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We♥KC- September 26-October 2, 2022 Upcoming Shows (Kansas City / Lawrence KS)

Read More The Cult starting off with the sing-along chorus of "Wild Flower". The great energy between the two original two original band members, singer Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy …

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Rocktober! Traditionally, this Fall month has been one of the busiest of the year, with so many tours trying to work in those last cities in, before the holiday season and Winter slows things down again.

This year, with seemingly everyone went back on the road after the pandemic lessened, making for a very busy September (& summer) as well, but several days this week and in October (notably the 8^th and 14^th) are downright packed with shows. Choose wisely!

Shawn Mendes, as you probably heard, canceled his entire arena tour to focus on his mental health, and indie rockers Girlpool were scheduled in KC this week, but released a statement last month, that they had broken up.

Here’s what’s happening in the Kansas City/Lawrence, KS metro September 26th-October 2nd.

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

Monday Sept 26

Beach Boys, Lied Center. $24-$65

Fun, fun, fun will undoubtedly be had as the band plays hits from six decades of music. We caught the band’s good vibrations back in 2019 and it was literally hit after hit after hit (don’t expect Brian Wilson with this version of the band though).

Shawn Mendes with Tate McRae, Sept. 26, T-Mobile Center CANCELED

Tuesday Sept 27

The Cult, Uptown, $45-$125

Ian Astbury, Billy Duffy, and co. have returned and with new music! “Give Me Mercy” is the brand new single, ahead of their latest album, Under the Midnight Sun which drops on Oct 7, so expect a couple cuts from the upcoming record, along with four decades of rock classics. We caught the band on the opening date of their summer tour (where they debuted the single live), mentioning how strong Astbury’s voice still remains.

San Fran band King Woman to open, self-described as “hypnotic and breathy vocal dramatics” and “brooding, ethereal doom-rock.”

Rodney Crowell, Knuckleheads, $55

A musician’s musician, Crowell put out Triage just over a year ago, but in addition to his own many songs, he’s been playing some Emmylou Harris collaborations and a Townes Van Zandt classic, in recent sets.

Apocalyptica w Wheel, Leprous, Liberty Hall-Lawrence, $39.50-$75

The Finnish symphonic legends are approaching their 20^th anniversary as an ensemble and are out on their Cell-0 Tour, which we caught early on, in April in Minneapolis. Expect their own instrumentals, Franky Perez joining them on vocals, and of course, a couple Metallica covers for an entertaining evening.

Duckwrth, Bottleneck-Lawrence, $22

LA rapper aka Jared Lee out on his Chrome Bull Tour. Singles “Kiss U Right Now” and “No Chill” have been making waves since the end of last year. Expect a multimedia performance.

Pale Waves, recordBar, POSTPONED / CANCELED info here

Wednesday Sept 28

In Flames, Fit For An Autopsy, and Orbit Culture, Granada- Lawrence, $39.50-$129

The Swedish melodic death metallers have re-signed with label Nuclear Blast and have a new single, “State of Slow Decay” out now. Frontman Anders Fridén says the new song “includes everything that In Flames are known for. But it’s more than just a song, it’s a ...statement. I couldn’t be happier to release this as a taste of what’s to come.”

Openers and Jersey City deathcore band Fit for an Autopsy is on the label as well, and has The Sea of Tragic Beasts, out now.

BoomBox, recordBar,$15

The electronic DJ act has been around about 15 years and is self-described as “A little house, a little blues, a little funk, a little rock, and a whole lot of soul”.

ETHNO, the project of Jeffrey James Franca of Thievery Corporation, is also on the bill.

Thursday Sept 29

Keith Urban with Tyler Hubbard Ingrid Andress, T-Mobile Center. $29.50-$169.50

Australia’s favorite country music export is out on his Speed of Now World Tour and bringing along two solid support acts- half of Florida Georgia Line and a rising singer-songwriter. Expect some virtual duets, a John Denver acoustic cover, some guitar fireworks and Urban to keep energy high.

Giveon, The Midland, $32.50-$49.50

Out on his Give or Take Tour, the 7x Grammy nominated R&B star is out in support of the album of the same name. He may be best known for his contribution on Justin Bieber’s “Peaches” and “Chicago Freestyle with Drake, and another collab with him is on the way on a film soundtrack, according to Epic Records.

Kaivon, RecordBar. $20-$25

Making an immediate impact in 2016 with debut single, “Rebirth”, the EDM artist has made a unique impact on the genre.

Jamey Johnson, Prairie Band Casino-Mayetta, SOLD OUT

The multi-Grammy Award winner just contributed a cover for a John Anderson tribute album and released single, “Music Cities Killing Me” (w/Julie Roberts) and has over fifteen years of his own songs to draw from.

Firewater Festival – Blackberry Smoke, Old 97s, Nikki Lane, Reed Southall Band, Whiskey Myers, more, Sept 29-Oct 1, Lacygne, KS, $154.97

Road warriors Whiskey Myers are taking their live show to the next level with their second annual curated three-day event and a stacked lineup, all happening a bit south of the JoCo metro. The grounds are described as “surrounded by hills, lake water, and acres and acres of forest. You have a ton of options to make the most of your experience which could include floating the pond, exploring the Emerald Forest, and of course checking out the music at one of the stages.” Camping packages available.

Friday Sept 30

Hairball, Topeka Performing Arts Center, $25

Few do the hair band/heavy metal tribute better than this longtime tribute act. With its beginnings being in the Minneapolis area, we’ve seen them over the years and the setlist, costumes, and jukebox songs, are all top notch for an entertaining evening.

Verivery, Granada- Lawrence,$55-$60

K-Pop fans unite! The seven member Korean pop band is coming to middle America likely with unforgettable coordinated dance moves and sugary sweet songs. With BTS on indefinite hiatus, they might be the next to break even bigger.

Chris Lane, Homecoming Rock Chalk Block Party, downtown Lawrence, Free

Undefeated?! No one would have guessed this 4-0 start for Jayhawk football, defying the odds, and bringing all kinds of fairweather fans back into the fold. Great timing for the inaugural Homecoming Rock Chalk Block Party taking place downtown on the night before the Iowa State game, on Mass St. between 10th/11th St. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. with music, games and activities. A Pep Rally is around 7:50 p.m. followed by country artist Chris Lane starting around 8:15. We caught Lane live this summer at Country Stampede in Topeka.

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Knuckleheads, $30-$105

The Tennessee Americana band are out in support of 2019’s Dragons, with new music on the horizon soon. He and wife Ellie toured together earlier in the year, and we caught them outdoors, back in 2015.

Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, “The Horn” featuring Sean Jones, Kauffman Center. $33.50-$68.50

From the moments Buddy Bolden and Louis Armstrong released their golden, burnished tones into the world, jazz music has in large part developed through the clarion call of wind instruments. In modern music, there is no more essential practitioner of the brass arts than trumpeter Sean Jones. From intimate whispers to spirited shouts, Mr. Jones will evoke the previous masters of the craft through his own inimitable voice.

