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Minneapolis: December 29 to December 31

12/29 Soul Asylum with Tommy Stinson at First Avenue Read More Soul Asylum Yeah we knew the tiny 7th Street Entry could not contain all the fans for Soul Asylum, or as we kid that it's just the Dave Pirner band.... Both dates at 7th Street Entry …

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12/29/2023 Friday

Soul Asylum
with Tommy Stinson
at First Avenue
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Local favorite Soul Asylum is doing their holiday show at First Avenue on December 29, 2023.

Soul Asylum (05 Jun 2015)

We caught the band in Jun 2015 and said, “The hits came fast and hard from Soul Asylum as tracks like “Black Gold” and “Just Like Anyone” got everyone moving around and singing along - it’s truly mind-blowing just how jam-packed with hit songs Soul Asylum’s catalogue is. The current line-up, which consists of Pirner, bassist Winston Roye, guitarist Justin Sharbono and Michael Bland on drums, have obvious chemistry which makes for some entertaining moments. Pirner enjoys hamming it up for the crowd, skidding across the stage on his knees and joking around with Bland: “Michael Bland likes it when my ass is hanging out of my pants.””

Tommy Stinson to open.

12/30 Daphne Jane and Bloodline with Chutes and Lana Leone at 7th St Entry Read More Daphne Jane Opening the show was local, by the way of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Daphne Jane. Jane is joined on stage with her band: Nate on guitar, Anna on bass, Connor on keys, and Martin on drums ...

12/30/2023 Saturday

Daphne Jane and Bloodline
with Chutes and Lana Leone
at 7th St Entry
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Local groups Daphne Jane and Bloodline will be co-headlining the 7th Street Entry this December 30, 2023.

Daphne Jane (18 April 2023)

We saw Daphne Jane in April 2023 and wrote, “Opening the show was local, by the way of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Daphne Jane. Jane is joined on stage with her band: Nate on guitar, Anna on bass, Connor on keys, and Martin on drums. Jane seems to love being on stage, this may be because she’s been writing music and playing gigs since she was just 12 years old. Again, she rather be nowhere but on stage, as she mentioned she’s actually missing graduate day to be here with us.

Most of her 30-min set were taken from her Dreamland EP with songs from her debut album, I Wish I Was in the Clouds, including a couple of pink songs: “Pinky Promises” and “Pinkest Eclipses” (which ended the set), “Green”, the title track “Dreamland”, and “Gemini.”

Highlight was a cover of Sixpence None The Richer’s “Kiss Me”, which Jane declares is the “greatest song ever.””

Chutes and Lana Leone to open.

12/30 Caroline Smith at First Avenue Read More Your Smith Caroline Smith has decided to be now billed as Your Smith. I personally like the name change, because I have said this before, I think the name Caroline Smith is just too common and doesn't jump out at you. ...

12/30/2023 Saturday

Caroline Smith
at First Avenue
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Singer Caroline Smith (or her stagename Your Smith) is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of record Half About Being A Woman. The show will feature “super special guests.”

Caroline Smith (27 Sep 2013)

We saw Caroline Smith, 10 years ago, in Sep 2013 and wrote, “As for Caroline Smith, it's fun to watch her grow as an artist. We talked about her in 2008, which Brody mentioned that she opened up for B.B. King when she was only 16 years old. So we watched her progression from blues to folk with her band Good Night Sleeps. Then, earlier in June 2013 we had a preview of her R&B and soul music from Half About Being A Woman.

As expected, the majority of her set is from the new record, Half About Being A Woman, including the intro song, "Magazine", "All That I Know Is (I'm Your Baby)" and the title track. The new songs sounded great, particularly with the two dedicated backup singers who added a retro soul sound.

I think if you like old 60s soul with some rhythm and blues, you're going to find a lot to love on Half About Being A Woman (out October 8th on United Interests). Caroline Smith will be taking the full band and backup singers on the road this October, so check them out if they are coming to your town. ”

12/31 Kiss Me - A '90s New Year's Eve with You Oughta Know at 7th St Entry Read More You Oughta Know We soon found out that Johnson is also the keyboardist in local group You Oughta Know (with singer Sarah Adams, guitarist Marc Zazzaro, bassist Tony Schreiner, and drummer Joe Silberschmidt). …

12/31/2023 Sunday

Kiss Me - A '90s New Year's Eve
with You Oughta Know
at 7th St Entry
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Cover lover band You Oughta Know (named after the Alanis Morissette song) will be featured at this year-end’s Kiss Me - A '90s New Year's Eve.

