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Frankie Rose at Turf Club (05/31/2023)

05/31 Frankie Rose with SRSQ and Collin Gorman Weiland at Turf Club Tour Dates 6/01 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club $ 6/03 Chicago, IL - TBA 6/04 Ferndale, MI - The Magic Bag $ 6/05 Toronto, ON - Monarch Tavern $ 6/06 Montreal, PQ - Bar Le "Ritz" PDB $ 6/07 Troy, NY - No Fun $ 6/08 Brooklyn, NY - TV Eye $ $ = w/ SRSQ Read More Frankie Rose Frankie Rose is touring in support of Love As Projection (Slumberland Records). We last saw Rose in Oct 2013 and said, “Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose opened the evening with … SRSQ The Black Queen will be headlining Studio B (at the Skyway Theatre) on Sunday, March 17th. Show up early to check out The Uniform and SRSQ (featuring Kennedy Ashlyn of Them Are Us Too). ..…

Wednesday night was 80’s night at the Turf Club with the Pet Shop Boys playing through the speakers and Frankie Rose soon to take the stage.

Local musician Collin Gorman Weiland warmed up the crowd with a dirge of industrial dance music that ripped through the club. His latest album is Now & Thus Suite on the Moon Glyph label, a label in which he also works as a regular mastering engineer.

SRSQ aka Kennedy Ashlyn next took the stage to promote her new album Ever Crashing, a dream pop album involving 100 separate tracks all done by the Texas based musician.

Vice Magazine described SRSQ’s debut Unreality as “… floating and abstract.” Songs from her latest album create a lush musical landscape that allow Ashlyn to sing an almost defiant, wounded delivery of someone searching for meaning, yet using music to heal.

The pain is real for Ashlyn never set out to be a solo artist, but part of a duo with Cash Askew. But Askew died in a tragic warehouse/concert venue fire in Oakland, California. So, the theme through most of the evening was the temporal, fleeting nature of being alive. Like in “Saved for Summer” where Ashlyn sang:

Oh, wasted time, is it folly or despair?
Or somehow, in between?

Frankie Rose next took the stage with her band. We last saw her in 2013 opening up for Franz Ferdinand at the Skyway Theater, promoting her album Herein Wild. And it has been over six years since she last released an album. She actually completed one close to three years ago, but due to the pandemic and being a victim to vinyl production backlogs, she is finally on the road promoting Love as Projection, which The Big Takeover Magazine thought could be part of the Stranger Things soundtrack. It is a retro love letter to the type of electronic pop that would find a home in any John Hughes movie.

A highlight was “Sixteen Ways”, a perfectly formed pop song to sing in the car. Another highlight was “Comeback”, a hypnotic dance groove.

A funny moment occurred when Rose moved into the prerequisite merch plug. Then she remembered: “We're out of our record. Just wanted to let you know.”

For the encore she asked the crowd if they had any requests. Someone joked and shouted: “Anything!” So she played “Anything” from her sold out album.

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Frankie Rose at Turf Club, St Paul (31 May 2023)

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Minneapolis: March 17 to March 20, 2019

Jukebox The Ghost 2019 Tour Read More Jukebox the Ghost We last heard from Washington's Jukebox the Ghost when they went on tour with Matt Pond (aka Matt Pond PA), but the trio will be back in town as part of their headlining .... The Mowgli's Next up were The Mowgli's, an indie rock/folk band from southern California. Going into the show, I had no idea what to expect. Simply put, I was blown away. From their first song, Waiting For The Dawn …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from March 17 to March 20, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

JUKEBOX THE GHOST
+ The Mowgli's, Twin XL
Varsity Theater
Mon 03/18/2019 (6pm/$22)
varsitytheater.com

Jukebox The Ghost and The Mowgli's will be playing the Varsity Theater on Monday, March 18th.

Recently, Jukebox the Ghost re-released their debut album Let Live & Let Ghosts as a special limited edition 10th Anniversary Edition on Yep Roc Records. You can probably pick up the 10th Anniversary LP at this upcoming show.

We last saw the Mowgli’s in Nov 2015 and said, “The seven-piece collective found their groove halfway through with ‘What’s Going On’ (not the Marvin Gaye number, but one that encouraged action as well) while ‘Love Me Anyway’ had the crowd singing along with the band’s four primary vocalists.”

Also on the bill will be opener Twin XL.

Tour Dates:

03/10/2019 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR
03/16/2019 The Truman Kansas City, MO
03/18/2019 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
03/20/2019 Metro Chicago, IL
03/22/2019 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
03/23/2019 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
03/26/2019 The Haunt Ithaca, NY
03/27/2019 Brooklyn Steel Brooklyn, NY
03/29/2019 Higher Ground South Burlington, VT
03/30/2019 The Met Pawtucket, RI
06/23/2019 Firefly Music Festival

Other shows in the area:

The Black Queen 2019 Tour Cass McCombs at Turf Club Asgeir 2019 Tour Big Wild at First Ave Be Forest 2019 Tour Read More Cass McCombs New York Times called Cass McCombs “one of the greatest songwriters of our time”, recently released his eight studio album Mangy Love. His new single and music video is taken from the album … Ásgeir Icelandic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ásgeir will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café on Thursday, in support of his new album Afterglow. ...

