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Minneapolis: June 24 to June 25, 2018

Sloan 2018 Poster Read More Sloan Canadian power-pop veterans Sloan have returned to our musical shores with an ambitious new double album, Commonwealth, due out September 9th on Yep Roc - and these guys ...

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from June 24 to June 25, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

SLOAN
Turf Club
Sun 06/24/2018 (7pm/$20)
turfclub.net

Canadian indie-rock royalty Sloan will be headlining the Turf Club on Sunday. The group’s 12th studio album is appropriately titled Sloan 12, available now via Murderecords/Yep Roc Records.

We saw the band in Oct 2014 and wrote, “It only makes sense that my first show at the revamped Turf would be an evening with one of my favorite bands, Toronto’s finest, those mighty kings of sublime harmony: SLOAN. To my delight, there was no opening act, only Sloan themselves, rocking out for nearly 3 hours (with a short break in between sets, of course) and generously doling out gems from their back catalogue like they were giving out Halloween candy early. A good portion of the set was also dedicated to their new album Commonwealth and, uh, spoiler alert, those songs sounded f*cking amazing. New tracks can be a little tricky to play for the hit-hungry masses, but the chosen Commonwealth cuts were pretty much a slam dunk with this Friday night crowd.”

No opening bands listed, but with Sloan’s large catalog of albums, playing a double set is no problem for the band.

Tour dates:

Jun 19 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Jun 20 Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall
Jun 22 St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill Duck Room
Jun 23 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
Jun 24 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club
Jun 27 Timmins, ON Stars and Thunder Festival

The Sidekicks at Garage Poster Ana Egge 2018 Poster Dua Lipa at Armory Poster Bodega 2018 Poster Chromeo at First Ave Poster Circuit Des Yeux 2018 Poster Read More Chromeo Is Myspace back?... Details below: Chromeo and Questlove TriBeCa Grand Hotel, New York Sat 10/20 - Doors 10:00PM/Show 11 .... Circuit des Yeux Guests Circuit des Yeux (aka Haley Fohr) and Steve Palmer (no relations to Amanda Palmer). Tour dates: 09/24 - Montreal, QC @ Rialto Theatre 09/25 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel ....

Other shows in the area:

THE SIDEKICKS
+ The Spirit Of The Beehive, A Better Hand
The Garage
Sun 06/24/2018 (5pm/$10)
thegaragemn.com

The Sidekicks will be stopping by the Garage in Burnsville in support of their new album Happiness Hours (Epitaph Records).

NOTE: This all-ages event ends at 9pm, so show up early.

Tour dates:

Jun 24 Minneapolis, MN - The Garage
Jun 25 Omaha, NE - O’Leavers
Jun 26 Denver, CO - Globe Hall
Jun 28 Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall
Jun 29 Boise, ID - TBD
Jun 30 Portland, OR - Tonic Lounge
Jul 01 Seattle, WA - The Funhouse
Jul 03 San Francisco, CA - Cafe DuNord
Jul 05 Los Angeles, CA - The Hi Hat
Jul 06 Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
Jul 07 Albuquerque, NM - Midnight Lounge
Jul 09 Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
Jul 10 Nashville, TN - The High Watt

ANA EGGE
+ Brianna Lane
The Warming House
Sun 06/24/2018 (7:30pm/$15)
thewarminghouse.net

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Ana Egge is touring in support of her new album White Tiger (StorySound Records).

Tour Dates:

06/24 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Warming House
06/28 - New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
07/12 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Owl
07/18 - Cambridge, MA @ Atwood's Tavern
07/19 - Oneonta, NY @ B-Side
07/20 - Portland, ME @ St. Lawrence Arts Center
07/21 - Cambridge, NY @ Argyle Brewery
08/01 - Saranac Lake, NY @ Berkeley Green
08/02 - Toronto, ON @ Rivoli
09/20 - Cambridge, MA @ Club Passim
09/28 - Hayward, WI @ Park Theater
10/25 - London, UK @ Green Note

DUA LIPA
+ Clairo
Armory
Sun 06/24/2018 (6pm/$32)
armorymn.com

Warner Bros. Recording artist Dua Lipa is burning white hot after appearing on SNL and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She’ll be stopping by the Armory in Minneapolis on Sunday in support of her self-debut record.

Tour dates:

June 24th The Armory Minneapolis, MN
June 26th Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO
June 28th The Chelsea Ballroom – Cosmopolitan
June 29th Open Air Theatre San Diego, CA
June 30th Bill Graham Civic Auditorium San Francisco, CA
July 2nd WaMu Theater Seattle, WA
July 27th Panorama New York, NY
July 30th RBC Echo Beach Toronto, ON

CHROMEO
+ Pomo
First Avenue
Mon 06/25/2018 (7:30pm/$33.50)
first-avenue.com

Montreal funk legends Chromeo will be headlining First Avenue on Monday. Their fifth studio LP Head Over Heels is available now on Big Beat/Atlantic Records. The show is sold out.

Tour dates:

June 23 Rothbury, MI Electric Forest
June 25 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
June 26 Kansas City, MO CrossroadsKC
June 28 Morrison, CO Red Rocks
June 30 Rothbury, MI Electric Forest
July 3 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
July 4 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
July 5 Quebec City Festival D’Ete
July 7 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Blues Fest
July 20 Byron Bay, Australia Splendour in the Grass
July 21 Melbourne, Australia Max Watt's House of Music
July 22 Sydney, Australia The Metro Theatre

BODEGA
+ Products, The Florists
Turf Club
Mon 06/25/2018 (7pm/$10)
finelinemusic.com

Bodega’s Endless Scroll will be out July 6th on What’s Your Rupture? If you can’t wait to hear the new songs, come to their upcoming Turf Club show and I’m sure you’ll hear those songs live.

