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Minneapolis: September 24

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09/24 Bishop Briggs and MisterWives with Raffaella at First Avenue Read More Bishop Briggs Wild horses couldn’t keep fans streaming like a river into the Fine Line Music Café for the latest sold-out GO Show, headlined by up-and-comer Bishop Briggs. .... MisterWives NYC indie-pop-soul band Misterwives got things started with a brief but energetic set; petite singer Mandy Lee (who has also sang with Boyce Avenue) has pipes at least twice her size … Raffaella We saw Raffaella in Sep 2019 and wrote, “New York’s Raffaella (with live backing band bassist Charlie and drummer Alonso) opened up the show with a very brief 30-min set. This was the singer/songwriter’s first time in Minneapolis …

09/24/2023 Sunday

Bishop Briggs and MisterWives
with Raffaella
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

New York City/Los Angeles-based alt-pop group MisterWives is currently on a co-headlining tour with multi-platinum singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs. The two will be at First Avenue, in Minneapolis on September 24th.

MisterWives (27 Oct 2015)

We saw MisterWives in 27 October 2015 and wrote, “I can't deny that the feeling in the air was electric during the hour long set. Although it was short, it was full of energy and fun. Misterwives is one of those bands that when you see them live, you can't help but smile. It didn't matter that I did not enjoy the music all that much what matters is I enjoyed the energy they brought to the table.”

Raffaella to open.

Tour dates:

Sept. 19 - Toronto, ON - History
Sept. 20 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater
Sept. 22 - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed
Sept. 23 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee
Sept. 24 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Sept. 26 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room
Sept. 27 - Columbus, OH - Kemba Live!
Sept. 29 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
Sept. 30 - Kansas City, MO - Grinders KC
Oct. 1 - Denver, CO - The Mission Ballroom
Oct. 4 - Houston, TX - House of Blues Houston
Oct. 6 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues Dallas
Oct. 9 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
Oct. 10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
Oct. 11 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
Oct. 13 - Portland, OR - Roseland
Oct. 15 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo

09/24 The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie with Warpaint at Armory Read More Death Cab for Cutie Anyroad, before we get to Death Cab for Cutie, I have to explain that I've seen the band before in 2001 at the 7th Street Entry for $5. People who live in Minnesota know that the 7th Street is a tiny venue. … The Postal Service I listen to lots of new music, actually I am a fiend for new music, I would rather listen to new music that I have never heard before instead of say, The Postal Service my favorite band ever. … Warpaint All-girls band Warpaint (guitarist Emily Kokal, bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg, drummer Stella Mozgawa, and guitarist Theresa Wayman ... all takes turn on vocals) has reunited earlier this year to record their new album Heads Up. …

09/24/2023 Sunday

The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie
with Warpaint
at Armory
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Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service are co-headlining a 2023 tour, stopping by the Armory in Minneapolis on September 24.

Warpaint (13 Oct 2009)

Although the headliners are awesome… I have to admit, Warpaint, is my favorite band on the bill. We saw the all-girls group in 13 Oct 2009, and wrote, “I actually quite enjoyed Warpaint , who wowed me with their melodic music as all three girls took turns singing their part. They seem like a lot of fun, and they seem really happy that a lot of people showed up early to see them play. I'll have to admit, 7th Street Entry was pretty packed that Tuesday night.”

Tour Dates:

09/8 – Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena !
09/9 – Kingston, RI – Ryan Center !
09/10 – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl !
09/12 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway !
09/13 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway !
09/14 – Washington, DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion !
09/16 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
09/17 – Detroit, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheater #
09/19 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden #
09/20 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden #
09/21 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts #
09/23 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed #
09/24 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory #
09/26 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom #
09/27 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom #
09/28 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom #
09/30 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater &
10/01 – Grand Prairie, TX – Texas Trust CU Theatre &
10/03 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre &
10/04 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels &
10/06 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena &
10/07 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena &
10/09 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley &
10/10 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley &
10/11 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley &
10/13 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl &
10/14 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl ^
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl %
10/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl @

! w/ Special Guest Lauren Mayberry
# w/ Special Guest Warpaint
& w/ Special Guest The Beths
% w/ Special Guest Built to Spill
@ w/ Special Guest Iron & Wine
^ w/ Special Guest Pedro the Lion

09/24 Jalen Ngonda at Fine Line Read More Jalen N'Gonda River Whyless + Jalen N'Gonda 7th Street Entry Fri 06/22/2018 North Carolina-bred folk-rock outfit River Whyless will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry this Friday. Their third album Kindness, A Rebel is out now. …

09/24/2023 Sunday

Jalen Ngonda
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

London-based, by way of DC, artist Jalen Ngonda is on tour in support of his debut album Come Around and Love Me (Daptone Records).

Recorded at Hive Mind Studios in Brooklyn, Jalen wrote and recorded the album with the help of producers/arrangers Mike Buckley and Vincent Chiarito (both members of Charles Bradley's Extraordinaires).

Tour dates:

09/07 - Durham, NC @ Motorco
09/08 - Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern
09/11 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
09/12 - Philadelphia, PA @ MilkBoy
09/14 - Baltimore, MD @ 8x10
09/15 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
09/16 - New York, NY @ Racket
09/18 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe
09/19 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
09/21 - Evanston, IL @ SPACE
09/24 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
09/27 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
09/28 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
09/30 - Ft. Collins, CO @ The Armory
10/01 - Salt Lake City, UT @ State Room
10/03 - Boise, ID @ The Olympic
10/05 - Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou's
10/06 - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
10/07 - Portland, OR @ The Jack London Revue
10/09 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
10/10 - Sacramento, CA @ Starlet Room
10/11 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brew
10/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Gold Diggers
10/15 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
10/16 - Phoenix, AZ @ Last Exit
10/18 - Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Arts Collective
10/19 - Austin, TX @ Empire Garage Control Room
10/20 - Houston, TX @ Axlerad
10/22 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East
11/01 - Glasgow, SCT @ King Tut’s
11/02 - Liverpool, UK @ Jimmy's
11/04 - Birmingham, UK @ O Institutes
11/06 - Bristol, UK @ Exchange
11/07 - London, UK @ Jazz Cafe
11/08 - Rotterdam, NL @ Bird
11/09 - Paris, FR @ Cafe De La Danse

09/24 Alfredo Rodriguez at Turf Club Read More Alfredo Rodriguez There is even newcomers like the Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and the tiny gal who carries a big bass, Esperanza Spalding. Then there is one of my favorites, Regina Carter …

09/24/2023 Sunday

Alfredo Rodriguez
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Globally acclaimed artist and pianist Alfredo Rodriguez is headlining the Turf Club, in St Paul, on September 24. The tour is in support of his new album Coral Way (Mack Avenue Records).

