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Parker Millsap at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-09-21)

Tour Dates 9/23 - St Louis, MO at Off Broadway 9/24 - Louisville, KY at Headliner's 9/29 - Cincinnati, OH at Memorial Hall 9/30 - Columbus, OH at Rumba Cafe 10/01 - Pittsburgh, PA at Thunderbird Cafe 10/02 - Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom 10/03 - Ferndale, MI at Magic Bag 10/04 - Toronto, ONT at Great Hall 10/06 - Burlington, VT at Higher Ground 10/07- Cambridge, MA at The Sinclair 10/08 - Holyoke, MA at Gateway Arts Center 10/09 - New York, NY at Bowery Ballroom 10/10 - Albany, NY at Lark Hall 10/12 - Philadelphia, PA at WXPN 10/13 - Washington, DC at Union Stage 10/14 - Carrboro, NC at Cat's Cradle 10/15 - Asheville, NC at The Masonic Temple 10/16 - Nashville, TN at Basement East 11/11 - Springfield, MO at Springfield Brewing Company 11/12 - Wichita, KS at WAVE 11/13 - McAlester, OK at Dancing Rabbit Festival 11/15 - Tomball, TX at Main Street Crossing 11/16 - San Antonio at Sam's Burger Joint 11/17 - Austin, TX at 3TEN Center 11/19 - Dallas, TX at Granada Theate 11/20 - Oklahoma City, OK at Douglass Auditorium Read More Parker Millsap Parker Millsap is "an Oklahoma native brought up in the Pentecostal church" with a self-titled album that came out February 4, 2014 via Okrahoma Records/Thirty Tigers. … H.C. McEntire Had not heard of Heather McEntire before. She was suggested by one of those 'you might like this too' apps. Love this album, no bad tracks, it's Americana country/folk, 'When You Come For Me' my favourite on it. …

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Parker Millsap returned to the Turf Club, in St Paul, on September 21st, 2021, nearing the start of his new tour for his latest album Be Here Instead.

Opening the show was H.C. McEntire (Heather McEntire), a country/folk-ish singer, formerly of Mount Moriah. H.C. played several singles, including “Time, On Fire” and “High Rise”, before testing out some new songs that were not recorded yet (and they’re still working it out).

H.C. had a Spinal Tap moment, thanking Milwaukee. Fellow band mates quickly corrected her, “we’re in St Paul!”

After an embarrassing pause, H.C. started emphasizing “Saaaaint Paaaul” whenever she mentioned the city.

We first saw Parker Millsap at SXSW in Mar 2014, and described him as “an Oklahoma native brought up in the Pentecostal church … with lots of songs about religion. Old time feel and a great version of "You Gotta Move", a Rev Gary Davis song covered by the Rolling Stones on Sticky Fingers.”

A lot have changed with the fifth album Be Here Instead, which marked a stylistic shift from folk / old time music to more experimenting with pedal effects and drums focused. This may have something to do with his departure from writing all his songs with his guitar and notebook, to asking his live band to work with him. The album was also produced by legendary John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Waxahatchee), who helped brought in Nashville singer Erin Rae, for Millsap’s song “The Real Thing”, making it the #1 song on the Americana charts.

Millsap started his set with “Hands Up”, followed by “It Was You”, getting the audience to put their hands up and dancing in excitement.

The turn out for the Turf Club show was terrific, most fans were fans from word of mouth or hearing his songs on radio stations, such as NPR.

Parker Millsap’s Be Here Instead is out now on Okrahoma Records.

H.C. McEntire

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Parker Millsap at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-09-21)

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Rufus Wainwright / José González at Uptown Theater, Kansas City, MO (2021-09-20)

Rufus Wainwright Setlist Trouble in Paradise Damsel in Distress Unfollow the Rules You Ain’t Big Secret Sister Romantical Man Peaceful Afternoon Only the People That Love This One’s for the Ladies (that lunge!) Poses Argentina Harvest (Neil Young cover) So Long, Marianne (Leonard Cohen cover) My Little You Early Morning Madness Hatred -- Encore -- Alone Time Going to a Town José González Setlist With the Ink of a Ghost Lovestain Down the Line El Invento Cycling Trivialities Visions Void Horizons Head On Open Book Line of Fire (Junip song) Leaf Off / The Cave Blackbird (The Beatles cover) Crosses Heartbeats (The Knife cover) Rufus Wainwright / José González Tour Dates 09/23 – Minneapolis, MN – Northrop 09/24 – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre 09/25 – Carmel, IN - The Palladium 09/26 – Detroit, MI –Cathedral Theatre 09/28 – Washington, DC – The Anthem 09/29 – Boston, MA – The Orpheum Theatre 09/30 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17 10/01 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre Rufus Wainwright Tour Dates 10/03 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount 10/06 – Southampton, England – O2 Guildhall 10/08 – Gateshead, England – The Sage 10/09 – Edinburgh, Scotland – Usher Hall 10/10 – Manchester, England – Bridgewater Hall 10/12 – Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England – City Hall 10/13 – York, England – Barbican 10/15 – Cambridge, England – Corn Exchange 10/16 – Liverpool, England – Olympia 10/18 – London, England – The London Palladium 10/19 – London, England –The London Palladium 10/20 – Brighton, England – Brighton Dome 10/22 – Southend-on-Sea, England – Leas Cliffs Pavilion 10/23 – Exeter, England – The Great Hall 10/25 – Birmingham, England – Symphony Hall 10/26 – Oxford, England –New Theatre Oxford 10/27 – Cardiff, Wales – St. David's Hall Read More Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright is currently on tour in support of Unfollow The Rules – The Paramour Sessions, a live recording of his 2020 album Unfollow the Rules (plus other classic songs from his discography). … José González It's official, José González entire North American tour is sold out*. This is Gonzales' first solo tour dates since 2008 (we previously saw him with Junip in 2011 and 2013), so fans …

Forget the season premiere of The Voice Monday night on television-

The place to be was in Kansas City at the Uptown Theater to hear the real thing- one voice that soared like a bird, and another floated like a cloud.

2x GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright and visionary singer-songwriter-guitarist José González combined forces to launch the first stop of their Unfollow The Rules in The Local Valley Tour before a loyal and eager audience. 

Wainwright is out in support of not only last year’s successful Unfollow the Rules (on BMG Records) but also a live companion piece just out, Unfollow the Rules- The Paramour Sessions recorded during the pandemic at a stately LA mansion, while González released his anticipated fourth solo album, Local Valley (on Mute Records) just last week.

With a city mask mandate still in place, and required vaccination proof per the venue, entry on a slightly rainy evening was very brisk and easy.  Once inside, the crowd was generally very respectable and quiet to the two performers that really require this during their performances, in order to fully appreciate each of them. 

José González began the evening first, alone atop a center stage pedestal with a simple backdrop that resembled the reflection of a wilderness pond behind him.  His dedicated fans were so happy to see him, yelps and whoops came from the crowd just from tuning of his guitar. 

