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Minneapolis: March 1 to March 4, 2019

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

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Teenage Fanclub 2019 Tour Read More Teenage Fanclub Can you believe that it’s been more than six years since Teenage Fanclub last toured? Don’t miss their upcoming rare Minneapolis appearance this Saturday, October 22nd. The last time they were in Minneapolis … Love Language Who needs some Love Language? You can currently stream their new record Ruby Red on spotify. These indie rockers from North Carolina put on a show! I caught them three years ago at the Circle Bar in New Orleans. …

TEENAGE FANCLUB
+ The Love Language
Varsity Theater
Mon 03/04/2019 (7pm/$22)
varsitytheater.com

Scottish alternative band Teenage Fanclub will be back in the Minneapolis area this Monday,
03/4th.

Last year, the band announced that Gerard Love left the group, so joining the band on this 2019 tour will be Euros Childs on keyboards and vocals with Dave McGowan now playing bass and vocals.

We’ll miss McGowan, as the last time we saw the band was in October 2016 (were touring in support of their then-new 2016 album Here), we wrote about how he was the third singer: “The thing to know about Scottish band Teenage Fanclub is that they actually have three main singers and songwriters: Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley, and Gerard Love. That’s quite evident by the first three songs (‘Start Again’, ‘Sometimes I Don't Need to Believe in Anything’, and ‘Verisimilitude’), which saw three different lead vocalist.”

Teenage Fanclub will be bringing along North Carolina’s The Love Language (led by Stuart McLamb). We saw the band all the way back in April 2009 and said, “The Love Language, a six-member troop hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina, proved to be ideal openers for the somewhat more polished Headlights. Stuart McLamb, lead singer and wearer of dilapidated wife-beaters, charmed the stoic audience with his off-beat lyrics and undeniably catchy melodies. There seemed to be an endless supply of tambourines, an occasional accordion, and when Missy the keyboardist started dancing around barefoot, it seemed wholly appropriate. Their entire set gave off the vibe of an indie pop country hoedown. ”

Teenage Fanclub on tour:

Feb 25 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore ^
Feb 26 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom^
Feb 27 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom^
Mar 02 Denver, CO – Bluebird^
Mar 04 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater^
Mar 05 Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre^
Mar 06 Chicago, IL – Metro^
Mar 07 Detroit, MI – El Club^
Mar 08 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre^
Mar 09 Montreal, QC – Petit Campus^
Mar 11 Boston, MA – Paradise Theatre^
Mar 13 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom^
Mar 14 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall ^
Mar 15 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer^
Mar 16 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club^
Mar 18 Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom ^*

^ w/ The Love Language
* w/ Eric Bachmann

Other shows in the area:

Julia Holter at Turf Club Thumpasaurus at 7th Street Parcels at 7th Street Minnesota Bluegrass Winter Weekend 2019 James Blake at Palace Theatre Read More Julia Holter Julia Holter new album Loud City Song just dropped this week (August 20th) via Domino Records. You can check out the new single from the album, "In the Green Wild", right now on YouTube. .… James Blake "Joni Mitchell never lies...", so says the Janet Jackson/Q-Tip song and UK electronic-based singer-songwriter James Blake can attest to that. He met Mitchell after an L.A. show at the Troubadour …

JULIA HOLTER
+ Jessica Moss
Turf Club
Fri 03/01/2019 (8pm/$15)
turfclub.net

Julia Holter is touring in support of Aviary. We saw the singer in Sept 2013 and mentioned, “You can tell that Holter love those old orchestra/big band/jazz sound from an earlier era, as she produced that type of genre with her band, consisting of saxophone, cello, violin, keyboard, and drums. Although the music was fantastic, I only hope that Holter can take it to the next level and sing to a Benny Goodman-esq big band of 20 or more players.”

Tour dates:

Feb 24 - La Sala Rossa, Montreal *
Feb 26 - The Great Hall, Toronto *
Feb 27 - El Club, Detroit Tickets *
Feb 28 - Thalia Hall, Chicago *
Mar 1 - Turf Club, St. Paul *
Mar 4 - Imperial, Vancouver ^
Mar 5 - Doug Fir, Portland ^
Mar 6 - Neumos, Seattle ^
Mar 8 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco ^
Mar 9 - Lodge Room, Los Angeles ^
Mar 10 – The Loft, San Diego State University, San Diego ^

* Support from Jessica Moss
^ Support from Tess Roby

THUMPASAURUS
7th St Entry
Fri 03/01/2019 (10:30pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

L.A. punk-funk outfit Thumpasaurus will be headlining the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Friday, March 1st. In true punk fashion, no opening band listed or showtime shows 10:30pm!

