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R.I.P. George Winston

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R.I.P. George Winston

The rural folk/New Age instrumental pianist and principal performer on the Windham Hill Records label George Winston passed away on Sunday in Williamsport at the age of 74 of cancer, according to his publicist Jesse Cutler.

Winston lived in Santa Cruz, CA and had dealt with several forms of cancer for years while continuing to create and perform his music which required among other forms of care, a bone marrow transplant a decade ago.

George Winston III was born on Feb. 11, 1949, in Hart, MI to George (a geologist) and Mary (a secretary) Winston, growing in Mississippi, Florida and especially Montana, which triggered an early love for nature that would be reflected in his recordings.

He took piano lessons as a child, soon losing interest but upon hearing The Doors’ debut album with opening track “‘Break On Through (to the Other Side),” his musical re-awakening was quickly in full bloom.

Inspired by that band’s Ray Manzarek, Winston took up the organ, but soon switched to piano after discovering vintage Fats Waller and Teddy Wilson recordings and remained principally self-taught.

His first album, 1972’s “Piano Solos” (aka Ballads and Blues, on Takoma Records), was mostly ignored and after negotiating with producer William Ackerman, found himself on the fledgling Windham Hill Records label, breaking through on 1980’s “Autumn,” a series of seven piano solo tracks all inspired by nature.

Winston continued the calendar theme with two 1982 albums, the holiday-themed “December” (which went more than 3x Platinum) and “Winter Into Spring,” and again with 1991’s “Summer.” In 1994, “Forest,” won a Grammy Award for Best New Age album and he would be nominated four other times.

He broadened his interests, recording for children on 1984’s “The Velveteen Rabbit” (with Meryl Streep as narrator) and returned to his early inspiration on 2002’s “Night Divides the Day: The Music of the Doors”, but perhaps was better known for his interpretations of the music of Vince Guaraldi, the jazz pianist who composed the familiar themes for the animated “Peanuts” television episodes.

In later years, he even did an album of harmonica solos, and formed a label to record a niche genre he admired, Hawaiian slack-key guitar. He would perform and compose minimalist pieces while recovering from cancer, in the medical center’s auditorium, and released a 2014 benefit album which would donate its proceeds to Los Angeles’ City of Hope.

2019’s “Restless Wind” paid tribute to influences Sam Cooke, Stephen Stills, George and Ira Gershwin, Country Joe McDonald, and others, and his 20^th studio album “Night” was just released last month, featuring originals and interpretations of Leonard Cohen, Laura Nyro, Alan Toussaint songs, and more. George Winston is survived by his sister.

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We♥KC! June 9-15, 2023 Upcoming concerts/shows (Kansas City / Lawrence, KS)

Read More: Weezer Weezer's singer Rivers Cuomo brought out his dad, Frank Cuomo, and they play "Back to the Shack". One of the most touching things I have witness in my many years of watching ...

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This week gets hot and heavy, especially at the beautiful Kauffman Center, where you might as well pitch a tent to be in line daily, as their week is chock-full of events!

The big show of course, will be Luke Combs and friends out at Arrowhead, but Starlight and KCLive! have some outdoor action as well, with the end of the week looking even busier.

A Tomlinson invasion too (singer Louis at Starlight and comedian Taylor downtown, no relation)!

Let’s take look at the Kansas City/ Lawrence KS metro musical happenings from June 9th-15th.

FRIDAY JUNE 9

Kansas City Jazz Orchestra- Riff Generation, Medallion Theater,$22.50 (kids free)

June installment featuring a new jazz ensemble that cultivates new music alongside Kansas City’s fabled heritage of the genre. Part of a stand-alone performance series of new, highly collaborative compositions in a modern examination of the Kansas City “riff style.” Musicians audition for a one-year residency and perform these works in a variety of settings. Ticket Link here.

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Knuckleheads. $20

Melding together the sounds of gospel, funk, soul, blues, and garage-rock, NPR once exclaimed about him, "James Brown hasn't been reincarnated, but Black Joe Lewis sure does follow in his footsteps."

