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Minneapolis: July 29 to July 31

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07/29 Maria and the Coins, Faith Boblett and Dark Bunny at 7th St Entry Read More Faith Boblett Join 89.3 The Current, Go 96.3 and Radio K as they present “First Avenue's Best New Band” with such bands as: Scrunchies Gully Boys The Carnegies Static Panic Annie Mack Yam Haus Faith Boblett …

07/29/2022 Friday

Maria and the Coins, Faith Boblett and Dark Bunny
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

There is a local show, coming up at the end of the month at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.

Triple bands on the bill:

Maria and the Coins recently released their third album, Forward.

The group, Maria Coyne (vocals), Nick Baker (guitar), Zaq Baker (keys) and Sheldon Way (drums) met while students at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and formed in 2014 after one of Coyne’s original songs was chosen to be recorded for a compilation CD of St. Olaf artists. The band opened for Betty Who, Jeremy Messersmith, and others. Adam Maurer was added as bassist in 2018.

Faith Boblett named “Best New Band of 2018” by First Avenue in Jan 2019. The singer/songwriter’s third LP, take care, was released in October 2020.

Dark Bunny is the dream-pop/shoegaze-inspired project, which started in early 2020 by Emily Youel. Currently they are a four-piece band comprised of Youel (vocals/guitar/synth), Christian Wheeler (lead guitar), Emma Withers (drums), and Karl Schutzle (bass). Their self-titled debut album came out in Feb 2022.

Hilde: Party in the Park 2022 Read More Gary Clark Jr. Gary Clark Jr. and band then unassumingly took to the stage for their two-hour headlining set, in support of his second live full-length Live North America 2016 (Warner Bros Records), released this March … Kelsea Ballerini Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, aka Dan + Shay will be at Mill City Nights. Kelsea Ballerini to open (7:30pm/$29.50). … The Band Perry I was at Target today and saw The Band Perry's sophomore album Pioneer on the shelves. The thing that stuck out was there were limited autographed editions! I am assuming the band sat down ..…

07/29/2022 Friday
07/30/2022 Saturday

Live at the Hilde
suemclean.com/hilde

Sue McLean & Associates (SMA) just announced the 2022 Hilde: Party in the Park full lineup.

Live at the Hilde: Party in the Park is a 2-day music festival on Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30 at the Hilde Performance Center in Plymouth, MN (3500 Plymouth Blvd, Plymouth, MN 55447). This show will feature headliner Grammy Award Winner Gary Clark Jr. on Friday night and Country Music Award Winner Kelsea Ballerini on Saturday.

Sibling trivia: The Band Perry features siblings Kimberly Perry (lead vocals, guitar), Reid (bass), and Neil (mandolin, bouzouki). We caught the family in Oct 2016 and wrote, “The siblings (Kimberly Perry; Neil Perry; and Reid Perry) are no strangers to the stage (revealing they just celebrated their eighteenth year of playing live the week before) and has melded a polished hybrid of country-pop into several hit singles, presenting them in a well-paced and varied eighty-minute headlining performance.”

Friday, July 29, 2022	Saturday, July 30, 2022
Gary Clark Jr.	Kelsea Ballerini
Cold War Kids	The Band Perry
Suzanne Santo	Brittney Spencer
Kiss the Tiger	Local Opener TBA

Ticket Prices: $60.00 - $150.00

VIP and general admission tickets for the festival go on sale this Friday, March 25 at 10AM suemclean.com/hilde or etix.com. 2-day tickets and single-day tickets (Night 1; Night 2) will be available.

Disclaimers: Please note that as CDC and the State of MN COVID guidelines continue to shift and evolve, SMA and City of Plymouth will update Live at the Hilde's COVID protocols closer to the event.

07/30 The Psychedelic Furs with X at Palace Theatre Read More The Psychedelic Furs English rock group The Psychedelic Furs headlined First Avenue’s mainroom last Thursday, April 6th. The terrific turnout consisted of mostly an older audience, who may remember the band from John Hughes’ film Pretty in Pink …

07/30/2022 Saturday

The Psychedelic Furs
with X
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

English rock group The Psychedelic Furs is back with their latest album, Made of Rain. The tour will run through St Paul, at the Palace Theatre this July 30th.

We saw the band in Apr 2017 and wrote, “The Furs’ second half of the set picked up with some of their biggest hits, including ‘Love My Way’ and set closer ‘Pretty in Pink’. Half the audience were singing along to the latter song.”

