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Minneapolis: September 10 to September 14, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from September 10 to September 14, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Hot Chip at First Ave Read More Hot Chip Hot Chip is back with a new album called Why Make Sense? featuring acclaimed singles "Huarache Lights" and "Need You Now". ... Holy F*** The Flaming Lips, Portishead, Bright Eyes, The National, Holy Fuck, Mercury Rev, Death In Vegas, The Walkmen and Dappled Cities are but a few of the amazing names on the bill so far. ...

HOT CHIP
+ Holy F***
First Avenue
Sat 09/14/2019 (8pm/$32/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

We love Hot Chip and it’s good to see that the British synth/electronic rockers have sold out First Avenue’s mainroom this Saturday, September 14th… which is not a surprise, considering they also sold out all the previous appearances.

We caught the band in May 2015 and wrote, “What can I say about Hot Chip? They continue to amaze me with their music. Their sixth album Why Make Sense? (which came out May 18th via Domino Recording) is probably their best album to date. We got to hear it live on their hour plus set, included "Huarache Lights", "Easy To Get", "Started Right", "Cry For You", "Need You Now", and "Why Make Sense?"”

They are bringing along unfriendly named band Holy F***.

Tour dates:

09/03/19 – Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY
09/04/19 – Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY
09/05/19 – Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY
09/07/19 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
09/08/19 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
09/09/19 – Royale – Boston, MA
09/10/19 – MTELUS – Montreal, QC
09/12/19 – Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON
09/13/19 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
09/14/19 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
09/17/19 – Vogue Theatre – Vancouver, BC
09/18/19 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA
09/19/19 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA
09/20/19 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
09/21/19 – City of Trees Festival – Sacramento, CA
09/22/19 – Life Is Beautiful Festival – Las Vegas, NV
09/24/19 – The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA
09/25/19 – Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
09/27/19 – Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA
09/28/19 – CRSSD FES – San Diego, CA
10/09/19 – Osaka Big Cat – Osaka, Japan
10/11/19 – Akasaka Blitz – Tokyo, Japan
10/16/19 – Limelight – Belfast, UK
10/17/19 – Olympia – Dublin, UK
10/18/19 - O2 Institute 1 – Birmingham, UK
10/19/19 – Barrowland – Glasgow, UK
10/21/19 - O2 Academy – Bristol, UK
10/22/19 - Rock City – Nottingham, UK
10/24/19 – LCR – Norwich, UK
10/25/19 – Manchester Academy – Manchester, UK
10/26/19 – Alexandra Palace – London, UK

Other shows in the area:

Massive Attack at Palace Theatre Mannequin Pussy at 7th Street Blanco White at 7th Street Russian Circles 2019 Tour Nick Lowe at First Ave Kristin Hersh at Cedar Pinegrove at Fine Line Hatchie at 7th Street Of Monsters and Men at Surley Read More Massive Attack I was originally going to write about Portishead, and somehow I mentioned Massive Attack, and then I started thinking about them, and I guess I'd much rather write about Mezzanine than Dummy. … Mannequin Pussy Philadelphia’s Mannequin Pussy to open. We saw the band in Oct 2017 and wrote that their set was a “high energy 30-min burst of punk rock music”. …

MASSIVE ATTACK
+ Elizabeth Fraser,Horace Andy
Palace Theatre
Tue 09/10/2019 (7pm/$69.50/Sold Out)
palacestpaul.com

Influential trip-hop legends, Massive Attack will be making a rare Minnesota appearance this Tuesday, September 10th. Of course, the popular group sold out the Palace Theatre… so maybe you can catch them next time.

If you couldn’t get tickets to the show, the band (with help from developer Fantomexpands and London-based music rights holder Blokour) recently released Mezzanine In User-Generated Remix Format with Blockchain Reporting music app, that lets users create dynamic procedural mixes that can be shared across multiple platforms. You can grab the app on iTunes.

