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W♥M Year in Review: 2022 Concerts and Events

Read More Franz Ferdinand As I have suspected, Franz Ferdinand will be on a bigger tour in support of their new album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, which comes out next week (August 27th) on Domino Records.… The Lemonheads Originally, The Lemonheads were scheduled to play in the closet-sized 7th Street Entry, but seeing as tickets sold-out, they upgraded the band to the full-sized room at First Avenue. … Juliana Hatfield As long as I can remember, Hatfield started her music career with the Blake Babies. When they broke up, she had a massive hit with "My Sister" in her newly reformed band Juliana Hatfield Three …

With only two weeks to go before we close out 2022… let us take a look back at some of our favorite shows of the year. So many bands came back in 2022, no thanks to the pandemic that ended social gathering in late 2019 and going onto late 2021.

If I had to pick just one show to spotlight, I would have to say it was for Franz Ferdinand at the Fillmore in Minneapolis (20 Aug 2022).

There are a couple of things that made this show special. First of all, FF was playing all their hit songs in one show to promote their greatest hits album Hits to the Head. The band was in top-form, energetically jumping and dancing from start to finish.

Second, the Fillmore (officially named Fillmore Minneapolis to avoid confusion with the historic Fillmore in San Francisco - which I have been to see Juliana Hatfield in June 1995) is a relatively new venue and we love the size and how it looks.

Speaking of which, Hatfield recently appeared with Evan Dando as The Lemonheads headlined First Avenue in December 8: “No shade to the very good bands that came before her, but Juliana Hatfield really knows how to knock the wind out of you. I was lucky to catch her and her band back in 2015 playing all of 1993’s explosive Become What You Are but it’s a different vibe without a noisy band sharing the stage. Hers was a staggering solo performance with just an electric guitar and those airy vocals. Beginning with “Everybody Loves Me But You” from 1992’s Hey Babe, Hatfield delicately flowed through songs from her 30-plus year catalogue. The occasional false start, awkward pause or runny nose could not dampen the sting and ache of her music and words: “Little Pieces,” “I Got No Idols,” a searing “Candy Wrappers” (which my friend requested on Instagram!) and of course “Sister.””

I didn’t attend the Lemonheads show due to my continuing self-imposed Winter Hibernation, but it sounded like a great show (especially with both Juliana and Evan on stage together again).

So far, we’ve documented 191 shows in total (with one final pending show for Landon Conrath coming up on December 30th). To see full list head over to W♥M 2022 Shows.

In hibernation,

- Vu

GRAND TOTAL: 191 Shows

DECEMBER 2022 (8 Shows)

• 12/06 Heart to Gold at 7th Street • 12/06 Soft Moon at Fine Line • 12/07 Lemonheads at Madrid • 12/08 Lemonheads at First Avenue

• 12/10 Modest Mouse at Palace Theatre • 12/17 Katy Guillen and The Drive at Bottleneck • 12/21 Classless Act at Lucia • 12/30 Landon Conrath at 7th Street

NOVEMBER 2022 (7 Shows)

• 11/01 Alex G at First Ave • 11/04 Jungle Giants at Turf Club • 11/10 Blu DeTiger at Fine Line

• 11/12 Let's Eat Grandma at 7th Street Entry • 11/18 Plains at First Ave • 11/19 Plains at Knuckleheads (photos) • 11/26 Trampled by Turtles at Armory

OCTOBER 2022 (22 Shows)

• 10/04 Laufey at 7th Street • 10/06 Sigrid at First Avenue • 10/07 Toadies at First Avenue • 10/07 The Head and the Heart at the Armory • 10/09 Broken Social Scene at Palace Theatre • 10/09 One OK Rock at Fillmore • 10/09 Superorganism at Varsity Theater • 10/11 UPSAHL at Fine Line • 10/13 The Ballroom Thieves at Turf Club • 10/14 Alexander 23 at the Amsterdam Bar • 10/14 They Might Be Giants at First Avenue

• 10/14 G. Love & Special Sauce at Steve Tilford Benefit • 10/15 Matt Maeson at the Truman • 10/15 Faouzia at 7th Street • 10/18 Rare Americans at 7th Street • 10/19 St. Lucia at the Truman • 10/19 Spacey Jane at Fine Line • 10/21 Lee Fields at Fine Line • 10/23 Preoccupations at Turf Club • 10/24 Pretty Sick at 7th Street • 10/28 Sammy Rae at First Avenue • 10/28 Flipturn at 7th Street

SEPTEMBER 2022 (25 Shows)

• 09/02 IDLES at The Truman, Kansas City • 09/03 Roger Waters at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City • 09/03 DD & Company at Brookside, Marine on St Croix • 09/05 Modest Mouse at GrindersKC, Kansas City • 09/06 Echo & the Bunnymen at Fillmore • 09/06 Phoenix at Palace Theatre • 09/06 Joy Formidable at recordBar • 09/07 Joy Formidable at Turf Club • 09/08 Judah and the Lion at Uptown Theater • 09/09 Twenty One Pilots at T-Mobile Center • 09/09 Afghan Whigs at Fine Line • 09/14 The National at Surly Brewing

• 09/16 Lucibela at the Cedar Cultural Center • 09/16 Highly Suspect at First Avenue • 09/17 Alice Glass at Amsterdam Bar • 09/17 Barns Courtney at recordBar, Kansas City • 09/23 Gaslight Anthem at Kansas City • 09/24 Gaslight Anthem at Fillmore • 09/24 Julia Jacklin at Fine Line • 09/24 Ozomatli at KCLive! • 09/25 Bear's Den at Knuckleheads • 09/25 Tamino at Fine Line • 09/27 The Cult at Uptown Theater • 09/29 Amyl and the Sniffers at First Ave • 09/30 The Avalanches at Varsity Theater

AUGUST 2022 (22 Shows)

• 08/01 Local Natives at First Avenue • 08/01 Sony A7IV at Springbrook Nature Center • 08/05 OneRepublic at Starlight Theater • 08/06 Ian Sweet at 7th St • 08/06 Innovation Festival at Kansas City • 08/07 Belaganas at Fine Line • 08/08 Here and There at Kansas City • 08/09 The Wild Hearts Tour at Surly Brewing • 08/10 Flip Rushmore at 7th St • 08/10 Black Pistol Fire at recordBar • 08/13 The Lumineers at T-Mobile Center

• 08/13 Fitz and the Tantrums at Palace Theatre • 08/16 Silversun Pickups at Liberty Hall, Lawrence • 08/18 Peter Hook at First Avenue • 08/19 Hanson at Fillmore • 08/20 Franz Ferdinand at Fillmore • 08/20 Chastity Brown at First Avenue • 08/23 Seratones at recordBar, Kansas City • 08/26 Andy McKee at TPAC, Topeka • 08/29 Telekinetic Yeti at 7th Street Entry • 08/30 iDKHOW at Granada • 08/30 Shame at Fine Line

JULY 2022 (15 Shows)

• 07/02 Kenny Chesney at Arrowhead Stadium • 07/03 City Knights Band at Coon Rapids Festival • 07/08 The Cult at Palace Theatre • 07/11 Japanese Breakfast at First Avenue • 07/14 Country Stampede at Heartland Park • 07/15 Country Stampede at Heartland Park • 07/16 Big Gigantic at Fillmore

• 07/16 Country Stampede at the Heartland • 07/21 Savannah Conley at 7th St Entry • 07/22 Josh Groban at Starlight Theater • 07/23 Molly Hatchet at Sac and Fox Casino • 07/23 Boy Harsher at Fine Line • 07/26 Horsegirl at Fine Line • 07/28 Machine Gun Kelly at Xcel Energy Center • 07/30 Psychedelic Furs at Palace Theatre

JUNE 2022 (20 Shows)

• 06/02 Pink Mountaintops at Turf Club • 06/04 Steve Noonan at Edina Art Fair • 06/04 John Waite at Ranchmart Center • 06/07 Prince Rogers Nelson Way - street dedication • 06/09 Mess Esque at 7th St Entry • 06/10 Jordana at 7th St Entry • 06/11 Nathaniel Rateliff/Sleater-Kinney at RTG • 06/11 Low at Rock the Garden (Garden Stage) • 06/13 Wet at Fine Line • 06/13 Purity Ring at Granada Theater

• 06/14 Crawlers at 7th St Entry • 06/15 La Femme at Turf Club • 06/16 Prateek Kuhad at 7th St Entry • 06/16 Cannons at The Bottleneck • 06/16 The Rainmakers at Olathe Live! • 06/18 The Warlocks at 7th St Entry • 06/21 Fitz and the Tantrums at GrindersKC • 06/23 Meghan Murphy at The Woman's Club • 06/24 Billy Howerdel at Fine Line • 06/27 slenderbodies at Fine Line

MAY 2022 (28 Shows)

• 05/01 Anais Mitchell at Turf Club, St Paul • 05/02 Dorothy at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis • 05/03 Lights at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis • 05/07 OMD at the Fillmore, Minneapolis • 05/07 Fontaines D.C. at First Ave, Minneapolis • 05/07 Ben Rector at Starlight Theater, Kansas City • 05/08 Ashe at First Avenue, Minneapolis • 05/09 The Mysterines at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis • 05/12 Cut Copy at First Avenue, Minneapolis • 05/13 Amyl and the Sniffers at Fine Line, Minneapolis • 05/14 Sir Chloe at Turf Club, St Paul • 05/14 Destroyer at The Bottleneck, Lawrence • 05/15 Hatchie at Turf Club, St Paul • 05/18 Vieux Farka Touré at Dakota Jazz Club

• 05/18 Oh Wonder at First Avenue, Minneapolis • 05/18 ADULT. at 7th St Entry, Minneapolis • 05/19 Tiffany at Turf Club, St Paul • 05/20 Mountain Goats at First Avenue, Minneapolis • 05/20 Foy Vance at the Cedar • 05/20 MegaCon Orlando 2022 • 05/21 Curtis Stigers at Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis • 05/21 Sunflower Bean at Fine Line • 05/22 George Perez Memorial Service at MegaCon • 05/25 Kurt Vile at First Avenue, Minneapolis • 05/27 Belle and Sebastian at Palace Theatre, St Paul • 05/29 4MIX at Minnesota Songkran Festival 2022 • 05/29 Bastille at Uptown Theater, Kansas City • 05/31 Ezra Furman at Fine Line

APRIL 2022 (20 Shows)

• 04/02 KC FanCon 56 at Douglas County Fairgrounds • 04/02 Baroness at The Bottleneck, Lawrence • 04/02 Sasami at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis • 04/02 Fletcher at Fine Line Music Cafe • 04/10 Brian Jonestown Massacre at First Ave • 04/10 Soccer Mommy at Granada Theater, Lawrence • 04/11 Good Morning at 7th St, Minneapolis • 04/13 Alina Maira at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis • 04/14 Lala Lala at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis • 04/16 Quasi at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis

• 04/16 Snail Mail at Liberty Hall, Lawrence • 04/22 Planet Comicon 2022 • 04/22 Yumi Zouma at Turf Club, St Paul • 04/23 Planet Comicon 2022 • 04/23 Hippo Campus at the Armory, Minneapolis • 04/23 LP at Palace Theatre, St Paul • 04/24 Planet Comicon 2022 • 04/26 Apocalyptica at First Avenue, Minneapolis • 04/27 The Warning at Fine Line, Minneapolis • 04/30 Alan Doyle at Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

MARCH 2022 (18 Shows)