You Oughta Know (05 May 2017)

We saw the group accidentally at Wizard World Minneapolis in May 2017 and wrote, “As you can see from their setlist, they only cover 90s songs, with the exception of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, but that’s forgivable because they probably discover the song from 1992’s Wayne’s World (based on Silberschmidt as Garth, of course).

A cover lover band is good for these kind of events, because most of the audience will know and likely sing along to some of their favorite 90s tunes.

After You Oughta Know finished their set, there were DJ Gabe and 7Days A Capella group, ending with a highly entertaining swing dance group Uptown Swing and Hudson, Master Magician (from America’s Got Talent).”

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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Girls Girls Girls: Tedious & Brief, Maisie Peters, Alice Phoebe Lou, Bruise Violet

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Read More Bloodline If you have tickets from last year, it will be honor at this upcoming 7th Street Entry, this August 26, 2021. Bloodline to open. Featuring three Wheaton siblings, Julia (16) lead vocals .…

Tedious & Brief
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23-year-old Jacobsen, aka Tedious & Brief, recently released “Not That Deep”.

The song is a break-up song, which Jacobsen said, “My husband came to me with the opening lyrics of the song. He’s a studio drummer and every session he played that week was for songs touching on the subject of a person who broke the writer’s heart. He thought to himself, ‘What does it look like once you’re done grieving and you’re ready to move on? You’ll look back at your catalog of music and realize you’ve been writing about the same person and now you’re sick of giving them that attention, So that’s what we wrote about. ‘Not That Deep’ comes from the perspective of a person who’s done thinking about that passive tweet; who’s ready to burn the shirt they were bought, who’s over writing songs about their heartache, and—most of all—is done letting someone else have power over them.”

The Chicago singer will be in Minneapolis on Feb 16th, at the 7th Street Entry, co-headlining with Minneapolis-based Austin Carson, aka YYY (not to be confused with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs).

Bloodline to open. We previously mentioned that the band opened up for Emily Blue.

Tour dates:

FEB 15 Stone Arch Brewpub Appleton, WI
FEB 16 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
FEB 18 Grand Theater Wausau, WI
FEB 19 Subterranean Chicago, IL

Maisie Peters
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Rising British pop singer-songwriter Maisie Peters has announced dates for her first North American headline tour in support of her acclaimed debut album You Signed Up For This. Tour kicks off in Minneapolis, of all places.

Tour dates:

3/1/2022 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
3/2/2022 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
3/4/2022 - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
3/5/2022 - Toronto, ON - The Axis Club
3/8/2022 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
3/9/2022 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
3/11/2022 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry
3/12/2022 - Washington, DC - Union Stage
3/14/2022 - Atlanta, GA - Vinyl
3/15/2022 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
3/17/2022 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues Cambridge Room
3/18/2022 - Houston, TX - House of Blues Bronze Peacock
3/22/2022 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
3/23/2022 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
3/25/2022 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project
3/26/2022 - Vancouver, BC - Venue Nightclub
3/27/2022 - Portland, OR - Lola’s Room
3/29/2022 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
3/31/2022 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre

Alice Phoebe Lou
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Singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou released her new album Child’s Play. If you didn’t know, she was born in South Africa, but left the country at the age of 18 and began busking her way through Europe, wowing passers-by with her stunning vocals and captivating songs. Her debut album Momentum came out in 2014, followed by her album Orbit in 2016.

With the release of Child’s Play, there will be a full tour.

Tour dates:

02/16 – Chicago, IL – Evanston Space
02/17 – Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club
02/19 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
02/22 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
02/24 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
02/27 – Seattle, WA – The Croc’s Second Stage
03/01 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
03/05 – Mexico City, MX – Bajo Circuito

Read More Bruise Violet From rap to punk, Bruise Violet dressed up for the occasional, complete with snakes on their microphone stands. This was a special show for the trio (guitarist Emily, drummer Danielle, and bassist Bella) .…

Bruise Violet
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Local all-girls band Bruise Violet (named after a Babes in Toyland song), will be playing the 7th Street Entry this Feb 15, playing with RiGBY and EVV.

