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Read More They Might Be Giants The thing about They Might Be Giants is that they understand their fans. They get it; they know people don't automatically rush out to get the latest album, so they didn't bombard us with playing all 25

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
theymightbegiants.com

You know we’re huge They Might Be Giants fans, and their latest release/project is called BOOK - a 144-page art hardcover book of original Brian Karlsonn Photos and TMBG lyrics, with the new album included.

If you preorder the album, via tmbgshop.com, you’ll get instant free downloads of “I Broke My Own Rule” and “I Lost Thursday”.

While you wait for BOOK to come out, you can see them live, as they celebrate Flood (“a brand new album for 1990”) with their all-Flood live sets. As we previously wrote, in July 2020, because of the COVID-pandemic, all the 2020 dates were rescheduled. Unfortunately, the pandemic took longer than expected, and those original 2020 to 2021 dates were once again rescheduled for 2022. Of course, they’re mostly all sold out, as originally mentioned in 2020! Fans have waited over two years to finally see Flood live in its entirety…. But it’ll be worth it!

Since Flood won’t be long enough for a full TMBG headling show, they’ve said they’re throwing in tracks from their “lost” album Mink Car. The album came out at a bad time, their then-label Restless Records went into bankruptcy and basically the album disappeared from store shelves.

Rescheduled 2022 dates:

03/02/2022 New York, NY 03/03/2022 Washington, DC 03/04/2022 Washington, DC 03/05/2022 Washington, DC 03/06/2022 Baltimore, MD 03/09/2022 Pawling, NY 03/10/2022 Philadelphia, PA 03/11/2022 New York, NY 03/12/2022 New York, NY 03/13/2022 New York, NY 03/24/2022 Boston, MA 03/25/2022 Boston, MA 03/26/2022 Burlington, VT 03/27/2022 Northampton, MA 03/29/2022 Ithaca, NY 03/30/2022 Buffalo, NY 03/31/2022 Pillsburgh, PA 04/01/2022 Pittsburgh, PA 04/02/2022 New York, NY 04/05/2022 Cleveland, OH 04/06/2022 Cleveland, OH 04/07/2022 Chicago, IL 04/08/2022 Minneapolis, MN 04/09/2022 St Paul, MN

04/10/2022 St Louis, MO 04/28/2022 San Diego, CA 04/29/2022 Los Angeles, CA 04/30/2022 Oakland, CA 05/03/2022 Portland, OR 05/04/2022 Portland, OR 05/05/2022 Seattle, WA 05/06/2022 Seattle, WA 05/07/2022 Vancouver, BC 05/11/2022 Salt Lake City, UT 05/12/2022 Denver, CO 05/13/2022 Boulder, CO 05/14/2022 Fort Collins, CO 05/15/2022 Lincoln, NE 05/17/2022 Kansas City, MO 05/19/2022 Tulsa, OK 05/20/2022 Dallas, TX 05/21/2022 Houston, TX 05/22/2022 Austin, TC 08/30/2022 Asbury Park NJ 08/31/2022 Asbury Park NJ 09/01/2022 Portsmouth, NH 09/02/2022 Portland, ME 09/03/2022 North Adams, MA

Read More Johnnyswim Acclaimed husband-and-wife team Johnnyswim will be heading out on their second annual "A Johnnyswim Christmas Tour" this December, stopping by the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Tuesday …

JOHNNYSWIM
johnnyswim.com

We’ve mentioned about the real-life husband/wife music duo Johnnyswim (Amanda Sudano-Ramirez and Abner Ramirez) in our previous coverages. Now their story can be read in their forthcoming book Home Sweet Road: Finding Love, Making Music, and Building a Life One City at a Time (Convergent/Random House). The book includes a foreword by longtime friends Chip and Joanna Gaines, stars of the hit TV series “Fixer Upper.”

To celebrate the release of the new book, Nashville’s Parnassus Books will host a virtual event on Parnassus Books Facebook page on Monday, June 14 at 6:00 PM CT with Johnnyswim.

If that’s not enough, they’re the subject of Magnolia Network’s new season “Home on the Road with Johnnyswim.” The series is about their struggles and triumphs of life on tour with their three kids. The new season begins July 15.

