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Minneapolis: May 2, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on May 2, 2016.

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WILD NOTHING
at Triple Rock Social Club
Monday, 05/02/16, 7:30pm ($15)
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Wild Nothing (aka Jack Tatum) will be making a stop at the Triple Rock Social Club on Monday, May 2nd in support of his third album, Life of Pause. This album was recorded with Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver) and packs a punch.

Tatum previously played in Jack and the Whale and FACEPOINT but has found his success with Wild Nothing (est. 2009). It's easy to tell why Wild Nothing received "Best New Music" from Pitchfork back in 2012 and ended up on many year-end lists. Come see for yourself!

Newcomers Whitney (not to be confused with the late Whitney Houston) to open. Whitney is lead by drummer/vocalist Julien Ehrlich, previously from Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

Tour Dates:

4/26 - Vancouver - Biltmore Cabaret $
4/27 - Portland - Doug Fir Lounge $
4/28 - Boise – Neurolux $#
4/29 - Denver – Bluebird $#
4/30 – Denver – Bluebird Theater
5/02 - Minneapolis - Triple Rock Social Club $#
5/03 - Chicago - Thalia Hall $#
5/04 - Ferndale - The Loving Touch $#
5/05 - Toronto - The Opera House#
5/07 - Philadelphia – 714
5/08 - New York - Webster Hall#
5/09 - Cambridge - The Sinclair#
5/11 - Washington, D.C. - Black Cat#
5/12 - Richmond - The Broadberry#
5/13 - Raleigh – Kings#
5/14 - Atlanta - Shaky Knees Festival, Atlantic Station
5/15 - New Orleans - Gasa Gasa#
5/16 - Austin - The Mohawk#
5/18 - Phoenix - Crescent Ballroom#
5/20 - Los Angeles - The Regent#
6/04 - Barcelona - Primavera Sound Barcelona
6/09 - Porto - Primavera Sound Porto
6/11 - London - Field Day Festival
6/13 - London – Oslo
6/14 - Leeds - Belgrave Music Hall
6/15 - Glasgow - CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts
6/16 - Manchester - Band on the Wall
6/18 - Hilvarenbeek - Best Kept Secret Festival
6/20 - Paris - Le Point Ephemere
6/22 - Hamburg - Knust
6/23 - Berlin – Lido


$ - Whitney
# - Charlie Hilton

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RONIIA / CROSS RECORDS
at 7th Street Entry
Monday, 05/02/16, 7:30pm ($8/$10)
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Cross Record is not a record label, but the stagename for Emily Cross. She has just released her sophomore album Wabi-Sabi (Ba Da Bing Records) and currently touring with her husband and bandmate, Dan Duszynski, in support of the record. Although I believe this is her show, she’s actually not listed as the headliner.

Closing out the event will be local Roniia (stylized as RONiiA). This is the group lead by Nona Marie Invie, who you may know was from the popular Dark Dark Dark group.

Guest Maggie Morrison will open the show.

Cross Record Tour Dates

April 26 - Lawrence, KS @ Love Garden Records
April 27 - St. Louis, MO @ Heavy Anchor
April 30 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
May 2 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
May 3 - Iowa City, IA @ Trumpet Blossom
May 5 - Omaha, NE @ O'Leavers
May 7 - Fort Collins, CO @ Wolverine Farms
May 10 - Portland, OR @ Analog Café
May 11 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
May 13 - San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
May 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg
May 18 - Albuquerque, NM @ Ocotillo Room
May 20 - 3TEN ACL Live

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THE RIDES
at Ames Center
Monday, 05/02/16, 7:30pm ($39.50-$79.50)
ames-center.com

Supergroup The Rides is the project of two time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stephen Stills (you know, the “Stills” in Crosby, Stills, & Nash - and sometimes “and Young”), five time Grammy nominated guitar great Kenny Wayne Shepherd and celebrated Chicago rock/blues keyboardist Barry Goldberg. The band will be releasing their sophomore album Pierced Arrow this May 6th via 429 Records.

