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The Head and the Heart / The Revivalists at Starlight Theatre, Kansas City MO (2023-06-30)

THE HEAD AND THE HEART SETLIST All We Ever Knew Don't Show Your Weakness Ghosts Another Story Dreamer Lost in My Mind Let's Be Still Winter Song Every Shade of Blue Missed Connection Hurts (But It Goes Away) Honeybee Down in the Valley Happy Birthday to You (sung to bassist Chris Zasche's wife) Virginia (Wind in the Night) Shake Rivers and Roads THE REVIVALISTS SETLIST Good Old Days When I Got You Don't Look Back Down in the Dirt The Long Con It Was a Sin How We Move Only You Wish I Knew You Next to You You Said It All Keep Going All My Friends Kid   Encore: Catching Fireflies Soulfight   JAMIE WYATT SETLIST    Wishing Well Althea By Your Side Demon Tied to a Chair in My Brain Neon Cross   Read More The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ..

The end of the month brought the beginning of a co-headlining tour as roots and folk rock came together with New Orleans’ The Revivalists and Seattle’s The Head and the Heart joining forces for a summer tour that would make its first stop outdoors at Starlight Theatre on a very warm evening in Kansas City.

Americana / outlaw country artist Jamie Wyatt from Nashville (by way of Santa Monica and Tacoma) started the warm evening off with a brief five-song set performed in sunglasses and barefoot, in support of her 2020 sophomore full-length, Neon Cross (on New West Records).

Wyatt began with the opening track from her 2017 debut, Felony Blues, “Wishing Well” and ending with the title track from the most recent record, charming the attendees that braved the triple-digit heat to arrive early enough to catch the first act of the night.

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With a humble “How’s everybody doin’?” from singer Jonathan Russell, Seattle folk rockers The Head and The Heart began their seventy-five-minute set, in support of last year’s Every Shade of Blue album.

We’ve been longtime fans of the band, seeing them on their initial national tour (and an accompanying in-store live set at Electric Fetus in Minneapolis) and several times since, most recently last October in Minnesota. Hopes were dashed that original co-vocalist Josiah Johnson might feel ready enough to join the band on stage for a few dates, including the previous night at Colorado’s Red Rocks, but the band carried on as they always have, impressing veteran followers and making many new ones.

The band was excited to be starting this co-headlining tour, beginning on a high note, with 2016 radio hit, “All We Ever Knew”, “Dreamer” (another 2016 song that they just started playing live three nights previous), and a quick “Happy Birthday” sing-a-long from the band to bassist Chris Zasche’s wife (a north KC native) who was celebrating along with family, who are from nearby Weatherby Lake, just NE of the metro.

Guitarist Matt Gervais was often end to end on the stage, high-fiving and fist-bumping enthusiastic fans, and the crowd seemed to rise louder, every time his wife violinist Charity Thielen took a vocal verse. The band would end their set dialed back to a couple of older songs, 2013’s “Shake” about the transitory nature of relationships, and 2010’s “Rivers and Roads” a fitting song of remembrance following a parting, and the nostalgia of treasuring the moment.

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As can sometimes be the nature of co-headlining tours, the two bands had just met for the first time, at their pre-show dinner, but seemed already musically sympatico and prepared for the numerous cities that lie ahead. New Orleans favorites The Revivalists also had a seventy-five-minute set (plus additional encore time) to win over the crowd, in support of their latest album, Pour It Out Into the Night which was just released on June 2nd via Concord Records.

The eight-piece band has been constantly active and prolific since its 2007 beginnings, managing two pandemic-era EPs recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL, as well as the brand-new record and singer David Shaw was eager to show off the new songs, starting with opening track “Good Old Days” and Shaw getting things started on the good foot singing, “These are the good old days, they're ahead and behind”.

The band is proud of the new record, playing no less than eight of its twelve tracks live- from the swampy “Down in the Dirt” that takes on some of the big questions of life, and the anthemic distorted gospel of “The Long Con” that veers political (a rarity for this band) and attempts to shine the spotlight on the marginalized and underrepresented in this country and the gap between rich and poor seems to grow wider.

As soon as the opening notes of the churning 2015 track “It Was a Sin” were played, a woman could be heard yelling “That’s my favorite song!” and Shaw sang “If life is a blessing, then show me some mercy” on the very danceable new song, “How We Move” that found most out of their chairs and moving, heat and humidity be damned.

The band didn’t save their biggest hit (to date) for last, playing 2016’s “Wish I Knew You” about midway into their set, but extending the jam out, with notable solos from guitarist Zack Feinberg and sax player Rob Ingraham.

“We thought we were going to get a break from the heat… maybe we brought the heat… Ed brought the heat!”, Shaw exclaimed, blaming the high temps on pedal steel player Ed Williams (who indeed did bring the heat on a late set scorching solo).

Ending their main set with the new album’s lead single, “Kid” and Shaw repeating, “They want it loud, they want it now!”(they were rather loud all night, come to think of it), the band would return for a two-song encore (not three as the setlist indicated due to a looming curfew).

2010’s “Catching Fireflies” is a good summer song title but the track also relates the story of a man trying to repent for past mistakes to move forward, and a stirring “Soulfight” from their self-titled EP of a decade ago, would close the night with aplomb.

Despite the lingering heat, it was a fine kickoff to the first show of The Revivalists / The Head and The Heart co-headlining tour, and if the Kansas City show is any indication, other towns are in store for a unique musical treat.

THE HEAD AND THE HEART Tour Dates

Jul 03 McGrath Amphitheatre# Cedar Rapids, IA
Jul 05 Freeman Arts Pavilion# Selbyville, DE
Jul 06 Red Hat Amphitheater# Raleigh, NC
Jul 07 The Atlantis Washington, DC
Jul 08 Merriweather Post Pavilion# Columbia, MD
Jul 09 Stone Pony Summer Stage# Asbury Park, NJ
Jul 11 Ting Pavilion Charlottesville, VA
Jul 12 Skyline Stage at the Mann# Philadelphia, PA
Jul 14 Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater# Bridgeport, CT
Jul 15 Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion# Gilford, NH
Aug 04 Twighlight Concert Series* Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 05 Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater* Missoula, MT
Aug 06 Pavilion at Riverfront* Spokane, WA
Aug 08 PNE Amphitheater* Vancouver, BC
Aug 09 Hayden Homes Amphitheater* Bend, OR
Aug 10 Britt Pavilion Jacksonville, OR
Aug 12 The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
Aug 13 Santa Barbara Bowl* Santa Barbara, CA
Aug 15 Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater* Vail, CO
Aug 16 Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater* Vail, CO
Aug 18 Pinewood Bowl Theater* Lincoln, NE
Aug 19 Tulsa Theater* Tulsa, OK
Aug 20 9th Street Summerfest* Columbia, MO
Aug 21 The Sylvee* Madison, WI
Aug 22 The Sylvee* Madison, WI
Aug 24 Celebrate Brooklyn! Brooklyn, NY
Aug 25 Beach Road Weekend Festival Vineyard Haven, MA
Aug 26 Harrisburg University at Riverfront Park Harrisburg, PA
Aug 31 The Bellwether Los Angeles, CA
Sep 2 - 3 Down in the Valley Napa, CA
Sep 23 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival Franklin, TN
Sep 29 HeartStrings- Jonathan Russell Solo Richmond, VA
Oct 21 Tampa Pig Jig Tampa, FL
Oct 22 Highball Atlanta, GA
Apr 21, 2024 Moon Crush Miramar Beach, FL

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We♥KC! June 22-30, 2023 Upcoming concerts/shows (Kansas City / Lawrence, KS)

Read More: The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still.

Read more Kansas City Music Guide.

Already the end of June and the holiday weekend of the 4^th is close on the horizon (as is the summer heat!).

As we take a look at the last ten days of the month, there are some good shows, but also a few gaps in the week, probably giving you a deserved night off of rest, if you hit one of the many metro festivals the previous weekend.

Let’s take look at the Kansas City/ Lawrence KS metro musical happenings from June 22nd-30th.

THURSDAY JUNE 22

Dwight Yoakam w Aaron Lewis (Staind), Azura Amph, $39-$199

Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, and he is a 21-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter. 12 gold albums and 9 platinum / multi-platinum albums, and 14 Billboard Top 10 singles, and oh, he acts pretty well too. We could go on but know he’s a classic artist that everyone should see at least once, despite the fact that he has not released any albums since 2016.

As the front man of hard rock vets Staind, the band built up a big name, but like Darius Rucker and others, band leader Aaron Lewis has managed to re-invent himself as a solo Country artist. Having recorded with George Jones, Willie Nelson, and Charlie Daniels, Lewis has put a traditionalist brand on his outlier country. His latest album, Frayed At Both Ends, offers the 15-million-selling workingman’s star at his most personal and unplugged.

Tyler Hubbard, KCLive!, $30-$80

Speaking of re-inventing, formerly half of Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Hubbard has topped the country charts
for the second time solo, taking “Dancin’ In The Country” to No. 1 as a single from his first solo and self-titled album. Its debut hit single, “5 Foot 9,” was released back in May 2022. Live, expect a couple of the duo’s big hits, including their collab with Bebe Rexha.

