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Minneapolis Music Guide: July 20 - July 26, 2014

Here is the weekly guide of some Minneapolis (and St Paul) live concerts and events from July 20 to July 26.

Read More Vans Warped Tour Unlike other stationary music festivals like SXSW or Glastonbury, the Warped Tour (or rather Vans Warped Tour) is one of those rare travelling music festivals. Traditionally, the Warped Tour feature more punk-rock music …

SUNDAY, JULY 20
CANTERBURY PARK
Vans Warped Tour

We covered Vans Warped Tour last year and we were only able to cover about seven bands (one stage)... which is pretty sad, because there are hundreds of bands on the lineup. If you are attending this year's show, taking place this July 20th, you'll just have to pick and choose your battle and have fun watching as many bands as possible.

My personal picks are Saves the Day, Anberlin (their last tour before they break up!), Yellowcard, and Sleeper Agent.

Here are just some of the bands playing this year:

Mayday Parade, Beartooth, Air Dubai, For Today, The Mixtapes, Stray From The Path, Teenage Bottlerocket, Plague Vendor, Tear Out The Heart, The Protomen, Attila, Saves The Day, A Skylit Drive, The Ghost Inside, The Ready Set, The Devil Wears Prada, The Color Morale, Nit Grit, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, Anberlin, Survive This!, Cute Is What We Aim For, Issues, Crown The Empire, State Champs, The Maine, Volumes, Enter Shikari, I The Mighty, Alive Like Me, Secrets, MC Chris, Terror, Breathe Carolina, Falling In Reverse, I Fight Dragons, This Wild Life, Courage My Love, Bad Rabbits, Real Friends, To The Wind, Ice Nine Kills, Every Time I Die, Scare Don't Fear, Of Mice & Men, Yellowcard, Bayside, Four Year Strong, Crizzly, Antiserum, K.Flay, Marmozets, Brian Marquis, Lionize, Echosmith, Sleeper Agent, The Word Alive, Beebs And Her Money Makers, Rob Lynch

 

Read More Hundred Waters Opening up for them was a Florida band called Hundred Waters. The lead singer Nicole Miglis is usually playing keyboards, but occasional bust out her flute to give their music this weird experimental …

MONDAY, JULY 21
7TH STREET ENTRY
Hundred Waters

Get a chance to see an intimate show with Florida's Hundred Waters before they set sail and tour with Interpol this November!

This Radio K show will also feature: Fort Wilson Riot, Vacation Dad, Har-Di-Har

Tour Dates:

07/18/14 Chicago, IL Union Park
07/20/14 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
07/21/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
07/24/14 Vancouver, BC Media Club
07/25/14 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
07/26/14 Capitol Hill Block Party
07/29/14 San Francisco, CA The Independent
07/31/14 Los Angeles, CA Center For The Arts

Interpol Tour Poster

Tour dates w/ Interpol:
11/06 St Petersburg @ Jannus Landing
11/07 Orlando @ House of Blues
11/08 Miami, FL @ The Fillmore
11/10 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
11/11 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music
11/15 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
11/17 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
11/18 Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
11/20 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
11/21 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
11/22 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/24 NYC, NY @ Terminal 5
11/29 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

 

Read More Red Wanting Blue I'm glad to see that Red Wanting Blue made their national television debut on David Letterman last week! Check out their performance of "Audition" on youtube. …

TUESDAY, JULY 22
7TH STREET ENTRY
Red Wanting Blue and The Alternate Routes

Red Wanting Blue and The Alternate Routes are on a co-headlining tour with their "Sounds Like Summer Tour".

Columbus, Ohio-based American rock & roll band Red Wanting Blue is back with a new album Little America, which came out two weeks ago (July 1st).

“Sounds Like Summer” Tour 2014
07/18 Nashville, TN @ 12th & Porter *
07/22 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
07/23 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's
07/24 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room *
07/25 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
07/26 Kemmerer, WY @ Oyster Ridge Music Festival
07/27 Kearney, NE @ Buffalo County Fair
07/30 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern *
07/31 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
08/02 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater *
08/09 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls
08/13 Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall *
08/14 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
08/15 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
08/16 Bucyrus, OH @ Brat Fest
08/19 Mohegan Lake, NY Winery at St. George
08/20 Asbury Park, NJ The Saint
08/21 New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place *
08/22 Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
08/23 Washington, DC @ The Hamilton *

*= w/ The Alternate Routes

Sleeper Hits

Morning Phase Capitol (Universal) Read More Beck So you like Beck and was thinking about picking up Odelay (1996). Well don't! Wait until January 29, 2008, because there's a Deluxe 2-disc version coming out. More details on our press page …

BECK
beck.com

We all know Beck, the dude needs no introduction. I first saw him on MTV's 120 Minutes and he looked like some kid with his guitar back then.... When MTV started playing "Loser", we knew that song would be a massive hit for him.

