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05/21/2022

The Mountain Goats at First Avenue, Minneapolis (20 May 2022)

Mountain Goats Setlist

Aulon Raid
Minnesota
Choked Out
Younger
Pez Dorado
Cotton
Tidal Wave

John Darnielle Solo

There Will Be No Divorce

Song for My Stepfather

Mourn Not The Dead (Ralph Chaplin cover)

Wolf Count
The Diaz Brothers
Shelved
Rain in Soho
Southwood Plantation Road
Broom People
Getting Into Knives
Heel Turn 2

-- Encore --
Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light
The Mess Inside
Palmcorder Yajna
This Year
No Children

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It is well known that John Darnielle, the force behind the Mountain Goats, likes heavy metal music. It comes up in interviews often, and hearing him speak …

Beloved The Mountain Goats (John Darnielle, Jon Wurster, Peter Hughes and Matt Douglas) headlined First Avenue’s mainroom on Friday night.

Will Sheff opened the show… He is the singer/songwriter of Okkervil River, who we saw in Nov 2013. Obviously comparing Sheff’s full band vs his solo live show is unfair, but, yes, Sheff’s solo shows is a little quieter. Still, Sheff managed to play Okkervil River using pre-recorded backing tracks and his guitar, and to good effect.

We did previously described Okkervil River’s songs as “depressing”: “Their songs, based on their lyrics and banter on stage, is quite depressing. We're talking mostly death (shooting someone in the head), and hanging (suicide). With all this dark subject, it's easy to see why they've chosen to cover Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love", a nice tribute to the musician who recently passed away. I suspect the song only made it into the set since last Sunday, but it sure sounded well-rehearsed.”

Another ‘depressing’ song made it onto his setlist, “Famous Tracheotomies.” This song, as Sheff described it, was when he was young, he almost died during this surgery. Obviously, he didn’t die, but would go on to write a song about other celebrities who had underwent tracheostomy operations.

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The Mountain Goats
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The Mountain Goats (John Darnielle, Jon Wurster, Peter Hughes and Matt Douglas) will be returning to First Avenue this May 20th. Since the pandemic, the Mountain Goats have released three albums, so they are excited to play those songs live for us… plus, of course, all their classic hits from before the pandemic.

We saw the Goats in at Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh in Sept 2012 and said, “The Mountain Goats played two sets to a hushed crowd at the Fletcher Opera Theater on Friday, the second night of the Hopscotch Music Festival. The first set was a showcase of heavy metal songs, Darnielle solo in the spotlight on a large piano.”

Will Sheff to open.

Tour Dates:

Apr 30, 2022 The Observatory Santa Ana, CA
May 2, 2022 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
May 3, 2022 Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
May 5, 2022 The Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA
May 6, 2022 Fremont Theater San Luis Obispo, CA
May 8, 2022 The Showbox Seattle, WA
May 9, 2022 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
May 10, 2022 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
May 11, 2022 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
May 12, 2022 Midtown Ballroom Bend, OR
May 14, 2022 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
May 15, 2022 Washington's Fort Collins, CO
May 17, 2022 Thalia Hall Chicago, IL
May 18, 2022 Thalia Hall Chicago, IL
May 19, 2022 Thalia Hall Chicago, IL
May 20, 2022 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
May 21, 2022 The Sylvee Madison, WI
Jun 25, 2022 That Music Fest Durham, NC
Jul 9, 2022 Music Farm Charleston, SC
Jul 10, 2022 Intuition Ale Works Jacksonville, FL
Jul 11, 2022 Palladium Theater St. Petersburg, FL
Jul 12, 2022 The Moon Tallahassee, FL
Jul 14, 2022 Minglewood Hall Memphis, TN
Jul 15, 2022 Off Broadway St. Louis, MO
Jul 16, 2022 Wooly's Des Moines, IA
Jul 17, 2022 Wave Wichita, KS
Nov 10, 2022 WUK Foyer (WUK) Vienna, Austria
Nov 11, 2022 Columbia Theater Berlin, Germany
Nov 12, 2022 Paradiso Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 14, 2022 De Roma Antwerp, Belgium
Nov 16, 2022 Roundhouse London
Nov 17, 2022 Manchester Cathedral Manchester
Nov 18, 2022 Vicar Street Dublin, Ireland

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The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats at First Avenue, Minneapolis (20 May 2022)

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Minneapolis: June 12 to June 14

06/12 Sara Kays with Hayd at 7th St Entry

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Arrive early for Nashville singer-songwriter Sara Kays who has a new single. “When You Look At Me” out via Atlantic Records, the demo of which quickly became very popular on TikTok. ....

