Hello, Minnesotans. As you know, I post the W♥M Minneapolis preview calendar a month in advance. Things may have changed, and/or I just wanted to remind you about the shows that we will be covering this week. I hope to see you at one of these shows.
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06/07 Tune-Yards with Anjimile at Fine Line
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Tune-Yards
Musically and visually, it was a delightful to witness: colorful war paint, ukulele, pots, pans, and coke bottles, great beats, and funky dancing ... with lots of loops....
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Anjimile
2. Twain - How Many Times 3. Anjimile - Coyote Creek 4. Tasha - Are You Out There 5. Stef Chura - Good Time ....
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06/07/2022 Tuesday Doors Open 7PM, Show Starts 8PM ($31/$33)
UPDATE: Venue change to Fine Line Music Cafe (from First Avenue) Tune-Yards with Anjimile
at Fine Line first-avenue.com It’s been many years since we last saw or heard from
Tune-Yards. We last saw her in
Mar 2018 and said, “The stage was set with dramatic lighting framing the back end of the stage and a curved center frame with gauzed curtains that would accentuate the shadows of tUnE-yArDs as the three-piece took to the stage for their seventy-seven minute headlining set beginning with ‘Home’. “I always feel on holy ground” Garbus posted on social media just prior to playing the historic venue.”
Tune-Yards’ latest album
Sketchy came out in 2021, via 4AD.
Anjimile to open.
Tour Dates:
Jun 1 St Louis, MO, US Delmar Hall
Jun 3 Bloomington, IN, US Bluebird
Jun 4 Chicago, IL, US Do Division Saturday
Jun 7 Minneapolis, MN, US First Avenue
Jun 11 Pittsburgh, PA, US Mr Smalls Theater
Jun 13 Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
Jun 15 Brooklyn, NY, US Brooklyn Steel
Jun 16 Washington, DC, US 9:30 Club
Jun 18 Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer
Aug 23 Manchester, UK Gorilla
06/09 Mess Esque with GOLD MINEFIELD at 7th St Entry
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Mess Esque
Australian duo Mess Esque (Mick Turner and Helen Franzmann), are on tour in support of their self-titled debut album (via Drag City). The tour will stop by Minneapolis at 7th Street on June 9th. …
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Zak Sally
Zak Sally, local artist (and former bassist for Low and Enemymine), discussed the new book with Daniel Clowes. It wasn’t really so much about the actual book, but more like a casual conversation of how he first met Clowes …
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06/09/2022 Thursday Doors Open 7PM, Show Starts 8PM ($15)
Update: Gold Minefield is a new project from Duluth-native musician/comic artist Zak Sally (The Hand; formerly of Low, Enemymine) Mess Esque with GOLD MINEFIELD
at 7th St Entry first-avenue.com Australian duo
Mess Esque (Mick Turner and Helen Franzmann), are on tour in support of their self-titled debut album (via Drag City). The tour will stop by Minneapolis at 7th Street on June 9th.
If the name Mick Turner is familiar, he’s previously from
Dirty Three, who we saw in
Sep 2012 and said he was stoic: “Flamboyant and energetic [Warren Ellis], along with somber-faced Jim White on drums and stoic Mick Turner on guitar, gave the crowd the sonic feast, songs that stretched and swelled with emotion and with every kick of Ellis’ pointed shoe. Ellis indeed provided humor and dramatics to the show; dressed in what one audience member concluded was an LSD-inspired shirt (Ellis insists the tie-dyed purple and turquoise shirt, buttoned down Tom Jones-style, was the result of throwing up Kool-Aid), the violinist drilled the bow into his instrument, causing stringy bits to rub off and into his considerable salt-and-pepper beard.”
GOLD MINEFIELD to open.
