W♥M: Landon Conrath

07/12/2025

Minneapolis This Week (July 20, 2025)

Yeison Landero at the Cedar (July 16, 2025)

Summer at the Cedar

Every Wednesday, music fans can experience Summer at the Cedar for free at the Cedar Plaza (outdoors). There are limited seating, so the venue suggests you can bring … read more

July 16, 2025 Wednesday
Yeison Landero
at Cedar Cultural Center
thecedar.org

From San Jacinto in Colombia’s Montes de María province near Cartagena, Yeison Landero will be bringing his Latin music to the Cedar Cultural Center on July 16, 2025.

Every Wednesday, music fans can experience Summer at the Cedar for free at the Cedar Plaza (outdoors). There is limited seating, so the venue suggests you can bring your own chairs.

Summer at the Cedar

July 9 - Sinkane

July 16 - Yeison Landero

July 23 - Abinnet Berhanu’s Ahndenet

July 30 - Buddha Prince

August 6 - Combo Daguerre

August 13 - The Burroughs

August 20 - Ukrainian Village Band

Trapper Schoepp at Sunset Series (July 17, 2025)

The Sunset Series

The Summer series takes place every Thursday evening, starting June 12 and ending August 21, in Downtown Park, 40 Ninth Avenue S, Hopkins. … read more

Trapper Schoepp

Trapper Schoepp has some fun with this one (how could you not?), borrowing a few lines he overheard a kid lament during the ride: “I feel weird, I feel … read more

July 17, 2025 Thursday
Trapper Schoepp
at Hopkins Downtown Park
hopkinsartscenter.com

Trapper Schoepp is headlining Hopkin’s The Sunset Series on Thursday, July 17, 2025. The Sunset Series is a free outdoor concert series, showcasing local favorites to emerging new talent taking place every Thursday evening, starting June 12 and ending August 21, in Downtown Park, 40 Ninth Avenue S, Hopkins.

Bring a chair and some friends! If there’s rain, they may move the show indoors at The Depot (9451 Excelsior Blvd). An announcement will be made by 3pm of the concert date.

Trapper Schoepp at 7th St Entry (April 14, 2023)

We’ve previously seen Annie Mack (Dec 2024): “Mack has a voice built for the blues” and Trapper Schoepp (April 2023): “The Trapper Schoepp Band was started when Trapper and his brother Tanner Schoepp were in high school. They recorded and released A Change in the Weather in 2007. Some band changes, which created Trapper Schoepp & the Shades… and that’s how we first heard of the group, in November 2013.”

Lineup:

June 12 - Katy Tessman and the Tumbuckels

June 26 – Zacc Harris, American Reverie

July 10 – Triple Fiddle

July 17 – Trapper Schoepp

July 24 – Annie Mack

July 31 – Westwind Big Band

August 7 – Salsa del Soul

August 14 – Power of 10

August 21 – Elska

Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Marshall Tucker Band at Treasure Island (July 19, 2025)

Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship is one of the most successful groups of the 1970s and 80’s, and continues to tour today with original member David Freiberg, drummer Donny Baldwin … read more

July 19, 2025 Saturday
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
and The Marshall Tucker Band
with Jefferson Starship
at Treasure Island
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I was recently at a Home Depot, in Jacksonville, when Bachman–Turner Overdrive’s classic song “Takin’ Care of Business” came on the airwaves at the home improvement store. A young dude in the other aisle was absolutely singing along, finishing that line, “Takin’ care of business - EVERYDAY!” This story is to illustrate what a great song it was that dominated the US Top 40 charts in the ‘70s… and carrying itself well into 2025, that a new generation is loving the infection song.

It looks like the Canadian rock group will be playing Treasure Island Casino, in Welch, Minnesota, on Saturday, July 19, 2025.

Co-headlining the event will be southern rock pioneers The Marshall Tucker Band, famous for “Can't You See” and “Heard it in a Love Song”.

Support will be from Jefferson Starship. Don’t confuse the band with the original Jefferson Airplane or the evolution/breakoff Starship (famous for “Sara” and “We Built This City”). Still, if you’ve seen one of these Jefferson-related bands, I think you can mark them all off on your Bingo card.

Summer US Tour Dates with The Marshall Tucker Band and Jefferson Starship:

July 18 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove

July 19 – Welch, MN – Treasure Island Casino

July 20 – Fargo, ND – Scheels Arena

July 22 – Interlochen, MI – Kresge Auditorium

July 24 – Appleton, WI – Neuroscience Group Field

July 25 – Terre Haute, IN – The Mill Terre Haute

July 26 – Huber Heights, OH – Rose Music Center

August 1 – El Reno, OK – Lucky Star Casino

August 3 – Amarillo, TX – Amarillo Civic Center Complex #

# Outlaws replacing Jefferson Starship as special guest

Summer US Tour Dates - BTO only:

July 28 – Bloomington, IL – Bloomington Center For The Performing Art

July 29 – Elk Grove Village, IL – The Village Green at the Charles Zettek Municipal Complex

July 31 – Jefferson City, MO – MU Health Care Capital Region Amphitheater

August 15 – Wendover, NV – Peppermill Casino

August 16 – Beaver Creek, CO – Vilar PAC

August 18 – Boise, ID – Western Idaho Fair

August 21 – Pala, CA – Pala Casino

August 22 – Ft. McDowell, AZ – We-Ko-Pa Casino

August 23 – Albuquerque, NM – Legends Theater at Route 66 Casino

August 26 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theater

August 27 – Park City, KS – Park City Arena

August 28 – Tulsa, OK – The Cove at River Spirit

August 30 – St. Charles, MO – Family Arena

August 31 – Cedar Rapids, IA – Paramount Theater

September 17 – Puyallup, WA – Washington State Fair

September 19 – Grand Ronde, OR – Spirit Mountain Casino

September 20 – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Casino

Minnesota Yacht Club (July 18-20, 2025)

Minnesota Yacht Club Festival

No surprises here, but Minnesota Yacht Club Festival (MYC) returns to Minnesota. Presale (lowest priced-tickets) will be made available today, January 30 at 10am … read more

Green Day

Punk trio Green Day is pleased to announced their three nominations for iHeartRadio Music Awards for “Rock Artist of the Year”, “Alternative Artists of … read more

Sublime

Ska/punk trio Sublime dominated the radio airways in 1997 with such hits as ‘What I Got’ and ‘Santeria’ from their third self-titled album... They were the … read more

