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Sex Sells 2021

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Read More Lorde One of the biggest pop singer Lorde is headlining the Xcel Energy Center on Friday. Hot hip hop band Run The Jewel will open. …

LORDE
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Grammy winner Lorde, showed off her eye-opening, possibly not safe for work, album cover to Solar Power. To keep with the theme of nature, Lorde talks about the record, “The album is a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalizing the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors. In times of heartache, grief, deep love, or confusion, I look to the natural world for answers. I’ve learned to breathe out, and tune in. This is what came through.”

Yes, of course, there’ll be a massive 2022 tour to support the album.

We caught Lorde in Mar 2018 and said, “New Zealand artist Lorde finally made her Twin Cities area live debut as the Melodrama Tour made a stop in front of over 9,000 people at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.”

Lorde’s North American tour dates:

April 3 Nashville, TN Opry House
April 5 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre
April 7 Montreal, QC Salle Willfrid Pelletier
April 8 Toronto, ON Meridian Hall
April 12 Boston, MA Boch Center – Wang Theatre
April 15 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
April 16 Washington, DC The Anthem
April 18 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
April 20 Philadelphia, PA The Met
April 22 Chicago, IL The Chicago Theatre
April 25 Minneapolis, MN The Armory
April 27 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom
April 30 Seattle, WA WaMu Theatre
May 1 Portland, OR Theater of the Clouds
May 3 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
May 5 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Auditorium
May 7 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl

Read More Laura Marling Laura Marling just started her U.S. Summer 2013 tour for her latest album Once I Was An Eagle last night at the sold-out Assembly at the Woman's Club show in Minneapolis. ....

JOY CROOKES
joycrookes.com

BRIT Award-nominated artist Joy Crookes unveil her full-length debut album, Skin… available on October 15 via Insanity/Epic Records.

That’s pretty amazing, considering that Cookes spent her youth covering Laura Marling and Ray Charles on her YouTube page.

Talking about the title track, “Skin”, Joy commented, “Out of all the songs I have ever written I think 'Skin' is the most important to me. It is simple musically and lyrically, the lyrics are literal and self explanatory: 'The skin that you're given, was made to be lived in. You've got a life, you've got a life, worth living'. It exists for anyone who needs reassurance and hope. Mental health is something everyone has to deal with to varying degrees, and in particular the last 18 months have taken their toll. I wrote this song for a loved one last year who was at a stage where he thought his life was no longer worth living. I hope the song offers something to everyone battling with their demons and the people around them who are supporting them.”

The song was co-written by Joy, Danny Casio, and Matt Maltese.

As for the Skin’s album artwork, it is shot by Carlota Guerrero [Arca, Chloe x Halle, Solange].

DOVE CAMERON
dovecameron.com

Today, multi-hyphenate recording artist Dove Cameron has announced “An Evening with Dove Cameron” tour. The three-nights only will kick off October 4th in Chicago, followed by October 6th in New York, and ending with October 10th in Los Angeles.

General admission for all dates of “An Evening With Dove Cameron” will go on sale to the public on Friday, August 30 at 10 AM local time (mark your calendar).

Here’s your chance to see the actress/singer, famous for her dual role as Liv and Maddie, in Disney Channel’s Liv and Maddie show.

Cameron’s latest single, “LazyBaby” had over 10 million streams and counting on Spotify since its release.

“An Evening With Dove Cameron” Tour Dates

Oct. 4 – Chicago, IL // Schuba’s
Oct. 6 – Brooklyn, NY // Baby’s All Right
Oct. 10 – Los Angeles, CA // Moroccan Lounge

DAUGHTERS OF REYKJAVÍK
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Feminist hip hop trailblazers Daughters of Reykjavík released their new single “Hot MILF Summer” for the summer.

Highsnobiety describes them as “The Spice Girls”, while NME wrote, “Whether they're vengeful, horny, reflecting on youth or celebrating their sisterhood, the Icelandic eight-piece is never less than exhilarating.”

“Hot MILF Summer” is hot off the heels of the success of 2020’s Soft Spot album.

The group explains the song and title, “HOT MILF SUMMER is the first single from our forthcoming EP. The song is an anthem written by hot mothers for hot mothers, as well as all fans of mothers in general.”

Word to your mother…

2021 Tour Dates

22 - 25 September - Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg
3 - 6 November - Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavík

LADY WRAY facebook/Ladynicolewray Big Crown Records just released Games People Play by Lady Wray. Lady Wray mentioned that the song is about past relationships, and how she was too young to be in love (or truly know what that meant)… and obviously, about how those boys were just “playing games”.

BROKEN BABY brokenbabybaby.com Los Angeles duo Broken Baby (Amber Bollinger and Alex Dezen) is back with a new song, “Get the Piss Up”… taken from their forthcoming sophomore album Late Stage Optimism. The album is described as reminiscent of The Runaways and The Breeders.

MISS MADELINE @missmadeline666 New York-based performance artist Miss Madeline recently released her much-anticipated official music video for her latest single, “Bad Girls.” Since the year-long lockdown, Miss Madeline’s been busy writing music in the year off… so expect even more new music due in the coming weeks.

EBHONI @ebhonijade Toronto R&B star Ebhoni recently released her video for her dreamy single “Rotation”… the song is taken from her album Good Dick & Weed. Pitchfork wrote that she is “reclaiming the Toronto R&B crown for women”, while HotNewHipHop wrote, “Ebhoni has been one artist to keep an eye out for in the 6ix.”

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Red/Gold, White/Black, Blue/Green

Read More Valley Queen Los Angeles four-piece Valley Queen will open the show. The band is led by singer/songwriter Natalie Carol and is said to sound like Fleetwood Mac and My Morning Jacket with vocals from Florence Welch. Their first-ever EP Destroyer came out earlier last month. …

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VALLEY QUEEN
valleyqueenmusic.com

Los Angeles rockers Valley Queen is releasing “Your Red Light” on 7” vinyl on May 15th. You can preorder the record on ValleyQueenMusic.com.

“Your Red Light”, backed with “Bad Astrology”, is a single collaboration with Emily Gold of Cosmo Gold and William Tyler (who’s had an impressive solo career after Silver Jews).

The song is done with electric piano and was written via text messages between Gold and Valley Queen singer Natalie Carol.

You may recall that we first heard of Valley Queen when they opened up for Laura Marling in May 2017. We wrote, “Opening up the show was Los Angeles’ Valley Queen. Watching the band, you quickly realize the bandlander Natalie Carol has a great loud and commanding vocal. Some fans compared her voice to Florence Welch (of Florence + the Machine). … They were pretty excited to talk about their latest single ‘Stars Align’, which debut on video a few weeks before their tour and they made sure we heard the song. The video described the band, “what the past year has been for us, lots of time on the road, away from our families, working on our relationships in and outside the band.” The song came from their recent EP Destroyer.”

