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Local Natives at First Avenue, Minneapolis (01 Aug 2022)

Local Natives Setlist Megaton Mile I Saw You Close Your Eyes Coins Ceilings Desert Snow Past Lives Wide Eyes Sun Hands You & I Statues in the Garden (Arras) Heavy Feet Airplanes Dark Days Who Knows, Who Cares -- Encore --                Hourglass When Am I Gonna Lose You Jordana Setlist Pressure Point To the Ground Play Fair Better in the Dark Summer's Over Sweet to Dream Go Slow I Mean That Catch My Drift Why Read More Local Natives Earlier this October, Local Natives were out on tour in support of their sophomore album Hummingbird. If you love what you heard, you'd be happy to know that they've just …

It’s been three years since Local Natives went out on tour… and they seemed so happy to be standing on stage, at First Avenue’s mainroom on Monday night. The group announced they were making up for lost time, and rocked and danced as hard as they’re able.

Opening the show was Jordana… who we just saw just short of two months ago at the 7th Street Entry. The two sets were nearly identical, but leaving out the Strokes covers as she had a limited opening set time.

Comparing the two shows, Jordana seemed much more excited to play in front of a much larger audience. She is a real fan of Local Natives, so it’s an honor for her to play with them. And she’s made plenty of newfound fans, who would sometime shout out, “you’re awesome!” as she played on stage.

As with her previous appearance, Jordana is joined on stage by guitarist/sometime keys Hayden, guitarist Sagiv Rosenstock, drummer Blake, and a bendible Gumby toy sitting on the mic stand. God, she loves that thing.

As for Local Natives, it’s good to see the band back in action again. We haven’t seen the band in over 20 years (opening up for Suckers in May 2010), so it’s been a long time.

Since that debut album Gorilla Manor, the group released Hummingbird, Sunlit Youth, and Violet Street… the latter in 2019 on Loma Vista records. Their set is handpicking some of their favorite songs from those albums and putting it on their setlist.

Their encore song started with their new single, “Hourglass”, which the band described as exploring “the difficulty when feeling divided and isolated from some of the people we love most while knowing the time we have with them is finite, and contains some of our favorite LN lyrics. This music got us through really difficult times and reminded us how much joy we get out of playing music together. We couldn’t be more excited to share these songs and play them live on our first tour in 3 years.”

Local Natives continues their tour:

08-03 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre %
08-04 - Ogden, UT - Ogden Twilight %
08-09 - Los Angeles, CA - YouTube Theatre %
08-12 - Denver, CO - Ogden %
08-14 - Oklahoma City, OK - Jones Assembly %
08-15 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues %
08-16 - Austin, TX - ACL Live %
08-18 - Nashville, TN - The Ryman %
08-19 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City %
08-20 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre %
08-22 - Wilmington, NC - Greenfield Lake Amp %
08-23 - Washington, DC - Anthem %
08-24 - Philadelphia, PA - Fillmore %
08-27 - Boston, MA - House of Blues %

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Local Natives at First Avenue, Minneapolis (01 Aug 2022)

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Minneapolis: This Week (08/07/2022)

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

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08/01 Local Natives with Jordana at First Avenue Read More Local Natives Earlier this October, Local Natives were out on tour in support of their sophomore album Hummingbird. If you love what you heard, you'd be happy to know that they've just …

08/01/2022 Monday

Local Natives
with Jordana
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

It’s been over twenty years since we saw Local Natives, in fact, we saw them open for Suckers in May 2010. Funny how things turned out for Suckers and the 400 Bar… but Local Natives are still going strong in 2022.

Opening for LN will be Jordana… who we just saw last month at the 7th Street Entry. Yes, it’s only a month ago that Jordana was in Minneapolis for the first time… let’s see how she deals with being back in the city a second time. Except to see her “favorite aunt” on tour with her.

Expect her to play tracks from her TV Girl collaboration EP Summer’s Over, as well as tracks from her latest album Face The Wall (Grand Jury).

Tour dates:

08-01 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave %
08-03 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre %
08-04 - Ogden, UT - Ogden Twilight %
08-09 - Los Angeles, CA - YouTube Theatre %
08-12 - Denver, CO - Ogden %
08-14 - Oklahoma City, OK - Jones Assembly %
08-15 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues %
08-16 - Austin, TX - ACL Live %
08-18 - Nashville, TN - The Ryman %
08-19 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City %
08-20 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre %
08-22 - Wilmington, NC - Greenfield Lake Amp %
08-23 - Washington, DC - Anthem %
08-24 - Philadelphia, PA - Fillmore %
08-27 - Boston, MA - House of Blues %

% w/ Jordana

08/02 Eivør with Emily Jane White at The Cedar Cultural Center Read More Eivør Faroese folk electronica artist Eivør will be stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center on Saturday, January 22nd. Her latest album Segl, which was produced by Lana Del Rey collaborator Dan Heath, is out now. …

08/02/2022 Tuesday

Eivør
with Emily Jane White
at The Cedar Cultural Center
first-avenue.com

Originally scheduled in Jan 2022, the show was moved to August 2nd.

Faroese folk electronica artist Eivør will be stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center. Her latest album Segl, which was produced by Lana Del Rey collaborator Dan Heath, is out now.

Segl got a lot of buzz, thanks to featuring appearances from Ásgeir (who we saw in Sept 2017) and Einar Selvik of Wardruna.

Emily Jane White will open.

Jul 21 Ottawa, ON, Canada National Arts Centre
Jul 28 Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
Jul 29 New York (NYC), NY, US Le Poisson Rouge
Jul 30 Silver Spring, MD, US The Fillmore Silver Spring
Aug 1 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
Aug 2 Minneapolis, MN, US The Cedar Cultural Center
Aug 5 Boulder, CO, US Fox Theatre
Aug 9 Seattle, WA, US The Crocodile
Aug 11 San Francisco, CA, US The Chapel
Aug 13 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US El Rey Theatre
Sep 30 Warsaw, Poland Niebo
Oct 1 Krakow, Poland Kwadrat
Oct 2 Poznan, Poland Centrum Kultury Zamek
Oct 4 Bratislava, Slovakia Majestic Music Club
Oct 5 Vienna, Austria Konzerthaus Wien
Oct 6 Budapest, Hungary A38 Ship / A38 Hajó
Oct 8 Luzern, Switzerland Schüür
Oct 9 Ravensburg, Germany Kantine
Oct 10 Leipzig, Germany Täubchenthal
Oct 12 Hamburg, Germany Mojo Club
Oct 13 Berlin, Germany Passionskirche Kreuzberg
Oct 14 Cologne, Germany Kulturkirche Köln-ost
Oct 15 Aschaffenburg, Germany Colos-Saal
Oct 16 Nuremberg, Germany Z-Bau
Oct 17 Ludwigsburg, Germany Scala
Oct 18 Paris, France La Maroquinerie
Oct 20 Southampton, UK Engine Rooms
Oct 21 London, UK Heaven
Oct 22 Manchester, UK Gorilla
Oct 23 Glasgow, UK The Garage
Oct 25 Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli Vredenburg
Jan 17 2023 Manchester, UK The Bridgewater Hall

08/06 IAN SWEET with Bnny at 7th St Entry Read More Ian Sweet Los Angeles’ Ian Sweet (aka Jilian Medford) will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry in support of her new album Crush Crusher (available October 26th on Hardly Art). She’s bringing Young Jesus with her on this tour. …

08/06/2022 Saturday

IAN SWEET
with Bnny
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Originally scheduled in Feb 2022, the show was moved to August 6th.

