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The Church at Fine Line, Minneapolis (23 Mar 2023)

The Church Setlist Ascendence Destination Metropolis Columbus No Other You Kings Is This Where You Live The Hypnogogue Hotel Womb Antarctica Old Coast Road (acoustic) Albert Ross Fly One Day Comedown C'est la vie Under the Milky Way Grind Tantalized Second Bridge -- Encore -- Reptile You Took Read More The Church Australia’s The Church is back in the city. The last time we saw them at the Cedar in 2015 we noted, “The show was performed as one long set, versus the two separate sets done …

Australia’s rock band The Church stopped by the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, last night, to play tracks from their new album The Hypnogogue (Communicating Vessels).

Transmission’s DJ Jake Rudh played a variety of British 60s music videos before the band came on stage. Fans at the show were, of course, on the older scale… who had fun trying to guess the band on the screen (Rolling Stones, Monkees, David Bowie, etc.) The odd-band out seemed to be Chromatics.

When The Church came on stage to an introduction background music, they were greeted with a huge applause. The band proceeded to playing a two plus hour set. This band didn’t need a warm-up band, because they had 18 albums worth of music to choose from.

I first heard of the band on Dave Kendall’s 120 Minutes on MTV. He was a Church fan and played “Ripple”, which had become my favorite Church song. By that time, in 1992, the band was already an “old” band.

So, yes, the band’s been around, with many rotating band members… but the one constant is lead singer and bassist Steve Kilbey. Currently the band features Kilbey, Brisbane’s Ian Haug on lead guitars, Melbourne’s Ashley Naylore on guitars, Birmingham (USA) Jeffrey Cain on keys, and Camden (New South Wales) Nicholas Meredith on drums (who is subbing for regular Church drummer Tim Powles - who had VISA issues).

Kilbey seemed pretty pleased with the new drummer and even joked that when they return back to Australia, that the Church will be a double drums band!

Kilbey also seemed more jaded (but jokingly) since the last time we saw him 2018. It’s fun, the audience loved it.

Since the tour is to promote The Hypnogogue, most of the new songs had introduction from Kilbey, who described it as somewhat of a Sci-Fi story from the future… about a place called The Hypnogogue. Some songs had characters from Hypnogogue, like about a Korean scientists called Sun Kim Jong, who invented a song extraction machine. From what we heard live, the Hypnogogue seems like a weird place that only Kilbey could bring to life.

Of course, as you know most fans were there for the “hits”, meaning “Metropolis” and “Under the Milky Way” were really well received. For Milky Way, Kilbey introduced it, “Ladies and gentlemen, this next song needs no introduction. Should have no f***ing introduction. Should just be played, and that’s that. Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, here is that song, that you want to hear.”

Yes, of course, that is the song everyone wanted to hear. “Under the Milky Way” is the band’s signature song. The song was #24 on the USA Billboard charts and was massive in 1989. It’s a great song, and we were reminded how good it is, when you hear it on the cult film Donnie Darko.

Remaining Tour Dates

Mar 25 St Louis, MO Delmar Hall
Mar 26 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
Mar 28 Kent, OH Kent Stage
Mar 29 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
Mar 30 New York, NY Gramercy Theater
Mar 31 Boston, MA The Sinclair
Apr 1 Hartford, CT Infinity Hall
Apr 3 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes
Apr 4 Alexandria, VA Birchmere Music Hall
Apr 5 Norfolk VA The Norva
Apr 6 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
Apr 8 Pelham, TN The Caverns

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The Church at Fine Line, Minneapolis (23 Mar 2023)

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Jessie Murph at Fine Line (03/12/02023)

Tour Dates Mar 14 Denver, CO, US Bluebird Theater Mar 16 Dallas, TX, US Cambridge Room Mar 17 Houston, TX, US Bronze Peacock Room Mar 19 Phoenix, AZ, US Valley Bar Mar 21 San Francisco, CA, US Great American Music Hall Mar 23 West Hollywood, CA, US The Roxy Theatre Mar 24 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Echo Mar 25 Anaheim, CA, US The Parish Mar 27 Santa Fe, NM, US Meow Wolf Mar 29 Kansas City, MO, US The Truman Mar 31 St Louis, MO, US Delmar Hall Apr 1 Indianapolis, IN, US Old National Centre Apr 7 Huntsville, AL, US Mars Music Hall May 5 Concord, NC, US Breakaway Music Festival May 19 Gulf Shores, AL, US Hangout Music Festival Read More Jessie Murph Alternative/pop 18-year-old singer artist Jessie Murph (not to be confused with Jessie Murphy) will be heading out on her first ever North American tour in support of her debut mixtape. It is set to release February 10th …

I read a review of Jessie Murph’s sold out show at The Basement East in Nashville. It seems there were not enough tickets even for those who traveled seven hours to see her. For the Fine Line show I decided to show up early, but an hour before wasn’t nearly enough as the line snaked around the corner. Needless to say the venue was packed before I got through the doors.

