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Minneapolis: March 10 to March 14, 2018

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from March 10 to March 14, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Pussy Riot at Turf Club Poster Read More Pussy Riot A similar story happened with Russian punk group Pussy Riot being jailed for performing "Virgin Mary, Please Drive Putin Away" song in front of a church…

PUSSY RIOT
Turf Club
Sat 03/10/2018 (8pm/$25/Sold Out)
turfclub.net

We’ve been writing about Pussy Riot since 2012, mostly because we’re interested in the human rights aspect... and also as fans of the riot grrrl/DIY punk genre. After being sent to prison for two years for hard labor, Pussy Riot’s founder, Nadezhda, or Nadya/Nadia for short, continues her work under the Pussy Riot name.

Expect an unforgettable guerrilla-style performance art and DIY punk energy. It will be an anti-Putin, anti-Trump (which Pussy Riot pessimistically predicted would be President in their song “Make America Great Again” in October 2016) kind of show. Pussy hats welcomed.

This 21+ show is sold out... which I knew it would, considering the massive media interest in the band, and wish they had booked a bigger venue.

Pussy Riot live dates:

3.06 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
3.10 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
3.18 - Mexico, MEX @ Vive Latino
3.20 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
3.21 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
3.22 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
3.23 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
3.25 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
3.27 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Atrium
3.28 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
3.31 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
4.01 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
5.18/20 - Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Festival
5.25/27 - Boston, MA @ Boston Calling

Lúnasa Cas Tour Poster Secrets Tour Poster Declan McKenna at Garage Poster Nada Surf Let Go Tour Poster Read More Declan McKenna Declan McKenna to open. The Head and The Heart US Tour Dates 10/07/16 - Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA + 10/08/16 - Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA + … Nada Surf Nada Surf is one of the few bands that we have covered since the start of W♥M. We've always liked them…

Other shows in the area:

LÚNASA
Cedar Cultural Center
Sun 03/11/2018 (7pm/$22)
thecedar.org

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with traditional Irish band Lúnasa (featuring bassist Trevor Hutchinson of The Waterboys on bass). You can buy a copy of their new album Cas at this upcoming all ages, seated show.

Tour dates:

03/01/2018 Alberta Rose Theatre Portland, OR
03/02/2018 Benaroya Hall Seattle, WA
03/03/2018 Unity of the Valley Eugene. OR
03/04/2018 Kuumbwa Jazz Centre Santa Cruz
03/07/2018 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL
03/08/2018 Thrasher's Opera House Green Lake WI
03/09/2018 Page theater Winona, MN
03/10/2018 Wisconsin Union Theater Madison, WI
03/11/2018 Cedar Cultural Centre Minneapolis, MN
03/13/2018 City Winery New York City, NY
03/14/2018 Liam Maguire's Falmouth, MA
03/15/2018 The Egg Albany, NY
03/16/2018 Adelphi University Performing Arts Center 03/17/2018 Longwood Gardens Kennett Square, PA USA

SECRETS
Amsterdam Bar and Hall
Mon 03/12/2018 (6pm/$15)
amsterdambarandhall.com

Secrets is touring in support of their self-titled album (Made in the Shade Records). Their tour will take them to Amsterdam Bar and Hall in St Paul on Monday, March 12th.

Tour dates:

3/1 - Portland, OR @ Analog Cafe
3/2 - Spokane, WA @ The Big Dipper
3/3 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
3/4 - Vancouver, BC @ 333
3/7 - Edmonton, Canada @ The Starlite Room
3/8 - Calgary, Canada @ The Gateway
3/9 - Saskatoon, Canada @ Amigo's
3/10 - Regina, Canada @ The Exchange
3/11 - Winnipeg, Canada @ The Good Will
3/12 - Saint Paul Park, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall
3/13 - Berwyn, IL @ The Wire
3/14 - Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
3/15 - Windsor, Canada @ Windsor Beer Exchange
3/16 - London, Canada @ Rum Runners
3/18 - Hamilton, Canada @ Club Absinthe
3/19 - Kingston, Canada @ Overtime
3/20 - Montreal, Canada @ Bar Le Ritz
3/21 - Ville De Quebec, Canada @ L'anti Bar
3/22 - Ottawa, Canada @ Maverick's
3/23 - Toronto, Canada @ Hard Luck

DECLAN MCKENNA
+ Chappell Roan
The Garage
Tue 03/13/2018 (7pm/Sold out)
thegaragemn.com

British singer-songwriter Declan McKenna will be heading to the Garage in Burnsville in support of his new album What Do You Think About The Car?. The show is sold out.

