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We♥KC! June 1-7, 2023, Upcoming concerts/shows (Kansas City / Lawrence, KS)

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June already! Summer concert season is in full effect!

Let’s take look at the Kansas City/ Lawrence KS metro musical happenings from June 1st-8th.

THURSDAY JUNE 1

Aladdin (musical), continuing thru-June 4, Music Hall, $35-$125.

From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of Aladdin, a thrilling new production filled with beauty, magic, comedy and breathtaking spectacle. It’s the theatrical event where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite.

Aladdin features all your favorite songs from the Disney film versions as well as new music written by Tony® and Academy Award® winner Alan Menken with lyrics penned by the legendary Howard Ashman (Beauty and the Beast), Tony Award winner Tim Rice (The Lion King, Aida), and book writer Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer).

Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Something Rotten!), this new musical boasts an incomparable design team, with sets, costumes and lighting from Tony Award winners Bob Crowley (Mary Poppins), Gregg Barnes (Kinky Boots), and Natasha Katz (An American in Paris).

McBride and the Ride, Knuckleheads,

Only recently reuniting, the hardworking country band played their first Nashville concert in 20 years last Feb and are on the road on tour again. Acclaimed vocalist, guitar player and songwriter Terry McBride hails from Lampasas, TX, following in the musical footsteps of his father, the late Dale McBride with a singing and also very successful songwriting career.

Haken w Up to Eleven, Arch Echo, Granada- Lawrence, $25

The Prog rockers are on the road again supporting their seventh studio album Fauna, which came out in March—described as their "most genre-busting and conceptually fascinating album to date."

About the album, vocalist Ross Jennings has said "The premise of the album when we started writing it was that every song would have an animal assigned to it. They all have something related to the animal kingdom that we could write about, but they also connect to the human world. Each track has layers, and some of them are more obvious than others.”

Spanish band Up to Eleven and US prog metallists Arch Echo make it a full evening.

FRIDAY JUNE 2

America, Ameristar Casino, $60-$189

The perennial classic-rock favorites hit the road in 2023, celebrating their 53rd Anniversary and still riding that horse with no name. Founding members, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell (along with former band mate, the late Dan Peek) met in high school in London in the late ‘60s and harmonized their way to the top of the charts with their signature song "A Horse With No Name." America became a well-known band and paved the way with a string of hits following the success of their first #1 single. Fifty plus years later, the pair and band are still making music together and touring the world.

Bad Omens w Invent Animate and Erra, Uptown. Sold out.

Long sold out, the alt metal band have a busy year ahead as they tour in support of 2022’s The Death of Peace of Mind, which extends into a Fall tour dubbed Concrete Forever, but this is a chance to catch the rising band at a relatively small venue.

SATURDAY JUNE 3

The Big Slick benefit show T-Mobile Center,$75 and up

The biggest and best annual charity event in the metro, Big Slick is an annual fundraising event hosted by some of Kansas City's most famous funny people and their friends. All proceeds go to Children's Mercy Hospital and expect laughs, skits, and surprises from the likes of Jason Sudekis, Rob Riggle, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Eric Stonestreet, and newly added to the group, KC’s own Heidi Gardner. (The celebrity softball game was the previous day, for a fun and worthy weekend).

Sparta w/ zeta and Geoffrey Rickly, recordBar,

Returning to the road to celebrate the (belated) 20th anniversary of their debut album, Wiretap Scars (which features the single “Cut Your Ribbon” and fan favorite “Air”), the alt rockers’ jaunt will also feature support from Thursday singer Geoff Rickly, and zeta.

All Time Low with Mayday Parade and Games We Play, Midland. $38.50-$58.50

The multi-platinum-selling rock band hit the road for leg one of "Tell Me I'm Alive On Tour" with support from Mayday Parade and Games We Play. The 25-city North American Trek includes two special shows that quickly sold out - the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO which they are headlining for the first time on May 23; and a special unplugged performance at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on May 18.

Their latest studio album Tell Me I'm Alive was recently released via Fueled By Ramen and the 13-track collection marks All Time Low's first full-length album in three years.

Radkey with The Phantastics, The Many Colored Death, Drop a Grand, Lemonade Park. $25.49-$31.16

A one-day music event jam-packed with some of the best local and regional artists. This throwdown will go down at Lemonade Park, located in the West Bottoms heart of the city.

Trivium w Beartooth, Malevolence, Archetypes Collide, Uptown,

BEARTOOTH and TRIVIUM have joined forces for a U.S. co-headlining tour this spring. The 29-city tour kicked May 1 in Stroudsburg, PA before wrapping up on Thursday, June 15 in Seattle.

TRIVIUM is stoked about this bill, saying: "TRIVTOOTH! We are elated to announce our co-headlining monster of a tour with the incredible BEARTOOTH. We have been fans of what they do, and pals with them for ages — so it's great we're finally doing something so massive together. TRIVIUM and BEARTOOTH are both bands supported by each of our wonderful fanbases — so we know these shows are going to go off. Add in MALEVOLENCE, one of our favorite bands on the planet, and ARCHETYPES COLLIDE, one of BEARTOOTH's favorites, and we have a hell of a bill."

The Brummies, Encore at Uptown Theater, $20

The Nashville-based Brummies are John Davidson, Jacob Bryant and Trevor Davis. And have new single "Sunshine" out now! Independent artists, Davidson and Bryant have already had major songwriter success with The Band Perry and Kacey Musgraves and are out forging their own path.  Debut album is called Eternal Reach and their name is U.K. slang for a resident of Birmingham UK.

Parker Millsap, Knuckleheads, $20

The singer-songwriter quickly made a name for himself with his live performances, soulful sound, and character-driven narratives. He's shared the stage with folks like Jason Isbell, Shovels & Rope, Patty Griffin, Houndmouth, and many others.

Parker’s early releases showcased his acoustic folk rock, with their flourish for revelation and fiery dynamics. Be Here Instead, Millsap’s 2021 release hinted at the wildness to come while exploring newer, more personal songwriting styles. Parker's newest album, Wilderness Within You, is a natural step in his musical evolution interweaving threads of his musical past and newer influences. A duet with Gillian Welch is recently out as well.