 FRIDAY JUNE 23

iMom So Hard (comedy), Liberty Hall-Lawrence, $45-$180

Beginning as a popular web-series by real-life best friends, comedians, and moms Kristin and Jen, it                    sparked an online community of 2 million followers. The phenomenon created by Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley has since been in development by WB TV, they’ve sold-out two national tours, written an autobiographical book and children’s book, began a podcast, and taped a standup special for Amazon Prime Video.

Jon McReynolds, Madrid Theatre, - RESCHEDULED to April 3, 2024

SATURDAY JUNE 24

Fall Out Boy w Alkaline Trio, The Royal and the Serpent, Daisy Garage, Azura Amph, $46-$326.

Even if you did see them live at the recent NFL Draft, that was only a forty-minute live set, a mere appetizer for their full musical buffet! Fall Out Boy are back on the road, in support of the new album So Much (for) Stardust and as we saw in April, founding guitarist Joe Trohman has returned to the fold, to round out the full lineup. So Much (for) Stardust follows the 2018 album Mania. The new LP was released in late March and features the singles “Love From the Other Side” and “Heartbreak Feels So Good.” Three supporting acts make it an early start and full evening of tunes.

SUNDAY JUNE 25

MONDAY JUNE 26

TUESDAY JUNE 27

Dirty Heads w Yelawolf, G Love, Tropodelic, GrindersKC, SOLD OUT

The SoCal-based reggae-rock band is out on their eight-week Island Glow Tour 2023 and managed to sell out this outdoor show. Dirty Heads, who celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2023 and recently released the new single “Rescue Me,” will have Yelawolf (we caught him as part of Go Fest ‘15 in Minneapolis) serve as direct support for the start of the trek. We caught opener G Love just last Fall in Lawrence and the hippie headliners back in 2015 live as well

Alesana, recordBar. $27

Alesana have announced another album-centric tour, this time focusing on their 2011 effort, “A Place Where The Sun Is Silent “. That outing marked the second entry in the band’s ‘Annabel Trilogy’. This tour is the second in their trilogy of live runs celebrating the albums in that trilogy. Expect to find the Raleigh, NC post-hardcore band performing the album in its entirety on a nightly basis.

Vocalist Shawn Milke commented: "On the heels of the incredible fun we had last year playing The Emptiness, we are excited to announce The Trilogy Tour Part II. This time around we will be playing A Place Where The Sun Is Silent from front to back, which means there will be several songs that we have never before performed live hitting the stage for the first time ever.

Support on the run will come from LIMBS, Vampires Everywhere! and Across The White Water Tower.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 28

Free State Festival: An Evening with Boots Riley- Liberty Hall-Lawrence, $22

Join a moderated conversation with the filmmaker, activist, screenwriter, producer, poet, rapper, and speaker. Boots Riley is the founding member and lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club featuring Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine on guitar. A community-based activist, Boots was involved with the Occupy Oakland movement and was one of the leaders of the activist group The Young Comrades. He is the author of the critically acclaimed collection of essays “Tell Homeland Security-We Are the Bomb.” His directorial debut Sorry to Bother You premiered to strong critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival. Preshow passholder reception at Sunflower Bike Shop (804 Mass St.)

THURSDAY JUNE 29

Righteous Brothers, Prairie Band Casino-Mayetta, SOLD OUT

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo The Righteous Brothers topped the charts for four decades. Now, Bill Medley joins forces with one of the most versatile vocalists in America, Bucky Heard, to continue the long tradition featuring a string of their biggest hits, including “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”, “Soul & Inspiration,” “Unchained Melody,” “Rock and Roll Heaven,” Medley’s Dirty Dancing theme “The Time of My Life”, and more.

Hailey Whitters, KCLive!, Free!

The rising Country artist is on tour to celebrate her latest album “Raised,” which is based on the singer- songwriter’s experiences growing up in a small town in Iowa and was released last March.

Originally from Shueyville, IA, Whitters has been performing live since she was 26 and for the last 16 years, she has pursued music in Nashville. “Raised” is her fourth album and her first to reach the Billboard charts. Whitters was also nominated for a Grammy award last year for Song of the Year with “A Beautiful Noise.”

FRIDAY JUNE 30

The Head and the Heart w The Revivalists, Jamie Wyatt, Starlight, $31.50-$127

The Revivalists have mapped out a 2023 North American co-headlining tour with The Head and the Heart in support of their new album, Pour It Out Into the Night which was just released on June 2nd via Concord Records and features the lead single, “Kid”. It marks the follow-up to 2018’s Take Good Care. In 2020, they released their Made in Muscle Shoals Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 Eps.

Our favorites, The Head And The Heart initially announced that former founding band member Josiah Johnson was returning to the fold leading up to their June 29 Red Rocks show, but Johnson regretfully posted last week that was no longer the case, and he was bowing out.  But Charity Thielen and piano player Kenny Hensley will be sharing the same stage together since some 2019 absences, so that's something, and we hope we see them all back together in Kansas City, as it’s the first night of the co-headlining run. We saw them live last October, with 2022’s Every Shade of Blue still being their latest full-length album.

Nashville (via Santa Monica) New West Records Americana singer-songwriter Jamie Wyatt to open.

The Ongoing Concept w/Bloodlines, Lightworker, Tundra, The Rino, $15

The Idaho post hardcore metal band has returned with fourth album Again, which was released March 31 via Solid State Records and features lead single, “Feel Again”. Not only is this the first taste of new music from the band since 2017, but it also marks the return of the original lineup.

Guitarist/Vocalist Dawson Scholz shared the following: “Feel Again' was the first song we started writing and ended up taking the longest to finish. We were all rusty from not writing together in years, and this song really brought us all back and jump-started our creative flow. There was a lot of growing up and healing that happened between the time the original guys left and when they returned, and this song really showcases that, lyrically. It really brought us all closer and showed us all how much we have matured over the years and how much we missed creating art through our music.”

Three support acts made this a full night of rawk!

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The Head and the Heart at the Armory (10/07/2022)

10/07 The Head and The Heart with Shakey Graves at Armory The Armory Digital Marquee Tour Dates 10/8/22 - St. Louis, MO - Saint Louis Music Park # 10/10/22 - Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing Company 10/11/22 - North Charleston, SC - Firefly Distillery 10/13/22 - St Augustine, FL - The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre 10/14/22 - Atlanta, GA - Cadence Bank Amphitheatre 10/15/22 - Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater 10/21/22 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Riverbreeze Friday Read More The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ... Shakey Graves Austin, TX’s Shakey Graves (aka Alejandro Rose-Garcia) immediately followed on the Stars stage, starting and ending his set as a solo artist, but accompanied by a full band, in-between. …

An autumn chill filled the air last night as fans of The Head and the Heart headed into the cavernous Armory in downtown Minneapolis.  It was a full crowd and they were there early to catch the opening act, Shakey Graves.

What a great stage name for Alejandro Rose-Garcia as if acknowledging those from beyond still might have a few more dance moves.  Born and raised in Austin, Texas, he got his start as a solo act, hustling as a busker with a kick-drum made from a Samsonite suitcase.

He had the piece of luggage in toe as he played a couple of songs before his band - with matching suits - filtered onto stage as he set the scene for his next song, “Century City”,  a song about his time in Los Angeles, a time filled with break-ups, sketchy roommates and the cons of bringing home used couches. 

A special note to “Evergreen” played almost a half-note flat with the band lagging behind the drummers, hoping to catch up, but not quite as Rose-Garcia lyrics summed up the tenor of the song:

Please don't wake me please don't call
Let me rest
Let me be
Ovеrgrown and evergreen

The band quickly changed gears with a guttural blues howl of “Excuses” that brought the crowd to a roar. 

We Heart Music caught Shakey Graves at First Avenue in November of 2015 and Rose-Garcia said it was “bananas” to play in a venue as big as the Armory.  He then rose a plastic glass and proposed a toast for all to keep in touch with family and friends. 

The Head and the Heart kicked off their set with “Every Shade of Blue” from their latest album with the same name.

Josiah Johnson mentioned that it had been a while since they last played Minneapolis.  (We Heart Music caught them last at the Festival Palomino in September of 2014.)  Even though they had outgrown the venue, he said they still missed First Avenue, and he couldn’t believe how quiet the immense crowd was while they played “Another Story”.  (A group of people near me took the opportunity to slow dance as if they and the band were the only ones in the room.)

The backbone of The Head and the Heart’s music - which has drawn fans to fill bigger and bigger venues - is soulful folk with hints of gospel as blocks of piano chords rise and fall with the three-part harmony of Johnson, Jonathon Russell and Charity Rose Thielen. 

Thielen gave a special shout out to Minnesota, saying she is from here and has quite a bit a family still in the area.  She said her eighty-three-year-old aunt was in attendance and got the crew to shine a spotlight on the relative waving from the upper deck.  Even Kenny Hensley got in the act by announcing that he is working on a song about Minneapolis, playing a little ditty of the song from his upright piano.

There was quite a bit of love for the band and they thanked everyone for the positive energy for it had been a long tour after a long pandemic and they were grateful as they ended the evening with “River and Roads”, an uplifting song about leaving in hopes of returning again. 

