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Minneapolis: This Week (01/07/2024)

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01/01 The Cactus Blossoms at Turf Club Read More The Cactus Blossoms Ahead of their 2022 tour for their new album One Day For February 11, Minneapolis duo The Cactus Blossoms (brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum) will be playing a residency at the Turf Club, every Monday. …

01/01/2024 Monday

The Cactus Blossoms
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Like an annual tradition, local group The Cactus Blossoms will be playing every Monday in the month of January at the Turf Club, in St Paul, in 2024.

Cactus Blossoms (12 Feb 2022)

We caught the band in Feb 2022 and said, “Immediately after the release of The Cactus Blossoms’ new album, One Day, the American duo appeared at three stores, performing at Mill City Sound (in Hopkins), Down In The Valley (in Golden Valley), and Electric Fetus (in Minneapolis), all on February 12th.”

Tour dates:

Nov 30 Minneapolis, MN, US Dakota
Nov 30 Minneapolis, MN, US Dakota
Jan 1 2024 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Jan 8 2024 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Jan 15 2024 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Jan 22 2024 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Jan 29 2024 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club

01/03 Dilly Dally Alley with Floodwater Angel, full catholic and The Confused at 7th St Entry Read More Dilly Dally Alley Dilly Dally Alley (not to be confused with Canada’s Dilly Dally, who we saw in April 2016) is having their CD release show for their debut album Make You Whole at the Turf Club, in St Paul, on May 17th. ...

01/03/2024 Wednesday

Dilly Dally Alley
with Floodwater Angel, full catholic
and The Confused
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Aueer femme-led, Minneapolis-based band Dilly Dally Alley will be doing a local headling show at the 7th St Entry on January 3, 2024.

Floodwater Angel (12 Mar 2023)

We saw Floodwater Angel in 12 Mar 2023 and wrote, “The local group started in 2020 with their album Oddities & Odysseys, which they described as a ‘practice’ album. Their first ‘proper’ album Glitter Cannons came out in 2021 and was influenced by 70s glam. Their latest, Dungeon Crawlers came out recently, and it’s their psych rock album. True enough, in their very brief 15-min set, they sounded like they were playing just one very long song in a cloud of fog machine.”

full catholic and The Confused also on the bill.

01/05 Dirty Audio x Pierce at the Loft

01/05/2024 Friday

Dirty Audio x Pierce
at the Loft (Skyway Theatre)
skywaytheatre.com

The special DJ / Dance Dirty Audio x Pierce, featuring Dirty Audio and Pierce, is coming up on January 5, 2024, at the Loft (inside the Skyway Theatre), in Minneapolis.

Pierce’s latest HYPNOTIC EP is out now.

Skyway Theatre writes: “Dirty Audio and Pierce are bringing the HEAT to The Loft in January to kick off 2024! We're absolutely buzzing to have these guys, you won't want to miss this one!”

Tour dates:

Nov 24 Anchorage, AK, US Koot's (Chilkoot Charlie's)
Jan 5 2024 Minneapolis, MN, US Skyway Theater
Jan 13 2024 Sacramento, CA, US The Rink Studios
Jan 19 2024 Tempe, AZ, US Darkstar
Jan 19 2024 Tempe, AZ, US Darkstar

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: January 1 to January 5, 2024

01/01 The Cactus Blossoms at Turf Club Read More The Cactus Blossoms Ahead of their 2022 tour for their new album One Day For February 11, Minneapolis duo The Cactus Blossoms (brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum) will be playing a residency at the Turf Club, every Monday. …

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01/01/2024 Monday

The Cactus Blossoms
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Like an annual tradition, local group The Cactus Blossoms will be playing every Monday in the month of January at the Turf Club, in St Paul, in 2024.

Cactus Blossoms (12 Feb 2022)

We caught the band in Feb 2022 and said, “Immediately after the release of The Cactus Blossoms’ new album, One Day, the American duo appeared at three stores, performing at Mill City Sound (in Hopkins), Down In The Valley (in Golden Valley), and Electric Fetus (in Minneapolis), all on February 12th.”

