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A Giant Dog at Icehouse, Minneapolis (25 Oct 2023)

A Giant Dog Setlist Welcome to Avalonia I Believe Watch It Burn I'll Come Crashing Photograph Different Than A Daydream In Rainbows Get With You and Get High Sleep When Dead In Destiny Watch Me Sleeping Trouble in the Streets Setlist Best of Your Worst Can I Breathe Satisfy Saturn Wildfire Mad Science Bulls on Parade Dreaming of Forever Chasing Whatever Mother's Tongue Read More A Giant Dog Since then, we’ve been following his music career and his latest project is Heart Bones, a collaboration with Sabrina Ellis from A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit. …

Texas’ A Giant Dog stopped by the Icehouse, in Minneapolis, on October 25th, as part of their Fall tour.

Austin’s Trouble in The Streets (or “T.I.T.S.”) opened the show. The self-described “Electro Tribe” band blend hip-hop with rock and a dash of electronica. The band previously shared stages with George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, Rebirth Brass Band, and Beto Martinez (Grupo Fantasma), so you can get an idea of their vibe.

It was the band’s first time in Minneapolis, and lead singer Nnedi Agbaroji had a lot of trouble pronouncing “Minneapolis”… much like how you might have trouble pronouncing her name.

One of their songs paid tribute to Star Trek by changing the “Space, the final frontier” intro.

My favorite song on their set was “Bulls on Parade”, which was a powerful, aggressive song. So much energy that the band asked for “sandbags” to help old the drum kit together. Agbaroji added, “We have a beast of a drummer.”

Fellow Austin band A Giant Dog closed out the night. As we previously mentioned, we are big fans of the band, thanks to their dynamic singer Sabrina Ellis. We’ve followed Ellis on a number of her side projects, including Sweet Spirit and Heart Bones (with Har Mar Superstar).

Sweet Spirit (09 Apr 2017)

A few years ago, we caught Sweet Spirit in April 2017, and noted, “The local hero (Har Mar Superstar) sang, with the help of Ellis, a cover of Pulp’s ‘Common People’. The live rendition is possibly one of the best covers of this song I’ve ever heard, definitely a lot more faithful than William Shatner/Joe Jackson’s version. The only thing they changed is fag (a British slang for cigarettes) to weed. I hope the next time they cover ‘Disco 2000’.”

Spotted in the Icehouse, in the audience was Har Mar Superstar and Mark Mallman.

A Giant Dog (Sabrina Ellis, Andrew Cashen, Andy Bauer, Graham Low, and Daniel Blanchard) came on stage a little after Trouble in the Streets. And as usual, Sabrina Ellis, was the center of attention. Unlike her previous side projects, with A Giant Dog, she’s much more energetic, jumping around and with a lot of movement. And that’s just the first song, “Welcome to Avalonia”!

It’s been over two years since their last release. The band’s latest album is a concept album called Bite, which lands on Merge Records.

Why are we calling it a concept album you ask? Well, Ellis explained that the record features characters, and not themselves: “We developed them (the characters), got to know their minds, emotions, and motivations, and then expressed those in nine songs.”

Remaining tour dates:

10/26 - Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
10/27 - Smoke and Barrel - Fayetteville, AR
10/28 - Mercury Lounge - Tulsa, OK
10/29 - Three Links Deep Ellum - Dallas, TX
11/6 - Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
11/7 - HQ - Denver, CO
11/8 - Beehive - Salt Lake City, UT
11/9 - The Olympic - Boise, ID
11/10 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
11/11 - Dante’s Hifi - Portland, OR
11/13 - Bottom Of The Hill - San Francisco, CA
11/14 - Soda Bar - San Diego, CA
11/15 - Zebulon - Los Angeles, CA
11/16 - 191 Toole - Tucson, AZ

Trouble in the Streets

A Giant Dog Trouble in the Streets A Giant Dog

A Giant Dog at Icehouse, Minneapolis (25 Oct 2023)

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Minneapolis: This Week (10/29/2023)

Here are some shows, this week, in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

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10/23 Erin Rae with She Returns From War at 7th St Entry Read More Erin Rae The evening began with a generous fifty-minute set from Nashville singer-songwriter Erin Rae, in support of her newest solo full-length, Lighten Up (the title of which, is a not-so-subtle …

10/23/2023 Monday

Erin Rae
with She Returns From War
at 7th St Entry
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Nashville-based singer/songwriter Erin Rae is on her Lighten Up And Try Tour. The new live album Lighten Up & Try: Live & From The Heart is out now on Thirty Tigers.

Erin Rae (27 Jan 2023)

We caught Rae in Jan 2023 and said, “The evening began with a generous fifty-minute set from Nashville singer-songwriter Erin Rae, in support of her newest solo full-length, Lighten Up (the title of which, is a not-so-subtle reminder to herself to not take things too seriously). “I’ll start with my saddest song” she deadpanned, strumming “Mind / Heart” from the newest record. She described 2018’s “Love Like Before” as her “summer jam, my almost-mid-tempo song” to polite laughter and one of the common threads between she and the headliner, is that both new records were produced by the wunderkind of the modern Laurel Canyon sound, Jonathan Wilson (with several Big Time Band members also guesting on it).”

She Returns From War to open.

Lighten Up & Try Tour Dates

October 1 – Seattle, WA @ The Sunset Tavern %
October 3 – Healdsburg, CA @ Little Saint %
October 4 – Oakland, CA @ Thee Stork Club %
October 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Tee Gee %
October 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Tee Gee *
October 9 – Santa Fe, NM @ El Rey Court *
October 11 – Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips *
October 12 – San Antonio, TX @ The Lonesome Rose *
October 13 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues - Bronze Peacock *
October 14 – New Orleans, LA @ Toulouse Theatre &
October 15 – Waverly, AL @ Standard Deluxe Inc #
October 18 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room #
October 20 – Chicago, IL @ Judson & Moore Distillery #
October 21 – Chicago, IL @ Judson & Moore Distillery #
October 22 – Davenport, IA @ The Raccoon Motel #
October 23 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry #

^ - with Bryan Cates
% - with Skyway Man
* - with Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears
& - with The Lostines
# - with She Returns From War

10/24 Talking Volumes with Viet Thanh Nguyen hosted by Kerri Miller at The Fitzgerald Theater

10/24/2023 Tuesday

Talking Volumes
with Viet Thanh Nguyen
hosted by Kerri Miller
at The Fitzgerald Theater
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Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune are proud to announce the 23rd season of Talking Volumes.

Talking Volumes is hosted by award-winning journalist Kerri Miller, who will be interview/talking to Vietnamese/American author Viet Thanh Nguyen at the Fitzgerald Theater in St Paul, on October 24th.

Tour dates:

Oct 10, 2023 Los Angeles @Barnes and Noble at the Grove
Oct 16, 2023 Philadelphia at Parkway Central Library
Oct 17, 2023 Cambridge— Harvard University
Oct 17, 2023 Harvard University Norton Lectures
Oct 18, 2023 Brooklyn at St. Joseph's University
Oct 20, 2023 New York at 92nd Street Y
Oct 21, 2023 Harrisburg Book Festival
Oct 22, 2023 Washington DC at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Oct 23, 2023 Chicago at American Writers Museum
Oct 24, 2023 St. Paul at The Fitzgerald Theatre

10/24 Bullet For My Valentine with of Mice and Men and Vended at Fillmore Bullet for my Valentine The British Invasion tour will be stopping at The Myth in Maplewood on Wednesday, February 17th. Now, don't think this will be anything like the "British Invasion" of the Beatles... think more yelling and screaming ...

10/24/2023 Tuesday

Bullet For My Valentine
with of Mice and Men and Vended
at Fillmore
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Welsh metal band Bullet For My Valentine is coming to the Fillmore in Minneapolis this October 24, 2023.

Bullet For My Valentine (17 Feb 2016)

We saw the group in Feb 2016 and wrote, “Bullet For My Valentine walked out on stage to Motorhead's “Ace of Spades” and completely captivated the audience throughout their twelve song set and two song encore. As I said, they did a great job of mixing old and new songs. They even threw in a seven-minute drum solo featuring guest drummer Jason Bowld. Michael 'Moose' Thomas, their usual drummer, decided to sit this tour out due to his wife expecting their first child. Usually this would be a complete downer, but Jason did a great job of filling the throne. He didn't miss a beat and did Moose justice. I honestly wouldn't have been able to tell it was a new drummer had it not been for it being pointed out by singer Matthew Tuck.”

Mice and Men and Vended to open.

Tour dates:

Oct 19 Cincinnati, OH, US Andrew J. Brady
Oct 21 Kansas City, MO, US Uptown Theater
Oct 22 Chicago, IL, US Riviera Theatre
Oct 24 Minneapolis, MN, US Fillmore Minneapolis
Oct 26 Denver, CO, US Mission Ballroom
Oct 28 Flagstaff, AZ, US Pepsi Amphitheater
Oct 29 San Diego, CA, US SOMA
Oct 31 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Wiltern
Nov 1 Phoenix, AZ, US The Van Buren
Nov 2 Albuquerque, NM, US Revel Entertainment Center
Nov 4 San Antonio, TX, US Boeing Center
Nov 5 Dallas, TX, US House of Blues
Nov 7 Houston, TX, US House of Blues
Nov 8 New Orleans, LA, US BG's Lounge
Nov 10 Orlando, FL, US Hard Rock Live Orlando
Dec 1 Flemington, VIC, Australia Good Things
Dec 2 Sydney, NSW, Australia Good Things
Dec 3 Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia Good Things
Dec 6 Tokyo, Japan Toyosu Pit / 豊洲ピット
Dec 7 Osaka, Japan GORILLA HALL OSAKA

10/25 A Giant Dog with Trouble in The Streets at Icehouse Read More A Giant Dog Since then, we’ve been following his music career and his latest project is Heart Bones, a collaboration with Sabrina Ellis from A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit. …

10/25/2023 Wednesday

A Giant Dog
with Trouble in The Streets
at Icehouse
icehousempls.com

We’re big fans of A Giant Dog, mostly thanks to their dynamic singer Sabrina Ellis. The group will stop in Minneapolis, at the Icehouse, on October 25th.

We’ve followed Ellis on a number of her side projects, including Sweet Spirit and Heart Bones (with Har Mar Superstar).

Sweet Spirit (09 Apr 2017)

A few years ago, we caught Sweet Spirit in April 2017, and noted, “ Originally a nine-piece band, Sweet Spirit, at least for this 2017 tour, is currently a six piece, featuring: Andrew Cashen, Sabrina Ellis, Joshua Merry, Jake Knight, Jon Fichter, Danny Lion. That’s still a lot of people for a typical rock band. They normally don’t start with ‘The Power’, but for this special night, singer Sabrina Ellis felt they needed to start the show with a “slow song”. Based on hearing the band talk about other local bands around here (particularly a shout-out to Teenage Moods), it sounded like the band is well beloved around the Twin Cities.”

