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02/27/2023

We♥KC! March 1-8, 2023 Upcoming concerts/shows (Kansas City / Lawrence, KS)

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Often compared to Janis Joplin, singer/songwriter/banjoist Elle King will be releasing her debut album Love Stuff next week, February 17th... just missing out on Valentine's Day. The Love Stuff...

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The old saying that “March roars in like a lion” is true, at least in terms of KC-area concerts, as it’s a pretty full first week of shows. It’s still the crazy time of years when temps are 60 and sunny one day, then 30 and overcast the next, so plan accordingly, but don’t fret- outdoor shows return sooner than you know it.

Let’s take look at the Kansas City/Lawrence KS metro musical happenings from March 1st-8th.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 1

Six (musical), continuing thru Mar 5, Music Hall, $136+

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived!

From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the mic to remix five hundred years of heartbreak into a celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over (as they are saying!)

SIX won 23 awards in the 2021-22 Broadway season, including the Tony Award® for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical.

(Tix basically all sold out at this point, but worth it to keep checking!)

Reverend Horton Heat w Scott Biram, Knuckleheads, $25-$45

A must band to see at least once! After a successful tour last year with Toadies and Nashville Pussy (we caught ‘em last October in Minneapolis), rock’s best modern rockabilly/psychobilly trio returns with a new headlining run of their own.

Reverend Horton Heat led by Jim Heath have been innovating the genre for almost four decades, leading to 12 full-length albums, 3 “best-of” collections, 2 DVD releases and thousands of live performances. Heath and Jimbo Wallace along with new drummer Jonathan Jeter are true road dogs and always find a way to deliver with their live performance.

David Ramirez w Dylan LeBlanc, Knuckleheads,$20

The Austin TX Americana singer-songwriter stayed prolific during the pandemic, releasing My Love is a Hurricane in 2020 and following that up with sixth full-length, Backslider, in 2021.

Early albums like American Soil(2009) and Apologies(2012) put him on the map first locally then beyond, while his STRANGETOWN(2011) and The Rooster(2013) EPs delivered fan-favorite recordings, “Shoeboxes” and “The Bad Days respectively, that are staple singalongs at his concerts.

Muscle Shoals, AL native Dylan LeBlanc’s latest record is 2019’s Renegade, on Dave Matthews’ label, ATO Records, so expect a healthy helping of songs from that, and his three previous releases.

Otoboke Beaver, recordBar,$20

So anticipated, our Ed-in-Chief Vu might forego his traditional Winter hibernation in Minneapolis, to brave the elements and cold weather, to venture out to see this all-girl Japanese punk act (おとぼけビ～バ～).

The band takes their name after a “love hotel” in Osaka and the quartet (singer/guitarist Accorinrin, guitarist Yoyoyoshie, bassist Hirochan, and drummer Kahokiss), have a new record, 2022’s Super Champion, to support, and are marking their first full length tour of North America, which will continue across Europe into 2023, and is recommended for Shonen Knife and riot grrrl fans. Silicone Prairie to open.

THURSDAY MARCH 2

The Rural Alberta Advantage w Georgia Harmer, recordBar, $20-$22

The Rural Alberta Advantage (The RAA) recently released The Rise EP featuring 6 new songs including ‘CANDU’, their first new offerings from the award-winning trio since 2017’s album The Wild, and the first recordings since the return of core band member, Amy Cole. An ongoing series of new songs and EPs will be shared through the year as they're written and recorded by the band, so buckle up! We literally just caught them live in Minnesota, to give you an idea of what to expect in KC.

FRIDAY MARCH 3

Mod Sun w Stand Atlantic, Mar 3, Granada- Lawrence, $25-$27

The MN-born trippy hip-hop and pop-punk act may have his marriage plans to Avril Lavigne on the rocks, but his current God Save The Teen Tour rolls on, featuring special guests Stand Atlantic and Tom The Mail Man as support

Saying these will be his biggest headlining shows yet -- "and that's both exhilarating and a big responsibility to me.” He adds, "I'm going to always focus on the sound and performance of any show I play, but this time I really want to focus on the experience as well.”

SATURDAY MARCH 4

White Reaper, Madrid Theatre, $25-$50

White Reaper just released their fourth and latest album, Asking for a Ride, along with its debut single “Pages”. The Louisville rockers recorded and almost entirely self-produced the new set in Nashville with engineer Jeremy Ferguson. We first caught the Louisville garage rockers back in 2015 in MN.

Katy Guillen and The Drive w Frogpond, Knuckleheads,$15

A local bluesy rock treasure! KC’s own Katy Guillen & The Drive is founded on the creative spark and chemistry between Katy Guillen and Stephanie Williams, with Guillen on guitar / vocals and Williams on drums. After collaborating together in Katy Guillen & The Girls, the pair forged ahead with a melodic, heavy, and soulful sound while maintaining their rock ‘n' roll / blues roots on the new album called Another One Gained. We saw them right before Christmas in Lawrence and definitely came away impressed, especially by Guillen’s Flemenco-influenced solos.