Saturday Oct 1

Iceage w/Earth, recordBar, $25

Iceage are back with a new single, “All The Junk On The Outskirts,” which was recorded during the same sessions as their 2018 album Beyondless. "I consider this one of the better cuts off the Beyondless sessions, but it ended up being a misfit that wouldn't quite fit in with the other songs as we put together the track listing. Like a piece belonging to a different puzzle,” says frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt. “Much like it wasn’t welcome with the others on Beyondless, it's an anthem for those on the outside looking in.” We caught them live back in 2019. Drone metallers Earth co-headline this Fall tour.

The Black Angels, Bottleneck. $26

Austin TX psych-rock legends are back on tour in support of new album Wilderness of Mirrors, just out this month via Partisan Records. We caught them most recently in the California desert in 2019 and their 2014 show with the late Roky Erickson was one for the memory books.

Russell Dickerson, KCLive!, $25-$65

The rising country star had his second album, Southern Symphony released in late 2020 and also just guested on a recent Thomas Rhett single. He’s been playing new songs, “Big Wheels” and “Just Like Your Mama” so expect a new album soon.

Sunday Oct 2

Winterlude: Vine Street Rumble, Yardley Hall. $17-$35

Formed to honor the legacy of the “golden era” of Kansas City’s world-renowned jazz history, the band exclusively performs the same exciting music that made KC the place to be in the 1930s/’40s. The band personnel are the area’s “top call” musicians, who faithfully recreate the KC jazz scene. Accurately performing the swing music of Count Basie, Jay McShann, Andy Kirk and the 12 Clouds of Joy, Harlan Leonard and His Rockets, Mary Lou Williams, Joe Turner, Pete Johnson and others.

Girlpool, Bottleneck- Lawrence, CANCELED

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Rocktober: October 22

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10/22 Marcus Mumford with The A's at Palace Theatre Read More Mumford & Sons After a brief health-related delay that caused them to miss Bonnaroo, UK band Mumford and Sons has resumed their Summer arena/amphitheatre Tour, to great reviews and sold out shows. …

10/22/2022 Saturday

Marcus Mumford
with The A's
at Palace Theatre
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Remember Mumford & Sons? The band’s founder Marcus Mumford is on tour in support of his debut solo self-titled album. The record was released on Capitol Records, and was produced by Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes, Laura Marling).

The Marcus Mumford tour kicks off Monday, September 19, with a sold-out show at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO… and will stop in at the Palace Theatre this October 22nd.

The A's to open.

Tour Dates

9/19 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
9/20 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
9/21 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
9/24 Las Vegas, NV iHeartRadio Music Festival
9/26 Seattle, WA The Paramount Theatre
9/27 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
9/30 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
10/1 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/4 Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theatre
10/6 El Cajon, CA The Magnolia
10/7 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
10/9 Austin, TX ACL Fest
10/10 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
10/11 Dallas, TX Majestic Theatre
10/14 New Orleans, LA Orpheum Theater
10/16 Austin, TX ACL Fest
10/17 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
10/18 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre
10/20 Milwaukee, WI The Pabst Theater
10/21 Madison, WI The Sylvee
10/22 Saint Paul, MN Palace Theatre
10/24 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
10/25 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
10/26 Louisville, KY Brown Theatre
10/28 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center
10/29 Atlanta, GA The Eastern
10/30 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
11/1 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
11/2 Washington, DC The Anthem
11/3 Philadelphia, PA Met Philadelphia
11/5 Portland, ME State Theater
11/7 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
11/8 Boston, MA Wang Theatre – Boch Center
11/10 Toronto, ON Massey Hall

10/22 Judah & the Lion with The National Parks at First Avenue Read More Judah & the Lion Nashville’s Judah & The Lion will be headlining the Palace Theatre on Halloween, October 31st. The group’s “Let Go” song was recently chosen as ESPN’s New College Football Anthem for 2019-20 Season, which is quite a big deal…. …

10/22/2022 Saturday

Judah & the Lion
with The National Parks
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Judah & the Lion is touring in support of Revival (Cletus the Van Records / Virgin Music).

We just the band on Sep 2022 and wrote, “Judah and the Lion are going through a Revival-- Not just the title of their fourth studio album (released in June on Cletus the Van Records), but professionally (with the departure of co-founding member Nate Zuercher at the end of last year) and personally as well, and through all the introspection the pandemic allowed us. The core lineup is down to the duo of Judah Akers and Brian Macdonald and their renewed musical outlook is one of hope, happiness, and an innocence that the band began with, a decade ago.”

The National Parks (not to be confused with The National) to open.

Tour Dates

Sept 20 @ House of Blues in Dallas, TX^
Sept 21 @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, TX^
Sept 23 @ Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, OK^
Sept 24 @ The Factory in Chesterfield, MO^
Oct. 4 @ Avondale Brewing Co. in Birmingham, AL+
Oct 5 @ Old Forester’s Paristown Hall in Louisville, KY+
Oct 7 @ Coca-Cola Roxy in Atlanta, GA+
Oct 8 @ The Ritz in Raleigh, NC+
Oct 9 @ The Fillmore in Charlotte, NC+
Oct 11 @ Webster Hall in New York, NY+
Oct 13 @ The Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD+
Oct 14 @ House of Blues in Boston, MA
Oct 15 @ Club XL Live in Harrisburg, PA+
Oct 16 @ The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA+
Oct 18 @ House of Blues in Cleveland, OH+
Oct 20 @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre in Indianapolis, IN+
Oct 21 @ The Riviera Theater in Chicago, IL+
Oct 22 @ First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN+
Nov. 18-20 @ Wonderfront Festival in San Diego, CA

^Smallpools
+The National Parks

10/22 Voxtrot with Yellow Ostrich at Fine Line Read More Voxtrot Three years ago Voxtrot released two incredibly well-received EPs, Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, and Wives and Raised By Wolves and immediately garnered a cult-like fanbase. On the adolescent anthem, “Soft and Warm,” …

10/22/2022 Saturday

Voxtrot
with Yellow Ostrich
at Fine Line
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Here’s a blast from the past: Voxtrot. When we first started W♥M, 15 years ago, Voxtrot was one of the first band we saw in June 2007: “The Voxtrot show was alright, they seem to be having a lot of fun on stage. I was told that the last time they were here (on a Monday), that there was only maybe 12 people there. This time, they have a pretty packed venue, which made them really happy.”

It looks like the band is back, touring to promote Cut from the Stone: Rarities & B-Sides. Already Austin and Los Angeles shows have sold out. It’s not a surprise, as they still have many fans, and, of course, we remember the band!

Yellow Ostrich to open.