González began his hour-long set with 2015’s “With the Ink of a Ghost”, his lilting delicate vocals dancing amongst the clouds like a firefly in the woods, nicely setting the mood for what was to come.  Following with “Lovestain” from his 2003 debut, it was clear that the setlist was selected very deliberately, not only to showcase the new record, but to also take listeners both new and old, through an almost twenty-year journey of his work.

“El Invento” was the first of the new songs, sung completely in Spanish, showing his range as a lyricist, and that was soon followed by a set centerpiece of four additional new songs. “Line of Fire” is not only on the new record, but also a cover of his own, from his on-again/off-again band Junip, formed in 1998 with friend Tobias Winterkorn, and The Beatles’ “Blackbird” was one of the very first songs he learned to play, and proved a sweet and authentic cover. 

The encore-less set would end with another cover, “Heartbeats”, a 2002 hit for Swedish electronica duo The Knife, which made perfect sense as González is not only a longtime resident of Gothenburg where that band originated, but its lyric, “One night of magic rush, the start, a simple touch” seeming very apropos, to describe the set. 

After a brief set change, the mood switched from the opening notes of Rufus Wainwright’s ninety-minute set to more of an intimate cabaret, with Wainwright joined by only three additional and very adept musicians– guitarist/musical director Brian Green, Jacob Mann on keyboards/piano, and Alan Hampton on bass guitar/upright bass, all dressed in dapper patchwork-pattered suits. 

Wainwright enhanced his own outfit, with sequined ruby slipper loafers (very appropriate for Oz-famous Kansas) and the back of his jacket emblazoned with a large crown and letter “R” above it.

Though a running theme of songs of dread punctuated the set, most were done uptempo and/or heartily enough with Wainwright’s room-filling stage vocals, to set aside any feelings of anxiety to just enjoy the act of going to see live music again, starting with four songs from the latest record. The album’s title track, was conceived with help from his now ten year-old daughter, Viva (also Leonard Cohen’s granddaughter) and Wainwright admitted particular nervousness in performing the swaying “You Ain’t Big”, which name-checks local nearby towns of Topeka, Wichita, and Lawrence, KS.

“Secret Sister” was culled from a recent soundtrack of a film about activist nuns and the new “Romantical Man” was inspired by walks in London and seeing a statue of 18^th Century Welsh actress Sarah Siddons.  Wainwright joked that he usually dedicates the new “Only the People That Love” to everyone in the world… except for one person, but with the current un-vaccinated situation, maybe broadens that out to just some 75%.

“Poses” from 2001, remains Wainwright’s favorite song to sing, and he again proved why, performing it solo on piano, his voice reaching to rafters as he crooned, “you said watch my head about it”. A couple of Canadian-centric covers would follow, re-interpreted of course with Wainwright’s climbing vocals reaching into territory each of the originals, could never venture, and both are featured on Northern Stars, a limited release he sells only at shows. 

“My Little You” was again inspired by his daughter, and the chaotic cacophony of “Early Morning Madness” both captured the seesaw emotion of its title and was a show highlight that musically personified the bleakness of addiction.  Wainwright confessed the set was ending in an “uptempo darkness” with “Devils & Angels (Hatred)”, inspired in part by an 18^th century opera he has seen with his late mother twenty years ago. 

The two-song encore began with the closing track from Unfollow the Rules, and Wainwright solo on piano for “Alone Time”, somber but hopeful in promising to be back in the lyrics. The band rejoined onstage for the night’s closer, 2007’s “Going to a Town”, a world-weary protest song that took on additional and completely new meanings in these current times. 

With very little noticeable rust to shake off on this opening night of the tour, Rufus Wainwright and José González shined not only in their songwriting and performance, but the night was also a masterclass in the voice, far more accomplished and authentic than anything that might have been on TV the same night. 

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Rufus Wainwright at at Uptown Theater, Kansas City, MO (2021-09-20)

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Rocktober: October 12 to 17, 2021

10/12/2021: Noga Erez at Fine Line   10/13/2021: J.I. at Fine Line   Read More Noga Erez Powerhouse singer/songwriter/producer Noga Erez is touring in suppoort of her new album KIDS (City Slang). The KIDS tour stop by the Fine Line in Minneapolis on October 12th. Virginia based rapper McKinley Dixon to open. …

Read more Rocktober and Minneapolis Music Guide.

10/12/2021 TUESDAY

NOGA EREZ
with McKinley Dixon
at Fine Line
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Excerpt Girls Girls Girls (Rocktober Edition): Powerhouse singer/songwriter/producer Noga Erez is touring in suppoort of her new album KIDS (City Slang). The KIDS tour stop by the Fine Line in Minneapolis on October 12th. Virginia based rapper McKinley Dixon to open.

10/13/2021 WEDNESDAY

J.I.
with Finding Novyon
at Fine Line
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Brooklyn-native artist, J.I. is currently on his first ever North American tour, titled “The Young and Restless Tour”. The tour will take JI to the Fine Line in Minneapolis on October 13. Finding Novyon to open.

His latest releases his latest single “Morning” came out recently via G*Starr Ent./Geffen Records.

“The Young and Restless Tour":

Sep 15 Philadelphia, PA TLA
Sep 16 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Sep 18 Washington, DC Union Stage
Sep 19 Charlotte, NC The Underground
Sep 22 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Sept 23 TBD TBD
Sep 24 Atlanta, GA The Loft
Sep 26 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Sep 27 Dallas, TX Trees
Sep 29 Phoenix , AZ Rebel Lounge
Sep 30 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex
Oct 02 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
Oct 03 Berkeley, CA Cornerstone
Oct 04 Sacramento, CA Harlow's SOLD OUT
Oct 06 Seattle, WA Neumos
Oct 10 Denver, CO Cervante’s Other Side
Oct 11 Lincoln, NB Bourbon Theater
Oct 13 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café
Oct 14 Milwaukee, WI The Rave II
Oct 15 Chicago, IL Avondale Music Hall
Oct 17 Detroit, MI Shelter
Oct 18 Toronto, ON Opera House
Oct 19 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Oct 21 Buffalo, NY TBD
Oct 22 Providence, RI The Strand
Oct 23 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Oct 24 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
Oct 30 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom

10/13: Front Bottoms at First Ave   Read More The Front Bottoms The Front Bottoms was next, they seem to have taken the scene by storm with their real-life lyrics and their honest live shows. These guys don't try to be anything other than what they are and that makes their set feel real and full of conviction. …

10/13/2021 WEDNESDAY

THE FRONT BOTTOMS
with oso oso and Sydney Sprague
at First Avenue
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New Jersey’s folk punk band The Front Bottoms will be stopping by First Avenue on October 13th, in support of In Sickness & in Flames (Fueled by Ramen).

Special guests oso oso and Sydney Sprague to open.

We caught the band in Oct 2016 and wrote, “The Front Bottoms was next, they seem to have taken the scene by storm with their real-life lyrics and their honest live shows. These guys don't try to be anything other than what they are and that makes their set feel real and full of conviction. The stage was set up to look more like a living room with floor lamps placed across the stage, a TV, and even a couch that was occupied by two random guys that sat there making drinks and nodding to the music throughout the set. The New Jersey group played through a ten and half song set (they stopped one song mid lyric due to someone getting injured and they ended up just scrapping the song altogether) and captivated the crowd the whole way through.”

