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Minneapolis: March 13 - March 15, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul on March 13 to March 15, 2015.

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Read More Echosmith Up and coming Los Angeles pop band Echosmith, makes a brief (and free) promotional 5pm stop at Cities 97’s Oake on the Water, this week located at Tally’s Dockside in White Bear Lake. The group is riding high with current single … The Colourist I really, really love The Colourist. The band is always on tour, and I'm excited to let you know that they are stopping by Minneapolis this April 4th (Friday). …

ECHOSMITH w/ The Colourist
at Varsity Theater
Friday 03/13/15, 7pm ($15/Sold Out)
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One of my favorite bands, The Colourist (who I randomly caught at a live show with Youngblood Hawke in 2013 and they blew me away with their really catchy pop songs), will be back in Minneapolis... this time supporting Echosmith. This isn't new information, as we broke the story in December 2014.

Echosmith is touring in support of Talking Dreams, which came out last year on Warner Bros. The Colourist has a 2014 self-titled debut album that came out in March 2014 via Republic.

Tour dates:

03/05 Virgin Mobile Mod Club - Toronto, ON
03/06 Beachland Ballroom & Tavern - Cleveland, OH
03/07 Shelter - Detroit, MI
03/08 Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
03/11 Deluxe - Indianapolis, IN
03/12 Metro - Chicago, IL
03/13 Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN
03/14 The Ready Room - St. Louis, MO
03/15 Pot of Gold Music Festival - Tempe, AZ
03/17 Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO
03/18 The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
03/20 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
03/21 Showbox at the Market - Seattle, WA
03/22 The Rio Theatre - Vancouver, CA
03/25 The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
03/27 The Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
03/28 House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
03/29 House of Blues - San Diego, CA
04/07 Hemming Park - Jacksonville, FL
05/15 Rock In Rio Festival - Las Vegas, NV

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NEULORE w/ Benjamin Cartel
at 7th Street Entry
Saturday 03/14/15, 8pm ($10)
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We caught Nashville duo Neulore (Adam Agin and William T. Cook) last September 2014, but it would seem like the band is back in town, this time headlining the 7th Street Entry.

Opening up for the show will be Benjamin Cartel, who you may remember as the Cartel part in his band KaiserCartel. Lara wrote about KaiserCartel's show in 2009, "If this were an episode of Sesame Street, I would say “Tonight’s concert is brought to you by the letter ‘A’ for ADORABLE.” "

Tour dates:

03/14 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN*
03/15 The Demo St Louis, MO
03/18 Slowdown Omaha, NE*
03/20 Palace Coffee Co. Canyon, TX*
03/22 The Valley Bar Phoenix, AZ
03/23 The Casbah San Diego, CA
03/24 The Mint Los Angeles, CA
03/25 Brick and Mortar San Francisco, CA
03/27 Dante's Portland, OR
03/28 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
03/31 Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
04/02 Maintenance Shop Ames, IA
04/03 Subterranean Chicago, IL
04/06 Rumba Cafe Columbus, OH
04/07 Pittsburgh Winery Pittsburgh, PA
04/09 World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA
04/10 Mercury Lounge New York, NY
04/11 U Street Music Hall Washington, DC

*Neulore Headlining shows

Read More of Montreal The last time we saw this inventive live band, I mentioned that of Montreal will be releasing Aureate Gloom (Polyvinyl Records). Now that it's getting a little closer to its release date (March 3, 2015), I'm happy to unveil .... Deerhoof I caught Deerhoof in 2012 and noted how fun it was to see the band in person. I also wrote that it was unbelievable how long the band have been around (now in their 20th year as a band).…

OF MONTREAL w/ Deerhoof
at First Avenue
Sunday 03/15/15, 7pm ($20)
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This is an unbelievable lineup. These two bands are two of my favorite live bands, and seeing them together on one bill is sort of amazing. My only problem is that these two bands will try and outdo each other... and that's a big win for their fans.

of Montreal as we previously mentioned are touring towards SXSW in support of Aureate Gloom (Polyvinyl Records), while Deerhoof, as we also previously mentioned, are touring in support of La Isla Bonita (Polyvinyl Records).

Tour dates:

03/05/15 Athens, GA - 40 Watt #
03/06/15 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
03/07/15 Washington, DC - 930 Club #
03/08/15 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer #
03/09/15 New Haven, CT - Toad's #
03/10/15 Boston, MA - Paradise #
03/11/15 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
03/12/15 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom *
03/13/15 Chicago, IL - The Metro *
03/14/15 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall *
03/15/15 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave *
03/16/15 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *
03/17/15 Oklahoma City, OK - ACM *
03/18/15 Houston, TX - Walter's Downtown *
03/19/15 Austin, TX - SXSW
03/20/15 El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls !
03/21/15 Tucson, AZ - The Rialto !
03/22/15 Los Angeles, CA - The Regent !
03/23/15 Los Angeles, CA - Largo at the Coronet
03/24/15 San Francisco, CA - Great American!
03/25/15 San Francisco, CA - Slim's !
03/26/15 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom !
03/27/15 Seattle, WA - Neumo's !
03/28/15 Boise, ID - Treefort Festival
03/29/15 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge !
03/30/15 Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen !
03/31/15 Denver, CO - Bluebird !
04/01/15 Lawrence, KS - The Granada !
04/02/15 Dallas, TX - Trees !
04/03/15 Austin, TX - The Mohawk !
04/04/15 New Orleans, LA - Howlin' Wolf !