Last year’s The Difference Between Me & You is their fifth studio album. And while it’s an approach that might veer slightly from the typical sounds those who’ve followed the band are used to hearing, it was a conscious step in a new direction for Lewis. When asked, Lewis says he wanted to “make a more complex and reflective record” than he had before. We caught him live a decade ago in Minneapolis.

Arrive early for Special Guest Womanish Girl (aka Katy Guillen & Stephanie Williams). Guillen is an area favorite who we caught live in Lawrence at the end of last year and returns to this same venue in August as well.

SATURDAY JUNE 10

Luke Combs w Riley Green, Lainey Wilson, Flatland Cavalry, and Brent Cobb, Arrowhead Stadium, $54.50-$277

Luke Combs' 2023 tour began in Texas and plans to end in London with stops in Australia, Norway, Belgium, Ireland and more along the way. The CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee's World Tour will hit three continents and 16 countries, and the lineup is packed with rising Country stars, including Lainey Wilson, who recently played a filled KC show just ahead of the NFL Draft.

Prepare for some stadium drinking as plenty of Combs’ songs such as "Beer Never Broke My Heart," "Cold as You" and "Cold Beer Calling My Name” encourage a beverage in hand.

Louis Tomlinson, Starlight, $35-$99.50

The UK singer / songwriter and one-fifth of One Direction is out in support of his second album, "Faith In The Future." Live, he’s been playing a couple numbers from his old band as well as an Arctic Monkeys cover. In 2021, Louis earned his spot in the Guinness Book Of World Records for breaking the record for the most live-streamed concert by a solo male artist. Louis hosted one of the biggest live-stream concert events ever held, selling more than 160,000 tickets to fans in over 110 countries.

Shawn Phillips, Knuckleheads. $35

The longtime folk singer/songwriter has been touring regularly since the late 60’s.

Taylor Tomlinson (comedian) June 10 and 11, The Midland, $29.75-$69.75

The rising comedian brings The Have it All Tour to Kansas City for not one, but Two nights!

The New York Times says Tomlinson “demonstrates tight joke writing, carefully honed act-outs and a ruthless appetite for laughs” in her second hour-long special, Look At You, now streaming on Netflix.

New York Magazine adds, “Watching Tomlinson gives you the same comfort as a Swift concert or a Broadway show that’s been on for years. This is a professional. This performance will be ultra-produced. You do not need to be anxious,” and the Los Angeles Times observes.

SUNDAY JUNE 11

Barenaked Ladies w/Semisonic & Del Amitri, Starlight, $29.50-$125

Still not the actual last summer (thankfully) those fun-loving rockers are out on their 7th almost-annual Last Summer on Earth 2023 Tour. The Toronto-based eight-time JUNO winners and two-time Grammy nominees are playing three dozen shows in venues all over. We caught the first year live back in 2015 and have enjoying seeing the changing lineups ever since.

Special guests, Minneapolis’ own Semisonic and Scottish rockers Del Amitri will play extended opening sets, so arrive early.

Weezer w Modest Mouse, Momma, Azura Amph,-Bonner Springs, $35-$125

Billed as Weezer’s Indie Rock Roadtrip! This spring and summer touring package is among the best out there for the season. Weezer’s latest releases were a string of seasonal—or Sznz—EPs: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Their last full album, Van Weezer, arrived in 2021. The band was forced to cancel a planned Broadway run earlier this year, “due to low ticket sales and unbelievably high expenses” but the plus side to that, is they’re on the road again with another local date. Our coverage with them dates us all the way back to 1994, when they were a wee opening band!

As for Modest Mouse, we remain huge fans, seeing them live in September AND December of last year, and despite the death of founding drummer Jeremiah Green late last year, still remain on the road. The Portland band’s sometimes temperamental appearances have seemed to have leveled out as singer Isaac Brock ages, and they’ve become a more consistent band to again always see live. LA indie rockers Momma have a new single, “Bang Bang” out now.

Future Stages Festival, Kauffman Center, FREE!

