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Japandroids at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (12/15/12)

Tour Dates 12/17/12 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret 12/18/12 Saskatoon, SK Louis' 12/19/12 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room 12/20/12 Calgary, AB Republik Nightclub 12/22/12 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre 01/26/13 Singapore, Singapore Gardens 01/28/13 Auckland, NZealand Silo Park 02/01/13 Brisbane, Aus Alexandria Street 02/02/13 Sydney, Aus Laneway Festival 02/03/13 Melbourne, Aus Laneway Festival 02/08/13 Adelaide, Aus Laneway Festival 02/09/13 Perth, Aus Cultural Centre 02/18/13 Tokyo, Japan Shibuya WWW 02/19/13 Osaka, Japan Conpass Read More Japandroids Japandroids are still set to play. This Canadian band is incredibly popular in Minneapolis, apparently, selling out both their shows (why not do a 'triple' Triple Rock show?) …

Japandroids returned on their second sold out show at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis. They previously sold out the 7th Street Entry earlier this July… so it's a safe bet that Minneapolis loves these Canadians.

BLOODNSTUFF

Opening up was duo Bloodnstuff, who stepped in to replace DIIV. No one is blaming them for skipping out on Minneapolis, especially because they've been a big buzz in the critics' corner and enjoying their national television exposure with their recent David Letterman appearance.

Bloodnstuff was a good replacement, as they previously impressed me with their loud metal sound of guitar and drum.

Like their previous performance, the band was all business and few words, notably singer/guitarist Ed Holmberg would mentioned that they're called Bloodnstuff.

Japandroids started off their set with a big F.U. to Vita.MN, who summed it up in their header, "Japandroids' first night good, not great." I wasn't at Friday's show; all I know is that Saturday's show rocked. HARD. The duo exploded on stage, sweating and bleeding into every epic song as the lights flash and singer/guitarist Brian King bounced all over the stage.

I can understand bursts of high energy for some bands for a few songs, but it seems Japandroids were all high octane throughout their full set. I don't know how they do it, I got tired just watching them!

According to King, they started their "Minneapolis tradition" of stage diving. He repeated the stage dive last night, prior to launching into "Younger Us" (how fitting.)

They mostly did songs from their new album, Celebration Rock, including the opening song, "The Nights of Wine and Roses", but threw in some oldies like "The Boys Are Leaving Town" (which was dedicated to Minneapolis). Yes, the boys are leaving town.

Japandroids are currently on tour in support of Celebration Rock. If you enjoy watching a lively show, you definitely need to catch these guys before they accidentally hurt themselves.

Japandroids at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (12/15/12)

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Deerhoof at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (09/23/12)

Tour Dates 09-24 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room * 09-25 Denver, CO The Hi Dive * 09-27 Garden City, ID Visual Arts Collective* 09-28 Seattle, WA The Vera Project * 09-29 Portland, OR Branx * 09-30 Arcata, CA The Depot* 10-01 San Francisco, CA Slim's* 10-02 Los Angeles, CA The Echoplex* 11-03 Dallas, TX Prophet Bar =? 11-04 Austin, TX Fun Fun Fun Fest 11-05 Houston, TX Walter's =? 11-06 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon =? 11-07 Mobile, AL Alabama Music Box =? 11-08 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder =? 11-09 Orlando, FL Accidental Music Festival 11-10 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club =? 11-12 Richmond, VA The National =? 11-13 Baltimore, MD Ottobar =? * with Buke And Gase = w/Liam Finn ? with Formica Man Read More Deerhoof Yes, this is another one of those popular animal-named bands. With their latest album, Breakup Song, to be released September 4th via Polyvinyl Records

Deerhoof came by Mill City Nights in Minneapolis last night, September 23rd.

Starting off the show was Bloodnstuff, displacing Mirel Wagner, who canceled her entire North American tour. I couldn't find a reason behind the cancelation, but usually when these things involving international artists (Wagner's Finnish), it is work visa or passport-related.

Bloodnstuff sounded great, they're a drum and guitar duo and they play loud metal/punk rock. Although their music scene is not my thing, I wouldn't be surprised to hear about them later doing bigger and better things.

Buke and Gase

New York's Buke and Gase seemed happy to play, especially Arone (who plays the "buke", baritone/ukulele), because her mother was in the audience. Aron (who plays the "gase", the guitar/bass) was relatively in the background, at least vocally.

I'm assuming they did songs from their latest EP, Function Falls, which just came out September 11th. But I know for sure they did not do their cover version of New Order's "Blue Monday." You can hear on wired.com.

Trivia: So, here are some fun facts about Arone, as told by her mother. I hope they're not too embarrassing, it's all music-related: Arone used to work at the 400 Bar as "the bouncer" (joke), she also recruited bands for Lilith Fair, and, most importantly, was previously in a Minneapolis band called Desiderata. The band name came from a title of a poem.

Buke and Gase is currently on tour with Deerhoof, until October 5th, where they continue on touring their separate ways.

It's hard to believe that Deerhoof has been around for eighteen years. Although their music changed and evolved over time, due to adding and losing band members, the current Deerhoof is pretty experimental, almost improvisation, psychedelic, and downright weird sometime.

It was hard for me to hear the vocals from Satomi Matsuzaki, but it didn't really matter, because it sounded like they were written to flow with the music. Some nonsensical lyrics, and I kid you not, sounded like this: "Bangabanga bangabanga, China! Bangabanga bangabanga, bamboo!" Certainly the dancing young crowd didn't mind the lyrics, they were loving it.

Deerhoof is currently on tour in support of their latest album, Breakup Song, out now via Polyvinyl Records.

Deerhoof at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (09/23/12)

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