Read More One Direction One Direction became Cosmopolitan's first all male cover in its 40 year history. Some may jokingly suggest there aren't any "men" on the cover. ..…

NIALL HORAN
niallhoran.com

Former One Direction singer, Niall Horan has the #1 album in the UK and Ireland for Heartbreak Weather. It’s clear that the Irish singer is doing quite well.

Horan’s latest single, “Black and White”, written by Horan with Julian Bunetta, Teddy Geiger, Alexander Izquierdo and Scott Harris. The track was produced by Bunetta and is taken from the #1 album Heartbreak Weather (Capitol Records).

Musically, “Black and White” is a pop rock ballad… fans of Ed Sheeran (the other One Direction guy) will love it.

Sample lyrics:

Yeah, I see us in black and white
Crystal clear on a star lit night
In all your gorgeous colors
I promise that I'll love you for the rest of my life

Horan was recently in the news when the tabloids found out that he direct messaged Love Island’s star Arabella Chi after her recent split from Wes Nelson. Arabella was hugely flattered by Niall’s advances, but with the Coronavirus-thing, the timing is just not right.

Yeah, talk about “Heartbreak Weather”, huh ?

HYSON GREEN
hysongreenmusic.wixsite.com

“Clear Blue Sky” is the first single from the debut album, Lost In The World by Hyson Green (they are the Osborne brothers, who probably took their stagename from a neighborhood in Nottingham, England). The record was years in the making, because it was written in Nottingham, London and Los Angeles, throughout the years.

The album was influenced by The Staples, Boz Scaggs, Bobby Womack, Jess Roden, Robert Palmer, and more… combining old-style with new rhythm and blues.

Look for “Clear Blue Sky” on Nub Music.

Hear the song on YouTube

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Rocktober: October 12 to October 15, 2018

The Church at Turf Club Read More The Church Australia’s The Church is back in the city. The last time we saw them at the Cedar in 2015 we noted, “The show was performed as one long set, versus the two separate sets done …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from October 12 to October 15, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

THE CHURCH
Turf Club
Mon 10/15/2018 (7pm/$35/Sold Out)
turfclub.net

The legendary Australian band The Church (stylized as the church), has sold out their show at the Turf Club on Monday, October 15th. The group is on their “Starfish 30th Anniversary Tour”, which we’re assuming means that the group will play their most successful album live, from start to finish. We’re excited, if you’ve ever heard “Under the Milky Way”, it’s on this Starfish album.

The “Starfish 30th Anniversary Tour” starts tomorrow, September 30:

Sept. 30 - Long Beach, CA - Music Tastes Good Fest
Oct. 1 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
Oct. 3 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
Oct. 4 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret
Oct. 5 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
Oct. 6 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
Oct. 9 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up
Oct. 11 - Boulder, CO - The Fox Theatre
Oct. 12 - Fort Collins, CO - Washington’s FoCo
Oct. 14 - Kansas City, MO - recordBar
Oct. 15 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
Oct. 16 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
Oct. 17 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Oct. 19 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland, Ballroom
Oct. 20 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
Oct. 21 - Montreal, QC - Cafe Campus
Oct. 23 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
Oct. 24 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
Oct. 25 & 26 - New York, NY - City Winery

Other shows in the area:

Glorietta at Turf Club Valley Queen 2018 Tour Hold Steady at 7th Street Entry Minus the Bear Farewell Tour Read More Valley Queen Opening up the show was Los Angeles’ Valley Queen. Watching the band, you quickly realize the bandlander Natalie Carol has a great loud and commanding vocal. Some fans compared her voice to Florence Welch … The Hold Steady The Hold Steady had songs for Apple Valley and gave sound advice like “heart break hurts but you can dance it off.” After their second to last song Finn said, “It’s come to that part of the evening … Minus the Bear It’s been a few years since we last saw Minus the Bear. The band is back to promote their new album Voids, which just came out on March 3rd, 2017, via Suicide Squeeze Records. …

GLORIETTA
Turf Club
Fri 10/12/2018 (8pm/$17)
turfclub.net

Rolling Stone’s “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know” Glorietta (featuring Delta Spirit’s Matthew Logan Vasquez) will be headlining the Turf Club on Friday, October 12, in support of the self-titled debut album on Nine Mile Records.

The name came from a nine-day recording session in a rented home in Glorieta, New Mexico.

Tour dates:

10/05 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
10/08 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
10/09 - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
10/12 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
10/13 - Chicago, IL - Old Town School of Folk
10/14 - Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi
10/16 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
10/17 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
10/18 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/19 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
10/20 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10/21 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
12/13 - Dallas, TX - The Kessler
12/15 - Houston, TX - The Heights Theater

VALLEY QUEEN
+ Shadow Party
7th Street Entry
Sat 10/13/2018 (8pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

We caught Los Angeles’ Valley Queen briefly opening for Laura Marling in May 2017. The band is back in town, this time, headlining their show at the 7th Street Entry on Saturday, October 13th.

Tour dates:

Sept 29 - Silver Spring, MD @ Fillmore
Sept 30 - Harrisburg, PA @ Harrisburg Arts Center
Oct 1 - Boston, MA @ Atwood’s Tavern
Oct 3 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
Oct 4 - Pittsburgh @ Club Cafe
Oct 6 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake
Oct 7 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Oct 9 - Goshen, IN @ Ignition Garage
Oct 10 - Chicago, IL @ Hideout
Oct 12 - Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel
Oct 13 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

THE HOLD STEADY
7th St Entry
Sun 10/14/2018 (3:30 & 7pm/$45/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

The incredibly popular The Hold Steady (featuring singer Craig Finn) has sold out both their early and late show for Sunday, October 14th.

If you didn’t get a ticket to the tiny 7th Street Entry, you can still catch the band at this month’s Surly Fest 2018 at surlybrewing.com - for $40. The party starts at 10am in the Beer Hall and Beer Garden.

SurlyFest 2018 Lineup:

The Hold Steady

Bad Bad Hats

Mixed Blood Majority

Static Panic

Rachel Kurtz

DJ Shannon Blowtorch

Hold Steady tour dates:

10/13/2018 Surly Fest 2018
10/14/2018 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis
11/28/2018 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY
11/29/2018 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY
11/30/2018 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY
12/01/2018 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY

MINUS THE BEAR
+ Caspian
Varsity Theater
Mon 10/15/2018 (7pm/$25)
varsitytheater.com

All good things must come to an end... and that will be said for Minus The Bear, on their one last final farewell tour this fall. The band announced their break-up earlier this Summer, so they gave fans enough notice to come out one last time on this last tour. They will headline the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown/Minneapolis on Oct 15th.