Trouble in The Streets to open.

Tour dates:

10/17 - The Middle East - Boston, MA
10/18 - The Sultan Room - Brooklyn, NY
10/19 - The Sultan Room - Brooklyn, NY
10/21 - 123 Pleasant St. - Morgantown, WV
10/22 - Spirit - Pittsburgh, PA
10/23 - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
10/24 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
10/25 - Icehouse - Minneapolis, MN
10/26 - Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
10/27 - Smoke and Barrel - Fayetteville, AR
10/28 - Mercury Lounge - Tulsa, OK
10/29 - Three Links Deep Ellum - Dallas, TX
11/6 - Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
11/7 - HQ - Denver, CO
11/8 - Beehive - Salt Lake City, UT
11/9 - The Olympic - Boise, ID
11/10 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
11/11 - Dante’s Hifi - Portland, OR
11/13 - Bottom Of The Hill - San Francisco, CA
11/14 - Soda Bar - San Diego, CA
11/15 - Zebulon - Los Angeles, CA
11/16 - 191 Toole - Tucson, AZ

10/27 Addison Grace with Madilyn Mei and Brye at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Read More Addison Grace A good thing it was the longest day of the year, as it was also a full night of entertainment, beginning with young Addison Grace, a California-based (by way of Salt Lake City) …

10/27/2023 Friday

Addison Grace
with Madilyn Mei and Brye
at Amsterdam Bar & Hall
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Rising singer-songwriter Addison Grace (he/they) is touring in support of Diving Lessons (AWAL). The album was co-produced and recorded by Cavetown’s Robin Skinner in London.

Addison Grace (21 June 2023)

We caught Grace in June 2023 and said, “A good thing it was the longest day of the year, as it was also a full night of entertainment, beginning with young Addison Grace, a California-based (by way of Salt Lake City) bedroom pop singer-songwriter who developed a social media following after uploading songs on multiple platforms, and who released not one, but two EPs last year, Immaturing and Things That Are Bad for Me.”

Madilyn Mei and Brye to open.

Tour dates:

Oct 21 - Hawthorne - Portland, OR
Oct 22 - Madame Lou's - Seattle, WA
Oct 23 - The Shrine (Basement) - Boise, ID
Oct 25 - Bluebird - Denver, CO
Oct 27 - Amsterdam - Minneapolis, MN
Oct 28 - Sub T - Chicago, IL
Oct 29 - Loving Touch - Detroit, MI
Oct 30 - Mahalls - Cleveland, OH
Oct 31 - Velvet Underground - Toronto, ON
Nov 2 - Brighton MH - Boston, MA
Nov 3 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
Nov 4 - Foundry - Philadelphia, PA
Nov 5 - Union Stage - DC
Nov 6 - Canal Club - Richmond, VA
Nov 8 - The Social - Orlando, FL
Nov 9 - Purgatory - Atlanta, GA
Nov 11 - The End - Nashville, TN
Nov 13 - HOB - Cambridge Room - Dallas, TX
Nov 14 - Antones - Austin, TX
Nov 16 - Rebel lounge - PHX, AZ
Nov 17 - HOB Voodoo - San Diego, CA
Nov 18 - Echoplex - LA, CA
Nov 19 - Cafe du Nord - San Fran, CA
Nov 21 - Soundwell - Salt Lake City, UT

10/27 Darlingside with Field Guide at Cedar Cultural Center Read More Field Music Anyway, Field Music came on stage exactly at 8:30, and they look like very clean-cut handsome young men. The way they dressed, their haircut, it just seems to me that by the end of their US …

10/27/2023 Friday

Darlingside
with Field Guide
at Cedar Cultural Center
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Acclaimed indie-folk quartet Darlingside is touring in support of their new album Everything Is Alive… stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center on October 27th.

Field Music (15 Mar 2010)

Field Music to open. We caught Field Music in Mar 2010 and said, “As I previously mentioned, I've never heard of Field Music, and I mostly requested to see them live because I liked Clientele, thinking that they'll sound alike... but to be honest, I did not think they were much similar, besides from being both English. That's not to say that they were bad, just different from what I anticipated. They certainly have their fans, though. A friend I ran into was there specifically to see Field Music (then left half way into the Clientele's set), and people did keep shouting out requests. "Sit Tight!" someone in the audience said, in which Peter responded that they'd love to play them, "if only we knew how". ”

Tour dates:

October 1 – Sisters, OR – Sisters Folk Festival
October 3 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
October 6 – Los Angeles, CA – LodgeRoom
October 19 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
October 20 – Fort Collins, CO – Armory FoCo
October 21 – Beaver Creek, CO – Vilar Performing Arts Center
October 26 – Milwaukee, WI – The Back Room at Colectivo Coffee
October 27 – Minneapolis, MN – The Cedar Cultural Center
October 28 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music
October 29 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
November 29 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern Café and Music Hall
November 30 – Washington, DC – Howard Theatre
December 1 – Ardmore, PA – The Ardmore Music Hall
December 2 – New York, NY – Brooklyn Made
December 3 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Little Spa Theatre
December 6 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
December 7 – Portland, ME – Portland House of Music and Events
December 8 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
December 9 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair – Early Seated Show
December 9 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair – Late GA Show
December 15 – Northampton, MA – Academy of Music Theatre

10/27-10/28 Queen + Adam Lambert at Xcel Energy Center Read More Queen Since Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, Queen has been without a regular lead singer. Various vocalists have temporarily joined on stage, including Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti, …

10/27/2023 Friday
10/28/2023 Saturday

Queen + Adam Lambert
at Xcel Energy Center
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Due to overwhelming fan demand, Queen + Adam Lambert have announced the addition of the final eight new dates across North America on their upcoming Rhapsody Tour (which started in 2019). The final eight shows are Baltimore, New York, Boston, St. Paul, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Expect to hear all of your favorite Queen songs, including “We Will Rock You”, “Radio Ga Ga”, “We Are The Champions”, etc.

Tour dates:

Wed Oct 04 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
Thu Oct 05 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
Sun Oct 08 – Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena
Tue Oct 10 — Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Thu Oct 12 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Fri Oct 13 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Sun Oct 15 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Mon Oct 16 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Wed Oct 18 — Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Mon Oct 23 — Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Wed Oct 25 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Fri Oct 27 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
Sat Oct 28 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
Mon Oct 30 — Chicago, IL – United Center
Tue Oct 31 — Chicago, IL – United Center
Thu Nov 02 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Fri Nov 03 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Sun Nov 05 — Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Wed Nov 08 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
Thu Nov 09 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
Sat Nov 11 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium
Sun Nov 12 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium

10/28 Neil Frances at Fine Line

10/28/2023 Saturday

Neil Frances
at Fine Line
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Los Angeles duo Neil Frances (Jordan Feller and Marc Gilfry) is headlining the Fine Line in Minneapolis on October 28.

Tour dates:

10/6 Denver, CO Summit
10/7 Santa Fe, NM Meow Wolf
10/9 Ft. Worth, TX Tannahill's
10/10 Austin, TX Scoot Inn
10/11 Houston, TX White Oak
10/13 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
10/14 Nashville, TN Eastside Bowl
10/15 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
10/17 Washington, DC The Atlantis
10/18 Washington, DC The Atlantis
10/19 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
10/20 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
10/21 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
10/22 Montreal, Canada Le Studio TD
10/24 Toronto, ON Axis
10/25 Detroit, MI El Club
10/28 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line
10/31 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
11/1 Seattle, WA Neptune
11/3 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom
11/4 Los Angeles, CA The Novo
11/10-11/11 Tucson, AZ Dusk Music Festival
11/17-19 México City, MX Corona Capital Festival

10/28 Bob Mould with Jason Narducy at The Cedar 10/29 Bob Mould with Jason Narducy at Turf Club Read More Bob Mould “Distortion and Blue Hearts!” is the name of the new tour from Bob Mould. The guy is a legend, we’ve been listening to his music since Sugar and through back catalogs, Hüsker Dü. …

10/28/2023 Saturday

Bob Mould
with Jason Narducy
at The Cedar Cultural Center
first-avenue.com

10/29/2023 Sunday

Bob Mould
with Jason Narducy
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Hüsker Dü and Sugar legend Bob Mould announces a fall Solo Electric tour of the United States stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on October 28th.

Support on the tour will be the long-time bassist in Mould’s touring trio Jason Narducy. Mould says of this run, “I'm excited to be back in the Northeast and Midwest, especially during peak fall colors. I'm happy to have Jason supporting the tour — it's been a while since we've done solo shows together. I'm nervous, too: I've got a handful of new songs to share with you!”

Bob Mould (25 Sep 2021)

We caught Mould in Sep 2021 and said, “We’ve seen Bob Mould Band before, playing Sugar’s songs at Rock the Garden 2013… but I’ll have to admit that the band (featuring Jason Narducy on bass and Jon Wurster on drums), were in top form at the First Avenue show. All the songs off Bob Mould’s album Blue Hearts were played with an explosive loudness – fast and to the point. This tour is really to promote Mould’s latest album, Blue Hearts (Merge Records), but it’s also a reflection of his late 80s and early 90s songs, which were collected in Demon Records’ Distortions 1989-1995 box set.”

Madilyn Mei and Brye to open.

Solo Electric Tour (Jason Narducy opening all dates):

October 6 – Washington DC—The Atlantis
October 7 – Wilmington, DE – The Baby Grand
October 8 – Jersey City, NJ -- The White Eagle Hall
October 10 – Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre
October 11 – Portland, ME – SPACE
October 13 – Derry, NH – Tupelo Music Hall
October 14 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse
October 15 – Amherst, MA – The Drake
October 17 – Albany, NY –Lark Hall
October 18 – Lancaster, PA – Tellus360
October 20 – Cleveland, OH – The Grog Shop
October 21 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Eccentric Café
October 22 – Cincinnati, OH – 20th Century Theatre
October 24 – Indianapolis, IN – HIFI
October 25 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School Of Folk
October 27 – Stoughton, WI – Stoughton Opera House

10/29 Charlie Cunningham with Ethan Tasch at 7th St Entry Read More Charlie Cunningham Charlie Cunningham will play the 7th Street Entry on Monday, September 23rd. Show up early to check out Denver-based artist The Still Tide (aka Anna Morsett), touring in support of her new Between Skies EP …

10/29/2023 Sunday

Charlie Cunningham
with Ethan Tasch
at 7th St Entry
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UK singer/songwriter Charlie Cunningham is touring in support of his third album Frame, released earlier this year.