Jilian Medford, aka Ian Sweet (no relations to Matthew Sweet), is returning to the 7th Street Entry this August 6th, with support from Chicago quartet Bnny.

Ian Sweet’s 2021 album is called Show Me How You Disappear. The album was praised far and wide, with Pitchfork writing that it’s “bigger, brighter, cleaner, [and] more ambitious than anything she’s done...The album scales heights and punches the air upon reaching them, and the best songs swell in your chest like prime-era Broken Social Scene.”

Tour dates:

Fri. Jul. 22 - 24 - Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
Wed. Jul. 27 - New York, NY @ Baby's All Right #
Thu. Jul. 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s #
Fri. Jul. 29 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd #
Sun. Jul. 31 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall #
Mon. Aug. 1 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz #
Tue. Aug. 2 - Toronto, ON @ Baby G #
Thu. Aug. 4 - Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village #
Fri. Aug. 5 - Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo #
Sat. Aug. 6 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry #
Mon. Aug. 8 - Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge #
Tue. Aug. 9 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar #
Thu. Aug. 11 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge #
Fri. Aug. 12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court #
Sun. Aug. 14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar#

#=w/ Bnny

08/07 Hoodie Allen at Fine Line Read More Hoodie Allen NYC indie rapper Hoodie Allen got the festivities started with an energetic 40 min. set, playing to a crowd that was clearly his fanbase. Starting with ‘Fame’, a recent collaboration with Chiddy Bang …

08/07/2022 Sunday

Hoodie Allen
with Belaganas
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Hoodie Allen is currently on his With or Without You 2022 summer tour. The tour mark the 10-year anniversary of his first commercially released album All American. We caught the rapper during the tour for that album in Sept 2013 and wrote, “NYC indie rapper Hoodie Allen got the festivities started with an energetic 40 min. set, playing to a crowd that was clearly his fanbase. Starting with ‘Fame’, a recent collaboration with Chiddy Bang, the 25 year-old rapper got everyone moving immediately concentrating mostly on tracks from his most recent self-released full-length, All American, mashing up songs and keeping the set momentum moving (even U mascot Goldy Gopher jumped on stage to join in).”

Although not officially on the venue’s website, we are told that Phoenix’s Belaganas will open the show. The trio (vocalist Shanker, vocalist Joey J, and guitarist/drummer Nick Wille) formed in 2018 when they were teenagers.

Tour dates:

August 2 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
August 3 - Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry
August 5 - Detroit, MI @ Shelter
August 6 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
August 7 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fineline
August 9 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird
August 10 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
August 12 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
August 13 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
August 15 - Oakland, CA @ New Parish
August 16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
August 17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Aura
August 20 - Dallas, TX @ Cambridge Room
August 21 - Houston, TX @ Bronze Peacock
August 23 - Atlanta, GA @ Loft
August 24 - Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
August 26 - Washington DC @ Union Stage
August 27 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

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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Minneapolis: August 1 to August 3

08/01 Deeper with Wombo at 7th St Entry Read More Deeper Opening up the show was Chicago’s Deeper. The band is usually a trio (Shiraz Bhatti, Nic Gohl, and Drew McBride), but for their live set, they’re accompanied by an additional guitarist. …

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08/01/2022 Monday

Deeper
with Wombo
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Chicago’s Deeper is returning to the area, this time headlining the 7th Street Entry on August 1st.

We saw Deeper in Sep 2019 and said, “The band is usually a trio (Shiraz Bhatti, Nic Gohl, and Drew McBride), but for their live set, they’re accompanied by an additional guitarist. The most interesting thing is that the band, besides from the fact that the lead singer sounds like Robert Smith (of The Cure), is that the band loves Minneapolis’ John Maus.”

Opening will be Louisville’s trio, Wombo, touring in support of their album, Fairy Rust, via Fire Talk Records.

Tour dates:

08.01 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
08.04 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
08.09 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick and Mortar
08.10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
08.11 - San Diego, CA @ Whistle Stop Bar
08.12 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Beast
08.13 - Tucson, AZ @ Templetons

all dates with Wombo

08/01 Local Natives with Jordana at First Avenue Read More Local Natives Earlier this October, Local Natives were out on tour in support of their sophomore album Hummingbird. If you love what you heard, you'd be happy to know that they've just …

08/01/2022 Monday

Local Natives
with Jordana
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

It’s been over twenty years since we saw Local Natives, in fact, we saw them open for Suckers in May 2010. Funny how things turned out for Suckers and the 400 Bar… but Local Natives are still going strong in 2022.

Opening for LN will be Jordana… who we just saw last month at the 7th Street Entry. Yes, it’s only a month ago that Jordana was in Minneapolis for the first time… let’s see how she deals with being back in the city a second time. Except to see her “favorite aunt” on tour with her.

Expect her to play tracks from her TV Girl collaboration EP Summer’s Over, as well as tracks from her latest album Face The Wall (Grand Jury).

Tour dates:

08-01 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave %
08-03 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre %
08-04 - Ogden, UT - Ogden Twilight %
08-09 - Los Angeles, CA - YouTube Theatre %
08-12 - Denver, CO - Ogden %
08-14 - Oklahoma City, OK - Jones Assembly %
08-15 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues %
08-16 - Austin, TX - ACL Live %
08-18 - Nashville, TN - The Ryman %
08-19 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City %
08-20 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre %
08-22 - Wilmington, NC - Greenfield Lake Amp %
08-23 - Washington, DC - Anthem %
08-24 - Philadelphia, PA - Fillmore %
08-27 - Boston, MA - House of Blues %

% w/ Jordana

08/01 Shamir with Creeping Charlie at Turf Club Read More Shamir Father/Daughter Records recently released Shamir’s new album, Revelations. The band is touring this December with support from Peaer. …

08/01/2022 Monday

Shamir
with Creeping Charlie
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Philadelphia’s Vegas-born multidisciplinary Shamir is touring in support of his new album Heterosexuality. The tour will stop by the Turf Club in St Paul on August 1st.

We last mentioned Shamir as having re-interpreted Esther Rose’s song in July 2021.

Creeping Charlie to open.

Tour dates:

7/20: Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom*
7/21: New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall *
7/22: Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
7/23: Toronto, ON @ Adelaide Hall
7/24: Montreal, QC @ Ministere
7/26: New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall *
7/28: Columbus, OH @ The Basement+
7/29: Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop+
7/30: Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch +
7/31: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle+
8/1: Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club+
8/4: Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
8/5: Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
8/6: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
8/9: San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Shop
8/12: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
8/13: San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
8/16: las Vegas, NV @ The Space
8/18: Denver, CO, @ Ophelia’s

* supporting Courtney Barnett
+ w/ Creeping Charlie

08/02 Fleet Foxes with Uwade at Surly Brewing Festival Field Read More Fleet Foxes Seattle’s Fleet Foxes sold out their double booking at the Palace Theatre in St Paul. At the height of the popularity, we jokingly called them an unknown indie folk band when we reviewed their...