Voxtrot Tour Dates

September 17 - New York NY @ Webster Hall
September 18 - Washington DC @ Black Cat
September 23 - San Francisco CA @ The Independent
September 24 - Los Angeles CA @ The Regent
September 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex
October 21 - Chicago IL @ Thalia Hall
October 22 - Minneapolis MN @ Fine Line
November 11 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
November 12 - Austin TX @ The Mohawk

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

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The Gaslight Anthem at the Midland (9/23) and the Fillmore (9/24)

Gaslight Anthem Setlists The Midland, Kansas City (09/23)     Intro: “Silent All These Years” by Tori Amos Kansas City (09/23) Have Mercy Old White Lincoln Boomboxes and Dictionaries Handwritten Get Hurt High Lonesome Drive Wooderson Underneath the Ground Miles Davis and the Cool The Patient Ferris Wheel Halloween Stay Vicious Great Expectations National Anthem 45 The '59 Sound Outro: “Heaven on Earth” by Belinda Carlisle Fillmore, Minneapolis (09/24) Minneapolis (09/24) Have Mercy Old White Lincoln Boomboxes and Dictionaries Handwritten Get Hurt High Lonesome The Queen of Lower Chelsea Blue Dahlia Underneath the Ground Miles Davis and the Cool Chloe Dancer (Mother Love Bone cover) State of Love and Trust (Pearl Jam cover) Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts Halloween Stay Vicious American Slang Great Expectations National Anthem 45 The '59 Sound Tigers Jaw Setlists Body Language Hesitation Old Clothes Plane vs Tank vs Submarine Can't Wait Forever Warn Me Hum I Won't Care How You Remember Me June Cat's Cradle Commit Guardian Anniversary Tour Dates 09/26 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre † 09/27 - McKees Rocks, PA - Roxian Theatre † 09/28 - Rooftop at Pier 17, New York, NY 09/30 - Niagara Falls, NY - The Rapids Theatre ^ 10/01 - Toronto, ONT - RBC Echo Beach ^ 10/02 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit ^ 10/04 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway ^ 10/05 - Washington, DC - The Anthem ^ 10/07 - Philadelphia, PA - The Met Philadelphia ^ 10/08 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center ^ † w/ special guest Tigers Jaw ^ w/ special guest Jeff Rosenstock Read More The Gaslight Anthem New Jersey's The Gaslight Anthem is currently on tour in support of their latest album Get Hurt, out now on Island Records. You may recall that when we talked to Matt Pinfield in 2012, he is quoted to say that the punk rock band's song "45" was .…

The Gaslight Anthem are on their reunion tour, stopping by The Midland Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Fillmore in Minneapolis, Minnesota. W♥M recaps the two concerts.

Gaslight Anthem at The Midland, Kansas City MO (09/23/2022)

Scranton, PA alt rockers Tigers Jaw have been opening on this leg, with a forty-five-minute set, with cuts drawn from their six full-length albums, the most recent being last year’s I Won’t Care How You’ll Remember Me (on Hopeless Records) with a new EP, Old Clothes, due out October 28^th, with the title track serving as the lead single.  

The group benefits from having co-lead singers in guitarist Ben Walsh (who sang most of the set’s first-half songs) and keyboardist Brianna Collins who stepped away from her stack to sing most of the later set songs, notably on 2017’s “June” and last year’s “Commit” with Collins singing, “An eclipse only shines from a distance, you can't make sense of a world you're not in.”

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Fans had been left wondering, and checking social media all day, as New Jersey’s The Gaslight Anthem were scheduled to play The Midland in Kansas City as part of their reunion tour, their first since a 2015 hiatus (and not counting some brief 2018 dates), but singer-songwriter Brian Fallon had lost his voice at their Salt Lake City show, forcing a cancellation in Denver, and three subsequent days of rest for this, their potential first show back.  

The good news was that Fallon’s voice (though still raspy on the edges) had returned, and helped propel their ninety-minute set, with the band leader as verbose and talkative as always, despite the setback.  The set would start gently, with an almost whispered first verse of 2014’s “Get Hurt”, but quickly ramp up from there.  

“Last time you were pissed at me, now it’s Denver!” Fallon emoted after a couple songs in, saying he felt he got maybe too much rest mostly sleeping for the last three days, so seemed to be making up for it, by engaging audience members in conversation and espousing whatever was on his mind.

Other Fallon-speak topics covered included The Walking Dead/ Norman Reedus hair, Aaron Judge / NY Yankees, The Strokes, the NFL, Brooklyn/Jay-Z, The National, KC BBQ, Freebird, diabetes, and many others.  

“Get Hurt” was even dedicated to Fallon’s time in Colorado, referring to his bed rest and the show cancellation.  2008’s “High Lonesome” cribs a Counting Crows lyric and it was with 2007’s “Wooderson”, that Fallon called an audible and the band began to start veering from the printed setlist.  “The Patient Ferris Wheel” was played via a fan request, and another fan had made an elaborate, lighted sign to request the song, “Halloween” which Fallon noticed right before the band was to play it anyway.

The encore-less set would end with the one-two punch of 2012’s “45” whose “see you on the flipside” lyrics Fallon dedicated to openers Tigers Jaw, who are on the last dates of this leg, and an extended version of the band’s biggest radio hit “The ‘59 Sound” with Fallon asking in verse, “Did you hear your favorite song, one last time?”  From the crowd’s loud reaction all night, it’s safe to say they did.  

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Gaslight Anthem at The Fillmore, Minneapolis, MN (09/24/2022)

By the start of the third song the lead singer of The Gaslight Anthem, Brian Fallon, had a perplexed look as he gazed down to the set list at his feet.  Fallon has a nimble, fluid-thinking mind and he thought out loud why he would have picked the third song as the third song.  He blamed it on his throat which was at 30% and felt like it was dragged to hell by the devil, himself.  He then went onto an extemporaneous jag that touched on not smoking pot, watching the Walking Dead in his hotel room, props to the crowd and venue, shout-outs to The Replacements and the underrated Soul Asylum and how it is agreed upon that everyone in the venue hates Tom Brady.  At least that’s what I caught.  Oh yeah, also no refunds for the rasp in his voice.

Tigers Jaw opened up the evening with two lead vocals: Ben Walsh also playing the rhythm guitar and Brianna Collins playing the keyboard.  Based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the band is fronting the first half of the tour and it was nice to see co-lead vocals, especially Collins airy voice and keyboard accents lofting above the guitar-driven chords of the rest of the band

Tigers Jaw played “Old Clothes” a new EP to be released October 28^th, then followed with “Plane vs Tank vs Submarine” from their debut album from 2008 which gathered big applause from the sold out crowd that showed up early.  “Hum” had a nice distortion transition into “I Won’t Care How You Remember Me.” They finished strong with “Commit”, “Guardian” and “Anniversary” with lyrics which seem fitting for the ailing lead singer of the next band:

I'm doing alright, I'll give it a try anyway

Kansas City Setlist “Minneapolis” Setlist

Fallon finally figured it out by the seventh song.  The little “huh” that bugged him when he looked at the set list earlier was actually the set list from the previous show in Kansas City.  Fallon then grabbed his smart phone and consulted with members of the band.  He wanted to let the audience know that even though blame would not be assigned, nobody currently on the stage made the mistake and whoever did was buying everyone dinner the next night. 

And while Fallon and the band launched into “The Queen of Lower Chelsea” a stagehand scurried about with the updated list. 

After “Miles Davis and the Cool” and a brief, subtle cover of Mother Love Bone’s “Chloe Dancer”, it was full, wide-open rock starting with “Stay Vicious” and “American Slang” and ending with the triumphant couplet of “45” and “The 59 Sound”. 

Fallon told the crowd they were going right up to the curfew, and they weren’t going to waste any time with an encore.  He wasn’t a fan of encores.  He said that only a few bands should practice them.  He mentioned Metallica and The Beastie Boys. 

For a man with 30% of a voice he sure provided a lot of opinions, the kind of sage rock wisdom that told a fan who shouted for Paul Westerberg’s “Dyslexic Heart”: “No”.

