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Minneapolis: August 11 to August 12

08/11 CAM with Amythyst Kiah at First Avenue Read More Amythyst Kiah Yola is playing the Fine Line Music Café on January 15th, with Amythyst Kiah. Tour dates: 01/07/2020 The Sinclair Cambridge, MA 01/08/2020 Music Hall Of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY …

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08/11/2022 Thursday

CAM
with Amythyst Kiah
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Grammy award-nominated artist Cam is currently on tour in support of her sophomore album The Otherside (Triple Tigers/RCA Records).

Amythyst Kiah to open.

Tour dates:

Jul 28 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Jul 28 Outdoor Merritt, BC, Canada Rockin River Music Festival
Jul 29 Seattle, WA, US Neptune Theatre
Aug 2 Salt Lake City, UT, US The Depot
Aug 4 San Francisco, CA, US The Fillmore
Aug 5 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Regent Theatre
Aug 7 Henderson, NV, US Club Madrid
Aug 9 Englewood, CO, US Gothic Theatre
Aug 11 Minneapolis, MN, US First Avenue
Aug 12 Chicago, IL, US House of Blues Chicago
Aug 13 Detroit, MI, US Majestic Theatre
Sep 15 Austin, TX, US Scoot Inn
Sep 16 Dallas, TX, US The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Sep 23 Charlotte, NC, US Neighborhood Theatre
Sep 24 Atlanta, GA, US Variety Playhouse
Sep 25 Nashville, TN, US Ryman Auditorium
Sep 29 Philadelphia, PA, US The Music Hall at World Cafe Live
Sep 30 Washington, DC, US 9:30 Club
Oct 1 Boston, MA, US Royale Boston
Oct 2 New Haven, CT, US Toad's Place
Oct 24 New York (NYC), NY, US Webster Hall

08/12 Lord Huron with Ada Lea at Surly Brewing Festival Field Read More Lord Huron Lord Huron's steady rise to the spotlight continues on another lengthy US Tour. Their debut release was just two years ago called "Lonesome Dreams". They have a similar sound to bands like Fleet Foxes…

08/12/2022 Friday

Lord Huron
with Ada Lea
at Surly Brewing Festival Field
first-avenue.com

Lord Huron recently released Long Lost (Deluxe Edition) as the definitive version of their critically acclaimed fourth full-length album, Long Lost. The band is also doing a summer headline tour, playing the Surly Brewing Festival Field on August 12.

Ada Lea to open.

Tour dates:

July 15th-17th Whitefish, MT Under The Big Sky Festival
July 24th Gonzalez, TX Float Fest
August 5th Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre @
August 7th Edmonton, AB Edmonton Folk Festival
August 8th Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium @
August 9th Saskatoon, SK Coors Event Centre @
August 11th Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre @ August 12th Minneapolis, MN Surly Brewing Festival Field #
August 13th Milwaukee, WI Miller High Life Theatre #
August 15th Chicago, IL Salt Shed* (sold out)
August 16th Detroit, MI Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre*
August 17th Toronto, ON RBC Echo Beach*
August 19th New York, NY Forest Hills Stadium*
August 20th Harrisburg, PA Harrisburg University*
August 21st Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion*
August 23rd Cooperstown, NY Brewery Ommegang ^
August 24th New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall ^
August 25th Boston, MA Boch Center Wang Theatre &
August 26th-28th Vineyard Haven, MA Beach Road Weekend

! with special guest Erin Rae
@ with special guest Leith Ross
# with special guest Ada Lea
*with special guest First Aid Kit
^ with special guest Maia Friedman
& with special guest Bully

08/12 Murder by Death and Amigo The Devil with Samantha Crain at First Avenue Read More Murder by Death Named after the 1976 film, Murder by Death will be playing the Cedar Cultural Center on October 5th. The Indiana band’s latest The Other Shore (Bloodshot Records) …

08/12/2022 Friday

Murder by Death and Amigo The Devil
with Samantha Crain
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

It’s “Tour From the Crypt” tour, featuring Today Murder by Death and Amigo The Devil. The tour will stop by First Avenue in Minneapolis on August 12th.

