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Minneapolis: April 1 to April 3, 2019

Cat Power 2019 Tour Read More Cat Power Just a reminder that Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, is coming to Minneapolis at the Mill City Nights tomorrow, October 30th. I will be there, will you? ... …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from April 1 to April 3, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

CAT POWER
Varsity Theater
Mon 04/01/2019 (7pm/$42)
varsitytheater.com

Not an April’s Fool joke, but Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) will be headlining the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Monday.

Cat Power is currently opening for Mumford and Sons and has decided she play a few shows between and after this arena-sized tour.

Chances are there may not be any photographers at this show, as the last time she appeared in Minneapolis, in October 2012, she yelled at a photographer.

We still love her music, and hope maybe her “no photos” policies have changed since then.

As of this writing, no opening band listed on the venue’s website.

Tour Dates:

03/30/2019 Kohl Center Arena Madison, WI
03/31/2019 Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI
04/01/2019 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN

Other shows in the area:

Mott The Hoople at First Ave The Interrupters 2019 Tour Hand Habits 2019 Tour Read More Mott the Hoople Pete Overend Watts, the original bassist for Mott the Hoople, has died today (January 22nd). The bass guitarist (originally guitarist) appeared with singer Stan Tippins on The Doc Thomas Group … Hand Habits Upstate New York’s Hand Habits (aka Meg Duffy) will be touring in 2018 in support of her album Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void) on Woodsist Records.

MOTT THE HOOPLE '74
+ The Suburbs
First Avenue
Tue 04/02/2019 (7pm/$50)
first-avenue.com

To be honest, we haven’t thought about 70s band Mott the Hoople since the semi-recent passing of their original drummer Pete Overend Watts in January 2017. Expect the band to play all your favorite songs, including “All the Young Dudes” (a song written by the late, great David Bowie). With all the Young Dudes dying off, this may be your last chance to see this legendary English band on stage.

The Suburbs to open.

Tour dates:

04/01/2019 Miller High Life Theatre Milwaukee, WI
04/02/2019 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
04/03/2019 Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL
04/05/2019 The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, MI
04/06/2019 Masonic Auditorium Cleveland, OH
04/08/2019 Keswick Theatre Glenside, PA
04/09/2019 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA
04/10/2019 Beacon Theatre New York, NY
04/19/2019 Manchester Academy Manchester
04/20/2019 Barrowland Glasgow
04/21/2019 Symphony Hall Birmingham
04/23/2019 Sage Gateshead Gateshead
04/26/2019 O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London
04/27/2019 O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London

THE INTERRUPTERS
+ Masked Intruder, Ratboy
Varsity Theater
Wed 04/03/2019 (5:30pm/$38)
varsitytheater.com

Wow, remember the first time you heard The Interrupters play “Fight the Good Fight”? It was incredible. It instantly reminded you of ska/punk (“skunk”) bands like Rancid. The female-fronted band is currently in the top 10 on the Alternative Radio charts (#1 in Canada!), obviously no surprise that most of their North American dates have sold out.

This is a young-people band, and considering the show is all-ages, expect a lot of moshing/slam dancing... so old people, stay in the back!

Masked Intruder and Ratboy (not to be confused with Ratboys) to open.

Tour dates:

APR 01 St. Louis, MO
APR 02 Milwaukee, WI
APR 03 Minneapolis, MN
APR 05 Denver, CO (SOLD OUT)
APR 06 Salt Lake City, UT
APR 08 Portland, OR
APR 09 Vancouver, BC (SOLD OUT)
APR 10 Seattle, WA
APR 12 San Francisco, CA
APR 13 Indio, CA
APR 14 Santa Ana, CA (SOLD OUT)
APR 20 Indio, CA

HAND HABITS
+ Tomberlin, Half Tramp
7th St Entry
Wed 04/03/2019 (7pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Hand Habits (Meg Duffy) is back in town, touring in support of her sophomore album placeholder (Saddle Creek).

Tour dates:

4/1 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
4/2 - Eau Claire, WI @ The Gallery
4/3 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
4/4 - Chicago, IL @ Hideout
4/8 - Troy, NY @ Post Contemporary Church
4/9 - Hudson, NY @ The Half Moon Hudson
4/10 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
4/11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
4/12 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd DC
4/13 - Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
4/14 - Nashville, TN @ The End
4/15 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
4/16 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
4/18 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk (Inside)
4/20 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sanitary Tortilla Factory
4/21 - Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress
4/22 - Long Beach @ Living Room LBC
4/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Bootleg

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Minneapolis: August 25 to August 27, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 25 to August 27, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Valley Maker Seattle's Valley Maker (singer-songwriter Austin Crane) is stopping by the Icehouse in Minneapolis, in support of his LP When I Was A Child (Brick Lane Records). …

VALLEY MAKER
at Icehouse
Thursday, 08/25/16, 9pm ($8/$10)
icehousempls.com

Seattle’s Valley Maker (aka Austin Crane) is headlining Icehouse in Minneapolis next Thursday, August 25th, fresh off supporting Novo Amor on some UK touring dates.

Valley Maker’s latest When I Was a Child is out now on Brick Lane Records, which features the new single ‘Oh Lightning’.

Locals Ancient Mariner to close out the show (the two of them previously teamed up in Febuary 2016) with Andy Elwell to open.

Typically Icehouse shows starts at 11pm, but apparently not this show... as show is listed at 9pm.

