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Going for Gold XXXIII

10/09/2016

EZTV at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (07 October 2016)

EZTV Setlist

Bury Your Heart
Pretty Torn Up
Hard to Believe
Trampoline
High Flying Faith
Hammock
When My Baby's Beside Me (Big Star cover)
The Light
Temporary Gold
Goodbye Morning
Racing Country

Pornonono Setlist

Keep Me Up
Mr Mistress
Don't Tell Anyone
Sea of Love
Keep It Coming My Way
Head
Let It Go
Back Enough
Body Right
Frontline
Mornonono

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EZTV

New York’s trio EZTV (not the Pirate EZTV or media company EZTV) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Friday, October 10th in support of their new record High in Place. ...

Fort Wilson Riot

Our favorite Minneapolis duo were recently mentioned in talking with Brody; he revealed that he was seeing Ft Wilson Riot in New Orleans. It looks like the band is still in the Georgia area: .…

Sleeping Jesus

Winona’s Sleeping Jesus started the show. Thankfully, it wasn’t religious music, as the “Alaskan Farmer” band’s name might imply. The band is led by singer/songwriter Nick Elstad …

EZTV stopped by the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Friday night, October 7th.

Winona’s Sleeping Jesus opened up the show, playing tracks from their Perennial EP... however the five-piece (Nick Elstad on vocals/guitarist, Tyler on drums, Christopher on guitarist, Leah on keys, and Ross on bass) played a new song near the end of their 40-min set.

“All the way from Uptown, Minnesota” Pornonono was up next, playing a “RnB future-myth” dance music. I actually recognize Amy Hager and Jacob Mullis from Fort Wilson Riot... and, as it stands, as we previously written, “Minneapolis is swarming with incestuous (creative) relationships.”

Brooklyn’s EZTV said it best on Friday night, “You guys got some options tonight, but thank you for coming to our show.” The four-piece (singer/guitarist Ezra Tenenbaum, drummer Michael Stasiak, bassist Shane O'Connell, and additional live guitarist Christian Peslak) was referring to several shows in the city, including Rachael Yamagata at Triple Rock Social Club, Caroline Smith at O'Shaughnessy, Glass Animals at Myth Nightclub, Luisa Maita at the Cedar Cultural Center, and, of course, right next door, Dinosaur Jr at First Avenue. As usual, there are plenty of choices in this year’s Rocktober in Minneapolis.

Singer Ezra Tenenbaum, relating to Dinosaur Jr., said one of his bird band featured frontman J Mascis’s dog walker. We’re not entirely sure if he was joking or not (we think he’s being serious).

The first time EZTV was in town, it was on Super Bowl Sunday (with Martin Courtney of Real Estate), and said they had a great time with the good turnout (despite the harsh Minneapolis winter). When questioned about his memory (“Who played?”) Shane O’Connell said, “The Vikings, right?”

As you can see from their setlist, the first half is from their debut Calling Out, with the latter half featuring mostly High in Place. Rounding out the rest of their set was a Big Star cover ‘When My Baby’s Beside Me’, which they jokingly said was a Cheap Trick song. The cover was special in a few ways, as this was the first time they played it after “chickening out” playing it a few nights earlier.

‘Goodbye Morning’ was touted as their saddest song they’ve ever written. Then they said how devastated they were when they heard (could not make out the name) a podcast was canceled.

After their set finale ‘Racing Country’ was played, drummer Michael Stasiak announced, “See you next Super Bowl Sunday!”

Remaining tour dates:

10/09 - Chicago, IL - Flood House
10/10 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Pyramid Scheme $
10/11 - Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Diner $
10/12 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt $
10/13 - Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade
10/14 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right
10/26 - Aarhus, Denmark - Tape *
10/27 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Stengade *
10/28 - Bielefeld, Germany - Nr.z.P *
10/29 - Leipzig, Germany - Westwek *
10/30 - Berlin, Germany - Tiefgrund *
10/31 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - S105 *
11/02 - London, UK - The Lexington *
11/03 - Manchester, UK - The Castle Hotel *
11/04 - Birmingham, UK - Sunflower Lounge *
11/05 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club *
11/06 - London, UK - Lock Tavern
11/07 - Brussels, Belgium - Rotonde *
11/08 - Paris, France - Mecanique Ondulatoire *
11/10 - Bern, Switzerland - Rössli *
11/11 - Milan, Italy - Cox *
11/12 - Correggio, Italy - i Vizi del Pellicano *
11/13 - Marghera, Italy - C.S. Rivolta *
11/14 - Zagreb, Croatia - Mocvara *
11/15 - Linz, Austria - Posthof *
11/16 - Prague, Czech Republic - Café V lese *
11/26 - Nashville, TN - High Watt %
11/27 - New Orleans, LA - Saturn Bar %
11/28 - Austin, TX - Barracuda %
11/29 - Dallas TX - Double Wide Bar %
11/30 - Memphis, TN - Bar DKDC %
12/01 - Columbia, MO - Café Berlin %
12/02 - Chicago, IL - The Hideout %
12/03 - Detroit, MI - El Club %
12/04 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern %
12/05 - Montreal, QC - Casa del Popolo %
12/06 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs %
12/07 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom %

$ Supporting Real Estate
* Supporting Merchandise
% Supporting Ultimate Painting

Sleeping Jesus

Pornonono

Pornonono Setlist

EZTV Setlist

EZTV: Ezra Tenenbaum

EZTV at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (07 October 2016)

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12/25/2015

W♥M's Favorite 15 Shows of 2015

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Sleater-Kinney

What are you doing on V-Day? If you're a Sleater-Kinney fan, you'll be at this sold out show. According to my bad memories and physical ticket stubs, I've seen Sleater-Kinney at least three times, and have expressed sadness ...

The Decemberists

Sure, their music is associated with hipsters and it's fair to assume singer Colin Meloy writes lyrics like he's from 1920, but The Decemberists are an unbelievably good band. …

Belle & Sebastian

Our favorite Scottish band Belle & Sebastian is releasing Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance tomorrow, January 20th, via Matador Records, their first new record since 2010's Write About Love. ...

Sam Smith

Sam Smith has sold out Madison Square Garden in NYC and The Forum in Los Angeles in minutes, with a second show in Los Angeles being added on January 29, 2015. The month-long ....