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Minneapolis: This Week (10/09/2022)

Here are some shows, this week, in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

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10/04 Laufey with Matilda Mann at 7th St Entry Read More Laufey Icelandic-Chinese singer-songwriter, musician, cellist and pianist Laufey rocketed to stardom with her #1 hit with her debut single “Street By Street” on Iceland Radio… soon, her music was heard on BBC …

10/04/2022 Tuesday

Laufey
with Matilda Mann
at 7th St Entry
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Los Angeles-based, by way of Iceland, musician Laufey is currently enjoying a sold-out US tour, for her debut album Everything I Know About Love.

We knew about the artist, when we wrote about her in Aug 2021 for her #1 hit debut single called “Street by Street”.

Opening the show will be London’s Matilda Mann.

Tour dates:

9/13 - San Diego, CA @ HOB Voodoo Room
9/14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
9/16 - Austin, TX @ 3Ten ACL Live
9/17 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Upstairs
9/18 - Dallas, TX @ HOB Cambridge Room
9/20 - Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
9/21 - Nashville, TN @ The End
9/23 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage
9/24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry
9/27 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair
9/28 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
9/30 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
10/1 - Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch
10/3 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/4 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
10/7 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
10/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby
10/10 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
10/11 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
10/13 - San Francisco, CA @ Popscene
10/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10/31 - Dublin, Ireland @ Whelan's
11/5 - Manchester, U.K. @ Deaf Institute
11/8 - London, U.K. @ Lafayette
11/9 - Paris, France @ Le Pop Up du Label
11/10 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
11/12 - Colognes, Germany @ Helios37
11/13 - Hamburg, Germany @ Nochtspeicher
11/15 - Berlin, Germany @ Maschinenhaus
11/17 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F

10/05 Joji with Dhruv + SavageRealm at Armory Read More Joji Japan-born singer and producer Joji is a multi-talented visionary, with a cult following from every corner of the internet. Joji is one of the most enthralling artists of the digital age. He has a total vision …

10/05/2022 Wednesday

Joji
with Dhruv + SavageRealm
at Armory
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Japan-born singer and producer Joji is headlining the massive Armory in Minneapolis on October 5th, in support of his highest chart debut to date for his single “Glimpse of Us.” The song debuted at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, a career milestone for Joji.

Dhruv + SavageRealm to open.

Tour dates:

Sep 6 Seattle, WA, US WAMU Theater
Sep 7 Vancouver, BC, Canada Doug Mitchell Thunderbird
Sep 9 Orem, UT, US UCCU Center
Sep 10 Denver, CO, US Fillmore Auditorium
Sep 11 Denver, CO, US Fillmore Auditorium
Sep 13 Dallas, TX, US The Factory
Sep 14 Houston, TX, US 713 Music Hall
Sep 16 Outdoor Austin, TX, US Stubb’s Waller Creek Amph
Sep 17 Austin, TX, US Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Indoors)
Oct 5 Minneapolis, MN, US The Armory
Oct 6 Chicago, IL, US Byline Bank Aragon
Oct 7 Chicago, IL, US Byline Bank Aragon
Oct 9 Toronto, ON, Canada History
Oct 10 Toronto, ON, Canada History
Oct 11 Montreal, QC, Canada MTELUS
Oct 13 Boston, MA, US Roadrunner
Oct 14 Boston, MA, US Roadrunner
Oct 15 Washington, DC, US The Anthem
Oct 18 Charlotte, NC, US The Fillmore
Oct 19 Atlanta, GA, US Coca-Cola Roxy
Oct 20 Atlanta, GA, US Coca-Cola Roxy
Oct 21 Miami, FL, US III Points Festival

10/06 Sigrid with Ber at First Avenue Read More Sigrid Norwegian sensation Sigrid’s first headlining tour for her debut album Sucker Punch is going strong… selling out the Fine Line Music Café this Monday, September 30th. . ...

10/06/2022 Thursday

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Sigrid is back on tour in support of her highly anticipated second album, How To Let Go (Island Records).

We caught Sigrid in Sep 2019 and wrote, “Sigrid was quite playful with her audience, as she jumped on stage to sing the title track from her debut album Sucker Punch (Island Records). Fans absolutely went crazy and singing along to her singles, and Sigrid encourage, often making funny faces and interacting with her fans.”

Ber to open.

Tour dates:

9/13 - San Diego, CA @ HOB Voodoo Room
9/14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
9/16 - Austin, TX @ 3Ten ACL Live
9/17 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Upstairs
9/18 - Dallas, TX @ HOB Cambridge Room
9/20 - Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
9/21 - Nashville, TN @ The End
9/23 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage
9/24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry
9/27 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair
9/28 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
9/30 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
10/1 - Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch
10/3 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/4 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
10/7 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
10/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby
10/10 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
10/11 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
10/13 - San Francisco, CA @ Popscene
10/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10/31 - Dublin, Ireland @ Whelan's
11/5 - Manchester, U.K. @ Deaf Institute
11/8 - London, U.K. @ Lafayette
11/9 - Paris, France @ Le Pop Up du Label
11/10 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
11/12 - Colognes, Germany @ Helios37
11/13 - Hamburg, Germany @ Nochtspeicher
11/15 - Berlin, Germany @ Maschinenhaus
11/17 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F

10/07 Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat with Nashville Pussy at First Avenue Read More Toadies Still rubberneckin’… After a successful two legs to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their defining album, Rubberneck; Fort Worth, TX band Toadies … Reverend Horton Heat The so-called "godfather of modern rockabilly and psychobilly" Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath's latest album Rev (their 11th album!) came out last year on Victory Records. …

10/07/2022 Friday

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The co-headlining Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat (with support from Nashville Pussy) will take place at First Avenue on October 7th. We’ve seen all these bands throughout the years, but it is really fun to see them all on one billing.

The Toadies are on their rescheduled 25th Anniversary tour for Rubberneck.

Toadies drummer Mark Reznicek explained the long delay, “This tour was originally slated to go out in 2020… Because of the effects of Covid, this is our third attempt at doing a tour celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Rubberneck. It’s been a long time coming, but the third time’s the charm as they say. It wasn’t ever an easy decision to postpone tours, but we felt it was the right thing to do to keep everyone (ourselves included) safe. And we’re really excited to finally be getting out there to play the album in its entirety for all our patient fans across the country.”

Over two years in the making, this is going to be an awesome show, celebrating Rubberneck.

Tour dates:

Sep. 13 - Tulsa, Ok - Cain's*
Sep. 14 - Oklahoma, City, OK - Diamond Ballroom*
Sep. 15 – Amarillo, TX – Starlight Ranch
Sep. 16 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theater*
Sep. 17 - Salt Lake City, UT - Grand Room *
Sep. 19 - Phoenix, AZ - The Marquee*
Sep. 21 - San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park*
Sep. 22 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey*
Sep. 23 - Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues*
Sep. 24 - Sacramento, CA - Ace Of Spades*
Sep. 25 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom*
Sep. 27 - Portland, OR - Roseland*
Sep. 28 - Seattle, WA - Showbox*
Sep. 29 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory*
Oct. 3 - Omaha, NE – Slowdown^
Oct. 4 - Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads^
Oct. 5 - St. Louis, MO - Pageant^
Oct. 7 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue^
Oct. 8 - Milwaukee, WI - Rave II^
Oct. 9 - Chicago, IL - Metro^
Oct. 11 – Indianapolis, IN – HiFi^
Oct. 12 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak^
Oct. 13 - Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues^
Oct. 14 - Covington, KY - Madison Theater^
Oct. 15 - Pittsburgh, PA - Jergel's^
Oct. 16 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza^
Oct. 19 - Boston, MA - Paradise^
Oct 20 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall^
Oct. 21 - Asbury Park, NY - Stone Pony^
Oct. 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts^
Oct. 23 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore^
Oct. 25 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl^
Oct. 26 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theater^
Oct. 27 - Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
Oct. 28 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room^
Oct. 29 – St Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live^
Oct. 31 – House of Blues - New Orleans, Drakulas

10/07 The Head and The Heart with Shakey Graves at Armory Read More The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ...

10/07/2022 Friday

The Head and The Heart
with Shakey Graves
at Armory
armorymn.com

The Head And The Heart is back on tour for their latest Every Shade of Blue (Warner Records/Reprise Records).

We caught the band at Festival Palomino 2014 and wrote, “Seattle favorites, The Head and the Heart, who had maybe the biggest overall sound of the festival acts. Led by co-vocalists Josiah Johnson, Charity Rose Thielen, and Jonathan Russell, the band’s 50 min. set leaned heavily on last year’s Let’s Be Still (Sub Pop Records) and the damp crowd showed why Minneapolis is one of the band’s best markets.”

Shakey Graves to open.

Tour Dates

9/10/22 - Abiquiu, NM - Ladder to the Moon Festival
9/11/22 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
9/13/22 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up
9/14/22 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom %
9/15/22 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre %
9/17/22 - Richmond, VA - Altria Theater #
9/18/22 - Asbury Park, NJ - Sea.Hear.Now
9/20/22 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Metro Credit #
9/21/22 - Wilmington, NC - Live Oak Bank Pavilion #
9/23/22 - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live! #
9/24/22 - Dover, DE - Firefly Festival
9/25/22 - Bridgeport, CT / Sound on Sound
9/27/22 - Toronto, ON - RBC Echo Beach #
9/29/22 - Detroit, MI - Oakland University #
9/30/22 - Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater a #
10/1/22 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion #
10/3/22 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee #
10/4/22 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee #
10/6/22 - Omaha, NE - The Admiral Theater
10/7/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Armory #
10/8/22 - St. Louis, MO - Saint Louis Music Park #
10/10/22 - Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing Company #
10/11/22 - North Charleston, SC - Firefly Distillery
10/13/22 - St Augustine, FL - The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre #
10/14/22 - Atlanta, GA - Cadence Bank Amphitheatre #
10/15/22 - Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater #
10/21/22 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Riverbreeze Friday

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% Hiss Golden Messenger

10/08 Broken Social Scene with Poliça at Palace Theatre Read More Broken Social Scene One of the most important Canadian band Broken Social Scene is making their return to Minnesota at the Palace Theatre next Thursday. The all-star collective …

10/08/2022 Saturday

Broken Social Scene with Poliça
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Canadian ensemble Broken Social Scene is celebrating their 20th Anniversary of You Forgot it in People.

