The Best Minnesota Music Photography of 2012

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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

39 Photos

The Blind Shake / Photo by Erik Hess

Brother Ali / Photo by Erik Hess

Zoo Animal / Photo by Erik Hess

Birthday Suits / Photo by Erik Hess

Rock the Garden 2012 / Photo by Erik Hess

P.O.S. / Photo by Erik Hess

Solid Gold / Photo by Graham Tilbert

P.O.S. / Photo by Graham Tilbert

UMAMI / Photo by Graham Tilbert

Father You See Queen / Photo by Graham Tilbert

Leisure Birds / Photo by Graham Tilbert

Guitar Wolf / Photo by Lessie Plesser

Macklemore / Photo by Lessie Plesser Macklemore plays a sold-out First Avenue on November 30, 2012. Photo by Leslie Plesser.

Rock the Garden 2012 / Photo by Lessie Plesser From left to right: Merrill Garbus, P.O.S., Dessa and Craig Finn all jumping during Rock the Garden 2012. Photo by Leslie Plesser.

4onthefloor / Photo by Lessie Plesser

Jason Miller of The Evening Rig / Photo by Lessie Plesser Jason Miller of The Evening Rig plays their CD release party at the Triple Rock Social Club on August 31, 2012. Photo by Leslie Plesser.

The Current's Birthday Party / Photo by Nate Ryan

Matt and Kim / Photo by Nate Ryan

Rock the Garden 2012 / Photo by Nate Ryan

The Hold Steady / Photo by Nate Ryan

Marijuana Deathsquads / Photo by Nate Ryan

Trampled By Turtles / Photo by Nate Ryan

Photo by Nate Ryan

Chastity Brown / Photo by Nate Ryan

P.O.S. (Photo by Nate Ryan/MPR)

Semisonic / Photo by Nate Ryan

The Avett Brothers / Photo by Stacy Schwartz

St. Vincent / Photo by Stacy Schwartz

Wiping out Thousands / Photo by Stacy Schwartz

Soul Asylum / Photo by Steven Cohen

Y.N.RichKids / Photo by Steven Cohen

Father John Misty / Photo by Steven Cohen

Gary Burger of The Monks / Photo by Steven Cohen

Mike Nesmith / Photo by Steven Cohen

River's Edge Music Festival / Photo by Tony Nelson Day 1 of the River's Edge Music Festival in St. Paul, June 23, 2012. © Tony Nelson / Live Nation

Roger Waters / Photo by Tony Nelson Roger Waters performs The Wall Live at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, June 3, 2012. © Tony Nelson

Bruce Springsteen / Photo by Tony Nelson Sruce Springsteen & the E Street Band perform at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, November 11, 2012. © Tony Nelson

Florence and the Machine / Photo by Tony Nelson Florence & the Machine perform at the State Theater in Minneapolis, April 27, 2012. © Tony Nelson

Public Enemy / Photo by Tony Nelson MINNEAPOLIS, MN DECEMBER 6: Public Enemy performs on the Hip Hop Gods tour at First Avenue on December 6, 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota © Tony Nelson

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