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Minneapolis: April 18 to April 20

04/18 The Academic with Daphne Jane at 7th St Entry Read More The Academic Irish indie rockers The Academic will open the show. After this US tour, the Choice Music Prize nominee band will be returning to the UK to play some of their biggest headlining gigs this November. …

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

04/18/2023 Tuesday

The Academic
at 7th St Entry
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Irish indie rock band, The Academic, is touring in support of their sophomore album, Sitting Pretty. The album was produced by award-winning former Kaiser Chiefs member, Nick Hodgson at London’s Snap Studios.

Sitting Pretty is described as a journey into adulthood, “It’s about finding your feet, feeling the weight of time passing on your shoulders, and trying to enjoy the good times and meaningful relationships along the way.”

The Academic’s first headline US tour will stop by the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on April 18th. The band previously was in town supporting Judah & The Lion, in Sep 2017.

Update: Daphne Jane to open.

The Academic North American Headline Tour Dates

4/09/23 – Toronto, Axis Club
4/11/23 – Boston, The Sinclair
4/12/23 – New York, The Bowery Ballroom
4/14/23 – Philadelphia, The Foundry
4/15/23 – Baltimore, Ottobar
4/17/23 – Chicago, Lincoln Hall
4/18/23 – Minneapolis, 7th Street Entry
4/21/23 – Denver, Globe Hall
4/22/23 – Salt Lake City, Soundwell
4/24/23 – Seattle, Madame Lou’s
4/25/23 – Vancouver, Biltmore Cabaret
4/26/23 – Portland, Holocene
4/28/23 – San Francisco, Brick + Mortar
4/29/23 – Los Angeles, Troubadour

04/19 Flyte at Turf Club Read More Flyte JADE BIRD + Flyte First Avenue Fri 10/04/2019 (8pm/$20) 09/22/2019 Sea.Hear.Now Festival 09/25/2019 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA …

04/19/2023 Wednesday

Flyte
at Turf Club
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London’s Flyte are on tour, stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on April 19th. Their last album This Is Really Going To Hurt came out in 2021 on Island Records.

Tour dates:

Mar 12 Antwerp, Belgium TRIX
Apr 11 Brooklyn, NY, US Baby's All Right
Apr 19 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Apr 22 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Airliner
Apr 28 San Francisco, CA, US The Fillmore
Apr 29 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Belasco
May 2 Tucson, AZ, US Hotel Congress Plaza
May 5 Dallas, TX, US The Echo Lounge
May 12 South Salt Lake, UT, US Commonwealth Room
May 13 Boise, ID, US Knitting Factory
May 16 Spokane, WA, US Knitting Factory
May 18 Seattle, WA, US Showbox at the Market
May 19 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Jul 28 Outdoor London, UK South Facing
Aug 3 Outdoor Charlbury, UK Wilderness Festival
Aug 12 Outdoor Bromley, UK Crystal Palace Bowl
Sep 20 Leuven, Belgium Het Depot
Sep 21 Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall
Sep 22 Paris, France Le Bataclan
Sep 23 Rennes, France Antipode
Sep 25 Feyzin, France L'Epicerie Moderne
Sep 26 Zürich, Switzerland Kaufleuten
Sep 29 Mannheim, Germany Alte Feuerwache
Sep 30 Berlin, Germany Festsaal Kreuzberg
Oct 2 Copenhagen, Denmark Byhaven Pumpehuset
Oct 3 Hamburg, Germany Fabrik
Oct 4 Nijmegen, Netherlands Doornroosje
Oct 6 Utrecht, Netherlands TivoliVredenburg
Oct 7 Groningen, Netherlands De Oosterpoort
Oct 8 Maastricht, Netherlands Muziekgieterij

04/20 Bikini Kill at Palace Theatre Read More Bikini Kill Meanwhile, a technology news agency called The Verge recently published a Bikini Kill article called Bikini Kill is making things again (published February 1st). …

04/20/2023 Thursday

Bikini Kill
at Palace Theatre
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You guys know we love Bikini Kill. We often considered Kathleen Hanna as the one that started the whole Riot Grrrls movement… and we worship the grounds she walks on. We have followed her through her various projects, such as Julie Ruin and Le Tigre (our personal favorite).

One of the biggest disappointment when we heard the BK reunion tour in 2019 was that they weren’t playing Minnesota at all. Many diehard fans bought tickets to the nearest town in Wisconsin. For those who waited this long, and yes, through the COVID cancellations… We’re very excited to say that Bikini Kill will be finally playing Minnesota, in St Paul, at the Palace Theatre, this April 20, 2023.