Declan McKenna Tour Dates

02 March | Newark, OH | The Ballroom
03 March | Grand Rapids, MI | The Stache
04 March | Lansing, MI | Mac’s Bar
06 March | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome
07 March | Evanston, IL | Space
09 March | Evanston, IL | Space
10 March | DeKalb, IL | The House Café
11 March | Madison, WI | The Majestic Theater
13 March | Burnsville, MN | The Garage
14 March | Lawrence, KS | The Bottleneck
16 March | Fort Collins, CO | Hodi’s Half Note
17 March | Colorado Springs, CO | The Black Sheep
18 March | Boulder, CO | Fox Theatre
20 March | Salt Lake City, UT | In The Venue
22 March | Seattle, WA | Vera Project
23 March | Eugene, OR | WOW Hall
25 March | Orangevale, CA | The Boardwalk
26 March | Berkeley, CA | Cornerstone Berkeley
28 March | Santa Barbara, CA | Velvet Jones
29 March | San Diego, CA | Music Box
30 March | Santa Ana, CA | Constellation Room
31 March | Phoenix, AZ | Rebel Lounge

NADA SURF
Fine Line Music Café
Wed 03/14/2018 (7pm/$22)
finelinemusic.com

Nada Surf, the “Popular” band, will be back in town at the Fine Line Music Café on Wednesday, March 14th, as part of bringing awareness of their recent charity album called Standing At The Gates: The Songs of Nada Surf's Let Go (featuring different artists covering Nada Surf songs from their album Let Go).

Let Go tour dates:

3.07.2018 - Black Cat - Washington, DC
3.08.2018 - Brooklyn Steel - Brooklyn, NY
3.09.2018 - World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA
3.10.2018 - Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA
3.11.2018 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON
3.13.2018 - Metro - Chicago, IL
3.14.2018 - Fine Line Music Cafe - Minneapolis, MN
5.9.2018 - Neptune Theatre - Seattle, WA
5.10.2018 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
5.11.2018 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
5.12.2018 - Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA
5.14.2018 - Belly Up - San Diego, CA
5.17.2018 - Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
5.18.2018 - 3Ten at ACL - Austin, TX
5.21.2018 - Terminal West - Atlanta, GA
5.22.2018 - The Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN

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Nada Surf at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (13 May 2016)

Nada Surf Setlist Cold To See Clear Whose Authority Weightless Believe You're Mine Happy Kid Do It Again 80 Windows What Is Your Secret? Jules and Jim Concrete Bed Inside of Love Animal The Way You Wear Your Head Friend Hospital Blonde on Blonde Out of the Dark When I Was Young New Bird See These Bones -- Encore -- Hyperspace Popular Always Love Blankest Year -- Encore 2 -- Blizzard of '77 Good Old War Setlist Coney Island Happy Birthday To You Small World That's What's Wrong Window w/ snippet of Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It" Broken Record Over and Over Amazing Eyes Looking for Shelter Tell Me What You Want From Me Read More Nada Surf Nada Surf is one of the few bands that we have covered since the start of W♥M. We've always liked them… … Good Old War Missed Philadelphia's Days Away since they broke up in 2008? If you were a fan, you'd likely have kept up with Good Old War, featuring Keith Goodwin and Tim Arnold ...

One thing is for sure, Nada Surf loves playing live, and it shows on their nearly 2 hours plus set, complete with a double encore, at last Friday’s show at the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis.

Good Old War

Opening up the show was Good Old War - named after its founding members: Keith Goodwin, Tim Arnold and Dan Schwartz... unfortunately, as we’ve previously mentioned, their drummer Arnold hasn’t been with the band for a while.

Their set was similar to their previously appearance with Kodaline in Oct 2015, like teasing us with a snippet of Montell Jordan’s ‘This Is How We Do It’ after ‘Window’ (they did that tease on ‘Better Weather’ previously).

The Friday night show was somewhat special, as it was Dan Schwartz’s birthday, which Keith Goodwin was more than happy to sing the traditional birthday song to him right after playing ‘Coney Island’... later in their set, someone in the audience called out ‘Jon Snow’, referring to Schwartz’s raven black hair and good looks. Schwartz responded, “I’ll take it!” while Goodwin jokingly said, “Chill out, don’t spoil that stuff for people!”

The band will go on tour with Detroit trio Empty Houses this June 2016. Check your local calendar and listing.