Tour dates:

09/07/2019 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium San Francisco, CA
09/10/2019 Palace Theatre St. Paul, MN
09/11/2019 Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL
09/14/2019 Bell Centre Montreal, QC
09/17/2019 Sony Centre Toronto, ON
09/18/2019 Sony Centre Toronto, ON
09/20/2019 Met Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
09/21/2019 Wang Theatre Boston, MA
09/24/2019 The Anthem Washington, DC
09/26/2019 Radio City Music Hall New York, NY
09/27/2019 Radio City Music Hall New York, NY

MANNEQUIN PUSSY
+ Destroy Boys, Ellis
7th Street Entry
Tue 09/10/2019 (7pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Mannequin Pussy is back on tour in support of their third album Patience (via Epitaph Records). We saw them in Oct 2017 and mentioned, “Also from Philadelphia, was Mannequin Pussy, with a high energy 30-min burst of punk rock music starting with ‘Someone Like You’. Mannequin Pussy started as a duo of singer/frontwoman Marisa Dabice and guitarist Thanasi Paul, but currently they are a quartet with Kaleen and Bear.”

Tour dates:

9/6 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
9/7 Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
9/9 Slowdown Omaha, NE
9/10 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
9/11 Schubas Chicago, IL
9/12 Pike Room Pontiac, MI
9/13 Mahall's Lakewood, OH
9/14 The Baby G Toronto, ON
9/15 Great Scott Boston, MA
9/17 DC9 Washington, DC
9/18 Rough Trade Brooklyn, NY^
9/19 PhilaMOCA Philadelphia, PA

BLANCO WHITE
+ Dan Owen
7th St Entry
Wed 09/11/2019 (7pm/$15)
first-avenue.com

Did you know that Blanco White actually translates from Spanish to “White White”? Blanco White is actually the stagename for Londoner Josh Edwards, who studied guitar playing in Spain and Bolivia…

Tour Dates:

09/06/2019 Union Stage Washington, DC
09/07/2019 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA
09/11/2019 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
09/14/2019 State Room Salt Lake City, UT
09/16/2019 Barboza Seattle, WA
09/17/2019 Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, BC
09/18/2019 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
09/21/2019 Slim's San Francisco, CA
09/23/2019 Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, CA
09/24/2019 House Of Blues San Diego, CA
09/25/2019 Valley Bar Phoenix, AZ
10/01/2019 High Watt Nashville, TN
10/02/2019 Aisle 5 Atlanta, GA
10/06/2019 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY

RUSSIAN CIRCLES / FACS
Cedar Cultural Center
Thu 09/12/2019 (7pm/$17)
thecedar.org

There’s a Russian Circles and Facs (stylized as FACS) show at the Cedar Cultural Center this Thursday, September 12th.

Russian Circles’ album Blood Year is out now on Sargent House.

Tour Dates:

09/11 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
09/12 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
09/14 Bozeman, MT @ Rialto Bozeman
09/16 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
09/17 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
09/19 San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
09/20 Ventura, CA @ Discovery Ventura
09/21 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
09/23 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile
09/24 Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
09/25 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
09/28 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/18 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
10/19 Detroit, MI @ El Club
10/20 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10/21 Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
10/23 Portsmouth, NH @ 3S ArtSpace
10/24 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
10/26 Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
10/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/29 Washington, DC @ Union Stage
10/30 Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry

NICK LOWE / LOS STRAITJACKETS
+ Esther Rose
First Avenue
Fri 09/13/2019 (7pm/$25)
first-avenue.com

English songwriter Nick Murphy produced some of Elvis Costello and the Pretenders’ greatest hits… and now he’s co-headlining First Avenue with Los Straightjackets.

Tour Dates:

09/13/2019 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
09/15/2019 Riot Fest & Carnival
09/20/2019 The Tralf Music Hall Buffalo, NY
09/21/2019 Mr. Small's Theatre Millvale, PA
09/22/2019 Culture Center Theater Charleston, WV
09/25/2019 The Hi Fi Indianapolis, IN
09/26/2019 Kentucky Center Lobby North Terrace Louisville, KY
09/28/2019 Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival

KRISTIN HERSH
Cedar Cultural Center
Sat 09/14/2019 (8pm/$13)
first-avenue.com

Kristin Hersh is back in the area on Saturday, September 14th, at the Cedar Cultural Center. The show is billed as Kristin Hersh Electric Trio, which features Fred Abong (Throwing Muses) and Rob Ahlers (50FOOTWAVE).

