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In the Valley

“I will weep like the willow
That weeps in the valley,
I'll be lonesome until you return”
- Marty Robbins

Read More Deap Vally The so-called "Moon Block Party presents Deap Vally & Friends" shows will start on September 16 in Seattle and ending on a boat cruise with Lynyrd Skynyrd. …

DEAP VALLY
deapvally.com

The lovely ladies of Deap Vally released their American Cockroach EP last month.

Deap Vally explain that the EP is, “a collection of songs we’ve been working on for a while that run the gamut from deeply personal, to outright satire and everything in between. These are songs for the underdog, the outlaw, the defeated, for days when you feel like no one understands you or you can’t do anything right.”

The EP came out at a time when the duo (Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards) was forced to leave the touring world, no thanks to the pandemic. We think they’re best experienced at a live show.

The last time we saw them, it was at Desert Daze in Oct 2017: “Female 80’s inspired rock duo Deap Vally, with Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards, played in the Wright Tent and man can these girls wail. These two ladies met in a crochet class in Silverlake, CA. Their riff-heavy album of ’16 Femejism is as sexy as a Joan Jett album with the rock glitter of the Black Keys mixed with the White Stripes, and the band has played alongside artists like The Vaccines, Muse and Marilyn Manson. Gonna Make My Own Money was the highlight and Lindsey was doing backbends with her guitar towards the crowd. Bad For My Body was also a heavy hit of grunge and distortion from this duo.”

American Cockroach EP track listing

1. Give Me A Sign
2. I Like Crime feat. Jennie Vee (Eagles Of Death Metal)
3. American Cockroach
4. Better Off With Nothing feat. Ayse Hassan (Savages)

Read More Valley Maker Seattle-based Valley Maker (aka Austin Crane) will be back at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Sunday, December 16th, in support of his album Rhododendron (Frenchkiss Records). …

VALLEY MAKER
valleymaker.com

Since 2019, Valley Maker (aka Austin Crane) left Seattle to return to South Carolina. Then with the COVID-19 pandemic, it left Crane with time to write more songs and, as a result, his recent album When the Days Leaves arrived on Frenchkiss Records in January 2021.

Crane is very excited to head back on tour, starting this August.

Tour dates:

08/12 - Columbia,SC - Hunter Gatherer
08/14 - Charlotte, NC - Not Just Coffee
08/15 - Carrboro,NC - Cat's Cradle
08/17 - Washington,DC Songbyrd
08/19 - Brooklyn,NY The Bell House
08/24 - Detroit,MI - The Sanctuary
08/26 - Milwaukee,WI - The Back Room @ Colectivo
08/27 - Minneapolis,MN - 7th St. Entry
08/28 - Chicago,IL - Schuba's
08/29 - Bloomington IN - The Bishop
08/30 - Cincinnati, OH - MOTR
08/31 - Lexington,KY - The Burl
09/01 - Nashville,TN - The Basement
10/14 - Ft. Collins,CO - Everyday Joe's
10/15 - Denver,CO Globe Hall
11/11 - Vancouver,BC - Fox Cabaret
11/12 - Seattle,WA - The Crocodile
11/13 - Portland,OR - Mississippi Studios
11/16 - San Francisco,CA - The Chapel
11/18 - Los Angeles,CA - Zebulon
11/19 - Long Beach,CA - The Living Room
11/21 - San Diego,CA -The Casbah
12/04 - Louisville,KY -Zanzabar
12/05 - Memphis,TN Hi - Tone Café
12/08 - Mobile,AL - Merry Widow
12/09 - Gainesville,FL - High Dive
12/10 - Jacksonville,FL - Blue Jay Listening Room
12/11 - Decatur,GA - Eddie's Attic
12/16 - Greenville, SC-Radio Room

Read More Death Valley Girls Death Valley Girls, who previously appeared at Desert Daze 2017 will open the show. The 2018 tour starts today, and will stop by Minneapolis’ First Avenue on April 19th. ....

DEATH VALLEY GIRLS
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Suicide Squeeze Records will be re-issuing Death Valley Girls’ album Glow In The Dark, on August 27, 2021. The album was previously out of print since 2016… so here’s your chance to own the album this August. The vinyl pressing is limited to 2,000 copies (1,500 on Unite, Multiply, & Conquer splatter vinyl, 500 on Little Ghost tri-color vinyl).

We caught the band in Oct 2019 and wrote, “They brought along bad-ass stoner rockers Death Valley Girls and that mysterious Mojave-desert-cool that follows that quartet wherever it goes busted through an initially icy reception. Bonnie Bloomgarden and company bring the heavy Black Sabbath-y riffs and chugging Cramps vibe, but also a serious dose of charm. Bloomgarden was delightful and hilarious, telling the audience that we made “the right decision” by spending our Friday night with them and then applauding our decision. I wish everyone was as supportive!”

The band recently announced three upcoming live performances:

08/19 - Las Vegas, NV - Psycho @ Mandalay Bay
09/04 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
10/29 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern

Read More Valley Lennon Stella + Valley Fine Line Music Cafe Sat 03/30/2019 A couple of stellar singers are coming to Minneapolis/St Paul. First we have Lennon Stella (named Teen Vogue’s “16 Young Musicians You Need to Be Listening to in 2019”) with her sold out …

VALLEY
thisisvalley.com

Canadian band Valley (not to be confused with Australian band The Valley) was last seen in Minneapolis in March 2019, touring with Lennon Stella.

The JUNO nominated, alternative-pop band, recently released their new single “Tempo” (Capitol Records) … expect to hear the song on their set with their forthcoming USA tour with COIN.

Tour dates:

Aug 28 - 29 Columbus, OH Wonderbus Festival
Sep 3 - 5 Napa Valley, CA Bottlerock Festival
Oct 26 Birmingham, AL Iron City Music Hall
Oct 27 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
Oct 29 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Oct 30 St. Louis, MO Del Mar
Nov 02 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
Nov 03 Kansas City, MO The Truman
Nov 05 Denver, CO The Summit
Nov 06 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
Nov 08 Portland, OR Revolution Hall
Nov 09 Vancouver, BC Rio
Nov 11 Seattle, WA Showbox Sodo
Nov 13 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
Nov 15 San Diego, CA Observatory North Park
Nov 17 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
Nov 19 Dallas, TX South Side Ballroom
Nov 20 Austin, TX Emo's
Nov 21 Houston, TX House Of Blues

DEADLIGHTS theuncannyvalley.com Brisbane-based post-hardcore quartet Deadlights released their sophomore album The Uncanny Valley on Greyscale Records. The group recently toured with Polaris.

FORTITUDE VALLEY fortitudevalley.co.uk Durham-based indie punks Fortitude Valley will be be releasing their self-titled debut album on September 24, 2021, via Fika Recordings (although a quick check on Amazon, it’s listed for October 29, 2021).

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Fitz and the Tantrums at First Avenue, Minneapolis (15 June 2019)

Fitz and the Tantrums at First Avenue Fitz and the Tantrums Setlist Get Right Back Spark Don't Gotta Work It Out Out of My League 123456 Break the Walls MoneyGrabber Fool OCD Fools Gold I Need Help! Roll Up Burn It Down Shine -- Encore -- HandClap All the Feels The Walker Coin Setlist Growing Pains Simple Romance Boyfriend Crash My Car Cemetery Hannah I Want It All Talk Too Much Fingers Crossed Tour Dates 20/06/2019 Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row, Westbrook, ME* 21/06/2019 Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA* 22/06/2019 Fillmore Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA 23/06/2019 92.3 Summer Open, Queens, NY* 25/06/2019 Virginia Credit Union Live, Richmond, VA* 27/06/2019 STAGE AE, Pittsburgh, PA* 28/06/2019 EXPRESS LIVE!, Columbus, OH* 29/06/2019 Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre, Sterling Heights, MI* 30/06/2019 Jacob's Pavilion, Cleveland, OH* 02/07/2019 Brenton Skating Plaza, Des Moines, IA* 03/07/2019 Harrah's Council Bluffs Casino , Council Bluffs, IA* 05/07/2019 WhiteWater Amphitheater, New Braunfels, TX* 06/07/2019 Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving, TX* 07/07/2019 White Oak Music Hall - Lawn, Houston, TX* 09/07/2019 Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, OK* 10/07/2019 Walmart AMP (Arkansas Music Pavilion), Rogers, AR* 12/07/2019 Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN* 13/07/2019 Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amph, Charlotte, NC* 14/07/2019 Cadence Bank Amphitheatre , Atlanta, GA* 16/07/2019 Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC* 18/07/2019 The Cuban Club Courtyard, Tampa, FL* 19/07/2019 St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Saint Augustine, FL* 20/07/2019 Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park, Miami, FL* 21/07/2019 Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL* 01/08/2019 Lollapalooza Grant Park, Chicago, IL 02/08/2019 Wisconsin State Fair Park, West Allis, WI 04/08/2019 Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA* 06/08/2019 McMenamin's Edgefield Amph, Troutdale, OR* 08/08/2019 Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA* 09/08/2019 Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA* 10/08/2019 The Forum, Inglewood, CA* 11/08/2019 Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ* 14/08/2019 Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno, NV* 15/08/2019 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA* 16/08/2019 Downtown Las Vegas Events Center - DLVEC, Las Vegas, NV * = with Young the Giant Read More Fitz and the Tantrums There’s really no doubt left– Fitz and the Tantrums are no longer a secret locally; rather, are firmly established as a party-starting, crowd-inducing good time band that everyone now has their eye on. … COIN Next up was Nashville formed band COIN, who paid dividends in providing a good spark of youthful energy and fun, in their brief thirty-three minute set. The synth-embellished indie pop quartet …

Third time’s the charm--

For the third time is less than a year, Los Angeles band Fitz and the Tantrums returned to one of their strongest markets, Minneapolis/St. Paul, for an intimate night at the Mainroom at First Avenue.