Nada Surf

Nada Surf, on their second night of their comeback You Know Who You Are tour was determined to give us their best performance of their lives. They wanted to that in Chicago, the previous night, but due to the venue’s restrictive curfew, their set was cut short. Minneapolis’ Fine Line Music Café did not have any curfew, so the band played for about two hours - doing the obligated ‘new album’ music and saving all their ‘popular’ songs (including ‘Popular’) for the encore.

You have to remember that the band hasn’t done a major tour since The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy in 2012, which we saw at First Avenue. It was a large turnout then, and it was a large turnout on Friday night.

If you’re wondering why the band took so long to get back in the saddle, I know some of the band members had personal side project, including singer Matthew Caws, who had to take out a few years to devote to his side project Minor Alps with Juliana Hatfield (who we saw in 2013).

Setlist

The show started off with ‘Cold To See Clear’, which is also the first song on the new You Know Who You Are album. Throughout their set, as seasoned professionals, they put in new songs between old favorites. This is how to ease fans to the new material.

For ‘Inside of Love’, Caws asked the entire audience to do a two-step dance, because it’s cool to see everyone doing it at the same time. It’s the feeling of awe when he first saw George Carlin asking the crowd to do whatever he wanted... as the comic once joked, “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”

Of course, the real treat was the encore... or rather encores! Starting with ‘Hyperspace’, followed by their big hit ‘Popular’ and ‘Always Love’ (which had the whole audience singing along), and ‘Blankest Year’ (from 2005’s The Weight Is a Gift).

The lights turned on, the house music came on, indicating that the show was over... People started leaving the venue. After a few minutes, fans who were still around got another treat: the entire band came back on and played ‘Blizzard of ‘77’ with a pair of acoustic guitars. It was unforgettable, the way the crowd was also singing back the lyrics, ever so quietly, as to not upstage the band on stage (who were singing off mic).

Nada Surf’s You Know Who You Are is available now on Barsuk Records. Their world tour continues:

05/19 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
05/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
05/21 Los Angeles, CA Teragram
05/22 San Diego, CA Irenic
05/24 Denver, CO Bluebird
05/25 Kansas City, MO Crossroads - Free Show
05/27 Austin, TX Parish
05/28 Dallas, TX Granada
05/29 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
06/01 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
06/02 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
06/03 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
06/04 Boston, MA Paradise
06/23 Salzburg, Austria Rockhouse
06/24 Graz, Austria Postgarage
07/02 Barcelona, Spain Vida Festival
07/08 Limoges, France Lost in Limoges
07/09 Argelès-Sur-Mer, France Les Déferlantes Festival
07/29 Malestroit, France Festival au Pont du Rock
07/31 Karlsruhe, Germany Zeltival
08/11 Luhmuhlen, Germany A Summer’s Tale
08/12 Rothenburg, Germany Taubertal Festival
08/14 Brussels, Belgium Brussels Summer Festival
09/17 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
09/18 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
12/02 Paris, France Le Bataclan

Nada Surf at Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis (13 May 2016)

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Minneapolis: May 11 to May 13, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from May 11 to May 13, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Allen Stone Seattle-based hippy R&B artist Allen Stone brought on a raucously entertaining set to NYC’s Terminal 5 Thursday, October 9. .… Jared & The Mill Singer/songwriter Alexz Johnson is currently on her Let 'Em Eat Cake tour, with Jared & The Mill and Patrick Droney, fresh off her appearances at CMJ 2014. …

ALLEN STONE
at Varsity Theater
Wednesday, 05/11/16, 7pm ($23/$28)
varsitytheater.org

Remember soul artist Allen Stone? We previously caught him in New York (October 2014) and wrote, “Throughout Stone’s set, he had much advice to give and anecdotes like officiating his bassist, Brent Rusinow, and his wife’s wedding. Halfway through his set, Stone announced that he was now an ordained minister, which “only took me ten minutes online” to do, and had been asked by a Rusinow to officiate his marriage. (Perhaps, dear fan, this means Stone can not only sing at your wedding, but also legally marry you and your significant other, or even do both at the same time!)”

Stone will be back in Minneapolis (he was previously in town last November 2015), touring in support of Radius (Deluxe Edition) (ATO Records). The record was made in close collaboration with Swedish soul singer/songwriter/phenom Magnus Tingsek and producers Benny Cassette (Kanye West) and Malay (Frank Ocean).

Special guests Jared & The Mill to open. We previously caught Jared & the Mill in June 2015 and noted that they have a large fanbase in Minneapolis.