Tour dates:

Nov 30 Minneapolis, MN, US Dakota
Nov 30 Minneapolis, MN, US Dakota
Jan 1 2024 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Jan 8 2024 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Jan 15 2024 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Jan 22 2024 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Jan 29 2024 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club

01/03 Dilly Dally Alley with Floodwater Angel, full catholic and The Confused at 7th St Entry Read More Dilly Dally Alley Dilly Dally Alley (not to be confused with Canada’s Dilly Dally, who we saw in April 2016) is having their CD release show for their debut album Make You Whole at the Turf Club, in St Paul, on May 17th. ...

01/03/2024 Wednesday

Dilly Dally Alley
with Floodwater Angel, full catholic
and The Confused
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Aueer femme-led, Minneapolis-based band Dilly Dally Alley will be doing a local headling show at the 7th St Entry on January 3, 2024.

Floodwater Angel (12 Mar 2023)

We saw Floodwater Angel in 12 Mar 2023 and wrote, “The local group started in 2020 with their album Oddities & Odysseys, which they described as a ‘practice’ album. Their first ‘proper’ album Glitter Cannons came out in 2021 and was influenced by 70s glam. Their latest, Dungeon Crawlers came out recently, and it’s their psych rock album. True enough, in their very brief 15-min set, they sounded like they were playing just one very long song in a cloud of fog machine.”

full catholic and The Confused also on the bill.

01/05 Dirty Audio x Pierce at the Loft

01/05/2024 Friday

Dirty Audio x Pierce
at the Loft (Skyway Theatre)
skywaytheatre.com

The special DJ / Dance Dirty Audio x Pierce, featuring Dirty Audio and Pierce, is coming up on January 5, 2024, at the Loft (inside the Skyway Theatre), in Minneapolis.

Pierce’s latest HYPNOTIC EP is out now.

Skyway Theatre writes: “Dirty Audio and Pierce are bringing the HEAT to The Loft in January to kick off 2024! We're absolutely buzzing to have these guys, you won't want to miss this one!”

Tour dates:

Nov 24 Anchorage, AK, US Koot's (Chilkoot Charlie's)
Jan 5 2024 Minneapolis, MN, US Skyway Theater
Jan 13 2024 Sacramento, CA, US The Rink Studios
Jan 19 2024 Tempe, AZ, US Darkstar
Jan 19 2024 Tempe, AZ, US Darkstar

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

Carlie Hanson at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (12 Mar 2023)

03/12 Carlie Hanson with Halo Boy and Senses at 7th St Entry Carlie Hanson Setlist Photo of Setlist Nice To Know Ya Snot Off My Neck Illusion LSE to LAX Torn Daze Inn College Boy Hazel Stealing All My Friends Pretender Blueberry Pancakes 608 Side Effects Numb WYA -- Encore -- Fish out of water Only One Back In My Arms Senses Setlist As I Was Sugar, We're Goin Down (Fall Out Boy cover) Hate You The Comedown Novocaine Sleepwalking See You Go Read More Carlie Hanson First on the lineup was Carlie Hanson (who was a surprise as she’s not listed on the venue’s website). Hanson is joined by a live guitarist (sorry didn’t catch his name) and typically shirtless Tosh Peterson (Tosh the Drummer). …

Wisconsin’s Carlie Hanson just headlined the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Sunday, March 12th. The singer/songwriter is touring in support of her sophomore album Wisconsin.

Opening the show was Minneapolis’ Floodwater Angel, a band that we previously mentioned opened up for RiGBY in July 2022.

The local group started in 2020 with their album Oddities & Odysseys, which they described as a ‘practice’ album. Their first ‘proper’ album Glitter Cannons came out in 2021 and was influenced by 70s glam.

Their latest, Dungeon Crawlers came out recently, and it’s their psych rock album. True enough, in their very brief 15-min set, they sounded like they were playing just one very long song in a cloud of fog machine.

Next up was Los Angeles trio Senses, featuring singer/guitarist Madison Taylor, guitarist Josh Bissell and drummer Nick Sampson. They played hard rock/alternative, emotional punk, as evident by their Fall Out Boy cover of “Sugar, We're Goin Down”.

Right before playing their single “Sleepwalking”, Josh goofed and thanked “Milwaukee”. Madison quickly corrected him (seeing as she’s wearing a Prince T-Shirt), “Minneapolis! Josh is buying drinks for everyone!”