Frogpond is a familiar name, known around these parts since the 90’s and fills out this female-empowered night of rock.

SUNDAY MARCH 5

Black Violin, Lied Center- Lawrence, $21-$60

The two-time Grammy-nominated duo, brought to life by Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste, invokes a mystifying musical fusion of classical sounds and hip-hop beats. A concert performance that will merge centuries of music with a message of hope and possibility.

On stage, Marcus gives an electrifying violin performance along with Baptiste’s viola and vocal performance and joining them are Nat Stokes on drums, DJ SPS on the turntable, and Liston Gregory on keys.

Bobby Weir and The Wolf Bros, The Midland,$39.75-$99.75

Deadheads unite! Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros formed in 2018 by Weir along with the legendary producer and bassist Don Was and Jay (ex-RatDog and Primus) Lane and play GD classics along with Weir solo material. In 2020, Jeff Chimenti joined the Wolf Bros and is also now joined by Barry Sless on pedal steel.

They recently released their first ever vinyl collection of recorded material, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live in Colorado, on Third Man Records. The two volume set, produced by Weir, Was and Lane, features a collection of songs recorded during the band’s performances at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO and the Ford Amphitheater in Vail,

MONDAY MARCH 6

jxdn, Granada- Lawrence,$29-$34

The Tennessee Tik Tok and pop-punk/emo-rap star just began his latest tour, releasing a new single called “Sober” last November, which followed his 2021 Travis Barker-produced debut album, Tell Me About Tomorrow. Mark Hoppus collaborators Beauty School Dropout will also be on the bill.

TUESDAY MARCH 7

Crash Test Dummies w Carleton Stone, Madrid Theatre, $45-$79

After some pandemic delays, the Canadian alt-rock band is reuniting for the first time in 17-years to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their seminal sophomore album, God Shuffled His Feet, featuring the original line-up of Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, Dan Roberts, and Mitch Dorge.

Says bandleader Roberts, “It was a wild ride for us that year. Now we’re celebrating the 25th anniversary reuniting with our original line-up and dusting off our old set lists. It will be the first time we’ve toured with the full band since 2001, and we’re very excited about it.” The 1993 platinum-selling Grammy-nominated album hit #9 on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart and features their most unusual and popular singles, “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” and “Superman.”

WEDNESDAY MARCH 8

Eric Johnson, Madrid. $35-$55

Another show rescheduled due to the pandemic, the guitar hero’s Treasure Tour 2023 will celebrate two separate and new albums, The Book of Making and Yesterday Meets Today, released this past July via his new partnership with Blue Élan Records.

Among Johnson’s many accolades are a Grammy award for “Cliffs of Dover” (a track from his Platinum certified Ah Via Musicom), ten more Grammy nominations, lifetime induction into the Guitar Player Gallery of Greats and his listing among the “100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century” by Musician magazine.

Subtronics w MUST DIE!, Kompany, UBER, AUSTERIA,The Midland,$28-$45

A love for SUBwoofers and elecTRONICS has brought us Subtronics from Philadelphia- aka Jesse Kardon, had a passion for his drum set and Radiohead. While in high school, he discovered electronic music and became enamored with the scene. Fusing his blend of cutting-edge sound design with hard-hitting bass, Subtronics seeks to push the envelope with sound engineering.

In January 2022, he dropped his debut album ‘FRACTALS’ which came in at #4 on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Album Chart. The album coincided with his 50+ date national headline FRACTAL TOUR, which featured state-of-the-art production and ground-breaking visuals, traveling with a custom-built stage, featuring a floating DJ table within a reflective black hole, dubbed ‘The Wormhole.’

Elle King w Red Clay Strays, Uptown, $39.50

Elle King has continued to do things her way, with a unique style that encompasses country, soul, rock and blues. King is a four-time Grammy Award nominee, two each in the rock and country categories, and received honors from the Country Music Association Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards.

Latest release is the cheekily-named Come Get Your Wife released in January and is more country-tinged, with King ready for her own headlining A Freakin-Men tour, after several dates with Chris Stapleton last year.

We caught her live, early on back in 2015 in Minneapolis, and knew even back then, how driven and fiercely independent she seemed to be. South Alabama rockers Red Clay Strays to open, in support of new full-length, Moment of Truth.

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02/25/2023

Minneapolis: This Week (03/05/2023)

Here are some shows, this week, in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

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03/01 Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros featuring The Wolfpack at Palace Theatre

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Bobby Weir

Legendary Grateful Dead founder Bobby Weir will be playing live at the UC Berkeley Greek Theatre on July 24th. The show is billed as Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros. …

03/01/2023 Wednesday

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros
featuring The Wolfpack
at Palace Theatre
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Bobby Weir (of the Grateful Dead) will head out on tour starting in Feb 2023. Their tour, billed as Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros (Weir, Don Was, Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti), features The Wolfpack, a string and brass quintet.