Tour dates:
5/24/22 The Moroccan Lounge Los Angeles CA
5/27/22– 5/28/22 Solid Sound Festival North Adams MA
5/27/22 The Middle East Boston MA
5/29/22 SPACE Portland, ME
5/31/22 Baby's All Right Brooklyn NY
6/1/22 PhilaMOCA Philadelphia PA
6/2/22 Pie Shop Washington DC
6/3/22 Club Cafe Pittsburgh PA
6/4/22 Beachland Tavern Cleveland OH
6/6/22 Zanzabar Louisville KY
6/7/22 Hi-Fi Indianapolis IN
6/9/22 7th Street Entry Minneapolis MN
6/10/22 The Back Room at Colectivo Milwaukee WI
6/11/22 The Hideout Chicago IL*
6/13/22 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco CA
*w/ AZITA
06/09 Syd with Destin Conrad at Varsity Theater
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The Internet
Meanwhile, The Internet (featuring Odd Future member Syd and Matt Martians) comes to the Triple Rock Social Club, fresh off their SXSW appearances. I couldn't find any information regarding a new album.…
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06/09/2022 Thursday Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm ($15) Syd with Destin Conrad
at Varsity Theater livenation.com Singer/songwriter, producer
Syd, formerly known as
Syd Tha Kyd, is headlining the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on June 9th.
You know, I’ve complained about how
The Internet is such a common name that it’s hard to find them on the ... er… internet. Now that Syd dropped “That Kyd”, it’s hard to find her online as well…. Anyway, we saw The Internet in
Oct 2018 and wrote, “There were no encores, but based on hearing the entire audience singing along, I think they ended on a really high, positive note. Currently, The Internet is enjoying their time hanging out with Gorillaz.... where they are playing in front of thousands of fans every night. After this Gorillaz tour, expect The Internet to sell out even more headlining gigs.”
Destin Conrad to open.
Tour dates:
Jun 2 Boston, MA, US Royale Boston
Jun 3 Philadelphia, PA, US Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
Jun 5 Detroit, MI, US St. Andrew's Hall
Jun 6 Cleveland, OH, US Agora Theatre & Ballroom
Jun 9 Minneapolis, MN, US Varsity Theater
Jun 11 Outdoor Los Angeles (LA), CA, US LA Pride In The Park
Jun 14 Seattle, WA, US Showbox at the Market
Jun 15 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Jun 17 Washington, DC, US SOMETHING IN THE WATER
Jun 22 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Novo
06/10 Jordana with Harry Teardrop at 7th St Entry
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Jordana
Twenty-one year old artist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jordana is touring in support of her new album Face The Wall. She’ll tour with Wallows in May, then with New York’s …
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06/10/2022 Friday Doors Open 6PM, Show Starts 7PM ($13/$15) Jordana with Harry Teardrop
at 7th St Entry first-avenue.com Twenty-one year old artist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer
Jordana is touring in support of her new album
Face The Wall. She’ll tour with
Wallows in May, then with New York’s
Harry Teardrop (no relations to local
Frankie Teardrop), and eventually with
Remi Wolf.
Face The Wall will be out on May 20th via Grand Jury. The title, as Jordana explains it, “The album title has a few meanings to me. Mostly, it's about not giving up. The wall can be anything in your way. The album is a sort of reminder to myself that I have to face those things, and I can't take the easy route and turn around.”
Tour Dates:
05-15 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Waller Creek Ampitheatre ^
05-16 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Waller Creek Ampitheatre ^
05-17 - Dallas, TX - The Factory in Deep Ellum ^
05-18 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall ^
05-20 - Atlanta, GA - Coca-Cola Roxy ^
05-21 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle ^
05-23 - Orlando, FL - The Orlando Ampitheater ^
05-24 - Miami, FL - The Fillmore ^
05-26 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live ^
05-27 - St Augustine, FL - The Saint Augustine ^
05-28 - Columbia, SC - The Senate ^
05-29 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore ^
06-02 - Washington, DC - Songbyrd *
06-03 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s *
06-04 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right *
06-05 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East *
06-07 - Toronto, ON - Drake Underground *
06-09 - Chicago, IL - Schubas *
06-10 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry *
06-13 - Portland, OR - Holocene *
06-14 - Seattle, WA - Barboza *
06-16 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop *
06-17 - Los Angeles, CA - The Moroccan Lounge *
06-18 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room *
09-22-25 - Dover Heights, DE - Firefly
10-04 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel #
10-06 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl #
10-07 - Richmond, VA - The National #
10-09 - Boston, MA - Roadrunner #
10-11 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 #
10-12 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 #
10-15 - Toronto, ON - Danforth #
10-16 - Toronto, ON - Danforth #
^ w/Wallows
* w/Harry Teardrop
# w/Remi Wolf
06/11 Rock the Garden 2022
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Rock the Garden
As usual, the Rock the Garden did a great job organizing the music festival. Although the original scheduled was delayed about 30 minutes, because of the weather... once the music started, they did an amazing job …
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Nathaniel Rateliff
I think Nathaniel Rateliff and his band The Night Sweats have finally made it. It's hard to believe that we've been writing about him since 2013....