Jessie Murph is only eighteen and already has record contract with Columbia records and a global stream of 115 million for her hit song “Always Been You.” She maybe young and petite, but as she said in an interview with Flaunt Magazine: “I’m an old soul for sure. And determined, very determined.”

Jessie’s older brother, Garrett Murph, opened the evening with a set on his acoustic guitar. I imagine he’s not much older than his sibling but his songs consisted of mix of blues and country ballads as if he were sitting on the front porch, having a few beers while playing the guitar with a subtle touch and a laid-back croon of a much older musician.

Garrett told a nice story – a memory really – of him and Jessie in their grandmother’s bathroom. He remembered the ceilings being really high; he remembered playing the ukulele because his fingers were still too small to fret a guitar, and he remembered sitting on the tub was his sister singing away.

Jessie Murph has a powerful and dynamic voice, but what is surprising is the frank and sometimes explicit lyrics. Should it be, she has asked? After all, male rappers can lace their lyrics with profanity? Why not a high school girl from a small town in Alabama?

Jessie is making a maiden tour with her debut album Drowning. On the cover is Jessie behind a fishbowl with one omniscient eye looking at those who are looking at her as if to say: “I can see right through you.”

When Jessie took the stage all the phones were out to record “I Would’ve” followed by “Drunk in the Bathtub” and “About You” a song that exemplifies how a woman done wrong is not going to sit back and take it.

You could tell that Jessie’s music carried deep affection with the mostly female audience as they sang along to “While You’re At It” and “If I Died Last Night.” They even persuaded Jessie to sing a song that wasn’t even on the setlist “Sobriety” for they wanted to sing some more.

Jessie then had the main lights turned up and then switched into Oprah by asking by a show of hands how many in the audience did damage to their boyfriend’s cars after “… their boyfriends did them dirt.”

Then the audience became the participants as Jessie went throughout the crowd to hear some outrageous and hilarious tales. It was a bonding moment between the singer and her fans which surely guaranteed they will be there again when Jessie returns.

Note: Original opener on the bill, Charlieonnafriday, did not appear. No reasons were given.

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Jessie Murph at Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis (12 Mar 2023)

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The Rural Alberta Advantage at Fine Line (2/25/2023)

02/25 The Rural Alberta Advantage with Georgia Harmer at Fine Line RAA Setlist Photo of Setlist CANDU Bad Luck Again Don't Haunt This Place Beacon Hill AB Bride Four Night Rider Tornado '87 Vulcan, AB Drain the Blood Stamp 10ft Tall (Nils Solo) Lifetime White Lights 3 Sisters Edmonton Plague Dogs Frank, AB Brother Terrified -- Encore -- Alright New Song The Dethbridge in Lethbridge Georgia Harmer Setlist Photo of Setlist Talamanca Austin Headrush Homes Hazel Strongest Person All in My Mind Top Down Read More The Rural Alberta Advantage Acclaimed percussive folk-rock trio The Rural Alberta Advantage will be headlining the Fine Line on May 28th, in support of their new EP, The Rise (Saddle Creek/Paper Bag Records). … Georgia Harmer Georgia Harmer was next. The Canadian is touring in support of her debut album Stay In Touch (Arts & Crafts). Although it’s her first album, she’s been creating music and songs since birth. She’s from a musical family …

The frozen, snowy streets of downtown Minneapolis might as well have been a welcome mat for the Toronto-based musicians that played at the Fine Line on Saturday night.

“Wow, there are so many of you,” remarked Georgia Harmer as she looked into the crowd.

She was somewhat taken aback as the Fine Line was at capacity by time she settled into her opening set.

Although new on the scene, she has spent her whole life around music and musicians with her aunt being Canadian singer-songwriter, Sarah Harmer, and her dad being Gord Tough, guitarist for Sarah Harmer and Kathleen Edwards.

Focusing on songs from her debut album Stay in Touch, she only brought along one member from her band, Dylan Burchell on guitar, as they both kept any musical flourishes subdued and nuanced to maintain the focus on Harmer’s lyrics and airy voice.

With the low lighting and singing above a whisper, the audience remained so in tune with the performance, Harmer thanked everyone for keeping any talking to a minimum.

Based on the audiences’ reception she may have already developed a loyal fan base, much like the band that next took the stage.

The Rural Alberta Advantage (RAA) is a mouthful, a name lifted from an email from lead singer Nils Edenloff’s brother who wrote that he was planning to explore “the rural Alberta advantage” on a trip back home to expansive Canadian prairie.