We previously mentioned Cunningham touring with Lucy Rose, and as headliner in Sep 2019.

Ethan Tasch to open.

Tour dates:

October 15 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd Music Hall
October 16 – Ardmore, PA – Ardmore Music Hall
October 18 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
October 19 – Somerville, MA – Crystal Ballroom
October 20 – Quebec City, QC – Grand Théâtre
October 21 – Montreal, QC - Corona
October 24 – Toronto, ON – Allied Music Center
October 25 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
October 26 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
October 28 – Milwaukee, WI – Back Room @ Collectivo
October 29 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
November 1 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
November 2 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
November 4 – Seattle, WA – Abbey Hall
November 5 – Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre
November 7 – Portland, OR – The Old Church
November 10 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
November 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge

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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When Animals Attack 2023

Read more When Animals Attack and Minneapolis Music Guide.

07/28 Down in the Valley Signing Read More Kid Koala This is a book, completely written and drawn (with accompanying soundtrack) by Kid Koala, called "Nufonia Must Fall". It's a love story between a lonely office girl and an out-of-work robot. …

Kid Koala
kidkoala.com

Canadian scratch DJ/music producer Kid Koala is doing a free mini-show/fan meet & greet at Down in the Valley record store in Golden Valley on Friday, July 28th. So bring your Deltron 3030 record, your “Nufonia Must Fall” book to get it signed.

7/30 Music to Draw To

On Saturday, he’ll be headlining the Chase Bliss Anniversary at Bauhaus Brewery, in Minneapolis. You can read all about it here.

Finally, on Sunday, you can catch Kid Koala on Music to Draw To at Clutch Brewing Company from noon to 2pm.

All these Minneapolis events are free.

We’re big fans, so hopefully, if all goes well, we’ll be at all the events around the city.

Deltron 3030

I have a funny story about Kid Kaola, when I saw Deltron 3030 for the second time in Oct 2013, I bought their record at the show. After the show, I was walking to my car when I saw a group of fans talking to Del the Funky Homosapien. Kid Kaola and Del were skateboarding and just hanging out with their fans. They were signing autographs and I sneaked my 12” record and before I knew it, I had Del and Kid’s autographs. How fun is that? Incidentally, Del signed it as “Deltron 3030”.

Tour dates:

July 24 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
July 25 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge *
July 26 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom *
July 27 Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch *
July 29 Minneapolis, MN @ Chase Bliss *
July 30 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
July 31 Hamilton, ON @ Bridgeworks *

* Kid Koala X Lealani
+ Opening for Brother Ali

12/09 Los Lobos at First Avenue Read More Los Lobos Electronic artist Marc Rebillet played eight cities in June, Los Lobos played in Southern California on July 4, Andrew McMahon just reprised his Jack Mannequin days with a pair of successful shows in Anaheim . …

Los Lobos
LosLobos.org

Can you believe that Los Lobos (The Wolves) is celebrating their 50th Anniversary as a band? To celebrate, the group will do a special 50th Anniversary tour… stopping by Minneapolis’ First Avenue on December 9th.

Los Lobos (09 Aug 2011) - photo by Cliff Morse

We saw Los Lobos in August 2011 and wrote, “Whereas Los Lobos took their time to demonstrate a musical proficiency honed over thirty years, Los Lonely Boys got right down to business on their first song, “I’m a Man.” With only three players (Henry on electric guitar, Jo Jo on bass and Ringo on drums), they showed a nimble raw-powered tightness that only a band that has been playing together for many years can demonstrate. There was no place for a weaker musician to hide. No one could hang in the background as lead vocals bounced from Henry and Jo Jo and back to Ringo, solos came from any instrument while all three voices melded into three part harmony.”

Tour Dates

August 12 – Santa Fe, NM – The Bridge @ Santa Fe Brewing
September 21 - Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheatre
September 27 – Little Rock, AR – Center for Humanities and Arts
September 30 – Carmel, CA – Sunset Center Theater
November 17 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
November 18 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
November 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Paramount
November 22 – West Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go
November 25 – East Los Angeles, CA – James A. Garfield High School
December 9 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
December 22 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
December 23 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern

A Giant Dog: Bite (2023) Read More A Giant Dog Since then, we’ve been following his music career and his latest project is Heart Bones, a collaboration with Sabrina Ellis from A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit. …

A Giant Dog
www.agiantdog.com

Austin glam-punk quintet A Giant Dog will be releasing a new concept album Bite, via Merge Records. We’re big fan of the group, mostly due to singer Sabrina Ellis’ mesmerizing stage presence. When she’s not in A Giant Dog, she can also be found in her side projects, Sweet Spirit and Heart Bones (with Har Mar Superstar).

Heart Bones (29 June 2019)

We saw Heart Bones at Rock the Garden in June 2019 and said, “Personally speaking, Minneapolis / Austin’s Heart Bones was really our favorite of all the RTG 2019 bands. This band is fun and silly, and it’s what we love about this new project from Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis. A little history about the group, the two met on tour in 2016 and would often invade each other’s shows. For example, at Sweet Spirit’s show in April 2017, Har Mar showed up to sing a cover of Pulp’s “Common People”. Watching them on stage, you can tell the two shared this wonderful chemistry.”

A Giant Dog will stop by the Icehouse in Minneapolis on September 25th.

USA Tour dates:

10/10 - Siberia - New Orleans, LA
10/11 - The EARL - Atlanta, GA
10/12 - Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC
10/13 - Get Tight Lounge - Richmond, VA
10/14 - Metro - Baltimore, MD
10/15 - Johnny Brenda’s - Philadelphia, PA
10/17 - The Middle East - Boston, MA
10/19 - The Sultan Room - Brooklyn, NY
10/22 - Spirit - Pittsburgh, PA
10/23 - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
10/24 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
10/25 - Icehouse - Minneapolis, MN
10/26 - Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
10/27 - Smoke and Barrel - Fayetteville, AR
10/28 - Mercury Lounge - Tulsa, OK
10/29 - Three Links Deep Ellum - Dallas, TX
11/06 - Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
11/07 - HQ - Denver, CO
11/08 - Beehive - Salt Lake City, UT
11/09 - The Olympic - Boise, ID
11/10 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
11/11 - Dante’s Hifi - Portland, OR
11/13 - Bottom Of The Hill - San Francisco, CA
11/14 - Soda Bar - San Diego, CA
11/15 - Zebulon - Los Angeles, CA
11/16 - 191 Toole - Tucson, AZ

The Manatees 2023 Tour Read More Wolf Alice London-based four-piece Wolf Alice will release their debut album My Love Is Cool on June 23rd via Dirty Hit / RCA Records. They actually did not include the cover artwork, but they did ...

The Manatees
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England’s The Manatees is heading out on tour in support of their Dream in Colour EP. The record is available via Fierce Panda Records.

The trio (Jay, Tyler & Miller) is said to combine hip-hop, funk, and modern rock. The band took their inspiration from Jungle and another animal band Wolf Alice.

The band is also excited to have their first ever vinyl pressing, for their 7” single of ‘Better Way To Think Of It’, with B-Side ‘The Sound’.

Tour dates:

Jul 28 Outdoor Matlock, UK Y Not Festival
Sep 23 Bristol, UK The Crofters Rights
Sep 26 Leeds, UK Hyde Park Book Club
Sep 27 Edinburgh, UK Sneaky Pete's
Sep 28 Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Bobiks
Sep 29 Liverpool, UK Kazimier Stockroom
Sep 30 Manchester, UK The Castle Hotel Manchester
Oct 4 Birmingham, UK The Victoria
Oct 5 Nottingham, UK Chameleon Arts Cafe
Oct 12 London, UK The Lexington
Oct 13 Brighton, UK Prince Albert
Oct 14 Southampton, UK The Loft

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: August 18 to August 20

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08/18 Petite Amie at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Read More Petite Amie Otra Vez Petite Amie June 15, 2022 1 Otra Vez 6:27 Sold by Amazon Services LLC. Additional taxes may apply. By placing your order, you agree to our Terms of Use. . …

08/18/2022 Thursday

Petite Amie
at Amsterdam Bar & Hall
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Petite Amie is heading out on tour, stopping by the Amsterdam Bar in St Paul on August 18. Some dates are with Wild Wild Wets and Hooveriii, however the St Paul show currently does not have an opener listed.

The group recently shared their new single “Otra Vez”, via Devil in the Woods Records. The song is taken from their forthcoming new album.

Petite Amie tour dates

8/3 - Casbah /Soda - San Diego, CA *
8/4 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA *
8/5 - Amados - San Francisco, CA *
8/6 - The Holland Project - Reno, NV *
8/7 - Starlet Room - Sacramento, CA **
8/9 - Fixin’ To - Portland, OR
8/10 - The Shakedown - Bellingham, WA
8/12 - Substation x Freakout Presents - Seattle, WA
8/13 - Neurolux - Boise, ID
8/15 - Vultures - Colorado Springs, CO **
8/16 - Lost Lake - Denver, CO
8/17 - miniBar - Kansas City, .MO
8/18 - Amsterdam - St. Paul, MN
8/21 - Landline Presents @ The Burl - Lexington, KY **
8/22 - The Blue Room @ Third Man - Nashville, TN **
8/23 - 529 Bar - Atlanta, GA
8/24 - El Rocko @ Dog Day Presents - Savannah, GA
8/25 - Snug Harbor - Charlotte, NC
8/26 - Pie Shop - Washington, DC
8/27 - World Cafe - Philadelphia, PA
8/28 - Berlin Under A - New York, NY

* = w/ Wild Wild Wets
** = w/ Hooveriii

08/18 BODEGA with Alien Book Club at Turf Club Read More Bodega Bodega is an interesting throwback to the heydays of CBGB, but it isn’t as organic as Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads, etc. You can tell they aren’t originally from NYC, but transplants and definitely grew up on CBGB alumnus.. …

08/18/2022 Thursday

BODEGA
with Alien Book Club
at Turf Club
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Brooklyn’s BODEGA will stop by the Turf Club in St Paul in support of their album Xtra Equipment (What’s Your Rupture?).