Big Star

Big Star is releasing some singles on Record Store Day. This is to coincide with the release of the documentary of Big Star called "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me", which you can check out the …

Blur

After the release of The Magic Whip (first album since Think Tank was released in 2003), this world tour sees Blur play Australia (including the Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay) …

Wizard World Minneapolis

Wizard World Minneapolis officially began its pop culture weekend takeover last night, with a kickoff event held last night at the rotunda in the Mall of America. In addition to a trivia contest for …

Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes have announced details of their eagerly awaited new EP, HAPPY NEW YEAR. The four-track EP will be released April 18th, exclusively on 180 gram champagne clear vinyl …

Go 96.3

We were really impressed with Go 96.3 FM's first Go Show #1 (featuring New Politics and Banks at Aria on Mar 2015). We were wondering how they can top that debut show …

Festival Palomino

We covered Trampled By Turtles' first ever Festival Palomino last year. It was such a great learning experience for us, and we had a great time... so much that it made it onto my top ten favorite shows from 2014 (out of …

The 1975

Matt Healy, lead singer for Manchester UK band, The 1975, is a marked man. And this past weekend, he returned to the city where it all happened. …

The Adicts

The version Cristina loves is the Adicts' version. Song of the week is Adicts' "Falling in Love". ...

FFS

FFS - the unique collaboration between Franz Ferdinand and Sparks - have announced their first ever North American live dates. This once-in-a-lifetime tour .…

Weezer

Weezer's singer Rivers Cuomo brought out his dad, Frank Cuomo, and they play "Back to the Shack". One of the most touching things I have witness in my many years of watching Weezer shows. …

Carole King

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a musical on the life of songwriter Carole King, based on the biography written by Douglas McGrath. The musical has a residency at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis until the end of November. …

This year (2015), W♥M covered 346, which is an absolutely amazingly large number considering that we basically don't cover shows from December to February.

With so many shows, it's hard to just pick 15 shows to talk about... and I know there are a few that I feel bad about leaving off the list. I recommend looking over our list below and clicking on the shows you are most interested in reading and checking out for yourself.

With that said, here 15 favorite moments of 2015:

Sleater-Kinney at First Avenue
14 February 2015

This was my fourth time seeing Portland's Sleater-Kinney, and it was possibly my favorite. After "breaking up" in 2006, it was a bit of a surprise when they announced their reunion in October 2014 (with a new album No Cities to Love no less!). Of course, their entire 2015 North American show immediately sold out, but we were lucky enough to be there.... as were all the dedicated fans (who we haven't seen in quite a while).

We wrote, "I also wanted to mention that this wasn't just a SK reunion, but a reunion for all their fans. Personally speaking, I saw old friends I have not seen in nine years and it was all because SK came back to the music scene... so from the bottom of my heart, thank you Sleater-Kinney. "

The Decemberists at Northrop Auditorium
24 March 2015

Similar to Sleater-Kinney, beloved The Decemberists disappeared from the music scene in 2011. We caught singer Colin Meloy solo in 2013, and although he did play some Decemberists songs, it just didn't feel the same. When the opportunity to see them live, after they announced an unexpected new album What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, we jumped on board on the sold out show.

Their encore, with a giant whale, was a delight: "...then was a direct hit to the gullet, with their other folky mega-epic, the bouncy ‘The Mariner’s Revenge Song’ which stretched some twenty minutes. People were prompted to scream at a certain part ¾ of the way into the song, and the reaction was not unwarranted as a large cut-out profile of a whale ambled on stage to slowly eat each of the band members in a row, to the crowd’s shrieking delight."

Belle & Sebastian at Enmore Theatre and Rock the Garden
29 January 2015/20 June 2015

My all-time favorite post-Britpop is Scottish band Belle & Sebastian. Although the band experienced some difficulties with their label (basically Jeepster Records didn't think they can grow beyond their cult-like status) and losing a few key band members (including sweet songstress Isobel Campbell), the band seemed to be in top form on this 2015 tour. They first hit the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia, and eventually made their way to Minneapolis at Rock the Garden.

Personally speaking, as a diehard fan, I felt it wasn't their strongest performance in Minneapolis. They've been gone for 9 years from the city, and their song choices weren't what I wanted or expected. Still, despite all that, their two song finales were unfortgettable: "The two closing tracks, ‘The Boy With the Arab Strap’ and ‘I Didn't See It Coming’ were absolutely unforgettable. Murdoch walked on the front barrier and asked if anyone wanted to dance and encourage fans to come on stage. About thirty fans jumped to the stage and just had an absolute blast singing and dancing... and, yes, taking plenty of selfies."

Sam Smith at Roy Wilkins Auditorium
24 January 2015

We were lucky enough to have caught Sam Smith right before his road to stardom: winning six Grammy Awards (in Feb 2015) - including Record of the Year and Song of the Year - and Brit Award winner for British Breakthrough Act and Global Success.

We wrote, "With his career just starting (though he mentioned he’s had a manager since age 12) and a strong chance that he walks away with several Grammys next weekend, Sam Smith’s local debut was worth the wait, with likely several more appearances in the years ahead, to come."

Wizard World Minneapolis
01-03 May 2015

The second annual Wizard World Minneapolis was a whole lot of fun. Unlike 2014's show, this year they had a few musical acts in conjunction to the comic book/geek fandom show: Critical Hit and our favorite Japanese Superhero band Peelander-Z. Unfortunately, due to a misunderstanding, the Peelander-Z show was cut short.

As we reported, "After just 25 minutes, the venue cut off the band's instruments!! Everyone in the audience and the band looked incredibly puzzled by the shutdown. The fans were screaming "One more song! One more song!" and Pink replied, "If only we could, but they won't let us play!"

Barenaked Ladies and Violent Femmes at Treasure Island
12 June 2015

After Brian Ritchie sued singer Gordon Gano in 2007, The Violent Femmes broke up. It was only recently (2015) that they reformed, so we were more than happy to make that long drive to Treasure Island Casino in Red Wing, Minnesota, to see them. Embarrassingly enough, I thought this was my first time seeing VF, until I was reminded by a friend of mine that we had seen them in early 2000 at First Avenue. Suddenly, the memories flooded back! I will confess that I have a terrible memory.

Anyway, seeing VF was such fun! Everyone in the audience were singing to every word (expect for the two new songs), but I will also mention that I LOVE Colin Hay (from Men At Work) and he was definitely the highlight of the Barenaked Ladies' set. BNL aren't bad either, they were surprisingly a very entertaining band.

We wrote, "Say what you will about Canada's Barenaked Ladies, but they are a great live band. All those years touring, singer Ed Robertson has developed an amazing ability to randomly improvise some raps and songs. My personal favorite was the "Ring Ding Ding for Red Wing" rap, it's clear to me that they just actually thought of it while randomly shouting out rhymes."

Go 96.3 Shows
13 March 2015/07 August 2015/03-04 December 2015

We were quite impressed with Go 96.3's very first show at Aria in early March 2015 (featuring New Politics and Banks). They spared no expenses, and it showed! They would later go on to book Go Fest 2015 (featuring Cold War Kids and Matt & Kim on 07 August 2015) and Go Snow Show (featuring Metric and Silversun Pickups on 03-04 December 2015). In fact, all the Go Shows are nothing less than spectacular. We speculate that they are possibly just losing money (thanks to their affordable pricing of "$9.63" or FREE), but we also think that getting their brand name out is well worth it.