05/20/2022

Tiffany at Turf Club, St Paul (19 May 2022)

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I remember in 1987, there were two princess of pop ruling the radio airwaves: Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. Tiffany was known for her cover songs, the first was Tommy James and the Shondells’ “I Think We're Alone Now” ....

Amy sent in her report at the iconic 80s pop singer Tiffany, in a “weird” appearance at the Turf Club in St Paul on Thursday night.

She said the band came in late, and barely did a soundcheck. They had some problems with their keyboard player, so he didn’t show up at the show. The set felt it was cut short, Amy said it was only about 40 minutes with no encore.

They covered The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” and closed out their set with Tommy James and the Shondells’ “I Think We’re Alone Now”.

Remaining Tour Dates:

06/03/22 Station 4 Dallas, TX
06/05/22 EKU Center for the Arts Richmond, KY
06/10/22 Riverside, MO
07/02/22 Eastridge Mall Gastonia, NC
08/05/22 Opera House Laconia, NH
08/13/22 New Market Chesterfield, MO
08/19/22 Centennial Center Park Centennial, CO
08/20/22 Queen Mary Long Beach, CA
08/27/22 Charles County Fair La Plata, MD
09/10/22 Suquamish Clearwater Casino, WA
09/11/22 Colony, TX
09/23/22 Events Park Broken Arrow, OK
09/24, 2022 Tempe Beach Park Tempe, AZ
09/30/22 Houston, TX
10/01/22 Arlington Music Hall Arlington, TX
10/16/22 Memphis, TN
10/17/22 San Antonio, TX

Tiffany at Turf Club, St Paul (19 May 2022)

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Adult. at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (18 May 2022)

Adult. Setlist

Second Nature
Violent Shakes
Have I Started At The End
Our Bodies Weren't Wrong
Why Always Why
Idle (Second Thoughts)
This Behavior
Today
Total Total Damage
I Am Nothing

-- Encore --
Glue Your Eyelids Together
122 Hours of Fear (The Screamers cover)

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Detroit’s Adult. has been pretty inactive since we last wrote about them in February 2007. Since Why Bother? in 2007, the band came back in 2013 with The Way Things Fall, and most recently, Detroit House Guests, released last year. ....

05/18/2022 Wednesday

ADULT.
with Kontravoid and Spike Hellis
at 7th St Entry
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Detroit synth-punk duo Adult. (Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller) is returning to Minneapolis this May 18th. Their new album Becoming Undone is out now via Dais Records.

Kontravoid and Spike Hellis to open.

Tour Dates:

04/30: Dallas, TX - Ruins ~
05/02: Albuquerque, NM - Sister ~
05/03: Phoenix, AZ - The Rebel Lounge ~
05/05: San Diego, CA - Casbah ~
05/06: Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room ~
05/07: San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop ~
05/10: Seattle, WA - Madame Lou’s ~
05/11: Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre ~
05/12: Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge ~
05/14: Denver, CO - Hi-Dive ~
05/17: Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge ~
05/18: Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry ~
05/19: Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club ~
05/20: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle ~
05/21: Detroit, MI - City Club ~

~ w/ Kontravoid and Spike Hellis

UK/EU LIVE DATES:

07/03/2022 UK Bristol - Thekla
08/03/2022 UK Glasgow - Slay
09/03/2022 UK Manchester - White Hotel
10/03/2022 UK London - Electrowerkz
11/03/2022 FRA Lille - Black Lab
12/03/2022 BE Brussels - Magasin 4
14/03/2022 DE Hamburg - Hafenklang
15/03/2022 SWE Malmo - Plan B
16/03/2022 SWE Gothenburg - Musikens Hus
17/03/2022 SWE Stockholm - HUS 7
18/03/2022 DK Copenhagen - Stengade
19/03/2022 DE Berlin - Urban Spree
22/03/2022 PL Lodz - DOM
23/03/2022 PL Wroclaw - Akademia
24/03/2022 AT Linz - KAPU
25/03/2022 AT Wien - Chelsea
26/03/2022 HUN Budapest - Dürer Kert
27/03/2022 CZ Prague - Chapeau Rouge
28/03/2022 DE Munich - Rote Sonne
30/03/2022 CH Yverdon-les-Bains - L'Amalgame
31/03/2022 FRA Lyon - Sonic
01/04/2022 FRA Paris - La Boule Noire
02/04/2022 NL - Nijmegen Merleyn

All UK/EU Dates w/ Plack Blague

Spike Hellis

Kontravoid

Adult.

