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Minneapolis: August 1 to August 2, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 1 to August 2, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Esmé Patterson Esmé Patterson (from Paper Bird) to open the show. Her forthcoming album We Were Wild will arrive June 10th, 2016, via Grand Jury Music. Patterson was previously on tour with Craig Finn. .... The Awful Truth Our friends The Awful Truth (not to be confused with the progressive metal band of that name) just released their EP called Lakewater today, St Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17th, via Homestead Records …

ESMÉ PATTERSON
at 7th Street Entry
Monday, 08/01/16, 7:30pm ($10/$12)
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Esmé Patterson is back in Minneapolis, touring in support of her new album We Were Wild (Grand Jury).

We previously caught her with San Fermin earlier in April 2016 and wrote, “Not all the songs were new, about half her set was taken from her concept album Woman to Woman, which was about her response to famous women in songs. For example, the song “Never Chase a Man” is about her response to Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and “Bluebird” was her response to The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”.”

Special local guests The Awful Truth (aka Brent Colbert) and M.T. Foyer to open.

North American Tour Dates

7/26/16 Allston, MA @ Great Scott
7/27/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
7/28/16 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
7/29/16 Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell's Eccentric Cafe*
7/30/16 Kent, OH @ The Kent Stage*
8/1/16 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
8/2/16 Madison, WI @ The Frequency
8/3/16 Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle
8/5/16 Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
9/17/16 San Francisco, CA @ Golden Gate Park **
9/24/16 San Diego, CA @ Golden Hill Park **
10/1/16 Tempe, AZ @ Tempe Beach Park **


*With Brett Dennen
** New Belgium Brewing Tour De Fat with Dr. Dog

Read More New Madrid Athens-based New Madrid will be making a stop at the Turf Club in St Paul on Sunday, December 19th in support of their 2014 album Sunswimmer (Normaltown Records). These guys have an awesome sound ...

NEW MADRID
at 7th Street Entry
Tuesday, 08/02/16, 7:30pm ($10)
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Athens’ New Madrid is touring in support of their third album magnetkingmagnetqueen (Normaltown Records). We previously caught the band (singer/guitarist Phil McGill, guitarist Graham Powers, bassist Ben Hackett, and drummer Alex Woolley) in December 2015 and noted, “New Madrid seemed to lean more towards the psychedelic rock end of the spectrum. This four piece quietly took the stage and wowed the audience with their vocal harmonies that were good enough to give you goosebumps.”

Teenage Moods to open.

New Madrid 2016 Tour Dates

07/27 - Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT
07/28 Fort Collins, CO Hodi's Half Note
07/30 - Lost Lake Lounge - Denver, CO
08/01 - Riot Room - Kansas City, MO
08/02 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
08/03 - The Frequency - Madison, WI
08/05 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
08/06 - El Club - Detroit, MI
08/12 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
08/13 - Grotto Lights Concert - Huntsville, AL
10/01 Austin City Limits Music Festival

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J. Fernandez at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (09 Dec 2015)

Tour Dates 12/13/15 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court 12/14/15 Boise, ID Neurolux 12/15/15 Seattle, WA Columbia City Theatre 12/16/15 Portland, OR Bunk Bar 12/17/15 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill 12/18/15 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater 12/19/15 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar 12/21/15 Austin, TX The Mohawk 12/22/15 Dallas, TX Double Wide Read More J Fernandez Illinois, by the way of Arkansas, J Fernandez (real name: Justin Fernandez) will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis next week (December 9th) in support of his debut album Many Levels of Laughter … The Awful Truth Our friends The Awful Truth (not to be confused with the progressive metal band of that name) just released their EP called Lakewater today, St Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17th, via Homestead Records …

J Fernandez's first stop on his tour in support of his debut album Many Levels of Laughter was Wednesday night at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.

J Fernandez is an Arkansas native who has been in living and making music in Chicago. His music is indie pop but don't be too quick in assuming it sounds like everything else out there. There are moments in his music where you hear pure psychedelic rock. Then there are moments where the vocals fall out and you are left with some beautiful instrumentation. J. Fernandez is hard to categorize because the music is so diverse. I'm not talking just between the songs, I'm talking in the songs.

It wasn't loud music. It wasn't necessarily fast. It wasn't anything that I typically truly enjoy, but I enjoyed every single moment of it. The driving baselines matched with the prominent keyboard sound had me intrigued and had me stuck.

The lyrics were all over the place. There were some lyrics that hit you right where it hurts. They were so dark and gloomy but they were hard to catch because the music was much more upbeat and led you to believe it was a happy song. Not a song with lyrics like "You laugh at everything/ this is no joke". Sometimes they were funny and relatable especially when Fernandez would sing about the mundane things in his life. Other times you were stuck wondering what kind of drugs he was on when writing and lyrics and how can you get some?