Tour dates:

10/09/2018 3rd & Lindsley Nashville, TN
10/12/2018 The Ready Room St. Louis, MO
10/13/2018 The Truman Kansas City, MO
10/14/2018 The Waiting Room Omaha, NE
10/15/2018 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
10/17/2018 House Of Blues Chicago, IL
10/18/2018 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
10/19/2018 Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH
10/24/2018 Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD
10/25/2018 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
10/27/2018 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
10/30/2018 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
11/27/2018 The Ritz Ybor Tampa, FL
11/30/2018 Granada Theater Dallas, TX
12/04/2018 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
12/11/2018 Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
12/12/2018 Ace Of Spades Sacramento, CA
12/14/2018 The Showbox Seattle, WA
12/15/2018 The Showbox Seattle, WA
12/16/2018 The Showbox Seattle, WA

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Twin Peaks: The Return

Read More Twin Peaks So a little information about Julee Cruise's involvement with Twin Peaks: she was working for Angelo Badalamenti as a talent scout in the mid 80s. Badalamenti was already working with David Lynch on his film Blue Velvet and they needed a song …

Are you guys watching the new David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks? I grew up on the original series, so I’m really happy it’s back on the air, even though it’s been 26 years later.

Most of the original cast is back, but there are a couple of new additions, including Naomi Watts (reprising the same looks from Mulholland Drive) and the ever awkward and strange Michael Cera (he looks like he’s learning and reading his line live).

So far, an hour long pilot and two episodes have aired. I have to say, it’s really weird. People don’t act like this, yet, in the world of Twin Peaks, is accepted as normal.

I can’t quite figure out what is exactly happening, but I think FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is trapped in the Black Lodge while his doppelganger is in the real world, causing havoc. It made me want to re-visit the original series (I only own Season 1 on DVD).

They’re still using the orchestra soundtrack from Angelo Badalamenti (including the theme song), but they’ve updated their music selection. The pilot ended with Chromatics playing ‘Shadow’, while the second with Minneapolis’ The Cactus Blossoms singing ‘Mississippi’, and finally all-girls trio Au Revoir Simone with ‘Lark’.

Can’t wait to see which other bands make it on the new Twin Peaks show... perhaps Julee Cruise to return to show the kids how it’s done? Maybe it will be the final song, as you know the song ‘Falling’ is the lyrical version of the ‘Twin Peaks Theme Song’.

Overall, great music choices from visionary David Lynch. The next airing is Sunday, June 4, 2017.

Now for some Twin Peaks-related news:

FESTIVAL OF DISRUPTION
festivalofdisruption.com

Perhaps looking at some bands appearing at Festival of Disruption (at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles on October 14-15, 2017), might clue us on any future Twin Peaks appearance. This music festival is curated by non-other than David Lynch. Net proceeds will benefit the David Lynch Foundation.

So far these bands will appear at Festival of Disruption: Bon Iver, The Kills, TV On The Radio, Sharon Van Etten, Laura Marling, and Reggie Watts.

In addition to music, there’s also:

DJs: Moby, Shepard Fairey

Talks: Kristine McKenna: Ed Ruscha, Bill Pullman, Sheryl Lee, Pete Holmes, Twin Peaks Collaborators: Duwayne Dunham, Dean Hurley, Johanna Ray & Gary D'Amico

Films: Lost Highway, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Don't Look At Me, Rare David Lynch shorts

Meditation: Brian Eno's Reflection, Bob Roth

Exhibits: William Eggleston, David Lynch, Polaroid Photobooth

Tickets goes on sale on June 2nd.

ANGELO BADALAMENTI
angelobadalamenti.com

The original Twin Peaks score by Angelo Badalamenti was re-issued last year (ahead of the much-anticipated new Twin Peaks series). The record was back in print for the first time in 25 years and sold out everywhere on a 425gsm gatefold sleeve.

Recently, another Badalamenti is getting the reissue treatment: Blue Velvet Soundtrack, available for the first time in 30 years. The record came out May 19th, 2017, via Varèse Sarabande, but you can still get a copy on varesesarabande.com.

If you didn’t know, Blue Velvet was the first musical collaboration between director Lynch and Badalamenti. The score is described as “juxtaposed with Lynch’s use of early pop tunes, creating an unsettling effect that complemented the movie perfectly.” Also, early collaboration with Julee Cruise can be found on the soundtrack.

TWIN PEAKS
twinpeaksdudes.com

Nothing to do with David Lynch, this Chicago band Twin Peaks is currently on tour. I’ve previously mentioned that I’m not happy with their name choice (it’s confusing!), and even unhappier to learn that they didn’t know about the TV show when they named the band. Despite this, I think Lynch gave his blessing for the band to continue to use the name.

Tour dates:

06/03 - Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
06/06 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
06/07 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony
06/08 - New York, NY @ A2IM Awards Show
06/09 - Providence, RI @ Fete Lounge
06/10 - Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom
06/16 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
06/17 - Kingston, NY @ BSP Kingston
06/20 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
06/21 - Ottawa, ON @ Zaphod Beeblebrox
06/23 - Toronto, ON @ NXNE Port Lands
06/24 - Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall
09/10 - Peoria, IL @ Limelight Eventplex
09/11 - Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
09/13 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
09/14 - Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theater
09/15 - Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theater
09/16 - Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theater

LUXEMBOURG SIGNAL
theluxembourgsignal.com

Dreampop/indie band Luxembourg Signal just released their new single ‘Laura Palmer’ (you know, wrapped in plastic...), taken from their forthcoming Blue Field album via Shelflife Records (set for this Fall 2017).

The seven piece band (Beth Arzy & Betsy Moyer on vocals, Johnny Joyner on guitars, Brian Espinosa on drums, Ginny Pitchford on keyboards, Kelly Davis on guitars, and Daniel Kumiega on bass)

‘Laura Palmer’ is available June 23rd on limited edition 7" vinyl and digital formats... you can preview the song on soundcloud.com.

JUMPITER
jumpiter.bandcamp.com

Brooklyn’s Jumpiter (aka Sean Schuyler) has covered the famous ‘Twin Peaks Theme’.

You can’t really buy it and the only way to hear it is via youtube.com

Details from the YouTube page:

Written by Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch ©1990
Produced and Performed by Sean Schuyler ©2017
jumpiter.bandcamp.com // facebook.com/jumpiter

Although, technically the David Lynch credit is correct, the actual music is by Badalamenti alone (Lynch only contributed to the lyrics - which can be heard on the song ‘Falling’ by Julee Cruise).

AKIRA THE DON
akirathedon.com

We wrote about Akira the Don (aka Adam Narkiewicz) in Feb 2008 when he remixed The Crimea.

Now we’re mentioning him again with his ‘Twin Peaks Theme Song’ re-work. As he explained it:

Because you expected no less, I humbly present to you my damn fine version of the classic TWIN PEAKS theme.

I've been working on this on and off for about 5 years. Look out for a vocal version featuring H-Town legend Fat Tony and myself rapping our asses off shortly.

LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
ATD

Hear the song on soundcloud.com

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Laura Marling at First Avenue, Minneapolis (05 May 2017)

Setlist Soothing Wild Fire The Valley Don't Pass Me By Always This Way Next Time Nothing, Not Nearly solo medley Take the Night Off I Was an Eagle You Know Breathe Daisy How Can I Salinas Sophia Once Rambling Man Tour Dates May 9 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick May 10 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall May 11- Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater May 13 - Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre May 14 - Northampton, MA @ Academy of Music May 16 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club May 19 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA May 20 - Brooklyn NY, @ Brooklyn Steel May 21 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club Read More Laura Marling Laura Marling just started her U.S. Summer 2013 tour for her latest album Once I Was An Eagle last night at the sold-out Assembly at the Woman's Club show in Minneapolis. ....

