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Minneapolis: This Week (06/30/2024)

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06/28 Xana with DEZI at 7th St Entry Read More Xana Vancouver-based rising pop artist Xana is headlining the 7th Street Entry, on June 28, 2024, as part of “The Sex Was Good Tour”. The tour will also stop by Milwaukee's Summerfest on June 29, where she's set to perform ahead of Fletcher. ...

06/28/2024 Friday

Xana
with DEZI
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Vancouver-based rising pop artist Xana is headlining the 7th Street Entry, on June 28, 2024, as part of “The Sex Was Good Tour”. The tour will also stop by Milwaukee's Summerfest on June 29, where she's set to perform ahead of Fletcher.

Xana rocketed to fame with her debut song “Goddess”, racking in over 13M+ streams on Spotify alone. The new album, The Sex Was Good Until It Wasn’t, explores queer empowerment and celebrates sexual pleasure … which Xana adds, “As a queer person, my relationship with sex all my life has been a challenging road to navigate, and I think it’s really important to remind people that sex isn’t the end all be all and sex is allowed to be–and supposed to be–fun and lighthearted and pleasurable for all parties.”

Los Angeles’ DEZI to open. The songwriter/producer described herself as, “I’m half-Cuban, I’m bisexual, I’m very fem but also very masc. For a long time I felt like I had to choose which parts of myself to show, but now I’ve stopped trying to be some sort of perfect package.”

Tour dates:

6/22/2024 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Made

6/23/2024 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall

6/26/2024 Pontiac, MI Pike Room

6/27/2024 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall

6/28/2024 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry

6/29/2024 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest

7/01/2024 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge

7/03/2024 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court

 

06/28 The Dandy Warhols with Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor at Varsity Theater Read More The Dandy Warhols You know we like The Dandy Warhols... and they love "Minnesoter." Minneapolis is pretty much the only city where they will automatically play "Minnesoter", which are often not written on their .…

06/28/2024 Friday

The Dandy Warhols
with Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor
at Varsity Theater
livenation.com

Portland’s beloved The Dandy Warhols are a “Minnesoter” favorite, so, of course, in the midst of playing Latin America, the band dedicated a few dates to the Midwest, including a show at the Varsity Theater, in Minneapolis, on the Summer tour.

The band’s new album Rockmaker is out now on Sunset Blvd.

Dandy Warhols (12 May 2019)

We last saw the Dandies in May 2019 and wrote, “Heads bobbed as 2003’s ‘We Used to Be Friends’ fired up, though not charting in the U.S., people recognized it from its licensing and being the theme to ‘Veronica Mars’, and longtime local fans appreciated the nod to our area in 1997’s ‘Minnesoter’.”

Detroit’s Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor to open.

Tour dates:

June 27 Chicago, IL Metro

June 28 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre

June 29 Milwaukee, WI SummerFest

 

06/29 Future Islands with Ed Schrader’s Music Beat at Palace Theatre Read More Future Islands Future Islands will be rocking out First Avenue this Sunday. Jenny Besetzt to open this sold-out show. 7pm, $25/Sold Out. …

06/29/2024 Saturday

Future Islands
with Ed Schrader’s Music Beat
at Palace Theatre
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Future Islands are on tour in support of their seventh album People Who Aren’t There Anymore (4AD). The tour will stop in at the Palace Theatre in St Paul on June 29, 2024.

Baltimore freak-fuzz duo Ed Schrader’s Music Beat (Ed Schrader and Devlin Rice) to open.

Tour Dates:

6/23/24 - The Anthem - Washington, DC

6/24/24 - Martin Marietta Center - Raleigh, NC

6/25/24 - The Eastern - Atlanta, GA

6/27/24 - Brooklyn Bowl - Nashville, TN

6/28/24 - Auditorium Theatre - Chicago, IL

6/29/24 - Palace Theatre - St Paul, MN

7/1/24 - The Sylvee - Madison, WI

7/2/24 - Royal Oak Music Theater - Detroit, MI

7/4/24 - Massey Hall - Toronto, ON

7/6/24 - MTelus - Montreal, QC

7/26/24 - Latitude Festival - Southwold, UK

7/27/24 - Crystal Palace Bowl - London, UK

7/28/24 - Bristol Beacon - Bristol, UK

7/30/24 - Kelvingrove Bandstand - Glasgow, UK

7/31/24 - City Hall - Newcastle, UK

8/2/24 - OFF Festival - Katowice, Poland

8/4/24 - All Together Now - Waterford, Ireland

8/5/24 - Lokerse Festival - Lokeren, Belgium

9/11/24 - Malkin Bowl - Vancouver, BC

9/13/24 - Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA

9/14/24 - Revolution Hall - Portland, OR

9/15/24 - Revolution Hall - Portland, OR

9/17/24 - Fox Theater - Oakland, CA

9/18/24 - Shrine Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA

9/19/24 - The Sound - Del Mar, CA

9/21/24 - The Van Buren - Phoenix, AZ

9/22/24 - The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing - Santa Fe, NM

9/24/24 - Mission Ballroom - Denver, CO

9/26/24 - ACL Live at The Moody Theater - Austin, TX

9/27/24 - White Oak Music Hall - Houston, TX

9/28/24 - Longhorn Ballroom - Dallas, TX

06/29 + 06/30 Adrianne Lenker with Staci Foster at State Theatre Read More Adrianne Lenker It would appear that Big Thief is taking a brief break (the band will resume touring in January 2022). In the meantime, Big Thief’s singer/bandleader Adrianne Lenker will do a series of solo headlining shows in November 2021 to ...

06/29/2024 Saturday

Adrianne Lenker
with Staci Foster
at State Theatre
first-avenue.com

06/30/2024 Sunday

Adrianne Lenker
with Staci Foster
at State Theatre
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Singer/songwriter Adrianne Lenker (from Big Thief) is doing a two-night residency at the State Theatre, in Minneapolis, on June 29 and June 30. Her album Bright Future is out now on 4AD.

Big Thief (21 Oct 2019)

We last saw Big Thief in Oct 2019 and wrote, “Adrianne Lenker and her full band Big Thief (with guitarist Buck Meek, bassist Max Oleartchik, and drummer James Krivchenia) closed out the night. When Big Thief is on a break, Lenker is busy with her solo work. In January 2019 she released abysskiss on Saddle Creek Records.”

Staci Foster to open.

Tour Dates:

Jun. 22 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre +

Jun. 24 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall =

Jun. 25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot =

Jun. 26 - Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom =

Jun. 28 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre =

Jun. 29 - Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre =

Jun. 30 - Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre =

Jul. 26 - Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival

Nov. 11 - Northampton, MA @ Academy Of Music Theatre ^

Nov. 12 - Boston, MA @ Boch Center Shubert Theatre ^

Nov. 13 - Boston, MA @ Boch Center Shubert Theatre ^

Nov. 15 - Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia ^

Nov. 16 - Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre ^

Nov. 18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre ^

Nov. 19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre ^

Nov. 21 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern ^

Nov. 22 - Durham, NC @ TBA ^

Nov. 23 - Washington, DC @ The Anthem ^

Nov. 25 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ^

Nov. 26 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ^

$ With El Kempner
* w/ Ellie O’Neill
+ w/ Nick Hakim
= w/ Twain
% w/ Steve Fisher
^ w/ Suzanne Vallie

06/30 The Church and The Afghan Whigs with Ed Harcourt at First Avenue Read More The Afghan Whigs Surely, you remember the high-drama swagger of the Afghan Whigs, the 90s rock act reuniting after eleven years, who invoked both hard rock and soul into their moody arrangements.… The Church Australia’s The Church is back in the city. The last time we saw them at the Cedar in 2015 we noted, “The show was performed as one long set, versus the two separate sets done …

06/30/2024 Sunday

The Church and The Afghan Whigs
with Ed Harcourt
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

What an incredible lineup: a double billing of The Church and The Afghan Whigs tour… plus the incredible Ed Harcourt as opener on all dates, except for Brooklyn, where Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh to open.

For Church fans, they are offering a limited number of VIP packages for this tour, which includes entry ticket, early venue access, and invitations to the band’s soundtrack, a special meet & greet with the band, exclusive merch items, and watching a portion of the show itself from the side of the stage (where available).

The Church (23 March 2023)

We saw The Church in March 2023 and noted, “When The Church came on stage to an introduction background music, they were greeted with a huge applause. The band proceeded to playing a two plus hour set. This band didn’t need a warm-up band, because they had 18 albums worth of music to choose from. I first heard of the band on Dave Kendall’s 120 Minutes on MTV. He was a Church fan and played “Ripple”, which had become my favorite Church song. By that time, in 1992, the band was already an “old” band.”

Talking about the co-headlining tour, Afghan Whigs’ frontman Greg Dulli talked about how he became a fan of the Church: “I was an 18-year-old college freshman lying in bed listening to WVXU late one night when I heard a song that I described later as sounding like David Bowie fronting The Byrds. Thankfully they back announced The Unguarded Moment by The Church and I was on my way to buying my first import. Soon after I bought two more after learning of The Blurred Crusade and Seance. It was official. I loved The Church. Three years later, the four kids who were about to become The Afghan Whigs played One Day by The Church in John Curley's living room and we were off and running...”