We wrote about the band in 2021: “Who are the Wolf Bros? They’re Bobby Weir, Don Was, and Jay Lane… however, these special shows will feature Jeff Chimenti on keys and Greg Leisz on pedal steel, along with The Wolfpack: Alex Kelly, Brian Switzer, Adam Theis, Mads Tolling and Sheldon Brown.”

Tour Dates

Feb 2 North Charleston, SC, US North Charleston Performing Arts
Feb 3 St Petersburg, FL, US Florida Theatre
Feb 3 Jacksonville, FL, US Florida Theatre Jacksonville
Feb 4 Fort Lauderdale, FL, US Broward Center
Feb 7 Port Chester, NY, US Capitol Theatre
Feb 8 Port Chester, NY, US Capitol Theatre
Feb 10 Port Chester, NY, US Capitol Theatre
Feb 11 Port Chester, NY, US Capitol Theatre
Feb 17 Atlanta, GA, US Atlanta Symphony Hall
Feb 18 Atlanta, GA, US Atlanta Symphony Hall
Feb 19 Atlanta, GA, US Atlanta Symphony Hall
Feb 21 Memphis, TN, US Orpheum Theatre
Feb 22 Asheville, NC, US Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Feb 24 Chattanooga, TN, US Soldiers and Sailors
Feb 25 Louisville, KY, US The Louisville Palace
Feb 26 Detroit, MI, US The Fillmore
Feb 28 Madison, WI, US The Sylvee
Mar 1 St. Paul, MN, US Palace Theatre
Mar 2 Ames, IA, US Stephens Auditorium
Mar 4 Omaha, NE, US Orpheum Theater
Mar 5 Kansas City, MO, US Arvest Bank Theatre
Mar 7 Austin, TX, US 3ten ACL Live
Mar 8 Austin, TX, US 3ten ACL Live
Mar 9 Dallas, TX, US Majestic Theatre
Mar 11 Nashville, TN, US Ryman Auditorium
Mar 12 Nashville, TN, US Ryman Auditorium
Apr 28 New Orleans, LA, US New Orleans Jazz
Apr 29 Hollywood, CA, US Hollywood Bowl
May 20 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Forum
May 23 Outdoor Phoenix, AZ, US Ak-Chin Pavilion
May 26 Outdoor Dallas, TX, US Dos Equis Pavilion
May 28 Outdoor Atlanta, GA, US Cellairis Amphitheatre
May 30 Outdoor Charlotte, NC, US PNC Music Pavilion
Jun 1 Outdoor Raleigh, NC, US Coastal Credit Union Music Park
Jun 3 Outdoor Bristow, VA, US Jiffy Lube Live
Jun 5 Outdoor Burgettstown, PA, US The Pavilion
Jun 7 Outdoor Maryland Heights, MO, US Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Jun 9 Outdoor Chicago, IL, US Wrigley Field
Jun 10 Outdoor Chicago, IL, US Wrigley Field
Jun 13 Outdoor Cincinnati, OH, US Riverbend Music Center
Jun 15 Outdoor Philadelphia, PA, US Citizens Bank Park
Jun 17 Outdoor Saratoga Springs, NY, US Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Jun 18 Outdoor Saratoga Springs, NY, US Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Jun 21 Outdoor Queens, NY, US Citi Field Complex
Jun 22 Outdoor Queens, NY, US Citi Field Complex
Jun 24 Outdoor Boston, MA, US Fenway Park
Jun 25 Outdoor Boston, MA, US Fenway Park
Jun 27 Outdoor Noblesville, IN, US Ruoff Music Center
Jul 1 Boulder, CO, US Folsom Field, University of Colorado
Jul 2 Boulder, CO, US Folsom Field, University of Colorado

03/03 Run Westy Run with The Mood Swings at Turf Club

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Run Westy Run

I am grouping these three shows together because Run Westy Run and Iffy are related. RWR (featuring Daniel, Kirk, Kraig, and Kyle) were never quite as popular as their local peers …

03/03/2023 Friday

Run Westy Run
with The Mood Swings
at Turf Club
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Twin City music scene veterans Run Westy Run will be having an album release party for Beyond Reason, on March 3, 2023. The album is being released on the band’s new Cardinal Drive imprint and will be available on CD and digital. A vinyl release is pending.

This is really exciting news, since it’s been 33 years since their last album Green Cat Island (from 1990)! We’ve previously written how the band got their name from a children book by Gudrun Alcock, about a rebellious pre-teen runaway named Westy. They first came to fame in the 90s, along with other breakthrough acts like Soul Asylum, The Replacements, and Hüsker Dü.

For many years, the brothers (Kirk, Kyle, and Kraig Johnson) would play an annual holiday show in the Twin City area. Kyle Johnson died in 2014, so currently the Run Westy Run lineup will feature Kirk Johnson (vocals), Kraig Johnson (guitar), Terry Fisher (guitar), Paul McFarland (bass) and Peter Anderson (drums).