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Minneapolis: This Week (10/02/2022)

Here are some shows, this week, in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

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09/27 Givēon at Fillmore Read More Givēon GRAMMY nominated singing sensation Giveon is gearing up for another big year in 2021. The Long Beach native took 2020 by storm and has already landed in stardom, thanks to his vocals on Drake's "Chicago Freestyle …

09/27/2022 Tuesday

Givēon
at Fillmore
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7x Grammy nominated R&B star Givēon will headline the Fillmore in Minneapolis this September 27th, in support of his debut album Give Or Take.

Tour dates:

9/2 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
9/3 – Miami, FL @ The Oasis
9/4 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
9/6 – New Orleans, LA @ Orpheum Theater
9/8 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
9/9 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre
9/10 – Dallas, TX – The Factory
9/12 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
9/13 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
9/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
9/16 – Los Angeles, CA – Primavera Sound
9/18 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
9/20 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
9/21 – Seattle , WA- The Paramount Theatre
9/22 – Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl
9/24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center
9/25 – Denver, CO- The Mission Ballroom
9/27 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
9/29 – Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre
9/30 – Saint Louis, MO @ The Pageant
10/2 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
10/4 – Detroit, MI @ The Masonic Theater
10/5 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
10/7 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
10/9 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
10/11 – Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live!
10/12 – Pittsburgh , PA- Stage AE
10/14 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
10/16 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
10/19 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY

09/29 Amyl and The Sniffers with Bob Vylan and The Rumours at First Avenue Read More Amyl And The Sniffers Melbourne’s Amyl & the Sniffers just made their US television debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers earlier this week. The band played “Hertz” off of their sophomore album, Comfort To Me (ATO Records/Rough Trade) ...

09/29/2022 Thursday

Amyl and The Sniffers
with Bob Vylan and The Rumours
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

We caught Melbourne’s Amyl & the Sniffers explosive sold out show at the Fine Line Music Café in May 2022 and said, “The Australian pub punk band fun to watch, as vocalist Amy Taylor ran and bounced across the stage, never stopping or slowing down. Rounding out the rest of the band are the always shirtless drummer Bryce Wilson, guitarist Dec Martens, and bassist Fergus Romer.”

This time, the band is returning to a much bigger venue, at First Avenue’s mainroom! If you didn’t get a chance to see them in May, now is your chance to see this really fun live band.

Bob Vylan and The Rumours to open.

Tour dates:

9/18/22 - Primavera Sound - Los Angeles, CA
9/20/22 - Brooklyn Bowl - Nashville, TN
9/21/22 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
9/23/22 - Terminal 5 - NYC
9/24/22 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
9/25/22 - Big Night Live - Boston, MA
9/27/22 - Majestic Theatre - Detroit, MI
9/28/22 - Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL
9/29/22 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
10/1/22 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
10/2/22 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT
10/4/22 - Knitting Factory - Boise, ID
10/5/22 - Sessions Music Hall - Eugene, OR
10/6/22 - Showbox Sodo - Seattle, WA
10/8/22 - Halloween Meltdown @ Mosswood Park - Oakland, CA
10/9/22 - Ohana Encore Weekend - Dana Point, CA

10/02 New Order & Pet Shop Boys with DJ: Paul Oakenfold at Armory Read More Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys just released their third single, "Memory of the Future", taken from their album, Elysium. To help promote the new release, PSB launched free Memory of the future e-card and Memory .… … New Order The idea behind this show is that the entire New Order and Joy Division’s Substance albums would be played back to back by Peter Hook (who happened to be in both bands). … Paul Oakenfold The DJ legend, Paul Oakenfold is coming, as part of the Jagermeister Ultimate Summer of Music tour including spinning a somewhat intimate set in Minneapolis, compared to the massive ...

10/02/2022 Sunday

New Order & Pet Shop Boys
with DJ: Paul Oakenfold
at Armory
armorymn.com

The long sold out, two years in the making, co-headlining New Order and Pet Shop Boys show will finally come to Minneapolis, at the Armory this October 2nd.

We mentioned the co-headlining show originally in July 2021:

The highly anticipated North American The Unity Tour by co-headliners Pet Shop Boys and New Order will be rescheduled to September and October 2022.

The good news is that this will give us enough time to add legendary DJ Paul Oakenfold to the upcoming 2022 tour.

If you follow our music tastes, you know that we’ve long love and support UK bands, so PSB and New Order are the top of the pops for us.

Pet Shop Boys’ fourteenth studio LP, Hotspot came out on x2 Records/Kobalt and reached #3 in the UK, #1 on German and Spanish albums chart, and #1 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

New Order’s last album Music Complete came out in 2015, but it was recently re-issued for Love Record Stores day in 2020 as a doubly vinyl LP was pressed in orange vinyl and issued in a gatefold sleeve.

If you’re wondering why these two massive bands are friends… it’s probably due to their past collaborations, including the supergroup Electronic (featuring Bernard Sumner, Neil Tennant, and Johnny Marr)… they’re all old friends. Wish somehow they could get Johnny Marr to open for them, so they can all reunite to play out to some classic Electronic songs like “Getting Away with It”. Wouldn’t that just be exciting?

The Unity Tour 2022

09/17—Budweiser Stage— Toronto, ON
09/19—Leader Bank Pavilion—Boston, MA
09/21—Merriweather Post Pavilion—Columbia, MD
09/23—Barclays Center—Brooklyn, NY
09/25—TD Pavilion at the Mann—Philadelphia, PA
09/28—Madison Square Garden—New York, NY
09/30—Huntington Bank Pavilion —Chicago, IL
10/02—The Armory—Minneapolis, MN
10/07—Hollywood Bowl—Los Angeles, CA
10/08—Hollywood Bowl—Los Angeles, CA
10/12—Chase Center—San Francisco, CA
10/14—Climate Pledge Arena—Seattle, WA
10/16—Rogers Arena—Vancouver, BC

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Julia Jacklin at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (24 Sep 2022)

09/24 Julia Jacklin with Katy Kirby at Fine Line Julia Jacklin Setlist Don't Let the Kids Win Be Careful With Yourself Head Alone to Perth, before the border closes Love, Try Not To Let Go Pool Party Good Guy Moviegoer Body Lydia Wears A Cross Ignore Tenderness Don't Know How to Keep Loving You I Was Neon Pressure to Party -- Encore -- Less Of A Stranger End of a Friendship Read More Julia Jacklin Australian singer/songwriter Julia Jacklin will be releasing her second album Crushing on February 22nd. In support of the new record, Jacklin will be doing a world tour this year. .… Katy Kirby Austin, TX’s Sun June is teaming up with Katy Kirby for a tour. Sun June recently shared the new single “Reminded,” from the expanded version of their acclaimed record, Somewhere (Run For Cover and Keeled Scales). .…

Australian singer/songwriter Julia Jacklin headlined the Fine Line Music Cafe, in Minneapolis, on Saturday night, to support her new album Pre Pleasure (Polyvinyl).

Opening the show was singer/songwriter Katy Kirby, fresh after a nearly sold-out six week tour with Waxahatchee.

Kirby’s latest album Cool Dry Place came out during the pandemic, in 2021, on Keeled Scales (via Secretly Distribution), so she was itching to play songs from the record, including the title track and its lead single, “Juniper”… the single actually has a special cocktail that Katy created. You can always enjoy the “Juniper's Last Word” cocktail at home. Requires Gin, Chartreuse, lemon juice, dandelion tea, and Orgeat… served with a mint garnish and some “disappointing news”. As you can tell, Kirby has a very depressing sense of humor.

