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Minneapolis: November 12 to November 13, 2015

Read More RAC In between bands RAC (André Allen Anjos) played his DJ sets. The first non-local band to play was Los Angeles, by the way of Tennessee …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from November 12 to November 13, 2015.

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RAC
at Mill City Nights
Thursday, 11/12/2015, 7:30pm ($27.50)
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We previously caught RAC (André Allen Anjos) and Big Data together at the Go Fest '15 music festival.

RAC only DJ-ed, while Big Data had a nice little set featuring singer Lizy Ryan doing her best Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes" and playing their most popular song "Dangerous".

Opening up the show will be Austria's Filous (not to be confused with Germany's Filou) and Portland's Pink Feathers (aka Liz Anjos).

Tour dates:

11/06/15 New York, NY Webster Hall
11/08/15 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
11/09/15 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
11/10/15 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
11/12/15 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
11/13/15 Chicago, IL Concord Music Hall
11/14/15 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank
11/15/15 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
11/16/15 Austin, TX Emo's
11/18/15 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
11/20/15 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
11/21/15 Corona Capital Festival
11/22/15 San Diego, CA Observatory
11/24/15 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
11/25/15 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal
11/26/15 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom

Read More We Were Promised Jetpacks We Were Promised Jetpacks (Adam Thompson -vocals/guitar; Michael Palmer-guitar; Sean Smith-bass, Stuart McGachan- keys/guitar; Darren Lackie- drums) then followed with a crushing, passionate 75 min. …

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS
at Varsity Theater
Thursday, 11/12/2015, 7:30pm ($12.50)
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The Scots are taking over The Varsity Theater on Thursday, November 12th. We Were Promised Jetpacks, from Edinburgh Scotland, have a sound and live show that you will definitely not want to miss.

This indie rock band started back in 2003 at a high school battle of the bands and has not stopped since. Their newest release Unravelling was released in October of last year on Fat Cat Records. The album was recorded at Chem19 Studios with Paul Savage who has worked with bands such as Franz Ferdinand and Mogwai. They have gotten high praise from Rolling Stone and Spin for a reason.

You may recall that they previewed five or those Unravelling songs (as well as a brand new band member Stuart McGachan) on their live show at the Triple Rock Social Club in February 2014.

The Montreal-based (read: not from Korea) Seoul to open. The trio (Julian Flavin, Dexter Garcia and Nigel Ward) is on tour in support of I Become A Shade (Grand Jury). The album is separated into three distinct suites, equal parts gauzy dream-pop, reverberant R&B, and speculative ambient.

Tour dates:

11.06 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat 11.07 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery 11.09 - Louisville, KY @ Headlines Music Hall 11.10 - Indianapolis, IN @ HIFI 11.11 - Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall 11.12 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater 11.13 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium 11.16 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge 11.17 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's 11.19 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American 11.20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom 11.21 - San Diego, CA @ Irenic

11.22 - Tucson, AZ @ Flycatcher 11.24 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger 11.25 - Austin, TX @ The Parish 11.27 - Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall 11.28 - Orlando, FL @ The Social 11.29 - Jacksonville, FL @ Underbelly 12.01 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade 12.02 - Nashville, TN @ Exit / In 12.04 - Charlottesville, VA @ Southern 12.05 - Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw 12.06 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts 12.07 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair

Read More Roger Clyne For fans of the (former) Refreshments or the alive and kicking Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, this album is a welcome, long awaited gift. For those who have never heard the band - live or otherwise …

ROGER CLYNE & THE PEACEMAKERS
at Turf Club
Friday, 11/13/2015, 8pm ($20)
turfclub.net

Fans of 90s Arizona rockers The Refreshments will be elated to know that Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers will be making a stop to the Turf Club on November 14th. Clyne, of course, was the lead singer of the Refreshments and when the group called it a day in 1998, he formed the Peacemakers with Refreshments drummer Paul “P.H.” Naffah. The current line-up also features guitarist Jim Dalton (of The Railbenders) and bassist Nick Scropos (of Gloritone.)

