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Minneapolis: July 8, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on July 8, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Basilica Block Party The 20th Anniversary of the Basilica Block Party is taking place on Friday (July 11) and Saturday (July 12). I have mentioned before that it's not a great place to see music (because of the talkers.... The Fray Denver's The Fray are back on tour in support of their fourth studio album Helios, out now on Epic Records. In addition to the latest album, expect the band … Death Cab for Cutie Anyroad, before we get to Death Cab for Cutie, I have to explain that I've seen the band before in 2001 at the 7th Street Entry for $5. People who live in Minnesota know that the 7th Street is a tiny venue. …

BASILICA BLOCK PARTY
at Basilica St. Mary
Friday, 07/08/16, 5pm ($60)
Saturday, 07/09/16, 5pm ($60)
basilicablockparty.org

Once again, the incredibly popular Basilica Block Party is taking place this weekend, July 8th and 9th at the Basilica St. Mary in Minneapolis.

We had a great time last year, covering all the bands (which is a feat in itself, because the three stages overlap in set times).

July 8: Great Clips Stage Matt Hires X Ambassadors American Authors Death Cab for Cutie PreferredOne Stage Andra Day Cold War Kids Gary Clark Jr. Star Tribune Stage Step Rockets Fort Wilson Riot Gospel Machine

July 9: Great Clips Stage Ron Pope Matt Nathanson Phillip Phillips The Fray PreferredOne Stage Craig Finn Milky Chance Ryan Adams and The Shining Star Tribune Stage Farewell Milwaukee Holidae Eric Mayson

Note: the Great Clips Stage will also feature DJ sets by THEbEATRASCAL & ACG [As The Tastemakers]

Read More Debo Band Debo Band is an 11-member group led by Ethiopian-American saxophonist Danny Mekonnen and fronted by charismatic vocalist Bruck Tesfaye. Since 2006, the band has toured Ethiopia twice …

DEBO BAND
at Cedar Cultural Center
Friday, 07/08/16, 7pm ($18/$20)
thecedar.org

Ethiopian funk-rock group Debo Band is currently on tour in support of their sophomore album Ere Gobez. The large group lists 11 band members, which typically means an arsenal of musical instruments, like violins and brass instruments.

The group, formed in 2006, is led by Ethiopian-American saxophonist Danny Mekonnen, but its singer is vocalist Bruck Tesfaye. The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and NPR, who placed the band’s debut album—produced by Thomas “Tommy T” Gobena of Gogol Bordello—on their “50 Favorite Albums Of 2012” list.

As of this writing, no opening band is listed.

Tour Dates:

07/06/16 Cleveland, OH, Transformer Station
07/08/16 Minneapolis, MN, Cedar Cultural Center
07/09/16 Chicago, IL, Square Roots Festival

Read More Frankie Lee The fifth birthday celebration of United States of Americana is taking place at the Turf Club in St Paul on Thursday, November 6th. The show features Israel Nash and local musician Frankie Lee (not the 70s blues musician). …

FRANKIE LEE
at Electric Fetus / Turf Club
Friday, 07/08/16, 7pm (Free)
Saturday, 07/09/16, 8pm ($15)
turfclub.net

Singer-songwriter Frankie Lee recently just wrapped up his tour with Esmé Patterson. He will be back in town, doing three Minnesota dates: In-store at Electric Fetus in Minneapolis on July 8th, headlining the Turf Club in St Paul on July 9th, and also at Red Herring Lounge in Duluth on July 14th.

With the Electric Fetus appearance, Lee will be playing a three or four songs from his third album American Dreamer (Loose/Thirty Tigers). Attendees who buys the album at the store will also receive a limited edition event poster (while supplies last). Frankie will sign copies of after his set.

No opening act listed for the Turf Club show.

Frankie Lee Tour Dates:

07/08 - Minneapolis, MN - Electric Fetus In-Store
07/09 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
07/14 - Duluth, MN - Red Herring Lounge
09/17 - Shakopee, MN - Festival Paolomino

More tour dates will be announced soon.