Kirby’s very brief 25-min set was very quiet, and thankfully, the audience was very attentive, and hanging on every note. She ended her set with a song that “she’s never played live before”, even though the song was written in March 2020. The very short song is about wishing someone special a happy little birthday.

If the Fine Line show wasn’t sold out, it sure felt like it.

Julia Jacklin walked on stage by herself to Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”… and the audience of mostly young women were singing along.

Jacklin has a very good local fanbase, thanks to being nominated for an ARIA award eight times, and strong support from local radio station The Current.

After one song solo, “Don't Let the Kids Win” and her full band joined her on stage. With the full band, all the songs sounded much fuller, almost rock songs, especially “to Perth, before the border closes”.

Despite the fact that Jacklin was recovering from losing her voice (she had to postpone Philadelphia and Boston’s shows), she still sounded great.

Julia Jacklin’s new album Pre Pleasure is out now on Polyvinyl.

Remaining tour dates:

09/26 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater $
09/27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge $
09/29 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom $
09/30 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile $
10/01 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile (SOLO) $
10/02 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall $
10/04 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore $
10/05 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern $
10/07 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre $
10/08 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom $
11/03 - Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street &
11/05 - Glasgow, Scotland @ SWG3 TV Studio &
11/06 - Manchester, UK @ The Ritz &
11/07 - Birmingham, UK @ The Mill &
11/09 - Bristol, UK @ SWX &
11/10 - Brighton, UK @ Chalk &
11/11 - London, UK @ Roundhouse &
11/13 - Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie &
11/14 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix Club &
11/15 - Cologne, Germany @ Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld &
11/17 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso &
11/18 - Hamburg, Germany @ Knust &
11/20 - Oslo, Norway @ Parkteatret &
11/21 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Slaktkyrkan &
11/22 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Dr Koncerthuset &
11/24 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Theatre &
11/25 - Munich, Germany @ Strom &
11/26 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Plaza &
11/27 - Milan, Italy @ Magnolia &
11/29 - Barcelona, Spain @ Apolo &
11/30 - Madrid, Spain @ SalaMon &
12/01 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Lav &

# w/ Kara Jackson
$ w/ Katy Kirby
& w/ Erin Rae

Katy Kirby

Julia Jacklin

Julia Jacklin

Julia Jacklin at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (24 Sep 2022)

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Rocktober: October 20 to October 21

10/20 MIYAVI at Fine Line Read More J-pop Fast-rising J-pop act Yoasobi (stylized as YOASOBI) released their first-ever English album, E-Side. The album features previously released songs “Monster,” “Into The Night,” “RGB,” “Romance” and “Blue.” …

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10/20/2022 Thursday

MIYAVI
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Japanese guitarist/singer-songwriter, actor Miyavi (雅) is on his 20th Anniversary tour. His debut album Gagaku came out on Halloween, October 31, 2002.

Last year, he made news by featuring K-Pop megastar Kang Daniel on one of his new song, “Hush Hush”. Daniel recorded his Korean version, which made it into the original soundtrack for the Korean drama, “Rookie Cops”.

As of this writing, no opening band is listed for this show.

Tour Dates

Oct 8 New York (NYC), NY, US Le Poisson Rouge
Oct 9 Allston, MA, US Brighton Music Hall
Oct 13 Atlanta, GA, US The Masquerade - Heaven
Oct 15 Pittsburgh, PA, US Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Oct 17 Chicago, IL, US Cobra Lounge
Oct 18 Chicago, IL, US Cobra Lounge
Oct 20 Minneapolis, MN, US Fine Line
Oct 21 Kansas City, MO, US Knuckleheads
Oct 23 Dallas, TX, US Trees
Oct 23 Dallas, TX, US Trees
Oct 24 Houston, TX, US Scout Bar
Oct 24 Houston, TX, US Scout Bar
Oct 25 Austin, TX, US Come and Take It Live
Oct 27 Mesa, AZ, US Nile Theater
Oct 31 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Fonda Theatre
Nov 2 Vancouver, BC, Canada Rickshaw Theatre
Nov 3 Seattle, WA, US Neumos
Nov 5 Portland, OR, US Hawthorne Theatre
Nov 7 San Francisco, CA, US August Hall

10/21 Lee Fields with Daniel Villarreal at Fine Line Read More Lee Fields Lee Fields & The Expressions' single, "You’re The Kind of Girl" is a free download via his website, just in time for Valentine's Day. His new album, Faithful Man, will be out March 13th on Brooklyn’s Truth & Soul Records. …

10/21/2022 Friday

Lee Fields
with Daniel Villarreal
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Legendary soul singer Lee Fields recently shared his new single, “Forever”, available now on Daptone Records. “Forever” marks the latest single from Fields’ first new album in three years and full-length Daptone Records debut, Sentimental Fool, arriving everywhere on Friday, October 28.

Fields is also on tour, stopping by the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis this October 21st.

Daniel Villarreal to open.

Tour Dates

10/15 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
10/20 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
10/21 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
10/22 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theater
10/28 – Seattle, WA – Showbox
10/29 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
10/30 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
11/01 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House
11/03 – Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
11/04 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
11/05 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
11/11 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
11/12 – Rochester, NY – Photo City
11/13 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom
11/18 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia
11/19 – Washington, DC – The Black Cat
12/01 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
12/02 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theater
12/03 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
12/31 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Made

10/21 Jake La Botz at Hook & Ladder Read More Jake La Botz Jake La Botz, Electric Influence Tattoo, Free Returning to his very clever Tattoo Across America Tour, the outlaw blues singer (actor and meditation teacher too) has a new single, “Let it Fall” from the album Hair on Fire, out Sept 9, playing a free 6pm show with Dr. Dave Duly and Tony O .…

10/21/2022 Friday

Jake La Botz
at Hook & Ladder
thehookmpls.com

Minneapolis roots singer-songwriter, actor, and meditation teacher Jake La Botz is having his album release party for Hair On Fire, at the Hook & Ladder, in Minneapolis, on October 21st, 2022.

Jake was also on his Tattoo Across America where he played in mostly local tattoo shops across the country, with a few traditional venues and some other unusual places along the way, including a homeless shelter in Boise, a “Blues, Tattoos & Recovery” seminar in Indianapolis, and the Outsiders House Museum in Tulsa.

Born and raised in Chicago, La Botz spent his early days learning from the last of the city’s pre-war era bluesmen, studying under the likes of David “Honeyboy” Edwards, “Homesick” James, and “Maxwell Street” Jimmy Davis. He began releasing his own albums in 2000, and concurrently, actor Steve Buscemi became a fan and cast La Botz in Animal Factory. La Botz was also in True Detective, a show that we are a fan of… where is Season 4?

Details:

MPLS tix on sale now for the Hair on Fire record release show Oct 21 at The Hook and Ladder Theater]] !!

Jake La Botz "Hair On Fire" Album Release on Friday, October 21 in #MissionRoom at @TheHookMPLS! @jakelabotz

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Hakos Baelz Gaming PC

Read More iBuyPower Since owning the new iBuyPower’s Fallout computer, I’ve been spending a lot of time on the computer. I’ve been really into RGB lighting for my computer and recently purchased …

The Hakos Baelz Gaming PC announcement couldn’t come at a better time.

