The Elvis Presley Syndrome persists. I was having a bite to eat and running my mouth with New Primitives bassist Tommy Peterson when out of the blue, he casually dropped that Thursday June 15th would ...

There is justice in the world: starting November 29, New Primitives are the Thursday night house-draw at Nye’s Bar & Polonaise Room in Minneapolis. This band wrote the book on powerhouse Afro-Cuban ...

Stanley Kipper has a busy August: His band, the New Primitives, is releasing a new album; the group has gigs all over, including in Seattle and at the Minnesota State Fair, and he’s putting the ...

They can be the sleeper picks, the guys who go unnoticed in weekly venue billings hyping the hottest indie hunks or the latest from the trap. Some of them rage, some of them groove and some merely ...

Brian “Snowman” Powers may be the most in-demand saxophonist in the Twin Cities. He plays with Chase & Ovation, the New Primitives, Frogleg and the Mae Simpson Band, to name a few. He’s on call for ...