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02/11/2025

Minneapolis: March 10 to March 12, 2025

02/10/2025

We♥Movies! Becoming Led Zeppelin - film review

Jimmy Page
John Paul Jones
John Bonham
Robert Plant

Directed by Bernard MacMahon
Screenplay by Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty
Cinematography Vern Moen
Edited by Dan Gitlin
Music by Led Zeppelin
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Release date: February 7, 2025 (IMAX, United States/Canada); wider release Feb 14
Running time 121 minutes

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Led Zeppelin

The English musician best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Led Zeppelin, will be headlining the Orpheum Theatre. Billed as Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters …

Be there for the start of arguably the world’s greatest rock ‘n roll band--

That’s the premise and it’s confirmed in the title of Becoming Led Zeppelin, the new two-hour music bio that opened exclusively in IMAX theaters this weekend. Starting this coming Friday, it will expand to more traditional screens and we hope, an eventual home release.

This has been long in the making, as guitarist Jimmy Page remains under tight control of the band’s legacy and after hearing many proposals, agreed to work with Irish/English documentarian Bernard MacMahon, previously known for his multi-part chronicling of early roots music, American Epic.

First announced in 2019, a work-in-progress print was screened back in Sept 2021 at the Venice Film Festival, and the end result finally hit nationwide screens after a three-and-a-half year wait following that preview.

The story is told without narration, and is instead driven by recent interviews with Page, singer Robert Plant, and bassist John Paul Jones, and an unearthed early interview from drummer John Bonham, heard here publicly for the first time. Add to that, some photos and film clips also seen for the first time, and It’s a delight for the diehard fan and helps bring further life into the story for anyone more casual.

The film traces the four musicians back through their respective childhoods – Page picking up the guitar early and joining bands, Jones the product of a set of stage parents and creatively inclined from a young age, and Page and Bonham growing up in the Midlands trying to find their own way.

Still teenagers, Page and Jones would go on to become in-demand session players in London (both even contributed to the James Bond theme, “Goldfinger” sung by Shirley Bassey, with Page joining, and then becoming the lead guitarist of The Yardbirds after Jeff Beck quit.

With that band disassembling, Page already clearly envisioned his next plan (to be initially named The New Yardbirds), convincing Jonesy to give up his stable session work to be in a band and recruiting Plant and Bonham from their own Band of Joy (and despite Bonham’s wife’s incessant misgivings apparently).

The resulting foursome met in a basement rehearsal space, first jamming on the jump blues classic, “Train Kept a Rollin’” and all knew they had something special and never heard before- a magical combination of blues-infused muscle rock and folk, inspired by American R&B, the early R’nR of Little Richard and Elvis, the jazzy skiffle of Lonnie Donegan, and the numerous early American Blues pioneers that so many UK artists of the day admired.

Taking on a name from a disparaging comment by The Who’s drummer, Keith Moon, the band set about to conquer the world, starting slowly in Scandinavia and even making themselves a big name in America, before building any sizable UK fame.

The 1969 Danish TV footage most fans have seen (and was included in the band’s own 2012 DVD release), is given fresh life and immense volume in the IMAX format, and new clips from the Roundhouse in London and the band’s first UK festival in Bath, were all welcomed additions.

The band said goodbye to their families and began their initial US Tour on the day after Christmas 1968 playing with Vanilla Fudge in Denver and built up word of mouth and increasing ticket demand, for every show following.

Synced and restored 8mm footage from the Texas International Pop Fest and Atlanta Pop Fest show the band’s explosive live stage presence, and even recording/rehearsal footage from London’s Olympic Studios provided a rare glimpse into how they recorded their first album playing live (in just 36 hours over a few weeks), rather than mixing individual performance tracks.

It’s charming to see the three surviving members smile wryly hearing their drummer comment from beyond the grave, and see some the footage that we’re also seeing, for the first time, and the performances shine with as much picture restoration as possible, and an audio soundtrack that booms the limits of the IMAX system.

It’s a satisfying beginning, but sadly only that- the film ends as the decade of the 1960s does, with the band well on its its way, and just having released its even heavier second studio album, so it seems to be a chapter one (of three or four?) and the ‘ten years gone’ of what’s ahead- seven more groundbreaking studio albums to the band’s untimely end, will all have to wait.

Becoming Led Zeppelin is a worthy first course, to document the roots and early era of the legendary band, and we just hope we can see the rest of the story similarly and properly presented, in our lifetime (or that of Page, Plant, and Jones’).

john c ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ X / twitter.com

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Minneapolis: March 08 to March 09, 2025

02/09/2025

Flashback: This World Fair at Varsity Theater (27 May 2007)

Courtesy of aristake.com

This World Fair Setlist

Can't Stop Falling
Drama
San Francisco
No Someone
Amy
Count to 10
7 Letters
This is All
Don't Make Me Wait
The Supporting Actor
This Morning

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This World Fair

Since the last time I saw This World Fair, Chris now sport a semi-beard. Toward the end of the set, they took it down a notch and lit candles and did two songs in acoustic style (no heavy drums). One of the …

“The Unknown Order” is the name of the sold-out show organized by singer/songwriter Ari Herstand. Since then, he moved to Los Angeles and became an actor (appearing in 2 Broke Girls and Mad Men and others) and is the CEO of the music business education and artist advocacy company Ari's Take.

The Unknown Order literally meant the bands did not know their play order, as their names would be drawn out of a hat. So, Ari Herstand and His Band started first, followed by White Light Riot, The Alarmists and ending with This World Fair.

Herstand remembers:

If you’re trying to get a reviewer to write a show preview for a local show then you have to make it an event. I once organized a show in Minneapolis called The Unknown Order featuring 4 buzzing bands. No band had sold out the 800 cap Varsity Theater on its own prior to this show. The concept of the show was that the order of bands wouldn’t be announced and 10 minutes before each set the emcee would pick the name out of a hat. I wanted to move away from the concept of headliners and openers.