Afghan Whigs (09 Sep 2022)

We saw Afghan Whigs in Sep 2022 and noted, “Before The Afghan Whigs took the stage, their tour manager came on stage to asked us to not use flash photography. He added if you don’t know how to turn off the flash on your phone, you should call your grandchildren to ask for help. He then asked if anyone in the audience need earplugs, because “We’re about to see the f**** Afghan Whigs!” Drumming up excitement from the restless crowd.”

Tour Dates:

JUNE 22 Washington, DC at Lincoln Theater

JUNE 24 Toronto, ON at Danforth Music Hall

JUNE 25 Detroit MI at The Majestic

JUNE 27 Indianapolis, IN at HiatFi Annex

JUNE 28 Chicago, IL at The Vic

JUNE 30 Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue

JULY 02 Denver, CO at Ogden Theater

JULY 03 Bellvue, CO at Mishawaka Amp

JULY 05 Seattle, WA at Showbox

JULY 06 Portland, OR at Crystal Ballroom

JULY 09 San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore

JULY 11 San Diego, CA at The Observatory

JULY 12 Anaheim, CA at House Of Blues

JULY 13 Los Angeles, CA at Theatre @ Ace Hotel

06/30 Northlane with Invent, Animate , Thornhill, and Windwaker at Varsity Theater Read More Fit For A King The co-headlining tour of Fit For A King and In Hearts Wake will be coming to the Amsterdam Bar and Hall in St Paul this Friday, November 10th. …

06/30/2024 Sunday

Northlane
with Invent, Animate , Thornhill, and Windwaker
at Varsity Theater
livenation.com

This all-ages show titled Northlane: Mirror's Edge North American Tour is coming to the Varsity Theater on June 30, 2024.

The show is headlined by Australia’s Northlane (who previously opened for Fit for a King in Feb 2023) , and they’re bringing Invent, Animate, Thornhill, and Windwaker.

Tour Dates:

Jun 22 Portland, OR, US Roseland Theater

Jun 23 Spokane, WA, US Knitting Factory

Jun 24 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom

Jun 26 Edmonton, AB, Canada Union Hall

Jun 27 Calgary, AB, Canada Palace Theatre

Jun 30 Minneapolis, MN, US Varsity Theater

Jul 1 Chicago, IL, US House of Blues

Jul 3 Lakewood, OH, US The Roxy

Jul 4 London, ON, Canada London Music Hall

Jul 5 Toronto, ON, Canada The Danforth Music Hall

Jul 6 Ottawa, ON, Canada Bronson Centre

Jul 7 Montreal, QC, Canada Théâtre Beanfield

Jul 9 New York (NYC), NY, US Irving Plaza

Jul 10 Boston, MA, US Paradise Rock Club

Jul 11 Philadelphia, PA, US Theatre of Living Arts

Jul 12 Baltimore, MD, US Baltimore Soundstage

Jul 13 Charlotte, NC, US The Underground

Jul 14 Nashville, TN, US Brooklyn Bowl

Jul 16 Tampa, FL, US The Orpheum

Jul 17 Atlanta, GA, US The Masquerade

Jul 19 San Antonio, TX, US Vibes Event Center

Jul 20 Dallas, TX, US South Side Music Hall

Jul 21 Lawrence, KS, US The Granada

Jul 23 Denver, CO, US Summit Music Hall

Jul 24 Salt Lake City, UT, US The Complex

Jul 26 Anaheim, CA, US House of Blues

Jul 27 Sacramento, CA, US Ace of Spades

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Minneapolis: June 27 to June 28, 2024

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06/27 Pallbearer with REZN and The Keening at Turf Club Read More Pallbearer The co-headlining tour of Swedish rockers Tribulation and Arkansas’ Pallbearer will come to the Turf Club in St Paul on September 19th. Tour dates: 09/15 - Toronto ON - Lee's Palace

06/27/2024 Thursday

Pallbearer
with REZN and The Keening
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Little Rock’s Pallbearer is touring in support of Mind Burns Alive (Nuclear Blast Records). The new album is described by vocalist/guitarist Brett Campbell as, “a deeper exploration of dynamics and sonic color than anything we have done up to this point. I’m of the belief that true heaviness comes from emotional weight, and sometimes sheer bludgeoning isn’t the right approach to getting a feeling across.”

Pallbearer (23 Aug 2016)

We last saw Pallbearer in Aug 2016 and wrote, “Pallbearer was the sole opener of the show. The vocals seemed to be a bit sparser than Baroness but when there were vocals, they were beautiful. At one point, there were three vocals going on at once and it gave me the chills. Brett, the lead singer, had one of the most beautiful voices I had heard in a while. He has the subtlest, but best, vibrato I think any doom metal band could have and it made them stand out in a genre that is typically dark and full of growled lyrics.”

REZN and The Keening (aka Rebecca Vernon) to open.

Tour Dates:

June 6 Memphis, TN Growlers *

June 7 Murfreesboro, TN Hop Springs *

June 8 Birmingham, AL Zydeco *

June 9 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade *

June 11 Durham, NC The Fruit #

June 12 Asheville, NC Euology at Burial Beer Co. #

June 14 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery #

June 15 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 #

June 16 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts #

June 18 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom #

June 20 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg #

June 21 Boston, MA The Sinclair #

June 22 Montreal, QC Theatre Fairmount #

June 23 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground #

June 25 Milwaukee, WI Vivarium #

June 26 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall #

June 27 St. Paul, MN Turf Club #

June 28 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck #

June 29 Little Rock, AR The Hall &

July 11 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway ^

July 13 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre ^

July 15 Calgary, AB Dickens ^

July 16 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room ^

July 18 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre ^

July 19 Seattle, WA Substation ^

July 23 Sacramento, CA The Starlet Room ^

July 24 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall ^

July 26 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst ^

July 27 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick ^

July 28 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom ^

July 29 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom ^

July 30 Albuquerque, NM Sister Bar ^

August 1 Dallas, TX Trees ^

August 2 Austin, TX Parish ^

August 3 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall ^

*-w/Rwake & The Keening
# - w/REZN & The Keening
& - w/Rwake, REZN & The Keening
^ - w/Inter Arma & The Keening

06/28 Amos Lee with Mutlu at State Theatre Read More Amos Lee I got a chance to watch Amos Lee: Live from the Artists Den DVD over the weekend. The Amos Lee performance was shot live at The Fox Theatre in downtown Tucson, Arizona, and was broadcasted ....

06/28/2024 Friday

Amos Lee
with Mutlu
at State Theatre
first-avenue.com

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Amos Lee is touring in support of his forthcoming album Transmissions (available August 9 on his own Hoagiemouth Records via Thirty Tigers).

Mutlu to open.

Tour Dates:

05/28 – Charleston, SC – Spoleto Festival ^

06/21 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre #

06/22 – Indianapolis, IN – Rock The Ruins #

06/24 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant #

06/25 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater #

06/27 – La Vista, NE – The Astro #

06/28 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre #

06/29 – Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest

07/01 – Ann Arbor, MI – Michigan Theater **

07/03 - Grand Rapids, MI - Fifth Third Bank Summer Concerts **

07/05 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues **

07/06 – Columbus, OH – Southern Theatre **

07/08 – Deerfield, MA – Tree House Brewing Company

07/11 – Lancaster, PA – American Music Theatre **

07/13 – Atlantic City, NJ – Music Box at the Borgata

09/13 – Vail, CO – Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater †

09/14 – Dillon, CO – Dillon Amphitheater †

09/15 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre †

09/17 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden

09/19 – San Diego, CA – The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park †

09/21 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl †

09/23 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre †

09/24 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery †

09/25 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic †

09/27 – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater †

09/28 - Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery †

* w/ Special Guest Julia Pratt
** w/ Mikela Davis
+ w/ The Nashville Symphony
^ Amos Lee Solo Acoustic Performance
# w/ Special Guest Mutlu
† Co-Headline w/ Indigo Girls

06/28 Xana with DEZI at 7th St Entry Read More Fletcher Fast-rising singer/songwriter Fletcher (stylized as FLETCHER) will headline the Fine Line Music Café this April 2nd. She recently released her single, “Cherry”, which featured trailblazing pop star Hayley Kiyoko. ...

06/28/2024 Friday

Xana
with DEZI
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Vancouver-based rising pop artist Xana is headlining the 7th Street Entry, on June 28, 2024, as part of “The Sex Was Good Tour”. The tour will also stop by Milwaukee's Summerfest on June 29, where she's set to perform ahead of Fletcher.

Xana rocketed to fame with her debut song “Goddess”, racking in over 13M+ streams on Spotify alone. The new album, The Sex Was Good Until It Wasn’t, explores queer empowerment and celebrates sexual pleasure … which Xana adds, “As a queer person, my relationship with sex all my life has been a challenging road to navigate, and I think it’s really important to remind people that sex isn’t the end all be all and sex is allowed to be–and supposed to be–fun and lighthearted and pleasurable for all parties.”

Los Angeles’ DEZI to open. The songwriter/producer described herself as, “I’m half-Cuban, I’m bisexual, I’m very fem but also very masc. For a long time I felt like I had to choose which parts of myself to show, but now I’ve stopped trying to be some sort of perfect package.”