Join the celebration and experience the arts in Kansas City as the annual one-day festival invites everyone to explore a diverse range of performances and interactive arts activities. This free admission event is a community event that showcases youth in the performing arts and is an extension of the Kauffman Center’s Open Doors Spotlight on Youth program. Featuring a variety of performing arts organizations and arts activity partners – the festival provides fun for ALL ages! Tickets are not required, but registrants will receive updated details regarding the performance and activity schedule Learn more here:

Tyrese / Trey Songz, June 11, T-Mobile Center, CANCELED

MONDAY JUNE 12

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Kauffman Center. $50.50-$100.50

Following last year’s bluegrass tour, banjoist, composer and bandleader, Béla Fleck has reconvened the original line-up of the Grammy-winning quartet, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. While all manner of genres comes into play— from classical and jazz to bluegrass and African music to electric blues and Eastern European folk dances, the real treat is Fleck’s own banjo-playing and the musical interactions. Fifteen Grammy Award wins in nine different fields of music, need we say more?

TUESDAY JUNE 13

Nickel Creek with Gaby Moreno, Kauffman Center. $47.50-$197.50

The platinum-selling,renowned roots trio of mandolinist Chris Thile, violinist Sara Watkins and guitarist Sean Watkins comes together to tour again (each is a solo star in their own right) in the city’s most beautiful indoor venue. The trio revolutionized bluegrass and folk in the early 2000s and ushered in a new era of what we now recognize as Americana music. After a nine-year absence, the trio returns in 2023 with new album, Celebrants, released March 24 and no less than thirty-four years of previous music to draw from.

Opener Gaby Moreno was raised in Guatemala and immersed herself in blues, R&B and soul and learned to speak English by singing. Her original blend of jazz, soul, blues and 1960s rock has earned her the respect and appreciation of audiences and in 2013, she received a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist. VIP experience tickets available.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 14

The Doobie Brothers, Starlight, $36-$176

Four-time GRAMMY® Award winners and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, The Doobie Brothers are continuing their landmark 50th Anniversary Tour, through October 2023, featuring Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and John McFee on the road together for the first time in over 25 years. Unfortunately, due to a nagging back injury, Tom Johnston is unable to join for the foreseeable future.

The band just returned from Australia, Japan and Singapore. Selling some 50 million albums worldwide, The Doobie Brothers have had five top-10 singles, 16 top-40 hits, 3 multi-platinum albums, 7 platinum albums, 14 gold albums and own a 10M+ sold diamond record for their 1976 album, Best of the Doobies.  

THURSDAY JUNE 15

Tyler Childers w Marcus King, Starlight, SOLD OUT

One of the biggest recent breakouts and tix have been long gone (this show and about every other date) Kentucky-born and raised singer-songwriter Tyler Childers will bring his unique mix of country, bluegrass, and folk music to a sold-out Starlight.  

Childers' previous album, Purgatory debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart and his fifth and latest studio album Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven was released to acclaim last September. He was playing clubs just a few short years ago.

Arrive early for 27-year-old guitar sensation Marcus King whose 2020 album El Dorado received a nomination for Best Americana Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.

Pat Metheny, Kauffman Center, $56.50-$136.50

Kansas City's own Pat Metheny has garnered from critics and peers for decades now. Over the years, he's won countless polls as “Best Jazz Guitarist” and awards including three gold records and no less than 20 Grammy Awards. Designed as an ongoing showcase featuring a rotating cast of players, Metheny's Side-Eye project will shine a spotlight on two sensational rising stars: pianist Chris Fishman and drummer Joe Dyson.

Fear with Bastard Squad, Lemonade Park. $42.49

FEAR is the legndary punk rock band from Los Angeles formed in 1978, and nothing else needs to be said.

St. Louis, MO's Bastard Squad mix both new and old school punk & hardcore, crafting it into their own style. Founded in 1996, the band reformed in 2018 and features current and ex-members of DFL, Better Days, Very Metal and Breakmouth Annie. Since reforming they have put out 3 records and played with bands like The Adicts. T.S.O.L, and Conflict.

Gov’t Mule, Grinders KC. $49-$75

Jam legends Warren Haynes (guitar, lead vocals), Matt Abts (drums), Danny Louis (keys, guitar, backing vocals), and Jorgen Carlsson (bass) on out on a short Spring tour, before beginning another bigger leg which also celebrates with their version of Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon". Expect plenty of covers and originals regardless and a full evening of jams as only the 'Mule can do.

Priscilla Block w/ Dalton Dover, KC Live, Free!

