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Japanese Breakfast at First Avenue, Minneapolis (11 July 2022)

Japanese Breakfast Setlist Paprika Be Sweet Kokomo, IN Tactics Road Head Savage Good Boy Heft Boyish (Little Big League cover) The Body Is a Blade Glider Posing in Bondage Machinist Slide Tackle Everybody Wants to Love You -- Encore -- Posing for Cars Diving Woman Read More Japanese Breakfast Korean musician Japanese Breakfast (stagename for Michelle Zauner) headlined the mainroom at First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on September 19th, 2021, as part of her tour ... Linda Lindas I was actually excited to see that The Linda Lindas will open the show. If I were to guess, the band is named after the Japanese film, Linda, Linda, Linda, which I wrote about in May 2007. .…

The Japanese Breakfast show at First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on July 11th, had sold out… leaving many fans asking for spare tickets and showing at the venue to try and hopefully buy some limited released tickets.

This show was one of the first official shows of the 5th annual Independent Venue Week, a nationwide program to spotlight over 400 venues, in all 50 states and DC. Naturally, all the First Avenue venues (including 7th Street, Fine Line, Turf Club, Palace Theatre) are on the Independent Venue list… so if you go see a show at any of their venues, you’re supporting locally owned and run businesses. Other venues in the Minnesota area, independently run are Elision Playhouse, Granada Theater, The Fitzgerald Theater, and The Parkway Theater.

Anyway, very excited to burst on stage were The Linda Lindas, their first show in Minneapolis.

Just to clarify, Kristin Kontrol (formerly of Dum Dum Girls) is not a member of The Linda Lindas. Kristin Kontrol did assembled the group for Girlschool LA in 2018…. but the actual band members are: Sisters Mila de la Garza (drummer, 11) and Lucia de la Garza (guitar, 14), cousin Eloise Wong (bass, 13), and family friend Bela Salazar (guitar, 17). For a young (literally teenagers), new band, they sure had plenty of songs under their belt, as they played a rock/punk fun 43-min set on the first night of the tour.

So, as I suspected, the band was inspired by the Japanese film, Linda, Linda, Linda, with their theme song “Linda Linda” (Blue Hearts).

If you caught the Japanese Breakfast show at First Avenue in September, it’s almost the same show, down to the Little Big League song, “Boyish”, and same encore songs (“Posing for Cars” and “Diving Woman”). Most of the changes in the new song were to drop songs like “In Heaven” and “The Woman That Loves You”, and adding new songs - mostly on the second half of the set: “The Body Is a Blade” to “Slide Tackle”.

Still, for the audience, they were still very excited to see Japanese Breakfast again, and always big cheers whenever the gong is used (“Paprika”).

Remaining tour dates:

7/12 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *
7/14 - Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theatre *
7/15 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
7/16 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
7/17 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Brewery *
7/19 - Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
7/20 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Corona
7/21 - Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point
7/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Dell Music Center ^
7/26 - Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
7/31 - Niigata, JP @ Fuji Rock Festival
8/12-14 - Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out Festival
8/26 - Stanford, CA @ Here And There
8/28 - Longon, EN @ All Points East Festival
9/2 - Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
9/3 - Denver, CO @ Here And There
9/15 - Louisville, KY @ Bourbon & Beyond
10/4 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
10/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ~
10/7 - Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds #
10/8-9 - Austin, TX @ ACL Festival
10/20 - Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory
10/21 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
10/22 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Old Fruitmarket
10/24 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
10/25 - London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
10/26 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
10/27 - Berlin, DE @ Gretchen
11/6 - São Paulo, BR @ Primavera Sound São Paulo
11/10 - Santiago, CL @ Primavera en la Ciudad @ Blondie
11/12 - Santiago, CL @ Primavera Sound Santiago
11/13 - Buenos Aires, AR @ Primera Sound Buenos Aires

* w/ The Linda Lindas
^ w/ Yo La Tengo & Cate Le Bon
~ w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs
# w/ Florence + The Machine

Linda Lindas

Linda Lindas

Linda Lindas (Lucia de la Garza)

Linda Lindas (Bela Salazar)

Japanese Breakfast

Japanese Breakfast

Japanese Breakfast

Japanese Breakfast at First Avenue, Minneapolis (11 July 2022)

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Minneapolis: This Week (07/17/2022)