RAA is out on tour promoting their latest EP The Rise. We Heart caught RAA on tour with their debut album Hometowns in September of 2009 at Seventh Street Entry. Even then, there was a loyal following. “The audience is a little older,” wrote Vu. “Beards, button shirts and beer drinkers.”

The audience on Saturday night still skewed towards the three B’s and they were rewarded with a show that can best be described as thunderous. It may be indie folk music but it is charged by Edenloff’s passionate lyrics and infused with a kinetic energy generated by Paul Banwatt on drums and Amy Cole who played everything from keyboards and a foot-pedal Moog to drums, tambourines, maracas, all while providing backup vocals and dancing around the stage through songs like “Beacon”, “Tornado” and “Vulcan”.

RAA took a midway pause to let Edenloff play a song that he wrote called “10ft Tall”. It is a song that he wrote at home during the pandemic with his soon-to-be wife his only muse, critic, cheerleader and eventual fan:

But I was there tucked in your head
Tallying the days singing songs you forget
When you're finally awake and I'm not tall

A highlight of the evening was a new song that just dropped: “Plague Dogs” an epic interpretation of the same named novel by Richard Adams, the English writer best known for Watership Down.

Plague Dogs the novel is about two dogs escaping a government research facility.

“Plague Dogs” the song is how the world can turn into a dog-eat-dog world.

Even though their songs sometimes steered into bleak landscapes, both Edenloff and Cole took time between songs to thank the crowd for coming to their show. “It has been a really long time since we been here,” said Cole. And through the upheaval and isolation, they were grateful that people were still willing to trudge through the ice and snow to come see them play live music.

Based on the crowd’s reaction it was no trouble at all.

Remaining tour dates:

02/26 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
02/28 – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
03/02 – Kansas City, MO @ recordBar
03/03 – St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House
03/04 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
03/22 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
03/23 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
03/24 – Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
03/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
03/27 – Washington DC @ Songbyrd
03/28 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
03/29 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
03/31 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
04/01 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
04/02 – London, ON @ Rum Runners

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The Rural Alberta Advantage at Fine Line, Minneapolis (25 Feb 2023)

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Claire Rosinkranz with DWLLRS and mehro at Fine Line (02/03/2023)

Claire Rosinkranz Setlist Backyard Boy i h8 that i still feel bad for u sad in hawaii dreamer pools and palm trees never goes away 123 i'm too pretty for this polarized don't miss me wes anderson banksy screw time Boy in a Billion Frankenstein medley with Lovefool by the Cardigans swinging at the stars mehro Setlist Pirate Song Can’t You Talk to Me Whore Chance with You Read More Claire Rosinkranz Following her first ever sold-out headline tour this Fall, 17-year-old Southern California singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Claire Rosinkranz announces the dates for her 2022 …

An all-age show sold out for the Claire Rosinkranz show at the Fine Line; a frozen line of concert goers waiting to get into the venue as a mother left the warm comfort of her parked SUV to offer her coat to her daughter who was hopping and jumping to fight off hypothermia. Some parents kept a little closer, staking claim to the tables that ringed the second tier of the venue with easy access to the bar.

It was a large crowd, an animated crowd, probably the most excitement I had seen for some time. The audience of mostly teenage girls even gave a roadie a round of applause, which caught him off guard, but then he leapt into the moment by taking a deep bow.

Sporting his own merch, mehro started off the evening with a brief set (four songs: Pirate Song, Can’t You Talk to Me, Whore and Chance with You.) On the scene since 2020 his music is introspective and would find a home in any coffee shop or cellar speakeasy where the acoustics of his guitar play and evocative voice would be fully appreciated. Even at the Fine Line he found a captive crowd that was quite disappointed when he started to thank everybody and wrapped up his set.

DWLLRS next took the stage to offer an upbeat vibe to get the crowd dancing. Made up of two college roommates, Bren Eissman and Joey Spurgeon, their sound was reflected their hometown of San Clemente, California with a laid-back surf-rock sound that at times pushed into other genres, sometimes even in the same song like Ice Coffee.

Sporting some nice turquoise rings, Eissman stated that this was the biggest crowd they had yet played in front of and jokingly asked the crowd to form a mosh pit for the ballad End of It All. Then he pulled out the ukulele while Spurgeon played a far-off luau for Blue Spirits. Then they finished the set with I Was Lost that had the crowd jumping and making the floor to feel more like a trampoline.

Claire Rosinkranz next took the stage with her band and promptly kept the dance party going with her Tik Tok hit Backyard Boy.