Rising star Priscilla Block released her debut album last February titled Welcome to the Block Party. The singer-songwriter is originally from Raleigh, NC but moved to Nashville to pursue music after graduating high school. Once in Nashville, she worked at a yogurt shop and took night classes while working on her original music. She also credits TikTok as one of the reasons for her rise in popularity and has over 1.7 million followers and 29.6 million likes.

Arrive early for new Country artist Dalton Dover, named a Pandora 2023 Artist to Watch, an Amazon Music 2023 Breakthrough Artist to Watch: Country Class and a member of CMT’s LISTEN UP 2023. This summer, Dover can also be found on the bill with Chase Rice, opening for Luke Combs at Gillette Stadium stop in July, and select dates with Parker McCollum among festival and headlining shows.

Cub Sport, Encore at Uptown, $18

The Australian indie popsters announced a North American tour in support of their new album, Jesus at the Gay Bar which came out in April. New single "Songs About It" should be played along with several other down under bangers.

Pam Tillis, Knuckleheads, $35

A longtime act in her own right, she’s the daughter of Country Music legend Mel Tillis and multi-media artist Doris Tillis. In addition to music, she's an actor with a long list of film, TV and stage credits.

Tillis’ 1991 debut country album, Put Yourself In My Place, went Gold and yielded two No. 1 and two Top 5 singles and next three albums – Homeward Looking Angel, Sweetheart’s Dance and Greatest Hits, were all certified Platinum. She's achieved six No.1 songs and hits include “Shake the Sugar Tree,” “Mi Vida Loca,” “When You Walk In The Room,” “In Between Dances,” “Don’t Tell Me What To Do,” and signature song, “Maybe It Was Memphis.”

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R.I.P. Astrud Gilberto

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R.I.P. Astrud Gilberto

read more! Bebel Gilberto Brazilian Bebel Gilberto is touring the US, starting in Washington on November 23rd. Her latest album is called All in One and I just read is mostly in Portuguese…

Seemingly an ageless wonder, “The Girl from Ipanema” has passed on,

Astrud Gilberto, whose vocal performance on the first song she ever recorded, “The Girl From Ipanema,” helped bring the lasting wave of Brazilian bossa nova into the 1960’s mainstream, died on Monday at the age of 83.

Gilberto’s son Marcelo confirmed she had died and asked their family friend and musician Paul Ricci to post the news on Facebook.

Gilberto recorded that famous song while married to the father of Brazilian bossa nova, singer/guitarist João Gilberto in 1963. While rehearsing in NYC with jazz performer Stan Getz during the recording for the classic Getz/Gilberto album, she recorded the version of the song that would make her famous for the rest of her life, hitting #5 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, winning the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, and the album winning three Grammys, including Album of the Year.

Astrud Weinert was born on March 29, 1940, in Bahia, Brazil, to a German father, Fritz Weinert and Brazilian mother, Evangelina Weinert, both educators. Her parents would move the family to Rio and she became interested in music, meeting João Gilberto at age 19 and marrying him several months later.

Fellow musician Vinicius de Moraes actually wrote the original lyrics for “The Girl from Ipanema,” named after a beachside neighborhood in Rio where he and Antônio Carlos Jobim both watched a beautiful woman regularly walk by.

Gilberto would have increasing tensions within her marriage, resulting in an affair with Getz and an eventual divorce; but musically, she would sign as a solo performer with Verve Records with her first solo album from 1965, earning her a Grammy Award nomination. She would continue to record, ever popular in the US, but never as equally regarded with Brazilian critics.

Gilberto recorded eighteen studio albums, numerous compilations, and collaborations with the likes of Gil Evans, the James Last Orchestra, and a duet with George Michael on “Desafinado” for the AIDS-related benefit album, “Red Hot Rio”, effectively retiring after 2002’s final album, “Jungle”.

Astrud Gilberto is survived by her musician sons Marcelo Gilberto and Gregory Lasorsa, and two granddaughters.

 

Related, one of João Gilberto’s daughters from a following marriage, Bebel Gilberto, is a longtime bossa nova/jazz musician in her own right and plays the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis this August (though usually stops at the Dakota Jazz Club downtown).

