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Rocktober: October 9

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10/09 Juliana Hatfield with On Being an Angel and DJ Jake Rudh at Turf Club Read More Juliana Hatfield As long as I can remember, Hatfield started her music career with the Blake Babies. When they broke up, she had a massive hit with "My Sister" in her newly reformed band Juliana Hatfield Three … On Being an Angel The opening acts for this leg included Austin TX band On Being an Angel, who just put out a recent EP, On Being a Tape Vol II last month, the four-track collection … DJ Jake Rudh This is billed as a Transmission (aka DJ Jake Rudh) / BNLX release show, but music fans may want to take note that at nearly midnight, The Ocean Blue is scheduled to appear. …

10/09/2023 Monday

Juliana Hatfield
with On Being an Angel and DJ Jake Rudh
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Juliana Hatfield is back on tour. Her upcoming album Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO, will be available on 11/17/23 on American Laundromat Records.

Juliana Hatfield (09 Dec 2022)

We haven’t seen Hatfield since Dec 2022 where we said, “No shade to the very good bands that came before her, but Juliana Hatfield really knows how to knock the wind out of you. I was lucky to catch her and her band back in 2015 playing all of 1993’s explosive Become What You Are but it’s a different vibe without a noisy band sharing the stage. Hers was a staggering solo performance with just an electric guitar and those airy vocals. Beginning with “Everybody Loves Me But You” from 1992’s Hey Babe, Hatfield delicately flowed through songs from her 30-plus year catalogue. The occasional false start, awkward pause or runny nose could not dampen the sting and ache of her music and words: “Little Pieces,” “I Got No Idols,” a searing “Candy Wrappers” (which my friend requested on Instagram!) and of course “Sister.””

On Being an Angel and DJ Jake Rudh to open.

Tour dates:

9/12 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
9/14 – Pawtucket, RI – The Met
9/15 – Medford, NJ – Medford Oktoberfest
9/16 – Elkton, MD – Elkton Music Hall Monday
9/18 – New York, NY – Blue Note Jazz Club
9/19 – New York, NY – Blue Note Jazz Club
9/20 – New York, NY – Blue Note Jazz Club
9/23 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
9/24 – Camden, NJ – XPoNential Music Festival
10/1 – Nashville, TN – 3rd and Lindsley
10/3 – Chattanooga, TN – Barrelhouse Ballroom
10/5 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
10/6 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
10/7 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
10/9 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
10/11 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
10/13 – Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
10/14 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
10/15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre

10/09 yeule with SASAMI at Fine Line Read More Sasami Los Angeles-based artist Sasami (stylized as SASAMI) is returning to the area, at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on Saturday, April 20th. SASAMI’s debut self-titled album is available for pre-order now .…

10/09/2023 Monday

yeule
with SASAMI
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Singaporean songwriter and producer Nat Ćmiel, or otherwise known by the stagename Yeule, will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis this October 9th. Yeule’s new album softscars will be out on September 22nd via Ninja Tune.

Sasami (02 Apr 2022)

Sasami to open. We caught Sasami in Apr 2022 and wrote, “Sasami came on stage slightly later than advertised. She’s dressed up in this outfit, and her live band is Vermont’s metal band Barishi. With the release of her new album Squeeze, Sasami teamed up with Rin Kim and Andrew Thomas Huang (a Chinese-American visual artist who worked with Björk and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke)... so the visuals and direction all tells the story of Squeeze.”

Tour dates:

9/30 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House*
10/1 - San Francisco, CA @ Portola Festival
10/3 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom*
10/4 - Vancouver, BC @ Celebrities
10/5 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos*
10/6 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall*
10/7 - Denver, CO @ Marquis*
10/9 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line*
10/10 - Chicago, IL @ Metro*
10/12 - Toronto, ON @ Axis
10/13 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
10/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer*
10/15 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall*
10/18 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club*
10/19 - Washington, D.C @ Black Cat*
10/20 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle*
10/21 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)*
10/24 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall*
10/25 - Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory*
10/26 - Austin, TX @ Levitation
10/28 - Mesa, AZ @ The Nile*
10/29 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda*
12/7 - Paris, France @ Café de la Danse
12/8 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Melkweg OZ
12/9 - Berlin, Germany @ Zenner
12/11 - London, UK @ HERE at Outernet

10/09 Scowl at 7th St Entry Read More Taco Bell Taco Bell The fast food chain unveiled their Feed the Beat "Best of the Beat" winners (as determined by votes by fans). This year's winners are: Hit the Lights (myspace.com)…

10/09/2023 Monday

Scowl
with Militarie Gun, Big Laugh and Prize Horse
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Did you catch Scowl’s performance on Taco Bell and its Feed the Beat program on their Unofficial Halftime Show series? If you like what you saw, the up-and-coming hardcore punk band will be headlining the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis this October 9th.