Trixie Mattel, KC Live! $25-$75

Trixie Mattel has redefined what it means to be a “drag queen” by releasing three charting albums (‘Two Birds’, ‘One Stone’, and most recently, 2020’s ‘Barbara’), launching a successful cosmetics company, Trixie Cosmetics, co-authoring “Trixie and Katya’s Guide To Modern Womanhood”, raising over $100k for numerous charities and organizations in 2020 through her “Twitch Tuesdays” video game livestreams, all while winning the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.

Buckcherry, the Hat-Manhattan,

The LA rockers formed way back in 1995 by frontman Josh Todd and guitarist Keith Nelson and made a huge splash on rock radio with their 1999 self-titled debut LP and hit single, “Lit Up”.

They’ve since survived lineup changes, the perils of rock n roll, and an extended hiatus, to still be on a comeback roll, which may have started with lewd but addictive single, “Crazy Bitch”.

Hellbound was released to positive reviews in 2021, and keeping momentum going, the band’s upcoming Vol. 10 releases this June. Live on this The Gang’s All Here Tour, they’ve been opening with “Lit Up” (talk about getting the crowd going from the start!) and be grateful they’re playing sweaty intimate clubs, as we last saw them from the upper deck supporting Kiss. Playing in the Little Apple, this tour is taking them everywhere!

SUNDAY JUNE 4

MONDAY JUNE 5

Shakey Graves, The Truman,

Alejandro Rose-Garcia (aka Shakey Graves) announced his newest album Can't Wake Up (out now on Dualtone) and after this solo run, will finish the rest of the summer co-headlining with Lucius, at mostly larger outdoor venues.

TUESDAY JUNE 6

                                               WEDNESDAY JUNE 7

Nascar Aloe, The Bottleneck-Lawrence

With a great sounding moniker, the Los Angeles-based musician and rapper has announced a new EP called HEY A$$HOLE, just out on Epitaph Records on May 26.

With the announcement of the EP came the release of the first single called “DON’T 4GET DA NAME.” “It’s shouting at the kids that I still exist, as brash as possible,” the alt-rapper says about his new single. “Even though I might be banned from Instagram and I don’t really care, I’m still making works of art like the rest of these social media-first artists.”

Brit Floyd, Midland. $45-$79.50

The lunatic is still on the grass – the top-notch tribute band returns to the stage in 2023 to perform a brand-new production celebrating 50 years of the ground-breaking and iconic musical masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon.

THURSDAY JUNE 8

Illenium, Azura Amphitheater. $39.50-$59.50

Possibly the biggest and most buzzing tour of the Spring – his single entitled “Luv Me A Little” featuring Nina Nesbitt made a splash and precluded the awaited fifth full-length self-titled album, ILLENIUM, which released April 28th.

To make things even better, we see ILLENIUM go on a massive 2023 headlining world tour called “ILLENIUM LIVE”, which promises amazing visuals and a truly immersive audio visual dance experience.

Sisters of Mercy, Uptown, $39.50-$79.50

The legendary goth-rockers just returned to the US to kick off their first state-side tour in nearly 15 years. Playing to a full house at The Fillmore Silver Springs two weeks ago, the band delivered with a 23-song set, featuring 10 previously unreleased tunes.

Opening with the new song “Don’t Drive On Ice,” they did include some of their classic hits, like “Lucretia My Reflection,” “Temple of Love,” “More,” “Dominion,” and the new songs, show off songwriter Andrew Eldritch’s recent creative output, despite having not released an album since 1990, so may mean a new studio release is forthcoming.

If it’s been this long since the band has toured the States, you don’t want to wait on another chance and because of the long absence, this has been one of the most anticipated tours of the year.

Deana Carter, Knuckleheads. $35-$55

The Country songstress made most of her hits in the 90’s, but like a few other acts, has returned on a second life of sorts, with her music reaching a new generation.

Warrant, Prairie Band Casino-Mayetta,

The Down Boys are still serving up their brand of cherry pie and rock debauchery, decades later, and their string of radio hits (most completely written by late singer Jani Lane) is rather impressive. Always entertainng live, ex-Lych Mob singer Robert Mason remains vocalist, and all other members are the originals (hard to say that with many of their day). We caught them live last in 2016 in Minnesota.

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Buffalo Daughter at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (31 May 2023)

05/31 Buffalo Daughter with babybaby_explores and Balloon Race at 7th St Entry Buffalo Daughter Setlist Music Five Minutes Volcanic Girl Don't Punk Out No New Rock Socks, Drugs, and Rock and Roll Chatbot Baby R & B (Rhythm & Basement) ET (Densha) 303 + 606 = ACID We Are The Times Interstellar Journey - When the Spaceship Flies Through the Milky Way -- Encore -- New Rock/Dr. Moog Jellyfish Blues Read More Buffalo Daughter 90s Japanese rock band Buffalo Daughter (suGar Yoshinaga on guitar, Yumiko Ohno on bass, and MoOog Yamamoto on turntables) is making a rare appearance at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on May 31st. .…

90s Japanese rock band Buffalo Daughter (suGar Yoshinaga on guitar, Yumiko Ohno on bass, and MoOog Yamamoto on turntables) made a rare appearance at the 7th Street Entry on May 31st.

Opening the show was local band Balloon Race, playing songs from their latest SLIMETIME. The four-piece band said they were influenced by bands such as King Crimson and Battles.

Near the end of their set, they dedicated their song to “that guy in the T-Shirt, Jacob Gallagher.” I’m not sure if it was a joke, but I also heard, “We’re in love.”

Next up was Rhode Island’s babybaby_explores, an odd low-tech trio (Lids B-day, Sam M-H, and Gabe C-D). Lids does most of the singing and funky dance moves, while Sam in the hat, plays electric guitar, and rounding out Gabe on the drum machine.

Not really sure if you can classify the band’s music… let’s just say they’re quirky. Their music doesn’t flow how you would expect and often it makes an abrupt left turn, but you just go with it.

babybaby_explores’s new album Food Near Me, Weather Tomorrow is out now on No Gold.

“It’s been a long time since we last came here. Nine years ago with Cibo Matto… I hope you were also there,” said Buffalo Daughter’s SuGar Yoshinaga. We weren’t there but we wrote about the 2014 tour, mentioning that the band played the Turf Club on March 4, 2014.

As we previously mentioned, Buffalo Daughter was “discovered” by Luscious Jackson, who introduced them to the Beastie Boys… and they were quickly signed to Grand Royal Records. They’re also friends with Cibo Matto and Butter 08, so if you like 90s Japanese bands, Buffalo Daughter is right up your alley.