Claire Rosinkranz (04 Mar 2022)

We Heart first caught Rosinkranz at a sold-out show at 7th Street Entry in March of 2022. She was only seventeen then and she is still two years from legally joining the parents on the second tier for a cocktail. But musically speaking she is maturing into veteran with breezy pop songs like i’m too pretty for this and Boy in a Billion. She even played a new song Sad in Hawaii which dropped that day but was still somehow known by the crowd.

In between her viral hits she slid in some new songs from a soon to be released album and even medley The Cardigans’ Lovefool with her song Frankenstein. For the whole night she moved around the stage, dancing and sashaying as she ended the set with Swinging at the Stars with lyrics that may have encapsulated her current circumstance:

I don’t know, I don’t know
Where I’ll be, where I'll be
Take my time, take my time
Guess we’ll see

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Claire Rosinkranz at Fine Line, Minneapolis (03 Feb 2023)

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The Soft Moon at Fine Line (12/06/2022)

Tour Dates Dec 07 Chicago, IL - Metro Dec 08 Detroit, MI - El Club Dec 09 Toronto, ON - The Opera House Dec 10 Montreal, QC - S.A.T. Dec 11 Boston, MA - The Sinclair Read More The Soft Moon The Soft Moon (aka Luis Vasquez) will be playing the Turf Club in St Paul in support of his recent album Criminal (Sacred Bones). ...

It’s not an instrument you normally see on a stage: A metal garbage can, dented and upside down. Usually it’s a prop in a movie when someone needs something to kick after getting dumped by a girlfriend or losing a big bet on the Super Bowl. Maybe Luis Vasquez of The Soft Moon had some things to work out.

Nuovo Testamento started off the evening with a set of Italo-Disco and 80’s synth pop songs.The band is comprised of L.A. based Chelsey Crowley on vocals and Andrea Mantione and Giacomo Zatti based in Boglogna, Italy on synths and percussion. Their set kept everyone swaying and moving to the propulsive beat from another era, starting with “Michelle Michelle” from their 2021 debut album New Earth. They even featured the song “Heatbeat” from their upcoming album Love Lines before finishing the set with “Electricity” and “The Searcher”.

Vasquez’s The Soft Moon started off his set with a different energy. Where Nuovo Testamento’s sound was crafted in the Italian discotheques meant to move and make you feel like moving, Vasquez’s Darkwave sound is more complex. Or as he states of his latest album Exister: “The whole point of this record was to share every emotion that I feel.”

Born in L.A., Vasquez started writing music at age 12, playing in his first band by 15, then an interesting turn. After his second album Zeros, he moved to Venice and then Berlin where he lived and recorded until the pandemic. He then packed up again and moved to the middle of the Mojave Desert. The reason to move? If there was going to be a lockdown, he needed to find a place where no one would mind him playing as loud as he wanted.

In the New Testament (Nuovo Testamento) Jesus moved into the desert to confront Satan and all his temptations. In Joshua Tree, CA, Vasquez worked through his emotions when recording Exister. You would think that that angst and rage would make for an insufferable performance, but Vasquez’s always made sure to keep the evening moving and the crowd dancing as he moved from the guitar to the Moog to percussion that at times involved playing the bongos.

Throughout the evening Vasquez’s music moved from the Berlin Discotheques to English New Wave to Techno and Industrial, speeding the beat up even more to where he almost pushed his Moog off its axis. And when he set aside the bongos during the kinetic “Want” from his self-titled debut album, it was only then that he moved to the metal trashcan to finish the drum solo.

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Soft Moon at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (06 Dec 2022)

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Blu DeTiger at Fine Line (11/09/2022)

Blu DeTiger Setlist Intro / Crash Course Hot Crush Lover Toast With the Butter Cotton Candy Lemonade Night Shade Blutooth Elevator Style / Electric Feel / Glamorous Kinda Miss You Tangerine Enough 4 You Blondes Figure It Out Vintage Read More Blu DeTiger Bass prodigy and burgeoning pop icon Blu DeTiger will kick off an extensive North American headline tour on November 3 at Royale in Boston. The tour will stop by the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis on November 9. … Why Not Beach Bunny (led by Lili Trifilio) show got an upgrade to First Avenue’s mainroom. Show up early to check out Miloe and Why Not… because, why not? …

To enter show business and start a career as a musician one is almost required to alter his or her name. But what if you were anointed at the start? One would think Blu DeTiger is as real as ASAP Rocky. So would you be surprised that she was actually born with such a name?

First of all, pretty cool name. It’s also attached to a fine musician, one born in NYC, one who started playing bass at age 7 and even had two years at NYU’s Tisch School of Arts before deciding to try her luck in the industry. And based on the reception she received at the Fine Line, it looks like she made the right choice.

