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The Wild Hearts Tour, feat. Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Julien Baker, at Surly Brewing Festival Field, Minneapolis (09 Aug 2022)

Sharon Van Etten Setlist Headspace Comeback Kid No One's Easy to Love Anything Come Back I'll Try Used To It Serpents Every Time the Sun Comes Up Mistakes Born Seventeen -- Encore -- Darkish Like I Used To Angel Olsen Setlist Dream Thing Big Time Ghost On Right Now All Mirrors Lark Go Home Through the Fires Chance Julien Baker Setlist Sprained Ankle Bloodshot Tokyo Relative Fiction Ziptie Hardline Faith Healer Heatwave Favor Ringside Tour Dates Aug. 15 - Shelburne, VT @ The Green * Aug. 16 - LaFayette, NY @ Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards * Aug. 18 - Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion * Aug. 19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage at The Mann * Aug. 20 - New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage* Aug. 21 - New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage * * = with Spencer. Read More Sharon Van Etten "Hey Minneapolis. There you are! It's been too long, thanks for coming out tonight," Sharon Van Etten commented at the nice turnout for her show at First Avenue in Minneapolis on Wednesday, July 16th. … Angel Olsen Angel Olsen will be headlining First Avenue on October 2nd. Olsen fans can look forward to Phases, a collection of B-sides, rarities, and demos on November 10th via Jagjaguwar. ... Julien Baker American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Julien Baker released her critically acclaimed album, Little Oblivions, during the pandemic, through Matador Records. …

The Wild Hearts Tour, featuring Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, and Julien Baker, stopped by the Surly Brewing Festival Field, in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, August 9th. Due to city noise ordinances rules, these city “festivals”, like block parties, has to end by a certain time… so generally these shows starts at 5pm, when the sun’s still out.

On my original music schedule, Alaska native Quinn Christopherson was supposed to open the show.

I later found out that Christopherson won’t be joining the Wild Hearts Tour, until Chicago (August 10), because he would be busy opening for the Here and Now shows, featuring Courtney Barnett and Lucy Dacus. We did catch him at the Here and Now show at The Midland on August 8th, and wrote, “The music began with rising Anchorage singer-songwriter Quinn Christopherson, whose debut full-length, Write Your Name in Pink will be released September 16 for a half-hour set, accompanied by only his guitarist and beginning with the title track from his I Am Bubblegum EP. “My family has been telling stories forever, and this is how I tell mine”, Christopherson explained after the new “Celine”, a touching song about his mother.”

Anyway, the Surly Brewing Festival Field, which is next to the Surly Brewing Co. tavern, is one of the few open-air venues in the Minneapolis area. From our experience, we have Rock the Garden (at the Walker Arts Sculpture Garden), Basilica Block Party (currently on hold due to the pandemic), Music in the Zoo (currently on hold), and Cabooze Plaza (at the parking lot at the Cabooze)… so there’s not a lot of active/current open-air options.

The nice thing about the Surly Brewing shows is that they will open up a disused weighing station for free self-parking. I don’t know the capacity, but I am assuming you must arrive early to get a parking spot… otherwise, if it’s full, I am assuming you are on your own.

Fans showed up early to see the Wild Hearts Tour, which almost everyone buying Wild Hearts Tour-branded T-Shirts and tote bags!

Julien Baker started the show. She commented that the last time she played the Surly was with the all-women show Courtney Barnett and Lucy Dacus in July 2018. She was still new the music scene back then, and we commented it as much: “When we saw her in 2017, we described the then-15-year-old as “shy” and her songs were being “drowned out by the chatty crowd”. Seeing Baker, nearly a year later, I can tell you that she’s more confident and taking command of the stage. She’ll sometime scream on some songs, which can be such a powerful thing to hear from this very young singer. To be honest, the crowd loved her. She’s really built up an audience here, and fans were listening and cheering to everything Baker had to say. For example, she mentioned the word “women”, and the girls in the audience cheered loudly.”

Baker continues to build up her fanbase here… and it should be interesting to seeing her with other strong women, like with Phoebe Bridgers’ boygenius project.

Angel Olsen was next. Everyone in the band dressed in mono-color, with Olsen in banana yellow. The first thing she commented on was how bright the sun was… clearly not used to playing in the day time. “Look at that. The sun. It leaves nothing to the imagination,” Olsen stated. After a brief pause, “But my thoughts are my own. My thoughts are mysterious. You don’t know what I’m thinking!”

We haven’t seen Olsen since Oct 2017, and after five years, our statement, “Angel Olsen has a voice that makes knees weak, blind men see and dreams come true” still rings true.

Setlist

Speaking about a long time, wow, we haven’t seen Sharon Van Etten since July 2014. What happened was after the release of Are We There in 2014, Van Etten decided to take a break from music to pursue acting, raise a family, and studied at the Brooklyn College on psychology and mental health counseling.

It’s good to have Sharon Van Etten back. She looked and sounded as she did eight years ago… as if she never left. Starting with “Headspace” and “Comeback Kid”, it’s like she’s telling the story of her own journey. She is the comeback kid.

Van Etten’s new album, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong, is out now Jagjaguwar.

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Sharon Van Etten at Surly Brewing Festival Field, Minneapolis (09 Aug 2022)

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Phoebe Bridgers w Charlie Hickey at Starlight Theater, Kansas City, MO (2022-05-31) review

PHOEBE BRIDGERS SETLIST (walk on music: Disturbed – “Down with the Sickness”) Motion Sickness DVD Menu Garden Song Kyoto Punisher Halloween Smoke Signals Funeral Chinese Satellite with Charlie Hickey Moon Song Scott Street Savior Complex ICU Sidelines Graceland Too I Know the End -- Encore -- Waiting Room (solo) PHOEBE BRIDGERS TOUR DATES June 1 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room Outdoors June 3 - Milwaukee, WI - BMO Harris Pavilion June 4 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island June 7 - Toronto, ON - RBC Echo Beach June 8 - Montreal, QC - Parc Jean Drapeau June 9 - Portland, ME - Thompson's Point June 11 - Washington, DC - The Anthem June 12 - Washington, DC - The Anthem June 13 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony Summer Stage June 14 - Brooklyn, NY - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival June 15 - Brooklyn, NY - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival June 16 - Forest Hills, NY - Forest Hills Stadium June 20 - Dublin, Ireland - Fairview Park June 22 - Glasgow, UK - Barrowland June 23 - Glasgow, UK - Barrowland June 24 - Somerset, UK - Glastonbury Festival June 25 - London, UK - BST Hyde Park June 26 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Academy June 28 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp June 29 - Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik June 30 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival July 2 - Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter July 3 - Ewijk, Netherlands - Down The Rabbit Hole Festival July 5 - Milan, Italy - Carroponte July 7 - Bilbao, Spain - Bilbao BBK Festival July 8 - Madrid, Spain - Mad Cool Festival July 9 - Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Alive Festival July 12 - Munich, Germany - TonHalle July 13 - Berlin, Germany - Tempodrom July 14 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Colours of Ostrava July 16 - Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival July 17 - Paris, France - Lollapalooza Paris July 18 - Cologne, Germany - E-Werk July 20 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - AFAS Live July 22 - Suffolk, UK - Latitude Festival July 23 - Manchester, UK - O2 Apollo July 24 - Manchester, UK - O2 Apollo July 26 - London, UK - O2 Academy Brixton July 27 - London, UK - O2 Academy Brixton July 28 - London, UK - O2 Academy Brixton July 29 - London, UK - O2 Academy Brixton Aug 5 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Aug 7 - Saint Charles, IA - Hinterland Aug 18 - Spokane, WA - Spokane Pavilion Aug 20 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre Aug 21 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre Aug 23 - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park Aug 24 - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park Aug 25 - Troutdale, OR - Edgefield Amphitheater Aug 27 - Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheatre Aug 28 - Los Angeles, CA - This Ain't No Picnic Sep 17-18 - Atlanta, GA - Music Midtown Nov - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Primavera Sound Nov 12 - Santiago, Chile - Primavera Sound Nov 13 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Primavera Sound Read More Phoebe Bridgers Consider us big fans of California indie-rock darling Bridgers, still out on her Reunion Tour, in support of 2020’s acclaimed Punisher album, though she has released some new songs since, including last month’s “Sidelines” … Charlie Hickey Charlie Hickey perform in support of his EP, Count the Stairs and now first full-length, Nervous at Night, just out last week (and who might just join Phoebe on stage for a song, skeleton one-sie optional). …

Punisher songs, Pop-up books, and Predictions for rain--

Though the show was touch-and-go through most of the afternoon, it eventually carried on as beloved California indie singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers brought her Reunion Tour to Kansas City’s Starlight Theater.

In support of her much-lauded second studio album, 2020’s Punisher (on Dead Oceans Records), the tour had been delayed and rescheduled like most things during the global pandemic, so fans’ anticipation was noticeably very high.  In the interest of greater public health safety, Bridgers has also elected to play primarily outdoor venues; which on a clear night is the ideal setting for her emo-folk songs, but Midwest spring weather conditions can often be unpredictable. 

