Last week, the long-running Minneapolis underground rap duo Atmosphere shared their new track “Kanye West,” which had basically nothing to do with Kanye West. Today, the group gives us director Pete Lee’s “Kanye West” video, which does the song better by having basically nothing to do with the so...

Once upon a time, about 10 years ago, it seemed plausible that Kanye West could appear on a song with the Minneapolis underground rap institution Atmosphere. Kanye was bringing backpack-rap aesthetics to the mainstream, and Atmosphere were, for a while there, the greatest and most popular backpacker group in the world. It didn’t happen...

It hasn’t been that long since the last time we heard from the Minneapolis indie-rap institution Atmosphere; The Family Sign, their last album, came out in 2011. But the duo’s next album Southsiders will come out in a different world. The duo’s new single is called “Bitter,” and if it was about t...

The band also talked about the fractious atmosphere following 2010's 'Come Around Sundown'    

The blood-red curtains and candlelight ambiance of Apogee’s Berkeley Street Studio provided the perfect atmosphere for Queens Of The Stone Age to record a live session for KCRW that will air on June 11. Having recently unveiled most of …Like Clockwork  at the Wiltern, their album hits the streets today. Queens Of The Stone...