I am actually in the market for a new computer. My current iBuyPower desktop computer needs an update. The exhaust fan is starting to make a lot of noise, so it’s preventing me from doing audio recording. I know I can fix it with a replacement fan, but I don’t really know the make and size. Plus, the video card (GeForce GTX 1660 Ti) is old and upgrading the card will require replacing my power supply. Also, currently, for whatever reason, I can’t get Windows 11 to install on the current computer.

Anyway, so I have been looking at some HYTE Y60 PCs, as it looks very cool with it’s clear glass front and side view of the computer’s interior. Plus, I like the fact that the case was designed for the new generation of GPU. In older computer case design, which didn’t take into account of the weight and size of GPUs, you had something called “GPU sag”. The Y60 case solved this by routing the PCIe to the bottom, so your card can stand vertically. So, yes, I have been looking closely at these Y60 computers.

If I were to buy a Y60 pre-built computer, I would want a unique one like the Hakos Baelz RDY Gaming PC, which has custom artwork on the glass, complete with a free custom Hakos Baelz desk pad. Why would you want a generic case when you can get one with artwork… especially, if the prices are basically the same.

There are two version of the Hakos Baelz computer, costing $2,100 and $2,700. There is a $600 difference gets you an i9, GTX 3080 card, and a 2TB NVME.

Hakos Baelz	Hakos Baelz Pro
Windows 11 Home	Windows 11 Home
Intel® Core™ i7-12700KF CPU	Intel® Core™ i9-12900KF CPU
MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4	ASUS PRIME Z690-P
32GB DDR4 3600 G.SKILL RGB RAM	32GB DDR5-5200MHz G.SKILL RGB RAM
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 - 8GB	MSI GeForce RTX 3080 - 10GB
1TB WD Black M.2 GEN4 NVMe SSD	2TB Samsung M.2 NVMe SSD

While I want the Hakos Baelz Computer, I’m probably not going to buy it. I need to wait and see what other options I have. Wouldn’t it make sense to license other popular brands? Sticking with anime, how about Robotech, Lone Wolf and Cub, Fist of the North Star? Or a Batman computer? How about a He-Man computer? You can even jokingly dub it “Most Powerful Computer in the Universe.” Or a Transformers computer? You can call it Teletran One and have a custom gimmick transformable computer part. The possibilities are endless.

Yours,

- Weekend Gamer

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Rocktober: October 16 to October 19

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10/16 The Deer with Val Son at 7th St Entry Read More Val Son Starting of the night was Val Son (Michael Gunvalson, Eric Carlson, Emily Mohrbacher, and Jack Ventimiglia). Their set was very relaxing and enjoyable, songs like ‘On The Range’ and ‘Out of Nowhere’ were very good …

10/16/2022 Sunday

The Deer
with Val Son
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Austin five-piece The Deer is currently on tour in support of their new album The Beautiful Undead, available now on Keeled Scales.

Val Son to open. We saw the band in July 2016 and said, “Starting of the night was Val Son (Michael Gunvalson, Eric Carlson, Emily Mohrbacher, and Jack Ventimiglia). Their set was very relaxing and enjoyable, songs like ‘On The Range’ and ‘Out of Nowhere’ were very good. Their sound is awesome, especially when their voices come together. It is like candy leaving you, you just want more. I look forward to seeing them live again. My personal favorite was listening to ‘Beautiful Child’, which I thought was the best of the set. They have their single out on iTunes called ‘Sundays’.”

Tour Dates

Sept 15 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Sept 16 Chattanooga, TN @ The Wood Shop
Sept 17 Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
Oct 13 Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
Oct 14 Trempealeau, WI @ Eckers Apple Farm
Oct 15 Wausau, WI @ White Water Music Hall
Oct 16 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
Oct 18 Oklahoma City @ Ponyboy
Oct 19 Denton, TX @ Dan's Silver Leaf
Oct 20 Houston, TX @ Continental Club
Oct 21 San Marcos, TX @ The Porch
Oct 22 Austin, TX @ The Parish

10/17 Metric at Fillmore Read More Metric I've seen Metric twice (four times if you count Emily Haines solo or Broken Social Scene), so you know I love this little Canadian band. Their Rock the Garden's set was very similar to their …

10/17/2022 Monday

Metric
with Fea
at Fillmore
livenation.com

Toronto rock band Metric is back on tour in support of their eight studio album Formentera.

Secret Machines will open for Metric, starting with Asheville on 9/24, and ending with a stop in Brooklyn on 10/27. This is the band's first time touring together in over 12 years.

Tour Dates

September 24—The Orange Peel—Asheville, NC
September 25—Brooklyn Bowl—Nashville, TN
September 26—Tabernacle—Atlanta, GA
September 28—House of Blues Dallas—Dallas, TX
September 29—House of Blues Houston—Houston, TX
September 30— The Moody Theater—Austin, TX
October 2—The Van Buren—Phoenix, AZ
October 3—The Observatory North Park—San Diego, CA
October 6—The Wiltern—Los Angeles, CA
October 7—The Fillmore—San Francisco, CA
October 8—The Fillmore—San Francisco, CA
October 11—McMenamins Crystal Ballroom—Portland, OR
October 12—Moore Theatre—Seattle, WA
October 14—The Depot—Salt Lake City, UT
October 15—The Fillmore Auditorium—Denver, CO
October 17—The Fillmore Minneapolis—Minneapolis, MN
October 18—Chicago Theatre—Chicago, IL
October 19—The Fillmore Detroit—Detroit, MI
October 21—The National—Richmond, VA
October 22—The Fillmore Silver Spring—Silver Spring, MD
October 23—The Fillmore Philadelphia—Philadelphia, PA
October 25—House of Blues Boston—Boston, MA
October 26—Brooklyn Steel—Brooklyn, NY
October 27—Brooklyn Steel—Brooklyn, NY

*with Dear Rouge
†with Bartees Strange
‡with Interpol, Spoon and Bartees Strange

10/17 L7 at First Avenue Read More L7 Riot grrrls/girl grunge band L7 (that’s square to the unhip) is returning to the area, this time at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. The girls have recorded and released their first new album in 20 years on …

10/17/2022 Monday

L7
with Fea
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Riot grrrls/girl grunge band L7 is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their breakthrough third album Bricks Are Heavy with a special tour.

The tour kicks off Oct 3… and will stop in at First Avenue on October 17th.

What you can expect is that the band will play the entire record from start to finish. If you love the record, this is the must-see show of the year.

You can also pick up the Bricks Are Heavy reissue from Licorice Pizza Records… set to release later this month.

Fea will be opening the Minneapolis show.

