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Minneapolis: July 7 to July 10, 2019

Cayucas at Turf Club Read More Cayucas Cayucas, an indie pop band from the Santa Monica area, featuring Zach Yudin, his twin brother Ben Yudin on bass, Christian Koons on Guitar, and Casey Wojtalewicz on drums …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from July 7 to July 10, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

CAYUCAS
+ Sam Valdez, Lucid Vanguard
Turf Club
Sun 07/07/2019 (7pm/$15)
turfclub.net

I have Santa Monica based indie-pop band Cayucas (featuring twin brothers, Zach and Ben Yudin) is back in the area, playing the Turf Club this July 7th. Cayucas’ latest Real Life is out now via Park The Van Records, and the album is said to be about nostalgia. Guitarist Ben Yudin said, “Looking back is on one of our favorite things to talk about. We’re just fascinated by the constant evolution of people, friends from high school and college. It makes for great lyrics and subject matter.”

Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Sam Valdez and Minneapolis-based Lucid Vanguard to open. We last heard about Valdez when they announced her debut EP Mirage via Nevado Music in June 2018.

Tour dates:

06/29/2019 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
07/02/2019 Neurolux Boise, ID
07/07/2019 Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
07/08/2019 Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
07/12/2019 Club Cafe Pittsburgh, PA
07/14/2019 Once Ballroom
07/15/2019 Elsewhere Brooklyn, NY
07/18/2019 U Street Music Hall Washington, DC
07/23/2019 High Watt Nashville, TN
08/02/2019 The Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, CA

Other shows in the area:

Daddy Long Legs 2019 Tour Deerhunter Poster Dave Alvin: King Of California Juice 2019 Tour Sarah Shook 2019 Tour Read More Deerhunter Skinnyman Bradford Cox and his band Deerhunter will once again take over First Avenue’s mainroom this October 20th. Be sure to show up early to … Dave Alvin From different worlds, Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, have teamed up to record an album. Alvin is the singer/songwriter from the Blasters and Gilmore is from Texas hippie-country band Flatlanders. … Juice Boston’s Juice is normally a 7-piece band, but looking over my photographs, it appears that acoustic guitarist Kamau Burton was missing from the lineup. The band in attendance was singer Ben Stevens, violinist Christian Rose, guitarist Dan Moss, drummer … Sarah Shook Sarah Shook & The Disarmers is back in town, they’re be headlining the Turf Club in St Paul on Sunday, October 7th. …

DADDY LONG LEGS
+ Sex Rays, Ian Valor & the Vendettas
7th St Entry
Sun 07/07/2019 (7pm/$12)
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NYC blues punks Daddy Long Legs will be playing the 7th Street Entry this July 7th. The trio (singer/guitarist/harmonica player Brian Hurd, slide guitarist Murat Akturk, and drummer Josh Styles) just released their third studio album Lowdown Ways (Yep Roc Records).

Local bands The Sex Rays and Ian Valor and the Vendettas to open.

Tour Dates

June 27 – Alchemy – Providence, RI
June 28 – Haymarket Lounge at City Winery – Boston, MA
June 29 – Nectar’s – Burlington, VT
June 30 – Montreal International Jazz Fest – Montreal, QC
July 1 – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON
July 2 – This Ain’t Hollywood – Hamilton, ON
July 3 – The Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI
July 5 – Schubas Tavern – Chicago, IL
July 6 – The Lift – Dubuque, IA
July 7 – 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
July 9 – Off Broadway Night Club – St. Louis, MO
July 10 – MOTR Pub – Cincinnati, OH
July 11 – Rumba Café – Columbus, OH
July 12 – Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH
July 13 – Abilene’s Lounge – Rochester, NY
July 14 – Brooklyn Bazaar – New York, NY

DEERHUNTER
+ DJ Jake Rudh
Fine Line Music Cafe
Mon 07/08/2019 (7pm/$25)
finelinemusic.com

Deerhunter (featuring Bradford Cox) is touring in support of Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? (4AD Records). We last saw Deerhunter in Oct 2016 and mentioned, “As for Atlanta’s Deerhunter, watching singer Bradford Cox is always fun and controversial. The punk / experimental / art rockers don’t have a new album, so their set featured tracks from across all their albums, with emphasis on their 2015 record Fading Frontier (‘Living My Life’, ‘Take Care’, ‘Breaker’, and ‘Snakeskin’).”