British singer/songwriter Laura Marling stopped by the historic First Avenue in Minneapolis to promote her sixth studio album Semper Femina (More Alarming Records).

Opening up the show was Los Angeles’ Valley Queen. Watching the band, you quickly realize the bandlander Natalie Carol has a great loud and commanding vocal. Some fans compared her voice to Florence Welch (of Florence + the Machine). Joining Carol to play a brief 30-min set of songs from their self-titled debut record were bassist Neil Wogensen, guitarist Shawn Morones, and drummer Gerry Doot.

They were pretty excited to talk about their latest single ‘Stars Align’, which debut on video a few weeks before their tour and they made sure we heard the song. The video described the band, “what the past year has been for us, lots of time on the road, away from our families, working on our relationships in and outside the band.” The song came from their recent EP Destroyer.

We’ve been following Laura Marling around since she was 16, so we’ve really watched her grow up as an artist and songwriter. She’s really mastered the craft, coming very close to some of her idols, such as Joni Mitchell.

Of all the times we’ve seen Marling, her live shows have always been quiet and sparse... but that’s okay, most fans will agree that you’re there to listen to Marling’s beautiful voice.

With the new record, Semper Femina, Marling decided she needed a full live band, featuring guitarist Simon Ribchester, bassist Nick Pini, drummer Matt Ingram, and strings/backup vocals from sisters Emma and Tamsin Topolski, to help her bring these songs to life. This was a nice change in Marling’s typical quiet songs, which fits perfectly to the album title, which was taken from Virgil’s poem ‘The Aeneid’: “Varium et mutabile semper femina”, translating roughly as “A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing.”

To borrow Chrissie Hynde, some things change, some stay the same. Marling still dedicated the middle of her set to just her solo on acoustic guitar - playing medleys of her songs ‘Take the Night Off’, ‘I Was an Eagle’, ‘You Know’, ‘Breathe’, going back and forth, bring up reoccurring lines, and making this part of the show to run over 15 minutes. She did warn us before playing her solo set that “It’s going to be a long one, you might want to use the restroom now.”

Even though there is a full band, Marling’s music (and sensitive voice), did not really fit First Avenue. The nearly sold out show had plenty of chatterboxes taking advantage of the full bar in the back of the room. It just felt like some people were just out to have a good time on a Friday night.

Near the end of their set, a little after 11pm, Marling asked the band for facts about Minneapolis. Matt went first and volunteered that Minneapolis was “the funniest crowd we had on this tour.” Nick said that when Prince came to London, he played a show in Nick’s living room. There was a few back and forth, but Nick said it wasn’t technically his house, but a house he managed... which later Emma said that the house Nick managed, that her boyfriend rented the house that Prince played in (so they all saw Prince in a small room).

Finally, Marling told us her fact, which started off as a criticism on Americans being very “chit chatty.” Her plan was to sleep on her taxi ride to the airport, but the Uber driver talked her ears off at 5am. Her next plan was to sleep on the flight to Minneapolis, but ended up sitting next to a “chap” that talked to her the whole flight. “Sweetest lovely guy. I put him on the list. Did he make it? No?”

I couldn’t see, but based on claps and cheers, the Dinky Town resident did make it to the show.

Of course, a typical Marling show, she never does encores, as she explained for her set finale, ‘Rambling Man’.

If you’ve seen Laura Marling before, you’ll be surprise to see her on this current tour. She’s gotten more confident, more talkative, possibly more social as a result of having a full live band with her on tour.

Semper Femina is out now.

Valley Queen

Setlist

Laura Marling

Laura Marling

Laura Marling

Laura Marling at First Avenue, Minneapolis (05 May 2017)

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Minneapolis: May 03 to May 07, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from May 03 to May 07, 2017.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Aimee Mann Seeing The Both at the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis was like 70% music and 30% improv comedy. If you are not caught up, The Both is the latest musical project from Aimee Mann and Ted Leo, … Jonathan Coulton Everyone that came to see Jonathan Coulton played were hardcore fans, and we're talking about 600+ nerds who knew all of JoCo's songs by heart .…

AIMEE MANN
at Fitzgerald Theater
Wednesday 05/03/17, 6:30pm ($37.50)
fitzgeraldtheater.publicradio.org

Aimee Mann (from ‘Till Tuesday) is back in the Twin Cities this Wednesday at the Fitzgerald Theater in St Paul to promote her new album Mental Illness (SuperEgo Records).

She’s brought with her our favorite Jonathan Coulton. We’ve been a fan of Joco since we heard his wonderful cover of Sir Mix A Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back’... which was so good that Glee stole his version (and offered no apologize, credit, or any payments).

We’ve seen Coulton before, and I can say that he has a very large, dedicated fanbase. They love him so much, and they know all of his songs by heart.

Coulton’s new album Solid State came out April 28th.

Tour dates:

5/2 | Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre
5/3 | St. Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater
5/5 | Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
5/6 | Salt Lake City, UT - State Room
5/8 | Missoula, MT - The Wilma
5/9 | Seattle, WA - Neptune
5/10 | Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
5/12 | San Franciso, CA - The Fillmore
5/13 | Los Angeles, CA - The Theatre
6/19 | SOPAC, South Orange, NJ
6/20 | Landmark, Port Washington , NJ
6/21 | Ramshead On Stage, Annapolis, MD
6/23 | Alexandria, VA, Birchmere
6/24 |Tarrytown Musc Hall, Tarrytown, NY
6/25 | Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
6/26 | Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
6/28 | Martha's Vineyard Perf, Vineyard Haven, MA
6/29 |Columbus Park, Providence, RI
6/30| Prescott Park, Portsmouth, NH
7/1 | Colonial Theatre, Bethlehem, NH

Read More Laura Marling Laura Marling just started her U.S. Summer 2013 tour for her latest album Once I Was An Eagle last night at the sold-out Assembly at the Woman's Club show in Minneapolis. ....

LAURA MARLING
at First Avenue
Friday 05/05/17, 8pm ($25)
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Laura Marling is back in town! We have love the singer/songwriter since she was 16, and we’ve been following her grow up as an artist all these years. Her sixth studio album Semper Femina came out March 10th.

We’ve seen her numerous times (over 10) and she’s always a delight. The last we saw her, we said, “45 min. with a Joni Mitchell-like set of poetry and folk. Marling remains notoriously shy - not saying much between songs, and probably comforted by the shade covering her face for the first half of her performance.”

Los Angeles four-piece Valley Queen will open the show. The band is led by singer/songwriter Natalie Carol and is said to sound like Fleetwood Mac and My Morning Jacket with vocals from Florence Welch. Their first-ever EP Destroyer came out earlier last month.