Bricks Are Heavy 2022 Tour Dates

10/3: Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl *
10/4: Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Heaven) *
10/6: New York, NY @ Irving Plaza ^
10/7: Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw #
10/9: Boston, MA @ Big Night Live #
10/10: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer #
10/12: Toronto, ON @ Opera House !
10/13: Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall %
10/14: Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew's Hall %
10/15: Chicago, IL @ Metro @
10/17: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue @
10/19: Denver, CO @ Summit @
10/22: Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre @
10/23: Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre @
10/24: Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall @
10/27: Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Theater $
10/28: Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Theater @


* = w/ Vera Bloom
^ = w/ OMAT
# = w/ Downtown Boys
! = w/ The Black Halos
% = w/ Radkey
@ = w/ Fea
$ = The Side Eyes

10/18 Rare Americans with DYLYN at 7th St Entry Read More Rare Americans You're not a bad person, it's just a bad world is the fourth studio album from the genre-bending Canadian punks, Rare Americans. Containing the massive singles, "Love Is All I Bring," & "Lose My Cool," .…

10/18/2022 Tuesday

Rare Americans
with DYLYN
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

After a completely sold-out North American tour run earlier this year, Canadian band Rare Americans is back on tour in support of their new album You're Not A Bad Person, It's Just A Bad World (Empire Records).

SPIN Magazine, praised the record, You're Not A Bad Person, It's Just A Bad World as “...brimming with energetic hooks, determined to find joy despite the overarching hurdles.”

The band is known for cultivating their fan base through eye-catching animated music videos and strong TikTok engagement. They are stopping by the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on October 18.

DYLYN to open.

Tour dates:

Sep 23 San Antonio, TX, US Paper Tiger
Sep 24 Austin, TX, US Antone's Nightclub
Sep 25 Dallas, TX, US Trees
Sep 27 Houston, TX, US White Oak Music Hall
Sep 28 New Orleans, LA, US House of Blues
Sep 29 Atlanta, GA, US Terminal West
Sep 30 Orlando, FL, US The Social
Oct 1 Miami, FL, US Gramps
Oct 7 Brooklyn, NY, US Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct 8 Washington, DC, US Union Stage
Oct 9 Philadelphia, PA, US The Foundry
Oct 10 Pittsburgh, PA, US Spirit Hall
Oct 12 Cleveland, OH, US Grog Shop
Oct 13 Columbus, OH, US The Basement
Oct 15 Detroit, MI, US El Club
Oct 16 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
Oct 18 Minneapolis, MN, US 7th St Entry
Oct 20 Omaha, NE, US Slowdown
Oct 25 Boise, ID, US 9th St. Parallel

10/19 Spacey Jane with joe p at Fine Line Read More Spacey Jane King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Sinéad Harnett. Holly Humberstone. Spacey Jane. Crooked Colours. Amyl And The Sniffers. Wafia. Aviva. The Snuts. Band-Maid. Ziggy Ramo. Gretta Ray .…

10/19/2022 Wednesday

Spacey Jane
with joe p
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Breakout Australian 4-piece, Spacey Jane will be on their debut USA tour for their album Here Comes Everybody, this October… already selling out dates in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, and more. The group wills top in at the Fine Line in Minneapolis on October 19.

Joe P to open.

Tour dates:

Oct 10 – The Axis Club - Toronto, BC
Oct 12 – Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
Oct 13 – Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
Oct14 – Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA
Oct 15 – Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
Oct 16 – Black Cat - Washington, DC
Oct 18 – Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL
Oct 19 – Fine Line - Minneapolis, MN
Oct 20 – Reverb Lounge - Omaha, NB
Oct 22 – Gothic - Denver, CO
Oct 23 – Metro Music Hall - Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 25 – Neumos - Seattle, WA
Oct 26 – Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC
Oct 27 – Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
Oct 29 – The Chapel - San Francisco, CA
Oct 30 – Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA
Oct 31 – Constellation Room - Santa Ana, CA
Nov 1 – Belly Up - Solana Beach, CA
Nov 2 – Crescent - Phoenix, AZ
Nov 4 – Dallas Studio at Factory - Dallas, TX
Nov 5 – The Parish - Austin, TX
Nov 6 – Houston Warehouse Live: Studio - Houston, TX
Nov 8 – Basement East - Nashville, TN
Nov 9 – Terminal West - Atlanta, GA

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

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Steam Deck Update

Technical Specs Processor AMD APU CPU: Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5GHz GPU: 8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.0-1.6GHz Storage 64 GB eMMC (PCIe Gen 2 x1) 256 GB NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 3 x4 or x2) 512 GB NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 3 x4 or x2) Display 7" - 1280 x 800px (16:10 aspect ratio) Optically bonded IPS LCD Expansion UHS-I supports SD, SDXC and SDHC USB-C with DisplayPort 1.4 Alt-mode support; up to 8K or 4K Read More Steam I’ve put down my $5 to preorder my Steam Deck. I decided to get the $400 entry model. I think that is a fantastic price, considering that I looked at similar handheld PCs, such as the Aya Neo and OneXPlayer, and they are usually $1,000 or more …

When I placed my $5 deposit to buy the Steam Deck in Aug 2022, I was convinced that I wouldn’t get it until 2023. I was so wrong.

I recently got the alert that I have three days to purchase the Steam Deck. So it took a little over a month to finally fulfill my order. It could be that someone else turned down their Steam Deck, due to disinterests, or the email went to a spam filter, or lack of funds, and I may have gotten their Steam Deck… or it could be that Steam really was ramping production to meet demand. Either way, I’m so excited to finally get my hands on this thing.

I bought the cheapest one, because all three version are basically the same device (same chip, same speed), with the only exception of storage. The cheap version comes with 64GB, but I can always expand it with an SD card.

Again, I have been shopping around at various hand-held devices, such as the OneXPlayer and Aya Neo, and they are all very expensive (about $1,000). The only advantage is that those devices runs the full Windows operating system by default, so you can play GOG or Epic games.

With the Steam Deck, you have to go through a lot of trouble to install Windows on the device. Since the hardware is so new, and Windows doesn’t really support it, getting Windows to run on the Steam Deck is difficult.

Now that I’m waiting for the Steam Deck to ship to me, I am shopping for some new Steam Games. I’m excited to see that Sony is making some of their PlayStation games available on Steam, including God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, and Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition. All of which are Steam Deck verified (meaning they will run on the Steam Deck without issues). Since I probably will never buy a PS5, these PS games are the only way that I’ll get to experience them.

Also, it’s laughable, but none of the PS games will install on my Steam Deck because they’re all over 64GB in size. I probably need to invest in a 1TB SD card ($140) or 512GB card ($70).

Yours,

- Weekend Gamer

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Rocktober: October 15

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10/15 Alvvays with Slow Pulp at First Avenue Read More Alvvays Opening up the show will be Alvvays, who we recently caught at the Turf Club on December 2014 and reported, "Although the band only has one album, you couldn’t ask for better surf-pop sweetness." …

10/15/2022 Saturday

Alvvays
with Slow Pulp
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

After a long five year wait, the Toronto quintet Alvvays is back, touring in support of their new album Blue Rev (Polyvinyl).

We last saw the band at First Avenue in Nov 2017 and wrote, “We’ve “always” liked Alvvays, going back to Nov 2014, when we discussed how great their single, “Archie, Marry Me”… which the band made sure they play near the end of their First Avenue set.”

Slow Pulp to open.

