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Minneapolis: May 1 to May 3, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from May 1 to May 3, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

The Japanese House at Fine Line Read More The Japanese House British singer Amber Bain, billed as The Japanese House is touring the U.S.A. (heading to SXSW 2017), in support of her third EP Swim Against The Tide. She is getting great buzz for ....

THE JAPANESE HOUSE
+ Art School Girlfriend
Fine Line Music Cafe
Wed 05/01/2019 (7pm/$18)
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The Japanese House (not to be confused with Japanese Breakfast) is coming back to the Minneapolis area, this time at the Fine Line Music Café on May 1st. We previously caught the Buckinghamshire singer at the now-defunct Triple Rock Social Club in Feb 2017 and said, “As previously mentioned, the band is really a stagename for solo artist Amber Bain, who released three EPs: Pools to Bathe In, Clean, and the latest Swim Against the Tide. Many of these tracks were produced by Bain and the 1975’s George Daniel.”

The Japanese House’s debut LP Good at Falling is out now on Dirty Hit/Interscope Records.

North Wales-born, London-based Art School Girlfriend (aka Polly Mackey) to open.

Tour dates:

4/29 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
4/30 - Milwaukee, WI - The Back Room
5/01 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
5/03 - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
5/04 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
5/05 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
5/07 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
5/08 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
5/09 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
5/11 - San Francisco, CA - August Hall
5/13 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda
5/14 - San Diego, CA - Voodoo Room
5/15 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
5/16 - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
5/18 - Austin, TX - The Parish
5/19 - Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Art Co
5/20 - Houston, TX - Bronze Peacock
5/21 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
5/23 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
5/24 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
5/25 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
5/26 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry
5/27 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
5/29 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Amphitheater*
5/30 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena*
5/31 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
6/01 - Montreal, QE - l'Astral
6/03 - Toronto, ON - Budweiser Stage*

* w/ The 1975

Other shows in the area:

Delicate Steve at 7th Street Strand of Oaks at Turf Club Superorganism at First Ave Griffin House at the Cedar Skating Polly at 7th Street Entry Read More Delicate Steve Oh Delicate Steve, where do I start? These dudes know how to rock. The guitar band from New Jersey played with the crowd literally last night in New Orleans at the Circle Bar. The last song, the band brought the entire.… Skating Polly Grrrl rockers Skating Polly will be in town next Wednesday, March 30th. The duo (Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse) was previously in town in in 2014 with White Fang. …

DELICATE STEVE
+ The Muckers
7th St Entry
Wed 05/01/2019 (7pm/$15)
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Instrumental band Delicate Steve is returning to the Minneapolis/St Paul area on May 1st, in support of their latest Till I Burn Up.

Show up early to check out The Muckers.

Tour dates:

4/27 – Toronto, ON – The Baby G
4/28 – Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch
4/30 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
5/1 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
5/2 – Davenport, IA – The Raccoon Motel
5/3 – Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern
5/4 – Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme
5/8 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
5/9 – Brooklyn, NY – Alphaville
5/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
5/11 – Washington DC – Songbyrd

STRAND OF OAKS
+ Apex Manor
Turf Club
Wed 05/01/2019 (7pm/$18)
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Strand of Oaks is back on tour… catch them at the Turf Club, with Apex Manor as opener, on May 1st.

Tour dates:

4/28 - The Bartlett - Spokane, WA
5/1 - Turf Club - Minneapolis, MN
5/2 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI
5/3 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL
5/4 - The Hi-Fi - Indianapolis, IN
5/6 - Beachland Tavern - Cleveland, OH
5/7 - Club Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA
5/8 - Sinclair - Boston, MA
5/9 - Music Hall - Brooklyn, NY
5/10 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
5/20 - Metropool - Hengelo, NL
5/21 - Blue Shell - Cologne, DE
5/23 - Loppen - Copenhagen, DK
5/24 - Privatclub - Berlin, DE
5/25 - TivoliVredenburg - Utrecht, NL
5/26 - TRIX - Antwerp, BELGIUM
5/27 - Omeara - London, UK
5/29 - Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, UK
5/31 - Whelan's - Dublin, IE
6/29 - Rock Werchter - Werchter, BE
6/30 - Halfway Festival - Bialystok, PL
9/1 - Into the Great Wide Open - Vlieland, NL
9/11 - Zanzabar - Louisville, KY
9/14 - Globe Hall - Denver, CO
9/20 - Back Room at Collectivo - Milwaukee, WI

SUPERORGANISM
+ Simpson
First Avenue
Thu 05/02/2019 (7pm/$20)
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London-based eight person collective Superorganism will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on May 2nd… a massive upgrade to their previous appearance at the 7th Street Entry.