Tour dates:

May 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan Theatre
May 5 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
May 6 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
May 7 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
May 9 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
May 10 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
May 11- Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
May 13 - Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
May 14 - Northampton, MA @ Academy of Music
May 16 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
May 19 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
May 20 - Brooklyn NY, @ Brooklyn Steel
May 21 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club

Read More Lewis Del Mar Lewis Del Mar’s single ‘Loud(y)’ was number one on Hype Machine, #3 on the Spotify Viral 50 chart, and their debut EP peaked at number 7 on Billboard Emerging Artists. … Peter Bradley Adams Peter Bradley Adams' new album, Leavetaking, which was just released on August 5th by Seattle's Sarathan Records, is a lovely album of straightforward singer/songwriter music …

Other shows in the area:

05/03/17 Lewis Del Mar is back in town, headlining the 7th Street Entry this May 3rd. Del Mar was previously in town on October 2016 when he was touring for his self-titled debut record. Show up early to check out Grammy-Award Winner Anna Wise, playing materials from her second EP The Feminine: Act II. The show is sold out. 7:30pm, $15/Sold Out.

05/03/17-05/04/17 Nashville’s Peter Bradley Adams will be stopping by the Warming House in Minneapolis on Wednesday and Thursday. Adam’s new album On A Face Like Mine came out April 21. All listings are sold out. 6pm/8pm, $20/Sold Out.

05/04/17 Meat Puppets will be at the The Cabooze on Thursday. Also Mike Watt and The Jom & Terry Show and Porcupine will be there. 7pm, $17.

05/05/17 Overcoats is back in Minneapolis (again!) on this Cinco de Mayo, at the 7th Street Entry. Yoke Lore to open. 8pm, $10.

05/07/17 Matthew Logan Vasquez will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on Sunday. Opening will be David Ramirez. 7pm, $13.

05/05/17-05/07/17 Don’t forget that we will be covering Wizard World Minneapolis all weekend long! This is the annual pop culture/comic book convention. This year they have Doctor Who and two of the The Monkees. 12pm, $75 (Three Days).

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Festival Palomino 2015

Trampled by Turtles Setlist Wild Animals Burn For Free Victory Are You Behind The Shining Star? Arming of Infants Empire Winners New Son/Burnt Iron Valley The Darkness and the Light Repetition The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (The Band cover) Codeine Truck November Wait So Long Whiskey Midnight on the Interstate Alone / Amazing Grace Dr Dog Setlist Shadow People These Days Be the Void Broken Heart Nellie How Long Must I Wait The Beach That Old Black Hole Cuckoo Jackie Wants A Black Eye Lonesome The Rabbit, The Bat, And The Reindeer Heart it Races (Architecture in Helsinki cover) Father John Misty Setlist I Love You, Honeybear Strange Encounter Only Son of the Ladiesman When You're Smiling and Astride Me The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apt. I'm Writing a Novel Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) Bored in the USA Nothing Good Ever Happens at the Goddamn Thirsty Crow Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings The Ideal Husband Benjamin Booker Setlist Always Waiting Chippewa Old Hearts Shout Bamalama (Otis Redding cover) Falling Down Blues Wicked Waters Violent Shiver Have You Seen My Son Shakey Graves Setlist Roll the Bones If Not For You The Perfect Parts Dearly Departed Where a Boy Once Stood Family and Genius Late July Laura Marling Setlist Take The Night Off / I Was An Eagle Breathe Master Hunter Salinas Once My Manic And I Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Dolly Parton cover) What He Wrote Alpha Shallows Rambling Man Calexico Setlist Frontera Falling from the Sky Maybe on Monday Splitter Stray Sunken Waltz Bullets & Rocks Corona (Minutemen cover) Cumbia de Donde Read More Festival Palomino We covered Trampled By Turtles' first ever Festival Palomino last year. It was such a great learning experience for us, and we had a great time... so much that it made it onto my top ten favorite shows from 2014 (out of … Trampled by Turtles Trampled By Turtles (aka TBT) had a very special two-day CD release shows for Friday and Saturday at First Ave, in Minneapolis. For the first night, they were supported by The Devil Makes Three ... Dr Dog If you couldn't get into Dr Dog's sold out show at the Turf Club on Thursday, the good news is that (as of this writing) their Friday's show at the bigger capacity venue, First ... Father John Misty J. Tillman under his moniker Father John Misty will be back in Minneapolis this April 4th, in support of his latest Sub Pop album I Love You, Honeybear. … Benjamin Booker New Orleans' Benjamin Booker opened up the show with a 40-min performance of this nice mix of rock/punk/blues fusion music. We recently caught Booker at Northside Festival, in New York … Laura Marling Laura Marling just started her U.S. Summer 2013 tour for her latest album Once I Was An Eagle last night at the sold-out Assembly at the Woman's Club show in Minneapolis. .... Lydia Loveless Lydia Loveless has a reputation for putting on passionate, sometimes chaotic live shows and Sunday night’s gig at the Turf Club was no exception. With the help of her dynamic band (husband Ben Lamb … The Lowest Pair Portland/Minneapolis' The Lowest Pair will be releasing their album The Sacred Heart Sessions at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on April 4th. ...

If local festivals were racehorses, Festival Palomino is best in show.  Again.

The Trampled by Turtles-curated festival, held again in the inside greens of the horse racetrack at Canterbury Park in the southwest suburb of Shakopee, triumphed once more in its sophomore year, as a prime example of a highly enjoyable, expertly-run day of music.

Festival Palomino

Last year, the two stages were placed on each end of the festival grounds, with each band starting when the previous one finished, though the area was small enough to easily walk to the other stage, or simply turn your head, to experience the next band.  This year, the stages (nicknamed ‘Stars’ and ‘Satellites’) were set up next to each other, with a cordoned VIP section in the middle, for a double-barreled look, which also saved the organizers an additional separate set up crew, speaker stack, and front of house board set up.

The result was a little claustrophobic compared to the previous staging, but no less enjoyable, with the only very occasional interference being the sound checking on one stage, bleeding over a couple times to the full performance going on at the other stage.  The rest of the festival grounds featured food trucks, traditional and specialty food vendors as well as other beverage and merchandise stands.

With summer’s last breath of warm sunshine in the afternoon followed by the impending fall’s slight chill in the evening, this year’s weather was perfect and a welcome change from the previous year’s storms that evacuated the grounds briefly.

1:30pm Lowest Pair (30 mins)

Lowest Pair

Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee are a string music/ indie folk duo that was the ideal opener for a day-long event of Americana music as well as being an act with local ties.  Lee is a Minneapolis native who first met Winter at a bluegrass festival in Winona and a few years later, their debut album 36¢ (Team Love Records) was produced by TBT’s Dave Simonett, with latest album Sacred Heart Sessions (recorded in Duluth), out earlier this year.

Their dual banjo-picking roots sound with gentle harmonies on songs like ‘Irene’ and the new ‘Minnesota Mend Me’, was a worthy appetizer for the full day ahead.

