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DOOMTREE IN CONCERT:
Indie hip hop collective Doomtree has been repping the Minneapolis rap scene for more than a decade with fresh beats, complex wordplay, and a genre-spanning sound that incorporates jazz, punk, and blues. At seven members strong the group is a formidable live act, and they keep the energy and swagger flowing as they perform cuts from their impressive catalog. Whether they're spitting rhymes to the heavy breakbeat of "Drumsticks" or making fans bounce with underground favorite "Bangarang", Doomtree delivers a party-worthy concert experience that showcases each member's unique talents with creative lyrical interplay, live beat-making, and on-the-fly production work.
BACKGROUND SNAPSHOT:
Doomtree formed gradually in the early '00s as various Minneapolis-based rappers and musicians coalesced around the work of founding member P.O.S., a local hip hop artist with a background playing punk and experimental noise music. By mid-decade the collective had expanded to include Dessa, Cecil Otter, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Paper Tiger, and Lazerbreak. In 2005 they put the Twin Cities music scene on the map with the inaugural Doomtree Blowout, a yearly festival showcasing their live performances and promoting other local acts. Following several mixtape releases, the seven-member lineup dropped their self-titled debut album in 2008, which reached No. 7 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, and embarked on a regional tour. In 2011 they released their sophomore album No Kings, a stellar record that earned widespread praise from critics and landed them on Time Magazine's 2012 list of "11 Great Bands You Don't Know (But Should)". In 2014 the band announced that the 10th annual Doomtree Blowout would be the last, but were quick to add that they were not breaking up -- welcome news for ticket buyers looking forward to the group's next tour.
No Kings HAS to be seen live. the CD just doesn't do it justice. The sound is usually good at Sneaky Dees but this night the mike's were way too low. Doomtree made up for it with their energy and amazing stage presence. You could see that they were genuinely having fun.