• 03/01 Birthday Massacre at Fine Line, Minneapolis • 03/01 Maisie Peters at 7th St, Minneapolis • 03/03 Wet Leg at First Ave • 03/04 Claire Rosinkranz at 7th St • 03/04 The Beths at Fine Line, Minneapolis • 03/06 Illuminati Hotties / Fenne Lily at 7th St, Minneapolis • 03/09 Longest Johns at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis • 03/10 Parquet Courts at First Avenue, Minneapolis • 03/12 Marisa Monte at State Theatre

• 03/13 Dirty Honey / Mammoth WVH at Uptown Theater • 03/14 Mitski at Palace Theatre, St Paul • 03/15 Deafheaven at Fine Line, Minneapolis • 03/19 Topeka Tropics vs Salina Liberty at Landon Arena • 03/24 Yves Tumor at The Bottleneck, Lawrence • 03/24 Circle Jerks at First Avenue, Minneapolis • 03/25 Anna Meredith at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis • 03/28 Airborne Toxic Event at The Truman, Kansas City • 03/28 Girl in Red at Truman, Kansas City

FEBRUARY 2022 (5 Shows)

• 02/05 The Wombats at the Truman, Kansas City • 02/12 Cactus Blossoms at Electric Fetus, Minneapolis

• 02/12 Lunar New Year Celebration at Mall of America • 02/19 Lucy Dacus at Liberty Hall, Lawrence • 02/22 Low Cut Connie at The Bottleneck, Lawrence

JANUARY 2022 (1 Show)

• 01/21 Kacey Musgraves at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City

Franz Ferdinand at Fillmore, Minneapolis (20 Aug 2022)

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The Lemonheads live - Kansas City MO (2022-12-07) / Minneapolis MN (2022-12-09)

12/07 The Lemonheads with Bass Drum of Death and On Being an Angel at Madrid Lemonheads Setlist (12/07)     Intro: Miss Otis Regrets by Ella Fitzgerald Evan Dando Solo Photo of Setlist The Outdoor Type (Smudge cover) Hard Drive Being Around It's A Shame About Ray Set Rockin' Stroll Confetti It's a Shame About Ray Rudderless My Drug Buddy The Turnpike Down Bit Part Alison's Starting to Happen Hannah & Gabi Kitchen Ceiling Fan in My Spoon Frank Mills (Galt MacDermot cover) How Will I Know (Whitney Houston cover) Divan (Smudge cover) I'll Be Here in the Morning (Townes van Zandt cover) Snow Don't Fall (Townes van Zandt cover) Skulls (Misfits cover) Dimming of the Day (Bonnie Raitt cover snippet) Withered and Died (Richard and Linda Thompson cover snippet) Layin’ Up with Linda (G G Allin cover snippet) Into Your Arms Hospital Pittsburgh If I Could Talk I'd Tell You Bass Drum of Death Setlist (12/07) Photo of Setlist I Wanna Be Forgotten Nerve Jamming Just Business Velvet Itch Head Change Left for Dead Say Your Prayers Shattered Me Get Found Crawling After You

Three decades later, it’s still a Shame--

Make that Shame, Shame in our case as we headed out not once, but twice to catch The Lemonheads on their It’s a Shame About Ray- 30^th Anniversary Tour in Kansas City, MO at the Madrid Theatre and also the following date up north in Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue.

Most of their remaining US dates are sold out, as was the tour of the UK and Ireland that they had recently completed, so bandleader Evan Dando is finding out exactly how well that quintessential 90’s alternative rock album, has aged.

The band formed in Boston way back in 1986, with Dando being the remaining constant, and struck a chord first at indie radio with a sound that echoed folk / alt-country (before its time) blended with pop-like melodies, discordant chords and the low-fi sound of period alternative. Band members have previously included Juliana Hatfield, Ryan Adams, and members of Descendents, Blake Babies, Dinosaur Jr and Fuzzy.

Dando famously announced the demise of the band on stage at Reading Festival in 1997 and carried on with a solo career, but you can’t keep a good thing down, and the current trio consists of Dando, bassist Farley Glavin, and previously Swervedriver drummer Mikey Jones, who unfortunately fell ill and was unable to complete the tour.

Enter (on very short notice) the legendary Bill Stevenson of Descendents fame who played the Denver and KC shows, and upstate NY’s Lee Falco, who is slated to complete the rest.

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The opening acts for this leg included Austin TX band On Being an Angel, who just put out a recent EP, On Being a Tape Vol II last month, the four-track collection includes their cover of Lucinda Williams’ “Metal Firecracker” which they’ve been playing a loud version of live as well.

With Hatfield-esque vocals and a mid-90s throwback part to their sound, the four piece just seems to be getting started, and is worth keeping an eye (and ear) on, to see what’s next.

Bass Drum of Death is a formidable sounding name for an Oxford, MS garage rock trio that has a sound to match, fronted by John Barrett and filled out by his brother Jim (only recently recruited), and Eric Parisi.

We saw the band a few times in 2013-14, and then they seemingly vanished, but were actually on a hiatus to re-emerge with both Barretts collaborating for the first time, and new album, Say I Won’t, expected in late January and a headlining club tour to follow.

The threesome was musically tight throughout their swift thirty-minute set, with chugging rhythms like a runaway locomotive and if new single “Say Your Prayers” is any barometer of sounds to come, more will definitely be taking notice in 2023.

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Madrid Theatre – Kansas City, MO (2022-12-07)

Evan Dando casually found his way to the stage to begin their eighty-minute set, randomly tuning his twelve string and other guitars, while singing along to the Ella Fitzgerald walk-on music, but was eventually ready, playing a three-song solo set to begin.

Right away, the printed setlist seemed only an advisory as what might be played, but unpredictability / spontaneity often can be a part of a Lemonheads show.

Stevenson and Glavin made their way up for the anticipated It’s a Shame About Ray album played in its entirety, but it began more like a rehearsal with some unsure chords and the trio facing each other in a circle until they found their way (ironically) with “Rudderless” and drummer Stevenson now bashing the skins even louder, and with a killer smile on his face.

Despite his sometimes-puzzling stage presence. Dando’s voice has held up nicely and the crowd sang along with hits’ It’s a Shame About Ray” and “My Drug Buddy”, holding their phones up to video capture those nostalgic songs of their college days and the album's closer, “Frank Mills” was a sing-along as well, back to just Dando solo on stage.

The printed setlist then seemed completely ignored (with Dando re-entering the stage tossing his guitar stand), playing instead songs that came more to mind, including Whitney Houston, Misfits and Townes van Zandt covers but Lemonheads hits also remained for the patient, including the near-perfect alt-pop smash “Into Your Arms” and the set-closing “If I Could Talk, I’d Tell You”.

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12/09 The Lemonheads with Juliana Hatfield, Bass Drum of Death and On Being an Angel at First Avenue Lemonheads Setlist (12/09) Into Your Arms The Great Big No It's About Time Dawn Can't Decide Hospital Down About It My Idea (Chris Brokaw cover) It Looks Like You Hard Drive Different Drum (Michael Nesmith cover) Acoustic Set I'll Be Here in the Morning (Townes van Zandt cover) The Outdoor Type (Smudge cover) Being Around It's A Shame About Ray Set Rockin Stroll Confetti It's a Shame About Ray My Drug Buddy Rudderless Bit Part The Turnpike Down Alison's Starting to Happen Hannah & Gabi Ceiling Fan in My Spoon Frank Mills (Galt MacDermot cover) Tour Dates 12.10 Chicago, IL Metro 12.11 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew's Hall 12.12 Washington, D.C. 9.30 Club 12.14 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer 12.15 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge 12.16 New Jersey, NJ White Eagle Hall 12.17 Boston, MA Paradise 12.18 Boston, MA Paradise 11.25 - 12.18 w/ On Being An Angel 12.9 - 12.18 w/ Juliana Hatfield Read More The Lemonheads Originally, The Lemonheads were scheduled to play in the closet-sized 7th Street Entry, but seeing as tickets sold-out, they upgraded the band to the full-sized room at First Avenue. …

First Avenue- Minneapolis, MN (2022-12-09) with Juliana Hatfield

In the early days of the pandemic, I found myself (like everyone else) scrolling through the Instagram feeds of celebrities, namely musicians. How were the ridiculously good looking and talented biding their time in lockdown? To my utter delight, I came across Evan Dando’s page and discovered a handful of photos. Photos featuring the 90s era dreamboat and power-pop troubadour in Jeremiah Johnson mode: fishing, carousing through the scenic wilderness, enjoying flannel-clad freedom. Dando was just like me! …well kind of. I was still at level 1 Outdoor Type and he was at 89. And though the comparison ends there he still has the power to get me to leave my house.

Deep into their tour celebrating 30 years (30 YEARS?) of the iconic album It’s a Shame About Ray, The Lemonheads stopped at First Avenue with the likes of Bass Drum of Death and On Being an Angel. The VIP of the night, however, was elusive chanteuse Juliana Hatfield, who not only played a special solo set but guested on the ‘Heads beloved Ray track “Drug Buddy” … but let’s not get ahead of ourselves…

Austin’s On Being an Angel kicked off the night, albeit a little late. Which is too bad because they only got through about 5 songs before ending their set. One of those songs though was an excellent cover of Lucinda William’s “Metal Firecracker.” Austin and Minneapolis are sister cities, right? So maybe we can get them back up here to play a longer show!

Next up was Oxford, Mississippi’s own masters of chug, Bass Drum of Death! It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from these guys. After announcing a hiatus in 2015, frontman John Barrett and company released their last full length album in 2018 Just Business. In the last few years, there has been a steady trickling of EPs and singles from the band but January of 2023 will see the release of their 5th studio record Say I Won’t. The band is back on Fat Possum and from the look and sound of their Friday night performance, they haven’t lost an ounce of their swampy garage rock swagger!

No shade to the very good bands that came before her, but Juliana Hatfield really knows how to knock the wind out of you. I was lucky to catch her and her band back in 2015 playing all of 1993’s explosive Become What You Are but it’s a different vibe without a noisy band sharing the stage. Hers was a staggering solo performance with just an electric guitar and those airy vocals. Beginning with “Everybody Loves Me But You” from 1992’s Hey Babe, Hatfield delicately flowed through songs from her 30-plus year catalogue. The occasional false start, awkward pause or runny nose could not dampen the sting and ache of her music and words: “Little Pieces,” “I Got No Idols,” a searing “Candy Wrappers” (which my friend requested on Instagram!) and of course “Sister.”

She closed with “Bad Day” and after a tuning flub, recalled a tea mishap earlier at the Depot, where the tea was spilled 3 different times. Like Dando, Juliana Hatfield works outside and against the difficult and cynical churn of the music industry. She’s as prolific as ever, releasing new music nearly every year and collaborating with other musicians like Matthew Caws (Minor Alps) and Paul Westerberg (The I Don’t Cares). Along with two covers albums (she sings Olivia Newton-John AND The Police), her last solo venture was 2021’s Blood and you should absolutely listen to it (especially the jaunty, piercing “Mouthful of Blood”).

The last time I saw The Lemonheads was at a disastrous gig at the Fine Line in November of 2021. Evan lost his voice early into the set and the people in the audience were so drunk and stupid, I wonder if they even knew where they were and who they paid money to see. This time around was mercifully better: a sold-out and amiable crowd who heaped adoration onto Dando and the band (the formidable Lee Falco and Farley Glavin, on drums and bass respectively) and did what any diehard fan should do: sing every single word! (Now, did that stop folks from getting their Friday night jollies? Heck no! Two inebriated ladies were grinding against each other in front of their chiropractor husbands during, of all songs, “My Drug Buddy” but I reserve my judgment. Even trophy wives need to have a night out of the domestic pen!)

