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Music to Draw to with Kid Koala at Clutch Brewery, St Paul (30 July 2023)

07/30 Music to Draw To with Kid Koala and Lealani at Clutch Brewery Tour Dates 07/31 Hamilton, ON @ Bridgeworks Read More Kid Koala This current Kid Koala tour is to promote his new album Creatures of the Late Afternoon, an album that was created during the pandemic. The album also doubles as a board game, which his family helped created. …

Kid Koala’s Music to Draw To show was a casual experience on the lawn of the Clutch Brewing Company in St Paul.

Fans would bring their sketchbook and draw, while Kid Koala would provide the live soundtrack, handpicked from his collection of records. It’s actually a great idea to get creative, as, personally speaking, I have not had the time to doodle random Vuart. Being with a crowd, with all the same purpose, will help motivate you to draw. What a great idea, right?

Anyway, lots of laid-back, chill songs were played. I think my favorite was a cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “Only Shallow”, except it was mellower with clear vocals (the original song is distorted with lots of guitar noise).

Lealani was also there, drawing on a table in a pink hoodie. She would come on stage to perform one of her songs, “The Mountain” or freestyling.

Kid Koala did the “fake Gorillaz song” … the song is not officially titled, nor is it officially released yet. He’s still working out the way it spins. This song was absent from the Chase Bliss show, so I’m glad to hear it again. The song features Damon Albarn on vocals, based on Dan the Automator’s production / composition.

As with all these recent shows, Kid Koala closed out his set with “Moon River”. Even though it’s the same song, every song was played differently. For example, the Chase Bliss performance had more shooting star sounds… while this Clutch show had more warping effects. It never sounds boring.

Kid Koala and Lealani (30 Jul 2023)

Lealani would join Koala on stage, for the song finale. They thanked us for coming out and wished Chase Bliss a happy birthday (Chase Bliss sponsored all three Kid Koala’s Minneapolis / St Paul events as part of their celebration). Being here for three days, I asked them if they visited The Mall of America, in which they had no idea what that is. I guess they didn’t do the tourist thing.

With fans lining up for autographs and conversations, they were more than gracious to sign everything presented to them. They were in no hurry to leave, even though it will be a very, very long drive back to Hamilton, Ontario for their final show in this 2023 tour.

P.S. If I can remember, I will try and set about two hours every Sunday at noon to listen to a record and produce new art. If it happens, I will post new art every Sunday… but we will see if I forget or just can’t make the time for it.

Music to Draw to with Kid Koala at Clutch Brewery, St Paul (30 July 2023) art by Vu

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Minneapolis: February 1 to February 3

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

02/01 Jadu Heart with Goon at 7th St Entry Read More Pixies Last month, Pixies released a brand new music video overnight to accompany the song "Greens and Blues" from the band's EP-2, which came out January 3rd. You can watch the video on youtube.com. …

02/01/2023 Wednesday

Jadu Heart
with Goon
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

London’s dreampop/shoegaze Jadu Heart is described as following the footsteps of Pixies and My Bloody Valentine.

The duo (Diva-Sachy Jeffrey and Alex Headford) will be in the USA to promote their third album Derealised. The record comes out January 20, 2023, via VLF Records.

Diva explains: “The first half of a lot of the songs were written in that time when we started reevaluating our own lives, and then in the second half, they turned from this hopelessness to hopefulness.”

Tour dates:

1/24/2023 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
1/25/2023 – Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club
1/27/2023 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
1/28/2023 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
1/29/2023 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune Club
2/1/2023 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
2/3/2023 – Chicago, IL – Sleeping Village
2/4/2023 – Toronto, ON – The Velvet Underground
2/5/2023 – Montreal, QB – Petit Campus
2/7/2023 – Allston/Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
2/8/2023 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
2/10/2023 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
2/11/2023 – Washington DC – Songbyrd Record Café
3/24/2023 – Edinburgh, UK – Voodoo Rooms
3/25/2023 – Glasgow, UK – Audio
3/27/2023 – Manchester, UK – YES
3/28/2023 – Bristol, UK – Exchange
3/30/2023 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
3/31/2023 – Brighton, UK – Patterns
4/2/2023 – Paris, FR – La Boule Noire
4/3/2023 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
4/4/2023 – Cologne, DE – Yuca
4/6/2023 – Berlin, DE – Lido
4/8/2023 – Copenhagen, DK – Vega

02/03 Claire Rosinkranz with DWLLRS and mehro at Fine Line Read More Claire Rosinkranz Following her first ever sold-out headline tour this Fall, 17-year-old Southern California singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Claire Rosinkranz announces the dates for her 2022 …

02/03/2023 Friday

Claire Rosinkranz
with DWLLRS and mehro
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Teen star southern California singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Claire Rosinkranz is back in Minneapolis… this time on February 3, 2023, playing the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis.

