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Minneapolis: April 13 to April 14

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04/13 Ryan Traster and NEWSKI with Long Range Hustle at Turf Club Read More Ryan Traster Minneapolis-based musician Ryan Traster is having a Choses Obscures CD album release party this July 6th at the Turf Club. Looking at the poster, he is putting the name Ryan Traster Band on the bill. … Brett Newski Milwaukee-based alternative songwriter / illustrator / podcaster Brett Newski is releasing his first book It’s Hard To Be A Person: defeating anxiety, surviving the world, and having more fun and its ... Chipotle We learned that again over the previous weekend as the Chipotle Cultivate Festival came to town for a day long adventure of food, ideas, and music. ...

04/13/2023 Thursday

Ryan Traster and NEWSKI
with Long Range Hustle
at Turf Club
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The co-headlining tour of Ryan Traster and Newski will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on April 13th.

The press release of the year, for me, was for Newski’s disastrous unlicensed pop-up concert at Chipotle.

“We played an unlicensed show at Chipotle and everyone hated us,” says NEWSKI.

Everything that could go wrong did, for Wisconsin’s jangle pop rock outfit NEWSKI on their spontaneous and unlicensed performance at Chipotle; the guitar fell out of tune, no free burritos were rewarded, and nearly everyone in the place was pissed off.

I thought it was funny enough that I shared it with the W♥M team. Even if the story was made up or overly exaggerated, it made us notice and we like a band with a sense of humor.

I did some digging, and apparently this trio features Steve “Mr Bicep” Vorass on drums, Sean “Tubs” Anderson on 4-string, and led by Brett Newski on guitars and vocals.

Brett Newski (06 July 2016)

Funny enough, we have seen Brett before, at the Violent Femmes show in July 2016, which we described, “Brett Newski opened up the show with his improv-ish songs. Very fun guy, really witty. Highlight of his set was getting an audience member to help play harmonica during ‘In Between Exits’. He ended his brief 30-min set with ‘D.I.Y.’... and newfound fans in the front started to sing along to his catchy lyrics, “I’m D.I.Y., I’m punk as f***. Don’t need your money, I don’t want your love.” Newski also tend to swap out lyrics to make his song more personal and timely. For example, he name dropped The Replacements in the mixtape lyrics on ‘D.I.Y.’”

Long Range Hustle to open.

Tour dates:

03.29 - YPSILANTI, MI @ Ziggys
03.30 - HAMILTON, ON @ Mill’s Hardware
01.31 - TORONTO, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
04.01 - ELORA, ON @ Elora Brewing Co
04.02 - BARRIE, ON @ Queens Hotel
04.06 - STEVEN'S POINT, WI @ UWSP Dreyfus Center
04.07 - MILWAUKEE, WI @ Anodyne Walkers Point
04.08 - MANITOWOC, WI @ Sabbatical Brewing
04.12 - CHICAGO, IL @ Golden Dagger
04.13 - ST PAUL, MN @ Turf Club
04.14 - APPLETON, WI @ Appleton Beer Factory
04.21 - COLUMBUS, OH @ Rambling House Series
04.22 - YOUNGSTOWN, OH @ Westside Bowl
04.23 - PHILADELPHIA, PA @ Krobath series
04.26 - NEW YORK, NY @ Bowery Electric
04.27 - DEWEY BEACH, DL @ Fort Ishu House Show
04.28 - WASHINGTON DC @ Pearl St Warehouse
04.30 - RICHMOND, VA @ Hardywood Brewing
05.03 - ORLANDO, FL @ Will’s Pub
05.04 - ST AUGUSTINE @ Sarbez
05.05 - WEST DESTIN, FL @ Rock by the Sea Fest
05.06 - WEST DESTIN, FL @ Rock by the Sea Fest
05.20 - HAVANA, IL @ Havana Songwriters Fest
05.23 - SEATTLE, WA @ Fun House
05.24 - BEND, OR @ Old St Francis School
05.25 - PORTLAND, OR @ The White Eagle
05.26-27 - PORT ANGELES, WA @ JFFA Festival
06.02- MARSHFIELD, WI @ Hub City Days
06.17 - SHEBOYGAN, WI @ Three Sheeps
06.23 - CEDAR RAPIDS, IA @ Newbo City Market
06.30 - BARABOO, WI @ Tumbled Rock Brewing
07.01 - MADISON, WI @ Terrace at Memorial Union
07.12 - GOSHEN, IN @ Goshen Brewing
07.14 - LANSING, MI @ Bridge Fest
07.15 - GRAND RAPIDS, MI @ Founders
07.16 - THREE OAKS, MI @ Acorn Theatre

04/14 Fruit Bats at First Avenue Read More Fruit Bats If you are looking for a laid back collection of summer tracks then I suggest you look no further than The Ruminant Band by the Fruit Bats. …

04/14/2023 Friday

Fruit Bats
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Nashville’s Fruit Bats (Eric D. Johnson) is currently on tour in support of A River Running to Your Heart. The record will be available April 14 via Merge Records.

“Over the years there's been a lot of geography in my music, a lot of landscapes,” Johnson says. “Sometimes the places are real, sometimes they're emotional. I've always liked the idea of songs and albums that exist in a continuum with one another. I'm not talking about some kind of deep series of concept albums, mind you. More like the idea that my songs are all pretty much tributaries of the same river. Which makes a lot of metaphorical sense because my path has been long and winding and often slow and muddy. But always moving towards the sea…. I guess you could say this album is the one where I took all that emotional geography and kind of mapped it out.”

We saw Fruit Bats in Oct 2015 and said, “Johnson’s honeyed voice was perfect, rivaled only by the dreamy strum of Barker’s guitar and gentle whirr of Klippert’s keyboards. Folk-pop gems like fan-favorite “When You Love Somebody” (from Mouthfuls) saw many people singing the famously quirky lyric, “When you love somebody and bite your tongue all you get is a mouthful of blood.” Blood, bats, love and folk - I couldn’t have asked for a better precursor to Halloween.”

Fruit Bats Spring 2023 Tour:

4/12 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
4/13 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
4/14 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
4/15 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow
4/16 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
4/18 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Phoenix Theatre
4/19 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl
4/20 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
4/21 – Boston, MA – Royale
4/22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
4/25 – Carrboro, NC – Cat's Cradle
4/27 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
4/28 – Scaly Mountain, NC – Bear Shadow +
4/29 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
4/30 – Jacksonville, FL – Intuition Ale Works
5/10 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern
5/11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre
5/12 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
5/13 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
5/14 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
5/17 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
5/19 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
5/20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Commonwealth Room
5/21 – Bozeman, MT – The Elm
5/24 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
5/25 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
5/26 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market
5/27 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Commodore Ballroom

+ w/ Spoon

04/14 Aoife O’Donovan with The Westerlies at Turf Club Read More Aoife O'Donovan Opening the show was Ber. Originally from Minnesota, Ber moved to London in 2020 to work on music. With a massive fanbase on TikTok, she caught the attention of London’s Zane Lowe and Travis Mills ...

04/14/2023 Friday

Aoife O’Donovan
with The Westerlies
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

GRAMMY Award-winning artist Aoife O’Donovan will be playing her live recording of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska live at the Turf Club, this April 14th, 2023.

O’Donovan loves Nebraska and explains, “It was this concept album in a way that was just so natural, it was so unforced. Springsteen found these characters and sort of placed them. It’s almost like the American Songbook or something. I just love the record; from the opening moments to the final cut, ‘Reason to Believe,’ it has this beautiful arc. It’s almost novelistic in that way.”

Aoife O’Donovan (20 Nov 2015)

We saw Aoife O'Donovan in Nov 2015 and wrote, “Opening up the show, was Crooked Still's Aoife O'Donovan playing some folky/storytelling songs from her latest solo album Fossils, including set opening song "Lay My Burden Down", "Oh, Mama", and "Beekeeper". She played a couple of new songs, like "Hornets", which she said she played recently when she hosted (along with Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz) at the A Prairie Home Companion show in October 2015. ”

The Westerlies to open.

Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska Tour

March 15 - The Birchmere - Alexandria, VA*
March 16 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY*
March 17 - Sanders Theatre - Cambridge, MA*
March 18 - Stone Mountain Arts Center - Brownfield, ME+
April 12 - Stoughton Opera House - Stoughton, WI^
April 13 - SPACE - Evanston, IL^
April 14 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN^
April 15 - The Sheldon Concert Hall - St. Louis, MO^
April 16 - The Basement East - Nashville, TN^

*performing the album Nebraska solo, with special guests Hawktail
+performing the album Nebraska solo
^performing the album Nebraska solo, with special guests The Westerlies

Additional Aoife O’Donovan Tour Dates
April 28 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN ~
May 30 - Dresden Music Festival - Dresden, DE
August 18-19 - Green Mountain Bluegrass - Manchester, VT
August 25 - The Long Road - Leicestershire, UK
August 26-27 - Tønder - Tønder, DK
September 9 - Moon River - Chattanooga, TN

~ supporting Nickel Creek

04/14 Trapper Schoepp at 7th St Entry Read More Trapper Schoepp Milwaukeean Trapper Schoepp started things off with a fantastic cover of the classic Jimmie Rodgers’ tune “T for Texas” before moving into …

04/14/2023 Friday

Trapper Schoepp
with Becky Kapell and Laura Hugo
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Trapper Schoepp is touring in support of his upcoming album Siren Songs, available April 21 via Grand Phony (US) / Rootsy (EU).

Trapper Schoepp (31 May 2017)

We saw Trapper Schoepp in May 2017 and said, “As a former resident of Green Bay, I was charmed to learn that Trapper Schoepp’s newest EP was written all about the city’s Bay Beach, an east-side amusement park nestled on the bay that happens to be celebrating 125 years of existence this year. Schoepp treated the Turf crowd to a performance of Bay Beach Amusement Park in its entirety with help from Shades bandmates Justin Krol on drums, Quinn Scharber on guitar, brother Tanner on bass/vocals and a 3-piece horn section lovingly called “The Horns”.”

Tour dates:

3/23 - Lake Orion, MI - 20 Front Street
3/24 - Akron, OH - Barno's House
3/25 - Ligonier, PA - Sweet Rust
3/26 - Washington, D.C. - Pie Shop DC
3/28 - Boston, MA - City Winery Boston
3/29 - Cambridge, NY - Argyle Brewing Company
3/30 - Syracuse, NY - The 443 Social Club & Lounge
3/31 - Freehold, NJ - Concerts in the Studio
4/1 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
4/2 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
4/14 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
4/15 - Madison, WI - Kiki's House of Righteous Music
4/21 - Milwaukee, WI - Colectivo **
4/22 - Berwyn, IL - FitzGerald’s **
4/23 - Nashville, TN - Eastside Bowl **
5/7 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall #
5/9 - Davenport, IA - Raccoon Motel #
5/10 - Berwyn, IL - FitzGerald’s #
5/11 - Des Moines, IA - xBk Live #
5/12 - Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge #

** With Mike Viola
# Supporting Daniel Rodriguez

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Titus Andronicus at Turf Club (03/04/23)

Titus Andronicus Setlist My Mother Is Going to Kill Me (I'm) Screwed Above the Bodega (Local Business) Fear and Loathing in Mahwah, NJ Give Me Grief Baby Crazy Fatal Flaw Fired Up Dimed Out Tumult Around the World Four Score and Seven A More Perfect Union Titus Andronicus Forever -- Encore -- Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen cover) Tour Dates Mar 5 Fargo, ND – Aquarium Mar 7 Great Falls, MT – Newberry Mar 8 Spokane, WA – Lucky You Lounge Mar 9 Vancouver, BC – Fox Theatre Mar 10 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern Mar 11 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios Mar 14 Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s Mar 15 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel Mar 16 Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Mar 17 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom Mar 18 San Diego, CA – The Casbah Mar 21 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge Mar 22 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad Mar 23 Denver, CO – Globe Hall Mar 28 Omaha, NE – Slowdown Mar 29 Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s Mar 31 Bloomington, IN – Bishop Apr 1 Columbus, OH – Big Room Bar Apr 2 Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall Apr 4 Washington, DC – Black Cat Apr 5 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar Apr 7 Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes Apr 8 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere (Hall) Jun 1 McGill, NV – Schellraiser Festival Read More Titus Andronicus New Jersey indie/punk Titus Andronicus (named after William Shakespeare’s play of the same name) will be at the Turf Club on Saturday, March 17th. The band announced an “Acoustic” tour in support of their new album A Productive Cough. …

There was a slight problem getting into the venue for the band had yet to provide the guest list. The reason: Titus Andronicus had yet to arrive. No problem. The staff at the Turf Club rolled with the moment and let me in as the gathering crowd of people ordered another round and the opening act stood at the front of the bar sipping Campari.

What’s nice about the Turf Club is its neighborhood feel, a place to hang out with friends while the band you came to see is still making its way across town.

Titus Andronicus did arrive with winter coats and musical equipment and soon Country Westerns took the stage.

Based out of Nashville with Joseph Plunket on vocals and lead guitar and Brian Kotzur leading the way on drums, they can best be described as combination of country, blues, western and soul fueled by the speed and intensity of punk rock.

Country Westerns played from their 2020 self-titled debut album with hard charging songs like “Anytime” and “TV Light.” The album was highlighted by Pitchfork as one of the 35 Best Rock Albums of that year. A sophomore album entitled Forgive the City on Fat Possum Records is also slated to be released later this year.

After Country Westerns finished their set, Titus Andronicus started the process of setting up their equipment, tuning their instruments and working with the sound engineer to get the right levels. Normally, the pre-concert routine is done before the crowd arrives but the audience was already there to see Chris Wilson tighten his drums, Liam Betson tune his lead guitars, R.J. Betson work the mic levels and front man Patrick Sticklers hustle between the dressing room and the stage.

From New Jersey Titus Andronicus lifted their name from the Shakespearian play about a Roman General who has a whole lot of revenge killing in mind, and so the band kicked off their set with “My Mother Is Going to Kill Me” which Pitchfork described as “… a nourishing slab of hard-rock beef.” The song is the lead song on their latest album The Will to Live, which was inspired/shaped by the unexpected death of former keyboardist and cousin to Stickles, Matt Miller.

They also played “(I’m) Screwed” and “Give Me Grief” from their new album before Stickles addressed the elephant in the room. The reason for their tardiness was due to issues with their touring van, issues that involved a three-hour delay in the suburb of Maplewood in which a new battery was replaced by Tim from AAA. Tim happened to be in the crowd and got a special shout-out from Stickles and a roar from the crowd for helping deliver the band.

Then Stickles said it was Saturday night and he knew they crowd came to hear the classics from their previous albums. In fact, Titus Andronicus’ setlist is a setlist, meaning that the songs heard at St. Paul are the same ones played in Madison, WI the night before. Or as Stickles told the Spokesman Review: “… I never want to just play the weirdest deep cuts in a place like Great Falls, MT…”

So Titus Andronicus cranked out the hits like “Four Score and Seven”, “A More Perfect Union” and “Titus Andronicus Forever” and the crowd soon turned the small neighborhood venue into a mosh pit for the closing songs.

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Titus Andronicus at Turf Club, St Paul (04 Mar 2023)

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We♥KC! February 15-20, 2023 Upcoming concerts/shows (Kansas City / Lawrence, KS)

Read More Bruce Springsteen More recently, the massive vault of vintage Springsteen recordings was opened, beginning with a 2012 performance at the Apollo in NYC...

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Three magical words- Super! Bowl! Champions!

Ok, the big game’s over and getting back to music, this week is all about The Boss! Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are finally back on the road, though not without some drama, as several members have very recently had to sit out, due to Covid. Let’s hope the outbreak is behind them and all members are back on stage this weekend.

The biggest avant-garde secret is that Laurie Anderson is in town with Filharmonie Brno for a unique tribute to Amelia Earhart, and there are also several good club shows this week.

Let’s take look at the Kansas City/Lawrence KS metro musical happenings from February 15th-20th.

WEDNESDAY FEB 15

Bruce Cockburn's 50th Anniversary Concert, Liberty Hall- Lawrence, $39-$59

Delayed by the pandemic, this special tour is back on tracks and playing to appreciative fans. Cockburn has released 34 albums and his songs have been covered by many artists including Jimmy Buffet, kd Lang, Barenaked Ladies, Jerry Garcia, Anne Murray, Elbow, Judy Collins, Chet Atkins, and more. The 50th Anniversary shows promise songs from each decade that he’s made records in: 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s, 2010’s and the 2020’s!