Opening will be Samantha Crain, who we just saw in May 2022, and wrote, “Samantha Crain opened the show. We’ve been writing about Crain since July 2008, describing her music as, “The Confiscation EP is a remarkable 5-song "music novella" with each song telling a different story; from the press release, Crain says, "Every second, everybody is being fulfilled or robbed, and when that happens, there is a story. Everybody has a story and they are stories of redemption or they are stories of betrayal."”

Tour dates:

7/30 - Pelham, TN - The Caverns
8/5 - Austin, TX - Scoot Inn
8/6 - Dallas, TX - Amplified Live
8/7 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's
8/9 - Kansas City, MO - Lemonade Park
8/10 - St. Louis, MO - Red Flag
8/12 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
8/13 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
8/14 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
8/15 - Kalamazoo, MI - Bell's Beer Garden
8/16 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
8/18 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
8/19 - Queens, NY - Knockdown Center
8/20 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head
8/22 - Asheville, NC - Salvage Station
8/27 - Denver, CO - Odgen Theatre
8/29 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
8/31 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
9/1 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
9/2 - Los Angeles, CA - Belasco
9/3 - Special Southern California Show Coming Soon!
9/4 - Berkeley, CA - The UC Theatre
9/8 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
9/9 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
9/10 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
9/11 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile

08/12 LAMB with Lake & Lyndale at 7th St Entry Read More Laura Nicholson Local, but sometime Tennessean, Laura Nicholson, is also on the bill. We previously mentioned her with local Liam Gerard's show at the Fine Line. …

08/12/2022 Wednesday

LAMB
with Lake & Lyndale
at 7th St Entry
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Nashville (and sometime Minneapolis) Laura Nicholson, now known as Lamb, will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this August 12.

The name change was only recent (as of June), so for many years, she was billing under her name Laura Nicholson. While I think it was the smart move to bill under a stagename, the name “Lamb” seems like a common word that might be hard to Google… and it also reminds me of Lady Lamb or Lamb of God, when I think of music.

However, I think the biggest challenge is that there’s also a Manchester duo called Lamb (producer Andy Barlow and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes), that started in the 90s and still going strong (in fact, massive in Portugal).

Lake & Lyndale, obviously named after the street corner in Minneapolis, to open. We previously mentioned the cross streets (not the band) in 2009 as the location of the now defunct Sauce (aka Cause).

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Anais Mitchell at Turf Club, St Paul (01 May 2022)

Anaïs Mitchell Setlist Real World Bright Star Brooklyn Bridge On Your Way (Felix Song) Flowers (Eurydice's Song) Wedding Song Coming Down Wilderland Young Man in America O My Star! The Words Revenant Backroads Little Big Girl -- Encore -- Out of Pawn Watershed Samantha Crain Setlist The River Bloomsday Songs in the Night Elk City Santa Fey An Echo Read More Anaïs Mitchell Anaïs Mitchell was put together to encourage voter engagement drive in conjunction with the League of Women Voters. The “Use Your Voice Tour 2016,” produced by Columbia Artists .... Samantha Crain Samantha Crain is a Choctaw Indian singer-songwriter from Shawnee, OK. She has self-produced recordings, but today marks her debut on Ramseur Records. The Confiscation …

Vermont singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell headlined the Turf Club in St Paul on May 1st.

Samantha Crain opened the show. We’ve been writing about Crain since July 2008, describing her music as, “The Confiscation EP is a remarkable 5-song "music novella" with each song telling a different story; from the press release, Crain says, "Every second, everybody is being fulfilled or robbed, and when that happens, there is a story. Everybody has a story and they are stories of redemption or they are stories of betrayal."”

Crain only played a few songs on her set… but between each song, she took her time tuning her one guitar. When she realized it was so quiet between her songs, she told us that she saw Jeff Tweedy from Wilco play solo. When he does, he has a semi-circle of various guitars, pre-tuned. On a Saturday night, Crain, when she’s feeling “frisky”, she would fantasize being in the center of that circle of guitars.

Before “Elk City” was played, she told us how the song came to be. She stopped in a diner and a local woman there told Crain the story of her life. At that time, Crain also trying to learn how to play “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” by Richard Thompson, but could never figure it out. “The guy has like 14 f***king fingers or something.” But what she did figure, she used to write “Elk City”.