Hozier

One of the most popular voices from Ireland came to the heartland as folk-rock singer-songwriter Hozier played a long sold-out show in front of 18,000 fans … read more

311

311 w AWOLNATION, Blame My Youth, Grinders KC The rock/rap/funk band started in Omaha way back in 1990, and has been a local favorite ever since … read more

Garbage

After previously naming an album 2.0, this could be considered version 3.0 of the career of Garbage, the Madison, WI based band who resumed work in … read more

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy brought So Much Stardust to end Night One of the 2023 NFL Draft held at Union Station in Kansas … read more

Alabama Shakes

The second half of the show is Lara's music pick of The Alabama Shakes and why she loves them. Song of the show is "You Ain't Alone", which was … read more

Train

The popular “Hey, Soul Sister” band Train is headlining the Surly Brewing Festival Field this September 11, 2023. Show up early to … read more

Sheryl Crow

The evening opened strong with Sheryl Crow dueting with Olivia Rodrigo and Stevie Nicks with Laura Dern doing the induction duties before Peter Frampton joined … read more

O.A.R.

Longtime Rockville MD alt-roots rock band O.A.R. (Of a Revolution) got things started with a 75-minute opening set, that properly warmed up the crowd … read more

Father John Misty

Before he was Father John Misty, he was known as Josh Tillman, or rather by his billing stagename, J. Tillman. We caught J Tillman at the Music … read more

Beach Bunny

Due to popular demand (the original venue Fine Line Music Café sold out), the Beach Bunny (led by Lili Trifilio) show got an upgrade to First Avenue’s … read more

Blind Melon

Steven Weeks-Johnson was fun, doing some 90s tunes like Sublime’s “What I Got” and Blind Melon’s “No Rain”. He even played Joe Walsh’s “Life's Been Good”. … read more

July 18, 2025 Friday
July 19, 2025 Saturday
July 20, 2025 Sunday
Minnesota Yacht Club
at Harriet Island
minnesotayachtclubfestival.com

Can you believe it? The biggest music event of Minnesota, the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival (MYC) will be taking place this weekend, starting on Friday (July 18) and ending on Sunday (July 20). Pre-sale tickets sold out seven months ago!!! The lineup is incredible.

NOTE: Please note that Blind Melon has replaced Semisonic on Sunday night.

Hozier at State Theatre (0June 2, 2019)

For Friday, Hozier is the headliner. The headliner is incredibly popular, playing to 18,000 in 2024. We caught Hozier in Minnesota, in June 2019 and said, “What is even more impressive is that while the debut self-titled album only reached #2 on the US chart, Hozier’s sophomore album Wasteland, Baby! went straight to #1 - thanks to such strong singles as “Movement” and “Almost (Sweet Music)”. Although his international breakout single “Take Me To Church” (which the band closed out the show with), I think the real secret to Hozier’s success is his very excellent band and backup singers. They were all giving their 150%, and you can just tell how much they love playing these songs.”

Father John Misty at Rock the Garden (June 16, 2018)

Also, on Friday is Father John Misty, who we saw in June 2018 and wrote, “As usual, the Rock the Garden did a great job organizing the music festival. Although the original scheduled was delayed about 30 minutes, because of the weather... once the music started, they did an amazing job getting things back on track. Father John Misty had a whole Minnesota orchestra behind him (players Leah Ottman/LOTT, Cameron Kinghorn, the Laurels String Quartet, Dan Lawonn, and Devan Moran).”

Weezer at Azura Amphitheater (June 11, 2023)

On Saturday, the headliner will be Chicago’s popular band Fall Out Boy (not to be confused with Fallout’s Vault Boy), which we saw in April 2023 … however, we probably more excited for Weezer. We last saw Weezer in June 2023 and said, “Weezer would begin as darkness filled the skies, illuminating the car dashboard stage set, themed around road trips and a large backdrop screen that showed animated versions of famous landmarks that could be visited on a road trip, as the band dipped into their entire three decade-plus musical catalogue. Singer Rivers Cuomo gained instant applause, sporting a I Heart KC t-shirt and at one point early on, Cuomo said "something is wrong" and he "turned up the volume" on the dashboard stage to keep the road tunes and fun atmosphere going.”

Garbage at Mystic Lake (July 21, 2017)

Personally speaking, I’m more excited about Sunday’s lineup, which features punk legends Green Day on the same bill as Garbage and Sublime! That’s totally nuts! We love Garbage and have seen them a few times, with the last in July 2017: “After previously naming an album 2.0, this could be considered version 3.0 of the career of Garbage, the Madison, WI based band who resumed work in 2012 after a break, and is in support of last summer’s Strange Little Birds (on the band’s own Stunvolume Records) and also their own coffee table book, This is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake (Akashic Books). Their new one-off single, the brooding ‘No Horses’ opened their seventy-five minute set, with singer Shirley Manson literally shimmering in a sparkling dress hiding Dr. Martin-style boots underneath. The band (Duke Erikson-bass; Steve Marker-guitar; Butch Vig- drums) remains a musically tight as ever, working in all the radio hits, in addition to a fewer newer songs.”

As usual, we will be there early to cover all the bands - including local favorites like Semisonic and Raffaella.

Friday - July 18

Hozier

Alabama Shakes

Train

Sheryl Crow

Father John Misty

Gigi Perez

The 502s

Hamilton Leithauser

Mike Kota

Maygen & the Birdwatcher

Saturday - July 19

Fall Out Boy

Weezer

Remi Wolf

OAR

Cory Wong

Motion City Soundtrack

Silversun Pickups

Jake Clemons

Raffaella

LAAMAR

Sunday - July 20

Green Day

Sublime

311

Garbage

Beach Bunny

The Beaches

Blind Melon

Grace Bowers

Winona Fighter

Landon Conrath

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

vu ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

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01/30/2025

Best of the Fest: Minnesota Yacht Club and Pitchfork

Minnesota Yacht Club 2025

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Minnesota Yacht Club Festival

There is a new major music festival coming to Minneapolis in 2024. The very first Minnesota Yacht Club Festival (MYC) will be held at Harriet Island Regional Park on July 19-20, 2024. …

Minnesota Yacht Club
minnesotayachtclubfestival.com

No surprises here, but Minnesota Yacht Club Festival (MYC) returns to Minnesota. Presale (lowest priced-tickets) will be made available today, January 30 at 10am. Public on-sale to follow if tickets remain. If you want to go, I suggest getting a ticket now, because it’s likely to sell out, like last year.