Adult. at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (18 May 2022)

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Oh Wonder at First Avenue, Minneapolis (18 May 2022)

Oh Wonder Setlist

Better Now
Without You
I Wish I Never Met You
Heavy
Rollercoaster Baby
Happy
Magnificent
Body Gold / White Blood / Shark / Plans
Livewire
Technicolour Beat
F**k It I Love You
Ultralife
Landslide
22 Break
Dinner
Lose It

-- Encore --
All We Do
Drive
Hallelujah

Tour Dates

May 20 2022 // Ogden Theatre // Denver, CO
May 21 2022 // The Depot // Salt Lake City, UT
May 23 2022 // Showbox Sodo // Seattle, WA
May 24 2022 // Vogue Theater // Vancouver, BC
May 25 2022 // Roseland Theater // Portland, OR
May 28 2022 // Fox Theater // Oakland, CA
May 29 2022 // House Of Blues // Anaheim, CA
May 31 2022 // The Wiltern // Los Angeles, CA

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London-based alt-pop Oh Wonder is headlining First Avenue’s mainroom next Friday, June 3rd. The duo (Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West) has already sold out ....

London duo Oh Wonder (Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West) is currently tour in support of their forthcoming album, 22 Make (set for release on July 22nd on Republic Records), stopping by First Avenue on Wednesday, May 18th.

Swedish singer/songwriter Winona Oak opened the show. The singer kicked off her career with a collaboration with What So Not for “Beautiful” in early 2018. The song is highly praised and won them Best Independent Dance/Electronica/Club single at the AIR Independent Music Awards a year later. Her next big hit came another collaboration, this time with The Chainsmokers for “Hope”. Oak was riding high, until the pandemic hit the world.

After a few years, it would seem that Winona Oak is ready to take the music world again with her forthcoming debut album Island of the Sun, set for release in June 2022 on Atlantic Records.

We got a sneak preview of the album, hearing some of these new songs for the first time, including “Jojo” to “Piano in the Sky”… which sounds like a great electronic pop song.

Before Winona played “Jojo”, she told us, “This is a song I wrote for myself.” To better understand what she meant, Jojo is actually Winona’s nickname… so she literally wrote a song for herself.

Of course, she did play “Hope”, which is, perhaps her best-known song.

She ended her brief set with “He Don’t Love Me”, which is one of her earliest single… but reworked a little for Island of the Sun. The song is a bit depressing, it’s about falling in love with someone, but they clearly don’t love her back… it’s set to thumping beats.

Winona Oak’s debut album, Island of the Sun, will be out on June 10, 2022, via Atlantic Records.

We last saw Oh Wonder in June 2016, and we have to say, it’s good to see the familiar giant “OW” custom backlight. Even their setup is very familiar, with Anthony West playing guitars and keys on stage left, while Josephine Vander Gucht wanders around or behind the keyboard.

The album, and the tour, for 22 Break, told the story of how lonely and sad they were, and wanted to break up… only to come back stronger, as evident in their not-radio-friendly song “F*** It, I Love You”.

Despite some sad, lonely songs, their set was full of love and hope. You can hear it in their songs, you can see it in their performance.

22 Break will be out July 22, 2022, via Republic Records.

The band continues their US tour.

Winona Oak

Oh Wonder

Oh Wonder at First Avenue, Minneapolis (18 May 2022)

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05/19/2022

R.I.P. Vangelis

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Word is coming out that Vangelis, the Greek composer and musician died at age 79.

He was best known for his various synth film soundtracks including Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire and representatives said he died in a French hospital where he was being treated.

Born Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou in 1943, he was mostly self-taught. He grew up in Athens and playing the organ, formed his first band called the Forminx in 1963, playing pop music, rock’n’roll, and Beatles covers.