Impossible to Google, X, will open. X appeared on Rock the Garden 2019, and we said, “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.”

Tour dates:

Jun 27 Harrisburg, PA, US Capitol Room
Jun 28 Canceled Hartford, CT, US Webster Theater
Jun 30 New York (NYC), NY, US Apollo Theater
Jul 1 Baltimore, MD, US Baltimore Soundstage
Jul 2 Norfolk, VA, US The Norva
Jul 6 Huber Heights, OH, US The Rose Music Center
Jul 8 Toronto, ON, Canada History
Jul 9 Montreal, QC, Canada MTELUS
Jul 10 Ottawa, ON, Canada Bronson Centre Theatre
Jul 12 Boston, MA, US House of Blues - Boston
Jul 12 San Luis Obispo, CA, US Fremont Theater
Jul 13 Providence, RI, US The Strand Ballroom
Jul 15 Outdoor New York (NYC), NY, US The Rooftop at Pier 17
Jul 16 Bensalem, PA, US Xcite Center
Jul 17 Silver Spring, MD, US The Fillmore Silver Spring
Jul 19 Greensburg, PA, US The Palace Theatre
Jul 20 Cincinnati, OH, US Andrew J. Brady Music Center
Jul 22 Northfield, OH, US Mgm Northfield Park
Jul 23 Chicago, IL, US Aragon Ballroom
Jul 24 Royal Oak, MI, US Royal Oak Music Theatre
Jul 26 St Louis, MO, US The Pageant
Jul 27 Madison, WI, US The Sylvee
Jul 29 Milwaukee, WI, US Riverside Theatre - WI
Jul 30 St. Paul, MN, US Palace Theatre
Aug 2 Denver, CO, US Mission Ballroom
Aug 6 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Aug 7 Seattle, WA, US Woodland Park Zoo
Aug 8 Forest Grove, OR, US McMenamin's Grand Lodge
Aug 11 San Francisco, CA, US The Masonic
Aug 12 St. Helena, CA, US Blue Note Napa
Aug 14 Outdoor Costa Mesa, CA, US Pacific Amphitheatre
Aug 17 Pioneertown, CA, US Pappy + Harriet's
Aug 18 Inglewood, CA, US YouTube Theater
Aug 26 St Louis, MO, US The Pageant
Oct 31 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, US Ponte Vedra Concert Hall

07/31 RiGBY with Floodwater Angel and Haze Gazer at 7th St Entry Read More RiGBY St Paul’s RiGBY opened the show. The relatively new (formed during the pandemic in 2019) four piece band features Fay Dunkel on guitars, Kean Wilwerding on drums, Maude Lorr on bass/vocals, and Hana Mahli on additional ....

07/31/2022 Sunday

RiGBY
with Floodwater Angel and Haze Gazer
at 7th St Entry
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We saw RiGBY in May 2022 and said, “If you’re a fan of Bikini Kill or any 90s riot grrl bands (like we are), you’ll find a lot to like in RiGBY.”

The girls are celebrating their national tour with a homecoming gig at the 7th Street Entry on the last day of July.

Yoshitaka Amano (20 Nov 1999)

The artwork they used for their poster is Terra from Final Fantasy. Not many people know that Japanese artist and designer Yoshitaka Amano was one of the co-designer behind all the early Final Fantasy character costumes and designs… he has a very unique art style. I attended a book signing for Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: The Dream Hunters in 1999 at Dreamhaven Books. He was supposed to just sign, but instead, he drew on all the books we purchased. The more I thought about it, especially since Amano is in his 70s, the more I am thankful to own this original artwork.

Floodwater Angel and Haze Gazer to open.

RiGBY tour dates:

7/14 Jade Fountain - Duluth, MN
7/15 Aquarium - Fargo, ND
7/16 Half Brothers Brewing - Grand Forks, ND
7/19 Cryptatroa Bar - Olympia, WA
7/20 Red Gate Art Society - Vancouver, BC
7/22 Lucky Dime - Seattle, WA
7/23 Speeds Auto Body - Portland, OR
7/31 7th Street - Minneapolis, MN

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Siblings on tour

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide, Brothers, Sibling Rivalry, and Sisters.