They seem to have some fans in the audience, with one girl giving the band a homemade sign that reads “SENSES”… while near their end of their set, they invited a very young girl (maybe 13 or 14?) on stage to help them close out the song “See You Go”.

Next up on the lineup was Halo Boy, his first time in Minneapolis. Judging from his songs, such as “Burn Down Hollywood”, I’m sure he’s from Los Angeles, like Senses. That song was the highlight of his set. I found out later that the explosive angst song is about his ex, who ruined everything about the city for him.

Most of his set were songs from his new album, Sim City, including the title track “Sim City” (which started off the set), “Fame”, and “She’s Got a Gun”.

Carlie Hanson walked on stage to the “That 70’s Show” theme song by Todd Griffin (which is based on Big Star’s “In the Streets”). This is important, because the show and theme song is all about “still rockin’ in Wisconsin” and it’s certainly the theme to her new album Wisconsin… which recently dropped on March 10, 2023.

She explained on stage that, although she’s living in Los Angeles now, her heart belongs to the Midwest. In fact, her mother, her sister, and her girlfriend, were all in the audience, making the 7th Street Entry show somewhat of a homecoming/family support show for Hanson.

Carlie Hanson (17 Oct 2018)

Hanson has come a long way since we saw her unintentionally in Oct 2018. She wasn’t listed on the bill, and we had no idea who she was when she started her brief set. Even at that show, we noted that her best friends drove from Wisconsin to see her play.

Carlie Hanson’s Wisconsin is out now on Warner Bros. Records.

Remaining Tour Dates

Mar 14 Columbus, OH, US A&R Music Bar
Mar 15 Detroit, MI, US El Club Detroit
Mar 16 Toronto, ON, Canada Velvet Underground
Mar 21 Brooklyn, NY, US Baby's All Right
Mar 23 Philadelphia, PA, US The Foundry
Mar 27 Atlanta, GA, US Vinyl
Mar 28 Nashville, TN, US The Basement East
Mar 30 Dallas, TX, US Trees
Mar 31 Austin, TX, US 3TEN Austin City Limits Live
Apr 2 Phoenix, AZ, US The Rebel Lounge
Apr 3 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Echo

Floodwater Angel

Senses

Senses

Senses

Halo Boy

Halo Boy

Halo Boy

Carlie Hanson at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (12 Mar 2023)

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Minneapolis: July 29 to July 31

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07/29 Maria and the Coins, Faith Boblett and Dark Bunny at 7th St Entry Read More Faith Boblett Join 89.3 The Current, Go 96.3 and Radio K as they present “First Avenue's Best New Band” with such bands as: Scrunchies Gully Boys The Carnegies Static Panic Annie Mack Yam Haus Faith Boblett …

07/29/2022 Friday

Maria and the Coins, Faith Boblett and Dark Bunny
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

There is a local show, coming up at the end of the month at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.

Triple bands on the bill:

Maria and the Coins recently released their third album, Forward.

The group, Maria Coyne (vocals), Nick Baker (guitar), Zaq Baker (keys) and Sheldon Way (drums) met while students at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and formed in 2014 after one of Coyne’s original songs was chosen to be recorded for a compilation CD of St. Olaf artists. The band opened for Betty Who, Jeremy Messersmith, and others. Adam Maurer was added as bassist in 2018.

Faith Boblett named “Best New Band of 2018” by First Avenue in Jan 2019. The singer/songwriter’s third LP, take care, was released in October 2020.

Dark Bunny is the dream-pop/shoegaze-inspired project, which started in early 2020 by Emily Youel. Currently they are a four-piece band comprised of Youel (vocals/guitar/synth), Christian Wheeler (lead guitar), Emma Withers (drums), and Karl Schutzle (bass). Their self-titled debut album came out in Feb 2022.