Claire Rosinkranz (04 Mar 2022)

We saw the singer in Mar 2022 and mentioned, “Claire Rosinkranz came on stage to The Go-Go’s “We Got The Beat”. Her biggest fans were in the front row and sang to all of her songs. The highlight of her set was, “Stuck On Us”, a duet co-written by Aidan Bissett, who obviously showed up to help her sing the song.”

Tour dates:

Feb 03 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, MN
Feb 04 Thalia Hall Chicago, IL
Feb 06 The Axis Club Theatre Toronto
Feb 08 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
Feb 10 Webster Hall New York, NY
Feb 11 The Foundry at The Fillmore Philadelphia, PA
Feb 13 Howard Theatre Washington, DC
Feb 16 The Loft Atlanta, GA
Feb 18 The Basement East Nashville, TN
Feb 21 Antone's Austin, TX
Feb 22 House of Blues Dallas Downtown, TX
Feb 25 Marquis Theater Denver, CO
Feb 27 Soundwell Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 01 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
Mar 03 Fortune Sound Club Vancouver
Mar 04 Neumos Seattle, WA
Mar 07 August Hall San Francisco, CA
Mar 10 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Mar 11 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA

02/03 Gregory Alan Isakov at Palace Theatre Read More Gregory Alan Isakov Gregory Alan Isakov is heading out on tour, starting in January 2015, in support of his latest album The Weatherman (Suitcase Town Music). The album debut #1 on iTunes’ Singer/Songwriter chart, #5 on Billboard’s …

02/03/2023 Friday

Gregory Alan Isakov
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Their press release for GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov didn’t list the Palace Theatre in St Paul, perhaps they’re still finalizing the details. There’s no opening band listed, but it might be Joe Purdy (Aoife O’Donovan is probably opening for the UK shows).

Tickets for the tour, which will feature special guests and , are on-sale now. $1 from each ticket sold will support Real Farmer Care, whose mission is to support farmers’ self-care needs.

Tour dates:

1/19/23 Knoxville, TN The Mill & Mine
1/20/23 Chattanooga, TN The Signal
1/21/23 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
1/22/23 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
1/24/23 Richmond, VA The National
1/25/23 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
1/27/23 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
1/28/23 Boston, MA Roadrunner
1/29/23 Burlington, VT The Flynn
1/30/23 Buffalo, NY Asbury Hall
2/1/23 Kalamazoo, MI Kalamazoo State Theatre
2/2/23 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater
2/3/23 St. Paul, MN Palace Theatre
2/4/23 Omaha, NE The Admiral
9/2/23 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom
9/3/23 Dillon, CO Dillon Amphitheater
9/4/23 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre

02/03 Daniel Villarreal with Dosh at 7th St Entry Read More Dos Santos Chicago's eclectic cumbia/jazz/punk/Latinx quintet Dos Santos is playing at La Do Cervecera on Saturday November 3rd, in celebration of the brewery's multi-day Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration. …

02/03/2023 Friday

Daniel Villarreal
with Dosh
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Panama-born, Chicago-based percussionist Daniel Villarreal, known for his work with Dos Santos will be stopping at the 7th Street Entry on February 3, 2023. His debut album is called Panamá 77.

Daniel Villarreal (21 Oct 2022)

We saw Daniel Villarreal in Oct 2022 and said, “Daniel Villarreal and his band appeared in the back of the venue with cowbells to play their version of the pied piper as they worked through the crowd and towards the stage. And just like that, the crowd surged and the show began.”

Tour dates:

Tue, Jan 31 @ Peoples Brewery , Lafayette, IN
Thu, Feb 2 @ SPACE in Evanston, Evanston, IL
Fri, Feb 3 @ 7th St Entry, Minneapolis
Sat, Feb 4 @ Racoon Motel, Davenport, IA
Sun, Feb 5 @ The Slowdown, Omaha, Nebraska

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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Desert Daze 2018 Kick-Off Week

Desert Daze 2018 Kick-Off Week Read More Desert Daze Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists .... Jarvis Cocker Sally, joins us once again to talk more Britpop! Is there a britpopcast in the future? Talks centers around Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, Suede. Pulp started in 1978 … Slowdive Shoegaze band Slowdive are currently on a reunion tour, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Café, after being absent from the city in twenty-two years! .... My Bloody Valentine The great noise, shoegazing band My Bloody Valentine is on a reunion tour. We’re talking the original classic lineup of Kevin Shields, Colm Ó Cíosóig, Debbie Googe, and Bilinda Butcher. .…

With Desert Daze 2018 coming up this weekend (October 12th-14th, 2018) at Lake Perris, California, we thought we’d spotlight some of these bands we’ve already seen.