As you know, I post the W♥M Minneapolis preview calendar a month in advance. Things may have changed, and/or I just wanted to remind you about the shows that we will be covering this week.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide

07/11 Japanese Breakfast with The Linda Lindas at First Avenue Read More Japanese Breakfast Korean musician Japanese Breakfast (stagename for Michelle Zauner) headlined the mainroom at First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on September 19th, 2021, as part of her tour for Jubilee (Dead Oceans Records). ... Kristin Kontrol We are also very excited to see that Dee Dee (from Dum Dum Girls) will be opening for Garbage under her music project Kristin Kontrol. When we saw DDG in 2014 when .…

07/11/2022 Monday

Japanese Breakfast
with The Linda Lindas
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

We last saw Japanese Breakfast in Oct 2021... Japanese Breakfast is back, and this time, wearing her Time Magazine’s “Most Influential People of 2022” title proudly.

I was actually excited to see that The Linda Lindas will open the show. If I were to guess, the band is named after the Japanese film, Linda, Linda, Linda, which I wrote about in May 2007. The catchy theme song, “Linda Linda” was written by J-punk Blue Hearts.

How are the two bands related? Well, Japanese Breakfast is actually a Korean girl, while in the film, Linda Linda Linda, it’s about an all-Japanese group, who enlists a Korean singer, when they lost their lead singer. It’s all strangely related with the Japanes/Korean thing.

Anyway, The Linda Lindas is the new project from Kristin Kontrol (formerly of Dum Dum Girls).

Tour dates:

7/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
7/12 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *
7/14 - Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theatre *
7/15 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
7/16 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
7/17 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Brewery *
7/19 - Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
7/20 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Corona
7/21 - Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point
7/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Dell Music Center ^
7/26 - Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
7/31 - Niigata, JP @ Fuji Rock Festival
8/12-14 - Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out Festival
8/26 - Stanford, CA @ Here And There
8/28 - Longon, EN @ All Points East Festival
9/2 - Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
9/3 - Denver, CO @ Here And There
9/15 - Louisville, KY @ Bourbon & Beyond
10/4 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
10/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ~
10/7 - Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds #
10/8-9 - Austin, TX @ ACL Festival
10/20 - Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory
10/21 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
10/22 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Old Fruitmarket
10/24 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
10/25 - London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
10/26 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
10/27 - Berlin, DE @ Gretchen
11/6 - São Paulo, BR @ Primavera Sound São Paulo
11/10 - Santiago, CL @ Primavera en la Ciudad @ Blondie
11/12 - Santiago, CL @ Primavera Sound Santiago
11/13 - Buenos Aires, AR @ Primera Sound Buenos Aires

* w/ The Linda Lindas
^ w/ Yo La Tengo & Cate Le Bon
~ w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs
# w/ Florence + The Machine

07/12 Mandy Moore with AHI at First Avenue Read More Mandy Moore Taylor Goldsmith explained how ‘Never Gonna Say Goodbye’ was written for his fiance after singer/actress Mandy Moore injured herself (similar worked for Chris Martin of Coldplay on ‘Fix You’ to Gwyneth Paltrow, and Bono to his wife on ‘Sweetest Thing’). .…

UPDATE: The big news for this week is that Mandy Moore has cancelled her show at First Avenue on July 12th. She explained that she’s pregnant. She thought she could power through, but the long hours on the bus and not getting proper rest was just too challenging. She had to make the decision to cancel the entire 2022 tour.

07/12/2022 Tuesday

Mandy Moore [CANCELLED]
with AHI
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and actress, Mandy Moore will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on July 12, in support of her seventh studio album In Real Life… this is her first tour in over ten years, so expect a health reaction and attendance to her million of fans.

Talking about the new album, Moore had this to say, “So much of this record came from future-tripping on the next chapter of my life and what it might look like: what parenthood would feel like, how it would change everything, and all the excitement and trepidation that comes with that. At the same time, it was about celebrating and acknowledging where we were at the moment and really trying to be completely present in the everyday—which is maybe the hardest part of the human condition.”

AHI to open.