Tour dates:

September 30—Cincinnati, OH—Ovation*
October 1—St. Louis, MO—The Pageant*
October 2—Chicago, IL—Riv*
October 4—Columbus, OH—Express Live*
October 6—New York, NY—Irving Plaza*
October 8—Boston, MA—House of Blues*
October 9—New Haven, CT—College Street Music Hall*
October 11—Raleigh, NC—The Ritz*
October 12—Knoxville, TN—Tennessee Theatre*
October 14—Atlanta, GA—The Eastern*
October 16—Nashville, TN—Ascend Amphitheatre*
October 18—Houston, TX—White Oak Music Hall*
October 19—Dallas, TX—Southside Ballroom*
October 20—Oklahoma, OK—The Jones Assembly*
October 22—Kansas City, MO—The Truman*
October 23—Minneapolis, MN—The Fillmore*
October 25—Denver, CO—Ogden Theatre*
October 27—Los Angeles, CA—Orpheum*
October 28—San Francisco, CA—Regency Ballroom*

*w/ Katelyn Tarver

THE FALL thefall.xyz Legendary punk/art band The Fall is the subject of a book called Excavate!. The book is a collection of never-before-published essays and ephemera from fans and collectors of The Fall and Mark E Smith (who sadly passed away in Jan 2018). Although the book came out in the UK, it’ll finally be available in the USA on June 22 via Faber Books USA.

TANK AND THE BANGAS tankandthebangas.com You may recall that we accidentally caught Tank and the Bangas at the Minnesota State Fair 2017. We liked them enough to see them again in October 2018 and said, “Tank and the Bangas’ new 2018 show is just wild, upbeat, and dance/party focus, with a little slam poetry thrown in.” Apparently the poetry thing is a passion of Tarriona Ball (aka Tank). Her debut poetry book is called Vulnerable AF.

21 SAVAGE tankandthebangas.com When we first mentioned 21 Savage in Dec 2017, we noticed that he must really love the horror movie Friday the 13th. So it’s no surprise that he was the executive producer of the soundtrack for the recent torture horror film Spiral: From the Book of Saw (Slaughter Gang and Epic Records). The soundtrack features numerous hip hop/rapper stars, such as Gunna, Young Thug and Young Nudy.

BRETT NEWSKI brettnewski.com Milwaukee-based alternative songwriter/illustrator/podcaster Brett Newski is releasing his first book It’s Hard To Be A Person: defeating anxiety, surviving the world, and having more fun and its accompanying sountrack on June 22, 2021. The idea of the It’s Hard to be a Person book was to blends humor with Newski’s own anxieties and mental health struggles.

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W♥M278: Musicians Who Died in 2018

W♥M278: Musicians Who Died in 2018 (18 mins) Read More Aretha Franklin We’ve heard the rumors about Aretha Franklin on her deathbed, but when it was announced today that the Queen of Soul has died, it was still hard to take. ...

Vu and John take a look back at the year in death.

For a complete Musicians Who Died in 2018 head over to weheartmusic.typepad.com.

Below are some big names who died last year:

France Gall (07 Jan 2018)

Dolores O'Riordan/The Cranberries (15 Jan 2018)

Mark E Smith/The Fall (24 Jan 2018)

Avicii (20 Apr 2018) (age 28)

Scott Hutchison/Frightened Rabbit (10 May 2018)

XXXTentacion (18 Jun 2018)

Aretha Franklin (16 Aug 2018)

Kyle Pavone/We Came As Romans (25 Aug 2018) (age 28)

Burt Reynolds (06 Sep 2018)

Mac Miller (07 Sep 2018) (age 26)

Tom Sullivan/400 Bar (11 Sep 2018)

Stan Lee (12 Nov 2018)

Roy Clark (15 Nov 2018)

Pete Shelley/Buzzcocks (06 Dec 2018)

Nancy Wilson (13 Dec 2018)

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R.I.P. Mark E Smith (The Fall)

Read More The Fall Mark E Smith and company, The Fall is back with a new live album, Live: Uurop VIII-XII Places in Sun & Winter, Son due out 27th October 2014 on Cherry Red. …

You know that we love The Fall here, so we’re devastated to hear that Mark E Smith has died at the age of 60, according to bbc.co.uk.