Tour Dates

8/23: Chicago, IL @ Hideout Inn
8/25: Minneapolis, MN @ Icehouse MPLS
8/27: Grand Rapids, MI @ Founders Brewing Co.
8/28: Buffalo, NY @ Hostel Buffalo-Niagara
8/29: Waterloo, ON @ Seven Shores
8/30: Toronto, ON @ Burdock
8/31: Pittsburgh, PA @ The Funhouse
9/1: Cincinnati, OH @ Collective Espresso
9/2: Georgetown, KY @ Georgetown College

Read More The Muffs Those are the words that I think of when I think of the Muffs, because that rock & roll girl sounds so cool! I first heard that "Rock & Roll Girl" song from punk/pop group the Muffs …

THE MUFFS
at Turf Club
Friday, 08/26/16, 8pm ($12/$15)
turfclub.net

Punk/rock band The Muffs is back on tour! The 90s band is still led by singer and guitarist Kim Shattuck with bassist Ronnie Barnett and Redd Kross’ Roy McDonald (the brother of Steve McDonald, who we randomly saw in NXNE 2011).

The trio was on hiatus for a long time, but in 2014 they came back with a new studio album Whoop Dee Doo (which we wrote about in May 2014).

Opening up this show will be The Magnolias, Teenage Moods and Travoramo Fa Fa Fa.

Tour Dates

Aug 20 Slim's San Francisco, CA
Aug 26 Turf Club St Paul, MN
Aug 27 Lyric Room Green Bay, WI
Aug 28 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL

Read More MxPx MxPx turned a lot of heads when they announced they were putting an EP out on FAT. Personally, I think this is the smartest thing this band has ever done. While …

MXPX
at Triple Rock Social Club
Friday, 08/26/16, 8pm ($24 / Sold Out)
triplerocksocialclub.com

Washington’s MxPx has been around since the early 90s, but they hit mainstream success when they signed with A&M in the late 90s. This would have been the time we saw their music videos on MTV’s 120 Minutes... and if you’re a punk fan you were into these guys.

Of course their upcoming Triple Rock Social Club show is sold out.

Madison’s Masked Intruder to open.

Tour Dates

08/26/16 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
08/27/16 350 Fest
09/17/16 Chain Fest
10/01/16 Remember The Punks Music Fest

Read More Russian Circles The Parish at The House of Blues in New Orleans is host for one of my favorite instrumental acts, Russian Circles. The first time I ventured to see them live was in Baton Rouge … Cloakroom I was hooked on this album a few seconds in to the song Paperweight. Fans of Hum should enjoy this. They are sort of a mix between the band Torche and shoe-gaze. This is the best music I've heard in a long time. …

RUSSIAN CIRCLES
at Cedar Cultural Center
Saturday, 08/27/16, 8pm ($16/$18)
thecedar.org

Chicago’s Russian Circles’s 2016 Summer tour kicks off next week, starting in Madison on August 26, followed by an appearance at Minneapolis’ Cedar Cultural Center.

The post-metal/rock trio’s sixth studio album Guidance came out August 5th on Sargent House.

Indiana trio Cloakroom to open.

Tour Dates

Aug 26 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon *
Aug 27 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar *
Aug 29 Missoula, MT - Palace Lounge *
Aug 30 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
Aug 31 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
Sep 2 San Francisco, CA - Great American*
Sep 3 Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom *
Sep 5 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom *
Sep 6 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad *
Sep 7 Englewood, CO - The Gothic Theatre *
Sep 8 Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room *
Sep 9 Chicago, IL - Metro *
Sep 23-25 Midpoint Music Festival ^
Sep 25 Detroit, MI - El Club ^
Sep 26 Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace ^
Sep 28 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair ^
Sep 29 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
Sep 30 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw ^
Oct 1 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel ^
Oct 2 Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall ^
Oct 4 Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5 ^
Oct 5 Birmingham, AL - Saturn ^
Oct 6 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon ^
Oct 7 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Studio ^
Oct 8 Austin, TX - Barracuda ^
Oct 9 Dallas, TX - RBC ^
Oct 21 Wroclaw, PL @ Firlej
Oct 22 Gdansk, PL @ B90
Oct 23 Warsaw, PL @ Hydrozagadka
Oct 25 Vilnius, LT @ Peleda %
Oct 26 Durbe, LV @ Community Hall %
Oct 27 Tallin, EE @ Rockstars %
Oct 28 Helsinki, FIN @ Tavastia %
Oct 30 Stockholm, SE @ En Arena %
Oct 31 Oslo, NO @ Vulkan Arena %
Nov 2 Bergen, NO @ Landmark %
Nov 3 Stavanger, NO @ Folken %
Nov 5 Athens, GR @ Smoke the Fuzz Fest
Nov 6 Berlin, DE @ Kesselhaus %
Nov 7 Leipzig, DE @ Conne Island %
Nov 9 Brno, CZ @ Kabinet Muz %
Nov 10 Budapest, HUN @ Durer Kert %
Nov 11 Cluj Napoca, RO @ The Shelter %
Nov 12 Bucharest, RO @ Control Club %
Nov 13 Sofia, BG @ Club Mixtape 5 %
Nov 14 Skopje, MC @ MKC %
Nov 15 Belgrade, SR @ Elektropionir %
Nov 17 Zagreb, HR @ Vintage Industrial Bar %
Nov 18 Ljubljana, SL @ Orto Klub %
Nov 19 Vienna, AT @ Arena %
Nov 20 Prague, CZ @ Lucerna Music Bar %

* w/ Cloakroom
^ w/ Helms Alee
% w/ Helen Money

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