Tour dates:

6/1/2024 Portland, OR Holocene

6/2/2024 Seattle, WA Neumos

6/5/2024 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop

6/6/2024 Los Angeles, CA The Echo

6/7/2024 San Diego, CA Soda Bar

6/8/2024 Mesa, AZ The Underground

6/11/2024 Austin, TX Empire Control Room

6/12/2024 Dallas, TX Club Dada

6/14/2024 Atlanta, GA Vinyl

6/15/2024 Tampa, FL Crowbar

6/16/2024 Orlando, FL The Abbey

6/18/2024 Nashville, TN Exit/In

6/20/2024 Washington, DC DC9

6/21/2024 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts

6/22/2024 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Made

6/23/2024 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall

6/26/2024 Pontiac, MI Pike Room

6/27/2024 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall

6/28/2024 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry

6/29/2024 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest

7/01/2024 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge

7/03/2024 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court

 

06/28 The Dandy Warhols with Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor at Varsity Theater Read More The Dandy Warhols You know we like The Dandy Warhols... and they love "Minnesoter." Minneapolis is pretty much the only city where they will automatically play "Minnesoter", which are often not written on their .…

06/28/2024 Friday

The Dandy Warhols
with Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor
at Varsity Theater
livenation.com

Portland’s beloved The Dandy Warhols are a “Minnesoter” favorite, so, of course, in the midst of playing Latin America, the band dedicated a few dates to the Midwest, including a show at the Varsity Theater, in Minneapolis, on the Summer tour.

The band’s new album Rockmaker is out now on Sunset Blvd.

Dandy Warhols (12 May 2019)

We last saw the Dandies in May 2019 and wrote, “Heads bobbed as 2003’s ‘We Used to Be Friends’ fired up, though not charting in the U.S., people recognized it from its licensing and being the theme to ‘Veronica Mars’, and longtime local fans appreciated the nod to our area in 1997’s ‘Minnesoter’.”

Detroit’s Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor to open.

Tour dates:

June 6 Mexico City, MX Foro Indie Rocks!

June 7 Querétaro, MX Foro Indie Rocks!

June 8 Guadalajara, MX C3 Stage

June 11 Santiago, Chile Blondie

June 12 Buenos Aires, Argentina Niceto Club

June 13 São Paulo, Brazil Carioca Club

June 27 Chicago, IL Metro

June 28 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre

June 29 Milwaukee, WI SummerFest

 

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Minneapolis: August 4 to August 8

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08/04 The Teskey Brothers and Joy Oladokun with Thomas Abban at Palace Theatre Read More Joy Oladokun Following the release of her critically acclaimed album, Nashville-based singer-songwriter and producer Joy Oladokun unveils the "complete" installment of her album series, in defense of my own happiness …

08/04/2023 Friday

The Teskey Brothers
and Joy Oladokun
with Thomas Abban
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

The co-headlining tour of The Teskey Brothers and Joy Oladokun will take place at the Palace Theatre in St Paul on August 4, 2023.

Oladokun’s new album, Proof of Life, was released on Amigo Records/Verve Forecast/Republic Records to critical praises.

Thomas Abban to open.

Tour dates:

August 3-6—Chicago, IL—Lollapalooza
August 4—St. Paul, MN—Palace Theatre+
August 5—St. Charles, IA—Hinterland Music Festival
August 8—Phoenix, AZ—Arizona Financial Theatre‡
August 9—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union ‡
August 11—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theatre‡
August 13—San Francisco, CA—Outside Lands Festival
August 15—Redmond, WA—Marymoor Park‡
August 16—Vancouver, BC—UBC Thunderbird Arena‡
August 18—Spokane, WA—Pavilion at Riverfront‡
August 19—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater‡
September 7-9—Park City, UT—Park City Song Summit
September 10—Denver, CO—Summit Music Hall^
September 12—Kansas City, MO—The Truman^
September 13—St. Louis, MO—Delmar Hall^
September 15—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond Festival
September 19—Asheville, NC—The Orange Peel^
September 20—Carrboro, NC—Cat’s Cradle^
September 22—Charlotte, NC—The Underground^
September 23—Charlottesville, VA—Jefferson Theater^
September 24—Washington, DC—The Howard^
September 26—Columbus, OH—Newport Music Hall#
September 27—Detroit, MI—El Club#
September 28—Toronto, ON—The Phoenix#
September 30—Bridgeport, CT—Sound On Sound Music Festival
October 1—Philadelphia, PA—Union Transfer#
October 2—New York, NY—Irving Plaza#
October 4—Boston, MA—Roadrunner#
October 5—Portland, ME—State Theatre#

*with special guests FANCY and Mon Rovîa
‡supporting Noah Kahan
+co-headline with The Teskey Brothers
^with special guest Becca Mancari
#with special guest Jensen McRae

08/07 Maisie Peters with Grace Enger at First Avenue Read More Maisie Peters Rising British pop singer-songwriter Maisie Peters has announced dates for her first North American headline tour in support of her acclaimed debut album You Signed Up For This. Tour kicks off in Minneapolis …

08/07/2023 Monday

Maisie Peters
with Grace Enger
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Maisie Peters (01 Mar 2022)

British pop star Maisie Peters has the #1 UK album for her sophomore album The Good Witch. She is the youngest British female solo act since 2014 to claim a #1, and the youngest artist to claim a #1 since Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour.

We caught Peters in Mar 2022 and said, “English singer/songwriter Maisie Peters sold out the 7th Street Entry, on the first night of her first US tour. In fact, she’s been selling out all of her shows, this is probably thanks to her 100 million streams of her single, “Worst Of You”. ”

Grace Enger (14 Oct 2022)

Grace Enger to open. We Enger on her very first tour in Oct 2022 and wrote, “Enger opened the all-age show with a crowd huddled in close as she sang with guitar in hand, starting off with “Me and You” followed by “Bad Guy.” She then sang a cover of Wheatus’ “Teenage Dirtbag” before someone in the audience asked when she would be releasing her first E.P. That was still a secret. She was just happy to be on her first tour, but she did sing a possible song from the anticipated release, “Neighborhood.””

Tour dates:

August 5, 2023 – Lollapalooza Aftershow – Chicago, IL
August 6, 2023 – Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL*
August 7, 2023 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
August 9, 2023 - The Bluestone - Columbus, OH
August 11, 2023 - Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY
August 13, 2023 - Saint Andrew's Hall - Detroit, MI
August 14, 2023 – History - Toronto, ON
August 15, 2023 – MTELUS - Montréal, QC
August 24, 2023 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
August 26, 2023 - Lumen Field - Seattle, WA, US ^
August 28, 2023 – Showbox - Seattle, WA
August 30 - Union Hall - Edmonton, AB
August 31, 2023 - Palace Theatre - Calgary, AB
September 2, 2023 - BC Place Stadium - Vancouver, BC, Canada ^
September 3, 2023 - Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, BC
September 5, 2023 - The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
September 7, 2023 - Ogden Theatre - Englewood, CO
September 9, 2023 - Allegiant Stadium - Las Vegas, NV, US ^
September 10, 2023 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
September 12, 2023 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
September 16, 2023 - Levi's® Stadium - Santa Clara, CA, US ^
September 18, 2023 - The Observatory OC - Santa Ana, CA
September 20, 2023 - Ace of Spades - Sacramento, CA
September 21, 2023 - Fox Theater - Oakland, CA
September 23, 2023 - SoFi Stadium - Inglewood, CA, US ^
September 28, 2023 - The Van Buren - Phoenix, AZ
September 30, 2023 - Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
October 3, 2023 - House of Blue Dallas - Dallas, TX
October 4, 2023 - Emo's - Austin, TX
October 5, 2023 - House of Blues – Houston - Houston, TX
October 7, 2023 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
October 9, 2023 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
October 10, 2023 - The Fillmore Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA
October 11, 2023 - Roadrunner- Boston, MA

08/08 The Dandy Warhols at Fine Line Read More The Dandy Warhols You know we like The Dandy Warhols... and they love "Minnesoter." Minneapolis is pretty much the only city where they will automatically play "Minnesoter", which are often not written on their .…

08/08/2023 Tuesday

The Dandy Warhols
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

The Dandy Warhols are kicking off their 2023 tour in Minneapolis! Expect them to play fan favorite “Minnesoter”, a song unique on their setlist for the area.

Dandy Warhols (12 May 2019)

We last saw the Dandies in May 2019 and wrote, “Heads bobbed as 2003’s ‘We Used to Be Friends’ fired up, though not charting in the U.S., people recognized it from its licensing and being the theme to ‘Veronica Mars’, and longtime local fans appreciated the nod to our area in 1997’s ‘Minnesoter’.”