Tour dates:

July 22 - Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
July 23 - Charlotte @ Snug Harbor
July 24 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
July 25 - Nashville, TN @ Third Man
July 26 - Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
July 28 - Dallas, TX @ Three Links
July 29 - Houston, TX @ Wonky Power
July 30 - Austin, TX @ Antone's
August 1 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
August 2 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
August 3 - Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space
August 4 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
August 5 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
August 6 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord
August 8 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
August 9 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
August 10 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
August 12 - Boise, ID @ The Shredder
August 14 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
August 15 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
August 17 - Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
August 18 - Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
August 19 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
August 20 - Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
August 21 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s
August 23 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
August 24 - Montreal, QB @ Bar Le Ritz
August 25 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
August 26 - Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
August 27 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Made

08/19 Hooveriii with Mark Tester at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Read More Hooveriii Desert Daze Celebrates 10 Years of Art & Music Meatbodies * Shannon Lay * Hooveriii * Quitapenas * Baptizm * Hott Mt - ‘Escape To Witch Mountain’ W/ The Bob Baker Marionettes …

08/19/2022 Friday

Hooveriii
with Mark Tester
at Amsterdam Bar & Hall
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Originally a solo drum machine project by Bert Hoover… it evolved into a six member band called Hoveriii. The group, featuring leader Bert Hoover, Gabe Flores (lead guitar and vocals), Kaz Mirblouk (bass and synths), James Novick (synths), Casey Sullivan (vocals and synths) and Owen Barrett (drums), will stop by the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on August 19th.

Tour dates:

8/2 - Costa Mesa, CA @ Wayfarer^
8/3 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Fox Wine Co.^
8/4 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place^
8/5 - Oakland, CA @Eli's Mile High Club^
8/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Gold-Diggers^
8/7 - Sacramento, CA @ Starlet Room#
8/10 - Portland, OR @ The Fixin' To*
8/11 - Seattle, WA @ Substation*
8/12 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux*
8/13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Quarters*
8/14 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge**
8/15 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Vultures**#
8/16 - Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge**
8/18 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club"
8/19 - St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar"
8/20 - Chicago, IL@ The Hideout"
8/21 - Lexington, KY @ The Burl+#
8/22 - Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room +#
8/23 - St. Louis, MO @ Sinkhole+
8/25 - Amarillo, TX @ Golden Light Cantina
8/26 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sister
8/27 - Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space
9/21 - Clermont Ferran, FR @ Cooperative de Mai=
9/22 - Bordeaux, FR @ Rockschool Barbey=
9/23 - Tours, FR @ Le Temps Machine=
9/24 - Besancon, FR @ Detonation=
9/25 - Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie=
9/29 - Lake Paris, CA @ Desert Daze
10/29 - Austin, TX @ Levitation:

^w/ Mohama Saz
#w/ Petite Amie
*w/ Monde UFO
**w/ The Moose
"w/ Mark Tester
+w/ Shadow Show
=w/ Mudhoney
:w/ Osees

08/20 A Giant Dog at Amsterdam Bar Read More A Giant Dog Since then, we’ve been following his music career and his latest project is Heart Bones, a collaboration with Sabrina Ellis from A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit. …

08/20/2022 Saturday

A Giant Dog
at Amsterdam Bar
amsterdambarandhall.com

Merge Records recently announced that they will be reissuing A Giant Dog’s first two albums, Fight and Bone on limited-edition colored vinyl. Those records inspired bands like Spoon’s Britt Daniel, who called them “the greatest American rock and roll / punk band since I don’t know when.”

We know about the band through the very entertaining Sabrina Ellis’ project Sweet Spirit and their connection to Har Mar Superstar.

Well it looks like the band is back together again, and they’re heading out on tour. There’s a 90% chance that Har Mar Superstar will be at the upcoming Amsterdam show on August 20th.

A Giant Dog on tour:

Tour dates:

July 29 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
Aug 03 New Orleans, LA – Banks St. Bar
Aug 04 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
Aug 05 Nashville, TN – The Basement
Aug 06 Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor
Aug 07 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Aug 08 Richmond, VA – Get Tight Lounge
Aug 09 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
Aug 10 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Aug 12 Pittsburgh, PA – Cattivo
Aug 13 Millersville, PA – Phantom Power
Aug 14 Brooklyn, NY – TV Eye
Aug 16 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
Aug 17 Detroit, MI – Smalls
Aug 18 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Aug 19 Milwaukee, WI – The Cooperage
Aug 20 St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Hall
Aug 21 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
Aug 23 Tulsa, OK – Mercury Lounge
Aug 24 Oklahoma City, OK – Pony Boy
Aug 25 Dallas, TX – Three Links
Aug 26 Houston, TX – Secret Group
Aug 27 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger

08/20 Chastity Brown at First Avenue Read More Chastity Brown Chastity Brown played almost everything from her Back-Road Highways album, as you can see from the setlist. The band is joined on stage by Aby Wolf (for "Solely" and "Slow Time") and Hummingbirds (for "Say It" ...

08/20/2022 Saturday

Chastity Brown
at First Avenue
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Minneapolis singer/songwriter Chastity Brown is headlining First Avenue on August 20 to support her new album Sing To The Walls (Red House Records).

The singer talked about the long journey to finish the new record:

This record was started in Sweden, and completed in Minneapolis. It’s been made and remade many times over, but ultimately is my audacious expression of black joy and love in response to uprising, confrontation, and pandemic.

And now it’s yours. Thank you for supporting me, for making my music part of your life, and sharing my music with others. I hope you dance your ass off to these songs in your living room or let it score the moments in your life that could use a soundtrack.

My deep and heartfelt thanks to my co-producers on this record, Brady Blade and Greg Schutte, and all the incredible musicians and collaborators who helped bring this to life. Thanks to my team that always has my back and believes in me as an artist and individual ♥

This is just the beginning.

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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Heart Bones: Hot Dish

Heart Bones: Hot Dish Hot Dish - Tracklisting This Time It's Different I Like Your Way Open Relations Control Don't Read The Comments Unforgivable Little Dancer Dashboard Claws '87 Hungry Eyes Beg For It Read More Heart Bones Heart Bones is kicking off their tour at the Turf Club in St Paul. This is the new project from local favorite Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis (of Sweet Spirit). …

Heart Bones’ much-anticipated debut album Hot Dish will be out this February 21st via Love OnLine Records.

Vu watching Har Mar Superstar @ First Ave (2000)

You guys know that we’re big fans of Har Mar Superstar (first time seeing him with Peaches & Gonzales in 2000). Was not expecting the man to strip to his underwear….

Since then, we’ve been following his music career and his latest project is Heart Bones, a collaboration with Sabrina Ellis from A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit.

Heart Bones started in late 2018 and after various tours and Dirty Dancing tributes, the duo finally finished writing and recording their debut album in 2019.

When we saw them at Rock the Garden 2019, we heard many of those songs live - but couldn’t give you a setlist because the record hadn’t come out and we actually didn’t know the song titles.

Now that we have a review copy, and after listening to the songs, we can actually just now give you their setlist at Rock the Garden (eight months later)!

Heart Bones - Rock the Garden 2019 Setlist

1. Open Relations
2. Little Dancer
3. Don't Read The Comments
4. Unforgivable
5. Control
6. I Like Your Way
7. Dashboard
8. Disappearer
9. This Time It's Different
10. Hungry Eyes (Eric Carmen cover)

The big hit of this set is the “put baby in the corner” song “Don't Read The Comments” and their fun “make me sweat” song “I Like Your Way”.

For vinyl collector, there is a special limited purple and orange swirl color vinyl available at their online store … and be on the look out for oven mitts and signed Polaroids photos.

Tour dates:

2/14 – St Paul MN – Turf Club 2/28 – Milwaukee WI – The Cooperage 2/29 – Moline IL – Rust Belt 3/1 – Chicago IL – Empty Bottle 3/3 – Columbus OH – Rumba 3/4 – Brooklyn NY – Knitting Factory 3/5 – Philadelphia PA – Johnny Brendas 3/6 – Millersville PA – Phantom Power 3/7 – Asbury Park NJ – The Saint 3/8 – Boston MA – Great Scott 3/10 – Baltimore MD – Metro Gallery 3/11 – Carrboro NC – Cats Cradle Backroom 3/12 – Atlanta GA – The Earl 3/15 – Houston TX – White Oak Music Hall

4/4 – Fargo ND – The Hall 4/5 – Omaha NE – The Reverb 4/6 – Kansas City MO – Record Bar 4/7 – Denver CO – Globe Hall 4/8 – Salt Lake City UT – Urban Lounge 4/10 – Seattle WA – The Sunset 4/11 – Portland OR – Jack London Revue 4/12 – San Francisco CA – The Chapel 4/13 – Palm Springs CA – The Alibi 4/14 – Los Angeles CA – The Echo 4/15 – San Diego CA – Soda Bar 4/16 – Phoenix AZ – Valley Bar 4/17 – Marfa TX – Lost Horse Saloon 4/18 – San Antonio TX – Paper Tiger

Heart Bones at Rock the Garden (29 June 2019)

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Rock the Garden 2019 at Walker Art Center (29 June 2019)

Rock the Garden 2019 The National Setlist You Had Your Soul With You Quiet Light Hey Rosey Don't Swallow the Cap Bloodbuzz Ohio Oblivions Where Is Her Head So Far, So Fast The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness Graceless I Am Easy to Find Fake Empire Rylan Light Years Mr. November Terrible Love Courtney Barnett Setlist Avant Gardener City Looks Pretty Small Talk Need a Little Time Nameless, Faceless I'm Not Your Mother, I'm Not Your Bitch Small Poppies Depreston Are You Looking After Yourself? Everybody Here Hates You Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party Pedestrian at Best Heart Bones Setlist Open Relations Little Dancer Don't Read The Comments Unforgivable Control I Like Your Way Dashboard Disappearer This Time It's Different Hungry Eyes (Eric Carmen cover) Dem Atlas Setlist Tomorrow Party Never Belonged Early Train All We Got Bad Loves Company Music Man with Lady Midnight All We Got Perfect Day Can It Fall Gratitude The Beths Setlist Great No One Not Running You Wouldn't Like Me Idea/Intent Whatever Less Than Thou Future Me Hates Me River Run: Lvl 1 Uptown Girl Happy Unhappy Little Death Read More 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 getting things back on track. … The National The National dropped their 6th album last month titled Trouble Will Find Me. The album (featuring such talents as St Vincent, Sharon Van Etten and Richard Reed Perry of Arcade Fire), took nearly three years to cultivate and climbed the… Courtney Barnett Melbourne's Courtney Barnett was previously here earlier this year, which we caught in Chicago, but now she's back with a full expanded North American tour.… X Legendary Los Angeles punk band X (not to be confused with Australian band X or Japanese band X or London band The xx) recently made a semi-rare Minneapolis appearance last night at Mill City Nights. … Heart Bones Heart Bones is kicking off their tour at the Turf Club in St Paul. This is the new project from local favorite Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis (of Sweet Spirit). … deM atlaS Just over thirty-five minutes, but made the most of things, playing the marquee track ‘Own Light’ from the latest record early then bringing deM atlaS back up to the stage for the new ‘Special Effects’, before working next into a freestyle rap .… Bad Bad Hats SPIN Magazine’s “Artist To Watch” for July 2015, Minneapolis-based Bad Bad Hats recently announced their tour with Saddle Creek’s Mynabirds, in support of … Adia Victoria Adia Victoria The Nashville-based artist travels the land of Delta blues, afro punk, and country and with Beyond The Bloodhounds. Adia reveals a fresh reference point on .…

Once again, Rock the Garden (organized by the Walker Art Center, 89.3 The Current, and Minnesota Public Radio) proved to be one of the best music festivals in the Twin Cities. Held at the Walker Art Sculpture Garden, the 21 year old festival have brought some of the biggest and best and most diverse musical acts to the area.