“I play what I live, and Coral Way is my new life,” states Rodriguez. “It is the name of the street on which, for the past 3 years, I have been composing this album, and now I’m excited that people from all over the world will finally get to hear it in an expansive way, with a full live band."

Rodriguez’s music was briefly mentioned in our Jazz Notes #16 of Everybody Wants to be a Cat review: “There is even newcomers like the Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and the tiny gal who carries a big bass, Esperanza Spalding.”

Alfredo Rodriguez - “The Bare Necessities”

As of this writing, no opening band listed.

Tour dates:

September 19: St. Louis, Missouri @ City Winery
September 20: Chicago, Illinois @ Constellation
September 22: Des Moines, Iowa @ Civic Music Association
September 23: Madison, Wisconsin @ Stoughton Opera House
September 24: St. Paul, Minnesota @ Turf Club
September 27: Boston, MA @ City Winery
September 28: New York City, New York @ Sheen Center
October 1: Durham, North Carolina @ Carolina Theatre
October 5: Cocoa Beach, Florida @ Heidi’s Jazz Club
October 6: Largo, Florida @ Central Park Performing Arts Center
October 7: Miami, Florida @ The Moss Center
October 11: Denver, Colorado @ Cervantes
October 13: Greeley, Colorado @ UNC Greeley
October 14: Beaver Creek, Colorado @ Vilar Performing Arts Center
November 3: Madrid, Spain @ Teatro Pavon
November 4: Lausanne, Switzerland @ Paderewski Room Salle Paderewski
November 5: Valencia, Spain
November 6: Kedzierzyn, Poland @ Kameleon Jazz Club
November 7: Poznań, Poland @ Blue Note Jazz Club
November 8: Lublin, Poland @ Teatr Stary w Lublinie
November 9: Warsaw, Poland @ Jassmine
November 10: Ełk, Poland @ Elk Cultural Center
November 11: Avignon, France @ La Scala
November 15: Novi Sad, Serbia @ Novi Sad Jazz Festival
November 17: Eilat, Israel @ Red Sea Jazz Festival
November 19: Zaragoza, Spain @ Caixa Forum Zaragoza
November 24: Sevilla, Spain @ Caixa Forum Sevilla
November 26: Mumbai, India @ Mumbai Intl. Jazz Festival
February 1: West Palm Beach, Florida @ Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
February 2: Gainesville, Florida @ University of Florida at Phillips Center Upstage
February 15: Rotterdam, Netherlands @ LantarenVenster
February 16: Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis
February 17: Cologne, Germany @ Kölner Philharmonie
February 20: Stockholm, Sweden @ Fasching
February 24: Neuburg, Germany @ Birdland Jazz Club Neuburg
February 25: Straubing, Bayern Germany @ Hotel ASAM
February 26: Lugano, Switzerland @ Studio Foce
February 29: London, United Kingdom @ Ronnie Scott's
March 1: Duisburg, Germany @ Lutherkirche Duissern
March 21: San Diego, California @ UCSD
March 22: Los Angeles, California @ UCLA

09/24 Everclear with The Ataris and The Pink Spiders at Uptown Theater Read More Everclear It's 1990 all over again with the annual "Summerland Tour". The 90s nostalgia tour was created by singer/guitarist Art Alexakis from Everclear, which would explain why they have headlined … The Ataris Not a Phase Fest feat Dashboard Confessional, All-American Rejects, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Plain White T's, The Ataris Legends Field, June 16 Phase …

09/24/2023 Sunday

Everclear
with The Ataris and The Pink Spiders
at Uptown Theater
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One of the oldest surviving theaters in the Twin Cities area, this old Uptown Theatre (aka Lagoon Theatre) was renovated and upgraded to a brand new music and event venue. Local band Yam Haus opened the theater on June 10.

Now that the Uptown is running, I see they are booking some great bands, including Bad Religion in October 16th, and also Everclear on September 24th.

Everclear (30 July 2015)

Everclear’s new live album Live at The Whisky a Go Go is out now on Sunset Blvd Records. The album captures the band at their finest live shows. They’re a great live band, as we witness on 30 July 2015, writing, “Everclear is definitely in my top 5 favorite 90's bands. There was something about their music, lyrics and look. Art Alexakis was definitely my first man crush. He was so cute with the sleeves of tattoos and the bleach blonde hair swooping across his forehead. Nothing has changed. Over 15 years later, their music is just as good and Art is still just as adorable as the pictures from magazines of him that I had clipped and stapled to my wall (sorry about the staples dad!).”

The Ataris and The Pink Spiders to open.

Tour dates:

September 9 Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere’s
September 11 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
September 12 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
September 13 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
September 15 Philadelphia, PA @ Rivers Casino ^
September 16 Westbury, NY @ The Space at Westbury
September 17 Boston, MA @ Big Night Live
September 18 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
September 20 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
September 21 Nashville, TN @ The Sky Deck
September 22 Mt. Vernon, IL @ The Granada Theatre
September 23 Waterloo, IA @ National Cattle Congress
September 24 Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater
September 27 Omaha, NE @ Barnato
September 28 Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
September 29 Kamas, UT @ DeJoria Center Arena
September 30 Cheyenne, WY @ The Lincoln
October 1 Great Falls, MT @ The Newberry
October 3 Bellingham, WA @ The Wild Buffalo +
October 4 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
October 6 Umatilla, OR @ Rock The Locks +
October 7 Elko, NV @ Maverick Hotel and Casino by Red Lion Hotels +
October 9 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
October 10 San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
October 12 Temecula, CA @ South Coast Winery Resort & Spa +
October 13 Rocklin, CA @ Quarry Park Amphitheater
October 14 Las Vegas, NV @ Silverton Casino Hotel
October 15 Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s
October 27 North Augusta, SC @ Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee +
November 4 Tybee Island, GA @ Tybee Post Music Festival +

+ indicates Everclear only
^ indicates Everclear and The Ataris only

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: November 15 to November 16

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11/15: Driver Era at First Ave Read More The Wrecks The all-ages show started earlier than the usual show time, but that did not stop the fans from showing up early and on time for the first opener, The Wrecks (Nick Anderson, Aaron Kelley …

11/15/2021 MONDAY

THE DRIVER ERA
with The Wrecks
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Girlfriend is the highly anticipated album from The Driver Era, the follow-up to their 2019 debut album X.

The duo (Ross & Rocky) will be heading out on tour in support of the new record.

Los Angeles’ The Wrecks to open.