Tour dates:

Jun 17 Outdoor Williamsburg, VA, US Williamsburg Live
Jun 18 Atlantic City, NJ, US Music Box at the Borgata
Jun 19 Boston, MA, US Royale Boston
Jun 21 Ridgefield, CT, US Ridgefield Playhouse
Jun 22 Toronto, ON, Canada The Danforth Music Hall
Jun 23 Pittsburgh, PA, US Roxian Theatre
Jun 25 Nashville, TN, US Ryman Auditorium
Jul 6 Dallas, TX, US Annette Strauss Square
Jul 7 Houston, TX, US The Heights Theater
Jul 8 Austin, TX, US Paramount Theatre
Jul 10 Kansas City, MO, US Uptown Theater
Jul 11 Chicago, IL, US The Vic Theatre
Jul 12 Minneapolis, MN, US First Avenue
Jul 14 Englewood, CO, US Gothic Theatre
Jul 15 Salt Lake City, UT, US The Depot
Jul 17 Seattle, WA, US Showbox at the Market
Jul 18 Portland, OR, US Aladdin Theater
Jul 20 San Francisco, CA, US The Fillmore
Jul 21 Solana Beach, CA, US Belly Up Tavern
Jul 22 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Fonda Theatre
Jul 22 Newport, RI, US Newport Folk Festival

07/14 Mitski with Indigo De Souza at Surly Brewing Festival Field Read More Mitski If you’re one of the cool kids, you’ll be at this upcoming sold out Mitski show at First Avenue’s mainroom. It’s quite a difference, considering that it was only Nov 2015 that Mitski made her debut at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. …

07/14/2022 Thursday

Mitski
with Indigo De Souza
at Surly Brewing Festival Field
first-avenue.com

We just saw Mitski at the Palace Theatre in St Paul, on 14 Mar 2022, and wrote, “Japanese / American singer / songwriter Mitski headlined the Palace Theatre, in St Paul, on Monday night… bringing in her story-songs from Laurel Hell. The songs are so good that the Guardian had to dub her the “best young songwriter” earlier in February.”

If you missed that show, here’s your second chance to see the story of Laurel Hell by Mitski at the Surly Brewing Festival Field. It is all ages, despite being held at the beer company’s field.

Also note, event starts at 5:30pm (music at 7pm), and I recommend arriving early to get a free event parking spot.

Indigo De Souza to open.

Tour dates:

July 14 - Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Festival Field %
July 16 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
July 22 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall#
July 23 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall #
July 24 - Philadelphia, PA @ @ Franklin Music Hall #
July 26 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner #
July 27 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner #
July 28 - Providence, RI @ Bold Point Park #
July 30 - Montreal, QC @ Osheaga
Aug. 9 - Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield
Aug 10 - Burnaby, BC @ Deer Lake Park ~
Aug 12 - Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out Festival
Sep 16 - Sep 18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Primavera Sound LA

% support from Indigo De Souza
# support from The Weather Station
~ support from Hurray For The Riff Raff

07/16 Big Gigantic with INZO, Young Franco at Fillmore Read More Big Gigantic Big Gigantic w DJ INZO, Young Franco and Covex, Arvest Bank at The Midland, $23.50-$38 Out on their Brighter Future Tour, the Boulder CO electronic hip-hop jazz instrumental duo …

07/16/2022 Saturday

Big Gigantic
with INZO, Young Franco
at Fillmore
livenation.com

Genre-bending Boulder, CO-based duo Big Gigantic is on tour in support of their eight studio album Brighter Future 2, available now at all DSPs and streaming services.

Fellow Colorado electronic artist INZO (Mike Inzano) and Young Franco will open.

Tour dates:

07/10 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
07/13 – Oklahoma City, OK – OKC Farmers Market
07/14 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
07/15 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
07/16 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
07/17 – Chesterfield, MO – The Factory
07/20 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
07/21 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
07/22 – Garrettsville, OH – Funk ‘N Flow 2022 †
07/23 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
07/24 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
07/27 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
07/28 – Boston, MA – The Roadrunner Boston
07/29 – Washington, DC – Echostage
07/30 – Brooklyn, NY – Rowdytown @ The Brooklyn Mirage
08/22 – Long Pond, PA - Elements Music & Arts Festival †
09/23 – Morrison, CO – Rowdytown X @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
09/24 – Morrison, CO – Rowdytown X @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
10/7-10/9 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival †
10/14-10/16 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival †
10/27-10/30 – Live Oak, FL – Suwanee Hulaween † *

† FESTIVAL APPEARANCE
* with NGHTMRE as GIGANTIC NGHTMRE

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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Kristin Kontrol: Last Christmas

Kristin Kontrol: Last Christmas Read More Kristin Kontrol We are also very excited to see that Dee Dee (from Dum Dum Girls) will be opening for Garbage under her music project Kristin Kontrol. When we saw DDG in 2014 when .… Dum Dum Girls Dum Dum Girls - too cute and popular for this earth ... and CMJ (yet they played some shows). .… …

The news that George Michael died hit us pretty hard on Christmas. We’re still pretty shocked that he’s dead. Obviously, fans from around the world have expressed how much his music meant to them... including James Corden’s heartfelt tribute to Michael.