Simpson (not to be confused with The Simpsons) to open.

Tour dates:

April 27-28 - Fort Worth, TX - Fortress Festival
April 30th - St. Louis, MO - Ready Room
May 1st - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
May 2nd - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
May 15th - Nashville, TN - Exit/In
May 17th - Gulf Shores, AL - Hangout Music Festival
May 18th - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
May 19th - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
May 21st - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
May 22nd - Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall
May 23rd - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall
May 25th - Boston, MA - Boston Calling Festival

GRIFFIN HOUSE
Cedar Cultural Center
Thu 05/02/2019 (7:30pm/$22)
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Nashville’s folky guitarist and singer Griffin House will be stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center, in support of his forthcoming album Rising Star (due out June 28th).

Tour dates:

April 27 - Chautauqua Community House - Boulder, CO
May 2 - Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MN
May 3 - Wisconsin Singer Songwriter Series - Mequon WI
May 4 - Seven Steps Up - Spring Lake, MI
May 9 - The Break Room - Chesterfield, MO
May 10 - City Winery - Chicago, IL
May 11 - The Break Room - Chesterfield, MO
June 1 - The Locks at Sona - Philadelphia, PA*
June 2 - City Winery Washington DC - Washington, DC*
June 4 - City Winery NYC - New York City, NY*
June 5 - City Winery Boston - Boston, MA*
June 6 - The Katharine Hepburn Cultural - Old Saybrook, CT*
June 7 - The Listening Room - Syracuse, NY*
June 9 - The Ward at Babeville - Buffalo, NY*
June 12 - The Ballroom at Thirty One West - Newark, OH*
June 13 - Springfield Arts Festival - Springfield, OH
June 14 - 20 Front Street - Orion Charter Township, MI
June 15 - G.A.R. Hall - Penninsula, OH

*Imaginary Friend Tour w/ Brian Elmquist of The Lone Bellow

SKATING POLLY
+ Monsterwatch, Strange Relations
7th St Entry
Fri 05/03/2019 (7:30pm/$12)
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Tacoma’s punk-rock sibling trio Skating Polly will be headlining the 7th Street Entry. Originally listed with Jo Passed… but it appears that local bands Monsterwatch and Strange Relations will open instead.

Tour dates:

4/27 @ Norman Music Festival in Norman, OK
4/30 @ The Record Bar in Kansas City, MO *
5/1 @ The Ready Room in St. Louis, MO *
5/2 @ Schuba’s in Chicago, IL *
5/3 @ 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis, MN *
5/4 @ 1867 Bar in Lincoln, NE *
5/5 @ Streets in Denver, CO *
5/7 @ Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor in Reno, NV
5/8 @ Ivy Room in Albany, CA
5/9 @ The Dip in Redding, CA
5/18 @ Bothell Block Party & Brew Fest in Bothell, WA

* w/ Jo Passed | # w/ Culture Abuse & The Interrupters

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Minneapolis: April 6 to April 9, 2017

Read More String Cheese Incident Other shows in the area: 04/03/17 OMNI with Brilliant Beast 04/05/17 String Cheese Incident will grace the Palace Theatre. …

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on April 6 to April 9, 2017. Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT
at Palace Theatre
Thursday 04/06/2017, 6:30pm ($49.95)
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Colorado’s The String Cheese Incident will be playing a double night at the new Palace Theatre in St Paul on April 5 and 6th. The band is touring in support of their seventh studio album Believe, out April 15th via SCI Fidelity Recordings.

The forthcoming record is from the band’s recently-opened Sound Lab Studio and was produced by Talking Heads keyboardist Jerry Harrison.