Tour Dates:

Sept. 06 Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet's
Sept. 08 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
Sept. 10 Denver, CO - Hi Dive
Sept. 12 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
Sept. 14 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
Sept. 15 Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hill
Sept. 17 Cleveland, OH - Music Box Supper Club
Sept. 19 Pittsburgh, PA - Crafthouse
Sept. 20 Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe
Sept. 22 Chicago, IL - Shubas Tavern
Sept. 25 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
Sept. 26 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Sept. 29 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
Nov 10 London, UK - The Jazz Café

PINEGROVE
+ Stephen Steinbrink, Common Holly
Fine Line Music Cafe
Sat 09/14/2019 (7pm/$22/Sold Out)
finelinemusic.com

New Jersey’s Pinegrove (originally formed by singer/songwriter/guitarist Evan Stephens Hall and drummer Zack Levine) will be stopping by the Fine Line Music Café on Saturday, September 14th. The show is sold out…

We saw the group when they first came to the area in May 2016 and said, “The show started out with Pinegrove. It was their first time ever to play in Minnesota but you wouldn't have thought that by the percentage of the crowd that was singing along to all of their songs. Honestly, I had never heard of them before. Their music is much calmer than I typically like but it was so unique that I couldn't help but fall in love.”

Tour Dates:

9/5/19 - Boston, MA @ Royale
9/6/19 - South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
9/8/19 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House Toronto
9/9/19 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
9/10/19 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
9/11/19 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
9/12/19 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
9/14/19 - Minneapolis, [email protected] Fine Line
9/15/19 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
9/16/19 - Sioux Falls, SD @ The Icon Lounge
9/17/19 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
9/25/19 - Philadelphia, PA @Union Transfer
9/26/19 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
9/27/19 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
9/28/19 - Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
9/29/19 - New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
10/15/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre

HATCHIE
+ Orchin, Deeper
7th St Entry
Sat 09/14/2019 (8pm/$14)
first-avenue.com

Australian singer/songwriter Harriette Pilbeam, otherwise known as Hatchie, just released her debut studio album Keepsake…. and she’s touring in support of the album. She’ll stop by the 7th Street Entry on September 14th.

Tour Dates:

09/05 / Great Scott / Boston, MA
09/06 / World Cafe Live / Philadelphia, PA
09/07 / DC9 / Washington, D.C.
09/08 / Club Cafe / Pittsburgh, PA
09/10 / The Garrison / Toronto, ON
09/11 / Deluxx Fluxx / Detroit, MI
09/12 / Empty Bottle / Chicago, IL
09/13 / Shitty Barn / Spring Green, WI
09/14 / 7th Street Entry / Minneapolis, MN
09/16 / recordBar / Kansas City, MO
09/17 / Larimer Lounge / Denver, CO
09/20 / Soda Bar / San Diego, CA
09/21 / Echoplex / Los Angeles, CA
09/25 / Cafe Du Nord / San Francisco, CA
09/27 / Mississippi Studios / Portland, OR
09/28 / Barboza / Seattle, WA
09/29 / Fortune Sound Club / Vancouver, BC
10/06 / Wollongong, NSW / Yours & Owls

OF MONSTERS AND MEN
Surly Brewing Co. Festival Field
Sat 09/14/2019 (5:30pm/$29.50)
surlybrewing.com

Of Monsters and Men will be headlining the Surly Brewing Co. Festival Field this Saturday. Typical of these open-area shows, they start really early (5:30pm) and ends before noise curfew (around 10pm).

Tour Dates:

09/07/19 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
09/08/19 Boston, MA Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
09/10/19 Philadelphia, PA The Met
09/11/19 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
09/13/19 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
09/14/19 Minneapolis, MN Surly Brewing Festival Field
09/16/19 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom
09/17/19 Ogden, UT Ogden Twilight
09/19/19 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
09/21/19 Las Vegas, NV Life is Beautiful Music
09/22/19 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
09/24/19 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
09/26/19 Seattle, WA WAMU Theater
09/27/19 Portland, OR Edgefield
09/28/19 Vancouver, BC UBC Doug Mitchell Thunderbird

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Of Monsters and Men, w/ Highasakite at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul (01 October 2015)

Of Monsters and Men Setlist Thousand Eyes Empire King and Lionheart Mountain Sound Black Water Human I of the Storm Backyard Crystals Slow Life Hunger Wolves Without Teeth Lakehouse Little Talks Six Weeks -- Encore -- Organs Dirty Paws We Sink Highasakite Setlist Lover, Where Do You Live? Keep That Letter Safe Darth Vader Hiroshima Leaving No Traces Since Last Wednesday Read More Of Monsters and Men Icelandic folksters Of Monsters and Men have added additional shows and upgraded their venues to accommodate their massive fan base. Highasakite Highasakite is a Norwegian indie pop band consisting of Ingrid Helene Håvik (on vocals), Trond Bersu (drums), Øystein Skar (synths), Marte Eberson (synths) and Kristoffer Lo (guitar, percussion and flugabone). …

Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men recently played the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St Paul on Thursday.

