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Psychedelic Furs / Jesus and Mary Chain at Palace Theatre (17 Oct 2024)

17 Oct 2024 The Psychedelic Furs & The Jesus and Mary Chain with Frankie Rose at Palace Theatre The Psychedelic Furs Setlist The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll The Ghost in You So Run Down All That Money Wants Only You and I Wrong Train Love My Way All of the Law President Gas Pretty in Pink Mr. Jones Pulse Heartbreak Beat Forever Now Heaven The Jesus and Mary Chain Setlist Jamcod April Skies Head On Happy When It Rains All Things Pass Chemical Animal Some Candy Talking Cracking Up Far Gone and Out Venal Joy Blues From a Gun Sidewalking In a Hole Sometimes Always with Frankie Rose Nine Million Rainy Days Just Like Honey with Frankie Rose Reverence Frankie Rose Setlist DOA Know Me Trouble Sixteen Ways Red Museum Moon in My Mind Minor Times Tour Dates 10/19 - West Des Moines, Val Air Ballroom 10/20 - St. Louis, Stifel Theatre 10/22 - Omaha, The Astro 10/23 - Kansas City, Uptown Theatre 10/24 - Salina, Stiefel Theatre 10/26 - Denver, Fillmore Auditorium 10/29 - Seattle, Paramount Theatre 10/30 - Portland, Crystal Ballroom 11/01 - Redding, Civic Auditorium 11/02 - San Francisco, The Masonic 11/03 - Reno, Grand Sierra Resort 11/06 - Riverside, Fox Performing Arts Center 11/08 - San Diego, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park 11/09 - Inglewood, YouTube Theater Vuart Read More The Psychedelic Furs English rock group The Psychedelic Furs headlined First Avenue’s mainroom last Thursday, April 6th. The terrific turnout consisted of mostly an older audience, who may remember the band from John Hughes’ film Pretty in Pink … The Jesus and Mary Chain After a very successful Pyschocandy 30th Anniversary Tour in 2015, the reunited Scottish band The Jesus and Mary Chain (brothers Jim Reid and William Reid) is back on tour in support of their new record Damage and Joy … Frankie Rose Frankie Rose is touring in support of Love As Projection (Slumberland Records). We last saw Rose in Oct 2013 and said, “Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose opened the evening with …

Scottish indie rockers The Jesus and Mary Chain are co-headlining with ‘80s new wave band Psychedelic Furs for an unforgettable Brit-rock event at the Palace Theatre, in St Paul, on October 17, 2024.

As soon as doors opened, DJ Jake Rudh, of Transmission, was on the scene to play music of the 80s/90s era to help set the mood for what’s to come.

The first band on the bill was Frankie Rose, formerly of Vivian Girls and Dum Dum Girls, with a brief 30-min set.

Frankie Rose at Turf Club (31 May 2023)

We’ve seen Rose many times, with the first at 7th Street Entry in April 2012, then as Franz Ferdinand guest at the Skyway Theatre in Oct 2013, and, most recently at the Turf Club in May 2023: “And it has been over six years since she last released an album. She actually completed one close to three years ago, but due to the pandemic and being a victim to vinyl production backlogs, she is finally on the road promoting Love as Projection, which The Big Takeover Magazine thought could be part of the Stranger Things soundtrack. It is a retro love letter to the type of electronic pop that would find a home in any John Hughes movie.”

Rose is joined by a guitarist and bassist, the latter is Matthew Hord of Running, Fine Place, and Gift Horse.

Since Frankie Rose’s latest is called Love As Projection, the band did play in near-darkness in front of a projection (a similar setup from her previous appearance). In addition to playing some tracks from the new album (“DOA” and “Sixteen Ways”), the band also played a few from their debut album, Interstellar, which got an extended reissue in September 2024.

Next up was The Jesus and Mary Chain, playing the best setlist of their life. For whatever reasons, this 2024 tour, the band is incredibly tight, there was no technical difficulties, no fighting, no fuss, this was the band at their best!

You see, every time we’ve seen JAMC, there was something wrong. W♥M contributor Jennifer said that the brothers Jim and William Reid got into a fight at her show at The Palace in Los Angeles, in 1998, and Jim walked off the stage after only 30 minutes. Amy & Emily, who attended the JAMC’s Palace Theatre show in 2012, said that “the band kept starting and restarting songs and wasn’t focused on their show at all.” All this can be explained through an interview at the Guardian with William explaining that “Jim got so drunk he couldn’t remember the songs. I kicked him off stage, tried to be the singer, but didn’t know the words. It finished the band for nine years, but we haven’t had a fight for a long time.”

Jesus and Mary Chain at the Palace Theatre (09 May 2017)

Even when there’s no fighting and alcohol involved at my show in May 2017, their smoke machine caused their set to come to a stop… and as a result caused the curtains to fall down on the band before they finished the song. It just seems like the band just can’t catch a break, in terms of bad shows.

Although the band was out promoting their latest record Glasgow Eyes, they hardly touch on the new album (only playing some songs like “Jamcod” and “Chemical Animal”). Instead, it was straight up a greatest hit setlist, playing all your favorites like “Head On” and “Reverence”. What made this 2024 show so special is that they finally started playing “Sometimes Always” again. You see, the original song was a duet with Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, from the Stoned & Dethroned album, and previous JAMC shows, they never played that song because they needed a female singer. Thanks to Frankie Rose being the opener, she would guest on onstage to sing Hope’s part. Rose would also return to sing backup vocals on “Just Like Honey” (originally sung by Karen Parker). These two songs added so much to JAMC’s set that I think, in the future, the band must hire a female opening band.

As we previously mentioned, this was a great set. It was just a solid set with very little banters, only to genuinely thank the audience for hearing them play. The music sounded good, layers and layers of guitars. Some distortions, some fuzziness, but all driving guitar with a clear direction. The vocals were phenomenon, you can hear everything Jim said. It just sounded so good, especially compared to the distinctive scratchy voice of Richard Butler.

New wave band The Psychedelic Furs closed out the co-headlining show. What set the Furs set apart is that finally we’re getting spotlight and all the lights are turned on - so we can actually see the band on stage! Richard Bulter makes use of his arms, often holding it outstretched or using it to exaggerate movements and gestures. You can just tell he loves being the center of attention.

Psychedelic Furs at Palace Theatre (30 July 2022)

Like all the bands on the bill, we’ve seen them before. The last time we saw them, it was at the Palace Theatre in July 2022: “This time around, they played their signature song, “Pretty in Pink” (everyone helped sing this song) in the middle of the set, and their second hit, “Love My Way” as the penultimate set closer. Since Minneapolis/St Paul never got a Made of Rain tour (the record came out in 2020), they group made up for lost time by including some new songs on their set, including “The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll” and “Wrong Train”.”

I think the problem is that if you’ve seen the Furs before, you can expect pretty much the same. The two obvious hits, “Pretty in Pink” and “Love My Way” will always be on their set, but their new songs, such as “The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll” is actually started to grow on me.

I think this is a great team up between brothers Reid, of The Jesus and Mary Chain, and the brothers Butler, of Psychedelic Furs, with each band pulling in their respective fans. Perhaps there were crossover fans (like us who likes both bands), but it felt like there was a dividing line in the fanbase. Still, I think this is a good co-headlining show.

Note: Apologies for lack of Jesus and Mary Chain photos, there was a restriction on photographing the band.

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14 Oct 2024 Pigeon Pit with Erica Lyle & Mold Wine at Artery

14 Oct 2024 Monday

Pigeon Pit
with Erica Lyle & Mold Wine
at Artery
ablemediamn.com

Olympia, WA-based Pigeon Pit will be headlining the Artery, on October 14, 2024. Please note the Artery is a venue/event space located Ivy Building in South Minneapolis (2718 E 27th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406), and not to be confused with Hopkins’ Artery open space.

Pigeon Pit writes:

hey y’all! we’re really stoked to be hitting the road again this fall and play east coast shows for the first time in a long time. come hang out, we’ll be playing new songs, old songs, whatever songs we feel like and have some brand new merch for sale too. we got some really special shows on here! Will update bands and ticket links as time goes on but for the most part shows are pay at the door and all ages! ❤

10/14 in Minneapolis, MN at The Artery w/ Erica Lyle & Mold Wine

10/15 in Chicago, IL at Pilsen Community Books w/ Sunday Cruise

10/16 in Indianapolis, IN at Longshot w/ Looter & Passerine

10/17 in Pittsburgh, PA at Mr Roboto Project w/ Frog Legs, No Jane, Cacklin Racket & Rayne Blakeman

10/18 in Akron, PA at House of Jenk w/ Local News Legend, Joyful Forfeit & Erin Incoherent

10/20 in Brattleboro, VT at Buoyant Heart w/ Harm, Leaf Glitter & Kivimae

10/21 in Brooklyn, NY at Trans Pecos w/ TBA

10/23 in Philadelphia, PA at Foto Club w/ Paper Bee & Ezra Cohen

10/24 in Richmond, VA at Crescent Club w/ Flora and the Fauna and Shotgun Princess

10/26 in Gainesville, FL at Roadhouse w/ Mechanical Canine, Heavy Lag, Shift Meal & the Alleged Band

10/27 in Gainesville, FL - FEST - at Vivid Music Hall w/ Chuck Ragan and the Camaraderie, Tim Barry, Brendan Kelly, Walter Mitty and his MAkeshift Orchestra & Apes of the State (18+)

10/28 in Atlanta, GA at Wallers Coffee w/ Dakota Floyd, Official Bard of Baldwin County & Ozello

10/29 in Pensacola FL at the 309 Project w/ the Taints & TBA

10/30 in New Orleans, LA at SASS w/ Twisted Teens & TACK

11/1 in Little Rock, AR at River City Coffee w/ TBA

11/2 in Kansas City, MO at Howdy w/ Small Void & TBA

11/4 in Denver, CO at 7th Circle Music Collective w/ Fables of the Fall, Marissa. & Darling Driftwood

14 Oct 2024 julie with They Are Gutting A Body of Water and Her New Knife at Fine Line Read More julie Los Angeles band and art collective julie announces their highly-awaited debut album my anti-aircraft friend. julie exploded onto the map in 2020 with their single “flutter,” which has racked up millions of streams …

14 Oct 2024 Monday

julie
with They Are Gutting A Body of Water and Her New Knife
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles band and art collective Julie (stylized as julie) is touring in support of their debut album my anti-aircraft friend (Atlantic Records). The tour will stop by the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on October 14, 2024.

They Are Gutting A Body of Water and Her New Knife to open.

Tour dates:

10/8 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park ~

10/9 - Las Vegas, NV @ 24 Oxford ~

10/11 - Denver, CO @ Gothic ~

10/12 - Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep ~

10/14 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line ~

10/15 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall ~

10/16 - Columbus, OH @ King of Clubs ~

10/18 - Toronto, ON @ Concert Hall ~

10/20 - Boston, MA @ Paradise ~

10/22 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall~

10/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl ~

10/24 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ~

10/26 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West ~

10/27 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East ~

10/29 - Dallas, TX @ Trees ~

10/30 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall !

10/31 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk !

11/2 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom !

11/3 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom !

11/6 - San Francisco, CA @ Independent !

11/7 - Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre !

11/13 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda !

~=w/ They Are Gutting a Body of Water and Her New Knife
!= w/ Frost Children and Her New Knife

14 Oct 2024 Mdou Moctar with FACS at First Avenue Read More Mdou Moctar Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar (currently based in based in Agadez) is coming back to Minneapolis, at the Cedar Cultural Center on September 18, 2021, to support Afrique Victime (Matador Records). … FACS Chicago art-rock band FACS will be headlining the Turf Club in St Paul on June 12th. The band’s latest Still Life In Decay is available on Trouble In Mind Records. Opening will be Derecho, a band featuring Alan Sparhawk of Low. …

14 Oct 2024 Monday

Mdou Moctar
with FACS
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Nigerien desert blues band Mdou Moctar is headlining First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on October 14, 2024. The band is touring in support of Funeral for Justice, out now on Matador Records. The album was written after two years of constant touring across the globe, and has a slant on the plight of Niger and the Tuareg people.