As previously mentioned, George Michael was my first cassette (Listen Without Prejudice) that I purchased with my own money. And admittedly I’ve lost touch of keeping up with George Michael post-Older, but I still love the music and those great lyrics.

Anyway, the news of George Michael’s death hit Dee Dee (currently as Kristin Kontrol) unexpected too. She actually recorded a cover of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’, but it was barred from release. The timing felt right, and she posted the link, read more below.

Kristin Kontrol wrote:

December 25, 2016 at 7:48pm

So sad we lost another incredible artist this year. Rest in power, George Michael. A few years ago I recorded a cover of "Last Christmas" as a b-side to an Xmas original. An innocent homage out of love. This was proto-KK as produced by Kurt Feldman (Ice Choir). Was never allowed to release it but f*** it. <3

soundcloud.com/kristinkontrol

We caught KK last year with Garbage at the Skyway Theatre and wrote, “Kristin’s voice has a dreamlike way of getting to you as you listen and even with the dance tunes you get that vibe that you're in the clouds.”

Incidentally, in Dum Dum Girls news, did you all noticed the DDG’s poster in Episode 6 of Netflix’s The OA? In the first few minutes of that episode, we see a trans character Buck Vu (played by Ian Alexander) practicing the movement ... and in the background, you see the poster.

The OA Season 1, Episode 6 (16 Dec 2016)

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Garbage at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (07 July 2016)

Podcast Garbage Vu and Lee briefly talked about the Garbage show at the Skyway Theatre ... Garbage Garbage Setlist Sometimes I Think I'm Paranoid Stupid Girl Special Blood for Poppies The Trick Is to Keep Breathing Empty My Lover's Box Sex Is Not the Enemy A Stroke of Luck Control #1 Crush Battle in Me Automatic Systematic Habit Bleed Like Me Push It Vow Only Happy When It Rains Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) -- Encore -- Blackout Why Do You Love Me Even Though Our Love Is Doomed Kristin Kontrol Setlist Face 2 Face White Street Show Me (Don't) Wannabe X-Communicate Going Thru the Motions On the Regular Baby Are You In Smoke Rings Skin Shed Tour Dates 07/17 - PromoWest Fest - Columbus, OH 07/19 - The Mill & Mine - Knoxville, TN 07/20 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN 07/22 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA 07/23 - Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC 07/25 - The National - Richmond, VA 07/27 - Starland Ballroom - Sayerville, NJ 07/28 - House Of Blues Boston - Boston, MA 07/30 - The Fillmore Philly- Philadelphia, PA 07/31 - Rams Head Live! - Baltimore, MD 08/01 - Summerstage - New York, NY 08/03 - Lincoln Theater - Washington, DC 08/06 - River Nights - Rheinfelden, Switzerland 08/08 - Lokerse Festival - Lokeren, Belgium 08/10 - A Summer's Tale - Luhmühlen, Germany 08/12 - Fête du Bruit, Landerneau, France 08/14 - Kubana Festival, Riga, Latvia 08/16 - Live Park Zappa, Tel Aviv, Israel 09/05 - Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico 09/07 - Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City 11/15 - A2 Club, St. Petersburg, Russia 11/17 - Yotaspace, Moscow, Russia 11/18 - Yotaspace, Moscow, Russia 11/19 - Tele-Club Yekaterinburg, Russia Read More Garbage Garbage (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, and Butch Vig) is back with their critically acclaimed sixth studio album Strange Little Birds (STUNVOLUME Records). .… Kristin Kontrol We are also very excited to see that Dee Dee (from Dum Dum Girls) will be opening for Garbage under her music project Kristin Kontrol. When we saw DDG in 2014 when .…

Garbage is currently touring in support of their recent critically acclaimed sixth studio album Strange Little Birds (STUNVOLUME Records). The much-beloved band stopped by the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis on July 7th - their second US show of the new 2016 tour.