We’re excited to hear the new Beyond Reason songs.

The Mood Swings will open the show. Female-fronted band featuring guitarists/singers Ashley Ackerson and Sallie Watson, playing fuzzpop/punk-ish songs. Ashley is married to Ed Ackerson (from Polara), who passed away in Oct 2019.

Mood Swings at Varsity Theater (09 May 2008)

We saw the band in May 2008 and wrote, “Thoroughly exploiting my weakness for co-ed punk were the Mood Swings. The Mood Swings are what I would call no-scream girl-punk. Sometimes I forget that female-vocalized punk can still have an edge and an energy without being angry or harsh (Though in all honesty: the good stuff is often both). This narrow-mindedness is no doubt due to stubborn attachment to my Bikini Kill, Babes in Toyland and Muffs collections. But anyway The Mood Swings were lovely. Check out myspace.com/themoodswings and listen to No Limit, my personal favorite. I think you'll find "Lovely" is an apt descriptor).”

03/04 Mod Sun with Stand Atlantic and Pardyalone at First Avenue

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Stand Atlantic

The co-headlining tour of Australian bands Stand Atlantic and The Faim will take place at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on Monday, October 7th. …

03/04/2023 Saturday

Mod Sun
with Stand Atlantic and Pardyalone
at First Avenue
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Pop-punk powerhouse Mod Sun is touring in support of his album God Save The Teen (Big Noise).

I actually had no idea his fiancée is singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (I thought she was married to the guy from Nickelback). Apparently the two lovebirds had a massive hit with their 2021 single “Flames” (>106 million streams), and he’s dedicated a song called “Avril’s Song,” to his “soulmate” and donning a vulnerable collaboration with her on “Shelter.”

Mod Sun shares, “I dove deep into the power of love on this album, my song ‘Shelter’ features my fiancée Avril Lavigne, and is all about finding protection from the world in the person you are with. My song ‘SOS’ featuring Royal & The Serpent is all about the magic of love at first sight and being completely helpless to the power it has on you. I'm proud, I'm grateful, I'm at my best as an artist right now and that's what this album is to me.”

Stand Atlantic and Pardyalone to open.

Tour dates:

Feb. 23—Vancouver, Canada—Rickshaw Theatre
Feb. 25—Edmonton, Canada—Union Hall
Feb. 27—Salt Lake City, UT—The Depot
March 1—Denver, CO—Summit Music Hall
March 3—Lawrence, KS—The Granada
March 4—Minneapolis, MN—First Avenue
March 5—Chicago, IL—Bottom Lounge
March 7—Detroit, MI—Saint Andrews Hall
March 9—Cleveland, OH—Agora Theatre & Ballroom
March 10—Toronto, Canada—Phoenix Concert Theatre
March 12—Montréal, Canada—Théâtre Corona
March 14—Boston, MA—Paradise Rock Club
March 15—New York City, NY—Irving Plaza
March 17—Philadelphia, PA—Brooklyn Bowl Philly
March 19—Silver Spring, MD—The Fillmore
March 21—Atlanta, GA—The Masquerade
March 22—Nashville, TN—Eastside Bowl
March 26—Fort Lauderdale, FL—Culture Room
March 28—Dallas, TX—South Side Music Hall
March 29—Houston, TX—RISE Rooftop
March 30—Mesa, AZ—Nile Theater
April 2—Los Angeles, CA—The Fonda Theatre

03/04 Titus Andronicus with Country Westerns at Turf Club

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Titus Andronicus

New Jersey indie/punk Titus Andronicus (named after William Shakespeare’s play of the same name) will be at the Turf Club on Saturday, March 17th. The band announced an “Acoustic” tour in support of their new album A Productive Cough. …

03/04/2023 Saturday

Titus Andronicus
with Country Westerns
at Turf Club
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Titus Andronicus is kicking off their 2023 tour this February… the tour will find their way to St Paul’s The Turf Club on March 4, 2023.

Nashville rockers Country Westerns, will open. The trio will release Forgive The City on April 28th, 2023, via Fat Possum Records.

Tour dates:

Feb 3 Limerick, IE – Pharmacia
Feb 4 Dublin, IE – The Grand Social
Feb 7 Edinburgh, UK – The Mash House
Feb 8 Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
Feb 9 Manchester, UK – YES
Feb 10 Leeds, UK – Belgrave Music Hall
Feb 11 Sunderland, UK – Pop Recs
Feb 13 Nottingham, UK – Bodega
Feb 14 Birmingham, UK – Hare and Hounds
Feb 15 Cardiff, UK – Clwb Ifor Bach
Feb 16 Brighton, UK – The Hope and Ruin
Feb 17 London, UK – Moth Club
Feb 18 London, UK – Moth Club
Feb 28 Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird
Mar 1 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Mar 2 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
Mar 3 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
Mar 4 St Paul, MN – Turf Club
Mar 5 Fargo, ND – Aquarium
Mar 7 Great Falls, MT – Newberry
Mar 8 Spokane, WA – Lucky You Lounge
Mar 9 Vancouver, BC – Fox Theatre
Mar 10 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Mar 11 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Mar 14 Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
Mar 15 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
Mar 16 Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst
Mar 17 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
Mar 18 San Diego, CA – The Casbah
Mar 21 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Mar 22 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
Mar 23 Denver, CO – Globe Hall
Mar 28 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
Mar 29 Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s
Mar 31 Bloomington, IN – Bishop
Apr 1 Columbus, OH – Big Room Bar
Apr 2 Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall
Apr 4 Washington, DC – Black Cat
Apr 5 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
Apr 7 Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes
Apr 8 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere (Hall)
Jun 1 McGill, NV – Schellraiser Festival