This year they surprised us with a couple of new amenities, including the American Sign Language interpreters in the front of the stage to make lyrics accessible to those that needed it, and free Wi-Fi access and power-charging stations from Atomic Data. I hope these services will be offered again in future Rock the Garden shows, because we heavily relied on the Wi-Fi and charging stations! It’s these little things that makes RTG so enjoyable.

We’ll break the recap between the two stages:

GARDEN STAGE

Chicago Tribune called The Beths, one of the “best up-and-coming bands”, so we were really eager to catch this young New Zealand trio (Elizabeth Stokes, Jonathan Pearce and Benjamin Sinclair) on tour. This is also partly because they are one of those few bands that we haven’t covered and was excited to see their first time in the area.

According to guitarist/vocalist Jonathan Pearce, the band have been on a co-headlining tour with Bad Bad Hats since February 2019, so they were pretty happy to share the stage once again with the local band.

The band basically played their debut Future Me Hates Me, available now from Carpark Records.

Nashville’s Adia Victoria was next on the Garden Stage. We caught Victoria when she was touring for her debut record in June 2016 and noted, “Adia Victoria must love to play live, you can just tell by her exaggerated movements and singing songs from Beyond The Bloodhounds. Victoria seemed really happy to play the 7th Street Entry (which is the smaller room for the historic First Avenue), as she is a big Prince fan.”

What a difference a few years make, as her new record Silences (Canvasback Records) is strongly supported by The Current (according to the introduction by Mark Wheat) and Victoria was recently won the 2019 Songwriters Hall of Fame Holly Prize.

Victoria thanked Aaron Dessner (from The National) by name and mentioned that he produced her Silences album.

Minneapolis’ Bad Bad Hats (Kerry Alexander, Chris Hoge, Connor Davison) closed out the Garden Stage. This was the group’s first time playing at Rock the Garden, and they were both excited and seemingly nervous…. Especially, when Alexander was trying to explain/dedicate their new song “Wide Right” to the sports team Buffalo Bills.

The last time we saw BBH, in September 2015, we suggested: “There was a strong turnout and buzz for local favorites Bad Bad Hats, who recently appeared on Stereogum and local station The Current.”

Bad Bad Hat’s latest release is Wide Right EP, available now on Afternoon Records.

MAIN STAGE

Rhymesayers’ Dem Atlas, stylized as deM atlaS, officially started the Rock the Garden 2019 show. He’s joined on stage by drummer L.A. and DJ Keezy.

The singer launched into many of his hits, including “Tomorrow Party”, “Never Belonged”, and set closer “Gratitude”… but we have to say the highlight of his set was bringing on Lady Midnight to help him sing “Music Man”. Lady Midnight would outro the song to Lauryn Hill’s “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”. Dem Atlas then declared Lady Midnight as “the best artist in the Twin Cities!”

Dem Atlas’ latest album Bad Actress is out now on Rhymesayers Records.

Personally speaking, Minneapolis/Austin’s Heart Bones was really our favorite of all the RTG 2019 bands. This band is fun and silly, and it’s what we love about this new project from Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis.

A little history about the group, the two met on tour in 2016 and would often invade each other’s shows. For example, at Sweet Spirit’s show in April 2017, Har Mar showed up to sing a cover of Pulp’s “Common People”. Watching them on stage, you can tell the two shared this wonderful chemistry.

Heart Bones formed around November 2018 as a cover-lover group, performing the Dirty Dancing soundtrack… but based on what we’ve heard at RTG, it seems like the pop/synth group wants to play more original songs.

They have recorded a debut album (or perhaps putting on the finishing touches), so all the songs we heard were new to us. However, when Ellis noticed someone singing along to their songs, Har Mar jokingly concluded that, “the album’s been leaked!”

We have a guessing title setlist, but the song titles would like be different or changed when their debut comes out. The only song for certain we can tell you they played is a cover of Eric Carmen’s “Hungry Eyes”.

Heart Bones is heading out on tour starting July 3rd with Good F*** (they should change their name to Good Food, since we can’t print their name without censoring).

If you asked me, all the older fans were very eager to have Los Angeles’ X back in town. As we previously mentioned, the band’s name is impossible to search for in the Google-age. Still, the first wave punk band, featuring original members of vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist/bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer D. J. Bonebrake, proudly played through their decade plus of music.

Like many bands, they did take a long hiatus, but reformed in the early 2000’s. We caught the group in Aug 2015, July 2017 (Exene and John Doe only), and Sep 2017 and mentioned, “In typical X-fashion, the band’s set changes from night to night, so if there were truly hardcore fans following them night after night, it was a treat to see what songs made it on their set. A couple of covers were played, Jerry Lee Lewis’ ‘Breathless’ and The Doors’ ‘Soul Kitchen’. ‘Soul Kitchen’ was a special song that appeared on their debut album Los Angeles, and it closed out their set.”

Returning to the Rock the Garden stage for the second time was Courtney Barnett, looking good and ready to rock. As previously written, we’ve been covering Barnett before she came to the USA, praising her debut two Eps in 2013. We saw her in Chicago in February 2014 (sold out), Varsity Theater in June 2014 (Sold Out), Rock the Garden in June 2015, Desert Daze in October 2017, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile in October 2017 (Sold Out), and Surly Brewing Festival in July 2018.

So yes, we love her and her wonderful little stories made into songs. In contrast to X’s older audience, Barnett’s fanbase are a little younger and they had an absolute blast singing along to most (if not all) of Barnett’s songs.

With an hour set, Barnett decided to “chuck in an extra song” on her set. She gave us the option between “History Eraser” or “Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party”. She opted to play the latter song.

I’m not sure how the ASL interpreters did, as they were provided with lyric sheets … and “Nobody Really Cares…” was probably not provided to them.

Walker Art Center’s Senior Curator, Philip Bither, mentioned how they’ve always wanted The National to close out Rock the Garden, so it’s a dream come true to have the beloved Cincinnati band finally appear to make it possible.

Though their audience has swelled locally, the last time the group actually played in the metro was six years ago, in August 2013, though they had also appeared several times at the co-curated Eaux Claires Festival in nearby Wisconsin.

The band features singer/band leader Matt Berninger, guitarist/keys Aaron Dessner, guitarist/keys Bryce Dessner, bassist Scott Devendorf and drummer Bryan Devendorf and their latest, I Am Easy to Find (4AD Records), is a little different than their previous albums, as it features numerous guest female vocalists, including Lisa Hannigan, Sharon Van Etten, Mina Tindle, Gail Ann Dorsey, Kate Stables, etc.

Berninger addressed the vocals, saying it was necessary, “Yes, there are a lot of women singing on this, but it wasn't because, ‘Oh, let's have more women's voices… It was more, ‘Let's have more of a fabric of people’s identities.’ It would have been better to have had other male singers, but my ego wouldn't let that happen.”

For their seventy-seven minute headlining performance, the band added brass in the form of longtime trombonist Ben Lanz and trumpeter Kyle Resnick, and vocalists Zoe Randell (from Aussie band Luluc) and Mina Tindle (Bryce Dessner’s wife) , dedicating their entire set to middle-distance runner Gabe Grunewald, who recently passed away from a rare form of cancer, “I only met her once, but she changed me forever”, Berninger said.

Opening the lead two tracks from the new album, the band is justifiably proud of the new work with vocalist Berninger commenting before the new ‘Hey Rosey’, “it’s about me- my wife wrote it… it’s pretty scathing”, he half-joked. The straight-ahead rock of 2013’s ‘Don’t Swallow the Cap’ got an early rise out of the crowd and 2010’s ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’ is about as political as the band will go, “I still owe money, to the money to the money I owe, the floors are falling out from everybody I know” about the gap between rich and poor and trying to eek a simple living in middle America.

The childlike questions of female vocalists Randell and Tindle, counterbalanced by Berninger’s phrases of self-doubt made for even more lyrical tension live on the new ‘Where is Her Head’ and the one-two musical punch of ‘The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness’ and ‘Graceless’ was an impactful mid-set highlight with Berninger repeating on the latter, “there’s a science in walking through windows”. There’s a science in walking through a crowd trailing a wired microphone as well, as Berninger jumped into the audience a few different times as the long cord whipped behind him, making him not so easy to find.

‘Rylan’ from the new record, has been a track that band has played live for almost the last decade, and seemed appropriate after a bright and humid day with Berninger imploring ‘You should try and get some sun” which all 11,000 in the crowd already did plenty of, with the song paused near the end after Berninger noticed someone overcome in the crowd by the continuing heat.

Berninger made his way through the crowd to the back soundboard during a crushing ‘Mr November’ then sensing time was short, yelled an audible to his bandmates on stage to end things with ‘Terrible Love’ from 2010’s High Violet, making his way slowly back through the crowd back to the stage.

“It takes an ocean not to break” the crowd sang in unison with Berninger as The National capped a warm and humid but musically satisfying day at the Walker Art Center – consider the garden properly rocked again for another year.

