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TopHouse at Fine Line (12-06-2024)

06 Dec 2024 Tophouse with Griffin William Sherry at Fine Line Tour Dates Dec 7 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre Dec 8 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway Dec 28 – Chattanooga, TN – Barrelhouse Ballroom Dec 29 – Lexington, KY – The Burl Dec 30 – Nashville, TN – The Mil Dec 31 – Nashville, TN – The Mil Jan 14 – Telluride, CO – The Alibi Jan 15 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen Jan 17 – Buena Vista, CO – The Lariat Jan 18 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre Jan 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell Feb 2-9 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – String Break Cruise! Feb 20 – Houston, TX – Last Concert Cafe Feb 21 – Austin, TX – The Far Out Lounge & Stage Feb 22 – Dallas, TX – Ferris Wheelers March 5 – Greenville, SC – Radio Room March 6 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre March 7 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theatre March 8 – Washington DC – Howard Theatre March 9 – Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore Music Hall March 12 – Hartford, CT – Infinity Hall Hartford March 13 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground March 14 – Buffalo, NY – Asbury Hall March 15 – Lansing, MI – Grewall Hall March 16 – Covington, KY – Madison Theater March 27 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom March 28 – Columbus, OH – Athenaeum Theatre March 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre April 9 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall April 10 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom April 11 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox April 12 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma April 13 – Billings, MT – Pub Station Read More TopHouse Montana-bred/Nashville-based, indie-folk quartet TopHouse is headlining the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on December 6th, 2024. The band’s latest EP Theory is out now, but look forward to their upcoming …

Winter had settled in the Twin Cities and most dressed accordingly, but the room would soon warm up to the point where a side door at the Fine Line would open to vent the heat generated from the sold out show.

Griffin William Sherry and his band got right to it with a driving song “Our Town”. By his second “Roll Down Slow” it became apparent he had a lot in the engine with a booming, raspy, voice that kept pace with his band.

Sherry is from Maine and he has launched a solo career after playing with the trio The Ghost of Paul Revere. He is supporting his debut album Hundred Mile Wilderness, which was released in September.

“How about TopHouse,” Sherry mentioned to the crowd.

“You're awesome, too,” shouted a woman from the crowd.

He must have made an impression, for TopHouse asked him to come back after opening for them on the California leg earlier in the year. A nice surprise was a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Breathe (In the Air)”, which he and his band turned into an anthem, like Bruce Springstein’s “Thunder Road”.

Spending some time on their website, I came to the conclusion that TopHouse does not wish to be taken too seriously. Spending an evening with them, I came to realize that they enjoy cracking jokes just as much as playing music. By the second song, Jesse Davis - in a deadpan delivery, said, “ We’re really excited to sing to you a song about a dog that drowns” (Irish Rover).

TopHouse formed in 2015 when Davis on guitar and mandolin formed a Celtic Folk duo with Will Cook on violin. Their first gigs were playing in parking garages during Missoula, Montana’s cold winters because they liked the reverb and sound. Then it was farmer’s markets, coffee shops, tap rooms and soon barns when they added Joe Larson to sing and pretend to play the banjo and Andy LaFave to play the piano.

It may have been my first show where the crowd may have enjoyed the banter more than the music, and the music was great, lively, fun and kept the crowd dancing as Davis flexed his calves, Larson did a quick (one page) book reading, and Larson described the band’s day with a twinkle in his eye à la Norm MacDonald, where nothing actually happened other than traveling from Chicago and finding a bite to eat after sound check. They even let everyone on stage take a stanza of a “Big Iron” cover regardless if the person could sing. Then a rousing cover of Steve Earle’s “The Galway Girl” with LaFave playing the penny whistle.

But soon the fun was coming to a close as Larson stated that they will not be leaving the stage, only to be cheered back on. “We here at TopHouse LLC believe that the “encore” will be the last song.”