Hilde: Party in the Park 2022 Read More Gary Clark Jr. Gary Clark Jr. and band then unassumingly took to the stage for their two-hour headlining set, in support of his second live full-length Live North America 2016 (Warner Bros Records), released this March … Kelsea Ballerini Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, aka Dan + Shay will be at Mill City Nights. Kelsea Ballerini to open (7:30pm/$29.50). … The Band Perry I was at Target today and saw The Band Perry's sophomore album Pioneer on the shelves. The thing that stuck out was there were limited autographed editions! I am assuming the band sat down ..…

Live at the Hilde
suemclean.com/hilde

Sue McLean & Associates (SMA) just announced the 2022 Hilde: Party in the Park full lineup.

Live at the Hilde: Party in the Park is a 2-day music festival on Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30 at the Hilde Performance Center in Plymouth, MN (3500 Plymouth Blvd, Plymouth, MN 55447). This show will feature headliner Grammy Award Winner Gary Clark Jr. on Friday night and Country Music Award Winner Kelsea Ballerini on Saturday.

Sibling trivia: The Band Perry features siblings Kimberly Perry (lead vocals, guitar), Reid (bass), and Neil (mandolin, bouzouki). We caught the family in Oct 2016 and wrote, “The siblings (Kimberly Perry; Neil Perry; and Reid Perry) are no strangers to the stage (revealing they just celebrated their eighteenth year of playing live the week before) and has melded a polished hybrid of country-pop into several hit singles, presenting them in a well-paced and varied eighty-minute headlining performance.”

Friday, July 29, 2022	Saturday, July 30, 2022
Gary Clark Jr.	Kelsea Ballerini
Cold War Kids	The Band Perry
Suzanne Santo	Brittney Spencer
Kiss the Tiger	Local Opener TBA

Ticket Prices: $60.00 - $150.00

VIP and general admission tickets for the festival go on sale this Friday, March 25 at 10AM suemclean.com/hilde or etix.com. 2-day tickets and single-day tickets (Night 1; Night 2) will be available.

Disclaimers: Please note that as CDC and the State of MN COVID guidelines continue to shift and evolve, SMA and City of Plymouth will update Live at the Hilde's COVID protocols closer to the event.

04/08 Lawrence with Lindsey Lomis at First Avenue Read More Lawrence Impossible to Google duo Lawrence (siblings Clyde and Gracie Lawrence) will be in town on July 3rd at the 7th Street Entry, touring in support of their new album Breakfast. …

04/08/22 Friday

Lawrence
with Lindsey Lomis
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

New York’s brother/sister act Lawrence (not to be confused with Lawrence, Kansas), got an upgrade in venue from the smaller Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul, to the big mainroom of First Avenue this April 8th.

The sibling’s new single “Don’t Lost Sight” is currently featured in the Microsoft Global Ad running for the next six months.

We first talked about the band in July 2016 and said, “Don’t let the young ages (22 and 19) fool you, at 6, Clyde was youngest person to be admitted to the Songwriters' Guild of America for his film composition on Miss Congeniality (2000), and Gracie has performed on Broadway in Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and The Sitter (2011), etc.”

Tour dates

Mar 29 State College, PA, US Stage West
Mar 31 Pittsburgh, PA, US Enclave
Mar 31 Pittsburgh, PA, US Enclave - Pa
Apr 1 Columbus, OH, US Bluestone
Apr 2 Fort Wayne, IN, US Piere's Entertainment Center
Apr 3 Bloomington, IN, US Bluebird Nightclub
Apr 5 St Louis, MO, US Old Rock House
Apr 7 Lawrence, KS, US Granada Theatre
Apr 8 Minneapolis, MN, US First Avenue
Apr 9 Des Moines, IA, US Wooly's
Apr 10 Omaha, NE, US The Waiting Room
Apr 12 Salt Lake City, UT, US Soundwell
Apr 15 Indio, CA, US Coachella
Apr 19 San Francisco, CA, US The Regency Ballroom
Apr 22 Indio, CA, US Coachella
Apr 27 Waco, TX, US Common Grounds
Apr 28 Atlanta, GA, US Sweetwater 420 Fest
Apr 30 Savannah, GA, US District Live
May 1 Charleston, SC, US Music Farm
May 3 Charlottesville, VA, US Jefferson Theater
May 30 Seattle, WA, US Showbox SoDo
Jun 2 Denver, CO, US Mission Ballroom
Jun 4 Dallas, TX, US House of Blues - Dallas
Jun 7 Houston, TX, US White Oak Music Hall
Jun 9 Nashville, TN, US Marathon Music Works
Jun 10 Chicago, IL, US Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Jun 11 Cincinnati, OH, US Bogart's
Jun 13 Cleveland, OH, US House of Blues Cleveland
Jun 15 Toronto, ON, Canada History
Jun 17 Washington, DC, US The Anthem
Jun 18 Philadelphia, PA, US Franklin Music Hall
Jun 23 New York (NYC), NY, US City Parks Foundation
Jun 24 Outdoor Boston, MA, US Leader Bank Pavilion
Jul 1 Brussels, Belgium Paradise City Festival