Anyway, I have actually seen Beck live at Coachella in 1999. Unfortunately, by the nature of these large music festival, he looked like a tiny figure on stage and it was just not a good experience for me. I would love to see him in a more intimate venue, but alas those days are long gone.

Beck's new album Morning Phase came out this week (Tuesday, February 25th), and already critics like NPR is calling it basically Sea Change part two.

You can currently hear the "Waking Light" on npr.org.

Beck is returning to Coachella this year.

04/13/14 Coachella
04/20/14 Coachella
04/26/14 KDGE 102.1 EdgeFest
07/18/14 Pitchfork Music Festival
09/04/14 Bestival

in today already walks tomorrow Monotreme Records Read More Karnivool When asked where the name "Karnivool" came from, guitarist Drew said: That's one question I can never answer very well, as the name Karnivool was around …

SLEEPMAKESWAVES
sleepmakeswaves.com

sleepmakeswaves (all lowercase) will be heading out on tour in Europe this April and May.

Maybe I'm just a very judgmental person, but whenever I see weird punctuations / capitalizations / poorly misspelled words, I just think the band is very young. Of course, this is coming from someone who uses ♥ as a verb....

Anyway, this Australian quartet debut in 2008 and by 2011 was nominated an ARIA Award for their debut album And So We Destroyed Everything.

sleepmakeswaves new album in today already walks tomorrow will be out this April 8, 2014, on Monotreme Records. Please note this album was originally released in 2012 by another record label.

Tour dates:

04/17 Belgium Hasselt - Muziek O Droom
04/18 Switzerland Bulle - Ebulition
04/19 Belgium Zottegem - Dunk! Festival
04/20 Switzerland Geneva - Graviere
04/22 Spain Barcelona - Razzmatazz
04/23 Spain Madrid - Moby Dick
04/24 France La Coopérative de mai
04/26 France Dunkerque - 4 Ecluses
04/27 Germany Karlsruhe - Jubez
04/30 Sweden Gothenburg - Fangelsets
05/01 Sweden Orebro - Slöjdgatan
05/05 Poland Wroclaw - Klub Hydrozagadka
05/06 Hungary Budapest - Durer Kert
05/07 Czech Republic Praha - NoD Theater
05/08 Germany Stuttgart - Juha West
05/09 Germany Hannover - Cafe Glocksee
05/10 UK London - Beyond the Redshift Festival

Forever Home Decades Records Read More Surfer Blood "This is our seventh time in Minneapolis," stated singer John Pitts from Surfer Blood, making their stop at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis last night, Sunday, October 13th. …

WAKE UP
whywakeup.bandcamp.com

Speaking of lowercase, wake up is a four piece rock band from Lake Worth, Florida.

Their debut 7", 'Forever Home', is said to be a three song collection (a fourth song, "Again", is available but only as a digital bonus track) with homage and styling of 90s rock, but without the whole 'grunge revival' thing. The songs are said to be more in tuned with Stephen Malkumus (Pavement) or Doug Martsch (Built to Spill). So... slacker rock it is...

The 7" is coming out March 11, 2014.

Tour Dates with Surfer Blood:

02.25 - The Space - Hamden, CT
02.26 - Iron Horse - Northampton, MA
02.27 - The Saint - Asbury Park, NJ
02.28 - Baby's All Right - Brooklyn, NY
03.01 - Glasslands - Brooklyn, NY
03.02 - The Southern - Charlottesville, VA
03.03 - Camel - Richmond, VA
03.04 - Blind Tiger - Greensboro, NC
03.05 - Jack Rabbits - Jacksonville, FL

Minutes of Sleep Scissor and Thread

FRANCIS HARRIS
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Brooklyn-based producer Francis Harris released his new album Minutes of Sleep this week (February 25th).

To support the new album, Francis will be playing some dates, particularly San Diego, and Brooklyn.