We had a blast in 2024 with Alanis Morissette (on Friday) and Red Hot Chili Peppers (on Saturday).

Gwen Stefani at MN Yacht Club (19 July 2024)

We liked all the bands, particularly loved Gwen Stefani’s set, we concluded that, “It was a massive turnout; one of the best attended festivals we’ve seen…. We’re very impressed with the first annual Minnesota Yacht Club Festival. It’s incredibly well organized. They kept the music going between the two stages, as soon as one ends, the other begins. It’s an all-day event, and the best part is you can leave and come back as much as you like (before 7pm).”

The lineup for 2025 is listed below. We’ve seen most of these bands before, and the bands I’m most excited about is Garbage and Weezer.

Friday - July 18

Hozier

Alabama Shakes

Train

Sheryl Crow

Father John Misty

Gigi Perez

The 502s

Hamilton Leithauser

Mike Kota

Maygen & the Birdwatcher

Saturday - July 19

Fall Out Boy

Weezer

Remi Wolf

OAR

Cory Wong

Motion City Soundtrack

Silversun Pickups

Jake Clemons

Raffaella

LAAMAR

Sunday - July 20

Green Day

Sublime

311

Garbage

Semisonic

Beach Bunny

The Beaches

Grace Bowers

Winona Fighter

Landon Conrath

Pitchfork Music Festival announcement

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Pitchfork Music Festival

The Pitchfork Festival 2008 will take place July 18-20th and will feature over forty bands. I think this Festival is shaping up quite well, and who knows? Maybe in a few years it will rival some of England's …

Pitchfork Music Festival
pitchfork.com

Pitchfork is dead, long live Pitchfork.

On the verge of the 20th anniversary of Pitchfork Music Festival, there was a surprise announcement last November stating that the festival was no more. No reasons were given.

When we first heard and wrote about Pitchfork Music Festival in 2007, we thought they could rival “Glastonbury and Reading”, that’s how big we thought they could get. If you are going to get that big, you are going to have to hire bigger music acts to attract more people. With these popular music acts, it was going to cost more and more.

Anyway, in a recent article by WBEZ (published Jan 29, 2025), they explained that it was mostly due to “escalating costs from all corners of the concert industry, from production to artist fees, contributed to the festival’s eventual demise.”

The interview with festival co-founder Mike Reed he tells WBEZ that the event owner, Condé Nast was pushing him to get commercial pop acts such as Justin Bieber or Demi Lovato to headline Pitchfork 2025. Reed stated that his producing team were already not happy that Alanis Morissette headlined last summer.

It is a shame that Pitchfork couldn’t end with a 20th Anniversary celebration… but I wouldn’t count them out just yet. Based on everything that I know, I feel like Pitchfork will continue a little later, but on a smaller scale and with Reed in full control of who headlines this alternative music festival.

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

vu ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

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12/28/2024

Minneapolis: This Week (01/05/2025)

What’s happening this week.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

31 Dec 2024 Kiss Me ⏤ A 90s New Year's Eve with You Oughta Know at 7th St Entry

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You Oughta Know

We soon found out that Johnson is also the keyboardist in local group You Oughta Know (with singer Sarah Adams, guitarist Marc Zazzaro, bassist Tony Schreiner, and drummer Joe Silberschmidt). …

31 Dec 2024 Tuesday

Kiss Me - A 90s New Year's Eve
with You Oughta Know
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

It’s the annual year-end’s Kiss Me - A '90s New Year's Eve show from cover lover band You Oughta Know (named after the Alanis Morissette song).

You Oughta Know at Wizard World Minneapolis (05 May 2017)

We saw the group in May 2017 and wrote, “As you can see from their setlist, they only cover 90s songs, with the exception of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, but that’s forgivable because they probably discover the song from 1992’s Wayne’s World (based on Silberschmidt as Garth, of course). A cover lover band is good for these kind of events, because most of the audience will know and likely sing along to some of their favorite 90s tunes. After You Oughta Know finished their set, there were DJ Gabe and 7Days A Capella group, ending with a highly entertaining swing dance group Uptown Swing and Hudson, Master Magician (from America’s Got Talent).”

You Oughta Know writes:

🎉 We are SO excited to announce that You Oughta Know will be back at 7th Street Entry at First Avenue & 7th St Entry this NEW YEAR'S EVE for Kiss Me: A 90s New Year's Eve with You Oughta Know!!!

This show is such a fun way to ring in the New Year!! Come dance and sing along to your favorite 90s hits at an intimate, iconic venue surrounded by people and music you love! You Oughta Know will be bringing the Mariah and Shania, Whitney and Britney, No Diggity and No Doubt, and all the fist pumpin', grindin' bumpin' magic you need to start 2025 right!!

THE DEETS
12.31.24
Show is 18+.
Doors at 8pm.

Live music starts at 9pm and goes til 1am (or until we're kicked out)
A respectful attitude and a safe driving plan are non-negotiable MUSTS
Wear your freshest throwback gear and/or your fancy clothes to celebrate

02 Jan 2025 Landon Conrath at 7th St Entry

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Landon Conrath

Minneapolis indie-pop artist Landon Conrath will close out the year with a headline show at the 7th Street Entry on December 30. We will be covering the show. ...

Keep For Cheap

Minneapolis’ Keep for Cheap is having their Bundle album release party this July 8th at the Cedar Cultural Center. The five-piece band formed in 2018, after singer-songwriters Autumn Vagle and Kate …

02 Jan 2025 Thursday

Landon Conrath
with Kiernan and Alex Delzer
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Every week in January, local musician Landon Conrath will be playing the 7th Street Entry.

Landon Conrath (30 Dec 2022)

We caught Conrath in Dec 2022, and wrote, “Landon Conrath is one of those conflicted musicians when it comes to finding his way in the music industry. He started off as a drummer in a high school band Harbor & Home (who we saw in July 2019). But when a bike accident led to a broken wrist, he searched for other ways to keep playing music. That’s when he started writing and producing his own music, posting his creations on social media during the middle of the pandemic. And by the time he released “Acetown” he had garnered four million listens on Spotify.”

Support acts will be announced closer to the dates.

Update: For the January 2, Kiernan and Alex Delzer to open.
For January 9, Keep for Cheap and Andrew Garden to open.
For January 16, Charli Adams and Pageant Dress to open.