Tour dates:

5/11 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
5/12 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly's
5/14 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
5/15 - Cleveland, OH - The Grog Shop
5/17 - Nashville, TN - 3rd & Lindsley
5/18 - Richmond, VA - The Broadberry
5/19 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
5/20 - Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater
5/21 - Virginia Beach, VA - Chic's Beach Festival
5/27 - 5/29 - George, WA - Sasquatch! Festival
6/4 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap
6/4 - 6/5 - Houston, TX - Free Press Summer Festival
6/9 - 6/12 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
8/5 - Mammoth Lakes, CA - Mammoth Festival

Read More Emblem3 Pop band Emblem3's entrance was a lot of fun, they burst out of custom crate set with "Girl Next Door", from their debut album Nothing to Lose. The '3' in Emblem3 stands for the three singers …

EMBLEM3
at Varsity Theater
Thursday, 05/12/16, 5:30pm ($22/$25)
varsitytheater.org

I’ll never forget seeing Emblem3 in November 2013 when they exploded out of custom crates.

The American reggae/pop trio (brothers Wesley and Keaton Stromberg, and Drew Chadwick) will be headlining the Varsity Theater next Wednesday, May 11th, in support of their 2016 EP Waking Up.

Before You Exit and The Ready Set to open. You might remember we caught BYE with The Vamps last August 2015 and wrote, “According to the brothers, it was clear that Wednesday's show was "best show on the tour so far!" This must be in response to hearing their fans singing back some of their songs, including their new single "Model" and an Ed Sheeran cover "Thinking Out Loud".”

Update: BYE is no longer on this tour, Megan Nicole has been added and will take their place as opener.

Please note start time for this all-ages show.

Tour dates:

05/07/16 Manila, Philippines Kia Theatre
05/08/16 Cebu, Philippines Waterfront Hotel
05/12/16 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
05/13/16 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
05/14/16 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom
05/18/16 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
05/19/16 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
05/21/16 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe
05/24/16 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
05/25/16 Toronto, ON The Phoenix Concert Theatre
05/27/16 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
05/28/16 New York, NY Irving Plaza
05/31/16 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore Silver Spring
06/02/16 Atlanta, GA Center Stage Theater
06/03/16 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues
06/04/16 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution Live
06/07/16 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
06/09/16 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
06/11/16 Seattle, WA The Neptune
06/14/16 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
06/16/16 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
06/18/16 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda
06/24/16 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
06/30/16 Freehold, NJ Encore Event Center

Read More Nada Surf Nada Surf is one of the few bands that we have covered since the start of W♥M. We've always liked them… … Good Old War Missed Philadelphia's Days Away since they broke up in 2008? If you were a fan, you'd likely have kept up with Good Old War, featuring Keith Goodwin and Tim Arnold ...

NADA SURF
at Fine Line Music Café
Friday, 05/13/16, 8pm ($20)
finelinemusic.com

We love Nada Surf, but after their 2012’s The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy, the band took a lengthy break. It’s not that the band was inactive, in fact, we caught singer Matthew Caws with Juliana Hatfield with in their group Minor Alps in November 2013.

Nada Surf is back together, now with their eighth studio album You Know Who You Are on one of our favorite labels Barsuk Records. I’m pretty excited to learn that two songs on the new record were co-written by Dan Wilson of the local favorite Semisonic!

Good Old War will open. We previously caught GOW last Rocktober 2015 and really liked them: “There were plenty of fan favorite songs on their set, fans loved hearing "Better Weather" (from their 2012 album Come Back As Rain), but with a nice nod to Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It" snippet at the end of the song.”

Tour dates:

05/12 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
05/13 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
05/14 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
05/17 Vancouver, BC Venue
05/18 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre
05/19 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
05/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
05/21 Los Angeles, CA Teragram
05/22 San Diego, CA Irenic
05/24 Denver, CO Bluebird
05/25 Kansas City, MO Crossroads - Free Show
05/27 Austin, TX Parish
05/28 Dallas, TX Granada
05/29 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
06/01 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
06/02 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
06/03 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
06/04 Boston, MA Paradise
06/23 Salzburg, Austria Rockhouse
06/24 Graz, Austria Postgarage
07/02 Barcelona, Spain Vida Festival
07/08 Limoges, France Lost in Limoges
07/09 Argelès-Sur-Mer, France Les Déferlantes Festival
07/29 Malestroit, France Festival au Pont du Rock
07/31 Karlsruhe, Germany Zeltival
08/11 Luhmuhlen, Germany A Summer’s Tale
08/12 Rothenburg, Germany Taubertal Festival
08/14 Brussels, Belgium Brussels Summer Festival
09/17 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
09/18 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
12/02 Paris, France Le Bataclan