The Dip, Madrid Theatre, $30

The Dip is a pop, rhythm and blues band that was formed in 2013 by jazz music students at the UW-Seattle. The band combines a typical pop instrumentation with a 3-part horn section. They have released three full-length albums as well as two instrumental Eps with latest being last year’s Sticking With it (on Dualtone Records). Live, they’ve recently snuck in their unique version of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid”.

Noah Kahan w Jack Van Cleaf, The Truman, SOLD OUT

Newest releases the Cape Elizabeth EP and full-length Stick Season are both so critically acclaimed, many feel the Vermont folk pop singer-songwriter is on the verge of breaking it big(ger) with most shows (including this one) on this run being sold-out. Anyone enamored by the Mumford-like big folk sound will need to somehow find a way into this one.

THURSDAY FEB 16

Brian Posehn, Comedy Club of KC, Feb 16, 17, 18, $20 / $30

The comedian/actor/writer is in town for a multi-night stand, so plenty of chances to catch him live. Known for specials "25x2" and "Criminally Posehn" and his podcast, Nerd Poker, he’s been in numerous films and TV shows including The Five-Year Engagement, Lloyd the Conqueror and The Sarah Silverman Program.

Cody Canada w Rob Leines, Knuckleheads, $20

Expect a heaping helping of Cross Canadian Ragweed songs as well as solo material from their former rock/alt-country Oklahoma-based lead singer. He fronts The Departed and newest release is last year’s Soul Gravy.

FRIDAY FEB 17

Niko Moon w Dylan Schneider, The Truman, $20-$40

Out on his Ain’t No Better Place Tour, the country-pop singer is also currently writing and recording the follow-up to his 2021 debut album Good Time, named after his double Platinum, No. 1 hit single. Also, he recently welcomed a daughter, Lily, with his wife / frequent collaborator, Anna. Together they composed “I Can’t Wait to Love You” in anticipation of Lily’s arrival. Live, he’s been working in Tim McGraw, Zac Brown, and Travis Tritt covers.

Thy Art is Murder, Granada- Lawrence, $25-$30

Australian deathcore band out on their Decade of Hate Tour, it’s a packed evening with the lineup including Kublai Khan TX, Undeath, I AM, and Justice For The Damned, so an early door time.

Rodney Carrington, Feb 17-18 , Ameristar, $65+

Carrington is known for the witty and sarcastic humor that he is able to blend into various mediums of stand-up, music, and short films. He integrates his country roots seamlessly into the essence of his demeanor and writing style, playing around the world as one of the top 10 highest-grossing touring comedians for the past two decades.

SATURDAY FEB 18

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, T-Mobile Center. $63.50-$403.50

Despite high prices and low-ticket availability and a current fight with Covid, Springsteen and his full band have returned to the road for the first time in North America in seven years. Little Steven, Patti Scialfa and Soozie Tyrell have all missed the recent TX dates and the setlist spans decades, but is heavier on material from Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Born in the USA and the more recent Letter to You albums. Whichever way, expect a marathon and fun evening from a legend and one of the best bands working.

Filharmonie Brno With Dennis Russell Davies, and Laurie Anderson, $43.50-$83.50

Take the ultimate flight of fancy with iconic creative pioneer Laurie Anderson as she channels Atchison, KS’ own Amelia Earhart in an expansive work for Filharmonie Brno under the baton of renowned American conductor Dennis Russell Davies. Earhart’s own radio transmissions, diaries, and news clippings are used in Anderson’s sonic score that show off the technical capabilities of Helzberg Hall.

The roots of the Filharmonie Brno go way back to the 1870s when young Leoš Janáček endeavored to establish a Czech symphony orchestra in Brno and the setlist will consist of work by Antonin Dvořák and Bohuslav Martinů as well as the Laurie Anderson piece.

SUNDAY FEB 19

Winterlude: Trent Austin Quartet, Polsky Theatre. $17-$35

Trumpeter, artist, and educator Trent Austin plays jazz classics with the influences of classical and contemporary music. A prodigy, Austin performed at the opening of Euro-Disney and was a featured performer at the 1992 Montreux Jazz Festival and later played with the likes of Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Jack Jones, and numerous others.

He was a trumpet professor at the University of Southern Maine for nine years and now maintains an active teaching studio providing trumpet and jazz improv lessons in Kansas City.

MONDAY FEB 20

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We♥KC- Kansas City / Lawrence KS- 2023 Concert Preview

2022 marked a full return to live music after some two years of basically nothing, and then it seemed sometimes like everyone in every band, was back on the road, so much so that you often had to pick between several worthy acts.

Let’s take a look into 2023 for the Kansas City / Lawrence metro as to what’s already been announced, in the hopes that you can start saving those concert pennies, put a reminder on your calendar, etc. Many of the larger shows have announced already, as any big production needs a long lead time, but look for many great club and smaller theater shows, to still announce, closer-to-date.

In the Midwest, the concert season seems to spike in Spring (mid-March means SXSW in Austin), over the Summer (more outdoor shows, festivals, etc), in early August (as bands travel to and from Lollapalooza in Chicago and headline shows of their own), and in early Fall (September means Fall Tours and college kids back, October is called Rocktober for a reason and also has acts stopping on their way to / from Austin City Limits Fest in TX).

Here’s a look at 2023, announced so far:

JANUARY

Early Eyes Jan 10, recordBar,
The Emo Night Tour, Jan 14, The Truman, $17-$42
Winterlude: Bobby Watson Quartet, Jan. 15, Yardley Hall. $15-$49
Brett Young w Jameson Rodgers, Ashley Cooke, Shane Profitt Jan 19, Uptown,
Lorrie Morgan w Mark Willis, Jan 21, Ameristar,
Jeezy, Jan 21, The Midland,
Barely Alive, Jan 21, Aura,
Oran Etkin, “Open Arms,” Jan. 22, Polsky Theatre. $17-$35
Angel Olsen & the Big Time Band w Erin Rae, Jan 23, Liberty Hall-Lawrence
Larkin Poe w Goodnight Texas, Jan 24, Knuckleheads,
Kansas City Symphony Presents Marvel Studios’ Black Panther™ in Concert Film + Live Orchestra Jan 25-28, Kauffman Center
Carlos Mencia (comedian), Jan 26, 27, 28 Comedy Club of KC, $25/$33
The Fab Four (Beatles Tribute), Jan 26, Prairie Band Casino- Mayetta,
Angel Olsen, Jan 27, Liberty Hall- Lawrence,
Dan Cummins, Jan 27, Uptown,
Shen Yun Presented by Falun Dafa Association of Kansas City Jan. 27-29, Kauffman Center,
Frank Foster, Jan 28, Granada- Lawrence,
Nick Swardson (comedian) Jan 28, Uptown,
Eddie B (comedian) Jan 28, The Midland,
Lone Bellow w Tow'rs, Jan 31, Knuckleheads,