It’s funny to think that Smith was only 60, because I thought he was 60 when I got into The Fall, hearing Smith’s unique vocal styling for the first time in the early 90s. No one can quite sing like Mark E. Smith.

To be honest, although I love some of the Fall’s songs and albums, I could never keep up with their prolific output as a band. From 1979 to 2017, the band released 32 studio albums!

The last time we talked about The Fall was when they released Live: Uurop VIII-XII Places in Sun & Winter, Son in 2014, and we noted that “The Fall: always the same, always different”. We also said that at Mark E Smith’s age, that he won’t tour America.

Below are more deaths for the month of January - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.

January (53)

[24 Jan 2018] Mark E. Smith (English singer and songwriter for The Fall), 60

[23 Jan 2018] Hugh Masekela (South African jazz trumpeter and composer), 78, prostate cancer

[23 Jan 2018] Lari White (American country singer and actress), 52, peritoneal cancer

[22 Jan 2018] Shorty Castro (Puerto Rican comedian, songwriter and entertainer), 89, cancer

[22 Jan 2018] Billy Hancock (American musician), 71

[22 Jan 2018] Preston Shannon (American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist), 70

[21 Jan 2018] Yao Ming (Chinese composer), 69

[20 Jan 2018] Mario Guccio (Belgian singer for Machiavel), 64

[20 Jan 2018] Jim Rodford (English musician for Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies), 76

[20 Jan 2018] Terry Evans (American blues and soul musician), 80

[19 Jan 2018] Fredo Santana (American rapper), 27, kidney failure

[18 Jan 2018] Augusto Polo Campos (Peruvian composer), 85

[17 Jan 2018] Christian Burchard (German musician), 71

[17 Jan 2018] Oldřich Veselý (Czech musician), 69

[17 Jan 2018] Denis Cuspert (German rapper and jihadist), 41, airstrike

[17 Jan 2018] Nathan Jatcko (American keyboardist for Pavlov's Dog), 31, suicide

[16 Jan 2018] Madalena Iglésias (Portuguese actress and singer), 78

[16 Jan 2018] Shammi Akhtar (Bangladeshi playback singer), 60, breast cancer

[15 Jan 2018] Edwin Hawkins (American gospel musician, multiple Grammy winner), 74, pancreatic cancer

[15 Jan 2018] Dolores O'Riordan (Irish musician for The Cranberries), 46

[15 Jan 2018] Anshel Brusilow (American violinist and conductor), 89

[15 Jan 2018] Khadija Abdullahi Daleys (Somali singer), 81

[14 Jan 2018] Paul Lustig Dunkel (American flautist and conductor), 74

[13 Jan 2018] Otoniel Gonzaga (Filipino opera singer), 75

[13 Jan 2018] Tzimis Panousis (Greek musician, comedian and actor), 63, heart attack

[11 Jan 2018] Pierre Pincemaille (French organist), 61

[10 Jan 2018] "Fast" Eddie Clarke ( British guitarist for Motörhead and Fastway), 67, pneumonia

[09 Jan 2018] Alexander Vedernikov (Russian singer and teacher, Bolshoi Theatre soloist, People's Artist of the USSR for 1976), 90

[08 Jan 2018] Denise LaSalle (American blues singer), 78

[08 Jan 2018] Vojtěch Lindaur (Czech radio host for Radio Beat and record producer), 60

[08 Jan 2018] Moriss Taylor (American country and western music entertainer for The Moriss Taylor Show), 93

[07 Jan 2018] France Gall (French singer, Eurovision 1965 winner), 70, cancer

[06 Jan 2018] Walther Dürr (German musicologist), 85

[06 Jan 2018] Chris Tsangarides (British music producer for Black Sabbath, Judas Priest), 61, pneumonia and heart failure

[05 Jan 2018] Jerry Van Dyke (American actor and singer), 86

[05 Jan 2018] Yon Koeswoyo (Indonesian singer), 77

[05 Jan 2018] Mikio "Ko-Gami" Fujioka (Japanese guitarist for Babymetal), 36, complications from a fall

[04 Jan 2018] Ray Thomas (English singer-songwriter for The Moody Blues), 76, prostate cancer

