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Bleachers at Fillmore, Minneapolis (2021-10-26)

Read More Bleachers Anyway, Charli XCX is doing a co-headlining tour with Bleachers this summer, stopping by the Cabooze Plaza in Minneapolis next Tuesday. … Claud Chicago’s Claud (Claud Mintz) released their album Super Monster on Saddest Factor. This is Phoebe Bridgers’ record label, and Claud had the honor to be the first artist to sign on. ...

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Chicago’s Claud (Claud Mintz) released their album Super Monster on Saddest Factor. This is Phoebe Bridgers’ record label, and Claud had the honor to be the first artist to sign on.

Originally they released music in 2018 under the stagename Toast, but decided to go the Madonna-route and go with their first name, Claud.

They’ve also announced that they’ll be joining Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers for their first ever full U.S. tour:

10/11 The Van Buren Phoenix, AZ
10/15 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
10/16 The Masonic San Francisco, CA
10/19 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
10/22 The Union Event Center Salt Lake City, UT
10/24 Uptown Theater Kansas City, MO
10/26 Fillmore Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN
10/27 The Sylvee Madison, WI
10/28 Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL
10/29 Outside Lands Festival 2021 San Francisco, CA
11/02 The Factory Chesterfield, MO
11/03 House of Blues Cleveland Cleveland, OH
11/04 GLC Live at 20 Monroe Grand Rapids, MI
11/06 XL Live Harrisburg, PA
11/07 HISTORY Toronto, ON
11/17 Paradiso Amsterdam, Netherlands
11/19 Multi Lieux, Paris Paris, France
11/19 Café de la Danse, Paris, France
11/21 Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld Cologne, Germany
11/22 HOLE 44 Berlin, Germany
11/23 Nalen Klubb Stockholm, Sweden
11/25 Yes Manchester
11/26 Omeara London
11/28 Birkenhead Central Library Birkenhead
11/29 The Academy, Middle Abbey Street Dublin, Ireland

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Bleachers at Fillmore, Minneapolis (2021-10-26)

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Hasbro Pulse Con 2021

Read More Hasbro This year, Hasbro wanted to update the toy line to 6”, giving these soldiers updated looks and additional details you can’t see on a smaller figure. The first wave is solid, with Snake Eyes, Duke, Scarlet, Roadblock and Destro (the only Cobra in the wave). ....

If you collect toys, then you probably watched the live stream of Hasbro Pulse Con 2021, the free two-day virtual event that took placed last Friday and Saturday.

This is mostly a product announcement platform, for toys coming in 2022, including new action figures for G.I. Joe: Classified series… which was mostly the main reason why I tuned in. There are about six new Joes coming out, all of them looked incredible. There will be three dreaded Target exclusives, under the new Tiger Force sub-line. Last / this year, every fan hated how Target under ordered the Cobra Island sub-line, resulting in numerous scalping for the “rare” figures.

I was lucky enough to get a few Cobra Island figures, but I’m definitely missing a few. Like most fans, I’m quitting the line. I say that, but what I mean is that I’m no longer doing pre-orders or paying extra money to third parties. If I see the figures, I’ll buy it for retail price, but I won’t go out of my way. It’s just not worth it.

Speaking of which, they sold-out all the special edition Zartan… so basically another figure that I won’t be adding to my collection. Like I said, I’ve stopped trying to be a completist for the Joes, and I feel bad for all the collectors out there unable to secure one figure for their collection.

So, the cool thing is that they had a few musical guests, including Taboo, from The Black Eyed Peas, and Weezer.

Weezer closed out the event with “Island in the Sun” and “Say It Ain’t So”. Both songs were played on acoustic guitars, with the entire band in one room. It sounded great, and, I’ll confessed I started singing along.

Weezer’s new album Van Weezer is out now. The record follows the release of the band’s first-ever orchestral album, OK Human, earlier this year.

Watch Weezer on Hasbro Pulse Con on YouTube.

Weezer at Hasbro Pulse Con (2021-10-23)

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Liily at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (2021-10-24)

Read More Liily Los Angeles shoegaze band Liily (Dylan Nash, Sam De La Torre, Charlie Anastasis & Maxx Morando) will be touring in support of their debut record TV or Not TV. After being added to popular Spotify playlist, the band found themselves ....

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10/24/2021 SUNDAY

LIILY
at 7th St Entry
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Los Angeles shoegaze band Liily (Dylan Nash, Sam De La Torre, Charlie Anastasis & Maxx Morando) will be touring in support of their debut record TV or Not TV. After being added to popular Spotify playlist, the band found themselves on Amazon Music, Apple Music, and their songs featured on BBC Radio 1's Indie Show With Jack Saunders.