Their English was very good, as many of their songs are in English… but also they might have a bigger English-speaking audience having spent most of the 90s on Grand Royal Records.

With their records being re-issued on double vinyl, they also mentioned that they’re actually celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band. What a way to celebrate it with this 2023 tour.

Remaining Tour dates:

Jun 3 Seattle, WA, US Substation
Jun 4 Portland, OR, US Doug Fir Lounge
Jun 6 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Resident
Jun 7 San Francisco, CA, US Café du Nord
Jun 25 Shibuya, Japan WALL&WALL
Jul 5 Nagoya, Japan Tokuzo / 得三
Jul 7 Kyoto, Japan Metro

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Buffalo Daughter at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (31 May 2023)

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Minneapolis: June 21 to June 24

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06/21 Catie Turner with Sophie Holohan and Baby Fisher at 7th St Entry Read More Catie Turner Valley’s latest EP The After Party was released earlier this month. Catie Turner will open. Tour dates: February 22 Nashville, TN Basement East February 23 Atlanta, GA The Loft ...

06/21/2023 Wednesday

Catie Turner
with Sophie Holohan and Baby Fisher
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Catie Turner will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on June 21st. She previously was here with Valley in March 2022.

Her latest song, “Hometown” is described as “about when you feel unsafe and unfamiliar in what is supposed to be the most familiar place in the world, all because of a failed relationship.” Turner continues, “The fear of them seeing you, and you seeing them, so you hide out in your bedroom. This goes out to everyone who has worn their hood up on an outing to WaWa or refused to go to Trader Joe’s because they didn’t want to run into their ex’s mom!”

Sophie Holohan and Baby Fisher to open.

Tour dates:

06/03 – Dallas, TX – Deep Ellum Art Company
06/04 – Austin, TX – The Ballroom
06/07 – Atlanta, GA – Vinyl at Center Stage
06/08 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
06/10 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
06/13 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live
06/14 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
06/15 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
06/17 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
06/20 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
06/21 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
06/23 – Denver, CO – Globe Hall
06/24 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
06/27 – West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour
06/28 – San Francisco, CA – Brick & Mortar Music Hall

06/22 Skating Polly with bugsy at 7th St Entry Read More Skating Polly Grrrl rockers Skating Polly will be in town next Wednesday, March 30th. The duo (Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse) was previously in town in in 2014 with White Fang. …

06/22/2023 Thursday

Skating Polly
with bugsy
at 7th St Entry
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Skating Polly is back in Minneapolis this June 22nd.

Skating Polly (13 Sep 2017)

We last saw Skating Polly in Sep 2017 and noted, “On tour for this special 40th Anniversary Tour is riot grrrl/punk band Skating Polly from Tacoma (by the way of Oklahoma City). The band is actually a sibling band, featuring multi-instrumentalist step-siblings Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse… and recently added their brother Kurtis Mayo as drummer to the lineup. We caught the trio in May 2017 and wrote that the show felt like it was sold out, thanks to their growing fanbase and support from local artists. In fact, members of local bands like Babes in Toyland (Skating Polly support Babes in a 2015 European tour), Tony Peachka, and Kitten Forever, could be seen in attendance. ‘Hail Mary’ was dedicated to Babes and “a kiss for Lori.” (Lori Barbero).”

Local group bugsy is set to open.

Confirmed Skating Polly Tour Dates:

June 22 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
June 23 Cudahy, WI - X-Ray Arcade
June 24 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen^
June 25 St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill^
June 27 Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe^
June 28 Hamtramck, MI - Small's^
June 29 Toronto, ON - Bovine Sex Club
June 30 Montreal, PQ - Turbo Haus
July 1 Portsmouth, NH - Press Room^
July 2 Cambridge, MA - Middle East^
July 6 Brooklyn, NY - St. Vitus Bar^
July 7 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie^
July 8 Washington, DC - Comet Ping Pon^
July 9 Richmond, VA - Capital Ale House Downtown
July 11 Carraboro, NC - Cat's Cradle^
July 12 Atlanta, GA - Purgatory ^
July 13 Orlando, FL - Will's Pub^
July 15 Pensacola, FL - Handlebar^
July 16 New Orleans, LA - Santos^
Aug 25 Olympia, WA - South Sound Block Party

+ support from Lord Friday the 13th
^ support from Jacklen Ro

06/23 Duster with Sour Widows at Fine Line

06/23/2023 Friday

Duster
with Sour Widows
at Fine Line
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Self-described “interplanetary goth” band Duster is touring in support of their fourth album, Together.

Bay area Sour Widows will open the show. The trio (Maia Sinaiko, Susanna Thomson and Max Edelman) latest single, “I-90” was produced with collaboration with Oakland-based engineer Maryam Qudus (Toro y Moi, SASAMI, Spacemoth).

Tour dates:

Jun 15 Austin, TX, US Empire Control Room
Jun 16 Dallas, TX, US Texas Theatre
Jun 17 Houston, TX, US White Oak Music Hall
Jun 18 New Orleans, LA, US Toulouse Theatre
Jun 20 Nashville, TN, US Eastside Bowl
Jun 20 Madison, TN, US Eastside Bowl
Jun 21 St Louis, MO, US Red Flag
Jun 22 Milwaukee, WI, US Turner Hall Ballroom
Jun 23 Minneapolis, MN, US Fine Line
Jun 24 Chicago, IL, US Sleeping Village

06/24 Spiritual Cramp at 7th St Entry

06/24/2023 Saturday

Spiritual Cramp
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

San Francisco punk band Spiritual Cramp will be headlining the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis this Saturday, June 24th.

Their new single, “Phones Lines Down” will be included on a two-track 7-inch via Blue Grape Music on June 16th.

As of this writing, no opening band listed.

Upcoming Spiritual Cramp Shows

6.21 - Toronto, ON - The Drake
6.22 - Detroit, MO - Third Man
6.23 - Chicago, IL - Sleeping Village
6.24 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
6.25 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square Arts Festival

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Minneapolis: June 20

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06/20 My Morning Jacket with Wilderado at Palace Theatre Read More My Morning Jacket This is the second night for My Morning Jacket at the Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis. While Friday's MMJ show featured local Hippo Campus, Saturday's support will come from Lizzo. .... Wilderado Wilderado w Flipturn, April 3, Bottleneck-Lawrence, The Tulsa indie-folk band is out in support of their self-titled debut album from last year, featuring recent single, “The Worst of It”. Maybe you just caught them on Jimmy Kimmel. ...

