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July Talk, w/ Purple at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (13 June 2015)

tour poster July Talk Setlist Blood + Honey Summer Dress Gentleman Guns + Ammunition You & Me and Rock 'n Roll (New Song) Headsick My Neck The Night Rationed Well Sex Song Uninvited The Garden Paper Girl -- Encore -- Picture in Love (New Song) Purple Setlist Leche Loco Love Maker Double Nickels Wallflower Mini Van Feel the Low Target Birthday Thirteen Beach Buddy Backbone Geneva Liquor Dmt Good Night, Gold Dust Setlist California Crooked Four Letter Waves Broken Wing Headlights Towards the Sun Read More July Talk Canada's July Talk is currently on tour for their self-titled album (Island/Polydor/Universal Records), which got them a 2015 Juno Award Nomination for Alternative Album … Purple Flavorwire premieres the video to the "infectious summer anthem" from the Texas party punks PURPLE's hit "Beach Buddy". In it, the trio is washed in waves in the sand while performing a song that "sounds like The Strokes …

Alt-blues rock quintet July Talk is currently on tour for their Juno-nominated self-titled album, stopping by the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis on Saturday, June 13th.

Good Night, Gold Dust

Opening up this 'triple rock' show was Mankato's Good Night, Gold Dust, featuring boy/girl singers (Laura Schultz and Colin Scharf), and played some tracks from their 2012 album Towards the Sun, including the closing title track.

New songs on their 30-min set included the single and b-side "California"/"Headlights", which was released earlier this year.

Purple

Next was Texas trio Purple, who seemingly brought with them about 40 fans from Duluth (about an two and a half hours north of Minneapolis). The story I got from one of the Duluth fan was that Purple had already built up a fan base in Duluth with some headlining shows.

True to their description of Andrew WK's bastard child, the band partied with songs from their album (409) (Play It Again Sam), but throwing in some brand new songs: "Birthday", "Backbone", and "Geneva" (misspelled as 'Geniva' on their setlist).

Highlight on their set was for "Thirteen", when moshing and dancing broke out.

July Talk

Toronto-based July Talk had this 'beauty & the beast' quality to their music, with the rough growly male singer Peter Dreimanis (who sounds like a young Tom Waits) and the beautiful Leah Fay. The two often play with each other as they trade vocals throughout their set.

They had preview two brand new songs "You & Me and Rock 'n Roll" and the encore "Picture in Love" which sounded fantastic. If those new songs are any indications of where the band is going, I say they are heading in the right direction.

Prior to playing "My Neck", Fay told us the sad story about their very first Minneapolis appearance (16 June 2013 at the Nether Bar, with Grounders) was on Father's Day Sunday, and basically no one showed up. The bar owner dismissed the door person and told the band they didn't have to play... but he would still pay them. July Talk was determined to still play, even if it was just a private show for the owner.

Of course, it's a different story on Saturday night with plenty of fans singing and dancing to the band's bluesy songs.

Normally the band doesn't play encores, but with fans demanding one, the band came back on stage to play a new song "Picture in Love". Fay said that she had a bet with the band that she would have to pay everyone in the audience $100 dollar, but immediately declared bankruptcy.

July Talk's self-titled album is out now on Sleepless Records. The Canadian band is currently on a North American tour:

6/16/2015 St. Louis Off Broadway
6/17/2015 Indianapolis Hi-Fi
6/18/2015 Grand Rapids Founders Brewing Co.
6/19/2015 Chicago Beat Kitchen
6/25/2015 Buffalo CanalSide
6/30/2015 Milwaukee Summerfest
7/16/2015 Rochester First & Third Summer
7/17/2015 Green Bay The Backstage

Thanks to Markus for providing the Purple setlist.

July Talk at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (13 June 2015)

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Minneapolis: June 13 - June 15, 2015

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on June 13 to June 15, 2015.

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JULY TALK w/ Purple
at Triple Rock Social Club
Saturday, 06/13/15, 8pm ($8/18+)
Details: triplerocksocialclub.com

Canada's July Talk is currently on tour for their self-titled album (Island/Polydor/Universal Records), which got them a 2015 Juno Award Nomination for Alternative Album of the Year. They are stopping by the Triple Rock next Saturday, June 13th.

The band is described as an alt-blues rock quintet and sings in "conversations" with singers Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay trading lines in a lyrical face-off. It should be a fun show.

Opening up for them will be Texas punkster Purple, a band that is described as "Andrew WK's bastard child from Karen O after a night of drunken debauchery". Sounds too good to be true? Show up early to check them out.