# = w/ Yonatan Gat
* = w/ Deerhoof
! = w/ Yip Deceiver

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Colorblind

Read more Colorful Music, Colors, and Color Me Fad.

Read More The Colourist I really, really love The Colourist. The band is always on tour, and I'm excited to let you know that they are stopping by Minneapolis this April 4th (Friday). … Echosmith Up and coming Los Angeles pop band Echosmith, makes a brief (and free) promotional 5pm stop at Cities 97’s Oake on the Water, this week located at Tally’s Dockside in White Bear Lake. The group is riding high with current single …

THE COLOURIST
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You know I love The Colourist. After their self-titled debut album in March 2014, the band's been busy creating and collecting remixes... and those songs were collected in a remix EP called Inversions, courtesy of Republic Records.

Starting early next year, the band will team up with indie-pop family team, Echosmith for a full North American tour.

Tour Dates

Feb 10 - Iowa State University - Ames, IA
Feb 12 - 3rd & Lindsley - Nashville, TN
Feb 14 - Fitzgerald’s Upstairs - Houston, TX
Feb 15 - Emo’s - Austin, TX
Feb 18 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LA
Feb 20 - The Social - Orlando, FL
Feb 21 - Coastline Festival - St Petersburg, FL
Feb 22 - Coastline Festival - Pompano Beach, FL
Feb 25 - Visulite Theatre - Charlotte, NC
Feb 26 - 930 Club - Washington, DC
Feb 28 - Theatre of the Living Arts - Phila, PA
Mar 01 - Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA
Mar 03 - Corona Theatre - Montreal, Canada
Mar 05 - Mod Club - Toronto, Canada
Mar 06 - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
Mar 07 - Shelter - Detroit, MI
Mar 11 - Old National Center - Indianapolis, IN
Mar 12 - Metro - Chicago, IL
Mar 17 - Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO
Mar 18 - The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 20 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
Mar 21 - Showbox at the Market - Seattle, WA
Mar 22 - The Rio Theatre - Vancouver, Canada
Mar 25 - The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
Mar 27 - The Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
Mar 28 - House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
Mar 29 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA

QVALIA
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New York's Qvalia (pronounced "Qualia") is described as a "cinematic alt pop band". Their debut album This Is the Color of My Dreams came out in September 2014.

The band will be playing some local dates, and will be heading to Toronto for Canadian Music Week in 2015.

Tour Dates

03 Jan 2015 Rockwood Music Hall New York, NY
16 Jan 2015 The Fifth Estate Brooklyn, NY
19 Jan 2015 Pianos New York, NY
20 Feb 2015 Legion Bar Brooklyn, NY
21 Mar 2015 Desmond's Tavern New York, NY
01 May 2015 —
10 May 2015 Canadian Music Week 2015

GENEVIEVE
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Former singer Genevieve Schatz of Chicago's Company of Thieves has gone solo, now billing herself simply as Genevieve.

She promised a forthcoming debut album, but in the meantime, the preceding single is called "Colors".

Tour dates:

Dec 16 Hotel Cafe Los Angeles, CA
Dec 28 SPACE Evanston, IL
Feb 4 Rockwood Music Hall New York, NY
Feb 5 The Hollow Albany, NY
Feb 6 MilkBoy Philadelphia, PA
Feb 7 TT The Bears Cambridge, MA
Feb 9 Jammin Java Vienna, VA
Feb 10 Kings Barcade Raleigh, NC
Feb 11 The Evening Muse Charlotte, NC
Feb 12 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, FL
Feb 13 Train Sail Across the Sun Cruise Miami, FL
Feb 14 Train Sail Across the Sun Cruise Miami, FL
Feb 15 Train Sail Across the Sun Cruise Miami, FL
Feb 16 Train Sail Across the Sun Cruise Miami, FL
Feb 17 Train Sail Across the Sun Cruise Miami, FL
Feb 18 The Basement at Promowest Columbus, OH
Feb 19 The HI-FI Indianapolis, IN

THE COLOUR CODE
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Melbourne four-piece The Colour Code (guitarist Ryan Lapthorne, drummer David Hyman, bassist Scott Stone, and the keys/singer Mike Solty) just released their debut single Alibi.

Upcoming shows:

12/19/14 | Yah Yah's, Fitzroy VIC
w/ The Caning

01/02/15 | Brighton Up Bar, Sydney NSW
w/ Without Parachutes

02/12/15 | The Espy, St.Kilda VIC
w/ The Vanns

BRIEFLY

COLOR OF LIGHT facebook.com/coloroflightmusic South Carolina-born Sean Neuse's band Color of Light has a debut album called Memory, coming out on January 6, 2015, via Imera Records. The new record is described as a journey through ambient, experimental dream-pop, and shoegaze. This limited edition release is being issued on 150-gram vinyl.

I'M NOT A BAND imnotaband.com Germany I'm Not a Band (Stephan Jung) will be releasing his third album Oceans sometime in January 2015, but the preceding single is called "Colours". The song is described as a statement against racism... and the message of beauty of all colors.

