Votel, Marijunana Deathsquads) and Ben Clark (Votel, Cecil Otter, Doomtree) at Red Stag Suuperclub. Tonight's guests include Dark Dark Dark's Nona Marie and her Anonymous Choir, Ryan Olson (Gayngs, Poliça, Marijuana Deathsquads) and Joey Van Phillips (Mystery Palace, Liminal Phase, Aby Wolf & Her Claws). Go hear them tonight and expect further collaborations of this caliber in weeks to come!

Red Stag Supperclub (509 1st Ave. NE) 10pm/all ages/free

Machinedrum-Mixmag Mix of the Week

Mixmag is featuring an upbeat mix from none other than Machinedrum. You can listen and download below. Enjoy!

MOTW: Machinedrum by Mixmag

Burial + Four Tet-Nova

Burial and Four Tet team up to bring you a new single called "Nova" to be released sometime in the near future on Four Tet's Text label (TEXT013). You can stream it below via Four Tet's SoundCloud. Have a listen!

Burial + Four Tet - Nova by Four Tet

Juan Atkins-FACT Mix 319

FACT Magazine is featuring a mix from Detroit techno pioneer Juan Atkins. You can download it here. Enjoy!

Nitetrax Edition 11-Minneapolis Special

Inspired by their current issue Wax Poetics is featuring a Nitetrax homage to Minneapolis musical majesty from Citinite. You can listen and download below!

I Self Devine-Reports From The Field: In The Trenches

In the third installment of the Culture Series, I Self Devine gives you an eyewitness account with Reports From The Field: In The Trenches. You can listen below or download his third free mixtape here. The accompanying video interview gives you insight about "the field" as he sees it and the everyday struggles some are not privileged to ignore.





The release show for Reports From The Field: In The Trenches is Saturday, March 24th at the 7th Street Entry and features Mike the Martyr, Mankwe Ft. Medium Zach, Big Quarters, Illuminous 3 and Djs Shannon Blowtorch and Simone Steppa Dujour. Go see for yourself!



7th Street Entry (701 1st Ave., Minneapolis,MN) 8pm/18+/$10