Also, the Music Festival announced that Friday’s ticket and Camping are nearly sold out, so if you’re on the fence about attending this weekend, it’s time to pull the trigger.

Jarvis Cocker (Friday): Frontsman of Britpopster band Pulp will be at Desert Daze on Friday. If you’ve ever listened to a Pulp album, you know that Cocker’s lyrics are often like reading a mini novel. He’s a genius. Since going solo, Cocker has really expanded from just a singer in a band to something more interesting, like film actor, film maker, and writer.

Slowdive (Saturday): After years and years of inactivity, the re-formed/re-united English band did small tour in 2014 (which was one of our greatest highlight). Now, with a 2017 self-titled album, the shoegazing band will like stick around. If you’ve never seen the band, you’ll be glad to know that they were recently added to the Desert Daze lineup for co-headlining on Saturday night.

My Bloody Valentine (Sunday): Deservingly headlining Sunday evening. Let’s face it, when you talk about shoegazing music, the band that everyone is influenced by is probably My Bloody Valentine. Like Slowdive, MBV was on a long hiatus, until Kevin Shields got the band back together.

There’s still a million other bands coming to Desert Daze, so there’s a little something for everyone.

Can’t wait for the weekend? There are a couple of smaller, side shows leading up to the big event:

Regent

10/09 Shannon & the Clams, Escape-ism, Tropa Magica

10/10 Jarvis Cocker

The Echo

10/09 Ex-Cult, Holydrug Couple at

10/11 Sons of Kemet, Younatan Gat

10/17 Cut Worms, Michael Rault

Vista Theatre

10/11 Connan Mockasin

Zebulon

10/10 Frankie & Witch Fingers, Stonefield, Wild Wing

Irenic San Diego

10/11 Hinds, Toast Music

Ace Hotel Palm Springs

10/11 Imarhan

Pappy & Harriet's

10/15 Desert Daze Official Wrap Party

Details and lineup:

Desert Daze 2018
October 12th-14th, 2018
Lake Perris, California
Tickets & Camping: ticketfly.com
More Info: desertdaze.org

Friday Tame Impala Warpaint Connan Mockasin Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Jarvis Cocker Introducing JARV IS… Hinds Pond IDLES DAKHABRAKHA Wand Gum All Them Witches True Widow Lumerians (Late Night) Mary Lattimore Sons Of Kemet Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers L.A. Witch Kikagaku Moyo + Boogarins + JJUUJJUU (Late Night) Tropa Magica Sugar Candy Mountain Opening Ceremonies With Ian Svenonius

Saturday King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Slowdive Mercury Rev Perform Deserter’s Songs Chelsea Wolfe Wooden Shjips BEAK > A Place To Bury Strangers Shannon & The Clams Kevin Morby Kikagaku Moyo Malcolm Mooney Of CAN Damien Echols – High Magick Boogarins Ex-Cult Deap Vally (Late Night) Cosmonauts Prettiest Eyes (Late Night) Cut Worms JJUUJJUU Ulrika Spacek Al Lover Hand Habits Mannequin Pussy Stonefield Cat Scan

Sunday My Bloody Valentine Death Grips Shellac Ty Segall & White Fence Earth Perform The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull Preoccupations King Khan & The Shrines Julia Holter Earthless Follakzoid Bedouine Escape-Ism The Holydrug Couple Death Valley Girls Imarhan Here Lies Man Sextile Vinyl Williams Gladys Lazer Goon The Mad Walls Talks: Steve Albini

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Desert Daze: October 12-14, 2018

Read More Desert Daze October (thank god because we would all melt in the otherwise typical days of such shenanigans) will bestow the 6th installation of the transcendent music festival Desert Daze in Joshua Tree, California. .... Tame Impala Tame Impala is touring the U.S. again in support of their album, Lonerism. Kevin and crew have definitely crafted a piece of art. Loud, incredibly groovy. ... Slowdive Shoegaze band Slowdive are currently on a reunion tour, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Café, after being absent from the city in twenty-two years! ....

Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists, and this year is no exception. With Tame Impala headlining, it could in fact be the best one yet.

I could enumerate on how this festival is, in my opinion, the Mecca of all festivals, but it is really something to be seen by the own eye to truly comprehend. Along with bizarre instillations and an entire village complete with meditation tent and tea ceremonies, this isn’t just a music festival…it’s an Extraterrestrial Festival.

The California-based festival run by Jjuujju’s guitarist Phil Pirrone has an impressive lineup this year featuring Tame Impala, My Bloody Valentine, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (also a returning band), Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, Shellac, Ty Segall & White Fence, Warpaint, Earth (performing The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull), Malcom Mooney of CAN, Steve Albini, Connan Mockasin, Pond, and Julia Holter, Earthless. There are always surprise guests and DJ’s along with plenty of mind-enhancing activities to attend in between shows.