As of this writing, no opening band listed to open.

Sep 27 Tellus360 Lancaster, PA
Sep 28 The Middle East Restaurant Cambridge, MA
Sep 30 Westcott Theater Syracuse, NY
Oct 1 Higher Ground South Burlington, VT
Oct 2 The Met Providence, RI
Oct 3 Capital Ale House Downtown Richmond, VA
Oct 4 Cats Cradle Carrboro, NC
Oct 5 Tue Ottobar Baltimore, MD
Oct 7 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
Oct 8 Beat Kitchen Chicago, IL
Oct 10 Thunderbird Cafe Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 12 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Oct 14 The Basement Nashville, TN
Oct 16 Sat The Riot Room Kansas City, MO
Oct 17 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
Oct 21 Mercury Lounge New York, NY
Oct 22 The Basement Columbus, OH
Oct 23 Triple Crown Whiskey Bar Davenport, IA
Oct 24 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Oct 25 Waiting Room Lounge Omaha, NE
Oct 26 Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
Oct 27 Soundwell Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 29 Troubadour Los Angeles, CA

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Liily at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (2021-10-24)

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Minneapolis: November 13 to November 14

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11/13: Charlie Parr at Palace Theatre Read More Charlie Parr Charlie Parr is touring in support of his new album Dog. He is playing a double night residency at the Cedar on Friday & Saturday. Tour dates: …

11/13/2021 SATURDAY

CHARLIE PARR
at Palace Theatre
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Last of the Better Days Ahead is the new collection of songs from Minnesotan Charlie Parr. What’s important to note is that the album is being released on Smithsonian Folkways, the non-profit record label of the Smithsonian Institute.

Talking about the new album, Parr said, “Last of the Better Days Ahead is a way for me to refer to the times I’m living in. I’m getting on in years, experiencing a shift in perspective that was once described by my mom as ‘a time when we turn from gazing into the future to gazing back at the past, as if we’re adrift in the current, slowly turning around.’ Some songs came from meditations on the fact that the portion of our brain devoted to memory is also the portion responsible for imagination, and what that entails for the collected experiences that we refer to as our lives. Other songs are cultivated primarily from the imagination, but also contain memories of what may be a real landscape, or at least one inspired by vivid dreaming.”

You can hear those songs live at this upcoming show at the Palace Theatre in St Paul.

Tour Dates:

10.23 | Maricopa, CA - Songdog Ranch
11.05 | Duluth, MN - NorShor Theatre
11.10 | Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
11.12 | Berwyn, IL - Fitzgeralds
11.13 | St. Paul, MN - Palace Theater
12.03 | Faribault, MN - Shattuck St. Mary's
12.04 | Milwaukee, WI - Colectivo
12.17 | Atlanta, GA - Smiths Olde Bar
12.19 | St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House

11/13: Hold Steady at First Ave Read More The Hold Steady The Hold Steady had songs for Apple Valley and gave sound advice like “heart break hurts but you can dance it off.” After their second to last song Finn said, “It’s come to that part of the evening …

11/13/2021 SATURDAY (First Avenue) 11/14/2021 SUNDAY (7th Street Entry)

THE HOLD STEADY
with Gully Boys and Kiss the Tiger
at First Avenue and 7th Street Entry
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Fan-favorite The Hold Steady is doing a few dates in Minneapolis – at the mainroom First Avenue on November 13 and a double show at the smaller 7th Street Entry (one early show and one later show). The group’s latest album Open Door Policy debut #6 on Billboard’s “Top Album Sales” chart… it’s the band’s first top 10 and the highest debut of their career.

Tour Dates:

11/13/2021 Minneapolis, MN
11/14/2021 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
12/01/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
12/02/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
12/03/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
12/04/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
03/04/2022 Electric Ballroom London
03/05/2022 Electric Ballroom London,
03/06/2022 Moth Club London
05/04/2022 Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
05/05/2022 Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
05/06/2022 Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
05/07/2022 Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
05/27/2022 The Croxton Bandroom Thombury, Australia
05/28/2022 The Croxton Bandroom Thombury, Australia
05/29/2022 Corner Hotel Richmond, Australia
06/03/2022 Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Nashville, TN
06/04/2022 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
06/16/2022 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
06/17/2022 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
06/18/2022 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
09/08/2022 Lodge Room Los Angeles, CA
09/09/2022 Lodge Room Los Angeles, CA
09/10/2022 Lodge Room Los Angeles, CA

11/14: Tonstartssbandht at Turf Club 11/14: Thundercat at Fine Line Read More Thundercat Grammy-winning bassist & singer Thundercat (not to be confused with the cartoon ThunderCats) is touring in support of his new album Drunk. The sold is show at …

11/14/2021 SUNDAY

TONSTARTSSBANDHT
with Paul Jacobs
at Turf Club
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Brother duo Tonstartssbandht (Edwin and Andy White) is touring in support of their new album Petunia… set for release on October 22nd via Mexican Summer.

