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06/15 Flogging Molly & The Interrupters at Armory Read More The Interrupters Wow, remember the first time you heard The Interrupters play “Fight the Good Fight”? It was incredible. It instantly reminded you of ska/punk (“skunk”) bands like Rancid. ... Flogging Molly The real attraction for us was the Flogging Molly show, who actually arrived earlier than scheduled. They were very anxious to get on stage and rock out. And it shows, Dave King came on stage with a pint in his hand ...

06/15/2022 Wednesday

Flogging Molly & The Interrupters
with The Skints
at Armory
armorymn.com

I may have compared The Interrupters (led by singer Aimee Interrupter) to Rancid… and it’s not a knock against the band. I happen to think both bands are excellent. Like many of you, I was blown away by their single “Fight the Good Fight”, which launched the band into stardom.

The band’s forthcoming album is called In the Wild… fans who pre-ordered the album will receive a digital single “In the Mirror”.

We’re also excited to see that they are co-headlining the summer 2022 tour with Irish punk band Flogging Molly… a band that we’ll never forget we saw for free at the Irish Festival in Aug 2008: “ The real attraction for us was the Flogging Molly show, who actually arrived earlier than scheduled. They were very anxious to get on stage and rock out. And it shows, Dave King came on stage with a pint in his hand, dressed in a suit - and launched into "Paddy's Lament", a very rocking song from their latest album, Float.”

Flogging Molly is enjoying a 20th Anniversary celebration of their debut album Swagger… which was recently reissued with exclusive tracks, an Irish traditional set, a 60-minute video feature, and exclusive merch in a collectible box set.

Finally, The Skints to open. The London “tropical punk” four-piece released their fourth album Swimming Lessons on Mr Bongo/Easy Star. Clash magazine dubbed them as “the torchbearers for modern British reggae music.”

However you cut it: ska/punk (skunk) to Irish punk to reggae punk… you’re getting your money’s worth.

The Interrupters tour dates:

June 7th – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater
June 8th – Cincinnati, OH – The ICON Festival Stage
June 10th – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro
June 11th – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
June 12th – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
June 14th – St. Louis, MO – St. Louis Music Park
June 15th – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
June 17th – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
June 18th – Detroit, MI – Meadow Brook
June 19th – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion
June 21st – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
June 22nd – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem
June 24th – Philadelphia, PA – Skyline Stage
June 25th – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live!
June 26th – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
June 28th – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl
June 30th – New York, NY – Pier 17
July 1st – Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion
July 2nd – Lewiston, NY – Artpark
July 3rd – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summerstage
Sept. 9th – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom Outdoors
Sept. 10th – Dillon, CO – Dillon Amphitheater
Sept. 11th – Salt Lake City, UT – Complex Outdoors - The Lot
Sept. 13th – Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater
Sept. 14th – Boise, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
Sept. 16th – Eugene, OR – Cuthbert Amphitheater
Sept. 17th – Seattle, WA – WaMu Theater
Sept. 21st – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre

05/15 The Regrettes at Varsity Theater Read More Alex Lahey Australian songwriter Alex Lahey is headlining the Turf Club in support of her new album The Best Of Luck Club (Dead Oceans). ...

05/15/2022 Sunday

The Regrettes
with Alex Lahey
at Varsity Theater
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Los Angeles punk band The Regrettes (led by frontwoman Lydia Night) is touring in support of their new album Further Joy (Warner Records).

Alex Lahey to open. Last year, we heard the Australian musician signed to Liberation Records and released “Spike the Punch”.

Tour dates:

May 10 – Toronto, ON at Opera House+
May 12 – Columbus, OH at Newport Music Hall+
May 13 – Chicago, IL at Metro+
May 14 – Madison, WI at Majestic Theatre+
May 15 – Minneapolis, MN at Varsity Theater+
May 17 – Denver, CO at Summit Music Hall+
May 18 – Salt Lake City, UT at The Depot+
May 20 – Portland, OR at Roseland Ballroom+
May 21 – Vancouver, BC at Fortune Sound Club+
May 22 – Seattle, WA at The Neptune Theatre+
May 24 – San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore+
Jun 17 – Manchester, TN at Bonnaroo Music
Jul 01 – Rotselaar, BEL at Rock Werchter
Jul 03 – Bilbao, ESP at Bilbao Bizkaia Rock Day
Jul 06 – Madrid, ESP at Mad Cool Festival
Jul 08 – Glasgow, UK at TRNSMT Festival
Jul 09 – Cheltenham, UK at 2000trees Music Festival
Jul 28-31 – Chicago, IL at Lollapalooza

^supporting Wallows
+support from Alex Lahey

06/14 Crawlers at 7th St Entry

06/14/2022 Tuesday

Crawlers
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

We love British bands, so we’re very excited to see that Liverpool rock band Crawlers will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this June 14.