The band is currently on a summer co-headlining amphitheater tour with labelmates Young the Giant (who we saw on their own, earlier this year) and took advantage of a tour off-day bringing along tour opener, COIN with them for an energy-filled evening. The group was here last July for a slot at the Basilica Block Party, then returned to downtown Minneapolis in still-chilly April, for an abbreviated free show on the night of the NCAA Final Four Championship game (and we strangely seemed to be the only area outlet that fully covered that show).

We’ve written about Nashville band COIN since early 2015, managing to catch their frenetic set the following year, on one of six previous times in the area. The band has a brand new single, ‘Crash My Car’ ahead of their upcoming third full-length, due later this year.

The foursome (Chase Lawrence– vocals/synths; Ryan Winnen– drums; Joe Memmel– guitar; Matt Martin– touring bass) have always brought an infectious energy to their live performance and this night was no exception. “I feel like every time we come to Minneapolis, something strange happens, but not tonight” Lawrence said, without further detail, “but not tonight, we have to come back!”.

After the new ‘I Want it All’ (not to be confused with the Queen song), the biggest crowd response was saved for their breakthrough radio single, ‘Talk Too Much’, with the crowd singing the chorus back to the band, and COIN ended their forty minute set with 2015’s ‘Fingers Crossed’. Expect them to return and headline once the new album is released.

Though technically an off-day from their summer amphitheater tour, you could tell that Fitz and the Tantrums were more interested in celebrating and playing live, than any relaxing and putting their feet up, still one of the better live bands touring today. The full First Avenue crowd seemed ready as well, responding overall with enough gusto that you’d think the band hadn’t been here in years.

The six piece group (Michael Fitzpatrick– vocals/keys; Noelle Scaggs– vocals/percussion; James King– sax/flute/keys; Joseph Karnes– bass; Jeremy Ruzumna– keys; John Wicks – drums) has had a continually growing following locally, stopping by a dozen times over the last eight years, including several Basilica Block Party appearances, which have all heightened their local profile and continued popularity.

The main difference between this seventy-five minute headlining set and the April appearance, was that the crowd was treated to several new songs, from their upcoming full-length, All the Feels, due out in September, even offering a tour-only CD EP with new songs at the merch booth, for fans that couldn’t wait to own the long-awaited new music.

Scaggs helped incite the crowd with tambourine in hand during classic ‘Don’t Got to Work it Out’, and Fitzpatrick smiled wide as he noted that most in the crowd knew all the lyrics to the older songs. Fans counted along on the new ‘123456’ and went crazy when initial hit, ‘Moneygrabber’ was played early in the set, with Fitzpatrick also recalling the band’s first local appearances and the extreme temperature swing between their initial February appearance, and then returning that July which was 120 degrees warmer.

New songs, ‘OCD’ with a dizzying rhythm and hard drumbeat and ‘I Need Help!’, perhaps the band’s most seriously themed lyrics though still played upbeat, were played with 2013’s solid ‘Fools Gold’ in between, with everyone’s hands up in the air next for 2016’s ‘Roll Up’.

2016’s emotional ‘Burn it Down’ is Fitzpatrick’s love letter to his wife and a new song that is a midtempo earworm filled with lyrics of determined positivity called ’Shine’ ended the main set.

A roar from the crowd helped bring the band back for a three-song encore beginning with their game-changing hit from 2016, ‘HandClap’ followed by new song, ‘All the Feels' which Fitzpatrick revealed was to be the title track of the upcoming record, and proved to be a slow burner, ideal for swaying from left to right, and back again.

Fitzpatrick thanked everyone on behalf of the band (as he always has graciously done at shows), for making their dreams come true, “Thank you being real people and real music lovers to spread the word about this band” with the irresistible whistled intro beginning the evening’s final song, ‘The Walker’ punctuated by an explosion from two confetti cannons just before the last chorus to shower the main floor and end things with exclaim.

Fitz and the Tantrums continues on their summer co-headlining outdoor tour, but expect a return appearance soon after the new album releases, as the Twin Cities has shown, they will come out in large numbers and happily experience all the feels live.

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Minneapolis: June 13 to June 17, 2019

San Cisco at Cedar Cultural Center W♥ San Cisco Timeline 11 Apr 2011: Review of Golden Revolver (Australia Version) 04 Aug 2011: Review of Golden Revolver (US Version) 18 Feb 2012: San Cisco at Spectrum, Sydney 12 May 2012: San Cisco at Groovin' the Moo 09 Oct 2012: Awkward Single Review 17 Oct 2012: Interview with Jordi Davieson 21 Oct 2012: San Cisco at Turf Club 23 Oct 2012: San Cisco at The Echo 31 Jan 2013: San Cisco Album Review 09 Feb 2013: San Cisco at the Triple Rock 13 Feb 2013: San Cisco at Fillmore 30 Mar 2013: San Cisco at Triple Rock 31 Jul 2013: San Cisco at Triple Rock 06 Aug 2013: San Cisco at The Gothic Theatre 22 Jun 2015: San Cisco at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis 19 Aug 2017: San Cisco cancels 7th Street Entry Read More San Cisco Our favorite modern Australian band San Cisco will be making their way back to Minneapolis' Triple Rock Social Club next Monday, June 22nd. The band is touring in support of their sophomore album Gracetown . …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from June 13 to June 17, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

SAN CISCO
+ Carla Geneve
Cedar Cultural Center
Fri 06/14/2019 (7pm/$18)
thecedar.org

We love Australia’s San Cisco. We’ve seen the band over 10 times (see our timeline on the sidebar).

For promotion for their third album The Water, the band was supposed to play Minneapolis - but unfortunately, at the last minute they had to cancel their 7th Street Entry in 2017. After two years, they band will be back - hopefully to play some of those The Water tracks!

Show up early to check out Western Australian artist Carla Geneve, touring in support of her debut self-titled EP that came out yesterday (June 7th) via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. Geneve came on the music scene with her debut single “Greg’s Discount Chemist” was released to overwhelming local radio Triple J.

Talking about her video for the lead single, “Yesterday’s Clothes,” (from the debut self-titled EP), she said, “I wanted the video to reflect the personal nature of the song. To me, sitting alone in front of a camera is a vulnerable situation, a lot like releasing a song to the world which describes private parts of my life. The song is about falling out of love with someone and feeling guilty about it. I wrote it at a time when I was burning the candle at both ends and had no energy left to try to deal with the end of a relationship. Most of the words came when I was doing a long drive back from some gig or another in regional WA. I’d been up all night and had to be somewhere the next day, so I hadn’t had a shower or changed clothes. ”

Tour dates:

06/10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
06/11 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
06/14 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
06/18 - Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
06/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
06/20 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott

Other shows in the area:

Gozu at Turf Club Fitz and the Tantrums at First Avenue Circles Around The Sun at Turf Club Charly Bliss at the 7th Street Entry Rooney at the 7th Street Entry Read More Fitz and the Tantrums There’s really no doubt left– Fitz and the Tantrums are no longer a secret locally; rather, are firmly established as a party-starting, crowd-inducing good time band that everyone now has their eye on. … Charly Bliss New York’s Charly Bliss will be headlining the 7th Street Entry in support of their album, Guppy (Barsuk Records). We caught the band with Veruca Salt in 2015 and wrote, “New York's Charly Bliss ....

GOZU
+ Red Desert, Livid
Turf Club
Thu 06/13/2019 (7:30pm/$10)
turfclub.net

New England rock outfit Gozu is touring in support of Equilibrium (Blacklight Media Records).

Tour Dates:

6/08/2019 Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY
6/09/2019 Buzzbin Art & Music Shop - Canton, OH
6/10/2019 Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY
6/11/2019 Sanctuary - Detroit, MI
6/12/2019 Reggies Rock Club - Chicago, IL
6/13/2019 Turf Club - St. Paul, MN
6/14/2019 1867 Bar - Lincoln, NE
6/15/2019 Electric Funeral Fest - Denver, CO

FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS
+ Coin
First Avenue
Sat 06/15/2019 (7pm/$45)
first-avenue.com

LA-based multi-platinum artists Fitz and the Tantrums will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom this June 15th.

The band was last seen in town on April 2019 and we wrote, “For anyone that missed the free show (easy to have done, as downtown traffic on game night was Super Bowl-like), Fitz and the Tantrums just booked in a June 15 date at First Avenue along with tour mates Coin, on an off-night from their summer amphitheater co-headlining tour with Young the Giant.”

