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Dum Dum Girls w/ Ex Cops at Fine Line, Minneapolis (22 Oct 2014)

Dum Dum GIrls Setlist Too True Set Cult of Love Evil Blooms Rimbaud Eyes Are You Okay? Too True to Be Good In the Wake of You Lost Boys & Girls Club Little Minx Under These Hands Trouble Is My Name Girls Intuition Classics Set Trees and Flowers (Strawberry Switchblade cover) Wrong Feels Right Lord Knows Rest of Our Lives It Only Takes One Night I Got Nothing Bedroom Eyes Coming Down Ex Cops Setlist Black Soap Burnt out Love White Noise Tragically Alright Separator Rooms Read More Dum Dum Girls Dum Dum Girls - too cute and popular for this earth ... and CMJ (yet they played some shows). .… … Ex Cops Listed as opener is Ex Cops, who may be playing some tracks from their debut album and their forthcoming sophomore album Daggers (available November 11th on Downtown Records). …

Los Angeles' Dum Dum Girls are back in Minneapolis as part of their "Cult of Love" tour, in support of their third studio album Too True (Sub Pop). The main difference on this latest tour is that Dum Dum Girls are playing the entire Too True, from start to finish... but we'll get to that in a minute.

Ex Cops

Opener Ex Cops started the early show, playing a brief 35-minute set. When they first came on the stage, I turned to a friend of mine at the show and said, singer Amalie Bruun looks more like an "ex-model than an ex-cop"... and apparently I was right: the Danish singer previously worked as an actress and model for Chanel.

Ex Cops

All the songs on their set were previews from their forthcoming album Daggers (Downtown Records), with the only exception of "Separator" from their 2012 album True Hallucinations.

Things got off to a rock start on their first song, "Black Soap", as a sound feedback was introduced in the middle of the song. The rest of the set was smooth sailing. Highlight of their set was "Tragically Alright", a song that they co-wrote with Ariel Pink.

Setlist

When the Dum Dum Girls were in Minneapolis at the Triple Rock Social Club earlier this year on April 1st, they only did about half of Too True. Since it's only been six months, they decided to play the entire album live.... plus throwing in a b-side "Girls Intuition" (which incidentally appeared on the Japanese release).

With the entire album live and with new visuals via a movie projection with a custom 'DUM' film, the show felt more like an exclusive listening party. If you liked what you heard, then you can re-live that experience with their Sub Pop album.

The whole Too True set was only about 40 minutes, so there was a very brief intermission, as they geared up for the second half of their show - playing some classic songs, plus a cover of Strawberry Switchblade's "Trees and Flowers." The cover was so soothing and gentle that singer Dee Dee Penny had to comment that the audience was "hopefully not asleep."

Too True is out now, check out this album listening live show this tour:

Oct 23 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI *
Oct 24 - Metro - Chicago, IL *
Oct 25 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI *
Oct 26 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON *
Oct 28 - The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA *
Oct 30 - Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY *
Nov 01 - Black Cat - Washington, DC *
Nov 02 - The Southern - Charlottesville, VA *
Nov 03 - Kings - Raleigh, NC *
Nov 05 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA *
Nov 07 - Club Dada - Dallas, TX *
Nov 09 - Red 7 - Austin, TX *
Nov 11 - Sister - Albuquerque, NM *
Nov 12 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ *
Nov 13 - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ *
Nov 15 - Pappy and Harriets' - Pioneertown, CA *

* with Ex Cops

Dum Dum Girls at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (22 Oct 2014)

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Rocktober: October 20 - October 22, 2014

Here are shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul on October 20 - October 22, 2014.

Read More Anberlin From my balcony seat, Anberlin's set was lit incredibly dark, mostly in dark reds and blues. Photographing them was a nightmare because of poor lighting, and the fact that singer Stephen Christian .…

ANBERLIN
at Varsity Theater
Monday 10/20/14, 7pm
$20/$22: varsitytheater.org

If you have never seen Anberlin, this is your final chance to see the band. This is their final hurrah before they break up as a band.

We actually really like the band, having interviewed them (twice) and were lucky enough to caught them as support for Smashing Pumpkins.

Of course, since it's for the last time... the show is sold out.