The Peacemakers have been steadily releasing records since 1999’s Honky Tonk Union as well as hosting a semi-annual concert in Rocky Point, Mexico called “Circus Mexicus” (an event that’s a veritable who’s-who of Southwestern rock and roll with past guests including like Cracker’s David Lowery and Johnny Hickman to the Supersuckers’ Eddie Spaghetti.) Last year the band released their seventh studio album The Independent, a title that nods to the quartet’s commitment to their DIY philosophy (it was produced by Naffah, recorded at his studio and released on the band’s own label, Emma Java Records.) It’s a record teeming with rollicking country-rock jams that will sound like sunshine to our chilled, Daylight-Savings-weakened ears and spirits.

Next year, The Refreshments’ breakthrough 1996 album Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy turns 20 years old, so perhaps Clyne and his Peacemakers will throw in some cuts from that album (“Down Together,” please!)

Nashville's Birdcloud to open. The cowgirl duo (Jasmin Kaset and Makenzie Green) is described by the Chicago Times as "shaking up the country cutie aesthetic and, more importantly, elevating women's roles in the highly patriarchal cowboy community."

Tour dates:

11/06/15 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey Bar 11/07/15 New Braunfels, TX River Road 11/10/15 Kansas City, MO Knuckleheads 11/11/15 Sioux Falls, SD District 11/12/15 Omaha, NE Waiting Room 11/13/15 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club 11/14/15 Chicago, IL Subterranean 11/15/15 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall 11/17/15 Ferndale, MI Magic Bag 11/18/15 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon

11/19/15 Des Moines, IA Wooly's 11/20/15 St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill's 11/21/15 Tulsa, OK The Shrine 12/19/15 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre 12/31/15 Tempe, AZ Marquee 03/01/16 The Lebrewski Cruise 03/02/16 The Lebrewski Cruise 03/03/16 The Lebrewski Cruise 03/04/16 The Lebrewski Cruise 03/05/16 The Lebrewski Cruise

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Go Fest '15

poster: Coley Lind Matt & Kim Setlist Overexposed Hey Now w/ snippet of "Party Up" by DMX) I'm A Goner Let's Go Hoodie On Cameras Tonight Ignition (Remix) (R. Kelly cover) Now w/ intro "No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn" by Beastie Boys Get It w/ intro "Push It" by Salt-N-Pepa Daylight -- Encore -- Just a Friend (Biz Markie cover) w/ intro "Bring Em Out" by T.I. It's Alright Cold War Kids Setlist All This Could Be Yours Loner Phase Miracle Mile Audience One Song at a Time We Used To Vacation Louder Than Ever Hot Coals Hang Me Up to Dry I've Seen Enough Minimum Day Drive Desperate First Hospital Beds Something Is Not Right With Me Yelawolf Setlist Outer Space Good to Go Box Chevy V Growin' Up in the Gutter Push 'Em Friends in Low Places (Garth Brooks cover) Let's Roll Pop the Trunk I Wish / Whole Lotta Love / War Pigs Heartbreak American You MS MR Setlist Reckless Fantasy Think of You How Does It Feel Criminals Painted Hurricane Big Data Setlist Snowed In Clean Big Dater Private Eyes (Hall & Oates cover) The Business of Emotion Dangerous Meg Myers Setlist Adelaide Motel A Bolt From The Blue Go Desire Sorry Heart Heart Head (partial; cut off) Read More Go 96.3 We were really impressed with Go 96.3 FM's first Go Show #1 (featuring New Politics and Banks at Aria on Mar 2015). We were wondering how they can top that debut show … Matt & Kim This is one of the best band to see live is Matt and Kim. The duo is returning to Minneapolis at the Mill City Nights next, next Friday … Cold War Kids It's the big 10 year anniversary of local radio station The Current, and they've been selling out all their shows. I believe most, if not all, of their shows will be broadcasting live .... Yelawolf I was only given a link to the video for Yelawolf's new video "Let's Roll" (watch it in HD on vevo.com). The song is from his latest album, Radioactive, which came out November of last year. .... MS MR NYC duo MS MR came to Minneapolis “for the first time as a band and as people” ...and ‘rocked it like a ‘Hurricane’. ‘Hurricane’, of course, refers to their infectious single of the same name…

The inaugural Go Fest at the Target Field last Friday. We were already impressed with their first ever Go Show #1 earlier in March 2015, but was absolutely blown away at the size and scale and production of Go Fest '15.