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Rocktober: October 16, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on October 16, 2015.

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Read More The Neighbourhood The Neighbourhood are: Jesse Rutherford (vocals), Jeremy Freedman (guitar), Zach Abels (guitar), Mikey Margott (bass) & Bryan Sammis (drums). ... Bad Suns Another Southern California band, Bad Suns, played next, in support of their Vagrant Records EP, Transpose, with full-length, Language & Perspective, due out in late June. ...

THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
at First Avenue
Friday, 10/16/2015, 5:30pm ($30)
first-avenue.com

American band with English spelling The Neighbourhood is headlining this all-ages show at First Avenue. You may know the band for that hit song "Sweater Weather". The band's sophomore album Wiped Out! is coming out this October 30th, via Columbia/The Revolve Group.

Show up early to check out Bad Suns, a band we previously saw with the 1975 in May 2014. We wrote, "The quartet’s anthemic sound on songs like ‘Cardiac Arrest’ and EP closer, ’20 Years’ seemed to connect with the younger audience..."

Also on the bill is Hunny (not to be confused with Christian band Honey or the stuff that Winnie-the-Pooh likes to eat). This southern California six-piece (front man/lead guitarist Jason Yarger, guitarist Jake Goldstein, bassist Gregory Horne, third guitarist Jacob Munk, keyboardist Kevin Grimmett and drummer Joey Anderson)made a name for themselves with their debut single "Cry For Me" (more than 800k plays on Hype Machine's "Most Popular Tracks").

Check out "Parking Lot" from their debut EP Pain/Ache/Loving:



NOTE: Since this is an all-ages show, doors open at 5:30pm, which probably means first band on at 6pm! The only good thing about an early show is that you get to go home by 10pm!

Tour dates:

10/12/15 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
10/13/15 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
10/15/15 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
10/16/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
10/17/15 Winnipeg, MB Garrick Centre
10/20/15 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
10/21/15 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
10/23/15 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal
10/24/15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
10/27/15 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
10/28/15 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
10/29/15 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Auditorium
10/30/15 Las Vegas, NV Boulevard Pool
11/09/15 Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg
11/10/15 London, United Kingdom Heaven
11/12/15 Paris, France Fleche D'Or
11/16/15 Berlin, Germany Posthof
11/17/15 Cologne, Germany Gebaude 9
11/18/15 Brussels, Belgium AB Club
12/03/15 Norfolk, VA Constant Convocation Center
12/06/15 X102.9 Presents The Big Ticket
12/09/15 How The Edge Stole Christmas
12/10/15 KPNT 105.7 The Point's Ho Ho Show

Read More The Chemical Brothers The first time I heard about The Chemical Brothers, they were known as The Dust Brothers, named ...

FLUX PAVILION
at Skyway Theatre
Friday, 10/16/2015, 8pm ($25)
skywaytheater.com

Flux Pavilion, aka Joshua Steele, is an English DJ that will be taking over the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis on Friday, October 16th.

Flux Pavilion has influences that range from David Bowie to The Chemical Brothers to Rusko. Steele was once quoted as saying: "I never went to clubs because I didn't feel accepted into that scene; it felt too showy, too well-groomed. Then I saw Rusko play at Fabric and it changed my perception of everything. He was jumping around wearing a big cardboard hat shaped like a bird playing the most outrageous music I had ever heard. I loved it."

I have heard nothing but great things about his live show. This current tour is as promotion for his newest album Tesla which came out September 15th of this year. Not only is this his newest album, it's also his debut album. That being said, Flux Pavilion is not new to the scene. This guy has been releasing singles and EPs since 2008.

Make sure you check out his set on Friday night. He will be playing along with Loudpvck, Diskord, and many many more. Four stages more to be exact.