Tour dates:

Aug 8 Minneapolis, MN, US Fine Line
Aug 9 Chicago, IL, US Metro
Aug 10 Detroit, MI, US St. Andrew's Hall
Aug 10 Kitchener, ON, Canada Kitchener Blues Festival
Sep 2 Seattle, WA, US Bumbershoot 50th Anniversary
Sep 3 Seattle, WA, US Bumbershoot
Oct 6 Tempe, AZ, US Marquee Theatre
Oct 7 Tucson, AZ, US 191 Toole
Oct 8 Yucca Valley, CA, US Pappy & Harriet's
Oct 8 Pioneertown, CA, US Pappy & Harriet's
Oct 9 San Diego, CA, US The Observatory
Oct 10 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Bellwether
Oct 11 Pomona, CA, US Glass House
Oct 13 Ventura, CA, US Ventura Theater
Oct 14 San Francisco, CA, US The Fillmore
Oct 15 San Francisco, CA, US The Fillmore
Oct 17 Seattle, WA, US Neptune Theatre
Oct 18 Portland, OR, US Roseland Theater
Oct 19 Vancouver, BC, Canada Vogue Theatre
Oct 25 Dallas, TX, US Ferris Wheelers Backyard
Oct 26 Houston, TX, US RISE Rooftop
Oct 26 Austin, TX, US Levitation

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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The Dandy Warhols at First Avenue, Minneapolis (12 May 2019)

Dandy Warhols at First Ave Dandy Warhols Setlist Forever Holding Me Up STYGGO We Used to be Friends Crack Cocaine Ranger Motor City Steel Minnesoter Get Off The Last High Highlife Plan A The Last High Well They're Gone I Love You Be Alright Mohammed Godless Bohemian Like You -- Encore -- Every Day Should Be a Holiday Pete International Airport > Boys Better Read More The Dandy Warhols You know we like The Dandy Warhols... and they love "Minnesoter." Minneapolis is pretty much the only city where they will automatically play "Minnesoter", which are often not written on their .… Cosmonauts Cosmonauts is the co-headliner. Cult of Lip to open. Additional details at first-avenue.com, $10 entry fee. 04/04/17 Scottish trio Biffy Clyro sold out the Turf Club on Tuesday..… DJ Jake Rudh This is billed as a Transmission (aka DJ Jake Rudh) / BNLX release show, but music fans may want to take note that at nearly midnight, The Ocean Blue is scheduled to appear. …

A quarter-century of pure Dandy-ness –

The Dandy Warhols returned to the Mainroom at First Avenue in Minneapolis to celebrate their new record and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary as a band.

The festivities began with a crunchy forty-minute set by Cosmonauts, not from Russia but an Orange County, CA garage/psych rock four-piece playing self-described “drug punk”, who we caught way back in 2013 in Austin, TX at a Burger Records gathering.

The group, led by guitarists Alex Ahmadi and Derek Cowart are out in support of fifth full-length, Star 69 (on Burger Records, so yes, it’s also available on cassette) released just last month, and proved to be a no-frills, musically harmonious pairing with the headliner- full of reverb, distortion, and trippy sounds often turned up to eleven, and ending solidly with the new album’s opener, ‘Crystal’.

With a stage adorned on each corner and in back with large shiny mylar “2” and “5” balloons, The Dandy Warhols took to the stage to begin their hundred-minute set with ‘Forever’ from brand new tenth studio album, the cheekily titled Why You So Crazy (on Dine Alone Records), a song also perfectly placed into a fight scene of a recent episode of the SyFy series ‘Happy’.

Frontman/guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor mostly stayed in place throughout, slightly back and off center sometimes under minimal lighting, turning around towards his amps and speaker stacks several times, to get the kinds of effects the songs required.

The Portland foursome (Taylor-Taylor alongside Peter Holmström – guitar/keys, bass;

Zia McCabe – keyboard bass, keys, bass, percussion; and Brent DeBoer – drums) sprinkled in four new cuts among a quarter-century of other alternative radio hits and album songs from several different styles in their career, for a set that was comfortably stretched out to show their musical range and vast catalog to draw from.

“Yes, Dandys Rule OK!” Taylor-Taylor said, responding to crowd shouts of such and explaining there’s no room for punctuation in rock and roll, referencing the phrase as the title of their first album, before leading into the mid-tempo of 2016’s ‘STYGGO’.

Heads bobbed as 2003’s ‘We Used to Be Friends’ fired up, though not charting in the U.S., people recognized it from its licensing and being the theme to ‘Veronica Mars’, and longtime local fans appreciated the nod to our area in 1997’s ‘Minnesoter’.

“Minneapolis was a big place in our lives”, Taylor-Taylor reminisced briefly following, before resuming with the rumbling jangle of 2000’s ‘Get Off’, with McCabe then taking the lead for the twangy countrified ‘Highlife’.

Things slowed momentarily for 2012’s ‘Well They're Gone’ with its lonely harmonica drone and syrup slow verses, but built back up gradually with the repetition credo of 1997’s ‘I Love You’, and then just got plain frantic with single from the new record, ‘Be Alright’.

A trio of tracks from third record Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia would close the main set, from the dreamy and wandering ‘Mohammed’ to the swirling, free spirt-ness of ‘Godless’, to ending things with their most recognized song to date, ‘Bohemian Like You’.

Not wanting to waste time by leaving/returning, the encore began immediately with the middle eastern-tinged 1997’s ‘Every Day Should be a Holiday’ and a giant balloon drop with white balloons floating everywhere- one of which that we saw in reviewing our photos after the fact, that actually doubled as a hand-written backstage pass, for whatever lucky crowd member managed to keep their hands on that special one.

Guitarist Holmström was naturally featured on his namesake and psych-friendly song, ‘Pete International Airport’ as balloons continued to pop in the background, and the Dandys stayed in 1997 to close out the show with the power-pop of ‘Boys Better’, with the band leaving to cheers as Taylor-Taylor once again commented on the huge impact the city has had on their musical lives.

It may make some people feel old to realize that The Dandy Warhols have been around for twenty-five years, but the fact that they are still around at all, successfully slightly morphing their sound to both change with the times, and still grow as musicians putting out viable new work, is a complete positive and big accomplishment of their own staying power.

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Dandy Warhols at First Avenue, MInneapolis (12 May 2019)

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Minneapolis: May 12 to May 14, 2019

Dandy Warhols at First Ave Read More The Dandy Warhols You know we like The Dandy Warhols... and they love "Minnesoter." Minneapolis is pretty much the only city where they will automatically play "Minnesoter", which are often not written on their .… Cosmonauts Cosmonauts is the co-headliner. Cult of Lip to open. Additional details at first-avenue.com, $10 entry fee. 04/04/17 Scottish trio Biffy Clyro sold out the Turf Club on Tuesday..… DJ Jake Rudh This is billed as a Transmission (aka DJ Jake Rudh) / BNLX release show, but music fans may want to take note that at nearly midnight, The Ocean Blue is scheduled to appear. …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from May 12 to May 14, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

THE DANDY WARHOLS
+ Cosmonauts, DJ Jake Rudh
First Avenue
Sun 05/12/2019 (7pm/$25)
first-avenue.com

Can you believe it’s been 25 years since The Dandy Warhols first arrived? The band loves “Minnesoter” and it’s always good to have the band back in town.

The last time we saw them, in Sep 2016, we said, “As for The Dandy Warhols, they are always fun. As previously explained, they have a relationship with Minneapolis and had always made sure they come to the city whenever they work out their tour itinerary. Minneapolis was their very first national tour date (with Electrafixion) at the Fine Line Music Café on 16 November 1995.... and of course it went very wrong: their tour van broke down. They had to get their vehicle in working order, but in the meantime they played some house shows in the area. The whole lovely experience inspired singer / songwriter Courtney Taylor (he didn’t have that extra Taylor part back then) to write ‘Minnesoter’ - a song that the Dandies will always play in Minnesota! That is no except with last week’s show, which you can see, handwritten on the set “‘Soter”. If you ever wanted to see a Dandy show, make sure to see it at Minneapolis, as it’s always fun and unique.”

Cosmonauts and DJ Jake Rudh to open.

Tour dates:

May 6 Washington, D.C. 9.30 Club ** ^^
May 7 Boston, MA Royale ** ^^
May 8 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel ** ^^
May 9 Toronto, ON CMW **
May 11 Chicago, IL Metro **
May 12 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue **
May 14 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre **
May 16 Los Angeles, CA Theatre at the Ace Hotel ** ^^
May 17 San Diego, CA The Observatory at North Park ** ^^
May 18 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore ** ^^
May 24 Napa Valley, CA Bottlerock

** w/ Cosmonauts
** ^^ w/ Cosmonauts, The Vacant Lots

Other shows in the area:

Parachute 2019 Tour Kevin Garrett at 7th Street Teen at 7th Street Passion Pit at the Palace Jim James at First Ave Kirin J Callinan at 7th Street Read More Passion Pit More than a year has passed since Cambridge, MA-based Passion Pit’s breakthrough album, Gossamer (French Kiss Columbia Records) has been released and the indie pop band’s … TEEN Brooklyn-based TEEN followed Jenkins. The indie rock band formed in 2012 is composed of lead Kristina "Teeny" Lieberson, her two sisters Lizzy and Katherine, and friend Jane …

PARACHUTE
+ Billy Raffoul
Varsity Theater
Sun 05/12/2019 (7pm/$15)
varsitytheater.com

Parachute is headlining the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown. We last saw them in Oct 2016 and said, “Virginia band Parachute was next, with a taut but peppy twenty-five minute set culled from the new album, Wide Awake (Vanguard Records) released this March, and a few radio hits; most of which, the crowd seemed to have recognized.”

Show up early to check out emerging singer/songwriter Billy Raffoul.

Tour dates:

May 5—Boston, MA—Royale
May 7—New York, NY—Gramercy Theatre
May 9—Cleveland, OH—House Of Blues
May 10—Chicago, IL—House Of Blues
May 11—Milwaukee, WI—Turner Ballroom
May 12—Minneapolis, MN—The Varsity
May 14—Des Moines, IA—Wooly’s
May 15—Omaha, NE—The Waiting Room
May 17—St. Louis, MO—Delmar Hall
May 18—Nashville, TN—Cannery Ballroom
May 29—Kansas City, MO—Record Bar
May 31—Denver, CO—Gothic Theatre

KEVIN GARRETT
+ Quinn Lewis
7th St Entry
Mon 05/13/2019 (7pm/$21.50)
first-avenue.com

Pittsburgh-born, Grammy-nominated artist Kevin Garrett will be playing the 7th Street Entry this Monday, May 13th. Garrett’s debut album Hoax is out now.