[04 Jan 2018] John Braun (American radio DJ for WBZI), 68

[04 Jan 2018] Rayya Elias (Syrian-born American author and musician), 57, pancreatic cancer

[03 Jan 2018] Lara Kruger (South African disc jockey for Motsweding FM), 30

[03 Jan 2018] Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva (Soviet opera singer and music educator), 87

[03 Jan 2018] Colin Brumby (Australian composer and conductor), 84

[02 Jan 2018] Rick Hall (American record producer, songwriter and recording studio owner of FAME Studios, "Father of Muscle Shoals Music"), 85

[02 Jan 2018] Radha Viswanathan (Indian vocalist), 83, pneumonia

[02 Jan 2018] Tony Calder ( English music promoter and executive for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones), 74

[01 Jan 2018] Vidwan Mahadevappa (Indian violinist, professor at the Fine Arts College of University of Mysore), 87

[01 Jan 2018] Teddy Edelmann (Danish singer), 76

[01 Jan 2018] Robert Mann (American violinist and composer, founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet), 97

[01 Jan 2018] Konrad Ragossnig (Austrian classical guitarist), 85

[01 Jan 2018] Peter Evans (British musicologist), 88

[01 Jan 2018] Jon Paul Steuer (American actor and musician), 33

[01 Jan 2018] Betty Willis (American soul singer), 76, strangled

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W♥M219: Something Fall-ish

W♥M219: Something Fall-ish (34 mins) Read More Kate Bush Highlight of the set was a cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill", which was quite fitting considering that it was Bush's birthday last night. …

Is the Summer really over? Wow, that was fast! One of the highlight of the Summer was Paul McCartney at Target Center, who played nearly three hours of music. But was the past... Vu and John look forward to "Something Fall-ish", music shows in the Twin Cities in the next two months.

As you can see below, there are a lot of great shows coming up. We only highlight just some of these artists on the podcast (for time reasons), but we encourage you to check out any of these bands.

For the month of September, we touched on Bob Mould (a surprise last minute show on August 31st), The Replacements, Lykke Li, La Roux, Paul Weller, Buzzcocks, and Festival Palomino.

09/09/14 Glass Animals - Cedar Cultural Center
09/10/14 Paul Weller - Varsity Theater
09/11/14 Buzzcocks - Varsity Theater
09/13/14 Replacements - Midway Stadium
09/14/14 Die Antwoord - Myth
09/14/14 Flaming Lips - First Avenue
09/15/14 The Bots - Nether Bar
09/15/14 Ed Sheeran - Target Center
09/18/14 Lee Fields - Cedar Cultural Center
09/19/14 Royal Blood - Mill City Nights
09/20/14 "Festival Palomino" - Canterbury Park
09/20/14 Nick Waterhouse - Turf Club
09/20/14 Sir Sly - Triple Rock Social Club
09/21/14 Living Colour - Dakota Jazz Club
09/21/14 Meiko - Varsity Theater
09/24/14 DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist - Skyway
09/25/14 Brett Dennen - Fine Line Music Cafe
09/27/14 Future Islands - Skyway Theatre
09/28/14 Lykke Li - First Avenue
09/29/14 Benjamin Booker - Turf Club
09/29/14 La Roux - First Avenue
09/30/14 Australian Pink Floyd Show - Orpheum

For the month of October, we talked about Lily Allen, Paloma Faith, Kooks, Bastille, Augustines, and Banks.

10/01/14 Lily Allen - Skyway Theatre 10/01/14 Phantogram - Myth 10/02/14 Paloma Faith - Triple Rock Social Club 10/04/14 Coheed and Cambria - Skyway Theatre 10/04/14 The Kooks - First Avenue 10/08/14 Banks - First Avenue 10/09/14 Surfer Blood - Turf Club 10/09/14 Jungle - First Avenue 10/10/14 Sponge - Amsterdam Bar 10/11/14 Augustines - Turf Club 10/11/14 Afghan Whigs - First Avenue 10/11/14 Steve Aoki - Zombie Pub Crawl 10/13/14 Ryan Adams - Northrop Auditorium 10/13/14 Rachael Yamagata - Varsity Theater