Mdou Moctar explains, ‘This album is really different for me. Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. When the US and Europe came here, they said they’re going to help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us to find a solution.”

Mdou Moctar at First Avenue (10 Mar 2022)

We saw Mdou Moctar in Mar 2022, and wrote, “Of course, the Niger band loves coming back to Minneapolis. They played a solid set of mostly instrumental songs from Afrique Victime. The audience were all on board, clapping and hand-waving at all the songs. If the audience weren’t fans of the group before, they became fans after seeing this show.”

FACS to open.

Tour dates:

Oct 3 Jersey City, NJ, US White Eagle Hall

Oct 5 Woodstock, NY, US Bearsville Theater

Oct 6 South Burlington, VT, US Higher Ground

Oct 9 Toronto, ON, Canada The Concert Hall

Oct 11 Columbus, OH, US Athenaeum Theatre

Oct 12 Grand Rapids, MI, US Pyramid Scheme

Oct 13 Madison, WI, US Majestic Theatre

Oct 14 Minneapolis, MN, US First Avenue

Oct 16 Omaha, NE, US The Waiting Room

Oct 17 Englewood, CO, US Gothic Theatre

Oct 19 Boise, ID, US Treefort Music Hall

Oct 22 Seattle, WA, US The Crocodile

Oct 23 Portland, OR, US Revolution Hall

Oct 25 San Francisco, CA, US The Regency Ballroom

Oct 26 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Teragram Ballroom

Oct 28 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom

Oct 29 Albuquerque, NM, US El Rey Theater

Oct 31 Austin, TX, US The Black Angels

Nov 2 Mexico City, Mexico Hipnosis Festival

15 Oct 2024 Le Jazz Est Mort ft. Cortex at Fine Line Read More Cortex My first impression hearing Cortex, mere hours ago, was French Free Design. Not that these bands REALLY sound the same. The Design's airy 1960s jazzy pop contrasts with the varnished 1970s fusion sound of Cortex ....

15 Oct 2024 Tuesday

Le Jazz Est Mort
ft. Cortex
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

UPDATE: THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED

There is no rescheduled date at this time. If you purchased your tickets via AXS online or by phone, a refund will automatically be issued within 30 business days to the card used to make the purchase. Otherwise, refunds are available at your original point of purchase. For further ticketing questions, please contact AXS via support.axs.com or use the AXS app.

Billed as Le Jazz Est Mort (Jazz is Dead), the show will bring legendary psychedelic jazz-funk group Cortex (bandleader Alain Mion), to perform Troupeau Bleu in its entirety.

Troupeau Bleu is the first and most famous album from Cortex. The album was recorded in two days in July 1975, and would later inspire a generation of hip-hop artists. The record was sampled countless times in various rap songs throughout the years.

Tour dates:

Oct 15 - Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN

Oct 16 - El Club, Detroit, MI

Oct 17 - Old National Centre, Indianapolis, IN

Oct 19 - Electric City, Buffalo, NY

Oct 20 - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

Oct 21 - Crystal Ballroom, Somerville, MA

Oct 23 - The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC

Oct 24 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA

Oct 26 - Dante’s HiFi, Miami, FL

Oct 27 - Tipitina’s, New Orleans, LA

Oct 29 - Congress Plaza, Tucson, AZ

Oct 30 - The Observatory North Park, SanDiego, CA

Nov 01 - Tower Theatre, Oklahoma City, OK

Nov 02 - LEVITATION, Austin, TX

Nov 03 - LEVITATION, Austin, TX

Nov 05 - Foro Indie Rocks, MexicoCity, MX

Nov 14 - Autêntica, BeloHorizonte, BR

Nov 21 - Casa Natura Musical, SãoPaulo, BR

16 Oct 2024 Superchunk with Quivers at First Avenue Read More Superchunk We know that Narducy would play with Bob Mould and also Superchunk. His solo project is called Split Single, with a debut album Fragmented World, in 2014. .... Quivers Melbourne’s Quivers to open. We previously mentioned their Golden Doubt album in June 2021, and it looks like they have a new album Oyster Cuts, which just came out on Merge Records on August 9. ....

16 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Superchunk
with Quivers
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Superchunk is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Foolish. This important album was the fourth album from Superchunk, previously known as Chunk, when Laura Ballance & Mac McCaughan formed Merge Records in the summer of 1989. If you love that album, here’s your chance to hear it played live.

Of the tour, Mac McCaughan said:

We’re excited to play a bunch of songs from Foolish (and as usual lots of other stuff) in the places where we made the record (Minneapolis and Chicago), some favorite towns we haven’t played in many years (Omaha, Lawrence, New Orleans), and one state where we’ve never played at all—this tour features our first show ever in South Dakota.”

Jason Narducy at the Cedar Cultural Center (28 Oct 2023)

We previously caught Superchunk’s live bassist Jason Narducy (who replaced Balance when she had to stop touring) in Oct 2023 and said, “Despite being around for four decades, he confessed he’s never played the Cedar Cultural Center. It’s not surprising, because the Cedar don’t normally book rock or punk bands, their focus is on World Music and the NPR audience. One of the stories he told early in his set was how his daughter was really into Destroy Boys. So, being the rock dad, he took his kids to Riot Fest and ultimately got the band (particularly guitarist Violet) to meet his daughter. She was crying “tears of joy”, and it was a moment she’ll probably never forget. What was the point to the story? Narducy ended, “The point is buy Destroy Boys records!””

Melbourne’s Quivers to open. We previously mentioned their Golden Doubt album in June 2021, and it looks like they have a new album Oyster Cuts, which just came out on Merge Records on August 9.

Tour dates:

Oct 14 Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner

Oct 15 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall

Oct 16 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

Oct 17 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room

Oct 18 Sioux Falls, SD – Icon

Oct 19 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater

Oct 21 Austin, TX – Radio / East

Oct 22 Houston, TX – The White Oak

Oct 23 New Orleans, LA – Toulouse Theatre

Oct 25 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse *

Oct 26 Gainesville, FL – The Fest

* w/ Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

17 Oct 2024 The Psychedelic Furs & The Jesus and Mary Chain with Frankie Rose at Palace Theatre Read More The Psychedelic Furs English rock group The Psychedelic Furs headlined First Avenue’s mainroom last Thursday, April 6th. The terrific turnout consisted of mostly an older audience, who may remember the band from John Hughes’ film Pretty in Pink … The Jesus and Mary Chain After a very successful Pyschocandy 30th Anniversary Tour in 2015, the reunited Scottish band The Jesus and Mary Chain (brothers Jim Reid and William Reid) is back on tour in support of their new record Damage and Joy … Frankie Rose Frankie Rose is touring in support of Love As Projection (Slumberland Records). We last saw Rose in Oct 2013 and said, “Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose opened the evening with …

17 Oct 2024 Thursday

The Psychedelic Furs & The Jesus and Mary Chain
with Frankie Rose
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Bring on the ‘80s and ‘90s Brit-rock nostalgia: Longtime Scottish indie rockers The Jesus and Mary Chain are amping up the fuzzy guitar rock with the announcement of a co-headlining North American tour this fall with scratchy-voiced ‘80s new wave band Psychedelic Furs, also featuring special guest Frankie Rose of Vivian Girls and Dum Dum Girls. The co-headlining tour will stop in at the Palace Theatre in St Paul, on October 17, 2024.

Jesus and Mary Chain at the Palace Theatre (09 May 2017)

The last time we saw Scotland’s The Jesus and Mary Chain (led by Jim Reid and his brother William), it was also at the Palace Theatre in May 2017, writing, “In typical JAMC fashion, the band played on a poorly lit stage, with a lot of backlighting (making for darkened silhouettes), and plenty of fog from a smoke machine. The smoke machine worked overtime, and during ‘Reverence’, causing the curtains to fall down and the fire alarm (complete with flashing lights) to go off and ending their set temporarily. After some confusion, the venue announced the band will be back. They did come back to finish the song midway, but they just couldn’t catch a break, as the curtains started to fall again!”

Having released their latest album, Glasgow Eyes, just this spring, the band have been on a touring frenzy this year, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. Glasgow Eyes focused more on synth-heavy sounds than JAMC’s traditional dreamy guitar rock, but you can likely expect the band to play at least some of the hits that made them famous.

Psychedelic Furs at Palace Theatre (30 July 2022)

The last time we saw London’s The Psychedelic Furs (led by Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler), it was at the Palace Theatre in July 2022, writing, “This time around, they played their signature song, “Pretty in Pink” (everyone helped sing this song) in the middle of the set, and their second hit, “Love My Way” as the penultimate set closer. Since Minneapolis/St Paul never got a Made of Rain tour (the record came out in 2020), they group made up for lost time by including some new songs on their set, including “The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll” and “Wrong Train”.”

Frankie Rose at Turf Club (31 May 2023)

Frankie Rose to open. We last saw Frankie Rose in May 2023 and wrote, “Frankie Rose next took the stage with her band. We last saw her in 2013 opening up for Franz Ferdinand at the Skyway Theater, promoting her album Herein Wild. And it has been over six years since she last released an album. She actually completed one close to three years ago, but due to the pandemic and being a victim to vinyl production backlogs, she is finally on the road promoting Love as Projection, which The Big Takeover Magazine thought could be part of the Stranger Things soundtrack. It is a retro love letter to the type of electronic pop that would find a home in any John Hughes movie.”

Tour dates:

09/29 - Philadelphia, Franklin Music Hall

10/01 - New Haven, College Street Music Hall

10/02 - Boston, Orpheum Theater

10/04 - New York, The Beacon Theatre

10/05 - Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Paramount

10/06 - Washington DC, The Anthem

10/08 - Rochester, Kodak Center Music Hall

10/09 - Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Theater

10/11 - Detroit, Masonic Cathedral Theater

10/12 - Indianapolis, Murat Theatre

10/13 - Chicago, The Salt Shed

10/16 - Milwaukee, Riverside Theater

10/17 - St. Paul, The Palace

10/19 - West Des Moines, Val Air Ballroom

10/20 - St. Louis, Stifel Theatre

10/22 - Omaha, The Astro

10/23 - Kansas City, Uptown Theatre

10/24 - Salina, Stiefel Theatre

10/26 - Denver, Fillmore Auditorium

10/29 - Seattle, Paramount Theatre

10/30 - Portland, Crystal Ballroom

11/01 - Redding, Civic Auditorium

11/02 - San Francisco, The Masonic

11/03 - Reno, Grand Sierra Resort

11/06 - Riverside, Fox Performing Arts Center

11/08 - San Diego, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

11/09 - Inglewood, YouTube Theater

18 Oct 2024 Johnny Marr and James at Palace Theatre Read More Johnny Marr Spirit Power: The Best of Johnny Marr is a greatest hits album from guitarist extraordinaire Johnny Marr came out last year. Unfortunately, no The Smiths songs on the tracklisting. This is probably due to rights issue and … James Remember how I wondered if James was going to break up? I guess not just yet, seeing as they've just announced a touring team-up with Echo and the Bunnymen. …

18 Oct 2024 Friday

Johnny Marr and James
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Manchester’s greatest, Johnny Marr and James, are co-headlining the Palace Theatre.

Fans of The Smiths should already know Marr as their guitarist… but did you know that early in the Smith actually covered James’ “What’s the World?”.

James, on the other hand, covered Morrissey’s “We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful” as “We Hate It When Our Friends Become So Stressful.” The story behind this is that Tim Booth claims that the song was about his band becoming successful, so it’s somewhat of a stab at Morrissey’s general direction. You can hear the cover on YouTube.