Tour dates:

07/07/2019 Metro Chicago, IL
07/08/2019 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, MN
07/11/2019 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
07/12/2019 Ogden Amphitheater Ogden, UT
07/13/2019 Knitting Factory Boise, ID
07/17/2019 Hollywood Palladium Hollywood, CA
07/18/2019 The Masonic San Francisco, CA
07/19/2019 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
07/20/2019 The Showbox Seattle, WA
08/25/2019 Rock En Seine Festival
09/04/2019 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
09/07/2019 Fillmore Philadelphia, PA
09/08/2019 9:30 Club Washington, DC
09/13/2019 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
11/03/2019 Roundhouse London
11/04/2019 Concorde 2 Brighton
11/06/2019 O2 Ritz Manchester Manchester

DAVE ALVIN
Cedar Cultural Center
Tue 07/09/2019 (7pm/$28)
thecedar.org

Los Angeles-based artist Dave Alvin is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of King of California with a 2019 tour - stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center this July 9th. The album will be re-released with an expanded and re-mastered version, available June 28 from Craft Recordings.

Tour dates:

July 9 – Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN
July 11 – City Winery – Chicago, IL
July 12 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
July 13 – The Ark – Ann Arbor, MI
July 14 – Natalie’s – Columbus, OH
July 15 – Natalie’s – Columbus, OH
July 16 – Club Café – Pittsburgh, PA
July 18 – Daryl’s Club House – Pawling, NY
July 19 – City Winery – Boston, MA
July 20 – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA
July 21 – City Winery – New York, NY
July 23 – Birchmere – Alexandra, VA
July 29 – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
July 31 – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
August 1 – Old Church Concert Hall – Portland, OR
August 2 – Brewminatti – Prosser, WA
August 3 – Treehouse Café – Bainbridge Island, WA

JUICE
+ Stephen Day, Ashley Groves
7th St Entry
Tue 07/09/2019 (7pm/$15)
first-avenue.com

Seven-piece band Juice will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on July 9th.

Stephen Day and Ashley Groves to open.

Tour dates:

June 27 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
June 28 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
June 29 Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theater
July 5 Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
July 6 Bailey's Harbor, WI @ Door County Brewing
July 9 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
July 12 Chicago, IL @ Sub T
July 13 Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell's Brewery
July 16 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
July 17 Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar
July 19 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
July 20 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
July 22 Toronto, ON @ The Drake
July 24 Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
July 26 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
July 27 Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
July 30 Providence, RI @ Level Exchange
August 2 Nantucket, MA @ The Chicken Box
August 3 Nantucket, MA @ The Chicken Box
August 8 Dewey Beach, DE @ Rusty Rudder
August 10 East Amagansett, NY @ Stephen Talkhouse
August 16 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
August 17 Asbury Park, NJ @ Wonder Bar
August 24 Killington, VT @ Cooler in the Mountain
September 7 Hastings-on-Hudson, NY @ River Spirit

SARAH SHOOK AND THE DISARMERS
+ Sunny War
Cedar Cultural Center
Wed 07/10/2019 (7:30pm/$15)
thecedar.org

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers will be headlining the Cedar Cultural Center on Wednesday, July 10th. This show wasn’t originally listed (via their poster), but was added to the bill recently.

Show up early to check out Los Angeles-based songwriter Sunny War - touring support of her upcoming album, Shell Of A Girl (Hen House Studios).

Sunny War tour dates:

7/03/2019 Fitzgeralds American Music Festival
07/10/2019 The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
11/17/2019 Asbury Hall At Babeville Buffalo, NY
11/22/2019 State Theatre Portland, ME

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R.I.P. Josh Fauver (Deerhunter) and Ranford Bigsby

Read More Deerhunter Skinnyman Bradford Cox and his band Deerhunter will once again take over First Avenue’s mainroom this October 20th. Be sure to show up early to … Rose Tattoo Limited five CD set containing unreleased live material from the Australian gods of hard rock. Features full-length concert performances from the band's early '80s heyday ..…

We have just learned that Josh Fauver, the former bassist for Deerhunter, has died at the age of 39. Pitchfork wrote that Fauver joined Deerhunter in 2004, “after the band’s original bassist Justin Bosworth died following a skateboarding accident.”

He stayed with Deerhunter until he left in 2012.

Also: Liam Anderson, who performs under the stagename Ranford Bigsby was allegedly killed by his close friend Matthew Flame in a fight, on the morning of November 4. Anderson was 26.

Anerson was following in the footsteps of his father, Gary “Angry” Anderson, the lead singer of rock band Rose Tattoo.

Rose Tattoo was currently on tour, but with the sudden departure of Angry Anderson, we think the tour will have to be postponed.

You can read more about the death at news.com.au

For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2018.