Tour dates:

9/17 Silver Spring, MD Fillmore Silver Spring
9/18 Richmond, VA The National
9/19 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
9/21 Tampa, FL The Ritz Ybor
9/22 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
9/23 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
9/24 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl
9/26 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
9/27 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey Live
9/28 Austin, TX Stubb’s
9/30 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
10/1 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
10/2 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl
10/3 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre
10/5 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
10/7 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
10/8 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre
10/10 Salt Lake City, UT The Union
10/11 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom
10/13 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
10/14 Lawrence, KS The Granada
10/15 Chicago, IL Radius
10/16 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
10/18 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
10/19 Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom
10/21 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
10/22 Philadelphia, PA Fillmore Philadelphia
10/23 Worcester, MA The Palladium
10/24 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom

10/15: Ryan Caraveo at Fine Line   10/15: Madison Cunningham at Turf Club   Read More Madison Cunningham Show up early to check out 21-year-old singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham. Cunningham recently covered Simon & Garfunkel’s “So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright” (see it on youtube). …

10/15/2021 FRIDAY

RYAN CARAVEO
with dempsey hope
at Fine Line
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Seattle born and raised and current LA native Ryan Caraveo will be out touring in support of his album Northend Sweetheart.

dempsey hope to open.

Tour dates:

9/30/2021 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
10/1/2021 Showbox Seattle, WA
10/5/2021 New Parish Oakland, CA
10/8/2021 The Roxy Los Angeles, CA
10/9/2021 Constellation Room Santa Ana, CA
10/12/2021 Complex/Rockwell Salt Lake City, UT
10/13/2021 Cervantes Other Side Denver, CO
10/15/2021 Amsterdam St. Paul, MN
10/17/2021 Chop Shop Chicago, IL
10/18/2021 El Club Detroit, MI
10/19/2021 A&R Music Bar Columbus, OH
10/20/2021 Union Stage Washington, DC
10/22/2021 Mercury Lounge New York, NY
10/23/2021 Sinclair Boston, MA
10/25/2021 Vinyl Atlanta, GA
10/26/2021 The Social Orlando, FL
10/28/2021 Trees Dallas, TX
10/29/2021 White Oak Houston, TX
10/30/2021 The Parish Austin, TX
11/2/2021 Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, NM
11/3/2021 Crescent Theater Phoenix, AZ

10/15/2021 FRIDAY

MADISON CUNNINGHAM
with S.G. Goodman
at Turf Club
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Excerpt Girls Girls Girls: Poppy, Soccer Mommy, Madison Cunningham, Brandy Clark: GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist Madison Cunningham is back on tour. The singer, eager to return to the road, said, “Having been without playing shows for nearly a year, I was craving the chance to perform again. Though nothing can substitute a live show, I’m dusting off some old and brand new songs, and gathering some of my favorite creatives to pull off 'Livestream of Consciousness.'”

Cunningham’s latest, Wednesday EP, is out now via Verve Forecast.

10/16: Pert Near Sandstone at First Avenue   Read More Pert Near Sandstone This was Pert Near’s Ship of Fools 7” Release Party and a party is exactly what it was. This band brought the energy, the fun, and the talent to First Avenue …

10/16/2021 SATURDAY

PERT NEAR SANDSTONE
with Mae Simpson and Brotherhood of Birds
at First Avenue
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Minneapolis-based progressive-bluegrass 5-piece Pert Near Sandstone recently confirmed a 20-date U.S. tour to finally celebrate the their album Rising Tide.

Tour Dates:

10.14 | Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon %
10.15 | Wausau, WI - Whitewater Music Hall
10.16 | Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue ^
10.17 | Fargo, ND - Fargo Brewing Company
10.20 | Bozeman, MT - Filling Station >
10.21 | Helena, MT - Lewis & Clark Brewing Company
10.22 | Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell +
10.23 | Denver, CO - Cervantes Other Side +
10.24 | Boulder, CO - Chautauqua Public House
11.04 | Omaha, NE - Slowdown *
11.05 | Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads *
11.06 | Springfield, MO - Outland Ballroom
11.07 | Little Rock, AR - Revolution Room *
11.10 | Nashville, TN - Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge *
11.12 | St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill Duck Room *
12.03 | Chicago, IL - Martyr's ~
12.16 | Green Bay, WI - Gather #
12.17 | Benton Harbor, MI - The Livery #
12.18 | Iowa City, IA - Wildwood Saloon #
12.19 | Des Moines, IA - Wooly's #

% w / People Brothers Band
^ w / Mae Simpson & Brotherhood of Birds
> w / Ryan Acker
+ w / National Park Radio
* w / Arkansauce
~ w / Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
# w / Chicken Wire Empire

10/17: Jake Miller at Fine Line   Read More Jake Miller Singer, songwriter, and producer Jake Miller will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café, in support of his new EP Based on a True Story (RED music). The 6-song EP, which is written and produced by …

10/17/2021 SUNDAY

JAKE MILLER
with Fly By Midnight and Band of Silver
at Fine Line
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Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and producer Jake Miller is gearing up to embark on his 33-date “hi, i missed you” fall North American headline tour. The tour will feature special guests Fly By Midnight, Just Seconds Apart, and Band of Silver.

Tour Dates:

9/18/21 - House of Blues Houston - Houston, TX^
9/19/21 - Parish - Austin, TX^
9/22/21 - 1904 Music Hall - Jacksonville, FL*
9/23/21 - Crowbar - Tampa, FL*
9/24/21 - Revolution Live - Fort Lauderdale, FL*
9/25/21 - The Abbey - Orlando, FL*
9/26/21 - Masquerade (Hell) - Atlanta, GA*
9/28/21 - Motorco Music Hall - Durham, NC*
9/29/21 - Canal Club - Richmond, VA*
9/30/21 - Le Poisson Rouge - New York, NY*
10/1/21 - iPlay America - Freehold, NJ*
10/2/21 - Harrisburg Midtown Harrisburg, PA*
10/3/21 - The Queen - Wilmington, DE*
10/6/21 - Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA*
10/7/21 - Upstate Concert Hall - Albany, NY*
10/8/21 - Buffalo Iron Works - Buffalo, NY*
10/9/21 - Adelaide Hall - Toronto, ON*
10/11/21 - Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD*
10/13/21 - Jergel’s Rhythm Grille - Pittsburgh, PA*
10/14/21 - A&R Music Bar - Columbus, OH*
10/15/21 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL*
10/16/21 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI^
10/17/21 - Fine Line Music Cafe - Minneapolis, MN^
10/19/21 - The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO^
10/20/21 - Slowdown - Omaha, NE^
10/22/21 - Cervantes’ Masterpiece - Denver, CO^
10/23/21 - The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT^
10/26/21 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA^
10/27/21 - Holocene - Portland, OR^
10/31/21 - The Roxy Theatre - Los Angeles, CA*
11/5/21 - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA

10/17: Jungle at Palace Theatre   Read More JUNGLE There were plenty of smiling faces from those who managed to get into a sold-out Mainroom at First Avenue in Minneapolis for a set from UK soul/funk/disco collective Jungle. …

10/17/2021 SUNDAY

JUNGLE
with Covey and Breakup Shoes
at Palace Theatre
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British songwriting and production duo Jungle is back on tour to support their Loving In Stereo album.