THE BLACK QUEEN
+ The Uniform, SRSQ
Studio B
Sun 03/17/2019 (7pm/$12)
skywaytheatre.com

The Black Queen will be headlining Studio B (at the Skyway Theatre) on Sunday, March 17th.

Show up early to check out The Uniform and SRSQ (featuring Kennedy Ashlyn of Them Are Us Too).

Tour dates:

3/11 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair
3/12 - Montreal, QC - Le Ministere
3/13 - Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground
3/15 - Detroit, MI - The Shelter
3/16 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
3/17 - Minneapolis, MN - Studio B
3/19 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
3/20 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
3/22 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
3/23 - Portland, OR - Star Theater
3/25 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
3/26 - Sacramento, CA - Holy Diver
3/28 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent

CASS MCCOMBS
+ Sam Evian
Turf Club
Mon 03/18/2019 (7pm/$18)
turfclub.net

Cass McCombs is back on tour to promote his his ninth full-length album, Tip of the Sphere.

Tour dates:

03/08 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
03/09 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
03/11 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
03/12 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
03/14 – Nashville, TN @ EXIT/IN
03/15 - Indianapolis, IN @ HiFi
03/16 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
03/17 – Milwaukee, WI @ The BackRoom
03/18 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
03/20 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
03/23 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
03/25 - Vancouver, BC @ St. James
03/26 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
03/27 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
03/29 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
03/30 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
03/31 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Beauty Bar
04/02 - Santa Barbara, CA @ SOHo
04/04 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley
04/05 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

ASGEIR
Cedar Cultural Center
Tue 03/19/2019 (7:30pm/$25)
thecedar.org

Icelandic singer Ásgeir is back in the city, this time playing the Cedar Cultural Center on Tuesday, March 19th. We caught Asgeir in Sep 2017 and wrote, “He’s actually known as Ásgeir Trausti in Iceland, but for America, he thought his name was unique enough to be billed under just the first name... like Elvis or Prince. Ásgeir had already made a splash in Iceland with his debut album Dýrð í dauðaþögn, in 2012.”

Tour dates:

03/11/2019 National Sawdust Brooklyn NY
03/12/2019 National Sawdust Brooklyn NY
03/13/2019 Arts at the Armory Boston, MN
03/15/2019 Cabret Lion d'Or Montreal CAN
03/16/2019 Church of the Redeemer Toronto CAN
03/19/2019 The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
03/22/2019 Masonic Lodge Los Angeles, CA
03/23/2019 The Lodge San Francisco, CA

BIG WILD
+ Robotaki, Mild Minds
First Avenue
Wed 03/20/2019 (7:30pm/$20)
first-avenue.com

Rising producer, composer, and singer Big Wild (aka Jackson Stell) will be at First Avenue on March 20th in support of his debut album, Superdream (Counter Records).

Tour dates:

3/8/19 - The Novo - Los Angeles, CA
3/9/19 - The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA
3/10/19 - Ace of Spades - Sacramento, CA
3/13/19 - Arcata Theatre - Arcata, CA
3/14/19 - McDonald Theatre - Eugene, OR
3/15/19 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
3/16/19 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
3/20/19 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
3/21/19 - Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
3/22/19 - Concord Music Hall - Chicago, IL
3/23/19 - Majestic Theatre - Detroit, MI
3/27/19 - Royale - Boston, MA
3/28/19 - Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
3/29/19 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
3/29/19 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
3/30/19 - Terminal 5 - New York City, NY

BE FOREST
+ Chatham Rise, DIIE
Kitty Cat Klub
Wed 03/20/2019 (9pm/$5)
kittycatklub.net

Italian shoegaze/post-punk trio Be Forest will be playing the Kitty Cat Klub on March 20th, in support of their new album Knocturne (We Were Never Being Boring).

Locals Chatham Rise and DIIE to open.

Tour dates:

3/08 - New York, NY - Pianos
3/09 - New York, NY - Coney Island Baby
3/12 - Austin, TX - Barracuda
3/13 - Austin, TX - The Velveeta Room
3/14 - Austin, TX - The Catherine
3/16 - Austin, TX - (WWNBB's 10th Boat Party)
3/17 - St Louis, MO - Gaslight
3/18 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club #
3/19 - Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle #
3/20 - Minneapolis, MN - Kitty Kat Club
3/22 - Denver, CO - 7th Circle Music Collective
3/23 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
3/27 - Seattle, WA - Lo Fi Performance Gallery
3/29 - Oakland, CA - Starline Social Club
3/30 - San Diego, CA - Tower Bar
3/31 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echoplex
4/03 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere

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