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Sleater-Kinney
What are you doing on V-Day? If you're a Sleater-Kinney fan, you'll be at this sold out show. According to my bad memories and physical ticket stubs, I've seen Sleater-Kinney at least three times, and have expressed sadness ...
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Low
Low’s Christmas show is taking place at First Avenue on Saturday. All proceeds will benefit Second Harvest Heartland. Low adds, “Despite the commerce involved, we hope you will consider ....
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Beabadoobee
Beabadoobee with Christian Leave, BlackStarKids The Truman. $20-$25 aka Beatrice Laus, this Filipino/British breakout bedroom-pop artist put out a new EP, Our Extended ....
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Divide and Dissolve
Divide and Dissolve, the Melbourne, Australia duo of T//R and S//N (Takiaya Reed –guitar/sax; Sylvie Nehill- drums) who asked for quiet as they began, then Reed went into a verbal diatribe decrying worldwide white ....
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06/11/2022 Saturday June 11 is the big day for Rock the Garden! We cannot wait. For those attending, here is their policy for COVID-19: “We all want to do our part to limit the spread of COVID-19 in our community and keep our patrons, staff and artists safe. In accordance with Minnesota guidelines, while we will not require proof of vaccination or enforce a mask mandate, we encourage guests to exercise good judgment to keep this year’s event fun and safe. We reserve the right to update our guidelines at any time as determined by government agencies, artists, or the promoter. In that case, we will notify guests and participants on how to comply with safety requirements.” Rock the Garden at Walker Art Sculpture Garden rockthegardenfestival.com Saturday, June 11, is the big
Rock the Garden show. We’ve previously written about the 2022 line, see details below… but here’s something new: we’ve previously seen Australian duo
Divide and Dissolve in
Feb 2018, as opener for local favorite
Polica:
Outside of an angry punk band or two, no band in recent memory has started so polarizing before ever playing a note, than Divide and Dissolve, the Melbourne, Australia duo of T//R and S//N (Takiaya Reed –guitar/sax; Sylvie Nehill- drums) who asked for quiet as they began, then Reed went into a verbal diatribe decrying worldwide white supremacy, seeking to empower black and indigenous people, and reminding the mostly white audience, that this was not their land.
Similar statements were given before each song played, with the expected crowd response ranging from a smattering of applause to cat calls and insults- but inciting seems to be part of their purpose, so in that regard, it worked. Musically, they play a heavy, low tempo, skeletal doom rock blend meant to incite as much as their statements, with latest self-release being last week’s Abomination.
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We’re so happy to see the return of
Rock the Garden at the iconic Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.
As with previous events, there are two stages, food trucks, beer tents, and great music.
This year, they are bringing co-headliners Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and Sleater-Kinney… both excellent bands.
I don’t want to brag, but we were first to report
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats at the band’s first appearance at
Bluebird Theater in Denver (Apr 2013): “Nathaniel Rateliff, debuted his new musical endeavor last Thursday at the Bluebird Theater accompanied by soul outfit, The Night Sweats.” The band went on to sign to Stax Records for their self-titled debut album in 2015.
Incidentally, if you ever see a Nathaniel Rateliff’s solo show (which we did in
in April 2014), his music and performance is very different than a Night Sweats show. And trivia, but Rateliff previously appeared at Rock the Garden in
2016.
As for
Sleater-Kinney, I’ve been seeing the band live since
2000 … with the last one in
Feb 2015 after they re-united for a tour. That show was somewhat bitter-sweat, as it would be the last time we would see them with original drummer Janet Weiss (who we just saw in
Quasi in
Apr 2022).
Gates open at 1pm, music starts at 2:30pm.
Lineup:
- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (co-headliner)
- Sleater-Kinney (co-headliner)
- LOW
- beabadoobee
- DāM-FunK
- Bombino
- Divide and Dissolve
If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.
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