Tour dates:

10/18/14 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
10/20/14 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
10/21/14 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
10/23/14 Austin, TX Emo's
10/24/14 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
10/25/14 Houston, TX House Of Blues
11/03/14 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
11/04/14 St. Louis, MO Ready Room
11/05/14 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
11/07/14 Silver Spring, MD Fillmore Silver Spring
11/08/14 Norfolk, VA NorVa
11/10/14 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
11/11/14 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of The Living Arts
11/12/14 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
11/13/14 New York, NY Irving Plaza
11/15/14 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of The Living Arts
11/16/14 New York, NY Irving Plaza
11/17/14 New York, NY The Gramercy Theatre
11/18/14 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
11/19/14 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
11/21/14 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
11/22/14 Atlanta, GA Center Stage Theater
11/24/14 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution
11/25/14 Saint Petersburg, FL Jannus Live
11/26/14 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues

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SUICIDEGIRLS
at Varsity Theater
Tuesday 10/21/14, 7pm
$25/$30: varsitytheater.org

Alt-hot girls from SuicideGirls are on tour, stopping by the Varsity Theater this Tuesday. If you've never heard of SuicideGirls, they are basically models, but not in the traditional beauty ... expect a lot of tattoos and piercings.

The show looks like a combination of dance routines (in Star War helmets) and some singing. It looks really fun.

Blackheart Burlesque Tour:

10/19/14 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom
10/21/14 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
10/24/14 White Plains, NY Westchester County
10/26/14 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
10/28/14 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room
10/29/14 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre
10/30/14 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
11/01/14 Portland, ME State Theatre
11/02/14 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
11/04/14 Columbus, OH A & R Music Bar
11/05/14 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony
11/06/14 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg
11/08/14 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
11/11/14 Richmond, VA The National
11/12/14 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
11/14/14 Saint Petersburg, FL State Theatre
11/15/14 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
11/16/14 Orlando, FL Plaza Live Orlando
11/18/14 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall
11/19/14 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
11/20/14 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
11/22/14 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
11/23/14 Houston, TX House Of Blues
12/02/14 Seattle, WA The Showbox
12/05/14 West Hollywood, CA House Of Blues

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DUM DUM GIRLS w/ Ex Cops
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Wednesday 10/22/14, 7pm
$15: finelinemusic.com

Dum Dum Girls are back in town, stopping by the Fine Line Music Cafe this Wednesday.

Listed as opener is Ex Cops, who may be playing some tracks from their debut album and their forthcoming sophomore album Daggers (available November 11th on Downtown Records).

Although the album is not out yet, the songs have been around since 2010, as Amalie Bruun, one half of the duo, explained, "I wrote the song in 2010 when I could not find silence anywhere and I went to extremes to feel/hear nothing, but no matter what I did I could not silence the voices in my head. So I had a white noise machine playing 24/7 around me to drown out everything."

Daggers was executively produced by icon Billy Corgan, produced by Justin Raisen (Sky Ferreira, Charli XCX, Kylie Minogue) and features co-written tracks with Ariel Pink. Fans who preorder the album on iTunes will receive an instant download of "White Noise" and previously released singles "Black Soap" and "Tragically Alright feat. Ariel Pink".

Tour dates:

Oct 17 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT *
Oct 19 - The Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO *
Oct 20 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE *
Oct 22 - Fine Line Music Cafe - Minneapolis, MN *
Oct 23 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI *
Oct 24 - Metro - Chicago, IL *
Oct 25 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI *
Oct 26 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON *
Oct 28 - The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA *
Oct 30 - Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY *
Nov 01 - Black Cat - Washington, DC *
Nov 02 - The Southern - Charlottesville, VA *
Nov 03 - Kings - Raleigh, NC *
Nov 05 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA *
Nov 07 - Club Dada - Dallas, TX *
Nov 09 - Red 7 - Austin, TX *
Nov 11 - Sister - Albuquerque, NM *
Nov 12 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ *
Nov 13 - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ *
Nov 15 - Pappy and Harriets' - Pioneertown, CA *

* with Ex Cops

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RUSSIAN RED w/ Babes
at Icehouse
Wednesday 10/22/14, 9:30pm
$10/$12: icehousempls.com

The Icehouse on Hennepin in Minneapolis is one of the most intimate venue in town. Russian Red will be stopping by this Wednesday in support of her latest Agent Cooper.

Opener Babes, a band consisting of singer/keyboardist Sarah Rayneof, with real-life brothers Aaron and Zach and figurative blood brothers Bryan Harris and Jeffrey Baird.

Tour dates:

10/16/14 San Francisco, CA Independent
10/17/14 Portland, OR Bunk Bar
10/18/14 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
10/19/14 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
10/22/14 Minneapolis, MN Icehouse
10/23/14 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
10/25/14 Montreal, QC La Vitrola
10/26/14 Boston, MA Church
10/28/14 New York, NY Marlin Room
10/29/14 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
10/30/14 Washington, DC DC9
10/31/14 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
11/01/14 Raleigh, NC Pour House Music Hall

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