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Minneapolis: August 26 to August 31, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 26 to August 31, 2017.

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Read More Lætitia Sadier Laetitia Sadier will be performing a new collaborative song with Helado Negro along with performing new versions of other songs. She produces music under her own name and plays in Monade and Stereolab. … Nicholas Krgovich Mastheim's last holiday album Chris Mastheim Is Here came out in 2011. Chris Mastheim normally release music under his other name Nicholas Krgovich. …

LAETITIA SADIER SOURCE ENSEMBLE
at 7th Street Entry
Monday 08/28/2017 (7:30pm/$12)
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French singer Lætitia Sadier (from Stereolab) is back in town, this time billed as the Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble. Her latest record Find Me Finding You is available now on Drag Records.

We previously caught Sadier in 2012 and noted, “Lætitia Sadier came to the 400 Bar in Minneapolis, last night, in support of her latest album, Silencio, out now via Drag City. For those not familiar with Sadier, she is, or rather was, the main singer of Stereolab, a band from London. The band was mostly known for loungey keyboard pop sound with Sadier's distinctive French accent (either sung in French or English).”

Nicholas Krgovich (who we previously mentioned that he also goes by Chris Mastheim in 2014) and DJ Jake Rudh (from Transmission) to open.

Tour dates:

8/19/17 Pico Union Project, Los Angeles, CA
8/20/17 The Chapel, San Francisco, CA
8/22/17 Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
8/23/17 Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
8/24/17 Neurolux, Boise, ID
8/25/17 Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
8/26/17 Lost Lake, Denver, CO
8/28/17 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
8/29/17 Schuba's, Chicago, IL
8/30/17 El Club, Detroit, MI
9/01/17 Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
9/02/17 Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
9/03/17 BSP, Kingston, NY
9/05/17 Great Scott, Allston, MA
9/20/17 - 9/23/17 International Festival Of Psychedelia

Read More Midnight Oil I am an enthusiastic Midnight Oil fan! Purchasing "Essential Oils" is a little redundant for me. I already own all the albums this release is compiled from! Still, it is exciting ...

MIDNIGHT OIL
at First Avenue
Tuesday 08/29/2017 (7pm/$50)
first-avenue.com

The legendary, politically-conscious Australian band Midnight Oil will be making a rare appearance in Minneapolis on Tuesday (over 15 years!). The time has come, a fact's a fact!

If you’re wondering about the long gap in touring, the band broke up in 2002 when vocalist Peter Garrett decided to focus on a solo career.

The Oils reformed in 2009 for a few one-off gigs, but only as of February 2017, did they decide to embark on “The Great Circle 2017” tour. All initial U.S. dates were immediately sold out. Luckily, the band decided to add a few more dates before they call it a day. The iconic group’s last stop on the 2017 tour will be at First Avenue.

To celebrate their return, the group is releasing a new box set to coincide with the tour. The Vinyl Collection will contain all their studio LPs and EPs, plus CDs and music videos.

Melbourne’s The Living End will open.

Tour dates:

08/19 | The Greek Amphitheatre | Los Angeles, CA
08/21 | Terminal 5 | New York, NY
08/23 | Place des Arts | Montreal
08/25 | Budweiser Stage | Toronto
08/27 | House of Blues | Cleveland, OH
08/29 | First Avenue | Minneapolis, MN

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Other shows in the area:

08/26/2017 Louden Swain (that Supernatural-related band featuring singer/guitarist Rob Benedict, bassist Michael Borja, guitarist Billy Moran, and drummer Stephen Norton) will be playing a special “Saturday Night Special” show at the Minnesota Convention Center on Saturday. Unlike the last time we saw them in 2015, this will be a full-blown 90 plus show, as part of Creation Entertainment's Salute To Supernatural fan convention. 10pm, $85

08/27/2017 Endless Boogie (led by singer/guitarist Paul Major) is headlining the 7th St Entry. No opening band listed as of this writing. 7:30pm, $10

08/27/2017 Nyck (full name Nyck Caution) and Pro Era's Kirk Knight, together they are Nyck @ Knight. The collaborative duo will be headlining the Cabooze this Sunday. 5pm, $20

08/29/2017 Kevin Morby will be at the Turf Club in St Paul on Tuesday. He’s bringing Shannon Lay to open. 7:30pm, $15

08/29/2017 Vérité is back in town at the 7th Street Entry on Tuesday. The popular singer sold out the show. Tigertown to open. 7pm, $12/Sold Out