2:05pm Lydia Loveless (35 mins)

Lydia Loveless

Columbus, OH native Loveless was next, playing a somewhat dark punk blend of traditional and alt-country, with four-piece band including stand-up bassist and husband, Ben Lamb, in tow.

Her latest full-length is last year’s Somewhere Else (Bloodshot Records) and her sound on songs like ‘Head’, ‘Chris Isaak’, and ‘Out on Love’, sound like a revv’d up Maria Mckee (of Lone Justice fame), or maybe what Chrissie Hynde would do, if she ever went bluegrass.

2:45pm Calexico (45 mins)

Calexico

A refreshing bit of Tex-Mex indie rock was served up midday by Tucson, AZ Calexico, spotlighting songs from their newest release, Edge of the Sun (ANTI-/Epitaph Records), and featured seven band members including upright bass and a horn section.   1998’s ‘Frontera’ began their set on a somewhat somber note, but things quickly picked up with ‘Falling From the Sky’, the new album’s opener, and one of three new songs played.

Martin Wenk played some fierce accordion on ‘Sunken Waltz’, the new ‘ Bullets & Rocks’ seemed especially poignant in light of the refugee crisis in Europe,  and an “old song from San Piedro, CA”, their cover of The Minutemen’s ‘Corona’ was a Latin-transformed pleasant surprise.  Set ender ‘Cumbia de Donde’ got most in the crowd shuffling in place, transposing them to the Mexico City borough of Coyoacán that inspired the song and the new album.

3:35pm Laura Marling (45 mins)

Laura Marling

Adorned in layered whites and pastels with a thin scarf blowing in the wind and golden shoes, UK singer-songwriter Laura Marling may have been the best dressed of the day but her storytelling folk songs were what mesmerized the crowd the most.

In support of the this spring’s Short Movie (Ribbon Music), Marling entranced the hushed crowd starting with opener, ‘Take the Night Off / I Was an Eagle’ and for the next 45 min. with a Joni Mitchell-like set of poetry and folk.  Marling remains notoriously shy - not saying much between songs, and probably comforted by the shade covering her face for the first half of her performance.

“We’re gonna do a Dolly Parton cover… to lighten things up a bit” she said mid set before launching into a butterfly delicate ‘Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?’  She overcame a few feedback issues following, ending somewhat sad but no less resonant on ‘Alpha Shadows’ and 2010’s ‘Rambling Man’.

4:30pm Shakey Graves (45 mins)

Shakey Graves

Austin, TX’s Shakey Graves (aka Alejandro Rose-Garcia) immediately followed on the Stars stage, starting and ending his set as a solo artist, but accompanied by a full band, in-between.  Playing his own blend of blues/folk/alt-country and with a large Texas flag draped on a speaker stack, Garcia’s set drew mostly from last fall’s And the War Came (Dualtone Music Group).

There is a raw fuzziness to his music, evident in his mission to “raise the turbo out here in the racefield” that he declared early-on, and prompting the crowd for “oohs” and clapping throughout the set. Playing live, the band is more raw and loud than on record, with an additional grittiness added to songs like ‘The Perfect Parts’ and ‘Where a Boy Once Stood’.

A bit gloomy in the narrative Dylan way, the band ended with the brooding ‘Late July’, about a man murdering his gold-digging wife – “I’m eager, young, and starry-eyed” Garcia sings in the song and with newfound fans discovering his music at the festival, no one can argue with that verse.

5:18 pm Benjamin Booker (45 mins)

Benjamin Booker

Dressed unassumingly in a red striped shirt, with cigarette dangling from his mouth, New Orleans’ Benjamin Booker turned everything up in volume for a quaking set of noisy garage rock.  Last year’s self-titled debut album (on ATO Records) still sounds fresh, with his style being a hybrid culmination of his influences which include The Gun Club, Blind Willie Johnson, and T. Rex.  Booker too, didn’t say much between songs, most artists preferring to let their music do the talking.

Any local fans of early Replacements or Hüsker Dü responded in kind to the punk elements of Booker’s music, often done at breakneck speed with raspy vocals and little abandon, but there was also a soul influence shown on his Otis Redding cover and a swampy country/blues element on ‘Falling Down Blues’, played only with fiddle and mandolin.

Set closer, ‘Have You Seen My Son’ evolved into an almost ten-minute long blitzkrieg crescendo of feedback and guitar jamming before Booker and bandmates casually walked off, like nothing at all had happened.

5:56pm Father John Misty (60 mins)

Father John Misty

Any award for sardonic wit and snarkiness has to be given to Father John Misty (aka Josh Tillman), who also delivered a soulful hour-long set that had him in the crowd several times, making an indelible impression.  Tillman dressed all in black, with a crack five-piece band, referred cheekily to the venue a couple of times as the “Minneapolis dog-fighting pits”, which got a big laugh.

Opening with the title track of his latest, I Love You, Honeybear (Sub Pop Records), Tillman and band immediately raised the anthemic level of songs and kept momentum going, for most of his hour-long time.

The always self-effacing Tillman mocked himself for trying to dance with Laura Marling during an instrumental of one of his songs, and intro’d ‘The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apt.’ as a “horrible little folk ballad”.

‘I’m Writing a Novel’ had a Beatles “Paperback Writer”/Simon and Garfunkel upbeat feel to it, he praised the day as one of “authentic, listener-supported folk rock”, and ‘Bored in the USA’ was pre-empted by tuning at the nearby Satellites stage, prompting Tillman to say “Should we have an Organ-Off, buddy? – I will not hesitate to strap on a keytar”.

7:10pm Dr Dog (60 mins)

Dr. Dog

Pennsylvania’s Dr. Dog was next, with a hour-long low-fi , feel good, set of indie rock that brought their most devoted fans crushing to get up front.  “It’s the right night… for the wrong company” from 2010’s ‘Shadow People’ seemed to be the right lyric as the faithful nudged forward for a better view.

The band hasn’t had a studio album since 2013’s B-Room (ANTI- Records), but did release a live album earlier this year, with new music in the offing soon.  Singers Scott McMicken (lead guitar) and Zach Miller (keyboards) traded off on lead vocal chores, with McMicken’s sounding more laid-back and Miller being the higher-pitched of the two.

“You guy’s got a killer sunset out here”, McMicken noticed before ‘Broken Heart’, getting everyone to turn right to see the last rays on the horizon.  The band smartly stayed with mostly upbeat songs, culminating with an Architecture in Helsinki cover of ‘Heart It Races’to end their hour.

8:20pm Trampled by Turtles (90 min.)

Trampled by Turtles

Finally, it was time for the headliners to take to the Stars stage, amidst fog, dim lighting, and a still gusty wind.  The Duluth band  started introspectively, with the title track to last year’s Wild Animals (BanjoDad Records) but soon jumped into their trademark hyper-bluegrass with ‘Burn for Free’.

