A fond farewell, and changes ahead for Gimme Noise

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Today marks my last day at the helm of this blog, and the end of a journey that I began with City Pages nearly four years ago. Naturally, I have quite a few thoughts about closing this chapter, and you can read all about the history of Gimme Noise and my thoughts on the past four years in this farewell column, which is also running in print today.

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Reed Fischer named new music editor of City Pages

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Incoming City Pages music editor Reed Fischer
As we near the end of 2011, big changes are in the air for Gimme Noise and the City Pages music section. After holding down the position of music editor for almost four years, I've decided to pursue an opportunity outside the company and will wrap up my stint here on Wednesday, January 4.

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Artists of the Year, Northeast's Pearl Studio featured in this week's City Pages

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Pearl Studio owners Zach and Noah Hollander
With the year-end review season in full swing, this week marks the publication of our annual Artists of the Year issue, which pays tribute to 15 local and national artists whose voices rose above the din in 2011. 

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Doomtree coloring contest: The winner

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At last weekend's Doomtree Blowout, we gave fans the chance to score an extra prize and profess their love for the group by participating in a back-to-the-schoolyard-style coloring contest. Yes, a coloring contest -- as in one using crayons, markers, and even some lipstick, with a design centered around the crew's longstanding logo of a set of wings and teeth.

We had five entries that stood out to us, so we put it up to a vote earlier this week. And after collecting votes from 360 of our readers, we were left with one nearly unanimous winner:

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Doomtree share their holiday memories

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Pick up a copy of this year's Winter Guide issue of City Pages and you'll notice that Doomtree is not only featured on the cover and in an interview about their new album, No Kings, but that they've invaded our entire damn publication. 

Many of our Winter Guide tidbits and listings are available exclusively in the print edition, but we thought it'd be fun to publish some of the crew's winter and holiday memories along with a few other cheesy amazing portraits of the group by Emily Utne. 

For more on the popular Twin Cities rap group, be sure to grab both versions (collectible!) of the Doomtree Winter Guide when they hit stands tomorrow.

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Doomtree get awkwardly festive for this year's Winter Guide

Ho ho ho, Merry No Kingsmas! 

Doomtree are dominating the dialog of the Twin Cities this week as they tear through seven back-to-back nights at the 7th St. Entry and First Avenue Mainroom. In honor of their historical residency and the strength of their latest full-crew album, No Kings, we opened up the pages of our print edition to the crew this week and let them take over our entire Winter Guide issue.

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Best Music Writing 2011 anthology includes honorable mention for piece by Dessa

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The latest edition of De Capo's annual Best Music Writing anthology just dropped, and in addition to the 32 essays published in this year's book they have published an extensive list of honorable mentions. One of those mentions, in particular, caught our attention: the essay "Dessa Reflects on Her Artistic Journey" by Dessa Darling, which was published as a City Pages cover story on August 18, 2010. The piece was simply titled "Dessa on Dessa" in print.

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Black Friday Record Store Day: A guide to special sales and events in the Cities

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​Black Friday. Potentially the single most terrifying phrase in the English language, those two little words are a retailer's curse and a shopper's pipe dream come true. This year, if you somehow missed pitching your tent in the Best Buy parking lot in preparation for the sales, not to worry--there is an alternative, and a better one. You can take full advantage of some of the best deals in town at record stores on Friday, and plenty stores are also featuring live performances by local bands. We've conveniently compiled a list of highlights at your favorite local shops, just so you don't have to be in the dark come November 25.

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Real-Phonic Radio Hour: introducing a new monthly audio and web program

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​The Twin Cities is a great place for music. Twin Citizens know that well enough--we are home, after all, to a host of influential music venues, and our beloved indie radio station 89.3 the Current. You'd be hard-pressed to find a night when there wasn't something great happening, either within the infamous walls of First Avenue or in the dingy corner of some dive bar with a step-up stage; we wouldn't have it any other way. But for all that, there's always more happening; this fiercely creative town continually sprouts up new ideas and projects, some which fly far under the radar of their potential audience.

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Buffalo Moon, Reckless Ones profiled in this week's City Pages

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One of the largest releases in the Twin Cities this week is the newest effort by bossa nova-inspired quintet Buffalo Moon, Selva Surreal, which City Pages writer Jeff Gage says "sounds like the work of a band that's figured out its true identity." Jeff also interviewed the band for this week's paper to get their take on the new record; read his piece here and check out an accompanying slideshow of sunny, psychedelic portraits of the band by Emily Utne.

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