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07/16/2024 Tuesday
Hana Vu
with Babebee
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com
California’s Hana Vu is back on tour to support her new album Romanticism. The theme and promotional photos seems to suggest it was influenced by Caravaggio’s paintings.
We first saw Hana Vu in Sep 2018, on her very first tour: “After spending 30 hours driving in a car, Hana Vu was happy and relieved to finally play for us. Although Vu had written and recorded three albums (about 30 songs) since 2014, this was the first time the group went out on a national tour, with the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis a first stop for the band. Vu mentioned early in their set, “This is our first time not in California. The first time ever.””
Babebee to open.
We saw the singer in
Sep 2023 and wrote, “Babebee’s musical is lush, experimental dance music that could be made in the bedroom. In fact, most of the instrumentation came from a computer while Babebee sang and Mitchell played the drums.”
Tour dates:
July 9 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
July 11 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
July 12 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
July 13 - Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall
July 16 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
July 17 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
July 19 - Toronto, ON @ Baby G
July 20 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
July 22 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
July 23 - Cambridge, MA @ Sonia
July 25 - Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
July 26 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
July 27 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
July 29 - Columbus, OH @ Natalie’s Grandview
July 30 - Nashville, TN @ Row One
July 31 - Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory
Aug. 2 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Aug. 3 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
Aug. 4 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Aug. 7 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Aug. 9 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
Hana Vu
with Babebee
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com
California’s Hana Vu is back on tour to support her new album Romanticism. The theme and promotional photos seems to suggest it was influenced by Caravaggio’s paintings.
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Hana Vu (05 Sep 2018) |
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Babebee (29 Sep 2023) |
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07/18/2024 Thursday
Jessica Pratt
with June McDoom
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com
Jessica Pratt is touring (with her full band) in support of her her fourth album, Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer).
We saw Pratt in Oct 2022 and noted, “Jessica Pratt came out decked in a black suit wearing dark shades, her blonde hair shaggy around her face as she clutched her acoustic guitar. I had never heard her music before this festival, and after giving her latest album Quiet Signs a solid listen I was beyond thrilled to find this lady. She’s a 70’s folk dream, a lullaby and a haunting figure as she strummed her guitar and mesmerized the crowd with her breathy tunes. Accompanied by Matthew McDermott on piano, the set was slow and soft, a nice sigh of air as festival goers sipped on their coconut waters and beers. Ya gotta stay hydrated in the desert, people.”
June McDoom to open.
Tour Dates:
June 25 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret %
June 26 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos %
June 27 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom %
June 29 - Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu %
July 18 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line ^
July 19 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre ^
July 21 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
July 22 - Cleveland, OH @ The Roxy ^
July 24 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom ^
July 25 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom #
July 26 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live #
July 27 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair #
July 29 - Washington, DC @ The Howard Theatre #
July 30 - Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom #
Aug. 1 - Asheville, NC @ AVL Fest
Aug. 2 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East #
Aug. 3 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West #
Sept. 14 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups &
Sept. 15 - Detroit, MI @ El Club &
Sept. 17 - Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall &
Sept. 18 - Montréal, QC @ Les Foufounes Électriques &
Sept. 20 - Sun. Sept. 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Making Time ∞
Sept. 21 - Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall &
Sept. 21 - Sun. Sept. 22 - Accord, NY @ Woodsist Festival
Oct. 3 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
* = with Joanna Sternberg
~ = with Astrid Sonne
% = with Tony Molina
^ = with June McDoom
# = with @
& = with Otto Benson
Jessica Pratt
with June McDoom
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com
Jessica Pratt is touring (with her full band) in support of her her fourth album, Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer).
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Jessica Pratt (11 Oct 2019) |
June McDoom to open.
Tour Dates:
* = with Joanna Sternberg
~ = with Astrid Sonne
% = with Tony Molina
^ = with June McDoom
# = with @
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07/19/2024 Friday
07/20/2024 Saturday
Minnesota Yacht Club Festival
at Harriet Island Regional Park
minnesotayachtclubfestival.com
We’ve previously mentioned the inaugural Minnesota Yacht Club Festival in January, but at that time, nothing was really known about it.