He once turned down an invitation from Yes to replace Rick Wakeman on keyboards (but would later form a successful duo with Yes singer Jon Anderson), he then moved to London and signed a solo deal with RCA Records, composing solo work as well as film soundtracks.

In 1981, his score for Chariots of Fire won the Oscar and has become iconic to this day. Vangelis followed that with his iconic score to Blade Runner – “We’re living in a kind of Blade Runner world now,” he said in 2005.

Other soundtracks that decade included Missing, The Bounty, Francesco and others. Vangelis worked again with Blade Runner director, Ridley Scott on 1492: Conquest of Paradise, and scored various documentaries by Jacques Cousteau.

In the world of sport, Vangelis was commissioned to soundtrack the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, and the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

More recently, he had been fascinated with outer space and his final album, 2021’s Juno to Jupiter, was inspired by the launch and mission of NASA probe Juno.

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Vieux Farka Touré at the Dakota (5/18/2022)

Setlist

Touré De Niafunké
Filipha
Diaraby Magni
Ni Negaba
Fafa
Ali
Yer Gando
Samba Si Kairi
Walaïdu
All the Same
Ba Kaitere

-- Encore --
Nha Maïmouna Poussaniamba

Tour Dates

May 19—SPACE—Evanston, IL
May 20—Le Poisson Rouge—New York, NY
May 21—World Café Live—Philadelphia, PA
May 22—Race Street Live—Holyoke, MA
June 8—Crystal Ballroom—Somerville, MA
June 10—Infinity Hall—Norfolk, CT
June 11—StageOne—Fairfield, CT
June 12—Afrika Nyaga Fest—Providence, RI
August 4—Celebrate Brooklyn—Brooklyn, NY

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Acclaimed Malian artist Vieux Farka Touré will be playing the Dakota Jazz Club, in Minneapolis, on May 18, in support of his forthcoming album Les Racines (World Circuit Records). .…

“You finally made it,” shouted a gentleman from the crowd after the second song.

In fact he did, Vieux Farka Touré making good on a postponed show from September of last year.

The introduction from the emcee stated it was their biggest crowd since the Dakota re-opened after the pandemic and the crowd and Touré seemed primed for a festive night.

The first few songs had everyone seated, though, with Touré playing an acoustic guitar, Marshall Henry on bass and Adama Kone on the percussive instrument, the calabash. They played like they were sitting around a campfire, slowly passing the time with an open, soulful sound trying to fill the infinite space of a desert night.

Touré played with a warm and playful spirit. He enjoyed interacting with his band mates with a back and forth between him and Henry as if they were still fine-tuning a song.

Touré highlighted songs from six of his previous albums, which was ironic considering he has a new album being released this week - Les Racines. Maybe he’s contractually obligated to wait for the release date of 5/20/2022. After all, this concert is almost a year behind schedule. Hopefully, a returning tour to the Dakota will be in the works.

After setting the mood, Touré stood up, strapped on the electric guitar and played “Fafa”, which sounded quite a bit like “Azawade”, a song from The Tel Aviv Session, a collaboration he did with Israeli piano player, Idan Raichel. We Heart Music covered their concert at the Dakota ten years before. Touré remained seated that night for the music did not call for him to go electric.

Touré has earned a moniker of being the Jimi Hendrix of West Africa. I like the Malian Desert Blue Prince. He definitely has a distinct, singular sound forged by Malian musical traditions and the Blues found in Chicago, the Delta or anywhere else where the Blues can be.

Touré is the son of legendary guitarist Ali Farka Touré. The father did not want his son to become a musician for he thought being a professional soldier would provide a more stable life. But talent would not be denied and the son secretly took guitar lessons behind his father’s back and eventually won his approval.

Touré has the technical skill as well as the soul of a virtuoso. And when he launched into “Samba Si Kairi” he filled the intimate venue with an epic guitar solo like he was playing a football stadium. And as quickly as he brought the crowd to a standing ovation, he channeled B.B. King by wailing on his guitar in “Walaïdu”.

To draw the evening to a close, Touré encouraged the crowd to stand up and dance with the final two songs, songs rooted in the west coast African tradition, the type of music that made it very easy to stand up and sway, which everyone in the audience did.

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05/18/2022

Minneapolis: June 7 to June 11

06/07 Tune-Yards with Anjimile at First Avenue

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Tune-Yards

Musically and visually, it was a delightful to witness: colorful war paint, ukulele, pots, pans, and coke bottles, great beats, and funky dancing ... with lots of loops....