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Minor Alps at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (11/16/13)

Setlist I Wanna Take You Home (Nada Surf) If I Wanted Trouble Far From The Roses Buried Plans Candy Wrappers (Juliana Hatfield) Wish You Were Upstairs Live On Tomorrow (Juliana Hatfield) Maxon Such A Beautiful Girl (Juliana Hatfield) Inside Of Love (Nada Surf) Out There (Blake Babies) Beautiful Beat (Nada Surf) Lonely Low The Moon Is Calling (Nada Surf) Waiting For You Elemental Life? I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands Away Again The Way You Wear Your Head (Nada Surf) -- Encore -- Fruit Fly (Nada Surf) When Will I Be Loved? (The Everly Brothers) Tour Dates 11/17 - Chicago, IL - Schubas 11/19 - Washington, DC - Black Cat 11/20 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 11/22 - Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live 11/23 - Boston, MA - Sinclair Read More Minor Alps Minor Alps, otherwise known as Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws (of Nada Surf) just released their debut album, Get There via Barsuk Records. …

Juliana Hatfield (Blake Babies, Juliana Hatfield Three) and Matthew Caws (Nada Surf) are in a new music project called Minor Alps. The pair is currently on their first-ever tour in support of their album, Get There, out now on Barsuk Records.

SYLVAN ESSO

Usually the Cedar is very good about starting shows on time, but because Sylvan Esso (a duo of vocalist Amelia Meath and beats maker Nick Sanborn) only prepared for a thirty-five minute set, their performance was pushed back fifteen minutes so there will be little downtime until Minor Alps take the stage. This was Sylvan Esso first gig as Minor Alps opener, and they sound more like The Blow than Mountain Man (who Meath harmonize as one of three singers).

Sylvan Esso was pretty stoked to be playing with Minor Alps, having mentioned it a few times on stage. Although the band is fairly new, they did an old song that they claimed was "first time the track is played in a while" called "Modern Wolf". By this time Meath took off her "smelly" sweater to rock the mic.

For the finale, they dedicated "Play it Right" (their latest 12" single with a-side "Hey Mami") to Becky.

Personally, if they had billed the show as "Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws (from Nada Surf)", that there will be more interests, but then again I suppose they wanted their show to be a Minor Alps show. If you look over the setlist, he majority of their set consisted of tracks from their album Get There ("If I Wanted Trouble", "Far From The Roses", "Buried Plans", "Wish You Were Upstairs", "Maxon", "Lonely Low", "Waiting For You", "I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands", and "Away Again").

Making out the rest of their set were Nada Surf and Juliana Hatfield songs, who alternate singing duties on their respective songs (although Caws started and sang on the majority of "Candy Wrappers", which he said was his favorite Hatfield song).

Juliana Hatfield

After the Blake Babies (Juliana Hatfield's first band) song "Out There" was played someone in the audience called out for her to play "My Sister". "Will you ever play 'My Sister' again?" they questioned Hatfield. The unexpected question caused Hatfield to stumble with her answer, "I don't think ... (pauses). Not in this ... season."

Highlight from their banter during the inevitable guitar tuning was Caws calling out all the various Minneapolis venues they've played at, 7th Street, Fine Line, 400 Bar (no longer around), The Quest (no longer around). When someone shouted, "Triple Rock", Caws replied, "We've never played there, but that sounds awesome!" One thing was for sure, Caws can now add The Cedar to his resume.

Minor Alps (Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws) are currently on tour in support of Get There, out now on Barsuk Records. The duo plays Chicago tonight.

Minor Alps at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (11/16/13)

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Site Update (April 2012) - Blogsy

NOTE: The entire post was composed and created using Blogsy on the iPad.

W♥M on iPad..

I have been searching for an app like this, because the iPhone TypePad application needs a lot of work. One of the main thing I need the application to do is to insert images, along with my text, and there just wasn't a way for you to do this via iOS. Unfortunately, TypePad currently does not offer iOS Safari support (this is terribly frustrating for mobile bloggers).

Unless you know the name (Blogsy), it's hard to find this application in the iTunes store. Searching for "TypePad" or Blog Editor doesn't exactly return Blogsy. There isn't a demo version, so I had to pay $5 to basically test out the application.