MOSAICS hellbirdsfanclub.com San Francisco's Mosaics (not to be confused with New York's Mosiacs) debut album Of Colors came out earlier this October 2014. The album is described as a little experimental, a cross between Yeasayer and later-era David Bowie,

SHENNA shennamusic.com Singer/songwriter Shenna's debut EP Dream in Color came out earlier this year. The record was produced by Austin Bello (Forever The Sickest Kids). According to the Bandcamp page, the EP is free for download. If you're interested in the physical CDs, there's ordering information on her website.

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The Colourist at the 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (04/04/14)

Tour Poster Colourist Setlist Bickering What Can I Say Wishing Wells Cold October Hold my Head Put The Fire Out Yes Yes Fix This Fairweather Friends BTTC Wild Ones Tonight (Young Hearts) Stray Away We Won't Go Home -- Encore -- Further Little Games Night Terrors of 1927 Setlist Bury This Love Smoke Signals Young And Vicious Dust And Bones Shine Fall Into You Running in Place Always Take You Back The Wind & the Wave Setlist Mama Wreckage Loyal California With Your Two Hands Raising Don't You (Forget About Me) (Simple Minds cover) Read More The Colourist I really, really love The Colourist. The band is always on tour, and I'm excited to let you know that they are stopping by Minneapolis this April 4th (Friday). … The Wind and the Wave Opening up for the whole U.S. tour was The Wind and the Wave, a duo (Dwight Baker and Patricia Lynn) from Austin, Texas. I can see why Stereophonics chose to have The Wind and the Wave as their touring guest …

The Colourist are finally on their very first headlining tour, selling out the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis last night, April 4th.

The Wind and the Wave

Starting off the show was the Wind and the Wave. We first saw the duo (Dwight Baker and 'Crabby' Patty Lynn) open up for Stereophonics, which I described as writing songs about beach wreckages, lonely California driving, and that they were waiting the release of their album.... Nothing's changed since last year, the band are still awaiting the release of their album from RCA Records.

Although you can hear "California" on some television shows (like Hart of Dixie), currently, their only single is "With Your Two Hands", which you can get on iTunes. They ended their set with a Simple Mind cover of "Don't You (Forget About Me)", which got the crowd singing along.

The Wind and the Wave will be opening for Bruce "the Boss" Springsteen tonight in Dallas.

Night Terrors of 1927

Next up was Night Terrors of 1927, a band from Los Angeles. They started off strong with "Bury This Love", a song that sounds like it could from the New Romantics period. While most of their songs were upbeat, they did slow it down with "Shine."

Let's talk about The Colourist. The first time I saw them, they opened up for Youngblood Hawke last year, and the pop band blew me away.

The band's been back to Minneapolis since then, even explaining how they purchased long underwear for the first time, making snow angels weren't a good idea ... and that leaving an unopened soda in the car at negative fifteen degrees was not a good idea. So, let's just say the band is not relocating to Minneapolis any time soon.

Setlist Photo

The Colourist basically played their debut album, which came out last week, plus throwing in a few odds and ends. Although there were some new songs I didn't recognize on the set, they did return to their very first song they wrote called "Fairweather Friend." You can tell that singer Adam Castilla was quite proud of the song.

As usual, at least to me, the attention seems to be focused on their girl drummer Maya Tuttle, who looked like she was in good spirit.

My favorite songs on the set was "Yes Yes" and "Tonight (Young Hearts)", even though I probably can't relate to the lyrics.

The audience was quiet receptive to The Colourist's music, as they all sang along to all the singles... including the final song, "Little Games."

The Colourist are currently on their first headlining tour, so go check them out with Night Terrors of 1927 and The Wind and the Wave.

Tour dates:

04/07/14 – Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
04/08/14 – Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
04/09/14 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
04/11/14 – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
04/12/14 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
04/14/14 – Harlow’s – Sacramento, CA
04/15/14 – Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA

The Colourist at the 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (04/04/14)

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Minneapolis Music Guide: March 30 - April 5, 2014

Here is a guide of some Minneapolis (and St Paul) shows next week: March 30 - April 5.

Read More Perfect Pussy Perfect Pussy are a noise-punk band from New York. They are excited to be confirmed for NPR's SXSW Showcase on March 12th at Stubb's in Austin. As expected with many of these bands, they tour around SXSW, so the tour is …

MARCH 30: 7TH STREET ENTRY
Perfect Pussy w/ Condominium + The Miami Dolphins

Across the street at the Mill City Nights is Gary Numan w/ Big Black Delta + Roman Remains. John is covering the late 70s/80s icon... here's hoping he does his hit "Cars" song.

Zeal Hot Records

Opening up for Numan will be Big Black Delta and Roman Remains. The latter is basically The Duke Spirit (Liela Moss and Toby Butler), in support of their full-length album, Zeal, out now on Dhani Harrison (George's son)'s H.O.T Records Ltd.

Hopefully, if it works out, I'll be at 7th Street to cover Perfect Pussy. The NY band has been touring relentlessly in support of their acclaimed new album Say Yes To Love, which is out now on Captured Tracks. Lots of buzz for this band, especially from NPR, SPIN, Stereogum, NME, and, of course, Pitchfork.