“It’s been quite a day for us, as fans of music” singer Dave Simonett said, finally speaking twenty minutes in, before a harmonizing ‘Empire’.  The aching ‘Winners’ about their hometown, seemed appropriate with its opening line, “There were dreams on a full moon night” as a fall chill and clear night embraced the jacketed crowd.

Mandolin player Erik Berry shined on ‘New Son/Burnt Iron’ and bass player Tim Saxhaug took over lead vocals for The Band’s ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’- done very faithful to the original, yet with that TBT trademark twang added.

Banjo player Dave Carroll took centerstage for his own ‘Truck’ as the band teased Outkast’s ‘So Fresh, So Clean’ while tuning up.  The string quartet that accompanied the band like last year, reappeared for a haunting ‘Midnight on the Interstate’, rounding out the song with a rousing elegance.

When you thought that couldn’t be topped, the encore of ‘Alone’, complete with a large troupe of bagpipers that took the song into ‘Amazing Grace’, exceeded everyone’s expectations. The only negative was that the stage was still lit so minimally, it was hard to tell just how many people were on stage for the finale, but that didn’t take away from the majestic performance.

And with another successful day in the books, next year’s Festival Palomino has already started their planning for 2016, which will no doubt be a three-peat, in terms of success.  Never has a full day at a horse track sounded so good.

Trampled by Turtles at Festival Palomino, Shakopee (19 September 2015)

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Minneapolis: September 18 to September 21, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from September 18 to September 21, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More The Mynabirds Yeah, we know, Mynabirds was just here three months ago, but they just kicked off their new tour at 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, last night, June 15th. ... Bad Bad Hats SPIN Magazine’s “Artist To Watch” for July 2015, Minneapolis-based Bad Bad Hats recently announced their tour with Saddle Creek’s Mynabirds, in support of … Good Night Gold Dust Opening up this 'triple rock' show was Mankato's Good Night Gold Dust, featuring boy/girl singers (Laura Schultz and Colin Scharf), and played some tracks from their 2012 album …

MYNABIRDS
at 7th Street
Friday, 09/18/2015, 8pm ($10)
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The Mynabirds (aka Laura Burhenn) is back on tour, this time supporting their latest album Lovers Know.

Her latest video is for "Wildfire", taken from the new album, and according to Burhenn, "The song "Wildfire" is partly based on that Jack Kerouac quote ("The only people for me are the mad ones..."), and finding your people. So it felt fitting to be in a town that's pretty new to me, but to feel totally at home in the company of these amazing babes. We made this video as an ode to making new friends and helping each other through dark times." (In the case of the video, a girl helped Burhenn conquer her real fear of roller coasters.)

Bad Bad Hats and Good Night Gold Dust to open.

Tour dates:

9/10 Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern*
9/11 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar*
9/12 Boise, ID @ Neurolux*
9/14 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court*
9/15 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive*
9/17 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown*
9/18 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry*
9/19 Chicago, IL @ Schubas*
9/20 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland*
9/23 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle*
9/25 Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade*
9/26 Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall*
9/28 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter*
9/29 Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5*
10/1 Austin, TX @ Mohawk*
10/2 Dallas, TX @ Three Links*
10/5 Tucson, AZ @ Flycatcher*
10/6 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar*
10/7 Las Vegas, NV @ Sayers Club*
10/8 San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American *
10/9 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo*

* w/ Bad Bad Hats

Read More Festival Palomino Festival Palomino. The Festival, conceived and curated by Duluth bluegrass/Americana folk band Trampled by Turtles, was a major success, despite the occasional glitches …

FESTIVAL PALOMINO
at Canterbury Park
Saturday, 09/19/2015, 1pm ($60)
festivalpalomino.com

We covered Trampled By Turtles' first ever Festival Palomino last year. It was such a great learning experience for us, and we had a great time... so much that it made it onto my top ten favorite shows from 2014 (out of about 180 shows).

If you are worried about missing some of the great lineup (including our favorite master hunter Laura Marling and rocker Benjamin Booker), no problem: you can see them all. There are two stages, so when one band is done - just walk (or turn your head) to the other stage. There is no waiting around while the band is setting up!

Schedule:

Stars Stage
1:30pm The Lowest Pair
2:45pm Calexico
4:25pm Shakey Graves
6:05pm Father John Misty
8:20pm Trampled by Turtles

Satellites Stage
2:05pm Lydia Loveless
3:35pm Laura Marling
5:15pm Benjamin Booker
7:10pm Dr Dog

Read More Lucy Wainwright Roche If the name Lucy Wainwright Roche sounds familiar, that's because her father is Grammy Award-winner Loudon Wainwright III and brother is Rufus Wainwright. …

SUZZY ROCHE & LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE
at Bryant Lake Bowl
Sunday, 09/20/2015, 6:30/9:30pm ($20)
bryantlakebowl.com

Mother/daughter duo Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche will be performing together at Bryant Lake Bowl on Sunday, September 20th. Like many Bryant Lake Bowl concerts, they are booked by the Cedar Cultural Center.

We previously caught Lucy as opener for Dar Williams in April 2015.

Just to address the elephant in the room: yes, the Wainwrights is known for their musical family, including Grammy Award-winner Loudon Wainwright III and Rufus Wainwright....

Please note: there are two time listed, an early and a late show. Early show is sold out.

Tour dates:

09/13 Mill, Iowa City IA
09/15 Ark, Ann Arbor MI
09/16 Pindrop, Spring Lake MI
09/17 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
09/18 Natalie's, Columbus OH
09/19 Cafe Carpe, Ft Atkinson WI
09/20 Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis MN (early)
09/20 Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis MN (late)
09/21 Rochester Civi, Rochester MN
09/22 Space, Evanston IL

Read More Ivan & Alyosha Seattle's Ivan & Alyosha is back in Minneapolis at the 7th Street Entry on May 18th. The last time I saw this band, I was rather impressed by the turnout. ....

NOAH GUNDERSEN
at Fine Line Music Café
Monday, 09/21/2015, 7:30pm ($15)
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Noah Gundersen (founder of The Courage) will be in town at the Fine Line Music Café on Monday, September 21st. He's touring in support of his second studio album Carry the Ghost (Dualtone Records), an album that was inspired by Neil Young’s “Tonight’s the Night.”