November (11)

[04 Nov 2018] Ranford Bigsby (Liam Anderson) (Australian rapper), 26, killed by friend

[04 Nov 2018] Josh Fauver (American rock bassist for Deerhunter), 39

[04 Nov 2018] Roman Grinev (Russian jazz bassist), 41

[04 Nov 2018] Wolfgang Zuckermann (German-born American harpsichord maker), 96

[04 Nov 2018] Wolfgang Zuckermann (German-born American harpsichord maker), 96

[03 Nov 2018] Tom Diaz (American singer and musician for The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die), 32

[03 Nov 2018] Mark Fosson (American primitive guitarist), cancer

[03 Nov 2018] Maria Guinot (Portuguese singer), 73, lung infection

[03 Nov 2018] Glenn Schwartz (American musician for James Gang), 77

[02 Nov 2018] Roy Hargrove (American jazz trumpeter), 49, heart attack

[01 Nov 2018] Dave Rowland (American country music singer for Dave & Sugar), 74, stroke

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Deerhunter at First Avenue, Minneapolis (20 October 2016)

Deerhunter Setlist Fluorescent Grey Revival Breaker Rainwater Cassette Exchange Helicopter T.H.M. Dream Captain Take Care Living My Life Desire Lines Snakeskin Strange Lights -- Encore -- Agoraphobia Nothing Ever Happened Aldous Harding Setlist Swell Does the Skull Beast Hunter Party Weight of the Planets (new song) What If Birds Aren't Singing They're Screaming Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush cover) Horizon Read More Deerhunter Skinnyman Bradford Cox and his band Deerhunter will once again take over First Avenue’s mainroom this October 20th. Be sure to show up early to …

Deerhunter (singer / guitarist Bradford Cox, drummer Moses Archuleta, guitarist Lockett Pundt, bassist Josh McKay, sax / keys Javier Morales and additional percussion Rhasaan Manning) headlined First Avenue last week, October 20th.

Atlanta, by the way of Athens, Jock Gang (Kimberly Collins, Jared Collins, Jonathan Merenivitch, Adrian Switon, and Garrett Burke) opened up the show. Jock Gang originally started band life as k i d s (Jared Collins and Kimberly Collins), and evolved into Jock Gang. The band came to the attention of Danger Mouse, who used the band’s track ‘Tell Me About It’ on his EP, released on 30th Century Records Compilation Volume 1.

The noise, art band played most of their 2016 EP, including ‘Amen Love’, which was played midset.

New Zealand’s Aldous Harding was up next, playing sensitive acoustic songs from her self-titled album (Flying Nun Records). She’s joined by a keyboard player after Harding solo song ‘Swell Does the Skull’.

As the first notes were played, I immediate wrote in my notes, “Kate Bush”... and this was later confirmed when she covered Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’. Harding’s version is incredibly faithful, complete with dance moves.

Highlight of her show is a brand new song, which she said was called ‘White Weight of the Planets’ ... which may be incorrect as she does have a heavy accent and I could have misheard her. (Update: Confirmed, I did misheard her). For example, when she said the title of her finale song ‘Horizon’, I have in my notes, “he rising”. Anyway, the ‘Planet’ song was never played before, and she’s actually kind of worried that her manager may find out that she’s playing it on this night. Harding said, “No one film this sh**, okay?”

For ‘What If Birds Aren't Singing They're Screaming’, Harding’s eyes popped out, and she’s overly animated ... using her jacket as flapping wings. It’s fun to watch, and I can tell this is her favorite song to perform.

As for Atlanta’s Deerhunter, watching singer Bradford Cox is always fun and controversial. The punk / experimental / art rockers don’t have a new album, so their set featured tracks from across all their albums, with emphasis on their 2015 record Fading Frontier (‘Living My Life’, ‘Take Care’, ‘Breaker’, and ‘Snakeskin’).

The record was a result of singer Cox involved in a 2014 car accident that left him seriously injured. The record also did not feature Frankie Broyles, who left the band in 2015 to focus on his solo career.

Remaining Tour Dates

10/29 Philadelphia, PA MilkBoy
10/31 New York, NY Knitting Factory
11/01 Albany, NY Low Beat
11/03 Pittsburgh, PA Cattivo
11/04 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
11/05 Ithaca, NY The Haunt
11/06 Rochester, NY Bug Jar
11/09 Boston, MA Middle East
11/10 Long Branch, NJ Brighton Bar

Jock Gang

Jock Gang

Aldous Harding

Aldous Harding

Setlist

Deerhunter at First Avenue, Minneapolis (20 October 2016)

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Minneapolis: October 20, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on October 20, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Deerhunter Atlanta-based indie punks Deerhunter are back on tour in promotion of their fifth studio album. Recorded entirely on an 8 track, Bradford Cox (frontman) …

DEERHUNTER
at First Avenue
Thursday, 10/20/16, 7pm ($20)
first-avenue.com

Skinnyman Bradford Cox and his band Deerhunter will once again take over First Avenue’s mainroom this October 20th.