Opening up for the Perfect P will be Condominium (read about them here) and The Miami Dolphins. I believe both bands are from Minneapolis.

Perfect Pussy's tour dates:

03/27/14 Calgary, AB Tubby Dog 03/28/14 Regina, SK German Club 03/29/14 Winnepeg, MB Dead Lobster 03/30/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry 04/01/14 Chicago, IL Township 04/02/14 Columbus, OH Ace Of Cups 04/03/14 Pittsburgh, PA The Shop 04/04/14 Brooklyn, NY Death By Audio 04/05/14 New York, NY Mercury Lounge 04/24/14 Cambridge, MA Middle East Downstairs 04/25/14 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church 04/26/14 Washington, DC DC9 04/27/14 Richmond, VA Gallery 5

04/28/14 Raleigh, NC King's Barcade 04/29/14 Atlanta, GA The Mammal Gallery 04/30/14 Birmingham, AL BottleTree 05/01/14 Cambridge, MA Middle East Upstairs 05/02/14 Cambridge, MA Senior House MIT 05/03/14 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas 05/05/14 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory 05/06/14 St. Louis, MO Melt 05/07/14 Omaha, NE Sweatshop Gallery 05/08/14 Iowa City, IA Gabe's 05/09/14 Kalamazoo, MI Shakespeares Lower Level 05/10/14 Detroit, MI Trumbullplex Theatre 05/30/14 La Jolla, CA Che Cafe Collective 07/20/14 Pitchfork Music Festival

Read More Boy & Bear Boy & Bear is a band from Sydney, Australia. It started in 2009 as a solo project for singer/songwriter Dave Hosking, but eventually expanded into a full functioning band. …

MARCH 31: 7TH STREET ENTRY
Boy & Bear w/ Dresses
7:00pm | $15.00 | 18+

Australia's Boy & Bear is currently in the US to support their album Harlequin Dream, which reached #1 on Australia's ARIA Album Chart.

Opening up will be Portland-based indie-pop band Dresses, comprising of (girl singer) Timothy Heller and Jared Ryan Maldonado.

Tour dates:

03/26/14 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
03/27/14 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
03/28/14 Toronto, ON The Garrison
03/29/14 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
03/31/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
04/01/14 Winnipeg, MB Park Theatre Cafe
04/02/14 Saskatoon, SK Amigos Cantina
04/03/14 Calgary, AB The Gateway @ SAIT
04/04/14 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
04/06/14 Vancouver, BC Electric Owl
04/08/14 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
04/09/14 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
04/13/14 West Coast Blues & Roots Festival
08/15/14 Pukkelpop Festival

Color Me Fad

Read more Colorful Music and Colors.

Marchin' Already (Deluxe) Universal Music Read More Ocean Colour Scene Which Ocean Colour Scene song was the theme music on Chris Evans's TV show TFI Friday? "The Riverboat Song" ...

OCEAN COLOUR SCENE
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Two of Ocean Colour Scene's key albums are being reissued as Deluxe Edition for February 4th, 2014.

Ocean Colour Scene (Deluxe) Universal Music

First up is their self-titled debut album, which was originally released on October 1992. The deluxe edition will be remastered from the original tapes with updated artwork (featuring some rare photos and memorabilia) and a new liner notes by Mojo's Lois Wilson and a new interview with the band.

As with many of these deluxe editions, a second bonus disc will include b-sides and alternate sessions.

The other deluxe reissue is Marchin' Already, which went straight to #1 on the British charts (thanks to strong hit singles like "Travellers Tune", "It's A Beautiful Thing" and "Hundred Mile City"). Again, the songs have been remastered from the original source tapes and a bonus disc of b-sides, live tracks, demos, sessions, etc.

Also, if you've got the money to spend, there is another version of Marchin' Already Deluxe Edition which includes a DVD featuring a live performance from Live At Stirling Castle gig (August 1998), along with a concert poster. Since I've been burned many times importing these things - I am going to assume the DVD is region locked to Region 2 (which means it won't play in U.S. DVD players). Even if it's not region locked, there are technical differences between NTSC and PAL format, so buyers be warned.

Trivia: Moseley Shoals was already issued as a deluxe edition in 2011, so it's not included in this release.

Positive Distractions Part I Secret Colours Read More Secret Colours Psych-rock foursome, Secret Colours has a new single called "It Can't Be Simple." Watch out for two releases next year, Positive Distractions Part I (out February 4th) and ...

SECRET COLOURS
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City Slickers Secret Colours

Secret Colours' Positive Distractions Part I is coming out tomorrow, Tuesday, February 4th. Expect Positive Distractions Part II to come out April 29, 2014, to mark Secret Colours return to Texas for 2014's Austin Psych Fest.

In the meantime, you can hear the latest single, "City Slicker" can be heard on soundcloud.com.



The psych band, which was at one point a six-piece band, but is now a four-piece, featuring Tommy Evans (vocalist/guitarist), Justin Frederick (drummer), Eric Hehr (bass) and Mike Novak (guitar). Although only Austin Psych Fest and SXSW are announced, expect the band to tour around March and April.

If you are heading to Austin Psych Fest, expect to find both Positive Distractions Part I & Part II to be available on vinyl and cassettes. Yes, you read that right, cassettes. The format that will not die.