The Beths

Jade and Jill Riley

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Adia Victoria

Adia Victoria

Bad Bad Hats

Bad Bad Hats

Mark Wheat and Bill DeVille

Jade and Sean McPherson

Bad Bad Hats

Dem Atlas

Dem Atlas

Dem Atlas

Dem Atlas and Lady Midnight

Dem Atlas

Heart Bones

Heart Bones

Heart Bones

Heart Bones

Heart Bones

Heart Bones

Bill DeVille and Mary Lucia

Brian Oake and Mary Lucia

X

X

Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett

Philip Bither

Courtney Barnett

The National

The National

The National

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The National at Rock the Garden, Walker Art Center (29 June 2019)

The National: Matt Berninger

The National: Matt Berninger

The National: Aaron Dessner

The National: Bryce Dessner

The National at Rock the Garden, Walker Art Center (29 June 2019)

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Minneapolis: June 29 to June 30, 2019

Rock the Garden 2019 Read More 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 getting things back on track. … The National The National dropped their 6th album last month titled Trouble Will Find Me. The album (featuring such talents as St Vincent, Sharon Van Etten and Richard Reed Perry of Arcade Fire), took nearly three years to cultivate and climbed the… Courtney Barnett Melbourne's Courtney Barnett was previously here earlier this year, which we caught in Chicago, but now she's back with a full expanded North American tour.… X Legendary Los Angeles punk band X (not to be confused with Australian band X or Japanese band X or London band The xx) recently made a semi-rare Minneapolis appearance last night at Mill City Nights. … Heart Bones Heart Bones is kicking off their tour at the Turf Club in St Paul. This is the new project from local favorite Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis (of Sweet Spirit). … deM atlaS Just over thirty-five minutes, but made the most of things, playing the marquee track ‘Own Light’ from the latest record early then bringing deM atlaS back up to the stage for the new ‘Special Effects’, before working next into a freestyle rap .… Bad Bad Hats SPIN Magazine’s “Artist To Watch” for July 2015, Minneapolis-based Bad Bad Hats recently announced their tour with Saddle Creek’s Mynabirds, in support of … Adia Victoria Adia Victoria The Nashville-based artist travels the land of Delta blues, afro punk, and country and with Beyond The Bloodhounds. Adia reveals a fresh reference point on .…

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from June 29 to June 30, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

ROCK THE GARDEN
feat. The National, Courtney Barnett, X
First Avenue
Sat 06/29/2019 (1pm/$74)
rockthegardenfestival.com

Once again, it’s our favorite time of the year: Rock the Garden.

Let’s break down the eight bands that is on the line for 2019:

The National haven’t been to Minneapolis since August 2013 (when they were touring in support of their 6th album Trouble Will Find Me), so we’re excited to see them on the lineup. We’ve previously stated how much we love the band, despite the mumbling singing style.

Another favorite, Courtney Barnett is on the bill. This is the Australian singer’s second Rock the Garden appearance, having appeared in RTG 2015. We’ve been singing Barnett’s praises since her two original EPs in 2013.

Los Angeles’ X is next. We’ve seen the band a few times, their last appearance in the area was in Sep 2017, which we said, “What can we say about this iconic punk band? Since forming in 1977, the band was one of the first wave of truly unique American punk. Their simple “X” name was a cause for many confusing stories…”

Local-ish duo Heart Bones (featuring Har Mar Superstar and the magical Sabrina Ellis of Sweet Spirit) is also on the list. If you missed them last November, you’ll be happy to see them on Rock the Garden.

Rapper deM atlaS (who we last saw at Super Bowl Live Day 2 in Jan 2018).

Over at the Garden Stage: Local Bad Bad Hats (last reviewed in Sep 2015) and Nashville’s Adia Victoria (we last saw her Jun 2016).

The only band we’ve not seen live before is The Beths (vocalist/guitarist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist/vocalist Jonathan Pearce and bassist/vocalist Benjamin Sinclair) from New Zealand… so we’re very keen on seeing them play.

Main Stage:

The National

Courtney Barnett

X

Heart Bones

Dem Atlas

Garden Stage

Bad Bad Hats

Adia Victoria

The Beths

Other shows in the area:

Culture Abuse at 7th Street Southern Avenue 2019 Tour Read More Tony Molina Opening up the 7th Street Entry show will be Pity Sex from Ann Arbor, Tony Molina from San Francisco, and local Blood Cookie. Tour Dates 7/3 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa +* 7/4 Toronto, ON - The Garrison +* …

CULTURE ABUSE
+ Tony Molina, Young Guv, Dare
7th St Entry
Sat 06/29/2019 (8pm/$16)
first-avenue.com

The bay-area punk band Culture Abuse will be playing the 7th Street Entry this Saturday, June 29th. The band’s latest Bay Dream is out now on Epitaph Records.

Tony Molina, Young Guv (aka Ben Cook of F***ked Up and No Warning), and Dare to open.

Tour Dates:

June 24 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
June 25 Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
June 26 Detroit, MI @ El Club
June 28 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
June 29 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
July 1 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
July 2 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
July 4 Vancouver, BC @ Astoria
July 5 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
July 6 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge

SOUTHERN AVENUE
+ Ken Valdez
Turf Club
Sun 06/30/2019 (7:30pm/ $12)
turfclub.net

The boundary-breaking Memphis combo Southern Avenue will headline the Turf Club in St Paul. The blues/soul/R&B group first burst on the scene with their debut album on the legendary label Stax Record in 2017. The second album, Keep On came out in May 2019 via Concord Records.

Singer/songwriter Ken Valdez to open.

Tour dates:

06/27/2019 Old Rock House St. Louis, MO
06/29/2019 "Electric Forest" Rothbury, MI
06/30/2019 Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
07/03/2019 The Triple Door Seattle, WA
07/06/2019 Waterfront Blues Festival
07/10/2019 Club Cafe Pittsburgh, PA
07/11/2019 The Anchor's Bend Asbury Park, NJ
07/12/2019 Briggs Farm Blues Festival
07/13/2019 RBC Bluesfest
07/14/2019 RBC Bluesfest
07/26/2019 The Peach Music Festival
08/06/2019 Hotel Cafe Los Angeles, CA
08/08/2019 Sweetwater Music Hall Mill Valley, CA
08/10/2019 Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival
08/16/2019 The Square Charlotte, NC
08/17/2019 Devil's Backbone Brewing Co. Roseland, VA
08/22/2019 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
08/24/2019 Druid City Music Festival
09/06/2019 Woodlands Tavern Columbus, OH
09/13/2019 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
09/22/2019 Bourbon & Beyond
10/26/2019 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
10/27/2019 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
10/28/2019 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
10/29/2019 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
10/30/2019 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
10/31/2019 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
11/01/2019 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
11/06/2019 Hobby Center Houston, TX
11/08/2019 Majestic Theatre Dallas, TX
11/12/2019 Brady Theater Tulsa, OK
11/14/2019 The Tobin Center San Antonio, TX
11/23/2019 Halloran Centre Memphis, TN

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Minneapolis: June 1 to June 5, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from June 1 to June 5, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Hozier at State Theatre Read More Hozier Irish singer-songwriter Hozier is enjoying a sold out American tour this Winter. He's touring in support of his eponymous debut self-titled studio album, which hit #1 on the Irish chart and #2 in the US charts. .... Bailen Bailen (twins David and Daniel and their sister Julia) opened the show. ....

HOZIER
+ Bailen
State Theatre
Sun 06/02/2019 (8pm/$55)
hennepintheatretrust.org

Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Hozier has sold out the State Theatre on Sunday, June 2nd. The tour is in support of his sophomore album Wasteland, Baby! (which came out on March 1 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart).

Bailen to open. We last saw her in Sep 2017 and said that they were twins David and Daniel and their sister Julia.

Tour dates:

16/05/2019 – 19/05/2019 Hangout Fest 2019
21/05/2019 Moran Theater, Jacksonville, FL
22/05/2019 Township Auditorium, Columbia, SC
23/05/2019 Altria Theater, Richmond, VA
24/05/2019 – 26/05/2019 Boston Calling 2019
26/05/2019 Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, PA
28/05/2019 Fillmore Detroit, Detroit, MI
29/05/2019 20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids, MI
30/05/2019 The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
01/06/2019 The Sylvee, Madison, WI
02/06/2019 State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
04/06/2019 Arvest Bank Theatre, Kansas City, MO
06/06/2019 Stifel Theatre, St Louis, MO
07/06/2019 Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
08/06/2019 – 09/06/2019 LaureLive 2019
10/06/2019 Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
11/06/2019 Clyde Theatre, Fort Wayne, IN
13/06/2019 Iroquois Amph, Louisville, KY
25/06/2019 Irish Independent Park, Cork
26/06/2019 – 30/06/2019 Glastonbury Festival 2019
27/06/2019 Ormeau Park, Belfast
26/07/2019 BB&T Pavilion, Camden, NJ
26/07/2019 – 28/07/2019 XPoNential Music Festival
01/08/2019 – 04/08/2019 Lollapalooza 2019
02/08/2019 – 04/08/2019 Osheaga Music & Arts 2019
06/08/2019 Colosseum, Caesar's Windsor
10/08/2019 – 11/08/2019 Railbird Festival 2019
21/08/2019 Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
23/08/2019 – 25/08/2019 Today's Festival 2019
26/08/2019 Volkshaus, Zürich, Switzerland
30/08/2019 – 01/09/2019 Electric Picnic 2019
01/09/2019 AFAS Live, Amsterdam,
02/09/2019 Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium
04/09/2019 Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Ger
05/09/2019 Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Ger
07/09/2019 Palladium, Warsaw, Poland
07/09/2019 – 08/09/2019 Lollapalooza Berlin 2019
10/09/2019 Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
11/09/2019 Circus-krone-bau, Munich, Ger
13/09/2019 L'OLYMPIA, Paris, France
15/09/2019 Symphony Hall, Birmingham
16/09/2019 De Montfort Hall, Leicester
17/09/2019 St David's Hall, Cardiff, UK
19/09/2019 O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester
20/09/2019 Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield
22/09/2019 O2 City Hall Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne
24/09/2019 Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK
25/09/2019 Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK

Other shows in the area:

Erik Koskinen at Turf Club Diane Coffee at 7th Street Kelly Finnigan: The Tales People Tell Laura Stevenson at 7th Street Nav at Varsity Theater Inter Arma at 7th Street US Girls/Sweet Spirit at Turf Club Read More Laura Stevenson The last time I saw Laura Stevenson, she was with "The Cans" at The Triple Rock in 2011. I wonder if the band decided to drop the "The Cans" part and just going with "Laura Stevenson"? Anyway, she is … Sweet Spirit Austin locals Sweet Spirit (members of A Giant Dog) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Sunday in support of their sophomore record St. Mojo (out April 7 via Nine Mile Records). …

ERIK KOSKINEN
Turf Club
Sat 06/01/2019 (8pm/15)
turfclub.net

Minnesota songsmith Erik Koskinen is back with a new album Burning The Deal (Real Phonic Records/Tone Tree Music). The local singer will be playing tracks from the new album at the Turf Club on June 1st.

Tour Dates:

May 24 - Shell Lake, WI @ The Potter's Shed
May 25 - Ellendale, MN @ Revival Festival
Jun 01 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Jun 06 - Hillsboro, WI @ Bonfire Festival
Jun 07 - La Crosse, WI @ The Charmant Hotel
Jul 06 - Duluth, MN @ Bayfront Festival Park
Jul 13 - Minneapolis, MN @ Roots Rock

# w/ Jeffrey Foucault
% w/ SONTALK

DIANE COFFEE
+ Disq
7th St Entry
Sat 06/01/2019 (8pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Former Foxygen drummer, Diane Coffee’s new album Internet Arms is out now on Polyvinyl Records. Coffee’s Internet Arms tour will take him to the 7th Street Entry this June 1st.