05/17/2022

We♥KC - May 18-24, 2022 Upcoming Shows (Kansas City / Lawrence KS)

Simple Plan and Sum 41, Uptown

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Sum 41

Legendary punk band Sum 41 is celebrating their 15th Anniversary of their second album Does This Look Infected? with an album tour. The group will stop by the newly owned Varsity Theater on Saturday. …

Simple Plan

Simple Plan is headlining First Ave as part of their “No Pads, No Helmets….Just Balls” 15th Anniversary Tour. Patent Pending and Set It Off to open. 6pm …

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Folk and Bluegrass rule the week- the five-day international folk festival returns in-person, bringing acts from all over the world, and Bluegrass at the Bottoms is a two-day twangfest in the heart of the city. Meanwhile, Wynonna cancels her club tour and instead pledges to carry on with The Judds Tour (because... arenas, cha-ching!).

The week starts slow with some previous postponements but May 24 is a real quandary on what to attend, with at least three worthy shows that night-- choose wisely, grasshopper!

Here’s what’s happening in the Kansas City/Lawrence, KS metro MAY 18-24

(Several artists are still requiring precautions for entry, so check with the venue and/or assume vaccination proof and possibly a mask, might still be required)

Wednesday May 18

Simple Plan and Sum 41 w/Set It Off, Uptown, $36

It’s the cleverly named Blame Canada Tour, co-headlined by these north of the border Warped Tour veterans. Simple Plan had some lineup upheaval during the pandemic concerning misconduct allegations, but the band has rebounded with new album Harder Than it Looks.

Sum 41 is returning with double-album Heaven and Hell on the horizon – Heaven being pop punk and Hell being more metal in nature.

Rupi Kaur, Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland. $39-$99

The Canadian illustrator, poet, author and photographer returns to the stage after rising to fame via Instagram and has a film about her streaming on Amazon Prime. Because she first learned composing in Punjabi, she loves lower-case as much or more than e.e.cummings ever did.

Molchat Doma, recordBar SOLD OUT

Currently on a 12-country tour, this is a rare chance to see this Belarusian post-punk band, out in support of 2020’s Monument. Influenced by Joy Division and The Cure, they’ve been working in part of a Robert Smith classic into one of their songs, late in their set.

Folk Alliance International Conference, Westin Crown Center

Folk Alliance International Conference, Westin Crown Center, May 18-22, $500+ Tickets here: Conference Registration - Folk Alliance International

The world’s largest gathering of the folk music community (crossing a diverse array of genres including Appalachian, Americana, Blues, Bluegrass, Celtic, Cajun, Global Roots, Hip-Hop, Old-Time, Singer-Songwriter, Spoken Word, Traditional, Zydeco, more) returns after some pandemic delays.

This year’s theme is Living Traditions and will showcase various traditional folk music forms regionally, nationally, and internationally. The theme will be explored through topics of music preservation, migration, evolution, and authenticity, and there is a chance to see numerous performers during performance showcases.

Rage Against The Machine,T-Mobile Center. POSTPONED

Eels, Liberty Hall POSTPONED

Wynonna, Knuckleheads, CANCELED

Jacob Collier, The Truman

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Jacob Collier

They Might Be Giants, May 17, The Truman. $27-$30 Rage Against The Machine, May 18, T-Mobile Center. $125-$578 Jacob Collier, May 19, The Truman. $30 …

Thursday May 19

Jacob Collier, The Truman. $30

Basically, a musical genius (& the only UK artist to win Grammys for his first four albums) who plays about everything and mixes looped harmonies and audience participation sounds, to create unique audio canvases. On his Djesse Tour celebrating his last three studio albums, expect an energetic live show, audience interactions, and maybe some innovative Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and even Charlie Chaplin covers.

Nothing, Nowhere w Poorstacy, Carolesdaughter, Guccihighwaters, Snarls, Granada- Lawrence, $22-$24

MA rapper out in support of 2021’s Trauma Factory and a full night of music on this five-act bill.

CrankGameplays Presents: I Have To Do This Show, Folly. $37.50

A unique experience interlaced with comedy, theater, and a realistic – if possibly warped – viewpoint of the internet, from an online “influencer” (...whatever that means...)