Strong storms had hit the area the night before and were threatening again around the scheduled start time, so the venue wasn’t able to confirm the show would even commence, until just a few hours prior.  As fans watched social media for updates, the venue additionally decided (somewhat last-minute) to open gates almost an hour early, and move set times up as well, to avoid potential later storms. 

As a result, young Pasadena singer-songwriter Charlie Hickey was already on stage as we and most others arrived, out in support of his debut full-length, Nervous at Night, just out on Bridgers’ own imprint Saddest Factory Records, and as a follow up to his Count the Stairs EP. 

Hickey’s musical blend is mostly positive indie pop/rock and the arriving crowd quickly took to him and his relatable on-stage nature. Song themes resonated especially with the late teen/early twenties-aged girls in the audience, in regards to being a passionate and committed underdog in affairs of love, singing “I don’t drive, I don’t have a car, I’ll still meet you wherever you are” on the album’s title track, and then recruiting Bridgers for his set’s final song, "Ten Feet Tall".

Bridgers would return the favor during her own set, bringing him on for 2020’s “Chinese Satellite” and describing him as “one of my favorite singers on the planet”.

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Skies slowly grayed and became more overcast as lights dimmed and the loud heavy intro music of Disturbed’s “Down with the Sickness” had several in the crowd questioning if they were at the right show, but all were assured as Phoebe Bridgers with her five-piece band (Marshall Vore-drums/banjo; Emily Retsas- bass; Harrison Whitford -guitar; Nick White- keys; JJ Kirkpatrick- trumpet/keys; all dressed in matching black/white skeleton onesies) took their places to begin the eighty-minute set with 2017’s “Motion Sickness”. 

The stage setup was relatively simple yet very unique- an elevated platform for the piano and drums and two right and left rows of vertical backdrop banners with a large rear screen to give an overall three dimensional appearance. On-screen, a book laying flat would open before almost every song, revealing a different pop-up image to complement the music, and at the end, close again. 

Kirkpatrick’s trumpet in particular (he's previously known for touring with AJR) glossed the folk songs with an additional elegance and sophistication, though there usually seems to a darker lyrical edge to any perceived bliss as Bridgers sang, “Everything's growing in our garden, you don't have to know that it's haunted" on “Garden Song”.

Realizing that many younger fans arrived with chaperones, Bridgers dedicated “Kyoto” to all the dads in the audience and loyal fans not only screamed and held “I Love You Phoebe” signs, but also “I Love You Ada” signs, for the lone crew member from Kansas City, who was briefly introduced. 

For 2020’s “Halloween”, May became October as stage lights changed to orange with jack o’ lantern silhouettes and Bridgers lyrically empowering by singing “we can be anything”. The melancholy of “Moon Street” was then matched by “Scott Street” which had the crowd’s cellphone flashlights collectively waving in the air as Bridgers knelt at stage right and sang directly to a group of young fans in the front corner. 

Bridgers professed “Savior Complex” to be about alcoholism and “ICU” is widely known to be a post-relationship collaboration between she and drummer Vore, regarding their breakup. 

“Sidelines” is Bridgers’ freshest music, a lilting love song just released as part of a soundtrack to Hulu's Conversations with Friends and was purposely performed more low-fi and acoustically.

“Graceland Too” opened a pop-up page set in Memphis and the main set finale would literally burn the house down with Punisher’s closing track, “I Know the End”, feedback and noise increasing as the on-screen house image became more and more digitally engulfed in flames. 

For the encore, Bridgers re-appeared solo, playing the requested “Waiting Room”, a fan-favorite song of wanting that she wrote at sixteen and lost some rights to, but now is determined to reclaim it as her own. 

“Know it’s for the better”, Phoebe Bridgers repeatedly sang to end the show and performance, and after a two year delay to see their favorite artist live (and despite impending storms, which briefly materialized soon after the show, so it was perfect timing), the Reunion Tour finally happened in Kansas City and everyone was for the better. 

 

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Phoebe Bridgers at Starlight Theater, Kansas City, MO (2022-05-31)

 

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We♥KC - May 25-31, 2022 Upcoming Shows (Kansas City / Lawrence KS)

Dying Fetus, Granada Read More Dying Fetus The Dying Fetus and Thy Art Is Murder co-headlining tour started a few days ago... and they’ll be in town this March 22nd at the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis. …

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Coming up on the Memorial Day holiday weekend slows things down a bit, but the month ends on an exclamation, with another hard decision on which show to attend. 

Don’t think there’s an overabundance of musical panhandlers in Lawrence this weekend either, it’s the annual Busker Festival downtown, or there’s always that Top Gun sequel (35+ years later!) at the cinema.

Here’s what’s happening in the Kansas City/Lawrence, KS metro MAY 24-31

(Several artists are still requiring precautions for entry, so check with the venue and/or assume vaccination proof and possibly a mask, might still be required)

Wednesday May 25

Dying Fetus with Chelsea Grin, Bodysnatcher more, May 25, Granada. $27.50

Maryland death-metal rockers will bring the heavy to LFK as part of the back half of a 33-date tour.  It’s been since 2017 since their last album, but they are promising new music later this year. 

Chelsea Grin is Salt Lake City deathcore, while FL band Bodysnatcher has new album, Bleed-Abide, out now.

Starset, May 25, Truman, $25-$50

The Ohio electronic/prog metal band has been around a decade now, out on their Horizons Tour from the album of the same name.  The tour starts in KC with support from Red, Fame on Fire, and Smash into Pieces for a full evening of cutting-edge rock. 

George Lopez, Prairie Band Casino- Mayetta

Thursday May 26

George Lopez (comedian), May 26, Prairie Band Casino- Mayetta, SOLD OUT

The longtime Latino comedian returns to the road with a new tour, another TV series on the way, and a role in DC’s upcoming Blue Beetle movie. 

A Place to Bury Strangers, Bottleneck- Lawrence

Friday May 27

A Place to Bury Strangers w SONA May 27, Bottleneck- Lawrence, $18-$20

The Brooklyn noise rock band has new album, See Through You, just out with frontman Oliver Ackermann still leading the band despite recent lineup changes. 

Arrive early for Tampa, FL synth-rock openers Glove, who have a new album, Boom Nights, out now and hearken back to the modern goth nu-wave dystopian bliss of late ‘80s bands (that we like!).

5/25 update: Glove is experiencing transportation issues so is likely off the tour for the next few stops, including this one. :( Local shoegaze, post-punk band SONA will be opening.

Mewithoutyou, May 27, Granada. $30

After over two decades, the Philadelphia indie-rock band is calling it a day, out on their Farewell Tour.  Spoken-word vocals are often very spiritual in theme and the band has seven studio albums under their belt.

Saturday May 28

Animal Collective, The Truman

Animal Collective w Spirit of the Beehive, May 28, The Truman, POSTPONED

5/27 Update: Show now Postponed for Covid-related reasons.

The Baltimore experimental pop art band is back on the road on their Time Skiffs Tour, named after their Feb-released new album, which featured the return of member Deakin, who had sat out the previous release. We last saw them at the Desert Daze Fest in 2019.

Opening on this solid double-bill is Philadelphia’s Spirit of the Beehive, supporting fourth album, Entertainment, Death, which came out last summer and they play somewhat similar psychedelic, experimental pop rock. 

Still Woozy, May 28, Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland. $39.50

Bay Area (by way of Portland) bedroom dream pop artist is fresh from playing both weekends at last month’s Coachella in support of his 2021 Interscope release, If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is.

Bastille, Uptown Theater

Sunday May 29

Bastille, May 29, Uptown Theater, $39.50-$75

We’re fans of this London electro-pop band whose newest record, Give Me The Future, came out in Feb. and they broke out with early single, “Pompeii”.  We caught them live back in 2016 in MN, headlining a multi-act radio show and have been impressed ever since.

The new album is a bit of a concept record so expect interludes during the live show, along with previous hits, including “Happier” which was a smash Marshmello collaboration. 

Texas indie singer-songwriter Sarah Jaffe is support for this first leg of the tour.  Golden Aquarians is a project done with longtime drummer Roberto Sanchez and they released the new Night Drive just last month.  She's worked on numerous soundtracks as well but might be best known for co-writing and singing on Eminem's "Bad Guy".  We were talking about her ten years ago, back when she was fronting a band called The Dividends.  

5/27 Update: Sarah Jaffee is unable to join the tour "due to family emergency"

Young Oklahoma multi-instrumentalist Josh Fudge now tapped to open.

Tori Amos, KC Music Hall Read More Tori Amos For me, and it looks like for a lot of other people as well, one of those magnificent guru‚Äôs in the world of which we call music, is the fiery redhead Tori Amos. … Phoebe Bridgers, Starlight Read More Phoebe Bridgers In the age of the internet and social media, it's incredibly hard to keep a big secret, but that's just what singers Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers pulled off …

Monday May 30 (Memorial Day)

Tuesday May 31

Tori Amos, May 31, KC Music Hall, $46-$86

The piano songstress has returned, out on her Ocean to Ocean Tour supporting her sixteenth studio album.  Written during lockdown in Cornwall, it reflects the isolation and then trying to renew yourself feeling of the current times. Amos usually changes it up slightly night to night, but expect some (but not all) of the hits, a solo portion, and a lively encore with maybe a cover version mixed in.  We last saw her twice back in 2014. 