We wrote, "So, with little Snow outside, but plenty Show inside, consider the inaugural Go96.3 Snow Show a success with the hope that this becomes a bigger and better holiday tradition, for years ahead. "

Blur in Sydney, Los Angeles, and New York
25 July 2015/20 October 2015/23 October 2015

Legendary Britpopster Blur is finally back in Australia, playing their first gig in 18 years in the country. The whole gang is back (including Graham Coxon), and we love the band so much, we travelled to Los Angeles and New York for Blur's final two US tour. It's hinted heavily that this was the band's final U.S.A. appearance. A sad reminder that for this megastar band in England... that they never really broke America.

We wrote, "I'll just say the show was bittersweet. Albarn plans to spend next year working on the band that did break the States, Gorillaz, and he has enough side projects to distract him from the band he first started out in. This may be their last concert in the country they couldn't break."

FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks) at First Avenue
09 October 2015

FFS is the special project of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks. The two bands recorded an album and as expected with these type of one album-only tour, they basically played the entire album. As an added bonus, selective songs from their respective catalog was also played, including the wildly popular FF's song "Take Me Out" (the entire audience was bouncing and singing along to this number).

Of all the places the band could have chosen to play, they surprisingly added Minneapolis to their limited first-ever US tour... and it was well worth it for fans who showed up to catch this unique performance.

As we reported, "Both bands collaborated to produce some of the most interesting pop songs on the FFS album. It's smart, it's catchy, it's fun, and it's uniquely FFS. While I do not think there will be a sequel in the future, this was, by far, the most interesting team-up we've seen in a while."

Big Star's Third at First Avenue
20 September 2015

This is one of our favorite 2015 shows: Big Star's Third. Every show they do is different, mainly because they have different guests. With all these great guests, you would think they can easily screw up, but they were all surprisingly well-rehearsed and seemed to know their material and what they had to work with.

We concluded, "This show was such a massive pleasure to watch. Between a stage loaded with talent and music loaded with emotion, it was hard to walk away from this and not be inspired and heartened. Big Star created some of the most beautiful and timeless music of all time, the soundtrack to our lives. Stamey, Stringfellow and every single person who contributed to Wednesday night’s performance brought that soundtrack to life. "

The 1975 at First Avenue
10 December 2015

This was our third time seeing The 1975, fifth time if you count their two promotional appearance at Cities 97 and the Mall of America... and we called it long ago: This band is going to be massive! Not only have they sold out every appearance in the Twin Cities, but ahead of their sophomore album, they've already announced a date at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. We think it's going to sell out, which very few bands have managed such a feat. We'll wait and see. If you need further proof that the band has made it - after we saw them at First Avenue, there were bootleg T-Shirt vendors!

As reported, "From the show’s early sell out, to the stage production, and the crowd’s intense reaction to every song, it was clear right away that the band has outgrown its club confines and is destined for bigger things (something we predicted when we first saw them too)."

Festival Palomino 2015
September 2015

We felt that the inaugural Festival Palomino last year was nothing short of perfect... however, the organizers (First Avenue and Trampled by Turtles) improved on perfection! We love the new setup and, based on these two successful shows, we're pretty sure they will be hard at work on a great 2016 Festival Palomino.

We praised, "If local festivals were racehorses, Festival Palomino is best in show. Again.

The Trampled by Turtles-curated festival, held again in the inside greens of the horse racetrack at Canterbury Park in the southwest suburb of Shakopee, triumphed once more in its sophomore year, as a prime example of a highly enjoyable, expertly-run day of music. "

Rev Horton Heat & The Adicts at First Avenue
24 September 2015

This was an odd-pairing, but we were really excited about UK's The Adicts' very first Minneapolis show. They were just super-duper entertaining. The band clearly has their live show down to a T, incorporating various fun stage props, various costume changes, and choreographic dance routines. The only down side to these shows is that they are practically the same routine every night, so if this is your second or third time seeing them, it'll get old fast... but personally speaking, since it was their first Minneapolis show: we loved it.

Worth the price of admission: "If anything, The Adicts is one of the most entertaining bands touring right now. I've never seen so many stage prop used on stage, from pounds of confetti (used in streamers, umbrellas, hats, etc.) to Chinese take-out cartons (used for "Chinese Takeaway"), playing cards (used for "Joker in the Pack") to light-up plastic glass (used during "Who Spilt My Beer?") to various costume changes (hats, gloves, shirts) to beach balls, to stuffed monkeys (thrown into the audience). Although this may seem gimmicky, you can't ignore that this was a first-rate production and worth the price of admission. "

Weezer at Burgerama IV and Basilica Block Party
29 March 2015/10 July 2015

We're big fans of Weezer since 1994. Admittedly, the band's outgrown us, but we still have a soft spot for the nerdy band. Seeing them at Burgerama IV in Santa Ana was a treat, but because Rivers' dad came on stage to sing "Back to the Shack" with the band. We caught them again locally at Basilica Block Party, and it's probably our favorite Basilica show in recent memory.

The fans loved it, "As soon as the first few chords of ‘Hash Pipe’ were played, the audience immediately recognized it and started screaming and singing. Other big hits blocks included ‘Surf Wax America’, followed by ‘Island in the Sun’ with personalized "Minneapolis" lyrics, and ‘Beverly Hills’ (which did gangbuster in California, but surprisingly did really well in Minnesota as well)."

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
25 November 2015

This one is still fresh in my mind, so it's one of my favorite music event I've attended. I can probably count on my hand the few plays and musicals I've attended (The King and I, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, etc.), but watching Beautiful: The Carole King Musical was simply just magical. The seamless set changes, the constant costume changes (and one great "quick change" costumes), the great singing and music playing... they were just flawless! It probably helped that they act the same scene night after night for the last 200+ shows, but it was still pretty amazing to witness live. I have told people that it is like watching a movie, only it's completely live.

We concluded, "If you're a fan of live musical, you definitely will want to attend a show. It is a lot of fun, and the musical numbers will bring back a lot of wonderful memories."

Below are links to all 346 shows we covered in 2015:

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10/06/2015

Looking Back: September 2015

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Ride

Legendary shoegazing band Ride will be headlining Mill City Nights next Tuesday, September 29th. After the British band broke up in 1996, founding band member Andy Bell went on to …

These Animal Men

Two of the most popular New Wave of New Wave punk bands These Animal Men and S*M*A*S*H recently played at Heaven in London on September 11th. This is TAM's first show in twenty years! …

Jenny Hval

Norwegian singer, and performance artist, Jenny Hval recently brought her Apocalypse, girl show to Minneapolis' 7th Street Entry on Tuesday, September 1st. …

The Maine

I've seen The Maine many times before. Last time I went to their show, I wrote about how maybe a concert is just an excuse for the feeling of nostalgia. I was back on the hunt …

The Adicts

Closing out the show was UK's The Adicts (aka ADX). This was an odd pairing, as there were little crossover fans of rockabilly and punk music. Still, it was pretty exciting to see the band's first ...