03/22 Brothers Osborne on Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Read More Brothers Osborne Reigning CMA and ACM Vocal Duo of the Year, Brothers Osborne is headlining the Palace Theatre in St Paul on Friday. Tour dates: Oct 17 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory …

Brothers Osborne
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American country music duo Brothers Osborne, featuring brothers T.J. Osborne (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and John Osborne (lead guitar, background vocals) just performed “Headstone” on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The brothers will head out on tour in support of their Grammy-nominated album Skeletons.

Tour dates

Wed Mar 23 Port Chester, NY The Capitol Theatre
Thu Mar 24 Bethlehem, PA The Wind Creek Event Center
Fri Mar 25 Rochester, NY Main Street Armory
Sat Mar 26 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre
Thu Apr 07 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
Fri Apr 08 Jacksonville, FL Daily’s Place
Sat Apr 09 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Live
Sun Apr 10 Fort Lauderdale, FL Tortuga Music Festival
Thu Apr 14 Tulsa, OK Tulsa Theater
Fri Apr 15 Durant, OK Choctaw Grand Theater
Sat Apr 16 Helotes, TX Floores Country Store
Sat Apr 30 Indio, CA Stagecoach
Sun May 08 Birmingham, UK O2 Institute Birmingham
Mon May 09 London, UK The Roundhouse
Wed May 11 Cambridge, UK Cambridge Junction
Fri May 13 Manchester, UK Albert Hall
Sat May 14 Leeds, UK O2 Academy Leeds
Sun May 15 Edinburgh, UK Queens Hall
Fri May 20 Columbia, MO Live on 9th Street
Fr May 27 Youngstown, OH The Youngstown Foundation
Sat May 28 Milwaukee, WI American Family Field
Sun May 29 Decatur, IL The Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater
Fri Jun 03 Chattanooga, TN Riverbend Festival
Sat Jun 04 Valdosta, GA Wild Adventures Theme Park
Sat Jun 18 Winsted, MN Winstock Country Music Festival
Fri Jun 24 Camdenton, MO Ozarks Amphitheater
Thu Jun 30 Wichita, KS Wave
Fr Jul 01 Rogers, AR Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion
Sat Jul 02 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
Fri Jul 08 Des Moines, IA The Lauridsen Ampitheater
Sat Jul 09 West Salem, WI Country Boom
Thu Jul 14 Doswell, VA The Meadow Event Park
Sat Jul 16 Solomons, MD PNC Waterside Pavilion
Fri Jul 22 Monticello, IA Great Jones County Fair
Sat Jul 23 Brooklyn, MI FasterHorses
Tue Jul 26 Goshen, IN Elkhart County 4 H Fair
Wed, Jul 27 Interlochen, MI Interlochen Center for the Arts
Sat Aug 13 Hinckley, MN Grand Country Nights
Thu Aug 18 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent
Fri Aug 19 Cohasset, MA South Shore Music Circus
Sat, Aug 20 Selbyville, DE Freeman Arts Pavilion
Fri Aug 26 Huber Heights, OH Rose Music Center
Wed Aug 31 Walla Walla, WA Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.

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The Band Perry at Mystic Lake Showroom, Prior Lake (29 Oct 2016)

Band Perry Setlist Better Dig Two Chainsaw You Lie All Your Life > Love Yourself (Justin Bieber cover) Don't Let Me Be Lonely Medley Mash-Up: Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics cover) / Crazy (Gnarls Barkley cover) / SexyBack (Justin Timberlake cover) In It Together If I Die Young Comeback Kid Stay In The Dark / band intros I'm a Keeper Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen cover) -- Encore -- The Best One Yet Live Forever DONE Tour Dates 11/12/16 Atlantic City, NJ Tropicana Atlantic City 11/14/16 WKML Stars & Guitars 11/20/16 Homestead-Miami Speedway 12/04/16 Portland, OR Moda Center 12/09/16 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre A 12/10/16 Dayton, OH Wright State University Read More The Band Perry I was at Target today and saw The Band Perry's sophomore album Pioneer on the shelves. The thing that stuck out was there were limited autographed editions! I am assuming the band sat down ..…

Music-loving Casino goers were treated to a veritable jackpot of country and pop colliding as sibling group The Band Perry took to the stage at a packed Mystic Lake Showroom. 