I'll admit that I haven't played around with it enough, but one thing I wasn't sure about is how do you save things in draft? I understand that you can save it to TypePad in draft mode, but I want to save it in draft locally on the iPad. Then it turns out that it was automatically saving it locally when I accidentally clicked on the "+" icon and panicked because I thought I had deleted my entry.

The other thing I didn't care for is the way they implement inserting images. You have to "upload" it to your TypePad image icon and then you can insert it into your article. That's a minor complaint, it's just not obvious to me. Even accessing your photo gallery is a pain because you have to allow the application to access location services. Since I automatically disable location, I had to go into my settings to allow this application access.

Some improvements I wish Blogsy had:

(1) Autocorrect and dictionary/spellcheck. iOS offer access to its dictionary throughout its system... yet it sometime works and sometime it doesn't work (this is evident when you flip back and forth to HTML). (2) A better image inserting system. I've used application that has "insert" and then you just select images from your gallery and voila, it's done. (3) Remove certain icons from the dock (could not figure out how to remove these icons).

(4) Once you insert an image, moving it around is not obvious. I had to delete it and then re-insert the image at a different location. I'm sure there is a way to move it around, but I just couldn't figure it out. (5) Allow better HTML editing option. I tried to add some CSS style to the image (adding a 1 pixel border), but Blogsy just stripped it out. (6) Changing the post date to a future date doesn't work - it will publish your article anyway.

Anyway, those are really tiny little complaints. I'm sure 99% of users don't really care about these things because I'm sure they're all WYSIWYG users.

My last mo-blogging misadventure was last year in Canada, so I can tell you it was a lot of work to get around the restriction. Compared to working with Blogsy, it's definitely a lot easier. I am looking forward to a future articles via my iPad.

To end this, I'll test out the video embedding option.

 

 

W♥M128: Must Hear TV

W♥M128 (42 mins) Read More Glee Glee is charming in how, through their music selection, they have a little something for everybody….

W♥M Radio is available on iTunes, please subscription!

Lara is this week's guest. There are two parts of this show, the first is about live shows we've recently seen and the second part is all about music shows on television.

PART ONE:

Song of the Lara is "Lara Croft - a Love Song"

One million Brooklyn bands can't be wrong. Also, newsflash: Williamsburg is more than one block.

The impossible to search, 1,2,3 band. Their live show at 7th Street Entry.

Matthew Caw, from Nada Surf, looking fit at First Avenue

The origin of the term "Sissy music"

Icelandic people are hot. Lay Low and Of Monsters and Men came to Fine Line Cafe.

PART TWO:

NBC's The Voice explained. Lara is addicted.

Smash show, who is it for?

Fox's Glee domination in popular music! Read all the crazy numbers.

Speaking of numbers: song of the show is 1,2,3's "Just Like Heaven (Is Gone)", from their album New Heaven.

BONUS: Brooklyn Vegan.

ABOUT THE VOICE
The competition heats up as the top twenty-four artists from Teams Adam, Blake, CeeLo and Christina get set to compete for America’s votes as the live performance phase kicks off Mondays beginning April 2 (8-10 p.m. ET) followed by an hour-long live results show on Tuesdays beginning April 3 (9-10 p.m. ET). The live shows will culminate in a two-hour season finale on Tuesday, May 8 (8-10 p.m. ET)

[ Read more on news.weheartmusic.com ]

ABOUT SMASH
13 tracks from SMASH will be available as an album, available everywhere on May 1st. The album will feature stars Katharine McPhee, Megan Hilty, and various cast members performing the original Broadway-type music for "the musical-within-a-musical" show.

[ Read more on news.weheartmusic.com ]

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Nada Surf - Lucky

Nadasurf2 Tour 1/30: Seattle, WA @ Triple Door[1] 1/31: Portland, OR@ Doug Fir[1] 2/02: SF, CA @ Swedish American Hall[1] 2/07: Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 2/08: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 3/17 – 3/29 – Little Ones support 4/1 – 4/13 – What Made Milwaukee Famous support w/ the exception of NYC 3/17: Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse 3/18: San Diego, CA @ House of Blues 3/19: LA CA @ Henry Fonda Theater 3/21: Pomona, CA @ Glass House 3/22: San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore 3/25: Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's 3/28: Seattle, WA @ Showbox at The Market 3/29:Vancouver,CA@Commodore Ballroom 4/01: Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre 4/02: Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room 4/03: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 4/04: Chicago, IL @ Metro 4/05: Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall 4/07: Toronto, CA @ Opera House 4/8: Montreal, CA @ Club Soda 4/10: Boston, MA @ Paradise 4/11: New York, NY @ Terminal 5 4/12: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club 4/13: Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero [1] w/ Port O'Brien - Acoustic Nada_surf-lucky See Also Nada Surf http://weheartmus... In 1996, their hit song "Popular" from the album "High/Low" made Nada Surf an MTV buzz band, ...