Canada’s Paul Jacobs to open.

Tour dates:

Sun. Oct. 24 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
Mon. Oct. 25 - Washington, DC @ DC9
Tue. Oct. 26 - Philadelphia, PA @ KFN
Wed. Oct. 27 - Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
Thur. Oct. 28 - New York, NY @ Market Hotel
Fri. Oct. 30 - New Haven, CT @ Space Ballroom
Mon. Nov. 1 - Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
Tue. Nov. 2 - Atlanta, GA @ 529
Fri. Nov. 5 - Mexico City, MX @ Hipnosis Festival
Thur. Nov. 11 - Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
Sat. Nov. 13 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
Sun. Nov. 14 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Tue. Nov. 16 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
Wed. Nov. 17 - Salt Lake City, UT @ RYE
Thur. Nov. 18 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Fri. Nov. 19 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Sat. Nov. 20 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Mon. Nov. 22 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Tue. Nov. 23 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
Fri. Nov. 26 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Sun. Nov. 28 - Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress
Mon. Nov. 29 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
Tue. Nov. 30 - Austin, TX @ Antone’s
Wed. Dec. 1 - Denton, TX @ Andy’s

11/14/2021 SUNDAY

THUNDERCAT
with Channel Tres
at Palace Theatre
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Excerpt When Animals Attack: Wolf Alice, Wombats, Thundercat, Lady Bird:

Grammy winner and bassist Thundercat (not to be confused with the 80s cartoon) will be touring this Fall in support of his album It Is What It Is. The album garnered praises from the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the LA Times… and it won the Grammy in 2020 for the Best Progessive R&B album.

11/14: Madison Beer at Varsity 11/14: Smallpools at Fine Line Read More Smallpools The Great Good Fine OK and Smallpools co-headlining 2018 tour will be stopping by the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown this Thursday. We’ve seen both bands a couple of times, and was pretty excited to see Smallpools .... Morgxn Touring with Grey will be Los Angeles based artist Morgxn (stylized as morgxn), on his very first tour. Morgxn is excited, saying “I think the universe opened up for me in that moment …

11/14/2021 SUNDAY

MADISON BEER
with Maggie Lindemann, Audriix
at Varsity Theater
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With over 4 million streams on Madison Beer’s new single “Reckless” on Spotify, the singer announced her tour in support of her debut album Life Support. The album already accumulated over 700 million streams worldwide.

Tour dates:

10/22/2021 Toad's Place New Haven, CT
10/24/2021 Terminal 5 New York, NY
10/25/2021 House Of Blues Boston, MA
10/26/2021 Theatre Of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
10/28/2021 The Fillmore Silver Spring, MD
10/30/2021 The Underground Charlotte, NC
10/31/2021 Bucketheads Sports Rhinelander, WI
10/31/2021 Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, GA
11/02/2021 House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/03/2021 Revolution Live Fort Lauderdale, FL
11/05/2021 House Of Blues New Orleans, LA
11/06/2021 HiFi Dallas
11/07/2021 House Of Blues Houston, TX
11/09/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Nashville, TN
11/11/2021 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
11/12/2021 House Of Blues Chicago, IL
11/14/2021 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
11/15/2021 The Truman Kansas City, MO
11/17/2021 Summit Denver, CO
11/18/2021 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
11/20/2021 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
11/21/2021 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC
11/22/2021 The Neptune Seattle, WA
11/24/2021 House Of Blues San Diego, CA
11/27/2021 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
11/28/2021 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA

11/14/2021 SUNDAY

SMALLPOOLS
with morgxn
at Fine Line
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American indie pop band Smallpools is returning to the road, after having released their EP Migraine.

The last time we saw the band, in Oct 2013, we wrote, “Indie pop band, Smallpools, hasn't been around very long, forming earlier this year, but they are already making big waves. The band opened with one of their singles, Mason Jar, before going on to play other songs off their latest EP such as Not Story Time and Over and Over.”

Smallpools is bringing along Morgxn (stylized as morgxn), who will open for the band on all 2021 dates. morgxn’s new EP is called Meridian: Vol 2… set for release on November 11th.