Tour dates:

02/27/2019 Marquis Theater Denver, CO
03/01/2019 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
03/08/2019 Great Scott Allston, MA
03/09/2019 Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, PA
06/23/2019 Firefly Music Festival

PARCELS
+ Penthouse Boys
7th St Entry
Sat 03/02/2019 (7pm/$15/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Berlin-based/Australian band Parcels (not to be confused with The Parcels, a Fresno band) sold out their upcoming 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis (March 2nd).... in fact, the band sold out 99% of their U.S. tour dates for 2019! Not a surprise, considering that the band’s been an overnight success since their hit single “Overnight” (co-written and produced by Daft Punk!) debut on Conan in 2017.

Parcels’ debut self-titled album is available on Kitsuné / Because Music / Caroline Records.

New York City’s Penthouse Boys to open.

Tour Dates:

02.23 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
02.25 Montreal, QC - Theatre Fairmount
02.26 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
02.28 Detroit, MI - El Club
03.01 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
03.02 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry *
03.05 Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
03.06 Seattle, WA - the Crocodile
03.07 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
03.29 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Lollapalooza
03.29 Santiago, Chile - Lollapalooza

BLUEGRASS WINTER WEEKEND
Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West
Fri 03/01/2019
Sat 03/02/2019
Sun 03/03/2019
minnesotabluegrass.org

The Minnesota Bluegrass Winter Weekend is taking place this weekend: March 1st to March 3rd at Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Price varies, see tickets for details. Lots of bands playing, for full list, go to Schedule.

Below is just an overview:

Saturday night headline concert - 2018 IBMA award winners The Po' Ramblin' Boys!

Long-time Minnesota favorites, this hard working, hard touring band from East Tennessee delivers some great hard driving traditional bluegrass! Hot harmonies, fine picking, and top-notch entertainment explain why they were announced winners of IMBA's prestigious Emerging Artist of the Year in 2018. There will be one show only: 7:00 pm with doors opening at 6:30 with No Man's String Band opening.

The Old-Time Music & Dance Hall: We'll be welcoming special guests The Modock Rounders from West Virginia at this year's Winter Weekend as our featured old-time band. The Dance Hall is a busy place with concerts, workshops, square dances, honky tonk, clogging, and band showcases. Many of the dances are taught and called by professional callers.

Showcase of Bands: More than 40 Minnesota Bluegrass member bands will perform on two stages all three days. Showtimes are 6:00 PM to Midnight on Friday, 10:30 AM to 10:15 PM Saturday, and 9:45 AM to 2:00 PM on Sunday afternoon.

JAMES BLAKE
+ Khushi
Palace Theatre
Mon 03/04/2019 (7pm/$43.50)
palacestpaul.com

Grammy nominee and Mercury Prize winner James Blake is back in time, touring in support of his fourth studio album Assume Form (Republic Records). We caught the Mercury Prize winner in November 2013 and said, “For UK electronic artist James Blake, less is always more. The 25-year old, in promotion for his second and latest full-length, Overgrown (Republic Records) has never felt the need to over-embellish his works or fill in un-necessary notes in the spaces in-between; and in a very sold-out 100 min. performance at Minneapolis’ First Avenue, we saw why he was this year’s recent winner of the coveted Mercury Music Prize.”

Tour Dates:

02/24 New York, NY Terminal 5
02/25 New York, NY Terminal 5
02/27 Toronto, ON Sony Centre
02/28 Montreal, QC L’Olympia
03/02 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
03/03 Chicago, IL Riviera Theater
03/04 Saint Paul, MN Palace Theatre
03/08 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
03/09 Vancouver, BC Harbour Convention Centre
03/10 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
03/12 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
03/15 Pomona, CA Fox Theater
03/16 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium

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Desert Daze, feat. Tame Impala, Warpaint, Pond, at Lake Perris, California (12 Oct 2018)