Phoebe Bridgers, May 31, Starlight, $39.50-$69.50

Consider us big fans of California indie-rock darling Bridgers, still out on her Reunion Tour, in support of 2020’s acclaimed Punisher album, though she has released some new songs since, including last month’s “Sidelines” from the Conversations with Friends soundtrack. 

Bridgers also keeps herself busy with side projects boygenius (w/ Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus) and the super-secret Better Oblivion Community Center (w/Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst) who we were thrilled to catch live back in 2019. 

She’s also founded her own record label, Saddest Factory and arrive early to see one of her first signees and childhood friend, Charlie Hickey perform in support of his EP, Count the Stairs and now first full-length, Nervous at Night, just out last week (and who might just join Phoebe on stage for a song, skeleton one-sie optional).

Girl Ultra, May 31, Bottleneck. $20

The Mexican R&B/pop artist had her first full length, Nuevos Aires released in 2019 and draws influences from Beyonce/Destiny’s Child and recently played huge outdoor festival stages in Chile, Mexico and Argentina, so within the relatively small confines of the Granada might be a rare treat.

Suffocation, May 31, Granada. $20

Out on their Forces of Hostility Tour, the technical death metal band put out a second live album, Live in North America, late last year.  Atheist, Soreption, and Contrarian round out this early show and full evening of head banging. 

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Kacey Musgraves w/ King Princess, MUNA - Kansas City, MO : T-Mobile Center (2022-01-21)

KACEY MUSGRAVES SETLIST (entrance music- “When Doves Cry”- Quindon Tarver cover from Romeo+Juliet soundtrack) star-crossed good wife cherry blossom simple times breadwinner Golden Hour Butterflies Lonely Weekend Space Cowboy High Horse camera roll hookup scene Merry Go 'Round Killing Me Softly (Fugees/Roberta Flack version, sang "Kacey-oke" style) justified there is a light gracias a la vida -- Encore -- Slow Burn Rainbow KING PRINCESS SETLIST Little Bother For My Friends Talia Pussy Is God 1950 MUNA SETLIST Number One Fan Stay Away Taken Kind of Girl I Know a Place Silk Chiffon KACEY MUSGRAVES TOUR DATES JAN 26 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA JAN 27 TD Garden Boston, MA FEB 3 Capital One Arena Washington, DC FEB 5 Madison Square Garden New York, NY FEB 9 State Farm Arena Atlanta, GA FEB 11 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN FEB 14 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX FEB 16 Ball Arena Denver, CO FEB 19 Oakland Arena Oakland, CA FEB 20 Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles, CA FEB 25 Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Canada JUN 2 Primavera Sound 2022 Barcelona, Spain JUN 19 Pinkpop Festival 2022 Landgraaf, Netherlands JUL 1 Lollapalooza Stockholm 2022 Stockholm, Sweden JUL 22 Splendour in the Grass 2022 Yelgun, Australia KING PRINCESS TOUR DATES JAN 26 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA JAN 27 TD Garden Boston, MA FEB 3 Capital One Arena Washington, DC FEB 5 Madison Square Garden New York, NY FEB 9 State Farm Arena Atlanta, GA FEB 11 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN FEB 14 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX FEB 16 Ball Arena Denver, CO FEB 19 Oakland Arena Oakland, CA FEB 20 Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles, CA FEB 25 Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Canada APR 21 The O2 London, United Kingdom APR 23 Utilita Arena Sheffield, United Kingdom APR 27 Resorts World Arena Birmingham, United Kingdom APR 29 OVO Hydro Glasgow, United Kingdom MAY 4 AO Arena Manchester, United Kingdom MAY 14 Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona, Spain JUN 11 Primavera Sound 2022 Sant Adrià De Besòs, Spain AUG 6 Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas, NV SEP 1 Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC MUNA TOUR DATES JAN 26 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA JAN 27 TD Garden Boston, MA JAN 28 The Englewood Hummelstown, PA JAN 29 Higher Ground South Burlington, VT JAN 31 L'Astral Montreal, QC FEB 1 Gateway City Arts Holyoke, MA FEB 2 Asbury Lanes Asbury Park, NJ FEB 3 Capital One Arena Washington, D.C. FEB 5 Madison Square Garden New York, NY FEB 7 The Orange Peel Asheville, NC FEB 8 The Underground Charlotte, NC FEB 9 State Farm Arena Atlanta, GA FEB 10 The Basement East Nashville, TN FEB 11 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN FEB 14 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX FEB 16 Ball Arena Denver, CO FEB 17 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT FEB 19 Oracle Arena Oakland, CA FEB 20 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Read More Kacey Musgraves Multiple Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves has sold out her upcoming appearance at the Palace Theatre in St Paul. Kacey’s third studio album, Golden Hour is out now. .… King Princess One of the hottest music acts today, King Princess, is stopping by First Avenue on Thursday, January 17th. The show is sold out. It all started with her breakout smash hit song “1950” and now with the new track … Muna Los Angeles-based trio Muna (stylized as MUNA) earlier this year signed with Saddest Factory and collaborated with Phoebe Bridgers on their single “Silk Chiffon.” .…

Now this is the way to excise any lingering heartbreak demons--

Country chanteuse Kacey Musgraves made a stop in Kansas City at the T-Mobile Center on her star-crossed: unveiled tour, one of only fifteen North American shows. 

Given the currently non-improving public health situation, it’s a minor miracle that live performances are still carrying on at all, especially large arena shows, and the crowd seemed to really appreciate the combined effort involved to pull it off and to be able to attend.

Respect also to Musgraves for inviting two musically solid, LGBTQ+ supportive opening acts along for the ride, Los Angeles-based trio MUNA and Brooklyn’s King Princess. 

MUNA (Katie Gavin; Naomi McPherson; Josette Maskin) would be up first, with a six-song, twenty-five-minute set that was determined to get the crowd moving en masse, and succeeded due to their restless stage presence and catchy, mostly uplifting songs including set opener, “Number One Fan”. Two slower tempo, more “country-ish” songs were done mid-set, including a yet-to-be released new song earmarked for their next album, “Kind of Girl”. 

The beat would pick back up with 2017’s peace-loving “I Know a Place” and the band singing, “it’s hard to love with a heart that’s hurting, but if you want to go out dancing…” with the crowd complying and ended with arguably the best single of 2021, “Silk Chiffon” which on record featured Phoebe Bridgers, the band even signing with Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records last May. 

A longer-than-usual delay between acts due to some equipment issues unfortunately cut the anticipated set from King Princess down to a mere twenty minutes, “Sorry, I’m late” singer-songwriter and bandleader Mikaela Straus apologized.  Fans were quickly forgiving and happy to hear the set opening brand new single “Little Bother”, a collaboration with NY soul singer Fousheé followed by “For My Friends”, both being a taste of the upcoming record due out later this year, a follow up to the highly successful 2019 debut, Cheap Queen. 

Their 2018 second single “Talia” addressed a love lost, set to a Kate Bush-like drum rhythm and things would end with their debut breakout single, “1950”- an ode to both queer love and the related seminal Patricia Highsmith novel, The Price of Salt.

Heartbreak was still fresh in the air, both from King Princess’ songs and the entrance music of the “When Doves Cry” cover as Kacey Musgraves emerged for her ninety-minute headlining set.  While we didn’t get the giant heart shape on actual fire behind her as she sang (like on opening night in St. Paul and the MTV VMAs last Sept), the entrance was still dramatic as she began with the new album’s title track, “star-crossed”. 

As she walked about in glittering sequin top and comfortable pants and shoes, “good wife” from the latest record was especially biting, as Musgraves quipped near its end, “I was a great wife!”. “cherry blossom” (yes, all titles from the new album are stylized in lowercase) also from new record found the large screen behind she and the band with a pastel digital backdrop and falling electronic petals. “I did make quite a depressing album” she admitted of the new record about her recent divorce, “I had to get that out”.

“breadwinner” saw Musgraves pace from end to end of the large stage, dispensing dollars from a money gun over the fans near the front and the audience really came alive with the title track from 2018 Grammy-winning Album of the Year, Golden Hour. Attendees were all also given RFID bracelets, which would collectively blink/light up during certain songs (i.e., yellow during “Golden Hour”, though Coldplay used them better).

The heartbreak continued with 2018 hit single, “Space Cowboy” and Musgraves (and the audience) crooning, “I know my place, and it ain’t with you” as a disco ball from the top of the arena spun around and was not afraid to call out condescension on “High Horse”, putting on a fan-thrown glitter cowboy hat that perfectly complemented her outfit. 