The Colourist Universal Republic Read More The Colourist The Colourist recently released a new remix of "Fix This" by The Chainsmokers. The Chainsmokers are a production group (mostly Alex and Drew?), from New York. Chainsmokers described the ...

THE COLOURIST
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After touring and touring and tour (opening up for Metric, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Naked and Famous, Atlas Genius, Panic! At The Disco, just to name a few), The Colourist announced their self-titled debut album to drop March 25th via Universal Republic.

You can preorder on iTunes on February 11th, which I have never understood why you would preorder digital items (it is not like they are going to sell out their digital goods?)

Anyway, The Colourist are on tour:

Feb 04 Roseland Ballroom* New York, NY
Feb 05 Electric Factory* Philadelphia, PA
Feb 07 The Tabernacle* Atlanta, GA
Feb 08 Fillmore Miami Beach *
Feb 09 House of Blues* Orlando, FL
Feb 11 House of Blues* Houston, TX
Feb 12 Emo's* Austin, TX
Feb 14 The Marquee Theatre*
Feb 15 The Fox Theater* Oakland, CA
Feb 16 The Wiltern* Los Angeles, CA
Mar 03 House of Blues San Diego, CA
Mar 04 Troubadour Los Angeles, CA
Mar 05 Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ
Mar 08 Cambridge Room Dallas, TX
Mar 09 Bronze Peacock Houston, TX
Mar 18 Vinyl Atlanta, GA
Mar 19 The High Watt Nashville, TN
Mar 21 U Street Music Hall Washington, DC
Mar 22 North Star Bar Philadelphia, PA
Mar 24 Great Scott Boston, MA
Mar 25 Rough Trade Brooklyn, NY
Mar 26 Mercury Lounge New York, NY
Mar 28 The Met Providence, RI
Mar 30 Pike Room Detroit, MI
Mar 31 The Basement Columbus, OH
Apr 02 Schubas Chicago, IL
Apr 04 7th St. Entry Minneapolis, MN
Apr 07 Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO
Apr 08 Marquis Theater Denver, CO
Apr 09 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
Apr 11 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
Apr 12 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR
Apr 14 Harlow's Sacramento, CA
Apr 15 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA

* w/ Panic! At the Disco

Flyying Colours EP Shelflife Records

FLYYING COLOURS
flyyingcolours.com

Flyying Colours is a Melbourne shoegazing/psych band, featuring Brodie J Brümmer (vox/Guitar), Gemma O'Connor (vox/Guitar) and the drums & bass of brothers Sam and Joshua Dawes (not related to that Dawes band). The band's music is built around 90s shoegazing acts, such as Ride, Teenage Fanclub, Swervedriver, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine, Pale Saints, The Lilys, etc., so if you're into that, I'm sure you'll love Flyying Colours.

Shelflife Records will be releasing their self-titled 12" EP on March 11th, 2014. The release will be limited to 250 copies on "black grape" vinyl. Much more details on shelflife.com.

Hardcore collectors may want to import the UK version, which is available on "royal blue" vinyl via Club AC30, also limited to 250 copies.

It Could Only Be This Way Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

COLOR WAR
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Color War is a Brooklyn-based electronic duo (Billy J and vocalist Lindsay Mound). Originally met as visual artists in 2004, and ultimately formed as a musical force in 2009. The band's focus is through Billy J's beats and texture with Lindsay Mound improvising her lyrics in real-time.

SOS Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Color War's upcoming album is called It Could Only Be This Way, and it will be available March 4, 2014, on Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

If you want a taste of the album, they recently shared "SOS", which you can hear on youtube.com.

Audio listeners can hear the track on soundcloud.com.




BRIEFLY:

ABUELA facebook.com True Colors Canvasback Music Abuela is the sound & light production team of Evan 'E. Vax' Mast (Ratatat, Jay-Z) and the White Wizard (White Flight). The band will be releasing True Colors on February 4th, 2014; a debut release for Canvasclub. You can listen to the single at soundcloud.com.

KATE TUCKER katetuckerandthesonsofsweden.com The Shape The Color The Feel Kate Tucker We've previously written about Kate Tucker a few times. Since they raised enough money to record their new album The Shape The Color The Feel (nine films, eight filmmakers, seven cities), they want to interact with their fans. You can show your love by using #shapecolorfeel on Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube. The band will collect the best ones (winners will get a prize from the band) to be used in The Shape The Color The Feel exhibitions this 2014 summer.

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Colorful Music

Read More The Colourist You remember how I saw the Colourist and absolutely fell in love with them? There was just something really good about their catchy boy/girl/boy/girl pop songs that I really love hearing. .…

THE COLOURIST
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The Colourist recently released a new remix of "Fix This" by The Chainsmokers. The Chainsmokers are a production group (mostly Alex and Drew?), from New York. Chainsmokers described the remix process: "in the production it was great to create a composition for this track that ping pong'd between their vocals and our production as we add and subtract instruments to increase the energy and emotion into a joyous wave of synths for the drop that keeps that has our signature style."

Colourist at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (05/06/13)

Earlier this year, I caught The Colourist at Triple Rock, and I absolutely love them. There's just something about girl drummers, I can't explain it.

Also, The Colourist is back on tour this January, this time on tour with Panic at the Disco!