Residency:

02 Jan 2025 Landon Conrath at 7th St Entry

09 Jan 2025 Landon Conrath at 7th St Entry

16 Jan 2025 Landon Conrath at 7th St Entry

04 Jan 2024 SunDown47 with The Melismatics and Zander at 7th St Entry

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The Melismatics

The Melismatics are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their debut album, Postmodern Rock, with a worldwide reissue. The re-issued album, released May 1st, features several bonus tracks including ...

04 Jan 2024 Saturday

SunDown47
with The Melismatics and Zander
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Milwaukee/Minneapolis band SunDown47 is headlining the 7th Street Entry on January 4, 2025. If you’ve got nothing on Friday, they’re playing The Falcon Bowl in Milwaukee, their other hometown.

SunDown47 features members from Men Among Thieves, True Heart Suzi, and Katz Sass, and they have a forthcoming album Along For The Ride coming out this spring.

The Melismatics and Zander (aka Alek Glauvitz) to open.

SunDown47 writes:

Happy holidays everyone! Come join us at 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Saturday January 4th with The Melismatics and Zander! This promises to be a great night of music... We promise it will be a great way to start 2025 with big positive vibes!!!

Until then enjoy this rip from our show last summer at US Bank Stadium when we opened up on the Zach Bryan Quittin Time Tour!!

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

vu ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

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12/01/2024

Minneapolis: January 1 to January 4, 2025

04/16/2024

Minneapolis: April 26, 2024

11/30/2023

Christmas 2023: All Over by Xmas

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Ladytron

I love Ladytron, I felt that 604 and Light & Magic were the album of choice in the 2000… unfortunately I suppose my music taste changed or something because I was not that impressed with their later ...

Ladytron
ladytron.com

One of my favorite electroclash band Ladytron is releasing a Christmas song called “All Over By Xmas” on Friday, December 1st, 2023, on Cooking Vinyl.

I’ve gotten a chance to listen to it, at first it kind of has that T.Rex’s “Christmas Bop” vibe, but leaning a little more electronic.

You know me, I do love Ladytron, but not sure if I like this song. It’s a little repetitive with its “all over by Christmas” lyric that starts every line of the song.

Example of lyrics:

Yes it will be all over, all over by Christmas you told me.
All over, all over, it won't be our last Christmas.
All over by Christmas, this December is where we shall meet.
All over by Christmas, over our town, all over our street.

P.S. Ladytron toured the USA in November 2023 (their first since 2020 and without Reuben Wu), but unfortunately the limited dates did not extend to Minneapolis. Their next date is at Manchester on 26 January 2024. Hope to see them soon.

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Landon Conrath

Minneapolis indie-pop artist Landon Conrath will close out the year with a headline show at the 7th Street Entry on December 30. We will be covering the show. ...

Oliver Hazard

Oliver Hazard is an indie-folk band from Waterville, OH whose sound is self-described as a “ramshackle of uprooted folk-stomp,” though band member Mike Belazis says he would …

Rosie Darling

Not happy with just playing their hits, the two insists on playing new collaborations, such as “Never Be the Same”, featuring Rosie Darling. They also played quite a few new 2019 tunes …

Bre Kennedy

Singer, songwriter, and producer Bre Kennedy is touring in support of her sophomore album Scream Over Everything. The record comes out November 10 on Nettwerk Records. …

Humbird

Humbird opened the evening with Siri Undlin on lead vocal and guitar and Pat Keen on upright bass. Undlin said it was a little weird to be playing at the Fine Line for she is currently on the …

Nettwerk
nettwerk.com

Like previous years, Nettwerk is back with a new holiday collection, Sleigh… now under the banner The Holiday Place.

The new compilation consists of newly recorded covers and originals Christmas/Holiday songs, everyone from Landon Conrath covering a Billy Squier MTV 80’s classic to Oliver Hazard’s take on “Winter Wonderland” to Bre Kennedy’s “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” (originally by John Lennon), and Rosie Darling’s “Mistletoe” (originally by Justin Bieber).

Track List:

Christmas Is the Time to Say “I Love You” - Landon Conrath
Next Year - Lucy Gaffney
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Portair
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Woodes
Greensleeves - Humbird
O Holy Night - Flower Face
Wonderful Christmas Time - Beta Radio
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - Bre Kennedy
We'll Be Alright - dee holt
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Bestfriend
Christmas Time Is Here - Braxton Cook
Mistletoe - Rosie Darling
Christmas Is a White Valentine's - Freyr
Winter Wonderland - Oliver Hazard
The Christmas You Deserve - Tom Speight
God Rest Ye Merry Billionaires - Martin Kerr
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Rose Cousins
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - The East Pointers
My Best Christmas - The Collection
Space Christmastime Continuum - Beta Radio
Silver and Gold [Study Mix] - Fletcher Reed & Mree
Rudolph Red - PANTōNE VU

The Holiday Hustle Club
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Athens, Georgia-based jazz combo, The Holiday Hustle Club, led by songwriter, vocalist and jazz pianist, Bart King, will be releasing Snow Day! on December 8, 2023.

Track listing:

Snow Day! (feat. Claire Campbell)
Secret Santa (feat. Betsy Franck)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
My Favorite Holiday Song
We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Kimberly Dawn
officialkimberlydawn.com

County music singer-songwriter Kimberly Dawn released Wishin' For Christmas, a mix of original and classic Christmas songs.

The new single from the holiday album is titled “Ho Ho Holdin’ You” which you can watch the video on YouTube.

It’s a fun little number, as she cheese it up singing, “Baby it’s always Christmas when I’m ho ho holdin’ you.”

Downtown Patriots
downtownpatriots.com

Danny Watts started the Downtown Patriots project in 2011, and his latest “Christmas is Here” will be dropping December 1st, 2023, via Maisola Records.

Watts adds more details, “This was written in the winter of 2022, Christmas Is Here, is a sanity check about the capitalist pursuit of what Christmas has become and really it should be about the ones we love. It’s a song for anyone who loves festive music!”

12/31/2022

Landon Conrath at 7th Street Entry

12/30 Landon Conrath ft. special guest Ber with creeping charlie, TYSM! and DJ Qani at 7th St Entry

Tour Dates

1/12 // Madison, WI // High Noon Saloon
1/13 // Milwaukee, WI // The Back Room
1/14 // Chicago, IL // Beat Kitchen
3/23 // Ames, IA // The Maintenance Shop
3/24 // Lincoln, NE // The Bourbon
3/25 // Denver, CO // Lost Lake Lounge
3/28 // Great Falls, MT // The Newberry
3/30 // Seattle, WA // Madame Lou's
3/31 // Portland, OR // Mission Theater

All dates with Yam Haus

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Landon Conrath

Minneapolis indie-pop artist Landon Conrath will close out the year with a headline show at the 7th Street Entry on December 30. We will be covering the show. ...

