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Read More Small Black Small Black is back on tour, and stopping by St Paul's Turf Club next Saturday, April 5th. The band will likely play tracks from their latest Limits Of Desire and upcoming EP Real People …

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Chillwave pioneers Small Black will be back on tour this August 2021. All USA dates are supported by Korine.

The tour is in support of their new album Cheap Dreams , which came out in April 2021.

We previously caught Small Black in November 2015 and wrote, “we've seen the band before and said they sounded like 80s dance keyboard. Some people have described the band as chillwave, but I really don't agree with that term. They aren't calm or "chill", particularly when they start up the fog and strobe lights... making for a fun dance party.”

Small Black 2021 Tour Dates:

08/05 - COLUMBUS, OH @ Ace of Spade
08/06 - CHICAGO, IL @ Lincoln Hall
08/07 - MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ 7th Street Entry
08/10 - DENVER, CO @ Marquis
08/11 - SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ Urban Lounge
08/13 - PORTLAND, OR @ Doug Fir
08/17 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ The Independent
08/20 - LOS ANGELES, CA @ Echoplex
08/21 - SAN DIEGO, CA @ The Casbah
08/22 - PHOENIX, AZ @ Valley Bar
08/25 - AUSTIN, TX @ Antone's
08/26 - DALLAS, TX @ Tulips
08/28 - NASHVILLE, TN @ High Watt
08/29 - ATLANTA, GA @ Masquerade
09/01 - WASHINGTON, DC @ Union Stage
09/08 - PHILADELPHIA, PA @ Foundry
09/09 - BOSTON, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
09/11 - BROOKLYN, NY @ Elsewhere

Read More Little Dragon The last time we saw Sweden’s Little Dragon was in May 2015 and we said, “I'm happy to report that Little Dragon is all grown up. Since we last saw the Swedish band in November 2009 …

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Sweden’s Little Dragon will be releasing New Me, Same Us Remix EP on August 6, via Ninja Tune. The release features remixes from Ela Minus, Octo Octa, Midland, Andrés, Lil Silva, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Poté, FKJ and Little Dragon themselves (on “The Other Lover”).

We caught the band in May 2015 and noted, “With the larger stage of First Avenue's mainroom, the band had custom diamond light setup with a massive backdrop image. Musically, the band is doing more dance club, even tribal, sound. This music appeal to a new larger legion of club music ... only a little more diverse with various ethnic groups. This newfound fanbase may have been steadily building throughout the years, but it probably didn't hurt that Little Dragon's Nabuma Rubberband got nominated for a Grammy for best Dance/Electronic album of the year (2014).”

Track listing

1 Hold On (Ela Minus Remix)
2 Rush (Lil Silva Remix)
3 Another Lover (Octo Octa's River Flow Mix)
4 Hold On (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix)
5 Rush (Midland Remix)
6 Hold On (Andrés Remix)
7 The Other Lover (Little Dragon Vocal Celebration Mix)
8 Water (FKJ Remix)
9 Hold On (Poté Remix)

Read More Michael Kiwanuka UPDATE: The entire USA Michael Kiwanuka tour has been cancelled. Stay tuned for details. Michael Kiwanuka Live: 11/30, Webster Hall, New York, NY …

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Director Steve McQueen (not that Steve McQueen) teamed up with Motown Records UK for the official soundtrack to the five-film anthology Small Axe.

McQueen personally curated curated all the songs on the The Small Axe Official Soundtrack, which featured an original score by award-winning composer Mica Levi.

Other tracks will include a rendition of “To Be Young, Gifted And Black” by Michael Kiwanuka and a rework of Janet Kay’s classic “Silly Games” by Tiana Major9.

Tracklisting

1. Mica Levi – Protest
2. Toots & The Maytals – Pressure Drop
3. Prince Far I – Throw Away Your Gun
4. Linton Kwesi Johnson – New Crass Massahkah
5. Sheyi Cole – Uprising
6. Marvin Gaye – Got To Give It Up
7. Tiana Major9 – Silly Games
8. Rochenda Sandall – Dread Beat An' Blood
9. Mica Levi – Old Bailey
10. Michael Kiwanuka – To Be Young, Gifted And Black
11. Imagination – So Good, So Right
12. Junior English – After Tonight
13. Mica Levi – In God You Must Trust
14. Shaun Parkes – Inglan Is A Bitch
15. Janet Kay – Silly Games (Lovers Rock Edit)
16. King Tubby, Augustus Pablo & The Aggrovators – More Warning

THE TINY MEAT GANG tmgpod.com The Tiny Meat Gang Podcast announced “TMG Live In Space”', a special upcoming live episode presented by the premium digital live platform Moment House. Hosted by comedians Cody Ko and Noel Miller, they highlight the funnier side of pop culture, social media, and the growing technological landscape. The hour-long show will go live Thursday, July 29th at 5:00PM PT / 8:00PM ET. Tickets are available in person or on VOD.