SCI Tour Dates

Apr 05 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
Apr 06 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
Apr 07 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre
Apr 08 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre
Apr 13 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
Apr 14 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
Apr 15 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
Jun 16 - 18 – Hunter, NY – Mountain Jam
Jun 22 - 25 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest
Jun 29 - Jul 02 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest
Jul 07 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amph
Jul 08 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amph
Jul 21 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks
Jul 22 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks
Jul 23 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks
Aug 04 - 06 – Princeton, BC – Element Music Fest
Aug 10 - 13 – Darrington, WA – Summer Meltdown
Aug 17 - 23 – Crook County, OR – Oregon Eclipse
Aug 24 - 27 – Arrington, VA – Lockn’ Festival

Read More The Psychedelic Furs The Psychedelic Furs, famously lead by the Butler brothers, Richard & Tim, broke up in the early 90s to form Love Spit Love. By 2001, the old gang got back together as The Psychedelic Furs. …

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
at First Avenue
Thursday 04/06/2017, 7pm ($25)
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English rock band The Psychedelic Furs is back in Minneapolis this Thursday, March 6th. We previously caught the Butler brothers (Richard & Tim) in 2013 and noted, “30+ years on, the frontman of legendary alt-rock group The Psychedelic Furs smiled and laughed as he twirled, crouched, and led his band through a joyous 90 min. set in First Avenue’s Mainroom Tuesday night. That obvious affection for what he does is infectious and enhances the overall appeal of seeing any act live; the Furs also no doubt helped by a healthy handful of time-honored radio classics that so many in the audience knew every word to.”

Robyn Hitchcock will be opening the show. The iconic singer is out promoting his 21st studio recording, but first-ever eponymous release. The new record is basically a re-introduction “Robyn Hitchcock” to a new audience. Hitchcock adds, “Think of me as a new act - I'm only 63. People always ask me, where should I start listening to your records? I'm a train with many carriages. I thought, I'll just make this record and if people like this one, then they'll probably like the others. If they don’t, it’s not worth them listening to any of them, really.”

Also on the bill, local DJ Jake Rudh of Transmission to play music videos as we wait for the band.

Tour Dates:

04/02 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues
04/04 - St. Louis, MO - Ready Room
04/06 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04/08 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
04/10 - Findlay, OH - Marathon Center
04/11 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
04/13 - Kent, OH - Kent Stage
04/14 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
04/15 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom

All dates with Robyn Hitchcock

Read More Sallie Ford Slap Back is the new Sallie Ford album, and it is available now via Vanguard Records. With Slap Back, it would seem it does not feature her old band (The Sound Outside), …

SALLIE FORD
at 7th Street Entry
Thursday 04/06/2017, 7pm ($12)
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Portland’s Sallie Ford is back at 7th Street Entry. Ford’s latest Soul Sick is described as “11 lean tunes are full of raucous, trebly guitars and a toughness imparted by Ford's raw voice.”

We haven’t written about Ford since 2014, so it’s good to see that she’s back on tour this year.

Molly Burch to open.

Tour Dates:

4/6/17 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
4/7/17 Chicago, IL Schubas
4/8/17 Ferndale, MI Loving Touch
4/9/17 Toronto, ON Horseshoe
4/11/17 Allston, MA Great Scott
4/12/17 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House
4/13/17 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
4/14/17 Washington, DC DC9
4/15/17 Charlottesville, VA The Southern
4/17/17 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
4/18/17 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
4/19/17 Nashville, TN Basement
4/21/17 Houston, TX White Oak
4/22/17 Dallas, TX Three Link
4/23/17 Austin, TX Stubb's
4/25/17 Albuquerque, NM Low Spirits
4/26/17 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
4/28/17 San Diego, CA The Casbah
4/29/17 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater
4/30/17 Oakland, CA Starline Social Club
6/1/17-6/4/17 Nelsonville, OH Nelsonville Music Festival

Read More Margo Price Margo Price's Midwest Farmer's Daughter is hard to describe. Oh, I can gloss it over: traditional country meets 70's folk/pop meets alternative country, underlaced ...

MARGO PRICE
at First Avenue
Saturday 04/08/2017, 8pm ($25)
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Margo Price is headlining First Avenue. Price was recently in the news for being the winner of the 2nd American Music Prize for her album Midwest Farmer’s Daughter (Third Man Records) in Nashville.

Colter Wall to open.