Tame Impala at Desert Daze 2018 Tame Impala Setlist Nangs Let It Happen Sundown Syndrome Note: show was cancelled due to lightning storm. Warpaint Setlist The Stall Warpaint Love Is to Die Beetles Drive Keep It Healthy Krimson Above Control So Good Disco//Very Elephants Pond Setlist 30.000 Megatons Sweep Me Off My Feet Sixteen Days Waiting Around for Grace Zen Automaton Fire in the Water Burnt Out Star Paint Me Silver Giant Tortoise / Eye Pattern Blindness The Weather Man It Feels Like Space Again Read More Desert Daze Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists .... Tame Impala Tame Impala is touring the U.S. again in support of their album, Lonerism. Kevin and crew have definitely crafted a piece of art. Loud, incredibly groovy. ... Warpaint All-girls band Warpaint (guitarist Emily Kokal, bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg, drummer Stella Mozgawa, and guitarist Theresa Wayman ... all takes turn on vocals) has reunited earlier this year to record their new album Heads Up. … Pond The thing about Perth, Australia's Pond is that three band members is actually in another, more successful Australian band Tame Impala. Although, it would seem that Pond …

The palm trees were a blowin’ and the wind was dusty and warm on Friday as music lovers loaded into the Lake Perris campgrounds for Desert Daze’s seventh psychedelic wonderland of American music festivals. Founder Phil Pirrone (Leader of band JJUUJJUU) has gone above and beyond to make this entity, in whatever category you want to put it under, entirely separate from your standard music festival. Year after year, he manages to succeed and surpass expectations, galvanizing us with the joy and euphoria that this celestial event brings. It’s more than just a weekend. It’s an experience of a lifetime.

Set up this year in Lake Perris, California, on the grounds of beautiful beaches with breathtaking mountain backdrops, it was less of a desert mirage than in its past Joshua Tree days…which seemed to suit festival goers just fine. There was a rather stark contrast of ear-piercing rock music amidst this stunning scenery, but in a way, it just made sense that people were swimming on unicorn floaties while listening to the tunes of Cut Worms or Julia Holter. The installations scattered around-from teepees with hanging seashells formed into jellyfish to a space-ship treehouse on stilts-gave everyone something to marvel at in between sets or even all day, if one felt so inclined.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12

Certainly a favorite on Friday was Yonatan Gat and the Eastern Medicine Singers. Gat has a rather interesting story as a musician. After being banned from playing in his homeland of Israel (refusing to partake in mandatory experiences like the Israeli army), he relocated to New York and started producing music. He began recording and performing as a bandleader, and in 2014 released the Iberian Passage EP, a debut that maintained his signature raw energy while switching the focus away from the shock-performance style of Monotonix to a more improvised, shamanic musical exploration. This is what we got a taste of here, as Gat graced us with the brilliance of tracks from his latest album, Universalists.

After Yonatan’s solo set the trio of fringed moccasin men hit their drums and belted out their chants into the crowd, while everyone circled around them in amazement. Then Yonatan ran down to join them, wailing on his Guild guitar as they collaborated in what one could only call an indigenous ritual that was meant to make the heavens downpour with rain, it was so spiritual (this concept will make more sense later). The Eastern Medicine Singers are an Algonquin language, Eastern-Styled drum group dedicated to preserving the Eastern Woodlands music. Adding Yonatan’s insane guitar skills creates a sound so powerful that it transcends you into another time, another life, another dimension in a way that no drug or substance can.

This is another thing that give Desert Daze such a rare quality in the lineage of music festivals…you don’t have people that party too hard and are obviously too drunk or stoned to be in public. It’s just not like that. Sure, people are there and there are drugs and gods are golden. But people actually do dig the music and I think, overall…are pretty much only there for it. To correlate with this theme, it may indeed be 2018, but here at Desert Daze it is essentially like walking onto the set of the film Almost Famous. Bell-bottoms, rose-colored glasses and sideburns are running amuck and thankfully, Penny Lane is right there beside him, Sherpa coat and Robert Plant hair intact. But it’s not contrived, heavens no…it all seems to be conducive and genuine to each person swaying their hips and closing their eyes to the music. An idyllic sight to behold, indeed.

Australian band Pond, founded by Tame Impala’s touring members Nick Allbrook and Jay Watson started their set with 30,000 Megatons off their 2017 album The Weather. This track makes me think of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, and Nick Allbrook himself is an alien and bizarre and alive. Fascinating to watch and never skipping a beat, this band is a riot and dazzled the crowd right into basically the entirety of The Weather, and also debuted the song “Burned Out Star”. This one was a true crowd-pleaser and nice little warm-up to the anticipated Tame Impala set.