08/02/2022 Tuesday

Fleet Foxes
with Uwade
at Surly Brewing Festival Field
first-avenue.com

Folk favorite Fleet Foxes is touring in support of A Very Lonely Solstice (recorded in December 2020, at Brooklyn, NY’s St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church). Fans can pre-order the forthcoming Wading in Waist-High Water: The Lyrics of Fleet Foxes book, available in November 2022.

The tour will stop in at the Surly Brewing Festival Field in Minneapolis on August 2, 2022.

Uwade to open.

Tour dates:

6/27 Salt Lake City, UT @ Sandy Amphitheater
6/28 Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
7/01 Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum
7/02 Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
7/03 Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater
7/05 Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Federal Theatre
7/06 San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union
7/08 Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
7/09 Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
7/10 Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre
7/12 Portland, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater
7/15 Seattle, WA @ King County’s Marymoor Park
7/29 Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
7/30 Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
7/31 Pelham, TN @ The Caverns
8/02 Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Festival Field
8/03 Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
8/05 Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
8/06 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
8/09 Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/10 Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion
8/12 Philadelphia, PA @ The Mann Center
8/13 New York, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
8/26 London, UK @ All Points East
8/28 Dublin, IE @ National Museum
8/30 Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
8/31 Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow
9/02 Wiltshire, UK @ End of the Road Festival
9/03 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo Manchester
9/05 Paris, FR @ Salle Pleyel
9/06 Antwerp, BE @ De Roma
9/07 Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
9/09 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
9/10 Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
9/11 Berlin, BE @ Columbiahalle

08/02 Eivør with Emily Jane White at The Cedar Cultural Center Read More Eivør Faroese folk electronica artist Eivør will be stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center on Saturday, January 22nd. Her latest album Segl, which was produced by Lana Del Rey collaborator Dan Heath, is out now. …

08/02/2022 Tuesday

Eivør
with Emily Jane White
at The Cedar Cultural Center
first-avenue.com

Originally scheduled in Jan 2022, the show was moved to August 2nd.

Faroese folk electronica artist Eivør will be stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center. Her latest album Segl, which was produced by Lana Del Rey collaborator Dan Heath, is out now.

Segl got a lot of buzz, thanks to featuring appearances from Ásgeir (who we saw in Sept 2017) and Einar Selvik of Wardruna.

Emily Jane White will open.

Jul 21 Ottawa, ON, Canada National Arts Centre
Jul 28 Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
Jul 29 New York (NYC), NY, US Le Poisson Rouge
Jul 30 Silver Spring, MD, US The Fillmore Silver Spring
Aug 1 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
Aug 2 Minneapolis, MN, US The Cedar Cultural Center
Aug 5 Boulder, CO, US Fox Theatre
Aug 9 Seattle, WA, US The Crocodile
Aug 11 San Francisco, CA, US The Chapel
Aug 13 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US El Rey Theatre
Sep 30 Warsaw, Poland Niebo
Oct 1 Krakow, Poland Kwadrat
Oct 2 Poznan, Poland Centrum Kultury Zamek
Oct 4 Bratislava, Slovakia Majestic Music Club
Oct 5 Vienna, Austria Konzerthaus Wien
Oct 6 Budapest, Hungary A38 Ship / A38 Hajó
Oct 8 Luzern, Switzerland Schüür
Oct 9 Ravensburg, Germany Kantine
Oct 10 Leipzig, Germany Täubchenthal
Oct 12 Hamburg, Germany Mojo Club
Oct 13 Berlin, Germany Passionskirche Kreuzberg
Oct 14 Cologne, Germany Kulturkirche Köln-ost
Oct 15 Aschaffenburg, Germany Colos-Saal
Oct 16 Nuremberg, Germany Z-Bau
Oct 17 Ludwigsburg, Germany Scala
Oct 18 Paris, France La Maroquinerie
Oct 20 Southampton, UK Engine Rooms
Oct 21 London, UK Heaven
Oct 22 Manchester, UK Gorilla
Oct 23 Glasgow, UK The Garage
Oct 25 Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli Vredenburg
Jan 17 2023 Manchester, UK The Bridgewater Hall

08/03 Florist with Marc Merza at Turf Club Read More Florist Next up was Florist, their first time in Minnesota, touring in support of their debut record The Birds Outside Sang (Double Double Whammy Records). The story of Florist …

08/03/2022 Wednesday

Florist
with Marc Merza
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Florist is touring in support of their self-titled album from Double Double Whammy. We saw the band on their first appearance in Minneapolis, in June 2016 and wrote, “The story of Florist was that it was a project that Emily Sprague started with her two friends (Rick Spataro, and Jonnie Baker) in Upstate, New York. Eventually, Sprague moved to New York City, but still kept writing music and using the moniker ‘Florist’. By 2014, after a result of a severe bicycle accident that broke her arm and neck... she began writing songs about recovery, isolation, physical, emotional, pain, nature, death, etc., many of which eventually made it onto her The Birds Outside Sang album.”

Marc Merza to open.

Tour dates:

7/30 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
7/31 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
8/1 - Ferndale, MI @ Otus Supply
8/2 - Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
8/3 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
8/5 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
8/6 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
8/7 - Boise, ID @ Kin
8/8 - Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s
8/9 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
8/11 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
8/12 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
8/13 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
8/15 - Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress
8/16 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
8/18 - Austin, TX @ The Ballroom
8/19 - Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips
8/20 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
8/22 - Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR
8/24 - Washington DC @ DC9
8/25 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Lounge at World Cafe Live
8/26 - Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s
8/27 - Buffalo, NY @ Silo City Readings (Solo)

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 ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

Kidding Around 2021

Read more Kidding Around and Kidding Around II

Read More Middle Kids Show up early to check out Australian trio Middle Kids (Hannah Joy, Harry Day and Tim Fitz), who will be releasing New Songs For Old Problems (Domino Records). … Mattiel Atlanta-based band Mattiel (fronted by singer Mattiel Brown) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on June 12th. The band is touring in support of their forthcoming sophomore album. …

MIDDLE KIDS
middlekidsmusic.com

Sydney’s Middle Kids, featuring singer/guitarist Hannah Joy, bassist Tim Fitz, and drummer Harry Day, will be touring in 2021 for their humbly named Today We’re The Greatest.

The band was previously in Minneapolis in May 2019 with Local Natives. This time, the band is headlining the 7th Street Entry (moved from the Turf Club), with Mattiel listed as opener. More details on First-avenue.com

Tour Dates:

September 18 - Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT
September 19 - Sinclair - Boston, MA
September 20 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY
September 22 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
September 23 - Mr. Smalls - Pittsburgh, PA
September 26 - Firefly Festival - Delaware, DE
September 28 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON
September 30 - A&R - Columbus, OH
October 1 - Loving Touch - Detroit, MI
October 2 - Metro - Chicago, IL
October 3 - Fine Line Cafe - Minneapolis, MN
October 7 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
October 8 - Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC
October 9 - Crocodile - Seattle, WA
October 11 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA
October 12 - Casbah - San Diego, CA
October 13 - Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA
October 14 - Pappy & Harriet’s - Pioneertown, CA
October 18 - Mohawk - Austin, TX
October 19 - Tulips - Dallas, TX
October 21 - Aisle 5 - Atlanta, GA
October 22 - Exit/In - Nashville, TN

Read More The Get Up Kids The Get Up Kids haven't been around for a few years, but they are NOT forgotten, as evident by the nice turnout for the band on a hot Sunday evening at the Triple Rock Social Club. And you know what that means: three bands for triple the rock. . …

THE GET UP KIDS
thegetupkids.com

Just a quick note to say that The Get Up Kids is returning to the Twin Cities… playing the Turf Club, in St Paul, on October 3rd.