Caitlyn Smith

The evening began with a short set from Caitlyn Smith, a Cannon Falls, MN native who currently splits her time between locally and in Nashville, and has up to now, primarily been known as a songwriter.  But Smith has decided to embark out on her own career, and was in promotion of newest EP, Starfire, released in July on Skylark Records, which will lead to a full album in the new year.

Though she may be a new-ish performing artist, the storytelling skills of her previous songwriting (including for the likes of Garth Brooks, Rascal Flatts, and Jason Aldean) and on her own songs like ‘Do You Think About Me’ have served her well. 

 A note about the venue—the Mystic Lake Showroom is a generally well run place with exemplary sound since their renovations several years ago, with comfortable seating and good sight lines.  If you can bear the drive out to the western suburbs and find your way to the back of the casino, amidst a haze of cigarette smoke and barrage of lights and sounds from all the machines, it’s a trip worth taking.

After a break, lights dimmed, and the jangles of a mandolin against a big bass drum beat introduced The Band Perry and opening song, ‘Better Dig Two’.  The band is now signed to Interscope Records/UMG Mercury Nashville and took time out from putting the finishing touches on their follow up to 2013’s Pioneer, to head out for a handful of dates and road test some of the new singles released. 

The siblings (Kimberly Perry; Neil Perry; and Reid Perry) are no strangers to the stage (revealing they just celebrated their eighteenth year of playing live the week before) and has melded a polished hybrid of country-pop into several hit singles, presenting them in a well-paced and varied eighty-minute headlining performance.

“The crazier, the wilder, the louder… the better!” Kimberly mentioned were the only rules, this Saturday night, as the group moved from 2010’s ‘All Your Life’ from their debut album, into a more recent Justin Bieber cover, which everyone younger in the crowd, instantly recognized. 

The mid-set medley really showed their pop influences, with a mash-up of a Eurythmics ‘80s classic and two more recent radio hits, with brother Neil jumping around in his black tank top and b-boy cap, leaping from side to side, to incite the crowd. 

The new gospel-influenced ‘In It Together’ built into an anthem of unity (perfect timing given the current political climate) and was followed by the band’s initial radio song that would top the Billboard charts, 2010’s ‘If I Die Young’, which is less about being morbid and more about living in the moment. 

The new ‘Comeback Kid’ was described by Kimberly as their “most transparent lyrics of any song” and rising above the adversities they’ve faced over the last year, while the also-new ‘Stay in the Dark’ had a toe-tapping beat and clap-a-long rhythm to it. 

“We’ll always forever do this song” Kimberly said, during the middle of their cover of Queen’s ‘Fat Bottom Girls’ for two reasons—her love of Freddie Mercury and belief that the song (though created before she was alive) is a personal anthem of sorts for her, and closed their main set with a punch. 

The three song encore began with the new and unabashedly pop ‘Best One Yet’ which featured doo-wop like background vocals, followed by the catchy ‘Live Forever’, the first single on what was supposed to be their third full-length before the band parted ways with their former label (and it happened to be Team USA’s official song for the summer games). 

‘DONE’ was the perfect ending for the evening, both in terms of message that it was over, and in terms of playing it with intensity; the lyrics of which, gave Kimberly a chance to display some sassy attitude to help interpret them. 

The crossover from country to pop is much more blurred than it used to be and given the path that someone like Taylor Swift has proven, conquering both worlds while broadening your overall fan base is more than possible. 

With the hybrid sound and overall likeability that The Band Perry has, it seems like they may be next in line for that genre-crossing, jackpot level of success.