Also on the bill, Good Night, Gold Dust, a Minnesota band that has escaped my Going for Gold series apparently.

Tour dates:

6/6/2015 Los Angeles The Echo
6/7/2015 Phoenix The Rebel Lounge
6/9/2015 Austin Cheer Up Charlie's
6/10/2015 Dallas Three Links
6/11/2015 Norman The Opolis
6/12/2015 Omaha Reverb
6/13/2015 Minneapolis Triple Rock
6/14/2015 Madison The Frequency
6/16/2015 St. Louis Off Broadway
6/17/2015 Indianapolis Hi-Fi
6/18/2015 Grand Rapids Founders Brewing Co.
6/19/2015 Chicago Beat Kitchen
6/25/2015 Buffalo CanalSide
6/30/2015 Milwaukee Summerfest
7/16/2015 Rochester First & Third Summer
7/17/2015 Green Bay The Backstage

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JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
at Turf Club
Sunday, 06/14/15, 7:30pm ($20/18+)
Details: turfclub.net

Drawing generously from garage rock and heavy soul, New York’s Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is an unbridled blues rock fist in the face of the status quo. Guitarist Judah Baker, drummer Russell Simins and shrieker/singer/guitarist Jon Spencer have been setting hearts on fire for over two decades; their abrasive retro sound first clawed its way into the collective consciousness in 1992 with their debut Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and 1993’s Crypt Style, both collections comprised of tracks from earlier sessions with famed producers Steve Albini and Kramer. The band continued releasing one frenzied album after another (their fourth album Orange from 1994 yielded one of my favorite tunes, “Bellbottoms”) and garnered acclaim for their blistering live shows that showcased Spencer’s wild-man antics. On March 23rd, JSBX dropped a ferocious new album, Freedom Towers: No Wave Dance Party 2015 and, lucky for you and me, kitty cat, those New York rock-n-rollers are making a stop at the Turf Club on June 14th with fellow rabble-rousers Daddy Long Legs. Dang motherf*cker!

Tour dates:

06/08/15 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground
06/09/15 Montreal, QC Théâtre Fairmount
06/10/15 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
06/11/15 Detroit, MI Hopcat
06/12/15 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
06/13/15 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
06/14/15 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club
06/15/15 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
06/16/15 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
06/17/15 Columbia, MO Rose Music Hall
06/18/15 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House
06/19/15 Cincinnati, OH Woodward Theater
06/20/15 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant St.
06/26/15 Garorock Festival
06/27/15 Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats
08/15/15 "Summer Sonic" (Chiba)
08/16/15 "Summer Sonic" (Osaka)

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JEREMY LOOPS
at 7th Street Entry
Monday, 06/15/15, 7:30pm ($12/18+)
Details: first-avenue.com

Meet South Africa's number one selling artist Jeremy Loops. Loops debuted at #1 on iTunes in South Africa and maintained #1 on the three most prominent radio stations in Southern Africa with "Down South", his breakout single. It is pretty amazing that Loops headlined massive major music festivals, yet relatively unknown in America. Let's change that, check him out this June 15th.

Loops will likely preview some of his songs (including the hit single) from his forthcoming album Trading Change, set for release August 11th on Yebo Music.

The album is described as "Both sweet and volatile like the ketone compound namesake of Jake Webb’s formless expanding musical alter ego, these songs were recorded shortly after inception in the regional south-west over a 24 hour period in the doorless room of an old shopfront in Fremantle that he was living in at the time. Developing his ambient and textural guitar sound playing with the likes of Perth based bands Sugarpuss, Rabbit Island and Grace Woodroofe, Jake Webb established Methyl Ethel in 2013 as an outlet for his adventures in reverb soaked home recording. Built from the ground up in various bedrooms, friends’ studios and quiet caverns, the exceptional EP diptych Guts and Teeth were released in quick succession and explore themes of anxiety, disillusionment and stasis."

Two local bands Matt Jennings (by the way of Pittsburgh) and Kevin Fluegel will open the show.

Tour dates:

06/08/15 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
06/11/15 Austin, TX Stubb's Bar-B-Q
06/12/15 Dallas, TX The Door
06/14/15 Lawrence, KS Granada Theatre
06/15/15 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
06/16/15 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
06/17/15 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
06/18/15 NXNE Festival
06/21/15 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
06/23/15 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
06/24/15 New York, NY The Studio @ Webster Hall
06/25/15 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
06/26/15 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl
07/24/15 Somersault Festival

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