Tour dates:

11/01/2021 The Loft Atlanta, GA
11/04/2021 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA
11/05/2021 The Foundry Philadelphia, PA
11/06/2021 Music Hall Brooklyn, NY
11/13/2021 Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
11/14/2021 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, MN
11/17/2021 Blueberry Hill's Duck Room St. Louis, MO
02/03/2022 Bronze Peacock Houston, TX
02/04/2022 Antone's Austin, TX
02/11/2022 Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, CA
02/15/2022 The Crocodile Second Stage Seattle, WA
02/18/2022 Marquis Theater Denver, CO
02/20/2022 The Vanguard Tulsa, OK

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Actors Musicians

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Read More David Duchovny Fox Mulder himself, David Duchovny will be releasing his second album Every Third Thought on February 9th via King Baby/GMG. There is no album artwork at the moment, but the record is done with complete track listing below. … The X-Files I was a fan, and watched it even after Agent Mulder (David Duchovny) left the series. I collected the Topps’ X-Files comics for many years, various books & magazines, the original VHS 12 episodes and bought the original DVD boxsets …

DAVID DUCHOVNY
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If you’re an X-Files fan, you should check out actor/musician David Duchovny’s third album Gestureland (GMG/Westbound Kyd). This is the follow-up to his 2018 album, Every Third Thought.

Talking about the record, Duchovny said, “The album represents three years of song writing over which time I think we developed into a band so there’s a stronger element of deep collaboration here. The songs are obviously inspired by present day life and problems but we hope to make them universal. We also stretch our sound a little ——getting both heavier and lighter at different times. You want to know which songs are about me. None of them. They’re about you.”

Duchovny is referencing to the fact that it was a challenge to get is his band, featuring Colin Lee on keys, Pat McCusker on guitars and synths, Mitchell Stewart on bass, Keenan O’Meara on guitars, and Davis Rowan on drums, together to finally record the album.

Guitarist McCusker adds, “shortly after our time at Outlier, the pandemic hit. After a month or so of being in full lockdown mode, we started recording overdubs and vocals at our studio in Long Island City. To have our own space to be able to finish Gestureland safely throughout 2020 was a blessing. The more we’ve all worked together, the more we’re all taking risks and tapping into new influences."

Stay tuned, as Duchovny mentioned that there will be a tour to promote the record. If there is an announcement, we’ll let you know as soon as possible.

Read More William Shatner I will tell you why I love this version - because William Shatner does not sing the song. He acts it. The original song was a huge hit for Pulp, and I believe is the Britpop theme (sorry, it's definitely maybe not Oasis). Oasis, to me, was more ...

WILLIAM SHATNER
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Award-winning actor, director, producer, writer, and chart-topping recording artist… and recently oldest man in outer space, William Shatner recently released his new album BILL, via Joe Jonas’ new label Let’s Get It! Records/Republic Records.

I’ll confess to owning a few Shatner albums, mostly because I am a big Star Trek fan, and the one thing I can tell you is that he does not actually sing on his albums. I’ve described it as “acting” out the songs. It’s amazing.

From what I’ve read about this new album, it’s more or less spoken word: “Through spoken word and genre-bending music, the songs on BILL chronicle significant autobiographical moments in William Shatner’s life and the ideas, challenges, and questions he’s confronted along the way. The tracks were co-written and produced by Grammy Award-winner Dan Miller [They Might Be Giants], while the lyrics were a collaboration between Shatner and his friend and writer Robert Sharenow. In addition to Joe Jonas and Brad Paisley, BILL features guitarist Joe Walsh [James Gang, Eagles, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band], pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph [Robert Randolph and the Family Band], musician John Lurie, saxophonist Dave Koz, and more.”

Read More Kiefer Sutherland If you were expecting the main character, played by Kiefer Sutherland, to be as aggressive and in your face as 24, you may be in for a disappointment. ...

KIEFER SUTHERLAND
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You love him as the star to 24… well now actor, now musician, Kiefer Sutherland, announced his third album Bloor Street (set for January 21, 2022 on Cooking Vinyl) with a UK tour. Unfortunately, as of this writing, no U.S.A. dates have been announced (but they promised an American tour soon).

So, the coolest thing is that you can get an autographed from Sutherland for the new album, all for regular $13 price, available for pre-order on Amazon. I would recommend the pre-order, as Sutherland will likely only sign a limited number of CD and Amazon will list it as “Sold Out” once they’ve reached their cap.

A few years ago, I bought a Belle & Sebastian signed CD from Amazon. Best purchase I’ve ever made. It’s incredible hard to get all six band members together to sign something… and yes it immediately sold out.