Two locals were fortunate enough to open for this up and coming artist.

The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth completely caught me off guard. Brent Colbert, singer, has a voice that made me stop dead in my tracks. There were times where I would have sworn it was Casey Crescenzo (from The Dear Hunter/ Receiving End of Sirens) on that stage, but it wasn't. It was yet another amazing local band from up here in the Twin Cities.

Wednesday was The Awful Truth's first night playing in the legendary First Avenue building and I hope and pray that it won't be the last. Not only were the vocals on point, the whole band sounded crisp and clean. Usually when a band has a cello player, that cello player is actually the keyboardist who decided to experiment with a cello and figured out enough notes to play on maybe one song. Last night was the complete opposite. Stephen Sokolouski seemed to be a cello player who decided to experiment with a piano. Unfortunately, the cello was only featured on a few songs but when it was, I couldn't take my eyes off of Stephen. He played it so professionally and it had such a great tone. That being said, it didn't overpower anything else that was going on on stage. It was just a nice added feature that you truly don't get to see much in local bands.

Panther Ray

The first opening band was Panther Ray. They treated the audience to some new material. Well, let's be honest, it was all new to majority of the crowd. But the growing crowd seemed to truly enjoy it. Think The Libertines meet The Kills but without the drugs and with professionalism (not bashing either the Libertines or the Kills, I promise!). Panther Ray's third full length Ripple is out now on Forged Artifacts.

J Fernandez's album Many Levels of Laughter is out now on Joyful Noise.

J. Fernandez at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (09 December 2015)

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Minneapolis: December 9 to December 11, 2015

Read More J Fernandez I am told that J Fernandez is opening. Fernandez's upcoming new LP Many Levels of Laughter is coming out June 9th on Joyful Noise. The album was inspired by real things in his life …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from December 9 to December 11, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

J FERNANDEZ
at 7th Street Entry
Wednesday, 12/09/15, 7:30pm ($8/$10)
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Illinois, by the way of Arkansas, J Fernandez (real name: Justin Fernandez) will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis next week (December 9th) in support of his debut album Many Levels of Laughter (Joyful Noise).

J Fernandez was previously in town with Unknown Mortal Orchestra in June 2015.

Local guests The Awful Truth (aka Brent Colbert) and Panther Ray to open.

Tour dates:

12/09/15 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
12/10/15 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
12/11/15 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
12/12/15 Denver, CO Lost Lake
12/13/15 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
12/14/15 Boise, ID Neurolux
12/15/15 Seattle, WA Columbia City Theatre
12/16/15 Portland, OR Bunk Bar
12/17/15 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
12/18/15 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater
12/19/15 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
12/21/15 Austin, TX The Mohawk
12/22/15 Dallas, TX Double Wide

Read More The 1975 Matt Healy, lead singer for Manchester UK band, The 1975, is a marked man. And this past weekend, he returned to the city where it all happened. …

THE 1975
at First Avenue
Thursday, 12/10/15, 6pm ($30 / Sold Out)
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One of the most successful recent alt-rock act The 1975 is returning to Minneapolis next Thursday, December 10th. Of course, as with all their previous Minneapolis appearances, the show is sold out. If you missed out on tickets... not to worry, they've already announced 2016 dates (at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in May 2016). Get the tickets now, as it is very likely the St Paul venue will sell out quickly.

Show up early to check out Birmingham's Swim Deep. Their album Mothers is out now on Chess Club / RCA Victor.

U.S.A. tour dates:

12/03/15 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
12/04/15 New York, NY Terminal 5
12/05/15 Philadelphia, PA Fillmore
12/07/15 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion
12/08/15 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
12/10/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
12/11/15 Night The Buzz Stole Christmas
12/13/15 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
12/14/15 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
12/15/15 San Diego, CA Observatory North Park
12/16/15 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
12/17/15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
12/19/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
12/20/15 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
04/18/16 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Expo Hall
04/23/16 Las Vegas, NV Chelsea
04/26/16 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert
04/27/16 Vancouver, BC UBC Thunderbird Arena
04/28/16 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
05/02/16 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
05/03/16 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
05/04/16 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
05/05/16 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater
05/07/16 Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell
05/08/16 New Orleans, LA Champions Square
05/10/16 Saint Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amph
05/11/16 Miami, FL Bayfront Park Amphitheater
05/17/16 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
05/18/16 Lowell, MA Tsongas Center
05/20/16 Toronto, ON Echo Beach
05/21/16 Rochester, MI Meadow Brook Hall
05/22/16 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion
05/24/16 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
05/25/16 Saint Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Aud

