Released just yesterday, Atmosphere's new EP, To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy: The Atmosphere EPs, has hit the #1 sales ranking on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap charts and claimed the #2 rank overall. With many similarities to the trajectory that we have seen the Minnesota Twins take in the past year, the indie hip-hop band from Minneapolis can officially no longer be regarded as a small market group (if they even were at this point). It was no modest achievement, as Atmosphere had to outsell Billboard heavyweights Eminem, Drake, Katy Perry, and indie juggernauts Arcade Fire. The group has truly earned their spot, congratulations to Rhymesayers.Atmosphere is beginning their tour in support of the EP today in Badgerland at the Orpheum in Madison, WI. They'll wind around the country for a month, before returning home to play two newly announced shows at First Ave in Minneapolis in late November, 11/27 (all ages) and 11/28 (18+). Tickets go on sale Friday morning at 11am. They'll surely sell out quickly, so be sure to get them early.
BONUS: Atmosphere playing "Americareful" at Soundset 2010
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