FEBRUARY

Folk Alliance international Conference, Feb 1-5, Westin Crown Center,
Hairspray (musical), Feb 2, Lied Center- Lawrence
The Judds w Kelsea Ballerini- Farewell Tour, Feb 3, T-Mobile Center, $24.50-$394.50
Hairball, Feb 3, Ameristar Casino,
Destroy Lonely, Feb 3, Granada- Lawrence,
Joe Pera, Feb 3, Uptown,
Marauda w Versa, Drinkurwater, Feb 3, The Truman,
DL Hughley, Feb 3, Kansas City Improv Comedy Club,
ott Feb 4, Madrid Theatre,
Small Glories, Feb 5, Polsky Theatre,
Death Cab for Cutie w Momma (re-scheduled date), Feb 6, The Midland,
Bush w /???, Feb 7, The Midland,
Garrison Keillor and Company (comedy/spoken word), Feb 8, Uptown,
Magic City Hippies w Capyac, Feb 8, recordBar,
Alastair Greene (ex-Alan Parsons Project), Feb 9, Knuckleheads,
Ian Munsick w Ashland Craft, Feb 10, Liberty Hall-Lawrence,
Chapel Hart w Lucas Hoge, Feb 10, Uptown,
Shlump, Feb 10, Encore at Uptown,
David Lowery (Cracker, Camper van Beethoven) Feb 10, Knuckleheads,
Adam Sandler, Feb 11, T-Mobile Center,
We Came as Romans, Feb 13, Granada-Lawrence,
Oliver Hazard, Feb 13, recordBar,
Blue Man Group, Feb 13, 14, Lied Center- Lawrence,
Eleri Ward, Feb 14, recordBar,
Bruce Cockburn's 50th Anniversary Concert Feb 15, Liberty Hall- Lawrence
The Dip, Feb 15, Madrid Theatre,
Noah Kahan w Jack Van Cleaf, Feb 15, The Truman,
Brian Posehn, Comedy Club of KC, Feb 16, 17, 18, $20 / $30
Cody Canada w Rob Leines, Feb 16, Knuckleheads,
Niko Moon w Dylan Schneider, Feb 17, The Truman
Thy Art is Murder, Feb 17, Granada- Lawrence,
Rodney Carrington, Feb 17-18 , Ameristar,
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Feb. 18, T-Mobile Center. $63.50-$403.50
Winterlude: Trent Austin Quartet, Feb. 19, Polsky Theatre. $17-$35
International Anime Music Festival, Feb 21, The Midland,
Sunsquabi, Feb 23, recordBar,
Gary Allan, Feb 23, Prairie Band Casino-Mayetta,
DakhaBrakha, Feb. 24, Polsky Theatre. $17-$35
Fit for a King, Feb 24, Granada- Lawrence,
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Feb 24, Liberty Hall- Lawrence
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, “The Future” featuring Lee Langston, Feb. 24, Kauffman Center. $33.50-$68.50
Blue October, Feb 25, The Truman,
Greensky Bluegrass, Feb 25, Uptown,
Kimbra w Tei Shi, Feb 26, recordBar, $22
Stephen Sanchez w Cece Coakley, Feb 28, recordBar, $15

MARCH

Reverend Horton Heat w Scott Biram, Mar 1, Knuckleheads, $25-$45
David Ramirez w Dylan LeBlanc, Mar 1, Knuckleheads,
Otoboke Beaver, March 1, recordBar,
The Rural Alberta Advantage w Georgia Harmer, Mar 2, recordBar, $20
Mod Sun w Stand Atlantic, Mar 3, Granada- Lawrence,
White Reaper, Mar 4, Madrid Theatre,
Katy Guillen and The Drive w Frogpond, Mar 4, Knuckleheads,
Black Violin, March 5, Lied Center- Lawrence,
Bobby Weir and The Wolf Bros, Mar 5, The Midland,
jxdn, March 6, Granada- Lawrence,
Crash Test Dummies w Carleton Stone, Mar 7, Madrid,
Eric Johnson, March 8, 2023, Madrid. $35-$55
Subtronics w MUST DIE!, Kompany, UBER, AUSTERIA, Mar 8, The Midland,
Elle King w Red Clay Strays, Uptown, Mar 8,
Gaelic Storm & The High Kings March 9, Kauffman Center,
Chris D'Elia (comedian) Mar 9, The Midland,
Grand Funk Railroad, Mar 9, Prairie band Casino-Mayetta,
Danú, March 10, Yardley Hall. $14-$42
Kentucky Headhunters w Eskimo Brothers, Mar 10, Knuckleheads,
Flogging Molly w Anti-Flag, Skinny Lister, Mar 10, VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's NKC,
Donny Benet, Mar 10, recordBar, $18
Buddy Guy w Eric Gales, Ally Venable, Mar 11, Uptown,
Matt Nathanson, Mar 11, Madrid,
John McCutcheon, March 11, Polsky Theatre. $17-$35
Oleta Adams, Mar 11, The Folly,
Alter Bridge, Mammoth WVH, Pistols at Dawn, Mar 11, The Midland,
War, March 11 (postponed from 2022), Ameristar Casino, $45-$60
The Lemon Twigs, Mar 12, The Bottleneck- Lawrence,
Emmet Cohen, March 12, Lied Center. $14-$40
The Wonder Years w Hot Muilligan, Carly Cosgrove, Mar 12, the Truman,
Kenny G with the KC Symphony March 13-15, Kauffman Center,
Underoath w Periphery, Loathe, March 15, Uptown,
Colony House w little image, March 16, The Truman,
Skillet, Theory of a Deadman, Saint Asonia, Mar 17, The Midland,
Blake Shelton w Carly Pearce, Jackson Dean, Mar 18, T-Mobile Center,
Shooting Star, March 18, Ameristar Casino,
Indigo Girls with the Kansas City Symphony Mar 18, Kauffman Center
Winterlude: KC Jazz Disciples, March 19, Polsky Theatre. $17-$35
Jake Wesley Rogers, March 21, The Madrid,
Eric Bellinger, Mar 23, recordBar, $30-$55
Maddie and Tae, Mar 23, Prairie band Casino-Mayetta,
Smithereens w Marshall Crenshaw (re-scheduled date) Mar 24, Knuckleheads,
Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams w Shawn Mullins, Mar 24, Knuckleheads, $35
Jerry Cantrell w Thunderpussy, Mar 25, Uptown,
Luzcid, Mar 25, Encore at Uptown Theater,
J.I.D. and Smino, Mar 25, The Midland,
Queensryche w Marty Friedman, Trauma, Mar 25, The Truman,
Little River Band, Mar 25, Ameristar Casino,
Cowboy Mouth, Mar 26, Knuckleheads,
Rage Against The Machine, March 28, T-Mobile Center CANCELED
Toto, Mar 29, Uptown,
Jessie Murph, Mar 29, The Truman,
Koe Wetzel w The Cadillac Three, Dylan Wheeler, Mar 30, Cable Dahmer Arena- Independence,
Key Glock w Big Scarr, Mar 30, Uptown Theater,
A Moving Sound, March 31, Polsky Theatre. $17-$35
Take 6, March 31, Lied Center. $19-$50
Dave Attell (comedian) Mar 31, Apr 1, KC Improv

APRIL

Masters of Percussion featuring Zakir Hussain, April 1, Yardley Hall. $16-$55
Tommy James and the Shondells, April 1, Kauffman Center,
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (re-scheduled date), Apr 1, Knuckleheads,
Beabadoobee, April 3, Uptown,
Buckcherry, Apr 3, Knuckleheads,
King Tuff w Tchochtke, April 3, recordBar, $20
John Mellencamp, Apr 3 and 4 The Midland,
Watchhouse Duo (formerly Mandolin Orange), Apr 4, Madrid Theatre
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, April 5, Uptown,
Spencer Sutherland, Apr 5, Madrid Theatre,
Air Supply, April 5, Ameristar Casino,
Noel Miller, April 6, Uptown,
Martha Redbone, April 7, Lied Center. $11-$30
Floyd Nation (Pink Floyd tribute) April 7, Kauffman Center,
Asleep at the Wheel, Brennan Leigh, Joshua Hedley, Apr 8, Uptown,
Mountain Goats, April 9, Liberty Hall- Lawrence,
Pokey Bear, April 9, KC Music Hall,
Mac Ayres, Apr 9, The Truman,
Michigander, Apr 11, recordBar, $15
Sullivan King w Level Up, Benda, Vastive, Apr 11, The Truman,
Tennis w Kate Bollinger, April 12, Liberty Hall-Lawrence,
Steven Curtis Chapman, Apr 14, Liberty Hall-Lawrence,
Joanne Shaw Taylor, Apr 14, Kauffman Center,
Lil Duval (comedian), Apr 14, 15, 16, KC Improv Comedy Club,
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, April 15, Yardley Hall. $15-$49
April McMahan (comedian), Apr 15, The Midland,
Warren Zeiders, Apr 15, Granada-Lawrence,
texas tenors, Apr 15, Ameristar Casino,
Dawes, Apr 16, Liberty Hall-Lawrence
John Crist (comedian), Apr 16, The Midland,
John Gorka, April 16, Lied Center. $16-$30
City Morgue, Apr 18, The Truman,
Pop Evil, April 19, The Truman,
Laurie Berkner, April 22, Lied Center. $14-$25
Los Temerarios April 22, Midland. $49-$250
Molchat Doma w Nuovo Testamento, Apr 22, The Truman,
Ripe, April 23, recordBar, $20
Trevor Hall, Apr 23, Granada- Lawrence,
August Burns Red w Devil Wears Prada, Bleed From Within, Apr 23, The Truman,
Ashe w Em Beihold, April 25, The Truman,
Transviolet, Apr 25, recordBar, $20
Sabrina Carpenter, Apr 26, The Midland,
Black Flag (performing My War), Apr 27, recordBar, $25
Pert Near Sandstone w the Way Back Wanderers, Apr 27, Knuckleheads,
IV and the Strange Band, Apr 27, Knuckleheads,
Latrice, Apr 28, Madrid,
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, “The Root,” April 29, Kauffman Center,
Ron Pope, April 29, Knuckleheads,