08/31/2017 Grammy Award-nominated multi-platinum artist, fashion disruptor, and "King of Teens" Lil Yachty is closing out the month at the Myth. Reo Cragun will open. 7pm, $29.50

08/31/2017 Bleached is headlining the 7th Street Entry on Thursday. This might be the warmup show before their full Fall 2017 show with The Dirty Nil. 7:30pm, $14

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Christmas 2014: The Final Christmas

Happy Christmas. This is the final Christmas 2014 post, if you submitted your seasonal song and did not see your band listed on W♥M, it is because you did not put "Christmas" on your subject header or did not include cover artwork or band biography. Read more Christmas.

Read More The Church The first time song I heard from the Australian band, The Church, was "Ripple", which remained my all-time favorite Church song. Of course, even at that time, in 1991, they were well on their second wind from their big "come back" …

THE CHURCH
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Just in time for the holidays, the Australia band The Church has issued a free, previously unreleased song "Xmas", available on soundcloud.com. The band writes, "We are giving away a free download of the beautifully-sad, seasonal song 'XMAS' to all The Church fans to thank you for your ongoing support and to wish you all a happy and safe holiday."

In other The Church news, the Sydney-based band will be releasing a brand new album called Further/Deeper, set for release on February 3, 2015, via +180 Records. Although "Xmas" won't be on the CD, the song will make its way on the double vinyl version of Further/Deeper (due out in early January).

To support Further/Deeper, the legendary band will head out on a world tour, and also to coincide with their 35th anniversary as a band!

Tour dates:

02/21/15 Vancouver, BC Rio Theatre
02/22/15 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
02/23/15 Seattle, WA The Triple Door
02/24/15 Seattle, WA The Triple Door
02/26/15 Noise Pop Festival
02/27/15 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
02/28/15 San Diego, CA The Casbah
03/02/15 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen
03/03/15 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
03/05/15 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
03/06/15 Chicago, IL Double Door
03/07/15 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop
03/09/15 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
03/10/15 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
03/12/15 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
03/13/15 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
03/14/15 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade
03/15/15 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
03/16/15 SXSW 2015
03/17/15 Atlanta, GA Terminal West

BRIEFLY

VULFPECK vulfpeck.com Funk instrumental band Vulfpeck has a "regional" Christmas song called "Christmas in L.A.", featuring David T. Walker on guitar. You can hear the song on bandcamp.

SCOTT GAGNER scottgagner.com Singer-songwriter Scott Gagner recently shared his song "I'll Be Drinking This Christmas" on Stereo Subversion. No cover artwork was provided, but we are reminded us that his second LP Rise & Shine, was released earlier this year.

XAVIER CAFEINE cafeinemusic.com Montreal's Xavier Cafeine recently shared his Christmas song, "Love Disease (Christmas in New York)" on soundcloud.com. Look for Cafeine's upcoming album New Love on February 17, 2015.

THE GRUBBY MITTS thegrubbymitts.com Bedford's The Grubby Mitts recently sent in their holiday song, "Come On Home For Christmas", to BBC Radio 6's Tom Ravenscroft. The song is available on Soundcloud.

ROUGH SHOP roughshop.com St. Louis-based band, Rough Shop, has a new holiday album Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree, out now. Rough Shop features songwriters John Wendland and Andy Ploof, along with the voice and bass of Anne Tkach.

THE STUFF thestuffweb.com Stockholm's The Stuff (not to be confused with late 70s band Stuff or the now-defunct UK band The Stuff), released their compilation cover-lover album Frog Bouquet, featuring covers of Bryan Ferry, Beck, The Damned, and The Kinks' "Father Christmas". Hear "Father Christmas" on soundcloud.com.

CHRIS MASTHEIM nicholaskrgovich.com Canadian Chris Mastheim's latest holiday album Chris Mast Style is out now on bandcamp.com. Mastheim's last holiday album Chris Mastheim Is Here came out in 2011. Chris Mastheim normally release music under his other name Nicholas Krgovich.

PASTE pastemagazine.com Paste's annual Paste Holiday Sampler is available now. The ten free songs can be downloaded at pastemagazine.com. Free Christmas songs from Swear and Shake, Sinclair, River Whyless, Powerkompany, Over the Rhine, The Oh Hellos, Odessa, Dwayne Shivers, James Apollo, and Field Report.

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