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Minneapolis: July 09 to July 13, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from July 09 to July 13, 2017.

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Read More Cymbals Eat Guitars Headliners Cymbals Eat Guitars walked on stage to the sensual groove of Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard it Through the Grapevine,” a song lead vocalist/guitarist Joe D’Agostino acknowledged ... Lunch Duchess Opening up the show was local Lunch Duchess, featuring Katharine Seggerman as the drummer and singer. Seggerman is also in B.O.Y.F., which we previously mentioned stood ...

CYMBALS EAT GUITARS
at 7th Street Entry
Sunday 07/09/17 (7:30pm/$12)
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Cymbals Eat Guitars is back in town to support their fourth LP Pretty Years. The band was last seen in town at the 7th Street Entry on 10 October 2016, where we noted, “CEG have a sound and presence made for clubs like the Entry; much of their catalogue is anthemic and fierce, but still have a cool New York strut to them. D’Agostino’s voice is an appealing combination of Mike Ness’ gruff earnestness and Tim Armstrong’s defiant snot. He spits and yells when he wants to like on “Beam” and “Warning” and he slinks it up on my favorite tune “Wish” (a song that also features some serious keyboard action from Brian Hamilton).”

Local Lunch Duchess will open. The last time we saw this band in May 2016, and said that the band was “brand new”... although we also noted that drummer / singer Katharine Seggerman was previously in B.O.Y.F. and White Boyfriend.

Tour Dates:

7-7 Madison, WI - University of Wisconsin
7-8 Chicago, Il - West Fest
7-9 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
7-11 Denver, CO - Globe Hall ^
7/12 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court %
7/14 San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill%
7/15 Costa Mesa, CA - The Wayfarer%
7/16 San Diego, CA - The Casbah%
7/18 Los Angeles, CA - The Bootleg%
7/19 Tucson, AZ - Congress%
7/21 Austin, TZ - Stubbs%
7/22 Dallas, TX - Three Links%
7/23 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall%
7/25 Atlanta, GA - The Earl #
7/26 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
7/27 Washington D.C -. Black Cat #
7/28 Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery #

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Read More Matthew Sweet My very first concert was for Matthew Sweet, during his "Girlfriend" Tour in 1992. I saw him in Fresno, California, and I believe the venue was the Cadillac Club (I'm almost …

MATTHEW SWEET
at Turf Club
Tuesday 07/11/17 (7pm/$25/Sold Out)
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I’ve mentioned this a few times, but one of my first “real” concert experience was seeing Matthew Sweet during his Girlfriend tour in Fresno, California. I’ve seen Sweet on and off many years later, but you never forget your first time. I was a huge Sweet fan in those days, bought into all the anime-inspired CD singles, loved Super-deformed stuff. Got into Altered Beast (and Son of Altered Beast!), so I know all the songs from that time period.

Anyway, currently, Matthew Sweet is back with a new album, after a six-year hiatus, called Tomorrow Forever (Honeycomb Hideout, through Sony’s RED Distribution). The new 17-song album will be available on CD, double 180-gram vinyl, and digital.

The last time I saw Sweet, at Basilica Block Party 2015, he had The Jayhawks’ Gary Louris to help play his songs - so expect the same kind of local hero appearance at this Tuesday’s show.

Unfortunately, if you haven’t bought your tickets yet, it’s sold out.

Tommy Keene to open. Keene with Ivan Julian was previously in town at the Turf earlier on April 30th.