We saw Bruise Violet at Rock the Garden in July 2017 and said, “From rap to punk, Bruise Violet dressed up for the occasional, complete with snakes on their microphone stands. This was a special show for the trio (guitarist Emily, drummer Danielle, and bassist Bella), as it was Danielle’s 21st birthday. She happily wore a sash that read “Birthday Bi****: 21 and hot, buy her a shot”. Starting with ‘Talk S*** Get Hit’, followed by ‘I Cried for 45 Minutes Because of Passive Aggressive Guinea Pigs’, you can just tell that the young band was inspired by riot grrrl bands like Bikini Kill and Babes in Toyland (which is actually where they got their band name from). Danielle mentioned that their ‘A**** Song’ was written when she was 17, before playing something a little more recent, like ‘Teacher’ from their new EP Trophy Wife (2017) and ‘Wasted’ from Survival of the Prettiest (2015).”

Details:

7th St Entry
Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday
7pm
18+ Show

Bruise Violet
RiGBY
EVV

Bruise Violet at Rock the Garden 2017

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Black and Blue

Read More Mt Kimbie If you're not familiar with Mount Kimbie, the duo consisting of Kai Campos and Dom Maker, their music runs the gamut of genres, more closely identifying with dubstep and general electronica . …

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MOUNT KIMBIE
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On the fourth anniversary of Love What Survives, Mount Kimbie released two unheard tracks from the album’s sessions: “Black Stone” and “Blue Liquid” (available as a free download and for pre-order on white label 12”). According to mountkimbie.warp.net the White label 12” won’t be out until October 8, 2021, and will be strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide.

We caught the Los Angeles duo in June 2013 and wrote, “Mount Kimbie graced the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis on Monday night and they were phenomenal. That's saying a lot, especially given that they're mainly beat-driven electronic dance music. But they're not your garden variety electronic band and there wasn't one laptop on the stage doing most of the work, as can be the case with most electronic acts. Mount Kimbie is the collaboration of Kai Campos and Dominic Maker, two adorable and talented young men based in London who craft exquisite, intricate music.”

Love What Survives was originally released on September 7, 2017… the Love What Survives White label 12” will be out October 8, 2021.

Read More Grateful Dead Legendary Grateful Dead founder Bobby Weir will be playing live at the UC Berkeley Greek Theatre on July 24th. The show is billed as Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros. . …

DAVE MCMURRAY
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Blue Note Records is releasing saxophonist Dave McMurray’s sophomore album Grateful Deadication. This is McMurray’s unique take on the Grateful Dead songbook… transforming and transcending Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter’s songs.

McMurray explains his obsession, “My Grateful Dead adventure began a few years ago when I was lucky enough to play a show with The Wolf Bros. The long-form, odd measures and complex chords of the music hooked me immediately. I noticed the songs had great melodies, yet held the openness of Miles Davis’ Electric Period….The music was catchy, psychedelic, raw, with the idea that nobody solos / everybody solos—akin to Weather Report. The more I listened, the more I knew these songs would eventually become a vehicle for my jazz expression.”

Tour Dates:

8/2 - Columbus, OH - Woodlands Tavern
9/4 - Cleveland, OH - Bop Stop
9/9 - Ferndale, MI - Otus Supply Co
9/18 - Ann Arbor, MI - Blue Llama Jazz Club
10/10 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Pour House
10/12-10/13 - Atlanta, GA - Smith's Olde Bar
10/22-10/23 - Englewood, CO - Moe’s Original BBQ
10/26 - Santa Barbara, CA - Music Alley

EMILY BLUE
emilybluemusic.com

Chicago’s Emily Blue was originally playing the 7th Street Entry in May 2020, but due to the COVID pandemic, her The Afterlove Tour was rescheduled to this August 2021.

If you have tickets from last year, it will be honor at this upcoming 7th Street Entry, this August 26, 2021. Bloodline to open. Featuring three Wheaton siblings, Julia (16) lead vocals, Eliza (20) backing vocals/songwriting and Lukaz (18) keys/arrangement.

Emily Blue’s single, “See U In My Dreams” came out July 23, 2021, which you can get on Amazon.

Tour dates:

Aug 24 • Cambridge, IL - Cà d'Zan House Concerts
Aug 25 • Des Moines, IA - The Gas Lamp
Aug 26 • Minneapolis 7th Street Entry
Aug 27 • Madison The Bur Oak
Aug 28 • Chicago Lincoln Hall + Schubas
Aug 29 • Urbana NOLA's Rock Bar
Sept 2 • Milawaukee Summerfest

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