Musgraves paused to mention her afternoon in town, eating barbecue and going antique shopping before the somber “camera roll”, about re-living past happier times through cellphone photo files.  The mood would pick back up with her 2012 debut single, “Merry Go Round” and letting a lucky audience member select their “Kacey-oke” cover song of the evening, a Fugees/Roberta Flack version as song lyrics streamed across the screens. 

“there is a light” brought three very unlikely things together at once– laser lights, confetti cannons, and an extended flute solo, and the main set would end en español, with the all-Spanish “gracias a la vida” and Musgraves making her way back to where she first entered, then gracefully falling straight back as lights went to black and the curtain closed. 

The encore began with the campfire sing-along of “Slow Burn” from 2018’s Golden Hour and Musgraves complimented the crowd on their many attention-getting outfits and signs before ending the show with 2019’s “Rainbow”, performed sparsely with only piano accompaniment. 

Questions may have lingered about whether or not Kacey Musgraves would be able to pull off her first arena tour- playing in the middle of winter in support of a downbeat divorce record, and having to overcome the logistic obstacles of an ongoing pandemic.

In the end she succeeded- the result of having good songs and a loyal still-growing fan base, an honest on-stage personality, and helped by inviting rising queer-friendly acts MUNA and King Princess as support. 

Heartbreak and the subsequent collective healing never looked so good.

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Kacey Musgraves at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO (2022-01-21)

 

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Girls Girls Girls: Muna, The Warning, Chai, Gracie Abrams

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Read More Muna Muna (who was last seen in Rocktober 2016 with Grouplove), is back in Minnesota... this time rocking the Turf Club in St Paul. .… Kacey Musgraves Multiple Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves has sold out her upcoming appearance at the Palace Theatre in St Paul. Kacey’s third studio album, Golden Hour is out now. .…

MUNA
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Los Angeles-based trio Muna (stylized as MUNA) earlier this year signed with Saddest Factory and collaborated with Phoebe Bridgers on their single “Silk Chiffon.”

The all-girls band also recently announced their tour with Kacey Musgraves, tour dates listed below.

Tour dates:

1/19/22 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Center #
1/20/22 - Chicago, IL @ United Center #
1/21/22 - Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center #
1/23/22 - Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage#
1/24/22 - Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena #
1/26/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Arena #
1/27/22 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden #
1/28/22 - Harrisburg, PA @ The Englewood
1/29/22 - Burlington, VT @ Higherground Ballroom
1/31/22 - Montreal, QC @ L’Astral
2/1/22 - Northampton, MA @ Gateway City Arts
2/2/22 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
2/3/22 - Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena #
2/5/22 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden #
2/7/22 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
2/8/22 - Charlotte, NC @ Underground
2/9/22 - Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena #
2/10/22 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East
2/11/22 - Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena #
2/14/22 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines #
2/16/22 - Denver, CO @ Ball Arena #
2/17/22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
2/19/22 - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena #
2/20/22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center #

# w/ Kacey Musgraves

Read More Metallica Metallica headlined the very first rock show at the new US Bank Stadium, in front of over 50,000 (most in black t-shirts) and brought along openers Volbeat and Avenged Sevenfold. …

THE WARNING
thewarningband.com

Hard rock trio The Warning (real life sisters Dany on guitar, lead vocals, Pau on drums, and Ale on bass) is on their first US headlining tour in 2022. They’ve already created a buzz with their cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” (from their EP Mayday) and sold out their upcoming appearances at the Troubadour.

The Warning 2022 US Tour Schedule

01/18 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
01/20 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
01/22 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
01/24 - Berkeley, CA - Cornerstone
01/26 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
01/27 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore
01/29 - Salt Lake City, UT - Complex
01/30 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
02/1 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
02/2 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
02/4 - Flint, MI - The Machine Stop
02/5 - Pittsburg, PA - Jergels
02/6 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry
02/7 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
02/9 - NYC - Gramercy Theater
02/11 - Reading, PA - Reverb
02/12 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head
02/13 - Richmond, VA - Canal Club
02/15 - Atlanta, GA - Hell
02/16 - Tampa, FL - Orpheum
02/19 - Austin, TX - Come and Take It
02/20 - Dallas TX - The Studio at The Factory
02/21 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Studio
02/25 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
02/26 - Santa Ana, CA- Constellation Room

Read More Mitski If you’re one of the cool kids, you’ll be at this upcoming sold out Mitski show at First Avenue’s mainroom. It’s quite a difference, considering that it was only Nov 2015 that Mitski made her debut at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. …

CHAI
chai-band.com

Japanese all-girls rock band Chai (stylized as CHAI) will be heading on tour in support of their new album Wink, on Sub Pop Records. We don’t normally get Japanese bands coming to our parts of the world, so check them out on tour if you get the chance.

After their headlining tour, they’ll meet up with Mitski on Feb 17, as her support band.

Tour dates:

Feb. 4 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Feb. 5 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
Feb. 6 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Feb. 9 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
Feb. 11 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Feb. 12 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
Feb. 13 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage
Feb. 15 - Brooklyn NY @ Elsewhere
Feb. 17 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
Feb. 18 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz *
Feb. 19 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern *
Feb. 21 - Birmingham, AL @ Iron City *
Feb. 22 - New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre *
Feb. 24 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
Feb. 25 - Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory *
Feb. 26 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Live *
Feb. 28 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
March 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall *
March 3 - Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall *
March 4 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *
March 5 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *
March 7 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall *
March 9 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre *
March 10 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre *
March 12 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
March 13 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
March 15 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
March 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom

*= supporting Mitski

Read More Alix Page 19-year-old singer and songwriter Alix Page has shared the somber music video for her latest single “Radiohead” …

GRACIE ABRAMS
gracieabrams.com

Acclaimed songwriter Gracie Abrams released her new project This Is What It Feels Like on Interscope Records. Her upcoming tour (with Alix Page as support) is completely sold out – so there’s massive buzz for her after appearing on New Music Daily (Apple Music) and appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Tour dates:

2/2/22 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
2/4/22 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
2/7/22 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
2/8/22 Chicago, IL Metro
2/10/22 Toronto, ON The Axis Club
2/11/22 Montreal, QC L’Astral
2/12/22 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
2/14/22 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
2/15/22 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
2/17/22 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry
2/19/22 Washington, DC The Miracle Theatre
2/21/22 Nashville, TN The Basement East
2/25/22 Dallas, TX HOB Dallas Cambridge Room
2/26/22 Austin, TX The Parish
3/1/22 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
3/4/22 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
3/5/22 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
3/7/22 San Francisco, CA August Hall
3/9/22 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
3/12/22 Vancouver, BC Fortune Sound Club
3/13/22 Seattle, WA Neumos

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Here There Be Monsters

Read more Halloween.

Read More The Midnight The Midnight is a duo featuring Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan. The two are touring in support of their latest release Kids. …

THE MIDNIGHT
themidnightofficial.com

Monsters is the new album from The Midnight (Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Tyler Lyle and Danish producer Tim McEwan). The album actually came out in 2020 via Counter Records, but due to the COVID shutdown, the duo will finally tour for the album in 2021 and 2022.

North American Tour dates:

29 Oct 21- The Independent , San Francisco, CA
30 Oct 21- Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco, CA
06 Nov 21- Ace Of Spades, Sacramento, CA
07 Nov 21- Sessions Music Hall , Eugene, OR
08 Nov 21- The Spanish Ballroom , Tacoma, WA
10 Nov 21- Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
11 Nov 21- The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
12 Nov 21- Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
13 Nov 21 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
15 Nov 21- The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
16 Nov 21- Gothic Theatre, Denver, CO
17 Nov 21- Gothic Theatre, Denver, CO
19 Nov 21- Emo’s Austin, Austin, TX
20 Nov 21- White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX
21 Nov 21- Granada Theater, Dallas, TX
23 Nov 21- El Rey Theater, Albuquerque, NM
24 Nov 21- The Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ
27 Nov 21- The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
09 Mar 22 - Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville, TN
10 Mar 22 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
11 Mar 22 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
12 Mar 22 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
14 Mar 22 - Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
15 Mar 22 - Deluxe , Indianapolis, IN
16 Mar 22 - Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks, PA
18 Mar 22 - Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI
19 Mar 22 - Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON
21 Mar 22 - Royale, Boston, MA
23 Mar 22 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
24 Mar 22 - Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
25 Mar 22 - Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
28 Mar 22 - The National, Richmond, VA
29 Mar 22 - Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh, NC
30 Mar 22 - The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
01 Apr 22 - Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
02 Apr 22 - The Beacham, Orlando, FL
03 Apr 22 - The Oasis, Miami, FL

Read More Claud Hatchie and Claud to open. Details: 4/9 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent * 4/11 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom * 4/12 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos * ...

CLAUD
claud.online

Chicago’s Claud (Claud Mintz) released their album Super Monster on Saddest Factor. This is Phoebe Bridgers’ record label, and Claud had the honor to be the first artist to sign on.

Originally they released music in 2018 under the stagename Toast, but decided to go the Madonna-route and go with their first name, Claud.