03/05 Elle King with Red Clay Strays at Palace Theatre

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Elle King

Often compared to Janis Joplin, singer/songwriter/banjoist Elle King will be releasing her debut album Love Stuff next week, February 17th... just missing out on Valentine's Day. The Love Stuff album featured her …

03/05/2023 Sunday

Elle King
with Red Clay Strays
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Nashville, by the way of Ohio, Elle King will be headlining the Palace Theatre in St Paul on March 5th, 2023. Her latest album Come Get Your Wife is available now.

Elle King at Varsity Theater (10 Jun 2015)

We saw King in June 2015 and wrote, “Singer-songwriter Elle King just played a raucous, no-holds-barred, barn-burning 79 min. set at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis that had feet stomping, heads nodding, and even some “ear muffs” up (to reference a scene from Vince Vaughn in Old School).”

Red Clay Strays to open.

Tour Dates

Feb 14 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore
Feb 16 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Feb 17 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Feb 18 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Feb 19 – Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall
Feb 21 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
Feb 22 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
Feb 24 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Feb 25 – Harrisburg, PA – XL Live
Feb 27 – Cleveland, OH – Masonic Auditorium
Feb 28 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
March 1 – Indianapolis, IN – “Old National Centre”
March 3 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
March 4 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
March 5 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace
March 7 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
March 8 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
March 10 – Denver, CO – Summit
March 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Union Event Center
March 13 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo
March 14 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
March 15 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
March 17 – Stateline, NV – Harrah’s Lake Tahoe South Shore Room
March 18 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
March 20 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
March 22 – Dallas, TX – The Factory At Deep Ellum
March 23 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Live
March 24 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
March 25 – Bossier City, LA* – Margaritaville Resort Theater

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

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02/23/2023

March Forth to March Fourth (2023)

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03/04 Ron Sexsmith at Dakota Jazz Club

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Ron Sexsmith

This is because the male vocals on this song is by none other than Ron Sexsmith. While the presence of Sexsmith doesn't hurt the song, I just felt the gentle love song …

03/04/2023 Saturday

Ron Sexsmith
at Dakota Jazz Club
dakotacooks.com

Beloved singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith will be touring in support of his new album The Vivian Line, his first USA tour since 2015.

Ron Sexsmith (17 Jan 2007)

We caught the Canadian singer in Jan 2007, and wrote, “As for Ron Sexsmith, he's a Canadian singer/songwriter, whose major label debut self-titled album was heavily promoted in the UK (including massive advertisement campaigns in NME, Select, and Q) in 1994-1995. As expected, he played a few songs from Time Being, including "Hands Of Time", "Ship Of Fools", "Snow Angel", "Jazz At The Bookstore", "Never Give Up", and "All In Good Time". I actually filmed "Cheap Hotel", which was played fairly early in his set. The song is taken from his 2001 album Blue Boy, and you can view it on YouTube.”

Tour dates:

2/15 – City Winery – Boston, MA
2/16 – Stage One – Fairfield, CT
2/17 – City Winery – New York, NY
2/18 – World Café Live, Philadelphia, PA
2/19 – Jammin’ Java – Vienna, VA
2/21 – Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC
2/22 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
2/24 – Eddie’s Attic – Atlanta, GA
2/25 – Bluebird Café (two shows) – Nashville, TN
2/28 – The Ark – Ann Arbor, MI
3/1 – City Winery – Chicago, IL
3/2 – Shank Hall – Milwaukee, WI
3/3 – Dakota – Minneapolis, MN

03/04 Mod Sun with Stand Atlantic and Pardyalone at First Avenue

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Stand Atlantic

The co-headlining tour of Australian bands Stand Atlantic and The Faim will take place at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on Monday, October 7th. …

03/04 Titus Andronicus with Country Westerns at Turf Club

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Titus Andronicus

03/04 Cory Wong ft. Victor Wooten with Trousdale at Palace Theatre

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Cory Wong

Guitarist Cory Wong is playing the Fine Line Music Café on February 9th. Wong is bringing Emily C Browning (not to be confused with Australian actress and singer Emily Browning - you can hear the actress sing in God Help The Girl). ...