Militarie Gun, Big Laugh and Prize Horse to open.

Tour dates:

Sep 12 Albuquerque, NM, US Launchpad
Sep 14 Dallas, TX, US Cheap Steaks
Sep 15 Austin, TX, US The Ballroom
Sep 16 San Antonio, TX, US Paper Tiger
Sep 17 Houston, TX, US The Compound
Sep 19 Winter Park, FL, US Conduit
Sep 20 Miami, FL, US Gramps
Sep 21 Jacksonville, FL, US 1904 Music Hall
Sep 21 Jacksonville, FL, US 1904 Music Hall - Fyf
Sep 21 Jacksonville, FL, US Underbelly - Fyf
Sep 22 Atlanta, GA, US Aisle 5
Sep 22 Birmingham, AL, US Furnace Fest
Sep 25 Durham, NC, US The Pinhook
Sep 26 Richmond, VA, US Richmond Music Hall
Sep 26 Richmond, VA, US Richmond Music Hall
Sep 27 Baltimore, MD, US Ottobar
Sep 27 Baltimore, MD, US Ottobar
Sep 28 Philadelphia, PA, US Underground Arts
Sep 29 Brooklyn, NY, US The Meadows
Sep 30 Brooklyn, NY, US Saint Vitus Bar
Oct 1 Boston, MA, US Brighton Music Hall
Oct 3 Montreal, QC, Canada La Salla Rossa
Oct 4 Toronto, ON, Canada Velvet Underground
Oct 5 Hamtramck, MI, US The Sanctuary
Oct 6 Columbus, OH, US Ace of Cups
Oct 7 Louisville, KY, US Portal
Oct 8 Chicago, IL, US Subterranean
Oct 9 Minneapolis, MN, US 7th St Entry
Oct 10 Omaha, NE, US Reverb Lounge
Oct 11 Denver, CO, US Marquis Theater
Oct 13 Salt Lake City, UT, US The Beehive Social Club
Oct 14 Boise, ID, US The Shredder
Oct 16 Vancouver, BC, Canada Russian Hall
Oct 17 Seattle, WA, US The Vera Project
Oct 18 Portland, OR, US Mission Theater
Oct 20 Reno, NV, US The Holland Project
Oct 21 Berkeley, CA, US 924 Gilman

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

Fast Food Music, Delicious!

I'm starting to see a trend in fast-food music lately! Fast, cheap, and easy, is always my motto.

Fireflight - Unbreakable Fireflight Fireflight Tour Dates 05/01/09 Agape Fest, IL 05/08/09 Visalia Fox Thea - Fireflight, CA 05/09/09 Paramounts Santa Clara, CA 05/11/09 San Bernard  Fairgrounds, CA 05/15/09 Lafayette Theatre, Indiana 05/16/09 Michigan Adventure, MI 05/22/09 Birmingham Stad Van Nuys, CA 05/24/09 Del Mar Fairgrounds, CA 06/10/09 Shed Smoky Mtn, Maryville, TN 06/11/09 Ichthus Fest Wilmore, KY 06/12/09 Ichthus Fest Wilmore, KY 06/13/09 Carowinds Palad, Charlotte, NC 06/18/09 Stone Mountain Park Fest GA 06/19/09 Clay’s Park Resort , OH 06/20/09 Great Escape, New York 06/25/09 Praise Assembly of God, OK 06/26/09 Ridgeway Baptist Sapulpa, OK 06/27/09 Joplin Family Worship Center Joplin, Missouri 07/10/09 Kings Dominion at Kingswood Stage - King’s Fest Doswell, Virginia 07/11/09 Kings Island Timberwolf Amp - SpiritSong Festival ’09 Mason, Ohio 07/15/09 Kentucky Christian University Grayson, Kentucky 07/17/09 Civc Center Grounds - Sonshine Festival Willmar, MN 07/18/09 Alexian Field - Ignite Festival Schaumburg, Illinois 07/24/09 Porter County Fair Grandstand w/ Switchfoot Valparaiso, Indiana 07/25/09 Pikeville City Park - July Jam Pikeville, Kentucky 08/01/09 Gunstock Mountain Resort - SOULFEST Gilford, New Hampshire 08/03/09 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center - Kingdom Bound Darien Center, New York 08/05/09 Unity Fest - Michigan Adventure - Unity Fest w/ Family Force 5 Muskegon, Michigan 08/08/09 LeClaire Park Bandshell - Rock the River Festival Davenport, Iowa 08/15/09 Mainstage - Purple Door Festival Lewisberry, Pennsylvania 08/28/09 Canada Olympic Park - Refuel Festival Calgary, Alberta 09/05/09 Rev Gen Fest - New York Stage - Revelation Generation Festival Frenchtown, NJ 09/21/09 Toyota Stage - Oklahoma State Fair Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 10/31/09 Palmer Event Center Austin, Texas 12/04/09 Haus Ennepetal - Christmas Rock Night Ennepetal 12/05/09 Haus Ennepetal - Christmas Rock Night Ennepetal 12/30/09 Louisville Convention Center - Youth Convention Louisville, Kentucky

Taco Bell
The fast food chain unveiled their Feed the Beat "Best of the Beat" winners (as determined by votes by fans). This year's winners are: Hit the Lights (myspace.com), Thousand Foot Krutch (official/myspace), and Fireflight (official/myspace).