Ah, Warpaint. These girls just get better and better as the years go by. I don’t know whether they’ve turned into witches or slightly older versions of the characters of the movie Now and Then. Whichever one, all of them have more charisma, talent and style than most of us mere mortals roaming the planet. Emily Kokal’s haunting vocals soared with Jenny Lee’s harmonies and badass bass skills on The Stall, as their opening to the set. It’s crazy to think that their self-titled album came out 5 years ago, and their first full length album Exquisite Corpse almost a decade ago…but these girls certainly stay busy in and out of the studio. They rocked Keep it Healthy, Love is to Die and Krimson (my personal favorite), before ending with their hit track Elephants. “I need a little room to sway”, indeed. And don’t ever let us go.

Tame Impala started their set off strong with the groovy tune Nangs off of 2015’s al-bum Currents. Let it Happen was next, and from the pit I heard the eruption of “Whoa” and “Wow’s” from the crowd, and at first it seemed like it was maybe in response to the trippy background effects behind lead singer Kevin Parker. I quickly realized it was the sky illuminating with lightning bolts above us. Sure enough, halfway through Sundown Syndrome (ironic much), a producer came out and announced that they had to stop. Kevin kind of shrugged and said “I guess we gotta stop.” and they all ran off the stage. As the sound guy was assuring us that this was just a break, the gods opened up a black hole in the sky and dumped buckets and buckets of rain onto us. Torrential downpour ensued (insert indigenous rain dance ah-ha moment here) and everyone started running to their cars to “wait it out.” This did not happen, and eventually there was an attempted evacuation of the camp…everyone was told to go home or (if camping) to get a hotel room. People, suffice to say, were pissed!

[ To be continued ]

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Desert Daze

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Tame Impala at Desert Daze (12 Oct 2018)

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Desert Daze: October 12-14, 2018

Read More Desert Daze October (thank god because we would all melt in the otherwise typical days of such shenanigans) will bestow the 6th installation of the transcendent music festival Desert Daze in Joshua Tree, California. .... Tame Impala Tame Impala is touring the U.S. again in support of their album, Lonerism. Kevin and crew have definitely crafted a piece of art. Loud, incredibly groovy. ... Slowdive Shoegaze band Slowdive are currently on a reunion tour, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Café, after being absent from the city in twenty-two years! ....

Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists, and this year is no exception. With Tame Impala headlining, it could in fact be the best one yet.

I could enumerate on how this festival is, in my opinion, the Mecca of all festivals, but it is really something to be seen by the own eye to truly comprehend. Along with bizarre instillations and an entire village complete with meditation tent and tea ceremonies, this isn’t just a music festival…it’s an Extraterrestrial Festival.

The California-based festival run by Jjuujju’s guitarist Phil Pirrone has an impressive lineup this year featuring Tame Impala, My Bloody Valentine, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (also a returning band), Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, Shellac, Ty Segall & White Fence, Warpaint, Earth (performing The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull), Malcom Mooney of CAN, Steve Albini, Connan Mockasin, Pond, and Julia Holter, Earthless. There are always surprise guests and DJ’s along with plenty of mind-enhancing activities to attend in between shows.

English dream-pop band Slowdive has recently been added to the festival, which will by far be one of the most sought-out performances of the weekend.

Check out Desert Daze’s amazing lineup poster, featuring the latest additions and broken down by day. Single-day tickets are now available in addition to three-day general admission and VIP passes. Visit the festival’s website for more info.

Desert Daze is happening October 12th-14th, 2018 in Lake Perris, California.

Details and lineup:

Desert Daze 2018
October 12th-14th, 2018
Lake Perris, California
Tickets & Camping: ticketfly.com
More Info: desertdaze.org

Friday Tame Impala Warpaint Connan Mockasin Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Jarvis Cocker Introducing JARV IS… Hinds Pond IDLES DAKHABRAKHA Wand Gum All Them Witches True Widow Lumerians (Late Night) Mary Lattimore Sons Of Kemet Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers L.A. Witch Kikagaku Moyo + Boogarins + JJUUJJUU (Late Night) Tropa Magica Sugar Candy Mountain Opening Ceremonies With Ian Svenonius

Saturday King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Slowdive Mercury Rev Perform Deserter’s Songs Chelsea Wolfe Wooden Shjips BEAK > A Place To Bury Strangers Shannon & The Clams Kevin Morby Kikagaku Moyo Malcolm Mooney Of CAN Damien Echols – High Magick Boogarins Ex-Cult Deap Vally (Late Night) Cosmonauts Prettiest Eyes (Late Night) Cut Worms JJUUJJUU Ulrika Spacek Al Lover Hand Habits Mannequin Pussy Stonefield Cat Scan

Sunday My Bloody Valentine Death Grips Shellac Ty Segall & White Fence Earth Perform The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull Preoccupations King Khan & The Shrines Julia Holter Earthless Follakzoid Bedouine Escape-Ism The Holydrug Couple Death Valley Girls Imarhan Here Lies Man Sextile Vinyl Williams Gladys Lazer Goon The Mad Walls Talks: Steve Albini

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Minneapolis: Girls Girls Girls! (March 1 to March 5, 2016)

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on March 1 to March 5, 2016.

