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Minneapolis: September 6, 2016

Read More The Dirty Nil Ontario punk trio The Dirty Nil will open the show. The Dirty Nil’s debut album Higher Power is out now on Dine Alone Records. The band will likely play “Wrestle Yü to Hüsker Dü” .…

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on September 6, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

BILLY TALENT
at Varsity Theater
Tuesday, 09/06/16, 7pm ($18/$20)
varsitytheater.org

Canada’s Billy Talent (named after a character from Michael Turner’s novel Hard Core Logo) will be headlining the Varsity Theater on September 6th as part of their new album Afraid of Heights. With over 3 million albums sold internationally, expect a good singalong crowd at this upcoming show.

Bad Flower and The Dirty Nil to open. The latter is an Ontario three-piece with a debut record Higher Power on Dine Alone Records.

The Dirty Nil’s Tour Dates

9/5 - Kansas City, MO at The Riot Room*
9/6 - Minneapolis, MN at Varsity Theater*
9/7 - Milwaukee, WI at The Rave Bar*
9/10 - New York, NY at Gramercy Theatre*
9/11 - Cambridge, MA at The Sinclair*
9/13 - Philadelphia, PA at The Foundry*
9/14 - Washington DC at Rock & Roll Hotel*
9/16 - Grand Rapids, MI at The Pyramid Scheme*
9/17 - Kalamazoo, MI at District Square*
9/18 – Chicago, IL at Riot Fest

* w/ Billy Talent

Read More Rilo Kiley Rilo Kiley (rilokiley.com) announces North American tour. Check out the dates: Minneapolis! So maybe you may see me at First Ave... Dates In Full: …

JENNY LEWIS
at State Theatre
Tuesday, 09/06/16, 7:30pm ($35)
hennepintheatretrust.org

After the departure as singer and songwriter of Rilo Kiley, actress / musician Jenny Lewis struck it on her own with her solo record Rabbit Fur Coat with The Watson Twins (Chandra and Leigh Watson) in 2006. Lewis and the Watson Twins will doing a very special tour in celebration of the 10 Year Anniversary of the record at the State Theatre this upcoming September 6th.

With these record anniversary shows, they typically will play the entire album live, from start to finish. The encores are usually reserve for fan favorite songs or classic hits.

As usual: these theater shows will start on time, so show up early and get comfortable in your seat.

Tour dates:

09/06/16 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
09/07/16 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
09/08/16 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
09/10/16 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
09/12/16 Burlington, VT Flynn Center
09/13/16 Boston, MA Citi Perf Arts Center
09/14/16 Port Chester, NY Capitol Theatre
09/16/16 Wilmington, DE Copeland Hall
09/17/16 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre
09/18/16 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre
09/22/16 San Francisco, CA SF Masonic

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News for the Week of 3/9/2008

First of all, the editors at blogged.com discovered us and gave us a 9.0 rating as an entry in their music directory. According to the note I got:

Our editors recently reviewed your blog and have given it a 9.0 score out of (10) in the Entertainment/Music category of Blogged.com. This is quite an achievement!

We evaluated your blog based on the following criteria: Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site Design, and Writing Style.

After carefully reviewing each of these criteria, your site was given its 9.0 score.

I'm very happy to see that, if you'd like to vote us up (or down), you can click on the link above.

 

Rilo Kiley - It's a Hit

Rilo Kiley

Rilo Kiley (rilokiley.com) announces North American tour. Check out the dates: Minneapolis! So maybe you may see me at First Ave...