Here is the wrap-up for last month: September 2015.

It's a record-breaking September! We covered a whopping 45 shows for the month, with the last day of the month being one of busiest!

Awards:

Busiest Day goes to September 12th for five shows: Damian Marley at Cabooze, The Coathangers at Triple Rock, Low at Electric Fetus (a full set!), Tommy Stinson (The Replacements) at Turf Club, and Vintage Trouble at Mill City.

Best Music Festival in the area has to go to Trampled by Turtle's Festival Palomino (09/19). Technically, we only covered one Music Festival this month, but of all the festivals we went to this year, Festival Palomino is one of our favorites. It's incredibly well-organized and we like the audience they bring in. See our complete coverage (including setlists, photos, recaps, etc.) here.

Once-In-A-Lifetime Award goes to Ride at Mill City Nights (09/29). The last time the shoegazing band was in town was in 1992. If you miss them this time, we doubt they will come back to Minneapolis... well, maybe we'll catch them again in 23 years. Also, These Animal Men and S*M*A*S*H reunite for a special one-show deal at Heaven in London (09/11). If we could afford it, you know we'd catch that flight to London to see these NWONW legends.

Strangest Show goes to Jenny Hval for her performance art/music show at the 7th Street Entry (09/01). Simply unforgettable. Hval reinvented her show from a simple singer/songwriter to a weird commentary on the American exercise and sex culture. Also enjoy some rare vu-art for this show.

Best Value goes to The Maine at Mill City Nights (09/03). The Maine did a wonderful thing and basically said: This show is on us. The show was completely free, which is pretty amazing if you think about equipment rentals, hotel rooms, gasoline, booking the venue, etc. The only thing the band asked was to bring as many people (including non-fans) to see their show.

Most Entertaining Show(s) goes to The Adicts (with Reverend Horton Heat) for their first-rate all confetti show at First Avenue (09/24) and Big Star's Third show at First Ave (09/30) for their amazing all-star casts.

Below are links to all 45 shows we covered for the month of September 2015.

• 09/01 Jenny Hval at 7th Street
• 09/02 Lou Gramm at MN State Fair
• 09/03 The Maine at Mill City Nights
• 09/03 Colleen Green at Turf Club
• 09/04 Four Years Strong at Triple
• 09/06 D'Angelo at First Ave
• 09/08 Radkey at 7th Street
• 09/09 Craft Spells at Echo
• 09/10 Brandon Flowers at First Ave
• 09/10 Mikal Cronin at Turf Club
• 09/10 Bayside at Varsity Theater
• 09/11 These Animal Men at Heaven
• 09/12 Damian Marley at Cabooze
• 09/12 Coathangers at Triple Rock
• 09/12 Low at Electric Fetus
• 09/12 Tommy Stinson at Turf Club
• 09/12 Vintage Trouble at Mill City
• 09/13 Dear Hunter at Triple Rock
• 09/14 Fidlar at Varsity Theater
• 09/15 The Cribs at Turf Club
• 09/16 Eluveitie at Mill City Nights
• 09/17 The Struts at First Ave

• 09/18 Mynabirds at 7th Street
• 09/19 Festival Palomino 2015
• 09/19 Astronautalis at Turf Club
• 09/20 Uncle Acid at Mill City
• 09/21 Noah Gunderson at Fine Line
• 09/22 Ibeyi at Mill City
• 09/22 D.R.I. at Triple Rock
• 09/22 Man Man at Turf Club
• 09/23 Lizz Wright at Dakota Jazz
• 09/23 Sub Criminals at Skyway
• 09/23 Years & Years at Varsity
• 09/24 The Adicts at First Ave
• 09/24 By the Thousands at Amsterdam
• 09/24 Ben Rector at Northrop
• 09/25 The Fratellis at Varsity
• 09/26 Holly Miranda at 7th Street
• 09/26 ZZ Ward at First Ave
• 09/27 Breaking Benjamin at Myth
• 09/27 John Hodgman at Cedar
• 09/29 Ride at Mill City
• 09/30 HardDrive Live at Mill City
• 09/30 Big Star's Third at First Ave
• 09/30 Ash at Nether Bar

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10/03/2015

Big Star's Third at First Avenue, Minneapolis (30 September 2015)

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Setlist

#	Song	Singer(s)
	-- Set I --
1	Kizza Me	Dave Pirner and Brett Harris
2	O Dana	Matt Wilson
3	For You	Jody Stephens
4	Nightime	Josh Grier
5	Jesus Christ	Mike Mills
6	Take Care	Schoepp Brothers
7	Big Black Car	Wooldridge Brothers
8	Stroke It Noel	Ken Stringfellow
9	Blue Moon	Jody Stephens
10	Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground cover)	Brett Harris
11	Downs	Brett Harris, Chris Stamey, and Ken Stringfellow
12	Dream Lover	Skylar Gudasz
13	Holocaust	Chris Stamey
14	You Can't Have Me	Skylar Gudasz and Mike Mills
15	Kanga Roo	Brett Harris
16	Thank You Friends	Entire cast
	-- Set II --
17	Thirteen	Skylar Gudasz
18	You and Your Sister (Chris Bell song)	Brett Harris
19	In the Street	Mike Mills and Schoepp Brothers
20	Don't Lie To Me	Josh Grier
21	When My Baby's Beside Me	Dave Pirner and Jim Boquist
22	Back of a Car	Dave Pirner
23	Way Out West	Jody Stephens
24	I Am the Cosmos (Chris Bell song)	Wooldridge Brothers
25	Give Me Another Chance	Mike Wilson
26	September Gurls	Mike Mills and Chris Stamley
	-- Encore --
27	Try Again	Jeff Crawford
28	Watch the Sunrise	Brett Harris

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Big Star

Big Star is releasing some singles on Record Store Day. This is to coincide with the release of the documentary of Big Star called "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me", which you can check out the …

Last night’s performance of Big Star’s Third at First Avenue was so extraordinary, I’m having a hard time finding the right words for this review. Unfortunately, nothing I write here will truly do it justice. So bear with me, dear reader, as I recount some of the details of this tremendous event.

The Chris Stamey Group

The evening started with a brief 25-min set by The Chris Stamey Group, headed by, who else, Chris Stamey (famous for forming The Db's with Peter Holsapple).