UK tour dates… U.S. tour dates to be announced soon.

01/28/22 - Brighton, Chalk
01/29/22 - Hull, Asylum
01/30/22 - Norwich, UEA
02/01st - London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
02/02nd - Manchester, O2 Ritz
02/03rd - Cardiff, Tramshed
02/05/22 - Bournemouth, O2 Academy
02/06/22 - Sheffield, Leadmill
02/07/22 - Birmingham, O2 Institute
02/09/22 - Newcastle, O2 City Hall
02/10/22 - Aberdeen, Beach Ballroom
02/11/22 - Glasgow, Old Fruitmarket
02/13/22 - The Netherlands, Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
02/15/22 - Germany, Stuttgart, Im Wizemann
02/16/22 - Switzerland, Bern, Bierhuebeli
02/17/22 - France, Paris, Café De La Danse
02/19/22 - Germany, Cologne, Carlswerk Victoria
02/20/22 - Germany, Berlin, Metropol
02/21/22 - Germany, Hamburg, Markthalle
02/23/22 - Austria, Vienna, Gasometer
02/24/22 - Austria, Linz, Posthof
02/25/22 - Germany, Munich, Backstage Werk

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Incomplete Films: Dune and Halloween Kills

Read More Star Wars Solo: A Star Wars Story is the latest effort in Disney’s master plan to schedule a new Star Wars film in theaters every year, with character-focused back story tales, supplementing the opposite-year’s main storyline. ....

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DUNE
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Many say that Frank Herbert’s book Dune was unfilmable… but I think director Denis Villeneuve did a fantastic job with his adaption, at least the first part, of the book. David Lynch made an attempt at bringing the book to screen in 1984, but it’s hard to follow or understand… while Alejandro Jodorowsky (the man who made such cult classics like The Holy Mountain and El Topo) tried and failed to get his Dune version made.

While the action, the world, and characters, are all amazing, the problem with the 2021 film is that there is no ending, no resolution. The film basically ends at the point when Paul, from house Atreides, finds the people of Dune (actually the film only refers to this planet as Arrakis), the Fremen people.

My other problem with the film are some of the characters. Duncan Idaho is a cool, bad-ass character… but when it’s played by Jason Momoa, I just felt like he’s doing Aquaman. His colorful character didn’t blend in with the tone of the other moody, “serious” characters. The other character, Chani (played by Zendaya), who is promoted in the trailers, hardly appears in the film. Her role may be bigger in the next film, but in Part 1, she has like maybe four lines in the film.

As a result of the (lack of) ending, it just felt that Dune is an incomplete film. That’s my only complaint about the film. Otherwise, they did a great job in making the dense book comprehensible to the average viewer.

Watching the film, you can see that clearly the story and ideas inspired George Lucas to make Star Wars and other works (I can also see elements of it in George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones).

The 2021 film is so good that I’m inspired to re-watch the David Lynch film and seeking out the Sci-Fi mini-series… just to see the differences.

Read More John Carpenter Legendary horror film direct John Carpenter is currently on tour, can you believe it ? He’ll be stopping by the Myth, with a full live band, to play some of his film scores… including the very popular theme song for ‘Halloween’. ....

HALLOWEEN KILLS
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You know I love John Carpenter. Carpenter’s original Halloween film inspired so many slasher films, like Friday the 13th. The latest Halloween film, Halloween Kills, is number 12 in the movie franchise. Halloween Kills is the sequel and 2/3 of the trilogy started by 2018’s Halloween film.

In this trilogy, it ignores all the previous Halloween films, including H20, except for the original film. If you follow that timeline, then 1978’s Halloween started the story… then 40 years later, Michael Myers, escaped from the psychiatric hospital, to go back on his murdering spree.

Halloween Kills takes place only minutes after the 2018 film, so I suggest you re-watch that for a refresher, so you can follow the story in the 2021 film.

Despite all the gruesome kills, this is an awful movie. Lead actress Jamie Lee Curtis spends pretty much the entire film in a hospital, while the town folks of Russellville is in the spotlight. Unfortunately, the entire town is written so poorly, that you almost root for Myers to kill them all. I hated everyone in the film, including the stupid kids, portrayed in the film.

Basically, the movie is about the townsfolk vs Michael Myers – and guess who wins? That’s the movie, unfortunately, you’ll have to come back for Halloween Ends to see how the story ends.

Perhaps when I see all three films, Halloween, Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends, I can fully appreciate what they’ve done… but, right now, Halloween Kills seems like a filler. I almost feel like you can skip this film entirely and go straight for the ending (which won’t come out until 2022).