The festival took place in the new baseball open field. Only portions of the stadium seats (no access to the green) were opened to view the concert stage. There was a small standing-only section in the front for VIP access... which Go Radio was more than generous in giving away upgrade passes to fans who showed up early.

Prices ranged from $9.63 to $96.30, which I think was a great price for these bands. Even if they lost a ton of money, it was money well spent for promotion of the new radio station, Go 96.3 FM.

There was a lot of planning and thought involved in orchestrating this music festival... but not everything was set in stone. For example local band Enemy Planes was added last minute (the day of) as first band on the bill with a brief twenty-minute set, and MS MR was switched with Big Data. Otherwise Allan Kingdom (who we previously saw with thestand4rd at Rock the Garden) went on as planned at 4:30.

In between bands RAC (André Allen Anjos) played his DJ sets.

Meg Myers

The first non-local band to play was Los Angeles, by the way of Tennessee, Meg Myers, who we previously saw with Royal Blood at Mill City Nights in 2014. Like her last appearance, she is accompanied by her four-piece band (including a cellist), and she sang dark and delicate songs about relationship and desires.

While we liked her songs, unfortunately most people will likely remember that she was literally played off the stage when she started playing her closing song "Heart Heart Head". Everyone was operating under a very tight schedule, so we were not surprised that they cut off her mic.

Big Data

New York's Big Data was up next. The band was previously in town at the Fine Line Music Café earlier in March 2015. This music project is lead by Alan Wilkis, who teamed up with a variety of artists for their 2.0 album (including guests White Sea, Joywave, Jamie Lidell, Kimbra, Rivers Cuomo, Jenn Wasner, Dragonette, Bear Hands, and Twin Shadow). When they play live, Wilkis had plenty of vocal help from singer Lizy Ryan.

Their set had bookend pre-recorded robotic announcements, and they played it safe by covering Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes" and ending it with their most popular song, "Dangerous"... which is a really catchy song.

MS MR

We've been covering MS MR since 2012, and was happy to be there for them on their first ever Minneapolis appearance in 2013.

The duo Lizzy Plapinger (MS) and Max Hershenow (MR) was happy to announce that they have released a second album How Does It Feel (Columbia Records), which incidentally landed at #1 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. Their new single, "Painted" sounded great live and you can easily see why the song is showing strong support on Top 30 Alternative radio.

They ended their set with their first single "Hurricane", which they kindly note that if you wanted to hear more from them, that they'll be back in Minneapolis at the Varsity Theater on October 15th. Immediately the couple next to me said they'll buy tickets to see them again.

Yelawolf

Based on the biker leather jackets, the tattoos, and hip-hop/rap sound of Yelawolf... they surely stuck out like a sore thumb. Despite being the odd band out, they definitely had their dedicated fans.

Apparently they did not play by the rules. They were slightly rude, spitting, spraying beer in the audience, lighting their setlist on fire and destroying a microphone, and giving the fingers to all the ladies in the audience. After hearing them talk about how they love the south, Hank Williams, and the confederate flag (which is a hot button at the moment), you get the feeling they do and say whatever the f*** they want and they don't care what you think.

After playing "Heartbreak" per request from a fan and ending their set with "American Youth", the band pulled out an autographed baseball and threw it into the audience.

Cold War Kids

We've been covering Cold War Kids since 2008, they are always a good solid live band. In 2013, we saw the band three times (First Avenue (09/26/13), First Avenue (4/5/13), and Target Center (05/31/13)) and didn't feel heartbroken when we didn't see them in late January 2015. Still, we were excited to see them again at Go Fest; it was like seeing an old friend.

By the time CWK took the stage on their first ever baseball field show, it had gotten dark, but the stage direction kept the band in bare minimal lighting (dark blues and dimmed reds).