10/14/14 David Gray - Northrop Auditorium 10/15/14 The Gaslight Anthem - First Avenue 10/17/14 Betty Who - Fine Line Music Cafe 10/17/14 Iggy Azalea - TCF Bank Stadium 10/17/14 Rural Alberta Advantage - First Avenue 10/17/14 Sondre Lerche - Turf Club 10/19/14 Bastille - Roy Wilkins Auditorium 10/19/14 Pearl Jam - Xcel Energy Center 10/22/14 Boy & Bear - Varsity Theater 10/22/14 Dum Dum Girls - Fine Line Music Cafe 10/24/14 The Black Keys - Target Center 10/26/14 Kodaline - Varsity Theater 10/30/14 Kimbra - Fine Line Music Cafe 10/31/14 Alt-J - Myth

Fall 2014 looks great... and speaking of, The Fall is back with a new live album Live: Uurop VIII-XII Places in Sun & Winter, Son (out October 2014 on Cherry Red), and Kate Bush for her return to the live stage. Song of the show is Bush's "Cloudbusting" from her 1985 album Hounds of Love.

BONUS: Why Vu doesn't do too many album review (God Help the Girl Soundtrack).

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The Falling Scenes

Read More Art Brut Eddie Argos doesn't really sing. He talks through his songs, not like Mark E Smith, it's hard to explain. You just have to listen to an Art Brut song to get what I mean. …

THE FALL
visi.com/fall

Mark E Smith and company, The Fall is back with a new live album, Live: Uurop VIII-XII Places in Sun & Winter, Son due out 27th October 2014 on Cherry Red. However, the LP will be made available at the three dates listed below.

Live: Uurop VIII-XII Places in Sun & Winter, Son is a compilation, curated by Mark E. Smith from his vast array of gigs over a four year period, from 2008-2012.

To celebrate the release, The Fall will be doing three dates this September 2014, which includes The Fall's longest serving line-up, and an extra second drummer Daren Garett (formerly of PRAM and Nightingales).

Experience the unique distinctive vocal styling of Mark E Smith this September:

Brighton Concorde 2 // 25th Sept 2014
London Brixton Electric // 26th Sept 2014
Salford Music Festival // 27th Sept 2014

Read More The Specials Many musicians called for Mandela's release, including the Specials, who recorded a song called "Free Nelson Mandela". …

THE SCENES
scenesband.com

Finland's The Scenes just announced a string of dates, supporting the The Specials on their highly anticipated autumn UK tour. Note that many of these Specials dates are already sold out.

The Scenes will play the following dates:

Oct 30th – Norwich, UEA*
Nov 3rd – Dublin, Olympia*
Nov 4th – Belfast, Ulster Hall*
Nov 5th – Newcastle, Think Tank
Nov 13th – London, Roundhouse*
Nov 14th – London, Roundhouse*
Nov 15th – London, Roundhouse*
Nov 17th – Brighton, The Dome*
Nov 18th – Bournemouth, Academy*
Nov 22nd – Nottingham, Rock City*
Nov 23rd – Southampton, Joiners
Nov 25th - Manchester, Gullivers
Nov 27th - Bristol, Start The Bus
Nov 28th – Liverpool, Studio 2

* w/ The Specials

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Minneapolis Shows (April 2012)

Read More Minneapolis You remember That Dog's song, "Minneapolis"? I love it.

Below are some bands on the W♥M Calendar, what this means is that one of us will be in attendance and writing a review of the show. If you would like to have us see your band, we are located in Minneapolis, Sydney (Australia), and Manchester (UK).

PS, I normally cover most/all of the Minneapolis shows, but for the next couple of months, I will be getting help from Amy and Emily.

MINNESOTA ARTISTS AGAINST THE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
mnunited.org/April12

Local Minneapolis bands have come together to help raise money to fight a proposed constitutional amendment regarding the Marriage Rights. The bill would effectively ban same-sex marriage for couples in Minnesota; we want you to vote "NO" to the November bill.