Tour dates:

Nov 15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Nov 17 Chicago, IL, US The Vic Theatre
Nov 18 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre & Ballroom
Nov 19 Detroit, MI, US Majestic Theatre
Nov 20 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Nov 22 Boston, MA Royale
Nov 23 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes
Nov 24 New York (NYC), NY Webster Hall
Nov 26 Philadelphia, PA Franklin Music Hall
Nov 27 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
Nov 28 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
Nov 30 Columbia, SC The Senate
Dec 2 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
Dec 3 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Dec 4 Orlando, FL Plaza Live - Orlando
Dec 5 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
Dec 7 Houston, TX Warehouse Live-Ballroom
Dec 8 Dallas, TX Canton Hall
Dec 10 Kansas City, MO The Truman
Dec 11 Englewood, CO Gothic Theater
Dec 14 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
Dec 15 Portland, OR McMenamin's Crystal Ballroom
Dec 17 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom
Dec 18 Los Angeles (LA), CA Fonda Theatre
Dec 19 Los Angeles (LA), CA Fonda Theatre
Jan 20 2022 Dublin, Ireland Button Factory
Jan 21 2022 Glasgow Queen Margaret Union
Jan 22 2022 Manchester O2 Ritz Manchester
Jan 23 2022 London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Jan 25 2022 Amsterdam Paradiso Noord, Tolhuistuin
Jan 27 2022 Cologne Essigfabrik
Jan 28 2022 Borgerhout TRIX
Jan 31 2022 Madrid La Riviera

11/15: Phony Ppl at Amsterdam Bar 11/15: Lemonheads at Fine Line Read More The Lemonheads Originally, The Lemonheads were scheduled to play in the closet-sized 7th Street Entry, but seeing as tickets sold-out, they upgraded the band to the full-sized room at First Avenue. …

11/15/2021 MONDAY

PHONY PPL
at Amsterdam Bar
first-avenue.com

Genre-defying five-man band Phony Ppl announce an 18-date tour date. The group will stop by the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on November 15th.

Tour dates:

10/20/21 Boston Brighton Music Hall
10/21/21 Philadelphia The Foundry
10/23/21 Washington, D.C. Union Stage
10/26/21 Atlanta The Loft
10/28/21 Houston House of Blues
10/29/21 Dallas Cambridge Room
11/1/21 Phoenix The Rebel Lounge
11/2/21 Los Angeles Echoplex
11/4/21 Sacramento Harlow's
11/5/21 Berkeley Cornerstone Berkeley
11/7/21 Seattle Nectar Lounge
11/9/21 Portland Star Theatre
11/12/21 Denver Marquis Theater
11/15/21 Minneapolis Amsterdam
11/17/21 Chicago Chop Shop
11/18/21 Madison Wisconsin Union Theater
11/21, 2021 Toronto Toybox
11/24, 2021 New York Irving Plaza

11/15/2021 MONDAY

THE LEMONHEADS
with Heyrocco
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

There’s no need for introductions here… we like The Lemonheads. We are happy to see that singer Evan Dando is returning to Minneapolis this November 15th, with Heyrocco.

We caught The Lemonheads in May 2019 and said, “With this new 2019 tour, it’s in support of The Lemonheads’ Varshons 2, which is an all-covers album (the follow-up to the original all-cover album ten years prior called Varshons). So as expected, a bunch over cover songs were played, but oddly songs that would make sense for Minneapolis, such as The Jayhawks’ “Settled Down Like Rain” or Paul Westerberg’s “Things”, were not played.”

Tour dates:

Nov 5 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
Nov 6 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
Nov 7 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Nov 8 Nashville, TN Basement East
Nov 10 Bloomington, IN The Bluebird
Nov 11 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
Nov 12 St. Louis, MO Red Flag
Nov 13 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
Nov 15 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
Nov 16 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
Nov 18 Columbus, OH The Athenaeum Theatres
Nov 19 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre
Nov 20 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
Nov 22 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Nov 23 New York, NY TBD
Nov 24 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
Nov 26 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
Nov 27 Boston, MA House Of Blues

11/16: Saint Jhn at First Ave 11/16: Tennis at Cedar Read More Tennis Husband/wife duo Tennis is back in town. Their forthcoming album Yours Conditionally will be out March 10th via Mutually Detrimental / Thirty Tigers. …

11/16/2021 TUESDAY

SAINT JHN
with Tyla Yaweh
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Guyanese-American rapper Saint Jhn, not to be confused with Saint John the Baptist, is currently on tour for While the World Was Burning.

Joining Saint Jhn on tour is Los Angeles-based Tyla Yaweh, which NME dubbed as “emo-rap’s next icon.” We previously mentioned that he opened for Post Malone in Feb 2020.

Tour dates:

11.01 / Cleveland / Agora Theatre
11.02 / Detroit / Fillmore
11.03 / Toronto / Rebel
11.05 / Boston / House Of Blues
11.06 / Philadelphia / Franklin Music Hall
11.09 / Silver Spring, Md / Fillmore
11.10 / New York / Terminal 5
11.13 / Chicago / Riviera
11.16 / Minneapolis / First Ave
11.19 / Denver / Cervantes
11.20 / Salt Lake City / The Depot
11.23 / Seattle / Showbox Sodo
11.24 / Portland / Roseland
11.26 / San Francisco / Warfield
11.27 / San Diego / House Of Blues
11.28 / Anaheim / House Of Blues
11.30 / Los Angeles / Novo

11/16/2021 TUESDAY

TENNIS
with Molly Burch
at Cedar Cultural Center
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Last year, Tennis, had to postponed their Swimmer tour, due to the COVID pandemic. This upcoming Minneapolis show, set at the Cedar Cultural Center on November 16th, is a make-up date. It’s been long sold out.

In addition, due to popular demand, new additional dates have been added to Los Angeles and Brooklyn after the initially announced dates in both markets sold out. Support on all headline dates comes from Molly Burch. The last time we mentioned her, she was the support for Sallie Ford in April 2017.

Also, if you are a fan of Rick & Morty, you may have heard Tennis’ new single “Borrowed Time” on the closing credits on the season 5 finale.

Tour dates:

11/01 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
11/03 - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall
11/05 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Festival
11/06 - Holyoke, MA - Gateway City Arts
11/08 - Boston, MA - Royale
11/10 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
11/11 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
11/12 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
11/13 - Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe
11/15 - Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
11/16 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
11/17 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown

11/16: Bad Religion / Alkaline Trio at Palace Read More Bad Religion Age of Unreason is the band’s 17th studio album, and offers their response to our current time (they might as well have called the album Age of Trump). Co-songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz (and Epitaph Records owner) … Alkaline Trio Punk band Alkaline Trio has a four night, sold out, residency at the Triple Rock Social Club, starting Monday April 27. Each night, they have a different opening band, and each night the band …

11/16/2021 TUESDAY

BAD RELIGION / ALKALINE TRIO
with War On Women
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

The rescheduled co-headlining tour of Los Angeles’ Bad Religion and Chicago’s Alkaline Trio will stop by the Palace Theatre in St Paul on November 16th. War On Women to open.

