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Minneapolis: March 23 to March 25

03/23 Bright Eyes with Christian Lee Hutson at Palace Theatre 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. … Christian Lee Hutson 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 .…

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03/23/2022 Wednesday

Bright Eyes
with Christian Lee Hutson
at Palace Theatre
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Popular indie rock singer/songwriter Conor Oberst, is bringing back his band Bright Eyes (having recently signed to Dead Oceans) for a national tour… stopping by St Paul at the Palace Theatre.

Show up early to see Christian Lee Hutson who recently released Quitters. The album was produced by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst.

Tour dates:

3/23 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace
3/24 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside
3/25 – Madison, WI – Sylvee
3/26 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theater
3/27 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Cathedral
3/29 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
3/30 – St. Louis, MO – Pageant
3/31 – Louisville, KY – Paristown Hall
4/1 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
4/2 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater
4/3 – Columbus, OH – Express Live
4/5 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
4/6 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theater
4/7 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
4/8 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
4/9 – Washington DC – The Anthem
4/10 – Norfolk, VA – NorVa

03/23 Gary Numan with I Speak Machine and DJ Jake Rudh at First Avenue Read More Gary Numan The man that famously sang about “Cars” in the 1980’s is back with his first album of original material in seven years, and back on the road for the Splinter Tour, stopping by Mill City Nights in Minneapolis this Sunday. .…

03/23/2022 Wednesday

Gary Numan
with I Speak Machine and DJ Jake Rudh
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Originally scheduled at First Avenue on Oct 12, 2021, the show was ultimately rescheduled due to COVID. Gary Numan will finally appear this March 23rd, 2022, at First Avenue.

We saw Numan in Nov 2017 and said, “With new album Savage (Songs from a Broken World) (on BMG /The End Records) electronic synth-pop pioneer Gary Numan proved to a capacity crowd in the Mainroom at First Avenue, that his music remains still urgent, vital, and fresh.”

I Speak Machine and DJ Jake Rudh to open.

Tour dates:

Mar 5 Houston, TX, US Numbers
Mar 7 Nashville, TN, US The Basement East
Mar 8 Atlanta, GA, US Variety Playhouse
Mar 9 Carrboro, NC, US Cat's Cradle
Mar 11 Jersey City, NJ, US White Eagle Hall
Mar 12 Buffalo, NY, US Town Ballroom
Mar 13 New York (NYC), NY, US Webster Hall
Mar 14 Boston, MA, US Paradise Rock Club
Mar 15 Washington, DC, US Lincoln Theatre
Mar 17 Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer
Mar 18 Pittsburgh, PA, US Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Mar 19 Detroit, MI, US El Club
Mar 19 Detroit, MI, US El Club
Mar 21 Chicago, IL, US Park West
Mar 22 Milwaukee, WI, US The Rave-Eagles Club
Mar 23 Minneapolis, MN, US First Avenue
Mar 24 Omaha, NE, US The Waiting Room Lounge
Mar 25 Englewood, CO, US Gothic Theatre
Mar 28 Portland, OR, US Revolution Hall
Mar 29 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Mar 30 Tacoma, WA, US McMenamins Elks Temple
Mar 31 Seattle, WA, US Neptune Theatre
Apr 2 Sacramento, CA, US Ace of Spades
Apr 3 Santa Cruz, CA, US The Catalyst
Apr 4 Petaluma, CA, US Mystic Theatre
Apr 5 Ventura, CA, US Ventura Music Hall

03/25 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Turf Club Read More Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will be playing the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis on June 11, in support of their latest album Only Run. Pitchfork recently premiered the first track …

03/25/2022 Friday

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Alec Ounsworth, otherwise known by his stagename Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is returning to touring, having released New Fragility on CYHSY / Secretly Canadian.

Tour dates:

03/16 - LANCASTER (PA), Tellus 360
03/18 - NEW YORK (NY), Le Poisson Rouge
03/19 - CAMBRIDGE (MA), Sonia
03/20 - S. BURLINGTON (VT), Higher Ground
03/22 - MONTREAL (QB), Le Ritz
03/23 - TORONTO (ON), Horseshoe Tavern
03/25 - ST PAUL (MN), Turf Club
03/26 - MILWAUKEE (WI), Colectivo Coffee
03/27 - EVANSTON (IL), Space
03/28 - ANN ARBOR (MI), Blind Pig
03/29 - PITTSBURGH (PA), Club Cafe
03/30 - WASHINGTON (DC), City Winery
04/01 - PHILADELPHIA (PA), Johnny Brenda's
04/02 - PHILADELPHIA (PA), Johnny Brenda's
07/15 - SAN DIEGO (CA), Soda Bar
07/16 - LOS ANGELES (CA), Echoplex
07/17 - PIONEERTOWN (CA), Pappy + Harriet's
07/19 - SAN FRANCISCO (CA), The Independent
07/20 - SACRAMENTO (CA), Harlow's
07/22 - PORTLAND (OR), Mississippi Studios
07/23 - SEATTLE (WA), The Crocodile
07/24 - VANCOUVER (BC), Wise Hall

