NEW DRUGS - CLOQUET

Cloquet, the collaborative duo of producer Paper Tiger and vocalist J.Gundersen, are back with the announcement of their upcoming sophomore album New Drugs and its powerful lead single “Breathing.” What initially began as a DIY file-sharing side project amongst friends quickly turned into a full-fledged band with the release of Cloquet’s 2018 self-titled debut album. Born out of a musical comradery and love for all things 90's dance and indie rock, Cloquet merges the worlds of electronic and post-punk to create something equally urgent and reflective, a sound that lives just as perfectly on the dance floor as it does barreling down the highway on a late-night drive.

NIGHT STONE - NIGHT STONE

Night Stone is the new electronic project from veteran producers Lazerbeak and ICETEP. Both artists have spent the last decade building a bulletproof discography of credits - Lazerbeak with everyone from global sensation Lizzo and bluegrass legends Trampled By Turtles to the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra, and his own Doomtree crew; and ICETEP with Chicago’s first lady Psalm One, indie-rap behemoth Astronautalis, and singer/rapper/renaissance woman Dessa.

"FIVE ALIVE" - DOOMTREE

"Five Alive" is Doomtree's first full collaborative song since 2015. You can tell by the snarling distortion and booming 808’s that producers Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger have found new and bustling energy, layering the song with synth stabs, polyrhythmic percussion, and crushing bass. Meanwhile, vocalists P.O.S, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Dessa, and Cecil Otter each take turns attacking the beat in their own unique and varied ways, showing off what has always made full-crew Doomtree tracks so intriguing.

SOUND THE BELLS: RECORDED LIVE AT ORCHESTRA HALL - DESSA & THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA

In 2019, Dessa performed two very sold-out shows with the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra. Sarah Hicks, Principal Conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, conducted the program—17 of Dessa’s strongest songs, ambitiously rearranged by musician and composer Andy Thompson. The concerts were held in downtown Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall, a striking venue with an unmistakable acoustic design. The venue was fitted with an array of suspended microphones to capture the performances, and the resulting live record Sound the Bells: Recorded Live at Orchestra Hall.

6666 - Four Fists

Four Fists knows how to keep a promise; it just might take them, like, seven years to do it. After initially releasing a debut 7’’ back in 2013, the duo finally release the full-length they set out to make long before life took a hold of them both.

All Hands - Doomtree

Both the catchiest and densest album in the group's catalog, All Hands adeptly walks a tightrope of immediately memorable hooks and in-depth lyricism that rewards repeated listens. The result is equally worthy of up-to-11 trunk-rattling drives as it is late-night headphone sessions.