Be sure to show up early to check out New Zealand’s Aldous Harding. She is touring in support of her debut self-titled album (available on Flying Nun).

Jock Gang is also on the bill.

Tour dates:

10/04 San Diego, CA Casbah
10/05 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater
10/06 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
10/07 San Jose, CA The Ritz
10/08 Portland, OR Dante’s
10/09 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
10/11 Missoula, MT Monk’s
10/12 Billings, MT Pub Station
10/13 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
10/15 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
10/16 St. Louis, MO Firebird
10/17 Chicago, IL Livewire Lounge
10/18 Chicago, IL Livewire Lounge
10/19 St Paul, MN Turf Club
10/21 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
10/22 Indianapolis, IN Radio Radio
10/25 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor
10/26 Durham, NC The Pinhook
10/27 Richmond, VA Strange Matter
10/28 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
10/29 Philadelphia, PA MilkBoy
10/31 New York, NY Knitting Factory
11/01 Albany, NY Low Beat
11/03 Pittsburgh, PA Cattivo
11/04 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
11/05 Ithaca, NY The Haunt
11/06 Rochester, NY Bug Jar
11/09 Boston, MA Middle East
11/10 Long Branch, NJ Brighton Bar

Read More Boy & Bear Boy & Bear is a band from Sydney, Australia. It started in 2009 as a solo project for singer/songwriter Dave Hosking, but eventually expanded into a full functioning band. . … Gentlemen Hall ‘Twas a chilly night last Wednesday in downtown Minneapolis as we crowded the Entry’s poky stage, warming our hands on the testosterone-fueled heat radiating from Boston pop outfit Gentlemen Hall. …

BOY & BEAR
at Triple Rock Social Club
Thursday, 10/20/16, 8pm ($18)
triplerocksocialclub.com

Australia’s Boy & Bear is back in the states... they will be headlining the Triple Rock Social Club this October 20th.

If you show up early, you’ll be in for a treat as former Gentlemen Hall singer and guitarist Cobi (aka Cobi Mike) will be opening the show. The coolest thing is that he’s actually originally from Minnesota.

We caught Gentlemen Hall in 2012 and wrote, “What happened instead was an hour-long attempt to not focus entirely on Michael, who proved himself a force to be reckoned with on stage, displaying the kind of physical zeal usually reserved for the beginning of tour not the end (also displaying the aforementioned tightest, reddest pants in all the land).”

Tour dates:

Oct 15 On Air Studio - Cleveland, OH
s Oct 17 The Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids, MI
Oct 18 Skully’s Music Diner - Columbus, OH
Oct 20 Triple Rock Social Club - Minneapolis, MN
Oct 22 The Garrick Centre - Winnipeg, MB
Oct 24 Broadway Theatre - Saskatoon, SK
Oct 25 The Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB
Oct 26 The Gateway - Calgary, AB
Oct 28 Sugar Nightclub - Victoria, BC
Oct 29 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
Oct 30 The Crocodile - Seattle, WA
Nov 1 GAHM - San Francisco, CA
Nov 2 Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA
Nov 3 The Irenic San Diego, CA

Read More Jamestown Revival Jamestown Revival- comprised of Texas based duo Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, are the next generation of Americana/Indie. They wrote their album UTAH in the mountains …

JAMESTOWN REVIVAL
at Turf Club
Thursday, 10/20/16, 7pm ($16)
turfclub.net

I’ll be honest, I’ve more than once confused Jamestown Revival with Brian Jonestown...

The Texas duo (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) will be in town promoting their second album The Education of A Wandering Man (Republic Records). They were last in town in 2014 when they were touring in support of their record Utah.

Jonny Fritz to open.

Tour dates:

10/17 Indianapolis, IN Hi-Fi
10/18 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House
10/19 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
10/20 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
10/22 Chicago, IL Park West
10/24 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
10/26 Washington, D.C. U Street
10/27 Philadelphia, PA World Café
10/28 Providence, RI Fete Lounge
10/29 Boston, MA Royale
10/30 Portland, ME Port City Music Hall
11/01 Nashville, TN Exit-In
11/03 Dallas, TX Kessler Theatre
11/04 Austin, TX Emos
11/05 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
11/10 Hollywood, CA El Rey

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Minneapolis: December 14 to December 15, 2015

Read More Deerhunter Atlanta-based indie punks Deerhunter are back on tour in promotion of their fifth studio album. Recorded entirely on an 8 track, Bradford Cox (frontman) … Atlas Sound I got this note that Atlas Sound is heading out on tour next week -- with Broadcast! Since we haven't written about Broadcast in, like, 2007, it's good to hear about them recently. Unfortunately, they're not …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from December 14 to December 15, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

DEERHUNTER
at First Avenue
Monday, 12/14/15, 7pm ($20)
first-avenue.com

SPIN Magazine's "Best Rock Band of Our Time", Deerhunter is coming to town with Atlas Sound on Monday, December 14th at First Avenue in Minneapolis.

