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Minneapolis: September 17, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on September 17, 2016.

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FESTIVAL PALOMINO
at Hall’s Island
Saturday, 09/17/16, 12pm ($52)
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The third annual Festival Palomino has been moved to Historic Hall’s Island (in the same area as Boom Island in Minneapolis). While the official reason given on August 30th about the move was “due to major storms and flooding which delayed construction at Canterbury Park”, we actually think it is because of scheduling conflict with the live horse racing, booked for this same day. We knew about the conflict in late September and talked about it offline and wondered about the fate of Festival Palomino.

Check out our coverages of Festival Palomino 2014 (includes as-it-happens live coverage) and Festival Palomino 2015 (complete with setlists and photos).

Anyway, as usual, we’ve written (and seen live) about most of the bands on the bill at the 2016 festival, including headliner Trampled By Turtles, Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit, England’s Jake Bugg, etc.

One of the few artists we haven’t written about is Margaret Glaspy, touring in support of her debut album Emotions and Math (ATO Records). Be sure to show up early to check out Glaspy’s set.

NOTE: With the Minneapolis’ noise ordinance in effect, the music will have to end around 10pm. Trample By Turtles may continue to play, however, they will have to go acoustic - similar to how Wilco handled their recent Hall’s Island appearance on 20 August 2016.

Full lineup:

Trampled By Turtles
The Arcs
Andrew Bird
Jake Bugg
Houndmouth
Frightened Rabbit
Elephant Revival
The Cactus Blossoms
Margaret Glaspy
Aubrie Sellers
Frankie Lee
The Brothers Comatose
The Devil’s Flying Machine
The Murder Of Crows
John Mark Nelson
Mandolin Orange
Erik Berry Duo

Read More Beaty Heart South-London's Beaty Heart is currently touring in support of their debut album Mixed Blessings (Nusic Sounds & Caroline). The trio will be joining JUNGLE …

BEATY HEART
at 7th Street Entry
Saturday, 09/17/16, 8pm ($12/$14)
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Peckham-based trio Beaty Heart (Charlie Rotberg, Joshua Mitchell and James Moruzzi) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Saturday, September 17th. You may recall that they had to cancel their entire 2014 USA tour due to VISA issues, when they were supposed to promote their debut album Mixed Blessings.

Beaty Heart is back, this time, promoting their sophomore album Till The Tomb, which came out earlier this Summer via Harvest Records.

London’s Beach Baby to open.

Tour dates:

9/14/2016 Allston, MA Great Scott
9/16/2016 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
9/17/2016 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
9/21/2016 Seattle, WA The Sunset
9/22/2016 Portland, OR Holocene
9/23/2016 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
9/24/2016 Los Angeles, CA Resident
9/26/2016 Washington, DC DC9
9/27/2016 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
9/29/2016 Brooklyn, NY Baby's All Right
9/30/2016 New York, NY Berlin

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GOLD PANDA
at Triple Rock Social Club
Saturday, 09/17/16, 8pm ($15)
triplerocksocialclub.com

Electronic producer Gold Panda will once again headline the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis this Saturday, September 17th. We previously caught him at the Triple Rock in 2013 and noted, “Gold Panda didn't have any gimmicks, masked or otherwise, his setup was a rather large table with all the buttons and switches. Set included a mix of various singles and songs from Half Of Where You Live, particularly "Brazil" which played fairly early in.”

Gold Panda’s latest record Good Luck and Do Your Best is out now on City Slang Records.

Open Mike Eagle (one half of Cavanaugh) to open.

Tour dates:

09/11/16 Montreal, QC Théâtre Fairmount
09/14/16 Toronto, ON Mod Club
09/15/16 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
09/16/16 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
09/17/16 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
09/18/16 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
09/22/16 Reeperbahn Festival
09/23/16 Bozar Electronic Arts Festival
09/24/16 Paris Cafe de la Danse
09/29/16 Waves Vienna
10/05/16 Berlin, Germany Berghain
10/06/16 Cologne Kulturkirche
10/07/16 Heidelberg Karlstorbahnhof
10/15/16 Osaka, Japan Club Circus
10/16/16 Kyoto, Japan Metro
10/18/16 Tokyo, Japan Shibuya WWW
10/26/16 Lisbon, Portugal Music Box
10/29/16 Colchester Colchester Arts Centre
11/05/16 Barezzi Festival
11/11/16 Milan, Italy Dudeclub
11/12/16 Rome, Italy Monk Club
11/26/16 Singapore Fort Canning Park

Read More Living Hour Omori is currently on his “Sad Guy No More” tour with Canadian dream pop band Living Hour. Living Hour’s self-titled album is out now on Lefse. …

LIVING HOUR
at House Show
Saturday, 09/17/16, 6pm (Free?)
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Winnipeg’s Living Hour will be playing a house show this Saturday, September 17th, promoting their self-titled debut album on Lefse Records.