MAY

Janet Jackson w Ludacris, May 2, T-Mobile Center, $39.95-$499.95
Daniel Rodriguez, May 4, Knuckleheads,
Air Supply, May 5, Ameristar Casino,
Knuckle Puck & Real Friends w Between You and Me, May 6, The Truman,
49 Winchester, May 6, Knuckleheads,
Tenacious D, May 9, Starlight,
Built to Spill, May 9, Madrid Theatre,
Off!, May 10, recordBar, $20
Country Roots Fest feat Chris Young, Gabby Barrett, Clay Walker, JoDee Messina, May 13, Legends Field,
Get Happy: A Judy Garland Centennial Celebration with Michael Feinstein May 13, Helzberg Hall,
They Might be Giants, May 16, The Truman,
Thomas Rhett w Cole Swindell, Nate Smith, May 19, T-Mobile Center,
Southern Culture on the Skids, May 19, Knuckleheads,
Toostie (musical) May 19-21, Starlight,
The Mavericks, May 25 26 27, Knuckleheads.
Chicago, May 26, Starlight,

JUNE

McBride and the Ride, June 1, Knuckleheads
America, June 2, Ameristar Casino,
Luke Combs w Riley Green, Lainey Wilson, Flatland Cavalry, and Brent Cobb, June 10, Arrowhead Stadium
Tacos and Tequila Fest feat Flo Rida, Lil Jon, June 17, Legends Field,
Louis Tomlinson, June 10, Starlight,
Taylor Tomlinson (comedian) June 10 and 11, The Midland,
Tyler Childers w Marcus King, June 15, Starlight,
Phase Fest feat All-American Rejects, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Plain White T's, more , June 16, Legends Field,
Impratical Jokers (comedy), June 17, T-Mobile Center,
Matchbox Twenty, June 18, Starlight,
Eels, June 18, (rescheduled date) Liberty Hall- Lawrence),
Jesus Christ Superstar (musical), June 20-25, Starlight,
Righteous Brothers, June 29, Prairie Band Cassino-Mayetta,

JULY

Taylor Swift w Muna, Gracie Adams, GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, July 7 and 8,
Legally Blonde (musical) July 7-13, Starlight,
Hardy, July 13, Country Stampede-Topeka,
Lee Brice w Chase Rice more, July 14, Country Stampede-Topeka
Cody Johnson, July 15, Country Stampede-Topeka,
Vanilla Ice, July 15, Collect-A-Con-KC Conv Center,
Killer Queen (tribute band) July 16, Uptown,
Foreigner w Loverboy, July 18, Starlight,
Shania Twain w Mickey Guyton, July 19, T-Mobile Center,
Rain- Beatles Tribute, July 21-23, Starlight,
Yungblud w The Regrettes, July 25, Uptown,
1776 (musical), July 25-30, Starlight,
Dude Perfect, July 27, T-Mobile Center,
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, July 29, Knuckleheads,

AUGUST

Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette musical) Aug 1-5, Starlight,
Goth Babe, Aug 1, the Truman,
Ed Sheeran, w/ Khalid, Cat Burns, August 5, GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium,
Raja, Aug 10, Madrid Theatre,
Billy Joel / Stevie Nicks, Aug 19, GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium,
Goo Goo Dolls w O.A.R., Aug 27, Starlight,
Come From Away (musical) Aug 29-Sept 3, Starlight,

SEPT / OCT / NOV

Mission UK / Chameleons (re-scheduled date), Oct 1, recordBar, $30
Vanilla Ice, Nov 4, KC Conv Center,

Any shows you’re particularly looking forward to (other than not one but two Vanilla Ice appearances)? Any announced that we’ve forgotten/ Feel free to leave a comment below and have a Happy 2023!

Pause for the Cause: Benefit Concerts

OCTOBER 29- MICHAEL FRANTI – Lawrence, KS

Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Presents: Michael Franti on 8th & Mass Street at 8th and Mass St. on Oct 29, 2021 6:30 PM (etix.com)

Now in its tenth year, The Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR) takes place in Lawrence, KS for the first time, benefiting the Steve Tilford Foundation, named for the multi-award winning mountain biking legend, and its kickoff concert has moved outside to 8^th and Mass. downtown under the stars featuring the Michael Franti Trio and Maria the Mexican.

The BWR provides professional and amateur cyclists the opportunity to ride over up to a 111.11-mile route throughout the northeast region of Kansas and yes, there will be waffles, Belgian ales, and frites available along with a silent auction, vendor fair, and related weekend activities.

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NOVEMBER 8 – STAND UP FOR HEROES– New York City

Home - Bob Woodruff Foundation

Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, Jim Gaffigan, Nikki Glaser and many others are set to perform at the 15^th annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit event, which supports the Bob Woodruff Foundation’s efforts to help wounded service members, veterans and their families, at Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Also appearing on the bill are comic and musical performances by Nate Bargatze, Grace Gaustad, Sing Harlem, Donnell Rawlings, and more. Springsteen appears almost every year, and has even auctioned off a motorcycle and dinner featuring his “mom’s lasagna.”

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NOVEMBER 12- TIPPING POINT FEAT. CHAKA KHAN –New Orleans

Giving to Tulane - Tipping Point 2021

The fifth annual Tipping Point benefit concert, presented by Tulane University returns to The Fillmore New Orleans on Nov. 12, headlined by the legendary eight-time GrammyⓇ winner singer, songwriter Chaka Khan and also features numerous other artists including Marcus King, Trombone Shorty, Son Little, Jackie Greene and George Porter Jr.

Chaka Khan remains one of our live favorites and we caught her in concert, most recently in 2018 and again in 2019 alongside Michael McDonald. Proceeds from the concert will fund scholarships that will enable qualified students to attend Tulane University regardless of their economic background.

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DECEMBER 1- WORLD AIDS DAY CONCERT –Los Angeles

AHF Presents: World AIDS Day - The LA Revival - The LA Forum

Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Hudson headline a Free AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) concert at The Forum in Los Angeles on December 1^st, hosted by entertainer Randy Rainbow.

The concert will be produced with longtime AHF partner, multi-EmmyⓇ and TonyⓇ award winner Debbie Allen and also feature a performance by young students from her Debbie Allen Dance Academy.

Both headlining women are truly vocally gifted and hearing their range live is an exceptional experience– we were lucky enough to see Hudson at a previous benefit concert in 2018.

Sen. Bernie Sanders will also be honored with AHF’s Lifetime Achievement Award. “Forty years ago, AIDS was first recognized by the CDC, and 40 years later we have lost millions of lives. I'm committed to continue to do my part in bringing awareness to HIV/AIDS, and I encourage you to do the same." Sanders said.

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DECEMBER 10 – JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE CONCERT –New York City

The Annual John Lennon Tribute

Singer Ani DiFranco is the honoree and will perform at the 41st annual John Lennon Tribute concert in December in New York City at the Peter Jay Sharpe Theater. Run by the nonprofit Theatre Within, the show benefits a songwriting program free to public schools and workshops for people with cancer and their family members.

Ani DiFranco is a longtime indie trailblazing artist that has forged her own way musically and in the business of music, that has many parallels to Lennon’s own spirit of musical independence. Other artists scheduled to appear include Bettye Lavette, Joan Osborne, KT Tunstall, and Nona Hendryx.