Henry Breen of the band Why Not opened the evening with a solo set on acoustic guitar. He mentioned it was the first time he had performed as a solo act and enjoyed the intimate setting of the venue as one could hear ice cube drop into a glass at the bar as he sang songs from his band’s cannon like “Faded”, “You’re My Kind” and “NYC”.

Breen is local musician and still picking up side gigs. He mentioned that he took a job to run a spotlight the night before and was shocked that it wasn’t an awards banquet but the DFL election post party.

Blu DeTiger took the stage next with her three-piece band and immediately turned music venue into a dance floor. It was her first time performing in Minneapolis and she seemed genuinely surprised by the immediate response she received from the crowd, even giving high fives to the crowd in between enjoyable and danceable songs like “Hot Crush Lover” and “Cotton Candy Lemonade”.

The music kept the crowd dancing, but it was fun just to watch DeTiger move about the stage with a bass that seemed just as long as her lanky body as she laid down a groove with hair flying in front of a crowd so in-tune that there seemed to be little separation.

One gentlemen in the front row – who was as tall as a college basketball player – highlighted this feeling. He stood there swaying like a tall willow tree, pointing towards DeTiger and singing along as if he was auditioning to be a backup singer when she makes her anticipated return.

Remaining Tour Dates

11/11 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
11/12 Salt Lake City, UT Soundwell
11/14 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
11/15 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
11/17 San Francisco, CA August Hall
11/18 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
11/19 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
11/21 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park
11/22 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom
11/25 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
11/26 Austin, TX Scoot Inn
11/28 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
11/29 Nashville, TN The Basement East
11/30 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
12/2 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
12/3 New York, NY Webster Hall

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Blu DeTiger at Fine Line, Minneapolis (09 Nov 2022)

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Lee Fields at Fine Line (10/21/2022)

10/21 Lee Fields with Daniel Villarreal at Fine Line Lee Fields Setlist Setlist Don't ever leave me Introduction You can count on me I Still Got It Love Comes And Goes Sentimental Fool Standing by Your Side Got to get through to you What did I do Two jobs Forever Money I$ King Faithful Man -- Encore -- Saturn -> Intro Honey Dove Read More Lee Fields Lee Fields & The Expressions' single, "You’re The Kind of Girl" is a free download via his website, just in time for Valentine's Day. His new album, Faithful Man, will be out March 13th on Brooklyn’s Truth & Soul Records. …

Friday night, the season opener for the Minnesota Timberwolves was at the Target Center. Just down the street, atop Target’s headquarters, a giant digital billboard displayed the team’s colors of white, blue, green and grey. Also down the street in a much smaller venue, the Fine Line’s empty stage imbued a purple, almost fuchsia haze. The gathering crowd was spread out, as if still practicing restrictions long lifted. Then the hint of patchouli. Daniel Villarreal and his band appeared in the back of the venue with cowbells to play their version of the pied piper as they worked through the crowd and towards the stage. And just like that, the crowd surged and the show began.

Panamanian born and Chicago based, Villarreal is a drummer, DJ and nappy dresser with a signature wide-brim Stetson hat.  He is promoting his new album Panama 77 and the band he brought along consisted of keyboards, congas, bass and electric guitar.  They sat in a semi-circle and played what consisted of an extended jam-session that touched on the musical traditions of jazz, soul, funk, and a 70’s west coast vibe with drums that centered on Latin and Afro beats.  In fact, Villarreal’s four limbs were moving the whole time, dancing in a seated position to provide the fuel for the crowd to dance while the rest of the band members took turns to play extended solos.

Lee Fields also entered with a festive wardrobe. After his band, The Expressions, warmed up the crowd with “Don’t Ever Leave Me,” Fields strolled onto the stage sporting a wide-open, white shirt and a purple-velour sports coat. The reason for the outfit? He was visiting the home of the purple one and his wife told him to dress appropriately.

Fields has been married to Christine for over fifty years and he has always listened to her in moments of great importance, especially during the 80’s when Disco reigned and his soulful sound was no longer supreme.  Fields was working in real estate and was thinking of buying a storefront and opening up a shop to sell fish sandwiches.  Her only question was: “What do you know about selling fish?”

She told him to stick with what he knew.  And what Fields knows is standing in front of a crowd and pouring his heart out through song.

Fields and the Expressions are on the road promoting the soon-to-be-released Sentimental Fool from Daptone Records. They even played a few songs from it like “Sentimental Fool,” “What Did I Do?” and a crowd favorite “Two Jobs.”

Fields started his career singing James Brown cover songs and what he developed over the years in the smoky clubs was the ability to develop an instant bond with the audience. Last night was no different. There was no distance between him and the crowd.  He kept moving around the stage to tell everyone how beautiful they were. He constantly thanked his own band, which was the engine that made him go.  And by the time he finished the set with “Faithful Man,” Fields was in a full-throated roar, singing about a man done wrong. All 72 years of him, still pouring out what he knows.