The upcoming 16-date U.S. tour will kick off May 2 in Burnsville (near Minneapolis) at the Ames Center.

“Pierced Arrow” Tour

May 2 Burnsville, MN Ames Center
May 3 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
May 5 Springfield, IL Sangamon Auditorium
May 6 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
May 8 Merrillville, IN Star Plaza Theater
May 9 Munhall, PA Carnegie of Homestead
May 11 Englewood, NJ Bergen Perf Arts Ctr
May 12 New York, NY Town Hall
May 13 Kingston, NY UPAC
May 15 Bethlehem, PA Sands Bethlehem
May 17 Boston, MA Wilbur Theater
May 18 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak
June 1 San Diego, CA Balboa Theater
June 2 Berkeley, CA UC Theater
June 4 Scottsdale, AZ Talking Stick
June 5 Riverside, CA Fox Performing Arts Center

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Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music

Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Woodstock Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

2009 marks the 40^th anniversary of Woodstock, the festival that would inspire all modern music festival to this day. While I understand 25^th or 50^th, but 40 seems kind of an odd milestone to me. Who can argue with Warner Brothers for re-releasing this epic 1970 documentary.

Contents from the Woodstock (Target Edition)

Perhaps they felt that they have the technology to remastered the original film onto high definition bluray (even though I doubt the Woodstock generation would care so much about technology), but nevertheless the DVD and Bluray packages are pretty impressive. Standard releases includes 4-discs (yes: that's right, nearly four hours), two bonus discs (additional concert footage that was ended up on the cutting floor, plus featurettes), leather (fake?) clothing, Life Magazine replica, a lucite lenticular display, and a patch. There is also a limited edition Target version, which comes with a full-sized canvas tambourine (instead of the patch) and oversized circular box.

Although the music festival only lasted three days, you can tell that director, Michael Wadleigh, started his work weeks before that August 15^th date. The daunting task of editing all the footage ended up on Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker's laps (who was nominated for Academy Award for Film Editing, but lost to Hugh S. Fowler for his work on "Patton").

The documentary opens up with an old gentlemen, who talked frankly about how in all his life, he's never seen anything quite like it. For a show that was only meant to house 50,000 people in a field at best, about a million people showed up. It slowly cut in "the kids" showing up days early in anticipation for the show, as they're still building the center stage. The music they used in the background was mostly Crosby, Stills & Nash ("Wooden Ships", "Long Time Gone") - who would later appear to end the first part of the documentary.

Incidentally, the band later had a major hit a Joni Mitchell-written song called "Woodstock", inspired by her then-boyfriend Graham Nash and seeing Woodstock on television. Mitchell never went to Woodstock, herself, she had a conflict on those dates by appearing live on The Dick Cavett Show for ABC television (you can actually see her appearance on the The Dick Cavett Show - Rock Icons (3 DVD Set)).

Back to Woodstock, the live performance are up close and personal, you can see every sweat & tear from the performers. Unfortunately, due to the limitation of technology, some of the filming looks soft and not as crisp as modern recording devices. You see a lot of film grains, and on occasion, spots and cuts. Colors are not as vibrant, but overall, most people are not going to notice these imperfections. Audio-wise, I had no problems with the audio.

Some key moments in the documentary you should look out for: Joe Cocker's version of The Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends", Sha Na Na's version of Danny & the Juniors' "At the Hop", Janis Joplin's "Work Me Lord" and Jimi Hendrix's unforgettable "Purple Haze".

Like many of you, this release of Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music is the only means of giving us a glimpse an era gone by. Unfortunately, the only drawback is the pricing of this product retails for $49.95, which is a bit of a luxury for most people. You can probably netflix this, but the way it's packaged (with all the goodies), it is marketed to be owned by consumers.

 06/09/2009 21:45:40 ♥ vu () ♥ warnerbros.com