English dream-pop band Slowdive has recently been added to the festival, which will by far be one of the most sought-out performances of the weekend.

Check out Desert Daze’s amazing lineup poster, featuring the latest additions and broken down by day. Single-day tickets are now available in addition to three-day general admission and VIP passes. Visit the festival’s website for more info.

Desert Daze is happening October 12th-14th, 2018 in Lake Perris, California.

Details and lineup:

Desert Daze 2018
October 12th-14th, 2018
Lake Perris, California
Tickets & Camping: ticketfly.com
More Info: desertdaze.org

Friday Tame Impala Warpaint Connan Mockasin Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Jarvis Cocker Introducing JARV IS… Hinds Pond IDLES DAKHABRAKHA Wand Gum All Them Witches True Widow Lumerians (Late Night) Mary Lattimore Sons Of Kemet Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers L.A. Witch Kikagaku Moyo + Boogarins + JJUUJJUU (Late Night) Tropa Magica Sugar Candy Mountain Opening Ceremonies With Ian Svenonius

Saturday King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Slowdive Mercury Rev Perform Deserter’s Songs Chelsea Wolfe Wooden Shjips BEAK > A Place To Bury Strangers Shannon & The Clams Kevin Morby Kikagaku Moyo Malcolm Mooney Of CAN Damien Echols – High Magick Boogarins Ex-Cult Deap Vally (Late Night) Cosmonauts Prettiest Eyes (Late Night) Cut Worms JJUUJJUU Ulrika Spacek Al Lover Hand Habits Mannequin Pussy Stonefield Cat Scan

Sunday My Bloody Valentine Death Grips Shellac Ty Segall & White Fence Earth Perform The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull Preoccupations King Khan & The Shrines Julia Holter Earthless Follakzoid Bedouine Escape-Ism The Holydrug Couple Death Valley Girls Imarhan Here Lies Man Sextile Vinyl Williams Gladys Lazer Goon The Mad Walls Talks: Steve Albini

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Minneapolis: July 25 to July 27, 2018

My Bloody Valentine: Loveless Read More My Bloody Valentine Remember back in May, when Amy and I were talking about My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields working on a new album? Well, it happened, he's finally released his third My Bloody Valentine album called mbv .…

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from July 25 to July 27, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

MY BLOODY VALENTINE
Palace Theatre
Wed 07/25/2018 (7pm/$45)
palacestpaul.com

The great noise, shoegazing band My Bloody Valentine is on a reunion tour. We’re talking the original classic lineup of Kevin Shields, Colm Ó Cíosóig, Debbie Googe, and Bilinda Butcher.

MBV did return in 2013 but I don’t think they stopped by Minneapolis at all.

My Bloody Valentine 2018 Tour Dates:

July 17 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount
July 19 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
July 22 – Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest
July 25 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
July 27 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
July 30 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
Aug. 1 – New York, NY @Hammerstein Ballroom
Aug. 17 – Makuhari Messe, JP @ Sonicmania

Taking Back Sunday / Coheed And Cambria at Armory Poster 3 Doors Down & Collective Soul Poster Lady Parts Justice League at Cedar Poster Tyler Hilton 2018 Poster Read More Coheed and Cambria Progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria's In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 is being re-issued on vinyl on Equal Vision Records/Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings on October 21st. … Taking Back Sunday Taking Back Sunday will be taking back First Avenue (they previously performed at First Avenue in 2012) this Thursday (too bad it’s not a Sunday!), touring in support of their seventh studio album Tidal Wave (Hopeless Records). … 3 Doors Down Former 3 Doors Down’s guitarist Matt Roberts has died yesterday (August 20th) from an apparent overdose just outside Milwaukee at a charity event, according to TMZ …

Other shows in the area:

TAKING BACK SUNDAY / COHEED AND CAMBRIA
+ The Story So Far
Armory
Wed 07/25/2018 (4pm/$37)
armorymn.com

The co-headlining tour of Taking Back Sunday and Coheed And Cambria will be taking place at the Armory on Wednesday, courtesy of Live Nation. Show up early to see special guest The Story So Far.

Coheed and Cambria tour dates:

07/19 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
07/21 – Brooklyn, NY – Ford Amph
07/22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE – Outdoors*
07/23 – Columbus, OH – Express Live!*
07/25 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory
07/26 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank
07/27 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amph
07/29 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion
07/31 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
08/02 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre
08/03 – Austin, TX – Austin360 Amphitheatre
08/04 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion
08/06 – Denver, CO – Sculpture Park
08/07 – Salt Lake City – Union Event Center*
08/09 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre*
08/10 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint
08/11 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
08/12 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre

*not a Live Nation date

3 DOORS DOWN / COLLECTIVE SOUL
+ Soul Asylum
Armory
Thu 07/26/2018 (5:30pm/$35)
armorymn.com

Live Nation continue to bring big national bands to the Armory, continuing with “The Rock & Roll Express Tour” co-headlining show 3 Doors Down and Collective Soul on Thursday. Local favorites Soul Asylum to open.