Tour dates:

10/10/15 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
10/11/15 Montreal, QC New City Gas
10/15/15 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
10/16/15 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theatre
10/17/15 Foam Wonderland
10/19/15 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theatre
10/20/15 Iowa City, IA Blue Moose Tap House
10/21/15 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
10/22/15 San Marcos, TX Marc
10/23/15 Albuquerque, NM Historic El Rey Theater
10/24/15 Broomfield, CO 1stBank Center
10/30/15 Escape All Hallows' Eve
10/31/15 Pharr, TX Boggus Ford Events Center
11/12/15 Newcastle O2 Academy Newcastle
11/13/15 London The Forum
11/14/15 Manchester Albert Hall
02/10/16 Holy Ship!
02/11/16 Holy Ship!
02/12/16 Holy Ship!
02/13/16 Holy Ship!

Read More Ringo Starr You know I love the Beatles (who doesn't?), as I've previously mentioned. Today (October 17th), Ringo Starr announced that his All Starr Band will tour the Pacific Rim ...

RINGO STARR & HIS ALL STARR BAND
at State Theatre
Friday, 10/16/2015, 8pm ($83.50)
hennepintheatretrust.org

Legendary Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band will be at the State Theatre next Friday, October 15th. Tickets are on the expensive end, but may be well worth it to see one of two living Beatles in person.

Starr's latest Postcards from Paradise came out earlier this March 2015 via UMe.

Special guests to appear: Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Richard Page, Todd Rundgren, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham.

Tour dates:

10/10/15 South Okanagan Events Centre
10/12/15 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
10/13/15 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
10/16/15 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
10/17/15 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre
10/18/15 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
10/20/15 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
10/21/15 Montreal, QC St. Denis Theatre 1
10/23/15 Boston, MA Wang Theatre
10/24/15 Mashantucket, CT Grand Theater
10/25/15 New Brunswick, NJ State Theatre
10/27/15 Heinz Hall For The Performing Arts
10/28/15 Modell Performing Arts Center
10/30/15 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
10/31/15 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre

Read More The Sword But the crowd didn't really start going nuts until The Sword went on. The Sword is a much younger band, formed in Austin, Texas in 2003. Their sound is more on the “thrash” end of doom metal, with riffing reminiscent of … All Them Witches Nashville's All Them Witches took their name from Roman Polanski's 1968 Rosemary's Baby and released their debut Our Mother Electricity in 2012. They quickly follow up with Lightning At The Door ... Royal Thunder Four-piece Royal Thunder will be in Minneapolis next Sunday, June 21st. Stereogum called the band "the contemporary hard rock equivalent of Fleetwood Mac's ...

THE SWORD
at Mill City Nights
Friday, 10/16/2015, 8pm ($17)
millcitynights.com

Austin' heavy metal/doom metal band The Sword will be back in Minneapolis, in support of their fifth studio album High Country (Razor & Tie). The 50-show kicked off last night, October 9th. The first leg of the tour will feature Kadavar and All Them Witches as support acts... The second leg will feature Royal Thunder (starting November 18th and ending December 19th).

The Sword 1st Leg:

Oct. 10 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
Oct. 11 – Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds
Oct. 13 – Lawrence, KS – Granada
Oct. 14 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theater
Oct. 15 – Iowa City, IA – Gabes
Oct. 16 – Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
Oct. 17 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room
Oct. 18 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
Oct. 20 – Mesa, AZ – Club Red
Oct. 21 – Las Vegas, NV – Vinyl
Oct. 22 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up
Oct. 23 – San Francisco, CA – Slims
Oct. 24 – San Bernardino, CA – San Manuel Amph
Oct. 25 – Sacramento, CA – Gibson Ranch
Oct. 27 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Oct. 28 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw
Oct. 29 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Oct. 30 – Boise, ID – Neurolux*
Oct. 31 – Salt Lake City, UT – Club Sound*
Nov. 2 – Denver, CO – Gothic*
Nov. 3 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad*
Nov. 4 – Lubbock, TX – Jakes*

*dates without Kadavar

More dates on news.weheartmusic.com.

Read More Carbon Leaf Since this Summer, Richmond-based Carbon Leaf have been on a 50+ show tour, extending all the way into 2015. They are stopping in St Paul at the Turf Club on Thursday, playing tracks from their Indian … Matt Nathanson As for Matt Nathanson, he seems really young and lively on stage. He really loves pop music, and even admitted to stealing riffs and chords from his favorite songs. Some of his covers includes …

VARIOUS ARTISTS
at Various Venues
Friday, 10/16/2015
news.weheartmusic.com

As usual in Rocktober: there are too many shows.