As far as I know, the band doesn’t have a new album, but their breakout album Something To Write About got a “Deluxe” reissue recently. The band also appeared on Episode 3 of Vagrant Records: 25 Years on the Streets, which was a 2-episode deep-dive into the history of acclaimed band.

Their last album, Problems, came out in 2019… their first full-length album in eight years! The Record examined everything from life-changing loss to loneliness of… being lonely.

The band have survived throughout the years, thanks to their devoted fan… who they interact with on their Patreon. The band will record new songs, cover songs, and whatever they want, for their most diehard fans.

Tour Dates

Sep 17 Lemonade Park Kansas City, MO, US
Sep 23 HI-FI Indianapolis, IN, US
Sep 24 Piere's Fort Wayne, IN, US
Sep 24 Furnace Festival Birmingham, AL, US
Sep 25 Red Flag St Louis, MO, US
Oct 1 Maintenance Shop Ames, IA, US
Oct 2 Harold's on Main Moorhead, MN, US
Oct 3 Turf Club St. Paul, MN, US
Jul 5 2022 Manchester Academy Manchester, UK
Jul 6 2022 O2 Academy Brixton London, UK
Jul 6 2022 2000 Trees Cheltenham, UK

LANY Lany was the opening act. They are a three piece synth-pop band from Los Angeles with catchy, yet dreamy, pop songs. There were songs where I almost ....

220 KID
soundcloud.com/220kid

BRIT nominated, number one charting artist, producer, and 220 Kid (pronounced “two twenty kid”) recently teamed up with LANY, for their collaborative single “Stupid Feelings”. The single is available from Astralwerks.

Apparently 220 Kid and LANY’s frontman Paul Klein are close friends and wanted to team up to bring both their style to both their fanbase.

Speaking of the single 220 KID said “working with artists I love and admire is what makes producing music so special, teaming up with LANY on this track has been a dream from start to finish and I can’t wait to share it with everyone. Paul and I are similar in so many ways, be it through our humor or approach to making music which made the process even more fun. I can't wait to play this one at Reading and Leeds in August.”

We last saw LANY in Nov 2016 and said, “I stumbled into a show about a year and a half ago (at the 7th Street Entry in July 2015). It was opened up by this band called LANY. I had never heard of them before that night but, after seeing them live, I just couldn't get them out of my head.”

MIRACULOUS LOVE KIDS
miraculouslovekids.org

Afghanistan’s The Miraculous Love Kids, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization established by musicianLanny Cordola, is pleading the world for assistance.

The following statement details the group’s dire situation and a plea for help:

“Today our lives are in great danger as the success we achieved in becoming part of Afghanistan's cultural scene has now marked us for persecution and even death by the Taliban.

What began in 2015 with three girls has grown to nearly 200 students learning music as well as basic reading, math and life skills — all funded entirely by grassroots donations.

We have recorded music with BRIAN WILSON of the BEACH BOYS, TOM MORELLO of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, SAMMY HAGAR, NICK CAVE, BLAKE SHELTON, and many others.

We have appeared on Afghanistan’s most popular TV shows and performed publicly before the country’s First Lady.

ABC, THE BBC, ROLLING STONE and other media outlets have shared our story with the world.

Now, with the Taliban's rapid takeover of Kabul, we are literally in hiding, with our most senior students in particular danger. Our school is closed, and many of the people who were supposed to protect us now see us as a bargaining chip to gain favor or even a bounty from the Taliban. As girls playing Western music with our American male teacher LANNY CORDOLA, we could not be at greater risk.

We appeal to the international community, to diplomats, politicians, news media, and NGOs working to evacuate civilians under threat, to please find a way to get as many of us on planes leaving Afghanistan to safety. Time is imperative as the airlift is scheduled to end, which would leave us here without hope.

If you have any contacts with military or security personnel who are helping to arrange safe passage to the airport and seats on planes, please contact LANNY CORDOLA, who is currently in Islamabad, Pakistan. He can be reached 24 hours a day by telephone at +1-562-209-3769 and email at [email protected]

We pray that the international community will not abandon us to a fate that will almost surely be death.”

SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS
snottynoserezkids.com

Canada’s Snotty Nose Rez Kids, featuring Haisla rappers Darren “Young D” Metz and Quinton “Yung Trybez” Nyce, is touring in support of Life After. The record comes out October 22nd.

Tour dates:

09/04 – Langford, BC @ All Ways Home Festival
10/24 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
10/27 – Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
10/28 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
10/29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
10/30 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
11/03 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation
11/04 – Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge
11/07 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Atrium
11/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
11/10 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
11/11 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
11/12 – Victoria, BC @ Capitol Ballroom
11/19 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom ^
11/20 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom ^
12/16 – Guelph, ON @ Guelph Concert Theatre ^
12/17 – Toronto, ON @ History ^
12/18 – Toronto, ON @ History ^
12/30 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

^ USS

HUSH KIDS
hushkidsmusic.com

Nashville’s Hush Kids is a duo, featuring Jill Andrews and Peter Groenwald, announced their latest single, “Spend My Time”… taken from their forthcoming EP Weatherman (due out September 24th).

“We wrote 'Spend My Time' about the need we share to spend uninterrupted time with loved ones,” stated the band. “Kids, partners, parents, friends...Time moves so quickly, and it's important to stop and pay attention. Listen to the people you love, and tell them that you love them.”

Hush Kids will play a few shows in the Nashville area:

09/09 - Nashville, TN @ Musician's Corner Sundown Series
09/22 - Nashville, TN @ AmericanaFest

Track List:

01) There's Room
02) Spend My Time
03) Love Don't Disappear
04) Weatherman
05) All The Way
06) Look at the Sun

KID QUILL kidquill.com Indiana rapper Kid Quill recently shared his new single “Mood Ring (feat. Pressa)”, out now on Repost, SoundCloud's artist services division. The single features Toronto rapper Pressa.

THE KID LAROI fb/thekidlaroi Australian rapper The Kid Laroi hit #1 with his R.I.A.A. certified platinum project F*ck Love (Columbia Records). The rapper was last seen in town in Feb 2020, before the pandemic shut down touring.

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Minneapolis: May 18 to May 21, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from May 18 to May 21, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

L7 at Varsity Read More L7 Bikini Kill, Heavens to Betsy, Sleater-Kinney, Bratmobile, L7, Babes in Toyland, and, of course, Pussy Riot. Personally, I would have added Le Tigre to the mix, considering they added Heavens to Betsy and L7! … Le Butcherettes Fresh off a tour of The Flaming Lips, Le Butcherettes (Teri Gender Bender on vocals, guitar, piano, Alejandra Robles Luna on drums, Rikardo Rodriguez-Lopez on guitars/synth, and Marfred Rodriguez-Lopez on bass) …

L7
+ Le Butcherettes
Varsity Theater
Sun 05/19/2019 (6pm/$30)
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Riot grrrls/girl grunge band L7 (that’s square to the unhip) is returning to the area, this time at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. The girls have recorded and released their first new album in 20 years on Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records. Expect to hear those new songs, as well as old favorites like “Pretend We’re Dead” on this upcoming show.