Ber

Opening the show was Ber. Originally from Minnesota, Ber moved to London in 2020 to work on music. With a massive fanbase on TikTok, she caught the attention of London’s Zane Lowe and Travis Mills ...

Creeping Charlie

creeping charlie, composed of sister duo Julia (lead singer/ guitarist/ songwriter) and Esmé Eubanks (bassist), later incorporating Jack Malone (drums) and Harry Miles of Atomic Cafe (guitar), released their debut album. ...

Landon Conrath and a collection of musical friends rang out 2022 one day early at a sold out show at the 7^th Street Entry. One would have thought otherwise when driving through the vacant streets of downtown Minneapolis where hardly saw a soul was in the adjacent parking garage. But as I stepped into the cozy venue of First Ave’s little brother, a gentleman asked me if I had an extra ticket. Seems he would be waiting at the front entrance until someone said yes.

Four bands in three hours and what was surprising is most of the singers had the same house band. So a special shout out to Caleb on guitar, Grant on bass and Mike on drums for in essence being the house band for Conrath, Ber and TYSM aka Elijah Mason who started off the evening with a lively set that got the intimate crowd of 250 jumping with a hyper, punk vibe supporting his scatter-shot rap lyrics to songs like “Scout” and “50/50”.

Creeping Charlie next took the stage. The band is fronted by two sisters: Julia Eubanks on guitar and lead vocals and Esmé Eubanks on bass. Joining the siblings was Jack Malone on drums and Harry Miles on lead guitar.

Creeping Charlie takes its inspiration from bands like Mazzy Star and Built to Spill but you could hear Veruca Salt and other female alternative rock bands of the 90’s in the guitar driven and heavy bass playing underneath Julia’s airy lyrics unless she was screaming into the microphone with songs like “Gtfo”.

Like the plant Creeping Charlie has a lot of energy and curiosity and desire to expand their musical sound. They can be seen again on January 20^th, 2023 at the main room of First Ave in a show billed: Best new bands of 2022. Definitely worth a visit!

Ber aka Berit Dybing then took the stage but with some minor complications. That’s what makes 7^th Street Entry such a fun musical venue. It’s an incubation tube for new bands and those bands are their own roadies, and they are only a few feet from the audience as they set up their equipment.

For a time the band worked on connecting Mike’s (drummer) ear piece. Then Ber’s main mic wasn’t working, which was an important piece of equipment for a lead singer. No matter. Ber was game and set aside any awkwardness by chatting and taking selfies with the crowd.

Most musicians are a shy and conflicted group when it comes to performing in front of a crowd. Not Ber. She was in her element even though it was her first tour with a band. Maybe the eighteen musicals she acted in before she was eighteen had something to do with it as she got the crowd to sing along in two-part harmony to her song “Dead Dear (Deer)”. She even welcomed Julia (Creeping Charlie) back on stage to sing “Happy Birthday” on her 23^rd birthday. She even somehow got the crowd to crouch on the ground for “Your Internet Sucks.”

By the time Ber finished her set with “Boys Who Kiss You in Their Car”, she slowly sauntered off the stage as Conrath and his band somehow seamlessly segued into his “2am” off the ending chords of the previous song. It was by far the smoothest transition from an opening act to the main attraction one could witness.

Harbor & Home at Live at the Lake (11 July 2019)

Landon Conrath is one of those conflicted musicians when it comes to finding his way in the music industry. He started off as a drummer in a high school band Harbor & Home (who we saw in July 2019). But when a bike accident led to a broken wrist, he searched for other ways to keep playing music. That’s when he started writing and producing his own music, posting his creations on social media during the middle of the pandemic. And by the time he released “Acetown” he had garnered four million listens on Spotify.

Unlike Ber, Conrath didn’t have a background of being front and center. He explained the evening as being surreal and kept apologizing for lyrics missed. No matter. It was amazing to see how far he has come with a polished sound and a debut record “Nothing Matters Anyway.”

What connects Conrath with his fans is his ability to poke fun at his circumstances with humorous lyrics through an uplifting sound. Like in “Trader Joe’s” where he sings:

Missin' free throws
Left and right, shatter my ego, oh
It happens every week

Conrath clearly enjoyed playing with his band in front of his home crowd. He said 7^th Street Entry felt like his living room as the audience shouted words of encouragement and occasional question. So for the record, Conrath’s favorite color is Forest Green or maybe Burnt Orange.

And as he drew the show to the close, he told the crowd it will be a while before he again plays in the city. There is a cross-country tour waiting for him to connect with his newly formed fans he grew on the internet.

Creeping Charlie

TYSM

Creeping Charlie

Ber

Landon Conrath

Landon Conrath at 7th St Entry, Minneapolis (30 Dec 2022)

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12/25/2022

Minneapolis: This Week (01/01/2023)

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

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12/30 Landon Conrath ft. special guest Ber with creeping charlie, TYSM! and DJ Qani at 7th St Entry

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Landon Conrath

Minneapolis indie-pop artist Landon Conrath will close out the year with a headline show at the 7th Street Entry on December 30. We will be covering the show. ...

Ber

12/30/2022 Friday

Landon Conrath
ft. special guest Ber
with creeping charlie, TYSM! and DJ Qani
at 7th St Entry
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Minneapolis indie-pop artist Landon Conrath will close out the year with a headline show at the 7th Street Entry on December 30. We will be covering the show.

Spotify for Artist (Landon Conrath)

Since making his debut in 2020, Conrath’s distinctive brand of hook-laden indie-pop has seen him become a viral sensation on Spotify and landing on influential playlists virtually overnight. The artist recently shared that his music was streamed over 12.5M times with 2.3M listeners / followers via the official Spotify analytic.

At the moment, they have not announced an opener for the show.

Update: The opening acts have been officially announced.

Ber at First Ave (08 Oct 2022)

The biggest news is that it will feature special guest Ber, who we saw in Oct 2022 with Sigrid. We described her appearance as, “Opening the show was Ber. Originally from Minnesota, Ber moved to London in 2020 to work on music. With a massive fanbase on TikTok, she caught the attention of London’s Zane Lowe and Travis Mills, who worked for Beats 1 and BBC Radio One.”