06/20/2023 Tuesday

My Morning Jacket
with Wilderado
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

My Morning Jacket has announced plans for an upcoming North American headline tour. The fall run begins October 17 at Toronto, ON’s historic Massey Hall and then continues through a three-night stand at Chicago, IL’s Chicago Theatre on November 9-11.

The MMJ will stop by the Palace Theatre in St Paul on June 20.

Wilderado to open. The band’s first ever live album Wilderado Live is out now.

Tour dates:

05/14 – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre *
05/15 – Jackson, MS – Thalia Mara Hall *
05/19 – Guadalajara, Mexico – Guanamor Studio **
05/20 – Guadalajara, Mexico – Corona Capital Guadalajara ^
05/30 – London, UK – O2 Kentish Town Forum #
05/31 – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz Manchester #
06/03 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound ^
06/05 – Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma #
06/06 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg #
06/09 – Porto, Portugal – Primavera Sound ^
06/10 – Madrid, Spain – Primavera Sound ^
06/15 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre ‡
06/16 – Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery ‡
06/17 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music ^
06/20 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre ‡
06/21 – Milwaukee, WI – The Riverside Theater ‡
06/23 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater *
06/24 – Newport, KY – MegaCorp Pavilion *
06/26 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Amphitheater ¶
06/28 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE ¶
06/30 – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl ¶
07/01 – Scranton, PA – Peach Music Festival ^
07/29 – Washington, DC – The Anthem ##
07/30 – Beech Mountain, NC – Beech Mountain ##
08/15 – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield ‡‡
08/16 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater ‡‡
08/18 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre †
08/19 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre †
08/20 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl †
08/22 – San Diego, CA – CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre ‡‡
08/23 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Amphitheatre ‡‡
08/25 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre ‡‡ +
08/26 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre ‡‡
09/30 – Memphis, TN – Mempho Music Festival ^
10/17 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
10/19 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre +
10/20 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
10/21 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
10/24 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
10/25 – Albany, NY – Palace Theatre
10/30 – Birmingham, AL – Alabama Theatre
10/31 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater
11/03 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre +
11/04 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
11/07 – St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theatre
11/09 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre +
11/10 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
11/11 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
04/04/2024-04/08/2024 – Puerto Aventuras, Mexico – One Big Holiday

* w/ Special Guest Jaime Wyatt
** w/ Special Guest Costa de Ámbar
^ Festival Appearance
# w/ Special Guest Devon Gilfillian
‡ w/ Special Guest Wilderado
¶ w/ Special Guest Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
## w/ Special Guest Katie Pruitt
‡‡ w/Special Guest M. Ward

† w/ Fleet Foxes
+ It Still Moves 20th Anniversary Show

06/20 The Blue Stones with The Velveteers at Turf Club Read More The Blue Stones Canadian alternative-rock duo The Blue Stones (not to be confused with Britpop stars The Bluetones), will play the Turf Club in St Paul on February 6th. JJ Wilde to open. …

06/20/2023 Tuesday

The Blue Stones
with The Velveteers
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Alt Rock duo The Blue Stones continues their Pretty Monster tour, stopping by the Turf Club, in St Paul, on June 20.

Discussing the upcoming dates, Tarek Jafar stated, “We’ve taken great care to build an unforgettable live set. There’s a constant push to always be better than our last album, our last tour, even our last show. ‘Pretty Monster’ live is surely going to blow some minds, and we can’t wait to watch that happen to our U.S. fans in real time.”

The Velveteers (not to be confused with the Velveteens) to open.

Tour Dates:

05/17 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
05/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
05/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Made
05/20 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
05/21 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar
05/23 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
05/24 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
05/25 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
05/26 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
06/06 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s
06/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent
06/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
06/10 – Las Vegas, NV @ 24 Oxford
06/11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
06/13 – Austin, TX @ Antones
06/14 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
06/15 – Dallas, TX @ Studio @ Factory
06/17 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
06/19 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
06/20 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
06/22 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi

06/20 EELS with Austin Antoine at First Avenue Read More Eels Eels recently debut the video for “Good Night On Earth”, in anticipation for the upcoming fourteenth studio album Extreme Witchcraft, available January 28 via PIAS and the band’s own E Works Records. …

06/20/2023 Tuesday

EELS
with Austin Antoine
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Before Eels, you guys know I was a big fan of E (for the song “Hello Cruel World” from the record A Man Called E).

I’ve been following Eels’ career for a while now, and they’re just a great band.

Recently, the band announced limited-edition vinyl reissues of their earlier records, Hombre Lobo, End Times, and Tomorrow Morning through E Works/[PIAS], starting March 17, 2023.

In addition, the band also announced a long-awaited return to live concerts this year, with a UK tour in March, and returning to the USA in June. And look at that! A Minneapolis date.

Eels at First Ave (05 June 2018)

Of course, we saw them before the pandemic, in June 2018 and noted, “The return of Eels with 2018’s The Deconstruction is pretty important, because after their 2014 tour and album release, Mark Everett (aka “E”) had reconsidered retiring from music. He was simply burnt out from the constant tour and constantly producing new music. So the band took a break, and E tried out acting (appearing in Netflix’s Love), and spent time with his family. Seeing the band on stage, the four year hiatus was good for Eels, the band looked and sounded great, and they looked like they were really enjoying themselves.”

North American Tour:

June 08 – Belly Up, San Diego, CA
June 10 – Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
June 11 – The UC Theatre, Berkeley, CA
June 13 – Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
June 14 – The Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA
June 16 – Metro Music Bar, Salt Lake City, UT
June 17 – Gothic Theater, Denver, CO
June 18 – Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS
June 20 – First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
June 21 – Metro, Chicago, IL
June 23 – Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Munhall (Pittsburgh), PA
June 24 – Keswick Theatre, Glenside (Philadelphia), PA
June 25 – Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
June 27 – Webster Hall, New York, NY
June 28 – The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD
June 29 – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
June 30 – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA

06/20 Divine Sweater with NATL PARK SRVC and easeupkid at 7th St Entry

06/20/2023 Tuesday

Divine Sweater
with NATL PARK SRVC and easeupkid
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Brooklyn, by the way of Boston, Divine Sweater will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on June 20th, in support of their album Down Deep (A Nautical Apocalypse) (Better Company Records).