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Minneapolis: June 25 to June 27

06/25 Arden Jones at 7th St Entry

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06/25/2023 Sunday

Arden Jones
at 7th St Entry
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Rising California singer / songwriter / rapper / multi-instrumentalist Arden Jones is on an Age Tapes Mini Run tour, stopping by the 7th Street Entry on June 25. His latest single “fvcked up” is available now via vnclm_ x Atlantic Records. The track, co-written by Jones with Roy Lenzo (Lil Nas X, Cardi B) and produced by longtime collaborator F E R R O (Skrillex, Faouzia).

As of this writing, no opening band listed.

Tour dates:

May 26 Outdoor Napa, CA, US BottleRock Napa Valley
Jun 20 Salt Lake City, UT, US Kilby Court
Jun 21 Denver, CO, US Larimer Lounge
Jun 21 Denver, CO, US Larimer Lounge
Jun 23 Chicago, IL, US Beat Kitchen
Jun 24 Cudahy, WI, US X-Ray Arcade
Jun 25 Minneapolis, MN, US 7th Street Entry

06/25 Adi Oasis with Phillip-Michael Scales at Turf Club Read More Adi Oasis French-Caribbean, Brooklyn based soul-funk-r&b artist-producer Adi Oasis is on tour in support of Lotus Glow (Unity Group). The tour will stop by the Turf Club in St Paul on April 15th. …

06/25/2023 Sunday

Adi Oasis
with Phillip-Michael Scales
at Turf Club
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Originally scheduled to appear on April 15, this show has been postponed to June 25, 2023. All tickets purchased for the original show will be honored.

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French-Caribbean, Brooklyn based soul-funk-r&b artist-producer Adi Oasis is on tour in support of Lotus Glow (Unity Group). The tour will stop by the Turf Club in St Paul on April 15th.

Adi Oasis notes, “Lotus Glow represents my evolution, and as my first release as Adi Oasis, it feels like my first album ever. I've grown a lot, both musically and personally, over the past many years, and I feel like I am finally the artist I've always wanted to be, creating the music I've always dreamed to make.”

Phillip-Michael Scales to open.

Adi Oasis Tour Dates

May 29 Manchester, UK Band On The Wall
May 31 Leeds, UK The Wardrobe
Jun 6 Paris, France Le Trabendo
Jun 7 Utrecht, Netherlands TivoliVredenburg
Jun 8 Rotterdam, Netherlands BIRD
Jun 9 Berlin, Germany Quasimodo
Jun 25 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Jun 26 Milwaukee, WI, US Back Room
Jun 28 Chicago, IL, US Sleeping Village
Jun 29 Detroit, MI, US El Club Detroit
Jun 29 Chicago, IL, US Sleeping Village
Jun 30 Lewes, UK Love Supreme Jazz Festival
Jun 30 Lewes, UK Love Supreme Jazz Festival
Jun 30 Lewes, UK Love Supreme Jazz Festival
Jul 2 Lewes, UK Love Supreme Jazz Festival
Jul 2 Lewes, UK Love Supreme Jazz Festival
Jul 5 Ghent, Belgium Gent Jazz Festival
Jul 6 Outdoor Vienne, France Théâtre Antique

06/27 Young the Giant and Milky Chance with TALK at Surly Brewing Festival Field Read More Young the Giant Irvine’s Young the Giant recently returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform “The Walk Home,” from their new album American Bollywood. … Milky Chance German duo Milky Chance’s new video and single is called ‘Blossom’, from Republic Records. Tour dates: 10/17 - Egyptian Room - Indianapolis, IN 10/18 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI 10/19 - Skyway Theater - Minneapolis, MN …

06/27/2023 Tuesday

Young the Giant and Milky Chance
with TALK
at Surly Brewing Festival Field
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Critically-acclaimed, multi-platinum selling band Young The Giant playing the Surly Brewing Festival with Germany’s Milky Chance and TALK.