MINI TREES minitreesband.com Los Angeles based Lexi Vega’s solo musical project Mini Trees announced that she will be releasing a debut album on Run For Cover Records. The yet-to-be titled album is set to release this fall. To celebrate the news, Mini Trees released the new single “Spring”. Mini Trees will be appearing at The Moroccan Lounge in Los Angeles, on September 30, 2021.

LITTLE SIMZ littlesimz.com British rapper/singer Little Simz will be releasing Sometimes I Might Be Introvert in September 2021. Little Simz talked about one of her songs from the new album, “I Love You, I Hate You,” and said that it was a difficult song… because it was about her absent father. In the end, she concludes, “I’m not forgiving for you, man, I’m forgiving for me.”

LIL BABY facebook.com American rapper Lil Baby will embark on a nationwide tour with Lil Durk performing hits off their recent collaborative album, The Voice of the Heroes (which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart). The fall tour will kick off September 1st in Mansfield, MA, and will end October 15 in West Palm Beach, FL. See his website for full listing

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Gorillaz at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul (20 Sep 2017) (Updated)

Gorillaz Setlist M1 A1 Last Living Souls 📺 Murdoc BB Saturnz Barz Tomorrow Comes Today Rhinestone Eyes Every Planet We Reach Is Dead Sleeping Powder 📺 Indent: Madam On Melancholy Hill Busted and Blue El Mañana Ascension with Vince Staples Strobelite with Peven Everett Submission with Danny Brown 📺 Noodle BB Andromeda Sex Murder Party with Jamie Principle and Zebra Katz Garage Palace with Little Simz Superfast Jellyfish with De La Soul Kids With Guns 📺 Russell BB We Got the Power with Jehnny Beth -- Encore -- Stylo with Peven Everett Feel Good Inc. with De La Soul 📺 2D BB Clint Eastwood Don't Get Lost in Heaven Demon Days Danny Brown Setlist Side B (Dope Song) Kool Aid Smokin & Drinkin Grown Up 25 Bucks Ain’t It Funny Really Doe When It Rain Pneumonia Attak (Rustie cover) Vince Staples Setlist Birds & Bees Homage Rain Come Down Love Can Be... 745 Loco Surf War Ready Big Fish Norf Norf Read More Gorillaz I'm not going to lie, I love me some Gorillaz-action. Being a fan of Blur and Tank Girl and Dan the Automator, it was only natural that I fell in love with this cartoon band's first single, "Clint Eastwood"…

Gorillaz headlined the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St Paul last week (September 20th) in support of their new album Humanz.

It was the band’s first tour in seven years. As expected, the show sold out, leaving many fans and families standing outside the venue looking for spare tickets. The most interesting thing about the audience is that it was a good mixture of Black, White, and Asian fans. The audience was as diverse as some of the music of Gorillaz.

Vince Staples (one third of the hip hop Cutthroat Boyz) started the show with ‘Birds & Bees’ in a dark, deep red smoke. It would make sense that Gorillaz personally asked Staples (and other opener Danny Brown) to open for them, as Staples (among many others) collaborated with Gorillaz on their new Humanz album.

Currently signed to ARTium Recordings, Blacksmith Records, and Def Jam Recordings, Staples’ sophomore album Big Fish Theory debut at number 16 on the US Billboard 200 on the strength of his singles ‘Rain Come Down’ and ‘Big Fish’.

Staples spent the majority of his set in near darkness with a red backdrop, with the exceptions of ‘745’, which had a custom video of a car driving down a desert freeway, and ‘Big Fish’ with a video of a gold fish.

Detroit’s Danny Brown had a lot of buzz from the crowd coming on stage. Even if the audience were only casual Brown fans, they knew enough to sing along to ’25 Bucks’ and ‘Smokin & Drinkin’, both taken from his critically acclaimed album Old.