NATL PARK SRVC (not to be confused with The National Parks?) and easeupkid to open. NATL PARK SRVC is a seven-member band (Dylan Woytcke, Nathan Zillmer, Jared Leger, Sage Livergood, Sam Tudor, Wes Muilenburg, and Joe Keyport) … let’s see how they all fit on the tiny 7th Street Entry stage.

Tour dates:

5/26 - Brooklyn, NY - The Broadway
5/27 - Woodstock, NY - Colony
6/16 - Montreal, QC - The Diving Bell
6/17 - Toronto, ON - The Baby G
6/19 - Dubuque, IA - Fox Den Motel
6/20 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
6/21 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
6/22 - Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe
6/30 - Washington, DC - Comet Ping Pong
7/8 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair
7/9 - Winooski, VT - Monkey House
7/15 - Philadelphia, PA - Foundry at Fillmore

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Frankie Rose at Turf Club (05/31/2023)

05/31 Frankie Rose with SRSQ and Collin Gorman Weiland at Turf Club Tour Dates 6/01 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club $ 6/03 Chicago, IL - TBA 6/04 Ferndale, MI - The Magic Bag $ 6/05 Toronto, ON - Monarch Tavern $ 6/06 Montreal, PQ - Bar Le "Ritz" PDB $ 6/07 Troy, NY - No Fun $ 6/08 Brooklyn, NY - TV Eye $ $ = w/ SRSQ Read More Frankie Rose Frankie Rose is touring in support of Love As Projection (Slumberland Records). We last saw Rose in Oct 2013 and said, “Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose opened the evening with … SRSQ The Black Queen will be headlining Studio B (at the Skyway Theatre) on Sunday, March 17th. Show up early to check out The Uniform and SRSQ (featuring Kennedy Ashlyn of Them Are Us Too). ..…

Wednesday night was 80’s night at the Turf Club with the Pet Shop Boys playing through the speakers and Frankie Rose soon to take the stage.

Local musician Collin Gorman Weiland warmed up the crowd with a dirge of industrial dance music that ripped through the club. His latest album is Now & Thus Suite on the Moon Glyph label, a label in which he also works as a regular mastering engineer.

SRSQ aka Kennedy Ashlyn next took the stage to promote her new album Ever Crashing, a dream pop album involving 100 separate tracks all done by the Texas based musician.

Vice Magazine described SRSQ’s debut Unreality as “… floating and abstract.” Songs from her latest album create a lush musical landscape that allow Ashlyn to sing an almost defiant, wounded delivery of someone searching for meaning, yet using music to heal.

The pain is real for Ashlyn never set out to be a solo artist, but part of a duo with Cash Askew. But Askew died in a tragic warehouse/concert venue fire in Oakland, California. So, the theme through most of the evening was the temporal, fleeting nature of being alive. Like in “Saved for Summer” where Ashlyn sang:

Oh, wasted time, is it folly or despair?
Or somehow, in between?

Frankie Rose next took the stage with her band. We last saw her in 2013 opening up for Franz Ferdinand at the Skyway Theater, promoting her album Herein Wild. And it has been over six years since she last released an album. She actually completed one close to three years ago, but due to the pandemic and being a victim to vinyl production backlogs, she is finally on the road promoting Love as Projection, which The Big Takeover Magazine thought could be part of the Stranger Things soundtrack. It is a retro love letter to the type of electronic pop that would find a home in any John Hughes movie.

A highlight was “Sixteen Ways”, a perfectly formed pop song to sing in the car. Another highlight was “Comeback”, a hypnotic dance groove.

A funny moment occurred when Rose moved into the prerequisite merch plug. Then she remembered: “Were out of our record. Just wanted to let you know.”

For the encore she asked the crowd if they had any requests. Someone joked and shouted: “Anything!” So she played “Anything” from her sold out album.

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Frankie Rose at Turf Club, St Paul (31 May 2023)

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Aladdin (musical) at The Music Hall, Kansas City, MO (30 May- 4 June 2023)

ALADDIN   ACT ONE: "Overture" - Instrumental "Arabian Nights" - Genie and Company "Once Jump Ahead"- Aladdin, Ensemble "Once Jump Ahead (Reprise)" - Aladdin "Proud of Your Boy"- Aladdin "These Palace Walls"- Jasmine and Female Attendants "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim" - Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim, Jasmine, Ensemble "A Million Miles Away"- Aladdin, Jasmine "Diamond in the Rough" - Jafar, Iago, Aladdin "Friend Like Me" - Genie, Aladdin, Ensemble "Act One Finale" (Friend Like Me (Reprise) / Proud of Your Boy (Reprise 1)) - Genie, Aladdin ACT TWO: "Prince Ali" - Genie, Babkak, Omar, Kassim, Ensemble "A Whole New World" - Aladdin, Jasmine "High Adventure" - Babkak, Omar, Kassim, Ensemble "Somebody's Got Your Back" - Aladdin, Genie, Babkak, Omar, Kassim "Proud of Your Boy (Reprise 2)"- Aladdin "Prince Ali (Sultan Reprise)" - Sultan and Company "Prince Ali (Jafar Reprise)" - Jafar "Finale Ultimo (Arabian Nights (Reprise) / A Whole New World (Reprise)" - Company Bows ("Friend Like Me (Reprise 2)" - Company ALADDIN Tour Dates JUN 7-11 POPEJOY HALL 203 Cornell Dr Albuquerque, NM JUN 13-18 DCPA - BUELL THEATRE 1350 Curtis St Denver, CO JUN 20-25 MORRISON CENTER 2201 W. Cesar Chavez LN Boise, ID JUN 27 - JUL 2 FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS 334 W Spokane Falls Blvd Spokane, WA JUL 11-16 NORTHERN ALBERTA JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 11455 87 Ave NW Edmonton, AB JUL 18-23 SOUTHERN ALBERTA JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1415 14 Ave NW Calgary, AB JUL 25-30 QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE 630 Hamilton Street Vancouver, BC AUG 2-13 ORPHEUM THEATRE 1192 Market San Francisco, CA SEP 5-10 CENTENNIAL HALL 1020 E University Blvd Tucson, AZ SEP 12-23 HOLLYWOOD PANTAGES THEATRE 6233 Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles, CA SEP 26 - OCT 1 TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 110 E 2nd St Tulsa, OK OCT 3-8 LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS 301 N 12th St Lincoln, NE OCT 10-15 OVERTURE CENTER 201 State St Madison, WI OCT 17-22 MARCUS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 929 N Water St Milwaukee, WI OCT 25-29 CHRYSLER HALL 215 St. Paul's Blvd Norfolk, VA OCT 31 - NOV 11 TANGER CENTER 300 N Elm Greensboro, NC NOV 8-12 LANDMARK THEATRE 374 S. Salina St Syracuse, NY NOV 14-19 ARONOFF CENTER FOR THE ARTS 650 Walnut Street Cincinnati, OH NOV 28 - DEC 3 WASHINGTON PAVILION 301 S Main Ave Sioux Falls, SD DEC 5-10 ORPHEUM THEATRE 910 Hennepin Minneapolis, MN DEC 12-17 THE FABULOUS FOX THEATRE 527 N Grand Blvd St. Louis, MO   2024 JAN 3-7 DR. PHILIPS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 445 S Magnolia Ave Orlando, FL JAN 9-14 FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St NE Atlanta, GA JAN 16-21 DEVOS PERFORMANCE HALL 303 Monroe Ave NW Grand Rapids, MI JAN 24-28 BIRMINGHAM JEFFERSON CC 1 Richard Arrigton Jr Blvd N Birmingham, AL JAN 31 - FEB 4 BASS PERFORMANCE HALL 525 Commerce St Fort Worth, TX FEB 20-11 PLAZA THEATRE 125 W Mills Ave El Paso, TX MAR 19-24 MORRIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 211 N Michigan St South Bend, IN MAR 26-31 WALTON ARTS CENTER 495 W Dickson St Fayetteville, AR APR 3-7 CIVIC THEATRE 1100 3rd Ave San Diego, CA APR 10-21 ATWOOD CONCERT HALL 621 West 6th Avenue Suite ACH Anchorage, AK APR 24-28 PARAMOUNT THEATRE 911 Pine St. Seattle, WA MAY 1-5 SAROYAN THEATRE 730 M Street Fresno, CA MAY 7-12 COSTA MESA, CA Read More Broadway in Kansas City Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album....   AMERICAN THEATRE GUILD WEBSITE