Victor Wooten

The dynamic bass virtuoso Victor Wooten Trio, featuring five-time Grammy award winner Victor Wooten with Dennis Chambers and Bob Franceschini, will be playing four shows at the Dakota Jazz Club …

03/04/2023 Saturday

Cory Wong ft. Victor Wooten
with Trousdale
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

“The most famous Minnesota musician you’ve probably never heard of” GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter, producer, and guitarist extraordinaire Cory Wong will play the Palace Theatre on March 4, 2023. The show features Victor Wooten with opener Trousdale.

Ben Rector (with Cory Wong on guitars) at State Theatre (23 Oct 2016)

We accidentally saw Cory Wong in Ben Rector’s band in Oct 2016 and wrote, “With the last show of the tour, ending a nearly two-year endless touring, the band is well-rehearsed and seemingly eager to finally take a long vacation and break after that night - particularly for guitarist Cory Wong, who is actually from the Twin Cities. Wong, according to The Current in 2014 wrote that Cory Wong is “the most famous Minnesota musician you’ve probably never heard of”.”

Tour dates:

02/23 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre *
02/24 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia*
02/25 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston *
02/27 – Portland, ME – State Theatre *
03/01 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre *
03/02 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee *
03/03 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre *
03/04 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre *
04/29 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz †
05/12 – Live Oak, FL – Echoland Music Festival †
05/26-28 – Chillicothe, IL –Summer Camp Music Festival †
06/15-18 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo †
06/24 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Freihofer’s Saratoga †
06/29-7/2 – Quincy, CA – High Sierra Festival †
07/13 – Snowshoe, WV – 4848 Festival †
07/19 – Stuttgart, Germany – Schlossplatz Stuttgart
07/20 –Brno, Czech Republic – Groove Brno Festival †
09/28 – Stockholm, Sweden – Arenan Fryshuset
09/29 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller Music Hall
09/30 – Copenhagen, Denmark – VEGA
10/02 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
10/04 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
10/05 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg
10/06 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique (AB)
10/08 – Berlin, Germany – Huxley’s Neue Welt
10/09 – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 Poppodium
10/11 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo
10/12 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute Birmingham
10/13 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo Manchester
10/14 – Glasgow, UK – Barrowland Ballroom
10/17 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street

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

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09/11/2022

Rocktober: October 3 to October 4

10/03 Monophonics with GA-20 and Kendra Morris at Fine Line

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Monophonics

Kelly Finnigan (billed as Kelly Finnigan & The Atonements), the lead singer of Bay Area-based Monophonics, is touring in support of his debut solo album The Tales People Tell (Colemine Records). …

08/10/2021

Here Comes the Sun

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Circles Around the Sun

In their most extensive US tour, Circles Around The Sun (CATS) will be stopping by the Turf Club on Sunday, June 16th, in support of their double album Let It Wander (Rhino Records). …

CIRCLES AROUND THE SUN
circlesaroundthesun.com

New guitarist Scott Metzger will be joining Circles Around the Sun on their upcoming September tour across the West Coast, Pacific Northwest and Colorado. Metzger replaces founding member Neal Casal, who passed away in August 2019.

Along with a late summer tour, Circles Around the Sun are in pre-production for a new album to be recorded in July with a planned Spring 2022 release date.

September 2021 Tour Dates

9/8 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
9/9 - San Rafael, CA - Terrapin Crossroads
9/10 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
9/11 - Seattle, WA - The Neptune
9/12 - Bend, OR - Domino Room
9/13 - Boise, ID - The Olympic
9/14 - Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell
9/15 - Ft. Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre
9/16 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
9/17 - Steamboat Springs, CO - Strings Music Pavillion
9/18 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre

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Swallow The Sun

Other shows in the area: 03/28/17 Amorphis with Swallow The Sun and Cold Colours will be over at The Cabooze 03/29/17 …

SWALLOW THE SUN
swallowthesun.net

Finnish death doom band Swallow the Sun announced their new album Moonflowers… coming out November 19th, 2021.

The band will also be releasing a bonus album featuring instrumental versions of all the regular album tracks off . The instrumental album has been composed for strings and was recorded at Sipoo Church in Finland, with strings by Trio NOX from Finland.

Guitarist Juha Raivio noted, “I know well that I should not say this, but I deeply hate this album. I hate where it takes me, how it makes me feel and what it stands for me personally. I wish it wouldn’t. But for all its honesty I got no option than also love it. That is all that matters to me with the music anyway and it doesn’t matter how it makes me feel, as long as it does. For me this album is like a mirror of a deep self-disappointment. Even I still want to believe that there is and could be more than this in me. But I don’t need or want to talk more about it. After all music means so different things to each one of us by how we have walked our own paths, and that is a beautiful thing about music. There is no right or wrong.