This should be a wonderful show.

Johnny Marr at Varsity Theater (17 Sep 2018)

We last saw Johnny Marr in Sep 2018 and wrote, “Godlike Genius Award winner Johnny Marr returned to the Varsity Theater on Monday night. He has a full backing band, which included bassist Iwan Gronow, drummer Jack Mitchell, and guitarist James Doviak. This current 2018 Call The Comet tour set is, by far, the best set yet. This is mostly thanks to some classic The Smiths songs, and a pair of Electronic songs! ”

Tour dates:

20th September Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver

21st September The Moore Theatre, Seattle

22nd September McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland

23rd September The Warfield, San Francisco

25th September Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles

26th September Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles

29th September Stubb’s, Austin

30th September Majestic Theatre, Dallas

1st October Bayou Music Center, Houston

3rd October The Eastern, Atlanta

4th October The Fillmore, New Orleans

6th October Warner Theatre, Washington

8th October Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn

10th October Orpheum Theatre, Boston

11th October Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia

13th October MTLEUS, Montreal

14th October History, Toronto

15th October Masonic Temple, Detroit

17th October Riviera Theatre, Chicago

18th October Palace Theatre, Saint Paul

18 Oct 2024 Daniel Nunnelee with Shane T at 7th St Entry

18 Oct 2024 Friday

Daniel Nunnelee
with Shane T
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Memphis-born, Nashville-based art folk musician Daniel Nunnelee is touring in support of his debut album June, Baby (One Riot Records). The tour will stop in at 7th Street Entry on October 18, 2024.

Shane T to open.

Tour dates:

Sep 19 - Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar

Sep 20 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar

Sep 17 - Sep 21 - Nashville, TN - AMERICANAFEST

Oct 16 - Evanston, IL - SPACE

Oct 17 - Des Moines, IA - xBK

Oct 18 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry

Oct 19 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club

Oct 21 - Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge

Oct 22 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck

Oct 24 - St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway

Oct 25 - Lexington, KY - The Burl

Oct 26 - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop

Oct 27 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop

20 Oct 2024 Everclear with Marcy Playground and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack at First Avenue Read More Everclear It's 1990 all over again with the annual "Summerland Tour". The 90s nostalgia tour was created by singer/guitarist Art Alexakis from Everclear, which would explain why they have headlined …

20 Oct 2024 Sunday

Everclear
with Marcy Playground and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Everclear is headlining First Avenue this October 20, 2024.

Everclear at Uptown Theater, Minneapolis (24 Sep 2023)

We saw Everclear in Sep 2023 and wrote, “As the Pink Spiders said earlier, get ready for “two hours of hit songs!”… and that’s what Everclear delivered. Everyone who grew up in the 90s knows the famous Portland band. The group, led by Art Alexakis, had found success when they signed to Capitol Records in the mid-90s. Their two famous singles, “Santa Monica” and “I Will Buy You a New Life”, which, of course, they played on their set.”

Marcy Playground and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack to open. You may remember Marcy Playground with their hit “Sex and Candy.”

Tour dates:

Oct 5 Richmond, VA

Oct 6 Huntington, NY

Oct 8 Boston, MA

Oct 9 Portsmouth, NH

Oct 11 Asbury Park, NJ

Oct 12 Baltimore, MD

Oct 13 Lansing, MI

Oct 16 Cleveland, OH

Oct 17 Green Bay, WI

Oct 18 East Moline, IL

Oct 19 Jefferson City, MO

Oct 20 Minneapolis, MN

Oct 23 Brown County Music Center Nashville, IN

Oct 24 Birmingham, AL

Oct 25 Pensacola, FL

Oct 26 Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee North Augusta, SC

Oct 27 Pelham, TN

Nov 1 Agave Caliente Terraza Cathedral City, CA

Nov 2 Porterville, CA

Nov 15 Flagstar Strand Theatre Pontiac, MI

Nov 16 Lawrenceburg Event Center Lawrenceburg, IN

Nov 21 Haute Spot Cedar Park, TX

Nov 23 The Espee San Antonio, TX

Jan 18 Gibbston Valley Winery Concert Venue Gibbston, New Zealand

Jan 25 Taupo Amphitheatre & Riverside Park Taupo, New Zealand

Jan 26 Whitianga Waterways Arena Whitianga, New Zealand

Jan 31 The 90s Cruise 2025 Tampa, FL

20 Oct 2024 Skillet and Seether with Tim Montana + Royale Lynn at Armory Read More Seether If you didn’t make it to Seether’s 5th Annual Rise Above Fest (the largest suicide awareness event in the world) on July 22nd and 23rd, in Bangor, Maine, you can catch the band this Friday at the Myth. 6:30pm, $27. …

20 Oct 2024 Sunday

Skillet and Seether
with Tim Montana + Royale Lynn
at Armory
armorymn.com

93X and Live Nation is presenting co-headlining acts: Skillet and Seether at the Armory, in Minneapolis, on October 20, 2024. Openers will include Tim Montana and Royale Lynn.

Seether at Midland Theater (02 Oct 2024) Skillet at Midland Theater (02 Oct 2024) Tim Montana at Midland Theater (02 Oct 2024) Royale Lynn at Midland Theater (02 Oct 2024)

We just saw this tour (Seether and Skillet) in Oct 2024 and wrote, “Seether released their recent single, "Judas Mind" as the lead single to their ninth studio album, "The Surface Seems So Far" which was released on September 20th. (via Fantasy Records) with its follow-up single, "Illusions"... Skillet is the Grammy®-nominated, 22x platinum, Christian rock band led by the husband-and-wife duo of John and Korey Cooper. The band recently released new single, "Unpopular" in advance of their upcoming album, "Revolution" which will release independently on November 1st…. Nashville's (via Butte, MT) Tim Montana has a new Country rock album out himself, "Savage" with its self-titled single, "Die Today" and "Shut Me Out" also released as singles. … Royale Lynn is a rising Country metal singer, whose newest single, "Sacrifice" is out now, as a follow-up to previous single, "Death Wish". ”

Tour dates:

Oct 10 Sacramento, CA, US Aftershock Fest

Oct 12 Oceanside, CA, US Frontwave Arena

Oct 15 Denver, CO, US Mission Ballroom

Oct 18 La Vista, NE, US The Astro Amphitheater

Oct 19 Waukee, IA, US Vibrant Music Hall

Oct 20 Minneapolis, MN, US The Armory

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 17, 2024

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17 Oct 2024 The Psychedelic Furs & The Jesus and Mary Chain with Frankie Rose at Palace Theatre Read More The Psychedelic Furs English rock group The Psychedelic Furs headlined First Avenue’s mainroom last Thursday, April 6th. The terrific turnout consisted of mostly an older audience, who may remember the band from John Hughes’ film Pretty in Pink … The Jesus and Mary Chain After a very successful Pyschocandy 30th Anniversary Tour in 2015, the reunited Scottish band The Jesus and Mary Chain (brothers Jim Reid and William Reid) is back on tour in support of their new record Damage and Joy … Frankie Rose Frankie Rose is touring in support of Love As Projection (Slumberland Records). We last saw Rose in Oct 2013 and said, “Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose opened the evening with …

17 Oct 2024 Thursday

The Psychedelic Furs & The Jesus and Mary Chain
with Frankie Rose
at Palace Theatre
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Bring on the ‘80s and ‘90s Brit-rock nostalgia: Longtime Scottish indie rockers The Jesus and Mary Chain are amping up the fuzzy guitar rock with the announcement of a co-headlining North American tour this fall with scratchy-voiced ‘80s new wave band Psychedelic Furs, also featuring special guest Frankie Rose of Vivian Girls and Dum Dum Girls. The co-headlining tour will stop in at the Palace Theatre in St Paul, on October 17, 2024.

Jesus and Mary Chain at the Palace Theatre (09 May 2017)

The last time we saw Scotland’s The Jesus and Mary Chain (led by Jim Reid and his brother William), it was also at the Palace Theatre in May 2017, writing, “In typical JAMC fashion, the band played on a poorly lit stage, with a lot of backlighting (making for darkened silhouettes), and plenty of fog from a smoke machine. The smoke machine worked overtime, and during ‘Reverence’, causing the curtains to fall down and the fire alarm (complete with flashing lights) to go off and ending their set temporarily. After some confusion, the venue announced the band will be back. They did come back to finish the song midway, but they just couldn’t catch a break, as the curtains started to fall again!”

Having released their latest album, Glasgow Eyes, just this spring, the band have been on a touring frenzy this year, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. Glasgow Eyes focused more on synth-heavy sounds than JAMC’s traditional dreamy guitar rock, but you can likely expect the band to play at least some of the hits that made them famous.

Psychedelic Furs at Palace Theatre (30 July 2022)

The last time we saw London’s The Psychedelic Furs (led by Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler), it was at the Palace Theatre in July 2022, writing, “This time around, they played their signature song, “Pretty in Pink” (everyone helped sing this song) in the middle of the set, and their second hit, “Love My Way” as the penultimate set closer. Since Minneapolis/St Paul never got a Made of Rain tour (the record came out in 2020), they group made up for lost time by including some new songs on their set, including “The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll” and “Wrong Train”.”

Frankie Rose at Turf Club (31 May 2023)

Frankie Rose to open. We last saw Frankie Rose in May 2023 and wrote, “Frankie Rose next took the stage with her band. We last saw her in 2013 opening up for Franz Ferdinand at the Skyway Theater, promoting her album Herein Wild. And it has been over six years since she last released an album. She actually completed one close to three years ago, but due to the pandemic and being a victim to vinyl production backlogs, she is finally on the road promoting Love as Projection, which The Big Takeover Magazine thought could be part of the Stranger Things soundtrack. It is a retro love letter to the type of electronic pop that would find a home in any John Hughes movie.”

Tour dates:

09/29 - Philadelphia, Franklin Music Hall

10/01 - New Haven, College Street Music Hall

10/02 - Boston, Orpheum Theater

10/04 - New York, The Beacon Theatre

10/05 - Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Paramount

10/06 - Washington DC, The Anthem

10/08 - Rochester, Kodak Center Music Hall

10/09 - Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Theater

10/11 - Detroit, Masonic Cathedral Theater

10/12 - Indianapolis, Murat Theatre

10/13 - Chicago, The Salt Shed

10/16 - Milwaukee, Riverside Theater

10/17 - St. Paul, The Palace

10/19 - West Des Moines, Val Air Ballroom

10/20 - St. Louis, Stifel Theatre

10/22 - Omaha, The Astro

10/23 - Kansas City, Uptown Theatre

10/24 - Salina, Stiefel Theatre

10/26 - Denver, Fillmore Auditorium

10/29 - Seattle, Paramount Theatre

10/30 - Portland, Crystal Ballroom

11/01 - Redding, Civic Auditorium

11/02 - San Francisco, The Masonic

11/03 - Reno, Grand Sierra Resort

11/06 - Riverside, Fox Performing Arts Center

11/08 - San Diego, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

11/09 - Inglewood, YouTube Theater

17 Oct 2024 Montell Fish with CLIP at First Avenue

17 Oct 2024 Thursday

Montell Fish
with CLIP
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Genre-bending R&B sensation Montell Fish is on tour, in support of of CHARLOTTE … and will be stopping by First Avenue on October 17, 2024.

CLIP to open.