Read More P.O.S. They only played two songs during the pop up show but for the second song they brought Stef (better known as local rapper and Doomtree member P.O.S.) up to sing about orange juice called "Shake It Well." The song ... Grrrl Prty The party started with Grrrl Prty presents Tawst, which were two DJs, Shannon Blowtorch and Sophia Eris, from Grrrl Prty. The two kept the floor moving, as they live mix (and sometime Eris …

P.O.S
at First Avenue
Friday, 12/11/15, 8pm ($16)
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The Mixed Blood Majority's Insane World album release show is taking place this Friday, December 11th. Mixed Blood Majority is Crescent Moon (of Kill The Vultures) and Joe Horton (of No Bird Sing) and producer Lazerbeak (of Doomtree). I got a sneak peak of the album on their Bandcamp and have to say, these guys will be bringing the house down on Friday night. The new album is exactly what is to be expected from such legendary musicians and then some. The collective recently just wrapped up a tour with Doomtree.

Co-founder of Doomtree, P.O.S. (aka Stefon Alexander) and Grrrl Prty also on the bill. I have seen both acts numerous times and it's always an amazing time full of good times and great music.

Details:

Friday, December 11th at First Avenue
P.O.S. / Mixed Blood Majority / GRRRL PRTY

Mixed Blood Majority 'Insane World' Album Release

Tickets on sale NOW.

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A Trio of Minneapolis Trios

Read More On An On We've been tracking this Minneapolis-based band On An On since Jess fell in love with them, having caught them in Europe and again in Los Angeles. Songs on their set were mostly from their debut album Give In …

ON AN ON
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According to their bio, On An On is a "Minneapolis trio" (Nate Eiesland, Ryne Estwing, Alissa Ricci), but I have always thought of them as being based out of Chicago. We've seen the band a few times, so there may be some truth to that earlier statement...

We've previously seen them all over the place, including Brighton and Los Angeles:

On An On @ Varsity, Minneapolis (19 Nov 13)

On An On @ Satellite, Los Angeles (11 Nov 13)

On An On @ Great Escape, Brighton (17 May 13)

On An On @ 7th St Entry, Minneapolis (26 Apr 13)

Look for On An On's forthcoming sophomore album with producer Joe Chiccarelli later this Summer, in the meantime you can catch the band down at SXSW 2015 in Austin, Texas:

03/18 Stage Hop Party @ Parish 3:35 pm
03/19 UMG Experience @ Palm Door 12PM
03/20 Culture Collide / Tillys Party 5pm
03/20 Roll Call Records/Indie Shuffle 11PM
03/21 Quantum Collective@Whole Foods 11:35AM

Read More Frankie Teardrop My brother's favorite local band Frankie Teardrop is also listed on the bill... so the chances of him being at this show is high. ...

THE AWFUL TRUTH
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Our friends The Awful Truth (not to be confused with the progressive metal band of that name) just released their EP called Lakewater today, St Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17th, via Homestead Records (limited clear blue cassettes tapes via National Audio Company).

Listen to their title track via soundcloud.com:



The Minneapolis trio^ (Laurie Geving, Stephen Sokolouski, and Chris Madden) will be heading out on tour to promote the EP:

03/20 Eagles Club 34 Minneapolis, MN
03/24 El Torreon Kansas City, MO
03/25 Meadowlark Bar Denver, CO
03/26 Velour Provo, UT
03/27 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
03/28 Treefort Fest Boise, ID
03/31 Valentines Portland, OR
04/01 Cafe Racer Seattle, WA
04/03 The VFW Missoula, MT
04/04 Pangea House Minot, ND
04/11 Icehouse* Minneapolis, MN

* 'Lakewater' Record Release

^ Update: Apparently not a trio. Brent Colbert is the singer/songwriter, except his name was not mentioned in the press release until the very last paragraph.

Read More Fury Things Last night (March 5th) was a great reason to kick cabin fever to the curb and head bang away yer blues thanks to the stellar line-up of local trio Fury Things and Vancouver’s hard-rocking duo The Pack A.D. …

WHAT TYRANTS
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Minneapolis trio What Tyrants (Sean Schultz, Kyle Schultz, and Garrison Grouse) will be releasing their debut album called No Luck, next week, March 24th, via Forged Artifacts.

Check out their first single, "Muffins", via soundcloud.com.



In typical Burger/surf/garage culture, look for No Luck on limited edition cassette tapes on March 24th.

Tour dates:

03/29/15 Fizz Bar & Grill Chicago, IL
04/02/15 Des Moines Social Club Des Moines, IA
04/03/15 Triple Rock Social Club* Minneapolis, MN

* What Tyrants album release party
w/ Fury Things / Some Pulp /
Ripper / Stereo Confession DJ sets

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