Kristin Kontrol

Opening the show was the very talented Dee Dee (from the Dum Dum Girls) with her latest music project Kristin Kontrol; their debut album is out now called X-Communicate (out now on Sub Pop Records).

One of the best things about live shows is you get to see how the band performs and sometimes hear some good stories.  Dee Dee Stands in front of the mike and looks around at the crowd and tells her story about how when she was a young girl she loved listening to Garbage, she is so excited to be on tour with the band. Fun fact, according to Dee Dee, her first concert, 20 years ago, was seeing Garbage. The other exciting thing when your debuting a new record X-Communicate, and that is all you got, you get to play it and the band was up to the task.

The conversations I had with a few people who knew about the Dum Dum Girls were excited to see and  hear how she would sound without the other members.  I can testify that from the beginning of the set to the finish she sounded wonderful.

Kristin Voice has a dreamlike way of getting to you as you listen and even with the dance tunes you get that vibe that you're in the clouds.  Highlights from the set was ‘Show Me’ and the title track ‘X-Communicate’.

Shirley Manson

We welcome back this wonderful band Garbage (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, and Butch Vig) to Minneapolis. The band showcased some songs from their sixth studio album Strange Little Birds, On the STUNVOLUME Records label. I am so overjoyed to see that this record debut at number 1 on the Rock and Alternative Charts.

Anticipation begins waiting for the show to start, people are crowding in, to get a better vantage point. I do want to say that the Skyway Theatre is a wonderful Venue for a good view because the way it is set up (in a long rolling slope), there are no bad spots.

I had a chance to listen to the new record about a week ago, there are some amazing gems to be found on it, so I  talked to some people before the show about what they were most interested in hearing from the band, most were just happy to have Garbage back in town, very few had a chance to listen to the record.

The running story that you hear every time they come to town is that First Avenue was one of their very first gig's, so Minneapolis/ St Paul have some of the oldest fans in the country. Case in point, after ‘Automatic Systematic Habit’, singer Shirley Manson reflect on their first night with one of their biggest fan, Reeva - who had turned 13 years old and stood in a very long line waiting to Garbage’s first ever live show.

Garbage comes out and right off the bat you can feel the energy just kind of explode around you, Shirley has a great commanding voice you have to be enthralled by.  The start the show with the first song off the record, that to me is a statement of what do you think of this, I was impressed with their overall sound and the way they moved between songs, Shirley as we all know is very opinionated and rightly so, if you listen to many of her lyrics they are statements about something she feels is important.

Whenever there were technical difficulties, Shirley had to talk to the audience, to distract us while they fix the problem. Sometime, she’ll just talk about social media. She’s very knowledgeable when it comes to the news and politics, stating “Call it complaining rant or angry whatnot. I know I have a good life, but I also see so many suffering in the world. So many people robbed rights... and a month ago when Orlando [shooting] happened, it has made me to stand up with the LGBT community!”

Although Shirley stayed as a dedicated singer (and dancer), she did pick up an additional rhythm guitar to help add an extra sound to their song ‘My Lover’s Box’.

Setlist

Some highlights: I'll start with ‘Stupid Girl’ got the crowd dancers dancing. ‘Bleed like Me’ is one of their best songs, and it is the song that, according to Shirley, is the one that determine if you were a “real Garbage fan”. Of course, ‘Only Happy When It Rains’ got the sing along crowd involved.

I was hoping for a couple of songs from the new record and one song from Bleed Like Me that is perhaps my favorite.   I got my reward in the encore  ‘Why Do You Love Me’ is my danceteria song and ‘Even Though Our Love Is Doomed’, I believe is the best heart-to-heart song on the record ... just beautiful.

Note: Butch Vig was not present, due to being sick, and Matt Walker of Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey..... took his place, for the time, being and did an outstanding job. I want to say if you have never seen Garbage, go you will not be disappointed, one other note if you want to hear Shirley talk about what's going on take a look over at the Current 89.3 Shirley took over the airwaves right before the show at the Skyway.

Garbage at the Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (07 July 2016)

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W♥M: Garbage

W♥M257: Garbage (10 mins) Read More Garbage Garbage (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, and Butch Vig) is back with their critically acclaimed sixth studio album Strange Little Birds (STUNVOLUME Records). .…

Vu and Lee briefly talked about the Garbage show at the Skyway Theatre on Thursday night in Minneapolis (08 July 2016). Check back a little later for the full review, we have photos, setlists, and much more.

