04/26 Tanukichan with Winter
at 7th St Entry
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Opening the show was Winter (Samira Winter), playing some tracks from her latest album What Kind of Blue Are You? (Bar/None Records).
There was a row of Winter fans in the middle of the dance floor, often screaming “I love you!”. Winter would acknowledge them, saying this was the “best crowd ever” and that she sometime needed words of encouragement.
They must have had sound problems, because for the first song, Winter’s mic was really undermixed and you could barely hear her vocals. It got better by the time “Lose You” was played.
With better vocals, I can hear the last three songs, “Mr. on-my-Mind”, “Good”, and “Kind of Blue”, the title track to her new album.
Tanukichan came on stage shortly after and played selections from her two albums, Sundays and GIZMO. She seems to favor the new songs, possibly because she got to work with Toro Y Moi’s Chaz Bear… which is very ethereal, noisy, and shoegazing. This is so weird, considering that Van Loon started as a fiddle player in a bluegrass band, before joining pop band Trails and Ways.
Trails and Ways (24 Jun 2015) |
Of the new songs, “Take Care” was played early in the set. The song was written when Van Loon was depressed… probably due to the COVID pandemic. She mentioned in an interview, “It was painful to feel isolated and I craved companionship or friendship even more, but I knew that someday I would come out of it, and hopefully we would be friends again.”
Despite feeling depressed, much of Gizmo’s songs are positive/happy lyrics.
Remaining tour dates:
4/28 Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
4/29 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
4/30 Montreal, QC Bar @ Le Ritz
5/2 New York, NY @ Baby's All Right
5/3 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
5/4 Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
5/8 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall Upstairs
5/9 Austin, TX @ Mohawk (Indoors)
5/10 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
5/12 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
5/13Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
5/15 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
5/16 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
5/17 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
5/19 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Winter |
Tanukichan at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (26 Apr 2023) |
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