Robert Earl Keen, Uptown Theater, $59

Eighteen studio albums in, this will likely be your last chance to see the 66yr-old Americana veteran, as he’s announced retirement starting in September. For fans of Lyle Lovett and the late Townes Van Zandt, and gotta admire someone that walks away on his own terms.

Bluegrass at the Bottoms, GrindersKC

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Railroad Earth

Bluegrass, or rather “newgrass”, band Railroad Earth took the stage right on time. The reason for the tight schedule was that they were playing a double set. Typically, when bands play double sets ...

Friday May 20

Brian Regan(comedian), Uptown. $45-$178

The longtime quirky comedian tours following 2021’s Netflix stand up special On the Rocks, and returns with his unique observational and self-deprecating sense of humor.

Riff Generation-KC Jazz Orchestra, Kauffman Center, $10-$35

The second of three events celebrating Kansas City’s stylistic foundational contributions to early jazz. Popular songs like “In The Mood” and “Shake, Rattle, and Roll” were largely written in the KC riff-based style, and the city’s “jam session” cultivation of the music lives on in venues around the world. Expect new, highly collaborative compositions in a modern examination of the KC “riff style”, that also engages with more local musicians.

William Clark Green, Knuckleheads, $29.50

Texas country singer-songwriter with five studio and two live albums under his belt. New music seems overdue so maybe hope for a new song or two, and just maybe an Eagles medley.

Zach Bryan, Azura Amphitheater, $49-$200

Rising young Oklahoma country star and Navy veteran who releases his first full-length, American Heartbreak this coming Friday, with current single, “Something in the Orange” currently on the country charts.

Bluegrass at the Bottoms- Sam Bush, Railroad Earth, Yonder Mtn String Band, more, May 20-21, GrindersKC, $80-$150

Two-day music and brews event includes Railroad Earth, Yonder Mountain String Band, Sam Bush Unsafe At Any Speed (featuring Greensky Bluegrass’ Dave Bruzza), Sierra Hull, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, Tall Tall Trees, The Mighty Pines ,Whiskey for the Lady and many more.

Saturday May 21

Southern Culture on the Skids w Dressy Bessy, Knuckleheads. $20

Psychobilly/surf rock band SCOTS has been around since 1983(!?) and is out in support of 2021’s At Home With SCOTS. Bummer as it seems they no longer throw fried chicken / play “Eight Piece Box” but watch your head during “Banana Puddin’” and assume the whole audience might be on stage by the end.

Y’allapalooza, Azura Amphitheater

Y’allapalooza starring Jon Pardi w Hardy, Ernest, Azura Amphitheater. $45-$99

It’s Pardi Time! (to crib the name of his CMT series) – most recent album is 2019’s Heartache Medication and he even covered Metallica for a 2021 benefit cover album.

Opener Hardy is a ...unique looking dude who’s been opening in arenas for Morgan Wallen

Jessie James Decker, Arvest Bank Theatre

Sunday May 22

Jessie James Decker with Adam Doleac, Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland. $34.50-$79.50

The country pop singer who married Minnesota Gopher and ex-NFL receiver Eric Decker, struck gold last year with single, “Should Have Known Better”. Latest album is Oct. 2021’s The Woman I’ve Become on Epic Records and her live show has had her covering Shania, Lil Nas X, and even Nirvana

Judy Collins and Madeleine Peyroux, Yardley Hall $20-$85

Folk and jazz icons come together for this unique live pairing. If they play some songs together, that would make the night even more magical. We caught Peyroux live back in 2017 with Rickie Lee Jones and have to admit, were a little disappointed they didn’t perform together for at least one song.

Stand Atlantic, Confidence, Cemetery Sun, Census Bottleneck-Lawrence $20-$25

Plenty of pop punk playing this week, but this Aussie band might be worth checking out. Latest album is F.E.A.R. released May 6 (not to be confused with the Marillion album of the same name) and the band has ten years worth of history and songs to draw from.

Christine “Kingfish” Ingram, Uptown CANCELED

The Head and the Heart, Uptown Theater

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The Head And The Heart

Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ...