Young the Giant (24 Feb 2019)

We saw Young the Giant in Feb 2019 and wrote, “With a mostly bare stage against the shape of a glowing cube centered above and behind them, Young the Giant began their eighty-minute headlining set with the ominous ‘Oblivion’ from fourth full-length album Mirror Master (Elektra Records) a song that lyrically freely exposes fears and vulnerabilities. The five-piece (Sameer Gadhia-vocals; Jacob Tilley- guitar); Eric Cannata- guitar); Payam Doostzadeh- bass ; Francois Comtois- drums) has become an increasingly seasoned live band and lyrically, is one of those rare acts that can look both inward and outward with compelling effectiveness, often musically understated and never overdoing it.”

Tour dates:

05/30 - Montreal, QC - Place Bell
05/31 - Toronto, ON - RBC Echo Beach
06/02 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony Summer Stage
06/03 - New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17
06/04 - New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17
06/07 - Bridgeport, CT - Hartford HealthCare
06/09 - Boston, MA - Leader Bank Pavilion
06/10 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
06/11 - Philadelphia, PA – Skyline Stage
06/13 - Lewiston, NY - Artpark
06/16 - Detroit, MI - Michigan Lottery
06/17 - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live!
06/18 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
06/20 - Cincinnati, OH - Andrew J Brady
06/21 - Cleveland, OH - Jacob's Pavilion
06/23 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank
06/24 - St. Louis, MO - St. Louis Music Park
06/25 - Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater
06/27 - Minneapolis, MN - Surly Brewing
06/28 - Des Moines, IA - Water Works Park
06/30 - Oklahoma City, OK - Zoo Amphitheatre
07/01 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight
07/13 - Atlanta, GA - Cadence Bank Amphitheatre
07/14 - Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater
07/15 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Metro
07/16 - Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheatre
07/18 - Richmond, VA - Brown's Island
07/20 - St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine
07/21 - Tampa, FL - Yuengling Center
07/22 - Miami, FL - FPL Solar Amphitheatre
07/25 - Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing
07/27 - Houston, TX - 713 Music Hall
07/28 - Austin, TX - Germania Insurance
07/29 - Dallas, TX – The Pavilion
08/01 - Albuquerque, NM - Revel
08/03 - Salt Lake City, UT – The Great SaltAir
08/04 - Flagstaff, AZ - Pepsi Amphitheater
08/05 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre
08/08 - Spokane, WA - Northern Quest
08/10 - Vancouver, BC - Doug Mitchell
08/11 - Seattle, WA – Marymoor Live
08/12 - Portland, OR - McMenamins Edgefield
08/14 - Boise, ID - Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
08/15 - Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater
08/17 - San Francisco, CA - The Greek Theatre at Berkeley
08/18 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
08/19 - Irvine, CA - FivePoint Amphitheatre
08/20 - San Diego, CA - Cal Coast Credit Union
08/30 - Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
08/31 - Dillon, CO - Dillon Amphitheater
09/02 – Las Vegas, NV – Downtown Rocks on Freemont Street
01/30/2024 - 02/04/2024 Miami, FL - The Rock Boat XXIII

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

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Minneapolis: This Week (06/11/2023)

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

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06/05 Love and Rockets with Vinsantos at Palace Theatre Read More Love and Rockets Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins, of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail. Joining the duo to form Poptone will be Haskins’ daughter Diva Dompé, formerly of the Los Angeles rock band Blackblack. …

06/05/2023 Monday

Love and Rockets
with Vinsantos
at Palace Theatre
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From the ashes of Bauhaus, came Love and Rockets (named after the Hernandez brothers’ comic book series)… the groundbreaking trio of Daniel Ash, David J and Kevin Haskins.

Poptone (08 July 2017)

While the group broke up long before we got into music, we did see Poptone, which consisted of two of the three, in July 2017: “Poptone took the stage a little later than advertised. The trio consists of Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins, and Diva Dompé (Haskins’ daughter). The former two were previously in Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, and Love & Rockets.”

I supposed after the sudden cancellation of Bauhaus Reunion 2022 shows, due to Peter Murphy entering a rehabilitation facility for health and well-being… the rest of the band decided maybe to continue as Love and Rockets.

Vinsantos set to open.