All proceeds go directly to Minnesotans United for All Families, a non-partisan organization that works to educate the public on why marriage rights matter and how the amendment poses a threat to our community. Here are some of the bands to donate their time and talent to play for you: Chris Koza of Rogue Valley, Chastity Brown, Gabriel Douglas of The 4onthefloor, Ellis, Ari Herstand, Joe Horton of No Bird Sing, members of The Farewell Circuit, Alison Scott and more, including a special video message from Roster McCabe and a cocktail hour toast from Dessa Darling of Doomtree. Local musician, Dan Rodriguez, will host the evening.

Where: Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN
When: Thursday April 12, 2012 from 6pm –10pm
Cost: $20 in advance, $25 at the door, all ages welcome
Online: mnunited.org/April12

SPECTRALS
spectrals.co.uk

I've previously mentioned Spectrals before, it looks like Louis Jones will be bringing his pop/surf-rock/oo-wop/garage rock to the states. Hopefully, if it all works out, Amy will be covering his appearance at First Avenue on 4/16.

His debut album, Bad Penny, is loved by various critics. BBC is calling it "terrific stuff from a songwriter of any age", while Pitchfork said "It's music pleasant enough to carry intergenerational appeal, characterized by a youthful spirit but rooted in a classic sound." Folks, he's 21 years old.

US Tour Dates:

4.03 - Constellation Room - Santa Ana, CA 4.04 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco 4.05 - Slims - San Francisco, CA 4.06 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR 4.07 - Neptune - Seattle, WA 4.09 - Venue - Vancouver, BC 4.11 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT 4.12 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO 4.13 - Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO 4.14 - Granada Theatre - Lawrence, KS 4.16 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN

4.17 - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI 4.18 - Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI 4.20 - Metro - Chicago, IL 4.21 - Rhinos - Bloomington, IN 4.22 - The Magic Bag - Ferndale, MI 4.23 - Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY 4.25 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON 4.26 - Corona Theatre - Montreal, QB 4.27 - Higher Ground - South Burlington, VT 4.28 - Boston University College - Boston, MA 4.29 - Pearl Street Nightclub - Northampton, MA

FRANKIE ROSE
missfrankierose.com

You may remember that we love Slumberland Records.

Frankie Rose (the drummer from Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and Vivian Girls) will be doing some live dates for her Interstellar album (released in the US on February 21st, UK got the album last week).

The album got rave reviews, including from Pitchfork with an "8.5 Best New Music".

Her tour dates marked with (*) is with Dive:

Thu-Apr-05 Philadelphia, PA Northstar Bar * Fri-Apr-06 Arlington, VA Artisphere Sat-Apr-07 Baltimore, MD Golden West * Sun-Apr-08 Richmond, VA Strange Matter * Mon-Apr-09 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 * Tue-Apr-10 Atlanta, GA 529 * Thu-Apr-12 Oxford, MS Cats Purring Dude Ranch * Fri-Apr-13 Dallas, TX Club Dada * Sat-Apr-14 Austin, TX Red 7 * Mon-Apr-16 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room * Wed-Apr-18 San Diego, CA Soda Bar * Thu-Apr-19 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite * Fri-Apr-20 Santa Cruz, CA Crepe Place *

Sat-Apr-21 San Francisco, CA Brick & Mortar* Mon-Apr-23 Portland, OR East End * Tue-Apr-24 Vancouver, BC Biltmore * Wed-Apr-25 Seattle, WA Barboza * Thu-Apr-26 Missoula, MT Badlander * Sat-Apr-28 Fargo, ND Aquarium * Sun-Apr-29 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry* Mon-Apr-30 Chicago, IL Township * Tue-May-01 Detroit, MI Magic Stick * Wed-May-02 Toronto, ON The Shop * Thu-May-03 Albany, NY Valentine's * Sat-May-05 New York, NY Mercury Lounge

WE ARE AUGUSTINES
weareaugustines.com

I first heard about Brooklyn based We Are Augustines last September, with their debut album Rise Ye Sunken Ships. At the tim, Rolling Stones was calling them "Bands To Watch in 2011".

Since then, they band associated themselves with UK bands, including touring with Glasvegas (which we covered) and now, it looks like they are hanging out with Band of Skulls (who we also covered). I guess by sheer association, they should be good, or at least W♥M would like.

We Are Augustines are playing at Fine Line Café on April 4th.