Show up early to check out Le Butcherettes.

Tour dates:

5/10: Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse %
5/11: Phoenix, AZ @ Hance Park #
5/12: Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Raceway #
5/14: Austin, TX @ The Mohawk %
5/16: Dallas, TX @ Trees %
5/17: Kansas City, MO @ Truman %
5/19: Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity %
5/21: Chicago, IL @ Metro %
5/22: Columbus, OH @ Express Live %
5/23: Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom %
5/28: Washington DC @ The Fillmore Silver Spring %
5/29: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer %
5/31 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere %
6/1: Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere %
6/2: Englishtown, NJ @ Old Bay Raceway #
6/4: Pittsburg, PA @ Rex Theater %
6/6: Omaha, NE @ Slowdown %
6/8: Boise, ID @ Memorial Stadium #
6/9: Tacoma, WA @ America's Car Museum #
6/10: Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory %
6/12: Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom %
6/14: Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom %
6/15: San Jose, CA @ Santa Clara Fairgrounds #
6/16: Sacramento, CA @ Murphy's Park #

# = The Bash Music & Craft Beer Festival
% = w/ Le Butcherettes

Other shows in the area:

Rebecca Loebe 2019 Tour Dates Walk Off The Earth at Myth Ruby Boots/Indianola at Turf Club JID at First Ave Bear's Den at First Ave Local Natives at First Ave Read More Indianola Nashville-based duo Indianola opened with a brief set of somewhat downbeat songs, mostly culled from the debut EP, Zero. The project is one from Jackson, MS native Owen Beverly, who cut his musical teeth … Ruby Boots Show up early to check out Ruby Boots; she was last seen in town on June 2018. Ruby is an Australian, but based in Nashville, Tennessee. Fans of Nikki Lane should take note, as Lane co-wrote/sang on some of her songs. … Local Natives Earlier this October, Local Natives were out on tour in support of their sophomore album Hummingbird. If you love what you heard, you'd be happy to know that they've just …

REBECCA LOEBE
Warming House
Sat 05/18/2019 (8pm/$12)
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NBC's The Voice star Rebecca Loebe will play at the Warming House on May 18. Her new album Give Up Your Ghosts earned raves reviews from Billboard, Rolling Stone, Pop Matters, Parade, and Texas Monthly. Tour dates:

05/12 Frmhouse Folk Flushing MI
05/13 Rambling House Columbus OH
05/16 Bishop Hill IL
05/17 CSP Cedar Rapids IA
05/18 Warming House, Minneapolis
05/19 Uncommon Ground Chicago
06/01 Lost Church, San Francisco

WALK OFF THE EARTH
+ Gabriela Bee
Myth
Sat 05/18/2019 (7pm/$38.50)
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Indie-pop band / viral sensations Walk Off The Earth is headlining the Myth on May 18th. We last talked about the band when they lost Mike “Beard Guy” Taylor in December 2018.

Gabriela Bee of Eh Bee Family will open the show.

Tour dates:

May 14 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
May 15 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amph
May 17 - Kansas City, MO - VooDoo Lounge
May 18 - St. Paul, MN - Myth Live
May 19 - Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Theater
May 21 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theater & Ballroom
May 22 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
May 24 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
May 25 - New York, NY - The Rooftop
May 26 - Portland, ME - State Theater
May 27 - Dewey Beach, DE - Bottle & Cork
May 29 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring
May 30 - Boston, MA - House of Blues Boston
May 31 - Mashantucket, CT - The Grand Theater
June 1 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia
June 25 - Vienna, Austria - Arena Wien Open Air
June 26 - Munich, Germany - Tollwood GmbH
June 27 - Prague, Czech Republic - Forum Karlin
June 29 - Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle

INDIANOLA / RUBY BOOTS
Turf Club
Sun 05/19/2019 (7:30pm/$10)
turfclub.net

Ruby Boots and Nashville’s Indianola is co-headlining the Turf Club this Sunday, May 19th. Indianola’s debut LP Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye came out this week (May 10th).

Tour dates:

4/23 - Houston, TX - House of Blues *
4/25 - New Orleans, LA - The Civic *
4/26 - Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewery *
4/28 - Springfield, MO - Gillioz Theatre *
4/30 - Columbia, MO - Rose Park *
5/1 - Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom *
5/2 - Nashville, TN - High Watt ^
5/3 - Indianapolis, IN - Lo-Fi Lounge at Hi-Fi ^
5/4 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern ^
5/5 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Upstairs ^
5/6 - New York City, NY - TBD ^
5/8 - Washington DC - Pearl Street ^
5/9 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe ^
5/10 - Newport, KY - Southgate House ^
5/11 - Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe ^
5/15 - Davenport, IA - Raccoon Motel ^
5/16 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club ^
5/17 - LaCrosse, WI - Midwest Music Festival ^
5/18 - LaCrosse, WI - Midwest Music Festival ^
5/19 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry ^

*= with Shovels and Rope, Frank Turner
^= with Ruby Boots

J.I.D.
+ Saba, Mereba, MEZ
First Avenue
Sun 05/19/2019 (7pm/$25)
first-avenue.com

Film fanatic and rising rap star J.I.D will be playing a Go 96 show at First Avenue this May 19th.

Tour dates:

May 11 @ Rolling Loud Festival — Miami, FL
May 12 @ Irving Plaza — New York, NY
May 13 @ Irving Plaza — New York, NY
May 15 @ Phoenix Concert Theatre — Toronto, Canada
May 16 @ L’Astral — Montreal, Canada SOLD OUT
May 18 @ The Rave Eagles Club — Milwaukee, WI
May 19 @ First Avenue — Minneapolis, MN
May 22 @ Garrick Center — Winnipeg, Canada
May 24 @ The Palace Theatre — Calgary, Canada
May 25 @ Union Hall — Edmonton, Canada
May 28 @ Commodore Ballroom — Vancouver, Canada
May 29 @ Showbox SoDo — Seattle, WA
May 30 @ Wonder Ballroom — Portland, OR
June 1 @ Emerge Impact — Las Vegas, NV
June 2 @ SOMA — San Diego, CA
June 3 @ Fonda Theatre — Los Angeles, CA
June 4 @ Fonda Theatre — Los Angeles, CA
June 5 @ The Regency Ballroom — San Francisco, CA
June 7 @ Marquee Theatre — Tempe, AZ
June 9 @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom — Denver, CO
June 12 @ Aztec Theatre — San Antonio, TX
June 14 @ House of Blues — Houston, TX
June 15 @ House of Blues — Dallas, TX
June 19 @ Centre Stage Theatre — Atlanta, GA
June 20 @ Centre Stage Theatre — Atlanta, GA

VERA SOLA
7th St Entry
Mon 05/20/2019 (7pm/Cancelled)
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Unfortunately, the Vera Sola show on Monday, May 20th, is cancelled. The reason? Apparently, Vera Sola was asked to be the support act for Bear’s Den and it’s an opportunity that she couldn’t resist.