Tall flanneled Evan Dando and his fantastic rhythm section wasted no time and unleashed a treasure trove of delicious catchy gems: “Into Your Arms,” “It’s About Time,” “Great Big No,” “Dawn Can’t Decide,” “Hospital.” Solo Dando tunes like “Hard Drive” and “It Looks Like You” were stand-outs as well as heavy drug dirge “Style” which saw Evan and Farley exchange instruments and Farley absolutely wailed all over the place! Following “Style” was an acoustic Evan set that put his warm, Fred Neil-style baritone front and center. And it wouldn’t be a proper Dando show without a generous helping of amazing country or folk covers like Townes van Zandt’s “I’ll Be Here in the Morning” and “Withered and Died” by Richard and Linda Thompson amongst ‘Heads classics like “Being Around” and “The Outdoor Type.”

At long last it was Ray time, with each glorious melody as bright and infectious as the first time I heard them. The band did pummel through them quickly, but for an album that is a hair under 30 minutes, maybe it just felt that way. I would listen to this CD in my car on trips back to Wisconsin like 300 times because of its seamless balance of starry-eyed guitar pop and bittersweet countrified ballads. Did I white-knuckle every time I heard the siren on “Kitchen”? Why, yes I did. It gets me every single time. This is a goddamned perfect album and the best song is “Hannah and Gabi” and I will fight you if you disagree.

The band wrapped up the title track and stage hands climbed aboard to set up a microphone stand next to Evan. This was it! Evan and Juliana! “My Drug Buddy”! And despite occasional disturbances from the horny middle-aged housewives next to me, the amber glow emanating from those two voices combined in holy musical harmony on the second best song on It’s a Shame About Ray, but probably the best Lemonheads song ever, “My Drug Buddy” could not be ignored. Goosebumps, my friends!

The bops didn’t stop, but Dando’s voice was starting to get a little hoarse. A minor inconvenience really considering 1500 people were singing along! The show came to a gentle close with the album’s quirky Hair cover “Frank Mills,” a song Evan did acapella, serenading a crowd already hungover from excitement. We left the house! We saw a great show! We didn’t get hit by a bus! Long live the Lemonheads! If you are interested in learning more about Evan Dando and his absolutely bonkers life in and out of the Lemonheads, I highly recommend you check out their episode on the excellent podcast Bandsplain.

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LEMONHEADS- FARLEY GLAVIN (KC) photo: John

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BASS DRUM OF DEATH (KC) photo: John

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ON BEING AN ANGEL (KC) photo: John

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Bass Drum of Death (MN) photo: Blaire and Dan

On Being an Angel (MN) photo: Blaire and Dan

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We♥KC-December 5-11, 2022- Upcoming Shows (Kansas City / Lawrence, KS)

Read More The 1975 The buzzing Manchester, UK foursome has been out on a short (and very sold out) tour of the U.S., previewing tracks from its second full-length, breathily titled I Like It When You Sleep …

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With the holiday season in full swing, this is likely the last busy live music week of the season (in terms of national touring bands), so find a show while you can. The weather is cooperating so far too, with temps swinging up from the 60s down to the 20s, but more constant cold and snow & ice will be more of a thing soon.

Here’s what’s happening in the Kansas City metro December 5th-11th.

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

MONDAY DEC 5

The Piano Guys, The Midland. $44.50-$84.50

The instrumental group (Jon Schmidt, Steven Sharp Nelson, Paul Anderson and Al van der Beek) has been touring extensively, in support of their latest studio album '10', released in Nov. 2020 as a celebration of their 10-year anniversary. The newest album follows up 2018's 'Limitless' which reached #1 on Billboard's New Age chart. Their debut self-titled album was released back in 2012 and was certified Gold by the RIAA and the group performs a mix of classical crossover, orchestral pop and cello rock.

TUESDAY DEC 6

Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, “The Family” featuring Lonnie and Chloe McFadden, Kauffman Center. $33.50-$68.50

Swing into the holiday spirit with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and KC's beloved father-daughter duo, Chloe and Lonnie McFadden! The McFaddens are considered local jazz royalty and sharing their story are Lonnie and Chloe, inviting us all to an illustrative "holiday dinner" where everyone is welcome.

Wet Leg, The Truman, $25-$44

Finally, KC gets their chance to recline on the Chaise Lounge! Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers each wear a small gold necklace made by Hester: one that says Wet, and one that says Leg. The duo only released their debut single, “Chaise Lounge”, in June 2021, but its dry wit and thumping indie-disco beat turned it into a runaway hit.

We caught them relatively early, in March in Minneapolis and since then, have supported acts from CHVRCHES to Idles, sold out their entire 2022 tour with only two songs out (“Wet Dream” followed in September) and now, with latest single “Too Late Now,” an album on the horizon and having been ranked #2 in the BBC Sound of 2022 list, their future only looks brighter.

WEDNESDAY DEC 7

Amon Amarth with Carcass, Obituary, Cattle Decapitation, Uptown. $39.50-$97.25

This headbanging Fall 2022 North American tour in is support of their newest album The Great Heathen Army, which was released in August and the lineup for the Great Heathen Army Tour is stacked, with fellow death metallers Carcass, Obituary, and Cattle Decapitation filling out the bill.

Lemonheads, Bass Drum Of Death, On Being An Angel, Madrid Theater, $30

Thirty years later, It’s still a shame about Ray.

Evan Dando and company return to play the fabled album in its entirety, along with numerous other hits. Live, the show moves seamlessly from opening as a trio, to Dando alone with an extended acoustic set, to the full band performing the album, and even Dando solo on drums. We caught Lemonheads last, pre-pandemic in Minneapolis in 2019 but also saw them back in 2011 when they also played the fabled album in full.

Bass Drum of Death is a garage punk band from Oxford, Mississippi currently signed to Fat Possum Records and Austin TX band On Being an Angel who plays “rackety mid-fi melodies with a beautifully sad and understated vocal”.

Kansas City Ballet Presents The Nutcracker December 7-24, Kauffman Center, $64.50-$258.50

An annual holiday tradition! The classic, Victorian-era story by E.T.A. Hoffman features Clara, the Nutcracker Prince, Dr. Drosselmeier and the Sugar Plum Fairy and is a magical theatrical experience wrapped with memorable costumes, grand sets, and captivating choreography. Thru Xmas Eve.

THURSDAY DEC 8

The 1975, Cable Dahmer Arena- Independence, $160-$450

We knew them when… We’ve seen the still-buzzing Manchester UK band live pretty regularly since their initial US appearance at SXSW 2013 and can safely say they’re still growing bigger, even a decade since they made that memorable initial first impression.

The band recently released “Happiness,” the harmonic new single from newest album, Being Funny In A Foreign Language, which came out in October. The new album is the band’s fifth release and first since 2020’s Notes on a Conditional Form and after having to cancel a planned 2021 tour, the band has embarked on their At Their Very Best North America tour

FRIDAY DEC 9

Switchfoot, Uptown Theater, $25-$75

The Grammy Award-winning rock band has a brand-new holiday record, this is our Christmas album, infusing their signature West Coast sound to a number of holiday classics and five, new original Christmas songs.

“Christmas is an emotional treasure chest for a songwriter to pull from,” lead Singer Jon Foreman says. “It’s a season stretched tight with contradictions: celebrating the free gifts of love and grace with an outburst of materialist capitalist consumption. An emotional roller coaster of family and friends, hopes and scars- bringing out the worst and the best in all of us.”

We caught them live back in 2015 and with a Christian slant to many of their songs, a holiday tour celebrating the reason for the season, seems on point.

Aaron Lewis, Ameristar, $73-$95

It’s been a while… since Aaron and band Staind have hit stages, but he’s ably filled his time with a country-tinged solo career – on this Acoustic Tour, "Frayed at Both Ends," expect plenty of solo songs with a few band songs peppered in, all stripped down.

“Jurassic World,” Dec. 9-11, T-Mobile Center. $17-$115

The movie mythos comes to life in an arena-sized presentation!

Similar to the Marvel Live! Show we caught in 2017, and also produced by Feld Entertainment, your trip to Isla Nublar takes a terrifying, unexpected turn when Indominus rex escapes and causes chaos! Watch as a team of scientists unravels a corrupt plan and saves Jeanie, a Troodon dinosaur, from a terrible fate. Along the way, experience some of the most iconic dinosaurs including Blue the Raptor, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Fan favorite Bumpy, from the DreamWorks Animation Television action-adventure series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, is also featured- named for her asymmetrical head bumps, Bumpy is friendly and food motivated. With her accelerated growth rate, the herbivore grows from baby to adult during the show.

SATURDAY DEC 10

Trampled by Turtles w Sumbuck, Uptown Theater, $35-$55

The celebrated Minnesota sextet is out in support of their new album, Alpenglow which released in October (on Thirty Tigers). Their first new album in four years – produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco – consists of 11 new songs that feature the Duluth MN-based group’s signature blend of rock, folk, punk, country, and progressive bluegrass.

The combination of lead singer and songwriter Dave Simonett’s lyrics, the band’s signature layered strings and robust harmonies, and Tweedy’s perspective has resulted in a thoughtfully composed record that finds Trampled reaching new heights.

Named after the optical phenomenon that washes mountains on the horizon in a pinkish red glow at dusk and dawn, change is a recurring theme in Alpenglow’s songs – whether it’s a change of pace, change of perspective, or change of heart, Simonett is nostalgic for the way things used to be but also optimistic about the future.

Simonett (guitar), Erik Berry (mandolin), Ryan Young (fiddle), Dave Carroll (banjo), Tim Saxhaug (bass), and Eamonn McLain (cello) operate as a rock band that employs string instrumentation with folk and punk influences and being mostly MN-based, we’ve certainly become a fan along the way, both of the band and their curated Festival Palomino that ran for several years. WHM just caught the tour live last month and have seen them often over the last decade plus.

Travis Tritt, Ameristar, $75-$95

Despite having to cancel shows last month touring with co-headliner Chris Janson, the longtime Country star is back on the road solo. Tritt has amassed more than 30 million in career album sales, two GRAMMY® Awards, four CMA Awards, a Billboard Music Award, is a member of the world-famous Grand Ole Opry, and much more.

Among his eleven studio albums and numerous charted singles are five number ones and 20 Top 10 hits, including “Help Me Hold On,” “Anymore,” “Can I Trust You with My Heart,” “Foolish Pride,” “Best of Intentions,” “I’m Gonna Be Somebody,” “Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde,” “Here’s A Quarter,” “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive.”

SUNDAY DEC 11

Leo Kottke, Madrid Theater, $52-$69

Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, GA, but has known Minnesota as his longtime home, and it’s a regular tradition that he tours the Midwest in November and December.

Kottke's 1971 major-label debut, “Mudlark,” positioned him in the singer/songwriter vein, despite his wishes to remain an instrumental performer and his collaboration with Phish bassist Mike Gordon, “Clone,” caught audiences' attention back in 2002. Kottke and Gordon followed with 2005’s Sixty-Six Steps (produced by Prince producer David Z) and they collaborated again with 2020’s Noon.

Kottke has been awarded two Grammy nominations; a Doctorate in Music Performance by the Peck School of Music at the U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and a Certificate of Significant Achievement in Not Playing the Trombone from U of Texas at Brownsville with Texas Southmost College.

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Minneapolis: This Week (12/11/2022)

Read More Heart To Gold They have a month-long residency at the 7th Street, so here are the opening bands: Dec 1: Pierre , Harper’s Jar, and Heart To Gold …

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

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide

12/06/2022 Tuesday

Heart to Gold
with Gramma, killusonline and Lapdogs
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

If there is a place to be, it’s at Heart to Gold’s very first headlining show at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on December 6th. This is right before the band heads out on a national tour with Born Without Bones (which starts 12/08 in New Jersey).