Highasakite

Opening up the show was Norwegian band Highasakite, currently touring in support of their award-winning album 2014 Silent Treatment (Inkind Music). You may recall that we talked to the band at SXSW 2014.

Dressed in a "Some Kind of Wonderful" top with tight silver pants, singer Ingrid Helene Håvik shook and boogie throughout their 25 minute set. Starting off with a deliberate slowed version of "Lover, Where Do You Live?" in a darkened set with only bare minimal lighting from four backlit stands, the band quickly picked up the beat with their new single "Keep That Letter Safe" (the lone exception of songs not from the 2014 album).

This was just a brief taste of what the band is like, we're hoping for them to play a longer set the next time they come through town as headliner of a small club.

When we first caught Of Monsters and Men in March 2012 at the sold out Fine Line Music Café (capacity 750), we noted that the venue was probably the smallest gig we'll ever see them play. It's true, they returned in December at First Avenue (capacity 1500) that same year. Now the band is playing a 5,000 capacity venue like Roy Wilkins in St Paul.

Not only has the band grown in venue, but they also grew as a touring band. Originally they were only a five piece: singer/acoustic guitar Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, lead vocalists/acoustic guitar Ragnar Þórhallsson, lead guitarist Brynjar Leifsson, bassist Kristján Páll Kristjánsson, and drummer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson... but for this 2015, as you can see from the photograph, they've added four additional players: Steingrimur Karl Teague, Ragnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, Bjarni Þór Jensson, and Sigrún Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir. The four additional players handled multiple intrustments, such as accordions, extra percussionists/kick drums, trombone, extra guitars, keyboards, etc., which does add a much bigger, stadium-filled sound to their already existing anthemic songs.

They had a nice massive MMMM custom light setup and spacious arrangements, and with additional improvements, we're almost certain that they are ready for even larger, stadium-sized shows.

Setlist

As you can see from their setlist, they did every song (with the exception of two: "Organs" and "We Sink") from their latest album Beneath the Skin. From what I can tell, hearing the new songs, it would seem that Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir has taken more of a lead on vocal duties. This is a change from their debut album My Head Is an Animal, which had less of Nanna's vocals and song duties (she only wrote about half that album). I didn't mind hearing more of Nanna, but I do miss the boy/girl style of their songs - as heard on their biggest hit song "Little Talks" (which got a massive cheer from the crowd on Thursday night).

Their last thirty minutes of their set was devoted to older songs, starting with "Lakehouse" with set finale "Six Weeks". This is followed by a three song encore (or as they wrote on their setlist: ugla), starting with "Organs", "Dirty Paws" (another "hey" hit song), and ending with "We Sink".

Of Monsters and Men's latest Beneath the Skin is out now on Republic.

Remaining tour dates:

10/04/15 Austin, TX Austin City Limits 10/05/15 Houston, TX Bayou Music 10/07/15 Nashville, TN Ryman Aud 10/08/15 Charlotte, NC Uptown Amph 10/09/15 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amp 10/11/15 Austin, TX Austin City Limits 10/13/15 Broomfield, CO 1st Bank Center 10/14/15 Salt Lake City, UT Great Salt Air 10/16/15 Berkely,CA Greek Theatre 10/17/15 San Diego, CA Cal Coast 10/18/15 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater 10/29/15 Oslo, Norway Sentrum Scene 10/30/15 Stockholm Munchenbryggeriet 10/31/15 Copenhagen Vega 11/02/15 Berlin, DE Columbia Halle 11/03/15 Amsterdam, NLParadiso 11/05/15 Paris, France Casino De Paris 11/06/15 Groningen, NL O’Port 11/06/15 - 11/07/15 Rolling Stone Weekender

11/09/15 Vienna, Austria Gasometer 11/10/15 Florence, Italy Obihall 11/12/15 Munich, DE Zenith 11/13/15 Winterthur – Eishalle Deutweg 11/15/15 Brussels, Belgium Forest National 11/16/15 Cologne, DE Palladium 11/18/15 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy 11/19/15 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy 11/20/15 Bristol, UK O2 Academy 11/22/15 Dublin, Irela/15 Olympia Theatre 11/23/15 Glasgow, UK Barrowlands 11/24/15 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton 11/25/15 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton 11/27/15 Sheffield, UK O2 Academy Sheffield 11/28/15 Lincoln, UK Engine Shed 11/29/15 Newcastle, UK O2 Academy Newcastle 12/03/15 Norfolk, VA Constant Conv 12/05/15 Tampa, FL Mid Florida Credit 12/06/15 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Park

Of Monsters and Men at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul (01 October 2015)

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Rocktober: October 1 - October 2, 2015

It's that time of the year again: Rocktober! Traditionally we cover about 35-40 shows in October (with October 2013 at a record 45 shows).