The show was so buzzed about that it sold out 10 minutes after doors opened and 200 people got turned away.

We garnered major press for it and every band’s visibility amongst the local media community was heightened.

Make sure every event you pitch a reviewer is newsworthy and not just a local 4-band bill on a Wednesday night. Why does your story merit bumping every other music story off the cover? What makes your event unique?

Original report:

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Since the last time I saw This World Fair, Chris now sport a semi-beard.

Toward the end of the set, they took it down a notch and lit candles and did two songs in acoustic style (no heavy drums). One of the acoustic song was that Disturbia song, "Don't Make Me Wait".

Touring was good for them, and listening to Zach (the guitarist) telling about how they loved playing in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Valentine Horror

You know, with Valentine’s Day coming up on February 14, you would think the movie studios would be releasing romantic comedy films… but this year: it’s a hard no. Instead you’re seeing an action film called Love Hurts, Flight Risk, and Den of Thieves 2… and plenty of horror movies: Heart Eyes (a film about a serial killer on Valentine’s Day), The Monkey (a Stephen King horror story about a cursed monkey toy), Companion, Nosferatu, and Wolf Man… I think it’s cool, as a horror movie fans (after all I love the fact that for the months of October to December, we’re seeing a constant holiday horrors).

Companion (2025)

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M3GAN

The first horror film of 2023 is called M3GAN. To be honest, it’s not really a horror film, more like comedy/horror… M3GAN is from James Wan, who created Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring franchises. …

Companion (2025)
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In order to enjoy this film, Companion, you have to go into it not knowing what’s it about. If you watch the trailer, it gives away too much.

I’ll just describe the first part of the film. The film starts with Irish and Josh meeting for the first time in a grocery store and it was love at first sight. Then the couple is driving to a remote cabin to meet some friends. The Russian who owns the cabin is a multi-millionaire and sexually assaulted Iris, which resulted in her killing him. That’s when the movie shifts and you find out what is really going on.

Even though I’m dancing around the ‘twist’, most viewers will likely already know or have figured out what is going on. It does work best if you have no idea what the movie is about. Just go in cold. Think of this film as a couple going on a retreat in a cabin somewhere in the middle of nowhere. It’s a romantic getaway, that is spoiled by a little murder.

The movie works because of their two stars. Sophie Thatcher, as Iris, is perfectly cast. She’s a little quirky and plays a very likeable girl. Jack Quaid, I’m only familiar with him in The Boys, plays a nerdy dork. No one believes he could have a great girlfriend as Iris. Later in the film, we find out that the nerdy kid is really a horrible villain. Quaid is great, and I had no idea Dennis Quaid is his dad!

As for the Companion story, I do love all the twists and turns. I do love how smart the film is… despite how illogical some things are. I won’t go into the details, but if you sit and think about it, some things just doesn’t make sense. Don’t let it bother you, just go with it, and you’ll have a good time with the movie. Think of this film as something like M3GAN or Scream.

Highly recommended.

Wolf Man (2025)

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Ginger Snaps

In my final installment of Halloween treats, I'm going to compile some songs about Werewolves. I actually had a lot more Halloween-related posts I wanted to do, but lately I have not been home. …

Wolf Man (2025)
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Not sure who was asking for a brand new Wolf Man remake/reboot, but it’s 2025, and we have a new film from Blumhouse Productions. I guess this film was originally meant to be part of the Universal Monsters franchise, but since The Mummy failed, the Wolf Man film went into ‘development hell’.

The new film stars Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner (you might remember her from Sin City: A Dame to Kill For), about a couple, and their daughter, going back to husband’s old home in the remote mountains. They’re attacked by a werewolf and ultimately, the film is about Abbott slowly turning into a werewolf, but also trying to protect his family. The story is very straightforward, no plot twists, no reveals. If there was a mystery, I figured it all out just by deductive reasonings. One scene leads to another. Garner is trying to get away from the werewolf with her daughter, and that’s pretty much the film.

I don’t hate the film, but I found it just a little boring.

How you can make a good werewolf movie is that ‘A Werewolf in our Midst’ or ‘Wolf in Sheep Clothing’ mindset… where you don’t know who the wolf is. Wes Craven tried to do this with his Cursed film… where our protagonist, who is cursed with the werewolf blood, has to find out who the master Wolf is, so she can be cured. The mystery and horror, that’s the cool part. With Wolf Man, it is just about a man who is turning into a werewolf, and that’s pretty much all there is to it.

Even the bad Werewolves movie released last year had a better story and concept. In that film, everybody is infected with the Werewolf virus and every full moon (or Super Moon) night, the world turns into a PURGE-style world. Anything goes, it’s lawless, and you have got to survive until the morning. That’s more entertaining than Wolf Man!

02/08/2025

Minneapolis: This Week (02/16/2025)

What’s happening this week.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Destroy Lonely at Fillmore (11 Feb 2025)

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Destroy Lonely w/ Homixide Gang, lil 88, Granada- Lawrence, Following the release of his latest project, NO STYLIST, the Atlanta rapper is embarking on a tour with label mate Homixide Gang, and lil 88 providing support. With a sonically ambitious project, a handful of viral singles …

11 Feb 2025 Tuesday

Destroy Lonely
at Fillmore
first-avenue.com

Groundbreaking artist Destroy Lonely will be on a massive Forever Tour second North American leg in 2025, stopping by the Fillmore, in Minneapolis, on February 11, 2025.