Tour Dates:

04/02/17 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre
04/04/17 Columbus, OH The Basement
04/05/17 Indianapolis, IN The Hi Fi
04/07/17 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
04/08/17 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
04/23/17 Tuck Fest
04/25/17 San Diego, CA Observatory North Park
04/27/17 Los Angeles, CA The Theatre
04/28/17 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
04/29/17 Stagecoach Country Music Fest
05/03/17 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
05/05/17 New Orleans Jazz
05/08/17 Portland, OR McMenamins
05/09/17 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
05/11/17 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
05/26/17 Country 500
06/11/17 Bonnaroo
06/17/17 Telluride Bluegrass Festival
07/07/17 Nashville, TN Ascend Amph
08/03/17 Duluth, MN AMSOIL Arena
08/05/17 Maryland Heights, MO Hollywood Casino
08/10/17 Hershey, PA GIANT Center
08/11/17 Burgettstown, PA KeyBank Pavilion
08/12/17 Camden, NJ BB&T Pavilion
08/17/17 Toronto, ON Ontario Place
08/18/17 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom
08/19/17 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music
08/25/17 Gilford, NH Bank Of NH Pavilion
08/27/17 Lockn' Festival
10/06/17 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
10/07/17 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
10/26/17 Buffalo, NY KeyBank Center
10/27/17 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center

Read More Delicate Steve Oh Delicate Steve, where do I start? These dudes know how to rock. The guitar band from New Jersey played with the crowd literally last night in New Orleans at the Circle Bar. The last song, the band brought the entire.…

DELICATE STEVE
at 7th Street Entry
Saturday 04/08/2017, 8pm ($12)
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Delicate Steve is back at 7th Street Entry. Delicate Steve’s Anti- Record’s debut album This is Steve (and their first album in four years) is out now.

The last time we saw Delicate Steve, it was in 2012, and we wrote, “Oh Delicate Steve, where do I start? These dudes know how to rock. The guitar band from New Jersey played with the crowd literally last night in New Orleans at the Circle Bar. The last song, the band brought the entire to pack the tiny stage and rock the night away to the crowd favorite "Butterfly". It gets you in that mood of running and jumping in the air at the same time with cowbells and tambourines.”

Double Grave (formerly known as Ego Death) and Waldemar to open.

Tour Dates:

4/1 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
4/2 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
4/4 Las Vegas, NV @ The Bunkhouse
4/6 Denver, CO @ Moe’s
4/7 Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
4/8 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
4/9 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
4/10 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café
7/15 RBC Bluesfest

Read More Elephant Revival Colorado's Elephant Revival and the Lowest Pair are currently heading down to "Boats & Bluegrass Festival" and "Maximum Ames Music Festival" in late September, but before stopped … 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. … Tift Merritt The Time called Tift Merritt's voice as "achingly beautiful country-tinged tunes hark back to the musical work of Joni Mitchell, Mary Chapin Car … Sweet Spirit Austin's Sweet Spirit is currently on tour in support of their new self-titled EP (Nine Mile Records), available now on bandcamp.com. … Bruise Violet We will be having our release show on the 13th at the 7th Street Entry with our best friends, Rupert Angeleyes, Real Numbers and Bruise Violet. …

Other shows in the area:

04/06/17 Liz Vice will be headlining Cedar Cultural Center. Eric Mayson to open.

04/06/17 The Deap Vally ladies will be playing the Icehouse with Birthday Suits. Please note that these Icehouse shows starts at 11:30pm.

04/07/17 The Ferdy Mayne will be playing the Reverie Cafe & Bar. Its single constant member Shane O’Malley Firek was going through a massive change by giving up drinking: “Before my sobriety, I was completely insane, in and out of jail, losing friends and putting myself in considerable debt. I quit drinking around the time I began to perform in New York, and I’ve been sober a little over three years now.” Joining Firek in The Ferdy Mayne band will be Nick Zomparelli on Lead Guitar (Duane The Jet Black Eel, NODATA, Daughters Of Eternity), Nick Rapley on Drums (Ben Clark and The Long Shadows), and David Van Witt on Bass (Sidewalk Dave, Hnry Flwr).

04/07/17 Local riot grrrls Bruise Violet is having their Trophy Wife EP show this night. Show up early to check out other local bands, Catbath, Sass, and Joe Davis and the Poetic Diaspora. $5 gets you in the door.

04/07/17 Elephant Revival will be headlining First Avenue. Dead Horses to open.

04/08/17 Michigan-based psychedelic pop septet Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers will be headlining the Triple Rock Social Club this Saturday. The band recently released their record Pluto on BaebleMusic.

04/08/17 Grammy Award-nominated artist Tift Merritt is touring in support of her new record Stitch of the World (Yep Roc Records). Merritt will be headlining the Cedar Cultural Center with The Suitcase Junket.