Tour dates:

06/12 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amph
06/14 Kansas City, MO Boulevardia Music Festival*
06/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
06/16 Indianapolis, IN Farm Bureau Insurance
06/18 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion
06/20 Westbrook, ME Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row
06/21 Boston, MA Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
06/22 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore*
06/23 New York, NY Forest Hills Stadium
06/25 Richmond, VA Virginia Credit Union Live
06/27 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE Outdoors
06/28 Columbus, OH Express Live Outdoors
06/29 Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery Amph
06/30 Cleveland, OH Jacob's Pavilion at Nautica

CIRCLES AROUND THE SUN
Turf Club
Sun 06/16/2019 (7pm/$20)
turfclub.net

In their most extensive US tour, Circles Around The Sun (CATS) will be stopping by the Turf Club on Sunday, June 16th, in support of their double album Let It Wander (Rhino Records).

No opening band listed, but considering they have a double album … playing a double set might not be a problem for this band.

Trivia: Did you know that CATS was only supposed to record a handful of Grateful Dead-influenced instrumentals to be played during the set breaks at the Dead's "Fare Thee Well" concerts in 2015? The response was so positive and the fans demanded it - so the band continued making music together all these years.

Tour dates:

June 8 - Wellston, MI - Camp Greensky
June 11 - Columbus, OH - Woodlands Tavern
June 12 - Covington, KY - Madison Live
June 13 - St. Louis, MO - Atomic Cowboy Pavilion
June 14 - Bloomington, IL - Castle Theatre
June 15 - Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
June 16 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
August 22 - Arrington, VA - LOCKN Festival

CHARLY BLISS
+ Emily Reo
7th St Entry
Sun 06/16/2019 (7pm/$15)
first-avenue.com

New York’s Charly Bliss is back in town, headlining the 7th Street Entry this June 16th in support of their sophomore album Young Enough (Barsuk Records). This show is sold out.

We saw Charly Bliss in May 2017 and wrote, “Though they’ve been a band for half a decade, it seems like the time is now for Charly Bliss, the four-piece breaking through to alternative radio and singer Eva Hendricks was in full celebration mode, even dressing in a fetching white dress, reminiscent of Doll Parts-era Courtney Love. The group is in support of debut full length, Guppy (Barsuk Records) released just a couple weeks ago, with the Onion’s AV Club already deeming it “an instant classic”. The band’s sound is akin to the likes of Sleater-Kinney and Veruca Salt (who they’ve both toured with) and consists of Hendricks, her older brother Sam, bassist (and former boyfriend) Dan Shure, and guitarist Spencer Fox, who she met at age fifteen and who actually voiced Dash in Disney’s The Incredibles and Mudbud in Air Buddies.”

Tour dates:

6/8 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom *
6/9 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair *
6/11 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom *
6/12 - Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch *
6/14 - Cincinnati, OH @ Top Cats *
6/15 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
6/16 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
6/18 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater *
6/19 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge *
6/21 - Portland, OR @ Holocene *
6/22 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile *
6/24 - Oakland, CA @ The New Parish *
6/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room *
6/28 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction *
6/29 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah *
6/30 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge *
7/2 - Dallas, TX @ Cambridge Room (House of Blues) *
7/3 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's BBQ Indoors *
7/5 - Houston, TX @ Bronze Peacock (House of Blues) *
7/6 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa *
7/7 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Purgatory *
7/9 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge *
7/11 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall #
7/12 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
7/19 - Melbourne, AUS @ The Curtin
7/21 - Wooyung, AUS @ Splendour in the Grass
7/23 - Sydney, AUS @ Lansdowne
10/7 - Victoria, BC @ BC Capital Ballroom ^
10/9 - Vancouver, BC @ BC Capital Ballroom ^
10/11 - Calgary, AB @ Macewan Hall ^
10/13 - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos Cantina ^
10/14 - Winnipeg, MB @ The Garrick Centre ^
10/17 - Kingston, ON @ The Ale House ^

* w/ Emily Reo
# w/ Chvrches
^ w/ PUP

ROONEY
7th St Entry
Mon 06/17/2019 (7pm/$20)
first-avenue.com

Rooney is celebrating his 20th Anniversary of Break the Wall with this live and unplugged tour. Rooney will headline the 7th St Entry on June 17th.

Tour dates:

06/08/2019 Union Stage Washington, DC
06/09/2019 Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia, PA
06/11/2019 Murmrr Ballroom Brooklyn, NY
06/14/2019 Beachland Tavern Cleveland, OH
06/14/2019 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
06/15/2019 The Hi Fi Indianapolis, IN
06/17/2019 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
06/20/2019 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
06/21/2019 Neurolux Boise, ID
06/22/2019 Sunset Tavern Seattle, WA
06/23/2019 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
06/27/2019 Soda Bar San Diego, CA
06/28/2019 The Parish Anaheim, CA

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Minneapolis: July 13 to July 15, 2018

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on July 13 to July 15, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

The Bacon Brothers: The Bacon Brothers Read More The Bacon Brothers Cactus Cafe - Austin, TX Interestingly enough she's playing with The Bacon Brothers (yes, that's Kevin Bacon and his brother) on January 28th. …

THE BACON BROTHERS
+ Cindy Alexander
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant
Fri 07/13/2018 (7pm/$60/Sold Out)
dakotacooks.com

The Bacon Brothers will be playing the Dakota Jazz Club next week (July 13th), in support of their new self-titled album (released June 1st on Forosoco Music).

The talented brother duo features award-winning actor Kevin Bacon from such films like Hollow Man, Footloose, and Flatliners (the original 90s version) and Emmy-winning composer Michael Bacon.

The brothers will be joined on stage with a full backing band: Paul Guzzone (bass, backing vocals), Joe Mennonna (keyboards, accordion), Ira Siegel (lead guitar, mandolin and backing vocals) and Frank Vilardi (drums).

Of course, due to the popularity of the group and the intimate small seating of the Dakota Jazz Club, the show has sold out.

Special guest Cindy Alexander to open.

Tour Dates:

July 11 Music Box Supper Club Cleveland, OH
July 12 City Winery Chicago, IL
July 13 Dakota Jazz Club Minneapolis, MN
July 14 Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge Kansas City, MO
July 16 & 18 Franklin Theatre Franklin, TN
July 20-22 The Birchmere Alexandria, VA
July 24 Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield CT
July 26 Center for the Arts Homer, NY
July 27 Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Niagara Falls, NY
July 28 Union Center for Performing Arts Rahway, NJ
July 29 The Egg Albany, NY
Aug 2 The Sherman Theatre Stroudsburg, PA
Aug 3-4 Ramshead On Stage Annapolis, MD
Aug 6 Ocean City Music Pier Ocean City NJ
Aug 7 Bottle & Cork Dewey Beach, DE
Aug 9 Tupelo Music Hall Derry, NH
Aug 10 The Greenwich Odeum East Greenwich, RI
Aug 11 Keswick Theatre Glenside, PA

Lakefront Music Fest 2018 Poster Jesse McCartney 2018 Poster Bombino 2018 Poster Read More Young the Giant California's Young the Giant (not to be confused with Australia's Jungle Giants), is currently on tour in support of Mind over Matter, which came out January 2014. … Bombino Internationally acclaimed musician Bombino will be stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center on Saturday, October 8th. The Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter from Niger will be playing some tracks ...

Other shows in the area:

LAKEFRONT MUSIC FEST
feat Young The Giant, Hunter Hayes
Lakefront Park
Fri 07/13/2018 (5pm/$40)
Sat 07/14/2018 (5pm/$40)
lakefrontmusicfest.com

The Lakefront Music Fest is taking place on Friday & Saturday. For the first night, the theme is “Rock Night” and will feature Los Angeles-based indie rockers Young the Giant as headliner.

For the second “Country Night”, there is a double-billing of Gretchen Wilson (featuring special guest Jessie G) and Hunter Hayes.

Schedule:

Rock Night Friday, July 13th COIN The Revivalists Young the Giant EMCEES: Min Lee of Cities 97 Jordan of GO 96.3

Country Night Saturday, July 14th Chris Hawkey Thompson Square Gretchen Wilson Hunter Hayes EMCEE Muss of K102

JESSE MCCARTNEY
+ PUBLIC, Just Seconds Apart
Varsity Theater
Sat 07/14/2018 (6:30pm/$80)
varsitytheater.com

Critically acclaimed, pop musician Jesse McCartney will be headlining the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis (“Dinkytown”).

Tour dates:

July 7 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
July 9 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
July 10 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
July 12 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
July 13 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
July 14 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
July 15 – Kansas City, MO – The Truman
July 17 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
July 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Grand
July 20 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
July 21 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
July 23 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
July 24 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
July 25 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco

BOMBINO
+ Black Widows
The Cedar Cultural Center
Sun 07/15/2018 (8pm/$22)
thecedar.org

We caught Niger’s internationally acclaimed Bombino in Oct 2016 and noted, “If you didn’t know, Bombino (real name Omara Moctar) came from a troubled time in Niger, when there were the Tuareg people rebelled against the country in the early 90s. Niger, in fear of another rebellion, basically banned all guitars (which was seen as a symbol of rebellion). Bombino was one of the key musicians representing his people...”

It’s rare to see Niger bands in town, so if you love international music, go see them next Sunday.