They’ve also announced that they’ll be joining Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers for their first ever full U.S. tour:

10/11 The Van Buren Phoenix, AZ
10/15 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
10/16 The Masonic San Francisco, CA
10/19 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
10/22 The Union Event Center Salt Lake City, UT
10/24 Uptown Theater Kansas City, MO
10/26 Fillmore Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN
10/27 The Sylvee Madison, WI
10/28 Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL
10/29 Outside Lands Festival 2021 San Francisco, CA
11/02 The Factory Chesterfield, MO
11/03 House of Blues Cleveland Cleveland, OH
11/04 GLC Live at 20 Monroe Grand Rapids, MI
11/06 XL Live Harrisburg, PA
11/07 HISTORY Toronto, ON
11/17 Paradiso Amsterdam, Netherlands
11/19 Multi Lieux, Paris Paris, France
11/19 Café de la Danse, Paris, France
11/21 Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld Cologne, Germany
11/22 HOLE 44 Berlin, Germany
11/23 Nalen Klubb Stockholm, Sweden
11/25 Yes Manchester
11/26 Omeara London
11/28 Birkenhead Central Library Birkenhead
11/29 The Academy, Middle Abbey Street Dublin, Ireland

Read More Larkin Poe Nashville-based sister duo Larkin Poe will be opening up for Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band at the Xcel Energy Center the night before (December 12th). ...

LARKIN POE
larkinpoe.com

GRAMMY® Award-nominated sister duo Larkin Poe (Rebecca and Megan Lovell) will be part of the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour.

The sister act will finally play music from their 2020 albumSelf Made Man, “We can’t wait to get back on stage with the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour this fall for the first time since our album, Self Made Man, came out! It’s going to feel so good to be back in front of people celebrating live music again!”

Tour dates:

10/10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre*
10/12 - Buffalo, NY - Forbes Theatre*
10/14 - Albany, NY - Upstate Concert Hall*
10/15 - Tarrytown, NY - Tarrytown Music Hall*
10/16 - Baltimore, MD - The Recher*
10/17 - Lancaster, PA - Lancaster Roots & Blues
10/19 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVA*
10/21 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre*
10/22 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre*
10/23 - Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Music Festival
10/28 - Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom*
10/29 - Bloomington, IL - Castle Theatre*
10/30 - Grand Rapids, MI - Fountain Street Church*
10/31 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues*
11/05 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric Oxford*
11/06 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues*
11/07 - Jackson, MS - Duling Hall*
11/10 - Houston, TX - The Heights Theatre*
11/11 - Austin, TX - Mohawk*
11/12 - Fort Worth, TX – River & Blues Festival
11/13 - Fayetteville, AR - George’s Majestic Lounge*
12/03 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel*
12/04 - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre*
12/08 - Little Rock, AR - U. of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College

*Monster Energy Outbreak Tour Presents: Larkin Poe
#w/ The Cold Stares

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Going for Gold XXXII

In honor of the Tokyo Olympics.

Read more Going for Gold.

Read More Zella Day A dusky-voiced 20-year-old singer/songwriter from deep in the mountains of Arizona, Zella Day makes electro-charged, guitar-driven indie-pop that’s steeped in a magic of her own invention. . …

ZELLA DAY
zelladay.com

“Golden” is the brand new song from Los Angeles’ Zella Day.

Day explained the origin of the song, “The Genesis of ‘Golden’ happened as a tornado was tearing through Nashville and whispers of a global pandemic were evolving past a rumor. I was in Alabama writing with John Paul White as my phone was lighting up with messages from friends and family back home. I was supposed to drive back to Nashville that evening, but plans changed like the weather. In the stillness of the studio, ‘Golden’ was written communicating with powers beyond my control, expressing and coping with the magnitude of the situation by creating art; singing a melody into the moment to address its fragility and infinite beauty.”

“Golden” is a small preview of Day’s forthcoming sophomore album, due out this fall.

We saw Zella Day in July 2015 and wrote, “Zella Day is a force to be reckoned with. Her voice is more powerful than the emotional screamers and growlers that I'm typically listening to.”

Day will return to touring this Fall, just in time for her new album.

Tour dates:

09/08 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up
09/10 – 09/13 Redondo Beach, CA Beachlife Festival
09/12 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
09/14 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
09/15 Reno, NV Virginia Street Brewhouse
09/16 Napa, CA JaM Cellars Ballroom
10/01- 10/03 Austin, TX Austin City Limits

Read More Olympic Games If you're into Olympics Figure Skating, you probably know more about this than I do. The event is taking place from January 16 - 24 , 2016 at Xcel Energy Center in St Paul and Blooming …

GOLD OVER AMERICA
goldoveramericatour.com

MagicSpace Entertainment and AEG Presents/Concerts West will be bringing a high-energy, gymnastics-meets-pop-concert spectacular entitled Athleta Presents Gold Over America Tour to your city. The show will be headlined by the most decorated gymnast of all-time, Simone Biles. She’ll be joined by an all-star team of female gymnastic champions, including Laurie Hernandez and Katelyn Ohashi, spreading messages of empowerment and togetherness to inspire the next generation of athletes.

The tour kicks off in Tucson, on September 21, 2021.

09/21/2021 Tucson Tucson Arena
09/22/2021 Glendale Gila River Arena
09/24/2021 Anaheim Honda Center
09/25/2021 Los Angeles STAPLES Center
09/26/2021 San Jose SAP Center at San Jose
09/28/2021 San Francisco Chase Center
09/29/2021 Sacramento Golden 1 Center
10/01/2021 Boise ExtraMile Arena
10/02/2021 West Valley City Maverik Center
10/03/2021 Denver Ball Arena
10/05/2021 Oklahoma City Paycom Center
10/06/2021 San Antonio AT&T Center
10/08/2021 Houston Toyota Center
10/09/2021 Fort Worth Dickies Arena
10/10/2021 North Little Rock Simmons Bank Arena
10/ 12/2021 Kansas City T-Mobile Center
10/13/2021 Minneapolis Target Center
10/15/2021 St. Louis Enterprise Center
10/16/2021 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
10/17/2021 Chicago Allstate Arena
10/19/2021 Columbus Nationwide Arena
10/20/2021 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
10/22/2021 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10/23/2021 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
10/24/2021 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
10/26/2021 Duluth Gas South Arena
10/27/2021 Charlotte Spectrum Center
10/29/2021 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
10/30/2021 Newark Prudential Center
10/31/2021 Washington D.C. Capital One Arena
11/02/2021 Hartford XL Center
11/03/2021 Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport
11/05/2021 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
11/06/2021 Brooklyn Barclays Center
11/07/2021 Boston TD Garden

GOLDEN BOOTS goldenboots/bandcamp Arizona’s Golden Boots is the music project from Dimitri Manos and Ryen Eggleston. They are ramping up to the release of their full-length album in 2022… but in the meantime, they’ve released a cover of Alan Parsons Project’s “Eye in the Sky” (featuring Lonna Kelley on vocals) and a cover of Barely Bipedal’s “She Just Wanted to Watch the Sky”… seems like the Golden Boots are obsessed with the sky.

NATE MERCEREAU twitter/natemercereau Duets | Golden Gate Bridge is the new album from songwriter & producer Nate Mercereau. The concept is interesting, Mercereau decided to duet his music of his guitar against the “ghostly hum” given off from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Duets | Golden Gate Bridge came out July 19,/2021… so check out the bridge singing.

COLD WEATHER COMPANY coldweathercompany.com “Golden Hour” is the new single from New Jersey’s Cold Weather Company... taken from their Coalescence - Pt. 1 EP, via Deko Entertainment. What is crazy is that this fourth album will actually consists of three parts. Deko Entertainment Bruce Puciarello adds, “A perfect album, released in three parts, by three of Deko’s closest friends. It all adds up!”

GOLDEN SEALS thegoldenseals.com Ottawa power pop trio The Golden Seals’ latest song, “To Be or Not To Be (With Me)” is out now. Currently, the brand-new single has been added to the CBC national playlist in Canada and is available for streaming and for purchase on Bandcamp.

GOLD STAR goldstarlovesyou.com Phoebe Bridgers’ favorite band Gold Star (aka Marlon Rabenreither) will release his 5th album Headlights USA. The musician took a year and half off to write and record the album in different bedrooms and studio spaces all over Los Angeles. He enlists the help of friends and collaborators like Jordan Odom and Nick Murray. Headlights USA will be out August 4,/2021.

CAP CARTER capcarter.com Manila-born, Sydney-raised singer and songwriter Cap Carter just released his second single for “Gold”. Cap explains the song, “I wrote this two-and-a-half years ago, not knowing that I would be in the exact same spot as my father, trying to win my life back… I’ve experienced a lot of unresolved anger and trauma, and I made sure to let that out when we were doing the vocal takes.”

JIMMY ALLEN jimmieallenmusic.com Platinum-selling recording artist and and current ACM New Male Artist of the Year Jimmy Allen released Bettie James Gold Edition (BBR Music Group/Stoney Creek Records)… which featured multi-Platinum Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, philanthropist, entrepreneur and actress Monica and Little Big Town on the song “Pray”.