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The Band Perry at Mystic Lake Showroom, Prior Lake MN (29 Oct 2016)

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Minneapolis: October 29, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on October 29, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More The Band Perry I was at Target today and saw The Band Perry's sophomore album Pioneer on the shelves. The thing that stuck out was there were limited autographed editions! I am assuming the band sat down ..…

THE BAND PERRY
at Mystic Lake Casino
Saturday, 10/29/16, 8pm ($69)
mysticlake.com

Hot off the new single ‘Comeback Kid’, the Grammy Award-winning trio The Band Perry (Kimberly Perry, Neil Perry and Reid Perry) will be playing at the Mystic Lake Casino this Saturday, October 29th. It’s a bit of a drive, but may be worth the trouble to see them at this nice venue.

The sibling also recently announced they will be the entertainment at the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 20, 2016.

Homestead-Miami Speedway President Matthew Becherer is a big fan: “We are thrilled to have The Band Perry performing in what will be an exciting day at Homestead-Miami Speedway, which will be capped off with the Ford EcoBoost 400 championship race on Sunday. The Band Perry has become a household name in country music, and having them kick off the Sprint Cup Series championship race with a pre-race concert will be an electrifying experience for NASCAR and all of our fans. We can't wait to see the show they put on in November.”

Catch them on tour:

10/29/16 Prior Lake, MN Mystic Lake Casino
11/12/16 Atlantic City, NJ Tropicana Atlantic
11/14/16 WKML Stars & Guitars
11/20/16 Homestead, FL Homestead-Miami
12/04/16 Portland, OR Moda Center
12/09/16 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre
12/10/16 Dayton, OH Wright State University

Read More Lucero I was lucky enough to have caught Lucero at their sold out show at the Varsity in 2009, and I mentioned it in my review that basically I was blown away at all their dedicated fans ...

LUCERO
at First Avenue
Saturday, 10/29/16, 8pm ($22)
first-avenue.com

Memphis’ Lucero is back at First Avenue this Saturday, October 29th.

The last time the band was at First Avenue in October 2015, we wrote, “When I tell people that Lucero is one of my favorite bands of all time, it takes them a second. I like loud, heavy music. The more yelling and screaming, the better. Lucero is anything but heavy. Ben Nichols, the lead singer, does anything but scream and yell. Nope, there was no angry music last night. It was more full of love ballads and upbeat country songs about whiskey. It was perfect.”

This North Mississippi-born Cory Branan will open. Rolling Stone Country loves this guy, calling his live shows, “a must see.” We previously mentioned that Branan was described as “too punk for country, too country for punk”.

Branan’s new album The No-Hit Wonder is described as both a celebratory anthem of the world-weary, undefeated underdogs of the world, and a coming to terms with the cards life has dealt you.

Tour dates:

10/27/16 Bloomington, IN Bluebird Nightclub
10/28/16 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
10/29/16 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
10/30/16 Columbia, MO The Blue Note
12/17/16 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall

Read More Neon Indian Neon Indian is the brain child of Alan Palomo. A young man from Mexico who has lived as a Texan for most of his life. He came into the scene with the album Psychic Chasms. It hit the blogsphere ...

NEON INDIAN
at Fine Line
Saturday, 10/29/16, 8pm ($25)
finelinemusic.com

Neon Indian is back in Minneapolis, this time at Fine Line Music Café in downtown Minneapolis (the show is presented by First Avenue).

We saw the band in October 2015 and wrote, “After the show people stuck around and Alan was enthusiastic to meet his fans, and take all the photographs that were requested, and sign all the merchandise. We spoke to him in Spanish and found out he’s originally from Monterrey, Mexico. If the “Night School” is heading your way, I highly recommend you check it out. It seems like Alan’s new mission is to get you to groove. Embrace the funk.”

Classixx to open.

Tour dates:

10/19/16 - Austin TX / The Mohawk
10/21/16 - San Antonio TX / Paper Tiger
10/24/16 - Nashville TX / Exit/In
10/25/16 - Bloomington IN / The Bluebird *
10/26/16 - Milwaukee WI / Turner Hall Ballroom *
10/27/16 - Chicago IL / Concord Music Hall *
10/29/16 - Minneapolis MN / Fine Line Music*

* = w/ Classixx

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Christmas 2015: Perry, Palma, and Party Pirates

Read More The Band Perry I was at Target today and saw The Band Perry's sophomore album Pioneer on the shelves. The thing that stuck out was there were limited autographed editions! I am assuming the band sat down ..…

December is here! Like previous years, I will be compiling some 2015 Christmas songs and Xmas-related news for you to enjoy! Below are some "P" bands with their Christmas songs.

Read more Christmas.