If you haven’t kept up, the young band, featuring Holly Minto (vocals and trumpet), Amy Woodall (lead guitar), Liv Kettle (bass guitar) and Harry Breen (drums), signed to Polydor Records in January 2022, and they’ve released a new single “I Can’t Drive” and hit single “Come Over (Again)” (over 24 million streams on Spotify).

Tour Dates

June 1 Atlanta, GA Aisle 5
June 3 Washington DC DC9
June 4 Philadelphia, PA Philamoca
June 7 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
June 10 Montreal, QC Bar Le Ritz PDB
June 11 Toronto, ON The Velvet Underground
June 13 Chicago, IL Subterranean
June 14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
June 17 Houston, TX HOB – Bronze Peacock
June 18 Dallas, TX Club Dada
June 21 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
June 22 Los Angeles, CA The Moroccan Lounge
June 23 San Francisco, CA Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop
June 26 Portland, OR Polaris Hall
June 27 Seattle, WA Funhouse
June 28 Vancouver, BC Fox Cabaret

06/19 Starbenders at 7th St Entry

06/19/2022 Sunday

Starbenders
with Magic Whatever
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

No doubt about it, this is one of the best looking band around. The Atlanta, GA band Starbenders is led by front-woman Kimi Shelter and her her gang of androgynous rockers ( Aaron Lecesne, Kriss Tokaji, Emily Moon). The group formed in 2013 and signed with Nico Constantine’s music label, Institution Records.

Starbenders’ new album Love Potions is out now on Sumerian Records.

Magic Whatever to open.

Tour dates:

JUN 1 Purgatory at The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
JUN 3 Exit/In Nashville, TN
JUN 4 Motorco Music Hall Durham, NC
JUN 7 Kungfu Necktie Philadelphia, PA
JUN 8 Knitting Factory Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY
JUN 9 Sonia Live Music Venue Cambridge, MA
JUN 13 Rec Room Buffalo, NY
JUN 14 Big Room Bar Columbus, OH
JUN 16 El Club Detroit Detroit, MI
JUN 17 Hi-Fi Indianapolis, IN
JUN 19 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
JUN 21 Marquis Theater Denver, CO
JUN 22 The Beehive Salt Lake City, UT
JUN 25 Holocene Portland, OR
JUN 29 Goldfield Trading Post Sacramento, CA

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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Cat Attack II

Read More Mannequin Pussy Philadelphia’s Mannequin Pussy to open. We saw the band in Oct 2017 and wrote that their set was a “high energy 30-min burst of punk rock music”. …

Read more When Animals Attack, Cat Attack, Kat Fancy, Catmandu, Cat Came Back, Cat Fantastic, and A Dream of a Thousand Cats.

MANNEQUIN PUSSY
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Philadelphia’s Mannequin Pussy will be heading out on the post-pandemic tour to promote their album Perfect from Epitaph Records. Ironically, pussy could mean pussycat, but the band has a dog on the cover artwork.

We caught the band in October 2017, opening up for Japanese Breakfast. We noted that their brief 30-min set had a “burst of punk rock” and ended their set with Japanese Breakfast’s touring guitarist helping them play on the song finale.

Guess what ? They’re once again Japanese Breakfast’s touring support until August. In September, they’ll be headlining the tour.

Tour Dates:

JAPANESE BREAKFAST plus Mannequin Pussy 7/21 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore 7/22 Richmond, VA The National 7/23 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel 7/24 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 7/25 Birmingham, AL Saturn 7/26 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle 7/28 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes 7/29 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall 7/30 Jersey City, NJ White Eagle Hall 8/2 Holyoke, MA Gateway City Arts 8/3 Rochester, NY Anthology 8/4 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew's Hall 8/5 Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom 8/6 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer 8/7 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer 8/8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer

Headlining Tour 9/14 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern 9/15 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall 9/16 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry 9/17 Omaha, NE Slowdown 9/18 Kansas City, MO The Riot Room 9/21 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court 9/23 Seattle, WA The Crocodile 9/24 Spokane, WA Lucky You Lounge 9/25 Portland, OR Holocene 9/26 Boise, ID Treefort Music Festival 9/28 Oakland, CA The New Parish 9/29 Santa Cruz, CA The Atrium at the Catalyst 9/30 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom 10/13 Dallas, TX Dada 10/14 Houston, TX The Secret Group 10/20 Nashville, TN High Watt 10/21 Cincinnati, OH Woodward Theater 10/26 Albany, NY Upstate Concert Hall 10/27 Boston, MA The Sinclair 10/28 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg

BONUS: Here’s a photo of Mannequin Pussy at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis

Mannequin Pussy at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (02 October 2017)

BLACK PUMAS
theblackpumas.com

With three Grammy nominations (for “Album of the Year,” “Record of the Year” & “American Roots”), it’s clear that Austin’s Black Pumas are on the top of their game.

They’ve also announced a massive 2021 tour (going onto 2022) for their Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) (ATO Records).

We are only listing their tour dates up to September. For full listing, head over to their website.

Jul 29 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
Aug 5 St. Louis, MO The Pageant (SOLD OUT)
Aug 6 Columbia, MO 9th Street Summerfest
Aug 7 Saint Charles, IA Hinterland Music Festival
Aug 8 Omaha, NE Waiting Room Outdoors ^
Aug 11 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom ^
Aug 12 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom ^ (SOLD OUT)
Aug 13 Dillon, CO Dillon Amphitheater ^
Aug 15 Aspen, CO Belly Up
Aug 17 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot*
Aug 19 Portland, OR Roseland Theater*
Aug 20 Portland, OR Roseland Theater*
Aug 21 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre*
Aug 22 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre*
Aug 28 Lexington, KY Railbird Music Festival
Aug 29 Columbus, OH WonderBus Music and Arts Festival
Sep 2-18 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
Sep 3-5 Napa, CA BottleRock Napa Valley
Sep 18-19 Atlanta, GA Music Midtown
Sep 13 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
Sep 14 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel # (SOLD OUT)
Sep 15 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel # (SOLD OUT)
Sep 16 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel # (SOLD OUT)
Sep 23 Los Angeles, CA Performance Venue at Hollywood Park*
Sep 24 Dana Point, CA Ohana Fest
Sep 25 Dallas, TX State Fair of Texas
Sept 25-26 Franklin, TN Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival

PUSSY RIOT facebook.com/wearepussyriot Russian protest art collective Pussy Riot was recently in the news when they sold their first two “Panic Attack” NFTs for $210,000. The NFTs can be seen on foundation.app. They also teamed up with rock guitarist and acoustic troubadour Tom Morello (aka The Nightwatchman and part of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave) and the punk-fueled electronic artist The Bloody Beetroots to help produce “Weather Strike” (featuring Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova) and “Radium Girls” (featuring Pussy Riot, The Interrupters’ Aimee Interrupter, White Lung’s Mish Way, and The Last Internationale). Those songs, as well as five other tracks, will appear on The Catastrophists EP (available June 18th).

MAPLE GLIDER mapleglider.com Tori Zietsch, aka Maple Glider, recently shared her song “Baby Tiger”, featuring her roommate’s cat, Coriander (aka the baby tiger). The song is taken from her forthcoming album To Enjoy is the Only Thing, available June 25th, 2021, via Partisan Records. Zietsch adds: “'Baby Tiger' was written soon after I’d returned home from Brighton. I was really struggling with my mental health, but I was going out and kind of using dating as a distraction from dealing with it. It never really worked. I'd just end up feeling worse when I was alone. Coriander hates closed doors. She'll always want to know what you're doing on the other side. It kind of became comforting to hear her scratch at my door. It was something that felt constant and unwavering and regular at a time when I was a bit vacant. Her energy made me feel lighter...”

CAT CLYDE catclydemusic.com Critically acclaimed singer-songwriters Cat Clyde and Jeremie Albino have released their new album Blue Blue Blue on Cinematic Music Group. We last saw Clyde open up for J.S. Ondara on 29 March 2019 and said, “the self-taught musician held the attentive audience enraptured as she revealed “I’m about to tell you something... but don’t spread it around – you’re the best audience so far”. Taking classic song structures and applying her own more modern spin on them, the Canadian artist came off as humble, talented, and very musically honest.”

PUMA BLUE pumablue.co.uk South London’s Puma Blue released A Late Night Special Live EP on Blue Flowers. The six-track EP came from their concert film “A Late Night Special”. The live EP should give you an idea of what it is like to see Puma Blue live… so mark your calendar for Saturday, August 28th, at London’s Omeara. This is the first live show since headlining EartH in October 2019.