Disq to open.

Tour dates:

05/17 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison #%
05/18 - Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx #%
05/31 - Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo
06/01 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
06/02 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown - Front Room
06/05 - Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
06/06 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
06/07 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
06/08 - Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
06/11 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
06/13 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
06/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
06/15 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
06/16 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
06/18 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
06/20 - Kansas City, MO@ recordBar
06/21 - St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
06/22 - Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
06/28 - Davenport, IA @ Racoon Motel
06/29 - Macomb, IL @ Heritage Days
09/04 - Spring Green, WI @ Sh*tty Barn Sessions

# w/ Active Bird Community
% w/ Jackie Mendoza

KELLY FINNIGAN
Dakota Jazz Club
Sun 06/02/2019 (7pm/$25 )
dakotacooks.com

Kelly Finnigan (billed as Kelly Finnigan & The Atonements), the lead singer of Bay Area-based Monophonics, is touring in support of his debut solo album The Tales People Tell (Colemine Records).

The singer will be playing the Dakota Jazz Club on June 2nd.

Tour dates:

5/21 - The Standard, New York, NY
5/28 - Record Bar, Kansas City, MO
5/29 - Rose Music Hall, Columbia, MO
5/30 - Old Rock House, St. Louis, MO
5/31 - Woodward Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
6/1 - Martyrs, Chicago, IL
6/2 - Dakota, Minneapolis, MN
7/10 - Mississippi Studios, Portland OR
7/11 - Cider House Music Hall, Eugene OR
7/12 - Timber Fest, Carnation, WA
7/13 - The Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC

LAURA STEVENSON
+ See Through Dresses, Completions
7th St Entry
Mon 06/03/2019 (7pm/$15)
first-avenue.com

Remember Laura Stevenson and the Cans? Well Laura Stevenson, sans cans, will be playing the 7th Street Entry on June 3rd. Stevenson’ new album is called The Big Freeze.

Tour dates:

05/22/2019 The Sinclair Cambridge, MA
05/24/2019 Rough Trade Brooklyn, NY
05/29/2019 Beat Kitchen Chicago, IL
06/03/2019 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
06/05/2019 Marquis Theater Denver, CO
06/16/2019 Mountain Jam Festival
06/20/2019 Camden Assembly London, UK
06/21/2019 Laura Stevenson Patterns Brighton
06/23/2019 Brudenell Social Club Leeds

NAV
+ Killy
Varsity Theater
Tue 06/04/2019 (7pm/$35)
varsitytheater.com

Nav will be headlining the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on June 4th. Toronto’s own quickly rising rapper Killy will open the show.

Tour dates:

May 21 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues^
May 22- Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues^
May 24 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore^
May 26- Vancouver, BC @ PNE Forum^
May 28- Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo^
May 29- Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom^
May 31 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot^
June 2 - Denver, CO @ Summit^
June 4- Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater^
June 6 - Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues^
June 7 - Milwaukee, WI @ Rave^
June 8 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore^
June 10 - Toronto, ON @ Rebel^
June 11- Montreal, QC @ MTELUS^
June 13 - New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17^
June 14 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues^
June 15 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore^
June 17 - Washington, DC @ @ The Fillmore^
June 18 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore^
June 20 - Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore^
June 22 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle^
June 24 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues^
June 25 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues^
June 27 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren^
June 28 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium^
July 3 – Budapest, Hungary @ Balaton Sound
July 4 – Liège, Belgium @ Les Ardentes
July 6 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Zoom
July 9 - Warsaw, Poland @ Praga Centrum
July 11 - Gräfenhainichen, Germany @ Splash! Festival 2019
July 12 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands @ Woo Hah!
July 13 - London, UK @ XOYO
July 15 - Manchester, UK @ Yes
July 20 – Helsinki, Finland @ Weekend Festival
August 1 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
August 9 - Montreal, Canada @ îLESONIQ 2019

^With NAV

INTER ARMA
+ Thantifaxath
7th St Entry
Wed 06/05/2019 (8pm/$31)
first-avenue.com

Richmond’s Inter Arma is touring in support of the new album Sulphur English (Relapse Records).

Thantifaxath to open.

Tour dates:

May 18 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar ^
May 19 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club ^
May 21 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room ^
May 22 Denver, CO @ Hi Dive ^
May 23 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar ^
May 24 Flagstaff, AZ @ Green Room ^
May 25 Phoenix, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room ^
May 26 San Diego, CA @ Space Bar ^
May 27 Los Angeles, CA @ Resident ^
May 28 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro ^ #
May 29 Eugene, OR @ Old Nick’s ^ #
May 30 Portland, OR @ High Water Mark ^ #
May 31 Seattle, WA @ Northwest Terror Fest
June 1 Boise, ID @ Bump HQ ^ * #
June 2 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court ^ * #
June 4 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown ^
June 5 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^
June 6 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s ^
June 7 Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie’s ^

^ = w/ Thantifaxath
* = w/ KEN Mode
# = w/ Wayfarer

U.S. GIRLS / SWEET SPIRIT
Turf Club
Wed 06/05/2019 (7pm/$15)
turfclub.net

The U.S. Girls and Sweet Spirit co-headlining show will take place at the Turf Club on June 5th. If history repeats itself, you can expect local hero Har Mar Superstar to randomly show up on Sweet Spirit’s set!

Tour dates:

06/01/2019 Governors Ball Music Festival
06/02/2019 Union Pool Brooklyn, NY
06/03/2019 Beachland Tavern Cleveland, OH
06/05/2019 Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
07/07/2019 Festival d'été de Québec
08/03/2019 Osheaga Festiva

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Minneapolis: November 17 to November 21, 2018

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from November 17 to November 21, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Heart Bone 2018 Tour Read More Har Mar Superstar Har Mar Superstar is a staple in the Minnesota music scene. Even though he moved away for a couple of years, we claimed him as ours. He announced earlier this week that he was moving back … Sweet Spirit Austin locals Sweet Spirit (members of A Giant Dog) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Sunday in support of their sophomore record St. Mojo (out April 7 via Nine Mile Records). …

HEART BONES
feat. Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis
+ Closeness / Lazear
Turf Club
Wed 11/21/2018 (7:30pm/$25/Sold Out)
turfclub.net

Heart Bones is kicking off their tour at the Turf Club in St Paul. This is the new project from local favorite Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis (of Sweet Spirit). The two met and became friends while touring in 2016, and we got a glimpse of the two on stage together in last year’s Sweet Spirit at the 7th Street Entry, when Har Mar showed up at their show.

With this new tour, billed as Heart Bones, the two will tackle playing and performing the Dirty Dancing soundtrack … which would include classic hits like “Hungry Eyes” and “Be My Baby”.

The husband & wife duo Closeness (Todd and Orenda Fink) to open. If you didn’t know, Todd Fink is the singer/writer for one of my favorite emo-dance band The Faint and Orenda. So if you like the sound of that… show up early to check out their set.

Also, Lazear (Howard Hamilton, Mark Sorvari, Emily Lazear, Tom Mooney) is on the bill. I recognize Howard Hamilton’s name, he’s the guy with the million guitars from Red Pens.

Tour Dates:

11/21 – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
11/23 – The Cooperage – Milwaukee, WI
11/24 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
11/25 – El Club – Detroit, MI
11/26 - Skully’s Music Diner – Columbus, OH
11/27 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
11/28 – Sonia – Cambridge, MA
11/29 – The Beverly – Kingston, NY
11/30 – Brooklyn Bazaar – Brooklyn, NY
12/4 - Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
12/5 – Sweetwater Music Hall – Mill Valley, CA
12/6 – Regent Theater – Los Angeles, CA
12/7 – The Merrow – San Diego, CA
12/29 – 3TEN ACL Live – Austin, TX

Other shows in the area:

Boygenius Cursive: Vitriola Brett Dennen at Cedar Tantric 2018 Tour Matthew Dear at 7th Street Aminé at First Ave Goatwhore at Turf Club Read More Julien Baker Julien Baker’s appearance on stage. Baker started her music career in 2010 in the band The Star Killers (renamed themselves Forrister), when she was 15 years old .… Phoebe Bridgers Phoebe Bridgers to open. Conor Oberst Tour Dates: 09/01 Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo * 09/02 Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot 09/03 Portland, OR @ Oregon Zoo Amph * + … Lucy Dacus “The irony is not lost on us” singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus would say about the eclectically-named three band lineup spotlighting her first headlining area appearance, a near-familial musical … Cursive Cursive does it right, playing a good mix of old classics, along with some selected songs from their new album, I Am Gemini, at the 400 Bar, last night. …

JULIEN BAKER / PHOEBE BRIDGERS
+ Lucy Dacus
First Avenue
Sat 11/17/2018 (6:30pm/$23)
first-avenue.com

Billed as co-headlining Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers with Lucy Dacus … but in reality this is the new project by the three girls as Boygenius. The supergroup will release their Boygenius EP on Matador Records on November 9th.

We’ve seen most of these strong singer/songwriter before, so this should be a really fun, and important, upcoming show.

Tour Dates:

11/04/2018 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, US
11/06/2018 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY, US
11/07/2018 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY, US
11/08/2018 Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, US
11/10/2018 Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
11/11/2018 Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI, US
11/12/2018 Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL, US
11/13/2018 Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL, US
11/15/2018 Pageant, St Louis, MO, US
11/16/2018 The Sylvee, Madison, WI, US
11/17/2018 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
11/19/2018 Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
11/20/2018 The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
11/23/2018 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
11/24/2018 The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, US
11/25/2018 McMenamin's Crystal, Portland, OR
11/27/2018 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA, US

CURSIVE
+ Meat Wave, Campdogzz
Turf Club
Sat 11/17/2018 (7:30pm/$15)
turfclub.net

Omaha’s Cursive will headline the Turf Club on November 17th. The band’s latest Vitriola is out now on 15 Passenger.

We saw Cursive at the now-defunct 400 Bar in Mar 2012 and said, “I thought Cursive's singer Tim Kasher vocals came through loud and clear. Throughout Cursive's set, songs like "This House Alive", "Big Bang", "A Gentleman Caller", "The Cat and Mouse", etc., all blended together without any pause or breaks.”

Chicago’s Meat Wave and Campdogzz will open.