After I had finished writing all the music for this record in the fall of 2020 I started to write these small instrumental versions of the album songs for the violin, viola, cello and piano. Mostly because I was wondering how it would feel like to hear all these songs first as these intimate versions instead of a full band album. It was really beautiful to see and hear these songs come alive in this way and form, recorded live in this big church in Finland. To be able to hear the echoes of this music reflecting from the church walls and feel the very soul of these old wooden instruments played by real people in this sacred place. Something about hearing the strings breathe this fragile beauty into these songs that carry so much pain otherwise. Now looking back, maybe I wrote these versions just for myself to be able to hear and feel at least some kind of a beauty and solace in these songs, maybe…

I wanted to create the cover art of this album myself this time, so it would stand as brutally honest for me as the music is. So I painted the moon on the ‘Moonflowers‘ cover with my own blood and I decorated it with the flowers I picked up and dried on the spring of 2016. Maybe it isn’t the most outstanding looking piece of art ever made in this world, but for me it is everything. I wasn’t going to write any new music before I would have moved towards the right direction in my life, but finally all this music just forced itself out of me during the long nights of this hope crushing and neverending lockdown prison. Something grew out from that void eventually and writing these songs made me think a lot about moonflowers that bloom at the darkest hour of the night, so that name felt right to call the album also.”

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The Wild Feathers

Nashville’s The Wild Feathers will be stopping by the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis next Tuesday, April 12th, in support of their sophomore album Lonely Is a Lifetime (Warner Bros Records). …

THE WILD FEATHERS
TheWildFeathers.com

“Another Sunny Day” is the new song from The Wild Feathers… taken from their album Alvarado . The record will come out October 8th, 2021 via New West Records.

We saw them in Apr 2016 and wrote, “The Wild Feathers were the headliners of the show and had the crowd in the palm of their hand. These guys sounded a lot like The Shelters but had a completely different feel. They had a more laidback/ country twang to them than The Shelters but still had the energy and professionalism that you would want at a show like this.”

The band is on tour, see their website for a full listing.

08/10 - Daily's Place - Jacksonville, FL *
08/12 - MECU Pavilion - Baltimore, MD *
08/13 - Stone Pony - Asbury Park, NJ *
08/14 - Atlantic Bank Pavilion - Portsmouth, VA ~
08/15 - Charlotte Metro Amph - Charlotte, NC *
08/17 - Red Hat Amph - Raleigh, NC *
08/19 - PNC Pavilion - Cincinnati, OH *
08/20 - Ascend Amphitheater - Nashville, TN *
08/21 - Ameris Bank Amphr - Alpharetta, GA *
08/25 - The Rooftop at Pier 17 - New York, NY *
08/26 - Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion - Boston, MA *
08/27 - Santander Arena - Reading, PA *
09/15 - Hi-Fi - The Annex - Indianapolis, IN
09/16 - The Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS
09/17 - Boondocks - Springfield, IL
09/18 - Shipyard Music Festival - Cape Giradeau, MO

* The Spirit of the South Tour with Blackberry Smoke & The Allman Betts Band
~ Blackberry Smoke & The Wild Feathers Only

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Mod Sun

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on November 13, 2016. NOTE: This is the same night that Machine Gun Kelly (with Mod Sun) will play the Varsity Theater (Sold Out). …

MOD SUN
modsunmusic.com

Minnesota’s Mod Sun (half of Hotel Motel) is headlining his “Internet Killed the Rockstar Tour” presented by Big Noise.

Joining the rapper on tour will be Girlfriends (featuring Travis Mills and Nick Gross) and Tyler Posey …

Mod Sun’s home state gig will be at the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown.

Internet Killed The Rockstar Tour Dates:

9/9 - Hollywood, California - The Roxy
9/14 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Varsity Theater
9/16 - Cleveland, Ohio - House of Blues
9/17 - Chicago, Illinois - Park West
9/19 - Detroit, Michigan - The Shelter
9/21 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The Foundry
9/22 - Boston, Massachusetts - Brighton Music Hall
9/23 - Brooklyn, New York - Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/25 - Washington, D.C. - Black Cat
9/26 - Charlotte, North Carolina - The Underground
9/30 - Atlanta, Georgia - The Masquerade
10/3 - Dallas, Texas - South Side Music Hall

CALICO
calicomusic.ca

Canada’s Calico (not to be confused with California’s Calico The Band) just released Under a Sudden Sun on August 6, 2021.

The nostalgic Folk/Americana group namedd the album “after that magical moment when the first light of the day peaks out from behind the hills, Under a Sudden Sun is a tranquil and meditative experience.”

ACADEMY OF SUN
heavenslathe

Brighton’s The Academy of Sun latest release is It Is Finished When It's Destroyed 7” via Graham Duff’s new Heaven's Lathe label.

Heaven’s Lathe will be releasing monthly 7" singles, limited to a 100 copies, with lathe-cut vinyl (which is different from pressed vinyls) … hence their name.

GLOOP
gloopband.com

Maryland’s noise rock trio Gloop (not to be confused with Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop) will be releasing Crayon Sun via Grimoire Records on August 20, 2021.