A fan in the audience requested “Santa Fey”, which she happily played, right before her finale, “An Echo”.

Anaïs Mitchell is currently touring in support of her self-titled album… when she’s not jamming with Bonny Light Horseman (featuring Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman), of course. You see, the night before, she was rocking at First Avenue. Mitchell jokingly said she was doing a First Avenue tour around the city.

Mitchell’s full band features Josh Kaufman on guitars, JT Bates on drums, and Michael Lewis on bass… perhaps Eric D. Johnson was somewhere around, considering that the band is basically Bonny Light Horseman.

During the lock-down, Mitchell took the year off to learn to play piano… which she demonstrated for the song “Brooklyn Bridge”.

There was a long, heart-felt dedication to fellow musician Felix McTeigue for “On Your Own”. The two started playing music around the same time, and became friends. They would open for each other at shows, and the two had always meant to write a song together. It never happened, as McTeigue unexpected died in 2020.

In an interview, Mitchell gave us more insight, “We briefly had the same manager in our early ‘hustling days’ of trying to get a songwriter career going. I can picture us playing at the old Living Room on the lower east side, and me being one of five people in Felix’s audience, and vice versa. Felix was really fearless and present, he always had a guitar on his back, he was always writing something, he loved the act of just rushing headlong into writing, recording, not overthinking it. It’s a lesson I’ll return to for the rest of my life.”

Mitchell is one of Time’s “100 Most Influential People of 2020” and NPR calling her “one of the greatest songwriters of her generation” … find out why at one of her shows.

Anaïs Mitchell’s self-titled is available now on BMG.

Remaining tour dates:

5/04 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
5/05 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
5/07 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
5/09 - Los Angeles, CA - Masonic Lodge
8/11 - Gothenburg, SE - Way Out West
8/13 - Rees, GER - Haldern Pop Festival
8/27 - Buckinghamshire, UK - Towersey Festival
8/29 - Cork, IE - St Luke’s
8/30 - Dublin, IE - Pepper Canister Church
8/31 - Liverpool, UK - Philharmonic Music Hall
9/01- Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
9/01-9/04 Salisbury, UK - End of the Road Festival
9/04 - Birmingham, UK - Moseley Folk Festival
11/3 - Berlin, DE - Lido
11/4 - Hamburg, DE - Mojo
11/8 - Paris, FR - Les Etoiles
11/9 - Brussels, BE - Botanique
11/11 - Manchester, UK - YES
11/12 - Glasgow, UK - St. Luke’s
11/13 - Newcastle, UK - Newcastle University
11/14 - Bristol, UK - Fleece
11/15 - London, UK - KOKO

Samantha Crain

Setlist

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Anaïs Mitchell at Turf Club, St Paul (01 May 2022)

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Minneapolis: May 1 to May 4

05/01 Anaïs Mitchell at Turf Club Read More Anaïs Mitchell Anaïs Mitchell was put together to encourage voter engagement drive in conjunction with the League of Women Voters. The “Use Your Voice Tour 2016,” produced by Columbia Artists .... Samantha Crain Samantha Crain is a Choctaw Indian singer-songwriter from Shawnee, OK. She has self-produced recordings, but today marks her debut on Ramseur Records. The Confiscation …

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05/01/2022 Sunday

Anaïs Mitchell
with Samantha Crain
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Vermont singer-songwriter, Anaïs Mitchell, which NPR described as “one of the greatest songwriters of her generation” is headlining the Turf Club, in St Paul, this May 1st. The Tony®- and Grammy®-award-winning singer-songwriter just released her first solo self-titled album in over a decade, via BMG.

Samantha Crain to open.

