The Best Minnesota Music Photography of 2012

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The Best Minnesota Music Photography of 2012

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December 13, 2012

893-Best-Of-2012_03-15_Blind-Shake-SXSW_Headhunters — The Blind Shake / Photo by Erik Hess

893-Best-Of-2012_03-16_Brother-Ali-SXSW_Swan-Dive — Brother Ali / Photo by Erik Hess

893-Best-Of-2012_04-01_Zoo-Animal_Nick-and-Eddie-last-day — Zoo Animal / Photo by Erik Hess

893-Best-Of-2012_04-09_Birthday-Suits_Aquarium-Fargo — Birthday Suits / Photo by Erik Hess

893-Best-Of-2012_06-16_Rock-the-Garden — Rock the Garden 2012 / Photo by Erik Hess

893-Best-Of-2012_09-10_POS_Icehouse — P.O.S. / Photo by Erik Hess

Stef-TGNP — P.O.S. / Photo by Graham Tilbert

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macklemore — Macklemore / Photo by Lessie Plesser

rockthegarden — Rock the Garden 2012 / Photo by Lessie Plesser

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eveningrig — Jason Miller of The Evening Rig / Photo by Lessie Plesser

_BD71241-currentbday — The Current's Birthday Party / Photo by Nate Ryan

_DSC0154-mattandkim — Matt and Kim / Photo by Nate Ryan

_DSC0761-sims-rtg — Rock the Garden 2012 / Photo by Nate Ryan

_DSC1360-holdsteady-RTG — The Hold Steady / Photo by Nate Ryan

_DSC1679-MDeathsquads-TGNP-icehouse — Marijuana Deathsquads / Photo by Nate Ryan

_DSC2628-trampled-rtg — Trampled By Turtles / Photo by Nate Ryan

_DSC4058-astronaut-bastileday — Photo by Nate Ryan

_DSC7669-castitybrown-statefairMPR — Chastity Brown / Photo by Nate Ryan

_DSC8181-POS-statefair-mpr — P.O.S. (Photo by Nate Ryan/MPR)

_DSC9635-Semisonic-mnmusiconstick-statefair — Semisonic / Photo by Nate Ryan

WipingOutThousands_StacySchwartz — Wiping out Thousands / Photo by Stacy Schwartz

Soul Asylum — Soul Asylum / Photo by Steven Cohen

Y.N.RichKids — Y.N.RichKids / Photo by Steven Cohen

Father John Misty — Father John Misty / Photo by Steven Cohen

Gary Burger of The Monks — Gary Burger of The Monks / Photo by Steven Cohen

Mike Nesmith-themonkeys — Mike Nesmith / Photo by Steven Cohen

River's Edge Music Festival — River's Edge Music Festival / Photo by Tony Nelson

Roger Waters The Wall Live — Roger Waters / Photo by Tony Nelson

Bruce Springsteen — Bruce Springsteen / Photo by Tony Nelson

Florence & the Machine — Florence and the Machine / Photo by Tony Nelson

Public Enemy in Minneapolis — Public Enemy / Photo by Tony Nelson

2012 was a great year for local music, with amazing shows both small and large. As I started to edit my best concert photos from the year, I decided to reach out to some of the other music photographers in the Twin Cities, and add their work to our 2012 photo gallery. Ben Clark, Erik Hess, Leslie Plesser, Tony Nelson, Steven Cohen, Graham Tolbert, and Stacy Schwartz all contributed images. It is so hard to edit the selction down to a reasonable size gallery, but I tried to focus on some of the memerable shows and showcase the passion frozen in concert photographs.

- Nate Ryan, Photographer/videographer at The Current

A man singing on an outdoor stage while a balloon floats overhead — Flaming Lips / Photo by Ben Clark

_DSC4827-allensparhawk-duluthhomegrown — Alan Sparhawk / Photo by Ben Clark

_DSC7345-ali-7thst — Brother Ali / Photo by Ben Clark

_EHP3447-therevolution — The Revolution / Photo by Ben Clark

DSC_1347-beachhouse — Beach House / Photo by Ben Clark

This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.