Tour dates:

07/20/18 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amph
07/21/18 Maryland Heights, MO Hollywood Casino
07/24/18 Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion
07/26/18 Minneapolis, MN Armory
07/27/18 West Bend, WI* Washington County Fair
07/28/18 Riverside, IA* Riverside Casino
08/03/18 Clearfield, PA* Clearfield County Fair
08/04/18 Kalamazoo, MI Wings Event Center
08/07/18 Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery
08/08/18 Huber Heights, OH Rose Music Center
08/10/18 Gilford, NH Bank of New Hampshire
08/11/18 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
08/14/18 Brookhaven, NY Amphitheater at Bald Hill
08/16/18 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun

LADY PARTS JUSTICE LEAGUE
feat. Lizz Winstead
The Cedar Cultural Center
Thu 07/26/2018 (8pm/$20)
thecedar.org

Comedy-driven reproductive rights organization Lady Parts Justice League (no relationship with DC’s Justice League) is stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center as part of their “Vagical Mystery Tour”. The show is hosted by Lizz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show) and will feature Alonzo Bodden (Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me; Winner of Last Comic Standing) at the Cedar Cultural Center show.

According to the Cedar’s website, musicians will include: Jill Sobule, Chastity Brown, Tina Schlieske (of Tina and The B Sides), Lori Barbero (of Babes In Toyland), Janey Winterbauer (of The Suburbs), Laurie Lindeen (of Zu Zu’s Petals), Danielle Cusack and Emily Schoonover (of Bruise Violet).

Tour dates:

7/17 – Southbend, IN – Vegetable Buddies
7/26 – Minneapolis, MN – The Cedar Cultural Center
8/02 – Milwaukee, WI – The Milwaukee Comedy Festival

TYLER HILTON
Aster Cafe
Fri 07/27/2018 (9pm/$17)
astercafe.com

California’s Tyler Hilton will be stopping by the Aster Cafe in Minneapolis on July 27th.

Tour dates:

07/28 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Sioux City, IA, US
07/31 The Vanguard, Tulsa, OK, US
08/02 The Yard, Fort Worth, TX, US
08/03 The Colony, The Colony, TX, US
08/23 Pub Rock, Scottsdale, AZ, US
08/25 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV, US
08/30 Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, Du Quoin, IL, US
08/31 Naperville Last Fling, Naperville, IL, US

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V-Day 2013

Discography [1988] Isn't Anything [1991] Loveless [2013] m b v

Everybody knows that next week is the dreaded V-Day (February 14th). You have been warned!

MY BLOODY VALENTINE
mybloodyvalentine.net

Remember back in May, when Amy and I were talking about My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields working on a new album? Well, it happened, he's finally released his third My Bloody Valentine album called mbv earlier this month. And it crashed the internets. Fans went nuts for the new album, having only waited twenty-two years for it.

MBV is currently on tour. They'll be back in the States this Valentine's Day at Seattle's El Corazon.

02/07/13 Tokyo, Japan Studio Coast
02/08/13 Tokyo, Japan Studio Coast
02/10/13 Tokyo, Japan Studio Coast
02/14/13 Seattle, WA El Corazon
02/16/13 Melbourne Westgate Entertainment
02/18/13 Newtown Enmore Theatre
02/20/13 Brisbane The Tivoli
02/22/13 Melbourne Palace Theatre
03/08/13 Birmingham O2 Academy Birmingham
03/09/13 Glasgow Barrowland
03/10/13 Manchester O2 Apollo Manchester
03/12/13 London HMV Hammersmith Apollo
03/13/13 London HMV Hammersmith Apollo

RYAN BEATTY
theryanbeatty.com

17-year-old Ryan Beatty will be hosting a live concert for his fans this Valentine's Day on VyRT at 8pm EST.

What that means is you don't have to get out of your pajamas or make travel plans to enjoy Beatty's smooth, soulful singing voice as he sings his big #1 pop song, "Because of You".

"I'm very excited to be joining VyRT in giving my fans an intimate, live performance and to spend time with my fans all across the world in a fun, new and creative way," said Beatty. "I'm also very excited to perform some new songs that I have been writing for them."

MEN WITHOUT HATS
menwithouthats.com

You remember how excited I was to finally see Men Without Hats in Toronto a few years ago? Imagine my surprise to find out that the band hasn't tour the UK in over 20 years.