Hilde: Party in the Park 2022 Read More Gary Clark Jr. Gary Clark Jr. and band then unassumingly took to the stage for their two-hour headlining set, in support of his second live full-length Live North America 2016 (Warner Bros Records), released this March … Kelsea Ballerini Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, aka Dan + Shay will be at Mill City Nights. Kelsea Ballerini to open (7:30pm/$29.50). … The Band Perry I was at Target today and saw The Band Perry's sophomore album Pioneer on the shelves. The thing that stuck out was there were limited autographed editions! I am assuming the band sat down ..…

07/29/2022 Friday
07/30/2022 Saturday

Live at the Hilde
suemclean.com/hilde

Sue McLean & Associates (SMA) just announced the 2022 Hilde: Party in the Park full lineup.

Live at the Hilde: Party in the Park is a 2-day music festival on Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30 at the Hilde Performance Center in Plymouth, MN (3500 Plymouth Blvd, Plymouth, MN 55447). This show will feature headliner Grammy Award Winner Gary Clark Jr. on Friday night and Country Music Award Winner Kelsea Ballerini on Saturday.

Sibling trivia: The Band Perry features siblings Kimberly Perry (lead vocals, guitar), Reid (bass), and Neil (mandolin, bouzouki). We caught the family in Oct 2016 and wrote, “The siblings (Kimberly Perry; Neil Perry; and Reid Perry) are no strangers to the stage (revealing they just celebrated their eighteenth year of playing live the week before) and has melded a polished hybrid of country-pop into several hit singles, presenting them in a well-paced and varied eighty-minute headlining performance.”

Friday, July 29, 2022	Saturday, July 30, 2022
Gary Clark Jr.	Kelsea Ballerini
Cold War Kids	The Band Perry
Suzanne Santo	Brittney Spencer
Kiss the Tiger	Local Opener TBA

Ticket Prices: $60.00 - $150.00

VIP and general admission tickets for the festival go on sale this Friday, March 25 at 10AM suemclean.com/hilde or etix.com. 2-day tickets and single-day tickets (Night 1; Night 2) will be available.

Disclaimers: Please note that as CDC and the State of MN COVID guidelines continue to shift and evolve, SMA and City of Plymouth will update Live at the Hilde's COVID protocols closer to the event.

07/30 The Psychedelic Furs with X at Palace Theatre Read More The Psychedelic Furs English rock group The Psychedelic Furs headlined First Avenue’s mainroom last Thursday, April 6th. The terrific turnout consisted of mostly an older audience, who may remember the band from John Hughes’ film Pretty in Pink …

07/30/2022 Saturday

The Psychedelic Furs
with X
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

English rock group The Psychedelic Furs is back with their latest album, Made of Rain. The tour will run through St Paul, at the Palace Theatre this July 30th.

We saw the band in Apr 2017 and wrote, “The Furs’ second half of the set picked up with some of their biggest hits, including ‘Love My Way’ and set closer ‘Pretty in Pink’. Half the audience were singing along to the latter song.”

Impossible to Google, X, will open. X appeared on Rock the Garden 2019, and we said, “If you asked me, all the older fans were very eager to have Los Angeles’ X back in town. As we previously mentioned, the band’s name is impossible to search for in the Google-age. Still, the first wave punk band, featuring original members of vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist/bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer D. J. Bonebrake, proudly played through their decade plus of music.”

Tour dates:

Jun 27 Harrisburg, PA, US Capitol Room
Jun 28 Canceled Hartford, CT, US Webster Theater
Jun 30 New York (NYC), NY, US Apollo Theater
Jul 1 Baltimore, MD, US Baltimore Soundstage
Jul 2 Norfolk, VA, US The Norva
Jul 6 Huber Heights, OH, US The Rose Music Center
Jul 8 Toronto, ON, Canada History
Jul 9 Montreal, QC, Canada MTELUS
Jul 10 Ottawa, ON, Canada Bronson Centre Theatre
Jul 12 Boston, MA, US House of Blues - Boston
Jul 12 San Luis Obispo, CA, US Fremont Theater
Jul 13 Providence, RI, US The Strand Ballroom
Jul 15 Outdoor New York (NYC), NY, US The Rooftop at Pier 17
Jul 16 Bensalem, PA, US Xcite Center
Jul 17 Silver Spring, MD, US The Fillmore Silver Spring
Jul 19 Greensburg, PA, US The Palace Theatre
Jul 20 Cincinnati, OH, US Andrew J. Brady Music Center
Jul 22 Northfield, OH, US Mgm Northfield Park
Jul 23 Chicago, IL, US Aragon Ballroom
Jul 24 Royal Oak, MI, US Royal Oak Music Theatre
Jul 26 St Louis, MO, US The Pageant
Jul 27 Madison, WI, US The Sylvee
Jul 29 Milwaukee, WI, US Riverside Theatre - WI
Jul 30 St. Paul, MN, US Palace Theatre
Aug 2 Denver, CO, US Mission Ballroom
Aug 6 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Aug 7 Seattle, WA, US Woodland Park Zoo
Aug 8 Forest Grove, OR, US McMenamin's Grand Lodge
Aug 11 San Francisco, CA, US The Masonic
Aug 12 St. Helena, CA, US Blue Note Napa
Aug 14 Outdoor Costa Mesa, CA, US Pacific Amphitheatre
Aug 17 Pioneertown, CA, US Pappy + Harriet's
Aug 18 Inglewood, CA, US YouTube Theater
Aug 26 St Louis, MO, US The Pageant
Oct 31 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, US Ponte Vedra Concert Hall