The sold-out 7th Street Entry show will feature three local support acts: Gramma, killusonline and Lapdogs.

We’ve mentioned the band five times in various concert listing, but have never seen them live… perhaps that’ll change this December 6th.

Tour dates:

Dec 6 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Dec 8 Asbury Park, NJ, US The Saint
Dec 9 Brooklyn, NY, US The Broadway
Dec 10 Hartford, CT, US Webster Underground
Dec 11 Somerville, MA, US Crystal Ballroom
Dec 12 Philadelphia, PA, US Kung Fu Necktie
Dec 14 Lakewood, OH, US Mahall's 20 Lanes
Dec 15 Chicago, IL, US Beat Kitchen
Dec 16 Chicago, IL, US Beat Kitchen
Dec 17 Pittsburgh, PA, US The Mr. Roboto Project
Dec 18 Buffalo, NY, US Mohawk Place

12/06 The Soft Moon with Nuovo Testamento at Fine Line Read More The Soft Moon The Soft Moon (aka Luis Vasquez) will be playing the Turf Club in St Paul in support of his recent album Criminal (Sacred Bones). ...

12/06/2022 Tuesday

The Soft Moon
with Nuovo Testamento
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Exister is the new album from The Soft Moon. The record came out in September via Sacred Bones Records.

“The whole point of this record was to share every emotion that I feel,” says The Soft Moon’s Luis Vasquez. “No two songs are the same. It’s about existing in the world as a human being and experiencing many emotions and experiences throughout life.”

The Soft Moon will be promoting the new record through a winter tour, stopping by the Fine Line in Minneapolis on December 6th.

Nuovo Testamento to open.

US Tour Dates:

Nov 09 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts %
Nov 10 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg √
Nov 11 Washington, DC - The Howard Theatre %
Nov 12 Richmond, VA - The Broadberry %
Nov 13 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle %
Nov 14 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Hell Stage) %
Nov 16 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack’s ¥
Nov 17 Houston, TX - Numbers ¥
Nov 18 Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Art Co ¥
Nov 19 Austin, TX - Mohawk ¥
Nov 21 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom ¥
Nov 25 Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater †
Nov 26 San Francisco, CA - The Independent †
Nov 29 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom †
Nov 30 Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre †
Dec 01 Seattle, WA - Neumos †
Dec 02 Boise, ID - The Olympic †
Dec 03 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge †
Dec 04 Denver, CO - The Oriental Theatre †
Dec 06 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line †
Dec 07 Chicago, IL - Metro †
Dec 08 Detroit, MI - El Club †
Dec 09 Toronto, ON - The Opera House †
Dec 10 Montreal, QC - S.A.T. †
Dec 11 Boston, MA - The Sinclair †

% w/ Model/Actriz
¥ w/ MSPAINT
† w/ Nuovo Testamento

12/09 The Lemonheads with Juliana Hatfield, Bass Drum of Death and On Being an Angel at First Avenue Read More The Lemonheads Originally, The Lemonheads were scheduled to play in the closet-sized 7th Street Entry, but seeing as tickets sold-out, they upgraded the band to the full-sized room at First Avenue. …

12/09/2022 Friday

The Lemonheads
with Juliana Hatfield, Bass Drum of Death and On Being an Angel
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

No surprise, but The Lemonheads recently sold out the UK and Ireland tour, as they perform It's A Shame About Ray in its entirety for the 30th anniversary of its release.

With the North American dates about to begin on November 17th, tickets are selling out fast.

We last saw The Lemonheads in May 2019 and said, “As you know, I first came to being The Lemonheads fan around the time they were promoting It's a Shame About Ray with its title track as single in 1992. They were featured on MTV’s 120 Minutes, but frontsman Evan Dando seemed more popular in the UK (I hate to say it, but for a time, it just felt like the Lemonheads were ignoring the USA).”

US Tour Dates:

11.17 Lititz, PA Mickey's Black Box
11.18 Toronto, ON Phoenix Theatre
11.19 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
11.20 Bloomington, IL The Castle Theater
11.21 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
11.23 Billings, MT Pub Station
11.25 Seattle, WA Showbox
11.26 Portland, OR Revolution Hall
11.28 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
11.29 Sacramento, CA Harlow's
12.1 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
12.2 Santa Ana, CA Observatory
12.3 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
12.4 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
12.5 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
12.7 Kansas City, MO Madrid Theatre
12.9 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
12.10 Chicago, IL Metro
12.11 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew's Hall
12.12 Washington, D.C. 9.30 Club
12.14 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
12.15 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
12.16 New Jersey, NJ White Eagle Hall
12.17 Boston, MA Paradise
12.18 Boston, MA Paradise

11.18 w/ Rusty, The Nils
11.25 - 12.9 w/ Bass Drum Of Death
11.25 - 12.18 w/ On Being An Angel
12.9 - 12.18 w/ Juliana Hatfield

12/10 Lissie with Cat Clyde at First Avenue Read More Lissie The comparisons are already in place for rock/folk/blues singer Lissie (nee Elisabeth Maurus) – looks like Jewel, sounds like Stevie Nicks with the raspy twinge of Janis Joplin; but the truth.…

12/10/2022 Saturday

Lissie
with Cat Clyde
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Midwestern multi-talented tour de force Lissie is touring in support of her Americana-tinged indie folk album Carving Canyons (Lionboy Records). The tour ends at First Avenue in Minneapolis on December 10th, 2022.

Lissie recently shared Morgan Page remix of “Night Moves”. The two previously collaborated on Page’s track “The Longest Road,” which subsequently amassed 40 million streams after a remix courtesy of Deadmau5.

We caught Lissie in Nov 2013 and said, “The comparisons are already in place for rock/folk/blues singer Lissie (nee Elisabeth Maurus) – looks like Jewel, sounds like Stevie Nicks with the raspy twinge of Janis Joplin; but the truth is this Rock Island, IL native is forging her own individual and distinctive career path through solid songs, endless touring, and an ever-growing loyal fan base.”

Cat Clyde to open.

Tour Dates

12/1: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
12/2: Iowa City, IA @ Wildwood
12/3: Davenport, IA @ Racoon Motel
12/8: Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
12/9: Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo
12/10: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

12/10 Modest Mouse with Mattress at Palace Theatre Read More Modest Mouse Longtime Portland alternative band Modest Mouse is closing out their Golden Casket Tour, in support of the 2021 album of the same name (on Epic Records) and played an outdoor show at GrindersKC in downtown Kansas City …

12/10/2022 Saturday

Modest Mouse
with Mattress
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Portland’s finest Modest Mouse is returning to the area at the Palace Theatre, in St Paul, on December 10, 2022. The group is celebrating their 25th anniversary of their seminal album The Lonesome Crowded West (originally released on November 18, 1997 on Up Records).

We caught them in March 2022 and wrote, “It’s hard but wonderful to believe that Modest Mouse has been a band for thirty years now, (formed in Washington state in 1992) and has continued to broaden its sound and manage to still challenge its listeners. The newest album is the universally-acclaimed The Golden Casket from last year, but last year also marked the departures of two longtime members, signaling even more evolution is yet to come.”

Mattress to open.

Tour Dates

Nov 21 Seattle, WA, US Showbox at the Market Nov 22 Seattle, WA, US Showbox at the Market
Nov 23 Seattle, WA, US Showbox at the Market
Nov 25 Portland, OR, US McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Nov 26 Portland, OR, US McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Nov 27 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Nov 28 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Nov 30 Oakland, CA, US Fox Theater
Dec 1 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Wiltern
Dec 2 San Diego, CA, US The Observatory North Park
Dec 3 Phoenix, AZ, US The Van Buren
Dec 5 Austin, TX, US Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater
Dec 6 New Orleans, LA, US Fillmore New Orleans
Dec 7 Dallas, TX, US South Side Ballroom, Gilley's
Dec 9 Chicago, IL, US Riviera Theatre
Dec 10 St. Paul, MN, US Palace Theatre
Dec 11 Madison, WI, US The Sylvee
Dec 13 Washington, DC, US 9:30 CLUB
Dec 14 Washington, DC, US 9:30 CLUB
Dec 15 Philadelphia, PA, US The Fillmore Philadelphia
Dec 16 Boston, MA, US Roadrunner
Dec 17 New York (NYC), NY, US Terminal 5
Dec 19 New York (NYC), NY, US Terminal 5
Dec 20 Washington, DC, US 9:30 CLUB
Jan 25 2023 Spicewood, TX, US Luck Ranch
Mar 17 2023 San Isidro, Argentina Lollapalooza
Mar 17 2023 Santiago, Chile Lollapalooza Chile
Mar 23 2023 Bogota, Colombia Festival Estereo Picnic
Mar 24 2023 São Paulo, Brazil Lollapalooza
Mar 31 2023 Monterrey, Mexico Tecate Pal Norte

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

Minneapolis: December 7 to December 9

12/07 Pond with Cryogeyser at Fine Line Read More Pond The thing about Perth, Australia's Pond is that three band members is actually in another, more successful Australian band Tame Impala. Although, it would seem that Pond …

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12/07/2022 Wednesday

Pond
with Cryogeyser
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Australian band Pond is returning to the Minneapolis area on December 7th.

We caught the band in Oct 2018 and said, “Fresh from their recent appearance at Desert Daze, Australia’s Pond (not to be confused with American 90s band Pond) has sold out their 7th Street Entry appearance. It shouldn’t be a surprise, given how hot psych rock is at the moment... and the fact that Pond’s members are also in the incredibly popular Tame Impala.”

Tour Dates

11/28/22 | Union Stage, Washington, DC
11/29/22 | Webster Hall, New York, NY
12/1/22 | Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA
12/2/22 | The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
12/3/22 | Studio TD, Montreal, QC
12/4/22 | Lee’s Place, Toronto, ON
12/6/22 | Metro, Chicago, IL
12/7/22 | Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
12/9/22 | The Gothic Theatre, Denver, CO
12/10/22 | Soundwell, Salt Lake City, UT
12/12/22 | Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
12/13/22 | Hollywood Theatre, Vancouver, BC
12/14/22 | Neumos, Seattle, WA
12/16/22 | The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
12/17/22 | Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
12/18/22 Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA

12/08 Son Little with Lizzie No at Turf Club Read More Son Little Son Little (aka Los Angeles’ Aaron Earl Livingston) will be playing the Cedar Cultural Center this November 19th, in support of his new album aloha (due January 31st on ANTI-). …

12/08/2022 Thursday

Son Little
with Lizzie No
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Son Little (aka Aaron Livingston) recently released his new album Like Neptune on ANTI- Records in September. He’ll stop by the Turf Club on December 8th to promote the record.

Son Little recently released the final pre-release single, “inside out,” the follow-up in a string of gorgeous singles - “deeper,” “stoned love,” and “6 AM.” On “inside out,” Son Little said, “It came to me very quickly and feels very natural. I looped up the piano and drums and then freestyled into this echo chamber effect and voila.”

Lizzie No to open.

