Dragonette at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (09/19/12)

Tour Dates 09/20/12 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club * 09/21/12 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge* 09/22/12 Las Vegas, NV @ Hyde at Bellagio 09/24/12 San Diego, CA @ Belly Up * 09/25/12 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre * 09/26/12 San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine * 09/27/12 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir * 09/28/12 Seattle, WA @ Decibal Festival* 09/29/12 Vancouver, BC The Venue + 10/02/12 Kamloops, BC Cactus Jacks+ 10/03/12 Calgary, AB Republik CA + 10/04/12 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room + 10/05/12 Saskatoon, SK The Odeon+ 10/06/12 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural + 10/07/12 Thunder Bay, ON The Outpos + 10/11/12 London, ON London Music Hall+ 10/13/12 Hamilton, ON Studio Theatre+ 10/16/12 Kitchener, ON Wax Nightclub 10/17/12 Kingston, ON Ale House + 10/18/12 Toronto, ON Sound Academy + 10/19/12 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre + 10/20/12 Ottawa, ON Babylon * with the Knocks + with Young Empires Read More Dragonette Canadian electropop trio, Dragonette, will be heading out on tour in support of their third studio album, Bodyparts.

Dragonette and the Knocks stopped by Minneapolis' Triple Rock Social Club last night, as part of their US tour. It was the first time either band has been in the city, and they were thrilled to play for us.

The Knocks

I've briefly mentioned The Knocks before, and I've complained that they didn't list a biography on their page (it's hard to write about a band when they're so cryptic). Anyway, I found out more about them now: this is a DJ duo of B-Roc and Jpatt, and they're basically mashup/remix DJs from New York. On paper, it sounds very simple what they do, but in reality, they're actually producing original content through pre-recorded samples, but also playing drums, keys, and even vocals (although sometime this seems more like karaoke.)

They started off their set with "R.O.Y.L." (rest of your life) and medley in, what seems like, an endless mix of music. Sometime I can pick out Fatboy Slim or the Killers, but since the DJ/remix culture is lost on me, I honestly didn't know their source material. It certainly didn't matter to the dancing bodies last night; they were eating everything The Knocks were handing out.

Dragonette

As for Dragonette, it's clear to me that this Canadian trio has been doing this kind of electro-dance music for a while now, and they know the secret formula of getting their fans to dance. It's very catchy and singer Martina Sorbara looks great on stage. Once in a while she plays bass, but it's usually just her dancing with a microphone.

As you can see from the setlist, half of the set were from their forthcoming Bodyparts album ("Riot," "Live in This City," "My Legs," "Run Run Run," "My Work Is Done," "Let It Go," "Rocket Ship," etc), while the rest were taken from their two previous albums, Galore and Fixin to Thrill.

By the very end of the night, they pretended that they have exhausted their arsenal of songs. It's cute, but we all know they were saving a hit song… and the final song was "Our Summer."

Dragonette is currently on tour to promote their third album, Bodyparts, which is coming out September 25th. If you were hoping to purchase the album before its official release date, you are out of luck because they've sold all their CDs on this tour.

Dragonette at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (09/19/12)

vu () ♥ dragonetteonline.com ♥ heavyrocmusic.com