Tour dates:

Jan. 8, 2025 Indianapolis, IN The Egyptian

Jan. 9, 2025 Louisville, KY Old Forester's Paristown Hall

Jan. 10, 2025 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works

Jan. 11, 2025 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall

Jan. 12, 2025 Raleigh, NC The Ritz

Jan. 13, 2025 Raleigh, NC The Ritz

Jan. 15, 2025 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues Myrtle Beach

Jan. 18, 2025 Norfolk, VA The NorVa

Jan. 19, 2025 Richmond, VA The National

Jan. 20, 2025 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage

Jan. 21, 2025 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore

Jan. 23, 2025 Wallingford, CT Toyota Oakdale Theatre

Jan. 24, 2025 Huntington, NY The Paramount

Jan. 25, 2025 Montclair, NJ The Wellmont Theater

Jan. 27, 2025 Toronto, ON HISTORY

Jan. 29, 2025 Buffalo, NY Buffalo RiverWorks

Jan. 30, 2025 Montreal, QC MTELUS

Feb. 1, 2025 Providence, RI The Strand Ballroom & Theatre

Feb. 2, 2025 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Feb. 4, 2025 Columbus, OH KEMBA Live!

Feb. 5, 2025 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater & Ballroom

Feb. 6, 2025 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE

Feb. 7, 2025 Cincinnati, OH The Andrew J Brady Music Center

Feb. 8, 2025 Milwaukee, WI The Rave / Eagles Club

Feb. 11, 2025 Minneapolis, MN The Fillmore Minneapolis

Feb. 12, 2025 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater

Feb. 13, 2025 St Louis, MO The Pageant

Feb. 15, 2025 San Antonio, TX Aztec Theater

Feb. 16, 2025 Austin, TX Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater

Feb. 18, 2025 Albuquerque, NM Revel

Feb. 19, 2025 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre

Feb. 21, 2025 Riverside, CA Riverside Municipal Auditorium

Feb. 22, 2025 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas

Feb. 23, 2025 Anaheim, CA House of Blues Anaheim

Feb. 24, 2025 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Memorial Auditorium

Feb. 26, 2025 San Jose, CA San Jose Civic

Mar. 1, 2025 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo

Mar. 3, 2025 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal Ballroom

Mar. 4, 2025 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum

JJ Sweetheart at Mortimer’s (13 Feb 2025)

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Speaking of local support, joining Los Angeles, by the way of Mississippi, Dent May on stage were two ex-locals Rupert Angeleyes and Joey Joey Michaels. Apparently Rupert and Joey Joey have relocated to Los Angeles .…

13 Feb 2025 Thursday

JJ Sweetheart
with Rupert Angeleyes, Jumbos, Prim Woes
at Mortimer’s
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JJ Sweetheart is having an album release party for Absolutely Yours on Thursday, February 13, 2025, at Mortimer’s.

Self-described as “LOFI trashy psychedelic yearnpop, project of France Camp, Howler and Prim Woes // sounds divorced.”

We haven’t seen France Camp since Aug 2012 and Howler since Jordan dating Johnny Marr’s daughter.

Rupert Angeleyes, Jumbos, Prim Woes to open.

Rupert Angeleyes at Basilica Block Party (10 July 2015)

We saw Rupert Angeleyes in July 2015 and wrote, “Next up was Rupert Angeleyes, in green hair and shorts. Like their previously live appearance at Record Store Day 2015, the garagey/60s surf band played tracks from their latest album Young Sunset, including some sensitive songs like ‘Delicate Guy’ and ‘When I Fell in Love’. ”

JJ Sweetheart writes:

“BIG THINGS” EP release party YALLL I am beyond excited for this one. The lovely beautiful @primwoes will be making an appearance. One of my favorite songwriters ever @rupert_angeleyes another one of my favorite songwriters @jumbosband @worldwidebasementvibes and certified sweeties @absolutelyyrs I’m gonna have a Valentine’s Day raffle, I’m gonna bring you all flowers. FEB 13th MARK YOUR CALENDAR. @mortimersbar big things happening for JJ sweets 2025 I will be accompanied on drums by @tommydrumbeats GET HYPED SWEETIES

Rachel Grae at 7th St Entry (14 Feb 2025)

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Caleb Dee

Caleb Dee, a local Minneapolis, six-piece band was the opener. Dee mentioned that they had also opened for Krooked Kings last year. This was solid indie pop and seemed thematically similar …

14 Feb 2025 Friday

Rachel Grae
with Holden Miller and Caleb Dee
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Rachel Grae, the singer with over 1.3 million TikTok followers and 400 million+ Spotify streams, will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2025. Grae’s debut album, Journal No. 1 is out now on Virgin Music.

Caleb Dee at Turf Club (25 Nov 2024)

Holden Miller and Caleb Dee to open. We saw Dee in Nov 2024 and wrote, “Caleb Dee, a local Minneapolis, six-piece band was the opener. Dee mentioned that they had also opened for Krooked Kings last year. This was solid indie pop and seemed thematically similar to the headline. The band played an as yet unreleased song for the second in the list, with the four guitars making a rich sound. Dee invited fans to come closer to the stage, and it was one of the very few times I’ve seen that actually work.”

Tour Dates:

02/06 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs

02/07 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

02/13 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas

02/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7TH St Entry

02/19 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall

02/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Moroccan Lounge

Michigan Rattlers at 7th St Entry (15 Feb 2025)

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Michigan Rattlers

Michigan Rattlers to open. Tour Dates 02/23 – Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall 02/24 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn 02/25 – Fayetteville, AR – George’s Majestic Lounge 03/09 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club …

15 Feb 2025 Saturday

Michigan Rattlers
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Michigan Rattlers returns to touring in support of their third album Waving From A Sea.