Tour dates:

4/28 - Evanston, IL - Space
4/29 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
5/01 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
5/04 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
5/05 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
5/07 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
5/09 - Los Angeles, CA - Masonic Lodge
8/11 - Gothenburg, SE - Way Out West
8/13 - Rees, GER - Haldern Pop Festival
8/27 - Buckinghamshire, UK - Towersey Festival
8/29 - Cork, IE - St Luke’s
8/30 - Dublin, IE - Pepper Canister Church
8/31 - Liverpool, UK - Philharmonic Music Hall
9/01- Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
9/01-9/04 Salisbury, UK - End of the Road Festival
9/04 - Birmingham, UK - Moseley Folk Festival
11/3 - Berlin, DE - Lido
11/4 - Hamburg, DE - Mojo
11/8 - Paris, FR - Les Etoiles
11/9 - Brussels, BE - Botanique
11/11 - Manchester, UK - YES
11/12 - Glasgow, UK - St. Luke’s
11/13 - Newcastle, UK - Newcastle University
11/14 - Bristol, UK - Fleece
11/15 - London, UK - KOKO

05/02 Dorothy with Joyous Wolf and Classless Act at Varsity Theater Read More Dorothy Los Angeles-based alternative rock band Dorothy will be heading to Minneapolis at the Fine Line Music Café this January 5th. The band will be playing some new tracks ...

05/02/2022 Monday

Dorothy
with Joyous Wolf and Classless Act
at Varsity Theater
livenation.com

The Hungarian-born vocalist/writer Dorothy (stylized as DOROTHY) is touring in support of her latest album Gifts From the Holy Ghost (Roc Nation). She will stop by the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis (“Dinkytown”) on May 2nd.

Support from Joyous Wolf and Classless Act.

Dorothy Live Dates:

4/06/22 - Underground - Charlotte, NC
4/08/22 - Charleston Music Hall - Charleston, SC
4/09/22 - Elevation - VA Beach, VA
4/10/22 - Brooklyn Bowl - Philadelphia, PA
4/12/22 - Recher - Towson, MD
4/13/22 - Mickey’s Black Box - Harrisburg, PA
4/15/22 - Wellmont Theater - Montclair, NJ
4/16/22 - Lost Horizon - Syracuse, NY
4/20/22 - Paradise - Boston, MA
4/21/22 - Aura - Portland, ME
4/23/22 - HOB Cleveland - Cleveland, OH
4/24/22 - Bluestone - Columbus, OH
4/26/22 - St. Andrews - Detroit, MI
4/27/22 - Elevation - Grand Rapids, MI
4/28/22 - Piere’s - Ft. Wayne, IN
4/30/22 - HOB - Chicago, IL
5/01/22 - Majestic - Madison, WI
5/02/22 - Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN
5/03/22 - Slowdown - Omaha, NE
5/05/22 - Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
5/06/22 - Temple Live - Wichita, KS
5/08/22 - Summit - Denver, CO
5/10/22 - Knitting Factory - Boise, ID
5/11/22 - Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA
5/13/22 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
5/14/22 - Hawthorne - Portland, OR
5/15/22 - Virginia St. Brewing - Reno, NV
5/18/22 - Ace of Spades - Sacramento, CA
5/19/22 - Parish at HOB - Anaheim, CA
5/27/22 - BottleRock Festival - Napa Valley, CA

05/02 Lauren Sanderson with Miki Ratsula at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Read More Lauren Sanderson DONT PANIC! Lauren Sanderson jennifer staton Lauren is amazing Love this album Shut Em Up Differently Electric The Only One ....

05/02/2022 Monday

Lauren Sanderson
with Miki Ratsula
at Amsterdam Bar & Hall
amsterdambarandhall.com

Los Angeles’ Lauren Sanderson is headlining the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on May 2nd. Sanderson first turned heads in 2019 opening for FINNEAS and has steadily built a loyal cult following.

Nonbinary singer Miki Ratsula to open, in support of their highly debut album i owe it to myself.

Tour Dates:

Tue, Apr 26 Seattle, WA - Vera Project
Wed, Apr 27 Portland, OR - Holocene
Fri, Apr 29 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby
Sat, Apr 30 Denver, CO - Marquis
Mon, May 2 St. Paul, MN - Amsterdam
Tue, May 3 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
Thu, May 5 Toronto, ON - Velvet
Fri, May 6 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
Sat, May 7 Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe
Mon, May 9 Philadelphia, PA - Foundry
Thu, May 12 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
Fri, May 13 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
Sat, May 14 Washington DC - 9:30 Club
Mon, May 16 Carborro, NC - Cat's Cradle
Tue, May 17 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
Wed, May 18 Atlanta, GA - The Loft
Fri, May 20 Houston, TX - House of Blues
Sat, May 21 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
Mon, May 23 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
Wed, May 25 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
Thu, May 26 San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord

*all tour dates with Miki Ratsula

05/03 Lights at Varsity Theater Read More Lights Canadian electro-pop singer-songwriter Lights had lost all of her lights. Thankfully, after some quick-thinking scrambling by her lighting director and after an only slightly ...