Both bands seems excited about sharing the stage, with Alkaline Trio co-lead vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba citing that, “Bad Religion was one of my first loves”, while Bad Religion co-songwriter and lead singer Greg Graffin said the Alkaline Trio is “such a great band”.

We caught Bad Religion in July 2019 and wrote, “Greg Graffin and company played all the hits, and they were really good keeping in timing with great harmony. Again, the band were really in top form. I love seeing Brian Baker, when I saw them in the 90s, he was the “newest” band member to join and he bounced all over the place in his live performance. Sure everyone in the band is a little older now, but they still pulled off some well-practiced moves!”

Tour dates:

11/3 Richmond, VA The National
11/5 Buffalo, NY Buffalo Riverworks
11/6 Worcester, MA The Palladium
11/7 Philadelphia, PA The Met
11/9 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
11/10 Columbus, OH EXPRESS LIVE!
11/12 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
11/13 Chicago, IL Radius
11/14 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
11/16 Saint Paul, MN Palace Theatre
11/17 Saint Louis, MO The Pageant
11/19 Denver, CO The Fillmore
11/20 Salt Lake City, UT The Union
11/22 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
11/23 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
11/24 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
11/26 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium

11/16: Alex G at Fine Line Read More (Sandy) Alex G Alex G (Alex Giannascoli - not to be confused with singer/songwriter Alex G) just released Beach Music... his seventh full-length album, and his first Domino release. He’s obviously not used to recording in a studio, saying, “I was …

11/16/2021 TUESDAY

ALEX G
with EXUM
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

When we first heard of Alex G as “Sandy”, in June 2016, I thought what a generic name. He clearly didn’t want to be found on the internet. Little did I know that after nine albums (his latest House of Sugar), that Alex G is now really popular with the youths of Minnesota (particularly the Radio K crowd). This came to my attention as I attended a young person/all-ages 100 Gecs show, and the advertisement for this show popped up and the crowd went absolutely nuts, clapping and hooing.

Exum (stylized as EXUM) to open.

Tour dates:

Nov 2 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend
Nov 3 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
Nov 5 - Nashville, TN @ Exit / In
Nov 6 - Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
Nov 7 - New Orleans, LA @ Republic New Orleans
Nov 9 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Nov 10 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
Nov 12 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street
Nov 13 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
Nov 14 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Nov 16 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
Nov 17 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Nov 19 - Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's
Nov 21 - Columbus, OH @ Skully's Music Diner
Dec 2 - Lancaster, PA @ Tellus360
Dec 3 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
Dec 4 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
Dec 5 - South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Dec 6+7 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall

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

vu ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

Bad Religion at First Avenue, Minneapolis (02 July 2019)

Bad Religion at First Ave Bad Religion Setlist Them And Us End Of History F**k You Stranger Than Fiction The Dichotomy Dearly Beloved Chaos from Within Anesthesia Suffer My Sanity The Handshake Overture / Sinister Rouge Lose Your Head Atomic Garden Los Angeles Is Burning I Want to Conquer the World 21st Century (Digital Boy) Recipe for Hate Generator No Control Against the Grain Do What You Want You Do the Paranoid Style F**k Armageddon... This is Hell Sorrow -- Encore -- Infected American Jesus Dave Hause Setlist Eye Aye I Autism Vaccine Blues Saboteurs Paradise We Could Be Kings Dirty F**ker Jane (The Loved Ones song) With You The Ditch Read More Bad Religion Age of Unreason is the band’s 17th studio album, and offers their response to our current time (they might as well have called the album Age of Trump). Co-songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz (and Epitaph Records owner) … Dave Hause Singer-songwriter Rocky Votolato (from Waxwing) has announced a summer co-headline tour with Dave Hause this summer... stopping by Minneapolis at the Triple Rock Social Club …

The legendary punk band Bad Religion (singer Greg Graffin, guitarist Brett Gurewitz, bassist Jay Bentley, guitarist Brian Baker, drummer Mike Dimkich) headlined First Avenue’s mainroom in Minneapolis on July 02, 2019.

American singer-songwriter Dave Hause (billed as the band Dave Hause& The Mermaid) opened the show with a 40-min set. Near the end of their set, Hause mentioned, “we usually play over there” (pointing to the 7th Street Entry), and continued, “this room is nice as sh**!”

The dancefloor was pretty packed when Hause and company launched into “Eye Aye I”, singing “Now I do what I'm told, I used to bold, I used to bold.”

For “Dirty F**ker”, they dedicated the song to “that guy sitting in the White House.”

Before Hause played The Loved Ones (a band he used to be in) song called “Jane”, he told us this story about how 11 years ago, they were touring with The Hold Steady and almost nearly died.

It’s been a decade since Bad Religion was in town (they played Vans Warped Tour 2009 in Shakopee), and it’s good to have the band back. This was only the second night of their North American tour for Age of Unreason (Epitaph Records), the band was happy to unveil their live debut of “End Of History”. They sounded great, but unfortunately, there were some unavoidable technical difficulties that started happy around “Recipe for Hate”.

The fans, which spans generational, didn’t seem to mind one bit and often sang along to almost every song (particularly loud for “21st Century (Digital Boy)” and “Do What You Want”).

Bad Religion played hard and loud throughout their set, with the exception of “Generator”, which was done as a “festival style”. The first stanza of the song was slowed down (almost acapella) and it would speed up for the next section. It actually changes the song, as the studio version hits you like a runaway freight train from the start… so hearing it slow build almost made me a totally different song.

Otherwise, no complaints here. Greg Graffin and company played all the hits, and they were really good keeping in timing with great harmony. Again, the band were really in top form. I love seeing Brian Baker, when I saw them in the 90s, he was the “newest” band member to join and he bounced all over the place in his live performance. Sure everyone in the band is a little older now, but they still pulled off some well-practiced moves!

Bad Religion saved two of their biggest hit, “Infected” and “American Jesus” (their highest charting song) for the encore. It was satisfying to hear the entire room singing back the lyrics.