Son Little Tour Dates

Nov. 7 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Nov. 9 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Nov. 10 - Boise, ID @ The Olympic
Nov. 11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
Nov. 12 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Nov. 15 - Dallas, TX @ The Kessler Theater
Nov. 16 - Austin, TX @ 3TEN ACL Live
Nov. 18 - Memphis, TN @ Railgarten
Nov. 19 - Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room
Dec. 1 - Charleston, SC @ The Pour House
Dec. 2 - Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar
Dec. 3 - Lake Wales, FL @ Orange Blossom Revue
Dec. 4 - Tampa, FL @ The Attic
Dec. 7 - Milwaukee, WI @ Back Room at Colectivo
Dec. 8 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Dec. 9 - Chicago, IL @ Chop Shop
Dec. 10 - Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
Dec. 14 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
Dec. 15 - Sheffield, MA @ Race Brook Lodge
Dec. 16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
Dec. 17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts

12/09 The Lemonheads with Juliana Hatfield, Bass Drum of Death and On Being an Angel at First Avenue Read More The Lemonheads Originally, The Lemonheads were scheduled to play in the closet-sized 7th Street Entry, but seeing as tickets sold-out, they upgraded the band to the full-sized room at First Avenue. …

12/09/2022 Friday

The Lemonheads
with Juliana Hatfield, Bass Drum of Death and On Being an Angel
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

No surprise, but The Lemonheads recently sold out the UK and Ireland tour, as they perform It's A Shame About Ray in its entirety for the 30th anniversary of its release.

With the North American dates about to begin on November 17th, tickets are selling out fast.

We last saw The Lemonheads in May 2019 and said, “As you know, I first came to being The Lemonheads fan around the time they were promoting It's a Shame About Ray with its title track as single in 1992. They were featured on MTV’s 120 Minutes, but frontsman Evan Dando seemed more popular in the UK (I hate to say it, but for a time, it just felt like the Lemonheads were ignoring the USA).”

US Tour Dates:

11.17 Lititz, PA Mickey's Black Box
11.18 Toronto, ON Phoenix Theatre
11.19 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
11.20 Bloomington, IL The Castle Theater
11.21 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
11.23 Billings, MT Pub Station
11.25 Seattle, WA Showbox
11.26 Portland, OR Revolution Hall
11.28 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
11.29 Sacramento, CA Harlow's
12.1 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
12.2 Santa Ana, CA Observatory
12.3 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
12.4 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
12.5 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
12.7 Kansas City, MO Madrid Theatre
12.9 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
12.10 Chicago, IL Metro
12.11 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew's Hall
12.12 Washington, D.C. 9.30 Club
12.14 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
12.15 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
12.16 New Jersey, NJ White Eagle Hall
12.17 Boston, MA Paradise
12.18 Boston, MA Paradise

11.18 w/ Rusty, The Nils
11.25 - 12.9 w/ Bass Drum Of Death
11.25 - 12.18 w/ On Being An Angel
12.9 - 12.18 w/ Juliana Hatfield

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

Minneapolis: November 15 to November 16

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

11/15: Driver Era at First Ave Read More The Wrecks The all-ages show started earlier than the usual show time, but that did not stop the fans from showing up early and on time for the first opener, The Wrecks (Nick Anderson, Aaron Kelley …

11/15/2021 MONDAY

THE DRIVER ERA
with The Wrecks
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Girlfriend is the highly anticipated album from The Driver Era, the follow-up to their 2019 debut album X.

The duo (Ross & Rocky) will be heading out on tour in support of the new record.

Los Angeles’ The Wrecks to open.

Tour dates:

Nov 15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Nov 17 Chicago, IL, US The Vic Theatre
Nov 18 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre & Ballroom
Nov 19 Detroit, MI, US Majestic Theatre
Nov 20 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Nov 22 Boston, MA Royale
Nov 23 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes
Nov 24 New York (NYC), NY Webster Hall
Nov 26 Philadelphia, PA Franklin Music Hall
Nov 27 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
Nov 28 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
Nov 30 Columbia, SC The Senate
Dec 2 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
Dec 3 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Dec 4 Orlando, FL Plaza Live - Orlando
Dec 5 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
Dec 7 Houston, TX Warehouse Live-Ballroom
Dec 8 Dallas, TX Canton Hall
Dec 10 Kansas City, MO The Truman
Dec 11 Englewood, CO Gothic Theater
Dec 14 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
Dec 15 Portland, OR McMenamin's Crystal Ballroom
Dec 17 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom
Dec 18 Los Angeles (LA), CA Fonda Theatre
Dec 19 Los Angeles (LA), CA Fonda Theatre
Jan 20 2022 Dublin, Ireland Button Factory
Jan 21 2022 Glasgow Queen Margaret Union
Jan 22 2022 Manchester O2 Ritz Manchester
Jan 23 2022 London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Jan 25 2022 Amsterdam Paradiso Noord, Tolhuistuin
Jan 27 2022 Cologne Essigfabrik
Jan 28 2022 Borgerhout TRIX
Jan 31 2022 Madrid La Riviera

11/15: Phony Ppl at Amsterdam Bar 11/15: Lemonheads at Fine Line Read More The Lemonheads Originally, The Lemonheads were scheduled to play in the closet-sized 7th Street Entry, but seeing as tickets sold-out, they upgraded the band to the full-sized room at First Avenue. …

11/15/2021 MONDAY

PHONY PPL
at Amsterdam Bar
first-avenue.com

Genre-defying five-man band Phony Ppl announce an 18-date tour date. The group will stop by the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on November 15th.

Tour dates:

10/20/21 Boston Brighton Music Hall
10/21/21 Philadelphia The Foundry
10/23/21 Washington, D.C. Union Stage
10/26/21 Atlanta The Loft
10/28/21 Houston House of Blues
10/29/21 Dallas Cambridge Room
11/1/21 Phoenix The Rebel Lounge
11/2/21 Los Angeles Echoplex
11/4/21 Sacramento Harlow's
11/5/21 Berkeley Cornerstone Berkeley
11/7/21 Seattle Nectar Lounge
11/9/21 Portland Star Theatre
11/12/21 Denver Marquis Theater
11/15/21 Minneapolis Amsterdam
11/17/21 Chicago Chop Shop
11/18/21 Madison Wisconsin Union Theater
11/21, 2021 Toronto Toybox
11/24, 2021 New York Irving Plaza

11/15/2021 MONDAY

THE LEMONHEADS
with Heyrocco
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

There’s no need for introductions here… we like The Lemonheads. We are happy to see that singer Evan Dando is returning to Minneapolis this November 15th, with Heyrocco.

We caught The Lemonheads in May 2019 and said, “With this new 2019 tour, it’s in support of The Lemonheads’ Varshons 2, which is an all-covers album (the follow-up to the original all-cover album ten years prior called Varshons). So as expected, a bunch over cover songs were played, but oddly songs that would make sense for Minneapolis, such as The Jayhawks’ “Settled Down Like Rain” or Paul Westerberg’s “Things”, were not played.”

Tour dates:

Nov 5 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
Nov 6 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
Nov 7 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Nov 8 Nashville, TN Basement East
Nov 10 Bloomington, IN The Bluebird
Nov 11 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
Nov 12 St. Louis, MO Red Flag
Nov 13 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
Nov 15 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
Nov 16 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
Nov 18 Columbus, OH The Athenaeum Theatres
Nov 19 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre
Nov 20 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
Nov 22 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Nov 23 New York, NY TBD
Nov 24 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
Nov 26 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
Nov 27 Boston, MA House Of Blues

11/16: Saint Jhn at First Ave 11/16: Tennis at Cedar Read More Tennis Husband/wife duo Tennis is back in town. Their forthcoming album Yours Conditionally will be out March 10th via Mutually Detrimental / Thirty Tigers. …

11/16/2021 TUESDAY

SAINT JHN
with Tyla Yaweh
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Guyanese-American rapper Saint Jhn, not to be confused with Saint John the Baptist, is currently on tour for While the World Was Burning.

Joining Saint Jhn on tour is Los Angeles-based Tyla Yaweh, which NME dubbed as “emo-rap’s next icon.” We previously mentioned that he opened for Post Malone in Feb 2020.

Tour dates:

11.01 / Cleveland / Agora Theatre
11.02 / Detroit / Fillmore
11.03 / Toronto / Rebel
11.05 / Boston / House Of Blues
11.06 / Philadelphia / Franklin Music Hall
11.09 / Silver Spring, Md / Fillmore
11.10 / New York / Terminal 5
11.13 / Chicago / Riviera
11.16 / Minneapolis / First Ave
11.19 / Denver / Cervantes
11.20 / Salt Lake City / The Depot
11.23 / Seattle / Showbox Sodo
11.24 / Portland / Roseland
11.26 / San Francisco / Warfield
11.27 / San Diego / House Of Blues
11.28 / Anaheim / House Of Blues
11.30 / Los Angeles / Novo

11/16/2021 TUESDAY

TENNIS
with Molly Burch
at Cedar Cultural Center
thecedar.org

Last year, Tennis, had to postponed their Swimmer tour, due to the COVID pandemic. This upcoming Minneapolis show, set at the Cedar Cultural Center on November 16th, is a make-up date. It’s been long sold out.

In addition, due to popular demand, new additional dates have been added to Los Angeles and Brooklyn after the initially announced dates in both markets sold out. Support on all headline dates comes from Molly Burch. The last time we mentioned her, she was the support for Sallie Ford in April 2017.

Also, if you are a fan of Rick & Morty, you may have heard Tennis’ new single “Borrowed Time” on the closing credits on the season 5 finale.

Tour dates:

11/01 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
11/03 - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall
11/05 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Festival
11/06 - Holyoke, MA - Gateway City Arts
11/08 - Boston, MA - Royale
11/10 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
11/11 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
11/12 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
11/13 - Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe
11/15 - Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
11/16 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
11/17 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown

11/16: Bad Religion / Alkaline Trio at Palace Read More Bad Religion Age of Unreason is the band’s 17th studio album, and offers their response to our current time (they might as well have called the album Age of Trump). Co-songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz (and Epitaph Records owner) … Alkaline Trio Punk band Alkaline Trio has a four night, sold out, residency at the Triple Rock Social Club, starting Monday April 27. Each night, they have a different opening band, and each night the band …

11/16/2021 TUESDAY

BAD RELIGION / ALKALINE TRIO
with War On Women
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

The rescheduled co-headlining tour of Los Angeles’ Bad Religion and Chicago’s Alkaline Trio will stop by the Palace Theatre in St Paul on November 16th. War On Women to open.

Both bands seems excited about sharing the stage, with Alkaline Trio co-lead vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba citing that, “Bad Religion was one of my first loves”, while Bad Religion co-songwriter and lead singer Greg Graffin said the Alkaline Trio is “such a great band”.

We caught Bad Religion in July 2019 and wrote, “Greg Graffin and company played all the hits, and they were really good keeping in timing with great harmony. Again, the band were really in top form. I love seeing Brian Baker, when I saw them in the 90s, he was the “newest” band member to join and he bounced all over the place in his live performance. Sure everyone in the band is a little older now, but they still pulled off some well-practiced moves!”

Tour dates:

11/3 Richmond, VA The National
11/5 Buffalo, NY Buffalo Riverworks
11/6 Worcester, MA The Palladium
11/7 Philadelphia, PA The Met
11/9 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
11/10 Columbus, OH EXPRESS LIVE!
11/12 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
11/13 Chicago, IL Radius
11/14 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
11/16 Saint Paul, MN Palace Theatre
11/17 Saint Louis, MO The Pageant
11/19 Denver, CO The Fillmore
11/20 Salt Lake City, UT The Union
11/22 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
11/23 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
11/24 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
11/26 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium

11/16: Alex G at Fine Line Read More (Sandy) Alex G Alex G (Alex Giannascoli - not to be confused with singer/songwriter Alex G) just released Beach Music... his seventh full-length album, and his first Domino release. He’s obviously not used to recording in a studio, saying, “I was …

11/16/2021 TUESDAY

ALEX G
with EXUM
at Fine Line
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When we first heard of Alex G as “Sandy”, in June 2016, I thought what a generic name. He clearly didn’t want to be found on the internet. Little did I know that after nine albums (his latest House of Sugar), that Alex G is now really popular with the youths of Minnesota (particularly the Radio K crowd). This came to my attention as I attended a young person/all-ages 100 Gecs show, and the advertisement for this show popped up and the crowd went absolutely nuts, clapping and hooing.