Other guests includes creeping charlie, TYSM! and DJ Qani.

Tour dates:

12/30 // Minneapolis, MN // 7th Street Entry
1/12 // Madison, WI // High Noon Saloon
1/13 // Milwaukee, WI // The Back Room
1/14 // Chicago, IL // Beat Kitchen
3/23 // Ames, IA // The Maintenance Shop
3/24 // Lincoln, NE // The Bourbon
3/25 // Denver, CO // Lost Lake Lounge
3/28 // Great Falls, MT // The Newberry
3/30 // Seattle, WA // Madame Lou's
3/31 // Portland, OR // Mission Theater

12/30 KennyHoopla with Groupthink at Turf Club

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KennyHoopla

Rising star KennyHoopla was one of those, supposed to play The Truman this week but writing, "I need to take this time to focus on myself and my mental health. I will be back soon - a stronger human and artists for …

12/30/2022 Friday

KennyHoopla
with Groupthink
at Turf Club
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KennyHoopla, aka Kenneth La'Ron, born in Cleveland, Ohio, is famous for buzz-worth singles such as “Waves//”, “Sickness”, and “lost cause//”.

The last we heard from Kenny, he teamed up with Vevo for his home performance of “how will i rest in peace if i’m buried by a highway?”. Vevo has a long history of helping emerging artists break through to new and wider audiences… which included helping Billie Eilish and dodie in their early stage of their career.

No opening band listed, but KennyHoopla writes: “Kenny will be live in Minneapolis, MN on 12/30 @ Turf Club. Please bring your old coats as we will be donating to Goodwill together to help families make it through the winter.”

Update: Opening band will be Groupthink.

Tour Dates

28 Dec Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
29 Dec Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
30 Dec St Paul, MN @ Turf Club
31 Dec Madison, WI @High Noon
21 Oct When We Were Young 2023 Las Vegas, NV

01/01 Charlie Parr with Greta Ruth at Turf Club

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Charlie Parr

Last of the Better Days Ahead is the new collection of songs from Minnesotan Charlie Parr. What’s important to note is that the album is being released on Smithsonian Folkways, the non-profit record label …

01/01/2023 Sunday

Charlie Parr
with Greta Ruth
at Turf Club
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As with previous years, Duluth’s Charlie Parr is doing a month-long residency at the Turf Club in St Paul.

We recently saw Parr with Trampled By Turtles at the Armory in Nov 2022 and wrote, “Charlie Parr opened up with his weathered steel guitar and friend, Mick, playing what Parr called: “The washing machine.” Even with no band Parr had no trouble filling the cavernous space of the Armory with an earthy voice that rose to all three levels and into the rafters of the venue. Born in Austin, MN and now residing in Duluth, Parr’s musical style of folk and blues seems to be from another era. Still, he instantly connected with the sold out crowd with a generous set of 12 songs ranging from a career that has produced 16 albums…”

Charlie Parr at the Turf Club Residency in January 2023.

01/01 with Greta Ruth
01/08 with Todd Albright
01/15 with Haley
01/22 with Mike Gangloff & Adam Kiesling
01/29 with Emma Jeanne

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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12/19/2022

W♥M Year in Review: 2022 Concerts and Events

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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.…

The Lemonheads

Originally, The Lemonheads were scheduled to play in the closet-sized 7th Street Entry, but seeing as tickets sold-out, they upgraded the band to the full-sized room at First Avenue. …

Juliana Hatfield

As long as I can remember, Hatfield started her music career with the Blake Babies. When they broke up, she had a massive hit with "My Sister" in her newly reformed band Juliana Hatfield Three …

With only two weeks to go before we close out 2022… let us take a look back at some of our favorite shows of the year. So many bands came back in 2022, no thanks to the pandemic that ended social gathering in late 2019 and going onto late 2021.

If I had to pick just one show to spotlight, I would have to say it was for Franz Ferdinand at the Fillmore in Minneapolis (20 Aug 2022).

There are a couple of things that made this show special. First of all, FF was playing all their hit songs in one show to promote their greatest hits album Hits to the Head. The band was in top-form, energetically jumping and dancing from start to finish.

Second, the Fillmore (officially named Fillmore Minneapolis to avoid confusion with the historic Fillmore in San Francisco - which I have been to see Juliana Hatfield in June 1995) is a relatively new venue and we love the size and how it looks.

Speaking of which, Hatfield recently appeared with Evan Dando as The Lemonheads headlined First Avenue in December 8: “No shade to the very good bands that came before her, but Juliana Hatfield really knows how to knock the wind out of you. I was lucky to catch her and her band back in 2015 playing all of 1993’s explosive Become What You Are but it’s a different vibe without a noisy band sharing the stage. Hers was a staggering solo performance with just an electric guitar and those airy vocals. Beginning with “Everybody Loves Me But You” from 1992’s Hey Babe, Hatfield delicately flowed through songs from her 30-plus year catalogue. The occasional false start, awkward pause or runny nose could not dampen the sting and ache of her music and words: “Little Pieces,” “I Got No Idols,” a searing “Candy Wrappers” (which my friend requested on Instagram!) and of course “Sister.””

I didn’t attend the Lemonheads show due to my continuing self-imposed Winter Hibernation, but it sounded like a great show (especially with both Juliana and Evan on stage together again).

So far, we’ve documented 191 shows in total (with one final pending show for Landon Conrath coming up on December 30th). To see full list head over to W♥M 2022 Shows.

In hibernation,

- Vu

GRAND TOTAL: 191 Shows

DECEMBER 2022 (8 Shows)

• 12/06 Heart to Gold at 7th Street
• 12/06 Soft Moon at Fine Line
• 12/07 Lemonheads at Madrid
• 12/08 Lemonheads at First Avenue

• 12/10 Modest Mouse at Palace Theatre
• 12/17 Katy Guillen and The Drive at Bottleneck
• 12/21 Classless Act at Lucia
• 12/30 Landon Conrath at 7th Street

NOVEMBER 2022 (7 Shows)

• 11/01 Alex G at First Ave
• 11/04 Jungle Giants at Turf Club
• 11/10 Blu DeTiger at Fine Line

• 11/12 Let's Eat Grandma at 7th Street Entry
• 11/18 Plains at First Ave
• 11/19 Plains at Knuckleheads (photos)
• 11/26 Trampled by Turtles at Armory

OCTOBER 2022 (22 Shows)