Opening up will be indie-folk quintet Ivan & Alyosha, touring for their sophomore album It's All Just Pretend (also available via Dualtone Records). The Seattle band previously headlined the 7th Street Entry earlier in May 2015,

Tour dates:

Sep 11 Biltmore Vancouver, Canada
Sep 12 Neptune Seattle, WA
Sep 13 Bartlett Spokane, WA
Sep 15 Neurolux Boise, ID
Sep 16 State Room Salt Lake City, UT
Sep 18 Ivywild Colorado Springs, CO
Sep 19 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
Sep 20 The Waiting Room Omaha, NE
Sep 21 Fine Line Minneapolis, MN
Sep 23 High Noon Madison, WI
Sep 24 The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
Sep 25 Thalia Hall Chicago, IL
Sep 26 Deluxe @ ONC Indianapolis, IN
Sep 27 Skully's Columbus, OH
Sep 29 Opera House Toronto, Canada
Sep 30 Petit Campus Montreal, Canada
Oct 01 Sinclair Boston, MA
Oct 02 World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA
Oct 03 Black Cat Washington, DC
Oct 06 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
Oct 07 The Southern Charlottesville, VA
Oct 08 The Grey Eagle Asheville, NC
Oct 09 Cannery Ballroom Nashville, TN
Oct 10 Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
Oct 11 Visulite Charlotte, NC
Oct 13 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
Oct 14 Colonial Quarter Jacksonville, FL
Oct 15 The Social Orlando, FL
Oct 16 HIGH DIVE Gainesville, FL
Oct 17 Crowbar Tampa, FL
Oct 18 Club Downunder Tallahassee, FL
Oct 20 Saturn Birmingham, AL
Oct 22 The Parish Austin, TX
Oct 23 Walters on Washington Houston, TX
Oct 24 The Loft Dallas, TX
Oct 27 Valley Bar Phoenix, AZ
Oct 29 Fonda Los Angeles, CA
Oct 30 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
Oct 31 Harlow's Sacramento, CA
Nov 03 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR

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SXSW 2015: Laura Marling at Weather Up, Austin (18 Mar 2015)

poster Setlist False Hope I Feel Your Love Devil's Spoke The Muse Strange Master Hunter How Can I I Speak Because I Can Gurdjieff's Daughter Short Movie Read More Laura Marling Laura Marling just started her U.S. Summer 2013 tour for her latest album Once I Was An Eagle last night at the sold-out Assembly at the Woman's Club show in Minneapolis. ....

Laura Marling is returning with a new album Short Movie, set to be release through Ribbon Music on March 23rd (next week). To promote the album, Marling will be doing a handful of dates, starting with SXSW this week..... Fear not, she'll be returning with a "full band" this July and early August.

Short Movie is Marling's fifth studio album in seven years, a remarkable achievement for someone who just turned 25. Recording since the age of 17 (yes, we've been covering her since 2007).

Fans may be surprise to see that with Short Movie, that she is going electric... Along with plugging in for the first time, Marling chose to produce the album herself. With the "blind" recording process, the record may sound bolder and looser than her previous albums.

Marling co-produced the album with her drummer Matt Ingram and studio engineer Dan Cox. Recorded at Urchin Studios in London, she was joined by her longtime collaborator and friend Ruth De Turberville on cello, Nick Pini on bass and Tom Hobden.

Also worth noting, three of Marling's albums have been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and she is a two-time BRIT Award nominee, winning the UK’s GRAMMY-equivalent for “Best British Female Artist” in 2011. That same year she beat out an array of international talent to the title of “Best Solo Artist” at the NME Awards.

Setlist

Dan writes:

Great set (see setlist) and she is the reason why we came to SXSW 2015. The new record, Short Movie, is out next week and what better way to promote it, than outdoors at SXSW. Three oldies and the rest from the new one. She is so much more confident than when I first saw here at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis, many years ago.

Laura Marling's tour dates:

03/19 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
03/20 Austin, TX @ St. David’s Church
03/23 Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw *
07/27 Montreal, QC Cafe Campus
07/28 Toronto, ON Opera House
07/29 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
07/31 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
08/01 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
08/03 New York, NY Town Hall
08/06 Los Angeles, LA Palace Theatre

* w/ Villagers

Laura Marling at Weather Up, Austin (18 Mar 2015)

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W♥M198: Goodbye 2013

Read More Royal Headache Royal Headache finally came on, just before 1:00 AM. I would consider their music more of a pop-punk than a true punk-rock, as most of their lyrics was inspired by women and not “the man”. …

Brody and Vu closes out 2013 on W♥M Radio on a cold Minnesota day.

Part One: 30th Anniversary of The Smiths' "This Charming Man"

Vu's This Charming Man 12" and Hand in Glove 7"

"This Charming Man" was not the Smiths' first single, but it certainly the most popular of all the Smiths' songs. The single first came out October 31st, 1983, so last month the single officially turned 30 years old.

As for The Smiths' official most downloaded tracks, these are the top three Smiths songs:

01. 'This Charming Man'
02. 'How Soon Is Now?'
03. 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'

Recently dubstepper and EDM (Electronic Dance Music) Skream recently remixed "This Charming Man" ... unfortunately leaving out that memorable Johnny Marr hook and instead concentrated on that piano-bit at the end of the song.



In Morrissey news, he's written Autobiography. The audio book features actor David Morrissey, so it's Morrissey reading Morrissey.

Palma Violets: 180 Rough Trade

Part Two: Top Music of 2013

Brody's top 10 albums of 2013:

01. Palma Violets - 180
02. Arctic Monkeys - AM
03. Polica - Shulamith
04. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
05. Volcano Choir - Repave
06. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
07. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
08. Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
09. Splashh - Comfort
10. British Sea Power - From the Sea to the Land

Vu doesn't have a top 10 of 2013. Instead, here are some more memorable live shows/hearing their new songs of 2013.

Franz Ferdinand: Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action Domino

01. Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action by Franz Ferdinand
Honestly, have not listened to this new album, but I heard some of those songs live when they toured here for that album. It sounds like typical dancey Franz Ferdinand. They know the formula, they know what we like.

02. The Blow by The Blow
Been a fan of the Blow for a long time, but finally got to see them for their new self-titled album. They only did new songs, possibly because their previous albums were in collaboration with YACHT and other people. This new incarnation of the Blow is Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne. The live performance is tailored to the music, so it was incredible to watch. Bought their 12" record at the show, so impressed.

03. True Romance by Charli XCX
Charli XCX has the hottest song of 2012: "I Love It", but you may not know it's her song. Instead Icona Pop is credited because they released it as a single - but the song was written by Charli. She sold out her two appearance in Chicago, we caught her second show.

04. Personal Record by Eleanor Friedberger
This new record was co-written by John Wesley Harding (now known as Wesley Stace) and the beautiful Eleanor Friedberger. We've seen her three times in Minneapolis just this 2013.

05. Deltron 3030: Event II by Deltron 3030
The supergroup of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala, the trio brought a hip hop/urban music that is in some ways a much better version of Gorillaz.

Ylvis: What Does the Fox Say? WM Norway

Part Three: Top Songs of 2013

Brody: Arctic Monkeys - "No. 1 Party Anthem"

Vu: Ylvis - "What Does the Fox Say?"

Part Four: Song of the Show

Brody chose Royal Headache's "Never Again" from their 2011 self-titled debut album. The Australian band stopped by Minneapolis last year in support of the album. You can read more about their show here at W♥M.

BONUS: Speaking of royal, Lorde tops the Spotify charts with "Royals". Plus: Jakobinarina's "This is an Advertisement", Vu's interview with Gold Fields, Laura Marling and her masterful hunting, and Reverend And The Makers' "Heavyweight Champion Of The World".

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