Just got back from KUMM‘s Tower Awareness Concert (aka March Music Madness, but in late April because of scheduling difficulties) and it was another great KUMM show. Or at least the part that I saw was great. I got there late (lots of reasons) and ended up missing the first two acts – big apologies to The Swiss Army and The Plastic Constellations. I meant well, but life got in the way.
I did catch Doomtree, though, for the second time this semester, and they kicked ass once again. (They headlined the show following the screening of Afropunk back in February.) I really love Doomtree’s stuff because they’re so obviously a collective instead of just a bunch of egos sharing a stage for a while. The raps are tight and politically spikey in all the right ways, and their sound is broad and inclusive in ways that really take advantage of the diversity of the collective.
And for those who think there’s nothing shaking out here in west-central Minnesota, I challenge people out in the “real world” to put on a great show like this and manage to draw a candidate for U.S. Senate and the owner/operators of an organic co-op farm. Not to mention a whole host of past KUMM luminaries and exec staff members (Travis, Gilson, Robert Fitzgerald, Mike D, and more!).
(One could argue, BTW, that the world would be a better place if more candidates for U.S. Senate hung out at college radio concerts, but that discussion will have to wait for another day.)
It was a blast, and major props to all the KUMM folks that pulled it all together and to the musicians for giving us something to jam to. I’ve now showered all the nasty cigarette smell off my person, and I’m taking my tired and happy self to bed. Huzzah!