Don’t worry, Vera Sola and Bear’s Den will be in Minneapolis on May 29th at First Avenue (a much bigger venue than 7th Street Entry).

Show details:

THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELED

Tickets purchased online through Etix will be refunded automatically, as will tickets purchased in person at First Avenue, the Turf Club, the Depot Tavern, or through our local ticket outlets if the transaction was processed via credit or debit card. Tickets purchased in person with cash can be refunded at The Depot.

LOCAL NATIVES
+ Middle Kids
First Avenue
Tue 05/21/2019 (7pm/$31)
first-avenue.com

Local Natives is returning to First Avenue this May 21th, in support of their new album Violet Street (Loma Vista Recordings).

Show up early to check out Australian trio Middle Kids (Hannah Joy, Harry Day and Tim Fitz), who will be releasing New Songs For Old Problems (Domino Records).

Tour dates:

May 15th | VANCOUVER, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
May 16th | SEATTLE, WA @ Neptune Theater
May 17th | SEATTLE, WA @ Neptune Theater
May 18th | PORTLAND, OR @ Roseland Theater
May 21st | MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ First Avenue
May 23rd | CHICAGO, IL @ Thalia Hall
May 24th | CHICAGO, IL @ Thalia Hall
May 25th | DETROIT, MI @ Majestic Theater
May 27th | TORONTO, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theater
May 28th | MONTREAL, QC @ The Rialto Theater
May 30th | BOSTON, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
May 31st | BOSTON, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
Jun 1st | PITTSBURGH, PA @ Stage AE
Jun 3rd | WASHINGTON, DC @ 9:30 Club
Jun 4th | WASHINGTON, DC @ 9:30 Club
Jun 6th | BROOKLYN, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Jun 7th | BROOKLYN, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Jun 8th | PHILADELPHIA, PA @ Union Transfer
Jun 10th | RALEIGH, NC @ The Ritz
Jun 11th | ATLANTA, GA @ Buckhead Theater

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Minneapolis Music Guide: April 6 - April 12, 2014

Here is a guide of some Minneapolis (and St Paul) shows next week: April 6 - April 12.

Tour Poster Read More Local Natives Earlier this October, Local Natives were out on tour in support of their sophomore album Hummingbird. If you love what you heard, you'd be happy to know that they've just …

APRIL 6: FIRST AVENUE
Local Natives

We've mentioned Local Natives a few times. It would seem that the band is currently touring with Kings of Leon. Unfortunately, Kings of Leon refused to play Minneapolis, so with an open date, Local Natives decided to pick up this show ... good thing too, because the 18+ show is now sold out.

Local Natives' tour dates:

04/04/14 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
04/06/14 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
04/08/14 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
04/09/14 Austin, TX Stubb's Bar-B-Q
04/10/14 Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell
04/11/14 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
04/12/14 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre
04/14/14 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution
04/16/14 Saint Petersburg, FL State Theatre
04/17/14 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live
04/18/14 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
04/19/14 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
04/21/14 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
04/22/14 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
04/24/14 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
04/25/14 Lawrence, KS Granada Theatre
04/26/14 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
04/29/14 Cologne, Germany Blue Note
04/30/14 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
05/11/14 Shaky Knees Music Festival

Read More Fanfarlo London's Fanfarlo will be releasing Let's Go Extinct on February 11th, 2014 via Blue Horizon, the British blues label revived by legendary record industry veterans Seymour Stein and Richard Gotteher. …

APRIL 7: TRIPLE ROCK SOCIAL CLUB
Fanfarlo w/ Lilies On Mars

Fanfarlo recently premiered their new video for "Cell Song" at VEVO. The single is taken from their latest album Let's Go Extinct, out now.

Fanfarlo is currently on tour, stopping by Minneapolis this Monday, April 7th, at the Triple Rock Social Club. Lilies On Mars, from London, is set to open up the show.

Tour dates:

04/05 - St. Louis, MO - Duck Room at Blueberry
04/07 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
04/08 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
04/10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
04/11 - Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Diner
04/12 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Small's Theatre
04/14 - Detroit, MI - Shelter
04/16 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
04/17 - Montreal, QB - La Sala Rossa
04/19 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
04/22 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04/23 - Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade
04/25 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
04/26 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall

Local Natives Release iTunes Session

Read More Local Natives Los Angeles' Local Natives have been touring all over the world since early May and it seems like they are just getting started. Why see them on tour? Because the last time I saw them at the Cedar Street Courtyard…

Earlier this October, Local Natives were out on tour in support of their sophomore album Hummingbird.

If you love what you heard, you'd be happy to know that they've just released a new iTunes Session on November 5th. The 11-track live performance, featured acoustic re-working of their hits, "Heavy Feet", "Breakers", "Out Getting Ribs" (King Krule cover), as well as other Hummingbird tracks. The Session was recorded at Capitol Studios and available with a full video of them playing "Ceilings", all 11 tracks and 1 video for only $6.99 on iTunes.

The Los Angeles 5-piece (Taylor Rice - vocals/guitars, Kelcey Ayer - keys/percussion, Ryan Hahn - guitars, Matt Frazier - drums, and newest band member Nik Ewing - bass) is currently wrapping up their European tour:

11/16/13 Madrid, Spain @ Joy Eslava
11/17/13 Lisbom, Portugal @ TMN AO VIVO
11/19/13 Bordeaux, France @ Theatre Barbey
11/20/13 Paris, France @ Le Bataclan

If you live in Spain, Portugal, or France, read what Joseph filed from the Local Natives in New Orleans show (10/02/13) to get an idea of what to expect:

The Local Natives came to Tipitina's in New Orleans and blew the heaving crowd's collective mind. The sound was perfect, the performance was captivating and the set list that bounced back and forth between the band's two albums (Gorilla Manor and Hummingbird) excellently stirred the audience into a fervor. Taylor Rice's vocals were spot on and the band melded into a single force of nature that pushed the set forward with nary a misstep or second of dead air. Varying between soaring sing-a-longs and somber meditations Local Natives masterfully manipulated the crowd's emotions. By the time the band closed with the upbeat hit "Sun Hands" the sweat soaked crowd seemed beat, but still a rowdy applause and demand for more brought the band back on stage for a rousing encore. This is definitely a band on the rise and they proved more than capable of getting an audience fully committed to their performance and keeping them entranced. I for one will be keeping a close eye and ear on these guys.

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Natives vs Caveman vs Giants

Read More Local Natives The last time we covered Local Natives was at the sold out the 400 Bar, which Dolly said she was "totally crushing on them and their music." …

LOCAL NATIVES
localnatives.com

Los Angeles' Local Natives have been touring all over the world since early May and it seems like they are just getting started.

Why see them on tour? Because the last time I saw them at the Cedar Street Courtyard at SXSW they did laps and weaved through the audience with their various brass instruments.

The band is currently touring in support of their sophomore release out titled Hummingbird, released on January 29, 2013 on Frenchkiss Records in the US, and on Infectious Records in Europe. The album is the four-year follow up to their debut Gorilla Manor and was produced by The National guitarist Aaron Dessner, and reached #12 on the Billboard Top 200. If that's an indication, Local Natives new sound will be a little closer to what the National is doing. You can preview "Heavy Feet" via Soundcloud:



Tour dates below. Dates with (*) indicates with Wild Nothings and (#) with The National.