Covey and Breakup Shoes to open.

We caught Jungle in Mar 2019 and noted, “ London neo-soul collective Jungle took to the stage for their eighty-seven minute headlining set. The band is out in support of second full-length For Ever (XL Recordings) and began with the two opening songs from that record, ‘Smile’ and Heavy, California’. Founded by frontmen Tom McFarland and Josh Lloyd-Watson, their mid-tempo lush retro funk/soul style is immediately apparent as the band is about establishing a groove, then maintaining and sustaining it throughout. Add to the fact that both usually sing in tandem (in a higher falsetto and often also along with their two backup singers) and you have a musical style that can be immediately identified as theirs.”

Tour Dates:

09/17/21 ––Manchester, UK––O2 Victoria Warehouse
10/3/21 ––Boston, MA––Big Night Live
10/4/21 ––Washington, DC––The Anthem
10/5/21 ––Philadelphia, PA––The Fillmore
10/7/21 ––Brooklyn, NY––Great Hall at Avant Gardner
10/8/21 ––Brooklyn, NY––Great Hall at Avant Gardner
10/9/21 ––Montreal, QC––Mtelus
10/10/21 ––Montreal, QC––Mtelus
10/12/21 ––Toronto, ON––Queen Elizabeth Theatre
10/13/21 ––Toronto, ON––Queen Elizabeth Theatre
10/15/21 ––Detroit, MI––The Majestic Detroit
10/16/21 ––Chicago, IL––The Riviera Theatre
10/17/21 ––St Paul, MN––The Palace Theatre
10/19/21 ––Denver, CO––Mission Ballroom
10/22/21 ––Seattle, WA––Paramount Theatre
10/23/21 ––Portland, OR––Crystal Ballroom
10/26/21 ––Oakland, CA––Fox Theater
10/27/21 ––Oakland, CA––Fox Theater
10/28/21 ––Los Angeles, CA––Greek Theatre
10/29/21 ––Los Angeles, CA––Greek Theatre
01/27/22 ––Paris, France––Le Zénith Paris-La Villette
01/28/22 ––Köln, Germany––Live Music Hall
01/29/22 ––Brussels, Belgium––Forest National
01/31-02/1/22 ––Amsterdam, Netherlands––Paradiso
02/3/22 ––Hamburg, Germany––Große Freiheit 36
02/4/22 ––Berlin, Germany––Huxleys Neue Welt
06/5/22 ––Dublin, Ireland––3Arena*
06/8/22 ––Manchester, UK––AO Arena*
06/16/22 ––London, UK––O2 Arena*

*w/ Billie Eilish

10/17: Noah Kahan at First Avenue   Read More Noah Kahan Noah Kahan to open. Tour dates: 4/24/18 – Terminal 5, New York 4/25/18 – The Fillmore, Philadelphia 4/26/18 – Lincoln Theatre, Washington D.C. …

10/17/2021 SUNDAY

NOAH KAHAN
with Blake Rose
at First Avenue
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Vermont singer and songwriter Noah Kahan will be headlining First Avenue on October 17th. Blake Rose to open.

The tour is in support of his new album I Was / I Am due out this month. On the album, Kahan said, “While writing this record, I’ve taken stock of who I am as compared to who I was when I started and what that means, for better or worse. I do have some perspective. I’ve also lost a lot. I’ve lost people close to me for different reasons. I’ve lost friendships. I lost my dog. Those experiences haven’t necessarily hardened me, but they’ve made me incredibly grateful for what I have now. The biggest change is a little bit of clarity in terms of who I am and the person I want to end up being. The songs on the record represent a new understanding of myself.”

Tour Dates

10/14 St. Louis, MO Delmar Hall
10/15 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe
10/16 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
10/17 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
10/20 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall
10/23 Chicago, IL House of Blues
10/24 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
10/26 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre
10/28 Toronto, ON History
10/29 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
10/30 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground
10/31 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground
11/4 Boston, MA House of Blues
11/5 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
11/6 Northampton, MA Pearl Street
11/7 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall
11/9 Syracuse, NY The Westcott Theater
11/11 New York, NY Webster Hall
11/12 New York, NY Webster Hall
11/13 Washington D.C. 9:30 Club
11/14 Charlotte, NC The Underground
11/16 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
11/17 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl
11/19 Birmingham, AL Saturn
11/20 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
11/30 Kansas City, MO The Truman
12/2 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
12/4 Salt Lake City, UT Commonwealth
12/5 Salt Lake City, UT Commonwealth
12/7 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
12/9 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
12/10 Seattle, WA The Showbox
12/11 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
12/12 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
12/14 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
12/16 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
12/17 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre
12/18 San Diego, CA House of Blues
12/19 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom

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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Algiers at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (2021-09-20)

Setlist There Is No Year Black Eunuch Blood Cry of the Martyrs Walk Like a Panther Remains Hour of the Furnaces Unoccupied Liberation (OutKast cover) Dispossession Hymn for an Average Man Cleveland The Underside of Power Death March Read More Algiers Atlanta-born-and-raised quartet, and not from Algeria, Algiers, will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry on September 20th. Their latest album There is No Year is out now on Matador Records … Zen Mother Two-piece experimental, electronic rock project Zen Mother will open the show. Tour Dates: 09/10/2021 Tubby's Kingston, NY …

Atlanta’s Algiers is currently on tour for their latest album There is No Year… stopping by 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, on September 20th, 2021.

Electronic rock project Zen Mother opened the show. Zen Mother is a duo, featuring Monika (from Nordra) and Adam. For their live shows, they bring along a live drummer (Thomas?).

The band said their music was inspired by French composer Igor Wakhevitch, who was known for exploring psychedelic rock to experimental avant-garde sound.

Originally formed in London, with the release of “Blood” in 2012, via Double Phantom Records, Algiers (singer and pianist Franklin James Fisher, bassist Ryan Mahan, guitarist Lee Tesche, and drummer Matt Tong) is based in Atlanta, and produces some interesting dub-style sound, industrial, and Afrobeat sound. Some songs sounds political, but all their songs are explosive, as seen in their live performance. Bassist Ryan Mahan seemed ready to explode. This just shows me that the band is very passionate about their music and their message.

The band covered OutKast’s “Liberation” in their set. Apparently Algiers are big fan of the hip hop duo (featuring Andre 3000 and Big Boi)… and it would make sense, seeing as both bands are based in Atlanta and probably have played together and expressed mutual adoration.

There is No Year is out now on Matador Records; Algiers continues their 2021 tour.