I downloaded and listened to all the songs and they seem to all be of that power-pop/alternative/myspace-type music. I'm over-generalizing, but it's hard to determine what genre a band is based on one song.

Thousand Foot Krutch uses too much of that vocalizing technology on their winning song "Pulse", and Hit the Lights (named after a Metallica song!) are on the cover of AP's "100 Bands You Need to Know" on their April 2009 issue (although the singer Nick Thompson looks weirdly unhappy on the cover).

I think I'll spotlight Fireflight's "Unbreakable", there's a girl on vocals. From the looks of things, they will be doing a few dates with "Christian band" Switchfoot, based on the feedback for our article on them - they are extremely popular... so expect to see Fireflight doing really well in 2009, as I think Switchfoot's audience will most likely become instant Fireflight fans. (Speaking of fans, please see update below.)

If you like what you heard, all three tracks can be downloaded at feedthebeat.com.

Incidentally, all three bands won flight arrangements and recording sessions and studio time with a rock music producer, engineer, and masters for one song - according to the rules on Taco Bell's website. Although that doesn't sound like a lot, the estimated value is $15,000 ... that's a lot of taco bell food.

Kidz Bop - Get The Party Started

Kidz Bop

McDonald's
Not to be outdone by rival-Pepsi-owned Taco Bell, McD in association with Kidz Bop, are releasing about eight CDs with their Happy Meals.

If you don't have kids, but still want the CD, you can purchase them separately for about $0.99 each. The annoying thing is if you want to collect all eight, you have to go back every week. This week (April 24^th to May 1^st) you can get CD 1 & 2 - this will continue until the end of May.

There's no details on the cardstock packaging for the CD, so these are pretty much anonymous children singers. Some sounds like they are in their late teens (what qualifies for 'kids' anyway?). All the songs are covers, by the way.

As much as I love covers, these songs doesn't really offer much. Sexual innuendos like "I can go for miles if you know what I mean" on "Get The Party Started" are pretty much lost on children singing the line.

Still, for $1, these five songs are worth it for your children. For the adults, I recommend the McRibs if it's available.

Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper. RMX) Das Racist & Wallpaper. Wallpaper. Tour Dates 05/29/09 San Diego, CA @ Beauty Bar 05/30/09 Phoenix, AZ @ Rogue Bar (Shake!) 05/31/09 Las Vegas, NV @ Beatles Revolution 06/06/09 Mountain View, CA @  BFD Fest 06/19/09 Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B

Pizza Hut/Taco Bell
This is a very catchy, but dumb, that's d-u-m, song called "Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell" by Das Racist (myspace.com). The lyrics revolves around three lines:

I'm at the Pizza Hut
I'm at the Taco Bell
I'm at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell

Dumb isn't necessary bad, it's actually hilarious and funny as the two parties in the song are trying to meetup on Jamaica Avenue at the combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bell. Can you say "Harold and Kumar Goes to the combination Pizza Hut Taco Bell?"

Pizza Hut/Taco Bell on Jamaica Ave

I did check if there was a Pizza Hut/Taco Bell in New York (since the band is based out of there), and they are in fact singing about RL Pizza Hut/Taco Bell on Jamaica Ave.  Note: the band should get the restaurant to sponsor a show there.

I haven't heard the original song, but the particular song I was sent is a remix by Wallpaper. (myspace.com) (note the period, as in "feat."). Wallpaper. seems to know what he's doing, after all, he's been remixing quite a few other artists (Jamie Lidell, Passion Pit, The Submarines, Restiform Bodies, and You Say Party! We Say Die!).

Anyway, enjoy the very catchy and awesome song, while you go through drive-through. See you at the Pizza Slut/Taco Hell combo.

 04/25/2009 11:38:06 ♥ vu () ♥weheartmusic.com♥podcast.weheartmusic.com♥news.weheartmusic.com

Off the Beat - Unbreakable

Off the Beat

Update 4/25/09 8:05 pm: I received a message shortly after my article went live, that University of Pennsylvania's Off the Beat (official/myspace) have recently covered Fireflight's "Unbreakable" on their latest record, 1929. What makes their covers interesting is that all their songs are done in a cappella.

Looking at their impressive backcatalogue (they've been steadily releasing an album since 1990), I can only guess that like Menuedo, their singers staff changes every few semesters based on students.

So, listening to Off the Beat's "Unbreakable", it's definitely different without the use of music!