Exum (stylized as EXUM) to open.

Tour dates:

Nov 2 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend
Nov 3 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
Nov 5 - Nashville, TN @ Exit / In
Nov 6 - Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
Nov 7 - New Orleans, LA @ Republic New Orleans
Nov 9 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Nov 10 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
Nov 12 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street
Nov 13 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
Nov 14 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Nov 16 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
Nov 17 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Nov 19 - Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's
Nov 21 - Columbus, OH @ Skully's Music Diner
Dec 2 - Lancaster, PA @ Tellus360
Dec 3 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
Dec 4 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
Dec 5 - South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Dec 6+7 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall

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

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Minneapolis: November 13 to November 14

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

11/13: Charlie Parr at Palace Theatre Read More Charlie Parr Charlie Parr is touring in support of his new album Dog. He is playing a double night residency at the Cedar on Friday & Saturday. Tour dates: …

11/13/2021 SATURDAY

CHARLIE PARR
at Palace Theatre
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Last of the Better Days Ahead is the new collection of songs from Minnesotan Charlie Parr. What’s important to note is that the album is being released on Smithsonian Folkways, the non-profit record label of the Smithsonian Institute.

Talking about the new album, Parr said, “Last of the Better Days Ahead is a way for me to refer to the times I’m living in. I’m getting on in years, experiencing a shift in perspective that was once described by my mom as ‘a time when we turn from gazing into the future to gazing back at the past, as if we’re adrift in the current, slowly turning around.’ Some songs came from meditations on the fact that the portion of our brain devoted to memory is also the portion responsible for imagination, and what that entails for the collected experiences that we refer to as our lives. Other songs are cultivated primarily from the imagination, but also contain memories of what may be a real landscape, or at least one inspired by vivid dreaming.”

You can hear those songs live at this upcoming show at the Palace Theatre in St Paul.

Tour Dates:

10.23 | Maricopa, CA - Songdog Ranch
11.05 | Duluth, MN - NorShor Theatre
11.10 | Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
11.12 | Berwyn, IL - Fitzgeralds
11.13 | St. Paul, MN - Palace Theater
12.03 | Faribault, MN - Shattuck St. Mary's
12.04 | Milwaukee, WI - Colectivo
12.17 | Atlanta, GA - Smiths Olde Bar
12.19 | St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House

11/13: Hold Steady at First Ave Read More The Hold Steady The Hold Steady had songs for Apple Valley and gave sound advice like “heart break hurts but you can dance it off.” After their second to last song Finn said, “It’s come to that part of the evening …

11/13/2021 SATURDAY (First Avenue) 11/14/2021 SUNDAY (7th Street Entry)

THE HOLD STEADY
with Gully Boys and Kiss the Tiger
at First Avenue and 7th Street Entry
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Fan-favorite The Hold Steady is doing a few dates in Minneapolis – at the mainroom First Avenue on November 13 and a double show at the smaller 7th Street Entry (one early show and one later show). The group’s latest album Open Door Policy debut #6 on Billboard’s “Top Album Sales” chart… it’s the band’s first top 10 and the highest debut of their career.

Tour Dates:

11/13/2021 Minneapolis, MN
11/14/2021 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
12/01/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
12/02/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
12/03/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
12/04/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
03/04/2022 Electric Ballroom London
03/05/2022 Electric Ballroom London,
03/06/2022 Moth Club London
05/04/2022 Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
05/05/2022 Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
05/06/2022 Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
05/07/2022 Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
05/27/2022 The Croxton Bandroom Thombury, Australia
05/28/2022 The Croxton Bandroom Thombury, Australia
05/29/2022 Corner Hotel Richmond, Australia
06/03/2022 Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Nashville, TN
06/04/2022 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
06/16/2022 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
06/17/2022 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
06/18/2022 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
09/08/2022 Lodge Room Los Angeles, CA
09/09/2022 Lodge Room Los Angeles, CA
09/10/2022 Lodge Room Los Angeles, CA

11/14: Tonstartssbandht at Turf Club 11/14: Thundercat at Fine Line Read More Thundercat Grammy-winning bassist & singer Thundercat (not to be confused with the cartoon ThunderCats) is touring in support of his new album Drunk. The sold is show at …

11/14/2021 SUNDAY

TONSTARTSSBANDHT
with Paul Jacobs
at Turf Club
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Brother duo Tonstartssbandht (Edwin and Andy White) is touring in support of their new album Petunia… set for release on October 22nd via Mexican Summer.

Canada’s Paul Jacobs to open.

Tour dates:

Sun. Oct. 24 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
Mon. Oct. 25 - Washington, DC @ DC9
Tue. Oct. 26 - Philadelphia, PA @ KFN
Wed. Oct. 27 - Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
Thur. Oct. 28 - New York, NY @ Market Hotel
Fri. Oct. 30 - New Haven, CT @ Space Ballroom
Mon. Nov. 1 - Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
Tue. Nov. 2 - Atlanta, GA @ 529
Fri. Nov. 5 - Mexico City, MX @ Hipnosis Festival
Thur. Nov. 11 - Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
Sat. Nov. 13 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
Sun. Nov. 14 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Tue. Nov. 16 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
Wed. Nov. 17 - Salt Lake City, UT @ RYE
Thur. Nov. 18 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Fri. Nov. 19 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Sat. Nov. 20 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Mon. Nov. 22 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Tue. Nov. 23 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
Fri. Nov. 26 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Sun. Nov. 28 - Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress
Mon. Nov. 29 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
Tue. Nov. 30 - Austin, TX @ Antone’s
Wed. Dec. 1 - Denton, TX @ Andy’s

11/14/2021 SUNDAY

THUNDERCAT
with Channel Tres
at Palace Theatre
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Excerpt When Animals Attack: Wolf Alice, Wombats, Thundercat, Lady Bird:

Grammy winner and bassist Thundercat (not to be confused with the 80s cartoon) will be touring this Fall in support of his album It Is What It Is. The album garnered praises from the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the LA Times… and it won the Grammy in 2020 for the Best Progessive R&B album.

11/14: Madison Beer at Varsity 11/14: Smallpools at Fine Line Read More Smallpools The Great Good Fine OK and Smallpools co-headlining 2018 tour will be stopping by the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown this Thursday. We’ve seen both bands a couple of times, and was pretty excited to see Smallpools .... Morgxn Touring with Grey will be Los Angeles based artist Morgxn (stylized as morgxn), on his very first tour. Morgxn is excited, saying “I think the universe opened up for me in that moment …

11/14/2021 SUNDAY

MADISON BEER
with Maggie Lindemann, Audriix
at Varsity Theater
varsitytheater.com

With over 4 million streams on Madison Beer’s new single “Reckless” on Spotify, the singer announced her tour in support of her debut album Life Support. The album already accumulated over 700 million streams worldwide.

Tour dates:

10/22/2021 Toad's Place New Haven, CT
10/24/2021 Terminal 5 New York, NY
10/25/2021 House Of Blues Boston, MA
10/26/2021 Theatre Of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
10/28/2021 The Fillmore Silver Spring, MD
10/30/2021 The Underground Charlotte, NC
10/31/2021 Bucketheads Sports Rhinelander, WI
10/31/2021 Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, GA
11/02/2021 House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/03/2021 Revolution Live Fort Lauderdale, FL
11/05/2021 House Of Blues New Orleans, LA
11/06/2021 HiFi Dallas
11/07/2021 House Of Blues Houston, TX
11/09/2021 Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Nashville, TN
11/11/2021 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
11/12/2021 House Of Blues Chicago, IL
11/14/2021 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
11/15/2021 The Truman Kansas City, MO
11/17/2021 Summit Denver, CO
11/18/2021 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
11/20/2021 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
11/21/2021 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC
11/22/2021 The Neptune Seattle, WA
11/24/2021 House Of Blues San Diego, CA
11/27/2021 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
11/28/2021 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA

11/14/2021 SUNDAY

SMALLPOOLS
with morgxn
at Fine Line
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American indie pop band Smallpools is returning to the road, after having released their EP Migraine.

The last time we saw the band, in Oct 2013, we wrote, “Indie pop band, Smallpools, hasn't been around very long, forming earlier this year, but they are already making big waves. The band opened with one of their singles, Mason Jar, before going on to play other songs off their latest EP such as Not Story Time and Over and Over.”

Smallpools is bringing along Morgxn (stylized as morgxn), who will open for the band on all 2021 dates. morgxn’s new EP is called Meridian: Vol 2… set for release on November 11th.

Tour dates:

11/01/2021 The Loft Atlanta, GA
11/04/2021 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA
11/05/2021 The Foundry Philadelphia, PA
11/06/2021 Music Hall Brooklyn, NY
11/13/2021 Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
11/14/2021 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, MN
11/17/2021 Blueberry Hill's Duck Room St. Louis, MO
02/03/2022 Bronze Peacock Houston, TX
02/04/2022 Antone's Austin, TX
02/11/2022 Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, CA
02/15/2022 The Crocodile Second Stage Seattle, WA
02/18/2022 Marquis Theater Denver, CO
02/20/2022 The Vanguard Tulsa, OK

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

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Minneapolis: February 1 to February 7, 2020

Juliana Hatfield 2020 Tour Read More Juliana Hatfield As long as I can remember, Hatfield started her music career with the Blake Babies. When they broke up, she had a massive hit with "My Sister" in her newly reformed band Juliana Hatfield Three … Blake Babies As long as I can remember, Hatfield started her music career with the Blake Babies. When they broke up, she had a massive hit with "My Sister" in her newly reformed band Juliana Hatfield Three …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from February 1 to February 7, 2020.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

JULIANA HATFIELD
+ Sunshine Boys
Turf Club
Wed 02/05/2020 (7pm/$20)
turfclub.net

You know, we love Juliana Hatfield. We’ve been following her since Blake Babies and followed her career in The Lemonheads and solo releases… to her most popular as The Juliana Hatfield Three (with smash hit song, “My Sister”). I still have the ticket stub to her show in June 1995.

For this upcoming tour, Hatfield will be playing some The Police songs (from her latest project Juliana Hatfield Sings the Police) … perhaps we’ll also see her play some Olivia Newton-John songs too…

Chicago’s Sunshine Boys (featuring Freda Love Smith of Blake Babies, Dag Juhlin of Poi Dog Pondering and Jacqueline Schimmel of Big Hello) to open.

Tour dates:

02/05/2020 Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
02/06/2020 Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI
02/07/2020 Blueberry Hill's Duck Room St. Louis, MO
02/10/2020 Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD
02/13/2020 The Parlor Room Northampton, MA
02/14/2020 Music Hall Of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY

Other shows in the area:

Temples 2020 US Tour Magic City Hippies at Amsterdam Bar Michael Kiwanuka at Palace Theatre Nightly at 7th Street Blue Stones at Turf Club Trippie Redd 2020 Tour Illiterate Light at 7th Street Read More Temples Along their way to Minneapolis, Temples have been building huge buzz appearing at Great Escape 2013 and (recently) SXSW 2014. With all that excitement for the band, they sold out the Turf Club presale … Michael Kiwanuka UPDATE: The entire USA Michael Kiwanuka tour has been cancelled. Stay tuned for details. Michael Kiwanuka Live: 11/30, Webster Hall, New York, NY …

TEMPLES
+ Art D'ecco
7th St Entry
Sat 02/01/2020 (8pm/$25/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Lauded UK psychedelic rockers Temples sold out the 7th Street Entry, touring as part of their third album, Hot Motion (ATO Records).