Strangely, local popular group Poliça is set as co-headliner.

BSS Tour dates:

Sep 22 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Sep 23 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Sep 24 Seattle, WA, US Paramount Theatre
Sep 26 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Sep 27 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Sep 29 Sonoma, CA, US Gundlach Bundschu Winery
Sep 30 Oakland, CA, US Fox Theater
Oct 2 Dana Point, CA, US Ohana Festival
Oct 4 Santa Fe, NM, US Meow Wolf
Oct 5 Denver, CO, US Summit Music Hall
Oct 7 Iowa City, IA, US Englert Theatre
Oct 8 St. Paul, MN, US Palace Theatre
Oct 9 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
Oct 10 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
Oct 12 Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer
Oct 13 Washington, DC, US Lincoln Theatre
Oct 14 Washington, DC, US 9:30 Club
Oct 15 New York (NYC), NY, US Webster Hall
Oct 16 New York (NYC), NY, US Webster Hall

10/09 One OK Rock with You Me At Six and Fame on Fire at Fillmore Read More Fame on Fire The Ohio electronic/prog metal band has been around a decade now, out on their Horizons Tour from the album of the same name. The tour starts in KC with support from Red, Fame on Fire, and Smash into Pieces for a full evening of cutting-edge rock. …

10/09/2022 Sunday

One OK Rock
with You Me At Six and Fame on Fire
at Fillmore
livenation.com

Japanese band One OK Rock will be headlining the Fillmore in Minneapolis this October 9th. The Fueled by Ramen band’s latest single “Let Me Let You Go” is a precursor to their new album Luxury Disease (which arrives September 9th).

According to the poster, You Me At Six and Fame on Fire to open.

Tour dates:

09/19/2022 Austin, TX - Emo’s
09/20/2022 Houston, TX
09/21/2022 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
09/23/2022 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
09/24/2022 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle*
09/25/2022 Charlotte, NC - The Underground
09/27/2022 Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall
09/28/2022 Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore
09/30/2022 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
10/01/2022 Boston, MA - House of Blues
10/02/2022 Montreal, QC - Club Soda
10/04/2022 Toronto, ON - Rebel
10/05/2022 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore*
10/07/2022 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
10/08/2022 Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
10/09/2022 Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore
10/11/2022 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
10/12/2022 Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
10/14/2022 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
10/15/2022 Vancouver, BC - Harbour Event Centre
10/16/2022 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
10/19/2022 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
10/20/2022 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium

10/09 Superorganism with Blood Cultures at Varsity Theater Read More Superorganism London-based eight person collective Superorganism will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on May 2nd… a massive upgrade to their previous appearance at the 7th Street Entry. …

10/09/2022 Sunday

Superorganism
with Blood Cultures
at Varsity Theater
livenation.com

After a delay in their 2019 tour, Superorganism is back on tour in support of their sophomore album, World Wide Pop.

Blood Cultures to open.

Tour dates:

Sep 6 Berlin, Germany Hole 44
Sep 7 Warsaw, Poland Praga Centrum
Sep 9 Prague, Czech Republic Lucerna Music Bar
Sep 10 Vienna, Austria Das Werk
Sep 12 Cologne, Germany Club Volta
Sep 13 Brussels, Belgium Botanique - Rotonde
Sep 14 Paris, France Le Trabendo
Sep 16 Brighton, UK Chalk
Sep 17 Leeds, UK Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen
Sep 18 Glasgow, UK SWG3 Warehouse
Sep 20 Manchester, UK Gorilla
Sep 21 London, UK Scala
Sep 27 Portland, ME, US Portland House of Music & Events
Sep 29 Brooklyn, NY, US Warsaw
Sep 30 Hamden, CT, US Space Ballroom
Oct 1 Boston, MA, US Paradise Rock Club
Oct 2 Montreal, QC, Canada Le Studio Td
Oct 3 Toronto, ON, Canada Axis Club
Oct 5 Columbus, OH, US Skully's Music Diner
Oct 7 Chicago, IL, US Lincoln Hall
Oct 8 Madison, WI, US Majestic Theatre-WI
Oct 9 Minneapolis, MN, US Varsity Theater
Oct 11 Denver, CO, US Meow Wolf Denver
Oct 12 Salt Lake City, UT, US The Urban Lounge
Oct 14 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Oct 15 Seattle, WA, US Neumos
Oct 16 Vancouver, BC, Canada Rickshaw Theatre
Oct 19 San Jose, CA, US The Ritz
Oct 20 San Francisco, CA, US August Hall
Oct 21 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Regent Theater
Oct 22 San Diego, CA, US Music Box
Oct 24 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom
Oct 25 Santa Fe, NM, US Meow Wolf
Oct 27 Austin, TX, US Scoot Inn
Oct 28 Houston, TX, US White Oak Music Hall
Oct 29 Dallas, TX, US Dada Dallas
Nov 1 Atlanta, GA, US Terminal West
Nov 2 Nashville, TN, US The Basement East
Nov 3 Durham, NC, US Motorco Music Hall
Nov 4 Washington, DC, US 9:30 Club
Nov 5 Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer

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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Rocktober: October 7

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide

10/07 Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat with Nashville Pussy at First Avenue Read More Toadies Still rubberneckin’… After a successful two legs to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their defining album, Rubberneck; Fort Worth, TX band Toadies … Reverend Horton Heat The so-called "godfather of modern rockabilly and psychobilly" Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath's latest album Rev (their 11th album!) came out last year on Victory Records. …

10/07/2022 Friday

Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat
with Nashville Pussy
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

The co-headlining Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat (with support from Nashville Pussy) will take place at First Avenue on October 7th. We’ve seen all these bands throughout the years, but it is really fun to see them all on one billing.

The Toadies are on their rescheduled 25th Anniversary tour for Rubberneck.

Toadies drummer Mark Reznicek explained the long delay, “This tour was originally slated to go out in 2020… Because of the effects of Covid, this is our third attempt at doing a tour celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Rubberneck. It’s been a long time coming, but the third time’s the charm as they say. It wasn’t ever an easy decision to postpone tours, but we felt it was the right thing to do to keep everyone (ourselves included) safe. And we’re really excited to finally be getting out there to play the album in its entirety for all our patient fans across the country.”

Over two years in the making, this is going to be an awesome show, celebrating Rubberneck.

Tour dates:

Sep. 13 - Tulsa, Ok - Cain's*
Sep. 14 - Oklahoma, City, OK - Diamond Ballroom*
Sep. 15 – Amarillo, TX – Starlight Ranch
Sep. 16 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theater*
Sep. 17 - Salt Lake City, UT - Grand Room *
Sep. 19 - Phoenix, AZ - The Marquee*
Sep. 21 - San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park*
Sep. 22 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey*
Sep. 23 - Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues*
Sep. 24 - Sacramento, CA - Ace Of Spades*
Sep. 25 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom*
Sep. 27 - Portland, OR - Roseland*
Sep. 28 - Seattle, WA - Showbox*
Sep. 29 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory*
Oct. 3 - Omaha, NE – Slowdown^
Oct. 4 - Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads^
Oct. 5 - St. Louis, MO - Pageant^
Oct. 7 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue^
Oct. 8 - Milwaukee, WI - Rave II^
Oct. 9 - Chicago, IL - Metro^
Oct. 11 – Indianapolis, IN – HiFi^
Oct. 12 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak^
Oct. 13 - Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues^
Oct. 14 - Covington, KY - Madison Theater^
Oct. 15 - Pittsburgh, PA - Jergel's^
Oct. 16 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza^
Oct. 19 - Boston, MA - Paradise^
Oct 20 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall^
Oct. 21 - Asbury Park, NY - Stone Pony^
Oct. 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts^
Oct. 23 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore^
Oct. 25 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl^
Oct. 26 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theater^
Oct. 27 - Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
Oct. 28 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room^
Oct. 29 – St Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live^
Oct. 31 – House of Blues - New Orleans, Drakulas

10/07 The Head and The Heart with Shakey Graves at Armory Read More The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ...

10/07/2022 Friday

The Head and The Heart
with Shakey Graves
at Armory
armorymn.com

The Head And The Heart is back on tour for their latest Every Shade of Blue (Warner Records/Reprise Records).

We caught the band at Festival Palomino 2014 and wrote, “Seattle favorites, The Head and the Heart, who had maybe the biggest overall sound of the festival acts. Led by co-vocalists Josiah Johnson, Charity Rose Thielen, and Jonathan Russell, the band’s 50 min. set leaned heavily on last year’s Let’s Be Still (Sub Pop Records) and the damp crowd showed why Minneapolis is one of the band’s best markets.”