• 10/04 Laufey at 7th Street
• 10/06 Sigrid at First Avenue
• 10/07 Toadies at First Avenue
• 10/07 The Head and the Heart at the Armory
• 10/09 Broken Social Scene at Palace Theatre
• 10/09 One OK Rock at Fillmore
• 10/09 Superorganism at Varsity Theater
• 10/11 UPSAHL at Fine Line
• 10/13 The Ballroom Thieves at Turf Club
• 10/14 Alexander 23 at the Amsterdam Bar
• 10/14 They Might Be Giants at First Avenue

• 10/14 G. Love & Special Sauce at Steve Tilford Benefit
• 10/15 Matt Maeson at the Truman
• 10/15 Faouzia at 7th Street
• 10/18 Rare Americans at 7th Street
• 10/19 St. Lucia at the Truman
• 10/19 Spacey Jane at Fine Line
• 10/21 Lee Fields at Fine Line
• 10/23 Preoccupations at Turf Club
• 10/24 Pretty Sick at 7th Street
• 10/28 Sammy Rae at First Avenue
• 10/28 Flipturn at 7th Street

SEPTEMBER 2022 (25 Shows)

• 09/02 IDLES at The Truman, Kansas City
• 09/03 Roger Waters at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City
• 09/03 DD & Company at Brookside, Marine on St Croix
• 09/05 Modest Mouse at GrindersKC, Kansas City
• 09/06 Echo & the Bunnymen at Fillmore
• 09/06 Phoenix at Palace Theatre
• 09/06 Joy Formidable at recordBar
• 09/07 Joy Formidable at Turf Club
• 09/08 Judah and the Lion at Uptown Theater
• 09/09 Twenty One Pilots at T-Mobile Center
• 09/09 Afghan Whigs at Fine Line
• 09/14 The National at Surly Brewing

• 09/16 Lucibela at the Cedar Cultural Center
• 09/16 Highly Suspect at First Avenue
• 09/17 Alice Glass at Amsterdam Bar
• 09/17 Barns Courtney at recordBar, Kansas City
• 09/23 Gaslight Anthem at Kansas City
• 09/24 Gaslight Anthem at Fillmore
• 09/24 Julia Jacklin at Fine Line
• 09/24 Ozomatli at KCLive!
• 09/25 Bear's Den at Knuckleheads
• 09/25 Tamino at Fine Line
• 09/27 The Cult at Uptown Theater
• 09/29 Amyl and the Sniffers at First Ave
• 09/30 The Avalanches at Varsity Theater

AUGUST 2022 (22 Shows)

• 08/01 Local Natives at First Avenue
• 08/01 Sony A7IV at Springbrook Nature Center
• 08/05 OneRepublic at Starlight Theater
• 08/06 Ian Sweet at 7th St
• 08/06 Innovation Festival at Kansas City
• 08/07 Belaganas at Fine Line
• 08/08 Here and There at Kansas City
• 08/09 The Wild Hearts Tour at Surly Brewing
• 08/10 Flip Rushmore at 7th St
• 08/10 Black Pistol Fire at recordBar
• 08/13 The Lumineers at T-Mobile Center

• 08/13 Fitz and the Tantrums at Palace Theatre
• 08/16 Silversun Pickups at Liberty Hall, Lawrence
• 08/18 Peter Hook at First Avenue
• 08/19 Hanson at Fillmore
• 08/20 Franz Ferdinand at Fillmore
• 08/20 Chastity Brown at First Avenue
• 08/23 Seratones at recordBar, Kansas City
• 08/26 Andy McKee at TPAC, Topeka
• 08/29 Telekinetic Yeti at 7th Street Entry
• 08/30 iDKHOW at Granada
• 08/30 Shame at Fine Line

JULY 2022 (15 Shows)

• 07/02 Kenny Chesney at Arrowhead Stadium
• 07/03 City Knights Band at Coon Rapids Festival
• 07/08 The Cult at Palace Theatre
• 07/11 Japanese Breakfast at First Avenue
• 07/14 Country Stampede at Heartland Park
• 07/15 Country Stampede at Heartland Park
• 07/16 Big Gigantic at Fillmore

• 07/16 Country Stampede at the Heartland
• 07/21 Savannah Conley at 7th St Entry
• 07/22 Josh Groban at Starlight Theater
• 07/23 Molly Hatchet at Sac and Fox Casino
• 07/23 Boy Harsher at Fine Line
• 07/26 Horsegirl at Fine Line
• 07/28 Machine Gun Kelly at Xcel Energy Center
• 07/30 Psychedelic Furs at Palace Theatre

JUNE 2022 (20 Shows)

• 06/02 Pink Mountaintops at Turf Club
• 06/04 Steve Noonan at Edina Art Fair
• 06/04 John Waite at Ranchmart Center
• 06/07 Prince Rogers Nelson Way - street dedication
• 06/09 Mess Esque at 7th St Entry
• 06/10 Jordana at 7th St Entry
• 06/11 Nathaniel Rateliff/Sleater-Kinney at RTG
• 06/11 Low at Rock the Garden (Garden Stage)
• 06/13 Wet at Fine Line
• 06/13 Purity Ring at Granada Theater

• 06/14 Crawlers at 7th St Entry
• 06/15 La Femme at Turf Club
• 06/16 Prateek Kuhad at 7th St Entry
• 06/16 Cannons at The Bottleneck
• 06/16 The Rainmakers at Olathe Live!
• 06/18 The Warlocks at 7th St Entry
• 06/21 Fitz and the Tantrums at GrindersKC
• 06/23 Meghan Murphy at The Woman's Club
• 06/24 Billy Howerdel at Fine Line
• 06/27 slenderbodies at Fine Line

MAY 2022 (28 Shows)

• 05/18 Oh Wonder at First Avenue, Minneapolis
• 05/18 ADULT. at 7th St Entry, Minneapolis
• 05/19 Tiffany at Turf Club, St Paul
• 05/20 Mountain Goats at First Avenue, Minneapolis
• 05/20 Foy Vance at the Cedar
• 05/20 MegaCon Orlando 2022
• 05/21 Curtis Stigers at Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis
• 05/21 Sunflower Bean at Fine Line
• 05/22 George Perez Memorial Service at MegaCon
• 05/25 Kurt Vile at First Avenue, Minneapolis
• 05/27 Belle and Sebastian at Palace Theatre, St Paul
• 05/29 4MIX at Minnesota Songkran Festival 2022
• 05/29 Bastille at Uptown Theater, Kansas City
• 05/31 Ezra Furman at Fine Line