Kathleen Hanna (09 April 2014)

We caught Julie Ruin in Lincoln Hall (09 April 2014) and wrote, “The importance of Grrl Power was emphasized when Hanna told the story of how she met guitarist Sara Landeau at a Girls Rock Camp. She told a funny tale of how the two of them were roadies for a girl band performance and how people watching them plug in the equipment and set-up the amps, etc. assumed they were bitchy stage moms, but “No, we’re roadies!” And she explained how during band camp, the girls write their own song and then perform it, and this band’s song was called, “Good Luck, You Suck”: “It was really good. We should cover it.” She was visibly touched when she was told that a couple of the teenage girls in attendance were current rock campers, and she talked about how she believes that the younger generation has their act together so much better than her generation – but that she hopes that her generation did a thing or two that will inspire the younger generation too.”

Bikini Kill 2023 North American Tour Dates

3/30: Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
4/1: Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
4/3: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
4/4: Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
4/6: Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
4/7: Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
4/9: Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
4/10: South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
4/12: Montreal, QB @ M Telus
4/13: Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
4/14: Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
4/16: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
4/17: Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
4/19: Milwaukee, WI @ Miller High Life Theatre
4/20: St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
4/23: Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Rocktober: October 1 to October 4, 2019

Shonen Knife at Fine Line Read More Shonen Knife Mmaterial from the band’s earliest releases to the edgier sound of today's Shonen Knife. Shonen Knife’s latest album Adventure is available now on Good Charamel Records. ... … Kitten Forever Local trio Kitten Forever (Corrie Harrigan, Laura Larson, and Liz Elton) is celebrating their 10th Anniversary as a band next Saturday, July 23rd. They’ve enlisting various … The Black Widows All-girls local trio The Black Widows (drummer Lady Tobalyas, bassist Pamela Laizure, and guitarist Corinne Caouette) closed out the show. The band’s self-titled cassette release is on Wiener Records, a subsidiary of Burger Records. …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from October 1 to October 4, 2019.

Hey! Rocktober is here! We don’t sleep in October in Minneapolis, due to the many live shows.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

SHONEN KNIFE
+ Kitten Forever, Black Widows
Fine Line Music Café
Wed 10/02/2019 (7:30pm/$17)
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Our favorite Ramones-inspired Japanese band Shonen Knife will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café. As you know, we’re big fans of these gals, since the early 90s when they released Let’s Knife. Nirvana was a huge fan and asked them to open their shows.

The other cool thing about this band (since we’ve attended many of their shows), is that they have the coolest merchandises, everything from hand towels to keychains to guitar picks.

Currently the band is sisters Naoko and Atsuko with drummer Risa. We were very excited to see the two sisters when they reunited in their Turf Club in 2016 .

Shonen Knife’s latest release is Sweet Candy Power (Good Charamel Records) … keeping in theme with music about food.

Opening will be local bands Kitten Forever and Black Widows. We caught Kitten Forever’s 10 Year Anniversary show at their largest headlining venue at First Avenue in July 2016 and said, “ Although this was First Avenue’s mainroom, the show felt as if it could have been held at the band’s garage. In fact, talking to some fans, they all thought the show was at 7th Street.... and it’s not really obvious why the band chose to play at the large mainroom until you saw all the decorative balloons all over the stage and “Kitten Forever” in balloon writing. The feeling I got from longtime fans were that of pride, nostalgia, and happiness, as they gather together to share their love for Kitten Forever.”

Tour dates:

9/19: Richmond, VA at The Camel
9.20: Washington, DC at City Winery
9/22: Brooklyn, NY at Knitting Factory
9/26: Montreal, QC at Pop Montreal
9/28: Ferndale, MI at Magic Bag
10/1: Chicago, IL at Subterranean
10/2: Minneapolis, MN at Fine Line Music
10/5: Pittsburgh, PA at Cattivo

Other shows in the area:

Noah Gundersen at Fine Line Knocked Loose 2019 Tour Badflower 2019 Tour Lewis Capaldi at First Ave Jade Bird at First Ave Read More Noah Gundersen Noah Gundersen (founder of The Courage) will be in town at the Fine Line Music Café on Monday, September 21st. He's touring in support of his second studio album Carry the Ghost ....

NOAH GUNDERSEN
+ Lemolo
Fine Line Music Cafe
Tue 10/01/2019 (7pm/$17)
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Acclaimed musician Noah Gundersen is back at the Fine Line Music Café in support of his new album Lover (Cooking Vinyl). We saw Gundersen at the Fine Line in Sept 2015 and mentioned, “ Noah Gundersen was the headliner of the night. There was no shortage of people at The Fine Line to see him perform. Noah's songs have been featured in shows such as Sons of Anarchy and The Vampire Diaries. His voice is smooth and powerful. During his song Ledges there was a quick a capella part that really showcased just how powerful his voice is. It was the kind of moment in a song that gives you goosebumps.”