Remaining tour dates:

07/09/2019 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
07/14/2019 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
07/19/2019 Majestic Ventura Theater Ventura, CA
07/20/2019 Vans Warped Tour
07/26/2019 77 Montreal
07/27/2019 Bold Point Pavilion East Providence, RI
07/30/2019 Aura Portland, ME
07/31/2019 House Of Blues Boston Boston, MA
08/03/2019 Brooklyn Steel Brooklyn, NY
08/07/2019 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI
08/09/2019 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
08/10/2019 Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH
08/11/2019 The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD
08/13/2019 The Ritz Raleigh, NC
08/17/2019 Hollywood Palladium Hollywood, CA
10/12/2019 Aftershock Festival

Dave Hause & The Mermaid

Dave Hause & The Mermaid

Dave Hause & The Mermaid

Dave Hause & The Mermaid

Bad Religion

Bad Religion

Bad Religion

Bad Religion

Bad Religion at First Avenue, Minneapolis (02 July 2019)

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Minneapolis: July 1 to July 6, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from July 1 to July 6, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Bad Religion at First Ave Read More Bad Religion I've always liked Bad Religion, ever since I got my first taste with Generator, and what made them stand out from other California punk bands is they write some really good songs. Greg Graffin's a lyrical genius and backed by a really great guitarist, Brett Gurewitz, it's really a winning formula. … Dave Hause Singer-songwriter Rocky Votolato (from Waxwing) has announced a summer co-headline tour with Dave Hause this summer... stopping by Minneapolis at the Triple Rock Social Club …

BAD RELIGION
+ Dave Hause & The Mermaid
First Avenue
Tue 07/02/2019 (7pm/$32.50)
first-avenue.com

The smartest punk band I know, Bad Religion is touring in support of their new album Age of Unreason (Epitaph Records). I’ve loved this Los Angeles band ever since I heard (and still own) Generator in 1992.

Age of Unreason is the band’s 17th studio album, and offers their response to our current time (they might as well have called the album Age of Trump). Co-songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz (and Epitaph Records owner) explains, “We’ve always written songs of protest from a humanist perspective but the need for it today seems graver than ever. In the US, and around the world, our most precious values of liberty, truth, and even reason itself, seem to be under attack. This album is our best shot at an angry but clear-headed response to a f**ked situation.”

Co-songwriter and lead singer, Greg Graffin (and holder of a PhD in the history of science), adds, “When I saw all these headlines about how terrible our world had become, I started doing a lot of reading. I read about the French revolution, the American Revolution, the Civil War, and I started to recognize that this is a pattern of history and something we should never venture into, there are ample warnings against it. Every school child should know this but it’s hard to get people to read about these things. Maybe this album can help. Because right now, with social media, we are just playing a version of kill the guy with the ball.”

Man, you gotta love these guys.

Dave Hause (billed as Dave Hause & The Mermaid) will open the show.

Tour dates:

06/29/2019 Vans Warped Tour
06/30/2019 Vans Warped Tour
07/01/2019 The Sylvee Madison, WI
07/02/2019 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
07/09/2019 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
07/14/2019 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
07/19/2019 Majestic Ventura Theater Ventura, CA
07/20/2019 Vans Warped Tour
07/26/2019 77 Montreal
07/27/2019 Bold Point Pavilion East Providence, RI
07/30/2019 Aura Portland, ME
07/31/2019 House Of Blues Boston Boston, MA
08/03/2019 Brooklyn Steel Brooklyn, NY
08/07/2019 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI
08/09/2019 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
08/10/2019 Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH
08/11/2019 The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD
08/13/2019 The Ritz Raleigh, NC
08/17/2019 Hollywood Palladium Hollywood, CA
10/12/2019 Aftershock Festival

Other shows in the area:

Lukdlx at 7th Street Harry & the Potters at Cedar Foxwarren at Turf Club Remo Drive at Fine Line Ryan Traster Band at Turf Club Read More Harry and the Potters The most popular of the Wizard Rock musicians and the guys that started it all are Harry and the Potters. They're two brothers named Paul and Joe DeGeorge who started the band in 2002. Joe planned a rock show in his backyard, but all the bands cancelled. So he g …

LUKDLX, HURRAH! A BOLT OF LIGHT!
+ Michael
7th St Entry
Mon 07/01/2019 (7pm/$10)
first-avenue.com

Local group Lukdlx (stylized as LUKDLX) and Hurrah A Bolt of Light (led by Wil Farr) will be co-headlining the 7th Street on July 1st. The mysterious Michael (“Michael the band”) to open.

HARRY AND THE POTTERS
+ Larry Wish
Cedar Cultural Center
Wed 07/03/2019 (7pm/$13)
thecedar.org

We’ve been kind of fascinated with these guys, Harry and the Potters, ever since we wrote about them as the leading pioneer of “Wizard Rock” (yes, that is a thing) in 2007.

The brothers (Paul and Joe DeGeorge) just released their new album Lumos, which is supposed to chronicle the events of the seventh and final Harry Potter book.

Tour dates:

06/23 - London, ON - The Rec Room
06/24 - Toronto, ON - The Rec Room
06/26 - Ann Arbor, MI - Ann Arbor District Downtown Library
06/27 - Evansville, IN - Barnes and Noble
06/28 - Athens, OH - Athens Public Library
06/29 - Louisville, KY - Louisville Free Public Library
06/30 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
07/1 - DeForest, WI - DeForest Area Public Library
07/2 - Dubuque, IA - Eagle Point Park
07/3 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
07/4 - Rapid City, SD - Memorial Park Bandshell
07/5 - Steamboat Springs, CO - Strings Music Festival
07/6 - Boulder, CO - Band Shell in Central Park
07/7 - Denver, CO - Mercury Cafe
07/8 - Provo, UT - Provo Library at Academy Square
07/9 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
07/12 - Missoula, MT - Missoula Public Library
07/13 - Calgary, AB - The Rec Room
07/14 - Edmonton, AB - The Rec Room
07/16 - Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Public Library
07/17 - Anacortes, WA - Causland Park
07/18 - Olympia, WA - Olympia Timberland Library
07/19 - Seattle, WA - Seattle Public Library
07/20 - Portland, OR - St. Johns Library
07/20 - Portland, OR - Gresham Library
07/21 - Eugene, OR - Downtown Eugene Public Library

FOXWARREN
+ Hannah Cohen
7th St Entry
Fri 07/05/2019 (8pm/$14)
first-avenue.com

Canada’s Foxwarren is headlining the 7th Street Entry this July 5th.

Show up early to check out New York singer-songwriter Hannah Cohen. Although the name “Cohen”, you would think she’s related to the late, great Leonard Cohen, but I do not believe they are related. However, her father is the Jazz drummer Myron Cohen.

Cohen’s new album Welcome Home is out now on Bella Union.