Just briefly:

Kristin Kontrol opened up the show. This is the new project from Dum Dum Girls’ singer Dee Dee.

Minneapolis is a special city for Garbage, as it is their very first show in 1995.

Rough start of tour: technical difficulties, canceled flights, and a missing Butch Vig (who is sick)

Garbage’s new album is Strange Little Birds (STUNVOLUME Records).

Remaining tour dates:

July 7 - Skyway Theatre - Minneapolis, MN
July 8 - SumTur Amphitheater - Omaha, NE
July 10 - Uptown Theatre - Kansas City, MO
July 12 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
July 13 - Z104.5 The Edge 21st Birthday Bash
July 15 - Egyptian Room - Indianapolis, IN
July 16 - The Fillmore - Detroit, MI
July 17 - PromoWest Fest - Columbus, OH
July 19 - The Mill & Mine - Knoxville, TN
July 20 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN
July 22 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
July 23 - Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
July 25 - The National - Richmond, VA
July 27 - Starland Ballroom - Sayerville, NJ
July 28 - House Of Blues Boston - Boston, MA
July 30 - The Fillmore Philly- Philadelphia, PA
July 31 - Rams Head Live! - Baltimore, MD
August 1 - Summerstage - New York, NY
August 3 - Lincoln Theater - Washington, DC
August 6 - River Nights - Rheinfelden, Switzerland
August 8 - Lokerse Festival - Lokeren, Belgium
August 10 - A Summer's Tale - Luhmühlen, Germany
August 12 - Fête du Bruit, Landerneau, France
August 14 - Kubana Festival, Riga, Latvia
August 16 - Live Park Zappa, Tel Aviv, Israel
September 5 - Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
September 7 - Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
November 15 - A2 Club, St. Petersburg, Russia
November 17 - Yotaspace, Moscow, Russia
November 18 - Yotaspace, Moscow, Russia
November 19 - Tele-Club Yekaterinburg, Russia

Song of the show is Garbage’s ‘Push It’.

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Garbage at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (07 July 2016)

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Minneapolis: July 7, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on July 7, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Garbage One of the most famous female-fronted bands from the 90s is Garbage, lead by Scottish singer Shirley Manson. I first discovered her through a short-lived band called Angelfish, which you can read about here.… Dum Dum Girls Dum Dum Girls - too cute and popular for this earth ... and CMJ (yet they played some shows). .… …

GARBAGE
at Skyway Theatre
Thursday, 07/07/16, 8pm ($42)
skywaytheatre.com

Garbage (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, and Butch Vig) is back with their critically acclaimed sixth studio album Strange Little Birds (STUNVOLUME Records). What a glorious return, as the record debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums on the week of its release. Lead single “Empty” debuted at No. 40 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.

We previously caught the band in 2013 and noted that Minneapolis was a special town for the band: “As for Minneapolis, there's a funny story about it. "Minneapolis is our 17 tour anniversary," Manson said on stage (referring to the fact that their very first live concert was in 1995 at the 7th Street Entry). She continued on to tell the story of how they'd sold out the venue and that "we cannot f**** this up, we cannot f**** this up!" They were so nervous, not really sure how Garbage would unfold that night. So, in a sentence, "Minneapolis holds a special place in our hearts."”

Tour starts tomorrow, all tickets, including VIP packages are available now for purchases. Get a rare chance to get a selfie with the one and only Shirley Manson.

We are also very excited to see that Dee Dee (from Dum Dum Girls) will be opening for Garbage under her music project Kristin Kontrol. When we saw DDG in 2014 when they played their new album Too True in its entirety live, and it’s everything a girl rock album should be... however as Kristin Kontrol, it’ll be less rock and more electronic. She’s exploring a dark and glam sound on her debut album X-Communicate (out now on Sub Pop Records). Check out the title track on youtube.com.