The band announced that they will be playing a very special Valentine's Day show in Stockholm on February 14th. This is part of their successful European tour.

Yes, if you were wondering, they have a new album called Love In The Age Of War, which we mentioned last year.

02/07/13 Frankfurt, Das Bett
02/08/13 Hannover, Engel 07
02/09/13 Berlin, K17
02/10/13 Hamburg, Logo
02/12/13 Copenhagen, Stengade
02/14/13 Stockholm, Kolingsborg
02/15/13 Malmo, Inkonst
02/16/13 Gothenburg, Sticky Fingers

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W♥M132: Shoegazing

W♥M132 (42 mins)

Shoegeezers Vu and Amy sit down to talk about Shoegazing/Shoegaze music.

Although "shoegazing" emerged from the UK in the late 80s, it wasn't until the early 90s, that the name really kicked into popularity because the UK music press (NME and Melody Maker) were using it to describe the bands and the audience for their tendencies to look at their feet at gigs.

This subgenre of alternative rock had some key elements: (1) Lots and lots of guitar effects and layers and (2) Indistinguishable vocal melodies that blend in the guitar noise

Bands on our list:

Slowdive (later Mojave 3)

Chapterhouse

My Bloody Valentine

Moose

Lush (early Lush)

Catherine Wheel

Fleeting Joys

Belong

DIIV (recently changed their name from Dive)

Twilight Sad

Ringo Deathstarr

Young Prisms

The Depreciation Guild

Song of the show is Catherine Wheel's "Black Metallic"

Just in time for the Kevin Shield's remastering of his My Bloody Valentine re-issues: Glider (Mar 27th), Ep's 1988 - 1991 (May 15th), Loveless (Jun 5th), and Isn't Anything (Jun 5th).

BONUS: Looper, not to be confused with the new Sci-Fi movie, but is the Scottish band that lived off "Mondo 77" for five years (thank you Tom Cruise), plus Dreampop and M83.

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Cover Lover: Totally 80s

DUNCAN SHEIK
duncansheik.com

You all remember Duncan Sheik, he found massive success with his single "Barely Breathing" from his self-titled debut album from Atlantic Records. He won a Grammy for "Best Male Vocal Performance, Pop", you know, no big deal.

So it's been a while, but Duncan Sheik returns to pop music, and it's obvious that Sheik wears his influences on his sleeve with his all covers album, Covers 80s (released earlier this month via Sneaky Records). I can only imagine that Sheik is a bit of an anglophile, considering the artists covered here: The Cure, The Smiths, Howard Jones, Love & Rockets, Tears for Fears, Japan, Talk Talk, Blue Nile, The Psychedelic Furs, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, New Order. No Cyndi Lauper, no Madonna, no cheesy Def Leppard.

I can tell that Sheik loves these songs, it really shows in his covers, and especially the song choices. The Smiths' "William, It Was Really Nothing" isn't one of their more popular songs, and even the almost-random The Blue Nile (from Glasgow) song, "Stay" doesn't quite belong, but he loves it enough to include it on the album. The pronunciation is a little off on the Smiths cover, it sounds like Duncan is saying "Willie-um", which may be a disservice to one Steven Patrick Morrissey.

If you like 80s synth, which many of these artists are, especially Depeche Mode, Howard Jones, and Japan, you may be disappointed that the synthesizers are nowhere to be found on Duncan Sheik's covers... which are more low-key. This is a good thing, in my opinion. Sheik is trying to put his own spin on these songs, and like or hate it, I feel it's the right course.

Other notable mentions is that Holly Brook and Rachael Yamagata appears on the record. I am assuming that is Yamagata singing with Sheik on "Shout" and Brook on "Hold Me Now", which is my favorite cover on the album.

Covers 80s, the seventh studio album by Duncan Sheik is out now.

THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR
theasteroidsgalaxytour.com

Yeah, you know the story. I think these guys are great, calling them top for 2008, and to this day, I sometime hear "Around the Bend" at clubs - which is pretty amazing how far the band's come.

I finally got a copy of The Golden Age EP for review. Guess what? The Asteroids Galaxy Tour covered "Safety Dance", what perfect timing since I just saw Men Without Hats (they are still alive and breathing). The Asteroids Galaxy Tour's version has a bit more horns and that unique Danish vocals from Mette Lindberg. Their version doesn't take into account the extended remix, but that's just fine, it's a perfect pop song.

As for the rest of the EP, lots of horns, giving it a more 70s flavor to it. It is obvious to me that these songs are meant for the dance floor, especially for "Fantasy Friend Forever" and "Safety Dance" cover ("because if your friends don't dance...") If you don't believe me, listen for yourself on their soundcloud set. If video's your poison, their 2+ million youtube video is 70s spectacular: one-eyed villain, kungfu and a spy flutist (yes, it's also a Heineken commercial).