Tour dates:

11/06 - Long Island, NY - Amityville Music Hall
11/07 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
11/08 - Boston, MA - Paradise
11/09 - Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom
11/10 - Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall
11/11 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
11/12 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
11/13 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
11/14 - Detroit, MI - El Club
11/15 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
11/16 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
11/17 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
11/18 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room

BRETT DENNEN
+ Erin Rae
The Cedar Cultural Center
Sun 11/18/2018 (7pm/$22)
thecedar.org

Brett Dennen will be playing the Cedar on November 18th. We caught him in June 2016 and said, “Brett Dennen is a man with a lot of charisma. He came out bare feet and was just floating with energy. He had the crowd dancing and singing on cue. You can feel his emotion that he poured into these songs, and it was a lot of fun.”

Erin Rae will join the acclaimed singer-songwriter for this show. Originally Nick Mulvey was scheduled.

Tour Dates:

11/06/2018 Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA
11/09/2018 Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Troy, NY
11/16/2018 Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
11/18/2018 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN

TANTRIC
+ Wayland, Paralandra, Talia, July Fighter
Amsterdam Bar and Hall
Sun 11/18/2018 (6pm/$18)
amsterdambarandhall.com

Louisville’s Tantric (singer Hugo Ferreira, drummer Troy Patrick Farrell, bassist Jaron Gulino, and guitarist Sebastian Labar) is touring in support of their new album Mercury Retrograde (Pavement Entertainment).

Tour dates:

11/08/2018 Drunk Horse Pub, Fayetteville, NC
11/10/2018 Empire Concert Club & Bar, Akron, OH
11/15/2018 Glassworks Playhouse, Eau Claire, WI
11/18/2018 Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St. Paul, MN

MATTHEW DEAR
+ Sasha B. Ware, Dirty Mckenzie
7th Street Entry
Sun 11/18/2018 (7:30pm/$16)
first-avenue.com

Catch Matthew Dear at an intimate 7th Street Entry venue this November 18th before meet up with MGMT. Dear’s Bunny is out now on Ghostly International.

Tour dates:

11.08 San Francisco, CA Public Works
11.09 Vancouver, BC The Rickshaw Theatre
11.11 Seattle, WA Nectar Lounge
11.15 Chicago, IL Sleeping Village
11.16 Brooklyn, NY National Sawdust
11.18 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
11.27 Bologna, IT Estragon

AMINÉ
+ Buddy, Kayo Genesis
First Ave
Mon 11/19/2018 (6pm/$30)
first-avenue.com

Portland-born, Los Angeles-based MC Aminé is headlining First Avenue. Amine was last seen in town on Oct 2017.

Tour dates:

11/14/2018 Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO
11/16/2018 Rave/Eagles Club, Milwaukee, WI
11/20/2018 St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI
11/21/2018 House of Blues , Chicago, IL
11/23/2018 Bogart's , Cincinnati, OH
11/25/2018 Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON
11/26/2018 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
11/27/2018 Fillmore Silver , Silver Spring, MD
11/28/2018 Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
12/01/2018 Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
12/04/2018 Republic, New Orleans, LA
12/06/2018 House of Blues , Dallas, TX
12/07/2018 Ballroom, Houston, TX
12/09/2018 House of Blues, Boston, MA
12/11/2018 Observatory North Park, San Diego, CA
12/12/2018 Observatory, Santa Ana, CA, US
12/13/2018 The Novo , Los Angeles, CA
12/16/2018 Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA

GOATWHORE
+ The Casualties, Black Tusk, Great American Ghost, Gozu
Turf Club
Tue 11/20/2018 (6pm/$23)
turfclub.net

The Metal Alliance Tour, featuring Goatwhore, The Casualties, Black Tusk, Great American Ghost, and Gozu.

Tour dates:

11/06/2018 Club Red - Mesa, AZ
11/07/2018 The Roxy - West Hollywood, CA
11/08/2018 Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA
11/09/2018 Full Circle Brewing Co. - Fresno, CA
11/10/2018 The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
11/11/2018 Cornerstone - Berkeley, CA
11/13/2018 Club Sur Rocks - Seattle, WA
11/14/2018 Dante's - Portland, OR
11/16/2018 Metro Music Hall - Salt Lake City, UT
11/17/2018 Marquis Theater - Denver, CO
11/18/2018 Aftershock - Merriam, KS
11/20/2018 Turf Club - St. Paul, MN
11/21/2018 Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL
11/23/2018 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI
11/24/2018 Overtime Sports Bar - Kingston, ON
11/25/2018 Salle Multi Du Complex Meduse
11/26/2018 Les Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC
11/27/2018 ONCE Ballroom - Somerville, MA
11/28/2018 Gramercy Theater - New Yok, NY
11/29/2018 Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY
11/30/2018 One Centre Square - Easton, PA
12/01/2018 Oddbodys - Dayton, OH
12/02/2018 Cafe 611 - Frederick, MD
12/03/2018 Canal Club - Richmond, VA
12/04/2018 New Brookland Tavern - Columbia, SC
12/05/2018 Growlers - Memphis, TN

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Minneapolis: August 10 to August 13, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 10 to August 13, 2017.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Every Time I Die Every Time I Die is an extremely popular metalcore band from Buffalo, NY. They got their huge break after their song "The New Black" was featured on Guitar Hero 2 …

TAKING BACK SUNDAY
at First Avenue
Thursday 08/10/17 (6:30pm/$27.50)
first-avenue.com

Taking Back Sunday will be taking back First Avenue (they previously performed at First Avenue in 2012) this Thursday (too bad it’s not a Sunday!), touring in support of their seventh studio album Tidal Wave (Hopeless Records).

Taking Back Sunday is Adam Lazzara (vocals), John Nolan (guitar, vocals), Eddie Reyes (guitar), Shaun Cooper (bass), and Mark O’Connell (drums).

Every Time I Die and All Get Out to open. The former, we previously saw in December 2015, and noted, “Every Time I Die is an extremely popular metalcore band from Buffalo, NY. They got their huge break after their song "The New Black" was featured on Guitar Hero 2 but have had a huge base of fans ever since they started in 1998. I have seen ETID over a dozen times live and it's all about their live shows. The amount of energy these guys have is unreal.”

Tour Dates:

Aug 04 Showbox Seattle, WA
Aug 06 Knitting Factory Boise, ID
Aug 07 The Complex Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 08 The Summit Music Hall Denver, CO
Aug 09 Bourbon Theatre Lincoln, NE
Aug 10 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Aug 12 Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
Aug 13 Crofoot Ballroom Pontiac, MI
Aug 14 Bogart’s Cincinnati, OH
Aug 15 House of Blues Cleveland, OH
Aug 16 Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 18 Saranac Brewery Utica, NY
Aug 19 Waiting Room Buffalo, NY
Apr 09 When We Were Young Santa Ana, CA
May 05 Beale Street Music Festival Memphis, TN
May 07 Carolina Rebellion Charlotte, NC
May 20 Rock On The Range Columbus, OH
May 27 River City Rockfest San Antonio, TX
Jul 13 Great South Bay Music Festival Patchogue, NY

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COLDPLAY
at U.S. Bank Stadium
Saturday 08/12/17 (5pm/$27.50)
usbankstadium.com

Popular Coldplay is touring in the USA this Summer. The band released The Kaleidoscope EP today (August 4th). The EP was produced by long-term collaborators Rik Simpson and Daniel Green, together with Bill Rahko, and features a new live version of Coldplay's hit single with The Chainsmokers, Something Just Like This, recorded in Tokyo in April.

Their “A Head Full Of Dreams Tour” continues to North America... with more than 4.6 million tickets have now been sold for the tour so far!

Show up early to check out London duo AlunaGeorge (Aluna Francis and George Reid), fresh off of touring with Sia. The duo’s sophomore album I Remember is out now.

Also Southwest London’s Izzy Bizu is on the bill. The 22-year-old singer songwriter was a 2016 Brits Critics Choice finalist, and widely considered one of the fresh new voice of 2016 (The BBC’s Introducing Artist of the Year and support from 1Xtra and BBC Radio 1).

Tour Dates:

08/01 Met Life Stadium, NY
08/04 Gillette Stadium, Boston
08/06 Fed Ex Field, Washington
08/08 Bell Centre, Montreal
08/09 Bell Centre, Montreal
08/12 US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis
08/14 Century Link Centre, Omaha
08/15 Sprint Centre, Kanssas City
08/17 Soldier Field, Chicago
08/19 Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
08/21 Rogers Centre, Toronto
08/22 Rogers Centre, Toronto
08/25 NRG Staudium, Houston
08/28 Hard Rock Staudium, Miami
09/23 - Seattle, WA - CenturyLink Field
09/26 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place
09/29 - Vancouver, BC - BC Place
10/02 – Portland, OR - Moda Center
10/04 - San Francisco, CA - Levi's Stadium
10/08 - San Diego, CA - Qualcomm Stadium

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Other shows in the area:

08/11-08/13/2017 The annual Irish Fair Minnesota is taking place this weekend on Harriet Island. This event is free and open to the public. For the full schedule, head over to irishfair.com The year’s bands includes Screaming Orphans, Screaming Orphans, and Eileen Ivers. 3pm, free.

08/11-08/13/2017 Over in Somerset, Wisconsin, is the annual Summer Set Music & Camping Festival. Lots of dance DJ/electronica bands on the bill, but honestly, I haven’t heard of many of them. 1pm, $75-$500.

08/11/2017 Austin’s Sweet Spirit will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Friday. We previously saw the fun band in April 2017, and they played an amazing version of Pulp’s ‘Common People’, thanks to special guest Har Mar Superstar. Local “All the way from Uptown, Minnesota” Pornonono (Amy Hager and Jacob Mullis from Fort Wilson Riot) to open. 8pm, $12.

08/12/2017 The popular annual Pizza Luce Block Party is this Saturday. This year’s lineup is one of the best I’ve seen in years: Haley Bonar, Craig Finn, Allan Kingdom, Sophia Eris, etc. 12pm, Free.

08/12/2017 Esso Afrojam Funkbeat will be headlining the Turf Club in Saint Paul this Saturday. Alma Andina, DJ Don Cuco, and DJ Miguel Vargas will open. 8pm, $12.

08/13/2017 The Rocket Summer (led by Bryce Avary) is playing The Cabooze. The band is celebrating the 10th anniversary of their 2007 album Do You Feel with a full US tour. We previously saw the band in April 2016 and said, “The Rocket Summer is a one-man band. Bryce Avary does everything when it comes to recording. When he goes on tour, he brings a guitarist and drummer but still seems to do majority of the work. It was amazing to watch him move effortlessly between guitar, bass, piano, vocals, drums, hell, he even beatboxed at one point.” 888 to open. 7pm, $20.

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