Tour Dates:

2/12 – Columbus, OH – A&R Bar

2/13 – Indianapolis, IN – Turntable

2/14 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall

2/15 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry

2/18 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown

2/20 – Denver, CO – Meow Wolf

2/21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge

2/22 – Boise, ID – Neurolux

2/24 – Seattle, WA – Madame Lous

2/25 – Vancouver, BC – Fox Cabaret

2/26 – Portland, OR – The Showdown

2/28 – San Francisco, CA – Brick + Mortar

3/1 – Los Angeles, CA – The Peppermint Club

3/2 – San Diego, CA – Casbah

3/4 – Phoenix, AZ – Last Exit Live

3/7 – Austin, TX – 3Ten at ACL Live

3/8 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada

3/9 – Houston, TX – Bronze Peacock at HOB

3/12 – Kansas City, MO – Encore at Uptown Theatre

3/13 – St Louis, MO – Old Rock House

3/27 – Lexington, KY – The Burl

3/28 – Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme

3/29 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig

4/8 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom

4/10 – New York, NY – DROM

4/11 – Philadelphia, PA – Milkboy

4/12 – Washington DC – Pearl Street

4/13 – Raleigh, NC – Kings

4/15 – Greenville, SC – Radio Room

4/17 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage - Vinyl Room

4/18 – Orlando, FL – Tuffy’s Music Box

4/19 – Tampa, FL – Skipper’s Smokehouse

4/21 – New Orleans, LA – Chickie Wah Wah

4/24 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall - 1884 Lounge

4/25 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn

4/26 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Hall

4/27 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar

4/29 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Crafthouse

4/30 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop

5/1 – Buffalo, NY – Rec Room

5/2 – Syracuse, NY – Funk N Waffles

5/4 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair

5/6 – Portland, ME – Portland House of Music

5/7 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground

5/8 – Montreal, QC – Le Belmont

5/9 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern

5/16 – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrews Hall

Dua Saleh at Fine Line (16 Feb 2025)

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Local artist Dua Saleh is having his Nur EP release show on Tuesday, January 22nd. Support will come from Kamilla Love, Booboo, R.A.D, with music between sets from Sophia Eris. …

XINA

XINA (rhymes with China) is a 23-year-old, multi-disciplinary artist based in the Twin Cities. If you ask what she does, she'll simply say "arts and crafts," an umbrella term for her expansive roles as a …

16 Feb 2025 Sunday

Dua Saleh
with XINA and SoulFlower
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles based Sudanese-American artist Dua Saleh will be headlining the Fine Line, in Minneapolis on February 16, 2025. Their new album I Should Call Them came out October 2024.

Dua Saleh writes:

so excited to announce I SHOULD CALL THEM World Tour! text me ur fav song of mine at 213-463-1329 for early access to presale tickets. special guest @samaustins will be joining me. can't wait to play these new songs for u ❤️‍🔥🌐

XINA and SoulFlower to open.

Tour dates:

Jan 25, 2025 Phoenix, United States

Jan 28, 2025 Houston, United States

Jan 29, 2025 Austin, United States

Jan 31, 2025 Atlanta, United States

Feb 1, 2025 Carrboro, United States

Feb 2, 2025 Washington, United States

Feb 4, 2025 Philadelphia, United States

Feb 7, 2025 New York, United States

Feb 8, 2025 Allston, United States

Feb 11, 2025Toronto, Canada

Feb 14, 2025 Detroit, United States

Feb 15, 2025 Chicago, United States

Feb 16, 2025 Minneapolis, United States

Mar 13, 2025 London, United Kingdom

Mar 15, 2025 Manchester, United Kingdom

Mar 17, 2025 Cologne, Germany

Mar 19, 2025 Berlin, Germany

Mar 21, 2025 Milano, Italy

Mar 24, 2025 Paris, France

Mar 26, 2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mary Bue at Parkway Theater (16 Feb 2025)

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Mae Simpson

Twin Cities’ “Best New Band” of 2019, Mae Simpson, and her seven-piece band, including a horn section, will be headlining the 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, on December 3rd. ...

16 Feb 2025 Sunday

Mary Bue
with Mae Simpson
at Parkway Theater
theparkwaytheater.com

Minnesota’s singer/songwriter Mary Bue is celebrating the release of her ninth album The Wildness of Living & Dying at the Parkway Theater, in Minneapolis, on February 16, 2025.

Opening the show is award-winning folk, soul, and rock artist Mae Simpson.

Mary Bue writes:

JUST ANNOUNCED! SO THRILLED! Wildly stoked to perform at the beautiful Parkway Theater with the powerhouse that is Mae Simpson kicking it off! Tix on sale FRIDAY!

Mary Bue // The Wildness of Living & Dying Album Release Party with special guest Mae Simpson Duo Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025 // 7 pm

Minnesota-based singer/songwriter Mary Bue celebrates the release of her new album, The Wildness of Living & Dying. Her ninth release, the album showcases Mary’s blend of raw lyrical honesty and warm, folk/pop sensibility. Opening the night is award-winning folk, soul, and rock artist Mae Simpson.

On sale Friday, Jan. 10 at 8 am!

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

vu ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

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02/07/2025

St. George Street

St Augustine

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Jacksonville

As you know by now, I go into hibernation for the winter. This time it’s a little different, for the next three or four months, I will be temporarily residing in Jacksonville, Florida…

After a week of dreaded cold, and even some rare snowfall in Florida about two weeks ago (although I did not witness this in my area), the weather here has been in the high 70s to 80’s in the past week! It’s glorious. Since the temperature have gone way up, we decided to take a day trip to St Augustine, a nearby city.

The city is about an hour’s drive away from where we live in Jacksonville (about 40 miles), and known as the earliest settlement in the USA. It was founded in 1565 by Spanish colonists, was known as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years.

Walking down the city’s famous St George Street, you can feel the city’s rich history. Nowadays, it’s become a tourist attraction… leading to Castillo de San Marcos (the castle or fort), St. Augustine Light (the lighthouse), or Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine.