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I Am Kawehi at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-10-21)

Read More I Am Kawehi Hawaiian pop/electronic loop artist I Am Kawehi (pronounced Kuh-VAY-Hee) is currently on her “The Quarantine Sessions on Tour”… and she’ll be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on October 21st. .... Waiting For Smith Former ski instructor Waiting For Smith (singer/songwriter Harry Lloyd) to open. Tour Dates 10/12 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge 10/13 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door ....

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I AM KAWEHI
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Hawaiian pop/electronic loop artist I Am Kawehi (pronounced Kuh-VAY-Hee) is currently on her “The Quarantine Sessions on Tour”… and she’ll be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on October 21st.

Stop by the show to find out why Elle Magazine called her “The Genius One-Woman Band”.

Former ski instructor Waiting For Smith (singer/songwriter Harry Lloyd) to open.

Tour Dates

10/12 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
10/13 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door
10/15 Nine Mile Falls, WA@ Live at Andre’s
10/17 Billings, MT @ Pub Station
10/19 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
10/21 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
10/22 Cedar Rapids, IA @ CSPS Hall
10/23 Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
10/26 St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
10/27 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
10/28 Indianapolis, IN @ White Rabbit Cabaret
10/29 Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Café
10/30 Lake Orion, MI @ 20 Front Street
10/31 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
11/2 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
11/3 Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall
11/5 Concord, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Stage
11/6 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
11/9 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
11/11 Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java
11/13 Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head On Stage

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I Am Kawehi at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-10-21)

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Kiefer at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (2021-10-20)

Tour Dates 10/23/2021 El Club Detroit, MI 10/24/2021 Drake Hotel / Underground Toronto, ON 10/26/2021 The Westcott Theater Syracuse, NY 10/29/2021 S.O.B.'S New York, NY 10/30/2021 MilkBoy Philadelphia, PA 10/31/2021 Union Stage Washington, DC 11/03/2021 The Lounge Nashville, TN 11/04/2021 Amos' Southend Charlotte, NC 11/06/2021 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA Read More Kiefer When There’s Love Around is Kiefer’s latest release on Stones Throw. Kiefer’ll be heading out on tour to support the new release and he’ll stop by the Fine Line on October 20th. .... Mia Gladstone Mia Gladstone to open. Tour dates: 09/26/2021 Bronze Peacock Houston, TX 09/27/2021 House Of Blues Dallas, TX 09/28/2021 Empire Control Room & Garage Austin, TX ....

Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles pianist and producer Kiefer headlined the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on October 20th.

Vegan icon, artist, singer, and music producer, Mia Gladstone opened the show. She’s accompanied by Eli Navvy who handled the background music and “pushes buttons”, and self-described himself as producing “sh**** ambient music.” Navvy’s self-deprecating comment led to Gladstone correcting him, “He makes ambient music, but it’s not sh****.”

You get the impression that Gladstone is all about self-love and self-empowerment, based on hearing her speak on stage and the messages in her songs, like “Feel It”, “Go”, “Grow”, “Don’t Look at Me”.

Highlight of the show was when Gladstone asked everyone in the audience to take out their cellphone and turn on their flash light… except for one guy who had only a banana.

Most of Gladstone’s set were from her Cycle/s EP. To fill out the set, she played some unreleased tracks “Baby You’re So Damn Fine”.

Gladstone ended her 30-min set with “EGO”, which ended in a medley of previous other hooks of “powerful” and “beautiful”.

Kiefer is joined on stage by his band, drummer Luke Titus, additional keyboardist Jonathan Huber, basist Andy McCauley, and alto saxophonist Lenard Simpson III.

Kiefer’s jazz instrumental style of music isn’t for everyone… but for those who loves jazz this is a great venue to see the band jam. While it sounded great, I felt the alto saxophonist was so overpowering that it drove many of the songs.

Kiefer’s latest release, When There’s Love Around, is out now on Stones Throw.

Mia Gladstone

Mia Gladstone

Mia Gladstone

Mia Gladstone

Kiefer

Kiefer at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (2021-10-20)

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Blue For You

Read more Red, White, and Blue.

Read More Jason Isbell Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit returned to play the Basilica again (having shared the bill with Wilco three years ago) playing the well-deserved headlining set of the evening- a stellar ninety-minutes culled from his half-dozen solo albums …

JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT
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Georgia Blue is the new benefit album from Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Jason Isbell and his band Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

The record consists of new versions of thirteen songs with ties to the state, including tracks originally recorded by Georgia natives R.E.M., Drivn’ N’ Cryin’, James Brown, Cat Power, Precious Bryant, Otis Redding, The Black Crowes, Indigo Girls, Now It’s Overhead, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Allman Brothers Band and Vic Chesnutt.