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DECEMBER 13- JOHN HENRY’S FRIENDS BENEFIT –New York City

Steve Earle & The Dukes with Bruce Springsteen & More at The Town Hall (citywinery.com)

Just announced, Steve Earle’s seventh annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit Concert is coming to New York City’s Town Hall on December 13th. Presented with City Winery, the event features a lineup with Steve Earle & the Dukes as headliners as well as Bruce Springsteen, Rosanne Cash, Willie Nile, the Mastersons, and Matt Savage.

The concert will raise funds for the Keswell School benefiting children and young adults with autism. The educational program is close-to-home for Earle, whose son John Henry attends as a student.

“The John Henry’s Friends concerts are obviously a labor of love for myself as well as an expression of the generosity of all the performers who have suited up and showed up over the years,” Earle said of the event. “I’m especially grateful for this year’s new friends, my neighbor Willie Nile, my old friend Rosanne Cash and my hero Bruce Springsteen.”

Live Aid Benefit Concert (1985, Philadelphia)

 

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Up In The Clouds

“I'm just standing here on the ground
But my head's always up in the clouds”
- Skegss

Read More Waxahatchee Waxahatchee is headlining the Triple Rock Social Club this Friday. The duo’s latest album Out in the Storm is available on Merge Records. Cayetana and Snail Mail will open. ...

WAXAHATCHEE
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Saint Cloud is the new album from Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield).

Crutchfield recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of Saint Cloud with an online performance and three covers: “Fruits of My Labor” by Lucinda Williams, “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” by Dolly Parton, and “Streets of Philadelphia” by Bruce Springsteen… perhaps you’ll hear some of those covers on the upcoming Waxahatchee tour:

Aug 31 Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads (w/Shy Boys, sold out)
Sep 02 Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
Sep 03 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
Sep 04 Columbus, OH – Skully's Music-Diner
Sep 05 Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
Sep 07 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre
Sep 09 Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barn
Sep10 Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
Sep 12 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Sep 16 Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
Sep 17 Tacoma, WA – Spanish Ballroom
Sep 18 Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
Sep 19 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Sep 21 Sonoma, CA – Gundlach Bundschu Winery
Sep 22 San Francisco, CA – The Castro Theatre
Sep 24 Los Angeles, CA – First Congregational Church
Sep 25 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriet's
Sep 27 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress (Outside)
Sep 29 Austin, TX – Scholz Garten
Sep 30 Austin, TX – Scholz Garten
Oct 01 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
Oct 05 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
Oct 07 Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom
Oct 08 Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
Oct 09 Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall
Oct 11 New York, NY – Webster Hall
Oct 12 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
Oct 13 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
Oct 15 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Oct 16 Boston, MA – Royale

*all dates with Katy Kirby except 9/3

Read More Cloud Nothings 02/11/17 Cloud Nothings will be headlining Fine Line Music Café on Saturday in support of his new record Life Without Sound (Carpark Records). . …

CLOUD NOTHINGS
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Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings have booked a massive tour, starting in 2021 and going on to 2022 (not listed below). The tour is in support of their new album The Shadow I Remember (Carpark Records).

2021 Tour Dates:

8/20 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
8/21 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
8/22 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Back Room
8/24 - Columbus, OH @ Ace Of Cups
8/26 - Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat
8/27 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
8/26 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
8/29 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair
10/21 - Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
10/23 - Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees
10/25-10/29 - Miami, FL @ S.S. Neverender Cruise
10/31 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
11/2 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
11/4 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
11/5 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room HLP
11/6 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
11/8- Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/10 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
11/12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
11/13 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
11/15 - Kansas City, MO @ recordBar
11/16 - St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House
11/19 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom

Read More NF Michigan rapper NF is touring in support of his third full-length album, Perception. Tour dates: 10/02 Columbus, OH Express Live! . …

NF
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Chart-topping Michigan rapper NF (not to be confused with NFL) will embark on his North American headline tour called The Clouds Tour, presented by Live Nation.

NF maintains his “Top 500 Most Listened-To Artists on Spotify” as well as two consecutive #1 debuts on the Billboard Top 200.

Tour dates:

09/22: Maryland Heights, MO -- Hollywood Casino Amph
09/23: Noblesville, IN -- Ruoff Music Center
09/24: Clarkston, MI -- DTE Energy Music Theatre
09/25: Cincinnati, OH -- Riverbend Music Center
09/27: Cuyahoga Falls, OH -- Blossom Music Center
09/28: Burgettstown, PA -- The Pavilion at Star Lake
09/29: Bridgeport, CT -- Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
10/01: Gilford, NH -- Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
10/02: Columbia, MD -- Merriweather Post Pavilion
10/03: Raleigh, NC -- Coastal Credit Union Music Park
10/05: Tampa, FL -- MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amph
10/06: Jacksonville, FL -- Daily's Place
10/07: Pelham, AL -- Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
10/09: Simpsonville, SC -- CCNB Amphitheatre
10/10: Charlotte, NC -- PNC Music Pavilion
10/12: Brandon, MS -- Brandon Amphitheater
10/14: Rogers, AR -- Walmart AMP
10/15: Oklahoma City, OK -- Zoo Amphitheatre
10/16: Austin, TX -- Germania Insurance Amphitheater
10/17: Houston, TX -- Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

GLOSSY CLOUDS fb/glossyclouds Lyon based indie-rock collective Glossy Clouds released their debut self-titled EP, via KWS Blank Canvas Music. The six track EP includes lead single “Buy All That You Want”, a funky self-described “glitter rock” song. Glossy Clouds are Jérôme Bralet (vocals and Guitar), Hugo Merle (Drums) and their three female choristers.

CLOUD RAT cloudrat.blogspot The fourth entry in the 2021 Adult Swim Singles is by Michigan grindcore Cloud Rat. The band wrote, “Really excited to be a part of this year's Adult Swim Singles series! This was self-recorded and mixed at Rorik's house over a couple weeks in April, then mastered by Glenn Schick Mastering. Really proud of how this turned out, check it!”

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Double Exposure Tour, feat. Chromatics, Desire, and In Mirrors, at First Avenue, Minneapolis (30 May 2019)

Chromatics at First Avenue Chromatics Setlist     Intro: Tick of the Clock Lady Kill for Love Night Drive / Paradise Back from the Grave I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around Time Rider These Streets Will Never Look the Same Blue Girl I Want Your Love Cherry Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) (Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover) -- Encore -- I'm on Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover) Shadow Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (Kate Bush cover) Desire Setlist Mirroir Mirroir Dans mes rêves Don't Call If I Can't Hold You Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order cover) Under Your Spell In Mirrors Setlist Gold Human Mirror Girl Take Your Movement Away Escape From Berlin Choose a Side Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen cover) Tour Dates 06/04/2019 – The Palace - Calgary, AB 06/06/2019 – Vogue Theater - Vancouver, BC 06/07/2019 – Showbox - Seattle, WA 06/08/2019 – Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR 06/09/2019 – Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR 06/11/2019 – Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA 06/12/2019 – Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA 10/04/2019 - Copenhagen- The Grey Hall 10/05/2019 - Stockholm - Berns 10/07/2019 - Oslo - Rockefeller Music Hall 10/09/2019 - Berlin - Astra Kulturhaus 10/11/2019 - Vilnius - Art Factory Loft 10/12/2019 - Warsaw - Praga Centrum 10/14/2019 - Vienna - Arena 10/16/2019 - Prague - MeetFactory & 10/17/2019 - Munich - Muffathalle 10/19/2019 - Cologne - Carlswerk Victoria 10/22/2019 - Dublin - Vicar Street 10/23/2019 - Manchester - Albert Hall 10/24/2019 - Glasgow - SWG3 10/26/2019 - Bristol - Anson Rooms 10/27/2019 - London - The Roundhouse 10/29/2019 - Antwerp - Trix 10/30/2019 - Amsterdam - Paradiso Read More Chromatics David Lynch’s favorite band Chromatics will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on May 30th. If you love hypnotic singing and melodies and synthpop and Twin Peaks, you really need to check out Chromatics next .... Desire As for the soundtrack, I love it too! The songs are synthy, I guess for that 80s tone that I previously mention that the film is drenched in. The soundtrack is courtesy of Lakeshore Records ....

Portland’s Chromatics is back in town on a rare tour. The last time they were at First Avenue, it was with Hot Chip in July 2012… so it’s been a good seven years since they played here.