The Head and the Heart, Uptown Theater

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Modest Mouse

With concerts slowing coming back to America, Modest Mouse announced their 2021 tour dates, all in support of their new album The Golden Casket (available June 25th via Epic Records). …

Monday May 23

Tuesday May 24

The Head and the Heart with Jade Bird, Uptown Theater, $45-$99

Count us as fans of this Seattle indie-pop band, as we’ve covered them for a decade, memorably seeing them live early on in 2013, and outdoors at the greatly-missed Festival Palomino the following summer. Latest album is their fifth, Every Shade of Blue, released last month on Warner/Reprise and current single. “Virginia (Wind in the Night)” topped the AAA charts.

We love Jade Bird as well and were fortunate to have caught her live on her first US Tour back in 2017. The London folk singer-songwriter has her second full-length out, last August’s Different Kind of Light and got engaged late last year to her touring guitarist.

Modest Mouse with The Cribs, GrindersKC. $45-$75

This is a great double-bill as well – Washington indie rockers Modest Mouse have returned en force with 2021’s The Golden Casket and we caught them live last August, shortly after the record was released. Lead singer Isaac Brock continues to steer their ship and even recently revealed that new and unheard songs with Johnny Marr may be in the near future, which is a wonderful surprise.

Wakefield UK’s brothers Jarman are a band we’ve followed since 2007. The Cribs returned in late 2020 with Night Network, their eighth studio album and we’ll always remember seeing them in St. Paul on August 1 2007, just after the bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis, collapsed.

Limp Bizkit w Yung Gravy, Wargasm UK, Dying Wish Cable Dahmer Arena - Independence. $29.50-$79

They said it- out on their Still Sucks Tour, you can’t deny the nu-rock/rap band did have some banging hits in the mid-90s that helped define that decade. Actually, the tour is named after their 2021 album, (still not available on physical media for whatever reason) and features single, “Dad Vibes” and an INXS cover. In concert, they’ve been performing a Ministry song, prefaced by a Metallica/Megadeth medley.

Todd Snider w Ian Noe, Granada-Lawrence, $30-$40

More than twenty-five years later, he’s still an Alright Guy. In 2021, Snider released the folk-funky First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder and always has interesting and funny stories between songs live. We caught him live back in 2019, though his dog who he brought on stage, didn’t seem to be too impressed (or had heard it all before).

Harbour, recordBar, $15

This Cincinnati indie rock band maybe doesn’t have the most internet-friendly searchable name, and most members were previously in a band called The Monument (not the greatest internet-friendly name either). Anyway, they’ve followed 2019 album, Thoughts on Letting Go with 2020 single, “Twenty Twenty” and newest, “Bahamas” coming next month.

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05/16/2022

Destroyer w ROSALI at The Bottleneck, Lawrence KS (2022-05-14) review

Destroyer, Bottleneck- Lawrence

DESTROYER SETLIST

It's in Your Heart Now
June
The Raven
Times Square
Tinseltown Swimming in Blood
Tintoretto, It’s for You
Kinda Dark
It Just Doesn’t Happen
Cue Synthesizer
The River
It Takes a Thief
Kaputt
European Oils
foolssong
Looters’ Follies

-- Encore --
Chinatown
Streethawk I

DESTROYER TOUR DATES

May 15 Beer City Music Hall Oklahoma City, OK
May 16 Tulips Fort Worth, TX
May 17 The Mohawk Austin, TX
May 19 Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
May 20 The Belasco Los Angeles, CA
May 21 The UC Theatre Berkeley, CA
May 22 Revolution Hall Portland, OR
Jun 24 Kino Šiška (Centre for Urban Culture) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jun 30 Open'er Festival 2022 Gdynia, Poland
Jul 2 Vida Festival 2022 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
Jul 5 MUSICBOX LISBOA Lisbon, Portugal
Sep 21 Paradiso Amsterdam, NL
Sep 21-24 Reeperbahn Festival 2022 Hamburg, Germany
Sep 23 Mejeriet Lund, Sweden
Sep 24 Slaktkyrkan Johanneshov, Sweden
Sep 25 Parkteatret Scene Oslo, Norway
Sep 26 VEGA Copenhagen, Denmark
Sep 29 Lido Berlin, Germany
Sep 30 Gebäude 9 Cologne, Germany
Oct 1 Rote Fabrik Zürich, Switzerland
Oct 2 Südpol Luzern, Switzerland
Oct 4 UT Connewitz Leipzig, Germany
Oct 5 Club Manufaktur Schorndorf, Germany
Oct 6 La Chapelle, Les Trinitaires Metz, France
Oct 7 Petit Bain Paris, France
Oct 8 C-mine Genk, Belgium
Oct 9 TRIX Borgerhout, Belgium
Oct 11 The Button Factory Dublin, Ireland
Oct 12 Drygate Glasgow, UK
Oct 13 Brudenell Social Club Leeds, UK
Oct 14 EartH London, UK