Starting with a feedback problematic song called "The Summer Sun", followed by his latest "Make Up Your Mind" from his new Euphoria album. The rest of the set included "Something Came Over Me", "Cara Lee", and "Song for Johnny Cash."

Mike Mills and Skylar Gudasz singing "You Can't Have Me"

It needs to be stated that each of the Third shows are, as Ken Stringfellow explained later in the night, “made from scratch.” That is, there is a core touring group (Stringfellow, Jody Stephens, Chris Stamey, Mike Mills, Brett Harris, Skylar Gudasz) and each town they play in, they cull the local scene for musicians. So every night is unique because they’re often playing with a different group of people.

Jim Boquist and Dave Pirner hamming it up for "When My Baby's Beside Me"

It should come as no surprise that Minneapolis managed to score some excellent guests like Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum), Jim Boquist (Son Volt), Josh Grier (Tapes & Tapes), and Matt Wilson (Trip Shakespeare). But even better than watching Pirner and Boquist ham it up during “When My Baby’s Beside Me,” was being blown away by the string collective (Four Voices Strings Quartet) and horn section, key sonic elements that gave the songs so much dimension and color.

Mike Mills in "The Basketball Project"

The Third set kicked off with the rousing first track “Kizza Me” sung by the always animated Pirner. The revolving door of guest vocalists was dizzying but exciting; you never knew who was going to show up and sing what and who was going to trade instruments. But everything was so precisely timed that the sudden changes didn’t interrupt the flow of the set. Even the chaos of a song like “Kanga Roo” seemed deliberate, carefully orchestrated by top notch players. In fact, it was fascinating to see how each sound on the album would be represented on stage - in the case of “Downs,” a charming, bespectacled Mike Mills bounced a basketball to create a repeating thunderous rhythm.

Guitarist Audley Freed (from The Black Crowes) astonished the crowd (and his bandmates) with some fierce solos and swoon-worthy slide work throughout the entire night. On the far left of Freed was talented keyboardist Charles Cleaver who also played accordion for a handful of tunes. Rounding out the impressive roster was former Zuzu’s Petals’ drummer Linda Pitmon, bassist Jeff Crawford (doing a goosebumps-inducing “Try Again” from Big Star’s #1 Record) and Trapper and Tanner Schoepp who served up a gorgeous rendition of my favorite track on Third, “Take Care.”

Stringfellow, Harris and Gudasz had no problem replicating the lovely, intricate harmonies that are a hallmark of most Big Star compositions (especially on #1 Record). However, they really hit it out of the park when each individual member took the lead: Harris covered both “Kanga Roo” and “Downs” and nailed Chris Bell’s “You and Your Sister” and Gudasz was exquisite on “Dream Lover” and “Thirteen.”

Jody Stephens

Stringfellow, along with being the king of puns, killed it on “Stroke it, Noel.” He flexed his vocal muscles even more by taking on the higher register on the more challenging harmonies like the gorgeous and second Chris Bell solo song of the night, “I Am the Cosmos” (singing backup for Scott and Brian Wooldridge). The lone surviving member of Big Star, Jody Stephens, was a joy to watch, singing tender ballads “For You,” “Blue Moon” and “Way Out West” and drumming the sh*t out of songs like “You Can’t Have Me” and the Third set closer “Thank You Friends.”

The second set was jam-packed with more Big Star and solo Chris Bell tunes: the Shoepp brothers bookended Mills as they led the ultimate sing-along with “In the Street” (nice cowbell, Tanner!), Grier freaked out on “Don’t Lie to Me,” and Mills and Stamey brought the house down with “September Gurls” before the show ended entirely with an encore of two gems from #1 Record, “Try Again” and “Watch the Sunrise.”

This show was such a massive pleasure to watch. Between a stage loaded with talent and music loaded with emotion, it was hard to walk away from this and not be inspired and heartened. Big Star created some of the most beautiful and timeless music of all time, the soundtrack to our lives. Stamey, Stringfellow and every single person who contributed to Wednesday night’s performance brought that soundtrack to life. Thank you, friends!

Ken Stringfellow will be back in Minneapolis at Yoga Garden on October 9th with Holly Muñoz, billed as Holly & Ken. Additional details on news.weheartmusic.com.

Big Star's Third at First Avenue, Minneapolis (30 September 2015)

Left to Right: Brett Harris, Brian Wooldridge, Skylar Gudasz, Audley Freed, Dave Pirner, Jody Stephens, Ken Stringfellow, Scott Wooldridge (partial), Jim Boquist, Tanner Schoepp, Chris Stamey (partial), Trapper Schoepp, Matt Wilson, and Josh Grier

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09/25/2015

Minneapolis: September 30, 2015

Holy cow! Can you believe we are going to close out September with these shows?

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on September 30, 2015.

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Big Star

Big Star is releasing some singles on Record Store Day. This is to coincide with the release of the documentary of Big Star called "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me", which you can check out the …

R.E.M.

One of the most important albums, R.E.M.'s Murmur was re-released yesterday as a Deluxe Edition by Universal Records. What sets this release apart from the original 1983 release and the "IRS …

The DB's

Reunions are always a tough gig. Die hards want the old stuff and the band paid to play the new stuff. The DB's were no exception. Set consisted mostly of new, 2 older songs and one cover The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows". …

Ken Stringfellow

You might know Ken Stringfellow from The Posies (we all remember "I Can Dream All Day" song) and the re-formed Big Star. Speaking of moons & stars, his latest album is called Danzig in the Moonlight, and it's …

BIG STAR'S THIRD
at First Avenue
Wednesday, 09/30/2015, 7pm ($20)
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Back in 2010, Chris Stamey, best known as the co-founder of 80s indie-pop band the dBs, had the idea to put together a collection of his favorite musicians and perform Big Star’s Third (also known as Third/Sister Lovers). Stamey had successfully done a similar thing with an Elliott Smith tribute a few years prior and decided to tackle the influential band’s classic, brutal third studio album. As Stamey explains on the Big Star Third website: “It struck me at the time that this was “concert music of a generation,” that regardless of who performed it, it should be heard out in the air, not confined to earbuds, cars, and living rooms. In the same way that Mozart and Beethoven, in their day, were heard.” And thus, Third, found new life in the instruments and voices of such talents as Mike Mills from REM, Mitch Easter of Let’s Active, Ken Stringfellow of the Posies (and the 90s incarnation of Big Star), Stamey himself and surviving Big Star member, Jody Stephens, as well as Charles Cleaver, Audley Freed (Sheryl Crow and Black Crowes), Brett Harris, and Skylar Gudasz.

All these years later, Minneapolis is finally being treated to this once-in-a-lifetime event: a performance of the album with a chamber orchestra.

Uh, did you catch all that?

