Looking Back: September 2015

Read More Ride Legendary shoegazing band Ride will be headlining Mill City Nights next Tuesday, September 29th. After the British band broke up in 1996, founding band member Andy Bell went on to … These Animal Men Two of the most popular New Wave of New Wave punk bands These Animal Men and S*M*A*S*H recently played at Heaven in London on September 11th. This is TAM's first show in twenty years! … Jenny Hval Norwegian singer, and performance artist, Jenny Hval recently brought her Apocalypse, girl show to Minneapolis' 7th Street Entry on Tuesday, September 1st. … The Maine I've seen The Maine many times before. Last time I went to their show, I wrote about how maybe a concert is just an excuse for the feeling of nostalgia. I was back on the hunt … The Adicts Closing out the show was UK's The Adicts (aka ADX). This was an odd pairing, as there were little crossover fans of rockabilly and punk music. Still, it was pretty exciting to see the band's first ...

Here is the wrap-up for last month: September 2015.

It's a record-breaking September! We covered a whopping 45 shows for the month, with the last day of the month being one of busiest!

Awards:

Busiest Day goes to September 12th for five shows: Damian Marley at Cabooze, The Coathangers at Triple Rock, Low at Electric Fetus (a full set!), Tommy Stinson (The Replacements) at Turf Club, and Vintage Trouble at Mill City.

Best Music Festival in the area has to go to Trampled by Turtle's Festival Palomino (09/19). Technically, we only covered one Music Festival this month, but of all the festivals we went to this year, Festival Palomino is one of our favorites. It's incredibly well-organized and we like the audience they bring in. See our complete coverage (including setlists, photos, recaps, etc.) here.

Once-In-A-Lifetime Award goes to Ride at Mill City Nights (09/29). The last time the shoegazing band was in town was in 1992. If you miss them this time, we doubt they will come back to Minneapolis... well, maybe we'll catch them again in 23 years. Also, These Animal Men and S*M*A*S*H reunite for a special one-show deal at Heaven in London (09/11). If we could afford it, you know we'd catch that flight to London to see these NWONW legends.

Strangest Show goes to Jenny Hval for her performance art/music show at the 7th Street Entry (09/01). Simply unforgettable. Hval reinvented her show from a simple singer/songwriter to a weird commentary on the American exercise and sex culture. Also enjoy some rare vu-art for this show.

Best Value goes to The Maine at Mill City Nights (09/03). The Maine did a wonderful thing and basically said: This show is on us. The show was completely free, which is pretty amazing if you think about equipment rentals, hotel rooms, gasoline, booking the venue, etc. The only thing the band asked was to bring as many people (including non-fans) to see their show.

Most Entertaining Show(s) goes to The Adicts (with Reverend Horton Heat) for their first-rate all confetti show at First Avenue (09/24) and Big Star's Third show at First Ave (09/30) for their amazing all-star casts.

Below are links to all 45 shows we covered for the month of September 2015.

• 09/01 Jenny Hval at 7th Street • 09/02 Lou Gramm at MN State Fair • 09/03 The Maine at Mill City Nights • 09/03 Colleen Green at Turf Club • 09/04 Four Years Strong at Triple • 09/06 D'Angelo at First Ave • 09/08 Radkey at 7th Street • 09/09 Craft Spells at Echo • 09/10 Brandon Flowers at First Ave • 09/10 Mikal Cronin at Turf Club • 09/10 Bayside at Varsity Theater • 09/11 These Animal Men at Heaven • 09/12 Damian Marley at Cabooze • 09/12 Coathangers at Triple Rock • 09/12 Low at Electric Fetus • 09/12 Tommy Stinson at Turf Club • 09/12 Vintage Trouble at Mill City • 09/13 Dear Hunter at Triple Rock • 09/14 Fidlar at Varsity Theater • 09/15 The Cribs at Turf Club • 09/16 Eluveitie at Mill City Nights • 09/17 The Struts at First Ave

• 09/18 Mynabirds at 7th Street • 09/19 Festival Palomino 2015 • 09/19 Astronautalis at Turf Club • 09/20 Uncle Acid at Mill City • 09/21 Noah Gunderson at Fine Line • 09/22 Ibeyi at Mill City • 09/22 D.R.I. at Triple Rock • 09/22 Man Man at Turf Club • 09/23 Lizz Wright at Dakota Jazz • 09/23 Sub Criminals at Skyway • 09/23 Years & Years at Varsity • 09/24 The Adicts at First Ave • 09/24 By the Thousands at Amsterdam • 09/24 Ben Rector at Northrop • 09/25 The Fratellis at Varsity • 09/26 Holly Miranda at 7th Street • 09/26 ZZ Ward at First Ave • 09/27 Breaking Benjamin at Myth • 09/27 John Hodgman at Cedar • 09/29 Ride at Mill City • 09/30 HardDrive Live at Mill City • 09/30 Big Star's Third at First Ave • 09/30 Ash at Nether Bar

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