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from October 1 to October 2, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Of Monsters and Men Icelandic folksters Of Monsters and Men have added additional shows and upgraded their venues to accommodate their massive fan base. Highasakite Highasakite is a Norwegian indie pop band consisting of Ingrid Helene Håvik (on vocals), Trond Bersu (drums), Øystein Skar (synths), Marte Eberson (synths) and Kristoffer Lo (guitar, percussion and flugabone). …

OF MONSTERS AND MEN
at Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Thursday, 10/01/2015, 6:30pm ($37.50)
first-avenue.com

I saw Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men in 2012 at the tiny Fine Line Music Café. It's 2015, and the band will be playing Roy Wilkins Auditorium, which is a million times larger than the Fine Line.

OMAM is currently touring in support of their sophomore album Beneath The Skin (which came out earlier this Summer on Republic Records).

Supporting OMAM on this current tour will be Norway's Highasakite. You may recall that we caught the band over at SXSW 2014.

With their sophomore album Silent Treatment spending 81 weeks in the Norwegian Top 40 charts and earning them Norwegian Grammys (Best Pop Album, Best Composition), two GAFFA awards (Norway’s biggest music magazine) and a nomination for the IMPALA awards’ “Best Independent European Album Of The Year,” it's easy to see why this cinematic pop band will be welcomed by OMAM's fans.

Tour dates:

09/26/15 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Casino
09/28/15 Columbus, OH LC Pavillion
09/29/15 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre
10/01/15 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
10/02/15 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theatre
10/04/15 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
10/05/15 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center
10/07/15 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
10/08/15 Charlotte, NC Uptown Amphitheatre
10/09/15 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amp
10/11/15 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
10/13/15 Broomfield, CO 1st Bank Center
10/14/15 Salt Lake City, UT The Great Salt Air
10/16/15 Berkely,CA Greek Theatre
10/17/15 San Diego, CA Cal Coast Credit Union
10/18/15 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater
10/29/15 Oslo, Norway Sentrum Scene
10/30/15 Stockholm, Sweden Munchenbryggeriet
10/31/15 Copenhagen Vega
11/02/15 Berlin, DE Columbia Halle
11/03/15 Amsterdam, NLParadiso
11/05/15 Paris, France Casino De Paris
11/06/15 Groningen, NL O’Port
11/06/15 - 11/07/15 Rolling Stone Weekender
11/09/15 Vienna, AustriaGasometer
11/10/15 Florence, Italy Obihall
11/12/15 Munich, DE Zenith
11/13/15 Winterthur, Switzerland – Eishalle Deutweg
11/15/15 Brussels, Belgium Forest National
11/16/15 Cologne, DE Palladium
11/18/15 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
11/19/15 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy
11/20/15 Bristol, UK O2 Academy
11/22/15 Dublin, Irela/15 Olympia Theatre
11/23/15 Glasgow, UK Barrowlands
11/24/15 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton
11/25/15 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton
11/27/15 Sheffield, UK O2 Academy Sheffield
11/28/15 Lincoln, UK Engine Shed
11/29/15 Newcastle, UK O2 Academy Newcastle
12/03/15 Norfolk, VA Constant Convocation Center
12/05/15 Tampa, FL Mid Florida Credit
12/06/15 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Park

Read More Panic Is Perfect Opening up for them was San Francisco's Panic Is Perfect, touring in support of their Behind Your Eyelids EP, out now on Strange Loop Music Inc.

OH LAND
at Triple Rock Social Club
Friday, 10/02/2015, 8pm ($15)
triplerocksocialclub.com

International producer and songwriter Oh Land (aka Nanna Øland Fabricius) was touring with Of Monsters and Men... for the second part of her tour, she will headlining the Triple Rock Social Club on Friday, October 2nd.

The Danish band's fourth album Earth Sick is out now.