If you don’t want to walk around the city, you can also get on the trolley tour, which runs regularly throughout the day. A great way to spend the afternoon sightseeing.

Of course, there’s always live music at various pubs and bars throughout St George Street. We must have heard three areas that had booked musicians. Most of them are free, but please check the venues to see if there are cover charges. Or better yet, you can aways plan your trip in advance with the latest music schedule at visitstaugustine.com.

The Lullaby of the Rivers Festival (23 Feb 2025)

While we were in the city, we noticed there is an upcoming event called The Lullaby of the Rivers Festival. It will take place at the Amp, in St Augustine, on Sunday, February 23rd from 10am to 8pm. They mentioned that there’ll be three music stages featuring folk, Americana, blues and gospel. It looks pretty cool, and hey, it’s free!

The full music schedule is listed on their website (lullabyoftherivers.com), and it shows over twenty musicians. I have not heard of any of them, and I’m assuming they are from the area.

Banjo Ben

Great Blue Heron

Castillo de San Marcos

St George Street

vu ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

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Minneapolis: March 07, 2025

Toro y Moi at First Avenue (06 Feb 2025)

Toro y Moi & Panda Bear at First Avenue

Toro y Moi Setlist

Harm in Change
Walking in the Rain
Laws of the Universe
Talamak
You Hid
Girl Like You
7-21-17_substitute_hifi_v3
Say That
Imprint After
Tuesday
Reseda
Madonna
Hollywood
New Beat
So Many Details
Mirage
Starlink
The Difference (Flume cover)
Rose Quartz
Freelance
Who I Am
Ordinary Pleasure

Tour Dates

2/7/25 - Chicago, IL - The Salt Shed &*

2/8/25 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre &*

2/10/25 - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall &*

2/11/25 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS &*

2/12/25 - Boston, MA - Roadrunner &*

2/14/25 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 &*

2/15/25 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall &*

2/16/25 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club &*

2/19/25 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz &*

2/20/25 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works &*

2/21/25 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle &*

3/3/25 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street

3/4/25 - Manchester, UK - New Century Hall

3/5/25 - London, UK - The Roundhouse

3/6/25 - Paris, FR - Elysee Montmartre

3/8/25 - Prague, CZ - Archa +

3/9/25 - Berlin, DE - Huxleys

3/10/25 - Warsaw, PL - Palladium

3/12/25 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso

3/13/25 - Copenhagen, DK - Vega

3/14/25 - Stockholm, SW - Fållan

3/15/25 - Oslo, NL - Rockefeller Music Hall

5/8/25 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren &^

5/12/25 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Waller Creek &^

5/13/25 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall &^

5/14/25 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues &^

5/16/25 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore &^

& with special guest Panda Bear
* with Nourished by Time
^ with Kassie Krut

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Toro y Moi and Astronauts, etc. (Anthony Ferraro, keyboardist in Toro y Moi's live band) is currently on a US tour. The two bands recently teamed up to record a cover of Elton John's "Rocket Man." Noisey premiered the …

Panda Bear

You might know Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, as one of the founding member of Animal Collective. Animal Collective was the Pitchfork-type band of 2007, somehow they've just really exploded. …

I find it interesting that the genre term dance is, on the hand, such an evocative term (the dark nightclub, the sweaty people with arms in the air), and yet, on the other hand, completely fails to be descriptive of the music itself, as dance music can incorporate so many other genres. A Thursday night show highlighted a variety of dance music with co-headliners Panda Bear and Toro y Moi kicking off their tour with First Avenue as the first stop.

The opener was Nourished by Time (Marcus Brown). The Baltimore-based artist was leading a trio, with guitar and keyboards backing him. The vocal style is a rich baritone with a good underlying beat. Those dual keys and well programmed backing music make a deep background that Brown’s vocals, switching between singing and rap, make a great contrast. This is a major step forward from his performance opening for Dry Cleaning just two years ago (which itself was quite enjoyable!). Dancing across the stage throughout, this was lively and set the table for the acts to follow. This R&B infused set was a perfect appetizer to the next artists.

I spoke with Brown afterwards and asked about that increased confidence as a performer. He said a lot of it was simply doing more tours. The show in Minneapolis with Dry Cleaning may have been his third show ever and was without any backing band. Having gone on tour with Magdalena Bay, and having been on two European tours, he now has a clear notion of what is good as a performer. It’s the equivalent of doing a thousand reps in the gym. He holds a special place for the great opportunity with Dry Cleaning. Having his friends on stage (and being able to pay them), is a big part of being more confident. Asked about what is next, Brown said a new album called The Passionate Ones will be coming out this summer. The album is done, and Brown enjoyed putting all of his creativity into it and is extremely proud of the result. Asked what advice he would give, he said that love and creativity and following your dreams really matters. Creativity needs to be a birth right for us; trying not to be afraid is a place that artists should strive for.

Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) splits his creative time between his solo work and the experimental alternative band Animal Collective, of which he is a founding member. He’s a multi-instrumentalist, writer and singer, and has been cited as a key figure in the chillwave revival of the 2000’s. Panda Bear’s eighth album, Sinister Grift, drops at the end of February and we were getting a sneak peek.

Panda Bear was performing as a quintet and was absolutely at peak comfort level, playing guitar and leading the band. This is straight up professional music making and the positive cycle between the band and the crowd was a delight to watch. A long instrumental build up on the fifth song, Buoys, gave all of the members of the band a chance to lean into solos, while also driving a great overall sound. Panda Bear was hitting on all cylinders, and the backing band accentuated all of the best Animal Collective tendencies while being a uniquely different sound. The guitar work from Lennox drove Shepard Tone, with spoken word lyrical verses from the keyboardist. The upbeat music made for a rollicking good time and a very loud crowd. With up to four vocalists on given songs, the background harmonies were complex and strong. Ending on Tomboy, Panda Bear finished a great set.