05/03/2022 Tuesday

Lights
with Tillie
at Varsity Theater
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Alt-pop icon Lights will be headlining the Varsity Theater on May 3rd, in support of her new album PƎP (Fueled By Ramen Records). The album has already received praises from NPR, who said the album had “insanely catchy hooks.”

We saw Lights in Nov 2015 and wrote, “The singer (aka Valerie Poxleitner) seemed comfortable in black tank and overalls, dodging from side to side and reaching out to audience members’ extended hands. A bonus track, from last year’s Little Machines (Warner Bros Records), ‘From All Sides’ started her show, with ‘Toes’ and ‘Siberia’ from her previous 2011 album, following.”

According to the poster, Tillie will open.

Tour dates:

04/17 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
04/19 New York, NY Irving Plaza
04/20 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
04/22 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
04/23 Boston, MA Big Night Live
04/24 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre
04/25 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
04/26 St. Louis, MO Delmar Hall
04/28 Kansas City, MO Madrid Theatre
04/29 Denver, CO Summit
04/30 Salt Lake City, UT Soundwell
05/03 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
05/04 Chicago, IL House of Blues Chicago
05/06 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre
05/07 Toronto, ON History

05/03 Napalm Death and Pig Destroyer with SUNLESS at Turf Club Read More Napalm Death Headlining the show was Napalm Death. I've dreamt about the day I will finally get to see these guys live and last Sunday night was everything I wanted it to be. Napalm Death has been around forever. ...

05/03/2022 Tuesday

Napalm Death and Pig Destroyer
with SUNLESS
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

English grindcore Napalm Death is co-headlining with American grindcore Pig Destroyer at the Turf Club in St Paul on May 3rd.

SUNLESS to open.

Tour dates:

Apr 13 Fresno, CA, US Strummer's
Apr 14 San Diego, CA, US Soda Bar
Apr 15 Palmdale, CA, US Transplants Brewing
Apr 16 Tempe, AZ, US Marquee Theatre
Apr 18 San Antonio, TX, US Aztec Theatre
Apr 19 Dallas, TX, US Amplified Live
Apr 21 St Petersburg, FL, US Jannus Live
Apr 22 Charlotte, NC, US the fillmore
Apr 23 Charlotte, NC, US The Fillmore Charlotte
Apr 25 Toronto, ON, Canada REBEL
Apr 26 Montreal, QC, Canada MTELUS
Apr 27 Syracuse, NY, US Lost Horizon
Apr 28 New York (NYC), NY, US Terminal 5
Apr 29 Philadelphia, PA, US The Fillmore Philadelphia
Apr 30 Worcester, MA, US Palladium
May 2 Chicago, IL, US Riviera Theatre- IL
May 3 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
May 4 Denver, CO, US Odgen Theatre
May 6 Grand Junction, CO, US Mesa Theater
May 7 Salt Lake City, UT, US The Depot
May 9 Seattle, WA, US Showbox SoDo
May 10 Vancouver, BC, Canada Vogue Theatre
May 11 Portland, OR, US Roseland Theater
May 13 San Francisco, CA, US The Uc Theater
May 15 Hollywood, CA, US Hollywood Palladium
Jun 1 Outdoor Gdansk, Poland Mystic Festival Warm Up Day
Jun 2 Outdoor Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound Festival Weekend 1
Jun 23 Outdoor Clisson, France Hellfest Extended
Jul 1 Limerick, Ireland Dolans Warehouse
Jul 2 Dublin, Ireland Voodoo Lounge
Jul 3 Belfast, UK The Limelight 2
Jul 16 Outdoor Dortmund, Germany Tombstoned Fest Open Air
Aug 12 Oulu, Finland North of Hell
Aug 12 Kortrijk, Belgium Alcatraz Festival
Aug 17 Outdoor Dinkelsbuhl, Germany Summer Breeze
Aug 18 Outdoor Sulingen, Germany Reload-Festival
Sep 8 Lodz, Poland Summer Dying Loud
Sep 10 Rotterdam, Netherlands Baroeg Open Air
Sep 24 San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico Mexico Metal Fest VI
Feb 9 2023 Eindhoven, Netherlands Dynamo
Feb 10 2023 Cologne, Germany Essigfabrik
Feb 11 2023 Berlin, Germany Astra Kulturhaus
Feb 12 2023 Wrocław, Poland A2 Centrum Koncertowe
Feb 14 2023 Budapest, Hungary Dürer Kert
Feb 15 2023 Vienna, Austria Arena Wien - Grosse Halle
Feb 16 2023 Brno, Czech Republic Sono Centrum
Feb 17 2023 Magdeburg, Germany Factory Magdeburg
Feb 18 2023 Hamburg, Germany Gruenspan
Feb 19 2023 Munich, Germany Backstage, Werk
Feb 22 2023 Besançon, France La Rodia