Tour Dates:

7/08 Omaha NE - The Waiting Room
7/09 Omaha NE - The Waiting Room
7/11 Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
7/12 Des Moines, IA - Wooly's
7/13 Chicago, IL - City Winery
7/14 Chicago, IL - City Winery
7/15 Springfield, IL - Bedrock 66 Music Fest
7/16 St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill Duck Room
7/18 Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads
7/20 Dallas, TX - Kessler Theater
7/21 Austin, TX - 3TEN Austin City Limits Live
7/22 Austin, TX - 3TEN Austin City Limits Live
7/23 Houston TX - Heights Theatre
7/25 Jackson MS - Duling Hall
7/26 Atlanta, GA - City Winery
7/27 Atlanta, GA - City Winery
7/28 Nashville, TN - City Winery
7/29 Louisville KY - Headliners
8/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echo
8/16 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
8/18 - San Francisco, CA @ Independent
8/20 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
8/21 - Seattle, WA @ Triple Door
9/07 Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
9/08 Annapolis, MD - Rams Head On Stage
9/10 - New York, NY @ City Winery
9/13 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
9/14 Derry, NH - Tupelo Music Hall
9/15 Brownfield, ME - Stone Mountain
9/16 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
9/17 Norfolk, CT - Infinity Hall
9/19 Fall River, MA - Narrows Center for the Arts
9/20 Hudson, NY - Club Helsinki
9/21 Wilmington, DE - The Queen
9/22 Tarrytown, NY - Tarrytown Music Hall
9/23 Port Washington, NY - Landmark on Main Street
9/24 South Orange, NJ - SOPAC

Read More Thurston Moore Band We previously mentioned the ex-Sonic Youth band leader Thurston Moore Band when they toured with Chain and the Gang in April 2015. It would seem that the band is finally making...

THURSTON MOORE GROUP
at Turf Club
Wednesday 07/12/17 (7:30pm/$20)
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I’ve seen legendary noise guitarist Thurston Moore in his post-Sonic Youth band called Chelsea Light Moving in March 2013. At the time, I wondered why they didn’t just re-name the band to “Thurston Moore” and maybe Moore and company came to the same conclusion, but shortly after that Chelsea Light Moving tour, they formed the Thurston Moore Group (features bandmate Steve Shelley & Deb Googe of My Bloody Valentine) and went on tour in 2015.

Thurston Moore’s new album is called Rock N Roll Consciousness (Caroline Records).

As of this writing, no opening band is listed.... but Moore has a million songs he can easily play a double or triple set.

Tour Dates:

July 12 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
July 14 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
July 15 - Detroit, MN - Museum Of Cont. Art Detroit
July 17 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall
July 18 - Montreal, QB - La Sala Rossa
July 19 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair
July 22 - Philadelphia PA - Underground Arts
July 23 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel

Read More Jonah Parzen-Johnson New York's Jonah Parzen-Johnson will also be at the show, lending a hand with his baritone saxophone and synthesizer, currently on his second tour of 2015. Parzen-Johnson's latest is a travelogue .… Graham Parker Cult new-wave artist Graham Parker will be returning to Brit's Pub, next Sunday, July 12th. You may recall reading about Parker's previous Brit's Pub appearance from July 2013. ....

Other shows in the area:

07/09/2017 Please note that Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas and The Bad Man has canceled their appearance at the Turf Club this Sunday. This was done in conflict to a music festival in Chicago (Ruido Fest 2017), which takes place July 7th and ending July 9th. 8pm, Canceled.

07/10/2017 Brooklyn-based saxophonist Jonah Parzen-Johnson is touring in support of his forthcoming album I Try To Remember Where I Come From (due next Friday, July 7, 2017 on Clean Feed Records). Set two will feature Park Evans Quintet. Please note later set time. 9:30pm, $10.

07/10/2017 Long Beach, California indie alt duo This Wild Life will be stopping by the Garage in Burnsville this Monday. As usual with these all-ages show, expect a million bands on the bill, including: Dryjacket, A Will Away, and Grayson DeWolfe. This is a good value for the money. 6pm, $15.

07/12/2017 Rising songwriter Angelica Garcia will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on Wednesday. The Dirty Banks to open. 7:30pm, $8.

07/13/2017 Graham Parker and James Maddock will be at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis. 7pm, $40.