Toro y Moi (Chazwick Bundick; aka Chaz Bear) was the final artist. Toro y Moi gives the impression of a trickster god, like Hermes, to me. A single main artist using two names and the dual French and Spanish language band name. And like the trickster gods of old, Toro y Moi isn’t easily categorized. Over the course of his work, he has ranged in his influences from chillwave to R&B, with nearly everything in between. Their tenth studio album, Hole Erth, was released in September, 2024 and was the focus of this tour.

This is one of the more interesting set ups I’ve seen, with all four members of the band in a tight cluster at the back center of the stage. The set up really focused the attention on that small portion of the stage, so that when Chaz Bear moved away toward the front, it was truly noticeable. He’s a super charismatic performer, bringing the crowd along emotionally. There were plenty of dancers in the audience bopping along to the beats being laid down by this heavily R&B influenced music. A good second tenor vocal gives Toro y Moi range into the falsetto with backing keys and music that support that. An ask of applause from those who had seen the band back in the day at 7th St. Entry got more cheers than could actually have been possible, but was met with a kind “thanks for sticking with us”. There’s a very good level of showmanship that is impressive. Toro y Moi has a certain verve that is hard to describe, but that the audience felt and reacted to subconsciously. The band also kept moving through their songs, with a hefty list, including older favorites like Rose Quartz and Freelance mixed in Starlink and Tuesday off the newest album. Some of those older songs got major cheers from the audience, and the dancing that ensued on stage and on the floor was genuine and a fun reminder of how dance music can elicit a pure joy. It was quite the start to the tour and future audiences can rest assured of a fantastic show.

Nourished by Time

Panda Bear

Nourished by Time

Toro y Moi

Toro y Moi at First Avenue (06 Feb 2025)

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Dog Days of 2025

The Never Going Back Tour

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Bitch

Bitchcraft was born in a move from New York City, where Bitch had lived for 15 years, to a log cabin in the woods. There was all the time in the world to make art, and it was there ....

Read more Doggone-it!, Dog Days, Dog-Gonnit, Dog Days of Summer, Dog Day Afternoon, Who Let the Dogs Out? and When Animals Attack.

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In celebration of Women’s History Month, queer Icons Bitch have announced a tour with Bay Area “black dyke rock” legends Skip The Needle called “The Never Going Back Tour”

Bitch just came off her off-Broadway run of “Bitchcraft,” based on songs from her recent Kill Rock Stars album of the same name.

Oakland-based queer female quartet Skip the Needle (Vicki Randle, Shelley Doty, Kofy Brown and Katie Cash) will be performing tracks off their forthcoming EP Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up, released on Soulectric Records - a division of Little Village.

If you recall, Bitch and Katie Cash previously toured together in May 2022.

Tour Dates

March 6 Bellingham, WA @ Mount Baker Theatre

March 7 @ Seattle, WA The Rabbit Box

March 8 @ Portland, OR Alberta Abbey

March 9 Baker City, OR @ Churchill Baker City

March 13 Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe's Alley

March 15 @ Berkeley, CA The Freight

Sweetness by Girlpuppy

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Girlpuppy

Atlanta based singer-songwriter Becca Harvey, aka Girlpuppy, will be releasing Swan EP on August 20th, via Royal Mountain. Tour Dates 09.17 - Riot Fest - Chicago, IL …

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Atlanta’s girlpuppy (aka Becca Harvey) announced the forthcoming album Sweetness, set for release on March 28, 2025 via Captured Tracks.

Talking about the lead single, “I Just Do!,” Harvey said, “I wrote this song after spending 6 days in Los Angeles with a guy I had an all consuming crush on. It’s just about that feeling of knowing you’re wasting your time by developing feelings for someone who is completely emotionally unavailable, but you do it anyway because it feels good. I wrote this entire song and then recorded a voice note of me singing it acapella in my bathtub (where I get lots of inspiration for songs). I brought it to Alex [Farrar] and he built the instruments around the melody I wrote and it turned out so much fun. This is definitely gonna be my favorite song to play on tour.”

Speaking of tour, expect to hear that song on the upcoming tour dates:

APR 4 | Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

APR 10 | Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right

MAY 8 | Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge

Deep Cuts by Red Fang

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Red Fang

Red Fang, recordBar, The Portland hard alternative four-piece band is back with 2021’s Arrows, and a tour which was delayed by the pandemic, but now back on course. Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin: Stygian Bough …

Red Fang
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Although some people might Portland’s Red Fang got their names from a bloody vampire, taking a looking at the prehistoric dog skull of their album, I would think they stole their name from Jack London’s White Fang book (the companion piece to The Call of the Wild).

For Red Fang’s 20th Anniversary celebration, they’re releasing Deep Cuts, a 26-song collection of b-sides, covers, and previously unreleased tracks. The record will come out March 14, 2025.

Bassist Aaron Beam adds, “Perhaps unremarkable to anyone else, it's f**king amazing to me that we have made it TWENTY YEARS! Before we started jamming in John Sherman's basement, I'd already been in 40 (maybe more!) bands, none of which lasted more than a year or two. Yet somehow in 2005, for the first time since probably 1987 I found myself without any band to play in. It turned out this was also true of John, David, and Bryan! So it was only natural that we'd start playing together.

“All we ever wanted to do was make music that we knew our friends would be stoked to hear at a basement party. Our first show was in David's basement, and no matter how big the stages were that we ended up playing, we always tried to bring as much of that basement party feeling as we could.

In that regard, this double album feels very much at home. It's got a sampling of the weird variety of covers that reflect the different sh** that inspire us. The computer drum-laden home demo for ‘Wires’ gives a little peek into the process that we pretty rarely but sometimes used for writing (more often than not, all the writing happened in the jam space). There's of course a generous helping of rare B-sides and bonus tracks that might be hard to find even in today's digital world. And there's even a smattering of pretty atypical GarageBand demos that are some of my favorite things to listen to on this record. They could probably never make a regular Red Fang release, but really let you see what is going on in our heads when we're not banging them!