Tour dates:

6/24/2019 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
6/25/2019 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
6/26/2019 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
6/27/2019 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
6/28/2019 - Portsmouth, NH - 3S Artspace
7/2/2019 - Detroit, MI - El Club
7/3/2019 - Spring Green, WI - The Shitty Barn
7/5/2019 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
7/6/2019- Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
7/10/2019- Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
7/11/2019 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
7/12/2019 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace

REMO DRIVE
+ Slow Pulp, Heart To Gold, Slow Bullet, In Lieu
Fine Line Music Cafe
Sat 07/06/2019 (5pm/$18)
finelinemusic.com

Bloomington, Minnesota’s own Remo Drive (Brothers Erik and Stephen Paulson) is currently on tour in support of their new album Natural, Everyday Degradation (Epitaph Records). They are ending their national tour at their homecoming gig at the Fine Line Music Café this Saturday, July 6th. Should be a real winner.

Opening will be Slow Pulp, Heart To Gold, Slow Bullet, and In Lieu.

NOTE: This is an all-ages show with a start time of 5pm.

Tour dates:

6.23.19 - San Diego, CA - Irenic
6.25.19 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
6.26.19 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
6.27.19 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
6.29.19 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
6.30.19 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
7.02.19 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
7.03.19 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
7.06.19 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line

RYAN TRASTER
+ Peter M, Savannah Smith
Turf Club
Sat 07/06/2019 (8pm/$10)
turfclub.net

Minneapolis-based musician Ryan Traster is having a Choses Obscures CD album release party this July 6th at the Turf Club. Looking at the poster, he is putting the name Ryan Traster Band on the bill.

Choses Obscures will be out July 19 on Slow Start Records.

Peter M (of We Are The Willows) and Savannah Smith to open.

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A Fat Wreck: The punk-u-mentary review

Synopsis A FAT WRECK documents the early history of Fat Wreck Chords, from its founding by Fat Mike and his then-wife Erin Burkett, through its cultural zenith in the late 1990s, focusing on the most successful bands that shaped the label's formative years, including Lagwagon, Propagandhi, No Use for a Name, Good Riddance, and Strung Out. Through the highs and lows, Fat Wreck Chords made a deep cultural impact on the music scene, across 157 studio albums and 150 other releases, somehow managing to stay true to its 100% independent ethos. Screening Dates 11/24 The Exchange - Bristol, UK 11/25 Poppodium Volt - Sittard, NLH 11/25 Hamar kulturhus - Hamar, NOR 11/25 Hyde Park Picture House - Leeds, UK 11/26 Roxy Theatre - Victoria, CAN 11/27 DIY Space for London- Dundee, UK Read More A Fat Wreck You can see Shaun M. Colón’s A Fat Wreck: The Punk-u-mentary documentary about the influential California punk label Fat Wreck Chords (and some of your favorite punk bands: NOFX …

The successfully crowdfunded documentary A Fat Wreck: The Punk-u-mentary will be unleashed upon the world on November 22, 2016. The film was written by Greg Pratt and directed by Shaun M. Colón.

San Francisco-based independent punk record label Fat Wreck Chords (pronounced “Fat Records”) was founded in 1991 by NOFX frontman “Fat Mike” Burkett and his then-girlfriend, now ex-wife Erin Kelly-Burkett. The two have remained friends and still run the label together. Fat Wreck Chords had its heyday in the 90s/early 2000s, but is still going strong even in today’s digital age.

This documentary features interviews with Fat Mike, Erin, a whole slew of bands and other people who have worked with and been influenced by Fat Wreck Chords over the years… including owners of other record labels who admire the way Mike and Erin run the business.

The film is chock full of bands who fondly reminisce about their work (and play) with Fat Wreck Chords. There are segments highlighting the first bands signed to the label: Lagwagon, No Use for a Name, Propagandhi, Good Riddance and Strung Out. Additional interviews and commentary are provided by members of Foo Fighters, Rise Against, Against Me!, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Bad Religion and Get Dead, to name a few.

A Fat Wreck does not contain a lot of lengthy scenes, nor does it contain long and tedious interviews. It takes a more punk rock approach by using short interview segments interspersed with scenes featuring hilarious puppet versions of the interviewees acting out the stories they’re telling. Short snippets of concert footage, still images of the bands and rapid-fire animated transitions are also added to the mix. These quick scene changes are a punk’s dream come true.

The overwhelming consensus among interviewees is that Fat Wreck Chords is like a family. This intimate portrait of the label makes you feel like part of that family.

A Fat Wreck: The Story of Fat Wreck Chords is out on digital and on demand now, November 22nd. Physical Blu-Rays and DVDs will be available December 13, 2016.

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Seasons in the Sun

Jacques Brel - Le Moribond (Seasons in the Sun) Jacques Brel   Terry Jacks - Season In The Sun Terry Jacks

"Seasons in the Sun" is one of those songs that is massively popular in Asia, especially where I'm from originally in Vietnam. I found out that the song is actually a 1961 Belgian French song called "Le Moribond" (The Dying Man) by folk singer Jacques Brel.

Brel lived in Belgium and moved to Paris in the 70s, and most of his body of work (from 1954 to 1977), was mostly composed and sung exclusively in French.

The song was translated into English and recorded as a song by Rod McKuen, which sounds kind of like Leonard Nimoy's acting/singing... especially at the end, where it gets a little exaggerated. I found the recording on imeem, so hopefully the embedding feature will work out.

Prior to Terry Jacks hit recording, there were several attempts by The Kingston Trio (1963) and The Fortunes (1968), and Pearls Before Swine (1970), but none of them ever got as popular as Jacks' version in 1974.

A couple of notes, about the Fortunes, they are still active (and playing live) and have the "Seasons in the Sun" song available for download on their website, although from listening to it, it sounds like, perhaps it's a re-recording(?). Anyway, some tour dates:

05/24/08 California Cliffs, Great Yarmouth.
06/06/08 Keswick Rugby Club, Cumbria
06/08/08 Whitby Pavillion
06/13/08 Memorial Social Center, Wickhambrook, Newmarket.
06/28/08 Theatre on the Steps, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
07/05/08 Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe
07/13/08 Pavilion Theatre, Cromer
07/19/08 Alvaston Hall, Nantwich (Warners)
07/25/08 Purley Chase Golf Club. Nr Nuneaton.
07/26/08 Artrix Theater Bromsgrove
07/31/08 Canterbury (CUTG)

More tour dates on thefortunes.co.uk

So the story behind the #1 hit song by Canadian singer Terry Jacks, was that Jacks had proposed to The Beach Boys to record "Seasons in the Sun", but The Beach Boys abandoned the project. Jacks decided to record and release the song himself, and to this day have sold over six million copies.