Tour dates:

07/07/2018 Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA
07/08/2018 Music Haven Schenectady, NY
07/10/2018 World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA
07/11/2018 Creative Alliance Baltimore, MD
07/12/2018 The Hamilton Live Washington, DC
07/13/2018 Cattivo Pittsburgh, PA
07/14/2018 Square Roots Festival
07/15/2018 The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
07/17/2018 Zebulon Los Angeles, CA
07/18/2018 The Independent San Francisco, CA
07/19/2018 Moe's Alley Santa Cruz, CA
07/20/2018 Star Theater Portland, OR
07/21/2018 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
07/22/2018 Imperial Vancouver, BC
07/24/2018 Boulder Theater Boulder, CO
07/27/2018 Viljandi Folk Music Festival

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Minneapolis: February 24 to February 28, 2018

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from February 24 to February 28, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Porches Poster Read More Porches Co-headlining will be Porches, the project of Aaron Maine. He’s currently touring in support of his Domino Records Pool, which came out February 5th. The record was called “Best New Music” from Pitchfork, as well as Harper's Bazaar …

PORCHES
+ Girl Ray, Cheap Fantasy
7th Street Entry
Sat 02/24/2018 (8pm/$15)
first-avenue.com

Porches is back with a new album The House, which came out in January via Domino Records. We caught the young singer on his tour for his breakthrough album Pool in April 2016 (and again in September 2016) and wrote, “New York’s Porches drew the biggest crowd of the night, thanks to his highly anticipated 80’s inspired new record Pool. If you didn’t know, Porches is the stage name for Aaron Maine, a charismatic young singer who wrote and recorded almost everything on his record in his new, tiny Manhattan apartment.”

North London’s Girl Ray to open. Girl Ray’s debut record Earl Grey came out last Summer on Moshi Moshi, and they’ve been described as a bit of Tiger Trap (and you know we’re big of Tiger Trap). This is a rare chance to catch the girl trio (Poppy, Sophie, and Iris) in the U.S., and an opportunity to hear one of the best “20 Best Pop Albums of 2017” (according to Rolling Stone).

Also, local musician Cheap Fantasy is on the bill.

Porches Tour Dates

2/20/2018 Detroit, MI - El Club
2/21/2018 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
2/23/2018 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
2/24/2018 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
2/26/2018 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
2/28/2018 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
3/1/2018 Boise, ID - Neurolux
3/2/2018 Portland, OR - Analog Theater
3/3/2018 Seattle, WA - Neumos
3/5/2018 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
3/6/2018 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
3/9/2018 Los Angeles, CA - Teregram Ballroom
3/19/2018 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
3/20/2018 Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
3/21/2018 Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
3/22/2018 Washington, DC - Black Cat
3/23/2018 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall

Leo Presents: Enslaved SIMshows Presents: Steve Aoki Walk the Moon Press Restart Tour COIN Poster Love Over Everything Tour Nice Guy Entertainment: Ty Davis Poster SoMo Poster Read More Enslaved Enslaved is a progressive death/black metal band from Norway. They are definitely talented, don't get me wrong, but they are not my cup of tea and definitely not what majority of the crowd ..… Myrkur Last year Danish black metal phenom, Myrkur, took us by storm with her lush, brutal melodies that blend second-wave black metal, Nordic folk music, classical instrumentation and haunting choirs. ..… Steve Aoki Steve Aoki is currently partying across America with his Aokify America Tour, recently selling out his appearance at Epic in Minneapolis last Saturday, November 9th … Walk The Moon The latest song, "Shut Up And Dance" was the #1 song on Spotify charts... and it's a good indication of what's to come when they release their sophomore album on RCA Records later this year..… SoMo American R&B singer SoMo (real name Joseph Anthony Somers-Morales) will be in town at the Myth on October 3rd. ..…

Other shows in the area:

ENSLAVED
+ Wolves In The Throne Room, Khemmis, Myrkur
The Cabooze
Sat 02/24/2018 (6pm/$25)
cabooze.com

Norway’s Enslaved is headlining the Cabooze on Saturday. Typical of these metal shows, there are a ton of opening band (making it worth the price of admission). Be sure to show up early to check out Danish composer and classically trained multi-instrumentalist Myrkur (aka Amalie Bruun). We caught Myrkur in April 2016 and noted, “There's no denying front-woman, Amalie Bruun's, immense talent. Her voice is flawless and beautiful….”

Tour dates:

02/21/2018 Agora Ballroom Cleveland, OH
02/23/2018 Metro / Smart Bar Chicago, IL
02/24/2018 The Cabooze Minneapolis, MN
02/25/2018 Granada Theatre Lawrence, KS
02/26/2018 Gothic Theatre Englewood, CO
02/28/2018 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
03/02/2018 MacEwan Ballroom Calgary, AB
03/03/2018 The Starlite Room Edmonton, AB
03/05/2018 The Rickshaw Theatre Vancouver, BC
03/06/2018 El Corazon Seattle, WA
03/07/2018 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
03/09/2018 The Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
03/10/2018 The Observatory Santa Ana, CA
04/03/2018 Sofia, Bulgaria
04/06/2018 Ragnarok Lichtenfels, Germany
04/07/2018 Durbuy Rock Durbuy, Belgium
05/11/2018 Karmoygeddon Metal Festival
06/21/2018 Copenhell Denmark
08/02/2018 Wacken Open Air Festival
08/23/2018 Beyond The Gates

STEVE AOKI
+ Quintino, Bad Royale, Desiigner, Bok Nero, Max Styler
The Armory
Sat 02/24/2018 (8pm/$40)
armorymn.com

2x Grammy-nominated DJ/producer Steve Aoki is back on his Kolony tour, hitting the new/old venue The Armory this Saturday. We previously caught Aoki at the Epic in November 2013 and wrote, “The rest of the evening continued without any difficulties, and included the things you've come to expect from an Aoki show: transforming robots, cake, and lots of dancing. Spoiler alert, the transforming robots was the coolest thing I've seen at a concert. I didn't see it coming, when it happened, everyone around me had that "What. The. F." look.”

Tour dates:

2/20: Indianapolis, IN @ The Pavilion at Pan Am
2/21: Milwaukee, WI @ Eagle's Ballroom
2/22: Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
2/24: Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
2/25: Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
2/27: Tulsa, OK @ Brady Theater
2/28: Austin, TX @ Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheatre
3/1: Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory
3/2: Houston, TX @ Revention Music Center
3/3: Las Vegas, NV @ Hakkasan
3/4: El Paso, TX @ El Paso County Coliseum
3/5: Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theatre
3/6: Las Vegas, NV @ Omnia
3/7 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
3/9: Los Angeles, CA @ The Shrine Exposition Hall
3/10: San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Center
3/14: Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
3/17: Las Vegas, NV @ Jewel

WALK THE MOON
+ Company Of Thieves
Palace Theatre
Sat 02/24/2018 (6:30pm/$37.50)
palacestpaul.com

Cincinnati’s Walk the Moon is ending their Press Restart Tour at the Palace Theatre in St Paul. Expect to hear their hit single “Shut Up and Dance”, as well as other hot tracks from their RIAA Certified Gold album Talking is Hard.

Tour dates:

2/20 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
2/23 Orpheum Madison, WI
2/24 Palace Theatre Minneapolis, MN

COIN
+ The Aces (Utah)
Fine Line Music Cafe
Sun 02/25/2018 (7pm/$20)
finelinemusic.com

Nashville pop/rock band Coin (Chase Lawrence, Joe Memmel, Ryan Winnen and Zach Dyke) is going to play the Fine Line Music Café on Sunday, February 25th.

COIN The North American Tour 2018:

Tour dates:

02/22/18 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
02/23/18 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom
02/24/18 Chicago, IL House of Blues
02/25/18 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café
02/27/18 St. Louis, MO Delmar Hall
02/28/18 Kansas City, MO The Truman
03/02/18 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
03/03/18 Houston, TX White Oak Music
03/04/18 Austin, TX Scoot Inn
03/06/18 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
03/09/18 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre
03/10/18 San Francisco, CA The Filmore
03/12/18 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
03/13/18 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Vabaret
03/14/18 Seattle, WA The Showbox
03/16/18 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
03/17/18 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre

J BOOG
+ Etana, Jesse Royal
Turf Club
Mon 02/26/2018 (7pm/$22)
turfclub.net

Reggae artist J Boog (not to be confused with actor/rapper J-Boog) was in town (last year), he had shown off his latest music video called “Good Cry” featuring Chaka Demus, from his new album Wash House Ting (from November 2016).

Now J Boog (aka Jerry Afemata) is back at the Turf Club this Monday and he’s bringing his two Jamaica-born friends Jesse Royal and Etana to the show.