Please enjoy this record that we are happy to have made for you.”

Can’t wait to hear their cover lover version of “Ice Ice Baby”.

Paranoid by Pup

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Toronto punk heroes Pup (stylized as PUP) is returning to town on their “Pup Returns: Thank F***** God” tour. The band will play the Fillmore in Minneapolis on April 5th, in support of their .…

PUP
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Toronto punk heroes PUP (Stefan Babcock, Nestor Chumak, Zack Mykula, and Steve Sladkowski) is currently on tour. The band recently released “Paranoid”, their first new song in two years.

Babcock says of the new single: “My favourite part of this song is the breakdown 1:45 in. It's the heaviest moment in the song, Zack and Steve are going so hard, I'm yelling about all this sad stuff that's going on with me, and Nestor is just playing the melody from ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ on the bass. It cracks me up every time I hear it. So f**king funny. It's a very PUP moment.”

Tour dates:

05/07/25 - Birmingham, UK @ XOYO Birmingham*&

05/08/25 - Leeds, UK @ Project House*&

05/10/25 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz*&

05/11/25 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 (TV Studio)*&

05/12/25 - Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle University*&

05/13/25 - Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory*&

05/15/25 - Southampton, UK @ Engine Rooms*&

05/16/25 - London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town*&

05/18/25 - Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg*

05/20/25 - Cologne, DE @ Club Volta*

05/21/25 - Hamburg, DE @ Logo*

05/22/25 - Berlin, DE @ Hole44*

05/23/25 - Munich, DE @ Strom*

05/25/25 - Paris, FR @ Bellevilloise*

05/27/25 - Madrid, ES @ Sala Mon

05/28/25 - Barcelona, ES @ Upload

05/29/25 - València, ES @ Loco Club

05/30/25 - San Sebastian, ES @ Dabadaba

* support from Illuminati Hotties
& support from Goo

James McMurtry at Fine Line

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James McMurtry

Legendary Austin-based songwriter James McMurtry will be heading out on tour, stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on June 13, 2023. James’ recent CD, The Horses and the Hounds was released by New West in 2021 ...

James McMurtry
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Singer/songwriter James McMurtry announced that his upcoming album is called The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy. The album is slated for an April 2025 release on New West Records and will be co-produced by the legendary producer, Don Dixon, along with McMurtry. Expect to hear some Black Dog songs on his upcoming appearance at the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on April 15. BettySoo to open.

McMurtry’s previous album also had a dog-theme, it’s called The Horses and the Hounds.

Tour dates:

14 Feb 2025 Winnsboro Center for the Arts Winnsboro, TX

15 Feb 2025 Winnsboro Center for the Arts Winnsboro, TX

22 Feb 2025 Granada Theater Dallas, TX

28 Feb 2025 Redbird Listening Room New Braunfels, TX

04 Mar 2025 Harvester Performance Center Rocky Mount, VA

05 Mar 2025 Tin Pan Richmond, VA

06 Mar 2025 Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD

07 Mar 2025 Elkton Music Hall Elkton, MD

08 Mar 2025 Daryl's House Pawling, NY

09 Mar 2025 Levon Helm Studios Woodstock, NY

11 Mar 2025 City Winery Boston Boston, MA

12 Mar 2025 One Longfellow Square Portland , ME

13 Mar 2025 Higher Ground South Burlington, VT

14 Mar 2025 Bellows Falls Opera House Bellows Falls, VT

15 Mar 2025 Center for the Arts of Homer Homer, NY

16 Mar 2025 White Eagle Hall Jersey City, NJ

21 Mar 2025 Blue Moon Saloon Lafayette, LA

22 Mar 2025 Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Mobile, AL

23 Mar 2025 Continental Club Houston Houston, TX

08 Apr 2025 Dan's Silverleaf Denton, TX

09 Apr 2025 The Vanguard Tulsa, OK

10 Apr 2025 Off Broadway Nightclub St. Louis, MO

11 Apr 2025 Castle Theatre Bloomington, IL

12 Apr 2025 Old Town School Of Folk Music Chicago, IL

13 Apr 2025 Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI

15 Apr 2025 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, MN

16 Apr 2025 Wildwood Smokehouse Iowa City, IA

17 Apr 2025 The Waiting Room Omaha, NE

18 Apr 2025 Knuckleheads Kansas City, MO

19 Apr 2025 Beer City Music Hall Oklahoma City, OK

03 May 2025 Rockbox Theater Fredericksburg, TX

23 May 2025 Main Street Crossing Tomball, TX

24 May 2025 St. Joseph's Chapel Galveston, TX

At War With the Dogcatchers by The Taxpayers

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Genre-bending punk band The Taxpayers recently released their new single, “At War With The Dogcatchers.” Check out the cartoon-ish video now.

The song is about dogcatchers, and based on a real event that happened to the band. One of their friends died and the city would put their dog in the pound. Often, the dogcatchers would put the dog down, unless someone rescued the animal within 24 hours. Fortunately, the family was able to bring the dog home and care for her until a longer term solution could be found…. And that’s pretty much how the band ended up adopting the dog.

“At War With The Dogcatchers” is taken from the band’s album Circle Breaker, available March 21 on Ernest Jenning Record Co.

The Taxpayers have announced a series of midwest shows in support of Circle Breaker this spring in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Detroit, along with summer shows on the east and west coast.