09/12/13 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater* 09/13/13 Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre* 09/15/13 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre* 09/17/13 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amp # 09/19/13 Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theater* 09/20/13 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak * 09/21/13 Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus* 09/23/13 Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head * 09/28/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory* 09/30/13 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle* 10/01/13 Birmingham, AL @ Iron City* 10/02/13 New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s* 10/04/13 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits 10/05/13 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits 10/06/13 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits 10/06/13 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom* 10/07/13 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond* 10/11/13 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits 10/12/13 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits 10/13/13 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits 10/15/13 Cambridge, UK @ Junction

10/16/13 Norwich, UK @ Waterfront 10/17/13 London, UK @ Brixton Academy 10/19/13 Oxford, UK @ Gathering Festival 10/20/13 Newcastle, UK @ Sage 2 10/21/13 Glasgow, UK @ Arches 10/22/13 Belfast, UK @ Limelight 10/24/13 Dublin, Ireland @ Olympia Theatre 10/25/13 Sheffield, UK @ Leadmill 10/26/13 Manchester, UK @ The Ritz 10/27/13 Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy 10/29/13 Southhampton, UK @ University 10/31/13 Brussels, Belgium @ AB Club 11/01/13 Cologne, Germany @ Gebaude 9 11/04/13 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega 11/05/13 Aarhus, Denmark @ Voxhall 11/06/13 Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow 11/08/13 Vienna, Austria @ Flex 11/09/13 Bologna, Italy @ Estragon 11/11/13 Rome, Italy @ Black Out 11/12/13 Florence, Italy @ Viper 11/19/13 Bordeaux, France @ Theatre Barbey 11/20/13 Paris, France @ Le Bataclan

Read More Caveman Caveman graced the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis this past Saturday, June 29. They were finishing off a tour opening for the band Rogue Wave, and touring in support of their newest release 'Caveman'. …

CAVEMAN
cavemantheband.com

New York's Caveman has a new single called "In the City", which was released on 7" and digital in the UK on August 12th via Communion.

Fellow W♥M writer Jess got me hooked into Caveman before my trip to Europe. I can't wait to see these guys for the first time! They got to tour with Ra Ra Riot, which is not a bad touring partner. Caveman has the Fleet Foxes sound on record and is the perfect road trip soundtrack. I'm sure they will turn the live set into a whole new portal experience. Check them out on tour and pick up a copy of their new self titled album.

09/09 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall #
09/10 - Salt Lake City, UK @ Urban Lounge #
09/12 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore #
09/13 - San Diego, CA @ Birch North Park #
09/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre #
09/15 - Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theatre #
09/17 - Marfa, TX @ Padre's #
09/19 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's #
09/20 - Austin, TX @ Emo's East #
09/22 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon #
09/27 – Cincinnati, OH @ Midpoint Music Fest
09/28 – Champaign, IL @ Pygmalion Music Fest
09/29 - Nashville, TN @ Exit/In #
10/09 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 #
10/10 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts #
10/11 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #
10/13 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues #

Read More They Might Be Giants The thing about They Might Be Giants is that they understand their fans. They get it; they know people don't automatically rush out to get the latest album, so they didn't bombard us with playing all 25 brand new tracks …

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
theymightbegiants.com

Brooklyn's They Might Be Giants is still touring in support of their new studio album, Nanobots. We caught the band on this tour, which we wrote was possibly the best/greatest tour for TMBG.

Recently (September 5th), the band unveiled their "You're On Fire" music video, which you can see on youtube.com. The video stars Lauren Lapkus from Orange Is The New Black and was directed by Hoku Uchiyama and Adam Bolt.

Nanobots is available now via Idlewild Recordings, and marks the debut offering through the band's new distributor Megaforce Records.

Tour dates:

09/21: Hartford, CT @ Envisionfest
10/10: Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
10/11: Wilmington, DE @ World Cafe Live
10/12: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/13: Winston-Salem, NC @ Ziggy's
10/15: Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre
10/16: Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre
10/17: Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
10/18: Jacksonville, FL @ Free Bird Live
10/19: Orlando, FL @ Nerdapalooza
10/20: Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
10/22: Austin, TX @ Stubb's BBQ
10/24: Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
10/25: Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
10/26: Los Angeles, CA @ Royce Hall (2pm)
10/26: Los Angeles, CA @ Royce Hall (8pm)
10/27: Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
11/01: Uncasville, CT @ The Wolf Den
11/02: New York, NY @ Terminal 5
11/15: Edinburgh, UK @ Queens Hall
11/17: Belfast, UK @ The Limelight
11/18: Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
11/19: London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire
11/20: Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
11/22: Rolling Stone Weekender
11/23: Berlin, Germany @ Festaal Kreuzberg

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Locally

Read More Local Natives I've only recently discovered Local Natives via Fleet Foxes radio library on last.fm, which is, if you aren't already familiar with last.fm, an online record keeper of what you play on your iTunes .…

LOCAL NATIVES
thelocalnatives.com

The last time we covered Local Natives was at the sold out the 400 Bar, which Dolly said she was "totally crushing on them and their music."

With Local Natives' appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (February 5) to promote their new album, Hummingbird, it's no surprise that they've been selling out most of their shows, from Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles to New York's Bowery Ballroom to Toronto's Opera House to Washington DC's 9:30 Club to Minneapolis' First Avenue (this Saturday, March 23rd).

Local Natives are currently at SXSW, and today (Friday March 15th) they are at the Fitz in Houston.

3/16/2013 Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall
3/18/2013 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
3/19/2013 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
3/21/2013 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
3/22/2013 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Ballroom
3/23/2013 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
3/25/2013 Covington, KY @ Madison Theatre
3/26/2013 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
3/28/2013 Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
3/29/2013 Montreal, QC @ Le National
3/30/2013 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
4/1/2013 Providence, RI @ Fete
4/4/2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
4/5/2013 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
4/6/2013 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
4/9/2013 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
4/23/2013 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
4/25/2013 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
4/26/2013 Seattle, WA @ Neptune
4/27/2013 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Theatre
4/29/2013 Seattle, WA @ Neptune
6/7-6/9/2013 New York, NY @ Governor’s Ball

Speaking of locals, here are some "local" bands.

LOW
chairkickers.com

We've written about Low before, they're from Duluth. I've seen them at First Avenue before, and from what I can remember, I believe the singer pulled out a chair and sat and play the whole time (this encouraged the audience to sit on the dancefloor as well).

Well, Low will be playing at the Fitzgerald Theatre in Saint Paul this March 23rd (Saturday), and this historic theater has seats - so you are welcomed to sit down. Low's music isn't necessary for dancing, so there shouldn't be a problem of people standing in front of you - unless there are standing ovations. The St Paul show will also feature members from Trample by Turtles, so it should be an unforgettable evening.

Look for Low's new album, The Invisible Way, on March 19th via Sup Pop Records.