THE BAND PERRY
thebandperry.com

Announcement: Tune in to NBC's Christmas in Rockefeller Center tonight (2 December 2015) at 8:00pm EST* to catch a special holiday performance from Grammy® Award Winning sibling trio The Band Perry.

The Band Perry's "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" recently came out on A Nash Icon Christmas compilation (released November 20, 2015) via NASH Icon Records.

The Band Perry's new single "Live Forever" and its accompanying music video are out now.

Tour dates:

04/30/16 Stagecoach Ca's Country Music Fest
06/26/16 Big Barrel Country Music Festival

*Check Local Listings

Read More Palma Violets The NME-buzz band is back in the USA in support of their sophomore album Danger In the Club, which came out May 5th on Rough Trade. ..…

PALMA VIOLETS
palmaviolets.co.uk

NME buzz band Palma Violets just announced their Christmas single "Last Christmas On Planet Earth," which is out now via Rough Trade Records.

The single is backed up by Palma's favorite "All the Garden Birds" (sung by the Rhythm Studio Kids Choir) and is available on Limited 7" & digital.

According to the press release, they suggest you keep an eye on their website (palmaviolets.co.uk) for "a special Alternative Advent calendar", featuring daily covers, poetry, and other miscellaneous holiday specials from the band.

Also, worth noting is that Palma Violets will be performing on Call This Number. Call This Number is the brain child of Steve Mackey (Pulp), Jeannette Lee (Rough Trade) & Douglas Hart (ex Jesus and Mary Chain). The concept involves a unique performance broadcast just once at a set time from an online link provided on the day of the show.

Tour dates:

12/05/15 Sheffield The Leadmill
12/18/15 Dusseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Halle

THE PARTY PIRATES
thepartypirates.com.au

Australia's The Party Pirates will be releasing their new Christmas single called "The Christmas Rock" on Friday, December 4th.

The kids band (featuring Captain Black, Captain Blue, Captain Red, and Pirate Pinky) is known for their lively high-energy concerts. They all dress up as pirates in their respective colors - with pink being the obvious lone girl in the group. Reminds me of a much friendly/family version of Japanese band Peelander-Z.

Upcoming The Party Pirates Appearances:

12/21 Souths Kids Christmas Show
12/22 Souths Kids Christmas Show

Carols performances & more tour dates to be announced shortly

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Female-Fronted Bands

Read More Garbage Garbage premiered their new single, "Big Bright World", last week on VEVO. The song is the second European single after their #1 Alternative Rock album, Not Your Kind of People, which came out in May via their own STUNVOLUME record label. …

GARBAGE
garbage.com

One of the most famous female-fronted bands from the 90s is Garbage, lead by Scottish singer Shirley Manson. I first discovered her through a short-lived band called Angelfish, which you can read about here.

Anyway, after their European tour cancellation in 2005, we thought we'd seen the end of Garbage. The band took a break and came back five years ago to release Absolute Garbage. Around this time, Shirley Manson became a fulltime cast member in great "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" series, so there wasn't a whole lot of touring or promotion around this time.

Luckily, last year, the band announced a new record called Not Your Kind of People and traditional tour dates! The band will be stopping by Minneapolis' Mill City Nights this Friday. If it all works out, we'll be covering them.

04/03/13 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
04/05/13 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
04/06/13 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
04/07/13 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater
04/09/13 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
04/10/13 Kansas City, MO Harrah's North Kansas
04/12/13 Las Vegas, NV Pearl Concert Theater

In other Garbage news, look for the band with Screaming Females will be releasing a special Record Store Day 2013 limited 10" on April 20th, featuring a cover of Patti Smith's "Because the Night" and two other tracks, "Automatic Systematic Habit Costa Cadeu Remix" (remixed by Beatport contest winner Konstantin Kazhev) and an original song called "Love Like Suicide".

Shirley Manson explains the teamup with Screaming Females: "This year we once again wanted to release something special in celebration of Record Store Day 2013. We decided to record the duet that we had been performing on tour with the Screaming Females towards the end of 2012. The SF flew across country from New Jersey to Los Angeles so we could record it all together at EastWest Studio 1 in Hollywood ; 2 drum kits, 2 bass rigs, 2 guitars, 2 microphones and 1 piano. No mean feat…. The song? A cover of Patti Smith’s “Because the Night”. Why? Because it’s awesome."