 We were excited to witness opening night of the last selection from this season of PNC Bank Broadway and came away unexpectedly very impressed.  

Disney's Aladdin is well-paced and staged, features a mesmerizing Marcus M. Martin as the genie, is not overly kid-friendly with plenty of adult-level humor, and much more than a simple retread of either the animated or live-action films.  

With bright costumes and effects and a dazzling huge ensemble version of "Friend Like Me", this very entertaining show was the surprise of our season to witness.  

More info to come!

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From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of Aladdin, a thrilling new production filled with beauty, magic, comedy and breathtaking spectacle. It’s the theatrical event where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite.

Aladdin features all your favorite songs from the Disney film versions as well as new music written by Tony® and Academy Award® winner Alan Menken with lyrics penned by the legendary Howard Ashman (Beauty and the Beast), Tony Award winner Tim Rice (The Lion King, Aida), and book writer Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer).

Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Something Rotten!), this new musical boasts an incomparable design team, with sets, costumes and lighting from Tony Award winners Bob Crowley (Mary Poppins), Gregg Barnes (Kinky Boots), and Natasha Katz (An American in Paris).

Aladdin The Broadway Musical is playing at The Music Hall in downtown Kansas City, from now through Sunday June 4th.  

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Shoba Narayan as Jasmine by Matthew Murphy

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Anand Nagraj as Jafar w Aaron Choi as Iago by Deen van Meer

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Alex Lahey at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (30 May 2023)

05/30 Alex Lahey with Liza Anne at 7th St Entry Alex Lahey Setlist On The Way Down They Wouldn’t Let Me In You’ll Never Get Your Money Back Wes Anderson Makes Me Sick Congratulations You Don't Think You Like People Like Me Misery Guts Permanent Good Time Torn (Ednaswap cover) Every Day's the Weekend The Answer Is Always Yes I Haven't Been Taking Care of Myself Read More Alex Lahey Australian songwriter Alex Lahey is headlining the Turf Club in support of her new album The Best Of Luck Club (Dead Oceans). ... Liza Anne Next was Liza Anne (with full band of Josh on bass, Cody on drums, and Robbie on guitars), who could not get over at how cold it was in Minneapolis (it was randomly snowing throughout the day). The Nashville-based band …

It’s hard to believe that last Tuesday’s Alex Lahey show, at the 7th Street Entry, was her fourth time as headliner in the area.

Opening the show was Liza Anne, with her drummer friend Allie (Allie Cuva). Allie is actually a songwriter herself and have gone on tour as the opener for the Katy Kirby and Sun June show in Mar 2022. In the middle of Liza’s set, Allie took up the guitar and sang one of her songs, “Long Vacation.”

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We previously saw Liza with Lucy Dacus in Oct 2019. She had a full band, back in 2019, and the band was clearly undressed for Minneapolis’ weather. There were no complaints at Tuesday’s show, so I’m assuming Liza came to Minneapolis prepared.

Songs on Liza’s set included “I Shouldn't Ghost My Therapist” and, my favorite, the ironic upbeat song “Cheerleader”, which ended her set… complete with a pair of pom poms.

As the Australian songwriter Alex Lahey confessed, she loves Minneapolis… but the first time that she came here in 25 November 2017, she had no idea this place (Minneapolis) existed… let alone people living here. The second time she came back, in 01 August 2018, she was treated so warmly that she now looks forward to play the city and make sure Minneapolis is on her tour itinerary.

Tuesday’s night was no exception, with many fans screaming as soon as Lahey took the stage. As you can see from the setlist, some songs were from her new album The Answer Is Always Yes (Liberation Records). She even played a couple of requests, “You’ll Never Get Your Money Back” and “Wes Anderson”. The latter is a love song about going to see a Wes Anderson film, “We went to the movies because I know you like Wes Anderson. You held my hand the whole time, and, no joke, you have the softest skin.”

Based on her fanbase and her love for Minneapolis, it won’t be long when Alex Lahey will be back in town.

