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R.I.P. Kim Shattuck (The Muffs)

Read More The Muffs Those are the words that I think of when I think of the Muffs, because that rock & roll girl sounds so cool! I first heard that "Rock & Roll Girl" song from punk/pop group the Muffs …

We are sad to learn that lead singer and songwriter for The Muffs, Kim Shattuck, has died after a long two-year struggle with ALS. She was 56.

The news came from her husband, Kevin Sutherland, writing, “This morning the love of my life Kim passed peacefully in her sleep after a two-year struggle with ALS. I am the man I am today because of her. She will live with all of us through her music, our shared memories and in her fierce creative spirit. I love you always my Kimmy. Thanks for sharing your life with me.”

For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.

October (6)

[02 Oct 2019] Giya Kancheli (Georgian composer for Unusual Exhibition), 84

[02 Oct 2019] Barrie Masters (English singer for Eddie and the Hot Rods), 63

[02 Oct 2019] Kim Shattuck (American singer, songwriter and musician for The Muffs), 56, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

[01 Oct 2019] Karel Gott (Czech singer), 80, acute myeloid leukemia

[01 Oct 2019] Bat McGrath (American musician and songwriter for Friends and Love), 73, liver cancer

[01 Oct 2019] Beverly Watkins (American blues guitarist), 80

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Minneapolis: August 25 to August 27, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 25 to August 27, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Valley Maker Seattle's Valley Maker (singer-songwriter Austin Crane) is stopping by the Icehouse in Minneapolis, in support of his LP When I Was A Child (Brick Lane Records). …

VALLEY MAKER
at Icehouse
Thursday, 08/25/16, 9pm ($8/$10)
icehousempls.com

Seattle’s Valley Maker (aka Austin Crane) is headlining Icehouse in Minneapolis next Thursday, August 25th, fresh off supporting Novo Amor on some UK touring dates.

Valley Maker’s latest When I Was a Child is out now on Brick Lane Records, which features the new single ‘Oh Lightning’.

Locals Ancient Mariner to close out the show (the two of them previously teamed up in Febuary 2016) with Andy Elwell to open.

Typically Icehouse shows starts at 11pm, but apparently not this show... as show is listed at 9pm.

Tour Dates

8/23: Chicago, IL @ Hideout Inn
8/25: Minneapolis, MN @ Icehouse MPLS
8/27: Grand Rapids, MI @ Founders Brewing Co.
8/28: Buffalo, NY @ Hostel Buffalo-Niagara
8/29: Waterloo, ON @ Seven Shores
8/30: Toronto, ON @ Burdock
8/31: Pittsburgh, PA @ The Funhouse
9/1: Cincinnati, OH @ Collective Espresso
9/2: Georgetown, KY @ Georgetown College

Read More The Muffs Those are the words that I think of when I think of the Muffs, because that rock & roll girl sounds so cool! I first heard that "Rock & Roll Girl" song from punk/pop group the Muffs …

THE MUFFS
at Turf Club
Friday, 08/26/16, 8pm ($12/$15)
turfclub.net

Punk/rock band The Muffs is back on tour! The 90s band is still led by singer and guitarist Kim Shattuck with bassist Ronnie Barnett and Redd Kross’ Roy McDonald (the brother of Steve McDonald, who we randomly saw in NXNE 2011).

The trio was on hiatus for a long time, but in 2014 they came back with a new studio album Whoop Dee Doo (which we wrote about in May 2014).

Opening up this show will be The Magnolias, Teenage Moods and Travoramo Fa Fa Fa.

Tour Dates

Aug 20 Slim's San Francisco, CA
Aug 26 Turf Club St Paul, MN
Aug 27 Lyric Room Green Bay, WI
Aug 28 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL

Read More MxPx MxPx turned a lot of heads when they announced they were putting an EP out on FAT. Personally, I think this is the smartest thing this band has ever done. While …

MXPX
at Triple Rock Social Club
Friday, 08/26/16, 8pm ($24 / Sold Out)
triplerocksocialclub.com

Washington’s MxPx has been around since the early 90s, but they hit mainstream success when they signed with A&M in the late 90s. This would have been the time we saw their music videos on MTV’s 120 Minutes... and if you’re a punk fan you were into these guys.

Of course their upcoming Triple Rock Social Club show is sold out.

Madison’s Masked Intruder to open.

Tour Dates

08/26/16 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
08/27/16 350 Fest
09/17/16 Chain Fest
10/01/16 Remember The Punks Music Fest

Read More Russian Circles The Parish at The House of Blues in New Orleans is host for one of my favorite instrumental acts, Russian Circles. The first time I ventured to see them live was in Baton Rouge … Cloakroom I was hooked on this album a few seconds in to the song Paperweight. Fans of Hum should enjoy this. They are sort of a mix between the band Torche and shoe-gaze. This is the best music I've heard in a long time. …

RUSSIAN CIRCLES
at Cedar Cultural Center
Saturday, 08/27/16, 8pm ($16/$18)
thecedar.org

Chicago’s Russian Circles’s 2016 Summer tour kicks off next week, starting in Madison on August 26, followed by an appearance at Minneapolis’ Cedar Cultural Center.

The post-metal/rock trio’s sixth studio album Guidance came out August 5th on Sargent House.

Indiana trio Cloakroom to open.