Remaining Tour Dates:

10/28 – Seattle, WA – Showbox 10/29 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater 10/30 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom 11/01 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House 11/03 – Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall 11/04 – Austin, TX – Emo’s 11/05 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger 11/11 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall

11/12 – Rochester, NY – Photo City 11/13 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom 11/18 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia 11/19 – Washington, DC – The Black Cat 12/01 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern 12/02 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theater 12/03 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom 12/31 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Made

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Lee Fields at Fine Line, Minneapolis (21 Oct 2022)

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Spacey Jane at Fine Line, Minneapolis (19 Oct 2022)

Spacey Jane Setlist Sitting Up Skin Lunchtime Sawteeth Weightless Bothers Me Pulling Through Feeding the Family Thrills It's Been a Long Day Head Cold Hardlight Good for You -- Encore -- Lots of Nothing Booster Seat Joe P Setlist Baby Teeth* Leaves Happy People* Just a Cow* Fighting in the Car French Blonde* Color TV* All Day I Dream About Off My Mind * Deal Casino song Read More Spacey Jane King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Sinéad Harnett. Holly Humberstone. Spacey Jane. Crooked Colours. Amyl And The Sniffers. Wafia. Aviva. The Snuts. Band-Maid. Ziggy Ramo. Gretta Ray .…

Originally booked earlier on May 12, 2022, the Spacey Jane show at the Fine Line Music Cafe, in Minneapolis, finally took place on October 19. The Australian band admittedly said they were really excited to finally get to play for us on Wednesday night.

Opening the show was Joe P (Joe Parella). If you’re not familiar with the New Jersey singer, since the 8th grade, he’s fronted a band called Deal Casino, named after the Deal Casino Bathing Pavilion after the band waited for hours at the location for the Bamboozle Music Festival in 2013.

The band broke up in 2020, and it’s clear that Joe P had no ill-will or embarrassment about his time in Deal Casino, because he still proudly performs those Deal Casino songs, such as “Baby Teeth” and “Color TV”, on his set.

Joe P seemed really shy and self-loathing as first, as he mentioned how he didn’t expect anyone to know who he was… but after hearing some disputing cheers and feedback, he smiled and still continued to introduce his songs and little stories that inspired them.

He ended his 45-min set with his solo signature song, “Off My Mind”. The song, as of this writing, has nearly 20 million streams on Spotify.

Space Jane, featuring vocalist and guitarist Caleb Harper, bassist Peppa Lane, guitarist Ashton Hardman-Le Cornu and drummer and manager Kieran Lama, is from Fremantle, Australia (also the home of one of our favorite Australian band San Cisco).

The band first came to fame for their debut album Sunlight in June 2020. The album is certified Gold, after it debut at #2 on the ARIA album chart and was voted Album of the Year on Triple J’s Listener’s Poll and J Award (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

Since the record came out during the pandemic, the band actually could not tour to promote the record. Fast-forward to 2022, and after the band released their sophomore album Here Comes Everybody, the band is finally on tour to promote both records.

As you can see from the setlist, the band mostly stuck to the debut album, throwing in a few songs from their second album.

Of course, they saved their biggest hit singles for the encore, starting with “Lots of Nothing” (which landed #3 on Triple J’s hottest 100), and “Booster Seat” (which landed #2 on Triple J’s hottest 100, with Glass Animals being in the #1 spot). The last song was a megahit for the band, with over 50 million streams on Spotify alone.

Remaining tour dates:

10/20/22 – Reverb Lounge - Omaha, NB
10/22/22 – Gothic - Denver, CO
10/23/22 – Metro Music Hall - Salt Lake City, UT
10/25/22 – Neumos - Seattle, WA
10/26/22 – Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC
10/27/22 – Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
10/29/22 – The Chapel - San Francisco, CA
10/30/22 – Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA
10/31/22 – Constellation Room - Santa Ana, CA
11/01/22 – Belly Up - Solana Beach, CA
11/02/22 – Crescent - Phoenix, AZ
11/04/22 – Dallas Studio at Factory - Dallas, TX
11/05/22 – The Parish - Austin, TX
11/06/22 – Houston Warehouse Live: Studio - Houston, TX
11/08/22 – Basement East - Nashville, TN
11/09/22 – Terminal West - Atlanta, GA
11/18 - 11/20/22 - Corona Capital Festival - Mexico
12/27/22 - Hazy Days - Coroglen, NZ
12/29/22 - Rhythm & Vines 2022 - Hexton, NZ
12/30/22 - Falls Festival - Birregurra, AU
01/06/23 – Heaps Good 2022, Wayville, AU
02/05/23 – Academy, Dublin, IE
02/07/23 – SWG3 – Glasgow, UK
02/08/23 - O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK
02/10/23 – Roundhouse, London, UK
02/11/23 – Engine Room, Southampton, UK
02/12/23 – SWX, Bristol, UK
02/13/23 – O2 Institute 2, Birmingham, UK
02/16/23 - le Petit bain, Paris, FR
02/17/23 - Botanique, Brussels, BE
02/19/23 - Melkweg Max, Amsterdam
02/21/23 - Knust, Hamburg, DE
02/22/23 - Saachen, Berlin, DE
02/24/23 - Luxor, Cologne, DE