Australia-born pop artist and songwriter Quinn Lewis to open.

Tour dates:

May 7 Montreal, CQ Belmont*
May 9 Toronto, ON The Drake Underground*
May 11 Columbus, OH The Basement*
May 12 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
May 13 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry*
May 15 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge*
May 17 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue*
May 19 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop**
May 21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour**
May 25 Austin, TX The Parish**
May 26 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall**
May 28 Dallas, TX Deep Ellum Art Co. **
May 30 Nashville, TN Exit/In**
May 31 Atlanta, GA Vinyl ATL**

*Quinn Lewis Opening
**Minke Opening

TEEN
+ Margret, Dennis
7th St Entry
Tue 05/14/2019 (7pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Sister band Teen is back in Minneapolis this Tuesday, May 14th. We last saw the girls in New York in Sept 2014 and said, “Brooklyn-based band, TEEN. With their electronic, alternative rock music, the harmonies from all four members blended in smoothly and strongly. Their semi-repetitious sequences in each song give off a slight trance-like vibe. Though it seemed like most of the audience came to see Lerche, TEEN definitely was able to hold the majority of the crowd’s attention.”

Tour dates:

5/5 - BSP Kingston: Kingston, NY%
5/6 - Cafe Nine: New Haven, CT
5/15 - 7th St. Entry: Minneapolis, MN
5/16 - Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit: Detroit, MI#

%with And the Kids
#with Xiu Xiu

PASSION PIT
+ The Beaches
Palace Theatre
Tue 05/14/2019 (7pm/$32.50)
palacestpaul.com

The special 10-year Anniversary Passion Pit show is taking place at the Palace Theatre in St Paul on May 14th. VIP attendees will get a Q&A session with Michael Angelakos, plus photos with the band and exclusive merchandises.

Show up early to check out JUNO Award-winning rock band, The Beaches (not to be confused with Australia’s Beaches or Philadelphia’s Beach Slang).

Tour dates:

May 05 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
May 07 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
May 09 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
May 11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
May 12 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
May 14 – Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
May 15 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater
May 16 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 19 – New York, NY @ Pier 17
May 20 – Niagara Falls, NY @ The Rapids Theatre
May 21 – New York, NY @ Pier 17
May 23 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
May 24 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
May 25 – Washington D.C. @ The Anthem

JIM JAMES
+ Amo Amo
First Avenue
Tue 05/14/2019 (7pm/$31)
first-avenue.com

Jim James (from My Morning Jacket) is back in town… and he’s bringing Los Angeles psych pop band Amo Amo with him.

Tour dates:

05/05: New Orleans, LA @ Joy Theatre
05/07: Houston, TX @ Heights Theater
05/08: Houston, TX @ Heights Theater
05/10: Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
05/11: Austin, TX @ Stubbs Waller Creek Amph
05/12: Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre
05/14: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
05/15: St Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
05/17: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
05/18: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
05/19: Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
05/20: Portland, ME @ State Theatre

KIRIN J CALLINAN
+ 26 Bats!,Wet Legs
Turf Club
Tue 05/14/2019 (7pm/$15)
turfclub.net

Kirin J Callinan will be headlining the Turf Club in St Paul in support of his new record Return to Center (due June 21st via Terrible Records).

Tour dates:

05/9 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
05/10 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
05/11 - Lexington, KY @ The Burl
05/14 - Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
05/17 - Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
05/18 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
05/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
05/22 - Oakland, CA @ New Parish
05/23 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
05/24 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
05/25 - Vancouver, BC @ Static Jupiter
07/2 - Gothenburg, SE @ Pusterviksbaren
07/3 - Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
07/4 - Stockholm, SE @ München Brewery
07/5 - Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree
07/6 - Amsterdam, NL @ De School
07/7 - Bristol, UK @ The Louisiana
07/8 - Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
07/9 - London, UK @ Omeara
07/11 - Paris, FR @ Ephemere
07/12 - Normandie, FR @ Pete The Monkey
07/14 - Dublin, IE @ Iveagh Gardens
08/8 - Adelaide, AU @ Lion Arts Factory
08/9 - Melbourne, AU @ Croxton Bandroom
08/10 - Fremantle, AU @ Freo Social
08/16 - Brisbane, AU @ The Zoo
08/17 - Sydney, AU @ Metro Theatre

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The Dandy Warhols in Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Read More Transformers Having said that… Transformers 2 was bad. I ended up buying the DVD from Target because the custom case transforms into Bumblebee. I would've liked to buy the Bluray version, but the DVD was much cheaper . ...

With the recent Transformers: The Last Knight in theaters this week (June 21, 2017), Best Buy is selling exclusive steelbook versions of all the previous Transformers films. I actually own three of the film DVD or Blu-Ray already (all in Target’s exclusive “transforming” case), but I didn’t have Transformers: Dark of the Moon so I recently picked that up. I like the glossy steelbook so much that I might end up re-buying the entire series on steel for easy access (the transforming case is cool but is not standard size).

Anyway, hilariously enough, Shia Labeouf’s music posters:

Transformers: The Strokes and Green Day (2007)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Smiths (2009)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Dandy Warhols (2011)

If you look closely, you’ll noticed that The Dandy Warhols “Welcome to the Monkey House” tour poster is even autographed by the band!

Tessa’s Posters

Starting in Transformers: Age of Extinction, the film dropped Labeouf’s character (Sam Witwicky), in favor of another lead: Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager... so we can’t continue the music evolution of Witwicky. However, a brief scene with Cade’s daughter, Tessa (played by Isabelle Cornish), we see that she’s a SXSW, Divine Fits, and Kat Lane fan.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as Carly Spencer)

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The Dandy Warhols at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (23 Sep 2016)

Dandy Warhol Setlist Be-In Crack Cocaine Rager Get Off Pope Reverend Jim STYGGO Catcher in the Rye Plan A Well They're Gone Holding Me Up Every Day Should Be a Holiday Welcome to the Monkey House (partial) Courtney Taylor-Taylor solo We Used to Be Friends Minnesoter You Are Killing Me Bohemian Like You Godless Pete International Airport / Boys Better (medley) Search Party -- Encore -- Horse Pills Tour Dates 09/29: Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall * 09/30: Orlando, FL - The Social * 10/01: Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room * 10/03: St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theatre * 10/04: Ponte Vedra, FL - Ponte Vedra Concert Hall * 10/06: Atlanta, GA - Terminal West * 10/07: Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge * 10/08: St. Louis, MO - Delmar Hall * 10/10: Birmingham, AL - Saturn * 10/11: New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's Uptown * 10/12: Dallas, TX - Granada Theater * 10/13: Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall * 10/14: Austin, TX - The Scoot Inn * October 15: Austin, TX - The Scoot Inn * * - w/ Savoy Motel Read More The Dandy Warhols You know we like The Dandy Warhols... and they love "Minnesoter." Minneapolis is pretty much the only city where they will automatically play "Minnesoter", which are often not written on their .…

Portland’s The Dandy Warhols is back on tour for their new record Distortland (Dine Alone); kicking off their tour at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis.

Savoy Motel

Nashville’s Savoy Motel, possibly named after the Savoy Hotel, opened up the show. The band featured bassist Jeffrey Novak, drummer Jessica McFarland, guitarist Mimi Galbierz, and guitarist Dillon Watson. I believe all of them sing, or takes turn lead vocals (although I found that the bassist often didn’t wander near the microphone). The band had a 70s look and sound to their music.

The band basically played their debut self-titled record, including new single ‘Souvenir Shop Rock’ on their 40-min set. The record technically isn’t available until October 21st via What's Your Rupture?... but they had copies for sale at their merch table.

Off topic, but in a recent discussion between Hotel vs Motel, they are the same - except the Motel was an abbreviation for “motor hotel” (you can park your car in front of a room... which meant the motel only had one ground level).

As for The Dandy Warhols, they are always fun. As previously explained, they have a relationship with Minneapolis and had always made sure they come to the city whenever they work out their tour itinerary.

Minneapolis was their very first national tour date (with Electrafixion) at the Fine Line Music Café on 16 November 1995.... and of course it went very wrong: their tour van broke down. They had to get their vehicle in working order, but in the meantime they played some house shows in the area. The whole lovely experience inspired singer / songwriter Courtney Taylor (he didn’t have that extra Taylor part back then) to write ‘Minnesoter’ - a song that the Dandies will always play in Minnesota! That is no except with last week’s show, which you can see, handwritten on the set “‘Soter”. If you ever wanted to see a Dandy show, make sure to see it at Minneapolis, as it’s always fun and unique.

With this new Distortland tour, I’m not exactly sure if they brought their own disco ball on tour (or if it actually belongs to the Varsity Theater), but throughout the show, they used the disco light in a sometime smoky and dimly lit room.

For this tour, there are some new songs, but fans who saw them last year should already be familiar with these shows. For example, ‘Some Things You Got to Get Over’ was played in November 2015.

The other new songs, ‘You Are Killing Me’ and ‘Catcher in the Rye’ were pre-release singles for people who preordered Distortland.