04/09/17 Austin locals Sweet Spirit (members of A Giant Dog) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Sunday in support of their sophomore record St. Mojo (out April 7 via Nine Mile Records). Judging by their 8-member photo, we have to wonder how they will all fit on the tiny 7th Street Entry stage.... General B And The Wiz to open. Also worth noting: seeing as they are friends with Har Mar Superstar by their photos, I would bet to find him at this show.

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Triple Rocks at the Triple Rock: San Cisco, Saint Rich, and Two Cow Garage

Read More San Cisco No encores were played, but that's just as well, because, let's be honest, there's no way they can top "Awkward". It's better to end on a high note. Still, that didn't stop the fans from screaming out "One more song!" chants. …

SAN CISCO
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Sure, San Cisco's been coming to Minneapolis for the one hundred times, but that doesn't mean we're tired of them! In fact, it should be fun to see them again as they stop by the Triple Rock Social Club with Smallpools tomorrow!

And if you were wondering, yes, their self-titled debut album is finally available in the U.S. via RCA Records!

Check out their cover of Daft Punk's "Lucky" on YouTube

Tour dates:

07/31 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock*
08/02 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08/03 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08/04 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08/06 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
08/09 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
08/12 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's*
08/13 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex*

* with Smallpools

SAINT RICH
saintrich.com

Merge Records will be releasing Saint Rich's debut album, Beyond the Drone, on October 1st! The band consists of a musical partnership of Delicate Steve bandmates Christian Peslak and Steve Marion… and you can expect their music to sound "beyond drone"?

I guess you should check out their new song, "Officer", streaming on SoundCloud now:



Christian and Steve will be heading out on tour this September (kicking it all off at Minneapolis' Triple Rock) with Wild Belle:

09/13 Minneapolis, MN — Triple Rock Social Club
09/14 Omaha, NE — Waiting Room
09/16 Denver, CO — Bluebird Theater
09/18 Salt Lake City, UT — Urban Lounge
09/19 Boise, ID — Neurolux
09/21 Seattle, WA — Crocodile
09/22 Vancouver, BC — Fortune Sound Club
09/24 Portland, OR — Doug Fir
09/27 Pioneertown, CA — Pappy & Harriet's
09/28 Los Angeles, CA — Echoplex
09/30 Tucson, AZ — Club Congress
10/03 Dallas, TX — HOB – Cambridge Room
10/07 Philadelphia, PA — First Unitarian Church
10/08 New York, NY — Bowery Ballroom
10/09 Boston, MA — Paradise
10/22 Washington, DC — U Street Music Hall
10/23 Pittsburgh, PA — Rex Theater
10/26 Chicago, IL — Metro

TWO COW GARAGE
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Leading up to their September 10th release for The Death of the Self-Preservation Society on Last Chance Records (their first album since 2010's Sweet Saint Me thanks to their indiegogo crowd-funding campaign), Columbus' Two Cow Garage will hit the road on their U.S. tour.

The band's front man Micah Schnabel talk about recording of the new album: "We've recorded there a few times and we have just fallen in love with it. We sleep in the old farm house and wake up every morning to go out and record all day and night. The studio is actually up in what would be the hayloft and it overlooks the farm. It's just a great place to be locked away and not have the distractions of every day life."

Additional cities will be to be added to the tour soon, in the meantime, here are the confirmed dates:

08/02: Weberfest - Kokomo, IN
08/03: Rumba - Columbus, OH
08/09: Main Street - Toledo, OH
08/24: Ace of Cups - Columbus, OH
10/10: Southgate House Revival - Cincinnati, OH
10/11: Reggie’s Music Joint - Chicago, IL
10/12: Club Girabaldi - Milwaukee, WI
10/14: Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN
10/15: Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
10/17: Triple Nickel - Colorado Springs, CO
10/18: Hodi’s - Ft Collins, CO
10/21: Burt’s Tiki Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
10/26: Dante’s - Portland, OR

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Triple Steves

Read More Delicate Steve Oh Delicate Steve, where do I start? These dudes know how to rock. The guitar band from New Jersey played with the crowd literally last night in New Orleans at the Circle Bar. The last song, the band brought the entire.…

DELICATE STEVE
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Round 2. Boys and Girls for the Guitar Marathon. Who wants to see an amazing indie band in a tiny place called the Circle Bar? Yea I know Buku fest is going on but trust me this band is way better then any of those DJ's! Delicate Steve makes another pit stop in the Big Easy! These guys are more that just a guitar/instrumental band. They play funk, reggae, and blend plenty of synth and vocal sound effects to their set.