It’s a special “Girls Girls Girls” edition of the Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Julia Holter Julia Holter new album Loud City Song just dropped this week (August 20th) via Domino Records. You can check out the new single from the album, "In the Green Wild", right now on YouTube. .…

JULIA HOLTER
with Circuit Des Yeux
at 7th St Entry
Tuesday, 03/01/16, 7:30pm ($15)
first-avenue.com

We caught Julia Holter in 2013 and noted that “You can tell that Holter love those old orchestra/big band/jazz sound from an earlier era, as she produced that type of genre with her band, consisting of saxophone, cello, violin, keyboard, and drums.”

This time Holter is back, promoting her fourth studio album Have You In My Wilderness, and she’s quite excited to the new album on cassette - available exclusively on her upcoming with Circuit des Yeux.

Tour Dates

02-26: Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
02-27: Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
02-28: Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe
03-01: Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
03-02: Chicago, IL @ Constellation
03-03: Ferndale, MI ~ Touched by the Angels
03-04: Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
03-05: Laval, QC @ La Maison des Arts
03-06: Allston, Mass Gothic @ Great Scott
05-19: Durham, NC Moog Fest
05-20: Durham, NC Moog Fest
05-21: Durham, NC Moog Fest
05-22: Durham, NC Moog Fest

Read More Carrie Rodriguez Carrie Rodriguez's last date on a very long National tour for her latest album, Give Me All You Got was at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis last night, April 14th. .…

CARRIE RODRIGUEZ
at Cedar Cultural Center
Tuesday, 03/01/16, 7pm ($15/$20)
triplerocksocialclub.com

Country singer and fiddler Carrie Rodriguez is coming back to the Cedar Cultural Center next Tuesday, March 1st.

The current tour is for Rodriguez's highly anticipated album, Lola, which came out February 19th, 2016, via Luz Records/Thirty Tigers.

The new album was inspired by 1940s-era recordings of her San Antonio-born great aunt Eva Garza, and featured some songs in English, Spanish and “Spanglish.”

The Roe Family Singers will open the show.

Tour Dates

02/27 Knucklehead’s Kansas City, MO
02/28 & 02/29 Flying Mango Des Moines, IA
03/01 The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
03/04 Severson Dells Nature Center Rockford, IL
03/05 Old Town School Chicago, IL
03/24 Stuart’s Opera House Nelsonville, OH
03/25 Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH
04/01 Tin Angel Philadelphia, PA
04/02 Avalon Theatre Easton, MD
04/03 Jammin Java Vienna, VA

Read More Ringo Deathstarr Song of the Show: "Guilt" by Ringo Deathstarr Ringo Deathstarr is on tour: 13 Feb Satellite Bar Houston, TX 18 Feb Lowbrow Palace El Paso, TX … Flavor Crystals Flavor Crystals were up next, they played hard psych rock in poor lighting. Very little lyrics, but lots of high energy guitar playing with emphasis on psych and kraut rock. … The Cult of Lip Hannah was pulling double duty, as she also played in Vats, but as of July 31st, they've decided to changed their name to The Cult of Lip. I know their setlist shows eight songs, but in reality, I believe …

RINGO DEATHSTARR
at Turf Club
Thursday, 03/03/16, 8pm ($8/$10)
turfclub.net

While many, many bands are touring to SXSW in Austin.... This Texan band Ringo Deathstarr is touring away from the city. In fact, they’ll be in England/UK area once SXSW is underway.

You may recall that we recently listened to their new single “Guilt” in the last W♥M246: Keep Calm and Ringo Deathstarr Podcast.

Flavor Crystals and The Cult of Lip to open. If the latter band sounded familiar, we previously saw them as Vats... and some hours later, they’ve decided to change their name to Cult of Lip: read all about it here.