Tour dates:

02/22/2018 Aggie Theatre Fort Collins, CO
02/23/2018 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
02/24/2018 Cervantes Masterpiece Denver, CO
02/26/2018 Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
02/27/2018 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
02/28/2018 Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
03/02/2018 Higher Ground South Burlington, VT
03/03/2018 Aura Portland, ME
03/04/2018 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA
03/06/2018 The Met Pawtucket, RI
03/08/2018 HighLine Ballroom New York, NY
03/09/2018 Toad's Place New Haven, CT
03/10/2018 The Foundry Philadelphia, PA
03/11/2018 9:30 Club Washington, DC
03/13/2018 Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
03/14/2018 Music Farm Charleston Charleston, SC
03/16/2018 Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL
03/17/2018 "Reggae Rise Up" (FL)
03/18/2018 Vinyl Music Hall Pensacola, FL
03/20/2018 Gas Monkey Bar Dallas, TX
03/21/2018 The Paper Tiger San Antonio, TX
03/23/2018 Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, NM
03/24/2018 House Of Blues Las Vegas, NV
03/25/2018 Orpheum Theater Flagstaff, AZ
03/27/2018 The Rock Tucson, AZ
03/29/2018 Observatory North Park San Diego, CA
03/30/2018 The Observatory Santa Ana, CA
03/31/2018 The Novo Los Angeles, CA
05/22/2018 Fremont Theater San Luis Obispo, CA
05/23/2018 B. Ryders Bakersfield, CA
05/24/2018 Strummer's Fresno, CA
05/25/2018 Mateel Community Center Redway, CA
05/26/2018 California Roots Festival Monterey, CA

TY DAVIS
7th Street Entry
Tue 02/27/2018 (7pm/$8)
first-avenue.com

This rescheduled Ty Davis show for February 27th was originally scheduled for January 22. Fans with the original tickets can use it for entry for this ARTeries CD Release show.

Bands also on the bill: Aplifted, Solo Davis, Teddy Wheels, Thad Hill + Yonjayr, Tyler Darnell, and Chad Atkins.

SOMO
+ Caye
The Loft
Wed 02/28/2018 (7pm/$20)
skywaytheatre.com

Texas singer SoMo not to be confused with Boston rock band Somos is headlining the Loft (inside the Skyway Theater) on February 28.

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Rocktober: October 19 to October 20, 2017

Read More Trombone Shorty Mardi Gras will continue at the Minnesota Zoo later this week as Trombone Shorty comes to town for an undoubtedly spirited show. Releasing his Grammy-nominated debut album, Backatown… Vintage Trouble One of the most exciting live bands of recent note, Los Angeles’ Vintage Trouble hits the road again, this time in promotion of their latest, 1 Hopeful Road (Blue Note Records). …

Rocktober: Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from October 19 to October 20, 2017.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE
+ Vintage Trouble
Pantages Theatre
Fri 10/20/2017 (7:30pm/$37)
palacestpaul.com

Trombone Shorty is led by singer, songwriter and horn-blower born Troy Andrews. His new album is called Parking Lot Symphony and is available on Blue Note Records.

Show up early to see our favorite Vintage Trouble. We first saw the explosive band at the now-defunct Nether Bar in 2013 and wrote, “Beginning with the One/Two punch of 'Hard Times (They are Coming)' and 'Blues Hand Me Down', the crowd was immediately in a frenzy; asked all evening to call-and-respond, clap along, move front to back, and generally become a part of the show. Vocalist/frontman Ty Taylor has come a long way from his Rockstar:INXS days, morphing into a mesmerizing and charismatic showman that spins, juts, and shakes in a way that would make James Brown proud. Drummer Richard Danielson and bassist Rick Barrio Dill more than ably held down the bottom end, while band 'secret weapon', guitarist Nalle Colt (looking like a dapper Viggo Mortenson) impressed with roaring riffs and stretched out solos.”

Tour dates:

10/14 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY
10/20 – Palace Theater – St. Paul, MN
10/21 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
10/23 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, Canada
10/24 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, Canada
10/26 – The Fillmore – Detroit, MI
10/27 – Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, IN

Read More LÉON Fresh from an appearance a few days before on The Late Late Show with James Cordon, Swedish singer LÉON found herself along the banks of Lake Minnetonka, for a promotional ... Wrabel Also on the bill: We The Kings, Wrabel, Cobi and Hailey Knox. Gavin DeGraw’s tour dates: 11/17 Minneapolis, MN Cities 97 Sampler 12/03 Nashville, TN Nashville Christmas Parade 12/08 Denver, CO Alice in Winterland ...

LÉON
+ Wrabel
Fine Line Music Cafe
Fri 10/20/2017 (8pm/$17.50)
finelinemusic.com

LÉON (aka Lotta Lindgren) is back with her sophomore EP Surround Me. She returns to North America on her second headlining tour this October.

We previously caught the Swedish singer/songwriter at her first “proper” concert (we also previously saw her at a brief five-song promo event) in Minneapolis at her sold-out show at 7th Street Entry in, February 2017, and wrote, “With still only the four-song Treasure EP (Columbia Records/Sony) released, fans remain patient waiting on the full-length, but were treated to a headlining set just short of fifty-minutes, which should give good indication on how the album will sound. Music is in the blood for the woman born Lotta Lindgren (the daughter of a composer and a cello player) and backed by three musicians, her stage presence seems natural and relaxed.”

Wrabel to open.

Tour dates:

10/14/2017 Seattle, WA Crocodile
10/16/2017 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
10/17/2017 Denver, CO Globe Hall
10/19/2017 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
10/20/2017 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café
10/21/2017 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
10/23/2017 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground
10/25/2017 Boston, MA Paradise
10/27/2017 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
10/28/2017 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry
10/29/2017 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall

Read More Gavin DeGraw Multi-platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw (best known for his album and title track "Chariot" and the theme song to One Tree Hill) released his new single "Best I Ever Had" … SPCO The Nufonia Must Fall show is part of the Walker Art Center and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music series (now in the middle of its fourth season) …

Other shows in the area:

GAVIN DEGRAW
First Avenue
Thu 10/19/2017 (7pm/$40.50)
first-avenue.com

Gavin’s new album Something Worth Saving is out now on RCA Records.

MILKY CHANCE
Skyway Theatre
Thu 10/19/2017 (8pm/$31.50)
skywaytheatre.com

German duo Milky Chance’s new video and single is called ‘Blossom’, from Republic Records.

Tour dates:

10/17 - Egyptian Room - Indianapolis, IN
10/18 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI
10/19 - Skyway Theater - Minneapolis, MN
10/21 - The Wilma - Missoula, MT
10/22 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
10/23 - Showbox Sodo - Seattle, WA
10/24 - The Commodore - Vancouver, BC

THIS IS KIT
+ Rogue Valley
Turf Club
Thu 10/19/2017 (7pm/$15)
turfclub.net

This Is The Kit and Rogue Valley to play the Turf Club on Thursday.

PINEGROVE
+ Florist, Lomelda
7th Street Entry
Thu 10/19/2017 (7pm/$16/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Pinegrove is touring with Florist and Lomelda (aka Hannah Read). The show is sold out.

Tour dates:

10/14 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
10/16 - Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's *
10/17 - Sioux Falls, SD @ Total Drag Records
10/18 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
10/19 - Minneapolis, [email protected] 7th St Entry
10/20 - Milwaukee, [email protected] The Back Room

ALT-J
+ Bishop Briggs
The Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Fri 10/20/2017 (7pm/$39.50)
theroy.org

Alt-J is back in town.

Tour dates:

10/13/17 - Doug Mitchell Thunderbird - Vancouver, BC
10/15/17 - Winspear Centre - Edmonton, AB
10/16/17 - Winspear Centre - Edmonton, AB
10/17/17 - Big Four Building - Calgary, AB
10/18/17 - The Wilma - Missoula, MT
10/20/17 - Roy Wilkins Auditorium - St. Paul, MN
10/21/17 - Murat at the Old National Centre - Indianapolis, IN
10/23/17 - Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI
10/25/17 - Express Live! - Columbus, OH
10/27/17 - Massey Hall - Toronto, ONT
10/28/17 - Massey Hall - Toronto, ONT
10/29/17 - Place Bell - Montreal, QC

TY DOLLA $IGN / TINASHE
+ Coin
Univ. Of Minnesota
Fri 10/20/2017 (7pm/$25)
homecoming.umn.edu

Ty Dolla $sign and Tinashe to headline Homecoming at University of Minnesota. Nashville pop/rock band COIN will open. COIN’s sophomore album How Will You Know If You Never Try is out now.

DEER TICK
+ Chris Crofton
The Cedar Cultural Center
Fri 10/20/2017 (7pm/$22.50/Sold Out)
thecedar.org

Deer Tick is on their Twice Is Nice Tour. The show will start with a a stripped-down, acoustic performance, then a break, and then a full-on electric set. Opener will feature comedian Chris Crofton.

Deer Tick 2017 Fall Tour

10/17 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
10/19 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
10/20 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
10/21 – Chicago, IL – Metro
10/22 – Bloomington, IN – The Bluebird
10/24 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barn
10/25 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
10/27 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
10/28 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
10/31 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge

LA FEMME
+ Jacques
Turf Club
Fri 10/20/2017 (8pm/$16)
turfclub.net

La Femme really impressed us with their recent appearance at Desert Daze. Be sure to check them out at the Turf Club this Friday.

RON POPE
+ Ages And Ages, The Heart Of
First Avenue
Fri 10/20/2017 (7pm/$20)
first-avenue.com

Ron Pope's new album Work is out now on Brooklyn Basement Records. Rolling Stone Country called him one of the “10 New Country Artists You Need To Know” while Uncut called Pope “Atlanta’s answer to The Boss” going on to say that “Work finds Pope more in thrall with the E Street Band than ever on vivacious blue-collar anthems.”