The band is currently on tour:

10/20—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
10/22—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
10/23—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
10/24—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
11/19—Port Chester, NY—The Capitol Theatre
11/26—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center
11/27—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center
11/28—Greenville, SC—The Peace Center
11/30—St. Louis, MO—Stifel Theatre
12/1—Minneapolis, MN—The Armory
12/2—Milwaukee, WI—Riverside Theater
12/4—East Moline, IL—The Rust Belt
12/5—Owensboro, KY—Owensboro Sportscenter
12/7—Moon, PA—UPMC Events Center
12/8—Akron, OH—Akron Civic Theatre
12/10—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady
12/11—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady
12/12—Pikeville, KY—Appalachian Wireless Arena
12/16—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle
12/17—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle
12/18—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle
12/19—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle
01/8—Knoxville, TN—Tennessee Theatre
01/9—Knoxville, TN—Tennessee Theatre
01/11—Asheville, NC—Thomas Wolfe
01/12—Asheville, NC—Thomas Wolfe
01/14—Louisville, KY—Louisville Palace Theatre
01/15—Louisville, KY—Louisville Palace Theatre
01/16—Columbus, OH—Palace Theatre
01/19—Wilmington, NC—Wilson Center
01/21—Charlotte, NC—Ovens Auditorium
01/22—Charlotte, NC—Ovens Auditorium
01/23—Augusta, GA—Bell Auditorium
02/22—Los Angeles, CA—The Orpheum Theatre
02/24—San Francisco, CA—The Warfield Theatre
02/25—San Francisco, CA—The Warfield Theatre
02/26—Santa Barbara, CA—The Arlington Theatre
03/1—Vancouver, Canada—The Orpheum~
03/2—Seattle, WA—Paramount Theatre
03/3—Bellingham, WA—Mount Baker Theatre
03/4—Portland, OR—Keller Auditorium
03/6—Las Vegas, NV—The Theater
06/18—Williamsburg, VA—Williamsburg Live
08/26-08/28—Martha’s Vineyard, MA—Beach Road Weekend

Read More Lana Del Rey We’ve always like Lana Del Rey. With a #1 Billboard album Lust For Life (sold just over 107k copies in its opening week), expect a lot of happy fans attending this stadium show …

LANA DEL REY
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We’ve been writing about Lana Del Rey since Jan 2012 … The singer recently released a visual track for “Blue Banisters”… the title track off her highly anticipated eighth studio record Blue Banisters.

The record will be available October 22nd at all digital retailers. There are some exclusive vinyal variants on her website www.lanadelrey.com.

Blue Banister Track Listing:

1. Textbook
2. Blue Banisters
3. Arcadia
4. Interlude - The Trio
5. Black Bathing Suit
6. If You Lie Down With Me
7. Beautiful
8. Violets for Roses
9. Dealer
10. Thunder
11. Wildflower Wildfire
12. Nectar of the Gods
13. Living Legend
14. Cherry Blossom
15. Sweet Carolina

Read More Ellie Goulding We’ve always like Lana Del Rey. With a #1 Billboard album Lust For Life (sold just over 107k copies in its opening week), expect a lot of happy fans attending this stadium show …

ELLIE GOULDING
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Multiplatinum-selling singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding just wrapped up her tour for her album Brightest Blue… the album came out during the pandemic and is the follow-up to the popular Delirium album (at least popular in the U.S.A.)

What made the intimate “Brightest Blue UK Tour”, so special is that it’s part of Ellie’s effort to “greening” the live music industry…. After all, the singer is a UN environment ambassador and official COP26 advocate, so she’s scaling down to levels compatible with the Paris Treaty.

“My young fans in particular are very worried about the climate crisis and this about me stepping up for them and their collective future,” says Ellie Goulding, “Backstage my team has worked tirelessly to address all our impacts and I hope others will follow. There’s such an opportunity to move my industry towards net zero because we touch on so many different areas. We should be doing every damned thing to transition to a clean, green industry and we have to do it right now when we have a tiny window to keep 1.5 degrees (of global temperature rise) alive.”

We need musicians like Goulding and Coldplay, trying to keep their footprint to net zero.

Read More Joni Mitchel Our Love Songs: Joni Mitchel - A Case of You The National - Slow Show Morrissey - Jack the Ripper The Cure - Love Song ...