Tour dates:

June 21 - Nashville, TN @ The High Watt
June 22 - Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
June 23 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot
June 24 - Iowa City, IA @ The Mill
June 25 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
June 26 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Cactus Club
June 27 - Columbus, OH @ Used Kids Records
June 28 - Athens, OH @ The Union
June 29 - Washington, DC @ DC9
June 30 - Philadelphia, PA @ Everybody Hits

CIRCUIT DES YEUX
+ Marisa Anderson
7th Street Entry
Mon 06/25/2018 (7pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Circuit Des Yeux is the experimental folk project from Haley Fohr. Fohr will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry on Monday.

Tour dates:

6/23/18 Reverberation Vinyl Bloomington IL
6/24/18 Rozz Tox Rock Island IL
6/25/18 7th Street Entry Minneapolis MN
7/21/18 Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago IL

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Duos: Chaos Chaos, Hank & Cupcakes, Chromeo, Pacific Air

CHAOS CHAOS
chaoschaosmusic.com

Sure, we all know I'm excited about San Cisco in St Paul (10/21), but did you hear that Chaos Chaos is opening up the show?

They're Asy (Asya) and Chloe, who I saw them play as Smoosh when they were 14 and 12, respectively. I last heard from Asya on two songs off of God Help the Girl, and was wondering what she was up to.

Anyroad, they have a new S EP coming out October 16th - that's this Tuesday.

I don't have any other information or even tour dates, so I'll just leave with this old photograph of Smoosh from their appearance at the 7th Street Entry (6/8/2007):

HANK & CUPCAKES
hankandcupcakes.com

Hank & Cupcakes are a duo from Tel Aviv, Israel. If you were wondering, the name is in reference to Charles "Hank" Bukowski and one of his real-life lovers "Cupcakes."

In celebration of their upcoming new EP, Ain't No Love, coming out October 22nd, they are heading out on tour

10/18: Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy 10/19: Pittston, PA @ The Rattler 10/20: NYC Wreckroom CMJ @ Fontana's 10/23: Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern 10/24: Charleston, SC @ The Sparrow 10/25: Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits Live 10/26: Miami, FL @ The Stage 10/27: Tampa, FL @ Czar 10/28: Sarasota, FL @ Shamrock

10/31: Saratoga Springs, NY @ Putnam Den 11/01: Buffalo, NY @ Duke's Bohemian Grove Bar 11/02: Rochester, NY @ Bugjar 11/03: Harrisburg, PA @ HMAC 11/06: Cleveland, OH @ Mahall's 11/07: Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird 11/08: Indianapolis, IN @ Melody Inn 11/09: Chicago, IL @ Schubas 12/08: New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

MYSPACE FEEL THE MUSIC
myspace.com/feelthemusic

Is Myspace back? In a recent discussion with some friends, everyone hated it and was unforgiving to Myspace. My own personal Myspace story is that the website blocked me/would not let me log in because I had an old web browser.

Since Justin Timberlake took over, he's trying to bring Myspace back to what they were previously known for: music. So, Myspace and Denon Headphones are sponsoring "Myspace Feel the Music," which is a new DJ concert series. It's taking place in New York (10/20), San Francisco (11/01), and Los Angeles (11/17).

Details below:

Chromeo and Questlove
TriBeCa Grand Hotel, New York
Sat 10/20 - Doors 10:00PM/Show 11:00PM

DJ Z-Trip and Switch (Dave Taylor formerly Major Lazer)
Mighty, San Francisco
Thu 11/01 - 9PM

DJ Jazzy Jeff
Dim Mak Studios / Room 86, Los Angeles
Sat 11/17 - 10:00PM

I believe all the events are free with RSVP.

PACIFIC AIR
facebook.com/pacificair

Californian brothers Ryan and Taylor Lawhon are Pacific Air. In anticipation to their debut EP, Long Live Koko, the band are going on tour.

Going to CMJ this year? Check out their schedule below:

10/15 @ Conflict of Interest Showcase - 9:00 PM
10/17 @ Bowery Ballroom - 9:00 PM
10/18 @ Santos Party House

Here is the rest of their tour dates. All dates with (*) indicates supporting Walk The Moon. New York dates are all sold out.

10/27/12 Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room 11/01/12 San Diego, CA @ Casbah 11/02/12 San Francisco, CA @ Bimbos 11/03/12 Los Angeles, CA @ Luckman Theatre 11/27/12 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court* 11/28/12 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater* 01/18/13 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe* 01/21/13 Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe* 01/23/13 Rochester, NY @ Water St Music Hall* 01/24/13 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club* 01/25/13 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall*

01/26/13 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom * 01/27/13 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom * 01/29/13 The Southern/13 Charlottesville, VA* 01/30/13 Boone, NC @ Legends * 01/31/13 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club* 02/01/13 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA* 02/02/13 Providence, RI @ The Met* 02/04/13 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Lounge* 02/06/13 Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar* 02/07/13 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall* 02/08/13 Chicago, IL @ Metro* 02/09/13 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom*

BRIEFLY:

HOT HOT HAWK soundcloud.com Hot Hot Hawk are a Synthpop/Electropop/Disco duo (Sasha and Ilya) from Kurgan, Russia. They are the latest artist to be signed to Wearerussians.com Records. Their new EP Rise and Down just came out October 10th and can be downloaded for free at mediafire. More download options available on their website.

HAERTS soundcloud Not a whole lot of details on this band were given. All I know is that they're a boy-girl duo from Brooklyn (by the way of Germany). Their first song is called "Wings", and you can hear it on their Soundcloud page.

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