07/31 RiGBY with Floodwater Angel and Haze Gazer at 7th St Entry Read More RiGBY St Paul’s RiGBY opened the show. The relatively new (formed during the pandemic in 2019) four piece band features Fay Dunkel on guitars, Kean Wilwerding on drums, Maude Lorr on bass/vocals, and Hana Mahli on additional ....

07/31/2022 Sunday

RiGBY
with Floodwater Angel and Haze Gazer
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

We saw RiGBY in May 2022 and said, “If you’re a fan of Bikini Kill or any 90s riot grrl bands (like we are), you’ll find a lot to like in RiGBY.”

The girls are celebrating their national tour with a homecoming gig at the 7th Street Entry on the last day of July.

Yoshitaka Amano (20 Nov 1999)

The artwork they used for their poster is Terra from Final Fantasy. Not many people know that Japanese artist and designer Yoshitaka Amano was one of the co-designer behind all the early Final Fantasy character costumes and designs… he has a very unique art style. I attended a book signing for Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: The Dream Hunters in 1999 at Dreamhaven Books. He was supposed to just sign, but instead, he drew on all the books we purchased. The more I thought about it, especially since Amano is in his 70s, the more I am thankful to own this original artwork.

Floodwater Angel and Haze Gazer to open.

RiGBY tour dates:

7/14 Jade Fountain - Duluth, MN
7/15 Aquarium - Fargo, ND
7/16 Half Brothers Brewing - Grand Forks, ND
7/19 Cryptatroa Bar - Olympia, WA
7/20 Red Gate Art Society - Vancouver, BC
7/22 Lucky Dime - Seattle, WA
7/23 Speeds Auto Body - Portland, OR
7/31 7th Street - Minneapolis, MN

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

Life's a beach and then you die

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11/28 Beach Bunny at First Ave Read More Miloe Minneapolis-based Miloe (a.k.a. 20 year old Democratic Republic of Congo-born Bob Kabeya) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry in support of his Greenhouse EP. Papa Mbye and bugsy to open. …

11/28/2021 SUNDAY

BEACH BUNNY
with miloe and Why Not
at First Avenue
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Due to popular demand (the original venue Fine Line Music Café sold out), the Beach Bunny (led by Lili Trifilio) show got an upgrade to First Avenue’s mainroom.

Show up early to check out Miloe and Why Not… because, why not?

We previously mentioned, Minneapolis-based Miloe (a.k.a. 20 year old Democratic Republic of Congo-born Bob Kabeya) headlined the 7th Street Entry in September for his Greenhouse EP release show.