We previously mentioned that they were on tour with Cullen Omori (ex Smith Westerns).

Other bands on the bill for the house show: Sloslylove, Dash Hounds, and Keno Evol.

Tour dates:

09/15/16 - Winnipeg,MB - Burton Cummings
09/16/16 - Clearwater,MB - Harvest Moon Festival
09/17/16 - Minneapolis, MN - House Show
09/18/16 - Chicago, IL - RutCorp
09/19/16 - Cincinnati, OH - Comet
09/20/16- Detroit, MI - Marble Bar
09/21/16 - Toronto, ON - The Drake Hotel
09/22/16- Montreal, QC - Pop Montreal
09/23/16 - Amherst College - Hitchcock Residence
09/24/16 - New Brunswick, NJ - J House
09/25/16 - Brooklyn, NY - Silent Barn
09/28/16- Stuttgart, DE - Galao
09/29/16 - Wiesbaden DE - Kreativfabrik
09/30/16 - Leipzig DE - Ilses Erika
10/01/16 - Dresden, DE - Beatpol
10/02/16 - Prague, CZ - 007 Club
10/04/16 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
10/05/16 - Paris, FR - Le Pop-Up Du Label
10/06/16 - London, UK - Slaughtered Lamb
10/07/16 - Derby, UK - Hairy Dog
10/08/16 - Manchester, UK - Fallow Cafe
10/09/16 - Leeds, UK - Wharf Chambers
10/10/16 - Cardiff, UK - The Big Top

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CARRIE NEWCOMER
at Hennepin Methodist Church
Saturday, 09/17/16, 6:15pm ($20)
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Carrie Newcomer will be playing at the Hennepin Methodist Church this September 17th, 2016. Newcomer’s 16th CD, The Beautiful Not Yet, will be out Sept 16th. The new record was produced by Juno Award for World Music winner Jayme Stone.

With the choice in venue (a church), expect plenty of optimistic, spiritual songs from Newcomer.

Carrie Newcomer’s tour dates:

09/16/16 Madison, WI First United Methodist
09/17/16 Hennepin United Methodist
09/18/16 Goshen, IN Sauder Concert Hall
09/24/16 Delphi, IN Delphi Opera House
09/30/16 Marriottsville Retreat and Conference
10/01/16 Marriottsville Retreat and Conference
10/02/16 Bound Brook, NJ Bound Brook Church
10/14/16 Jasper, IN Jasper Performing Arts Center
10/15/16 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theater
10/16/16 Louisville, KY Christ Church United Methodist
10/21/16 Hillsboro, OR Walters Cultural Arts Center
10/22/16 Seattle, WA Columbia City Theatre
10/28/16 Santa Monica, CA McCabe's Guitar Shop
10/30/16 Berkeley, CA Freight & Salvage
11/11/16 Cambridge, MA Club Passim
11/12/16 New Hartford, CT Beekley Library
11/19/16 Chicago, IL Old Town School
12/02/16 Indianapolis, IN The Church Within
12/03/16 Portland, IN Arts Place
12/04/16 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
12/09/16 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java
12/10/16 New York, NY Joe's Pub
12/11/16 Wilmington, DE World Cafe Live
01/19/17 Wilson, NC Edna Boykin Cultural Center
01/21/17 Decatur, GA Eddie's Attic
01/27/17 Oklahoma City, OK OCCC Visual
01/28/17 Ponca City, OK First Christian Church
01/29/17 San Antonio, TX Studio Theater
03/10/17 Traverse City, MI Dennos Museum
03/11/17 Palos Hills, IL Dorothy Menker Theater
03/25/17 Dayton, OH Harmony Creek Church
04/29/17 Syracuse, NY Park Central Presbyterian Church
05/06/17 Indianapolis, IN Unitarian Universalist Church
07/13/17 Wisconsin Rapids, WI McMillan Library

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His Name is Alive at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (15 Apr 2015)