Art D'ecco to open.

Tour dates:

1/30/20 - Detroit, MI - Shelter
1/31/20 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
2/1/20 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
2/4/20 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret
2/6/20 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
2/7/20 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile Café

MAGIC CITY HIPPIES
+ Tim Atlas
Amsterdam Bar and Hall
Sat 02/01/2020 (8pm/$17.50)
amsterdambarandhall.com

Magic City Hippies is touring in support of their debut album Modern Animal… stopping by the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on February 1st.

Tim Atlas will open.

Tour dates:

01/31 - Chicago, IL - Metro
02/1 - St. Paul, MN - Amsterdam Bar & Hall
02/6 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
02/7 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
02/8 - Park City, UT - Park City Live
02/10 - Bozeman, MT - The Rialto
02/11 - Missoula, MT - Top Hat
02/13 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club ^
02/14 - Seattle, WA - Neumos ^
02/15 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^
02/16 - Eugene, OR - Sessions Music Hall ^
02/18 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s Nightclub ^
02/20 - San Francisco, CA - August Hall ^
02/21 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
02/22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater ^
02/23 - Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom ^
02/25 - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
02/27 - Dallas, TX - Trees
02/28 - Austin, TX - Emo’s
02/29 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa

^ The Palms support

MICHAEL KIWANUKA
+ Sammy Brue
Palace Theatre
Mon 02/03/2020 (7pm/$29/Sold Out)
palacestpaul.com

British singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka will play the Palace Theatre on Monday, February 3rd. The show is sold out.

We saw him in 2013 and said, “Drawing comparisons to Otis Redding and Bill Withers, Kiwanuka manages to bring a style that is his own- humble and natural; a distinctive voice, with smooth grooved songs that show obvious staying power. Opening with ‘If You’d Dare’, he next segued into ‘Tell Me a Tale’, a spirited song that has received local radio airplay and which got the crowd in his corner going forward. A pleasant take on Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Waterfall’ revealed the singer’s obvious affection for the guitar hero, and he did the song ample justice.”

Sammy Brue to open.

Tour dates:

1/31/20 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
2/01/20 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
2/03/20 - St Paul, MN @ Palace Theater
2/04/20 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
2/06/20 - Toronto, ON @ Rebel
2/07/20 - Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
2/08/20 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5
2/10/20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
2/11/20 - Boston, MA @ Royale
2/12/20 - Washington D.C. @ Lincoln Theatre
2/14/20 - Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
2/15/20 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse

NIGHTLY
+ The Wldlfe, Sawyer
7th St Entry
Tue 02/04/2020 (7pm/$12)
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Nashville based alt-pop band Nightly (Jonathan Capeci, Joey Beretta, Nick Sainato) will headline the 7th Street Entry on Feb 4th.

The Wldlfe and Sawyer will be opening support.

Tour dates:

01/31/2020 The Belt Detroit, MI
02/01/2020 Beat Kitchen Chicago, IL
02/04/2020 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
02/11/2020 Troubadour West Hollywood, CA

THE BLUE STONES
+ JJ Wilde
Turf Club
Thu 02/06/2020 (7pm/$9.87)
turfclub.net

Canadian alternative-rock duo The Blue Stones (not to be confused with Britpop stars The Bluetones), will play the Turf Club in St Paul on February 6th.

JJ Wilde to open.

Tour dates:

02/06/2020 Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
02/07/2020 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, IA
02/08/2020 Blueberry Hill's Duck Room St. Louis, MO
02/09/2020 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
02/11/2020 Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL
02/13/2020 Top Cat's Cincinnati, OH
02/15/2020 The Hollow Albany, NY
02/16/2020 The Lizard Lounge @ Chameleon Lancaster, PA
02/18/2020 MilkBoy Philadelphia, PA
02/19/2020 Rough Trade Brooklyn, NY
02/20/2020 Mohawk Place Buffalo, NY
02/21/2020 The Basement Columbus, OH
02/22/2020 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH
03/21/2020 The Gateway at SAIT Calgary, AB

TRIPPIE REDD
+ BlocBoy JB, Kodie Shane
Myth
Thu 02/06/2020 (6pm/Sold Out)
mythlive.com

Popular rapper Trippie Redd sold out the Myth. Not a surprise, considering his album A Love Letter To You 4 (10k Projects/Caroline) was the #1 album in the Billboard Top 200 Charts.

With special guests BlocBoy JB and Kodie Shane to open.

Tour dates:

02/01/2020 Arvest Bank Theatre Kansas City, MO
02/03/2020 The Pageant St. Louis, MO
02/04/2020 Val Air Ballroom West Des Moines, IA
02/06/2020 Myth Saint Paul, MN
02/07/2020 The Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
02/08/2020 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
02/09/2020 20 Monroe Live Grand Rapids, MI
02/12/2020 Express Live! Columbus, OH
02/13/2020 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
02/14/2020 The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, MI
02/15/2020 Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH
02/16/2020 Echostage Washington, DC
02/18/2020 House Of Blues Boston, MA
02/19/2020 House Of Blues Boston, MA
02/20/2020 The Dome Wallingford, CT
02/21/2020 The Strand Providence, RI
02/22/2020 The Fillmore Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
02/23/2020 Terminal 5 New York, NY
02/25/2020 The Ritz Raleigh, NC
02/27/2020 Coca-Cola Roxy Atlanta, GA
03/02/2020 War Memorial Auditorium Nashville, TN
03/04/2020 The Criterion Oklahoma City, OK
03/06/2020 Gas Monkey Live! Dallas, TX
03/07/2020 Revention Music Center Houston, TX
03/08/2020 Stubb's Bar-B-Q Austin, TX
03/10/2020 El Paso County Coliseum El Paso, TX
03/11/2020 The Marquee Tempe, AZ
03/13/2020 House Of Blues Las Vegas, NV
03/14/2020 House Of Blues Anaheim, CA
03/15/2020 Hollywood Palladium Hollywood, CA
03/29/2020 Sentrum Scene Oslo, Norway
04/02/2020 Melkweg Amsterdam
04/04/2020 O2 Academy Brixton London
04/05/2020 O2 Forum Kentish Town London
05/08/2020 Rolling Loud Music Festival

ILLITERATE LIGHT
+ Camp Howard
7th St Entry
Fri 02/07/2020 (8pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Rock duo Illiterate Light (Jeff Gorman and Jake Cochran) will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry this February 7th.

Richmond’s indie-rock quartet Camp Howard to open.

Tour dates:

01/31/2020 Bar le Ritz PDB Montreal, QC
02/01/2020 Drake Hotel / Underground Toronto, ON
02/03/2020 The Basement Columbus, OH
02/04/2020 Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI
02/05/2020 Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL
02/07/2020 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
02/08/2020 recordBar Kansas City, MO
02/13/2020 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
02/14/2020 The Wise Hall Vancouver, BC
02/15/2020 Barboza Seattle, WA
02/17/2020 Cafe Du Nord San Francisco, CA
02/18/2020 The Moroccan Lounge Los Angeles, CA
02/21/2020 Valley Bar Phoenix, AZ
02/22/2020 191 Toole Tucson, AZ
02/24/2020 Barracuda Austin, TX
02/25/2020 White Oak Music Hall - Upstairs Houston, TX
02/28/2020 Saturn Birmingham, AL
02/29/2020 The Basement East Nashville, TN
06/18/2020 Firefly Music Festival
06/19/2020 Firefly Music Festival
06/20/2020 Firefly Music Festival
06/21/2020 Firefly Music Festival
07/31/2020 Osheaga Festival

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The Lemonheads at First Avenue, Minneapolis (11 May 2019)

The Lemonheads at First Ave Lemonheads Setlist It's About Time Hospital The Turnpike Down Great Big No It's a Shame About Ray Can't Forget (Yo La Tengo cover) Rudderless Abandoned Left for Dead Tenderfoot (Smudge cover) It Looks Like You My Idea (Chris Brokaw cover) I Just Can't Take It Anymore (Gram Parsons cover) My Drug Buddy Big Gay Heart Hannah & Gabi Stove If I Could Talk I'd Tell You Style Take It Easy (Eagles cover) Frank Mills (Galt MacDermot cover) Skulls (Misfits cover) All My Life Tommy Stinson Setlist Last Time? Bad News* Running Out of Breathing Room Not a Moment Too Soon Come to Hide The Man Who Drank Himself to Death Match Made in Hell Zero To Stupid Come to Hide Nothing* Friday Night (Is Killing Me)* * Bash & Pop song Tour Dates 05/14: Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre 05/17: Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern 05/18: Vancouver, B.C. Rickshaw Theatre 05/19: Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge 05/21: San Francisco, CA Slim's 05/22: Petaluma, CA Mystic Theatre 05/24: Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom 05/25: San Diego, CA Casbah 05/26: Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre 05/27: Albuquerque, NM Launchpad 05/29: Oklahoma City, OK Tower Theatre 05/30: Dallas, TX Granada Theatre 05/31: Austin, TX Barracuda 06/01: Houston ,TX White Oak Music Hall 06/03: New Orleans, LA House Of Blues 06/04: Atlanta, GA Terminal West 06/06: Nashville, TN Exit/In 06/07: Charlotte, NC The Underground 06/08: Charleston, SC Music Farm 06/09: Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle 06/11: Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club 06/12: Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre 06/13: Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club 06/14: Philadelphia, PA The Foundry At The Fillmore 06/15: Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club Read More The Lemonheads Originally, The Lemonheads were scheduled to play in the closet-sized 7th Street Entry, but seeing as tickets sold-out, they upgraded the band to the full-sized room at First Avenue. … Tommy Stinson This Tommy Stinson (bass player for this little known band called The Replacements) with Milwaukee's Midnight Reruns and Philadelphia's Beach Slang is sold out. .…

90s alternative rock The Lemonheads headlined First Avenue’s mainroom on Saturday, May 11th, in support of his all-covers album Varshons 2.

In typical rock star schedule, Tommy Stinson was fashionably late to open the show. Not a surprise, and to be honest, it’s to be expected. If you don’t know who Stinson is, he’s probably best known for being the bass player for The Replacements (and later joined Guns & Roses in the late 90s and Soul Asylum in the mid ‘00!) … so he’s a bit of a legend in most music circle.

Stinson also known for creating Bash & Pop shortly after the ‘Mats broke up in 1991, and based on songs on his setlist, that band’s music is still reflective of Stinson’s love for those songs. In fact, after breaking up the band in 1994, Stinson resurrected the band in 2015, with a proper tour (we caught Bash & Pop in Sep 2015).

With most, if not all, of Stinson’s previous appearance, he never had a written setlist, he explained that the reason why he doesn’t have a setlist anymore is because he’s wearing glasses now and simply cannot read the setlist. As a result, he just plays random songs. Sure, he does have some idea (for example, he always end with Bash & Pop’s “Friday Night (Is Killing Me)”), but he tends to just play songs off the cuff. Sometime it’s amazing, hearing rarely heard songs, but sometime it’s a bit of an annoyance as Stinson is taking up to three minutes to tune his guitar (this could’ve been planned better).

Since this was Stinson’s somewhat “home show”, there were definitely some huge Replacements fans in the audience… Some of them screaming out various ‘Mats songs when Stinson announced that it would be “All request Saturday!”. He did take some request, playing “Zero To Stupid” and “Nothing”.