Dates In Full:

04/17/08 San Francisco, CA Concourse @ SF Design Center
04/19/08 Portland, OR @ Roseland
04/20/08 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
04/23/08 Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
04/24/08 Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
04/26/08 Indio, CA @ Coachella Arts & Music Festival
05/15/08 San Diego, CA @ Concerts in the Park
05/19/08 Denver. CO @ Ogden Theatre
05/20/08 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
05/21/08 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
05/22/08 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
05/23/08 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
05/24/28 Chicago, IL @ The Riviera
05/25/08 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
05/26/08 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
05/28/08 Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix Theatre
05/30/08 Worcester, MA @ Palladium
05/31/08 Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
06/01/08 Northampton, MA @ Calvin Theater
06/02/08 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
06/05/08 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
06/06/08 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
06/07/08 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
06/08/08 Richmond, CA @ Toads Place
06/10/08 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
06/11/08 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
06/12/08 Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Farm
06/13/08 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
06/15/08 Dallas, TX @ Palladium
06/16/08 Austin, TX @ Stubbs BBQ

Tour Dates 03/13/08 Acadia Cafe Minneapolis, MN 03/14/08 Bailey’s Pub Taylorville, Illinois 03/15/08 Meadlowlark Bar Denver, CO 03/25/08 Vincennes University Indiana 03/27/08 Defiance College Defiance,OH 03/28/08 Augustana Rock Island, IL 03/29/08 Regular Joe’s Coffeehouse, IL 03/31/08 Heidelberg College Tiffin, Ohio 04/01/08 University of Akron Akron, Ohio 04/05/08 The Soiled Dove Underground w/ Jen Korte - DENVER CD RELEASE PARTY!!!! Denver, Colorado 04/07/08 Plymouth State Plymouth, NH 04/08/08 New England College NH 04/09/08 SUNY Plattsburg Plattsburg,NY 04/10/08 St. Anselm College NH 04/11/08 Curry College Milton, Massachusetts 04/14/08 Colby-Sawyer College New London, New Hampshire 04/15/08 Ursinus College - Wismer Hall - Lower Lounge Collegeville, Pennsylvania 04/16/08 East Stroudsburg University East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 04/26/08 North Central College Naperville, Illinois 04/30/08 University of Massachusetts North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

 

Jessica Sonner - Open Your Eyes

Speaking of Minneapolis, Jessica Sonner (jessicasonner.com) is playing here at the Acadia Cafe in Minneapolis.

Unlike Rilo Kiley who doesn't need an introduction, I'll have to mention that Sonner is a folk singer from Chicago, Illinois, but originally from Denver, Colorado. She released an album (note: album) called The EP in December 2005, and I haven't seen that she's released anything else.

Her myspace has some songs that's not available on The EP, so I would hazard a guess that they are demos for a future album.

Oh yes, I just read that she has a new album coming out "March 2008" (although a "CD release party" is slated for April in her hometown of Denver), perhaps you can pick it up on one of her tour dates.

 

Dream

Alice Smith

So, erm, stop me if you think you've heard this one before: more tour dates! This time Alice Smith (alicesmith.com) is about to set out on tour. She recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel.

Click on the link for all the details, there's not much I can add to this, except also check out Dave's review on For Lovers, Dreamers & Me.

Regarding "Dreams":

How Smith approaches this song is interesting. It starts sounding like a relative of Foreigner’s “Cold as Ice.” But then like a prime athlete waiting to excel, Smith starts to deliver her lyrics with a pop-like libretto. And as the song continues, she let’s her phrases expand deeper and longer but still holding back, waiting, letting the moment build until the end when she lets it all go, giving a hint of what she’s capable of.

My last news is that Spiritualized (spiritualized.com) is releasing Songs In A&E in 2008. Who knew they were still around?

Dude, their last album was released in 2003, although I thought they broke up in the early 00s when they released Let It Come Down. At least that's the last time that I heard from this band.

Read more about it Songs in A&E on our press page. I don't have any songs to represent them, so apologies.

 

See

Update: here's a late-breaking news update.  I know this person, so it's cool to see the video and a capella singing.

I've known him for a while, we finally met a few years ago when I was in Canada.

Add him as a friend or subscribe to his videos: Kartaller

 03/13/2008 02:33:52  vu my♥posts www.weheartmusic.com