Tour Dates

Feb 27 Sunset, Seattle, WA
Feb 29 Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 1 Hi-Dive, Denver, CO
Mar 2 Reverb, Omaha, NE
Mar 3 Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
Mar 4 Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Mar 5 Canal Public House, Dayton, OH
Mar 9 Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham, UK
Mar 10 Bullingdon Arms, Oxford, UK
Mar 11 Oslo, London, UK Cosmosis Festival
Mar 12 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK
Mar 13 Cookie, Leicester, UK
Mar 15 Les 4ECLUSES, Dunkerque, France
Mar 16 Maison Sage, Paris, France
Mar 17 Iboat, Bordeaux, France
Mar 18 La Lata de bombillas, Zaragoza, Spain
Mar 19 Sidecar, Barcelona, Spain
Mar 20 Siroco, Madrid, Spain
Mar 22 Le Sonic, Lyons, France
Mar 23 Bad Bonnie, Dudingen, Switzerland

Read More Poliça Minneapolis hometown favorites Poliça were just deemed “America’s Portishead” in Rolling Stone's review of the band’s sophomore album, Shulamith (Mom+Pop Records), but they’re so much more than that..…

POLIÇA
at First Avenue
Friday, 03/04/16, 8pm ($25/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Local favorite Poliça will be taking over Minneapolis for the next three days (March 2nd to March 4th). Of course, they’re all sold out.

The first show at the Turf Club in St Paul will feature openers Sarah White and Fraea.

The second show will be at the small 7th Street Entry, with openers Dizzy Fae and Izell Pyramid.

The third show will be at the larger main room of First Avenue, with openers Fog (not to be confused with England’s The Fog) and Kill the Vultures.

You may recall that we caught the band at the Lowertown Line earlier in February and heard the band play the entire new album United Crushers live. Expect a similar setlist for these three local shows.

Tour Dates

Mar 02 Turf Club St Paul, MN
Mar 03 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
Mar 04 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Mar 08 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, IA
Mar 09 Waiting Room Omaha, NE
Mar 10 The Vanguard Tulsa, OK
Mar 11 Warehouse Live Studio Houston, TX
Mar 12 The Loft Dallas, TX
Mar 20 The Lowbrow Palace El Paso, TX
Mar 22 Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
Mar 23 The Irenic San Diego, CA
Mar 25 The Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Mar 26 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
Mar 28 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
Mar 29 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
Mar 30 Imperial Vancouver, Canada
Mar 31 Neptune Theatre Seattle, WA
Apr 14 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
Apr 15 Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
Apr 16 Thaila Hall Chicago, IL
Apr 18 Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI
Apr 20 Lee's Palace Toronto, Canada
Apr 21 Petit Campus Montreal Metro Area, Canada
Apr 22 Brighton Music Hall Allston, MA
Apr 23 Warsaw New York, NY
Apr 25 Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA
Apr 26 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Apr 28 Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
Apr 29 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
Apr 30 Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN
May 01 The Mothlight Asheville, NC
May 04 Madison, Live Covington, KY
May 05 The Basement Columbus, OH
May 06 Rose Music Hall Columbia, MO
May 07 The Bottleneck Lawrence, KS

Read More Emily Wells As I previously written, Emily Wells is a one-woman band who uses live recording loops in her songs. Songs on her set was mostly from her album Mama, including "Symphony 6 …

EMILY WELLS
at Cedar Cultural Center
Saturday, 03/05/16, 7pm ($12/$15)
thecedar.org

The last time we heard about Emily Wells, she was doing some crazy collaboration with our favorite producer Dan the Automator. The result was a record called Pillowfight which came out in 2013 via Bulk Recordings. Prior to this, we caught Wells with Dark Dark Dark at the Cedar (05 Oct 2012) and with PCP at the Cedar (01 May 2012).

Wells is currently back in the city, promoting her 2016 album Promise (Thesis & Instinct).

New York’s Lorna Dune will open.

Tour Dates

03/02/16 Denver, CO Lost Lake Lounge
03/03/16 Kansas City, MO Riot Room
03/04/16 Omaha, NE Slowdown
03/05/16 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
03/06/16 St. Louis, MO Luminary Center
03/09/16 Louisville, KY Zanzabar
03/10/16 Indianapolis, IN The Hi Fi
03/11/16 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
03/12/16 Lakewood, OH Mahall's 20 Lanes
03/22/16 Bordeaux, France Bootleg
03/24/16 Laval, France 6 Par 4
03/25/16 St. Lo, France Le Normandy
03/26/16 La Roche Sur Yon, France Fuzz'yon
03/29/16 Paris, France Le Divan du Monde
03/30/16 Paris, France Le Divan du Monde
03/31/16 Lille, France La Peniche Du Pianiste
04/05/16 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega Ideal Bar

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Julia Holter at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (09/20/13)

Setlist Read More Julia Holter Julia Holter new album Loud City Song just dropped this week (August 20th) via Domino Records. You can check out the new single from the album, "In the Green Wild", right now on YouTube. .…

Julia Holter is currently on tour for her latest album Loud City Songs from Domino Records. She stopped in for a late, late session at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis last night, September 20th.