Remaining Tour Dates:

09/23/2021 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
09/24/2021 Polaris Hall Portland, OR
09/25/2021 Treefort Music Fest
09/27/2021 Rickshaw Stop San Francisco, CA
09/29/2021 Pappy And Harriet's Pioneertown, CA
09/30/2021 Zebulon Los Angeles, CA
10/01/2021 The Casbah San Diego, CA
10/01/2021 Zebulon Los Angeles, CA
10/02/2021 Club Congress Tucson, AZ
10/03/2021 Sister Bar Albuquerque, NM
10/05/2021 Empire Control Room Austin, TX
10/06/2021 White Oak Music Hall Houston, TX
10/07/2021 Gasa Gasa New Orleans, LA
10/09/2021 The EARL Atlanta, GA

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Algiers at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (2021-09-20)

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Japanese Breakfast at First Avenue, Minneapolis (2021-09-19)

Setlist Paprika Be Sweet In Heaven The Woman That Loves You Kokomo, IN Tactics Boyish (Little Big League song) The Body Is a Blade In Hell Glider Posing in Bondage Savage Good Boy Road Head Slide Tackle Everybody Wants to Love You -- Encore -- Posing for Cars Diving Woman Read More Japanese Breakfast Our favorite Korean musician Japanese Breakfast (stagename for Michelle Zauner) is back on tour in support of her new album Jubilee (Dead Oceans Records). ... Luna Li Toronto native multi-instrumentalist and producer, Luna Li (aka Hannah Kim) will open the show. …

Korean musician Japanese Breakfast (stagename for Michelle Zauner) headlined the mainroom at First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on September 19th, 2021, as part of her tour for Jubilee (Dead Oceans Records).

Toronto band Luna Li opened the show. The name is really Hannah Kim’s band, a multi-instrumentalist and producer, and she recruited Charise on keys, Sabrina on bass, and Braden on drums, for her live shows.

Originally Hannah was using the name Veins, but felt that it painted her band as “a metal or a dark hard rock band.” So they changed the name to Luna Li, after it ended up on a shortlist of names.

Luna Li kicked off her 40-min set with “Alone But Not Lonely”, a song that she wrote in her first cockroach infested apartment. Yes, the insects have kept her from being completely alone…

By the time she started to play “Trying”, she decided to take off her custom jacket. She wanted to show off the jacket, but it was just too hot on stage.

She then talked about how she wrote an instrumental EP during the pandemic and wanted to play some of those songs for us. The song required the use of her violin… which got huge cheers from all the classical fans in the audience.

The turnout for Japanese Breakfast’s biggest headlining venue to date was quite impressive… and she certainly deserves it.

We previously saw her open for other bands: Mitski at 7th Street in July 2016, Porches at 7th Street in Sep 2016, Slowdive at Palace Theatre in May 2017… before she graduated to headlining her own show at Triple Rock in Oct 2017. This was all in the span of two years!

If you’ve been keeping up with Japanese Breakfast setlists, she’s been playing a different cover song at each show of this tour… making for a new and different setlist every time. Sometime she would ask her fans what songs they want to hear, sometime she covers a song she just likes. For Minneapolis, she covered Little Big League’s “Boyish”.

“Glider” was an interesting choice in this live set. Some people said it was a live debut, but it’s not true, she previously sang it at Summer Game Fest. Not many fans are familiar with the song, as it’s a song from the video game soundtrack Sable, which came out Sept 24, via Sony Music Masterworks.

The rest of the set is a good mix of older albums (Psychopomp, Soft Sounds from Another Planet) and her latest Jubilee.

Remaining tour dates:

9/21 - Ogden, UT @ Ogden Twilight + - SOLD OUT
9/23 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Festival
9/24 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall *
9/25 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune * - SOLD OUT
9/26 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune * - SOLD OUT
9/27 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre *
9/28 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom * - SOLD OUT
9/30 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom * - SOLD OUT
10/1 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom * - SOLD OUT
10/2 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent * - SOLD OUT
10/3 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent * - SOLD OUT
10/4 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park * - SOLD OUT
10/5 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl *
10/7 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf * - SOLD OUT
10/8 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater *
10/9 - Lawrence, KC @ Granada Theater *
10/10 - St Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall *
10/11 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall * - SOLD OUT
10/12 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall * - SOLD OUT
10/14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel * - SOLD OUT
10/15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel * - SOLD OUT
10/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel * - SOLD OUT
10/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel * =
10/30 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
10/31 - Austin, TX @ Levitation 2021

^ w/ Mannequin Pussy
* w/ Luna Li
~ w/ Spirit of the Beehive
+ w/ Portugal. The Man = w/ Charly Bliss

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Japanese Breakfast at First Avenue, Minneapolis (2021-09-19)

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Mdou Moctar at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (2021-09-18)

Read More Mdou Moctar Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar (currently based in based in Agadez) is coming back to Minneapolis, at the Cedar Cultural Center on September 18, 2021, to support Afrique Victime (Matador Records). …

Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar is currently touring in support of their album Afrique Victime. The group stopped by the Cedar Cultural Center, in Minneapolis, on September 18th, 2021.

Brooklyn’s Pure Adult opened the show. The group had a DIY punk style, incorporating slam poetry/spoken word in songs like “Cam Girls” and their energetic, often animated, performance is a stark contrast to Mdou Moctar’s guitar-driven style.

While different in both music style and performance, the band was a good choice for this tour, as it does offer something new and different for the unexpected fans.

It’s the third time that Mdou Moctar had stopped in Minneapolis. The singer mentioned on stage that he loves Prince and is always honored to come back. While talking about his influences, he also mentioned the next song is a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, which you can hear some similar notes from “Purple Haze” in the song. If all this sounds familiar, that’s because Mdou Moctar star in the musical Rain the Color of Blue with A Little Red In It film, which homages Prince’s Purple Rain and Jimi Hendrix.

Mdou Moctar’s Afrique Victime is out now on Matador Records.

Remaining Tour Dates

09/20/2021 Globe Hall Denver, CO
09/21/2021 Globe Hall Denver, CO
09/22/2021 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
09/23/2021 Treefort Music Fest
09/24/2021 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
09/25/2021 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
09/26/2021 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
09/28/2021 The Chapel San Francisco, CA
09/29/2021 Starline Social Club Oakland, CA
10/01/2021 Desert Daze Pre-Party
10/02/2021 Lodge Room Los Angeles, CA

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Mdou Moctar at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (2021-09-18)

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Torres at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (2021-09-17)

Setlist Are You Sleepwalking? Don't Go Puttin Wishes in My Head Constant Tomorrowland Cowboy Guilt Dressing America Big Leap Skim Hug From a Dinosaur Thirstier Kiss the Corners Hand in the Air Three Futures Last Forest Sprinter New Skin Helen in the Woods -- Encore -- Gracious Day Read More Torres Opening will be Torres, aka Brooklyn-via-Nashville musician Mackenzie Scott. We saw her in May 2015, but the last thing I read about Scott was that life on tour/on the road in 2015-2016 had led her to a breaking point … Ariana & the Rose I got an announcement that Ariana & the Rose (the new indie pop project from singer/songwriter Ariana DiLorenzo) will be playing a series of Lady Gaga after parties in New York and Miami. The debut EP, Love Me, Love Me Not …

Torres headlined the 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, onFriday, September 17th, 2021, as part of her long tour in support of her new record Thirstier (Merge Records).