Shakey Graves to open.

Tour Dates

9/10/22 - Abiquiu, NM - Ladder to the Moon Festival
9/11/22 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
9/13/22 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up
9/14/22 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom %
9/15/22 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre %
9/17/22 - Richmond, VA - Altria Theater #
9/18/22 - Asbury Park, NJ - Sea.Hear.Now
9/20/22 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Metro Credit #
9/21/22 - Wilmington, NC - Live Oak Bank Pavilion #
9/23/22 - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live! #
9/24/22 - Dover, DE - Firefly Festival
9/25/22 - Bridgeport, CT / Sound on Sound
9/27/22 - Toronto, ON - RBC Echo Beach #
9/29/22 - Detroit, MI - Oakland University #
9/30/22 - Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater a #
10/1/22 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion #
10/3/22 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee #
10/4/22 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee #
10/6/22 - Omaha, NE - The Admiral Theater
10/7/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Armory #
10/8/22 - St. Louis, MO - Saint Louis Music Park #
10/10/22 - Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing Company #
10/11/22 - North Charleston, SC - Firefly Distillery
10/13/22 - St Augustine, FL - The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre #
10/14/22 - Atlanta, GA - Cadence Bank Amphitheatre #
10/15/22 - Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater #
10/21/22 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Riverbreeze Friday

# Shakey Graves
% Hiss Golden Messenger

10/07 William Clark Green at Amsterdam Bar Read More William Clark Green William Clark Green, Knuckleheads, $29.50 Texas country singer-songwriter with five studio and two live albums under his belt. New music seems overdue so maybe hope for a new song or two, and just maybe an Eagles medley. ...

10/07/2022 Friday

William Clark Green
at Amsterdam Bar
amsterdambarandhall.com

Roots-Americana singer/songwriter William Clark Green will stop by the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul, in support of his sixth album Baker Hotel (Bill Grease Records).

“What this record means to me is self-reflection, realizing that I just turned 35 and it’s like, ‘Where am I at in life? Where do I want to be? Where did I think I would be?’ Not being able to work [during the lockdown], I had a lot of time to sit and think about myself, and what’s really locking me down, and that’s what I think this record is about,” Green says.

Tour dates

Sep 10 Billings, MT, US The Pub Station
Sep 11 Great Falls, MT, US The Newberry
Sep 15 Spokane, WA, US Lucky You Lounge
Sep 16 Portland, OR, US Ponderosa Lounge & Grill
Sep 20 Seattle, WA, US Tractor Tavern
Sep 21 Boise, ID, US The Olympic Venue
Oct 5 Madison, WI, US High Noon Saloon
Oct 6 Grand Rapids, MI, US The Stache at the Intersection
Oct 7 St. Paul, MN, US Amsterdam Bar & Hall
Oct 12 Detroit, MI, US The Shelter
Oct 14 Indianapolis, IN, US Hi-Fi
Oct 14 Indianapolis, IN, US Hi-Fi Annex (Behind Hi-Fi)
Oct 15 Louisville, KY, US Zanzabar
Oct 20 Atlanta, GA, US Terminal West
Oct 22 Cleveland, OH, US The Asylum at Masonic Temple
Oct 27 Pittsburgh, PA, US Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Oct 28 Columbus, OH, US Bluestone
Oct 29 Huntington, WV, US The Loud
Nov 3 Savannah, GA, US District Live
Nov 4 Isle of Palms, SC, US The Windjammer
Nov 5 Charlotte, NC, US The Underground
Nov 9 Isle of Palms, SC, US The Windjammer
Nov 10 Asheville, NC, US The Grey Eagle
Nov 11 Raleigh, NC, US Lincoln Theatre
Nov 23 Austin, TX, US Antone's Nightclub
Dec 1 Dallas, TX, US The Studio at the Factory
Dec 2 Fort Smith, AR, US TempleLive Fort Smith
Dec 3 Wichita, KS, US TempleLive Wichita
Dec 7 Annapolis, MD, US Rams Head On Stage
Dec 8 Richmond, VA, US The Broadberry
Dec 9 Sellersville, PA, US Sellersville Theater 1894
Dec 10 Worcester, MA, US Off the Rails Music Venue
Dec 31 Tulsa, OK, US Cain's Ballroom

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

vu ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

We♥KC - May 18-24, 2022 Upcoming Shows (Kansas City / Lawrence KS)

Simple Plan and Sum 41, Uptown Read More Sum 41 Legendary punk band Sum 41 is celebrating their 15th Anniversary of their second album Does This Look Infected? with an album tour. The group will stop by the newly owned Varsity Theater on Saturday. … Simple Plan Simple Plan is headlining First Ave as part of their “No Pads, No Helmets….Just Balls” 15th Anniversary Tour. Patent Pending and Set It Off to open. 6pm …

Read more Kansas City Music Guide.

Folk and Bluegrass rule the week- the five-day international folk festival returns in-person, bringing acts from all over the world, and Bluegrass at the Bottoms is a two-day twangfest in the heart of the city.  Meanwhile, Wynonna cancels her club tour and instead pledges to carry on with The Judds Tour (because... arenas, cha-ching!). 

The week starts slow with some previous postponements but May 24 is a real quandary on what to attend, with at least three worthy shows that night-- choose wisely, grasshopper!

Here’s what’s happening in the Kansas City/Lawrence, KS metro MAY 18-24

(Several artists are still requiring precautions for entry, so check with the venue and/or assume vaccination proof and possibly a mask, might still be required)

Wednesday May 18

Simple Plan and Sum 41 w/Set It Off, Uptown, $36

It’s the cleverly named Blame Canada Tour, co-headlined by these north of the border Warped Tour veterans. Simple Plan had some lineup upheaval during the pandemic concerning misconduct allegations, but the band has rebounded with new album Harder Than it Looks. 

Sum 41 is returning with double-album Heaven and Hell on the horizon – Heaven being pop punk and Hell being more metal in nature. 

Rupi Kaur, Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland. $39-$99

The Canadian illustrator, poet, author and photographer returns to the stage after rising to fame via Instagram and has a film about her streaming on Amazon Prime. Because she first learned composing in Punjabi, she loves lower-case as much or more than e.e.cummings ever did. 

Molchat Doma, recordBar SOLD OUT

Currently on a 12-country tour, this is a rare chance to see this Belarusian post-punk band, out in support of 2020’s Monument. Influenced by Joy Division and The Cure, they’ve been working in part of a Robert Smith classic into one of their songs, late in their set. 

Folk Alliance International Conference, Westin Crown Center

Folk Alliance International Conference, Westin Crown Center, May 18-22, $500+ Tickets here: Conference Registration - Folk Alliance International

The world’s largest gathering of the folk music community (crossing a diverse array of genres including Appalachian, Americana, Blues, Bluegrass, Celtic, Cajun, Global Roots, Hip-Hop, Old-Time, Singer-Songwriter, Spoken Word, Traditional, Zydeco, more) returns after some pandemic delays.

This year’s theme is Living Traditions and will showcase various traditional folk music forms regionally, nationally, and internationally. The theme will be explored through topics of music preservation, migration, evolution, and authenticity, and there is a chance to see numerous performers during performance showcases.  

Rage Against The Machine,T-Mobile Center. POSTPONED

Eels, Liberty Hall POSTPONED

Wynonna, Knuckleheads, CANCELED

Jacob Collier, The Truman Read More Jacob Collier They Might Be Giants, May 17, The Truman. $27-$30 Rage Against The Machine, May 18, T-Mobile Center. $125-$578 Jacob Collier, May 19, The Truman. $30 …

Thursday May 19

Jacob Collier, The Truman. $30

Basically, a musical genius (& the only UK artist to win Grammys for his first four albums)  who plays about everything and mixes looped harmonies and audience participation sounds, to create unique audio canvases.  On his Djesse Tour celebrating his last three studio albums, expect an energetic live show, audience interactions, and maybe some innovative Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and even Charlie Chaplin covers. 

Nothing, Nowhere w Poorstacy, Carolesdaughter, Guccihighwaters, Snarls, Granada- Lawrence, $22-$24

MA rapper out in support of 2021’s Trauma Factory and a full night of music on this five-act bill.

CrankGameplays Presents: I Have To Do This Show, Folly. $37.50

A unique experience interlaced with comedy, theater, and a realistic – if possibly warped – viewpoint of the internet, from an online “influencer” (...whatever that means...)

Robert Earl Keen, Uptown Theater, $59

Eighteen studio albums in, this will likely be your last chance to see the 66yr-old Americana veteran, as he’s announced retirement starting in September.  For fans of Lyle Lovett and the late Townes Van Zandt, and gotta admire someone that walks away on his own terms. 

Bluegrass at the Bottoms, GrindersKC Read More Railroad Earth Bluegrass, or rather “newgrass”, band Railroad Earth took the stage right on time. The reason for the tight schedule was that they were playing a double set. Typically, when bands play double sets ...

Friday May 20

Brian Regan(comedian), Uptown. $45-$178

The longtime quirky comedian tours following 2021’s Netflix stand up special On the Rocks, and returns with his unique observational and self-deprecating sense of humor.