Holter's show was unconventionally late, because most of the Cedar is all-ages show, so many of their shows ends at 10pm or 10:30pm. Apparently there was a double-booking last night and Väsen played earlier at 7pm, pushing Julia Holter and Nedelle Torrisi's show to 10pm.

You can tell that Holter love those old orchestra/big band/jazz sound from an earlier era, as she produced that type of genre with her band, consisting of saxophone, cello, violin, keyboard, and drums. Although the music was fantastic, I only hope that Holter can take it to the next level and sing to a Benny Goodman-esq big band of 20 or more players.

The set was basically every song from Loud City Songs, which sounded really good live, in particular "In The Green Wild". When played live, "In The Green Wild" is paced a little faster than its original studio recording, which you can hear on Domino.

Rounding out the rest of her set were songs from her 2012 album Ekstasis, including "Marienbad" and the encore medley.

If you love the chamber music of Loud City Songs, you definitely need to see Julia Holter on this current tour.

09/21 Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern *
09/22 Columbus, OH @ Kobo *
09/24 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall *
09/26 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel *
11/12 Brighton, UK @ Komedia
11/13 Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
11/14 Leeds, UK @ Howard Assembly Hall
11/15 Liverpool, UK @ Leaf
11/16 Bristol, UK @ The Cube
11/17 Dublin, IE @ Dublin Unitarian Church
11/19 Dublin, IE @ Whelans
11/20 Glasgow, UK @ CCA

* w/ Nedelle Torrisi

Julia Holter at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (09/20/13)

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Band to be Wild

Read More Frankie Rose Frankie Rose (the drummer from Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and Vivian Girls) will be doing some live dates for her Interstellar album (released in the US on February 21st, UK got the album last week). …

As you can see, we get a lot of emails. So please make sure you use the subject header effectively. I do a search by subject header going back to July and here are all the bands with a 'wild' side:

FRANKIE ROSE
missfrankierose.com

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 (or at least under the "Frankie Rose and the Outs" moniker, before opting to just simply go under her regular name.)

Anyway, following Frankie Rose's performance at Pitchfork, she announced that she recently signed to Fat Possum Records with a brand new record called Herein Wild "in the works". The pending release date is September 24th.

Can't wait that long to hear the new album? Good news, Rose recently shared "Sorrow", the first track from the forthcoming album on Souncloud.



Her next live date will be with Tamaryn at the Bowery Ballroom in New York on 09/23/13.

Read More Wild Belle Wild Belle's first ever North American tour is happening this November, check out singer Natalie Bergman's video for Postcards from the Road N°1. …

WILD BELLE
wildbelle.com

We've mentioned Wild Belle before. The Chicago sibling duo (Natalie and Elliot Bergman) announced that they are doing a headlining tour this year. They previously supported a ton of established bands like Passion Pit and Toro y Moi.

You can keep up with the band as they post quick "Postcards from the Road" videos on their youtube.com.

Wild Belle on tour:

09/05 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
09/06 Iowa City, IA Gabe’s Oasis
09/07 St. Louis, MO LouFest
09/13 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club *
09/14 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room *
09/16 Denver, CO The Bluebird Theater *
09/18 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge *
09/19 Boise, ID Neurolux *
09/21 Seattle, WA Crocodile *
09/22 Vancouver, BC Fortune Sound Club *
09/24 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge *
09/26 San Francisco, CA Independent *
09/28 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex *
09/30 Tucson, AZ Club Congress *
10/01 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace
10/03 Dallas, TX House of Blues *
10/04 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
10/07 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church *
10/08 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
10/09 Boston, MA Paradise *
10/11 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
10/13 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
10/15 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
10/16 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
10/17 Atlanta, GA The Earl
10/19 Nashville, TN 12th and Porter
10/20 Asheville, NC Emerald Lounge
10/21 Raleigh, NC Kings Barcade
10/22 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall *
10/23 Pittsburgh, PA The Rex Theatre *
10/26 Chicago, IL Metro *

*supported by Saint Rich

Read More Wildcat! Wildcat! Wildcat! Wildcat! is just one of the hundred of bands in the Taco Bell's Feed the Beat lineup. The program, which started in 2009, help young bands …

WILDCAT! WILDCAT!
wildcatwildcat.com

We previously mentioned Wildcat! Wildcat! before, but this time it's to announce their Fall touring schedule, kicking it all off in Minneapolis' Triple Rock Social Club.