Tour dates:

September 23rd – Houston, TX – House of Blues

September 25th – Dallas, TX – House of Blues

September 27th – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren

September 28th – San Diego, CA – The Observatory

October 1st – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre

October 3rd – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom

October 5th – Seattle, WA – The Showbox

October 6th – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom

October 8th – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre

October 11th – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex

October 13th – Denver, CO – Cervantes Masterpiece

October 15th – Chicago, IL – House of Blues

October 17th – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

October 19th – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall

October 21st – Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall

October 24th – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel

17 Oct 2024 Hello Mary with Bleary Eyed at 7th St Entry Read More Hello Mary Hello Mary first took the stage in front of the sold out crowd. Based out of Brooklyn, they are comprised of Helena Straight on vocals and guitar, Mikaela Oppenheimer on bass and Stella Wave on drums and vocals. …

17 Oct 2024 Thursday

Hello Mary
with Bleary Eyed
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

New York City’s Hello Mary is touring in support of their new album Emita Ox (Frenchkiss Records). The tour will stop in at the 7th Street Entry on October 17, 2024.

Hello Mary at 7th Street Entry (11 July 2023)

We saw Hello Mary in July 2023 and wrote, “Hello Mary first took the stage in front of the sold out crowd. Based out of Brooklyn, they are comprised of Helena Straight on vocals and guitar, Mikaela Oppenheimer on bass and Stella Wave on drums and vocals. They are young, looking like they could still be in high school, which is not too far off course for Straight and Oppenheimer just graduated last year. Straight and Oppenheimer formed the band as freshmen, but didn’t start playing in front of crowds until the older Wave joined the group and started booking gigs to help her bandmates overcome the sheer terror of being in front of a crowd.”

Bleary Eyed to open.

Tour dates:

Oct 4 - Barboza - Seattle, WA *

Oct 6 - Polaris Hall - Portland, OR *

Oct 9 - Brick & Mortar - San Francisco, CA *

Oct 10 - The Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA *

Oct 12 - Best Friends Forever Festival - Las Vegas, NV

Oct 14 - Marquis Theatre - Denver, CO *

Oct 16 - Raccoon Motel - Davenport, IA *

Oct 17 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN *

Oct 19 - Schubas Tavern - Chicago, IL *

Oct 20 - Lager House - Detroit, MI *

Oct 21 - The Garrison - Toronto, ON *

Oct 24 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY *

Oct 25 - Ukie Club - Philadelphia, PA *

Oct 26 - Warsaw - - Brooklyn, NY %

Oct 27 - Songbyrd - Washington, DC *

Oct 29 - Pinhook - Durham, NC *

Oct 30 - Masquerade-Purgatory - Atlanta, GA *

Nov 1 - Andy's - Denton, TX *

Nov 2 - White Oak Music Hall - Houston, TX *

Nov 3 - Levitation Festival - Austin, TX

* denotes headline
% denotes support for American Football

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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Frankie Rose at Turf Club (05/31/2023)

05/31 Frankie Rose with SRSQ and Collin Gorman Weiland at Turf Club Tour Dates 6/01 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club $ 6/03 Chicago, IL - TBA 6/04 Ferndale, MI - The Magic Bag $ 6/05 Toronto, ON - Monarch Tavern $ 6/06 Montreal, PQ - Bar Le "Ritz" PDB $ 6/07 Troy, NY - No Fun $ 6/08 Brooklyn, NY - TV Eye $ $ = w/ SRSQ Read More Frankie Rose Frankie Rose is touring in support of Love As Projection (Slumberland Records). We last saw Rose in Oct 2013 and said, “Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose opened the evening with … SRSQ The Black Queen will be headlining Studio B (at the Skyway Theatre) on Sunday, March 17th. Show up early to check out The Uniform and SRSQ (featuring Kennedy Ashlyn of Them Are Us Too). ..…

Wednesday night was 80’s night at the Turf Club with the Pet Shop Boys playing through the speakers and Frankie Rose soon to take the stage.

Local musician Collin Gorman Weiland warmed up the crowd with a dirge of industrial dance music that ripped through the club. His latest album is Now & Thus Suite on the Moon Glyph label, a label in which he also works as a regular mastering engineer.

SRSQ aka Kennedy Ashlyn next took the stage to promote her new album Ever Crashing, a dream pop album involving 100 separate tracks all done by the Texas based musician.

Vice Magazine described SRSQ’s debut Unreality as “… floating and abstract.” Songs from her latest album create a lush musical landscape that allow Ashlyn to sing an almost defiant, wounded delivery of someone searching for meaning, yet using music to heal.

The pain is real for Ashlyn never set out to be a solo artist, but part of a duo with Cash Askew. But Askew died in a tragic warehouse/concert venue fire in Oakland, California. So, the theme through most of the evening was the temporal, fleeting nature of being alive. Like in “Saved for Summer” where Ashlyn sang:

Oh, wasted time, is it folly or despair?
Or somehow, in between?

Frankie Rose next took the stage with her band. We last saw her in 2013 opening up for Franz Ferdinand at the Skyway Theater, promoting her album Herein Wild. And it has been over six years since she last released an album. She actually completed one close to three years ago, but due to the pandemic and being a victim to vinyl production backlogs, she is finally on the road promoting Love as Projection, which The Big Takeover Magazine thought could be part of the Stranger Things soundtrack. It is a retro love letter to the type of electronic pop that would find a home in any John Hughes movie.

A highlight was “Sixteen Ways”, a perfectly formed pop song to sing in the car. Another highlight was “Comeback”, a hypnotic dance groove.

A funny moment occurred when Rose moved into the prerequisite merch plug. Then she remembered: “We're out of our record. Just wanted to let you know.”

For the encore she asked the crowd if they had any requests. Someone joked and shouted: “Anything!” So she played “Anything” from her sold out album.

SRSQ Collin Gorman Weiland SRSQ Frankie Rose Frankie Rose

Frankie Rose at Turf Club, St Paul (31 May 2023)

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Minneapolis: This Week (06/04/2023)

Here are some shows, this week, in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

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05/30 Alex Lahey with Liza Anne at 7th St Entry Read More Alex Lahey Australian songwriter Alex Lahey is headlining the Turf Club in support of her new album The Best Of Luck Club (Dead Oceans). ... Liza Anne Next was Liza Anne (with full band of Josh on bass, Cody on drums, and Robbie on guitars), who could not get over at how cold it was in Minneapolis (it was randomly snowing throughout the day). The Nashville-based band …

05/30/2023 Tuesday

Alex Lahey
with Liza Anne
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Australian songwriter Alex Lahey will stop by the 7th Street Entry in support of her forthcoming album The Answer Is Always Yes (Liberation Records).

Lahey was last seen in town in August 2019 at the Turf Club, in St Paul.

Liza Anne (12 Oct 2019)

Liza Anne to open. We last saw Liza in Oct 2019 and said, “Next was Liza Anne (with full band of Josh on bass, Cody on drums, and Robbie on guitars), who could not get over at how cold it was in Minneapolis (it was randomly snowing throughout the day). The Nashville-based band only packed T-Shirts and jeans, so they were not prepared for the change in temperature.” I know it’s going to be in late May, but I hope they pack a sweater.

Alex Lahey Tour Dates:

Fri. May 19 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
Sat. May 20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
Sun. May 21 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Tue. May 23 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
Wed. May 24 - Seattle, WA @ Madame Lous
Fri. May 26 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Sat. May 27 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
Tue. May 30 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street entry
Wed. May 31 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
Fri. June 2 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
Sat. June 3 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahalls
Sun. June 4 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
Tue. June 6 - Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
Wed. June 7 - New York, NY @ Baby’s All Right
Fri. June 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
Sun. June 11 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
Mon. June 12 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Tue. June 13 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Purgatory
Thu. June 15 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music
Fri. June 16 - Austin, TX @ Parish
Sat. June 17 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Tue. June 20 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
Wed. June 21 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

05/31 Frankie Rose with SRSQ and Collin Gorman Weiland at Turf Club Read More Frankie Rose Guess who is opening up for Franz Ferdinand for all their U.S. tour dates? That's right, Frankie Rose. She'll be here on Wednesday at the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis..…

05/31/2023 Wednesday

Frankie Rose
with SRSQ and Collin Gorman Weiland
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Frankie Rose is touring in support of Love As Projection (Slumberland Records).

Frankie Rose (09 Oct 2013)

We last saw Rose in Oct 2013 and said, “Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose opened the evening with a brief but solid 30 min. set. After playing in Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and Vivian Girls, Rose struck out on her own in 2010 with the release of Frankie Rose and the Outs. She toured under that name (the Outs being her band), but by her sophomore album, Interstellar, she dropped the name the Outs, possibly due to changing band members, or most likely, to keep it simple.”

Tour dates:

5/14 Washington DC - Songbyrd $
5/15 Durham, NC - Pinhook $
5/16 Atlanta, GA - The Earl $
5/18 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves $
5/19 Austin, TX - Empire Control Room $
5/21 Albuquerque, NM - Sister $
5/23 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar $
5/24 Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon $
5/25 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel $
5/26 Sacramento, CA - Starlet Room $
5/27 Portland, OR - Doug Fir $
5/28 Seattle, WA - Madame Lou's $
5/31 St Paul, MN - Turf Club $
6/01 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club $
6/03 Chicago, IL - TBA
6/04 Ferndale, MI - The Magic Bag $
6/05 Toronto, ON - Monarch Tavern $
6/06 Montreal, PQ - Bar Le "Ritz" PDB $
6/07 Troy, NY - No Fun $
6/08 Brooklyn, NY - TV Eye $

* = w/ Donzii
# = w/ Postcards From Paradise
+ = w/ Romeo Blu, Offerings
$ = w/ SRSQ

05/31 Buffalo Daughter with babybaby_explores and Balloon Race at 7th St Entry Read More Luscious Jackson Did you know it's been over thirteen years since Luscious Jackson release their last album, Electric Honey? I did catch them on tour when they were touring in support of that album. I didn't know .…

05/31/2023 Wednesday

Buffalo Daughter
with babybaby_explores and Balloon Race
at 7th St Entry
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90s Japanese rock band Buffalo Daughter (suGar Yoshinaga on guitar, Yumiko Ohno on bass, and MoOog Yamamoto on turntables) is making a rare appearance at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on May 31st.

The group toured America with Luscious Jackson, because the American group met the band in Japan and loved them so much that they introduced them to Beastie Boys’ label Grand Royal Records. After signing with Grand Royal, Buffalo Daughter spent time in the USA touring with Butter 08 (Cibo Matto’s side project that we wrote about in June 2007) and, later with Luscious Jackson.

The band latest release We Are the Times came out in 2021, and they are celebrating reissues of their albums New Rock (1998) and I (2001) on double vinyl. I’m sure the band will bring them on tour, so be sure to grab the new reissues.

babybaby_explores and Balloon Race to open.

Tour dates:

May 24 Brooklyn, NY, US Public Records
May 26 Philadelphia, PA, US Johnny Brenda's
May 27 Montreal, QC, Canada L'Escogriffe Bar Spectacle
May 28 Toronto, ON, Canada The Garrison
May 29 Chicago, IL, US Schuba's
May 30 Cudahy, WI, US X-Ray Arcade
May 31 Minneapolis, MN, US 7th St Entry
Jun 3 Seattle, WA, US Substation
Jun 4 Portland, OR, US Doug Fir Lounge
Jun 6 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Resident
Jun 7 San Francisco, CA, US Café du Nord
Jun 25 Shibuya, Japan WALL&WALL
Jul 5 Nagoya, Japan Tokuzo / 得三
Jul 7 Kyoto, Japan Metro

06/03 Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Perfume Genius at Armory Read More Yeah Yeah Yeahs As for Yeah Yeah Yeahs, please refer to the setlist to see all the songs played. I'll try to fill in the rest. Karen O, has, as always, a bit of a stage presence. She underwent a few jackets and costumes changes throughout their set. ... Perfume Genius Perfume Genius (aka Mike Hadreas) is stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center in support of his fourth record No Shape (Matador Records). The album was recorded in Los Angeles …

06/03/2023 Saturday

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
with Perfume Genius
at Armory
first-avenue.com

Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be touring in support of their GRAMMY nominated 2022 album, Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian).

Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Har Mar Superstar (24 June 2013)

We last saw YYY in June 2013, which happened to be Karen O’s birthday and said, “YYY fans are a dedicated bunch who showed up two hours before the doors open. They would rush to the front and sing along to all their songs, including new songs (like "Under The Earth", "Slave", "Despair", and "Sacrilege") from Mosquito, which came out April 16th on Interscope Records. Encore was interesting, Har Mar Superstar came on stage to sing "Happy Birthday" to YYY's additional live guitarist David Pajo.”

Perfume Genius (24 May 2017)

Perfume Genius to open.

The last time we saw Perfume Genius, it was in May 2017 and we said, “Perfume Genius is basically the stage name solo artist Mike Hadreas, began recording music under the moniker in 2008 when he moved back to Seattle. His songs often reflect his experience of being an openly gay man in a society that doesn’t always embrace what they don’t understand.”

Perfume Genius last album Ugly Season came out on Matador Records.

Tour dates:

5/3 - Washington, DC @ The Anthem
5/5 - Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Music Festival
5/7 - Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall +
5/9 - Irving, TX @ The Pavilion +
5/12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
5/13 - Pasadena, CA @ Just Like Heaven
5/26 - Allston, MA @ Boston Calling Music Festival
6/1 Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion
6/3 Minneapolis, MN @ Armory *
6/5 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
6/7 Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Live *
6/8 Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield *
6/10 Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre *
7/28-30 - Yuzawa, JP @ Fuji Rock Festival
8/25 - London, EN @ All Points East
8/26 - Paris, FR @ Rock en Seine
8/28 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
8/29 - Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle

+ w/ The Faint
* w/ Perfume Genius

06/03 Jess Williamson with Sam Cassidy at Turf Club Read More Plains Plains is the new collaborative project from Jess Williamson and Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield. Their new album I Walked With You A Ways recently came out on ANTI- Records. ...

06/03/2023 Saturday

Jess Williamson
with Sam Cassidy
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Texas-born, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter Jess Williamson (who is also in Plains) is touring in support of her new album Time Ain’t Accidental (Mexican Summer). The tour will stop in Minneapolis on June 3, 2023.

Sam Cassidy to open.

Tour dates:

5/19 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement
5/20 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement
5/23 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
5/24 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
5/26 - Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
5/27 - Toronto, ON @ The Monarch Tavern
5/28 - Pittsburgh, PA @ WonderWorks Music
5/30 - Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
5/31 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
6/1 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
6/3 - Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
6/5 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Back Room @ Colectivo
6/6 - Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel
6/8 - Dallas, TX @ The Sundown
6/9 - Austin, TX - Continental Club
6/10 - Austin, TX - Continental Club
6/17 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon

06/04 Daniel Romano's Outfit and The Dirty Nil at Turf Club Read More The Dirty Nil Ontario punk trio The Dirty Nil will open the show. The Dirty Nil’s debut album Higher Power is out now on Dine Alone Records. The band will likely play “Wrestle Yü to Hüsker Dü” .…

06/04/2023 Sunday

Daniel Romano's Outfit
and The Dirty Nil
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

The co-headlining tour of Daniel Romano's Outfit and The Dirty Nil will stop by the Turf Club in St Paul on June 4th.

Daniel Romano's Outfit’s new album La Luna (the Moon) is out now on You've Changed Records.

Ontario’s rock ‘n’ roll torchbearers, The Dirty Nil, is touring in support of their new album Free Rein to Passions via Dine Alone Records.

Upcoming North American Tour Dates:

6/1/23 - Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch
6/2/23 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
6/4/23 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
6/6/23 - Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre
6/7/23 - Saskatoon, SK @ Louis Pub
6/8/23 - Red Deer, AB @ Starlite Room
6/10/23 - Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth
6/11/23 - Medicine Hat, AB @ Casa Amigos
6/13/23 - Nelson, BC @ Spirit Bar
6/14/23 - Kelowa, BC @ Runaways
6/15/23 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw
6/16/23 - Victoria, BC @ Capital Ballroom
6/17/23 - Seattle, WA @ Madam Lou’s
6/18/23 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
6/20/23 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
6/21/23 - Fresno, CA - Strummers
6/22/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
6/23/23 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
6/24/23 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
6/25/23 - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
6/27/23 - Austin, TX @ Parish
6/28/23 - Dallas, TX @ Three Links
6/29/23 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Halls (Upstairs)
6/30/23 - New Orleans, LA @ Santos
7/1/23 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
7/2/23 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East
7/5/23 - Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
7/6/23 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
7/7/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
7/8/23 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
7/11/23 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
7/12/23 - Boston, MA @ Sonia
7/13/23 - Syracuse, NY @ The Lost Horizon
7/14/23 - Buffalo, NY @ Red Room

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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Minneapolis: May 30 to May 31

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05/30 Pedro the Lion with Erik Walters at Fine Line Read More Pedro the Lion After 11 years of recording under his own name, Dave Bazan has decided to bring back his band, Pedro the Lion. Bazan mentioned, “I missed the energy of making music with other people on stage and constantly…

05/30/2023 Tuesday

Pedro the Lion
with Erik Walters
at Fine Line
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Pedro The Lion will be touring in celebrating their 25 years of It's Hard To Find A Friend and 20 years of Control. The tour will stop by the Fine Line in Minneapolis on May 30th, 2023.

Erik Walters to open.

It’s Hard to Find a Friend + Control / Tour 2023

04/21/23 : Tampa FL – Crowbar
04/22/23 : Orlando FL – The Social
04/23/23 : Jacksonville FL – Jack Rabbits
04/24/23 : Atlanta GA – Terminal West
04/25/23 : Asheville NC – Grey Eagle #
04/27/23 : Carrboro NC – Cat’s Cradle
04/28/23 : Washington DC – Black Cat
04/29/23 : Philadelphia PA – Underground Arts
04/30/23 : Brooklyn NY – Music Hall
05/01/23 : Boston MA – The Sinclair
05/03/23 : Toronto ON – Great Hall
05/04/23 : Millvale PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
05/21/23 : Cleveland OH – Grog Shop
05/22/23 : Detroit MI – El Club
05/23/23 : Indianapolis IN – Hi-fi
05/24/23 : Nashville TN – Basement East
05/26/23 : St Louis MO – Old Rock House
05/27/23 : Chicago IL – Thalia Hall
05/29/23 : Milwaukee WI – Back Room at Colectivo
05/30/23 : Minneapolis MN – Fine Line
06/18/23 : Boise ID – Neurolux
06/19/23 : Salt Lake City UT – Urban Lounge
06/21/23 : Denver CO – Gothic Theatre
06/23/23 : Phoenix AZ – Crescent Ballroom
06/24/23 : Santa Ana CA – The Observatory #
06/25/23 : Solana Beach CA – Belly Up
06/26/23 : Los Angeles CA – Lodge Room
06/27/23 : San Francisco CA – The Independent
06/29/23 : Portland OR – Revolution Hall
06/30/23 : Seattle WA – Neumo’s
07/01/23 : Bellingham WA – Wild Buffalo *
07/02/23: Seattle WA – Neumo’s *

# show moved to larger venue after sell out.

05/30 Alex Lahey with Liza Anne at 7th St Entry Read More Alex Lahey Australian songwriter Alex Lahey is headlining the Turf Club in support of her new album The Best Of Luck Club (Dead Oceans). ... Liza Anne Next was Liza Anne (with full band of Josh on bass, Cody on drums, and Robbie on guitars), who could not get over at how cold it was in Minneapolis (it was randomly snowing throughout the day). The Nashville-based band …

05/30/2023 Tuesday

Alex Lahey
with Liza Anne
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Australian songwriter Alex Lahey will stop by the 7th Street Entry in support of her forthcoming album The Answer Is Always Yes (Liberation Records).

Lahey was last seen in town in August 2019 at the Turf Club, in St Paul.

Liza Anne (12 Oct 2019)

Liza Anne to open. We last saw Liza in Oct 2019 and said, “Next was Liza Anne (with full band of Josh on bass, Cody on drums, and Robbie on guitars), who could not get over at how cold it was in Minneapolis (it was randomly snowing throughout the day). The Nashville-based band only packed T-Shirts and jeans, so they were not prepared for the change in temperature.” I know it’s going to be in late May, but I hope they pack a sweater.

Alex Lahey Tour Dates:

Fri. May 19 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
Sat. May 20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
Sun. May 21 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Tue. May 23 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
Wed. May 24 - Seattle, WA @ Madame Lous
Fri. May 26 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Sat. May 27 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
Tue. May 30 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street entry
Wed. May 31 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
Fri. June 2 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
Sat. June 3 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahalls
Sun. June 4 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
Tue. June 6 - Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
Wed. June 7 - New York, NY @ Baby’s All Right
Fri. June 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
Sun. June 11 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
Mon. June 12 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Tue. June 13 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Purgatory
Thu. June 15 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music
Fri. June 16 - Austin, TX @ Parish
Sat. June 17 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Tue. June 20 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
Wed. June 21 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

05/31 Frankie Rose with SRSQ and Collin Gorman Weiland at Turf Club Read More Frankie Rose Guess who is opening up for Franz Ferdinand for all their U.S. tour dates? That's right, Frankie Rose. She'll be here on Wednesday at the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis..…

05/31/2023 Wednesday

Frankie Rose
with SRSQ and Collin Gorman Weiland
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Frankie Rose is touring in support of Love As Projection (Slumberland Records).

Frankie Rose (09 Oct 2013)

We last saw Rose in Oct 2013 and said, “Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose opened the evening with a brief but solid 30 min. set. After playing in Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and Vivian Girls, Rose struck out on her own in 2010 with the release of Frankie Rose and the Outs. She toured under that name (the Outs being her band), but by her sophomore album, Interstellar, she dropped the name the Outs, possibly due to changing band members, or most likely, to keep it simple.”

Tour dates:

5/14 Washington DC - Songbyrd $
5/15 Durham, NC - Pinhook $
5/16 Atlanta, GA - The Earl $
5/18 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves $
5/19 Austin, TX - Empire Control Room $
5/21 Albuquerque, NM - Sister $
5/23 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar $
5/24 Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon $
5/25 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel $
5/26 Sacramento, CA - Starlet Room $
5/27 Portland, OR - Doug Fir $
5/28 Seattle, WA - Madame Lou's $
5/31 St Paul, MN - Turf Club $
6/01 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club $
6/03 Chicago, IL - TBA
6/04 Ferndale, MI - The Magic Bag $
6/05 Toronto, ON - Monarch Tavern $
6/06 Montreal, PQ - Bar Le "Ritz" PDB $
6/07 Troy, NY - No Fun $
6/08 Brooklyn, NY - TV Eye $

* = w/ Donzii
# = w/ Postcards From Paradise
+ = w/ Romeo Blu, Offerings
$ = w/ SRSQ

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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Minneapolis: November 7 to November 12

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

11/07: Soccer Mommy at First Ave   11/08: Gus Dapperton at Fine Line   Read More Soccer Mommy Nashville’s Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) opened up the show. She’s joined on stage by “a new band” with Nick Brown on drums, Gabe Wax on Bass, and Julian Powell on guitars. .…

11/07/2021 SUNDAY

SOCCER MOMMY
with alexalone
at First Avenue
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Excerpt Girls Girls Girls: Poppy, Soccer Mommy, Madison Cunningham, Brandy Clark:

Nashville’s Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) released her critically-acclaimed sophomore album color theory last year, but due to the pandemic, there was no tour. Now that venues are opening again, Soccer Mommy will be resuming her long-delayed U.S. headline tour. The tour will take her to Minneapolis’ First Avenue on November 7th.

11/08/2021 MONDAY

GUS DAPPERTON
with Michelle
at Fine Line
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New York’s Gus Dapperton is touring in support of his critically acclaimed second album Orca (AWAL).