Riff Generation-KC Jazz Orchestra, Kauffman Center, $10-$35

The second of three events celebrating Kansas City’s stylistic foundational contributions to early jazz. Popular songs like “In The Mood” and “Shake, Rattle, and Roll” were largely written in the KC riff-based style, and the city’s “jam session” cultivation of the music lives on in venues around the world. Expect new, highly collaborative compositions in a modern examination of the KC “riff style”, that also engages with more local musicians.

William Clark Green, Knuckleheads, $29.50

Texas country singer-songwriter with five studio and two live albums under his belt.  New music seems overdue so maybe hope for a new song or two, and just maybe an Eagles medley. 

Zach Bryan, Azura Amphitheater, $49-$200

Rising young Oklahoma country star and Navy veteran who releases his first full-length, American Heartbreak this coming Friday, with current single, “Something in the Orange” currently on the country charts. 

Bluegrass at the Bottoms- Sam Bush, Railroad Earth, Yonder Mtn String Band, more, May 20-21, GrindersKC, $80-$150

Two-day music and brews event includes Railroad Earth, Yonder Mountain String Band, Sam Bush Unsafe At Any Speed (featuring Greensky Bluegrass’ Dave Bruzza), Sierra Hull, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, Tall Tall Trees, The Mighty Pines ,Whiskey for the Lady and many more.

Saturday May 21

Southern Culture on the Skids w Dressy Bessy, Knuckleheads. $20

Psychobilly/surf rock band SCOTS has been around since 1983(!?) and is out in support of 2021’s At Home With SCOTS. Bummer as it seems they no longer throw fried chicken / play “Eight Piece Box” but watch your head during “Banana Puddin’” and assume the whole audience might be on stage by the end. 

Y’allapalooza, Azura Amphitheater

Y’allapalooza starring Jon Pardi w Hardy, Ernest, Azura Amphitheater. $45-$99

It’s Pardi Time! (to crib the name of his CMT series) – most recent album is 2019’s Heartache Medication and he even covered Metallica for a 2021 benefit cover album.

Opener Hardy is a ...unique looking dude who’s been opening in arenas for Morgan Wallen

Jessie James Decker, Arvest Bank Theatre

Sunday May 22

Jessie James Decker with Adam Doleac, Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland. $34.50-$79.50

The country pop singer who married Minnesota Gopher and ex-NFL receiver Eric Decker, struck gold last year with single, “Should Have Known Better”.  Latest album is Oct. 2021’s The Woman I’ve Become on Epic Records and her live show has had her covering Shania, Lil Nas X, and even Nirvana

Judy Collins and Madeleine Peyroux, Yardley Hall $20-$85

Folk and jazz icons come together for this unique live pairing.  If they play some songs together, that would make the night even more magical.  We caught Peyroux live back in 2017 with Rickie Lee Jones and have to admit, were a little disappointed they didn’t perform together for at least one song. 

Stand Atlantic, Confidence, Cemetery Sun, Census Bottleneck-Lawrence $20-$25

Plenty of pop punk playing this week, but this Aussie band might be worth checking out.  Latest album is F.E.A.R. released May 6 (not to be confused with the Marillion album of the same name) and the band has ten years worth of history and songs to draw from. 

Christine “Kingfish” Ingram, Uptown CANCELED

The Head and the Heart, Uptown Theater Read More The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ... The Head and the Heart, Uptown Theater Read More Modest Mouse With concerts slowing coming back to America, Modest Mouse announced their 2021 tour dates, all in support of their new album The Golden Casket (available June 25th via Epic Records). …

Monday May 23

Tuesday May 24

The Head and the Heart with Jade Bird, Uptown Theater, $45-$99

Count us as fans of this Seattle indie-pop band, as we’ve covered them for a decade, memorably seeing them live early on in 2013, and outdoors at the greatly-missed Festival Palomino the following summer.  Latest album is their fifth, Every Shade of Blue, released last month on Warner/Reprise and current single. “Virginia (Wind in the Night)” topped the AAA charts. 

We love Jade Bird as well and were fortunate to have caught her live on her first US Tour back in 2017.  The London folk singer-songwriter has her second full-length out, last August’s Different Kind of Light and got engaged late last year to her touring guitarist. 

Modest Mouse with The Cribs, GrindersKC. UPDATE - POSTPONED (weather)

This is a great double-bill as well – Washington indie rockers Modest Mouse have returned en force with 2021’s The Golden Casket and we caught them live last August, shortly after the record was released.  Lead singer Isaac Brock continues to steer their ship and even recently revealed that new and unheard songs with Johnny Marr may be in the near future, which is a wonderful surprise. 

Wakefield UK’s brothers Jarman are a band we’ve followed since 2007. The Cribs returned in late 2020 with Night Network, their eighth studio album and we’ll always remember seeing them in St. Paul on August 1 2007, just after the bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis, collapsed.

Limp Bizkit w Yung Gravy, Wargasm UK, Dying Wish Cable Dahmer Arena - Independence. $29.50-$79

They said it- out on their Still Sucks Tour, you can’t deny the nu-rock/rap band did have some banging hits in the mid-90s that helped define that decade.  Actually, the tour is named after their 2021 album, (still not available on physical media for whatever reason) and features single, “Dad Vibes” and an INXS cover.  In concert, they’ve been performing a Ministry song, prefaced by a Metallica/Megadeth medley. 

Todd Snider w Ian Noe, Granada-Lawrence, $30-$40

More than twenty-five years later, he’s still an Alright Guy.  In 2021, Snider released the folk-funky First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder and always has interesting and funny stories between songs live.  We caught him live back in 2019, though his dog who he brought on stage, didn’t seem to be too impressed (or had heard it all before). 

Harbour, recordBar, $15

This Cincinnati indie rock band maybe doesn’t have the most internet-friendly searchable name, and most members were previously in a band called The Monument (not the greatest internet-friendly name either).  Anyway, they’ve followed 2019 album, Thoughts on Letting Go with 2020 single, “Twenty Twenty” and newest, “Bahamas” coming next month.

john ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

Heart to Hart

Read More The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ...

THE HEAD AND THE HEART
theheadandtheheart.com

The Head And The Heart recently appeared on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 15th to perform their hit single, “Honeybee”. The “Honeybee” song, taken from their fourth LP Living Mirage (Warner Records / Reprise Records), is currently being streamed more than 1.1 million times per week (over 56 million streams globally).

Watch the live performance on YouTube.

Head and the Heart at First Ave (27 Oct 2013)

We caught the band in October 2013 and said, “Then the intro music of "Springtime" was played on the speakers and suddenly The Head and the Heart launched into "Summertime", featuring Charity Thielen on lead vocals. You soon discovered that vocals were shared among the trinity of Charity, Josiah, and Jonathan. And, in fact, the three of them does a lot of tight harmony on many of their songs. As you can see from their setlist, about half the songs are from their latest album Let's Be Still, including "Summertime", "Homecoming Heroes", "Shake", "Cruel", and "Josh McBride". You could always tell which songs were from the debut self-titled album because they usually had the audience singing along, in particular the set closer "Rivers and Roads".”

KERRY HART
kerryhart.com

Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Kerry Hart released her debut album I Know A Gun. The album can be streamed on fanlink.to/IKnowAGun. It’s been streamed over 2M streams on Youtube, and well past half a million streams on Spotify and Apple Music.

Her new single, “Great Water” is described, in Hart’s own words, as “a modern hymnal, a worship song to the water, to the sky, and to the Great Spirit. It's an offering of one's burden on to the alter of Spirit, a pledge of faith to a higher power, a wider perspective. Within it, a potent lamentation, and a prayerful willingness to receive absolution.”

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Minneapolis: September 15 to September 19, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from September 15 to September 19, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

The Head & The Heart at Armory Read More The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ...

THE HEAD AND THE HEART
+ The Moondoggies
Armory
Wed 09/18/2019 (6:30pm/$47)
armorymn.com

The Head & The Heart is currently on tour in support of their fourth album Living Mirage. The group will be stopping by the Armory in Minneapolis this Wednesday, September 18th. If you can’t make it to the show, you can still live stream the event on Amazon Music.

We last saw the band in Oct 2014 and said, “After an almost two hour delay, the crowd was released back outside and crowded the main stage (where extended applause took place for the stagehand that removed the protective plastic from the high stagelights) for Seattle favorites, The Head and the Heart, who had maybe the biggest overall sound of the festival acts. Led by co-vocalists Josiah Johnson, Charity Rose Thielen, and Jonathan Russell, the band’s 50 min. set leaned heavily on last year’s Let’s Be Still (Sub Pop Records) and the damp crowd showed why Minneapolis is one of the band’s best markets.”

The Moondoggies to open.