Songs on their set featured some new songs from their latest Hold My Home ("All This Could Be Yours", "Hot Coals", "Drive Desperate", and "First"), but throwing in fan favorite "Hang Me Up to Dry".

The first time I read about Matt & Kim, they had opened up for Weezer in New York in 2009 and again in 2010. They were described as "dance party", and it wasn't until I saw them in person in Minneapolis in 2012 that I absolutely believed it. Of all the shows I saw in 2012, that one stood out as easily one of my highlight. We've seen them again at Rock the Garden in 2014, and a couple of things you should know about this party band: 1. Kim does this walking on people bit, 2. They go from zero to one hundred percent, 3. They have potty mouths (esp Kim), 4. Plenty of confetti, and 5. Just have a good time. Don't over analyze their songs or question their singing abilities, you're missing the point if you do.

Matt & Kim

I had a lot of fun, and I think the audience did too. Some new gimmick they did tried for this show was getting everyone to blow up balloons and then tossing them up in the air. They also brought out a parachute and had people holding it up (wasn't quite sure this one worked as well as they intended).

The various snippets of DMX's "Party Up", Beastie Boys' "No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn", Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It", went over really well with the crowd, who seemed to know the material. The introduction to "Ignition (Remix)" was pretty funny, Matt explained, "R Kelly was supposed to play Arizona, but he didn't because he wasn't going to get paid... So if R. Kelly won't play R. Kelly songs, Matt and Kim will play R. Kelly songs!"

Seeing as there was only a few minutes until closing time of 11:30, I was surprised to see that the band came back for a quick encore at the eleventh hour. At first with a prerecorded T.I.'s "Bring Em Out" and then they covered Biz Markie's "Just a Friend", which got the crowd singing along. Their finale "It's Alright" ended their set with a couple of audience body surfing with plenty of beach balls that was released by the stage hand.

Go Fest '15 was an experience. They're already talking about doing another one (before the end of the year???), and honestly I can't wait to see how they are going to top this show. Given that the event was nearly 8 hours long, I think perhaps next time, they can have the Go Fest to fall on a Saturday (when most normal people don't have work or school).

Matt & Kim at Go Fest, Target Field (07 Aug 2015)

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Minneapolis: August 7, 2015

Read More Go 96.3 I attended the Go 96.3's first concert (dubbed Go Show #1) at the Aria in Minneapolis on Friday the 13th. For the young radio station's very first show . … Cold War Kids It's the big 10 year anniversary of local radio station The Current, and they've been selling out all their shows. I believe most, if not all, of their shows will be broadcasting live .... MS MR NYC duo MS MR came to Minneapolis “for the first time as a band and as people” ...and ‘rocked it like a ‘Hurricane’. ‘Hurricane’, of course, refers to their infectious single of the same name… Matt & Kim This is one of the best band to see live is Matt and Kim. The duo is returning to Minneapolis at the Mill City Nights next, next Friday …

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on Friday, August 7, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

GO FEST '15
at Target Field
Friday, 08/07/2015, 4:30pm ($9.63)
go963mn.com

We were really impressed with Go 96.3 FM's first Go Show #1 (featuring New Politics and Banks at Aria on Mar 2015). We were wondering how they can top that debut show... and they've completely done it by booking Target Field with this incredible band lineup.

We've previously seen covered most of these bands, but to see them all on one bill is simply unbelievable. The kicker? Nosebleed tickets are under $10 each, so you can bring all your friends (well, restricted to a 20-ticket maximum) and hang out in the green.

Lineup:

Cold War Kids

MS MR

Meg Myers

Matt and Kim

Big Data

Yelawolf

Allan Kingdom (from thestand4rd)

Plus: DJ Sets by RAC

Read More Irish Fair First of all, I think we're definitely going to be doing the Irish Fair this year. I know St Patrick's Day was in March, but who cares when it's free in August! The two main attraction seems to be California's Young Dubliners .…

IRISH FAIR
at Harriet Island (St Paul)
08/07/2015-08/08/2015, 7pm (FREE)
irishfair.com

The free annual Irish Fair will start next Friday, August 7th and ending on Sunday, August 9th, at Harriet Island. Headliner for the first two nights will be Los Angeles' Young Dubliners.... currently touring in support of their latest album Nine. We previously caught Young Dubliners when they headlined the Irish Fair in 2010, so I'll be good to have them back in the Twin Cities.