Delicate Steve has earned it's mark and deserves to try the big stage at outdoor festivals, to see if they can match the sound and become a dominant jam band at the big stage. Steve Marion and crew are currently touring in support of their 2012 release "Positive Force".

Delicate Steve's upcoming tour dates along with SXSW.

03-06 Raleigh, NC - Kings Barcade ~
03-07 Savannah, GA - Savannah Stopover
03-08 New Orleans, LA - Circle Bar
03-09 Houston, TX - Rice University
03-10 Denton, TX - 35 Denton $
03-11-03-17 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-18 Santa Fe, NM - M&J Santa Fe Sol
03-21 Boise, ID - Treefort Music Festival
03-22 Boise, ID - Treefort Music Festival #
03-23 Denver, CO - Hi Dive
03-24 Omaha, NE - Slowdown @
03-25 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
04-04 Amherst, MA - University of Massachusetts Amherst ^

STEVE MASON stevemasontheartist.com Scottish recording artist Steve Mason announced his new album, Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time, to be released on April 9th via Double Six Records (although Amazon is listing this will be out on Domino Records). The title comes from the Buddhist term for an easily distracted brain.

STEVEN A CLARK stevenaclark.com SPIN Magazine named Steven A. Clark's music a "Most Impressive Releases". Clark recently collaborated with Weathervane Music for his brand new track, "Bounty", for the Shaking Through documentary series. You can watch it online at shakingthrough.com.

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Delicate Steve at Circle Bar, New Orleans (11/29/12)

Read More Delicate Steve Guitar legends Delicate Steve are wrapping up the final leg of their US tour. In support of their summer release "Positive Force".....

DELICATE STEVE @ CIRCLE BAR, NEW ORLEANS
Openers were Rareluth and Aerial Attack.

Aerial Attack hales from Nawlings mixes trumpet and steady guitars to perform some beautiful tunes. Very young band, my guess is there a bunch of cool music students from Loyala or Tulane. Rareluth is based out of Lafayette, and is led by the charming Christine Peirce. On record, she sounds like Emily Haines, of Metric, but live, she hits high notes like Florence + the Machine.

Oh Delicate Steve, where do I start? These dudes know how to rock. The guitar band from New Jersey played with the crowd literally last night in New Orleans at the Circle Bar. The last song, the band brought the entire to pack the tiny stage and rock the night away to the crowd favorite "Butterfly". It gets you in that mood of running and jumping in the air at the same time with cowbells and tambourines. "Afria Talks to You", "Wally Wilder", "Redeemer" were instant classics starting the set. Nothing topped "Tallest Heights", with the Caribbean style drums, electronic guitars flares, and the built up synth and bass had everybody hands waving in the air.

I also got to talk to Steve before the set and said he enjoyed touring with Ra Ra Riot and the bands looking forward to going home for the holidays and start writing/recording the next album. Looking forward to see how this band evolve after releasing their sophomore album this year entitled Positive Force. In 2011 they released Wondervisions, there are a few tracks where these guys sound similar to local natives but for the most part Delicate Steve carries on a style different than any band out there today.

Delicate Steve at Circle Bar, New Orleans (11/29/12)

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It came from Luaka Bop

Read More Cornershop IBack in 1993, I first heard about Cornershop doing some sort of protest against Morrissey for his song "Asian Rut". This was really uncall for, because if you listen to the lyrics carefully, Morrissey is singing about an Asian ....

CORNERSHOP
cornershop.com

Luaka Pop alumni Cornershop recently announced their new Singhles Club series: six tracks for £6. I did listen to the preview song, it's a Christmas song.

"Every Year So Different" is the first 'Singhles' single, as Ben & Tjinder (the two main band members in Cornershop) explained, "Forget Santa, we will personally deliver the tracks direct to your inbox at regular fortnightly intervals … Actually, let’s not forget Santa.....Cornershop have collaborated with the much favoured, up and coming Trwbador, to create the first Singhle 'Every Year So Different' - set yourself up with all the wholesome goodness you need for the year ahead: please listen & share."