Deerhunter is a four piece indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia who will be on the road promoting their new album Fading Frontier (4AD). Singer Bradford Cox has been known to take the stage in a sundress and covered in fake blood. Granted, it's no Gwar show but I am definitely anxious to see what they are like!

Atlas Sound will be opening this show along with majority of the rest of the tour. Atlas Sound is Cox's solo project. I am super excited to see what he is like in a solo setting versus a band setting all in one night!

Tour dates:

12/08/15 New York, NY Irving Plaza
12/09/15 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
12/10/15 Boston, MA Royale Nightclub Boston
12/12/15 Detroit, MI The Majestic Theatre
12/13/15 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
12/14/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
12/15/15 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
12/17/15 Columbus, OH Skully's Music Diner
01/08/16 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
01/09/16 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre

Read More Woody Allen It was a weekend in Minneapolis where Woody Allen could be found in multiple places- Allen’s latest star-packed film- the mystery drama, Irrational Man, had opened in theaters that Friday … Amélie Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain), is currently my favorite movie of all time. I've long loved Jean-Pierre Jeunet's previous movies (Alien: Resurrection, The City of Lost Children, and Delicatessen) …

GAD ELMALEH
at Cedar Cultural Center
Tuesday, 12/15/15, 7pm ($22/$25)
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The so-called "Ben Stiller of France" and the "Jerry Seinfeld of French Comedy", funnyman Gad Elmaleh is doing a rare English show at the Cedar on Tuesday, December 15th. Born in Casablanca, he speaks Moroccan Arabic, English, Hebrew, and French.

Voted "The Funniest Person in France", Elmaleh has appeared in several films, including Coco, The Valet (aka La Doublure) and Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen), and Priceless (aka Hors de prix)... the latter with Audrey Tautou (Amélie).

Details in French:

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Northampton (MA), le 10 décembre
Burlington (VT), le 11 décembre
Minneapolis (MN), le 15 décembre

Pour gagner 2 places VIP à l'une de ces dates il suffit d'envoyer un mail à gadus[a]gad-elmaleh.fr (merci de préciser la ville) !

Gad US Tour
Win 2 VIP tickets by sending an email to gadus[a]gad-elmaleh.fr

Read More Neon Indian Neon Indian is the brain child of Alan Palomo. A young man from Mexico who has lived as a Texan for most of his life. He came into the scene with the album Psychic Chasms. It hit the blogsphere ...

NEON INDIAN
at Oxford Art Factory (Sydney)
Tuesday, 12/15/15, 8pm ($38 AUD)
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I know, I know, this isn't taking place in Minneapolis... but we are covering it.

Neon Indian is currently touring in Australia, and will be stopping by Sydney's Oxford Art Factory next Tuesday. Yes, we already caught him on this current tour in support of Vega Intl. Night School in Minneapolis in October, but we are interested in seeing what his show is like down under.

Dance perpetrator KLP (LIVE), with fresh electronic talent Wishes, will open the show.

Additional details:

Following an unforgettable appearance this week performing ‘Annie’ on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Neon Indian’s world takeover continues with the glamorous new single ‘The Glitzy Hive’, the third cut off his unequivocally groovy comeback ‘VEGA INTL. Night School’ out today via Popfrenzy/Caroline Australia.

Accompanying the release is the announcement of additional Melbourne and Adelaide dates to his long-awaited Australian return. The godfather of chillwave will be among the first to christen brand new Adelaide venue Fat Controller, and will perform as part of 'Friday Nights' program at The National Gallery of Victoria. These dates join his highly anticipated Meredith and Disconnect festival appearances and Wollongong, Sydney and Brisbane sideshows, where dance perpetuator KLP will be delivering her stunning live support set.

Following the success of the singles ‘Annie’ and ‘Slumlord’, collectively clocking up more than half a million SoundCloud plays, ‘The Glitzy Hive’ is a bouncy dance-floor jam, ready just in time for summer. Lose yourself in the groove of the bass, rhythms, and washed-over vocals – the perfect blend of balmy sunsets and late night beats.

The follow-up to 2011’s 'Era Extraña', 'VEGA INTL. Night School' marks a period of aesthetic reinvention from Neon Indian. The album brims with diversity and elaborate songwriting – attributable to the variety of locations of its creation; a cabin aboard a cruise ship, DFA’s Plantain Studios in NY and Pure X’s Austin practice space, results in his most interesting work to date.