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Spacey Jane at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (19 Oct 2022)

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UPSAHL at Fine Line, Minneapolis (11 Oct 2022)

10/11 UPSAHL with KiNG MALA at Fine Line Upsahl Setlist Lady Jesus Time Of My Life People I Don't Like Monica Lewinsky Money on My Mind Douchebag Into My Body Thriving IDFWFEELINGS Stressed Arizona Antsy Young Life Crisis 3 Nights (Dominic Fike cover) Notorious Last Supper Sad Sorry After Party -- Encore -- 12345SEX Lunatic Drugs King Mala Setlist Intro Martyr golden retriever boy IHYKWYD I Could Have Been Worse Guillotine Dreams punchline Good Time cult leader she calls me daddy Read More Upsahl Pop trailblazer UPSAHL is on a headlining tour in support of her new EP Sagittarius season. She previewed the single “Antsy” and explained, “Antsy is a song for anyone who feels like they want to make a change in …

American singer/songwriter Upsahl (stylized as UPSAHL) played the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis on October 11th, as part of her first headline tour.

Alternative pop artist King Mala (stylized as KiNG MALA) is the stagename for Areli Castro. She created her stagename from the Spanish word for “mala”, which means “bad b**ch”.

Areli is really excited to be on tour with her self-described “besties” Upsahl. Apparently, Upsahl would later tells us how she was a fan of King Mala’s music when they first met… since then, the two became close friends.

Areli is joined on stage with Alison on drums, Benny on bass, and Bill on guitars. It would seem that her big hit song was “cult leader”, as that song had the biggest response from the crowd.

UPSAHL (aka Taylor Upsahl) released Lady Jesus during the pandemic, in 2021. Obviously not a great time for touring, but it did give some time for Upsahl to work on her music and plan on her first headlining tour. She did confessed on stage that she was nervous and excited about this tour, particular show at least for the past six months, when it was still in the planning stage.

Although her debut only came out last year, she’s been in music since she was five years old, playing the piano. At age 14 she released her self-titled EP, at 15, she self-released her debut album Viscerotonic (as Taylor Upsahl).

Arista Records signed Upsahl in 2018, and since then, she’s been working on various singles and EPs for the label. Her Arista debut studio album Lady Jesus came out last year.

Setlist

As you can see from the setlist, she basically played all the singles from Lady Jesus, including the title track, “Douchebag”, and “IDFWFEELINGS”. Every song had fans in the front singing back Upsahl’s lyrics. These die hard fans were very supportive of Upsahl, and some of them had travelled to multiple cities to see her. There were a couple of friends who had driven to five different shows, and they’ll probably continue to follow the rest of the tour.

The only cover song on the set was Dominic Fike’s “3 Nights”, a song about getting nude pictures from a girl at the “City of Palms”.

Upsahl saved her biggest hit song for the very last song during her encore. The song, of course, was “Drugs”, which has over 2 million streams, as well as ranked #31 on the US Rock charts.

Upsahl’s Lady Jesus is out now on Arista.

Remaining tour dates:

10/13: Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
10/14: Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
10/16: Seattle, WA - Madame Lou’s
10/17: Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
10/18: Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
10/21: Sacramento, CA - Goldfield
10/22: Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy
11/2: Footscray, Australia – Hotel Westwood
11/4: Darlinghurst, Australia – Oxford Art Factory
11/8: Netherlands, Amsterdam - Bitterzoet
11/10: Cologne, Germany - Club Volta
11/11: Berlin, Germany - Lido
11/13: Milan, Italy - Biko Club
11/14: Zürich, Switzerland -Papiersaal
11/15: Paris, France - La Boule Noire
11/18: Manchester, United Kingdom - The Deaf Institute
11/19: Glasgow, United Kingdom - King Tut's
11/20: Leeds, United Kingdom - The Wardrobe
11/21: Bristol, United Kingdom - Thekla
11/23: Birmingham, United Kingdom – O2 Institute 3
11/24: London, United Kingdom - London Heaven

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UPSAHL at Fine Line, Minneapolis (11 Oct 2022)

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Tamino at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (25 Sep 2022)