03/25 Greet Death with Infant Island and Dead History at 7th St Entry Read More Alternative Press Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! made a special appearance at Monday (July 21st) night's Alternative Press Music Awards at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, to present the first ever "Icon Award" .…

03/25/2022 Friday

Greet Death
with Infant Island and Dead History
at 7th St Entry
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Michigan’s Greet Death will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this March 25th.

The shoegazing/slowcore band made it on Alternative Press’ “10 up-and-coming artists from Detroit you need to know”.

Greet Death’s latest album New Hell is out now on Deathwish Inc.

Infant Island and Dead History to open.

Tour dates:

3/24 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club *
3/25 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry *
3/26 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium *
3/27 Des Moines, IA @ Gas Lamp (Matinee) *
3/28 Wichita, KS @ Barleycorn's *
3/29 Denver, CO @ Meadowlark *
3/31 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
4/01 Boise, ID @ The Olympic *
4/02 Portland, OR @ The High Water Mark *
4/03 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile *
4/05 Oakland, CA @ Elbo Room *
4/06 Los Angeles, CA @ Resident *
4/07 Costa Mesa, CA @ The Wayfarer *
4/08 San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick *
4/09 Phoenix, AZ @ Nile (Underground) *
4/11 Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips *
4/12 Austin, TX @ Spider House Ballroom *
4/13 Houston, TX @ Eighteen Ten Ojeman *
4/14 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa *
4/15 Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box *
4/16 Atlanta, GA @ Boggs *
4/17 Nashville, TN @ Springwater *
4/18 West Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern *
4/19 Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor *
4/20 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall *
4/21 Washington, D.C. @ Pie Shop *
4/22 Philadelphia, PA @ Milk Boy *
4/23 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus *
4/24 Allston, MA @ O'Brien's Pub
4/26 Middletown, CT @ Rednawa *
4/27 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Funhouse *
4/28 Columbus, OH @ Spacebar *
4/29 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle *
4/30 Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary *

*w/ support from Infant Island

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

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Laura

Read More Camera Obscura Camera Obscura is back with a new album, Desire Lines, out now on 4AD Records. The Scottish band is in America at the moment …

LAURA CANTRELL
lauracantrell.com

Are you going to see Camera Obscura this Saturday at First Avenue in Minneapolis? Show up early to catch Nashville-born, New York City-based singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell!

It should be no surprise that this artist is touring with Camera Obscura, because Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura's lead singer) has collaborated with Cantrell for her fifth (and latest) release called No Way There From Here, which came out in January 2014 via Thrift Shop Recordings and distributed by Red Eye.

Other collaborators includes Amy Allison, Franklin Bruno, Jim Lauderdale, Kenny Vaughan, Michael Cerveris, Caitlin Rose, William Tyler (Lambchop), Paul Niehaus (Lambchop, Calexico) and Paul Burch.

Talking to americansongwriter.com, Cantrell explained, "Each recording project presents a fresh question to answer about what you're doing and why. For this record, where I’ve worked for the first time with mostly my own songs and point of view, the pressure I’ve felt is to find what suits each song and do it justice. It was challenging and exciting, because I have had to really define the sound."

Cantrell is currently on tour:

07/24/14 Ferndale, MI The Loving Touch *
07/25/14 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall *
07/26/14 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue *
09/18/14 Nashville, TN City Winery Nashville

* with Camera Obscura

Read More Against Me! Punk band Against Me! recently announced that they have extended their Spring headling tour to include a ton of new dates throughout May. They are currently touring in support of their sixth studio album …

LAURA JANE GRACE
againstme.net

Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! made a special appearance at Monday (July 21st) night's Alternative Press Music Awards at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, to present the first ever "Icon Award" (presented by Blackstar Amps) to the legendary Joan Jett.