Tour dates

11/6 - Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
11/8 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
11/9 - Boston MA @ Paradise Rock Club
11/10 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
11/11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/12 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
11/13 - Richmond, VA @ Broadberry
11/15 - Durham, NC @ Motorco
11/16 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
11/17 - Orlando, FL @ Abbey
11/19 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
11/20 - Newport, KY @ Southgate House
11/21 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
11/27 - Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
11/28 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/30 - Englewood, CO @ The Gothic Theatre
12/1 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
12/3 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
12/4 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
12/5 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
12/7 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
12/8 - Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
12/9 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda
12/10 - San Diego, CA @ Quartyard
12/11 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
12/13 - Houston TX @ WHite Oak Downstairs
12/14 - Austin TX @ Mohawk
12/15 - Dallas, TX @ Trees
12/17 - St Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall

11/29 Glass Beach at 7th Street Read More Floodwater Angel TC Pride Battle Of The Bands + feat Blacc Phoenix, + Floodwater Angel Fine Line Music Café Thu 03/19/2020 (7pm/$10) …

11/29/2021 MONDAY

GLASS BEACH
with Home Is Where, Floodwater Angel and Ready Ready
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

“Genreless” is how Glass Beach (stylized as glass beach) described themselves, since forming in the spring of 2019… however their roots actually date back to 2015 when their band leader “Classic” J McClendon starting demoing tracks for the album when they first moved to Los Angeles from their hometown of Burleson, Texas.

Home Is Where, Floodwater Angel and Ready Ready to open.

Tour dates:

11/7/2021 Los Angeles, CA
11/13/2021 Phoenix, AZ
11/15/2021 Odessa, TX
11/16/2021 Dallas, TX
11/17/2021 Austin, TX
11/19/2021 Jacksonville, FL
11/20/2021 Atlanta, GA
11/21/2021 Washington, DC
11/22/2021 Philadelphia, PA
11/23/2021 Philadelphia, PA
11/24/2021 Brooklyn, NY
11/26/2021 Columbus, OH
11/27/2021 Detroit, MI
11/28/2021 Chicago, IL
11/29/2021 Minneapolis, MN
12/1/2021 Denver, CO

11/30 The Aces at Fine Line Read More The Aces Jacob Banks and The Aces to open. Please note that the show has moved to the Minneapolis Music Hall, originally booked at the Myth. … The Beaches The evening’s opener was Toronto-based, why-have-you-not-played-here-sooner stunning indie rock quartet The Beaches, who not only gained a plethora of new fans, but could be considered as also.…

11/30/2021 TUESDAY

THE ACES
with The Beaches
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

All-girls indie-pop quartet The Aces is out on their Under My Influence tour.

The first part of their tour will feature Madeline the Person, while the second part of the tour (starting in Minneapolis), will feature Canadian rock band The Beaches as support.

We actually saw The Beaches in May 2019 and said they stole the show from Passion Pit: “The evening’s opener was Toronto-based, why-have-you-not-played-here-sooner stunning indie rock quartet The Beaches, who not only gained a plethora of new fans, but could be considered as also having stole the entire show. The all-female foursome (sisters Jordan and Kylie Miller, with Leandra Earl and Eliza Enman-McDaniel) recently released their The Professional EP (on Universal Canada) and have a loud, empowering glam-meets-garage sound that on some faster songs, might draw comparisons to bands like The Runaways, but overall more accurately resemble a band like The Pretenders, with the musical confidence of The Stones or Struts.”

Tour dates

Nov 12 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
Nov 13 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
Nov 15 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall *
Nov 16 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory *
Nov 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda *
Nov 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda *
Nov 20 – Las Vegas, NV @ 24 Oxford *
Nov 22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
Nov 26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Depot *
Nov 27 – Denver, CO @ Marquis *
Nov 30 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line ^
Dec 1 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues ^
Dec 3 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall ^
Dec 4 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall ^
Dec 5 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
Dec 7 – Boston, MA @ Paradise ^
Dec 9 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall ^
Dec 10 – Washington DC @ 9:30 Club ^
Dec 12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts ^
Dec 14 – Charlotte, NC @ Underground ^
Dec 15 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom ^
Dec 17 – Houston, TX @ Studio at Warehouse ^
Dec 18 – Dallas, TX @ Hi-Fi ^
Dec 19 – Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn ^

* - Date featuring Madeline the Person
^ - Date featuring The Beaches

Beach Fossils - The Other Side of Life: Piano Ballads Read More Beach Fossils Beach Fossils’ new album Somersault is out now on Bayonet Records. Beach Fossils Tour Dates: 10/11 - Providence, RI @ The Met 10/12 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair 10/13 - Montreal, QC @ Fairmount Theater …

BONUS

BEACH FOSSILS
beachfossils.com

We actually missed Beach Fossils’ appearance in St Paul (at the Amsterdam Bar) in October, so I thought I will still include them on this preview… considering that the group is still on tour. The band will be releasing The Other Side of Life: Piano Ballads on November 19th, via Bayonet.