Tamino Setlist A Drop of Blood Fascination Cigar The Longing Tummy Verses You Don't Own Me Cinnamon Indigo Night The First Disciple Habibi -- Encore -- Only Our Love Tour Dates 28 Seattle, WA, US Neumos Sep 29 Portland, OR, US Doug Fir Lounge Oct 2 San Francisco, CA, US The Independent Oct 3 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Regent Theater Oct 4 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Regent Theater Oct 5 Phoenix, AZ, US The Rebel Lounge Oct 7 Austin, TX, US Austin City Limits Oct 9 Atlanta, GA, US Terminal West Oct 11 Washington, DC, US Black Cat Oct 12 Brooklyn, NY, US Music Hall of Williamsburg Oct 13 Brooklyn, NY, US Music Hall of Williamsburg Nov 21 Paris, France Le Trianon Nov 22 Paris, France Le Trianon Nov 24 London, UK KOKO Nov 25 London, UK KOKO Nov 29 Cologne, Germany Gloria Theater Nov 30 Berlin, Germany Metropol Dec 2 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso Dec 3 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso Dec 5 Brussels, Belgium Royal Circus Dec 6 Brussels, Belgium Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus Dec 7 Brussels, Belgium Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus Read More Tamino The last time we heard from Belgium’s Tamino, he was enjoying some sold out shows in late 2018. That show was recorded and released as Live at Ancienne Belgique, featuring a cover of “Seasons” by Chris Cornell .… Moon & Pollution Opening up the show was local act Moon & Pollution, who played an uncommonly long nearly 50-minute opening set. The band basically played their entire The Box Borealis album, complete with a middle drum solo intermission. .…

Belgian-Egyptian musician (and model!) Tamino is on his first American tour in support of his sophomore album Sahar (Djinn/Secretly Distribution), stopping by the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis on Sunday, September 25th.

Moon & Pollution (09 May 2015)

Local singer/songwriter Molly Dean opened the show. We actually caught the singer, when she sang for the Moon & Pollution, in May 2015: “...local act Moon & Pollution, who played an uncommonly long nearly 50-minute opening set. The band basically played their entire The Box Borealis album, complete with a middle drum solo intermission.”

Right off the bat, Dean said she was taking off her shoes. She does this because she uses her feet to start and stop looping. If you’re unfamiliar with this technique, a lot of solo musicians create loops so it can add to their music. For example, if you want a percussion sound, you simply record some taps and let the recording loop run while you play your guitar, etc. If it works, the songs sounds like one or more people are collaborating on the song.

Unlike the 2015 show, it seemed like Dean had a lot of say. Before “Timbre and Trail”, she tells us the story about how she became disenchanted with music, while she was trying to make her way to Kentucky for a gig. She was going to give it all up, but then she heard the singer before her, and hearing the voice and engagement… it made her fall in love with music again.

For “Swell”, the song is about and dedicated to her Uncle John, a gay man who died of Parkinson’s.

She covered Johnny Cash’s “Unchained” near the end of her set. When she asked if she had more time to play…. “Nobody said ‘no’", so she finished her 40-min set with a song about “time and clarity.”

A little trivia, but Tamino is the grandson of Egyptian singer and movie star Muharram Fouad. Like his grandfather, Tamino fusing folk music with Middle Eastern sound. He first found fame with his debut album Amir in 2018, earning over 126 million streams from fans all across the globe. He regularly sells out large venues in the UK, such as the Ancienne Belgique, a venue with a capacity of 2,000 attendees. If you couldn’t get in to see him play, some of those live recording were made available on his Live at Ancienne Belgique.

For that show, he had a full band, including Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood, but for this American tour, it’s strictly a solo tour.

There are a few things you should know, when you see a one-man show. Sometime, if they have to tune their own guitar, it can be about 70% music, and 30% random banter. Fortunately, Tamino came prepared. He has a guitar tech off stage, who pre-tune and deliver the right guitar to Tamino, as the song requires it… leaving few words spoken, and letting the music speaks for itself.

Tamino’s fans are another thing altogether! These aren’t the typical music fans you would find at a rock show. I honestly don’t believe many of these fans normally attend shows (if at all)… yet, here they were on the crowded dancefloor at the Fine Line. The fans were so funny. They had instant replies to every words that Tamino had to say.

Example, Tamino spoke, “This is my first time here.” Fans immediately shouted back, “Come back again!!”

Tamino was very interactive with the diehard fans. Having heard someone shouted, “You are unreal!”, Tamino’s response was just as funny: “This is unreal!”

The show ended with the big hit single, “Habibi”, followed by the encore song, “Only Our Love”.

Tamino’s album Sahar is out now on Djinn/Secretly Distribution.

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Tamino at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (25 Sep 2022)

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