ALL those musicians AND a freaking ORCHESTRA!! Oh and the guest list for this gig?

DAVE PIRNER! MATT WILSON (Trip Shakespeare)! JOSH GRIER (Tapes & Tapes)! THE WOOLDRIDGE BROS! TRAPPER SCHOEPP!

As a fan of every single musician involved in this project and a dedicated listener of Big Star (and the creative musical minds therein), I am beyond thrilled for this show. Third has so many incredible moments on it: the emotional devastation of “Holocaust,” the reverb-wrapped “Kangaroo,” the transcendent love ode “For You,” the joyful bombastic “You Can’t Have Me,” the shimmering melancholia of “Nighttime.”

Big Star tapped into something special, something very human, a beauty that has resonated with people for over four decades. It’s hard for me to overstate just how important this band and their music is. I can already predict that this September 30th performance will be an evening no one will forget.

If you’re looking for something to do while you count down the days until the show, check out the books A Man Called Destruction by Holly George-Warren, Big Star: The Story of Rock's Forgotten Band by Rob Jovanovic and It Came From Memphis by Robert Gordon and the documentary film Nothing Can Hurt Me (the title, of course, taken from Third’s “Big Black Car”).

An Orchestrated Live Performance of the Legendary Album featuring guest vocalists and a chamber orchestra backed by:

original Big Star member Jody Stephens,
Mike Mills (R.E.M.),
Chris Stamey (The dB’s),
Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, Big Star),
Charles Cleaver,
Audley Freed (Sheryl Crow, Black Crowes),
Brett Harris,
and Skylar Gudasz

featuring special guests:

Jim Boquist,
Josh Grier (Tapes & Tapes),
Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum),
Linda Pitmon,
Trapper Schoepp and Tanner Schoepp,
Matt Wilson (Trip Shakespeare),
and The Wooldridge Bros.

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Ash

It's no secret, we love Ash. The trio made their so-called 'Ash Wednesday' return with "Cocoon", their first single from their forthcoming studio album Kablammo. Did I hear that right? Ash will be releasing …

ASH
at Nether Bar
Wednesday, 09/30/2015, 7pm ($20)
millcitynights.com

We love Ash. We've been following the Irish band for a long time now, and a few years ago, they famously said they would "never" release an album. Instead the trio concentrated on just recording singles (ultimately those singles were collected into their A-Z compilation).

Anyway, as we have previously mentioned, the band backpedaled a little, announced that they have recorded an album called KABLAMMO!... and they are heading out on tour in support of the new record. The world tour will take them first to the USA and then all over Europe, and ending with a five dates for Ireland.

Although they will be previewing new songs from KABLAMMO!, they'll also be playing the hits ("Kung Fu", "Girl From Mars", "Goldfinger", etc.) as we have previously mentioned from their 2013 Varsity Theater show.

Tour dates:

25.09.15 / Jammin Java / Washington DC
26.09.15 / Gramercy / New York, NY
28.09.15 / Subterranean / Chicago, IL
29.09.15 / Majestic Theatre / Madison, WI
30.09.15 / Nether Bar / Minneapolis, MN
03.10.15 / Crocodile / Seattle, WA
04.10.15 / Biltmore Cabaret / Vancouver, BC
06.10.15 / Lola’s / Portland, OR
08.10.15 / Rickshaw Stop / San Francisco, CA
09.10.15 / Culture Collide Los Angeles, CA
10.10.15 / Music Box / San Diego, CA
16.11.15 – Melkweg (Oude Zaal), Amsterdam (NL)
17.11.15 – Buergerhaus Stollwerck, Cologne (GER)
19.11.15 – Debaser Strand, Stockholm (SWE)
20.11.15 – John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
21.11.15 – Pumpehuset, Copenhagen (DK)
23.11.15 – Gruenspan, Hamburg (GER)
24.11.15 – C-Club, Berlin (GER)
26.11.15 – Backstage Halle, Munich (GER)
27.11.15 – Il Covo, Bologna (IT)
28.11.15 – Flex, Vienna (AT)
29.11.15 – Plaza, Zurich (CH)
01.12.15 – Le Petit Bain, Paris (FR)
02.12.15 – Bierkeller, Bristol (UK)
03.12.15 – Shepherds Bush Empire, London (UK)
04.12.15 – Riverside, Newcastle (UK)
06.12.15 – Abc, Glasgow (UK)
08.12.15 – Ritz, Manchester (UK)
09.12.15 – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton (UK)
10.12.15 – Leadmill, Sheffield (UK)
12.12.15 – Waterfront, Norwich (UK)
13.12.15 – Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
14.12.15 – Y Plas Cardiff University, Cardiff (UK)
15.12.15 – Olympia, Dublin (IR)
17.12.15 - Roisin Dubh, Galway (IR)
18.12.15 - Cyprus Avenue, Cork (IR)
19.12.15 – Dolans, Limerick (IR)
20.12.15 – Empire, Belfast (IR)

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Tremonti

The first album of a double album effort from Tremonti and it does not disappoint. The music is rhythmically tight and heavy, the melodies are great, Mark's vocals have improved a lot over the past 3 …

HARDDRIVE LIVE TOUR
at Mill City Nights
Wednesday, 09/30/2015, 7pm ($20)
millcitynights.com

Meanwhile, over at the main stage at Mill City Nights will be the "HardDrive Live Tour", featuring:

Tremonti is named after frontman Mark Tremonti, best known as the guitarist of the American rock band Creed. Co-headliner Trivium is a metal band from Florida with six studio albums and countless tours under their belt. They will be releasing Silence In the Snow on October 2nd through Roadrunner Records.

Opener Wilson is a hard hitting rock band from Detroit, MI. They recently released Right To Rise on Razor & Tie Records. Metal Injection declares Wilson, “sounds like He Is Legend and Andrew W.K. got together and wrote a hooky, riff-stuffed party anthem that demands to be blasted.” After listening to a couple songs online, I can hear it and am now super excited to see what these guys do in a live concert setting.