All three bands listed on this Double Exposure tour had Johnny Jewel in them… so the man was basically playing three hours a night. He had so much dedication, and I think is really the mastermind behind this whole tour.

Starting the show was Vancouver’s In Mirrors (Jesse Taylor with Johnny Jewel). The duo played in near-darkness for their entire set, with some video images shown in the background. The darkness did help with the feeling of isolation, which was a real focus on their debut LP Escape from Berlin.

Closing out the set, Taylor asked the audience, “do you want a fast or slow one?” I’m not sure what the crowd said in response, but the answer was In Mirrors playing a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia” (assuming they said “slow”).

Next up was Montreal’s Desire, featuring frontwoman Megan Louise, with Johnny Jewel on synthesizers, and Aja (from Heaven) on additional synth (she took place for Nat Walker, who is normally in the band). The group is probably the most pop of the three bands, as evident by their stand-out pop-ish song “Mirroir Mirroir”, telephone-prop for “Don’t Call”, and their Italo Disco cover of New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle”. That was such a great cover, that it was hard to follow that up with their closing song, “Under Your Spell.” However, it’s still a good choice, because it’s probably their best-known song. The song was featured in the underrated and amazing Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive soundtrack (we mentioned the soundtrack in 2011).

Finally, Chromatics closed out the show. Before we talk about the show, I wanted to mention that I really love the overall theme and re-invention of the band. I’m talking about the eerie-movie visuals from Johnny Jewel (mixed by video artist Danny Perez from Antibirth and Panda Bear), the neon-lights at their merchandise table, and atmospheric lighting. It’s really cool, and I’ve never seen so many fans buying merchandise at a show. That’s because the prices are so affordable, it’s like they made those neon lights with the prices ten years ago.

The other thing I wanted to address is their long hiatus from the music scene. In 2014, the band announced Dear Tommy… but the record never came out because Johnny Jewel, a perfectionist, destroyed all copies of the album after a near-death experience. According to legends, Jewel re-recorded the entire album, but as of this writing, the record has yet to see the light of day. Some singles, like “Just Like You” and “I Can Never Be Myself When You’re Around” came out before the record was scrapped… so you got a glimpse of what the record sounded like.

Anyway, currently, at least for this tour, Chromatics features Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller, Matt Miller (replacing Nat Walker), and Johnny Jewel. The show is really special to brothers Adam & Matt, who told us that they grew up in Minneapolis. So when they were young, and going to concerts, “First Avenue was this place that was a doorway to a different reality.” They were very grateful to be on stage, closing their speech with “Thank you, thanks a lot.”

Since being absent from touring in so long (Chromatics’ last live show was five years ago), they did the right thing by playing some of the fans’ favorite songs… playing everything from “Kill for Love” to “Blue Girl” (with Adam Miller on lead vocals), and their cover of Neil Young’s “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)” (which closed out their set).

For the encore, Ruth came back solo to play a stripped down (and slowed) version of Springsteen’s “I'm on Fire”. The cover has been quite popular recently (with Lykke Li, Brown Shoe, Young Turks, AWOLNATION, Ten Fe, and Soccer Mommy from our previous coverages).

The rest of the band joined Ruth to close out the encore with their recent hit “Shadow” (which was used in Twin Peaks Season 3) and a cover of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”.

If you are on the fence about seeing Chromatics, you should do it… especially if you enjoy the work of Johnny Jewel (who had his finger in every aspect of the show). Also, who knows when the band will get together for another tour, so take this opportunity to see the band, at what I considered, is their finest hour.

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Minneapolis: February 29, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on February 29, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Moth & the Flame On their brief set, TMTF played tracks from their debut 2011 album and also some tracks from their Ampersand (&) EP, including "Sorry" and "Wishing Well". .... The Morning Benders On the other hand, The Morning Benders' (MySpace) 100% totally free album of cover songs, aptly titled The Bedroom Covers (download it here), is a somewhat different creature--equally as relaxing, but much less alt-country and much ....

BANNERS
with Moth & the Flame, Pop Etc
at Triple Rock Social Club
Monday, 02/29/16, 7pm ($15)
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Liverpool’s Banners, with Utah’s The Moth and the Flame, and California’s Pop Etc, will be on tour as part of the SiriusXM Presents Alt Nation Advanced Placement Tour. This is Banners’ very first USA tour, and it’s kicking off in Minneapolis on February 29th.

The last time we saw The Moth and the Flame, they opened up for Placebo at Mill City Night in October 2014... but we’ve been writing and covering them since 2012.

Although the name Pop Etc might not ring a bell, you might know them as The Morning Benders. Derek wrote about the band: “Since 2005, founder/frontman Chris Chu and friends (drummer Julian Harmon, bassist Tim Or, and guitarist/organist Joe Ferrell, all fellow alums of UC Berkeley) have been producing upbeat, bouncy guitar-pop with a sunny Californian sound.” (read more at weheartmusic.com). Pop Etc’s new album Souvenir is out now.

Tour Dates

02/29/16 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
03/01/16 Chicago, IL Subterranean
03/02/16 Detroit, MI Shelter
03/04/16 Toronto, ON Adelaide Hall
03/07/16 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
03/08/16 New York, NY Santos Party House
03/10/16 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry
03/11/16 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
03/12/16 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
03/15/16 Houston, TX Bronze Peacock
03/19/16 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
03/21/16 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
03/22/16 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
03/24/16 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
03/25/16 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
03/28/16 San Francisco, CA Social Hall SF
03/30/16 Los Angeles, CA Bahia
03/31/16 San Diego, CA House Of Blues

Photo: Ann Buster Read More Blessthefall I first heard of them when I read that Escape the Fate's new singer Craig Mabbitt was originally in it. I'm a huge fan of his vocals and lyrics, along with Escape the Fate and the Word Alive so I was excited to hear more of his work. .... Miss May I Miss May I was the only American band on the bill last night. They are a melodic hardcore band from Ohio that has toured with bands such as Killswitch Engage, Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine. I saw these guys this past February ....

BLESSTHEFALL
at Mill City Nights
Monday, 02/29/16, 6:30pm ($20/$22)
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The last time we heard about Blessthefall was that they were releasing To Those Left Behind on September 18, 2015, via Fearless Records. The band, having been one of the headliners at Vans Warped Tour will be back in the state for their “Drop the Gloves” tour.

Joining the the Arizona-based metalcore band will be Miss May I (who were recently in Minneapolis for the Noise Presents: Ire Tour - despite the fact that they are not Australian), The Plot In You, Sirens and Sailors, and A War Within.

Tour Dates

2/26 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Complex
2/27 – Denver, Colo. @ Summit Music Hall
2/29 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Mill City Nights
3/01 – Chicago, Ill. @ Metro
3/02 – Detroit, Mich. @ St. Andrews Hall
3/03 – Toronto, Ontario @ Phoenix Concert
3/04 – Montreal, Quebec @ Virgin Mobile Corona
3/05 – New York, N.Y. @ Webster Hall
3/06 – Boston, Mass. @ TBA
3/07 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Theater of Living Arts
3/08 – Baltimore, Md. @ Rams Head Live
3/10 – Atlanta, Ga. @ The Masquerade
3/11 – Tampa, Fla. @ The Orpheum
3/13 – Orlando, Fla. @ Plaza Live
3/14 – Pensacola, Fla. @ Vinyl
3/17 – San Antonio, Texas @ Alamo City
3/18 – Houston, Texas @ Warehouse Live
3/20 – Oklahoma City, Okla. @ Farmers Public Market
3/21 – Albuquerque, N.M. @ Sunshine Theater

Read More Bruce Springsteen More recently, the massive vault of vintage Springsteen recordings was opened, beginning with a 2012 performance at the Apollo in NYC, originally broadcast on Sirius XM, and now a radio simulcast show from Cleveland in 1978, taken .…

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
at Xcel Energy Center
Monday, 02/29/16, 6:30pm ($57.50+)
xcelenergycenter.com

Baby, we were born to tour... The boss, Bruce Springsteen, and his The E Street Band, is Minnesota. As usual with these stadium shows, ticket prices goes up to the $150 range (pre-taxes and fees). Ticket prices too high? No worries, you can always download his official live recordings directly at live.brucespringsteen.net ... a profitable move on his part for steady income.