Show up early to check out Lemolo. This is an ambient pop act and led by Seattle based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Meagan Grandall. Lemolo was voted “Best New Band” by City Arts Magazine and named one of Google Play’s “Best Unsigned Artists of the Year” in 2012.

Tour dates:

09/19 - Bellingham, WA - Wild Buffalo
09/22 - Spokane, WA - Lucky You Lounge
09/24 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
09/26 - Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room
09/27 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
09/28 - Fort Collins, CO - Washington's
09/30 - Kansas City, MO - recordBar
10/01 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
10/02 - Milwaukee, WI - Colectivo
10/04 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
10/05 - Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi
10/06 - Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar
10/08 - Detroit, MI - El Club
10/09 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
10/11 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall
10/12 - Boston, MA - Sinclair

KNOCKED LOOSE
+ Rotting Out, Seeyouspacecowboy
Skyway Theatre
Wed 10/02/2019 (5pm/$22)
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Kentucky’s Knocked Loose will be headlining the Skyway Theatre on Wednesday, October 2nd, in support of their second album A Different Shade of Blue.

Tour dates:

09/27: Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life
10/01: Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
10/02: Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theatre
10/03: Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
10/04: Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
10/05: Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
10/07: Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
10/08: Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
10/09: Seattle, WA - El Corazon
10/11: Sacramento, CA -Aftershock Festival
10/12: Las Vegas, NV - Fremont Country Club
10/13: Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues
10/15: Phoenix, AZ - The Nile

BADFLOWER
+ Weathers, Dead Poet Society
Varsity Theater
Thu 10/03/2019 (7pm/$29.50)
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Badflower is back with their OK I’m Sick fall tour… stopping by the Varsity Theater on October 3rd. The last time they were in town, they opened for A Perfect Circle in Nov 2018.

Tour dates:

Sept 28 Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life Festival
Sept 29 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Sept 30 Detroit, MI @ Shelter
Oct 2 Milwaukee, WI @ Rave
Oct 3 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity
Oct 4 St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
Oct 5 Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon
Oct 6 Denver, CO @ Ogden
Oct 8 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
Oct 9 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Oct 11 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey
Oct 12 Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival
Oct 15 Phoenix, AZ @ Club Red
Oct 17 El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
Oct 18 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Oct 19 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Studio
Oct 20 New Orleans, LA @ The Parish
Oct 22 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum

LEWIS CAPALDI
+ Saint Phnx
First Avenue
Thu 10/03/2019 (6pm/$25/Sold out)
first-avenue.com

I recently saw that Scottish singer/songwriter Lewis Capaldi was looking for love on Tinder… so there’s some sort of contest that if you swipe right on his profile, you (and a friend) could win an all-paid flight to New York to see him perform.

Certainly, this is one of the hottest singer around, thanks to his breakout single, “Someone You Loved”.

We caught Capaldi in June 2019 and wrote, “Breakthrough single, ‘Someone You Loved’ finished his brief set to rave applause and anyone missing this short lakeside set, has another chance locally, as Lewis Capaldi (yes, distantly related to former Dr. Who actor Peter Capaldi) returns in the fall, to headline the Mainroom at First Avenue on October 3rd.”

Tour Dates:

09/24/2019 Fox Theater Oakland, CA
09/28/2019 The Van Buren Phoenix, AZ
09/29/2019 "The Ohana Fest"
10/01/2019 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
10/03/2019 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
10/04/2019 Thalia Hall Chicago, IL
10/06/2019 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, ON
10/07/2019 Corona Theatre Montreal, QC
10/09/2019 Royale Nightclub Boston Boston, MA
10/11/2019 Brooklyn Steel Brooklyn, NY
10/12/2019 9:30 Club Washington, DC

JADE BIRD
+ Flyte
First Avenue
Fri 10/04/2019 (8pm/$20)
first-avenue.com

Pandora’s “Artists to Watch for 2019”, Jade Bird, will be headlining First Avenue on October 4th.

Tour Dates:

09/22/2019 Sea.Hear.Now Festival
09/25/2019 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
09/28/2019 9:30 Club Washington, DC
09/29/2019 The Visulite Theatre Charlotte, NC
10/01/2019 The Basement East Nashville, TN
10/03/2019 Thalia Hall Chicago, IL
10/04/2019 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
10/05/2019 Colectivo Coffee Milwaukee, WI
10/06/2019 Wooly's Des Moines, IA
10/08/2019 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
10/09/2019 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
10/10/2019 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
10/12/2019 The Olympic Boise, ID

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