Panic is Perfect to open the show. Panic is Perfect is an acoustic duo, Mike Hoffman and Jeremy Belzer, from San Francisco... we previously mentioned that they were in town with The Hunts in June 2015. After the Oh Land tour, PiP will also be playing with one of our favorite live acts Beats Antique in Columbus, Ohio.

Tour dates:

9/26/2015 San Francisco, CA The Independent
9/28/2015 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
9/29/2015 Portland, OR Doug Fir
10/2/2015 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
10/3/2015 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
10/4/2015 Detroit, MI The Pike Room

Read More American Scarecrows The first of four bands, American Scarecrows drew in a lot of local supports from their fans, friends and family. Their brief set included tracks from their latest Yesteryear and their debut album ...

AMERICAN SCARECROWS
at Turf Club
Friday, 10/02/2015, 7:30pm ($10)
turfclub.net

We were glad to have shown up early to catch American Scarecrows' full set at Communion (Oct 2014). As described in the review, they had very strong local support from fans, friends and family. Expect the same dedicated fanbase at this upcoming show.

Similarly we caught Trapper Schoepp randomly at with Old 97s in 2013, which Emily described as "probably my favorite live acts this year."

Edward David Anderson ex-member of Backyard Tire Fire also on the bill.

Here is how they described the upcoming show:

We are excited to return to the Turf Club on Friday, October 2nd! We will be joined by special guests Trapper Schoepp and Edward David Anderson!

Doors at 7:30 PM
Show at 8:30 PM
Ages: 21+
Tickets: $10 Advance / $12 Door

Tickets on sale now!

Full Details: turfclub.net
Band Links:

americanscarecrows.net

trapperschoepp.com

edwarddavidanderson.com

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W♥M166: Winter Shows

W♥M166 (38 mins)

Brody came on W♥M Radio to talk list some Winter shows. Incidentally, I don't go to shows in the Winter, so I'm not attending most of these shows (I don't even have their tour itinerary): The Maccabees, The Cribs, Kasabian, Phoenix (France), Palma Violets, Kooks, Peace, Xx, Kaiser Chiefs (lost a guitarist). The only show I'm attending is The Faint, which is happening tomorrow at First Avenue (December 13th).

Shows Brody wants to go to: Andrew Bird (12/17 at State Theatre), Of Monsters and Men (12/18 at First Ave), Steel Panther (12/20 at Mill City Nights). … And even more bands on tour, too numerous to mention (Vaccines, Drop Kick Murphy, Muse, Django Django, Alt-J, Ben Howard, The Staves, Mumford and Sons, Peggy Sue).

News discussed: Adele hit Diamond Certification with her 25+ million record sold of 21. Psy's "Gangnam Style" became the #1 video on YouTube. It was so popular, it was covered by Glee, you can read all about that here.

Stars just announced their The North North American tour, you can see all the tour dates and read all about it here on W♥M. Song of the show is "Calendar Girl", from their Set Yourself on Fire 2004 album.

BONUS: Eels are heading out on tour, plus new album Wonderful, Glorious.

02/14 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory 02/15 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre 02/16 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 02/18 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater 02/19 Seattle, WA Showbox Theater 02/22 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue 02/23 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre 02/24 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall 02/25 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre 02/26 Montreal, QC Theatre Corona 02/27 Boston, MA Paradise 03/01 New York, NY Webster Hall 03/02 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live 03/03 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 03/04 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle 03/05 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse 03/07 Dallas, TX Granada Theater 03/08 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Ballroom 03/14 Belfast, Ireland Limelight 03/15 Dublin, Ireland Olympia 03/17 Manchester, UK Academy 03/18 Glasgow, UK O2 Academy

03/19 Leeds, UK O2 Academy 03/21 London, UK O2 Academy 03/23 Bournemouth, UK O2 Academy 03/25 Brighton, UK Dome 03/26 Norwich, UK UEA 03/27 Nottingham, UK Rock City 03/29 Bristol, UK O2 Academy 03/30 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy 04/01 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso 04/06 Copenhagen, Denmark Grey Hall 04/07 Hamburg, Germany Grosse Freiheit 04/08 Berlin, Germany Astra 04/10 Belgium, Brussels Cirque Royal 04/12 Caen, France Le Cargo 04/14 Salzburg, Austria Republic 04/15 Fribourg, Switzerland Frison 04/16 Zurich, Switzerland Volkshaus 04/18 Milan, Italy Alcatraz 04/19 Graz, Austria Orpheum 04/20 Linz, Austria Posthof 04/21 Vienna, Austria Gasometer 04/22 Munich, Germany Muffathalle 04/24 Paris, France Trianon

Also, Trust and Morrissey.