Alternative Press Music Awards

The two would also later performed the song "Soulmates to Strangers," a track co-written by Laura Jane Grace and featured on Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' brand new album Unvarnished. Watch the professionally shot video on YouTube.

Against Me! is currently on tour for their new album Transgender Dysphoria Blues:

07/24 - Wilmington, NC - Ziggy's By The Sea *
07/25 - Charlottesville, VA - The Southern *
07/26 - Amityville, NY - Revolution Bar *
07/27 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall *
07/29 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre *
07/30 - Pawtucket, RI - The Met *
07/31 - Mountain Bike World Championship
08/01 - Kingston, ON - Ale House &
08/02 - Montreal QC - Osheaga Festival
08/03 - Ottawa, ON - Ritual Nightclub &
08/06 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium &
08/07 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theater &
08/08 - Colorado Springs, CO - Black Sheep &
08/09 - Ft. Collins, CO - Aggie Theater &
08/11 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory &
08/12 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory &
08/14 - Eugene, OR - Wow Hall &
08/15 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades &
08/16 - Petaluma, CA - Phoenix Theater &
08/17 - San Luis Obispo, CA - SLO Brew &
08/19 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst &
08/20 - Fresno, CA - Strummers &
08/22 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl &
08/23 - Los Angeles, CA - FYF Fest
09/10 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club #
09/11 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club #
09/12 - Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center #
09/13 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center #
09/16 - Boston, MA - House of Blues #
09/18 - Montreal QC - Metropolis #
09/27 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater #
09/30 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues #
10/01 - Tempe, AZ - The Marquee #
10/03 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom #
10/07 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre #
10/08 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works #
10/10 - New Orleans, LA - Civic Theatre #
10/14 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre #
10/15 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
10/16 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom #
10/17 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE #

* = Jenny Owen Youngs and Creepoid supporting
& = Creepoid supporting
# = supporting The Gaslight Anthem

Read More Laura Welsh Laura Welsh's new single "Cold Front" will be out July 15, 2013, on Polydor/Outsiders. You can listen to it now on soundcloud.com. Regarding her upcoming single and album …

LAURA WELSH
laurawelsh.com

Laura Welsh will be releasing her latest single "Break the Fall" on August 11th, via Outsiders/Polydor. We've previously mentioned her last single, "Cold Front." Although currently based in London, Welsh grew up in Staffordshire.

Teaming up with Bruno Mars and Lana Del Rey producer Emile Haynie, "Break the Fall" song is "a shimmering electro-pop anthem is a tale of betrayal inspired by the breakdown of a marriage within her family." Look for various remixes by Gemini, Embody, Para One, Pitron & Sanna, Apple Bottom and Ninetoes to accompany the release.

"Break the Fall" is a strong indication of what you can expect for her upcoming debut album. The album already has collaboration with Dev Hynes, Robin Hannibal from R&B minimalists Rhye, Jonathan Lipsey (Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse), Greg Kurstin (The Shins, Beck, Lily Allen), Scissor Sisters' Babydaddy and three-time Ivor Novello winning Amanda Ghost.

When not working on her record, Welsh can be seen writing a duet with John Legend, co-writing and lending her voice to Gorgon City's "Here For You".

Live dates:

05/03/14 Live At Leeds
05/24/14 Dot To Dot Festival

Read More Lauren Mann Calgary's Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk is releasing Over Land And Sea next week, April 9th, 2013, on Wanderer Records. I really love it, mostly because of the great folk melodies and singer Lauren Mann's vocals …

LAURA MANN
lauramann.com

Singer-songwriter artist Laura Mann (not to be confused with Lauren Mann or Aimee Mann) recently released Just For Today (Mann-Kind Records in conjunction with Kevon Glickman, Blingnot Media and distributed by The Orchard).

Just for Today is described as: Produced in Los Angeles by producer Charlton Pettus (Tears for Fears, Clay Aiken, and Taylor Dane) and was mastered by Grammy Award winning engineer, Ted Jensen, at Sterling Sound in New York. The album features songs co-written with Scot Sax and Lowen & Navarro (including a duet performance with Dan Navarro on title track "Just for Today"), and cover versions of songs by Robert Hazard and Paul McCartney, along with a number of Laura's original compositions.

Hoping to give back to the community, part of the net proceeds from the album will go to benefit Minding Your Mind, a non-profit organization in Philadelphia that provides free mental health education to adolescents, teens and young adults, their parents, teachers and school administrators.

Mann adds, "My song 'Just for Today' brings my audience through the journey of finding recovery to freedom."

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