Tour dates:

09/06/19 - Murat Theatre - Indianapolis, IN *
09/07/19 - Murat Theatre - Indianapolis, IN *
09/08/19 - PNC Pavilion - Cincinnati, OH *
09/10/19 - Jacobs Pavilion a - Cleveland, OH *
09/11/19 - 20 Monroe Live - Grand Rapids, MI *
09/13/19 - Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL *
09/15/19 - The Sylvee - Madison, WI *
09/16/19 - The Sylvee - Madison, WI *
09/18/19 - The Armory - Minneapolis, MN *
09/19/19 - Stephens Auditorium - Ames, IA *
09/21/19 - Pilgrimage Music Festival - Franklin, TN +^ *
09/23/19 - Avondale Brewing Company - Birmingham, AL *
09/24/19 - The Fillmore - New Orleans, LA *
09/26/19 - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium - Asheville, NC *
09/27/19 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA *
09/29/19 - Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre - Charlotte, NC *
10/01/19 - Red Hat Amphitheater - Raleigh, NC *
10/03/19 - The Anthem - Washington, DC *
10/04/19 - Kings Theatre - Brooklyn, NY *=
10/05/19 - The Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, NY *!
10/08/19 - The MET - Philadelphia, PA #
10/09/19 - Palace Theatre - Albany, NY #
10/11/19 - Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre - Wallingford, CT #
10/12/19 - Agganis Arena - Boston, MA #
10/14/19 - UPMC Events Center - Moon Twp., PA #
10/15/19 - The Fillmore Detroit - Detroit, MI #
10/16/19 - Palace Theatre - Columbus, OH #
10/18/19 - Algonquin Commons Theatre - Ottawa, ON #
10/19/19 - MTELUS - Montreal, QC #
10/20/19 - Sony Centre - Toronto, ON #

! Main support Hamilton Leithauser
= Main support Rayland Baxter
* Supported by The Moondoggies
# Supported by Illiterate Light

Other shows in the area:

Kardemimmit USA 2019 Tour The Midnight at First Ave Banks 2019 Tour Generationals at 7th Street Read More Kardemimmit The package provides a neat little nudge into widen my horizons. And thus I am doing a write up about a Finnish folk group called Kardemimmit. … BANKS The mood shifted to hazy, experimental, and more theatric as Orange County electro-pop singer-songwriter Banks was next, playing many songs from her newest, The Altar (Harvest Records) for the very first time before a live audience. … Generationals For a Monday night, the turnout for Generationals and Brass Bed’s concert at 7th Street Entry in downtown Minneapolis was exceptional. …

KARDEMIMMIT
+ Lynn O’Brien
Cedar Cultural Center
Sun 09/15/2019 (7pm/$15)
thecedar.org

We first discovered Finnish group Kardemimmit in Feb 2013: “After some research I discovered that Introducing Kardemimmit is a rebranded, reissued Kaisla. Now I know next to nothing about the music scene in Finland - aside from watching a documentary claiming tango was invented in Finland - but Kardemimmit's Kaisla was a lesson well learned. The album has a magical, medieval vibe to it. I initially attributed this magic to the harp, however the main instrument is actually the kantele, which has apparently existed for approximately 2,000 years and yet nobody told me about it.”

The Finnish group is back at the Cedar Cultural Center this Sunday, September 15th. Special guest Lynn O’Brien to open.

Tour dates:

09/15/2019 Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN, US
09/23/2019 Paradise Theatre, Paonia, CO, US
09/26/2019 Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY, US

THE MIDNIGHT
+ Flamingosis
First Avenue
Mon 09/16/2019 (7pm/$20)
first-avenue.com

The Midnight is a duo featuring Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan. The two are touring in support of their latest release Kids.

Flamingosis (aka Aaron Velasquez) to open.

Tour dates:

09/07/2019 The Beacham Orlando, FL
09/10/2019 The National Richmond, VA
09/12/2019 Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington, IN
09/14/2019 The Danforth Music Hall Toronto, ON
09/15/2019 Metro / Smart Bar Chicago, IL
09/16/2019 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
09/16/2019 Metro / Smart Bar Chicago, IL
09/18/2019 The Ready Room St. Louis, MO
09/20/2019 Tower Theatre Oklahoma City, OK
09/22/2019 Lowbrow Palace El Paso, TX
09/26/2019 Fremont Theater San Luis Obispo, CA
09/27/2019 The Novo Los Angeles, CA
10/23/2019 Rockefeller Music Hall Oslo, Norway
11/07/2019 Albert Hall Manchester
11/10/2019 SWG3 Glasgow
11/12/2019 Roundhouse London
11/17/2019 Corona Capital Festival

BANKS
+ Kevin Garrett
Varsity Theater
Tue 09/17/2019 (7pm/$39.50)
varsitytheater.com

Banks is headlining the Varsity Theater this September 17th. We last saw her in Dec 2016 and noted, “The mood shifted to hazy, experimental, and more theatric as Orange County electro-pop singer-songwriter Banks was next, playing many songs from her newest, The Altar (Harvest Records) for the very first time before a live audience. She and the station have been friends for some time, as she played the very first GO Show in March 2015, which we also covered, and played a forty-minute set, though she is not currently on tour.”

Kevin Garrett to open.

Tour Dates:

Sept 6 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston
Sept 7 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
Sept 8 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
Sept 9 – New York, NY – Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
Sept 10 - Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
Sept 11 – Silver SPRING, MD – Fillmore Silver Spring
Sept 13 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Sept 14 – Atlanta, GA – Music Midtown
Sept 14 – Atlanta, GA – Music Midtown
Sept 16 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
Sept 17 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
Sept 19 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Sept 24 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
Sept 25 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Sept 26 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Sept 28 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
Oct 1 – Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Palladium
Oct 2 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
Oct 3 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Oct 6 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
Oct 9 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues Dallas
Oct 10 – Houston, TX – House of Blues Houston
Oct 15 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
Oct 16 – New Orleans, LA – Fillmore New Orleans
Oct 18 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues Orlando
Oct 19 – Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach

GENERATIONALS
+ Gemma
Turf Club
Thu 09/19/2019 (7pm/$16)
turfclub.net

Generationals will be headlining the Turf Club in St Paul this Thursday, September 19th. The group just released Reader as Detective on Polyvinyl Records. We last saw the group in May 2013 (although the band appeared in the area again Nov 2014).

Tour Dates:

9/18 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
9/19 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
9/20 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
9/21 - Columbus, OH - The A&R Music Bar
9/22 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
9/24 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
9/26 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/27 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
9/28 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat
9/30 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
10/2 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East
10/3 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
10/4 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn
10/5 - New Orleans, LA - Tipitina’s

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Minneapolis: May 29 to May 31, 2018

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from May 29 to May 31, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Matt Costa: Santa Rosa Fangs Read More Matt Costa I absolutely loved Matt Costa's 2013 self-titled album. The album was recorded and produced by Belle & Sebastian fame Tony Doogan, and you can hear hints of pop rock sound in the record. .… Elizabeth & The Catapult Paste and Rolling Stone loves Brooklyn-based Elizabeth & The Catapult, calling them "fresh confidence against punchy drums and jazzy guitar riffs" and "jazzy chamber-pop sound", respectively. …

MATT COSTA
+ Elizabeth And The Catapult
Turf Club
Wed 05/30/2018 (7pm/$15)
turfclub.net

One of my favorite record of 2013 is the self-titled album by Matt Costa. The SoCal singer/songwriter is back on tour in support of his forthcoming album Santa Rosa Fangs (due out May 18th on Dangerbird Records).

With the new album, Costa said, “I’ve interwoven my own stories into a fictional idea of what Santa Rosa Fangs is, from my own time spent living in Northern and Southern California and years driving up and down the coast, seeing the landscape and where life can pull you within one state. It’s the characters’ story and my story, too, contemporary but still tortured by the past. It’s a window into a time period but spoken as if it’s the present. The beauty of love and loss doesn’t have a date on it; it’s timeless.”

Opening up the show will be Elizabeth & The Catapult - who released one of my favorite albums of 2009, Taller Children, thanks to Elizabeth Ziman’s wonderful jazz/chamber-pop vocals.

Tour dates:

05/19 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle*
05/21 Vienna, VA Jammin’ Java*
05/22 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade*
05/23 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair*
05/25 Toronto, ON Longboat at Great Hall*
05/26 Ann Arbor, MI The Blind Pig*
05/27 Chicago, IL Schuba’s*
05/28 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall*
05/30 St. Paul, MN The Turf Club*
06/05 Los Angeles, CA The Troubadour†
06/07 Carmel, CA Live in the Vines
07/07 San Francisco, CA Café du Nord†
07/09 Bellingham, WA Wild Buffalo†
07/10 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern†
07/11 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret†
07/12 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge†
08/16 Dana Point, CA Bluff Park at Salt Creek Beach

* with Elizabeth & the Catapult
† with Katie Toupin (ex-Houndmouth)

Maps & Atlases: Lightlessness Is Nothing New Head and the Heart 2018 Tour The Lighthouse and the Whaler 2018 Tour Parquet Courts: Wide Awake! Read More Maps & Atlases Maps & Atlases, which I did catch the majority of their set... unlike missing them entirely at the 80-35 last year. I'm not sure if new songs from their forthcoming album Perch Patchwork ... Lighthouse and the Whaler Ohio-based The Lighthouse and the Whaler took the stage, opening as they did on Pond’s previous outing, with a feel-good blend of indie folk-pop, in support of their self-released latest, This is an Adventure. ... The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ... Parquet Courts The loud punk-ish rock band Parquet Courts is currently on tour for their debut album, Light Up Gold, out now on What's Your Rupture? Records. The band has received a lot of praises from …

Other shows in the area:

MAPS & ATLASES
+ Yana
7th Street Entry
Tue 05/29/2018 (8pm/$15)
first-avenue.com

Chicago's Maps & Atlases will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on Tuesday, in support of their third full-length Lightlessness Is Nothing New (due out June 1 on Barsuk Records).