Remaining Tour Dates:

Wed. May 31 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
Fri. June 2 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
Sat. June 3 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahalls
Sun. June 4 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
Tue. June 6 - Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
Wed. June 7 - New York, NY @ Baby’s All Right
Fri. June 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
Sun. June 11 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
Mon. June 12 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Tue. June 13 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Purgatory
Thu. June 15 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music
Fri. June 16 - Austin, TX @ Parish
Sat. June 17 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Tue. June 20 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
Wed. June 21 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

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Alex Lahey at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (30 May 2023)

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shame at The Bottleneck, Lawrence KS (27 May 2023)

shame SETLIST   Fingers of Steel Alibis Alphabet Concrete Six-Pack Tasteless Burning by Design 6/1 Born in Luton The Fall of Paul Adderall Orchid Water in the Well One Rizla Snow Day Gold Hole   Been Stellar SETLIST   Start Again My Honesty Passing Valentine Shimmer Manhattan Youth Sweet Kids 1995 Ohm shame Tour Dates MAY 28 George's Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, AR MAY 30 Granada Theater Dallas, TX JUN 02 Scoot Inn Austin, TX JUN 03 White Oak Music Hall Houston, TX JUN 04 Toulouse Theatre New Orleans, LA JUN 15 Bergenfest 2023 Bergen, Norway JUL 04 Giardini Ducali Modena, Italy JUL 20 Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival Tromsø, Norway Jul 27-29 Tsunami Xixón Festival Gijón, Spain JUL 27 CASTELLO VOLANTE DI CORIGLIANO D’OTRANTO Corigliano D'otranto, Italy AUG 04 Espace Maurice Melois / Plein Air Malestroit, France SEP 28 Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown, CA SEP 29 The Regent Theater Los Angeles, CA OCT 04 Revolution Hall Portland, OR OCT 06 The Crocodile Seattle, WA OCT 07 Hollywood Theatre Vancouver, BC Read More shame It’s a shame, but London’s Shame had to cancel their appearance. They were replaced by U.S. Girls, who said, “We’re the best replacement...

What a way to kick off Memorial weekend in Kansas!

London post-punk band shame turned The Bottleneck in Lawrence into their own room of controlled mayhem and activity center as lead singer Charlie Steen directed the crowd all night into clapping along on cue, forming and surging the mosh pit, catching him as he stage dove, and holding him up to end the sweaty ninety-minute set, standing on the crowd's hands.  

Bassist Josh Finerty was constantly running and jumping from one end of the stage to the other, and is maybe the only bass player we've ever seen, doing somersaults as he continued to play.

NY indie band Been Stellar impressed as well, in support of their EP, with a Pearl Jam meets Strokes hard-edged street approach to their style of indie-rock.  

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The rising London post-punk band has returned with their third full-length, Food for Worms, which just came out at the end of last month. Three buzzing singles were released beforehand, doing exceptionally well on the other side of the pond, “Fingers of Steel", "Six-Pack" and "Adderall".

After they missed Rock the Garden in 2018, we finally caught the band live, last summer headlining in Minneapolis. They've been busy touring the UK and Europe, so are ready to hit our shores with a bang.

(Update: NYC indie five-piece Been Stellar will provide support, in support of last August's self-titled EP.) 

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Minneapolis: June 17 to June 18

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06/17 Liturgy with Big|Brave at Turf Club Read More Liturgy Although this black metal Liturgy band's second album, Aesthethica isn't out until May 10th via Thrill Jockey, it didn't stop them from premiering "High Gold" on stereogum.com. ...

06/17/2023 Saturday

Liturgy
with Big|Brave
at Turf Club
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Metal band Liturgy is touring in support of their double-album 93696 (Thrill Jockey).

Label mates Big|Brave will be providing support on this 2023 tour.

Liturgy 2023 tour dates:

Mar. 23 - Brooklyn, NY - TV Eye
Mar. 30 - Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival
May 7 - Brooklyn, NY - Long Play Festival
Jun. 10 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB *
Jun. 11 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison *
Jun. 13 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk *
Jun. 14 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop *
Jun. 15 - Detroit, MI - Sanctuary *
Jun. 16 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
Jun. 17 - St Paul, MN - Turf Club *
Jun. 18 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium *
Jun. 21 - Calgary, AB - Sled Island Festival *
Jun. 23 - Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Jazz Fest *
Jun. 24 - Seattle, WA - Substation *
Jun. 25 - Portland, OR - Star Theater *
Jun. 27 - Sacramento, CA - Cafe Colonial *
Jun. 28 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
Jun. 29 - Los Angeles, CA - Resident *
Jun. 30 - Mesa, AZ - The Nile Underground *
Jul. 1 - Albuquerque, NM - Sister Bar *
Jul. 3 - Austin, TX - The Lost Well *
Jul. 4 - Houston, TX - The End *
Jul. 5 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa *
Jul. 7 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
Jul. 8 - Raleigh, NC - The Pour House *
Jul. 9 - Philadelphia, PA - Milk Boy *
Aug 16-19 - Bristol, UK - ArcTanGent Festival

* w/ BIG|BRAVE

06/17 Temples with Post Animal at Fine Line Read More Temples Along their way to Minneapolis, Temples have been building huge buzz appearing at Great Escape 2013 and (recently) SXSW 2014. With all that excitement for the band, they sold out the Turf Club presale … Post Animal Chicago’s heavy, prog psychedelic rock band Post Animal released their sophomore album Forward Motion Godyssey on February 14, 2020, via Polyvinyl, and will be doing a national tour to promote the new record. …

06/17/2023 Saturday

Temples
with Post Animal
at Fine Line
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British psychedelic band Temples will be touring in June in support of their latest album Exotico (ATO Records).

The record was produced by Sean Ono Lennon and mixed by GRAMMY® Award-winner Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, MGMT).

Temples (12 Oct 2019)

We saw Temples at Desert Daze in Oct 2019 and said, “Oh, man. Temples. The best show of the night. These guys single-handedly made the entirety of Desert Daze worth it all. God bless this British rock band. The mostly played tracks from their newest album Hot Motion, while throwing in Keep in the Dark towards the end of their set. This neo-psychedelic band is like going back to 1968, and I am beyond obsessed.”

Chicago’s heavy, prog psychedelic rock band Post Animal to open.

