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Sharkmuffin / Ex-Girlfriends at Reverie, Minneapolis (21 Mar 2017)

Tour Dates 03/26/17 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts 03/27/17 Boston, MA Royale Nightclub 03/29/17 New York, NY Irving Plaza 03/30/17 Washington, DC U Street 03/31/17 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw 04/03/17 Welcome! - A Fundraising Concert Read More Sharkmuffin Brooklyn's trio Sharkmuffin (Tarra Thiessen, Natalie Kirch, and Sharif Mekawy) will be at the Triple Rock next Sunday, August 16, in support of their debut full-length .... Ex-Girlfriends Ex-Girlfriends Why Aren't You Stalking Me Anymore? 2:31 2 You're Next 2:42 3 Slay 2:03 …

Sharkmuffin and their pals Ex-Girlfriends are currently touring a post-SXSW tour... stopping by The Reverie Cafe + Bar in Minneapolis on Tuesday, March 21st. This is a small café at the start of “Eat Street” on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis and also hosts local art galleries and provide food and drinks.

Octopede

Local duo Octopede opened up the event, with a very, very, very brief ten minute set. The band may have been a fill-in for Ripper, who had to cancel their appearance due to a family emergency. That left the other local band Murf to close out the four-band lineup.

Ex-Girlfriends

Next was Ex-Girlfriends (not to be confused with the film or the 90s band Ex-Girlfriend). The “less than one year old” band consists of all girls (Tarra, Heather, Christine, and Monika), with the exception of their male drummer.

With only an EP out You’re Next and a single ‘Mfa’, the band actually exhausted all their songs, including the title track ‘You’re Next’, and started taking requests from the audience at the end of their set.

The band had a lot of energy and sounded like 90s riot grrrl, so if that’s your thing, this should be your new favorite band. In fact, at the Minneapolis show, they sold out their last CD at the merch table.

Sharkmuffin

Sharkmuffin played next. The first thing you’ll notice is that their singer Tarra Thiessen is also in Ex-Girlfriends. Rounding out the rest of the band was Natalie Kirch on bass/vocals, Drew Adler on drums, and Chris Nunez on guitar.

As expected with a band with a debut record, the band played plenty of tracks from Chartreuse (State Capital/Little Dickman Records)... including ‘First Date’, which Tarra described as a song written about Tinder.

Sharkmuffin and Ex-Girlfriends continues their tour.

Sharkmuffin at Reverie Cafe + Bar, Minneapolis (21 Mar 2017)

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Minneapolis: March 18 to March 21, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from March 18 to March 21, 2017.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Passenger We caught Passenger (aka /Passenger.) at a tiny, tiny venue called the Hollow, inside the Local bar, in Minneapolis in 2008. Now the man behind Passenger, Mike Rosenberg, … The Paper Kites Melbourne’s The Paper Kites will be bringing their ‘Midnight’ show world tour to the Triple Rock Social Club next Monday. ....

PASSENGER
at First Avenue
Saturday 03/18/17, 7:30pm (Sold Out)
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Passenger (aka Michael Rosenberg) is back in Minneapolis this Saturday, March 18th, at First Avenue’s mainroom. Passenger’s new album Young as the Morning Old as the Sea is out now.

The Paper Kites will be opening! We caught the Melbourne band last year and wrote, “Their fanbase here is incredible, and they just love the audience (which were mostly young college-bound or college students). There is something hopelessly romantic about the Paper Kites’ songs that speaks to their fans.”

Tour Dates:

03/10/17 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
03/11/17 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
03/14/17 Montreal, QC Metropolis
03/15/17 Toronto, ON Rebel
03/17/17 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
03/18/17 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
03/21/17 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
03/25/17 Vancouver, BC Orpheum
03/26/17 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
03/28/17 Portland, OR McMenamins
03/30/17 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
04/01/17 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
04/02/17 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
04/05/17 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
04/06/17 Austin, TX Stubb's Bar-B-Q
04/08/17 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
04/09/17 Atlanta, GA The Buckhead Theatre
06/17/17 Komos Festival
07/01/17 Rock Werchter Festival
07/02/17 Open Air St. Gallen
07/23/17 Live At Iveagh Gardens

Read More Sharkmuffin Brooklyn's trio Sharkmuffin (Tarra Thiessen, Natalie Kirch, and Sharif Mekawy) will be at the Triple Rock next Sunday, August 16, in support of their debut full-length ....

Other shows in the area:

03/18/17 Joe Bonamassa to play Orpheum Theatre.

03/18/17 The Orwells will be rocking out at Triple Rock Social Club.

03/19/17 Bebe Rexha is headlining the Fine Line Music Café. Show up early to check out Spencer Ludwig and Daniel Skye. The latter is a 16-year-old singer, recently signed to RCA Records. Skye has over 5 million social media followers, and by all accounts, fans are calling him the next Justin Bieber.

03/20/17 Texan instrumental rock collective This Will Destroy You is on a tour with Deafheaven and Emma Ruth Rundle. The bands will be playing at the Fine Line Music Café next Monday.