Near the end of his set, Stinson took off his coat and was a little confused about the guitar plug. After hearing some fans give him a hard time, Stinson jokingly fired back, “I’m f****ing 52, and I don’t give a sh**!” He pretty much summed it up, but I don’t honestly think he would give a f**** when he was in his 20s either.

Since Stinson was late, it pushed The Lemonheads start time about 15 later than advertised.

As you know, I first came to being The Lemonheads fan around the time they were promoting It's a Shame About Ray with its title track as single in 1992. They were featured on MTV’s 120 Minutes, but frontsman Evan Dando seemed more popular in the UK (I hate to say it, but for a time, it just felt like the Lemonheads were ignoring the USA).

We finally got to see Evan Dando in Feb 2010 and described it as, “Conversely, watching Evan Dando perform in 2010 hardly differed from watching him with the Lemonheads in 1992. I came to this conclusion when I literally felt bummed out. Few things prompt soul pain like a forty-two-year-old “slacker sex kitten” whose unassuming stage presence suggests a lifetime of discomfort. Dando arrived late to the venue, cruised through his set on autopilot, barely spoke a coherent word to his fans, and exited amidst a POOF of rose-colored fog.”

We saw Dando again at NXNE 2011 in Canada, and this time he was with his old friend Juliana Hatfield. It wasn’t a full Lemonheads setlist, but there was enough there that left us satisfied, “I was also happy with their setlist, I was worried that they would be doing new songs, but they did a bunch of old Lemonheads song (including "Into Your Arms", "Bit Part" and "Drug Buddy") and two Juliana numbers ("Choose Drugs" and "Dear Anonymous"). None of the three big hits were played, but I suspect that has more to do with the two of them playing acoustics vs a full band.”

My suspicion was right, as The Lemonheads, with a full band, came to Minneapolis in October 2011 and basically played the entire It’s a Shame About Ray album.

With this new 2019 tour, it’s in support of The Lemonheads’ Varshons 2, which is an all-covers album (the follow-up to the original all-cover album ten years prior called Varshons). So as expected, a bunch over cover songs were played, but oddly songs that would make sense for Minneapolis, such as The Jayhawks’ “Settled Down Like Rain” or Paul Westerberg’s “Things”, were not played.

Maybe they’ve gotten all the 90s songs out of their system with their 2011 tour, but very few old songs were played. They did do their signature hit single, “It’s a Shame About Ray” and “Rudderless” a few songs after, but it’s mostly songs I didn’t recognized or non-Lemonheads songs.

The other thing I wanted to mention is that Evan Dando was extremely laid back, like all his previous appearances, he rarely spoke between songs and barely moved. It’s not the most exciting show to see, but if you’re a Lemonheads fan, you probably used to this or it didn’t really matter.

Tommy Stinson

Tommy Stinson

Tommy Stinson

Lemonheads

Lemonheads

Lemonheads

The Lemonheads at First Avenue, Minneapolis (11 May 2019)

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Minneapolis: May 10 to May 11, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from May 10 to May 11, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

The Lemons: Varshons II Read More The Lemonheads Originally, The Lemonheads were scheduled to play in the closet-sized 7th Street Entry, but seeing as tickets sold-out, they upgraded the band to the full-sized room at First Avenue. … Tommy Stinson This Tommy Stinson (bass player for this little known band called The Replacements) with Milwaukee's Midnight Reruns and Philadelphia's Beach Slang is sold out. .…

THE LEMONHEADS
+ Tommy Stinson
First Avenue
Sat 05/11/2019 (7pm/$25)
first-avenue.com

The original laidback Evan Dando is returning as The Lemonheads to First Avenue this May 11th in support of their 10th album Varshons 2.

Growing up in the 90s, you absolutely own the Lemonheads’ album, It’s a Shame About Ray. The record had the hit title track, and some fun songs like “Rockin Stroll” and “Alison's Starting to Happen” … and who could forget the Simon & Garfunkel cover “Mrs Robinson”?

We last saw Dando in Oct 2011 and wrote how popular the show was: “Originally, The Lemonheads were scheduled to play in the closet-sized 7th Street Entry, but seeing as tickets sold-out, they upgraded the band to the full-sized room at First Avenue.”

Special guest will be Tommy Stinson, you know, from the Minneapolis-legendary band The Replacements? This should be an amazing show.

Tour dates:

05/04: Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl
05/06: Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
05/07: Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
05/08: Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
05/10: Chicago, ILThalia Hall
05/11: Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
05/12: Omaha, NE The Waiting Room Lounge
05/14: Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
05/17: Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
05/18: Vancouver, B.C. Rickshaw Theatre
05/19: Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
05/21: San Francisco, CA Slim's
05/22: Petaluma, CA Mystic Theatre
05/24: Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom
05/25: San Diego, CA Casbah
05/26: Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
05/27: Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
05/29: Oklahoma City, OK Tower Theatre
05/30: Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
05/31: Austin, TX Barracuda
06/01: Houston ,TX White Oak Music Hall
06/03: New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
06/04: Atlanta, GA Terminal West
06/06: Nashville, TN Exit/In
06/07: Charlotte, NC The Underground
06/08: Charleston, SC Music Farm
06/09: Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
06/11: Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
06/12: Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre
06/13: Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
06/14: Philadelphia, PA The Foundry At The Fillmore
06/15: Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

Other shows in the area:

THAD at Turf Club Lucius at Fitzgerald Beach Boys at Convention Center Albert Castiglia at Hook & Ladder TR/ST at 7th Street Read More The Beach Boys Wilson, Jardine and Marks have carried on for a brief 7-city summer tour, following a successful 50th anniversary album/73-show tour under The Beach Boys name which fizzled after singer Mike Love … Lucius At their Rock the Garden show, Lucius previewed a new song (“Dusty Trails”), which just appeared on their latest album Good Grief. … Pure Bathing Culture Pure Bathing Culture opened up the show, playing a forty-minute set of songs like "Dream The Dare" from their debut Moon Tides album, out now on Partisan Records. Their sound is often compared to …

THAD
+ Savannah Smith, Martin Devaney
Turf Club
Fri 05/10/2019 (8pm/$15)
turfclub.net

Singer-songwriter Thad (known for being the lead singer of Leagues) will be playing the Turf Club on Friday, May 10th. His debut album is set for release this Fall 2019 on ATO Records.

Tour dates:

May 9 – Milwaukee, WI – Colectivo Coffee Lakefront
May 10 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
May 11 – Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern
May 12 – Detroit, MI – The Crofoot
May 14 – Toronto, ON – The Drake Hotel
May 16 – Washington, D.C. – Pearl Street Warehouse
May 17 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
May 18 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live
May 21 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern Café
May 22 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall
May 23 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
June 4 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
June 5 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir
June 7 – San Francisco, CA – Café Du Nord
June 8 – Los Angeles, CA – Gold Diggers

LUCIUS
+ Pure Bathing Culture
Fitzgerald Theater
Fri 05/10/2019 (7pm/$36.75)
Sat 05/11/2019 (7pm/$36.75)
thefitzgeraldtheater.com

Lucius is doing a two-night residency at the Fitzgerald Theater in St Paul, on May 10 and May 11th, as part of their Live Nudes Tour. The tour may be in support of their acoustic album Nudes… but expect some beats and guitars, and, of course, harmonizing vocals of Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig.

Once again, Lucius is bringing along Pure Bathing Culture (who we last caught together on the same bill in March 2016).

Pure Bathing Culture’s new album Night Pass is out now on Infinite Companion.

Tour dates:

May 04 | Ann Arbor, MI at The Ark
May 07 | Bloomington, IL at Castle Theater
May 08 | Madison, WI at Barrymore Theatre
May 10 | Minneapolis, MN at The Fitzgerald Theater
May 11 | Minneapolis, MN at The Fitzgerald Theater
May 12 | Des Moines, IA at The Franklin
May 15 | Santa Fe, NM at Meow Wolf
May 17 | Tucson, AZ at The Rialto Theater
May 18 | Pioneertown, CA at Pappy & Harriet’s

BEACH BOYS
Minneapolis Convention Center
Sat 05/11/2019 (6pm/$75+)
pacer.org

Fun, fun, fun for a good cause--

This year's PACER Annual Benefit features classic band The Beach Boys featuring Mike Love

This event celebrates PACER’s work on behalf of families of children with disabilities and children and youth who are bullied, with all proceeds supporting PACER’s many worthwhile programs.

The evening also features the largest silent auction in the metro (this year with Mobile Bidding via your smartphone) with items from all categories and the live auction offers unique travel and VIP special experiences.

A popular raffle and wine pull as well as extravaganza bags, are also part of the pre-performance evening.

SCHEDULE
Silent auction: 6 pm
Live auction: 8 pm
Benefit performance: 8 pm
Patron party: After the performance
Performance will be ASL interpreted.

Ticket link: bidpal.net

Tour dates:

May 4 Oklahoma City, OK OKC Civic Center Music Hall
May 5 Enid, OK Central National Bank Center
May 7 Topeka, KS Topeka Performing Arts Center
May 8 Ames, IA Stephens Auditorium
May 9 Sioux City, IA Orpheum Theatre
May 10 Mahnomen, MN Shooting Star Casino
May 11 Minneapolis, MN Minneapolis Convention Center
May 26 Altoona, PA The Jaffa Shrine Center
May 30 Huntington, NY The Paramount
May 31 Carlton, MN Black Bear Casino Resort

ALBERT CASTIGLIA
Hook and Ladder
Sat 05/11/2019 (7:30pm/$12)
thehookmpls.com

Originally scheduled at Famous Dave’s, this Albert Castiglia album release show has moved to the Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge. The Miami-based singer/songwriter is promoting his new album Masterpiece (coming out May 24th on Gulf Coast Records).

Tour dates:

May 8---Memphis, TN---Rum Boogie Café
May 10—Kansas City, MO---Knucklehead’s Saloon
May 11---Minneapolis, MN---
May 14---Lincoln, NE---Zoo Bar
May 16---Omaha, NE---Chrome Lounge
May 17---Chicago, IL---Buddy Guy’s Legends
Jun 14-16---Key West, FL---Green Parrot
Jun 21---Ft. Myers, FL---Buckingham Blues Bar
Jun 22---Ft. Lauderdale, FL---LauderAle Brewery
Jun 28---Jupiter, FL---Double Roads Tavern
Jun 29---Sarasota, FL---Sarasota Sky Bar & Club
Jul 27---Pomeroy, OH---Big Bend Blues Bash
Aug 9---Charlotte, NC---US Natl. Whitewater Center
Aug 10---Wheeling, W.VA---Heritage Blues Festival
Aug 16---Wausau, WI--- Big Bull Falls Blues Festival

TR/ST
+ Lydia Ainsworth
Fine Line Music Café
Sat 05/11/2019 (8pm/$17)
finelinemusic.com

TR/ST (pronounced as “trust”, not “trist”), will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café this Saturday, May 11th. TR/ST decided to change his name from the hard-to-Google name Trust.

TR/ST’s new LP The Destroyer - Volume 1, available now on Grouch Via House Arrest.

Lydia Ainsworth to open.

Tour dates:

05/04 - Philadelphia. PA | Underground Arts
05/05 - Washington, DC | U Street Music Hall
05/09 - Detroit, MI | El Club
05/10 - Chicago, IL | Lincoln Hall
05/11 - Minneapolis, MN | Fine Line Music Cafe
05/14 - Portland, OR | Wonder Ballroom
05/15 - Seattle, WA | Neumos
05/17 - San Francisco, CA | Great American Music Hall
05/18 - Los Angeles, CA | The Fonda Theatre
06/07-09 - Austin, TX | Austin Terror Fest

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