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W♥M162: Golden Plains and Laneway Festival

W♥M162 (36 mins)

Sally is back on W♥M Radio.

Day Ravies at Chalk-Horse Gallery, Sydney (11/03/12) photo by Kristen

Sally is hung over from seeing A Popfrenzy Spring Delight at the Chalk-Horse Gallery in Sydney (11/03/12). Featuring three bands: Day Ravies, Camperdown & Out, and the difficult to google Songs.

Vu caught some Australian bands in the USA, they were here for CMJ and decided to play some dates in America. Gold Fields were seen at Nether Bar, Minneapolis (10/13) and 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (10/27).

We also covered San Cisco at Turf Club, St Paul (10/21) and Echo, Los Angeles (10/23).

A couple of Australian Festivals coming up:

Laneway Festival
lanewayfestival.com.au
February 2nd, 2013 in Sydney

Scheduled to appear:

Alpine - Alt J - Bat For Lashes - Chet Faker - Cloud Nothings - Divine Fits - El-P - Flume - Henry Wagons & The Unwelcome Company - High Highs - Holy Other - Japandroids - Jessie Ware - Julia Holter - Kings Of Convenience - The Men - Ms Mr - The Neighbourhood - Nicolas Jaar - Nite Jewel - Of Monsters And Men - Perfume Genius - Polica - Pond - Real Estate - The Rubens - Shlohmo - Snakadaktal - Twerps - Yeasayer

Golden Plains
goldenplains.com.au
March 9-11, 2013

Scheduled to appear:

Cat Power, Dinosaur Jr, Tallest Man On Earth, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Purity Ring, Flume, Julio Bashmore, Moodymann, The Mark Of Cain, Toro Y Moi, Wild Nothing, Psarantonis, Naysayer and Gilsun, Six Ft Hick, Mulatu Astatke, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Client Liaison, Dick Diver, Keb Darge, Bushwalking, Opossom, Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk, Barry Dickins, No Zu, Zanzibar Chanel, Silence Wedge, Silence Is Golden, Post Percy, Redd Kross

Song of the show is Guided By Voices' "Game of Pricks." There will be a Guided By Voices tribute show at the PBC this November 23rd, 2012.

Some details from Facebook:

What began many moons ago as a joke name for a tribute band has recently developed into the perfect way to spend an evening at our favourite bowlo/community club, the PBC!! For those unfamiliar with the work of Dayton, Ohio band Guided By Voices, needless to say there is plenty of evidence on You Tube, but for now I'll just concur with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney by saying Guided By Voices is the greatest rock and roll band of the modern era, in my humble opinion. Myself and a bunch of mates will be playing a couple of sets of GBV classics, with the evening to be opened by local songsmith Tom Warren in his solo guise as Telepathetic. More details as they come to light...the setlists, however, will remain a closely guarded secret until performance. Feel free to post suggestions below though!

BONUS: Opossums and (North American) possums explained!

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Many manly men

JD SAMSON & MEN
menmakemusic.com

You and I know who JD Samson is, but if you don't know, she is/was a member of Le Tigre. Since 2007, Samson teamed up with ex-Le Tigre bandmember Johanna Fateman on a project called MEN. Since then, the duo merged Samon's other project, Hirsute, adding in Michael O’Neill, Ginger Brooks Takahashi (displaced by Tami Hart), and artist Emily Roysdon.

TIME EP is the latest release from JD Samson & MEN, the pending release date is May 8th… with these known tour dates:

JD Samson & MEN tour dates (more dates tba):
4/27 – Boulder, CO @ Communikey Festival
5/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
5/11 – San Francisco, CA @ The Rickshaw Stop
5/12 – San Diego, CA @ Bar Pink
5/17 – Honolulu, HI @ Next Door (Acoustic)
5/18 – Honolulu, HI @ Soho

SCOTT LUCAS & THE MARRIED MEN
scottlucasandthemarriedmen.com

If there is anything you should take away from Scott Lucas & the Married Men, is that Scott Lucas is the singer/guitarist from Chicago's Local H.

Their forthcoming album, Blood Half Moon, will be out June 5th via The End Records (I believe this is the same label that released Danzig's last album).

