Hey there, welcome back to Tuesdays With Lazerbeak! Just a gentle reminder that Paper Tiger’s Summer EP pre-order is in serious full effect mode. Make sure to order real soon if you want to receive one of the bonus Beat Tape CDs that comes with 15 unreleased Paper Tiger instrumentals. We only made up 500 total and they are moving … Read More
Dessa in Warsaw.
This is Bartek. Bartek is a Polish visual artist who lives and works in Warsaw. We were connected by a friend of his (who I met while standing in line at the University of Minnesota’s commencement ceremony) seven weeks ago. Our emailed exchange went something like this: “When will you and Doomtree be in Europe again? Maybe we could work … Read More
Lipsticked.
As you may have surmised from the new images on the site, I’m involved in a rather unconventional release this fall. To my knowledge I am the very first member of the Doomtree collective with a metynomic shade of lipstick. (After learning that word, metynomic, I have waited years for the occasion to use it. And now, in the midst … Read More
Paper Tiger Summer EP Announcement
Oh man, welcome to a very special edition of Tuesdays With Lazerbeak. We are thrilled to announce that on August 14th Doomtree Records will be releasing Summer EP, the brand new 6 song mini album from international touring DJ extraordinaire Paper Tiger!!!! Our good friends over at Prefix have just premiered first single “Gold Pass,” and you can stream it … Read More
Tuesdays with Lazerbeak
Alright, as we speak the rappers are headed overseas once again to rock a few quick festivals out in Europe. They’ll be hitting the Netherlands on the 12th (headlining club show), Belgium on the 13th (Dour Festival), and Germany on the 14th (Hip Hop Open). Then Dessa sticks around for a couple days to play a solo show in Warsaw, … Read More
Tuesdays With Lazerbeak
Man, summer is here in a major way. I hope everybody is staying as cool as possible with all this crazy heatwave stuff going around. We’re playing a ton of summer festivals in the coming months as we wind down the No Kings cycle, and I wanted to fill you in on the details. These will be some of the last times … Read More
Tuesdays with Lazerb–DESSICA!
What a dashing readership. Let me assure each and every one of you that you have made a wise and virtuous choice in deciding to read today’s blog. Your taste = effing impeccable. Lazerbeak, who you may know as our newest Doomtree dad, hasn’t slept in like 6 days. On our hour-long conference call today, he made about 8 minutes … Read More
Tuesdays With Lazerbeak
Oh man, what a weekend. That Rock The Garden concert last Saturday was totally out of hand. Beyond huge shouts to The Current and Walker Art Center for having us, as well as Tune-Yards, Howler, Trampled By Turtles, and The Hold Steady for being such awesome stage company. I hadn’t even realized this had marked our first crew show in … Read More
Wednesdays With Lazerbeak
Hello and welcome to the second installment of The Billion Bonus Jam Bonanza (Local Edition). There has been so much great rap music coming out of the Twin Cities these last couple months that it’s been hard to keep it all straight. I’m gonna attempt to highlight as many joints as I can remember below. Before we get into it … Read More
SPIN on Beacon
Spin Magazine just posted some behind-the-scenes footage from our shoot for the “Beacon” music video. You can check out the guys in grimy make-up and Dessa in a levitation harness. Many thanks to Bo Hakala, the director, for rallying the Minneapolis talent that made the project possible. Check it out.