Look for their self-titled debut EP on September 10th via Downtown Records.

09/18 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
09/19 Chicago, IL Schuba’s
09/20 Detroit, MI Magic Stick Lounge
09/21 Toronto, ON Wrong Bar
09/22 Rochester, NY Bug Jar
09/24 Washington, DC DC9
09/25 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle
09/26 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands Gallery
09/28 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
09/29 Boston, MA Great Scott
10/03 Nashville, TN High Watt
10/04 Murfreesboro, TN Earmilk Festival
10/15 San Francisco, CA Independent*
10/17 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour* 10/18 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour*
10/19 San Diego, CA Soda Bar*
10/23 Vancouver, BC Venue Nightclub*
10/24 Seattle, WA The Crocodile*

*with MSMR

JULIA HOLTER
juliashammasholter.com

Julia Holter new album Loud City Song just dropped this week (August 20th) via Domino Records. You can check out the new single from the album, "In the Green Wild", right now on YouTube.

The video was directed by Yelena Zhelelov and tells the story of the main character of Loud City Song on a path out of the city and into the trees.

Julia Holter continues her tour in support of the new album:

09/11 Los Angeles, CA @ First Unitarian Church * $
09/12 San Francisco, CA @ Great American*
09/14 Portland, OR @ Holocene *
09/15 Seattle, WA @ Barboza *
09/16 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret *
09/20 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center *
09/21 Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern *
09/22 Columbus, OH @ Kobo *
09/24 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall *
09/26 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel *
11/12 Brighton, UK @ Komedia
11/13 Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
11/14 Leeds, UK @ Howard Assembly Hall
11/15 Liverpool, UK @ Leaf
11/16 Bristol, UK @ The Cube
11/17 Dublin, IE @ Dublin Unitarian Church
11/19 Dublin, IE @ Whelans
11/20 Glasgow, UK @ CCA

* w/ Nedelle Torrisi
$ w/ Wild Up Quartet

WILD PONIES
wildponies.net

Nashville's Wild Ponies (not to be mistaken for the Minneapolis Wild Ponies) is a songwriting duo (Doug & Telisha Williams), and their new album Things That Used To Shine is coming out September 10th via Ditch Dog Records.

08/23 - Boyd’s Jig & Reel - Knoxville, TN
08/24 - The Peacock Playhouse - Hayesville, NC
08/25 - Little Yellow Music House - Columbia, SC
09/11 - Dosey Doe Music Café - Conroe, TX
09/14 - Wyldwood Shows - Austin, TX
09/23 - Tennessee Shines - Knoxville, TN
09/26 - Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s - Crawford, TN
09/27 - Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s - Crawford, TN
09/28 - Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s - Crawford, TN
09/29 - Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s - Crawford, TN
11/07 - Lamb’s Retreat - Harbor Springs, MI
11/08 - Lamb’s Retreat - Harbor Springs, MI
11/09 - Lamb’s Retreat - Harbor Springs, MI
11/10 - Lamb’s Retreat - Harbor Springs, MI
11/16 - Holcomb Farm - West Granby, CT
11/17 - Borderline Folk Music Club - New City, NY
12/05 - Radio Live - Pensacola, FL
12/06 - Ashland Coffee and Tea - Ashland, VA
12/07 - Concerts at the Crossing - Titusville, NJ
12/18 - The Bluebird Café - Nashville, TN

BRIEFLY:

WILD CHILD wildchildsounds.com Wild Child is from Austin, and their sophomore album The Runaround is coming out October 8th. The rock/jazz/gypsy/folk band just wrapped up their tour (except for Revival Festival on 9/14).

SCOTT & CHARLENE'S WEDDING bandcamp.com Aussies-in-NY Scott & Charlene's Wedding shared their third single "Wild Heart", taken from their Any Port In A Storm album, which came out last week (August 13th) via Fire Records. Hear the song on Soundcloud:

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