NEON INDIAN AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2015
PRESENTED BY POPFRENZY

10th Dec // Fat Controller – Adelaide
11th - 13th Dec // Disconnect Festival, WA
11th - 13th Dec // Meredith Music Festival, VIC
14th Dec // University of Wollongong – Wollongong
15th Dec // Oxford Art Factory – Sydney
16th Dec // The Foundry – Brisbane
18th Dec // Melbourne – National Gallery Of Victoria

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Deerhunter at the Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (09/09/13)

Tour Dates 09/16/13 Boston, MA Royale Nightclub Boston 09/17/13 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg 09/18/13 New York, NY Webster Hall 09/19/13 New York, NY Webster Hall 09/20/13 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer 09/21/13 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 09/22/13 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle 10/18/13 "SWN Festival" 11/06/13 London, United Kingdom Roundhouse 11/09/13 "Fun Fun Fun Fest" 11/16/13 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club 12/01/13 Tokyo, Japan Ebisu Garden Hall 12/03/13 Seoul, South Korea Rolling Hall Read More Deerhunter Atlanta-based indie punks Deerhunter are back on tour in promotion of their fifth studio album. Recorded entirely on an 8 track, Bradford Cox (frontman) …

Whether you love or hate Bradford Cox, or simply don't 'get' him, it's a well regarded fact that he makes fantastic music as the brains behind both bands Deerhunter and Atlas Sound. He and his full-time band Deerhunter played at the Fine Line last Monday evening to a nearly sold-out house. They were touring in support of 2013's Monomania.

It was a night full of bizarre stage antics by the aforementioned Cox, drawn-out instrumental drones at the ends of songs, and overall great musicianship. If you had gone to the show expecting each song to be executed exactly as they play out on each respective album, well, you would have been a little disappointed. Most songs would start out recognizable and could even be sung along to, but once it neared its "end", all hell would break loose in the form of delay, reverb and feedback until you had nearly forgotten what it had originally begun as. That said, there were some gems of the night, including "T.H.M.', 'Desire Lines' (featuring straightforward vocals and delivery by guitarist Lockett Pundt, as well as a triple-guitar attack full of awesome harmonies), 'Don't Cry', 'Agorophobia' and 'Revival'.

Bradford Cox didn't do too much talking between songs, save for a memory he recalled from the last time they played Minneapolis where he experienced an encounter with a racist person outside the venue, to requesting beer before starting a song, and mentioning they came from 'down South'. Deerhunter played through their extremely long and interesting set, ending with 'Monomania'. They left their equipment still rattling with feedback and came back for the encore, which included the songs 'Neon Junkyard' and 'Fluorescent Grey'.

It was during the encore where things got a bit weird, including Cox putting his hand down his pants doing who-knows-what and even stroking his mic stand in a very sexually evocative way. His onstage presence certainly proves he does not give one iota of care as to what people think of him; in fact, the more shocking, the better. Vocals became a lot less decipherable and morphed into screams and delay-heavy howls, as they band played the songs out as long and as necessarily repetitive for Cox to "do his thing" in the way of antics. Cox donned a black wig throughout most of their set and randomly tore it off during the middle of a song, which was slightly shocking. There was also a moment during the last encore song 'Fluorescent Grey' where Cox got close enough to the crowd where people were touching his guitar/body and a show-goer thought it a good idea to snatch his wig off from his head. Immediately after this, Cox slammed his guitar down, furiously jumped off the stage and into the crowd, reclaimed his wig and then continued on with the song.

Despite my initial shock and the overall odd feeling Cox gave me while watching him perform, Deerhunter puts on a live show that fans of the band, including those who can appreciate extended experimental displays of songs they love, should not miss. They have dumped all boring expectations of watching a band merely showcase their musical prowess in exchange for a rich, even if at times beyond eccentric, performance. They are on tour in the US only for another week, where they will head to Europe and even Japan and Australia until near the end of the year.

Deerhunter at the Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (09/09/13)

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Doe, a deer

Read More Deerhunter Deerhunter's Microcastle is one of those albums it took me a while to figure out how to actually review, which means it's a good thing they gave us an absurd amount of lead time on it …

DEERHUNTER
blogspot.com

Atlanta-based indie punks Deerhunter are back on tour in promotion of their fifth studio album.  Recorded entirely on an 8 track, Bradford Cox (frontman) known for putting on theatrical performances donning sundresses and fake blood describes the new album, Monomania, as “nocturnal garage” music.