 

Nada Surf - See These Bones

At first listen, Nada Surf’s fifth album , Lucky, which is to be released in the United States on February 5, 2008, on Barsuk Records,  sounds like an easy –going  great bunch of harmonious indie songs.  When you really listen and focus on the lyrics though, you hear that each song tells  a story of something deep and honest, filled with images of restlessness and conflicting desires, longing, mortality, renewal, hope, excitement of parenthood, family history, and the elusiveness of love.  What makes this album so desirable beyond the lyrics is the blend of uplifting music complimenting singer/guitarist Matthew Caws emotional voice which brings these songs together as purely blissful.  The honesty in his voice makes you really feel for the stories being sung, while bassist  Daniel Lorca and drummer Ira Elliot  add in the essentials that carry these songs  and make them sound so alive and beautiful. No wonder these guys have been together for thirteen years strong.  

"I tend to be pretty hopeful about things further in the future, but full of anxiety about the next eight hours…I think I'm manic depressive without the mania. Yet I'm ready to be cheerful at the drop of a reason. I’m always looking for rapture in music." Caws jokes.

I can tell this album was really well produced. It just has that great sound quality to it.  Nada Surf co-produced and John Goodmanson (Death Cab For Cutie, Sleater Kinney, Blonde Redhead) did an amazing job producing, mixing, and engineering this masterpiece.

 According to their MySpace page, The first song on the album, See These Bones, was inspired by a visit Caws made a few years back to the Crypt of the Capuchin Monks in Rome, who created a macabre but stirring environmental sculpture from the bones of their departed brethren. Caws says, “It’s a chilling place. Seeing all those old bones up close really drives home that this is it – and you better make the most of your life. Ultimately, it’s uplifting. I left there in a bizarrely good mood.”  Joining them on this song is Ben Gibbard from Death Cab For Cutie, and Harvey Danger’s Sam Nelson. 

 

Nada Surf - Weightless

A few other guests on the album include  English singer-pianist Ed Harcourt, on “Weightless” and “Beautiful Beat”, which are two really great songs with strong lyrics and upbeat tunes, and John Roderick, on “Ice on the Wing”. – which references Caws’ family lore: his grandfather’s adventures as a fighter pilot and an ambulance driver in two world wars and his father’s rearing in (and escape/excommunication from) a British religious cult.

One of the other really catchy songs inspired from the  beginnings of a long awaited romance , “I Like What You Say”  uses clever lyrics  -

“They say if you’re not lonely being alone

Boy there is something wrong”

Also from MySpace - “The Fox” melds the personal and the political, the delusions in a relationship mirroring lies from the government. The image in the chorus – “On the grass at Beachy Head/On the cliff to which you’ve been led” – almost pilfers the scene in the Who’s Quadrophenia when protagonist Jimmy launches his scooter off the enormous grassy cliff on the Southern English coast: Caws says “We visited Beachy Head when I was a kid and I remember standing on the slope and sensing that if I took two or three more steps down the soft grass, I would just tumble off. I remember feeling like I was standing right next to death.”

 

Nada Surf - I Like What You Say Video

Two songs on Lucky reminded me of nostalgic 60’s and 70’s folk songs , very much Beatlesque  as well.  The closer, “The Film Did Not Go ‘Round” , written by indie singer Greg Peterson,  is haunting of lost love and spooky enough reminds me of The Beatles “Yesterday”. 

Nada Surf is going to be on tour  to coincide with the release of Lucky.

For more on Nada Surf , check out their website www.nadasurf.com

 01/27/2008 09:05:26  Kristine my♥posts www.nadasurf.com

News: Rancid in Studio and Nada Surf to Tour

Rancid - Salvation Rancid Further Reading Rancid Enters Studio http://weheartmus... In the five years since the release of Indestructible, the members of Rancid have been anything ... Bad Religion http://weheartmus... I was kind of surprise to find out that Bad Religion's 14th studio album, New Maps of Hell, is be...

I just received the press release stating that Rancid are back in the studio to record a new album:

The incomparable punk band Rancid began recording today in a studio on the California coast with long-time friend, producer and label president Brett Gurewitz, who has worked with Rancid on virtually every record in their extensive, accomplished career.