Tour Dates:

May 20 Los Angeles, CA Cruel World
May 21 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
May 24 Salt Lake City, UT Sandy Amphitheater
May 26 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
May 27 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
May 28 Seattle, WA Moore Theate
June 5 St. Paul, MN Palace Theatre
June 6 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
June 7 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Hall
June 9 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theater
June 10 Philadelphia, PA Fillmore
June 11 Silver Spring, MD Fillmore
June 13 Atlanta, GA Coca Cola Roxy
June 15 Dallas, TX Factory in Deep Ellum
June 16 Austin, TX ACL Live
June 17 San Antonio, TX Boeing Center

06/08 Wavves and Cloud Nothings with Ultra Q at Fine Line Read More Wavves After a brief intermission, fellow So Cal garage punk/pop cohorts Wavves blasted in with an equally relentless 52min set (no encore, apparently not ‘punk’ to do so). “Idiot” appropriately started their set ..… Cloud Nothings Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings have booked a massive tour, starting in 2021 and going on to 2022 (not listed below). The tour is in support of their new album The Shadow I Remember (Carpark Records). . …

06/08/2023 Thursday

Wavves and Cloud Nothings
with Ultra Q
at Fine Line
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Cloud Nothings and Wavves are teaming up for a co-headlining North American tour this summer. Their co-headlining tour kicks off on June 8th in Minneapolis, at the Fine Line Music Café. The tour spans 20 cities across the continent.

Wavves (29 Mar 2013)

We saw Wavves in Mar 2013 and said, “After a brief intermission, fellow So Cal garage punk/pop cohorts Wavves blasted in with an equally relentless 52min set (no encore, apparently not ‘punk’ to do so). “Idiot” appropriately started their set, only to be hindered early on, by lack of a channel in singer Nathan Williams’ monitor speakers. "Bug," from 2011’s Life Sux EP followed by "Take on the World" next, before the band played its recent and maybe most accessible song to date, "Demon to Lean On”, from the new ‘Afraid of Heights’ which understandably got a noisy positive response, despite being so early into the set.”

Ultra Q (named after Ultraman’s first series) to open.

Tour dates:

6/1 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall +
6/2 - Vancouver, BCC @ Rickshaw Theatre +
6/3 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile +
6/8 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Fine Line
6/9 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
6/10 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
6/11 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
6/13 - Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
6/14 - Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix
6/16 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
6/17 - New York, NY @ LPR
6/18 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
6/20 - Washington D.C. @ Union Stage
6/21 - Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry
6/23 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade - Heaven
6/24 - Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl
6/26 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
6/27 - Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips
6/29 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sister
6/30 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
7/1 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
7/2 - Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory OC
7/3 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent
7/5 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
7/6 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
7/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
7/9 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater *
7/11 - Kansas City, KS @ The Rino *
7/13 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups *

+ = Wavves only
* = Cloud Nothings Only

06/10 The Bad Plus with Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog and Alan Sparhawk (of Low) at First Avenue Read More Bad Plus Bill Frisell and Jazz trio the Bad Plus (drummer Dave King, pianist Ethan Iverson, and bassist Reid Anderson) will be reconstructing the first 10 years of recordings of Frisell in this very special …

06/10/2023 Saturday

The Bad Plus
with Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog and Alan Sparhawk (of Low)
at First Avenue
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Jazz band The Bad Plus is returning to Minneapolis… which is described as a “ one-night-only triple-bill at Minneapolis, MN’s famed First Avenue featuring special guest Alan Sparhawk (of Low).”

The band is described as “one of the most enduring and acclaimed working bands in jazz” by the Jazz Times.

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog is also on the bill.

So, if you’re into jazz and you like Low, this June 10th show is the place to be.

Tour dates:

06/09 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall †
06/10 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue † ^
06/11 – Madison, WI – Madison Jazz Festival †
06/13 – Indianapolis, IN – Toby Theater †
06/14 – Nashville, TN – 3rd & Lindsley †
06/15 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage †
06/16 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle †
06/17 – Winston-Salem, NC – The Ramkat †
07/4 – Montréal, QC – Festival International De Jazz De Montréal #

* w/ Marc Ribot and the Jazz Bins
† w/ Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
# Festival Performance
^ w/Special Guest Alan Sparhawk (of Low)

06/11 ROSIE at 7th St Entry

06/11/2023 Sunday

ROSIE
at 7th St Entry
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rosie (stylized as ROSIE) has released a new single called “Someone You Once Had” via Arista Records. Rosie comments on the song, noting, “It’s easy to search for self-worth in someone else, but this song is about me finding it within myself for the first time, and finally feeling confident in who I am.”