As with a typical Dandy show, Taylor-Taylor scheduled in a solo section for ‘Every Day Should Be a Holiday’ and a partial ‘Welcome to the Monkey House’. They’ve previously explained that these solo efforts were for the rest of the band to take a bathroom break.

Of course, ‘Bohemian Like You’ was a massive crowd pleaser. If there was only one song people knew, it was this one. I’ve previously mentioned that the song was the summer single of 2000 for me. It made on to many of my mixed tapes.

What really made this tour weird and special was that, for the first time I can remember, the band actually did a real encore. Even Taylor-Taylor explained, after coming back on stage, “We’re not the kind of band that do this sort of thing...”

The encore song was ‘Horse Pills’, which commanded a sing-back from the hardcore audience that stuck around (even after the “go home” music started playing after the set closer ‘Search Party’).

For the first night on the Distortland tour, I’d say it was a good one.

Savoy Motel

Savoy Motel: Jessica McFarland

Dandy Warhols Setlist

Zia McCabe

Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (23 September 2016)

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Minneapolis: September 22 to September 23, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from September 22 to September 23, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More The Album Leaf The Album Leaf, the moniker under which one-man band Jimmy LaValle operates, created a nice indie-buzz with its second album, 2001's "One Day I'll Be On Time" …

THE ALBUM LEAF
at Studio B (Skyway Theatre)
Thursday, 09/22/16, 8pm ($15)
skywaytheatre.com

Electronic / rock pioneers The Album Leaf (aka Jimmy LaValle) is back with a new album Between Waves (Relapse Records), his first record in six years.

He’s currently on tour to promote the new album and will be stopping in Minneapolis at Studio B (inside the Skyway Theatre).

Rituals of Mine (formerly Sister Crayon) to open.

The Album Leaf Live:

09/16 Brooklyn, NY Littlefield^
09/17 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge^
09/18 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair^
09/20 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom^
09/21 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall^
09/22 Minneapolis, MN Studio B ^
09/23 Lincoln, NE Vega^
09/24 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater^
09/27 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom^
10/21 London, UK Garage
10/22 Paris, FR Backstage
10/23 Brugge, BEL Cactus Club
10/24 Cologne, GE Luxor
10/25 Leipzig, GE Naumann’s
10/26 Hamburg, GE Knust
10/27 Berlin, GE Bi Nuu 2
10/28 Frankfurt, GE Nachtleben
10/29 Stuttgart, GE Universum
10/30 Munich, GE Hansa 39
10/31 Luzern, CHE Jazzkantine
11/01 Brescia, IT Latteria Molloy
11/02 Ravenna, IT Bronson
12/09 San Diego, CA Irenic^
12/10 Visalia, CA Cellar Door^
12/12 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge^
12/13 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre^
12/14 Seattle, WA Neumo’s^
12/16 San Francisco, CA The Independent^

^ = w/ Rituals of Mine (formerly Sister Crayon)

Read More The Dandy Warhols You know we like The Dandy Warhols... and they love "Minnesoter." Minneapolis is pretty much the only city where they will automatically play "Minnesoter", which are often not written on their .…

THE DANDY WARHOLS
at Varsity Theater
Friday, 09/23/16, 8pm ($25/$30)
varsitytheater.org

We’ve written previously about The Dandy Warhols and their relationship with Minneapolis. Their tour van broke down in the city in November 1995, and it unintentionally made the band fall in love with the city. Since writing ‘Minnesoter’, the band always make sure to squeeze in that song whenever they play here (despite not appearing on their normal setlist).

The Dandy’s ninth studio album Distortland is out now on Dine Alone.

Nashville’s Savoy Motel to open. The glam/boogie/garage band (Jeffrey Novak, Jessica McFarland, Mimi Galbierz and Dillon Watson) will be releasing a self-titled album on October 21, 2016, via What's Your Rupture?

Fall ’16 Distortland Tour:

09/23: Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater *
09/24: Chicago, IL - Park West *
09/25: Columbus, OH - Skully's *
09/27: Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live *
09/28: Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
09/29: Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall *
09/30: Orlando, FL - The Social *
10/01: Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room *
10/03: St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theatre *
10/04: Ponte Vedra, FL - Ponte Vedra Concert Hall *
10/06: Atlanta, GA - Terminal West *
10/07: Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge *
10/08: St. Louis, MO - Delmar Hall *
10/10: Birmingham, AL - Saturn *
10/11: New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's Uptown *
10/12: Dallas, TX - Granada Theater *
10/13: Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall *
10/14: Austin, TX - The Scoot Inn *
October 15: Austin, TX - The Scoot Inn *

* - w/ Savoy Motel

Read More Switchfoot Veteran San Diego band Switchfoot made the very most of their paltry 35 min. set; currently between albums but eager to join this tour, with singer Jon Foreman taking …

SWITCHFOOT / RELIENT K
at Myth
Friday, 09/23/16, 6pm ($30.50)
mythlive.com

Multi-platinum selling, Grammy-winning band Switchfoot is currently on a co-headlining tour with Grammy-nominated alternative rock band Relient K for their “Looking For America Tour”.

Switchfoot’s latest Where The Light Shines Through is out now on Vanguard Records, while Relient K’s new album Air For Free is available on Gotee Records.

Please note start time (6pm).

Tour dates:

09/17 Houston, TX @ House of Blues
09/19 Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
09/20 Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
09/21 Clive, IA @ 7 Flags Event Center
09/23 Saint Paul, MN @ Myth Live Event Center
09/24 Farmington, MO @ Farmington Civic Center
09/25 Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theater
09/28 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
09/29 Grand Rapids, MI @ Deltaplex
09/30 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
10/01 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
10/02 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
10/03 Toledo, OH @ Stranahan Theatre
10/06 Columbus, OH @ Express Live!
10/07 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
10/09 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
10/12 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE – Indoor
10/13 Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
10/14 Wallingford, CT @ The Dome
10/15 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
10/17 New York, NY @ Playstation Theater
10/18 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
10/20 Lynchburg, VA @ Liberty University
10/21 Bel Air, MD @ APG Federal Credit
10/22 Richmond, VA @ Altria Theater
10/25 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
10/26 Silver Spring, MD @ Fillmore Silver Spring
10/28 North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
10/29 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
10/30 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
10/31 Birmingham, AL @ Iron City
11/02 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
11/03 Thomasville, GA @ Thomasville Municipal City
11/04 Saint Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
11/05 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
11/06 Vero Beach, FL @ Vero Beach High School
11/09 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
11/10 Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
11/11 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
11/12 Tulsa, OK @ The Mabee Center
11/14 San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater
11/16 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
11/17 Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Outdoor
11/18 Lubbock, TX @ City Bank Auditorium
11/19 Rio Rancho, NM @ Santa Ana Star Center
11/20 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
11/22 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
11/23 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
11/25 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
11/26 San Francisco, CA @ Masonic

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JON STICKLEY TRIO
at the Cedar Cultural Center
Friday, 09/23/16, 7pm ($12/$15)
thecedar.org

The Jon Stickley Trio will be headlining the Cedar Cultural Center next Friday, September 23rd, in support of their sophomore album Lost at Last. The New York Times’ Nate Chinen described them as “ska upbeat and a shredding melody” to “bluegrass”.

Drum duo Real Bulls (Dave King and JT Bates) to open.

Tour dates:

09/16 Independent Public Alehouse Greenville, SC
09/17 Brewgrass Festival Asheville, NC
09/21 The Burl Lexington, KY
09/22 Chicago Red Line Tap
09/22 Underground Lounge Chicago, IL
09/23 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis
09/25 House Concert Joe's Garage
09/28 Carrick's Tiny Barn Concert Clarkston, MI
09/29 The Moon Tower Traverse City, MI
09/30 Crooked Tree Arts Center Petoskey, MI
10/1 Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill Grand Rapids, MI
10/2 Zanzabar Louisville, KY

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2015 Shows

GRAND TOTAL: 346 Shows

JANUARY 2015 (4 Shows)

• 01/15 Zola Jesus at Cedar • 01/22 The Vaselines at Cedar

• 01/24 Sam Smith at Roy Wilkins • 01/29 Belle & Sebastian at Enmore Theatre

FEBRUARY 2015 (7 Shows)

• 02/01 Zola Jesus at Republic • 02/03 London Grammar at First Ave • 02/12 Kaki King at Cedar

• 02/14 Sleater-Kinney at First Ave • 02/14 Lights at Mill City Nights • 02/15 Marc Broussard at Varsity • 02/27 Blackberry Smoke at First Ave

MARCH 2015 (34 Shows)

• 03/02 Twilight Sad at 7th Street • 03/02 Ed Kowalczyk at Cedar • 03/03 Lone Bellow at Turf Club • 03/05 The Church at Cedar • 03/06 2:54 at 7th Street • 03/07 The Dodos at 7th Street • 03/08 Juliana Hatfield Three at Turf Club • 03/12 Swervedriver at the Turf Club • 03/12 Gang of Four at the Varsity Theater • 03/13 Go Show #1 at Aria • 03/15 of Montreal at First Ave • 03/16 Broods at Fine Line • 03/18 Third Man Records at SXSW 2015 • 03/18 Levitation France at SXSW 2015 • 03/18 Genevieve at SXSW 2015 • 03/18 Laura Marling at SXSW 2015 • 03/19 Don Dokken at St.Croix Casino