Tour dates:

10/14 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre
10/16 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s
10/17 - Detroit, MI - The Majestic
10/19 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
10/20 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
10/21 - Chicago, IL - Park West
10/22 - Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe
10/28 - Stockholm, SE - Fryshuset (Klubben)
10/29 - Oslo, NO - Parkteatret
10/30 - Copenhagen, DK - DR Koncerthuset
10/31 - Hamburg, DE - Terrace Hill
11/1 - Amsterdam, NL - Bitterzoet
11/2 - Cologne, DE - Artheater
11/3 - Munich, DE - Ampere
11/5 - London, UK - The Garage
11/6 - Manchester, UK - Academy 3

SPCO: Introducing Lembit Beecher
Capri Theater
Fri 10/20/2017 (7pm/$15)
thecapritheater.org

Chamber Music Series: Introducing Lembit Beecher is described as “Lembit Beecher, the SPCO’s Music Alive composer-in-residence, curates and hosts this program which features his most recent string quartet, written in 2016 and inspired by his love of Schubert. The ideas of repetition and obsession, combined with a sense of nostalgia and longing, inhabit all the works on the program.”

SPCO (Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra) is also hosting “The SPCO at Icehouse: SCHUBERT” at the Icehouse on October 19th ($20, 6pm)

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Minneapolis: April 22 to April 24, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from April 22 to April 24, 2017.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More The Damned Few realize that The Damned were first to release a single and record an album among the graduating class of 1977 UK punk which included such bands as The Sex Pistols and The Clash. … Bleached Not to be confused with the two brothers from Bleach, Bleached are basically two sisters, Jennifer and Jessie, who has a thing for 70s porn. I saw Bleached last year and I went on record to say that I really like their music. ...

THE DAMNED
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Saturday 04/22/17, 7pm ($25/Sold Out)
finelinemusic.com

Legendary English punk/rock band The Damned is celebrating their 40th Anniversary with an upcoming U.S. tour. Since the influential band don’t really make their way to Minneapolis that often, I feel this is a very important show that you should be aware of. Of course, their many fans agreed, and the show is long sold out.

Expect to hear all chart-topping singles on this tour, including fan-favorites, ‘Love Song’ and ‘Smash It Up’.

No opening band is listed on the venue's website, but the poster lists Bleached. We've been a fan of the sisters in Bleached since 2012 when they opened up for Veronica Falls.

Tour dates:

04/16 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox *
04/18 - Salt Lake City, U - The Depot *
04/19 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall *
04/21 - St. Louis, MO - Delmar Hall *
04/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line *
04/23 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues *
04/24 - Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom *
04/26 – Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe *
04/27 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s *
04/28 - Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues *
04/29 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall°
04/30 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theatre°
05/02 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda°
05/04 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club°
05/05 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw°
05/06 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony°
05/07 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA°
05/09 - Baltimore, MD - Sound Stage°
05/11 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade/Heaven°
05/12 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues°
05/13 - St, Petersburg, FL – State Theater°
05/14 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution°
05/16 - New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues°
05/17 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues°
05/18 - Dallas, TX - House Of Blues°
05/19 - Austin, TX - Mohawk Outdoors°
05/21- Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theater°

* w/ Bleached
° w/ The BellRays

Read More Betty Who Exciting news is that Betty Who will be supporting Katy Perry in Australia this year! Tour dates: 10/13/14 Toronto, ON Virgin Mobile Mod Club 10/14/14 Chicago, IL House Of Blues … Verite Vérité (the stage name for Kelsey Byrne) will be in Minneapolis next Wednesday, May 25th, in support of her new 2016 EP Living. Vérité talked about the EP, “Living was written …

BETTY WHO
at Triple Rock Social Club
Saturday 04/22/17, 8pm ($20/Sold Out)
triplerocksocialclub.com

No one is asking “Who is Betty Who?” anymore, seeing as Betty Who has been selling out some U.S. Tour Dates - including this forthcoming appearance at the Triple Rock Social Club this Saturday, April 22nd. We’ve been aware of the pop singer since February 2014 and very happy to see she’s doing quite well with her recent release of The Valley (RCA Records).

Vérité (aka Kelsey Byrne) to open. We previously caught the singer on May 2016 and wrote, “With help from Andrew on drums and Mike on guitars/keys, Vérité basically played almost everything that she’s ever written... and even throwing in a Childish Gambino cover song ‘Sober’ to reach her headlining 45+ min set. However, based on her fans and Vérité’s drive to write heartfelt electropop songs... she’ll be back again soon...” Vérité’s album Somewhere in Between is out now.

Tour dates:

4/16 9:30 Club Washington, DC
4/17 Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA
4/19 Rex Theater Pittsburgh, PA
4/20 Concord Music Hall Chicago, IL
4/22 Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, MN
4/23 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
4/24 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
4/26 Neumos Seattle, WA
4/27 Imperial Vancouver, BC
4/28 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR
4/30 Harlows Sacramento, CA
5/2 The Fonda Theater Los Angeles, CA
8/10 Soho Music Club Santa Barbara, CA
8/11 The Observatory: North Park San Diego, CA
8/16 Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
8/15 Lowbrow Palace El Paso, TX
8/17 Trees Dallas, TX
8/18 Vulcan Gas Company Austin, TX
8/19 White Oak Music Hal Houston, TX
8/21 Republic New Orleans New Orleans, LA
8/22 Saturn Birmingham, AL
8/23 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
8/25 Exit/In Nashville, TN
8/27 Majestic Theatre Madison, WI
8/28 The Hi-Fi Indianapolis, IN
9/1 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
9/3 The Mod Club Toronto, ON
9/4 La Sala Rossa Montreal, QC
9/6 Brooklyn Steel Brooklyn, NY

Read More The Wedding Present The Wedding Present is currently on tour for the 21st anniversary of their album, Seamonsters. As expected, they are playing the entire album from start to finish. … Colleen Green Stoner rocker Colleen Green just recently played the Turf Club in St Paul on Thursday night. Apology for the faulty drawings, as I have previously mentioned, my lens is broken. …

THE WEDDING PRESENT
at Turf Club
Saturday 04/22/17, 8pm ($20)
turfclub.net

Truly it will be the gift that keeps on giving when Leeds quartet The Wedding Present drop by the St. Paul next Saturday, April 22nd for an intimate show at the Turf Club. The Present has been doing their thing now for over 3 decades, effervescent rock with a post-punk flair featuring the delightful British drone of lead singer and only original member David Gedge. Though the band has gone through several line-up changes, one thing remains the same: those fuzzy melodies were made for blasting out your car window while driving the city watching the flowers bloom. Check out The Wedding Present’s newest release 2016’s Going, Going… which was one of my favorites of 2016! But don’t neglect the band’s impressive back catalogue, including Seamonsters (1991), an album recorded at the famous Pachyderm studios in Cannon Falls with your boyfriend’s favorite producer, Steve Albini.

Colleen Green, billed as Colleen Green Band, will warm up the show. The Wedding Present loves these guys, and after seeing her (complete with Vuart) in September 2015, we can see why.

April 2017 Tour dates:

04/14 : Washington, DC - Rock And Roll Hotel
04/15 : Brooklyn, NY - Bell House
04/16 : Boston, MA - Great Scott
04/17 : Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB
04/19 : Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
04/20 : Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
04/21 : Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
04/22 : Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
04/25 : Seattle, WA - Crocodile
04/26 : Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
04/28 : San Francisco, CA - Independent
04/29 : Los Angeles, CA - Echo
04/30 : San Diego, CA - Casbah

Read More Toro y Moi Toro y Moi and Astronauts, etc. (Anthony Ferraro, keyboardist in Toro y Moi's live band) is currently on a US tour. The two bands recently teamed up to record a cover of Elton John's "Rocket Man." Noisey premiered the … COIN Next up was Nashville formed band COIN, who paid dividends in providing a good spark of youthful energy and fun, in their brief thirty-three minute set. The synth-embellished indie pop quartet …

Other shows in the area:

04/22/17 Allan Rayman will be back in Minnesota, over at the 7th Street Entry. We caught Rayman in 2016 and noted, “Then, as soon as Allan started singing, the crowd erupted and sang pretty much every word with him through his forty-five-minute set. Hip-hop music was the name of his game and he was slaying the competition.” $19.

04/23/17 Sam Rae will be stopping by the Warming House in Minneapolis this Sunday, April 23rd, in support of her record Bring Us To New Islands (to be released April 21st). If you’re not familiar with the venue, this is a small, self-described as a “listening room”. Holly Munoz to open. Note: Show is at 3:30pm. $10.

04/23/17 Chaz Bundick (of Toro Y Moi) and psych-jazz duo The Mattson 2 are touring, billed as Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2. The collaboration group will be ending their tour at the Triple Rock Social Club this Sunday. Spin described their music, “between a George Benson and an Al Green.” Madeline Kenney is listed as opener. $15.

04/24/17 COIN (not to be confused with Japanese band Coin) is back at the Triple Rock Social Club next Monday. The band was previously in town at the Go Show in December 2016, and we said “Closing with the kissing anthem ‘Talk Too Much’, the song has received heavy airplay and obviously the crowd’s ear, as they sang along with the band at each chorus.” Coin's How Will You Know If You Never Try will be available everywhere April 21. Arizona to open the show. Yep, the band’s not from Arizona, but it’s definitely a better sounding name than “New Jersey”. $15.50.