Here's what left of their galaxy tour on Earth:

7/01 – Poland, Open’er Festival
7/10 – Hungary, Balaton Sound Festival
9/23 – Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rock in Rio

What Difference Does It Make

STRANDED HORSE
theestrandedhorse.com

I love covers and I love the Smiths, and if my math is right, I should love all Smiths covers. That isn't always the case, especially when I heard Emily Browning's "Sing Me To Sleep" on the awful, awful, awful Sucker Punch movie. The song is about suicide, hearing it as a pop song is just.... but anyway, Stranded Horse's cover of "What Difference Does It Make" is actually pretty good. If you listen to it (available as a free download at soundcloud.com), it's basically deconstructed to just singer Yann Tambour's vocals and plucky kora acoustics. It has a very medieval/madrigal feel to whole thing.

Stranded Horse is not actually not a brand new band, it's just shorten from his ex-band, "Thee, Stranded Horse", and just to give you a little background on Tambour, he is French, but based on the Smiths cover and And The Shoreline It Withdrew In Anger, his English is impeccable. His latest album, Humbling Tides was written and recorded in Bristol, UK, but he is returning and touring to France this Fall:

sept, 10 • Bordeaux • Festival Ouvre la Voix
oct, 01 • Bruxelles (b) • Festival 'Comme à la maison'
nov. 03 • Pau • la Centrifugeuse
nov. 04 • Bayonne • le Microscope
nov. 08 • Clermont Ferrand • l'hôtel des vils
nov. 09 • Allonnes (72) • la péniche w/ Arlt
nov. 17 • Martigues • Scène Nationale, Théâtre des Salins w/ Piers Faccini
nov. 18 • Katowice (p) • Festival 'Ar Cameralis'
nov. 24 • Paris • la maroquinerie w/ Arlt

LOVEDRUG
www.lovedrugmusic.com

These guys, I only know because I liked their cover artwork. They make attractive CDs.

Their best of album, strangely titled Best of I AM LOVEDRUG is not really a best of Lovedrug, but a best of covers by "I Am Lovedrug". I know, it's confusing.

You can see the songs covered for yourself at freefallmediagroup.net, the album is available now (June 28th). You can download their cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" for free via their Facebook-thingy.

They didn't list the artists, but here's what I've compiled:

Only Shallow (My Bloody Valentine)
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
Hysteria (Def Leppard)
Me and My Arrow (Harry Nilsson)
Talk To Me (Stevie Nicks)
Plug In Baby (Muse)
Zombie (Cranberries)
Pure Imagination (Willy Wonka)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
God of Wine feat. Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind)
Endless Day (The Kinks)

 

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Salinthia wrote:

It's called 'Best of I AM LOVEDRUG' b/c all the recordings are from fans pledging for cover songs as part of their PledgeMusic campaign which was called I AM LOVEDRUG (www.IamLovedrug.com).

Posted Tuesday, 05 July 2011 at 01:05 PM

Be My Valentine

My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow

My Bloody Valentine

Interstate 70 in Kansas City (CBS) Bad weather is suspected in a massive pileup of cars on Interstate 70 in Kansas City, Kansas on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. (CBS). More photo on Fox.

Did everyone survived V-Day? I did actually have a Valentine article, but as it were, since yesterday was also Chinese New Year, I was out celebrating. So, today, I find myself at home, drinking Coke Lime, playing a borrowed game, Uncharted 2.

Before we get to the V-thing, it would seems that Kansas is experiencing some Minneapolis weather - a huge 40 car pileup on Valentine's Day.

Now do you see why I prefer to stay indoors for the winter? But don't worry, I'll be going to concerts again in April-ish ... We'll see.

ONE ESKIMO GIVES AWAY FREE KANDI
oneeskimo.com ♥ myspace.com

One eskimo - kandi

One eskimO

One eskimO, a band out of London, is giving away "Kandi" for Valentine's Day at their website. Of course, the band, being out of the UK, is of special interests to me, so I gave it a download and a listen. The music reminds me a bit of Stereophonics and Coldplay, which is not a diss, by the way. Lyrically, I think it's about love and jealousy judging from the line "he called you babe, all night long". I also liked the bit about "I heard from Jones, about this guy...".

Guess what? They're currently on tour in support of their self-titled debut album... with GOMEZ!. I know March is technically still winterly for Minneapolis, but I may have to check them out on tour at the Fine Line because of Gomez (I'm actually surprise that we haven't written an article on Gomez, since it's the type of band we usually cover).