Tour Dates

09/19 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater #
10/14 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre $
10/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave. $
10/18 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot $
10/19 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory $
10/20 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom $
10/21 - Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre $
10/22 - Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre $
10/24 - Arcata, CA @ Arcata Theatre Lounge $
10/26 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore $
10/27 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore $
10/29 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern $
10/30 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park $
11/02 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater $
11/04 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs $
11/05 - Dallas, TX @ The Studio at The Factory $
11/07 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse $
11/08 - Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works $
11/09 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel $
11/11 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club $
11/12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall $
11/15 - New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall $
11/16 - New York, NY @ Kings Theater $
11/18 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner $
# w/ The War on Drugs
$ w/ Slow Pulp

10/15 They Might Be Giants at Fitzgerald Theater Read More They Might Be Giants The thing about They Might Be Giants is that they understand their fans. They get it; they know people don't automatically rush out to get the latest album, so they didn't bombard us with playing all 25

10/15/2022 Saturday

They Might Be Giants
at The Fitzgerald Theater
first-avenue.com

It’s the second night of celebrating They Might Be Giants’ Flood. The Saturday show will take place at the Fitzgerald in St Paul.

>>>
“Why is the world in love again? Why are we walking hand-in-hand? Why are the ocean levels rising up? It's brand new record for 1990. They Might be Giants’ brand new album: Flood”

Two years in the making, the 30th Anniversary of Flood is finally making its way to Minneapolis, after announcing and rescheduling originally in July 2020 and June 2021. The show was long sold out for the last two years…

Flood is TMBG’s finest hour. Every song is wonderful, and the record does contain their hit single, “Birdhouse in Your Soul”. Expect a sing along…. to every song.

North American Tour Dates

9/15: Boston, MA @ Royale
9/16: Boston, MA @ Royale
9/17: Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
9/18: Northampton, MA @ Academy of Music
9/20: Pawling, NY @ Daryl's House Club
9/21: Ithaca, NY @ State Theatre
9/22: Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
9/23: Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's
9/24: Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's
9/25: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
10/11: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
10/12: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
10/13: Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
10/14: Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
10/15: St. Paul, MN @ Fitzgerald Theatre
10/16: St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant

10/15 King Princess with St. Panther at Palace Theatre Read More King Princess One of the hottest music acts today, King Princess, is stopping by First Avenue on Thursday, January 17th. The show is sold out. It all started with her breakout smash hit song “1950” and now with the new track …

10/15/2022 Saturday

King Princess
with St. Panther
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

King Princess is on her “The Hold On Baby Tour”, stopping by the Palace Theatre in St Paul on October 15th.

We saw King Princess in Jan 2022 and wrote, “A longer-than-usual delay between acts due to some equipment issues unfortunately cut the anticipated set from King Princess down to a mere twenty minutes, “Sorry, I’m late” singer-songwriter and bandleader Mikaela Straus apologized. Fans were quickly forgiving and happy to hear the set opening brand new single “Little Bother”, a collaboration with NY soul singer Fousheé followed by “For My Friends”, both being a taste of the upcoming record due out later this year, a follow up to the highly successful 2019 debut, Cheap Queen. Their 2018 second single “Talia” addressed a love lost, set to a Kate Bush-like drum rhythm and things would end with their debut breakout single, “1950”- an ode to both queer love and the related seminal Patricia Highsmith novel, The Price of Salt.”

Tour Dates

September 20 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheater†
September 21 Alpharetta, GA Ameris Bank Amphitheatre†
September 23 Clermont, FL Amway Center†
September 24 Miami, FL FTX Arena†
September 28 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore‡
September 30 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore‡
October 1 Columbia, MD All Things Go Festival
October 3 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall‡
October 5 Boston, MA Roadrunner‡
October 6 Portland, ME State Theatre‡
October 8 Toronto, ON HISTORY‡
October 9 Detroit, MI The Fillmore‡
October 11 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE‡
October 12 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre‡
October 14 Madison, WI The Sylvee‡
October 15 St. Paul, MN Palace Theater‡
October 17 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom§
October 18 Salt Lake City, UT Union Event Center§
October 20 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo§
October 21 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom§
October 22 Portland, OR Roseland Theater§
October 24 San Francisco, CA The Warfield§
October 26 Los Angeles, CA The Theatre at Ace Hotel§
October 27 Los Angeles, CA The Theatre at Ace Hotel§
October 30 San Diego, CA SOMA§
October 31 Phoenix, AZ Van Buren§
November 2 Dallas, TX House of Blues§
November 3 Houston, TX House of Blues§
November 5 Austin, TX Emo’s§

* with Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Strokes
† with Florence + the Machine
‡ with St. Panther
§ with Em Beihold

10/15 Faouzia at 7th St Entry Read More Faouzia On her first CD, Faouzia shines forth with a dusky voice that is as beautiful as her face. I've been waiting for a CD from her, and now here it is!!! I look forward to the next one .…

10/15/2022 Saturday

Faouzia
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Acclaimed Moroccan-Canadian singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Faouzia is on her very first North American tour… and it all starts at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on October 15. Faouzia’s debut project is called Citizens.

Lots of buzz for Faouzia, she’s on Variety’s “Artists to Watch for the 2022 Grammys,” Vogue’s “Style Stars Set to Make 2022 Exciting,” PEOPLE’s “Talented Emerging Artists Making Their Mark on the Musical Landscape,” and Entertainment Weekly’s “Artist to Watch in 2022,” and so on…

As of this writing, no opening band listed.

Tour dates:

October 15 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
October 16 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
October 18 – Detroit, MI – The Loving Touch
October 19 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
October 22 – Boston, MA – Royale
October 24 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
October 25 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
October 27 – Washington, DC – The Howard Theatre
October 30 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft
November 1 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
November 3 – Ft. Worth, TX – Tulips
November 4 – Austin, TX – Parish
November 7 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
November 8 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
November 9 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
November 10 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall // Music Hall
November 12 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst // Atrium
November 13 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
November 14 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
November 16 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
November 17 – Vancouver, BC – Rio Theatre

10/15 Chloe Moriondo with Dreamer Isioma at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Read More Chloe Moriondo Musician Chloe Moriondo is currently on tour in support of Blood Bunny (Public Consumption Recording Co./Fueled By Ramen). The tour will take her to the 7th Street Entry this October 2nd. ....

10/15/2022 Saturday

Chloe Moriondo
with Dreamer Isioma
at Amsterdam Bar & Hall
first-avenue.com

Rising star Chloe Moriondo is on tour in support of Suckerpunch (Public Consumption/Fueled By Ramen).

She was last seen in the area with mxmtoon in May 2022 and headlined the 7th Street Entry in Oct 2021.

Dreamer Isioma to open.

Tour Dates

09/23 Dover, DE Firefly Music Festival
10/12 Columbus, OH Skully's
10/13 Grand Rapids, MI Pyramid Scheme
10/14 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
10/15 St. Paul, MN Amsterdam
10/18 Denver, CO Bluebird
10/20 Salt Lake City, UT Soundwell
10/22 Seattle, WA Neumos
10/23 Portland, OR Aladdin
10/25 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/26 Los Angeles, CA The Regent
10/28 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
10/29 San Diego, CA House of Blues
10/30 Phoenix , AZ Crescent Ballroom
11/01 Fort Worth, TX Tulips
11/02 Austin, TX Mohawk
11/04 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
11/05 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
11/06 Richmond, VA The Broadberry
11/10 New York, NY Irving Plaza
11/13 Boston, MA Paradise
11/15 Toronto, ON Opera House
11/17 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
11/18 Pittsburgh, PA Spirit Hall
11/19 Detroit, MI Majestic Theater

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

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