Francis Harris tour dates:

02/27/2014 TBD San Diego California
02/28/2014 Panther Room/Output Brooklyn
03/01/2014 TBD Boston Massachusetts
04/05/2014 Warung Beach Club Brazil
04/11/2014 Cuenca Ecuador
04/12/2014 Quito, Eccuador
04/17/2014 Zurich
04/18/2014 TBD Belgrade, Serbia
04/21/2014 TBD London, UK

About Last Night RCA Records/Mom + Pop

SLEEPER AGENT
sleeperagentmusic.com

About Last Night is the upcoming album from Sleeper Agent. The album is set for release March 25th on RCA Records/Mom + Pop. You can preview their track "Waves" over at YouTube.

This Kentucky's current lineup is Alex Kandel (vocals), Tony Smith (guitar, vocals), Justin Wilson (drums), Lee Williams (bass), Scott Gardner (keys), and Josh Martin (guitar).

Sleeper Agent's next appearance will be at Shaky Knees Music Festival on May 9th, 2014.

Dull Days Sleepy Hahas

SLEEPY HAHAS
facebook.com/sleepyhahas

New York's garage rock four-piece Sleepy Hahas just released their title track from their upcoming debut album Dull Days, coming out on May 12th.

They describe the song as gritty guitars with 'catchy hooks'.

Hear it from yourself on Soundcloud.

No Turn Before The Shoreline Primary Records

SLEEPERS WORK
sleeperswork.net

Sleepers Work (otherwise known as Bill Flynn) has a debut album called No Turn Before The Shoreline coming out March 11, 2014, on Primary Records.

No Turn Before The Shoreline was a work of art through a period of six months. Flynn explained the time passage, "I would just grab a sound, start pitching it, pulling it, looping it, messing with the attack and release. I found the specific moments I liked, and then moved on to grabbing the next layer in the same way."

Praise Elephants The Persian Leaps

THE PERSIAN LEAPS
thepersianleaps.com

The Persian Leaps are not from Persia, but from St Paul (Minneapolis' Twin City), Minnesota. The band described themselves as noise pop and they seem to be fairly new.

They first sent me "Sleepless" from their debut EP Praise Elephants (which missed my Elephants article because they didn't put 'elephants' in their subject header). Thankfully, they put 'Sleepless' in their email.

Live dates:

Apr 03 Kitty Cat Klub Minneapolis, MN
Apr 18 Hexagon Bar Minneapolis, MN
May 30 Cause Spirits & Soundbar Minneapolis, MN

Happiness Was a Light Sleeper La Belle Records

HERR STYLER
facebook.com/herrstylerofficial‎

Herr Styler is a band from Paris, France. Their latest work is Happiness Was a Light Sleeper, which is an EP (three tracks, totaling 19 minutes) released earlier this month (February 3rd) on La Belle Records.

Already France's "Les Inrockuptibles" put the band on their 12 "Acts to Watch in 2014" article.

Hear the lead track, "Necklace Forest":

Slow No Wake GoldFlakePaint

SLOW NO WAKE
slow-no-wake.bandcamp.com

Slow No Wake is the musical project of multi-instrumentalist Adam Theron-Lee Rensch. Rensch started his music career as a guitarist in a local metal band when he was 16. His musical exploration lead him to discovering classical, folk, 60s pop, and jazz.... among his biggest influence are Spiritualized, Can, Built to Spill, and Mazzy Star.

Rensch wrote over 100 songs in ten years, but never considered to release them: "I never thought about pursuing music seriously. I just made music because I enjoyed it. Then all of sudden people were contacting me, asking me if I had an album they could buy."

Last December, he took nine songs about "love, mortality, and time" and put it together on his self-titled album Slow No Wake on GoldFlakePaint.

City of Hearts Minty Fresh

SLEEP THIEVES
facebook.com/wearesleepthieves

Sleep Thieves is a trio (Sorcha Brennan, Wayne Fahy, and Keith Byrne) from Dublin, Ireland.

The synthy band's second single "City of Hearts", just came out this week (February 25) on via Minty Fresh. The Rian Trench mixed track is describe as "haunting, dreamy, cinematic vocals".

"City of Hearts" is taken from their upcoming album You Want The Night, due out this Spring.

Hear the song now:

Sleep B3SCI Records

MISUN
facebook.com/MisunBand

Misun (pronounced 'me sun') is a four-piece band from Los Angeles. If you were wondering about their name, it's taken from the singer's name Misun Mojcik.

The band is self-described their sound as 'aquawave', a form of traditional pop, but with 60s rock & roll and a dash of hip hop and dance.

The band's latest release is a 7" single called "Sleep", which came out last week (February 18th) on B3SCI Records.

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