In support of the album, here is their upcoming tour dates:

05/26 - Reverb Music Festival - Waterloo, IA
06/06 - The Aquarium - Fargo, ND *
06/07 - First Ave - Minneapolis, MN *
06/08 - Majestic Theater - Madison, WI *
06/09 - Metro - Chicago, IL *
06/10 - Magic Bag - Detroit, MI *
06/12 - O'Brien's Pub - Allston, MA
06/13 - Red Palace - Washington, DC
06/14 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
06/16 - North Star Bar - Philadelphia, PA

* Deer Tick + Turbo Fruits

GENTLEMEN HALL
gentlemenhall.com

Lara is covering Gentlemen Hall at 7th Street in Minneapolis today (April 18th). The band was the winner of Billboard's Battle of the Bands competition, and was featured in an online Microsoft commercial for their song "Gravity Will Break Our Bones" (duh).

Their current single is called "All Our Love" and you can watch the music video at youtube.com. If you like what you heard, you can download a free EP, When We All Disappear at gentlemenhall.com

Here is what's left of their tour dates:

April 18 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
April 19 - Ames, IA - The Maintenance Shop
April 21 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's Front Room

The Night Was On To Me (demo)

KAIA
jealousbutcher.com

You can't have women without 'men'. Ok, technically this doesn't below here, but I love Team Dresch and the Butchies (see Riot Grrrls), that I wanted to include Kaia Wilson.

Her album, Two Adult Women In Love, will be out May 22nd (Morrissey's birthday) via Jealous Butcher Records. She's currently wrapping up her tour with Amy Ray (who I saw in 2008 with Wilson on guitars).

KAIA WILSON TOUR DATES W/AMY RAY (Indigo Girls)
4/18 - Brighton Music Hall - Cambridge, MA
4/20 - The Saint - Asbury Park, NJ
4/21 - The Casbah - Durham, NC

THE MEN
wearethemen.blogspot.com/

It's not even May, but already the band, The Men, have played nearly sixty shows in 2012. They are a glutton for punishment, because they have announced their West Coast tour for June.

Their latest release will be called, Todo Muere Vol. 2, coming out April 21st via Sacred Bones Records. This is a special sampler for Record Store Day. You can get a sneak preview of one of their song, "A Minor" via Pitchfork. The song is described as an eight minute "slow-burning jam", however The Men have been known to play anything from hardcore punk to shoegaze to black metal.

Their massive upcoming 2012 tour:

5-16 New York, NY - Webster Hall ! 5-30 - Dublin, Ireland @ Whelan's 6-1 - Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Festival 6-2 - London, UK @ Field Day Festival 6-3 - London, UK @ Shacklewell Arms 6-13 Ottawa, ON - Club Saw 6-14 Toronto, ON - The Garrison ^ 6-15 West Toronto, ON - Wrongbar [NXNE] 6-16 Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid 6-18 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry 6-19 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium 6-21 Spokane, WA - Mootsy's 6-22 Seattle, WA - Barboza 6-23 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios $ 6-24 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

6-25 Santa Cruz, CA - 105 Pioneer St. 6-26 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell 6-28 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room 6-29 El Paso, TX - Lips Lounge 6-30 Austin, TX - Red 7 7-1 Beaumont, TX - Victoria House 7-2 Jackson, MS - Hal & Mals 7-3 Atlanta, GA - 529 % 7-4 Belmont, NC - Haunted Mill 7-5 Washington, DC - DC 9 7-15 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Festival ! w/ Ty Segall, White Fence, The Strange Boys ^ w/ Black Belles, Mac Demarco & more $ w/ Hurry Up % w/ Womyn Pryson

BRIEFLY:

OF MONSTERS AND MEN ofmonstersandmen.is You might remember that I saw Iceland's Of Monsters and Men last month. Well, Universal Republic released their debut album My Head Is An Animal April 3rd in America, with a different US cover artwork. They are doing some North American dates below: May 25 - The Gorge, WA @ Sasquatch July 29 - Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival August 3-5 Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival

BRAVE CHANDELIERS bravechandeliers.com/ Brave Chandeliers' video premier for the track "Madmen" is available now via youtube.com. The song is taken from their album, 11 Escapes, which comes out April 24th. About the video: the band shot the video during Portland's rush hour traffic and later edited the clips into the music video. The song and video is meant to reflect the rat race that the band was stuck in… and they mean to "escape".

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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….

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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)

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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.

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