The Taxpayers Tour Dates:

March 27 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Underground

March 28 - Chicago, IL @ WC Social Club

March 29 - Detroit, MI @ The Loving Touch

DOGGOD by L.A. Witch

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All-girls band L.A. Witch will be stopping by the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on December 17th. The trio recently teamed up with Atlanta’s The Coathangers to release One Way or the Highway, out now on Suicide Squeeze. …

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American garage-rock trio L.A. Witch (Ellie English, Irita Pai, Sade Sanchez) announced their new album DOGGOD, available on April 4, 2025, via Suicide Squeeze Records.

Regarding the title track, “DOGGOD”, Sade Sanchez explains, “I feel like I’m some sort of servant or slave to love. There’s a willingness to die for love in the process of serving it or suffering for it or in search of it… just in the way a loyal, devoted servant dog would.”

LA Witch at First Avenue (25 May 2016)

Expect the band to go on tour to promote the album. We saw LA Witch in May 2016 and wrote, “The show was opened up by Los Angeles rock band L.A. Witch. Although these guys are fairly new to the scene, their music is polished and their show is very well put together. There is definitely that raw and bloody emotion coming from L.A. Witch's music just like you get with The Kills. The trio (Sade Sanchez, Irita Pai, and Ellie English) played almost everything they’ve recorded, including ‘Get Lost’ and ‘Heart of Darkness’ (from their self-titled debut EP) and latest 7” single ‘Drive Your Car’. Musically, the moody band sounded like Mazzy Star (vocally) with The Black Angels and BRMC psychedelia.”

Tracklisting:

1. Icicle
2. Kiss Me Deep
3. 777
4. I Hunt You Pray
5. Eyes Of Love
6. The Lines
7. Lost At The Sea
8. DOGGOD
9. SOS

Crying The Neck by Patrick Wolf

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Patrick Wolf

Maggie is in love with Patrick Wolf, it's a shame that she doesn't live in the UK, as it looks like he'll be touring in support of his new album, Lupercalia, released on June 20th. …

Patrick Wolf
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Patrick Wolf announced his new album Crying The Neck, set for April 25, 2025, via APPORT/Virgin Music. Pre-order is available now.

Wolf will be heading out on a UK/EU tour in support of the new album, starting May 8th, 2025, in Manchester.

UK & EU Tour:

May 8 – Manchester – Gorilla

May 10 – Gateshead – Glasshouse

May 11 – Glasgow – St Luke’s

May 13 – Leeds – Brudenell Social Club

May 15 – London – HERE

May 16 – Bristol – The Lantern

May 20 – Cologne – Gebaude 9

May 21 – Hamburg – Grunspan

May 22 – Leipzig – UT Connewitz

May 23 – Berlin – Heimathafen

May 24 – Warsaw - Niebo

May 26 – Ghent – Club Wintercircus

May 27 – Amerstam – Tolhuistuin

May 28 – Paris – Trabendo

May 29 – Zurich – Dynamo

May 31 – Milan – Santeria Toscana 31

June 1 – Bologna – Locomotiv

June 3 – Munich – Ampere

June 4 – Prague – Lucerna Music Bar

June 6 – Vienna – Theater Akzent

MUTT by Leon Thomas

Leon Thomas
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GRAMMY Award-winning artist Leon Thomas has released his highly anticipated new album, MUTT, available now via EZMNY Records/Motown Records. The album features collaborations with Ty Dolla $ign, Freddie Gibbs, Wale, and more.

Talking about the theme and inspiration of the album, Leon shares, “‘MUTT’ was an album I made after a long-term relationship. I was both advancing in my personal career and learning about myself in solitude. During my journey of being newly single, I began to document through my music examples of our need for control within the modern dating climate. In my previous relationship, I was gifted a dog, and after studying his behavior, I discovered similarities. He’s currently untrained and surviving on his natural instincts, while I, as his owner, am constantly in a position to demand obedience. ‘MUTT’ is a metaphor for our need and desire as human beings to exert some control over our partners. I explored themes from jazz, rock & roll, hip-hop, and R&B, giving myself no parameters for personal expression. This project delves into every part of me: the balance between control and chaos.”

Please Forgive Me, David Gray by Annie-Dog

Annie-Dog
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Irish musician Annie-Dog recently shared a new single “Please Forgive Me, David Gray” out now. The song is taken from the EP 15, set for release on Feb 27, 2025, on Dance to the Radio.

Regarding David Gray, Annie-Dog said, “Like every Irish person my age, I was brought up on David Gray’s White Ladder album. My parents rinsed it constantly, and Please Forgive Me was always a favourite. I made ‘Please Forgive Me, David Gray’ on GarageBand, and, really, I just made it for me. I didn’t put too much thought into it. And I definitely didn’t think I’d ever share it. I suppose I wanted to insert myself into the song, because I love it. I wanted to be a part of the song’s world. I hadn’t ever properly covered a song before making “Please Forgive Me, David Gray”, and I haven’t since. It’s not usually my bag. I like writing my own songs. It’s what drives me creatively. But remaking somebody else’s tune turned out to be a lot of fun. I‘ve been playing ‘Please Forgive Me, David Gray’ at my live shows as of late, and I’ve been asked so many times to put it online. So here it is. Annie-Dog meets David Gray.”

Annie-Dog will be playing at this year’s SXSW.

She Runs Hot by Ghost Hounds

Ghost Hounds
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Country roots-rock band Ghost Hounds recently released a new song called “She Runs Hot”, available to download now. The new song is described as “dangerous, reckless and fun”.

If you’ve never heard of the band, they are a country rock band with blues influence, featuring singer Savnt (the singer who debut on NBC’s The Voice). He’s backed by guitarists Tyler Chiarelli and Thomas Tull, fiddler Kristin Weber, bassist Bennett Miller, drummer Sydney Driver, and keyboardist Joe Munroe. Since 2019, the band released four albums, with their latest First Last Time in 2023 via Gibson Records. That record spawn the hit song “Last Train to Nowhere”, where it racked up millions of views through TikTok and Instgram.

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