One eskimO US Tour Dates
2/25: Minneapolis, MN @ KTCZ Oake On The Ice Concert Series
3/04: Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre *
3/05: Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre *
3/06: Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Café *
3/08: Denver, CO @ Odgen Theatre *
3/09: Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Tavern *
3/14: Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Café *
3/18: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music *
4/18: Indio, CA @ Coachella Festival

* with Gomez

ST VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE
cocktailslippers.com ♥ myspace.com

Cocktail Slippers - St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Cocktail Slippers

From Norway is a group called Cocktail Slippers, described as "a cross between The Shirelles and The Go-Go's" (and you know how I like my Belinda).

The song is called "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" and I find it hard to believe that these five good-looking women don't already have a valentine. I love the song though, it's very pop. Keep an eye on them, they'll be big one day.

Sing along to "Who'll be the last lover standing come St. Valentine's Day" on their tour dates:

06/16/10 Barcelona - La 2 Apolo
06/17/10 Madrid - El Sol
06/18/10 Galicia - Carballo-Fiestas
06/19/10 Basque Country - Andoain Festival

*with Sour Jazz

VALENTINE
myspace.com/bocachica

Boca Chica - Lake Erie

Boca Chica

There's at least five other Valentine-related pitches I got, but I think this is all I can stand regarding anything V-related. So this is the last one: from Pittsburgh is Boca Chica, which translated from Spanish is Mouth Girl?

Their EP is called Valentine, and it's the latest release from Indiecater Records. First of all, I love the cover artwork, it's a drawing of a heart inside an igloo (which should bring us back to the "eskimo" thing above).

The track that I'm given is "Lake Erie" and it's an excellent folk music (we're talking pluckings from banjos and cellos). The music reminds me of Dark Dark Dark and girl vocals reminds Cat Power (but minus the accent).

You can listen to the whole EP at indiecater.

03/05/10 The Central Plains Thunderbird Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
03/09/10 PIANOS Brooklyn, New York

 02/16/2010 00:32:26 ♥ vu () ♥weheartmusic.com♥twitter.com/weheartmusic♥news.weheartmusic.com

Patti Smith/Kevin Shields - The Coral Sea

Patti Smith and Kevin Shields - The Coral Sea (excerpt of Track 1) Patti Smith and Kevin Shields Patti Smith Tour Dates 07/08/08 Byblos International Festival 07/10/08 Rockwave Festival Athens 07/11/08 Musilac Aix-les-Bains 07/12/08 Traffic Festival Torino 07/13/08 Arena Vienna 07/16/08 Moldejazz 2008 Molde 07/17/08 Bukta Festival Tromsø 07/18/08 Stockholm Jazz Festival 07/20/08 Expo Zaragoza 2008 Zaragoza 07/21/08 Santana 27 Bilbao 08/24/08 Roots of America Festival  NY Kevin Shields Tour Dates 10/04/08 Belgie Hasselt 10/08/08 Extrapool Nijmegen 10/10/08 Montreuil @ Instants Chavirés Paris 10/11/08 GROUND ZERO Lyon 10/22/08 NOG Gallery London 10/23/08 Bardens Boudoir London

Patti Smith and Kevin Shields have released The Coral Sea officially on July 7^th worldwide.

I won't go into details about Smith & Shields, as you guys are probably familiar with their earlier works, including the influential Horses album by Smith and Shields' work with noise artists/shoegazing pioneers, My Bloody Valentine.

The origin of the live performances of the The Coral Sea is written inside the CD case:

My great friend, the artist Robert Mapplethorpe, died of complications from Aids on March 9, 1989. His mortal suffering was so profound that I wept through much of his illness. After his death I wanted to give him something other than tears, so I wrote the Coral Sea.

This live recordings are from two sold-out shows from June 22, 2005 and September 12, 2006. I wanted to also mention that this double-disc digipack set is very handsome, designed by Xiaofei Zhang. He used a mix of greys and blacks of what looks like water color paintings and a photograph of a mountainous landscape, giving you a sense of eeriness as you listen to the spoken words.

Although the reading of the 1996 book is pretty much the same in both dates, the ambient sounds by Shields in the background are slightly different. I only say slight different because if you were to play them to me, I couldn't tell you which show it came from.

I wish there was a video of this performance, because listening to this album, I imagine a great visual and deeply personal performance from Patti Smith, especially at the end where she almost scream "What is the point?"

However, just like audio books, you'll most likely listen to this once and that will be good enough for you, so I can't say that I would recommend this to casual listeners. That is, unless you already love poetry/spoken words and/or are hardcore Patti Smith and MBV fans.

If you want to hear the two hours of The Coral Sea, you can pick it up at most online retailers, but Patti Smith's website suggest Rocket Girl Records.

Bonus: Below are songs from Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine.

Without Chains

My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow

 

Links: pattismith.net myspace.com/pattismith myspace.com/kkevinsshields

 07/09/2008 00:25:58  ♥ written by vu ()