...

But a new Rancid record is different -- something special, never hasty or perfunctory, as their fervent, untiring fans have learned over the years. A Rancid record is an organic thing, not cultivated, but rather harvested wild; filled to the brim with all the living done in between stints in the studio. This record will be no different. Sweated over, hammered out and brought forth, the yet-untitled release will have all the hard knocks and big wins of lives lived prodigiously.

As you know, Rancid formed from Operation Ivy (a Ska/Punk band) and debut their record on Epitaph Record (the label that was started by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion). Epitaph had a string of hits in the 90s, including some of their best known releases: Rancid's Let's Go, NOFX's Punk in Drublic, and Offspring's Smash (16 million copies sold) - all in a short span of time in 1994.

Rancid, always seems to me as pretty much Operation Ivy Part 2, as their singer, Lars Frederiksen Tim Armstrong, as that kind of kind of skank garble singing style.

I'm including one of their better-known songs, "Salvation".  I think that "whoa-whoaaa" part is pretty catchy.

Anyway, it seems that they are currently on Hell Cat Records. Expect a tour shortly after its release, in the meantime, keep an eye out on www.rancidrancid.com

Nada Surf - See These Bones Nada Surf Further Reading Nada Surf - Always Love http://weheartmus... In 1996, their hit song "Popular" from the album "High/Low" made Nada Surf an MTV buzz band, ...

Speaking of tours, I also got an announcement that Nada Surf is going to go on tour at the end of the month through April in support of their album, Lucky. I have a review copy, which I'll be sending to Kristin for review. If you recall, she originally reviewed Nada Surf's Popular.

I will also be requesting W♥M staffers for concert reviews (so send me a note if you're interested in attending any of these show dates).

Tour
1/30: Seattle, WA @ Triple Door^[1]
1/31: Portland, OR@ Doug Fir^[1]
2/02: San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall^[1]
2/07: Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
2/08: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
3/17 – 3/29 – Little Ones support
4/1 – 4/13 – What Made Milwaukee Famous support w/ the exception of NYC
3/17: Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
3/18: San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
3/19: Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater
3/21: Pomona, CA @ Glass House
3/22: San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
3/25: Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
3/28: Seattle, WA @ Showbox at The Market
3/29: Vancouver, CA @ Commodore Ballroom
4/01: Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
4/02: Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
4/03: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
4/04: Chicago, IL @ Metro
4/05: Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
4/07: Toronto, CA @ Opera House
4/8: Montreal, CA @ Club Soda
4/10: Boston, MA @ Paradise
4/11: New York, NY @ Terminal 5
4/12: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
4/13: Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero

[1] w/ Port O'Brien - Acoustic

For more information, please refer to www.nadasurf.com and their label, Barsuk Records.

 01/14/2008 21:05:29  vu my♥posts www.weheartmusic.com

JGS wrote: Jan 18, 2008 6:29 PM

Not to be pedantic... oh, who am I kidding - to be totally pedantic, Tim Armstrong is the singer with the 'skank garble singing style' - he's also the one who was in Op Ivy. Lars also sings on some songs, but he has a much more shouty 'punk' style.

And Hellcat records is Tim's label, so it's safe to say Rancid will be on that label for a while...

Nada Surf - Always Love

 

Nada Surf - Always Love

Nadasurf2005

In 1996,  their hit song "Popular"  from the album  "High/Low" made Nada Surf an MTV buzz band,  although their   two   albums  following  " The Proximity Effect"  (2000)  and "Let Go" (2003) they made afterward didn't attract much mainstream attention... which is why I hadn't heard much from the band until their  last album " The Weight is  A Gift" (1995), produced by Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie). 

 

 While  "Popular" is a bit more aggressive,   "Always Love"   is an instant feel good song with catchy lyrics and singer Matthew Caws vocals are so melodic and beautiful it undertones emotion put to good use.  You know the kind of song that has just the right amount of sadness to balance the joy that ends up making it an easy sing along.  In the end, it sums up to be one of those good life songs.    My four year old son loves this song too.   While eating pizza tonight for dinner, he was singing  "always love, hate will get you everytime", claiming he had this song in his head, not to mention, so do I all the time. 

 

always love
even when you want to fight

self-directed lives
i want to know what it'd be like to
aim so high above
every card that you get dealt you

always love
hate will get you every time
always love
hate will get you
and i've been held back by something
you said to me quietly on the stairs
you said
hey you good ones

 

 

[kristine]