05/04 Anand Wilder at 7th St Entry Read More Yeasayer Brooklyn’s experimental/progressive rock band Yeasayer headlined the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on June 19.

05/04/2022 Wednesday

Anand Wilder
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Anand Wilder , from Yeasayer, is finally releasing his solo album I Don’t Know My Words on Last Gang, and is going on tour to support the record. Wilder was responsible for some of Yeasayer’s biggest hits, such as “O.N.E.” and “Wait for the Summer”.

The solo work is a little more down-to-earth, with traditional musical instruments… Wilder said, “After some initial attempts at collaborating with outside musicians, I realized that I needed to have my hands on every aspect of recording my first solo effort. So much of the pleasure of making this album was reigniting my childhood passion for challenging myself to pick up any instrument.”

We caught Yeasayer in June 2019 and said, “The audience, who were all clearly there for Yeasayer, didn’t mind the darkness and danced to all the tunes. If you’re a fan of Animal Collective, they do share a similar music style… and even share their alma mater of Park School of Baltimore.”

Tour dates:

04/27/22 - Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall
04/28/22 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café
04/29/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
04/30/22 - Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust
05/02/22 - Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café
05/03/22 - Chicago, IL @ Space
05/04/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
05/06/22 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
05/09/22 - Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
05/10/22 - Seattle, WA @ Fremont Abbey
05/11/22 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
05/14/22 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick and Mortar
05/15/22 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
05/16/22 - Los Angeles, CA Zebulon

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Minneapolis: November 20, 2014

Here are some shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul on Thursday, November 20, 2014.

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Read More First Aid Kit Acclaimed Swedish duo First Aid Kit has shared the glowing new music video for their song “Stay Gold.” Watch/embed the Alex Southam-directed clip, which was shot on the Swedish island … Samantha Crain Samantha Crain is a Choctaw Indian singer-songwriter from Shawnee, OK. She has self-produced recordings, but today marks her debut on Ramseur Records. The Confiscation …

FIRST AID KIT w/ Samantha Crain
at First Avenue
Thursday 11/20/14, 7:30pm
$22 (Sold Out): first-avenue.com

Swedish duo First Aid Kit (sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg) are selling out most, if not all, of their tour dates for their album Stay Gold. It is pretty amazing, these girls must be loving life at the moment, especially their first time in the United States.

Opening up the show will be Oklahoma-based artist Samantha Crain, who wrote about in 2008, writing that she is a Choctaw Indian singer-songwriter.

Tour dates:

11/05 - The Ritz Ybor - Tampa, FL
11/06 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LA
11/07 - Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
11/08 - Fun Fun Fun Fest - Austin, TX
11/10 - The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA
11/12 - Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
11/13 - Fox Theater - Oakland, CA
11/14 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
11/15 - Moore Theatre - Seattle, WA
11/17 - The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
11/18 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
11/20 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
11/21 - Bradley Fine Arts Building - Plymouth, WI
11/22 - Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL

All dates with Samantha Crain

Read More Better Than Ezra Technically, this band's been around since the late 80s, but they weren't well-known until they signed to Elektra Records in the mid-90s with the re-release of Deluxe (the album with their hit song "Good"). …

BETTER THAN EZRA w/ Seven Handle Circus
at Varsity Theater
Thursday 11/20/14, 7pm
$26: varsitytheater.org

We've been following Better Than Ezra since they reformed in 2009. With their recently released eighth studio album All Together Now via The End Records, the band is doing small November tour (see details below)... making an appearance in Minneapolis at the Varsity Theater.