03/20/17 Strand Of Oaks is headlining 7th Street Entry.

03/21/17 Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness returns to First Avenue with Night Riots and Atlas Genius.

03/21/17 Sharkmuffin is back in Minneapolis... this time at Reverie Cafe & Bar. This is a new-ish concert venue, and it’s located on Nicollet (aka “Eat Street”, known for its restaurants).

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Minneapolis: August 16 to August 18, 2015

Read More Sharkmuffin Brooklyn based garage rock trio Sharkmuffin is made up of Tarra Thiessen (vocals/guitar) and Natalie Kirch (vocals/bass) and Sharif Mekawy (drummer). Together ....

Here are some concerts/events taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 16 to August 18, 2015.

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SHARKMUFFIN
at Triple Rock
Sunday, 08/16/2015, 8pm ($5)
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Brooklyn's trio Sharkmuffin (Tarra Thiessen, Natalie Kirch, and Sharif Mekawy) will be at the Triple Rock next Sunday, August 16, in support of their debut full-length album, Chartreuse (State Capital/Little Dickman Records).

Also on the bill is fellow NYC band Lost Boy?, Tongue Party and Disasteratti, a local band that seemed to be the headliner for this show. They have a second album Cerebral Hack Artist, out now on Learning Curve Records.

Sharkmuffin's tour Dates:

8/7 at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn, NY
8/8 at Yacht Club in Asbury Park, NJ
8/9 at KillKennys, Newark, NJ
8/10 at TROMAVILLE, New Brunswick, NJ
8/11 at Trap, South Philly, PA
8/12 at Maudie’s in Cincinnati, OH
8/13 at Happy Dog in Cleveland, OH
8/14 at Joyful Noise in Indianapolis, IN
8/16 at The Triple Rock in Minneapolis, MN
8/17 at Gabe’s in Iowa City, IA
8/18 at O’Leavers in Omaha, NE
8/19 at The Vega in Lincoln, NE
8/21 at Moe’s in Denver, CO
8/22 @ The Blind Tiger, Kansas City, MO
8/26 @ WCWM radio station

Read More The Delta Saints The Delta Saints are Ben Ringel (vocals/dobro), Dylan Fitch (guitar), David Supica (bass), Ben Azzi (drums), and Stephen Hanner (tour only - harmonica). They are a Nashville-based ....

THE DELTA SAINTS
at 7th Street Entry
Monday, 08/17/2015, 7:30pm ($10)
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Nashville band The Delta Saints (which I have always confused with similar-sounding band names like The Duke Spirit and Delta Spirit) will be in town at the 7th Street Entry on August 17th, in support of Bones, the album produced, engineered and mixed by Third Man Records alum, Eddie Spear. We previously talked about the band in 2013, when they were touring for Death Letter Jubilee. The band is constantly on tour, averaging about 200+ shows a year.

Local bands Porno Wolves and Loons in the Attic to open the show.

Upcoming US tour dates:

8/7 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
8/8 – Portland, OR @ Dante's
8/10 – Missoula, MT @ The Real Lounge
8/11 – Bozeman, MT @ Zebra Cocktail Lounge
8/12 – Billings, MT @ Pub Station
8/14 - Fargo, ND @ Dempsey’s Public House
8/15 – Williston, ND @ Light Up The Wild West
8/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
8/19 – Madison, WI @ The Frquency
8/20 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
8/21 - Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar
8/22 – Akron, OH @ Musica
8/23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café
8/25 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
8/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ MilkBoy
8/27 – Washington, DC @ DC9
8/28 - Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café
9/3 – Nashville, TN @ Live on The Green

Read More Saint Asonia Saint Asonia’s forthcoming self-titled will be released July 31st on RCA Records. Check out the lyric video for “Let Me Live My Life” here ..… Three Days Grace I saw Three Days Grace on their co-headlining tour with Shrinedown, and I have to say that bar-none, Three Days Grace was the superior of the two bands based on their stage presence, their live show setup (fireballs!!) ..…

SAINT ASONIA
at Varsity Theater
Tuesday, 08/18/2015, 7pm ($20)
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Two of the biggest forces in rock Adam Gontier (formerly of Three Days Grace) and Mike Mushok (of Staind) have joined forces with Corey Lowery (Stuck Mojo) and Rich Beddoe (Finger Eleven) to become the supergroup Saint Asonia.

Their self-titled debut album came out July 31, 2015 on RCA Records.

I got a sneak peek at their album tracklisting - and their song "Leaving Minnesota" will simply be the perfect song to end their set at the upcoming Varsity Theater show on August 18th.

Tour dates:

8/14/15 Oklahoma City, OK @ KATTfest
8/15/15 St. Louis, MO @ Pop's
8/16/15 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
8/18/15 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
8/19/15 Springfield, IL @ Boondock’s
8/21/15 Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
8/22/15 Franksville, WI @ WIIL Rock Fest
8/24/15 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
8/25/15 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
8/26/15 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
8/28/15 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
8/29/15 Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
8/30/15 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Sound Stage
9/1/15 Toronto, ON @The Phoenix Concert Theatre

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