The main difference in Jacks' version and previous versions, was that his version is a little happier, including removing the 'cheating wife' part.

Speaking of happy, Westlife's version is ... let's just say quite interesting. Their singing and upbeat song doesn't really carry across the message of a dying man. At all. Still the song did well for them, although it was eventually left off their Greatest Hits CD in 2002, possibly due to licensing/royalities rights.

A vast contrast to Westlife's poppy version is from Nirvana, who seems to stumble through the song. It's also interesting to note that you see Kurt Cobain playing the drums, instead of Dave Grohl (who looks like he's playing bass in the video).

Also interesting to note is that the song is vastly popular with punk bands such as Bad Religion, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and Blink 182.

I am including a few other covers below, my favorite is Black Box Recorder, who I've previously mentioned. Their version sounds like a French film soundtrack :).

The Fortunes - Seasons In The Sun

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Seasons In The Sun

Black Box Recorder - Seasons in the Sun

Westlife - Seasons In The Sun

Nirvana - Seasons In The Sun

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Too Much Joy - Seasons In The Sun (Album Version)

Papi Chulo wrote: Tue, May 20, 2008 at 7:04 PM

Don't forget the awesome version by Too Much Joy (click the Play link next to the track on that page. You can listen to 25 tracks per month free on Rhapsody). They were one of my favorites back in the day, and they still do the best version that I've ever heard. Even better live.

 

 

News for the Week of 5/11/2008

 

 

Stereo Total - Tas de Tôle

I have a ton of news I need to get to, but obviously still playing catchup because of my illness from last week. As I have previously mentioned, many of these news items can be found on our press.weheartmusic.com website, so if you have music-related announcements, please let me know, maybe even twitter me?

First off, is Stereo Total return to the USA for one BBQ show!. This is for May 31^st, in Brooklyn, NY. And if I lived in New York, I would be out all the time... especially because everyone seems to tour and/or are in New York. Plus, I love Stereo Total!

My Music

I don't normally announce other people's contests, but I felt this one is too good to pass up: Win a Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus Terabyte Hard Drive. It is for a Terabyte drive from Maxtor. As you know, my HD is fast depleting, so I entered into this contest. Don't worry, I never win at these things anyway, so I thought perhaps you guys might have a better luck at it.

What makes his contest music-related is that it includes MP3s and videos (?) and music content from The Sickest Kids, Be Your Own Pet^[W♥M], Between The Trees, Story of the Year^[W♥M], Black Gold, etc.

Winners will be contacted the week of June 9^th from www.thesyn.com/blog.

Samantha Crain - "The Confiscation," a music novella, out July 22 on Ramseur Records

http://weheartmus...

"Sounds like Judy Garland singing Neutral Milk Hotel songs…" - Shipwreck “Only 21 years of age,...

Jason is reviewing Samantha Crain's album, The Confiscation, so I thought you might want to check out Samantha Crain - "The Confiscation," a music novella, out July 22 on Ramseur Records.

Reading her mini biography, it seems that she's a Native American folk singer, so the obvious "earthy and spiritual" was used to describe her music.

It should be interesting to read the review and hear some of her music here.

She's also doing a ton of tour dates, so head over to her myspace for the latest information.

Grupo Fantasma - El Sabio Soy Yo

Bad Religion - Heroes & Martyrs

Also, a few brief mentions: Grupo Fantasma Serves Up Sonidos Gold For June 17th Release and Bad Religion to Release New Maps of Hell (Deluxe Edition) on July 8th.

These titles are pretty self-explanatory. It seems like we just reviewed Grupo Fantasma's Comes Alive, but this new CD, Sonidos Gold, is a studio album with new material.

From my brief listen to this new album, it's really good, with a fusion of latin and dance/pop music.

Also, briefly, my favorite, Bad Religion is re-releasing New Maps of Hell, in a "deluxe edition". This is pretty cool, considering that this legendary punk band have never released any deluxe or repackaged their albums before.

I will assign someone to review their album, but in the meantime, read my previous article on Bad Religion.

 

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Pennywise

Tour Dates 03/29/08 Extreme Thing Las Vegas, NV 04/05/08 Punkspring '08 Osaka 04/06/08 Punkspring '08 Tokyo 04/09/08 Riverstage Brisbane 04/11/08 Luna Park Sydney 04/12/08 Luna Park Sydney 04/13/08 Festival Hall Victoria 04/14/08 Barton Theatre, South AUS 04/16/08 Robinson Pavillion, Perth 04/19/08 Toyota Grand Long Beach, CA 05/06/08 Great Salt Air Salt Lake City, UT 05/07/08 Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO 05/09/08 Granada Theatre Dallas, TX 05/10/08 Warehouse Live Houston, TX 05/11/08 Emo's Austin, TX 05/13/08 Sunshine� Albuquerque, NM 05/23/08 Jannus Landing St Petersburg, FL 05/24/08 House of Blues FL 05/25/08 Mojo Room Port Saint Lucie, FL 05/30/08 Fillmore @ TLA Philadelphia, PA 05/31/08 Fillmore @ Irving Plaza NY 07/15/08 Warped Tour Virginia Beach, VA 07/17/08 Warped Tour Cleveland, OH 07/18/08 Warped Tour Detroit, MI 07/19/08 Warped Tour Toronto, ON 07/20/08 Warped Tour Montreal, PQ 07/24/08 Warped Tour Buffalo, NY 07/27/08 Warped Tour Scranton, PA 07/29/08 Warped Tour Pittsburgh, PA 07/30/08 Warped Tour Cincinnati, OH 07/31/08 Warped Tour Indianapolis, IN 08/01/08 Warped Tour Milwaukee, WI 08/02/08 Warped Tour Chicago, IL 08/03/08 Warped Tour Minneapolis, MN Trivia Pennywise was named after the clown from Stephen King's novel, It. Sounds Like Bad Religion http://weheartmus... I was kind of surprise to find out that Bad Religion's 14th studio album, New Maps of Hell, is be...

Pennywise - It's Not Enough To Believe

Pennywise

Pennywise, the Californian punk band, gave away their latest album, Reason to Believe, for free on myspace as of March 25th.

According to the message, you're supposed to add Textango to your friend's list - but I believe all you need is to have an account and you can download it. (I never added Textango, but I received a message from them regardless!)

It's cool, I don't consider that spam, I'm always happy to check out free music.

After downloading the zip file, I was surprised that they thought to included the booklet (PDF) and the mp3 files were at a high bitrate (320kbps).

I'll be honest and say that I haven't
listened to the whole thing in detail yet, but a few songs stuck out right away, like "It's Not Enough To Believe".