The single is taken from her upcoming EP, available this Summer. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter also wrote the title track song off the Love Again movie for Celine Dion!

ROSIE will be on a June 2023 tour, stopping on tour at 7th Street Entry on June 11th.

Tour dates:

6/1 - Brighton Music Hall @ Boston, MA
6/2 - Foundry @ Philadelphia, PA
6/3 - DC9 @ Washington DC
6/7 - Basement @ Columbus, OH
6/8 - Hoosier Dome @ Indianapolis, IN
6/10 - Sub-T @ Chicago, IL
6/11 - 7th Street Entry @ Minneapolis, MN
6/13 - Larimer Lounge @ Denver, CO
6/15 - Soundwell @ Salt Lake City, UT
6/17 - Troubadour @ Los Angeles, CA
6/21 - Bowery Ballroom @ New York, NY

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

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We♥KC! June 1-8, 2023, Upcoming concerts/shows (Kansas City / Lawrence, KS)

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June already! Summer concert season is in full effect!

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

THURSDAY JUNE 1

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

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

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

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

McBride and the Ride, Knuckleheads,$30

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

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

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

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

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

FRIDAY JUNE 2

America, Ameristar Casino, $60-$189

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

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

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

SATURDAY JUNE 3

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

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

Sparta w/ zeta and Geoffrey Rickly, recordBar,$25

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trivium w Beartooth, Malevolence, Archetypes Collide, Uptown,$37-$75

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

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

The Brummies, Encore at Uptown Theater, $20

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

Parker Millsap, Knuckleheads, $20

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

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

Trixie Mattel, KC Live! $25-$75

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

Buckcherry, the Hat-Manhattan,$25

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

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

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

SUNDAY JUNE 4

MONDAY JUNE 5

Shakey Graves, The Truman,$30-$60

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

TUESDAY JUNE 6

WEDNESDAY JUNE 7

Nascar Aloe, The Bottleneck-Lawrence, $17-$20

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

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

Brit Floyd, Midland. $45-$79.50

The lunatic is still on the grass – the top-notch tribute band returns to the stage in 2023 to perform a brand-new production celebrating 50 years of the ground-breaking and iconic musical masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon. We saw Aussie Pink Floyd in 2016 in Minneapolis and were impressed, and this Brit Floyd show looks to be as good or better.  

THURSDAY JUNE 8

Illenium, Azura Amphitheater. $39.50-$59.50

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

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

Sisters of Mercy, Uptown, $39.50-$79.50

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

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

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

Deana Carter, Knuckleheads. $35-$55

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

Warrant, Prairie Band Casino-Mayetta,SOLD OUT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Remaining Tour dates:

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

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

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Minneapolis: June 21 to June 24

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

06/21/2023 Wednesday

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

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

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

Sophie Holohan and Baby Fisher to open.

Tour dates:

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

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

06/22/2023 Thursday

Skating Polly
with bugsy
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Skating Polly is back in Minneapolis this June 22nd.

Skating Polly (13 Sep 2017)

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

Local group bugsy is set to open.

Confirmed Skating Polly Tour Dates:

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

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

06/23 Duster with Sour Widows at Fine Line

06/23/2023 Friday

Duster
with Sour Widows
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Self-described “interplanetary goth” band Duster is touring in support of their fourth album, Together.

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

Tour dates:

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

06/24 Spiritual Cramp at 7th St Entry

06/24/2023 Saturday

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

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

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

As of this writing, no opening band listed.

Upcoming Spiritual Cramp Shows

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

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

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Minneapolis: June 20

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

06/20/2023 Tuesday

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

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

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

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

Tour dates:

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

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

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

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

06/20/2023 Tuesday

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

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

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

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

Tour Dates:

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

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

06/20/2023 Tuesday

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

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

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

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

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

Eels at First Ave (05 June 2018)

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

North American Tour:

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

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

06/20/2023 Tuesday

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

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

Tour dates:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SRSQ Collin Gorman Weiland SRSQ Frankie Rose Frankie Rose

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

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