ZOLA zolaofficialmusic.com San Francisco’s Zola (not to be confused with South Africa’s Zola or Boston’s Zola or Zola Jesus) recently released “Glitter and the Gold”, taken from her forthcoming EP. According to Zola, the song is about “how family, community, and knowing yourself are more important than going to any party or signing any deal…”

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Minneapolis: July 28 to July 31, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from July 28 to July 31, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Tame Impala at Palace Theatre Read More Tame Impala Tame Impala is touring the U.S. again in support of their album, Lonerism. Kevin and crew have definitely crafted a piece of art. Loud, incredibly groovy. ...

TAME IMPALA
+ Velvet Negroni
Surly Brewing Co. Festival Field
Tue 07/30/2019 (4:30pm/$55/Sold Out)
Wed 07/31/2019 (4:30pm/$55/Sold Out)
surlybrewing.com

Australian psychedelic group Tame Impala is doing some selective U.S. Summer Music Festival (having just played Coachella)… and they are headlining a couple of Surly Brewing Festival (at the Surly Brewing Co. Festival Field). Both shows have sold out.

We last saw the group at Desert Daze 2018, they only played a few songs: “Tame Impala started their set off strong with the groovy tune Nangs off of 2015’s al-bum Currents. Let it Happen was next, and from the pit I heard the eruption of “Whoa” and “Wow’s” from the crowd, and at first it seemed like it was maybe in response to the trippy background effects behind lead singer Kevin Parker. I quickly realized it was the sky illuminating with lightning bolts above us. Sure enough, halfway through Sundown Syndrome (ironic much), a producer came out and announced that they had to stop. Kevin kind of shrugged and said “I guess we gotta stop.” and they all ran off the stage.”

Velvet Negroni to open.

Tour dates:

July 19-21 - Splendour In The Grass - Wooyung
July 26 - Budweiser Stage - Toronto, Ontario
July 27 & 28 - Mo Pop - Detroit, MI
July 30 & 31 - Surly Brewing - Minneapolis, MN
August 01-04 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL
August 13 - Parkbühne Wuhlheide – Berlin
August 08 - Oya Fest - Oslo
August 09 - Flow Festival - Helsinki, FINLAND
August 14 - Pukkelpop - Hasselt, BELGIUM
August 15 - La Route Du Rock - Rennes, FRANCE
August 16 - Lowlands Festival - Walibi Holland
August 21 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
August 23 - The Mann Center - Philadelphia, PA
August 24 - The Anthem - Washington D.C.

Other shows in the area:

Music in the Zoo 2019 Hibou at 7th Street New Years Day at Amsterdam Bar Altin Gun at Turf Club Tenacious D at Palace Theatre Tessa Violet 2019 Tour Read More Conor Oberst Bright Eyes, brighter future. Conor Oberst (formerly Bright Eyes) will be at the Palace Theatre in St Paul on Thursday. Oberst recently appeared on Charlie Rose for a special interview and performance of his latest album Salutations. … Tenacious D Speaking of censored cover artwork - what is up with the censoring of Tenacious D's third album, Rize of the Phoenix? I had no issues with the album artwork, but I guess people are sensitive to these sort of things …

CONOR OBERST
+ Joanna Sternberg
Weesner Family Amphitheater
Sun 07/28/2019 (7pm/$46)
suemclean.com

Conor Oberst (aka Bright Eyes) is the next musical guest at the Music In the Zoo series. Oberst was recently in town on Mar 2019 as Better Oblivion Community Center (the collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers), which we wrote, “We may only be a few months into the year, but Better Oblivion Community Center seems like rock’s current hottest ticket, and with good reason. Though most shows have been upgraded (still subsequently selling out) this is one “meeting” worth chasing a ticket for, and attending at your local “community center”.”

Joanna Sternberg to open.

Tour dates:

7/20/19 - Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theater
7/21/19 - Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
7/23/19 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell's Beer Garden
7/24/19 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
7/25/19 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
7/26/19 - Bloomington, IN @ The Castle Theatre
7/27/19 - Maquoketa, IA @ Codfish Hollow Barn
7/28/19 - Minneapolis, MN @ Weesner Family Amph

HIBOU
+ Why Not, Immaculate Beings
7th St Entry
Mon 07/29/2019 (7pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Seattle indie-pop singer Hibou (the project of musician Peter Michel) will be headlining the 7th St Entry in support of their upcoming album Halve (July 26th via Barsuk Records).

Why Not and Trevor DeVine & The Immaculate Beings (billed as The Immaculate Beings) will open.

Tour Dates:

07/24/2019 Chop Suey Seattle, WA
07/29/2019 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
08/04/2019 Ortlieb's Jazz House Philadelphia, PA
08/05/2019 Cafe Nine New Haven, CT
08/06/2019 The Mercury Lounge New York, NY
08/10/2019 New Orleans, LA
08/14/2019 Rebel Lounge Phoenix, AZ

NEW YEARS DAY
+ Diamante, Savage After Midnight
Amsterdam Bar and Hall
Mon 07/29/2019 (7pm/$18)
amsterdambarandhall.com

New Years Day is headlining the Amsterdam Bar and Hall on Monday, July 29th. The show was a rescheduled show, so if you had tickets to the original July 15th date at the Fine Line Music Café - those tickets will be honored at this Amsterdam Bar show.

Tour Dates

07/23 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
07/24 - Oxon Hill, MD - MGM Nataional Harbor
07/26 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Casino
07/29 - Minneapolis, MN - Amsterdam
08/02 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheater
08/03 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
08/05 - Sacramento, CA - Holy Diver
09/06 - North Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
09/10 - Dothan, AL - The Plant
09/12 - Houston, TX / House of Blues
09/13 - Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street
09/15 - San Antonio, TX - Aztec Theater
09/27 - Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life
09/28 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum

ALTIN GÜN
Thunderbolt Pagoda, DJ Lodos
Turf Club
Tue 07/30/2019 (7pm/$15)
turfclub.net

Psychedelic Turkish folk rock group Altin Gün are on their first-ever U.S. tour… stopping by the Turf Club on July 30th. The group’s sophomore album Gece is out now on ATO Records.

Tour dates:

7/22 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
7/24 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
7/25 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
7/26 – Kingston, NY @ The Anchor
7/27 - Washington, DC @ Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
7/29 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
7/30 - Minneapolis, MN @ TURF Club
8/03 & 8/04 - Portland, OR @ Pickathon
8/05 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
8/08 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
8/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theater
8/10 - San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands

TENACIOUS D
+ Wynchester
Palace Theatre
Tue 07/30/2019 (6:30pm/$59.50/Sold Out)
Wed 07/31/2019 (6:30pm/$59.50/Sold Out)
palacestpaul.com

Comedy rockers Tenacious D (featuring actors/comedians Kyle Gass and Jack Black) is stopping by the Palace Theatre in St Paul, as part of their “Tenacious D In Post-Apocalypto The Tour 2019” this July 30 and 31. Both dates are sold out.

Wynchester to open.

Tour Dates

7/25/19 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
7/27/19 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theater
7/28/19 Lincoln, NE Pinewood Bowl Theater
7/30/19 Saint Paul, MN Palace Theatre
7/31/19 Saint Paul, MN Palace Theatre
8/2/19 St. Louis, MO Stifel Theatre
8/3/19 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
8/4/19 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheater
8/5/19 Atlanta, GA Coca Cola Roxy Theatre
9/28/19 Rio de Janerio, Brazil Rock In Rio
10/1/19 Bogotá, Colombia El Campin Stadium
10/15/19 New Orleans, LA The Fillmore
10/16/19 Houston, TX Revention Music Center
10/17/19 Austin, TX ACL Live*
10/19/19 Dallas, TX The Bomb Factory
10/20/19 Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion
10/21/19 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater
10/23/19 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
10/25/19 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
10/26/19 Reno, NV Grand Theatre
10/27/19 Santa Barbara, CA Arlington Theatre
10/29/19 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern

TESSA VIOLET
+ Chloe Lilac
7th St Entry
Wed 07/31/2019 (7:30pm/$15/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Indie pop singer and YouTube star Tessa Violet will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry on July 31st. The show is sold out. This will be her first headlining tour.

17-year-old Chloe Lilac to open.

