Zoo Animal performs on the Local Show, new mixtape drops featuring plenty of TC talent, M.anifest releases a new track & Motion City Soundtrack to play the Triple Rock on Halloween.

Noam the Drummer put together this megamix of Guante & Big Cats!’s new album, An Unwelcome Guest, essentially condensing an hour-long zombie-superhero-love-story concept album into 15 crazy minutes.

Video footage of Guante & Big Cats! @ the 75th anniversary of the historic 1934 Teamster strikes (07/25/2009).

While May’s high profile major label releases might’ve dominated sales charts, it was the month’s independent releases that were the most compelling. Add to that a series of fantastic concerts, the Twin Cities’ largest hip hop festival and a few solid music videos and May measures just as strong as any other this year. Above all however, these are Culture Bully’s favorite things from the month of May.

Hip Hop Against Homophobia has announced two new shows: June 13 @ Bedlam Theater & June 27 @ the Depot.

Photo coverage of Guante & Big Cats!’s CD release show at the Nomad World Pub (05/09/2009).

Performance and interview video footage of Jeremy Messersmith, Big Cats! & Guante.

This could simply be coincidental, but it’s fitting that the tracks on Guante and Big Cats!’s Start a Fire EP have been edited and cut down to their most basic…

Guante & Big Cats! will hold the duo’s release party for their new EP on May 9 at the Nomad.

Reminder that the Tribe are hosting a release show for their new “Supply and Demand” EP tonight at the Triple Rock.

Reminder: Hyder Ali will be hosting their “Careless Talk” EP release show at the Turf Club tonight.

The shortest month of the year offered some of what might potentially be the biggest stories of the year. But between Kanye’s Storytellers, Lil Wayne dominating the Grammys and U2’s leak trumping every other release of the month, these are the stories that we feel best represent the month that was.