He’ll be stopping by the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on November 8th…

Opening will be Michelle (stylized as MICHELLE) … they are six musicians, none of whom are named Michelle: Sofia D’Angelo, Julian Kaufman, Charlie Kilgore, Layla Ku, Emma Lee, and Jamee Lockard.

Tour Dates:

10/17/21 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
10/19/21 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
10/22/21 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
10/23/21 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
10/24/21 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
10/26/21 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
10/27/21 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
10/29/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
11/1/21 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
11/2/21 - Vancouver, BC @Hollywood Theatre
11/3/21 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/5/21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
11/6/21 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
11/8/21 - Minneapolis, MS @ Fine Line
11/9/21 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
11/12/21 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
11/13/21 - Montreal, QB @ L'Astral
11/15/21 - South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
11/16/21 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
11/18/21 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
11/19/21 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts

11/08: TOPS at Turf Club   Read More Tops 09/19/2017 Tops and Faith Healer (aka Jessica Jalbert) will be playing the 7th Street Entry. 7pm, $10 …

11/08/2021 MONDAY

TOPS
with Sean Nicholas Savage
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Canadian indie rock band Tops (stylized as TOPS) is returning to touring this Fall. They recently shared their new song “Party Again”, which they said, “Last spring when all our tours got cancelled most of us ended up in Montreal and we spent the summer writing and recording some new songs. The song we’re sharing today - “Party Again” - seemed too appropriate to not use it to announce our rescheduled dates. The song is about missing someone that you only see when you go out.”

Tour dates:

10/19 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
10/20 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
10/22 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
10/23 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
10/24 - Memphis, TN @ The Hi Tone Cafe
10/25 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10/27 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
10/28 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
10/29 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
10/30 - Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel
10/31 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
11/02 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
11/03 - Montreal, QC @ Théatre Rialto
11/04 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
11/05 - Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar
11/06 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11/07 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11/08 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
11/11 - Vancouver, BC @ Imperial Theatre
11/12 - Seattle, WA @The Crocodile
11/13 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
11/15 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
11/16 - San Luis Obispo @ SLO Brew
11/17 - San Diego, CA @ Music Box
11/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre

11/09: X Ambassadors at Varsity Theater   Read More X Ambassadors X Ambassadors is bringing their highly successful European Joyful tour to the U.S. this Spring/Summer. Earlier this year the Joyful tour hit a few select cities across America, including selling out shows at The Belasco Theater in Los Angeles ...

11/09/2021 TUESDAY

X AMBASSADORS
with Taylor Janzen, Scarypoolparty
at Varsity Theater
varsitytheater.com

Multi-platinum-selling rock band X Ambassadors is touring for their third studio album The Beautiful Liar… the group will stop by The Varsity Theater, in Minneapolis, on November 9th.

Tour dates:

10/18/2021 Cain's Ballroom Tulsa, OK
10/19/2021 Emo's Austin, TX
10/22/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Nashville, TN
10/23/2021 Mercury Ballroom Louisville, KY
10/25/2021 The Orange Peel Asheville, NC
10/27/2021 Webster Hall New York, NY
10/28/2021 Big Night Live Boston, MA
10/29/2021 Theatre Of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
10/30/2021 Lincoln Theatre Washington, DC
11/01/2021 The Danforth Music Hall Toronto, ON
11/02/2021 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
11/04/2021 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
11/05/2021 Deluxe Indianapolis, IN
11/06/2021 The Rave Milwaukee, WI
11/08/2021 The Truman Kansas City, MO
11/09/2021 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
11/11/2021 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
11/12/2021 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
11/13/2021 Revolution Concert Garden City, ID
11/15/2021 The Showbox Seattle, WA
11/16/2021 Knitting Factory Spokane, WA
11/17/2021 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
11/19/2021 Ace Of Spades Sacramento, CA
11/20/2021 The Belasco Los Angeles, CA
02/22/2022 EartH - Evolutionary Arts Hackney London
02/23/2022 Club Academy Manchester
03/07/2022 Klub Studio Krakow, Poland
03/09/2022 B90 Gdansk, Poland
03/10/2022 Loftas Vilnius, Lithuania
03/11/2022 Palladium Riga, Latvia
03/15/2022 Caribbean Club Kiev, Ukraine
03/17/2022 Izvestia Hall Moscow, Russia
03/18/2022 Morze St. Petersburg, Russia

11/10: Carver Commodore / Whitehall at Skyway Theatre   11/10: Jeremy Zucker at First Ave   Read More Jeremy Zucker Multi-talented, Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter and producer Jeremy Zucker is on his “first ever North American tour”. He’ll be headlining the Varsity Theater on Saturday. The date was originally not on his initial tour itinerary (see poster). …

11/10/2021 WEDNESDAY

CARVER COMMODORE & WHITEHALL
at Skyway Theatre
skywaytheatre.com

Co-headliners Carver Commodore and Whitehall will play the Studio B (at the Skyway Theatre) in Minneapolis on November 10.

Excerpt Colors: City and Colour, Puma Blue, Black Midi, Opus Orange, Purple Disco Machine:

South Carolina based indie-rock band Whitehall released Swordfish Catcher (Common Ground Collective). The album features single “Two Eight Ten,” which singer Paddy McKiernan described, “‘Two Eight Ten’ started as a little melody I would sing in my head for about 3 months and then one afternoon it just wrote itself. All my dissatisfaction, tired-feelings, isolation, and a dash of anger turned into this cathartic album closer. We knew it’d be the last song on the record as soon as we finished- to us it’s always felt like the end of a long, stressful day.”

The band is co-headlining with Carver Commodore, at the Skyway Theatre, at Studio B, in Minneapolis on 11/10/21.

11/10/2021 WEDNESDAY

JEREMY ZUCKER
with Babygirl
at First Avenue
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Platinum-Certified singer, songwriter, and producer Jeremy Zucker is touring in support of his sophomore album Crusher.

Tour dates:

10/19 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
10/20 - Seattle, WA - Showbox At The Market
10/22 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
10/23 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
10/27 - Los Angeles, CA - The Novo
10/29 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
10/30 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
11/1 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
11/3 - Dallas, TX - The HiFi
11/4 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
11/6 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
11/7 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
11/8 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
11/10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
11/12 - Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew’s Hall
11/13 - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall
11/16 - Boston MA - Royale
11/18 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
11/21 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
11/22 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

11/10: Hamilton Leithauser and Kevin Morby at Fine Line   Read More Hamilton Leithauser With NYC-indie rock band The Walkmen on “extreme hiatus”, the members have gone to pursue various solo projects, including singer Hamilton Leithauser, who played a somewhat subdued but still impactful 40 min. set, showcasing his solo debut, Black Hours (on Ribbon Music). … Kevin Morby Former bassist for Woods and frontman of The Babies, Kevin Morby is back with his third solo album Singing Saw, out now on Dead Oceans Records. …

11/10/2021 WEDNESDAY

KEVIN MORBY / HAMILTON LEITHAUSER
with Jess Williamson
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

The “Fall Mixer North American” tour is the co-headlining tour for Kevin Morby and Hamilton Leithauser.

If you didn’t know these two are formerly from bigger bands, Morby is from Woods and The Babies, while Leithauser is from The Walkmen.

Kevin Morby and Hamilton Leithauser Fall Mixer Tour Dates

10/18 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/19 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
10/21 - Houston, TX @The Heights Theater
10/22 - Dallas, TX @ Kessler Theater
10/23 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek
10/25 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
10/26 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
10/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
10/28 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
10/29 - Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery
11/1 -Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
11/2 - Tacoma, WA @ Spanish Ballroom
11/3 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
11/5 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
11/6 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
11/8 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
11/10 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
11/11 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
11/12 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
11/13 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
11/15 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
11/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
11/18 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
11/19 - Boston, MA @ Royale
11/20 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
11/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/23 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

11/10: Darrin Bradbury at 7th Street   Read More Darrin Bradbury Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs is the new album from Darrin Bradbury. The record comes out September 20th on ANTI- Records. …

11/10/2021 WEDNESDAY

DARRIN BRADBURY
at 7th St Entry
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Nashville poet, singer/songwriter and painter Darrin Bradbury will be releasing his new album Artvertisement on ANTI- Records… he’ll also be doing a set of fall dates to promote the record.

Tour dates:

11/4 – Lexington, KY – The Burl
11/7 – Newport, KY – Southgate House
11/10 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
11/11 – Des Moines, IA – Vinyl Cup Records
11/12 – Chicago, IL – Golden Dagger
11/17 – Kansas City, MO – recordBar
12/16 – Charlotte, NC – Evening Muse
12/19 – Knoxville, TN – Barley’s

2022 TOUR DATES
4/27 – Trinidad, CO – Dad Lounge
4/28 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
4/30 – Laramie, WY – Ruffed Up Duck Saloon
5/1 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
5/4 – Boise, ID – The Olympic
5/5 – Spokane, WA – Lucky You Lounge
5/6 – Seattle, WA – Venue TBA
5/7 – Portland, OR – Alberta Street Pub
5/11 – Mariposa, CA – The Grove House
5/12 – San Francisco, CA – Amado’s
5/13 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place
5/14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Hotel Café
5/17 – Santa Barbara, CA – SohO

11/10: The Record Company at Varsity Theater   Read More The Record Company The event was previously free at Loring Park, but the paid version will bring in some big acts, including The Record Company, Kolars and Monica LaPlante. …

11/10/2021 WEDNESDAY

THE RECORD COMPANY
with JJ Wilde
at Varsity Theater
varsitytheater.com

Grammy-nominated rock band The Record Company is touring in support of their new album Play Loud.

The group will stop by Varsity Theater in “Dinkytown” with JJ Wilde on November 10th.

Tour dates:

10/18—Town Ballroom—Buffalo, NY
10/19—The Axis Club—Toronto, ON
10/21—Higher Ground — S Burlington, VT
10/22—Aura—Portland, ME
10/24—Paradise Rock Club—Boston, MA
10/25—Irving Plaza—New York, NY
10/27—Theatre of the Living Arts—Philadelphia, PA
10/28—Lincoln Theatre—Washington, DC
10/29—XL Live—Harrisburg, PA
10/30—Cat’s Cradle—Carrboro, NC
10/31—The Underground—Charlotte, NC
11/2—Bijou Theater—Knoxville, TN
11/4—The Orange Peel—Asheville, NC
11/5—Georgia Theatre—Athens, GA
11/6—Brooklyn Bowl—Nashville, TN
11/7—Delmar Hall—St. Louis, MO
11/9—The Sylvee—Madison, WI
11/10—Varsity Theater—Minneapolis, MN
11/11—Wooly’s—Des Moines, IA
11/13—Fox Theatre—Boulder, CO
11/14—Gothic Theatre—Englewood, CO
11/16—Knitting Factory—Boise, ID
11/17—Neptune Theatre—Seattle, WA
11/18—Roseland Theater—Portland, OR
11/20—Fillmore—San Francisco, CA
11/22—Teregram Ballroom—Los Angeles, CA

11/11: Deer Tick / Delta Spirit at First Ave   Read More Deer Tick Deer Tick is on their Twice Is Nice Tour. The show will start with a a stripped-down, acoustic performance, then a break, and then a full-on electric set. Opener will feature comedian Chris Crofton. …

11/11/2021 THURSDAY

DEER TICK / DELTA SPIRIT
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

The co-headlining tour of Deer Tick and Delta Spirit will stop by First Avenue this November 11th.