• 03/19 British Music Embassy at SXSW 2015 • 03/20 Only Real at SXSW 2015 • 03/20 Brolin at SXSW 2015 • 03/20 Twerps at Waterloo Records • 03/21 Transmission, feat. Andy Rourke at First Ave • 03/21 Magic Man at 7th Street • 03/21 Helado Negro at Ordway Concert • 03/22 Tycho at First Ave • 03/23 Judith Hill at Paisley Park • 03/24 Decemberists at Northrop • 03/25 Big & Rich at The Pourhouse • 03/27 Burgerama IV at the Observatory • 03/28 Burgerama IV at the Observatory • 03/29 Alex & Sierra at Varsity Theater • 03/29 Burgerama IV at the Observatory • 03/29 The Preatures at Triple Rock • 03/30 Ibeyi at the Cedar

APRIL 2015 (22 Shows)

• 04/02 OK Go at First Avenue • 04/03 The Ting Tings at Fine Line • 04/04 Katrina at Amsterdam Bar • 04/04 Father John Misty at First Ave • 04/05 Clean Bandit at First Ave • 04/06 Happyness at Turf Club • 04/07 Wand at 7th Street • 04/09 Max Jury at 7th Street • 04/12 Reptar at 7th Street • 04/13 Twin Shadow at First Ave • 04/15 His Name is Alive at 7th Street

• 04/16 José González at the Cedar • 04/16 The Veronicas at Aloft • 04/18 They Might Be Giants at First Ave • 04/18 Record Store Day at Electric Fetus • 04/21 Communion, feat. Hey Rosetta! at Turf Club • 04/23 American Candy Tour at Varsity • 04/24 Kaiser Chiefs at Regency Center • 04/26 Dar Williams at Cedar • 04/29 Stu Larsen at the Loring • 04/26 Elvis Perkins at the Icehouse • 04/30 Sick of Sarah at Turf Club

MAY 2015 (32 Shows)

• 05/01 Eternal Summers at 7th Street • 05/01 Wizard World Minneapolis • 05/02 Speedy Ortiz at 7th Street Entry • 05/02 Critical Hit at Wizard World • 05/02 Peelander-Z at Pourhouse • 05/02 Wizard World Minneapolis • 05/03 Wizard World Minneapolis • 05/03 R. Ring at 7th Street • 05/05 Wolf Alice at Turf Club • 05/06 Wombats at the Varsity Theater • 05/08 Moon King at 7th St Entry • 05/09 Glasser at the Walker Art • 05/09 Emily Hearn at Cedar Cultural • 05/09 Young Fathers at 7th Street Entry • 05/12 Freedy Johnston at Dakota Jazz • 05/13 Ballroom Thieves at Bryant-Lake

• 05/13 Icky Blossoms at Georgia Theatre • 05/15 Stephin Merritt at Cedar Cultural • 05/16 MSP Comicon at MN State Fair • 05/16 Kodaline at the Varsity Theater • 05/18 GOASTT at 40 Watt Club • 05/19 Twin Peaks at 7th Street Entry • 05/20 Torres at 7th Street Entry • 05/21 Other Lives at Triple Rock • 05/22 Butch Walker at Cedar Cultural • 05/25 Palma Violets at 7th Street Entry • 05/26 Surfer Blood at 7th Street Entry • 05/28 Little Dragon at First Avenue • 05/29 Temples at First Avenue • 05/30 DMA's at 7th Street Entry • 05/30 Hot Chip at First Avenue • 05/31 Mandolin Orange at 7th Street

JUNE 2015 (36 Shows)

• 06/01 The Dø at 7th Street Entry • 06/02 Shana Cleveland at Bryant-Lake • 06/04 Lindsey Stirling at Northrop • 06/05 The Script at State Theatre • 06/05 Soul Asylum at First Ave • 06/08 Best Coast at First Avenue • 06/09 Imagine Dragons at Xcel • 06/09 Embrace at Mill City Nights • 06/10 Shonen Knife at Amsterdam Bar • 06/10 Elle King at Varsity Theater • 06/11 Tori Kelly at Varsity Theater • 06/11 White Lung at 7th Street • 06/12 Michael Franti at Cabooze Plaza • 06/12 Barenaked Ladies at Treasure Island • 06/13 Kate Tempest at 7th Street • 06/13 July Talk at Triple Rock • 06/13 Hayden at Turf Club • 06/14 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at Turf

• 06/15 Jeremy Loops at 7th Street • 06/16 Communion at Turf Club • 06/18 The Maccabees at Fine Line • 06/20 Rock the Garden at Walker Art • 06/21 Rock the Garden at Walker Art • 06/22 San Cisco at Triple Rock • 06/24 Chastity Belt at Triple Rock • 06/24 Trails and Ways at Turf Club • 06/25 PINS at 7th Street Entry • 06/26 Griswolds at 7th Street • 06/26 AthFest 2015 • 06/27 AthFest 2015 • 06/27 Dr. John at Twin Cities Jazz Festival • 06/27 Southside Johnny at Rolling River • 06/28 AthFest 2015 • 06/28 Suffers at 7th Street • 06/29 The Hunts at 7th Street • 06/29 Heartless Bastards at First Ave

JULY 2015 (33 Shows)

• 07/01 Mates of State at Turf Club • 07/02 Owl City at Oake on the Water • 07/04 Blue Coupe at Taste of MN • 07/08 Toad the Wet Sprocket at Mill City Nights • 07/08 Sam Dew at the Echo • 07/09 Lenka at the Cedar • 07/10 Basilica Block Party • 07/11 Head East at Fun Fest • 07/12 Graham Parker at Brit's Pub • 07/17 Say Anything at First Ave • 07/17 Indigo Girls at MN Zoo • 07/18 Freezepop at Nether Bar • 07/18 Widowspeak at GA Theatre • 07/19 Lydia Loveless at Turf Club • 07/20 Ex Hex at Triple Rock • 07/21 Lower Dens at 7th Street

• 07/21 Ryn Weaver at Triple Rock • 07/23 Veruca Salt at the Cedar • 07/24 This Will Destroy You at Varsity • 07/24 Lazyeyes at 7th Street • 07/24 Needtobreathe at Cabooze • 07/25 Blur at Qantas, Sydney • 07/25 Sage Francis at First Ave • 07/25 Tour de Fat at Loring Park • 07/25 On An On at Icehouse • 07/26 Frankie Teardrop at Triple • 07/26 Flock Of Seagulls at Ribfest • 07/26 BulletBoys at G.B. Leighton • 07/27 Gary Louris at Loring Park • 07/29 Zella Day at 7th Street • 07/29 Ringo Deathstarr at Turf Club • 07/30 Summerland Tour at Mill City • 07/31 Secret Stash Revue at First Ave

AUGUST 2015 (27 Shows)

• 08/01 Screaming Females at Triple • 08/01 Rise Against at Cabooze • 08/02 Django Django at First Ave • 08/02 Woody Allen at State Theatre • 08/03 The Kills at First Avenue • 08/04 Bleachers at Cabooze • 08/05 The Vamps at First Avenue • 08/05 Mötley Crüe at Xcel Center • 08/07 Go Fest '15 at Target Field • 08/07 Social Distortion at First Ave • 08/08 Pizza Lucé Block Party • 08/08 Jack Garratt at 7th Street • 08/15 KMFDM at Mill City Nights

• 08/17 Rachel Platten at Mall of America • 08/17 Delta Saints at 7th Street • 08/19 Summer Cannibals at 7th Street • 08/21 Tim Heidecker at the Cedar • 08/22 Cultivate 2015 at Loring Park • 08/22 Blue Öyster Cult at Mystic Lake • 08/23 Supernatural Convention • 08/26 Mekaal Hasan Band at Cedar • 08/27 Gwar at Wooly's, Des Moines • 08/27 Minnesota State Fair 2015 • 08/29 X at Mill City Nights • 08/29 Tallest Man on Earth at First Ave • 08/30 Slightly Stoopid at Cabooze • 08/31 Chelsea Wolfe at Triple Rock

SEPTEMBER 2015 (45 Shows)

• 09/01 Jenny Hval at 7th Street • 09/02 Lou Gramm at MN State Fair • 09/03 The Maine at Mill City Nights • 09/03 Colleen Green at Turf Club • 09/04 Four Years Strong at Triple • 09/06 D'Angelo at First Ave • 09/08 Radkey at 7th Street • 09/09 Craft Spells at Echo • 09/10 Brandon Flowers at First Ave • 09/10 Mikal Cronin at Turf Club • 09/10 Bayside at Varsity Theater • 09/11 These Animal Men at Heaven • 09/12 Damian Marley at Cabooze • 09/12 Coathangers at Triple Rock • 09/12 Low at Electric Fetus • 09/12 Tommy Stinson at Turf Club • 09/12 Vintage Trouble at Mill City • 09/13 Dear Hunter at Triple Rock • 09/14 Fidlar at Varsity Theater • 09/15 The Cribs at Turf Club • 09/16 Eluveitie at Mill City Nights • 09/17 The Struts at First Ave