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Minneapolis: April 1 to April 3, 2019

Cat Power 2019 Tour Read More Cat Power Just a reminder that Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, is coming to Minneapolis at the Mill City Nights tomorrow, October 30th. I will be there, will you? ... …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from April 1 to April 3, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

CAT POWER
Varsity Theater
Mon 04/01/2019 (7pm/$42)
varsitytheater.com

Not an April’s Fool joke, but Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) will be headlining the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Monday.

Cat Power is currently opening for Mumford and Sons and has decided she play a few shows between and after this arena-sized tour.

Chances are there may not be any photographers at this show, as the last time she appeared in Minneapolis, in October 2012, she yelled at a photographer.

We still love her music, and hope maybe her “no photos” policies have changed since then.

As of this writing, no opening band listed on the venue’s website.

Tour Dates:

03/30/2019 Kohl Center Arena Madison, WI
03/31/2019 Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI
04/01/2019 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN

Other shows in the area:

Mott The Hoople at First Ave The Interrupters 2019 Tour Hand Habits 2019 Tour Read More Mott the Hoople Pete Overend Watts, the original bassist for Mott the Hoople, has died today (January 22nd). The bass guitarist (originally guitarist) appeared with singer Stan Tippins on The Doc Thomas Group … Hand Habits Upstate New York’s Hand Habits (aka Meg Duffy) will be touring in 2018 in support of her album Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void) on Woodsist Records.

MOTT THE HOOPLE '74
+ The Suburbs
First Avenue
Tue 04/02/2019 (7pm/$50)
first-avenue.com

To be honest, we haven’t thought about 70s band Mott the Hoople since the semi-recent passing of their original drummer Pete Overend Watts in January 2017. Expect the band to play all your favorite songs, including “All the Young Dudes” (a song written by the late, great David Bowie). With all the Young Dudes dying off, this may be your last chance to see this legendary English band on stage.

The Suburbs to open.

Tour dates:

04/01/2019 Miller High Life Theatre Milwaukee, WI
04/02/2019 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
04/03/2019 Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL
04/05/2019 The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, MI
04/06/2019 Masonic Auditorium Cleveland, OH
04/08/2019 Keswick Theatre Glenside, PA
04/09/2019 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA
04/10/2019 Beacon Theatre New York, NY
04/19/2019 Manchester Academy Manchester
04/20/2019 Barrowland Glasgow
04/21/2019 Symphony Hall Birmingham
04/23/2019 Sage Gateshead Gateshead
04/26/2019 O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London
04/27/2019 O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London

THE INTERRUPTERS
+ Masked Intruder, Ratboy
Varsity Theater
Wed 04/03/2019 (5:30pm/$38)
varsitytheater.com

Wow, remember the first time you heard The Interrupters play “Fight the Good Fight”? It was incredible. It instantly reminded you of ska/punk (“skunk”) bands like Rancid. The female-fronted band is currently in the top 10 on the Alternative Radio charts (#1 in Canada!), obviously no surprise that most of their North American dates have sold out.

This is a young-people band, and considering the show is all-ages, expect a lot of moshing/slam dancing... so old people, stay in the back!

Masked Intruder and Ratboy (not to be confused with Ratboys) to open.

Tour dates:

APR 01 St. Louis, MO
APR 02 Milwaukee, WI
APR 03 Minneapolis, MN
APR 05 Denver, CO (SOLD OUT)
APR 06 Salt Lake City, UT
APR 08 Portland, OR
APR 09 Vancouver, BC (SOLD OUT)
APR 10 Seattle, WA
APR 12 San Francisco, CA
APR 13 Indio, CA
APR 14 Santa Ana, CA (SOLD OUT)
APR 20 Indio, CA

HAND HABITS
+ Tomberlin, Half Tramp
7th St Entry
Wed 04/03/2019 (7pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Hand Habits (Meg Duffy) is back in town, touring in support of her sophomore album placeholder (Saddle Creek).

Tour dates:

4/1 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
4/2 - Eau Claire, WI @ The Gallery
4/3 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
4/4 - Chicago, IL @ Hideout
4/8 - Troy, NY @ Post Contemporary Church
4/9 - Hudson, NY @ The Half Moon Hudson
4/10 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
4/11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
4/12 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd DC
4/13 - Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
4/14 - Nashville, TN @ The End
4/15 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
4/16 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
4/18 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk (Inside)
4/20 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sanitary Tortilla Factory
4/21 - Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress
4/22 - Long Beach @ Living Room LBC
4/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Bootleg

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