Opening up for the show is six-piece band Seven Handle Circus from Atlanta, in support of their debut album Shadows On The Wall. How are they related to Better Than Ezra? Apparently the album was produced by Ezra's bassist Tom Drummond.

Tour dates:

11/13/14 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
11/14/14 Sioux City, IA @ Hard Rock Hotel
11/20/14 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
11/21/14 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
11/22/14 Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
11/23/14 Birmingham, AL @ Iron City
12/30/14 New Orleans, LA @ Harrah’s Casino
12/31/14 New Orleans, LA @ Harrah’s Casino
01/01/15 Robinsonville, MS @ Horseshoe Tunica

Read More Gary Gulman I've previously been a fan of Gary Gulman's comedy album No Can Defend (the title is a reference to Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid), so I was more than happy to check out his latest …

GARY GULMAN w/ Joe List
at Turf Club
Thursday 11/20/14, 7pm/10:30pm
$15 (Sold Out)/$15: turfclub.net

Not music-related, but comedian Gary Gulman is one of the funniest human alive, that I have to mention his upcoming show... I laughed so much listening to No Can Defend and In This Economy?, because I can relate to his jokes.

Many of his shows are sold out, so I'm thinking he could book bigger capacity venues... or charge a little more for his shows.

His St Paul show on November 20th early show sold out. Joe List set to open the shows.

Tour dates:

11/06/14 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Comedy Club
11/07/14 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Comedy Club
11/08/14 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Comedy Club
11/15/14 Washington, DC Sixth & I Historic
11/20/14 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club (early)
11/20/14 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club (late)
11/21/14 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall (early)
11/21/14 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall (late)
11/29/14 Toronto, ON Comedy Bar (early)
11/29/14 Toronto, ON Comedy Bar (late)
11/30/14 Toronto, ON Comedy Bar
12/05/14 Cambridge, MA Sinclair (early)
12/05/14 Cambridge, MA Sinclair (late)
12/13/14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (early)
12/13/14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (late)
03/20/15 Indianapolis, IN Morty's Comedy
03/21/15 Indianapolis, IN Morty's Comedy

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Samantha Crain

Traipsing Through the Aisles

Samantha Crain

Samantha Crain is a Choctaw Indian singer-songwriter from Shawnee, OK. She has self-produced recordings, but today marks her debut on Ramseur Records. The Confiscation EP is a remarkable 5-song "music novella" with each song telling a different story; from the press release, Crain says, "Every second, everybody is being fulfilled or robbed, and when that happens, there is a story. Everybody has a story and they are stories of redemption or they are stories of betrayal."

She and her band The Midnight Shivers are currently on tour promoting The Confiscation EP.

Tour Dates

07/26/08 DFEST--Dirty’s Tavern Stage Tulsa, Oklahoma
07/28/08 Jackpot Music Hall Lawrence, KS
07/29/08 Dulcineas Denver, CO
07/30/08 The Palladium Salt Lake City, UT
08/01/08 Pickathon Roots Music Festival Portland, OR
08/02/08 Pickathon Roots Music Festival Portland, OR
08/04/08 Triple Door Mayfield! Seattle, WA
08/06/08 Sam Bond’s Garage Eugene, OR
08/07/08 Axe and Fiddle Pub and Music Club Cottage Grove, OR
08/08/08 Sophia’s Davis, CA
08/12/08 Hotel Cafe Los Angeles, CA
08/14/08 Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica, CA
09/06/08 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL
09/07/08 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL
09/27/08 International Festival Lawton, OK
10/09/08 Taste Orlando, FL
10/10/08 The Globe Saint Petersburg, FL
10/11/08 New World Brewery Tampa, FL

Links: Official Website | MySpace | Virb

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