Tour Dates:

06/06 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
06/07 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
06/09 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
06/10 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
06/12 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
06/13 – Toronto, ON – Lee's Palace
06/15 – Detroit, MI – El Club
06/16 – Chicago, IL – Metro
06/17 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
06/19 – Denver, CO – Bluebird
06/20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
06/22 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
06/24 – Los Angeles, LA – Teragram Ballroom
08/31 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw
09/02 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
09/03 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival

06/18 Lyn Lapid with Stephanie Poetri at Amsterdam Bar & Hall

06/18/2023 Sunday

Lyn Lapid
with Stephanie Poetri
at Amsterdam Bar & Hall
first-avenue.com

20-year-old buzzing songstress Lyn Lapid is out on tour in support of her forthcoming EP to love in the 21st century (Mercury Records/Republic Records). The new single from the EP, “ok with it,” out now on.

Lyn says, “When I was writing ‘ok with it,’ I had my hometown friends in mind. I thought about the friends I grew up with and how we haven’t been much in contact ever since we graduated. I found it a little strange that even though we all promised to call each other at college, neither of us put in much effort to keep in touch right when college started. What was even more strange was that I wasn’t really sad about it at all. I wasn’t sad watching them make new friends or get into relationships they never told me about, because I never bothered to tell them about what was going on in my life either. That’s what I wrote ‘ok with it’ about, how the end of a relationship doesn’t need a clear and conclusive break to be declared over, and that it can just be a matter of realizing that you both stopped keeping tabs on each other.”

With over 550 million global streams across her catalog and 5 million TikTok followers, Lyn Lapid has affirmed herself as a rising artist to watch in 2023.

Stephanie Poetri to open.

“to love in the 21st century” TOUR DATES:

May 31 San Diego, CA House of Blues
June 1 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
June 2 Phoenix, AZ The Rebel Lounge
June 4 Dallas, TX Club Dada
June 5 Austin, TX 3TEN
June 6 Houston, TX House of Blues
June 8 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
June 9 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern
June 11 Washington, DC Union Stage
June 12 Baltimore, MD The 8x10
June 13 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
June 16 Toronto, CAN Velvet Underground
June 17 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
June 18 Saint Paul, MN Amsterdam Bar
June 20 Denver, CO Globe Hall
June 22 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
June 24 Seattle, WA Barboza
June 25 Portland, OR Holocene
June 27 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
June 28 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy Theatre

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Weekend Gamer Update: Memorial Day Weekend

Windows 11 Pro Product Description Instantly productive. Simpler, more intuitive UI and effortless navigation. New features like snap layouts help you manage multiple tasks with ease Smarter collaboration. Have effective online meetings. Share content and mute/unmute right from the taskbar (1). Stay focused with intelligent noise cancelling and background blur. (2) Reassuringly consistent. Have confidence that your applications will work. Familiar deployment and update tools. Accelerate adoption with expanded deployment policies. Powerful security. Safeguard data and access anywhere with hardware-based isolation, encryption, and malware protection built in. Read More MicroSoft That’s because I just bought the Microsoft Office Professional 2021 lifetime license for $30, after reading about it on C-Net. The article referenced Stack Social, which I’ve never heard of until today. …

It’s Memorial Day Weekend, which means I have this Monday off and it’s a long weekend for me. As usual with these holidays, there are a lot of sales and deals all across retailers. I’m planning on going to a few Half-Priced Books to take advantage of their 20% instore purchases. The problem with HPB is that their stocks are limited and are vastly different from store to store. You never know what you are going to see, day to day, store to store.

Best Buy is selling a lot of Bluray for under $10… but the cool thing is that the new Pixel 7a is being sold for $450, the first sale price since it was launched on May 10. That was fast! Even though it’s a $50 savings, it’s still not enough for me to want it. I’ve already committed to buying the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro Max, so I need to set aside roughly $1,200. I was never an iPhone guy, until I started using the $25 unlimited data/phone service from Visible. Now, it’s impossible for me to break away from the Apple ecosystem.

Anyway, over at Stack Social, I just purchased Windows 11 Pro for $40. This is the full product key, not an “upgrade” key, meaning you could use it on a freshly built computer. I just basically upgraded my Windows 11 Home on my current computer.

For most people, Home is just fine for everyone. There are some differences, such as local accounts and Hyper-V and some extra security options (as well as more faster updates), but for the most part, I personally didn’t need to upgrade to Pro… But the sale price was so good (it’s normally $199), that I couldn’t pass it up. As of this writing, I don’t have buyer’s remorse.

When Windows 11 first launched in late 2021, video gaming was a problem with stutter and lag… but it was related to driver issues for video cards. Now that it’s been out for a few years, there are no issues with gaming. Since I started using Windows 11 Home in Nov 2022, I have been impressed with its performance over Windows 10.

Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition

Speaking of games, Epic Games is offering Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition for free. You guys know I love Fallout, so naturally, I’m going to encourage you guys to get it for free. Of course, I already own this on various platform (GOG, Steam, Xbox, etc.), and you can usually find it on sale.

This is the Ultimate Edition, which means all the DLC are incorporated in this game, so there’s a ton of great content to go through.

Of all the Fallout games, New Vegas is one of my top three. A lot of fans did not like the game when it first came out, but over time, I believe they’ve turn around and would agree with me that it’s a great game. The game is 13 years old, and it could benefit from a remaster or remake of the game, in my opinion.

Also, ROG Ally Update: On the day that it was available to pre-order on May 11, 2023, I overreacted and immediately ordered it from Best Buy. It was at a location and a time (noon-ish) and at Best Buy, that I normally don’t buy from online, and at such a high amount, that the unusual activity alerted my bank to issue a stop on my bank card. I had to basically go to the bank and told them that I did purchase the ROG Ally. Unfortunately, the bank already put a stop on the payment. That’s fine, I suppose I’ll just have to go to the physical store on June 13th to see if I can just buy one at their store. It kind of sucks because my local Best Buy closed this year, so I need to travel to another city to visit a Best Buy now. You know, all this could have been prevented, if ROG Ally would just make it available at all retailers… meaning if I had purchased it from Amazon, my bank would’ve just allowed it.

I suppose it’s probably better this way. Now that I’ve seen early reviews, it’s not exactly “twice as fast” as they’ve been claiming. The truth is, it sounds like the ROG Ally is about the same as the Steam Deck… the only difference is that the ROG Ally runs Windows 11 out of the box. Basically, once I get the ROG, I’m calling it my ROG GOG because it’ll be my GOG and Battle Net machine. I just cannot wait to play Diablo IV on handheld.

Yours,

Weekend Gamer

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