Eyedea & Abilities with Themselves & Free Energy

Themselves
Themselves, part of the Anticon crew, play underground hip hop with the confounding lyrical poetry of Doseone's other group, Clouddead, but without the same approach to ambient sound textures.

Eyedea & Abilities
Before Eyedea & Abilities were an MC/DJ pair, they were Mike Averill and Gregory "Max" Keltgen, two friends from Minneapolis. In 1997, however, while still in high school, the duo began competing in the battle circuit, gaining recognition from high-profile wins at 1999's...

Free Energy
Formed in 2009 by Minneapolis natives Scott Wells and Paul Sprangers after the highly combustible dissolution of their previous group, Hockey Night, Free Energy blends the lackadaisical power pop of Pavement with the handclap-fevered backbeat of the Bay City Rollers and the glammy...