Tour dates:

01/14/14 Seattle, WA Showbox Sodo
01/17/14 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
01/18/14 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
01/19/14 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
01/21/14 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theatre
01/22/14 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
01/24/14 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
01/25/14 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
01/26/14 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
01/28/14 Silver Springs, MD The Fillmore
01/29/14 Wallingford, CT The Dome
01/30/14 Boston, MA House of Blues
01/31/14 Montreal, MA Metropolis
02/01/14 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
02/04/14 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
02/05/14 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
02/07/14 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
02/08/14 Miami Beach, FL The Fillmore
02/09/14 Orlando, FL House of Blues
02/11/14 Houston, TX House of Blues
02/14/14 Phoenix, AZ The Marquee Theater
02/16/14 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern

Read More Secret Colours Chicago-based brit-pop Secret Colours is coming to Minneapolis to play a very spacey/psychedelic set starring BATHYSPHERE (featuring Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips, both former members of Luna). .…

SECRET COLOURS
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Psych-rock foursome, Secret Colours has a new single called "It Can't Be Simple." Watch out for two releases next year, Positive Distractions Part I (out February 4th) and Positive Distractions Part II (out April 29th).

Secret Colours at First Ave, Minneapolis (07/05/13)

You may recall that I caught the Chicago band live at First Avenue earlier this Summer. The event was billed as the first annual "Bathysphere: A Psychonautical Voyage", which is a psychedelic rock music festival in Minneapolis, and, of course, we're looking forward to covering more Bathysphere.

Of the eleven bands we saw, we made sure to check out Secret Colours:

Like all the bands on the main stage, a projector displaying graphics or images of the band on the background. This was no different for Chicago's Secret Colours, who played tracks from their recently released album Peach to some psychedelic or images of the sun. Highlight of Secret Colours' set was when singer Tommy Evans busted out the melodica to play "Blackhole".

Expect Secret Colours to go on tour around SXSW 2014 time (like many other bands).

Pretty Lights: A Color Map of the Sun Read More Pretty Lights We've previously covered Pretty Lights (aka Derek Smith) before. I like how he offers most of his music as free downloads (you can always donate as well.) We aren't covering any.…

PRETTY LIGHTS
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Pretty Lights' A Color Map of the Sun was nominated for the Grammy's "Best Dance/Electronica Album of 2013". The album is available as a free download on his website, where you can grab all of his previous albums for free. Instead, Pretty Lights makes money off his live shows.

A Color Map of the Sun is also available as a remixed collection, which Derek Smith wrote is more like a "re-imagination of A Color Map of the Sun."

Pretty Lights at First Ave, Minneapolis (11/14/10) photo by Oscar

We caught Pretty Lights at First Avenue in 2010, which Oscar wrote: "Pretty Lights is Derek Smith. He hails from the south-western state, Colorado. He incorporates a drummer for his live sets, the current drummer is Adam Deitch. Derek makes funky, electro, hip-hop. With a ton of funk, soul, and hip-hop samples. Most of the crowd that was there for him were also fans of the Minneapolis hip-hop/rap scene, as well as acts such as Ratatat, Lotus, Bassnectar and Rusko."

He's currently on tour:

12.27.13 || Hampton, VA || Basslights
12.28.13 || Hampton, VA || Basslights
12.31.13 || Denver, CO || Decadence NYE

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Colors

Read More Luna Luna was a 90s dreampop band from New York, who was probably most famous for that revenge-song “Slash Your Tires” off their debut album, Lunapark. After several years and dropping off their major Warner Brothers label.…

SECRET COLOURS
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Chicago-based brit-pop Secret Colours is coming to Minneapolis to play a very spacey/psychedelic set starring BATHYSPHERE (featuring Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips, both former members of Luna).

Billed as "BATHYSPHERE: A PSYCHONAUTICAL VOYAGE featuring DEAN & BRITTA play Galaxie 500", this showcase is taking over 7th Street and the Main Room in Minneapolis for July 5th. All nine bands on the bill play spacey rock or shoegaze or psychedelic rock … so if that's your bag, you need to get tickets now.

According to the event listing page, here's the itinerary:

MAINROOM Dean & Britta Play Galaxie 500 Sonic Boom First Communion Afterparty Cheval Sombre Secret Colours Magic Castles

7TH ST ENTRY Lightfoils The Volta Sound VonVeederVeld Pony Trash Flavor Crystals Panther Ray

We've seen/written about First Communion Afterparty, Magic Castles, and Pony Trash. Other acts to note is Sonic Boom is basically the stagename for Peter Kember (one of the key founding members of Spacemen 3) and Cheval Sombre, a one man-band, got his start with Sonic Boom and later playing with Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips.

Buy tickets via etix.com.

Trivia: Britta Phillips is the singing voice of cartoon character JEM "is for excitement!"

Read More Colourist Anyway, I wasn't expecting to like The Colourist that much, but they totally won me over their boy-girl catchy fun pop songs. .…

THE COLOURIST
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You remember how I saw the Colourist and absolutely fell in love with them? There was just something really good about their catchy boy/girl/boy/girl pop songs that I really love hearing.