Surely not a performance to be missed, check out one of Deerhunter’s many North American tour dates:

08/11: Richmond, VA @ Sound City Bands
08/22: Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Live
08/23: Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
08/24: Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest
08/25: Monterey, CA @ First City Festival
08/26: San Francisco, CA @ Great American
08/27: Sacramento, CA @ Hawlow’s
08/28: Acarta, CA @ Humboldt State
08/30: Vancouver, WA @ Rickshaw
08/31: Victoria, BC @ Sugar
09/02: Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot
09/04: Portland, OR @ MustFestNW
09/06: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban
09/07: Denver, CO @ Bluebird
09/09: Minneapolis, MN @ Fineline
09/10: Chicago, IL @ The Metro
09/11: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland
09/12: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert
09/13: Columbus, OH @ Skully’s
09/14: Detroit, MI @ Meadow Brook
09/16: Boston, MA @ Royale Nightclub
09/18: New York, NY @ Webster Hall
09/19: New York, NY @ Webster Hall
09/20: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
09/21: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
09/22: Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
11/09: Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/16: Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club

Read More Bradford Cox Bradford Cox, singer of Deerhunter, has a solo project: Atlas Sound. Based out of Atlanta, Georgia, this singer suffers from Marfan Syndrome (which is a genetic disorder "characterized by disproportionately long limbs …

LONNIE HOLLEY
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Lonnie Holley will be opening up for some select dates for Deerhunter & Bill Callahan, in support of his latest work called Keeping A Record Of It, coming out September 3, 2013.

Fans of Bradford Cox (singer from Deerhunter) should not be surprise to see Holley on tour because Cox guests on Keeping A Record Of It on "From the Other Side of the Pulpit" and the title track.

08/22 Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Live ^
08/23 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom ^
08/26 San Francisco, CA - Great American ^
08/27 Sacramento, CA - Harlows ^ #
08/28 Arcata, CA - Humboldt State ^
09/04 Portland, OR - Music Fest North West ^
09/07 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Festival
09/07 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Festival
10/03 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *
10/04 Providence, RI - Columbus Theater *
10/05 Boston, MA - The Sinclair *
10/06 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
10/08 Ithaca, NY - The Haunt *
10/09 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Lecture Hall *
10/10 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom *
10/11 Detroit, MI - Trinosophes *
10/17 & 10/18 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center

^ = w/ Deerhunter
* = w / Bill Callahan
# = w / Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks

DEER WIDOW
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The Deer Widow record release show just happened last Friday in Flint, Michigan, but don't let that stop you from picking up their debut 10", which will be available to the general public next week, August 10th on Save Your Generation.

The key thing about Deer Widow is that the band feature members, singer/guitarist Chris Thibodeau, drummer Jeff Buffmyer, and bassist Nick Mayberry, from various bands (Kid Brother Collective, Empty Orchestra, Dead by Sunday, Silence the Wake, The Conqueror Worm, Downers of the World Unite, and The Most Dangerous Animal), so you know they've been around the block.

Five-track listing was mixed and mastered by Marc Hudson.

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Deerhunter - Microcastle

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Nothing Ever Happened Deerhunter Tour Dates 10/31/08 Microcastle Record Release Show @ Variety Playhouse w/ Pylon, Jay Reatard, Times New Viking Atlanta, Georgia 11/01/08 Orange Peel w/ Times New Viking, Vera Fang Asheville, North Carolina 11/02/08 Cat’s Cradle w/ Times New Viking, Lake Inferior Carrboro, North Carolina 11/03/08 Ottobar w/ Times New Viking, AIDS Wolf Baltimore, Maryland 11/04/08 Black Cat w/ Times New Viking, Knyfe Hyts WASHINGTON, Washington DC 11/05/08 First Unitarian Church w/ Times New Viking, Knyfe Hyts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11/06/08 Terrace F. Club w/ Knyfe Hyts, Times New Viking Princeton, New Jersey 11/07/08 Music Hall Of Williamsburg w/ Times New Viking, Knyfe Hyts Brooklyn, New York 11/08/08 Bowery Ballroom w/ Times New Viking, Vivian Girls New York, New York 11/09/08 DCU Center w/ Nine Inch Nails Worcester, Massachusetts 11/10/08 Paradise w/ Times New Viking, Vivian Girls Boston, Massachusetts 11/11/08 Theatre Plaza w/ Times New Viking, Neighborhood Council Montreal, Quebec 11/12/08 Lee’s Palace w/ Times New Viking, Neighborhood Council Toronto, Ontario 11/13/08 Crofoot Ballroom w/ Times New Viking, Disappears Pontiac, Michigan 11/14/08Grog Shop w/ Times New Viking, Disappears Cleveland, Ohio 11/15/08 Metro w/ Times New Viking, Disappears Chicago, Illinois 11/16/08 High Noon Saloon w/ Times New Viking, Disappears Madison, Wisconsin 11/17/08 Triple Rock Social Club w/ Times New Viking, Disappears Minneapolis, Minnesota 11/20/08 Richards On Richards w/ Times New Viking, BARR Vancouver, British Columbia 11/21/08 Neumos w/ Times New Viking, BARR Seattle, Washington 11/22/08 Hawthorne Theatre w/ Times New Viking, BARR Portland, Oregon 11/24/08 Great American Music Hall w/ Times New Viking, BARR San Francisco, California 11/25/08 El Rey Theatre w/ Times New Viking, BARR Los Angeles, California 11/28/08Casbah w/ Nite Jewel, Times New Viking San Diego, California 11/29/08 Modified Arts w/ Times New Viking, Nite Jewel Phoenix, Arizona 12/01/08 Palladium Loft w/ Times New Viking, Nite Jewel Dallas, Texas 12/02/08 Emos Alternative Lounge Outside w/ Times New Viking, Nite Jewel Austin, Texas 12/03/08 Warehouse Live w/ Times New Viking, Nite Jewel Houston, Texas 12/04/08 Chelsea’s w/ Times New Viking, Nite Jewel Baton Rouge, Louisiana 12/05/08 One Eyed Jacks w/ Times New Viking, Nite Jewel New Orleans, Louisiana 12/0/08 Bottletree w/ Times New Viking, Nite Jewel Birmingham, Alabama Read More Atlas Sound http://weheartmus... Bradford Cox, singer of Deerhunter, has a solo project: Atlas Sound. Based out of Atlanta, Georg...