APRIL 2022 (20 Shows)

• 04/02 KC FanCon 56 at Douglas County Fairgrounds
• 04/02 Baroness at The Bottleneck, Lawrence
• 04/02 Sasami at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis
• 04/02 Fletcher at Fine Line Music Cafe
• 04/10 Brian Jonestown Massacre at First Ave
• 04/10 Soccer Mommy at Granada Theater, Lawrence
• 04/11 Good Morning at 7th St, Minneapolis
• 04/13 Alina Maira at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis
• 04/14 Lala Lala at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis
• 04/16 Quasi at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis

• 04/16 Snail Mail at Liberty Hall, Lawrence
• 04/22 Planet Comicon 2022
• 04/22 Yumi Zouma at Turf Club, St Paul
• 04/23 Planet Comicon 2022
• 04/23 Hippo Campus at the Armory, Minneapolis
• 04/23 LP at Palace Theatre, St Paul
• 04/24 Planet Comicon 2022
• 04/26 Apocalyptica at First Avenue, Minneapolis
• 04/27 The Warning at Fine Line, Minneapolis
• 04/30 Alan Doyle at Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

MARCH 2022 (18 Shows)

• 03/01 Birthday Massacre at Fine Line, Minneapolis
• 03/01 Maisie Peters at 7th St, Minneapolis
• 03/03 Wet Leg at First Ave
• 03/04 Claire Rosinkranz at 7th St
• 03/04 The Beths at Fine Line, Minneapolis
• 03/06 Illuminati Hotties / Fenne Lily at 7th St, Minneapolis
• 03/09 Longest Johns at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis
• 03/10 Parquet Courts at First Avenue, Minneapolis
• 03/12 Marisa Monte at State Theatre

• 03/13 Dirty Honey / Mammoth WVH at Uptown Theater
• 03/14 Mitski at Palace Theatre, St Paul
• 03/15 Deafheaven at Fine Line, Minneapolis
• 03/19 Topeka Tropics vs Salina Liberty at Landon Arena
• 03/24 Yves Tumor at The Bottleneck, Lawrence
• 03/24 Circle Jerks at First Avenue, Minneapolis
• 03/25 Anna Meredith at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis
• 03/28 Airborne Toxic Event at The Truman, Kansas City
• 03/28 Girl in Red at Truman, Kansas City

FEBRUARY 2022 (5 Shows)

• 02/05 The Wombats at the Truman, Kansas City
• 02/12 Cactus Blossoms at Electric Fetus, Minneapolis

• 02/12 Lunar New Year Celebration at Mall of America
• 02/19 Lucy Dacus at Liberty Hall, Lawrence
• 02/22 Low Cut Connie at The Bottleneck, Lawrence

JANUARY 2022 (1 Show)

• 01/21 Kacey Musgraves at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City

Franz Ferdinand at Fillmore, Minneapolis (20 Aug 2022)

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12/13/2022

Minneapolis-Based

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Persian Leaps

The Persian Leaps are not from Persia, but from St Paul (Minneapolis' Twin City), Minnesota. The band described themselves as noise pop and they seem to be fairly new. …

The Persian Leaps
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The name and idea of The Persian Leaps began as a phrase by singer/guitarist Drew Forsberg, who wrote and drew in his notebook during a college Greek Archaeology course. For years, he billed himself under that name, until he assembled his full band in 2012. We wrote about his debut EP Praise Elephants in Feb 2014… which NME described as “celestial guitar jangle.”

The band released their new EP Machines for Living in October.

If you were wondering about the title, Drew said, “The phrase ‘Machines for Living’ comes from the French architect Le Corbusier. He was a friend/contemporary of Walter Gropius (who started the Bauhaus movement in Germany) and once wrote “a house is a machine for living in,” which is even more true in this era of “smart homes”.”

After you read that, you can ask Alexa to play the new The Persian Leaps’ EP.

Track Listing:

1. Alright Alright
2. Maybe Time Will Let Me Forget
3. Lipreader Dyslexia
4. Beautiful Inside
5. The Nicest Way

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Luke LeBlanc

One of the dates on their schedule will be at the Turf Club in St Paul on August 20, 2021. Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter Luke LeBlanc to open. Tour dates: 8/20- St. Paul, MN- Turf Club …

Luke LeBlanc
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Fugue State is the new album from Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter Luke LeBlanc.

The new record is described as “a warm, organic merging of rootsy folk and pop – as it aims its melodic arrow on the current divisiveness, culturally and politically, in the United States. In the space of 11 songs, LeBlanc articulates what’s broken and searches for ways to fix it, or at least gives us advice on how to cope.”

The record was recorded at Real Phonic Studio in Cleveland, Minnesota from November 2021 through July 2022. Produced and engineered by Erik Koskinen, who also plays electric guitar, bass, banjo, and keyboards. The record also features John Cleve Richardson on keyboards and backing vocals; Ryan Young of Trampled by Turtles on violin; Eric Heywood (Ray Lamontagne) on pedal steel; Casey Frensz on saxophone; and Erin Bekkers on drums.

Track Listing:

1 Come Clean
2 Take Your Mind off It
3 Slide on Over
4 Anymore
5 Down Low
6 Still
7 Walking Days
8 When I Walk with You
9 Now
10 Soothes Me
11 Long Way to Go

Landon Conrath
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Minneapolis indie-pop artist Landon Conrath will close out the year with a headline show at the 7th Street Entry on December 30. We will be covering the show.

Spotify for Artist (Landon Conrath)

Since making his debut in 2020, Conrath’s distinctive brand of hook-laden indie-pop has seen him become a viral sensation on Spotify and landing on influential playlists virtually overnight. The artist recently shared that his music was streamed over 12.5M times with 2.3M listeners/followers via the official Spotify analytic.

At the moment, they have not announced an opener for the show.

Tour dates:

Mayyadda
mayyadda.com

Minneapolis-based alternative R&B artist Mayyadda (may-YAH-duh) has released her Christmas EP Holiday Joint. The five-track project was crafted to encourage listeners to focus more on the spirit of the season rather than the sometimes-stressful commercial aspects that are typically associated with this time of year.

The all original R&B song “Holiday Joint” is the highlight of the EP, followed by traditional Christmas standards such as “Jingle Bells,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Sleigh Ride,” and “Silent Night.”

Mayyadda just wanted to bring happiness to everyone, as she explained, “I wanted to create a holiday project that my Grinchy self actually enjoyed.”

Tracklist