Deer Tick and Delta Spirit On Tour:

10/30 | The Observatory North Park | San Diego, CA
10/31 | The Observatory | Santa Ana, CA
11/2 | The Fonda Theatre | Los Angeles, CA
11/3 | The Fillmore | San Francisco, CA
11/5 | The Showbox | Seattle, WA
11/6 | Crystal Ballroom | Portland, OR
11/8 | The Depot | Salt Lake City, UT
11/9 | Gothic Theatre | Englewood, CO
11/11 | First Avenue | Minneapolis, MN
11/12 | Majestic Theatre | Madison, WI
11/13 | Vic Theatre | Chicago, IL
11/15 | Brooklyn Bowl | Nashville, TN
11/16 | Newport Music Hall | Columbus, OH
11/18 | Royale | Boston, MA
11/19 | 9:30 Club | Washington, DC
11/20 | Union Transfer | Philadelphia, PA
11/22 | Webster Hall | New York, NY
11/23 | Webster Hall | New York, NY

11/12: JPEGMAFIA at First Ave   11/12: Puma Blue at Fine Line   Read More Puma Blue South London’s Puma Blue released A Late Night Special Live EP on Blue Flowers. The six-track EP came from their concert film “A Late Night Special”. The live EP should give you an idea of what it is like to see Puma ...

11/12/2021 FRIDAY

JPEGMAFIA
with Zelooperz
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles-based rapper and producer Jpegmafia (stylized as JPEGMAFIA) will be headlining a US and UK tour in support of his new album EP2! in the next two years.

Recently he released a new single called “Trust” via EQT Recordings/Republic Records. The track may or may not set the tone for this fourth forthcoming album.

US Fall 2021 Dates:

10/8/21 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
10/9/21 - San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park
10/10/21 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
10/14/21 - Dallas, TX - Trees
10/15/21 - Austin, TX - Emo's
10/16/21 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
10/19/21 - Miami, FL - The Ground
10/20/21 - Orlando, FL - The Abbey
10/22/21 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
10/23/21 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10/26/21 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10/27/21 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
10/29/21 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
10/31/21 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
11/2/21 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
11/3/21 - Boston, MA - Royale
11/6/21 - Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
11/7/21 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
11/9/21 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
11/12/21 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
11/14/21 - Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece
11/18/21 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
11/19/21 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
11/20/21 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
11/24/21 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
12/4/21 - Los Angeles, CA - The Belasco

11/12/2021 FRIDAY

PUMA BLUE
with Sara King
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Excerpt Colors: City and Colour, Puma Blue, Black Midi, Opus Orange, Purple Disco Machine:

Jacob Allen pka Puma Blue released his debut LP, In Praise of Shadows earlier this year. The ex-London musician moved to Atlanta, GA, and is expecting to head back on tour (his first full tours since the album was released).

Joined by his live band, Puma Blue will trek North America this November, before returning to Europe in February 2022.

11/12: Nothing at 7th St Entry   Read More Nothing Nothing and Whirr recently recorded two new songs with producer Will Yip. The Yip songs will be on a split 12", which will come with a full-length Whirr/Nothing 'In The Studio' documentary DVD. ..… Frankie Rose Guess who is opening up for Franz Ferdinand for all their U.S. tour dates? That's right, Frankie Rose. She'll be here on Wednesday at the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis..…

11/12/2021 FRIDAY

NOTHING
with Frankie Rose and Enumclaw
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Hard to find Philadelphia’s Nothing will be touring in support of the deluxe album The Great Dismal B-Sides via Relapse Records.

I recommend showing up a little early to check out the opening bands Frankie Rose and Enumclaw. We saw Frankie Rose in Oct 2013 and said, “Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose opened the evening with a brief but solid 30 min. set. After playing in Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and Vivian Girls, Rose struck out on her own in 2010 with the release of Frankie Rose and the Outs.”

Nothing tour dates:

10/17/2021 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/19/2021 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
10/21/2021 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
10/22/2021 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/23/2021 - St Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
10/24/2021 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street
10/25/2021 - Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Art Co.
10/26/2021 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
10/27/2021 - Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room
10/29/2021 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
10/30/2021 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
10/31/2021 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
11/01/2021 - Garden Grove, CA @ Garden Amp
11/03/2021 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
11/04/2021 - Sacramento, CA @ Holy Diver
11/06/2021 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
11/07/2021 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/09/2021 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
11/10/2021 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
11/11/2021 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
11/12/2021 - Minneapolis MN @ 7th Street Entry
11/13/2021 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
11/14/2021 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
11/16/2021 - Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall
11/17/2021 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
12/07/2021 - Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music
12/08/2021 - Durham, @ MotorCo.
12/09/2021 - Columbia, SC @ New Brookland
12/10/2021 - Orlando, FL @ Soundbar
12/11/2021 - Miami, FL @ Gramps
12/12/2021 - Tampa Bay, FL @ Crowbar
12/14/2021 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
12/15/2021 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
12/16/2021 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners
12/17/2021 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups

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 6, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from October 6, 2017.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Frankie Rose Guess who is opening up for Franz Ferdinand for all their U.S. tour dates? That's right, Frankie Rose. She'll be here on Wednesday at the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis..…

FRANKIE ROSE
at Turf Club
Friday 10/06/2017 (8pm/$12)
turfclub.net

It’s been four years since we last saw Frankie Rose when the former Dum Dum Girls drummer went solo.

Rose is back now with her fourth studio album Cage Tropical (Slumberland Records and Grey Market) and she’ll be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul this October 6th.

Originally UK’s Splashh was supposed to open, but due to “immigration problems” set by Donald Trump’s administration (according to Splashh anyway), they had to cancel their U.S. tour.

Instead, Suburban Living and DJ Jake Rudh will happily take their place.

Tour Dates:

09/30 - Vancouver - Biltmore
10/02 - Salt Lake City - Kilby Court
10/03 - Denver - Globe Hall
10/06 - St Paul - Turf Club
10/07 - Chicago - Empty Bottle
10/08 - Detroit - Ufo Factory
10/09 - Pittsburgh - Club Cafe
10/10 - Buffalo - Studio At Waiting Room
10/11 - Allston - Great Scott
10/12- New York - Rough Trade
10/17 - Brighton - The Joker
10/18 - London - Moth Club
10/19 - Manchester - Castle
10/20 - Edinburgh - Sneaky Pete
10/21 - Coventry - Kasbah
10/22 - Nottingham - Bodega
10/24 - Leeds - Brudenell Social Club
10/25 - Turnbridge Wells - The Forum
10/26 - Antwerp - Trix Club
10/27 - Eindhoven - Dutch Design Week
10/28 - Amsterdam - London Calling
10/30 - Limoges - Le Phare
10/31 - Paris - Pitchfork Avant Garde
11/01 - Cologne - Mtc
11/02 - Berlin - Badehause
11/04 - Sion - Le Port Franc
11/05 - Zurich - Paplersaal
11/06 - Munich - Backstage Club
11/07 - Vienna - B72

Read More Jr. Jr. Detroit duo Jr Jr (Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott) - formerly known as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Minneapolis trio Denny (Alex, Jack, and Sully). … ZZ Ward Thanks to massive support from local radio station Cities 97, ZZ Ward has consistently sold out all her shows in the Twin Cities. …

Other shows in the area:

10/06/2017 Detroit duo Jr. Jr. (formerly Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.) will be playing at the Fine Line Music Café on Friday, with Hembree

JR JR North American Fall Tour Dates

10/5 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
10/6 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
10/7 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
10/9 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
10/10 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
10/12 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
10/13 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne
10/14 - San Francisco, CA - Independent
10/16 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's
10/17 - Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
10/19 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
10/20 - San Diego, CA - Irenic
10/21 - Phoenix, AZ - Lost Lake Music Fest
10/22 - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
10/24 - Dallas, TX - Trees
10/25 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
10/26 - Houston, TX - WOMH
10/27 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn
10/28 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade - Hell Stage
10/30 - Nashville, TN - Basement East
10/31 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
11/02 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11/03 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
11/04 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
11/05 - Cambridge, MA - Sinclair
11/07 - Buffalo, NY - Waiting Room
11/08 - Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground
11/09 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
11/17 - Detroit, MI - El Club
11/18 - Detroit, MI - El Club

9pm, $16.

10/06/2017 Mark Chesnutt, who previously had to cancel a couple of UK shows no thanks to Hurricane Harvey, will be in town at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnesota. The Devon Worley Band to open.

Tour Dates:

09/30 Central Washington State Fair - Yakima, WA
10/06 Medina Ent Center - Medina, MN
10/07 Q & Z Expo Center - Ringle, WI
10/14 Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, TN
10/15 Showplace Music Hall - Memphis, TN
10/20 Arlington Music Hall - Arlington, TX
10/21 Highland Bayou Park - La Marque, TX
10/27 Space Coast State Fair - Melbourne, FL
10/28 Coastal Carolina Fair - Ladson, SC
11/08 American Bandstand Theater - Branson, MO
11/10 The Center for the Perf Arts - Carmel, IN
11/11 Meyer Theatre - Green Bay, WI
12/01 Memorial Auditorium - Chattanooga, TN
12/02 Freedom Hall Civic Center - Johnson City, TN
12/03 Knoxville Coliseum - Knoxville, TN
12/08 Coach’s & Cowboy’s - Tyler, TX
12/09 Dosey Doe - Conroe, TX
12/16 Midnight Rodeo Mobile - Mobile, AL

7:30pm, $28.82.

10/06/2017 Icelandic band Kaleo and ZZ Ward will be in Minneapolis at the State Theatre this Friday.

Tour dates:

10/02/2017 Revention Music Center Houston, TX
10/04/2017 Arvest Bank Theatre Kansas City, MO
10/06/2017 State Theatre Minneapolis, MN
10/07/2017 Orpheum Theater Madison, WI
10/11/2017 The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
10/14/2017 The Anthem Washington, DC
10/16/2017 House Of Blues Boston Boston, MA
10/18/2017 Tower Theater Upper Darby, PA
10/20/2017 The Dome Wallingford, CT
10/21/2017 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY
10/29/2017 Event Halle Basel Basel, Switzerland
10/31/2017 O2 Apollo Manchester Manchester
11/01/2017 Roundhouse London
11/03/2017 Barrowland Glasgow
11/04/2017 O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham

7:30pm, $35.

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Franz Ferdinand w/ Frankie Rose, Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (10/09/13) concert review

Setlist The Dark of the Matinée Bullet Do You Want To No You Girls Evil Eye Walk Away Stand on the Horizon Can't Stop Feeling (w/ I Feel Love by Donna Summer) Brief Encounters The Fallen This Fire Treason! Animals Take Me Out Love Illumination Ulysses Encore: Right Action Michael Goodbye Lovers and Friends Read More Franz Ferdinand As I have suspected, Franz Ferdinand will be on a bigger tour in support of their new album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, which comes out next week (August 27th) on Domino Records.… Read More Frankie Rose Guess who is opening up for Franz Ferdinand for all their U.S. tour dates? That's right, Frankie Rose. She'll be here on Wednesday at the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis..…

Even after four years away, Glasgow four-piece Franz Ferdinand still has a fire that’s out of control. In their time away, the band seemed to re-discover the vitality and freshness that brought their debut album, now almost ten years past, to great international acclaim. Touring in support of their just-released Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (Domino Records), their 80 min. performance in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Skyway Theatre proved that their distinctive and sharp dance-rock riffs are still a viable part of today’s musical ether.

The Skyway Theatre

The Skyway Theatre itself is a third-floor old six-screen cineplex, with seats removed on the sloped floor and stepped balcony, and a wide stage placed in front of the screen area. Mostly known for hosting EDM acts, the 1,956 capacity room actually holds more than neighboring First Avenue, though promoter Live Nation prefers to keep attendance at a more comfortable 1,800 or less. Concession stands have been converted to full bars and escalators that didn’t work in the 90’s, still don’t work. The garish carpet and theater smell of yesteryear all still linger, though there is a certain charm/kitsch about it, as well as somewhat boomy but otherwise decent acoustics in the venue.

FRANKIE ROSE

Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose opened the evening with a brief but solid 30 min. set. After playing in Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and Vivian Girls, Rose struck out on her own in 2010 with the release of Frankie Rose and the Outs. She toured under that name (the Outs being her band), but by her sophomore album, Interstellar, she dropped the name the Outs, possibly due to changing band members, or most likely, to keep it simple.