Well, looks like The Colourist is officially releasing their debut single, "Little Games", backed with a Magic Man remix their hit song "Yes Yes". Hear the remix song:



Tour dates with Royal Teeth:

06.27- Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern ∞
06.28- Portland, OR – Star Theater
06.29- San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill ∞
07.02- West Hollywood, CA – The Troubadour ∞
07.03- San Diego, CA – The Casbah ∞

∞ w/ Royal Teeth

BRIEFLY:

SECRET COLORS grouptightener.tumblr.com Speaking of secret colors, Secret Colors is Matt Lawson from Seattle. His second album Days Off was released last week, June 11th on Brooklyn-based label Group Tightener. Check out "King" on Soundcloud

KATE TUCKER katetuckerand… We've mentioned Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden a few times. The band recently raised over $20k on Kickstarter to record The Shape The Color The Feel. This will be a new record (releasing it on vinyl), nine films, eight filmmakers, in seven cities.

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W♥M180: The National

W♥M180 (34 mins) Read More The National I won't give any spoilers, but if you stay for the closing credits, you'll hear The National's song, "The Rains Of Castamere". The song was performed by Bronn and company at a tavern at the beginning of the episode. .…

This week on W♥M Radio: John.

NEWS: THIS WEEK IN DEATH

Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman was killed due to an alcohol-related cirrhosis (which is an alcoholic liver disease due to years of drinking), a coroner has confirmed. Hanneman died May 2nd, cause of death was revealed by Slayer's official statement: "While he had his health struggles over the years, including the recent Necrotizing fasciitis infection that devastated his well-being, Jeff and those close to him were not aware of the true extent of his liver condition until the last days of his life. Contrary to some reports, Jeff was not on a transplant list at the time of his passing, or at any time prior to that. In fact, by all accounts, it appeared that he had been improving – he was excited and looking forward to working on a new record."

Mac Daddy (Chris Kelly) passed away May 1st, due to drug overdose in Atlanta (according to TMZ). Kelly was one half of the popular 90s duo Kris Kross, who was famous for their hits "Jump" and "I Miss the Bus" - and for wearing their clothes backwards. Kelly was 34 years old.

ENGLAND DREAMING

Brody (Georgia) and Jess (California) are in the UK this month. I am setting up some shows for them, these are the ones Brody requested:

May 15th Diiv @ Heaven (London) (Canceled)
May 15th Lucy Rose at Junction, Cambridge
May 19th Noah and The Whale @ Palace Theater (London)
May 20th On An On @ Cargo (London)

Notes: London and Cambridge are nowhere near each other (it is about 50 miles apart, you need to take a train or a coach/bus). Good luck!

Also: Great Escape Festival (mamacolive.com/thegreatescape) - May 16-May 18 in Brighton. They wanted to attend one UK music festival, and this one is it (most of the major ones, Glastonbury, Reading are probably sold out and logistically not within reach). Festival tickets for Great Escape are now sold out. Headliners are: Bastille (Saturday), Billy Bragg (Friday), and Everything Everything (Thursday). Plus one million other smaller support acts.

SPRING NEVER CAME, WE'RE STILL IN WINTER

Month of April was incredibly busy for shows - the last week, John was at these events:

04/22 Proclaimers at Varsity Theater
04/23 Airborne Toxic Event at First Ave
04/24 Poliça at First Avenue
04/27 Mat Kearney at University of Minnesota
04/28 Palma Violet at 7th Street
05/06 Colourist at Triple Rock (Vu)

Upcoming (mostly mentioned here)

05/14 Limp Bizkit at Varsity
05/14 Joshua Radin at Dakota Jazz Club
05/15 Star Trek: Into Darkness
05/15 Presets/Dragonette at First Ave
05/17 Shout Out Louds and Haerts at Varsity Theater
05/17 Youth Lagoon at 7th Street

SONG OF THE SHOW

"Don't Swallow the Cap" is the new lead single from the forthcoming National's album, Trouble Will Find Me (May 20th, 2013 via 4AD Records).

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Youngblood Hawke and Colourist at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (05/06/13)

Tour Dates 05/07/13 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall 05/08/13 Detroit, MI Shelter 05/09/13 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace 05/13/13 New York, NY Santos Party House 05/14/13 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall 05/15/13 Washington, DC U Street Music 05/17/13 La Jolla, CA RIMAC Field 05/19/13 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amph 05/21/13 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory 05/22/13 Los Angeles, CA The Avalon 05/23/13 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop 05/25/13 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre 05/26/13 Quincy, WA Gorge Amph 05/27/13 Vancouver, BC Venue 07/12/13 Cincinnati, OH Sawyer Point Read More Youngblood Hawke You might recall that Youngblood Hawke was in town last year with Passion Pit. The band will be releasing Wake Up on April 30th, 2013, on Republic Records. In the meantime, you can still pick up their remix EP for We Come Running, available now. …

Young music fans turned out for a late show of Youngblood Hawke and Colourist on a Monday night at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis.

THE COLOURIST Colourist Setlist

So, I have a confession. I love girl drummers. Possibly explains why we do so much San Ciso coverage. Anyway, I wasn't expecting to like The Colourist that much, but they totally won me over their boy-girl catchy fun pop songs.

Songs on their setlist: "Put the Fire Out", "What Can I Say", "Wishing Wells", "Say You Need Me" (my favorite song of the night), "Yes Yes", "Young Hearts", "Little Games", and "We Won't Go Home".