Low officially posted their 2013 tour dates last Monday, details below:

03/16 – The Great Hall – Toronto, ON+ 03/20 – Society for Ethical – New York, NY* 03/22- Metro – Chicago, IL+ 03/23- Fitzgerald Theatre – St. Paul, MN 03/29 – Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO% 03/30 – Velour – Provo, UT% 04/02 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA% 04/03 – Great American – San Francisco, CA% 04/05 – Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR% 04/06 – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA% 04/24 – Glee Club – Birmingham, UK& 04/25 – Central Methodist Hall – Manchester& 04/26 – The Sage Gateshead – Gateshead& 04/27 – Classic Grand – Glasgow, UK& 04/29 – Trinity – Bristol, UK& 04/30 – Barbican – London, UK& 05/02 – Loppen – Copenhagen, DK 05/03 – Debaser – Stockholm, SE 05/04 – Bla – Oslo, NO

05/07 – La Maroquinerie – Paris, FR 05/08 – Botanique – Brussels, BE 05/09 – Paradiso De Duif – Amsterdam, NL 05/10 – Zoom – Frankfurt, DE 05/11 – Teatro Antoniano – Bologna, IT 05/13 – Casino de la Alianca – Barcelona, ES 05/14 – Teatro La Rambleta – Valencia, ES 05/15 – Teatro de las Esquina – Zaragoza, ES 05/16 – Joy Eslara – Madrid, ES 05/17 – Lava – Valladolid, ES 05/18 – Atabal – Biarritz, FR +Autumn Owls open *The Wordless Music Series, ACME String Quartet opens +WXRT presents, Geoff Farina opens + an interview with Mark Wheat %Thalia Zedek opens &HEBRONIX opens (Daniel Blumberg from YUCK)

HAR MAR SUPERSTAR
harmarsuperstar.com

I don't really know where Har Mar Superstar (aka Sean Tillmann) is these days, possibly New York, certainly not in Minneapolis. But he's from here... and sometime you can spot him in the city because he has friends and family here. For instance, I spotted him at Father John Misty at the Fine Line last year.

Anyway, Har Mar has a new album called Bye Bye 17, to be out April 23rd on Cult Records. You can grab a few song at cultrecords.com.

His tour kicks off this Sunday:

March 17 San Diego, CA The Casbah
March 19 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
March 21 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Bar
March 22 Oakland, CA New Parish
March 24 Portland, OR Lola’s
March 25 Seattle, WA El Corazon
March 28 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
March 29 Madison, WI Frequency
March 30 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
April 1 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
April 3 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
April 4 Boston, MA TT The Bears
April 5 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s

JOEY RYAN & THE INKS
joeyryanandtheinks.com

I randomly saw Joey Ryan & The Inks a few years ago at a bicycle-thing.

The band is about about to release their [pause] EP. The CD release party will take place on pot day, 04/20, at the Cedar Cultural Center. The show will feature Farewell Milwaukee and sponsored by 89.3 The Current.

As a bonus, the first 150 fans through the door will receive a physical copy of [pause.].

[pause.] EP Release Event
Sponsored by 89.3 The Current
When: 7pm, Saturday, 20 April 2013
How Much: $12 pre-sale, $15 at the door
Notes: All Ages, first 150 fans through the door receive a physical copy of [pause.]

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Local Natives at 400 Bar, Minneapolis (5/17/10)

Local Natives - Sun Hands Local Natives Tour Dates 06/02/10 Rickshaw Stop SF, CA 06/03/10 Bottom of the Hill SF, CA 06/04/10 Troubadour LA, CA 06/05/10 Bootleg Theater LA, CA 06/10/10 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN 06/13/10 Isle of WIght Festival Newport 06/15/10 Shepherds Bush Empire 06/17/10 Vera Groningen, NL 06/18/10 Southside Tuttlingen, DE 06/19/10 Hurricane Scheebel, DE 06/23/10 Melkweg Amsterdam 06/24/10 Glastonbury Old Queen’s Head 06/25/10 Glastonbury Festival 06/27/10 Solidays Festival Paris 06/29/10 Ravenna Hana Bi Ravenna, IT 06/30/10 Ancona Mole Vanvitelliana 07/02/10 Beauregard Festival Herouville Saint Clair, FR 07/04/10 Roskilde Festival Roskilde, DK 07/11/10 Oxygen Festival 07/18/10 Pitchfork Festival 08/05/10 Middle East Boston, MA 08/06/10 1st Unitarian Church Phila, PA 08/07/10 Beach @ Governors Island NY 08/11/10 Pantiero Festival Cannes 08/12/10 Haldern Festival Haldern 08/13/10 Way Out West Festival 08/14/10 Oya Festival Oslo, NO 08/15/10 Summer Sundae Weekender 08/19/10 For Noise Festival Pully 08/20/10 Pukkelpop Hasselt-Kiewit 08/27/10 Open Air Festival Zurich 08/28/10 Leeds Festival Leeds 08/29/10 Reading Festival Reading 10/09/10 Austin City Limits Austin, TX Download Free download of "Sun Hands" via myspace

I've only recently discovered Local Natives via Fleet Foxes radio library on last.fm, which is, if you aren't already familiar with last.fm, an online record keeper of what you play on your iTunes (www.last.fm/about). Actually, no. I take that back. I first heard "Warning Sign" on Minneapolis' local radio station The Current but never caught the name of the band. I allowed myself to just confuse them with Fleet Foxes or assumed that they were some side project of J. Tillman. But, no – these are L.A. boys and these L.A. boys know how to rock. But first, let's discuss the opening band Suckers. A 4-man band from Brooklyn, New York with influences from across the board. I initially thought they sounded like The Killers but then was surprised to hear influences of Mt. Eerie (Phil Elverum) in their drumming. I was skeptical at first when I saw the frontman of the band walk around with some questionable bling around his neck. Turns out the bling didn't influence their music much, just added sparkle to the small stage the 400 Bar. Enough about visual aesthetics, though. Suckers put on an entertaining show and they were hot. Literally. It was a sold out show and the air condition wasn't working. The stage was a hot plate ready for Fleet Foxes, uh, I mean, Local Natives.

The crowd was pumped once Suckers ended their set. For an 18+ show, I didn't see many 18-year olds. Or maybe they were 18-year olds with a fake I.D. and thought PBR was the best beer they've ever had next to Premium Grainbelt. As for me, I was fishing for ice in my glass of Hendrick's & Tonic. It was uncomfortably hot and everyone's sweat was rubbing on me.

Local Natives, photo by Dolly

I forgot about the heat once Local Natives hopped on stage to tune their guitars and test their mics. I was front stage and center by their feet, completely enamored by Taylor Rice's 'stache and Ryan Hahn's pretty eyes. I was totally crushing on them and their music. They rocked so hard that Ryan Hahn accidentally tore off the poorly applied foam from the wall. At one point, the power shut off on stage when the bar decided to turn on the AC. As a time waster, Kelcey Rice started to tell a joke that was so stupid, it was funny. Aside from stage theatrics, their performance was solid. Sun Hands, Cards & Quarters and Wide Eyes were my favorite performances by them that night, not to mention my favorite songs off of Gorilla Manor. It was nice to see that Taylor, Kelcey and Ryan switched off between playing keys and guitar. I'm seriously glad I got to see Local Natives perform in Minneapolis. I overheard in the crowd that they had opened up for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and sad I had missed that. Next time they come back, we need to provide them with a bigger venue and some AC, for reals. Local Natives are the bees knees.

05/31/2010 14:27:44♥ dolly ♥ thelocalnatives.com ♥ myspace.com/localnatives