Synth-pop project, Ariana and the Rose (aka Ariana DiLorenzo), opened the show. We’ve previously written about Ariana in 2013 , briefly mentioning her debut EP Love Me, Love Me Not.

This was Ariana’s first time in Minneapolis, and she seemed excited to be touring. Every song she sang, she probably had a story for, like getting back with her ex, in “You Were Never My Boyfriend”.

She did a “rare” club song called “London Boys”, which had her doing her DJ-thing by playing back loops.

She ended her set with “Supercool”.

Mackenzie Scott, or better known as Torres originally booked this show at the Turf Club, in St Paul, but for whatever reason, the show was moved to the 7th Street. Perhaps it has something to do with the Turf Club in the process of rebuilding after it had suffered fire damage from George Floyd protests in August 2020.

Still, I do prefer seeing Torres at the 7th Street, considering we saw her very first Minneapolis appearance at the same venue in May 2015, “Turnout to Torres’ very first Minneapolis appearance at the 7th Street Entry last night was very good for a Wednesday night.”

Much has changed since her “deeply personal” tour in 2015. With her fifth album, Thirstier, out now, Torres seemed much more comfortable on stage, even being bold and confident in her ability to rock and roll. So much movement probably wasn’t good, as the show had to take a few minutes to clean up a “spilled drink situation”.

Probably the most personal song on her set is a song called “Big Leap”, which, as Torres explained, was about how her father had an accident and fell off the roof. He survived, but he was paralyzed from the waist down.

Torres’ new record Thirstier is out now on Merge Records.

Remaining tour dates

09/19 - St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
09/21 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
09/22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
09/25 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival
09/27 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
09/28 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
09/30 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar
10/01 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Atrium @ Catalyst
10/02 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
10/03 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10/04 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
10/06 - Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Art Co.
10/07 - Houston, TX @ Bronze Peacock
10/08 - Austin, TX @ 3TEN @ ACL Live
10/11 - Chattanooga, TN @ House Show
10/12 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
10/13 - Asheville, NC @ ISIS Asheville
10/14 - Nashville, TN @ EXIT/IN
10/15 - Knoxville, TN @ Open Chord
10/16 - Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
10/17 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage
10/18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
10/21 - New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom

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Torres at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (2021-09-17)

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Kelly Lee Owens at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (2021-09-16)

09/16/2021: Kelly Lee Owens at Fine Line   Setlist Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (Radiohead cover) Keep Walking Lucid Anxi. L.I.N.E. Bird On Night Re-Wild Jeanette Evolution Melt! Kingsize (Jenny Hval cover) Read More Kelly Lee Owens Kelly Lee Owens is touring in support of Inner Song Remix Series EP, a remix album of last year’s Inner Song (Smalltown Supersound). The album which NPR Music called “reclaiming space for women in dance music … Andrew Broder Andrew Broder and 37𝖽03𝖽’s residency at the Turf Club starts on Wednesday, January 9th. The two will be playing the Turf every Wednesday in January. …

Welsh electronic musician and producer Kelly Lee Owens headlined the Fine Line Music Café, in downtown Minneapolis, on September 16th, 2021, as part of her tour Inner Song… the follow-up to her critically acclaimed self-titled album.

Local musician Andrew Broder opened the show. Broder is also in the trio Fog (not to be confused with England’s The Fog), who released For Good, and went on a world tour with Polica in 2016.

For the Fine Line show, Broder is strictly doing DJ stuff… cranking handles, pushing buttons, and staring intensely at a laptop screen. Admittedly watching DJs doing their thing isn’t always the most exciting thing, but that’s not the point. The point is putting out music to get the crowd to move… and it did get the audience to bop, rave, and dance.

It’s been a long time since Broder was back on the stage, you can tell he seemed really excited to be performing again.

Kelly Lee Owens started her set in complete darkness, hidden under a hooded robe playing a cover of Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi”.

As movie projected on the canvas at the back of the stage, you see Owens in her sheer dress, singing “Keep Walking”.

Jenny Hval singing "Kingsize" (vuart)

Owens ended her set with a Jenny Hval cover, “Kingsize”. This is such an odd choice of cover, as no one in America will be familiar with the Norwegian singer. We know Hval, we heard her perform that song in Sep 2015, but Owens version is technically its own song. The song is such a departure that it was actually released as “Kingsize (Kelly Lee Owens Rework)”.

Remaining tour dates:

09/19 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
09/22 - Oakland, CA @ Starline
09/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
10/22 - 10/23 - Miami, FL @ III Points Festival

Off topic, but in reading up on Kelly Lee Owens, I found out that when she first moved to London, she interned at XL Recordings and ended up playing bass in The History of Apple Pie. We actually wrote about that band in Nov 2012 and said how Graham Coxon (Blur) was a massive fan.

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Kelly Lee Owens at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (2021-09-16)

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Flashback: Sick of Sarah at 400 Bar, Minneapolis (2011-07-08)

Setlist Kick Back Kiss Me Simple Parts Overexposure Bittersweet Giving Up El Paso Blue Not Listening One Night Stand Auto Read More Sick of Sarah Minneapolis punk rock all-girls band Sick of Sarah is currently on a national tour, but will be playing a hometown gig next Thursday, April 30th at the Turf Club in St Paul. The band will likely be playing tracks from their upcoming EP Anthem … Julie Puppets As predicted, Julie Puppets didn't really fit in on the bill, as evident by the crowd having gone away. To their credit, it is a tough act to follow Sick of Sarah. Singer Russ Staiger … Hunter Valentine Hunter Valentine just wrapped up their all-girls tour with Girl in a Coma and Krissy Krissy and picking it right up with Cyndi Lauper… because you know these girls just want to have fun. … Fuzzy Machete Our friends Fuzzy Machete are celebrating their album release party for Number One Fan at the Cabooze this February 26th, 2015. ...

Like it or hate it, the 400 Bar was a great place for local bands to play. On this night in July, I ended up bicycling into the city. This night was kind of funny, a police officer on his loudspeaker told me to get lights if I’m biking at night. I actually didn’t expect it to get dark so early, but since then, I always pack a bike light when I head out.

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I underestimated how long it would take to bicycle down to the 400 Bar and ended up really late - Fuzzy Machete had just finished their set and walking off the stage. It was guitarist Tara's birthday and all, so I am personally embarrassed that I couldn't pedal as fast as I used to. I did manage to later squeeze in some insights about their "new" drummer, Chayci. Apparently it's their old drummer. And also settled my differences with Scott Bakula with singer Krissandra.

Fuzzy Machete is playing at AniMinneapolis today (July 9th). They'll love them there, with all the stuff about Star Trek and nerdy songs. You have been warned.

Hunter Valentine

The turn out for this show was pretty amazing, it was mostly women, but there were actually a good portion of men too.