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Bastille, Banks, Judah and the Lion, COIN at GO96.3 Snow Show, Myth, Maplewood (15 Dec 2016)

Bastille Setlist Send Them Off! Laura Palmer Warmth Snakes Flaws Two Evils Lethargy Things We Lost in the Fire The Draw The Currents Bad Blood Blame Good Grief Fake It Icarus Pompeii Banks Setlist Poltergeist F**k With Myself Gemini Feed Mind Games Weaker Girl Trainwreck This Is Not About Us Drowning Beggin’ for Thread Waiting Game Judah & the Lion Setlist Kickin' da Leaves Hold On Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time) (T-Pain cover) Reputation Mr. Brightside (The Killers cover) Insane Rich Kids Take It All Back Coin Setlist Atlas Speaking Voice Time Machine I Don't Wanna Dance It’s a Trap Run Boyfriend Talk Too Much Read More Go 96.3 We were really impressed with Go 96.3 FM's first Go Show #1 (featuring New Politics and Banks at Aria on Mar 2015). We were wondering how they can top that debut show … Bastille Bastille's debut album, Bad Blood, is coming out in the U.S. on September 3rd from Virgin Records. Bastille also be promoting the U.S. release with a tour - making his television debut on "Conan" last week (July 24th). … BANKS Immediately after New Politics left the stage, the legion of late teenagers left the front of the stage... to make way for BANKS fans to slowly inch their way to the front. We've seen Banks before at First Avenue last year … Judah & the Lion Nashville’s Judah & The Lion is back in town, supporting their sophomore album Folk Hop N Roll. The record entered the Billboard’s Heatseekers Album Chart at an impressive #2 and #1 on the Heatseekers South Central! … COIN Nashville's COIN is set to release their self-titled debut album in June 2015 via StarTime International. The record was recorded in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce (Cage the Elephant, Sleeper …

While the Snow thankfully held off until after the show and into the next day, there was plenty of Show to take in at local station GO 96.3’s second annual Snow Show held at Myth in suburban Maplewood and headlined by Bastille.

Opening up the multi-band evening was a local group that literally battled their way into their appearance, winning out over a handful of local bands, for the honor of opening the show.  John Chuck & the Class are an alternative pop/indie hip-hop duo (JC "John Chuck" Stroebel and Henry "The Class" Donato) that took advantage of their twenty-minute slot to introduce themselves to their biggest audience to date, play songs from their self-released EP Grow Up, and more than ably stir up the crowd, for what was several more hours of music ahead.

Next up was Nashville formed band COIN, who paid dividends in providing a good spark of youthful energy and fun, in their brief thirty-three minute set.  The synth-embellished indie pop quartet (Chase Lawrence-vocals/synths; Joe Memmel- guitar; Zachary Dyke- bass; Ryan Winnen- drums) started as students at Belmont University in 2012 signing with Columbia soon , and is still touring on 2015’s self-titled debut, though a new album is imminent in the new year.

The all-ages crowd screamed in approval as singer Lawrence noted, before they launched into ‘Time Machine’ and then the new ‘I Don’t Want to Dance’. ‘Run’ was irresistible with its jangly guitar intro and Lawrence’s rhythmic near-falsetto vocals and its road testing of the new ‘Boyfriend’ was a success judging from the crowd’s reaction. Closing with the kissing anthem ‘Talk Too Much’, the song has received heavy airplay and obviously the crowd’s ear, as they sang along with the band at each chorus.

Another Nashville-based group was next, the hippie folk-hop/pop ensemble Judah & the Lion, who has continued growing to next level heights, every time we see them live. The core trio (Singer/guitarist Judah Akers; mandolinist Brian Macdonald; banjo player Nate Zuercher) joined together in 2011 with their newest full-length, Folk Hop n’ Roll, taking their traditional folk/bluegrass sound and mixing it up with hip-hop and dance grooves for a interesting and unique combination.

“We’re gonna give you guys everything we have” singer Akers said, starting their thirty-five minute set with the harmonizing intro of ‘Kickin’ da Leaves’, which had the crowd clapping in unison immediately. Hippie dancing was encouraged during the mandolin-fueled ‘Hold On’ and things got a little crazy on stage as the band twerked in line to an auto-tuned T-Pain cover before Akers jumped into the crowd to lead everyone in jumping to ‘Reputation’ from the middle of the floor.

“This was our favorite song in the 4^th grade” Akers said, keeping energy high with their cover of The Killers’ ‘Mr. Brightside’ (and making some of us feel really old) grabbing sunglasses and running along the high bar counters to sing the song amongst outstretched hands and cell phones in the air.

Zuercher’s banjo was fuzzed and pedaled to sound like a lead guitar on ‘Insane’ and they thanked the station for their support before ‘Rich Kids’, a song about pursuing your dreams, which seemed to a strike a chord with a younger audience.

A brief wail from the Lion King introduced ‘Take It All Back’, a massive hit as anthemic as anything Mumford and Sons has ever done, and a serious contender for best song of late summer/early fall.  With a memorable live performance and catchy songs, Judah & the Lion very nearly stole the entire show.

The mood shifted to hazy, experimental, and more theatric as Orange County electro-pop singer-songwriter Banks was next, playing many songs from her newest, The Altar (Harvest Records) for the very first time before a live audience.  She and the station have been friends for some time, as she played the very first GO Show in March 2015, which we also covered, and played a forty-minute set, though she is not currently on tour.

Joined by two veiled interpretive dancers, a keyboardist and live drummer, the singer, dressed in wispy black cloak and boots began with ‘Poltergeist’ (co-written/produced by Grammy nominee John Hill), amidst minimal red and blue lighting and rolling fog.  ‘F**k with Myself’ throbbed with its hip-hop beat and Kate Bush-esque vocal effects sung into a second mic and the “passive aggressive” chorus ‘Gemini Feed’ seemed to describe a lot of Minnesotans by nature.

She’s not afraid to curse to make her point, as on the new ‘Weaker Girl’ but speaking between songs, she seemed quite shy, “this is the first time I’m playing any of this stuff”, she said demurely.  Tempo downshifted further for a spare ‘Drowning’, her voice framed mostly by a hypnotic drum beat before elevating back for ‘Beggin’ for Thread’, her breakout hit from first album, Goddess.  Ending with ‘Waiting Game’ (which may ring familiar from a Victoria’s Secret commercial), the show transcended into the ethereal.

Not a French band, rather a London alt/indie pop group named after the French holiday celebrated on singer Dan Smith’s birthday, Bastille introduced us to a sixty-seven minute glimpse into their Wild World with the opening ‘Send Them Off!’.

Joined by keyboardist Kyle Simmons, guitarist/bassist Will Farquarson, drummer Chris “Woody” Wood and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Barnes, next was the Twin Peaks-inspired ‘Laura Palmer’ with Smith jumping about and standing on monitor speakers to help incite the crowd.

Understanding the crowd was there to have fun and unwind, Smith introduced ‘Snakes’, a song peppered with soundbites as being for “anyone who feels like jumping up and down like a maniac”. For ‘Flaws’, Smith left the stage to serenade everyone on the floor as he made his way through the crowd, with security in tow.

Making his way to the upper deck, he hung over the railing for ‘Two Evils’, from the new Wild World album (Virgin/EMI Universal Records), the audience craning their necks in rapt attention to see him, and Smith slapping high held hands on his way back down.

Digging deep, the band unearthed ‘The Draw’ from their extended first album and the crowd roared and clapped along for early hit, ‘Bad Blood’.  With the Kelly Le Brock sound clip introducing lead single from the new album, ‘Good Grief’, Smith said this was the song “for anyone feeling like jumping up and down to a song about death”(which didn’t deter anyone).

Bastille’s abbreviated set wound up with the mythology-inspired ‘Icarus’ and Smith saying to the receptive audience,  “We’re far away from home, but we feel very welcome, so thank you” before starting biggest hit ‘Pompeii’ slow and solo on the piano, with the song quickly rising aided by a thumping drum and chorus of harmony voices.

As the house lights went up and crowd filed out, snow had started to fall outside (continuing into the next day, and measuring six to eight inches) giving everyone the Snow part of Snow Show, but the Show portion of five bands over almost five hours, was by far the most memorable part.

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Bastille at GO96.3 Snow Show, Myth, Maplewood (15 Dec 2016)

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Minneapolis: December 14 to December 16, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from December 14 to December 16, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Helmet If country is not your thing, Helmet will be playing Mill City Nights on March 11th. If you grew up in the 90s, you will recall their ever creepy music videos on MTV. For the 21st Anniversary of Betty, the band will be playing the entire album on this tour.... Local H On the heels of releasing Local H’s As Good As Dead as a 180g for the record’s 20th anniversary... the old-school punk band will go on tour to remind us why the record was a breakthrough album for them. ....

HELMET
at Fine Line
Wednesday, 12/14/16, 7pm ($20)
finelinemusic.com

Helmet is back in Minneapolis, touring on their “Dead to the World” tour. The venue of choice this year is at the Fine Line, which doesn’t offer the best viewing experience (unless you pay extra for the balcony).