Mar 28 The Met Providence Mar 30 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto Mar 31 Théâtre Corona Montreal, Quebec Apr 2 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Apr 3 House of Blues Chicago Apr 4 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis Apr 6 Ogden Theatre Denver, Colorado Apr 7 The Complex Salt Lake City Apr 9 Neptune Theatre Seattle Apr 10 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver Apr 11 Dante's Portland

Apr 12 The Fillmore San Francisco Apr 15 Empire Polo Club Indio Apr 22 Empire Polo Club Indio May 3 Dingwalls London, GB May 5 Live At Leeds Festival May 6 Hare and Hounds Birmingham May 9 O2 Academy Liverpool May 10 Captain's Rest Glasgow Jul 7 BALADO KINROSS Jul 15 Henham Park Southwold

BROWN BIRD
brownbird.net

I was told that Providence, Rhode Island-based duo Brown Bird (MorganEve Swain and David Lamb) are coming to Minneapolis, opening for Trampled By Turtles on April 24th at the 7th Street Entry. Did I read that right? There is NO WAY Trample by Turtles would even play a tiny venue like 7th Street, having seen them sell out its bigger brother First Avenue without a sweat. According to First Ave's calendar, Horse Feathers are the headliner.

Just to clarify, they are supporting Trample by Turtles, but later in May.

3/30 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant* 3/31 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant* 4/1 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom* 4/2 - El Reno, OK - Centre Theater 4/4 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric* 4/5 - New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues* 4/6 - Austin, TX - Stubb's* 4/7 - Dallas, TX - House Of Blues* 4/10 - Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theater* 4/11 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot* 4/12 - Stateline, NV - Montbleu Resort* 4/13 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore* 4/14 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore* 4/17 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's* 4/18 - Arcata, CA - Arcata Theater* 4/19 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater* 4/20 - Bend, OR - Midtown Ballroom* 4/21 - Seattle, WA - Showbox* 4/24 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry+ 4/25 - Madison, WI - High Noon+ 4/26 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall+

4/27 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark+ 4/28 - Grand Rapids, MI - Founders+ 4/29 - Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe+ 5/2 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore+ 5/3 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground+ 5/4 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse+ 5/7 - New Haven, CT - Café Nine+ 5/9 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom+ 5/16 - Lawrence, KS - Granada# 5/17 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre# 5/18 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre# 5/19 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot# 5/21 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern# 5/22 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Music Box# 5/24 - Yosemite, CA - Strawberry Festival 5/25 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ball Room# 5/26 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue# * supporting Yonder Mountain String Band # supporting Trampled By Turtles + supporting Horse Feathers

I Am Not A Game Read More Ty Segall Ty Segall was the headliner, who came on stage with double sunglasses…

TY SEGALL & WHITE FENCE
ty-segall.com

Okay, their tour dates are actually until May, but I'm putting them down in this tour preview.

We've mentioned Ty Segall a few times, including seeing them at NXNE last year.

It looks like he's back, this time, teaming up with White Fence (who we previously written about). Ty Segall & White Fence is basically Segall and Tim Presley, but with a full band (with Sean Presley and Mikael Cronin). Their album, Hair, will be coming out April 24th via Drag City Records.

White Fence is playing with the Shins at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (4/22) and the previously mentioned Woodsist Fest (8/4).

All dates below are Ty Segall & White Fence, unless (*) where note, which Segall is playing solo

4-13 Gambier, OH- Kenyon College* 4-15 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College* 5-2 San Francisco - Independent 5-3 Portland, OR - Star Theater 5-4 Vancouver, BC - Waldorf Hotel 5-5 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey 5-6 Missoula, MT - The Palace 5-8 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry 5-9 Madison, WI - High Horse Saloon 5-10 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall 5-11 Detroit, MI - Lager House 5-12 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern

5-13 Montreal, QC - Il Motore 5-14 Portland, ME - Space Gallery 5-16 New York, NY - Webster Hall 5-18 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's 5-19 Raleigh, NC - King's Barcade 5-20 Atlanta, GA - Earl 5-21 Nashville, TN - The End 5-22 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone 5-23 Little Rock, AR - Whitewater Tavern 5-24 Houston, TX - Walter's 5-25 Austin, TX - Mohawk (outside)

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