07/13/2017 Detroit's Stef Chura will be at the 7th Street Entry to play her debut album Messes (available on Urinal Cake Records). She was in Minneapolis almost one year ago on 18 July 2016 with Car Seat Headrest. Locals Sass and Wetter will open and closes out the show. 7:30pm, $8.

07/13/2017 Sunny Sweeney is touring in support of Trophy ... she is stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul. Janelle & The Gentlemen will open. 7pm, $12.

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Chelsea Light Moving at the Triple Rock, Minneapolis (03/27/13)

Tour Dates 03/29/13 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle 03/30/13 Detroit, MI Magic Stick 03/31/13 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace 04/02/13 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theatre 04/03/13 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer 04/04/13 Washington, DC Black Cat 04/05/13 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom 04/06/13 Hartford, CT Arch Street Tavern 04/07/13 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair 05/15/13 Hudson, NY Club Helsinki 05/16/13 Burlington, VT Signal Kitchen 05/17/13 Victoriaville, QC Various Venues 06/23/13 Duisburg, Germany Landschaftspark Read More Sonic Youth This was the first of a series of Sonic Youth releases from Universal/Geffen. It contains a bunch of extras, mostly rehearsal recordings on the second disc.…

Chelsea Light Moving, the post-Sonic Youth band from Thurston Moore, came by the Triple Rock Social Club last Wednesday to showcase their brand new self-titled debut album from Matador Records.

CYRUSVANCE

Starting off the night was Cyrusvance (named after the duo's names of Cyrus Pireh and John Vance, not named after a famous lawyer). They played ear-piercing rhythm and noise. I had to actually step away from the front because it was ear-damaging music. When not playing around with their custom typewriter electronics, the band did bust out a sax-type instrument (which looks like a cross between a saxophone and oboe) and traditional bass.

Someone was trying to explain to me that it's like classic painting vs abstract art (Cyrusvance being the abstract art). Some people will understand and appreciate it… just not my cup of tea though.

CAVE

Chicago's Cave was a little more my thing. Let me preface this by announcing that their music is not "drone". I don't know why the band is labeled as such, they sound to me like classic instrumental surf rock (like the Ventures) but with very good techniques.

Reviewing instrumental bands are hard because you can't really take notes on lyrics. It's especially hard when their songs are so good you just jam to it and forget to take notes.

The guy behind me was about to explode when Cave started ramping an entro to their song, by building and building a rift. Just when you think they'll end, the song just kept going. That guy behind me started yelling out, "what's going to happen next?", "oh my god!", "whooo!", "can it get any better?", etc. After what felt like ten minutes, the song finally ends! It got a huge response from the crowd. You would think that they would have ended their set with that epic number, but that's just a regular song!

As for Chelsea Light Moving (featuring Thurston Moore), it's one of the more clumsy band name. I thought it was "Chelsea Moving Lights", someone else thought it was Cheslea Light was a woman. I'm assuming they had to stick Thurston Moore's name on all billing to bring in the old Sonic Youth fans. Whatever they did, it worked, I've never seen such a large gathering of slackers (old and new). It was like going back in time to the 90s (Singles-era).

Anticipations were high, everyone was so excited to see and hear what the post-Sonic Youth project will sound like. Thurston Moore came on stage and announced their name with a joke: "Hi, we're Chelsea Light Moving and we're from Minneapolis!" It suddenly lightened up the mood and the feedback guitar king launched into "Sleeping Where I Fall."

The live songs felt like they were Sonic Youth songs, particularly songs like "Lip" (with just one line of "too f****ng bad") and "Empire of Time".

One other thing I should mention is that you need to see Thurston Moore live. There are some things you can't capture on a studio recording, one of which is the experimental working from Moore on stage. It's amazing to watch how his fingers slide over the neck of the guitar. He makes it look so easy.

Chelsea Light Moving is currently on tour for their Matador Records.

Chelsea Light Moving at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (03/27/13)

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