Tour dates:

July 25-Boise, ID- Neurolux
July 27 - Fort Collins, CO - Hodi's Half Note
July 28- Denver, CO - UMS Festival
July 30- Omaha, NE - Slowdown
July 31- Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
August 2 – Chicago, IL- Lollapalooza
August 5 – Columbus, OH - The Basement
August 7 - Cleveland Heights. OH - Grog Shop
August 9 – Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
August 10- Providence, RI - Alchemy
August 11-Hamden, CT- The Ballroom
August 13 – Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right
August 14- Philadelphia, PA - Voltage Lounge
August 15 – Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
August 16- Durham. NC - Motorco Music Hall
August 17 – Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
August 20- Orlando, FL- The Social
August 21- Tampa, FL- The Crowbar
August 22 – Gainesville, FL - High Dive
August 23 – Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits
August 24 – Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall
August 27 – Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
August 2 – Austin, TX- Stubb's Indoors
August 29 – Dallas, TX- Cambridge Room
September 3- Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
September 4 - San Diego, CA - Voodoo Room
September 5- Santa Ana, CA- Constellation Room

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Better Oblivion Community Center at First Avenue, Minneapolis (22 March 2019)

Better Oblivion Community Center at First Ave Better Oblivion Community Center Setlist My City Big Black Heart Sleepwalkin’ Forest Lawn Dylan Thomas Bad Blood (Bright Eyes song) Exception to the Rule Service Road Little Trouble Chesapeake Can't Hardly Wait (The Replacements cover) Lua (Bright Eyes song) Funeral (Phoebe Bridgers song) Didn't Know What I Was in For -- Encore -- Scott Street (Phoebe Bridgers song) Easy/Lucky/Free (Bright Eyes song) Dominos Lala Lala Setlist intro song Siren 042 Water Over Sex F**k With Your Friends Spy Lala Song Copycat ? When You Die ? Slip Away (Perfume Genius cover) Destroyer See You at Home Better Oblivion Community Center Meetings 23-Mar Chicago - Lincoln Hall 24-Mar Chicago - Lincoln Hall 25-Mar Cleveland - Agora Theater 26-Mar Pittsburgh - Mr Smalls 28-Mar Boston - The Sinclair 29-Mar New York - Bowery Ballroom 30-Mar Brooklyn - Music Hall of Williamsburg 31-Mar Providence - Columbus Theater 01-Apr Brooklyn - Brooklyn Steel 02-Apr Philadelphia - Union Transfer 03-Apr Washington DC - Black Cat 04-Apr Carrboro - Cat's Cradle 05-Apr Asheville - Grey Eagle 06-Apr Atlanta - Terminal West 07-Apr Nashville - Cannery Ballroom 09-Apr Austin - Stubbs 10-Apr Dallas - Trees 12-Apr Santa Fe - Meow Wolf 13-Apr Phoenix - Crescent Ballroom 29-Apr Helsinki - Tavastia 01-May Oslo - Rockefeller 02-May Stockholm - Berns 03-May Copenhagen - Vega 05-May Berlin - Columbia Theater 06-May Cologne - Kantine 07-May Amsterdam - Paradiso 08-May Antwerp - De Roma 10-May Bristol - Academy 11-May London - Shepherd's Bush Empire 12-May Manchester - Ritz 13-May Dublin - Vicar Street 09-Aug Los Angeles - The Wiltern Read More Conor Oberst Bright Eyes, brighter future. Conor Oberst (formerly Bright Eyes) will be at the Palace Theatre in St Paul on Thursday. Oberst recently appeared on Charlie Rose for a special interview and performance of his latest album Salutations. … Phoebe Bridgers In the age of the internet and social media, it's incredibly hard to keep a big secret, but that's just what singers Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers pulled off … Lala Lala Chicago’s Lala Lala (Lillie West, Karla Bernasconi, Abby Black) opened up the show. The band had a DIY girl rock sound to them and their music seemed to fit in really well with the Girlpool audience. …

Before it was First Avenue, it was a danceteria called Uncle Sam’s, and before that, a Greyhound bus station, but for one night only, the venue was transformed into a community center for a long sold-out “meeting”--

The occasion was the first area performance from Better Oblivion Community Center, a new project teaming singer-songwriters Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers, and who defied modern odds by forming the group and recording and releasing their album, completely by surprise.

After first announcing at the Fine Line Music Cafe, the show sold out immediately (a similar story in other major cities) and then was upgraded to the bigger Mainroom at First Avenue… which completely sold out immediately as well. The “meeting” was a hot ticket.

The first act of three to take the stage was singer/songwriter Christian Lee Hutson. Hutson is a Los Angeles-based musician, just releasing a new single, ‘Northsiders’ (which Bridgers produced) from his upcoming third full-length, which will be his first in five years. Hutson, who has played with Bridgers and Jenny Lewis, did double-duty, playing also in BOCC and charmed the crowd with his well-thought out acoustic songs and deadpan humor.

In addition to the new single, Hutson (who pricked up local ears by appearing along with Bridgers at last year’s Eaux Claires Festival) lightly introduced another song by explaining it was about some friends of his that had formed a band, and bought all the latest gear, but would never leave their mother’s garage, to actually go and play a live show somewhere.

Chicago indie-rock trio Lala Lala was next, in support of last September’s full-length The Lamb (on Hardly Art Records) and a just-released new single, ‘Siren 042’, a collaboration with WHY? The band, led by Lillie West, had just played the next-door 7^th Street Entry at the end of January, and we’d seen them last with Girlpool in late 2017.

The band’s downtempo sound amid often dark lyrics is still evolving and hearing the new single early in the set, helped prove that. West reminisced after playing it, about coming to Minneapolis just after forming the band, and playing a memorable house party, marked by someone casually walking around in a Mozart costume.

Their namesake ‘Lala Song’ was played mid-set with its repeated lyric, “I'm not even listening, you're not even nothing” effectively shutting down a lot of random crowd chatter and the threesome even managed to work in a Perfume Genius cover towards the end of their forty minutes.

Entering in front of a backdrop painted to look like a patio area and smoking deck with the ominous phrase “it will end in tears” at the top, Better Oblivion Community Center entered to begin their eighty-minute headlining set. A calming taped voice intro’d the concert, welcoming everyone to a “celebration of sound and light- We are one”, the voice reassured us. “Confusion is overrated, truth can be fun” the voice continued before the band turned their volume up, re-shuffling their setlist from recent shows, to open with ‘My City’ (which would have been more suitable if it opened their previous show, in Oberst’s Omaha).

It was immediately apparent, that the meshing of these two alternative voices, he of Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, and The Faint among others, over the last two decades and she the Los Angeles-based buzzing solo artist, who also made a recent splash with trio boygenius, was a harmonic match in indie-heaven. The music moved from traditional alt and indie-rock to touches of country, folk, fuzz, and even electro, resulting in a sound that was often different from anything each other had previously released individually.

The band is out playing these “meetings” in support of their eponymous debut album (on Dead Oceans Records) and after a building ‘Forest Lawn’ (“You used to say you wanted to end up in Forest Lawn, the two of us side by side asleep“) things really picked up with the album’ first single, ‘Dylan Thomas’.

From there, not only was almost all of the new record played, they also dipped into each other’s catalogs, beginning with 2002’s ‘Bad Blood’ which Bridgers ended up mostly singing. Things became a bit laid back for the electro ‘Exception to the Rule’ as lights dimmed further and Oberst leaned back on a low beach chair as red and white beach balls were tossed around the room.

A brisk and authentic mid-’80s Replacements cover version (hinted at in the previous song played ‘Chesapeake’ with its lyric, “I can’t hardly wait for someone to replace”) seemed perfect played from the same stage the originals did it so many times, followed by a tender ‘Lua’, a song Oberst and Bridgers would often duet together during his Ruminations Tour, when she opened for him. Oberst took lead for the Bridgers solo song, ‘Funeral’ and the five-piece would complete the main set with ‘Didn't Know What I Was in For’, the first song they wrote together and the new album’s opener.

Things were switched up again on the three-song encore, beginning with Oberst taking the lead on Bridgers’ own ‘Scott Street’ and both traded verses on a 2005 Bright Eyes song, with Bridgers singing at her loudest, by song’s end. ‘Dominos’, the new album’s closer, would also finish the evening, reassuring all in that community center way, that “if you’re not feeling ready, there’s always tomorrow.”

We may only be a few months into the year, but Better Oblivion Community Center seems like rock’s current hottest ticket, and with good reason. Though most shows have been upgraded (still subsequently selling out) this is one “meeting” worth chasing a ticket for, and attending at your local “community center”.

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Better Oblivion Community Center at First Avenue, Minneapolis (22 March 2019)

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Minneapolis: March 21 to March 23, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from March 21 to March 23, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Oh Pep! 2019 Tour Read More Oh Pep! Australian duo Oh Pep! (Olivia Hally and Pepita Emerichs) will be headlining the Cedar Cultural Center next Tuesday, July 12th, in support of their debut album Stadium Cake (out now on Dualtone). ....

OH PEP!
+ Naia Izumi
7th St Entry
Sat 03/23/2019 (8pm/$15)
first-avenue.com

Oh Pep! (short for Olivia “Oh” Hally and Pepita “Pep” Emerichs) will be back in Minneapolis, at the 7th Street Entry this Saturday, March 23rd. The Australian duo’s new album I Wasn't Only Thinking About You... is out now on ATO Records.

We caught the band a few times, on tour for their debut record Stadium Cake in July 2016 and, again, in Feb 2017, writing, “The evening began with a playful and sublime forty-minute set from Melbourne, Australia folk duo, Oh Pep! (aka Pepita Emmerichs and Olivia Hally) who released their debut, Stadium Cake last June on Dualtone Records. Their blend of harmonic pop (with Hally on guitar and Emmerichs alternating between mandolin, bouzouki and violin) has proved irresistible and is recommended for fans of Indigo Girls and First Aid Kit, with a tender and relaxed sound to their music, the new album recorded in Nova Scotia.”