Hunter Valentine started off their set with "Jimmy Dean" with the catchy chorus of "and when you walk away/you walk away with my feelings". I'm not that familiar with their songs, but I'm pretty sure they did "Scarface", and also, I think a cover of The Shirelles' "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow".

Julie Puppets

As predicted, Julie Puppets didn't really fit in on the bill, as evident by the crowd having gone away. To their credit, it is a tough act to follow Sick of Sarah. Singer Russ Staiger said on stage that they haven't played in over a year, but they seem to have to have it together from their "69 times playing the 400 Bar" (joke) (see comment below). Their set includes a full band for the first three song, then a solo three-song set, and then closing out with the full band.

The majority of the crowd was there to see Sick of Sarah, they've built up quite a fan following. You can see that this isn't their first rodeo, the band is tight and singer Abisha dance moves have been perfected from all their tours.

Sick of Sarah started off their set with their single, "Kick Back", which sounded great, but "Bittersweet" was clearly the crowd's favorite. It was a short set, and fans were demanding an encore. Always leave them wanting more.

Sick of Sarah is about to embark on the Warped Tour 2011, which should be pretty amazing, but I must admit, it's better to see them in a more intimate setting like the 400 Bar.

PS, as noted on their setlist, they also held a "Tattoo" raffle.

Saturday, 09 July 2011 at 12:22 PM
Tara Davis writes:

Hey, Tara from Fuzzy Machete here. Sorry you missed us this time, but I'm sure we'll see you again. I know this city is notorious starting shows later than posted, but with five bands on the bill, we ran a pretty tight ship an every single band started right on the dot of the announced start times.

One quick correction: Russ was actually NOT joking when he announced that it was his band's 69th appearance at the 400 Bar. It was. The Julie Puppets have been on a long hiatus, but used to be really active in the Minneapolis scene a couple years ago. They did a lot of double-bills with Sick of Sarah, and also headlined some pretty exciting shows on their own. This was their "comeback" show with a new drummer but otherwise their same line-up. As you could tell from the sight of me bouncing up and down near the front of the stage, I'm a huge fan.

Sick of Sarah at 400 Bar, Minneapolis (2011-07-08)

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Rocktober: October 5 to 11, 2021

10/05/2021: Julian Lage at Fine Line   10/05/2021: Nation of Language at Turf Club   Read More Julian Lage Julian Lage was somewhat of a child prodigy, having had a documentary film made about his guitar playing when he was 8 years old. When he was 12, he performed at the 2000 Grammy Awards. By the age of 15, he was already a a faculty member …

Read more Rocktober and Minneapolis Music Guide.

10/05/2021 TUESDAY

JULIAN LAGE
at Fine Line
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Excerpt Julien and Julian: Guitar virtuoso Julian Lage will be touring the United States in the fall in support of his latest release Squint (Blue Note Records). He’ll be stopping by the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis this October 5th, billed as “An evening with Julian Lage”. No opening band is listed as of this writing. What is interesting about these Lage will be offering exclusive Master Classes in some selected cities. If you paid for the class, you can show up early to the show and will spend 45 minutes learning Lage’s special techniques on his guitar playing with a Q&A session.

10/05/2021 TUESDAY

NATION OF LANGUAGE
with The Wants
at Turf Club
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Brooklyn-based synth trio Nation of Language (singer/guitarist Ian Devaney, keyboardist Aidan Noell and bassist Michael Sue-Poi) recently released their single and video for “This Fractured Mind.” The single is from the band’s forthcoming sophomore album A Way Forward, due out November 5th.

Based on previously released singles, “Across That Fine Line” (it’s too bad they’re not playing the Fine Line) and “Wounds of Love”, they all had glowing praises from the media, including Pitchfork, Rough Trade, NME, Stereogum, Paste, Under the Radar, etc.

Nation of Language Tour Dates:

09/09 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
09/10 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
09/11 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
09/25 – Queens, NY @ Governors Ball
09/30 – Montreal, PQ @ Bar le Ritz
10/01 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
10/02 – Detroit, MI @ Tangent Gallery
10/03 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
10/04 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
10/05 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
10/06 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
10/08 – Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
10/09 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
10/10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
10/12 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
10/14 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/15 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studio
10/17 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room
10/20 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
10/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room
10/22 – Anaheim, CA @ The Parish
10/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
10/26 – Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Arts
10/27 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
10/28 – Austin, TX @ Levitation @ Empire Control Room
10/29 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
10/30 – Chapel Hill @ Cat’s Cradle
10/31 – Washington DC @ Songbyrd

10/05/2021: Ron Gallo and Becca Mancari at 7th St Entry   10/06/2021: Ministry at First Ave   Read More Ministry Industrial metal legends Ministry recently signed with Nuclear Blast Records. The band is touring with Death Grips this Fall, stopping by the Skyway Theatre this Thursday, October 26th. …

10/05/2021 TUESDAY

RON GALLO and BECCA MANCARI
with chickpee
at 7th St Entry
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Excerpt Girls Girls Girls (Rocktober Edition): Nashville, by the way of New York, Becca Mancari will be launching a co-headlining tour with Ron Gallo this September and October. The tour kicks off at The Foundry at the Fillmore in Philadelphia on September 10th. Chickpee will join as the opener for all shows except Salt Lake City, which is a festival play for both Becca and Ron at the Kilby Court Block Party. The tour will stop by Minneapolis at the 7th Street Entry on October 5.

10/06/2021 WEDNESDAY

MINISTRY
with Helmet and Front Line Assembly
at First Avenue
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Chicago’s Ministry is currently headlining “The Industrial Strength Tour” with special guests Helmt and Front Line Assembly. The tour is to celebrate 30 years of Ministry’s Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste , which originally came out November 14, 1989 on Sire Records. Undoubtedly one of the most influential industrial album of all time, some calling it “one of the great works of industrial music” and “way ahead of its time.”

Helmet was recently in the news for covering “In the Ditch” for the compilation The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four. Gang of Four’s Andy Gill was a fan of Helmet and wanted to collaborate with the band, but unfortunately Gill passed away unexpectedly in Feb 2020.

Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly’s latest release Mechanical Soul came out in January 2021, on Metropolis. The new record features collaborations with Jean-Luc de Meyer from Belgian’s Front 242 and Dino Cazares from Fear Factory.

In other Ministry news, their upcoming 15th studio album is called Moral Hygiene, which will be available October 1st on Nuclear Blast. This is the first album to feature the band’s first collaboration with Paul D'Amour (the original bassist for Tool).