JONI MITCHELL
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Joni Mitchell’s Blue and Carole King’s Tapestry, local Minneapolis/St Paul musicians will be putting on “A Tribute to the 50th Anniversaries of Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' and Carole King's 'Tapestry'” show at the Turf Club on November 7th.

We saw the Carol King Musical a few years ago and can vouch that the song “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” (taken from Tapestry) is such an incredibly powerful song for women across the country.

More details on first-avenue.com.

Bands on the bill:

Mary Bue

Sarah Morris

Katy Vernon

Mother Banjo

Leslie Vincent

Mare Lennon

Her Crooked Heart

Jennifer Eckes

Catherine Pineiro

Katrina Schleisman

Colleen Somerville

Nicole Wilder

BLUE HERON facebook/blueheronabq New Mexico’s Blue Heron is releasing Black Blood of the Earth / A Sunken Place on limited edition 7-inch vinyl (and digital) on December 3rd. The song may appear on their forthcoming debut album, Ephemeral. The band also recently recorded a song for Magnetic Eye Records’ Best of AC/DC [Redux].

SU'LAN instagram/officialsulan Oakland rap duo Su’Lan, a combination of the two rappers Saunsu and Emahalani, released their first new single of 2021 called “Blue Cheese”. Su shares, “We here to give a voice to the voiceless, and to empower all of our women and show them how to get this ‘Blue Cheese’ in the process!”

SLACK TIMES slacktimes.bandcamp At the Blue Melon Rendezvouz is the new EP from Birmingham, AL’s Slack Times. If you were wondering about the title, it’s in reference to an art gallery in downtown Water Valley.

PADÉ pademusic.com Dharma Worldwide is releasing Padé’s Blue Tales EP. The debut EP is out now and features some upbeat songs, set to enjoy the end of summer.

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100 Gecs at First Avenue, Minneapolis (2021-10-19)

Setlist Hey Big Man stupid horse 757 Gamelan Interlude ringtone fallen 4 Ü Hollywood Baby gecgecgec (Remix) hand crushed by a mallet One Million Billie Knows Jamie Me Me Me money machine what's that smell 800db cloud Read More 100 Gecs American duo 100 Gecs (stylized as 100 gecs) consists of Dylan Brady and Laura Les. Since their debut album 1000 Gecs in 2019, the band have grown in popularity, particularly in the video game Minecraft. During the pandemic ....

Minecraft fans flocked to the sold-out, all-ages 100 Gecs show at First Avenue on October 19th.

Self-proclaimed best rapper, Aaron Cartier, opened the show, with his catchy song “F*** It I Do What I Want”. One thing is certain about Cartier’s brief 25-min set, is that he certainly knows how to command the audience, and that he’s very comfortable being on stage… as if he was born to perform.

Cartier ended his set with “GETITRIGHTBACK” and “You Too”

Setlist

After their intro song, “Hey Big Man” (that’s what was written on their setlist), 100 Gecs bursted out in Wizard costumes. It ended abruptly as the music stopped playing. They had technical difficulties resulting in about five minutes of dead air. The fans still loved them and started chanting “Gecs! Gecs! Gecs!” as they worked out what was wrong. To pass the time, Laura Les incite the audience to start singing, “Happy Birthday To You”. We’re not exactly sure who’s birthday, as neither Dylan Brady or Laura Les were born in October.

The popular young duo were still working out the kinks of their tour for 1000 Gecs and 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues. Hearing the two talk on stage, apparently they are very close to a new album, even playing some new (not officially named) tracks live. One of those songs, as written on their setlist, “Gamelan Interlude”, is an instrumental song with the two of them hitting a xylophone.

This this was an all-ages show, the band had to end their set before curfew.

Love them or hate them, you can’t ignore that this is the future of music, seeing so many young video gamers out in force, knowing, obsessing over their songs. So far, from what I’ve read, the 10,000 gecs Tour is sold out.

Remaining tour dates:

10/21 - Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
10/22 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
10/23 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theater
10/25 - Boston, MA @ Royale
10/26 - Montreal, QC @ Corona Theater
10/27 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
10/29 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/30 - Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
10/31 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
11/02 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
11/03 - Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
11/05 - St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
11/06 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
11/07 - Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
11/10 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/11 - Austin, TX @ Emos Ballroom
11/12 - Dallas, TX @ HiFi - Dallas
11/13 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
11/15 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
11/16 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Pressroom
11/18 - San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
11/19 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
11/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall
12/08 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
12/09 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5

Aaron Cartier

Aaron Cartier

100 Gecs

100 Gecs

100 Gecs

100 Gecs at First Avenue, Minneapolis (2021-10-19)

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