Frankie Rose Setlist

Rose started her set with "The Depths", from her latest album Herein Wild, and then after the song was over, she commented that it was about a lake. After a pause, she added, "Lake Minnetonka" (jokingly). The Minnesota-love theme would soon follow with her commenting on how she loved it here and wants to move here. No one believed her, but it does goes to show that she probably spent some time here and knows the area well enough to talk about it.

I also wanted to note that how she handled some heckler, with a response of, "Say it to my face!" This tells me that Rose can handle herself and has probably encountered other very rude people throughout her career. Despite the anonymous idiot in the crowd, she still insisted that everyone in the audience were more than welcome to join her van. "It'll be just like the Polyphonic-Spree, only bigger."

Anyway, Rose previewed three songs ("The Depths", "Into Blue", and "Question/Reason") from Herein Wild, her first release from Fat Possum Records. The rest of her set was made up of songs from Interstellar, and ended with a cover of The Damned "Street of Dreams" and one of her first written solo songs, "Save Me".

Alex Kapranos

Headliner Franz Ferdinand couldn’t have planned their opener any better. As lights dimmed and the intro music was cued, the Scottish quartet took to the stage to great applause and went into the more-than appropriate ‘The Dark of the Matinée’. “You sound pretty good tonight!”, singer Alex Kapranos addressed the crowd, co-guitarist/keyboardist Nick McCarthy buoying left and right in place while the rhythm section of bassist Bob Hardy and drummer Paul Thomson stayed mostly in the shadows but kept momentum going with angular bass lines and high-hat percussion.

‘Do You Want To’ rose the crowd early on, the lead single from the band’s second album inspiring dancing and cheering from the mostly younger audience. ‘Walk Away’, the “only song we’ve ever written in a dressing room” was well received as was ‘Stand on the Horizon’, which the band transitioned effortlessly into next.

Franz Ferdinand Setlist

The setlist was a well-planned seamless mix of newer songs and older classics from their three previous albums, and included a number of alt-radio staples you may have forgotten until you hear them played again. “It feels pretty good!”, Kapranos emoted before the band stretched into a set highlight of the throbbing ‘Can’t Stop Feeling’, which morphed into Donna Summer’s disco-classic ‘I Feel Love’- an homage to the driving beat that anchors both songs and made the crowd wish for a giant disco ball overhead. “You’ve got me all excited up here--I’ve got to take my inhaler”, Kapranos explained after the song performance, “that’s the sign of a good night” he gleaned, keeping his asthma in check.

Red lights appropriately bathed the stage for a passionate ‘This Fire’, with Kapranos feeling some gospel soul and becoming preacher-like as he incited the crowd to chant the chorus in unison. The requested ‘Treason! Animals’ followed, bassist Hardy anchoring the song with a fierce bottom rhythm, then the band segued into the massive ‘Take Me Out’, which prompted pogoing and beer swilling from both sides of the sloped floor. The upbeat ‘Ulysses’ from the band’s previous album, closed the main set, audience members hands all waving left to right and ending with thunderous applause.

The encore began with the first single from their newest album, “Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action…Right Now!” - Kapranos introduced the bouncy song that fits perfectly in the oeuvre of their other radio hits. Guitarist McCarthy began the pulsing ‘Michael’ with a machine-gun riff and the show ended with an apropos ‘Goodbye Lovers and Friends’, a classy farewell song to wish us all well after their long absence from local stages.

We caught up with Kapranos post-show and asked whether he would return to producing other acts after the current tour, as he has done previous. Franz Ferdinand fans will be pleased to hear he feels the band is sounding better than ever and will likely instead re-enter the studio to begin plotting the next Franz Ferdinand release - hopefully making it a less-than-four-year-wait until we see them again next.

Franz Ferdinand at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (10/09/13)

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Rocktober Round Two

Read More Cave Chicago's Cave was a little more my thing. Let me preface this by announcing that their music is not "drone". I don't know why the band is labeled as such, they sound to me like classic instrumental surf rock..…

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For Rocktober week two, here are the shows coming to Minneapolis.

Starting on Sunday, we have Cave. The "none-drone" band will be out in support of their new album Threace (coming out October 15th on Drag City).

I've seen this Chicago band before, opening up for Chelsea Light Moving (Thurston Moore) and was rather impressed with their ability to build up their instrumental rock.

Cave tour dates:

10/04 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverwest Public House
10/06 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Belmore
10/08 - Missoula, MT @ VFW
10/09 - Olympia, WA @ Northern
10/10 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown
10/11 - Seattle, WA @ Triple Door
10/12 - Portland, OR @ Dante's
10/13 - Eugene, OR @ Old Whiteaker
10/14 - Eureka, CA @ The Ink Annex
10/15 - Sacramento, CA @ Bows & Arrows
10/16 - San Francisco, CA @ Elbo Room
10/17 - Oakland, CA @ LCM
10/20 - Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture
10/21 - Marfa, TX @ Padre's
10/22 - Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
10/23 - Houston, TX @ Mango's
10/24 - New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
10/25 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
10/26 - Athens, GA @ Athens Intensified Fest
10/27 - Asheville, NC @ Mothlight
10/28 - Boone, NC @ Black Cat Burrito

Read More Jack Johnson First up is "The 3 R's" by Jack Johnson. It's taken from the Curious George soundtrack titled Sing-a-Longs and Lullabies and is an upbeat, children's song about reducing, reusing, and recycling. ..…

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On Monday is Jack Johnson. We're actually not covering this show, but if you live in the Twin Cities and like him, he's playing at the Orpheum Theatre.

Johnson will likely play songs from his 2013 album From Here to Now to You

Tour dates:

10/02/13 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
10/03/13 Durham, NC Performing Arts Center
10/05/13 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre
10/06/13 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
10/07/13 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
10/09/13 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
10/12/13 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
10/14/13 Vancouver, BC Orpheum
10/15/13 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
10/16/13 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer
10/18/13 San Diego, CA Balboa Theatre
10/19/13 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre
10/20/13 Santa Barbara, CA Arlington Theatre
12/03/13 Auckland, New Zealand Aotea Centre
12/04/13 Auckland, New Zealand Aotea Centre
12/05/13 Auckland, New Zealand Aotea Centre
12/07/13 Perth, Australia Kings Park
12/10/13 Sydney, Australia Forecourt
12/11/13 Sydney, Australia Sydney Opera House
12/12/13 Sydney, Australia Sydney Opera House
12/14/13 Brisbane, Australia QPAC Concert Hall
12/16/13 Melbourne, Australia Plenary Hall
12/17/13 Melbourne, Australia Plenary Hall
05/16/14 Cherokee Creek Music Festival

Read More Frankie Rose You remember Frankie Rose, right? We like her. After paying her dues in all these bands we like: Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and Vivian Girls, Rose finally decided to go solo..…

FRANKIE ROSE
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Guess who is opening up for Franz Ferdinand for all their U.S. tour dates? That's right, Frankie Rose. She'll be here on Wednesday at the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis. I've never been inside this venue, so I'm very excited to see it in action.

She may be playing songs from my previously mentioned of Herein Wild, which just came out September 24th.

Rose's dates:

10.08.13 - Granada Theater - Lawrence, KS !
10.09.13 - Skyway Theatre - Minneapolis, MN !
10.10.13 - Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL !
10.12.13 - Emo's - Austin, TX !
10.15.13 - Cannery - Nashville, TN !
10.16.13 - The LC Pavilion - Columbus, OH !
10.17.13 - Music Center - North Bethesda, MD !
10.19.13 - Tower Theatre - Upper Darby, PA !
10.20.13 - Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA ! #
10.22.13 - Hammerstein - New York, NY ! #
10.23.13 - Metropolis - Montreal, QC ! #
10.24.13 - Kool Haus - Toronto, ON ! #
12.03.13 - 02 Academy - Newcastle, UK *
12.04.13 - 02 ABC - Glasgow, UK *
12.06.13 - Academy - Manchester, UK *
12.07.13 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK *
12.08.13 - 02 Academy - Bristol, UK *
12.10.13 - Roundhouse - London, UK *
12.14.13 - UEA - Norwich, UK *
12.15.13 - Institute - Birmingham, UK *

! with Franz Ferdinand, # with Casual Sex, * with White Lies

Read More Phantogram Phantogram, as described on their myspace are: a duo of Sarah D. Barthel and Joshua M. Carter of Saratoga Springs, NY. Their music is a mix of organic and electronic sounds...…

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Thursday, Phantogram will be in Minneapolis at First Avenue. Phantogram has been very busy since their set at 2012 Bonnaroo Festival, writing and recording new music.

Perhaps the New York duo (Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter) will showcase some new songs on this upcoming tour. In the meantime, they've just released a self-titled digital EP via Stereogum (streaming right now at stereogum.com).

Tour dates:

10/06 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
10/08 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
10/09 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
10/10 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
10/12 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
10/13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
10/15 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
10/17 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at The Market
10/18 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
10/19 – San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island
10/21 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
10/22 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
10/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
10/25 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
10/26 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
10/28 – Houston , TX @ House of Blues
10/30 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
10/31 – Atlanta , GA @ Masquerade
11/01 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
11/02 – Chalottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theatre
12/04 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
12/05 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
12/06 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
12/08 – Boston, MA @ Paradise

Read More John Wesley Harding The first time I saw John Wesley Harding, he was a guest host for MTV's 120 Minutes in the very early 90s, and he did this amazing song called "Ordinary Weekend" live..…

WESLEY STACE
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Friday we have Wesley Stace (formerly known by his stage name, John Wesley Harding) at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. He'll probably be doing songs from his Self-Titled, but expect some fun, non-music and poetry variety hour, if his "Cabinet of Wonders" shows are any indication.

USA / Canada tour dates:

09/13 New York, NY City Winery*
09/14 Northampton, MA The Parlor Room†
09/15 Somerville, MA Johnny D’s†
09/21 Rahway, NJ Hamilton Stage†
10/03 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live†
10/04 Asbury Park, NJ The Saint†
10/06 Stony Brook, NY University Café†
10/10 Chicago, IL City Winery*
10/11 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center*
10/12 Iowa City, IA The Englert Theatre*
10/13 Grinnell, IA Bucksbaum Center .*
10/18 New York, NY City Winery*
10/24 New York, NY City Winery†
11/07 Seattle, WA Triple Door†
11/09 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios†
11/11 San Francisco, CA Jewish Community*
11/13 Santa Barbara, CA Campbell Hall*
11/15 Santa Monica, CA McCabe’s Guitar Shop†
11/22 New York, NY City Winery*
01/06 Tampa, FL Univ. of Tampa†
01/25 Mamaroneck, NY Emelin Theatre*

* Wesley Stace’s Cabinet of Wonders
† Wesley Stace headlining performance

Read More ZZ Ward It's been a great year for ZZ Ward, having sold-out many of her shows throughout the country. The last time we saw her, it was at The Basilica Block Party, where she played ..…

ZZ WARD
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Finally Saturday, we have ZZ Ward at the Skyway Theatre. Yes, the same theater that my first time will be on Wednesday for Franz Ferdinand, so this venue is booking some really good musicians!

The soul songstress will be almost wrapping up her "Down and Dirty Shine Tour" with Saturday's show, ending in Chicago.

Expect her to play the hit songs "Put The Gun Down" and "365 Days" from her debut album, Til The Casket Drops as well as some covers, etc.

Tour dates:

Oct 05 Toronto, ON The Opera House
Oct 06 Detroit, MI St. Andrew's Hall
Oct 08 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe
Oct 11 Kansas City, MO Midland
Oct 12 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theater
Oct 14 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
Oct 15 Chicago, IL House of Blues

That's it for Rocktober Week Two! The W♥M team will not be able to sleep until November, so stay tuned for the Week Three previews!

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