Crowned winner of the 2018 Tiny Desk contest Naia Izumi to open.

Tour Dates:

03/15 - Great Scott - Allston, MA
03/20 - El Club - Detroit, MI
03/21 - Schuba's - Chicago, IL
03/22 - Back Room - Milwaukee, WI
03/23 - 7th St. Entry - Minneapolis, MN
03/24 - The Raccoon Motel - Davenport, IA
03/25 - Reverb - Omaha, NE

Other shows in the area:

Quinn XCII 2019 Tour Tori Kelly at Palace Theatre Better Oblivion Community Center at First Ave Mark Mallman at 7th Street Entry Ghost Light at Turf Club Stephen Kellogg at Turf Club Read More Tori Kelly The girl with the big hair, and potentially as big future, Tori Kelly comes to The Varsity in Minneapolis for what will no doubt be a sold out show as part of her Where I Belong tour. One of MTV’s Artists to Watch … Conor Oberst Bright Eyes, brighter future. Conor Oberst (formerly Bright Eyes) will be at the Palace Theatre in St Paul on Thursday. Oberst recently appeared on Charlie Rose for a special interview and performance of his latest album Salutations. … Mark Mallman Did you miss Mark Mallman’s double appearances at the Icehouse last March 25th and 26th? No problem, catch him again at the Icehouse this upcoming Saturday, July 9th. …

QUINN XCII
+ Ashe
Myth
Thu 03/21/2019 (7pm/$28)
mythlive.com

Genre-bending artist Quinn XCII will be headlining the Myth on Thursday, March 21st, as part of his “From Michigan With Love” tour.

Tour dates:

03/14/2019 20 Monroe Live Grand Rapids, MI
03/15/2019 The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, MI
03/19/2019 The Pageant St. Louis, MO
03/20/2019 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
03/21/2019 Myth Saint Paul, MN
03/23/2019 Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO
03/26/2019 Revolution Concert House Garden City, ID
03/29/2019 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
03/31/2019 McMenamins Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
04/02/2019 Ace Of Spades Sacramento, CA
04/03/2019 The Masonic San Francisco, CA
04/06/2019 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
04/09/2019 Comerica Theatre Phoenix, AZ
04/12/2019 South Side On Lamar Dallas, TX
04/12/2019 South Side Ballroom Dallas, TX
04/13/2019 House Of Blues Houston, TX
04/17/2019 Austin, TX
06/15/2019 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
06/23/2019 Firefly Music Festival

TORI KELLY
Palace Theatre
Thu 03/21/2019 (7pm/$18)
palacestpaul.com

Tori Kelly is currently on her “Acoustic Sessions” tour and she’ll be stopping by the Palace Theatre in St Paul on March 21st.

Tour dates:

3/14 Seattle WA Paramount Theatre
3/16 Vancouver BC Queen Elizabeth
3/17 Portland OR Crystal Ballroom
3/19 Denver CO Paramount
3/21 St. Paul MN The Palace
3/22 Omaha NE Holland
3/24 Kansas City MO Midland Theatre
3/26 St. Louis MO The Pageant
3/28 Indianapolis IN Murat Theatre
3/29 Columbus OH Express Live
3/31 Toronto ON Roy Thomas Hall
4/2 Boston MA House of Blues
4/3 Brooklyn NY Kings Theatre
4/5 Philadelphia PA The Fillmore
4/6 Lynchburg VA Liberty University
4/9 St. Petersburg FL Mahaffrey Theater
4/10 Orlando FL Hard Rock Live
4/13 New Orleans LA The Fillmore

BETTER OBLIVION COMMUNITY CENTER
+ Lala Lala, Christian Lee Hutson
First Avenue
Fri 03/22/2019 (7pm/$25)
first-avenue.com

In the age of the internet and social media, it's incredibly hard to keep a big secret, but that's just what singers Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers pulled off, recording a secret album and debuting a brand new band called Better Oblivion Community Center.

The band was originally booked locally at the Fine Line Music Cafe, which immediately sold out (like most of their tour), then was upgraded to the larger Mainroom at First Avenue... which immediately sold out. First single, "Dylan Thomas" is burning up the alternative airwaves. Book a "meeting" if you can.

Better Oblivion Community Center Meetings

19-Mar Salt Lake City - Metro Bar
20-Mar Denver - Gothic Theatre
21-Mar Omaha - Slowdown
22-Mar Minneapolis - First Ave
23-Mar Chicago - Lincoln Hall
24-Mar Chicago - Lincoln Hall
25-Mar Cleveland - Agora Theater
26-Mar Pittsburgh - Mr Smalls
28-Mar Boston - The Sinclair
29-Mar New York - Bowery Ballroom
30-Mar Brooklyn - Music Hall of Williamsburg
31-Mar Providence - Columbus Theater
01-Apr Brooklyn - Brooklyn Steel
02-Apr Philadelphia - Union Transfer
03-Apr Washington DC - Black Cat
04-Apr Carrboro - Cat's Cradle
05-Apr Asheville - Grey Eagle
06-Apr Atlanta - Terminal West
07-Apr Nashville - Cannery Ballroom
09-Apr Austin - Stubbs
10-Apr Dallas - Trees
12-Apr Santa Fe - Meow Wolf
13-Apr Phoenix - Crescent Ballroom

MARK MALLMAN
+ 26 Bats!, Gabe Barnett
7th St Entry
Fri 03/22/2019 (8pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

We love local singer/songwriter Mark Mallman.

Mallman wrote a book called The Happiness Playlist (Think Piece Publishing) and he’ll be playing songs and promoting the book on Friday, March 22nd at the 7th Street Entry.

 

GHOST LIGHT
Turf Club
Fri 03/22/2019 (7:30pm/$15)
turfclub.net

The secrect’s out: Ghost Light, featuring guitarists/singers Tom Hamilton and Raina Mullen, pianist Holly Bowling, bassist Dan Africano, and drummer Scotty Zwang, will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on Friday, March 22nd, in support of their debut album Best Kept Secrets.

Tour dates:

3/20 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
3/21 - Milwaukee, WI - Colectivo
3/22 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
3/23 - Chicago, IL - Chop Shop
3/25 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
3/27 - Frisco, CO - 10 Mile Music Hall
3/28 - Crested Butte, CO - Center for the Arts
3/29 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
3/30 - Denver, CO - Cervantes
4/2 - Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads
4/4 - Austin, TX - Antone’s
4/5 - Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Art Company
4/6 - Houston, TX - Last Concert Café
4/9 - Fayetteville, AR - George’s Majestic Lounge
4/10 - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House
4/11 - Columbus, OH - Woodlands Tavern
4/12 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
4/13 - Covington, KY - Madison Live
4/16 - Nashville, TN - Basement East
4/17 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Music Hall
4/18 - Charleston, SC - Pour House
4/20 - Charlotte, NC - Visulite Theatre
4/27 - New Orleans, LA - Republic NOLA
5/10 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
5/24 - 5/26 - Chillicothe, IL - Summer Camp Music Festival
6/6 - 6/8 - Wellston, MI - Camp Greensky Music Festival
6/27 - 6/30 - Rothbury, MI - Electric Forest Festival
7/18 - 7/21 - North Plains, OR - Northwest String Summit
7/25 - 7/28 - Scranton, PA - Peach Music Festival

STEPHEN KELLOGG
+ Pete Muller
Turf Club
Sat 03/23/2019 (7pm/$20)
turfclub.net

Stephen Kellogg (formerly of Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, who we wrote about in 2011) will be doing a solo appearance at the Turf Club on Saturday, March 23. Kellogg’s new album Objects In The Mirror is out now via Kellogg Family Store.

Tour dates:

03/20 — Music Box Supper Club — Cleveland, OH
03/21 — The Ark — Ann Arbor, MI
03/22 — Lincoln Hall — Chicago, IL
03/23 — Turf Club — St. Paul, MN
03/25 — The Bartlett — Spokane, WA
03/26 — Triple Door — Seattle, WA
03/27 — Wonder Ballroom — Portland, OR
03/28 — Swedish American Hall — San Francisco, CA
03/29 — Bootleg Theater — Los Angeles, CA
04/06 — Bluebird Theater — Denver, CO
04/09 — Sons Of Hermann Hall — Dallas, TX
04/10 — 3TEN ACL Live — Austin, TX
04/12 — The Basement — Nashville, TN
04/13 — Red Clay Music Foundry — Atlanta, GA
04/14 — NPR Mountain Stage — Charleston, WV
04/16 — Radio Radio — Indianapolis, IN
04/17 — The Soundry — Baltimore, MD
04/18 — The Barns at Wolf Trap — Washington, DC
04/19 — The Sinclair — Boston, MA
04/20 — White Eagle Music Hall — Jersey City, NJ

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