Larson did not want to ruin the flow of the evening, which he believed was running at 100%. And so they launched into an original song “Airport!” from their latest EP Theory, a joyous song about the joys of modern air travel.

I’m gonna queue it up in line
take off my clothes in front of strangers
Who knew that belts and
shoes could be so dangerous

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TopHouse at Fine Line (06 Dec 2024)

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Minneapolis: March 15 to March 17, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from March 15 to March 17, 2017.

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Read More Cold War Kids It's the big 10 year anniversary of local radio station The Current, and they've been selling out all their shows. I believe most, if not all, of their shows will be broadcasting live ....

COLD WAR KIDS
at First Avenue
Wednesday 03/15/17, 7:30pm (Sold Out)
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Fan-favorites Cold War Kids will be back in town in support of their new album LA Divine. We saw the band in 2015 and 2016 and noted that they hadn’t had an album since 2014’s Hold My Home (Downtown Records)... so it’s good to hear that they finally had the time to put together new songs.

LA Divine is CWK’s sixth album, but their first on major label Capitol Records.

JØUR will open the show.

Tour Dates:

3/10 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre ^
3/11 Fayetteville, AR George's Majestic^
3/12 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium ^
3/14 Madison, WI Majestic ^
3/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
3/17 Columbia, MO Blue Note
3/18 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre ^
3/19 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian ^
3/21 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall ^
3/22 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall ^
3/23 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE ^
3/24 Covington, KY Madison Theater ^
3/25 Columbus, OH CD102.6 Day
4/1-2 Houston, TX Houston Whatever Fest
6/09 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
8/02 Louisville, KY Palace Theatre *
8/05 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre *
8/11 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater *
8/12 Vancouver, BC SeaWheeze Sunset *
8/15 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater *
8/17 Albuquerque, NM Villa Hispana *
8/18 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl *
8/19 Reno, NV Grand Theatre *
8/20 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheatre *
8/24 San Diego, CA CalCoast Credit *
8/25 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl *
9/13 New York, NY Central Park *
9/14 Boston, MA Blue Hills*
9/15 Philadelphia, PA Festival Pier *
9/16 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post *
9/19 Charlottesville, VA Sprint Pavilion *
9/26 Birmingham, AL BJCC Concert Hall *
9/28 Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion *

^ with Middle Kids
* with Young The Giant

Read More Little Mix Little Mix are a British pop girl group that came out of the eight season of UK's The X Factor. They were recently featured in BEAT Magazine #5, featuring one of the hottest bands in … All Them Witches Nashville's All Them Witches took their name from Roman Polanski's 1968 Rosemary's Baby and released their debut Our Mother Electricity in 2012. They quickly follow up with Lightning At The Door ...

Other shows in the area:

03/15/2017 Chuck Prophet will be at the Turf Club in Saint Paul.

03/15/2017 The Revivalists is headlining Fine Line Music Café. The Ghost Of Paul Revere to open.

03/16/2017 Although The Damnwells officially called it quits after sixteen years, the spirit of the band still reside insides singer Alex Dezen - who will be at the 7th Street Entry next Thursday (with "His Band"). Dezen was previously in town last October 2016.

03/16/2017 Ariana Grande is back at the large stadium Xcel Energy Center. Little Mix to open. Be sure to meet Little Mix at the Mall of America for a promo appearance at 3pm that day.

03/16/2017 Academy Award-winning rapper and songwriter/producer Juicy J will be at Myth in support of his new album Rubba Band Business: The Album. Belly (not to be confused with 90s alternative rock band) and Project Pat will open.

03/16/2017 Vince Staples will be at First Avenue. Special guest Kilo Kish will open. Kish’s debut album Reflections in Real Time is available now.

03/17/2017 All Them Witches returns to the Turf Club this Friday, March 17th.

03/17/2017 Martha Davis And The Motels and The Smithereens will be playing Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant.

03/17/2017 Miranda Lambert with Old Dominion and Aubrie Sellers will be at Xcel Energy Center.

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