Tour dates:

5/29: 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN
6/01: Upstream Music Festival - Seattle, WA
6/02: Volume Music Festival - Spokane, WA
6/03: Holocene - Portland, OR
6/06: Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA
6/07: Lodge Room - Los Angeles, CA
6/08: Casbah - San Diego, CA
6/09: Rebel Lounge - Phoenix, AZ
6/10: Sister Bar - Albuquerque, NM
6/12: Club Dada - Dallas, TX
6/13: Scoot Inn - Austin, TX

THE HEAD AND THE HEART
+ Grouplove
Armory
Wed 05/30/2018 (6:30pm/$33)
armorymn.com

The Head And The Heart is returning to the Twin Cities at the newly minted Armory in Minneapolis on Wednesday. We previously saw the band on Oct 2014 and wrote, “After an almost two hour delay, the crowd was released back outside and crowded the main stage (where extended applause took place for the stagehand that removed the protective plastic from the high stagelights) for Seattle favorites, The Head and the Heart, who had maybe the biggest overall sound of the festival acts. Led by co-vocalists Josiah Johnson, Charity Rose Thielen, and Jonathan Russell, the band’s 50 min. set leaned heavily on last year’s Let’s Be Still (Sub Pop Records) and the damp crowd showed why Minneapolis is one of the band’s best markets.”

Grouplove will open.

Tour dates:

5/22/18 - CCCU Open Air Theatre - San Diego, CA
5/23/18 - The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA
5/24/18 - Fox Theater Pomona - Pomona, CA
5/26/18 - BottleRock Napa Valley Festival - Napa, CA
5/29/18 - Starlight Theater - Kansas City, MO
5/30/18 - The Armory - Minneapolis, MN
5/31/18 - Northerly Island Amphitheatre - Chicago, IL
6/2/18 - Artpark - Lewiston, NY
6/3/18 - Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica - Cleveland, OH
6/5/18 - Ommegang Brewery - Cooperstown, NY

LIGHTHOUSE AND THE WHALER
+ Vita and the Woolf, Guytano
7th Street Entry
Wed 05/30/2018 (7:30pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Cleveland’s The Lighthouse And The Whaler is touring with Philadelphia’s Vita And The Woolf this year. They’ll stop by the 7th Street Entry on Wednesday, May 30th.

Tour dates:

05/15 - Austin, TX @ Stubbs Jr.
05/17 - Phoenix, AZ @ The The Rebel Lounge
05/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Moroccan Lounge
05/19 - Costa Mesa, CA @ Wayfarer
05/20 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
05/22 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones
05/23 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
05/25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
05/26 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge
05/27 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
05/29 - Davenport, IA @ The Raccoon Motel
05/30 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
05/31 - Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall
06/01 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
06/02 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom

PARQUET COURTS
+ Goat Girl
Fine Line Music Cafe
Thu 05/31/2018 (8pm/$18)
finelinemusic.com

Parquet Courts will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café in support of their forthcoming album Wide Awake! (May 18th on Rough Trade).

Tour dates:

05/23 - Boston, MA @ Royale
05/24 - Providence, RI @ Fete Ballroom
05/25 - Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
05/26 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
05/27 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Theatre
05/28 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
05/30 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
05/31 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
06/1 - Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
06/2 - St Louis, MO @ Ready Room
06/3 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East
06/5 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
06/6 - Carborro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
06/7 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

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Minneapolis: October 13, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on October 13, 2016.

NOTE: The two big shows on this date will be the Prince Tribute Concert (featuring Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan) at Xcel Energy Center and Sia at Target Center. We typically are not invited to this big shows (and photo access is very restrictive - they sometime just kick you out of the show after three songs, so it’s not really worth covering these shows).

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Saint Motel Touring on their way to Coachella 2015 (and I'm assuming they'll likely play SXSW 2015 as well), Saint Motel will be stopping by Minneapolis' 7th Street Entry on Saturday, January 31st. You may recall that we caught them ... Jr. Jr. Detroit duo Jr Jr (Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott) - formerly known as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Minneapolis trio Denny (Alex, Jack, and Sully). …

SAINT MOTEL
at Varsity Theater
Thursday, 10/13/16, 6:30pm ($24.50/$27)
varsitytheater.org

The first time we saw Saint Motel in 2014, they blew us away: “I had low expectations, but by the first song, they had already won me over with their brass / dance / pop / Caribbean / jazzy sound. It seemed like the band took the best elements of various music genre and made it their own. The six-man team (including a saxophonist and trumpeter) was full of fun and energy.”

Saint Motel’s upcoming saintmotelevision will be out October 21, 2016, via Elektra Records.

Jr. Jr. (Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott) - formerly known as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. to open. The Detroit duo’s latest remixed album Still Going: The ‘Gone’ Remixes is out now.

Weathers (singer/rhythm guitarist Cameron Boyer, guitarist Cameron Olsen, bassist Brennen Bates, and drummer Cole Carson) also on the bill. The Los Angeles-based band’s latest single ‘Happy Pills’ was the #1 added on Alternative Radio - marking the highest total adds this decade for a new artist!

Tour Dates

10/7 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger
10/10 St. Louis, MO Delmar Hall
10/11 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
10/13 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
10/14 Milwaukee, WI The Rave II
10/16 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe
10/17 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
10/19 Boston, MA Royale
10/20 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
10/21 New York, NY Webster Hall
10/22 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
10/24 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
10/25 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
10/27 Charlotte, NC The Underground

Read More The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ...

THE HEAD AND THE HEART
at Northrop Auditorium
Thursday, 10/13/16, 6:30pm ($39.50+)
northrop.umn.edu

One of the most popular bands right now is The Head and the Heart. They are currently on tour in support of their new album Signs of Light, which landed at #1 on the AAA and #7 on Alternative charts when it was first released.

The last time we caught this band, they drew in the biggest crowd at Festival Palomino in 2014: “Seattle favorites, The Head and the Heart, who had maybe the biggest overall sound of the festival acts. Led by co-vocalists Josiah Johnson, Charity Rose Thielen, and Jonathan Russell, the band’s 50 min. set leaned heavily on last year’s Let’s Be Still (Sub Pop Records) and the damp crowd showed why Minneapolis is one of the band’s best markets.”

With every online ticket purchased for The Head and the Heart Fall Signs of Light tour, you'll receive a choice of either a standard physical or standard digital copy of their new album, Signs of Light. You will receive instructions via email on how to redeem your album shortly after ticket purchase. For any tickets purchased after the release date, you will receive instructions via email 7-10 days after purchase.

Declan McKenna to open.

The Head and The Heart US Tour Dates

10/07/16 - Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA +
10/08/16 - Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA +
10/09/16 - McDonald Theatre - Eugene, OR *
10/10/16 - INB Performing Arts Center - Spokane, WA *
10/13/16 - Northrop Auditorium - Minneapolis, MN *
10/14/16 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL *
10/15/16 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN *
10/16/16 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN *
10/18/16 - The Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA *
10/20/16 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY *
10/21/16 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY *
10/22/16 - DAR - Washington, DC *
10/23/16 - The Fillmore - Philadelphia, PA *
10/24/16 - The Ritz - Raleigh, NC *
10/26/16 - The Civic - New Orleans, LA *
10/27/16 - White Oak Music Hall - Houston, TX *
10/28/16 - Stubb's Waller Creek - Austin, TX *
10/29/16 - Stubb's Waller Creek - Austin, TX *
10/30/16 - South Side Ballroom - Dallas, TX *
11/02/16 - New Eccles Theater - Salt Lake City, UT *
11/04/16 - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall - Portland, OR *
11/05/16 - Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA *
11/06/16 - Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA *
11/07/16 - Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA
11/09/16 - Morrison Center - Boise, ID

The Tallest Man on Earth +
Declan McKenna *
Hurray for the Riff Raff -

Read More Quintron I'll always remember when I saw Quintron and Miss Pussycat at the Triple Rock in 2010. I had no idea there would be a puppet show - right in the middle of a regular concert. ... Larry Wish Also on this bill will be local Larry Wish & His Guys (who previously opened up for Twerps. Shopping's tour dates: Oct. 18 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre ...

QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT
at Turf Club
Thursday, 10/13/16, 7:30pm ($14)
turfclub.net

Our favorite puppeteer & psychedelic soul band Quintron and Miss Pussycat will once again be back in Minnesota this Thursday, October 13th.

In Quintron news, he’s recently built his “Weather Warlock”, a smart instrument that will play drone-like music based on the weather. Expect to see this in action on this upcoming tour!

Larry Wish & His Guys to open.

Tour Dates

Oct 7 – Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone Café
Oct 8 – St. Louis, MO – Firebird
Oct 9 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
Oct 10 – Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge
Oct 11 – Iowa City, IA – The Mill
Oct 13 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
Oct 14 – Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club
Oct 15 – Chicago, IL – The Hideout
Oct 16 – Detroit, MI – UFO Factory
Oct 18 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
Oct 19 – Rochester, NY – The Bug Jar
Oct 20 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East
Oct 31 – New York, NY – Baby’s All Right
Nov 3 – Baltimore, MD – The Metro Gallery
Nov 5 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
Nov 9 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook
Nov 10 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
Nov 11 – Mobile, AL – Merry Widow
Nov 12 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jack’s
Dec 30 - St. Louis, MO – The Firebird
Dec 31 – Memphis, TN – The Hi-Tone Café

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