NOTE: The Irish Fair fans should know that there is a $20 Kickoff Party event on Thursday, August 6th, featuring local Irish band Wild Colonial Bhoys.

Young Dubliner's tour dates:

08/07/15 Irish Fair Minnesota
08/08/15 Irish Fair Minnesota
08/09/15 Crestone Music Festival
08/14/15 Santa Rosa, CA Annie O's Music Hall
08/15/15 Paso Robles, CA Private Function
08/16/15 Los Osos, CA Sea Pines Golf Resort
08/21/15 Hopefest
08/22/15 Lodi, CA Private Function
08/27/15 Colorado Springs, CO Thirsty Parrot
08/28/15 Denver, CO The Oriental Theater
09/11/15 Sisters Folk Festival
09/12/15 Sisters Folk Festival
09/13/15 Sisters Folk Festival
09/16/15 Somerville, MA Johnny D's
09/17/15 Newton, NJ The Newton Theatre
09/18/15 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
09/19/15 Irish 2000 Festival
09/20/15 Get Shamrocked Festival
09/26/15 Treasure Valley Celtic
10/02/15 Chicago, IL Beverly Arts Center
10/03/15 Huntsville, UT Snowbasin
10/04/15 Blues, Brews & BBQ
10/08/15 Wilmington, DE World Cafe Live
10/09/15 Leesburg, VA Smokehouse Live
10/10/15 Alexandria, VA John Strongbow's Tavern
10/11/15 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
10/14/15 Jim Thorpe, PA Mauch Chunk Opera House
10/15/15 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
10/16/15 Macungie, PA Private Function
10/17/15 Chesapeake Roots Festival
10/18/15 Harrisburg, PA The Abbey Bar
11/05/15 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom
11/06/15 Tucson Celtic Festival
11/07/15 Tucson Celtic Festival
11/13/15 Grants Pass, OR Rogue Theatre
11/14/15 Portland, OR Melody Ballroom
11/19/15 Sturtevant, WI Route 20 Outhouse
11/20/15 South Bend, IN Club Fever
11/21/15 Joliet, IL The Tree

Read More Social Distortion Do you know what's funny? Social D was one of the first bands I saw when I was living in Fresno, California. They were huge back then just coming off their big hit single "Bad Luck"..…

SOCIAL DISTORTION
at First Avenue
Friday, 08/07/2015, 7pm ($35/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Our new writer Langen will be seeing Social Distortion at First Avenue. Not to brag, but I saw Social D in 1992(?) in Fresno, California. They played a tiny club and changed the line in "Ball & Chain" from "county jail" to "Fresno County Jail" and got a huge roar from the audience.

Mike Ness and company are on tour at the moment because their debut self-titled album turned 25 in 2015 (originally released in 1990). Expect the punk band to play the entire album, plus throwing in some old favorites from Somewhere Between Heaven & Hell, etc.

Drag the River and Nikki Lane to open the show.

Tour dates:

07/31/15 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Live
08/01/15 Houston, TX House Of Blues
08/02/15 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
08/05/15 Sturgis Rally
08/07/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
08/08/15 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
08/09/15 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
08/11/15 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
08/14/15 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
08/15/15 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
08/16/15 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
08/18/15 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
08/19/15 Philadelphia, PA Festival Pier
08/21/15 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
08/22/15 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summerstage
08/23/15 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
08/25/15 Silver Spring, MD Fillmore Silver Spring
08/27/15 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
08/28/15 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
08/29/15 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
09/02/15 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
09/03/15 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
09/05/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
09/06/15 Bumbershoot Festival
09/07/15 Bend, OR The Century Center
09/09/15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
09/11/15 Paso Robles, CA Vina Robles Amphitheatre
09/12/15 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
09/13/15 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory

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