Read More Dragonette As for Dragonette, it's clear to me that this Canadian trio has been doing this kind of electro-dance music for a while now, and they know the secret formula of getting their fans to dance. …

DRAGONETTE
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I saw this trio Dragonette last year and was rather impressed with this Canadian female-fronted electro-pop band.

It would seem that the Juno-award-winning band is co-headlining a tour with Australia's The Presets. Tour is kicking off in May, look for me to be dancing at First Avenue on May 15th.

Dragonette's latest album, Bodyparts, is out now on Universal Music Canada.

Dragonette Tour w/ The Presets:
05/05: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
05/07: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
05/08: New York, NY @ Terminal 5
05/09: Montreal, QC @ Le National
05/10: Toronto, ON @ Danforth
05/12: Indianapolis, IN @ Vogue
05/13: Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
05/14: Madison, WI @ Majestic
05/15: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
05/17: Lawrence, MO @ Granada Theatre
05/18: Denver, CO @ Ogden
05/19: Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
05/20: Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee
05/21: Los Angeles, CA @ The Avalon
05/24: San Francisco, CA @ The Fox Theater

THE BAND PERRY
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I was at Target today and saw The Band Perry's sophomore album Pioneer on the shelves. The thing that stuck out was there were limited autographed editions! I am assuming the band sat down and signed all those copies.

Anyway, if you were wondering this is a Nashville sibling trio with Kimberly Perry on vocals and guitar and her two brothers Reid Perry on bass and Neil Perry on drums.

The band is currently in the middle of a tour and they stopped by their hometown of Greeneville recently to perform in front of 25,000 fans! The autograph line was described as "stretched nearly a mile down Main Street." Yes, they are white hot with Pioneer hitting #1 iTunes Country chart.

Neil Perry commented on the event, "We are so humbled by the show of support from our hometown, as well as our fans that traveled so many miles - and our neighbors just down the street - to see the show! We had a great time signing CDs for everyone who braved the crisp night air waiting to meet us and say hello. And to have Governor Haslam recognize us as we came home, what an incredible honor."

Check out The Band Perry on tour now:

04/05/13 Las Vegas, NV Orleans Arena 04/19/13 North Andover, MA Merrimack College 04/21/13 Peoria, IL Reanissance Coliseum 05/03/13 Fort Worth, TX Billy Bob's Texas 05/05/13 Jackson, MS Thalia Mara Hall 05/18/13 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion 05/26/13 Baton Rouge, LA LSU Tiger Stadium 05/31/13 Wantagh, NY Nikon At Jones Beach 06/01/13 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook 06/02/13 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 06/16/13 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga 06/21/13 Cullman, AL Heritage Park 06/22/13 Columbus, GA Columbus Civic 06/27/13 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music 06/28/13 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music 06/29/13 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center 07/13/13 West Fargo, ND Red River Valley 07/14/13 Madison, NE Madison Fairgrounds 07/18/13 Eau Claire, WI Country Jam USA 07/19/13 Stateline, NV Lake Tahoe Outdoor

07/20/13 Tooele, UT Miller Motorsports Park 08/02/13 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook 08/03/13 Bowmanville, ON Canadian Tire 08/04/13 Jackson, MI Jackson County 08/09/13 Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena 08/10/13 Tulsa, OK BOK Center 08/13/13 Springfield, IL Illinois State Fair 08/16/13 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon 08/17/13 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank 08/18/13 Sioux City, IA Tyson Events Ctr. 09/05/13 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center 09/06/13 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara 09/07/13 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake 09/12/13 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion 09/13/13 Chula Vista, CA Sleep Train Amph 09/14/13 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amph 09/26/13 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau 09/27/13 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable 09/28/13 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live 10/03/13 Las Cruces, NM Pan American 10/04/13 Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena

THE Y AXES facebook.com The Y Axes a female-fronted indie pop/synth rock quintet from San Francisco. They self-proclaimed themselves as "a couple scientists and tech geeks". Their new EP, Moon Rock, came out last month (March 20th). They wrote that their soundcloud is free, but it is not. Instead, you might have to go their bandcamp or look to amazon.com.

LOLOVE lolovemusic.com Electro-pop group Lolove's PledgeMusic just hit 99%, so the reality of recording their EP is a real possibility. The Los Angeles band just played Minneapolis and is wrapping up their tour: 04/04 Al' s Bar - Lexington, KY 04/05 Juanita's - Little Rock, AK

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