Cornershop with Ample Play's Singhles Club launches next week, December 3rd. Use code AMPLA7 to get 10% some stuff. You're welcome.

PS, We last saw Cornershop with their cleverly titled Urban Turban on this year's free downloads.

-- Vu  

Read More Delicate Steve It’s taken a little while but Delicate Steve is back with a brand new album set for release on the 15th May on the “Luaka Bop” record label which is run by Talking Head’s front man extraordinaire David Byrne. ....

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Guitar legends Delicate Steve are wrapping up the final leg of their US tour. In support of their summer release "Positive Force", these guys have been touring with the likes of Yeasayer and Tune-Yards. The most interesting part of their story is how they streamed their album. Different bands from the label released a individual song off the release and just posted the stream link on their Facebook page. I think that's a brilliant idea for label mates to work together and share other music. The bands that released Delicate Steve tracks were Ra Ra Riot, Givers, Yellow Ostrich, Yeasayer, Fang Island, Akron/Family, Javelin, Tune-Yards, and Wild Belle.

I was lucky enough to catch Delicate Steve in San Antonio back in 2010 open for Ra Ra Riot. Love the guitar instrumentals morphed into a "Local Natives" type set. If you haven't heard Delicate Steve's current release "Positive Force", it will blow you away like Tame Impala did to our very own writer Jess and many rabid fans.

I can't wait to see these guys play in New Orleans at the tiny Circle Bar, which reminds me of Batman's cave. Last time I was there the band Exitmusic walked out displeased with the sound quality.

Delicate Steve up coming tour dates:

11/25/12 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
11/26/12 Tucson, AZ - Plush
11/28/12 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
11/29/12 New Orleans, LA - Circle Bar
12/01/12 Charlottesville, VA - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
12/02/12 Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Mausoleum Of Contemporary Art
12/08/12 New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre

-- Brody  

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Khaira Arby and Delicate Steve at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (7/13/11)

Tour Dates 07/15/11 Grass Valley, CA - WorldFest 07/16/11 SF, CA - Grand Ballroom 07/20/11 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo 07/22/11 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress 07/24/11 Denver, CO - Underground 07/27/11 Co Springs, CO - Armstrong Quad Read More Khaira Arby Khaira Arby and Her Band is from Mali (West Africa), and have just received Mali's highest musical honor, 2011 Tamani D'Or Award. Khaira Arby and Her Band has been wowing audiences with their appearances at SXSW.

The Cedar Cultural Center is really the only venue in its class that constantly promote and encourage World Music and make it affordable for everyday people. This year's West Africa West Bank concert series has been pretty amazing so far, with acts like Tinariwen having just came through town. From the looks of things, Khaira Arby will be the last West Africa West Bank band until September, when we see Vieux Farka Touré (Sep 11) and Ballaké Sissoko (Sep 20).

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Opening band for Khaira Arby was Delicate Steve, who I couldn't wrap my head around an all-instrumental spacey surf band playing with this Africana-rock sound of Khaira Arby and Her Band. But as I watch Steve and his band play, I realized that Steve's music fits perfectly with Arby's band.

During one of Delicate Steve's songs (maybe "Z Expression"?), he had Arby's band come on stage to help play the song. Steve would later return the favor by coming on stage for Khaira Arby on three songs.

Please refer to the setlist if you were curious what was played.

Khaira Arby and Her Band came on stage dressed in traditional loose-fitting Mali garb with head covering. Even before Arby came on stage, the sound check was pretty awesome, so everyone knew we were in for a treat.

So, the first thing that hits you when Khaira Arby sings is that she has an amazing voice. It's loud and it's powerful. Singing style, for some reason, I found it to sound very similar to Indian (East Asia), but sung in French and Bambara.

The instruments played were the traditional guitars, bass, and drums, except that they also had a calabash on stage. A calabash is actually a fruit that, when hollowed out and dried, are used as drinking canteens (as seen in old Chinese movies) or used as a percussion instrument. The one on stage was cut in half, with a microphone under the dome, and it produces a loud thumping sound or click-a-dee sound when tapped with sticks.

They ended their set with an extra long song that introduces everyone on stage. You can tell the band was already wrapping things up and ready to call it a night, but the audience was asking for one more song. So Arby indulged us with one last song.

Khaira Arby's latest album is called Timbuktu Tarab, and is out now. She is wrapping up her tour on the West coast this week.

Khaira Arby at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (07/13/11)

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