Tour Dates

02/25/16 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
02/27/16 Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena
02/29/16 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
03/03/16 Milwaukee, WI BMO Harris Bradley Center
03/06/16 St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena
03/10/16 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena
03/13/16 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
03/15/16 Los Angeles, CA Memorial Sports Arena
03/17/16 Los Angeles, CA Memorial Sports Arena
03/19/16 Los Angeles, CA Memorial Sports Arena
03/22/16 Portland, OR Moda Center
03/24/16 Seattle, WA KeyArena At Seattle Center
03/28/16 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
03/31/16 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
04/03/16 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
04/05/16 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
04/07/16 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
04/10/16 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
04/12/16 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
04/14/16 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace Of Auburn Hills
04/18/16 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center
04/20/16 Baltimore, MD Royal Farms Arena
04/23/16 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
04/25/16 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center

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Rock Icons vs. 21st Century Technology

With the music business changing rather drastically over the last decade or so, in terms of delivering music to the masses, it’s interesting to see how some of the longstanding rock icons are adapting (or not) to the new technology and methods to deliver their product to wanting ears.

Some, expectedly, have proven more successful than others.

Read More Bruce Springsteen U2 (minus Bono) celebrated World AIDS Day 2014 with a full concert with Chris Martin and Bruce Springsteen. .…

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
brucespringsteen.net

The Boss has tread lightly in terms of the digital age as he and manager Jon Landau, have always kept a tight rein on Springsteen’s music catalog.  Impressed by the Pearl Jam model of offering up soundboard recordings of live concerts both digitally and on traditional CD, Springsteen dove into that pool with 30 different shows from 2014’s High Hopes tour, making them available in HD 24 bit, lossless FLAC, and MP3 versions.

Cleveland (1978)

More recently, the massive vault of vintage Springsteen recordings was opened, beginning with a 2012 performance at the Apollo in NYC, originally broadcast on Sirius XM, and now a radio simulcast show from Cleveland in 1978, taken from seven recently unearthed ¼” master reels.

While both shows have been available unofficially, it’s a promising sign to collectors and fans to see definitive versions of older shows become available and Springsteen’s catalog  should broaden further in 2015.

Read More The Rolling Stones Although most people associate The Rolling Stones as mainly Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, in the early days, it was really Brian Jones who was the band leader. … .…

ROLLING STONES
rollingstones.com

As the Stones’ 50^th Anniversary Tour continues into 2015, the band has entered the digital download era not with recent shows from their current tour, but a handful of more classic shows on both audio and video.

Advertisement for The Rolling Stones at Los Angeles (1975) and Hampton Coliseum (1981)

Beginning with a classic Los Angeles 1975 show and the Hampton Coliseum 1981 performance that was originally a pay-per-view broadcast, the Stones have expanded the catalog offerings to include other recordings from the 70s-90s, with the LA Forum and Hampton shows available at retail in both audio and video.

Like the older Springsteen releases, the vintage Stones offerings have been long available unofficially, but collectors and completists will no doubt snap up these definitive authorized versions and the catalog continues to grow.

Start downloading at: stonesarchivestore.com.

Read More Madonna Anyway, even Madonna is a fan, who recently had Psy appeared on her live concert with Madonna getting in on the horse dance. .…

MADONNA
madonna.com

Madonna on Interview Jan 2015

Our favorite Material Girl has done things the old-fashioned way to get attention, but is showing some movement in the digital direction.  First, she posed provocatively in the Art Issue of the Dec/Jan edition of Interview magazine, including an exposed bra top in corset and stockings.

Then, earlier this month, a handful of demos were released unofficially to the internet, purporting to be working versions of many of the upcoming tracks from her March 2015 album, Rebel Heart (then speculated to be called Iconic).  While her people were dismissing the credibility of the leaked tracks, she took to Instagram to decry it an “artistic rape” and “form of terrorism”, though the post was quickly deleted.

Madge and co. soon went into combative overdrive, offering up six official tracks for immediate download (including Diplo-produced first single “Living for Love” which wasn’t due until Feb 14), with pre-order of the full album.   The strategy worked, as iTunes pre-orders for the album topped the charts in 40+ countries.

Pre-order Rebel Heart: itunes.apple.com

Don’t expect any vault releases digitally anytime soon, though it would be great to hear unreleased remixes, unused collaborations, and early session works with Stephen Bray and Nile Rodgers from her early albums.

Read More Prince The Purple faithful were poised and ready. Prince had recently announced a live webstream via Yahoo Music, of an album release party for the two new albums that came out yesterday- Plectrum Electrum with band 3rd Eye Girl …

PRINCE
3rdeyegirl.com

After the 2014 release of not one, but two studio albums and a long-awaited deal with Warner Brothers to return his master recordings, anticipation was high in the Purple zone for a benchmark year.  Though he and band 3^rd Eye Girl managed some hit-and-run random concert dates, mostly in Europe and there were sporadic gigs back home at Paisley Park, a major tour never did materialize in 2014, as was fully expected.

Prince was an early pioneer as a major music artist to utilize the internet in then-unseen ways to connect and also created innovative marketing like giving away copies of his Musicology album in 2004 with every concert ticket bought (which at that time, counted as sales on SoundScan charts) and the looming 30^th anniversary of Purple Rain, had expectations high.

Prince, in his inimitable and unpredictable way, instead pulled the plug on all social media just before Thanksgiving; silencing the 3^rd Eye Twitter account, his barely used Facebook page, and lauded Prince-stagram account as well.

“Anotherlove” Screen Capture

Still remaining mostly silent, third party sites and the Purple Essence and Baron 3121 accounts, are the closest link to finding out what The Purple Yoda may or may not do next, though an authorized lyric video for song “Anotherlove” did appear recently, via WB.

Watch “Anotherlove” on youtube.com.

Known for a tight control of his artistic output as well as a massive vault of unreleased sessions and recordings, fans know better than to hold their breath for any series of vintage tracks or more current concerts to be released, though it would be most welcome and be direct income for him.

Read More The Replacements The Replacements' first Minnesota show in 23 years, at The Midway Stadium in Saint Paul, and, of course, it sold out in minutes. .…

THE REPLACEMENTS
thereplacementsofficial.com

In typical and seemingly unplanned fashion, after spending the last year and a half doing reunion shows at indie festivals, The Replacements recently released a 24 min. jazz jam via Soundcloud, called “Poke Me in My Cage”, recorded in October in Waltham, MA.

The Paul and Tommy reunion was initially spurred by ex-bandmate Slim Dunlap’s need for financial support following a debilitating stroke, which resulted in a series of singles and resulting benefit album, and after the tour announcement, plans for new Replacements music were floated about.

While the extended instrumental probably has little bearing on what any new ‘Mats songs will actually sound like, the unexpected release did get fans excited for the prospect of new songs to come.  Westerberg himself previously released digital tracks timed and named 49:00 and 5:05, so fans can likely expect more of the unexpected.

Hear “Poke Me in My Cage” at soundcloud.com.

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W♥M228: Christmas Will Be Magic

Read More Kate Bush British singer Kate Bush is at the start of her Before the Dawn residency at Hammersmith Apollo in London. This is her first live performance since her The Tour of Life in 1979, so it's no surprise that within minutes of the announcement .…

This is the Christmas Edition with John and Vu.

News:

Band Aid 30 has the #1 Christmas single in the UK for their remake of "Do They Know It's Christmas?", featuring One Direction, Ellie Goulding, Ed Sheeran, Bono, Sam Smith, Rita Ora, Emeli Sande, Paloma Faith, Sinead O’Connor, Chris Martin and Seal (with Bono being the only singer from the original to take part).

U2 (minus Bono) celebrated World AIDS Day 2014 with a full concert with Chris Martin and Bruce Springsteen.

Christmas time:

Ella Fitzgerald's Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (1960).

Phil Spector's A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector (1963), featuring Darlene Love, The Ronettes, The Crystals, etc.

Song of the show is Kate Bush's "December Will Be Magic Again", is a one-off single released in the U.K. in November 1980.

BONUS:

Original Christmas songs, in recent memory, Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (as recently covered by Fifth Harmony) and Wham!'s "Last Christmas" (as covered by Ariana Grande).

T.Rex's "Christmas Bop" is still a favorite.

Morrissey has a bad reputation for canceling shows.

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