Tour dates:

09/25/15 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
09/26/15 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
09/28/15 Pontiac, MI Crofoot
09/29/15 Chicago, IL Concord Music Hall
09/30/15 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
10/02/15 Green Bay, WI Watering Hole
10/04/15 St. Louis, MO Pop's Blue Moon
10/06/15 Dallas, TX Bomb Factory
10/07/15 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
10/08/15 San Antonio, TX Alamo City Music
10/10/15 Mesa, AZ Club Red Theaters
10/11/15 Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock Cafe
10/14/15 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom
10/15/15 Reno, NV Knitting Factory Concert House
10/17/15 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
10/18/15 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory Concert
10/20/15 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall

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03/22/2014

A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man by Holly George-Warren

Product Details

Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Viking Adult (March 24, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0670025631
ISBN-13: 978-0670025633

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Big Star

Big Star is releasing some singles on Record Store Day. This is to coincide with the release of the documentary of Big Star called "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me", which you can check out the â€¦

Fans searching for an account of the life of enigmatic and underappreciated singer/songwriter Alex Chilton need look no further; March 24th marks the release of â€œA Man Called Destructionâ€ by Holly George-Warren, a thorough and highly enjoyable document of Chiltonâ€™s life and career. I admit that I havenâ€™t completely finished the book (Iâ€™m a rather slow reader and when it comes to this particular musician, I try and savor each page), but what Iâ€™ve read has been illuminating. Iâ€™ve been burned by other music-related biographies in the past and a surefire way to destroy interest in a subject is to write a book thatâ€™s dry and lifeless. George-Warren does the exact opposite; her writing is lively and engaging and the book itself is well-paced. Itâ€™s also well-researched; George-Warren combed through interviews Chilton gave to various media outlets and conducted her own with his family, friends and associates. The book even opens with a brief history of the Chilton family lineage (a topic Alex was keen on later in his life) from the shores of England to the plantations of Virginia.

George-Warrenâ€™s portrayal of Alex himself is honest and compassionate. Chilton was a bright and talented young man and grew up in a household brimming with creative energy, but struggled with emotionally unavailable parents, alcohol abuse and depression. When he was just six-years-old, his older brother Reid died from accidental drowning, an event that haunted Alex the rest of his life. A moody, rebellious teenager, Chilton sought comfort in music, listening to everything from his fatherâ€™s jazz records to his brotherâ€™s Coasters 45s and was an avid listener of The Grand Ole Opry and local R&B radio stations. Itâ€™s been a joy reading about Alexâ€™s encounters with music and his early foray into rock and roll with his first bands the Moondogs and the Devilles and later, the Box Tops. And the cast of Memphis characters that surround Chilton as he launches his music career has me jotting names down on a separate piece of paper, Game of Thrones-style.

Clearly, this is just the tip of the iceberg, as Alex Chilton embarked on a music career that would span 43 years. Iâ€™m excited to read about him producing iconic psychobilly quartet The Cramps, playing with avant-garde iconoclasts the Panther Burns and writing and singing for one of the most influential bands of all time, Big Star. And for those of you who havenâ€™t yet seen it, the 2012 Big Star documentary â€œNothing Can Hurt Meâ€ is the perfect companion to this book.

Currently, Spin has an excerpt from the book up at their website and Holly George-Warren kicked off a book tour earlier in March at the South by Southwest festival.

Holly George-Warren's book signing tour:

New York, NY	McNally Jackson / 7:00pm In conversation with Anthony DeCurtis	March 24
New York, NY	Hi-Fi / 7:00pm	March 28
Memphis, TN	Crosstown Arts / 6:30pm	April 2
Oxford, MS	Thacker Mountain Radio Taping / 6pm	April 3
Woodstock, NY	Woodstock Writerâ€™s Festival	April 6
Woodstock, NY	The Golden Notebook / 6:30pm	April 12
Los Angeles, CA	Book Soup / 7:00pm	April 22
Los Angeles, CA	Grammy Museum / 7:30pm	April 23
Seattle, WA	Elliott Bay Book Co. / 7:30pm	April 26
Nashville, TN	International County Music Conference	May 21

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03/17/2014

Luck o' the Irish

Happy St Paddy's Day. Read more Gaelic Storm, Luck of the Irish, , Liam Ã“ MaonlaÃ, Paddy's Lamentation, Black 47, Irish Fair 2010, and Irish Fair 2008.

Cursing The Sea

Fortuna POP!

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Big Star

Big Star is releasing some singles on Record Store Day. This is to coincide with the release of the documentary of Big Star called "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me", which you can check out the trailer â€¦

SEPTEMBER GIRLS
facebook.com/septembergirls

Named after the Big Star song, "September Gurls", the all-girls Irish September Girls was just at SXSW in Austin, Texas, last week supporting their debut album Cursing The Sea, the album just came out March 11, 2014, via Fortuna POP!

The Dublin girls, Paula (Bass/Vocals), Caoimhe (Guitar/Vocals), Lauren (Keys/Vocals), Jessie (Guitar/Vocals) and Sarah (Drums), is described as Phil Spector (girl bands) crossing over with The Jesus And Mary Chain.

Fuzzy guitars and ethereal female vocals, well count me in.

Hear "Sister":

Tour dates:

18 Apr 14 Wales Goes Pop! 2014 Cardiff, UK
19 Apr 14 Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen London, UK
07 May 14 Hare & Hounds Birmingham, UK
08 May 14 The Great Escape 2014 Brighton, UK
20 Jun 14 Best Kept Secret Festival 2014 Hilvarenbeek

Snapshot

Universal UK

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The Strypes

The Strypes. They were interviewed in a bar we were walking by. 16 year olds from Ireland and on the list to hopefully see later. The 4-piece rhythm & blues band from Cavan, Ireland, is currently signed to Virgin/EMI Records â€¦

THE STRYPES
thestrypes.com

The Irish four-piece, The Strypes, having formed the bands when they were as little as 14 years old in 2011, were the buzz of SXSW 2014. And the reason for their buzz is warranted, because they actually have a lot of talent. All the singles I've heard from them sounds like early Beatles with a little Arctic Monkeys. A sound that some people are calling "speed blues". It's good, and I can see why people are super excited that they are now in American doing a tour for their album Snapshot.

Tour dates:

03/18/14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
03/20/14 Allston, MA Great Scott
03/21/14 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
03/22/14 Toronto, ON Virgin Mobile Mod Club
03/24/14 Chicago, IL Subterranean
~~03/25/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club~~
03/27/14 Seattle, WA Crocodile
03/28/14 Portland, OR Holocene
03/29/14 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
03/31/14 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
04/10/14 Belfast, UK Limelight
04/11/14 Dublin, Ireland The Academy
04/12/14 Dublin, Ireland The Academy
04/14/14 Berlin, Germany Posthof
04/15/14 Hamburg Uebel & GefÃ¤hrlich
04/16/14 Cologne, Germany Gebaude 9
04/17/14 Caprices Festival
04/19/14 Amsterdam Melkweg
04/20/14 Paaspop
04/22/14 Brussels, Belgium Botanique
04/23/14 Tourcoing, France Le Grand Mix
04/24/14 Le Printemps de Bourges
04/26/14 Bologna, Italy Covo Club
04/27/14 Lyon, France Le Marche'Gare
04/29/14 Nantes, France Stereolux
04/30/14 Paris, France La GaÃ®tÃ© Lyrique
05/02/14 SOS 4.8 Festival
06/15/14 Isle Of Wight Festival
07/04/14 Rock Werchter Festival
08/16/14 V Festival
08/17/14 V Festival

UPDATE: The Strypes writes: "We are very sorry to announce that our show in Minneapolis on March 25th is cancelled until further notice. This is due to unforeseen circumstances, which will publicly become known soon. We hope to visit again. All other shows on our US tour are unaffected."