According to the press release, the new Dead to the World album is Helmet’s first record in six years, and it is available earlier in October via earMusic and Sony Music Entertainment Australia (for Australia).

Front man Page Hamilton’s comment about Dead to the World: “Catch phrases, punchlines, guns, bluster, ammo, incivility, impatience, murder. You, me, us, them, life, liberty and the pursuit of property... We disagree, we disrespect, discourse disappears in the age of access. When in doubt GET LOUD! It's my way or the highway, thank you Lawrence Tierney! Religious tchotchkes nailed to the walls of homes above razor-scarred mirrors. Do you meditate, levitate, pray? Live in LA! I'm a huge fan, got a perfume line, smell nice, plan my next move. Threats loom, the bad news network blooms, fear sells. Just get ‘em out, the spying neighbors, suspects, terrorists our forefathers intent. ‘If you don't like it, leave’ and call it democracy.”

Local H to open. The band recently celebrated their 20th anniversary of As Good As Dead, and was last seen in Minneapolis in June 2016.

US Tour dates:

12/09/16 Billings, MT The Pub Station
12/10/16 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
12/11/16 Omaha, NE Slowdown
12/13/16 Kansas City, MO recordBar
12/14/16 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
12/15/16 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
12/16/16 Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar
12/17/16 St. Louis, MO Delmar Hall

Read More Go 96.3 We were really impressed with Go 96.3 FM's first Go Show #1 (featuring New Politics and Banks at Aria on Mar 2015). We were wondering how they can top that debut show … Bastille Bastille's debut album, Bad Blood, is coming out in the U.S. on September 3rd from Virgin Records. Bastille also be promoting the U.S. release with a tour - making his television debut on "Conan" last week (July 24th). … BANKS Immediately after New Politics left the stage, the legion of late teenagers left the front of the stage... to make way for BANKS fans to slowly inch their way to the front. We've seen Banks before at First Avenue last year …

96.3’S SNOW SHOW
at Myth
Thursday, 12/15/16, 6pm ($37.63)
mythlive.com

We’ve always been impressed with the Go 96.3’s shows, starting with their first in March 2015. Since then, the radio station created their first music festival called Go Fest, and starting last year, a new tradition of their Go 96.3’s Snow Show.

The 2016 Snow Show is back for the second year, this time at the Myth (originally scheduled at the Target Center).

This year’s headliner will be Bastille, who is currently on tour for his new album Wild World (Virgin / Universal).

Other guests on the bill: Banks (she was also on the first Go Show), Judah & The Lion, Coin and Miles The DJ.... PLUS one local band (to be determined by the Battle of the Band contest at the Fine Line tonight, December 9th).

We've been impressed with Judah & the Lion since we caught them in November 2014, writing “Many of their songs got their most dedicated fans to help sing along, especially on "Back's Against the Wall", where Akers stopped a second to hear his fans finish the lyrics... with the biggest grin on his face.”

Bastille’s 2016 tour dates:

12/10 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
12/11 Los Angeles, CA Forum
12/12 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal
12/14 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
12/15 Maplewood, MN Myth Nightclub
12/16 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House

Read More Soul Asylum Yeah we knew the tiny 7th Street Entry could not contain all the fans for Soul Asylum, or as we kid that it's just the Dave Pirner band.... Both dates at 7th Street Entry (12/17 and 12/18) are sold out …

SOUL ASYLUM
at First Avenue
Friday, 12/16/16, 8pm ($20)
first-avenue.com

Popular local fan-favorites Soul Asylum will be headlining First Avenue.

We caught the band when they were promoting their new album Change of Fortune (Entertainment One) and wrote, “The band has found a second life of sorts, with former Prince drummer Michael Bland joining in 2005 and bassist Winston Roye replacing Tommy Stinson and Justin Sharbono stepping in for longtime guitarist Dan Murphy, both in 2012. The band’s sound remains familiar under singer-guitarist Dave Pirner, a mix of 90’s-era alternative rock, power-pop, and indie post-punk.”

McNasty Brass Band will open.

Other shows in the area:

12/14/16 Country rock stars Supersuckers, with Jesse Dayton and Gallows Bound, to play the new Uptown VFW Post.

12/15/16 The Sunny Era, along with Tabah and The Sudden Lovelys, will be over at the 7th Street Entry.

12/16-12/17 Local soul Sonny Knight & The Lakers (whom we just name-dropped with Sharon Jones on our recent podcast) will be playing a double night at the Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant.

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Minneapolis: October 27, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on October 27, 2016.

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Read More Needtobreathe Sometimes good music just naturally transcends genres and categories. That seems to be the case with South Carolina band, Needtobreathe ... Parachute What is exciting about this "Just Kids Tour" is that he is bringing along Virginia's Parachute and Tennessee's Judah & the Lion (who you may recall impressed us when they came to Minneapolis November 2014). …

NEEDTOBREATHE
at Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Thursday, 10/27/16, 6pm ($33)
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Needtobreathe is back in Minnesota... this time playing at the much-bigger The Roy Wilkins Auditorium this Thursday, October 27th.

The last time the band was in town in 2015, we wrote, “South Carolina’s Needtobreathe continues to evolve as performers and grow its fan base, even since we recently last saw them live. The band, led by brothers Bear and Bo Rinehart and bassist Seth Bolt is still in support of their latest; Rivers in the Wasteland (Atlantic/Curb/Word Records) and headlined this Tour de Compadres (“Tour of Friends”) with a 79 min. closing set, shortened from their usual time which resulted in a few abridged versions of songs and a compressed playlist.”

Parachute to open. The trio is touring in support of Wide Awake, which debuted #1 on the iTunes Pop Albums and #40 on the Billboard Top 200!

The band previously sold out their April 2016 headlining gig at the Varsity Theater.

Tour dates:

10.20 Lubbock, TX
10.21 Abilene, TX
10.22 Grand Prairie, TX
10.23 Austin, TX
10.25 Oklahoma City, OK
10.27 Saint Paul, MN
10.28 Madison, WI
10.29 Saint Louis, MO
10.30 Chicago, IL
11.2 New York, NY
11.4 Boston, MA
11.5 Philadelphia, PA
11.6 Huntington, WV
11.7 Grand Rapids, MI
11.9 Lexington, KY
11.10 Chattanooga, TN
11.11 Greenville, SC
11.12 Lynchburg, VA

Read More Wet The trio was previously in Minneapolis at the 7th Street Entry in 2014, after supporting Sohn, but the 2016 tour is officially their first headlining tour. Look for their debut album Don’t You …

WET
at Triple Rock Social Club
Thursday, 10/27/16, 7:30pm ($12)
triplerocksocialclub.com

Wet is back in town at the Triple Rock Social Club this Thursday, October 27th. The last time they were in town in February 2016, we wrote, “Based on crowd reactions to their 55min headlining performance, we won’t be forgetting Wet anytime soon.”

Show up early to check out Demo Taped. The 18 year old Atlanta based artist is described as a cross between Frank Ocean and Chet Faker - if it were recorded or produced by Dev Hynes.

Demo Taped’s demo track ‘Game On’ was recently on the hot HypeMachine charts.

Tour dates:

10/26/16 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
10/27/16 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
10/31/16 Seattle, WA Neumos
11/01/16 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
11/02/16 Vancouver, BC Imperial
11/04/16 San Francisco, CA Mezzanine
11/05/16 Los Angeles, CA Fonda Theatre
11/07/16 San Diego, CA The Irenic
11/10/16 Dallas, TX Dada Dallas
11/11/16 Austin, TX Antone's
11/13/16 Nashville, TN Exit / In
11/14/16 Atlanta, GA The EARL
11/15/16 Athens, GA Caledonia Lounge
11/17/16 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
11/19/16 New York, NY Webster Hall

Read More Bad Suns Another Southern California band, Bad Suns, played next, in support of their Vagrant Records EP, Transpose, with full-length, Language & Perspective, due out in late June. ...

BAD SUNS
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Thursday, 10/27/16, 7pm ($20)
finelinemusic.com

Los Angeles’ Bad Suns is back in town, playing the Fine Line Music Café this October 27th. The band is promoting their sophomore album Disappear Here (Vagrant Records/BMG US).

The last time the band was in town, they opened up for The Neighbourhood in October 2015. We noted, “The quartet’s anthemic sound on songs like ‘Cardiac Arrest’ and EP closer, ’20 Years’ seemed to connect with the younger audience.”

Coin is listed to open.

Tour dates:

October 24th | Neumo’s | Seattle, WA
October 27th | Fine Line | Minneapolis, MN
October 28th | Double Door | Chicago, IL
October 29th | Shelter | Detroit, MI
October 31st | Union Transfer | Philadelphia, PA
November 1st | Le Poisson Rouge | New York, NY
November 3rd | Brighton Music Hall | Boston, MA
November 5th | Rock N Roll Hotel | Washington, DC
November 7th | Exit/In | Nashville, TN
November 9th | The Social | Orlando, FL
November 12th | White Oak | Houston, TX
November 13th | Granada | Dallas, TX
November 15th | Bluebird Theater | Denver, CO
November 17th | Crescent Ballroom |Phoenix, AZ
November 18th | Teragram Ballroom | Los Angeles, CA

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