The ones that I really liked are really fast and loud (but with melody!) and are pretty much reminds me of early Pennywise, very old-skool.

Get the latest album from Pennywise on myspace.

Speaking of Californian punk, Bad Religion's Greg Graffin will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement in Atheism, Punk Rock, and Science.

3/28/2008 06:54:12 vu my♥posts pennywisdom.com myspace.com

Bad Religion - Heroes & Martyrs

Warp Tour 2007

06/29: Pomona, CA @ Pomona Fairgrounds
06/30: Ventura, CA @ Seaside Park
07/01: Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline
07/03: Vancouver, BC @ Thunderbird Stadium at UBC
07/05: Calgary, AB @ Race City Motorsport Park
07/06: Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah State Fairgrounds
07/11: Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavilion
07/12: Las Cruces, NM @ NMSU Practice Field
07/13: San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless
07/15: Houston, TX @ Reliant Center
07/18: Atlanta, GA @ HiFi Buys Amphitheater
07/19: Jacksonville, FL @ Equestrian Center
07/20: St. Petersburg, FL @ Vinoy Park
07/21: Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park
07/22: Orlando, FL @ Tinker Field
07/23: Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless
07/24: Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless
07/25: Washington, DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
07/26: Scranton, PA @ Montage Mountain
07/27: Detroit, MI @ Comerica Park & Street
07/28: Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank
07/29: Minneapolis, MN @ Metrodome
07/31: Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater
08/01: Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
08/02: Cleveland, OH @ Tower City Amphitheater
08/03: Philadelphia, PA @ Tweeter Center
08/04: New York, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
08/05: Englishtown, NJ @ Raceway Park
08/07: Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless
08/08: Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavillion
08/09: Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center
08/10: Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lakes Fields
08/12: Montreal, QC @ Pac Jean-Drapeau
08/14: St. Louis, MO @ UMB Bank Pavilion
08/15: Kansas City, KS @ Verizon Wireless
08/17: Boise, ID @ Idaho Center
08/18: Seattle, WA @ The Gorge
08/19: Portland, OR @ Columbia Meadows
08/22: Fresno, CA @ Selland Arena
08/23: Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train
08/24: San Diego, CA @ Coors

Bad Religion - Heroes & Martyrs

I was kind of surprise to find out that Bad Religion's 14th studio album, New Maps of Hell, is being released in a few weeks (July 10th), and crazy, they are on the Warped Tour.

Bad Religion came from Woodland Hills, California, and started in 1980 in high school. They were already well established in the punk community when I first heard of them in seventh grade. I had a skater friend (I think his name was Chris), who knew I was just starting to get into "alternative" music, so he gave me Generator (1992).

So I went home and put this in my CD player and this was probably the best thing I've ever heard! I thought Greg Graffin, with his mouthful of politcal lyrics, was a genius! So, I came back to school the next day, and I eagerly told Chris how much I loved it. This was his response:

Yeah, they totally sold out. I don't like them anymore, you can have the rest of my Bad Religion tapes.

And that's how I became a Bad Religion fan.

I have never thought they sold out, even after they left Epitaph Records for a major record label, Atlanta. As long as the band remain true to their fans (like not trying to sue them, cough, Metallica, cough), their music, and lifestyle, then how can they possibly "sell out"? Undeniably, Bad Religion, at that time, was the biggest punk band in the universe.

Anyroad, by the time the band released their second Atlanta album, Stranger Than Fiction (1994), Brett "Mr Brett" Gurewitz had left the band. I don't know if there was some sort of disagreement, but I can probably think of one reason: Epitaph had a huge mega hit with the Offspring. Their song "Come Out to Play" still plays in dance clubs to this day! I know because I just heard it a few weeks ago (not that I go to dance clubs!)

Bad Religion - Atomic Garden

Somehow Gurewitz and Graffin kissed and made up with their reunion album The Process Of Belief (2002) (released by Epitaph).

"Heroes & Martyrs", the lead single off New Maps of Hell is a very, very short song, true to the two-minute punk songs! There's something comforting in knowing that their sound have not changed in the past 27 years. I love it.

Bonus: You can download Heroes & Martyrs on Epitaph's website as well as watch a high-quality (640x480) DIVX video of Atomic Garden (video from Generator).

RELEASES Bad Religion EP (1981) How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982) Into the Unknown (1983) Back To The Known EP (1981) Suffer (1988) No Control (1989) Against the Grain (1990) Generator (1992) Recipe for Hate (1993) Stranger Than Fiction (1994) The Gray Race (1996) No Substance (1998) The New America (2000) The Process of Belief (2002) The Empire Strikes First (2004) New Maps of Hell (2007) COMPILATIONS/VIDEOS 80-85 (1994) All Ages (1995) Tested (1997) Punk Rock Songs (2002) The Riot (VHS) (1996) Along The Way (DVD) (1995) Punk Rock Songs (DVD) (2002) Live At The Palladium (DVD) (2006) If you're looking for Singles, Promos, and Bootlegs, go www.thebrpage.net

Related Entry: Bandit - Generator

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Bandit - Generator

 

 

Bandit - Generator

Bandit

Jon Högman wrote in to highly recommend this website for covers: www.bandit1063.com. Most of this information is from Jon, as I cannot read Swedish.

So some information on Bandit: "Bandit Unplugged" is the radio's morning show for "För tidigt" (translated "Too early"), hosted by Bollnäs-Martin and Chewie (Star Wars nerds should know this one).

Every Thursday at 07:50 AM, they invite their friend Peter to play an acoustic cover (hence unplugged). They're not a real band, so I'm just calling them the Bandit band.

I did download a few of their songs, and I definitely like this cover of Bad Religion's "Generator" a lot. Other songs you may be interested in hearing: Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence", Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and Offspring's "The Kids Aren't Alright".

Bonus: You can sign up to have a new song every Thursday emailed to you by signing up on their website. Also if you want to listen to the original "Generator" song, I have posted it on coverlover.

I thought I'd mention these two blogs that mentioned links to r.i.p. keith "blueboy":

[Monday, June 04, 2007] Beaumont, "Cross Country" (2000) [lunedì, maggio 28, 2007] So Catch Him

On the first blog, hey, I cried when I see animals in danger :(... The second blog is in Italian, basically just talks about Blueboy and the official death statement. You can probably use babelfish.altavista.com for a loose translation.

Also, just wanted to mention that you can always contact us via [email protected] (or vu@weheart... or anyone@weheart). Speaking for myself, I am always looking for new music and suggestions. If you are a music promoter or in a band, please also contact me, I will definitely try and check you guys out... although I cannot guarantee that we will write about your band.

If you are passionate about music, please join us on weheartmusic! You do not even have to write in English (music knows no language!).

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