Garbage Tour Dates:

July 6 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI
July 7 - Skyway Theatre - Minneapolis, MN
July 8 - SumTur Amphitheater - Omaha, NE
July 10 - Uptown Theatre - Kansas City, MO
July 12 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
July 13 - Z104.5 The Edge 21st Birthday Bash
July 15 - Egyptian Room - Indianapolis, IN
July 16 - The Fillmore - Detroit, MI
July 17 - PromoWest Fest - Columbus, OH
July 19 - The Mill & Mine - Knoxville, TN
July 20 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN
July 22 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
July 23 - Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
July 25 - The National - Richmond, VA
July 27 - Starland Ballroom - Sayerville, NJ
July 28 - House Of Blues Boston - Boston, MA
July 30 - The Fillmore Philly- Philadelphia, PA
July 31 - Rams Head Live! - Baltimore, MD
August 1 - Summerstage - New York, NY
August 3 - Lincoln Theater - Washington, DC
August 6 - River Nights - Rheinfelden, Switzerland
August 8 - Lokerse Festival - Lokeren, Belgium
August 10 - A Summer's Tale - Luhmühlen, Germany
August 12 - Fête du Bruit, Landerneau, France
August 14 - Kubana Festival, Riga, Latvia
August 16 - Live Park Zappa, Tel Aviv, Israel
September 5 - Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
September 7 - Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
November 15 - A2 Club, St. Petersburg, Russia
November 17 - Yotaspace, Moscow, Russia
November 18 - Yotaspace, Moscow, Russia
November 19 - Tele-Club Yekaterinburg, Russia

Read More Eagle Rock Gospel Singers Original Release Date: February 12, 2013 Release Date: May 23, 2015 Label: The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers Copyright: 2013 The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers Total Length: 23:08 …

EAGLE ROCK GOSPEL SINGERS
at 7th Street Entry
Thursday, 07/07/16, 7:30pm ($10)
first-avenue.com

The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on July 7th in support of their debut album, Heavenly Fire (Ba Da Bing). LA Weekly hailed the record as “a rip-roaring, soaring batch of rootsy-flavored originals written by the band’s individual members, who took their songwriting cues from the greatest and most venerable of American trad musical genres.”

Good Diction and Gabe Barnett & Them Rounders are listed to open.

Tour dates:

07/01/16 Montreal, QC Various Venues
07/06/16 Evanston, IL SPACE
07/07/16 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
07/08/16 Winnipeg Folk Festival
07/09/16 Winnipeg, MB Birds Hill Park
07/10/16 Winnipeg, MB Birds Hill Park
07/12/16 Grand Forks, ND North Dakota Museum
07/14/16 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
07/15/16 Ogden, UT Alleged
09/25/16 Music Tastes Good
10/28/16 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience
10/29/16 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience
10/30/16 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

Read More Hank Williams Hank Williams - Howlin' At the Moon Hank Williams Yep, this week's theme is country music. Whenever I meet people and I ask what type of music they're into, I can tell you 90% of them will answer vaguely …

WAYNE HANCOCK
at Eagles Club
Thursday, 07/07/16, 8:30pm ($15/$18)
minneapoliseagles34.org

San Francisco Chronicle explained Wayne “The Train” Hancock’s nickname, “One of the most shiver-inducing singers on the planet, who gets his nickname by virtue of the unstoppable power of his vocal chords, Hancock embodies the spirits of Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and Bob Wills in his ferociously swinging honky-tonk -- outlaw country to the max.”

Check out the unstoppable power vocals for yourself next Thursday, July 7th at the Eagles Club in Minneapolis.

Hancock is often compared to Hank Williams III, who actually covered some of Hancock’s songs, including ‘Thunderstorms and Neon Signs’ and ‘87 Southbound’.

Wayne Hancock’s latest Ride is available now on Bloodshot Records. The record was produced by Lloyd Maines (Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Dixie Chicks, Joe Ely).

DJ Truckstache to spin.

01 Jul 2016 – 03 Jul 2016 Moonrunners Music Festival 2016
02 Jul2016 The Majestic Café, Detroit, MI
04 Jul 2016 High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
07 July 2016 Eagles Club No. 34, Minneapolis, MN
09 July 2016 Off Broadway, St Louis, MO
12 July 2016 John Barleycorn's, Wichita, KS
13 July 2016 Outland Ballroom, Springfield, MO
14 July 2016 Off Broadway, St Louis, MO
05 Aug 2016 Scout Bar, Houston, TX
01 Sep 2016 Yucca Tap Room, Tempe, AZ
02 Sep 2016 Bar 1650, Corona, CA
06 Sep 2016 Soda Bar, San Diego, CA
15 Sep 2016 McNear's Mystic Theatre, Petaluma, CA
16 Sep 2016 Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA, US

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