“I’ve regularly attempted to harness the feeling that I get while listening to jazz and pour it into my songs,” says the band’s Dustin Payseur. “There’s always been an element of jazz in Beach Fossils; chords are rarely played, instead the instruments typically play single-notes that come together to create chords. I think a lot of that comes from listening to jazz trios and quartets, hearing the way that the instruments weave in and out of each other, leaving space for each other, instruments coming up front for a bit while others wait.”

Beach Fossils Tour Dates (all shows co-headline with Wild Nothing)

11/12 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
11/13 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
11/15 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
11/16 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
11/17 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency
11/18 - Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
11/19 - San Diego, CA @ SOMA
11/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
11/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

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

Minneapolis: March 16 to March 20, 2020

Olivia O'Brien at Fine Line Read More Olivia O'Brien + Olivia O'Brien Minneapolis Music Hall Fri 11/10/2017 (7:30pm/$22.50) Pop duo Jack & Jack announce their new single “Beg,” out on September 22nd via Island Records. … Hey Violet Los Angeles’ Hey Violet is back with a new track called “Close My Eyes”, available on Hi or Hey/Capitol Records. “‘Close My Eyes’ is essentially about living in a fantasy land …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from March 16 to March 20, 2020.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

OLIVIA O’BRIEN
+ Hey Violet
Fine Line Music Cafe
Fri 03/20/2020 (6:30pm/$22/Sold Out)
finelinemusic.com

Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Olivia O’Brien sold out the Fine Line Music Café this Friday, March 20, thanks to her 1 billion plus streams of her music. Her 25-city headlining tour will be called “It Was A Sad f**king Tour”, playing tracks The Results Of My Poor Judgement and It Was A Sad F**King Summer (both available on Island Records).

Show up early to check out trio Hey Violet (Rena and Nia Lovelis, with Casey Moreta). The group had a massive hit with “Guys My Age”, from their album From The Outside.

Tour dates

03/10 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
03/12 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
03/13 Boston, MA Royale
03/14 New York, NY Webster Hall
03/15 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
03/17 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
03/18 Detroit, MI The Majestic
03/19 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
03/20 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
03/22 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
03/23 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
03/25 Vancouver, BC The Imperial
03/27 Seattle, WA The Showbox
03/28 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
04/12 Indio, CA Coachella
04/19 Indio, CA Coachella

Other shows in the area:

Allen Stone at First Ave Leslie Odom Jr at Fine Line Gaelic Storm at Fitzgerald SXSW MN Showcase Twin Cities Pride at Fine Line Palehound at 7th Street Read More Gaelic Storm Gaelic Storm’s Patrick Murphy joked, as he and band played a brief early set today at the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis. The Celtic band is in town for a proper show ... Palehound Boston-based Palehound (aka Ellen Kempner) opened the show. BIG THIEF + Palehound First Avenue ...

ALLEN STONE
+ Samm Henshaw
First Avenue
Mon 03/16/2020 (7pm/$29.50)
first-avenue.com

Allen Stone is back in Minneapolis… he’ll be playing First Avenue this Monday, March 16. We last saw Stone in Dec 2018 and said, “With large pastel paper flowers adorning the stage and jumping out excitedly in a pink suit and sneakers, Allen Stone began his ninety-five minute set with the blue-eyed (err, make that brown-eyed) soul gem of ‘Brown Eyed Lover’, which led directly into the clap-along groove of ‘The Weekend’.”