Tour dates:

10/03/2021 Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, NM
10/04/2021 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
10/06/2021 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
10/08/2021 Buffalo Riverworks Buffalo, NY
10/09/2021 Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH
10/10/2021 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
10/11/2021 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI
10/14/2021 House Of Blues Boston Boston, MA
10/15/2021 The Paramount Huntington, NY
10/16/2021 The Wellmont Theater Montclair, NJ
10/17/2021 Franklin Music Hall Philadelphia, PA
10/19/2021 The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
10/20/2021 Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
10/21/2021 Hard Rock Cafe / Hard Rock Live Orlando, FL
10/23/2021 Gas Monkey Live! Dallas, TX
10/24/2021 House Of Blues Houston, TX
10/25/2021 The Aztec Theatre San Antonio, TX
10/28/2021 The Van Buren Phoenix, AZ
10/29/2021 House Of Blues Anaheim Anaheim, CA
10/30/2021 House Of Blues San Diego, CA
10/31/2021 Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA
11/02/2021 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
11/03/2021 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA

10/06/2021: Quicksand at Fine Line   10/08/2021: Backseat Lovers at 7th Street Entry   Read More Quicksand Anyway, it actually brought a smile to my face when I read that the New York City post-hardcore band Quicksand was still around. In fact, their upcoming record Distant Populations will be out August 13 on Epitaph Records. If you’re a vinyl collect, you’ll have to wait until September 24. …

10/06/2021 WEDNESDAY

QUICKSAND
with Narrow Head
at Fine Line
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Excerpt Go, go, go!: Anyway, it actually brought a smile to my face when I read that the New York City post-hardcore band Quicksand was still around. In fact, their upcoming record Distant Populations will be out August 13 on Epitaph Records. If you’re a vinyl collect, you’ll have to wait until September 24. The band will be promoting the album with a post-pandemic tour…. Stopping by the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis this “Rocktober”.

10/08/2021 FRIDAY

THE BACKSEAT LOVERS
with Branson Anderson
at 7th Street Entry
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Recently, The Backseat Lovers announced their 2021 North American tour… The tour will take them to the 7th Street Entry on October 8th.

Branson Anderson to open.

Tour Dates:

09/16/2021 The Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
09/17/2021 Troubadour West Hollywood, CA
09/18/2021 Life Is Beautiful Festival
09/20/2021 Harlow's Nightclub Sacramento, CA
09/21/2021 Rickshaw Stop San Francisco, CA
09/23/2021 Constellation Room Santa Ana, CA
09/24/2021 Soda Bar San Diego, CA
09/25/2021 The Ohana Fest
10/01/2021 Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/01/2021 Austin City Limits Live
10/08/2021 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
10/09/2021 xBk Des Moines, IA
10/10/2021 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
10/12/2021 Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI
10/14/2021 Thunderbird Cafe Pittsburgh, PA
10/15/2021 The Englewood Hummelstown, PA
10/16/2021 Richmond Music Hall Richmond, VA
10/18/2021 Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
10/19/2021 The Grey Eagle Asheville, NC
10/21/2021 The Basement East Nashville, TN
10/22/2021 Saturn Birmingham, AL
10/24/2021 Shaky Knees Music Festival
10/28/2021 The Social Orlando, FL
10/29/2021 Crowbar Tampa, FL
10/30/2021 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, FL
11/01/2021 White Oak Music Hall Houston, TX
11/02/2021 Dada Dallas Dallas, TX
11/02/2021 Trees Dallas, TX
11/03/2021 Scoot Inn Austin, TX
11/03/2021 Antone's Austin, TX
11/05/2021 Meow Wolf Santa Fe, NM
11/06/2021 Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO
12/11/2021 The Shredder Boise, ID
12/13/2021 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
12/14/2021 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
12/17/2021 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
12/18/2021 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT

10/09/2021: Summer Salt at 7th Street Entry   Read More Summer Salt Austin’s Summer Salt is currently touring across two countries. Their next tour date is at Paper Tiger in San Antonio, after that they'll be at One Eyed Jacks in New Orleans. Looking forward to their New Orleans show this Saturday. …

10/09/2021 SATURDAY

SUMMER SALT
with Covey and Breakup Shoes
at Fine Line
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Indie pop duo Summer Salt (singer/guitarist Matthew Terry and drummer Eugene Chung ) released Sequoia Moon on Cherry Lime Records over the summer and is intending to hit the road this fall.

The two month tour will hit all the major cities, including Austin, Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles, and more.

Tour Dates:

9/10 – Austin, TX @ The Belmont
9/12 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
9/14 – Miami, FL @ Churchill’s Pub
9/15 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
9/17 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
9/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Hell at The Masquerade
9/19 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
9/21 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
9/22 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
9/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry at The Fillmore
9/25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/26 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
9/28 – Holyoke, MA @ Gateway City Arts
9/29 – Toronto, ON @ The Velvet Underground
10/1 – Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s
10/2 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
10/3 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
10/5 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Hi-Fi
10/6 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
10/7 – Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s
10/8 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
10/9 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
10/25 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Ballroom
10/27 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
10/29 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
10/30 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
10/31 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brew
11/2 – Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s
11/3 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater
11/4 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
11/5 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
11/6 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Pressroom
11/8 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
11/10 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
11/11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex

10/09/2021: Lucy Dacus at First Ave   10/11/2021: Black Midi at Fine Line   10/11/2021: Michigander at 7th Street   Read More Lucy Dacus Lucy Dacus is touring in support of her new album Home Video, which The New York Times Style Magazine explained, as “a forthright exploration of coming of age, deep friendships and young queer love amid a Bible camp backdrop …

10/09/2021 SATURDAY

LUCY DACUS
with Bartees Strange
at First Avenue
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Excerpt Girls Girls Girls (Rocktober Edition): American singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on Saturday, October 9th, 2021. Bartees Strange will open. Dacus is touring in support of her new album Home Video, which The New York Times Style Magazine explained, as “a forthright exploration of coming of age, deep friendships and young queer love amid a Bible camp backdrop, [which] volleys between grief and humor and darkness”

10/11/2021 MONDAY

BLACK MIDI
at Fine Line
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Excerpt Colors: City and Colour, Puma Blue, Black Midi, Opus Orange, Purple Disco Machine: Britain’s Black Midi (stylized as black midi) released their album Cavalcade on Rough Trade. The band will be heading to the USA for a tour, so be sure to catch them this Rocktober and find out why The Times called them “the most exciting band”. They are stopping by the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on October 11th . No opening band is listed as of this writing.

10/11/2021 MONDAY

MICHIGANDER
with Stay Outside and Darryl Rahn
at 7th St Entry
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Rising indie rock artist Michigander (the stagename for Jason Singer) will be heading out on tour in support of his third EP Everything Will Be Ok Eventually. This is Singer’s biggest tour yet, and he’ll be bringing various support acts, such as Gatlin, Stay Outside, Hollyy, The Fever Haze, WhoBoy, and many more.

Michigander’s live band will consists of Aaron Senor (drums), Jake LeMond (guitar), and Connor Robertson (bass).

Tour Dates

September 17 Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
September 23 Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival
September 25 St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
September 28 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
September 30 Boise, ID @ The Olympic
October 1 Portland, OR @ Holocene
October 2 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
October 5 San Francisco, CA @ Brick and Mortar
October 6 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
October 8 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
October 10 Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
October 11 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
October 12 Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel
October 13 Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
October 14 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
October 16 Harrisburg, PA @ The Englewood
October 17 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
October 19 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
October 20 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
October 21 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle Backroom
October 22 Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre
October 24 Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Music Festival
October 26 Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café
October 28 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
October 29 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
November 4 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick

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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