Tour Dates

Aug 26 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon *
Aug 27 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar *
Aug 29 Missoula, MT - Palace Lounge *
Aug 30 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
Aug 31 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
Sep 2 San Francisco, CA - Great American*
Sep 3 Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom *
Sep 5 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom *
Sep 6 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad *
Sep 7 Englewood, CO - The Gothic Theatre *
Sep 8 Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room *
Sep 9 Chicago, IL - Metro *
Sep 23-25 Midpoint Music Festival ^
Sep 25 Detroit, MI - El Club ^
Sep 26 Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace ^
Sep 28 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair ^
Sep 29 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
Sep 30 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw ^
Oct 1 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel ^
Oct 2 Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall ^
Oct 4 Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5 ^
Oct 5 Birmingham, AL - Saturn ^
Oct 6 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon ^
Oct 7 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Studio ^
Oct 8 Austin, TX - Barracuda ^
Oct 9 Dallas, TX - RBC ^
Oct 21 Wroclaw, PL @ Firlej
Oct 22 Gdansk, PL @ B90
Oct 23 Warsaw, PL @ Hydrozagadka
Oct 25 Vilnius, LT @ Peleda %
Oct 26 Durbe, LV @ Community Hall %
Oct 27 Tallin, EE @ Rockstars %
Oct 28 Helsinki, FIN @ Tavastia %
Oct 30 Stockholm, SE @ En Arena %
Oct 31 Oslo, NO @ Vulkan Arena %
Nov 2 Bergen, NO @ Landmark %
Nov 3 Stavanger, NO @ Folken %
Nov 5 Athens, GR @ Smoke the Fuzz Fest
Nov 6 Berlin, DE @ Kesselhaus %
Nov 7 Leipzig, DE @ Conne Island %
Nov 9 Brno, CZ @ Kabinet Muz %
Nov 10 Budapest, HUN @ Durer Kert %
Nov 11 Cluj Napoca, RO @ The Shelter %
Nov 12 Bucharest, RO @ Control Club %
Nov 13 Sofia, BG @ Club Mixtape 5 %
Nov 14 Skopje, MC @ MKC %
Nov 15 Belgrade, SR @ Elektropionir %
Nov 17 Zagreb, HR @ Vintage Industrial Bar %
Nov 18 Ljubljana, SL @ Orto Klub %
Nov 19 Vienna, AT @ Arena %
Nov 20 Prague, CZ @ Lucerna Music Bar %

* w/ Cloakroom
^ w/ Helms Alee
% w/ Helen Money

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The Muffs: Up And Down Around

Read More The Muffs I came across this song via The Muffs, a fuzzy pop-punk band from the early 90s from Southern California. Although they have stated in interviews that they have not broken up, it's hard to ignore that they've been pretty much inactive since …

"I wanna be with the rock n' roll girl!"

Those are the words that I think of when I think of the Muffs, because that rock & roll girl sounds so cool! I first heard that "Rock & Roll Girl" song from punk/pop group the Muffs, as she sang on their The Beat cover via Freedom of Choice compilation in 1992 (the song would later be compiled on 2000's Hamburger).

The Muffs are back, their first record in ten years, called Whoop Dee Doo, out on July 29, 2014, on Burger Records. At the moment you can hear their first new single called "Up And Down Around" on soundcloud.com. It's good to hear singer Kim Shattuck's unique vocals once again on something new.

With "Up And Down Around," you do hear that tight melodies that the Muffs are known for... and even sounds like it's one of those "one-take" sessions (particularly with hearing Shattuck saying "okay" right before recording the song).

It's all very exciting news, hopefully we'll see the Muffs doing more of a national tour, in the meantime they are 'up and down around' California:

07/06/14 Oakland, CA @ Burger Boogaloo
07/26/14 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
08/02/14 - Santa Ana, CA @ Burger a-Go-Go

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Rock and Roll Girl

It's Saturday morning and I'm awake really early goofing around and making a new mix compilation CD for my car. I've decided to put on "Rock and Roll Girl" and since I haven't written a cover lover article in a while, I thought this is perfect.

 

 

The Muffs - Rock And Roll Girl

I came across this song via The Muffs, a fuzzy pop-punk band from the early 90s from Southern California. Although they have stated in interviews that they have not broken up, it's hard to ignore that they've been pretty much inactive since 2004.

Their singer, Kim Shattuck, has a snarly, but unique, voice, and I think she's really into obscure garage bands, as seen on their album Hamburger... However, I think the song that they're probably best known for is "Kids in America", a Kim Wilde cover (oh don't worry, we're going to have a "Kids in America" cover lover post eventually).

 

 

The Beat - Rock N Roll Girl

The Beat

Trying to figure out some of the covers on Hamburger, I found The Beat, a band that debut with The Beat in 1979. The band was lead by Paul Collins, and eventually people started referring The Beat to Paul Collins' Beat - and it would make searching a lot easier, I suppose.

I actually don't have any other music from The Beat, other than this song for comparison, but they seem to be rock and rolly, probably based out of Los Angeles, as heard on their song "I wish there was an easier way, to meet all the girls in LA".

Between the two version, I would love to nod to The Muffs, just because it feels a little more updated and a little more punky. Plus, there's something sinister when you hear Shattuck sings "I wanna be with the rock n roll girl".

Both songs are now on my mix CD.

Links: www.the-muffs.com www.paulcollinsbeat.com