Tour dates:

03/14/2020 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
03/16/2020 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
03/18/2020 The Truman Kansas City, MO
03/20/2020 Summit Denver, CO
03/23/2020 Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
03/25/2020 The Showbox Seattle, WA
03/26/2020 The Showbox Seattle, WA
03/27/2020 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC
03/28/2020 McMenamins Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
03/30/2020 Ace Of Spades Sacramento, CA
04/01/2020 Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA
04/03/2020 The Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA
04/11/2020 "Bluesfest" (Byron Bay, AUS)
04/12/2020 "Bluesfest" (Byron Bay, AUS)
07/19/2020 Louisville Waterfront Park

LESLIE ODOM, JR.
+ Victoria Canal
Fine Line Music Cafe
Tue 03/17/2020 (6pm/$25/Sold Out)
finelinemusic.com

Grammy and Tony Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, author and actor Leslie Odom, Jr. is touring in support of his album Mr (S-Curve Records / BMG). The show is sold out.

Tour dates:

March 8, 2020 Las Vegas, NV House of Blue
March 12, 2020 San Francisco, CA August Hall
March 14, 2020 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
March 15, 2020 Seattle, WA Neptune Theater
March 17, 2020 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cage
March 18, 2020 Chicago, IL House of Blues
March 20, 2020 Detroit, MI El Club
March 22, 2020 Toronto, Ontario The Mod Club Theatre
March 23, 2020 Montreal, Quebec L’Astral
March 27, 2020 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
March 28, 2020 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods Resort Casino
March 29, 2020 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 31, 2020 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
April 1, 2020 Washington, DC The 9:30 Club
April 3, 2020 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse

GAELIC STORM
+ Rince na Chroi Irish Dancers
The Fitzgerald Theater
Tue 03/17/2020 (6:30pm/$41)
thefitzgeraldtheater.com

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Gaelic Storm this March 17th at the Fitzgerald Theater. We first saw this Irish band in Aug 2016 and wrote, “Celtic favorites Gaelic Storm then got the holiday started right with their stirring Irish songs that invite dancing, and yes, drinking. The Boathouse is the sixth album released on the band’s own label, Lost Again Records, and is thematically, a seafaring set of traditional based songs. An instrumental started the 30 minute set on the right foot, with fiddle, tin whistle, and bagpipes getting the green-garbed crowd in the proper spirit. “Raised on Black and Tans” had Guinness pints in the air as newest member, fiddle player Kiana Weber, put bow to violin with a focused passion”

Tour dates:

Mar 12 Detroit, MI, US St. Andrew's Hall Detroit
Mar 13 Chicago, IL, US House of Blues
Mar 14 Chicago, IL, US House of Blues
Mar 15 Milwaukee, WI, US Pabst Theater
Mar 17 St. Paul, MN, US Fitzgerald Theater
Mar 18 Green Bay, WI, US Meyer Theatre
Mar 19 Oshkosh, WI, US Grand Opera House
Mar 20 Madison, WI, US Barrymore Theatre
Mar 21 Iowa City, IA, US Englert Theatre
Mar 23 Eau Claire, WI, US

MN SXSW Showcase
+ feat The Bad Man, MMYYKK
+ Humbird, Andy Cook
Fine Line Music Cafe
Wed 03/18/2020 (7pm/FREE)
finelinemusic.com

It’s a bummer that SXSW 2020 was cancelled. All the Minnesota bands that were travelling down to Texas to play, they’ve decided to put together a FREE MN SXSW Showcase show this March 18th.

Bands on the bill:

The Bad Man

MMYYKK

Humbird

Andy Cook

TC PRIDE BATTLE OF THE BANDS
+ feat Blacc Phoenix,
+ Floodwater Angel
Fine Line Music Café
Thu 03/19/2020 (7pm/$10)
finelinemusic.com

Twin Cities Pride is putting together a “Battle of the Bands” contest this March 19th at the Fine Line Music Café.

Featuring:

Blacc Phoenix

Floodwater Angel

Hot Pink Hangover

Timisarocker

PALEHOUND
+ Adult Mom
7th St Entry
Fri 03/20/2020 (7pm/$13)
first-avenue.com

Boston-based powerhouse trio Palehound is back on tour in support of their album Black Friday.

Show up early to check out Adult Mom.

Tour dates:

3/18: Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
3/20: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
3/21: Chicago, IL @ Schubas
3/22: Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
3/24: Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
3/25: Montreal, QC @ Bar le Ritz
3/26: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
3/27: Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
3/28: Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
4/09: Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
4/10: Burlington, VT @ ArtsRiot
4/11: Portland, ME @ Space

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