Setlist The Torso The Examination See You in a Minute Last Night Maybe Again After I Leave U Where Knock is Open Wide The Bees Country Girl This World is Not My Home The Treehouse for Earth’s Children Space Bird The Dirt Eaters Get Your Curse As We Could Ever Fossil Cornfield -- Encore -- Elvis Hitler instrumental cover Slow Quiet Jimi Hendrix Groove (?) As We Could Ever Read More His Name Is Alive It is hard to believe that Michigan's His Name Is Alive has been around for over 25 years. The experimental rock, sometime psychedelic and sometime shoegaze band started releasing self-made cassettes …

The Detroit area has always had a great history of guitar rock heroes—

--from Fred “Sonic” Smith and Wayne Kramer of the MC5, to The Stooges, to Jack White and the Motor City Madman himself, Ted Nugent.  You can add Warren Defever and His Name is Alive to that list.

The prolific Livonia, MI native is the mainstay of the band and proved his guitar might, with an appearance recently at the 7^th Street Entry in Minneapolis.  Those that only associate the band with the 1990’s releases on 4AD Records were, I’m sure, surprised that the label’s trademarked ethereal and dreamy sounds were supplanted by raw guitar riffs and more straight-ahead rock by Defever and co. as they played a 90 min. set on their next-to-last date of their 25^th anniversary tour.

The Murder of Crows

The evening began with a low-key and low-fi performance by The Murder of Crows, a project featuring Low’s Alan Sparhawk (guitar, vocals) and Gaelynn Lea (violin, vocals) promoting their first EP, Imperfecta, which the wheelchair-bound Lea says refers to her genetic disability, Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

Lea often took the lead, with souldful child-like vocals and elegant violin playing, which she perched upright, similar to a small cello, and Sparhawk strummed along seated, manipulating the guitar and loop pedals.  Songs like the reflective ‘Let It Go’ couldn’t help but feel somewhat sad, similar in tone to Low’s own “slowcore” method of minimalistically taking its time for the song to find its way.  A stirring instrumental mid-set of Nirvana’s ‘Heart Shaped Box’ sounded more urgent while keeping its dark edge intact.

Warren Defever

After a brief break, the members of His Name is Alive took to the stage, amid a dreamy trance-like intro before a booming bass drum took them into ‘The Torso’ from 1993’s Mouth by Mouth album.  In addition to Defever, the other members (Andrea Morici - vocals, bass synth, mellotron: Dusty Jones – guitar/bass, talkbox; J Rowe – drums) took to the challenge of playing 25 yrs of music in stride, with Morici referring to lyrics on her music stand as a reminder.

The new 13 min. ‘The Examination’ was next, giving the crowd a proper introduction to their newest release, Tecuciztecatl (London London Records), with Morici (previously of Tranzistors, Sonapanic, and briefly Sparklehorse) staking a confident claim to vocally own these songs as her own.  Selections jumped around again, from 2002’s ‘Last Night’ to 2006’s ‘Maybe Again After I Leave U’, back to 1993’s ‘Where Knock is Open Wide’, making this 25^th anniversary show truly a broad brush of the band’s career.

Defever, sporting a Swan Song logo t-shirt finally spoke, off-mike and over a half hour into their 90 min set, introducing the band and claiming he read that Minneapolis has a high Aztec population (?!), in reference to the new album’s title.

Most songs started somewhat quiet and dreamy, only to explode with Defever’s shredding and a shaking rhythm section amp-ing the songs up tenfold in intensity.  Jones moved between bass and guitar (sometimes within the same song) to help lead the sonic attack, that took no quarter (yep, a Zep reference there).

His Name is Alive's Setlist

The performance even became participatory, as Defever handed out numerous tambourines for the audience to use on his cue, which all gleefully did.  1993’s ‘Cornfield’ told of Defever’s days as a kid, picking corn in rural Ontario, which built itself into a fuzzy wall of sound, to end the main set.

People whooped and yelled and the borrowed tambourines shook until the band returned for the encore, starting with a fast instrumental from Defever’s former psychobilly band, Elvis Hitler.   An ode to Jimi Hendrix followed, to then end the evening with a delicate number deemed the first song Defever ever wrote, ‘As We Could Ever’ from their 1990 debut.

Twenty five years of catalog songs left the band plenty to choose from, and His Name is Alive made the most of it, playing songs from all facets of their career.  At its heart, Defever proved that the notable relationship of Detroit-area musicians and the guitar, continues to flourish.

His Name is Alive at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (15 Apr 2015)

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