The record will be released worldwide on limited edition cassette and digital download through Grimoire Records. Preorders are open now.

BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND
beverlyglenncopeland.com

American-Canadian composer and activist Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s Keyboard Fantasies hit 35 years, which Transgressive reissued earlier this year. Now, BGC will be releasing Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined, the original songs… but re-worked and re-imagined with various collaborators. The latest preview comes in the form of “Sunset Village (Blood Orange Remix).”

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11/11/2016

Minneapolis: November 13, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on November 13, 2016.

NOTE: This is the same night that Machine Gun Kelly (with Mod Sun) will play the Varsity Theater (Sold Out).

Also in downtown at Mill City Nights, you’ll find Metro Station with Palaye Royale and The Strive.

That’s not all...across the way, you’ll find UK duo Snakehips with Charles Murdoch and Falls (not to be confused with legendary band the Fall) will play the Fine Line Music Café.

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Arkells

High Noon Named after a street in their native Hamilton, Ontario, the juno award winning band creates an accessible style of pop rock. Formed in 2006, they self-released their …

The Darcys

Toronto's The Darcys took their name from two Darcys: Mr. Darcy from "Pride and Prejudice" and D'Arcy McGee, the first Canadian political figure to be assassinated. Although they look to be a young bunch …

ARKELLS
at Turf Club
Sunday, 11/13/16, 7pm ($10)
turfclub.net

Canadian rock band Arkells is back in the US, touring in support of t heir new album Morning Report (Universal Music Canada / Last Gang Records). The band also recently announced a 2017 North American tour with Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls.

Note that the St Paul show was not originally listed on their tour itinerary (as not shown on their tour poster).

Darcys to open. We caught the band a few time, the last being in March 2014 and we wrote, “The evening began with a set from Toronto’s The Darcys, just Juno Award-nominated for their third indie art-rock album, Warring (Arts &Crafts). The Toronto quartet,led by singer/keyboardist Jason Couse (who is unafraid to sing falsetto), had also covered Steely Dan’s Aja in its entirety on its last release, and offered up the Dan’s ‘Josie’, mid-set.”

ARKELLS 2016 & 2017 TOUR DATES

Nov 11 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Bag
Nov 12 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
Nov 13 - St Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Nov 23 - Hamburg, GER @ Molotow
Nov 24 - Berlin, GER @ PBHF Club
Nov 26 - Munich, GER @ Strom
Nov 27 - Cologne, GER @ Luxor
Nov 29 - London, UK @ Hoxton Square
Nov 30 - Manchester, UK @ Gullivers
Dec 02 - Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
Dec 09 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
Dec 10 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
Dec 17 - St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
Dec 18 - Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
Jan 19 - Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore*
Jan 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore*
Jan 21 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts*
Jan 22 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues*
Jan 23 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues*
Jan 25 - Denver, CO @ The Fillmore*
Jan 27 - Phoenix, AZ @ Live Wire*
Jan 28 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern*
Jan 29 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield*
Feb 01 - Vancouver, BC @ Thunderbird Sports Centre#
Feb 03 - Edmonton, AB @ Shaw Conference Centre#
Feb 04 - Calgary, AB @ BMO Centre#
Feb 06 - Saskatoon, SK @ Prairieland Park#
Feb 07 - Winnipeg, MB @ Centennial Concert Hall#
Feb 10 - Hamilton, ON @ First Ontario Centre#
Feb 11 - Montreal, QC @ Metropolis#
Feb 13 - Ottawa, ON @ TD Place Arena#
Feb 14 - Moncton, NB @ The Centre #
Feb 15 - Halifax, NS @ Scotiabank Centre#
Feb 17 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre*
Feb 18 - Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena*

* Supporting Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
^ Supporting KONGOS
~ Supporting The Strumbellas
# w/ Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls supporting

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Lemaitre

Singularity [Explicit] Lemaitre July 22, 2014 Love this band and the album is something a little new from them but still great. …

LEMAITRE
at Triple Rock Social Club
Sunday, 11/13/16, 7:30pm ($15)
triplerocksocialclub.com

Norwegian-born electronic duo Lemâitre (Ulrik Denizou Lund and Ketil Jansen) is back on tour in support of their new EP Afterglow (Astralwerks). The EP is available for download on iTunes and ready for streaming on Spotify (already streamed over 23 million times).

Although the two friends met as schoolmates in Lillehammer, Norway, the two are now living in Los Angeles, California.

You may have heard one of their song (‘1:18’) on Apple’s advertisement for the iPhone 5c and iOS7. In March 2016,[28] it was announced that Lemaitre, along with other musical acts AlunaGeorge and Broiler, were

Chet Porter and Coucheron to open.

Lemaitre - Fall 2016 North American Tour

11/10 - Chicago, IL @ Double Door
11/11 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
11/12 - Milwaukee, WI @ Miramar
11/13 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
11/17 - Vancouver, BC @ Fortune
11/18 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
11/19 - Portland, OR @ Star Theater

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