‘When It Rain’ and ‘Pneumonia’ was played near the end of his set, which was taken from Brown’s most recent album Atrocity Exhibition (Warp Records).

If you’re in the Detroit area, Brown and DJ Assault & Bruiser Brigade will be taking over Club Fantasy for their “Bruiser Thanksgiving 4” on November 22nd.

As for Gorillaz (a British “virtual band” created by Blur’s Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett), what can we say, other than that they put on a fantastic show. No expenses were spared when it came to audio/visual displays, and bringing in top talents. Seeing the original collaborators on stage really brought their live shows to another level. While most bands would settle for a video duet or employing another band member, Gorillaz spent the extra money on their budget to bring in Peven Everett, Jamie Principle, Zebra Katz Little Simz, Jehnny Beth, and De La Soul.

For the artists they couldn’t get to commit to the tour, notably Popcaan (for ‘Saturnz Barz’) and Del the Funky Homosapien (for ‘Clint Eastwood’), their contributions were shown on the video screen.

On the music portion of Gorillaz is, of course, Damon Albarn on singing duties, but occasional on piano, guitars, keytar, and the melodica, when the song called for it. Mike Smith on keyboards, Jeff Wootton on lead guitar, Seye Adelekan on bass and ukulele, Gabriel Wallace on drums, Karl Vanden Bossche on additional drums and percussion, Jesse Hackett on keyboards, and a gospel choir: Angel Silvera, Petra Luke, Rebecca Freckleton, Michelle, Matthew Allen, and Marcus Anthony Johnson.

For the guest rappers, they often bring an interesting take of their songs. The songs aren’t 100% the same as you hear on the recorded studio album. For example, De La Soul changed some of their verses around, and Zebra Katz brought a visual element to their song by dressing up in a truly unique fashion. The visuals and dancing from Katz and Jamie Principle definitely change the way you perceive ‘Sex Murder Party’.

The biggest surprise, at least for me, was the appearance of Jehnny Beth (from Savages), as she isn’t considered a hip hop or rapper. Savages is more on the punk / rock side of the genre, so hearing her sing with Damon Albarn for ‘We Got the Power’ was a real treat.

We’re happy to see Gorillaz do so well in America, especially because we have previously stated that Albarn’s other band Blur had failed to break America after possibly seeing Blur’s last American show in 2015.

Gorillaz continues their successful Humanz tour:

09/30/2017 KeyArena At Seattle Center Seattle, WA
10/05/2017 Forum Inglewood, CA
10/08/2017 Austin City Limits Music Festiva
10/11/2017 Infinite Energy Center Duluth, GA
10/13/2017 III Points Festival
10/15/2017 Austin City Limits Music Festival
11/01/2017 Rockhal Club Luxembourg, Luxembourg
11/02/2017 Wiener Stadthalle Vienna, Austria
11/04/2017 Royal Arena Copenhagen, Denmark
11/05/2017 Oslo Spektrum Arena Oslo, Norway
11/06/2017 Hovet Stockholm, Sweden
11/08/2017 Samsung Hall Zurich, Switzerland
11/09/2017 Geneva Arena Geneva, Switzerland
11/11/2017 Zenith - Die Kulturhalle Munich, Germany
11/13/2017 BudapestArena Budapest, Hungary
11/14/2017 O2 Arena Prague, Czech Republic
11/17/2017 Max-Schmeling-Halle Berlin, Germany
11/18/2017 Mitsubishi Electric Halle Dusseldorf, Germany
11/19/2017 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Hamburg, Germany
11/21/2017 Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands
11/22/2017 Forest National Brussels, Belgium
11/24/2017 Zenith Paris Paris, France
11/25/2017 Zenith Paris Paris, France
11/27/2017 The Brighton Centre Brighton, United Kingdom
11/29/2017 The SSE Hydro Glasgow, United Kingdom
12/01/2017 Manchester Arena Manchester, United Kingdom
12/02/2017 Arena Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom
12/04/2017 The O2 - London London, United Kingdom
12/05/2017 The O2 - London London, United Kingdom
12/13/2017 Velodromo Montevideo, Uruguay
12/16/2017 Bue Festival

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Danny Brown

Gorillaz Setlist

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Gorillaz (Damon Albarn)

Gorillaz (Damon Albarn)

Zebra Katz

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Peven Everett

Little Simz

Gorillaz with Jehnny Beth

Gorillaz (with De La Soul) at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul (20 September 2017)

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