Microcastle is one of those albums it took me a while to figure out how to actually review, which means it's a good thing they gave us an absurd amount of lead time on it, and I've had it to listen to all summer (this thing has seriously been on my iPod for about the past two months or so). Deerhunter's last full-length, Cryptograms, explored noise and ambient music in a pop context, largely pushing the more pop tracks into the second LP. The vinyl edition came with the next EP, Fluorescent Grey, a largely pop affair, on the D-side, and they ran quite nicely into each other.

 

Microcastle picks up about where they left off and sort of comes back around full circle. After a short instrumental intro, they're in full-on pop song territory with “Agorophobia,” which might be one of the most explicitly sexual indie rock songs ever written. Blending a new wavey bass driven sound with sunny pop melodies seems to be what this album (or, at least, its A-side; I'll explain this shortly) is all about. “Never Stop” takes the pop element even farther, with a bigger guitar sound drenched in reverb and feedbacking all over the place with everything building into an ecstatic outro sort of reminiscent of The Arcade Fire, if they were too stoned to be excited about much. “Little Kids” slows things down a bit, drowns the vocals in reverb and lowers them in the mix, and then proceeds to drown everything else out into a strange noisy pop drone. The title track, “Microcastle,” seems like a strange contrast to this, with its sparse arrangement and relatively untouched (aside from a little reverb) vocal sound. It's not until the last minute or so the distortion kicks in and then the whole thing abruptly grinds to a halt. “Calvary Scars” is more a straight-up ambient thing that serves as a really nice lead-in to the Sigur Rós-styled piano of “Green Jacket,” a song that is almost staggering in both its sparse expansiveness and its brevity. The last third of this sandwich is “Activa,” which brings to mind the “swamp of noise” (because it sounds to me like someone writing songs around a bunch of sounds they recorded at some sketchy looking house in a swamp somewhere) sound of their last album. I get the feeling these tracks are probably intended to make the listener sort of uncomfortable in preparation for the album's first single, “Nothing Ever Happened” bringing the band back into full on pop song territory. This track is about as straight-up “indie rock” as these guys get. It reminds me a little bit of Yo La Tengo with its extended, sort of “jammy” instrumental outro, which takes up about half the time devoted to the song. “Saved by Old Times” is written around a bluesy guitar line and the actual song gives way to goofy samples of people yelling at each other incoherently played forward and backwards. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but the song itself is great and turns into a weird ambient post-punk thing at the end. The next track, “Neither of Us, Uncertainly,” is more an ambient thing with lots of reverb and a nice hypnotic melody. The outro leads into “Twilight at Carbon Lake,” which sort of reminds me of Built to Spill with its expansive sound and melancholy pop vocal melody, as well as its use of guitar interplay. Even Bradford Cox sort of channels Doug Martsch with his vocal style on this one. The biggest difference is that where Built to Spill would turn the song into an epic jam session, Deerhunter drowns it, bludgeons it, and destroys it with layers upon layer of guitars and feedback with equally majestic results.

 

So basically, this album is good. I like it about as much as I liked Cryptograms, but for different reasons. The last album was more about ambient strangeness. This album is pretty much the closest thing to a pop album they've written so far. It's really good and I recommend it highly.

 

These guys are headed out on tour with Times New Viking (who are also awesome in their own way). More info can be found at the band's MySpace page, and also at the blog where Bradford Cox posts a lot of song downloads, mostly for his other band, Atlas Sound.