• 09/18 Mynabirds at 7th Street • 09/19 Festival Palomino 2015 • 09/19 Astronautalis at Turf Club • 09/20 Uncle Acid at Mill City • 09/21 Noah Gunderson at Fine Line • 09/22 Ibeyi at Mill City • 09/22 D.R.I. at Triple Rock • 09/22 Man Man at Turf Club • 09/23 Lizz Wright at Dakota Jazz • 09/23 Sub Criminals at Skyway • 09/23 Years & Years at Varsity • 09/24 The Adicts at First Ave • 09/24 By the Thousands at Amsterdam • 09/24 Ben Rector at Northrop • 09/25 The Fratellis at Varsity • 09/26 Holly Miranda at 7th Street • 09/26 ZZ Ward at First Ave • 09/27 Breaking Benjamin at Myth • 09/27 John Hodgman at Cedar • 09/29 Ride at Mill City • 09/30 HardDrive Live at Mill City • 09/30 Big Star's Third at First Ave • 09/30 Ash at Nether Bar

OCTOBER 2015 (62 Shows)

• 10/01 Of Monsters and Men at Roy Wilkins • 10/02 Four Letter Lie at First Ave • 10/02 American Scarecrows at Turf • 10/02 Oh Land at Triple Rock • 10/03 Doomtree Zoo • 10/03 Battles at First Ave • 10/04 Blitzen Trapper at First Ave • 10/04 Districts at Triple Rock • 10/05 Mew at Triple Rock • 10/05 Wolf Alice at First Ave • 10/06 Russian Circles at Triple Rock • 10/06 Marian Hill at 7th St • 10/06 Kodaline at First Avenue • 10/07 Frank Turner at Varsity Theater • 10/07 Slash at Mill City Nights • 10/08 Madonna at Xcel • 10/09 FFS at First Avenue • 10/09 Joy Formidable at Turf Club • 10/10 Chvrches at Myth Live • 10/10 Tove Lo at First Avenue • 10/11 Fraser A. Gorman at 7th St • 10/12 Bully at 7th Street • 10/13 Disclosure at Roy Wilkin • 10/13 Mikky Ekko at Triple Rock • 10/14 DIIV at Turf Club • 10/14 Bring Me The Horizon at Myth • 10/14 Hiatus Kaiyote at Fine Line • 10/14 The Struts at Troubadour (CA) • 10/15 Peaches at First Ave • 10/15 MS MR at Varsity • 10/16 Ringo Starr at State Theatre

• 10/16 Neighbourhood at First Ave • 10/16 Flux Pavillion at Skyway • 10/17 Rachael Yamagata at Triple Rock • 10/18 The Darkness at Varsity • 10/18 He Is Legend at Studio B • 10/19 IAMX at Varsity Theater • 10/19 Carnifex at Amsterdam • 10/20 The Lone Bellow at Varsity • 10/20 Neon Indian at First Avenue • 10/20 Blur at Hollywood Bowl (CA) • 10/21 Lucero at First Ave • 10/22 Salad Boys at Hexagon • 10/22 John Grant at Cedar • 10/22 Grace Potter at State Theatre • 10/23 Blur at Madison Sq Garden (NY) • 10/23 Run The Jewels at First Ave • 10/23 Sheepdogs at 7th Street • 10/24 Matisyahu at Pantages • 10/25 A Silent Film at 7th Street • 10/25 Motion City Soundtrack at First Ave • 10/26 New Politics at First Ave • 10/27 Misterwives at First Ave • 10/27 Little May at 7th Street • 10/28 Leon Bridges at First Ave • 10/28 Nathaniel Rateliff at Turf Club • 10/28 Shannon And The Clams at 7th St • 10/28 Mal Blum at Nether Bar • 10/29 Dave Rawlings Machine at Fitzgerald • 10/30 All That Remains at Skyway • 10/30 Fruit Bats at Turf Club • 10/30 Ben Sollee at Cedar

NOVEMBER 2015 (33 Shows)

• 11/01 Front Bottoms at Varsity Theater • 11/01 Here We Go Magic at 7th Street • 11/02 Circa Survive at Mill City • 11/02 Bird And The Bee at Cedar • 11/03 Albert Hammond Jr at Turf Club • 11/04 Shakey Graves at First Ave • 11/04 Small Black at 7th Street • 11/07 City and Colour at First Ave • 11/08 Parkway Drive at Cabooze • 11/09 Contortionist at Cabooze • 11/10 Matt Pond PA at Turf Club • 11/11 Big Freedia at Varsity • 11/11 The Gestures at Electric Fetus • 11/12 We Were Promised Jetpacks at Varsity • 11/13 Roger Clyne at Turf Club • 11/14 Gogol Bordello at First Ave

• 11/14 Hey Rosetta at Triple Rock • 11/15 Suzanne Vega at Cedar • 11/17 Copeland at Varsity • 11/18 Bottle Rockets at Turf • 11/19 Mitski at 7th St • 11/20 Glen Hansard at State Theatre • 11/21 Little Fevers at Amsterdam • 11/21 Dandy Warhols at Fine Line • 11/22 Royal Concept at Nether Bar • 11/23 Between the Buried and Me at Varsity • 11/24 Odesza at First Ave • 11/25 Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Orpheum • 11/25 Squeeze at the Cedar • 11/27 Tori Kelly at MOA • 11/28 Lights at Varsity Theater • 11/29 Slow Magic at Varsity • 11/29 Together Pangea at 7th Street

DECEMBER 2015 (11 Shows)

• 12/03 Go96's Snow Show Night 1 • 12/04 Rhymesayers 20 at Target • 12/05 August Burns Red at Skyway • 12/06 Alice Cooper at State Theatre • 12/08 Johnnyswim at Varsity

• 12/08 Jack Ladder at 7th Street • 12/09 J Fernandez at 7th Street • 12/10 The 1975 at First Ave • 12/11 P.O.S. at First Ave • 12/12 By the Thousands at Vaudeville Mews • 12/19 All Them Witches at Turf

The Struts at First Avenue, Minneapolis (17 September 2015)

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The Dandy Warhols at the Fine Line, Minneapolis (21 Nov 2015)

poster Dandy Warhols Setlist Be-In Crack Cocaine Rager Minnesoter Get Off Somethings You Got To Get Over I Love You The Last High Everyone Is Totally Insane Plan A Good Morning Welcome to the Monkey House Every Day Should Be a Holiday Courtney Taylor-Taylor solo Solid Chauncey P vs All the Girls in London Bohemian Like You Godless Pete International Airport / Boys Better There's a Daisy On My Toe (Traditional Campfire Song) Zia McCabe solo Tour Dates 12/01: San Francisco, CA - Great American# 12/02: San Francisco, CA - Great American# 12/03: Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom # 12/04: Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom # 12/05: Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom # 12/07: Sacramento, CA - Harlow's Restaurant # 12/09: Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market # 12/12: Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom # # - with Miranda Lee Richards Read More The Dandy Warhols You know we like The Dandy Warhols... and they love "Minnesoter." Minneapolis is pretty much the only city where they will automatically play "Minnesoter", which are often not written on their .…

The Dandy Warhols just played the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on Saturday night.

The Shivas

Portland's The Shivas opened up the show, playing some psychedelic melodic surf rock like "So Far Out Of Control" and "Waste Your Time".

Some of my favorite songs were sung by the girl drummer of the group, including a Shangri-La-esque track "Gun In My Pocket" (revisited version), taken from their forthcoming Better Off Dead (set for release in February 2016 via K Records).

Although last Saturday was the band's final stop with the Dandys, the band will continue to South Dakota, Utah, Colorado and ending their tour in Boise, Idaho at Neurolux on November 25th.

Courtney Taylor-Taylor

This was one of the most memorable The Dandy Warhols shows we've seen in a while, thanks to the fact that twenty years (and four days) ago, the Dandy Warhols' very first Minneapolis show took place at the same venue (16 November 1995). It was the band's very first national concert with Electrafixion (you may have remember that it featured Echo & the Bunnymen members Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant).

As explained on stage by singer/guitarist/songwriter Courtney Taylor-Taylor, the band's van broke on that fateful night in November 1995 in Minneapolis. Since they had some downtime, the band called around and booked a last-minute house party that well spectacularly well. Since then, the band had a torrid love affair with Minneapolis. It inspired Taylor-Taylor to write "Minnesoter", which they will always perform the song whenever they are in town.

Setlist

Instead of following their setlist, Taylor-Taylor decided to just play "Minnesoter" on the third song. After a quick guitar tune-up, the band was good to go... and that just show you how talented these guys are at improvising.

In typical Dandy Warhols live shows, they have a tendency to build up and stretch out songs... and sometime, especially because they started later than scheduled, they will drop songs off their set list. On Saturday's show, the band did not play their popular Veronica Mars song ("We Used To Be Friends").

They also have their famous "Zia McCabe Potty Break" section, where Taylor-Taylor will play a few songs by himself. I think Taylor-Taylor wanted to play a Kirsten Hersh (from Throwing Muses) song, but settled for his traditional "Welcome to the Monkey House" and "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" so that everyone can sing along.

Of course, almost everyone there at the show was there for their most popular song "Bohemian Like You". Once the chorus comes around, everyone in the audience sang back "whoo" and "whoo hooo".

The song finale was "Pete International Airport" and "Boys Better" medley together. The band left the stage to drone-like noises, leaving only keyboardist Zia McCabe to play some funky techno DJ music.

Before closing out the show, Zia said, "Thank you for 20 years of coming out to see us and supporting us. Since this is the last night of the first leg of the tour, I'll sing you a song." With that, in acapella mode, Zia sang a traditional campfire song, "There's a Daisy On My Toe".

It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years for The Dandy Warhols. Look, Dandys rule, OK?

The Dandy Warhols at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (21 Nov 2015)

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