Now that we’ve gotten closer to the date, they’ve announced the full lineup. The two major headliners are Alanis Morissette for Friday and Red Hot Chili Peppers for Saturday’s show. It also looks like there’ll be two stages per day. The reasons for this is because the music can keep going (it might take up to 30 minutes to setup the stage for the next band). Unfortunately, if you want to get a good spot, you might have to pick one stage and camp out there, instead of running back and forth between the two stages.
Anyway, if you show up early, these are the bands that we love and have seen in the past.
We first saw Nico Vega in Oct 2007 and wrote, “So I went to see a few bands played last night. Two were from Sweden, but the best (performance-wise), I thought was Nico Vega, from Los Angeles, California. They're a three-piece band that sounds kind of like a thrash/rap/hard rock band, but what really impressed me was Aja's bold leotard outfit. You can't tell from the photo, but she's also barefoot.”
Oklahoma band Wilderado is touring in support of their new LP Talker via Bright Antenna Records. The album comes out September 20, 2024.
We caught the band in June 2023 and said, “From Tulsa, Oklahoma, the band is comprised of Max Rainer and Tyler Wimpee on vocals and guitar, Justin Kila on drums and David Arthur Timson on bass. Rainer and Wimpee formed the group in 2015 when they met in college and decided to start writing songs by their fifth year when they noticed all their friends had moved on. Their music resides in that aura of transition. Rainer told the Atwood Magazine that it took them five years as a group to all get on the same page. And right now they seemed to have found the right gear with Billboard Magazine describing their sound like a fine whiskey: “Wilderado just goes down easy.””
The Head And The Heart is playing on Friday night. We recently saw them in Jun 2023 and wrote, “We’ve been longtime fans of the band, seeing them on their initial national tour (and an accompanying in-store live set at Electric Fetus in Minneapolis) and several times since, most recently last October in Minnesota. Hopes were dashed that original co-vocalist Josiah Johnson might feel ready enough to join the band on stage for a few dates, including the previous night at Colorado’s Red Rocks, but the band carried on as they always have, impressing veteran followers and making many new ones.”
Lineup:
07/20/2024 Saturday
Minnesota Yacht Club Festival
at Harriet Island Regional Park
minnesotayachtclubfestival.com
We’ve previously mentioned the inaugural Minnesota Yacht Club Festival in January, but at that time, nothing was really known about it.
Now that we’ve gotten closer to the date, they’ve announced the full lineup. The two major headliners are Alanis Morissette for Friday and Red Hot Chili Peppers for Saturday’s show. It also looks like there’ll be two stages per day. The reasons for this is because the music can keep going (it might take up to 30 minutes to setup the stage for the next band). Unfortunately, if you want to get a good spot, you might have to pick one stage and camp out there, instead of running back and forth between the two stages.
Nico Vega (18 Oct 2007)
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We first saw Nico Vega in Oct 2007 and wrote, “So I went to see a few bands played last night. Two were from Sweden, but the best (performance-wise), I thought was Nico Vega, from Los Angeles, California. They're a three-piece band that sounds kind of like a thrash/rap/hard rock band, but what really impressed me was Aja's bold leotard outfit. You can't tell from the photo, but she's also barefoot.”
Oklahoma band Wilderado is touring in support of their new LP Talker via Bright Antenna Records. The album comes out September 20, 2024.
Wilderado (20 June 2023)
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The Head And The Heart (06 June 2023)
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Lineup:
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JULY 19 • Alanis Morrissette • Black Crowes • Gwen Stefani • Head & the Heart • Joan Jett & the Blackhearts • Durry • Morgan Wade • Michigander • Gully Boys • Harbor and Home |
JULY 20 • Red Hot Chili Peppers • Gary Clark Jr • Offspring • Hold Steady • Hippo Campus • Trombone Shorty • Soul Asylum • Wilderado • Bugsy • Nico Vega |
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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