Shooting Youngblood Hawke was incredibly hard because of the lack of proper lights at the Triple Rock. The California band had high energy, especially singer Sam Martin, who jumped around throughout their set!

As expected, the young band did a lot of songs from their debut album, Wake Up, released last Tuesday (April 30th) via Republic Records. If you look at their setlist, they actually ended their show with "We Come Running". They went off stage and came back for the eventual encores of: "Sleepless Streets", "Forever", and "Glacier".

The biggest reaction of the night was for "Forever", clearly the crowd's favorite song.

The Colourist and Youngblood Hawke are currently on tour in North America. If you like dancy pop songs, you definitely need to check out these two young bands now.

Youngblood Hawke at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (05/06/13)

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Christmas 2012

Read More Mariah Carey Part three of We♥Christmas, the hits keeps on coming. Lara picks her least favorite Christmas song, as well as thrown in some of her favorites: Mariah Carey's "O Holy Night". .....

Christmas time is almost here, so I've been getting a lot of xmas emails lately. If you recall, I started writing about Christmas releases in November (that's because they have to get the product in stores for Black Friday).

Anyway, as usual, I get so much Christmas-related music that I can't really mention them all.

MARIAH CAREY
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Lara previously mentioned how her favorite Christmas album was from Mariah Carey.

So, Carey's Christmas album, Merry Christmas II You, the follow-up to her 1994 Merry Christmas, was released in 2010. Carey decided to re-release Merry Christmas II You this year - as far as I can see, the track listing is the same as the 2010 version. There doesn't seem to be anything new/different in this new version.

The only thing I can think of the re-issue is for the benefit of the Australian audience… where she is playing a few dates.

01/01/13 Gold Coast, Australia Convention & Expo Centre
01/03/13 Sydney, Australia Allphones Arena

Read More Glee With Season 4 just kicked off last month, here are some of the covers: Adele's "Chasing Pavements", Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe", Imagine Dragons' "It's Time", The Fray's "Never Say Never", mashup of Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga's .....

GLEE
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Fans of "Glee" should pick up the new Christmas album, hitting stores today (December 11th). The incredibly popular musical television series selling strong - both on the physical CD and digital downloads.

The new album is entitled, Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 3 and should be in most retail stores (including a massive Target section). The album will contain four new songs, recorded exclusively for this album: "Joy To The World", "Silent Night", "I'll Be Home For Christmas" and "Happy Xmas."

The full track listing for Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Vol. 3 is as follows:

1. Feliz Navidad
2. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
3. Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah
4. White Christmas
5. Jingle Bell Rock
6. The First Noel
7. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
8. Silent Night
9. Joy To The World
10. Happy Xmas

Still can't get enough of Glee? You should pick up Glee: The Music - Season 4 Vol 1, released in November. The thirteen track includes a cover of the popular Psy's "Gangnam Style" song. You can read more about Psy here.

CHRISTMAS IN THE SMOKIES
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Kicking off tomorrow and continues to December 15th is "Christmas In The Smokies: Bluegrass Festival Announces 2012 Festival."

Bluegrass is not my scene, so looking over their flyer, I didn't really know any of the bands involved. It seems like it's targeted to families and good times.

The Annual Christmas in the Smokies will feature 15 talented artist including: Carolina Road, Your Host Band; Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Marty Raybon, Goldwing Express, Ralph Stanley II, Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press, Gary Waldrep Band, Jerry Butler & The Blu-J's, Remington, Ryde, Bluegrass Mountaineers, The Larkins, Reno Tradition, Mountain Faith, Hart Brothers and Bluegrass Gentleman.

General admission is as little $23 for one day. Children under 12 are free. See their website for full price breakdowns.

Event will take place at:

Ramada Inn & Smokey Mountain Convention Center 4010 Parkway
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 37863

INVISIBLE CHILDREN HOLIDAY BENEFIT SHOW
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Invisible Children announced their Holiday Benefit show at Los Angeles' Troubadour with help from 89.9 KCRW and Chop Shop Music. The show will take place December 15th.

The main band on the bill is DeVotchKa (with a 7-Piece String Ensemble) with White Arrows, The Colourist, Whispertown and more. Not all the guests have been announced.

The proceeds from this year's show go to Invisible Children's holiday campaign, Come Home For the Holidays, an effort to increase HF radio coverage and defection fliers that will encourage LRA combatants to lay down their weapons and return home.

The first 50 people through the door will receive a limited edition show poster designed by Jon Contino (if you are a later arriver, the posters will also be available for purchase at the show.)

Tickets for the show are $25 and can be purchased at the Troubadour's website.

LEFTOVER CUTIES
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Christmas Time Is Here is the new holiday EP from Los Angeles' Leftover Cuties.

The band is currently in the studios recording new music for an upcoming album with producer/engineer Dave Way (Fiona Apple, Macy Gray, SherylCrow) - set to be released in Spring 2013.

You can listen to Christmas Time Is Here on Soundcloud.

Catch Leftover Cuties Live:

12/19 – The Mint – Los Angeles, CA
01/14 – City Winery (with Shelby Lynne) – NY
01/15 – Rockwood Music Hall – New York, NY

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