The Same Sun

Warner Music

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Sinead O'Connor

SinÃ©ad Oâ€™Connor is still a vital artist in 2013. And if you needed additional reminding, her powerful show Tuesday night at City Winery would have convinced you. â€¦

SHARON CORR
sharoncorr.com

Remember The Corrs? They were huge in the early 90s. The 'gimmick' was that the band consisted of the Corr siblings: Andrea (vocals); Sharon (violin); Caroline (percussion); and Jim (guitar). As a family band, it wasn't that ironic that the band broke up because of family obligations (marriages, children, etc).

Anyway, Sharon Corr just embarked on her very first North American solo tour earlier last month. The "The Same Sun Tour" ends at Chicago's City Winery on March 22nd. The City Winery must really like Irish musicians (not sure if someone is insinuating drinking wine and Irish ...), because we just semi-recently saw Sinead O'Connor at the City Winery.

She's touring for her second album The Same Sun, which came out last September 13, 2013.

Sharon Corr's The Same Sun Tour - North America 2014:

03/18/14 Toronto, ON Hughâ€™s Room
03/19/14 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
03/21/14 Ferndale, MI The Magic Bag
03/22/14 Chicago, IL City Winery

Attack

The Crayon Set

THE CRAYON SET
thecrayonset.com

Dublin-based The Crayon Set's self-titled debut album came out April 2013. The Irish Times compared their music as catchy as a "virus", "The Crayon Set are as catchy as a virus. If you're looking for the kind of purity in indie-pop that you thought had gone missing far too many years ago, then their debut album will see you so right you'll never be wrong again". This probably has to do with sounding like Belle & Sebastian and Camera Obscura, with that boy-girl vocal styling.

Their latest song is called "Attack", which they recommending turning up the volume to listen to:

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Next gigs

21 Mar Cork The Crane Lane
29 Mar Dublin Whelans

Swoon

Graveface

DOTT
facebook.com/dottmusic

We've already mentioned Dott on news.weheartmusic.com, prior to their SXSW appearance (SXSW just ended on Sunday).

Dott are from Galway, Ireland, led by songwriter Anna McCarthy (vocals/guitar) with Laura Finnegan (bass/vocals) Miriam Donohue (guitar/vocals) and Tony Higgins (drums).

Their debut album Swoon came out last year, December 3, 2013, on Graveface Records.

Hear their latest song, "Talk To Me":

DANIEL JAMES
facebook.com/Thisisdaniel

Hailing from Northern Ireland, but currently residing in London, Daniel James will be debuting his single "The Bridge", out April 21st on Grey Sky Records.

Tour dates as follows:

03/30/14 Southampton The Joiners*
03/31/14 Norwich Arts Centre*
05/03/14 Leeds Live At Leeds at The Faversham
05/04/14 Canterbury City Sound Project Festival

* with Saint Raymond

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04/12/2013

W♥M176: Bohemian Like You

W♥M176 (36 mins)

Emily came on W♥M radio to talk about some news and events.

Vu: I just saw the advance preview for Danny Boyle's "Trance" - a mind-bending thriller, about Simon (played by James McAvoy) who stole the Goya's "Witches' Sabbath" painting and forgot what he did with it. He undergoes hypnotherapist treatment with Elizabeth (played by Rosario Dawson), and that's when the movie enters into this weird surreal part of the film. It's one of those movies, like "Inception", that you want to watch again to try it fully comprehend the picture.

More details on TranceTheMovie.com, movie gets limited distribution this week. Soundtrack is typically really good. The "Trance" Soundtrack featured Rick Smith from Underworld - so it made sense to hear those pulse-pounding beats at the more intense scenes. Smith also co-wrote the movie's theme song, "Here It Comes", with multi-Brit Award winner Emeli Sandé.

You may recall that Danny Boyle put together one of the greatest movie soundtrack for "Trainspotting" (so good that they released part 1 and 2 of the soundtrack) and his personal British music choices for the recent 2012 Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

News: Margaret Thatcher passed away this week (April 8th) to a stroke. Thatcher's uncompromising style of leadership as Prime Minister, left a long lasting bad impression on the people in England…. Particularly on protest singers and songwriters, who wrote and sang anti-Thatcher songs. This is not a complete list, but the songs that I've heard:

Sinead O'Connor, "Black Boys on Moped"

The English Beat, "Stand Down Margaret"

Morrissey, "Margaret on the Guillotine"

Elvis Costello, "Tramp the Dirt Down"

Billy Bragg, "Thatcherites"

Notsensibles, "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher"

Hefner, "The Day that Thatcher Dies"

Pete Wylie, "The Day that Margaret Thatcher Dies" (song used in the podcast)

News: Record Store Day 2013 is happening next week, April 20th. This year is bigger than ever (I say this every year!), and Emily throws down some of her picks: Mad Season's deluxe double-disc Above on Record Store Day. Mad Season was considered a supergroup, featuring members from Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees.

Big Star is releasing some singles on Record Store Day. This is to coincide with the release of the documentary of Big Star called "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me", which you can check out the trailer on www.bigstarstory.com. The film was made possible by Kickstarter, which we previously covered.

Husker Du has "Statues"/"Amusement" to be re-issued and Mark Lanegan is teaming up with Moby for "The Lonely Night". Plus, Lanegan will be collaborating with UK folk Duke Garwood for a new album in May.

Topic: Concerts for nostalgic acts are too high! Depeche Mode, Prince, Rolling Stones, etc., they are charging on average about $75 or more for one ticket, which is too much to ask. We're not even talking about hidden "convenience" fee and charges!

Song of the show: The Dandy Warhols's "Bohemian Like You", taken from their breakout album Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia. The album was released 13 years ago, so the band is heading out on tour to do all 13 songs from the Thirteen Tales album this year.

At the moment, only 12 dates are listed. I am assuming the 13th date will be in their original hometown of Portland?

05/28/13 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theatre
05/31/13 New York, NY Terminal 5
06/01/13 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
06/02/13 Boston, MA Wilbur Theatre
06/05/13 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
06/07/13 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop
06/08/13 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
06/09/13 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
06/11/13 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
06/14/13 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
06/15/13 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
06/21/13 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market

BONUS: The Jealous Sound's gentle reminder about their Gentle Reminder album.

Corrections: Title for Boyle's movie is "Trance", not "Trancer". Dandy Warhol's "white album" is their debut album, Dandy Warhols OK.

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