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Destroyer

Vancouver’s Destroyer (led by singer-songwriter Dan Bejar) is touring in support of their latest album Have We Met (Merge Records). Minneapolis’ local station The Current …

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A day of ceremony, a night of musical immersion-

As The University of Kansas ends its current year, recent graduates prepped gowns and mortar board caps for their rite of passage walk down The Hill at Mount Oread to receive their diplomas, but inside the downtown walls of The Bottleneck, Vancouver band Destroyer returned to town to amaze, vex, and celebrate for the graduates, and everyone else present.

The evening began with a well received forty-five minute from Philadelphia’s Rosali (stylized as ROSALI) in support of third album, last year’s No Medium. The singer-songwriter is aka Rosali Middleman and the guitarist for The Long Hots and was backed by members of acclaimed Nebraska band the David Nance Group for their first Lawrence appearance.

Their music has been previously described as “Chrissie Hynde fronting Crazy Horse” but the vocals often have more of an Aimee Mann lightness about them, though it can also quickly move from electric folk to a more meaty, dense and louder blend.

The newest album was supposedly written on a two-week sabbatical on a South Carolina farm and influenced by harmonographs– swinging pendulums that create geometric illustrations of music, and the concepts of balance and originating from a fixed point, do show some reflection in the songs.

“Mouth”, the new album’s opening track finds Rosali not afraid to emotionally open and visualize, singing, “East of the river I was traveling on, watch me lie, undone, rest me in a forest, overgrown”. Destroyer keyboardist Ted Bois assisted on a dreamy mid-set song and the final number was precluded by a cacophony of reverb, feedback, and electronic howls.

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As for the headliner, this was a bit full circle to have Destroyer return to Lawrence and play an eighty-five minute set, as they were one of the last bands we witnessed live in late February 2020, before the global lockdown.

The new album is called Labyrinthitis (stylized in all caps, on Merge Records) which medically refers to an inner ear infection, often resulting in vertigo and immersive dizziness, and something band leader Dan Bejar was convinced he had, after a period of self-diagnosis (though never confirmed).

Though still often thought of as a solo project, Bejar’s bandmates have all been with him over a decade and the key missing piece that we didn’t see the last time in town, trumpeter JP Carter, had returned with great effect and impact – adding a further cosmopolitan elegance to songs, self-sampling and with pedal effects to make his sonic presence even more prominent.

After beginning with the new album’s opener, Bejar and band moved next into the spanning “June” a seven-minute tempo-changer with Bejar even referring to its spoken-word fragments on paper as he sang, determined to get them all letter-perfect.

“I’ve got a good feeling about this set” Bejar remarked slyly, he not one to say much at all between songs, preferring instead to crouch and have a swig of beer as the band ends the songs with exclamations, but he did also commend all the recent graduates in the crowd as well.

Lead single from the new record, “Tintoretto, It’s For You” came across even more twisted live, its haphazard synth-metal tones and manic drums over Bejar singing, “the ceiling’s on fire and the contract is binding”, the grim reaper calling to take the famed Italian painter.

A couple of tracks from 2020’s Have We Met- “It Just Doesn’t Happen” and “Cue Synthesizer” still hold up strongly and the slow croon of 2015’s “The River” built into a peak with Bejar’s character admitting, “I’m over, before I begin to go”.

Cowbell powered the new swirling, “It Takes a Thief” and longtime fans roared at the first electro notes of 2011’s breakthrough, “Kaputt”. 2020’s “foolssong” cinematically swelled, from its beginning homage lines from Spearhead’s “Hole in the Bucket” to it’s “da,da,da” ending and the main set concluded with 2006’s elongated “Looters’ Follies”.

The encore began with 2011’s “Chinatown” filled in with vivid musical bursts from Carter’s trumpet and Bejar admitting “I can’t walk away” and would end by going back more than two decades with “Streethawk I”.

“Yes, you are renewed” Bejar sings in the Destroyer song, “June”- immersion complete.

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