Below are some shows taking place on October 16:

Minneapolis based four-piece Little Fevers will be playing at Turf Club, in support of their debut album Field Trip (which Yahoo! Music recently the album). Matt Latterell to open. (8pm/$10).

Carbon Leaf second leg of their tour will land at Fine Line Music Cafe. The Accidentals to open (7pm/$16).

Turbowolf's first ever USA tour started with the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour... and will continue over at their headlining show at 7th Street Entry. Narco States to open. Please note start time, this is a late show (9:30pm/$10).

Matt Nathanson has a sold out show at Triple Rock Social Club. We caught the popular singer in 2008, which we wrote "As for Matt Nathanson, he seems really young and lively on stage. He really loves pop music, and even admitted to stealing riffs and chords from his favorite songs. Some of his covers includes James' "Laid", Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl", Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton's "Island in the Stream", Kim Wilde's "Kids in America", Lisa Loeb's "Stay", and the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to do is Dream" (and probably other more obscure ones that I didn't know about)." (7pm/$32.75/Sold Out)

Please note that the Three Dog Night at Medina Entertainment Center HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED... New date to be announced later.

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Matt Nathanson at The Pantages Theater, Minneapolis (11-18-08)

The Break and Repair Method-You Won't Be Able to Be Sad The Break and Repair Method Tour Dates 11/19/08 The Majestic/with Matt Nathanson & Jessie Baylin Madison, Wisconsin 11/20/08 House of Blues/with Matt Nathanson& Jessie Baylin Chicago, Illinois

First of all, huge apologies to Paul Doucette from The Break and Repair Method, who I was supposed to do coverage on for this concert last night. I can only tell you that I was confused about the start time, Pantages Theater website lists "8:00pm", which I thought was when doors open. By the time I found the venue, found street parking (the parking gods just was not with me), and walking in the cold - I arrived at 9 and Matt Nathanson had taken stage at 9:15!

The report I got from the two women in front of me was that there was actually two opening band, The Break and Repair Method and Jessie Baylin (who later resurfaced to do a duet with Matt). How they were able to fit both their set in under one hour is beyond me.

What I can tell you, based on what I was told, was that the both were well received, although the girls did not know that Paul is actually the drummer from Matchbox Twenty, a very popular band from the 2000s (moving over 45 million records -- remember their Mad Season album?)

Judging from the mostly college students in the sold-out show, both Break and Baylin probably enjoyed a warm reception. Even after the show, there was a huge line-up at the merch table for all three bands.

Well, since I missed their set, I just wanted to make you aware that Doucette is more into indie folky with his latest project, The Break and Repair Method. Their debut album is called Milk the Bee and it was released earlier in September. You can enter into a contest to win yourself a signed copy. On that link you can find another link to download "You Won't Be Able to Be Sad" - which is the song I'm using.

Matt Nathanson at the Pantages Theater, Minneapolis 11-18-2008

As for Matt Nathanson, he seems really young and lively on stage. He really loves pop music, and even admitted to stealing riffs and chords from his favorite songs. Some of his covers includes James' "Laid", Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl", Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton's "Island in the Stream", Kim Wilde's "Kids in America", Lisa Loeb's "Stay", and the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to do is Dream" (and probably other more obscure ones that I didn't know about). As a cover lover, I approve.

Other things I've noticed, his guitarist wore a Thievery Corporation T-Shirt and they had brought an upright bass on tour with them - shame it was only used on two songs on "All We Are" and the closing encore song.

PS, sorry for the dodgy photograph, I was at a respectable distance from the stage - and this was an old-fashion seated theater so I could not move around.

Links: thebreakandrepairmethod.com myspace.com mattnathanson.com myspace.com jessiebaylin.com

 11/19/2008 02:39:48  ♥ written by vu ()