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Flashback: 2:54 at the Triple Rock (18 June 2012)

2:54 Setlist Circuitry Sugar On A Wire You're Early Dawn Scarlet A Solute Easy Undercover Creeping 2:54 2012 Tour 06/21 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile 06/22 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge 06/23 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore 06/25 San Francisco, CA - Independent 06/26 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour 06/27 San Diego, CA - Casbah 07/07 Roma Vintage - Rome 07/09 Spazio 211 - Turin 07/10 Hana-Bi - Marina di Ravenna 07/14 2000 Trees Festival - Cheltenham 07/26 Unknown venue - East Lulworth 07/29 Greenville Festival - Berlin 08/17 Unknown venue - Skipton 08/24 Richfield Avenue - Reading 08/31 End of the Road Festival - Salisbury 09/08 Robin Hill Country Park - Newport Read More 2:54 The much-hyped London-based shoegaze-tinged sister act 2:54 played the Triple Rock (and Minneapolis) for the first time Monday night. …

I really wanted to catch British shoegazing band 2:54 on their first USA tour, but due to a rare opportunity to see Jonathan Coulton at the Gutherie Theatre on June 18, 2012, I had to let Amy G take charge for this Triple Rock Social Club show.

2:54 at 7th Street Entry (06 Mar 2015)

I missed the 2:54 sisters (Colette and Hannah Thurlow) again in Oct 2012, due to prior commitments for their second Minneapolis show, but eventually, I did catch them in March 2015, describing them as “The last time we saw the 2:54 sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow, they were being compared to Curve (yes, we like Toni Halliday) and Savages, but I feel like they are standing on their own identity, especially with their latest release The Other I, out now on Bella Union. Singer/guitarist Colette would often move back and forth, as if to ready to lunge out directly into the audience. Their bassist Joel Porter would wildly swing his instrument like crazy... clearly enjoying the noise they were creating too much. While I thought they sounded just fine, I guess the band was experiencing some problems with the in-ear monitors... They didn't let us know until near the end of their set, before "Orion", when Colette ripped her ear piece and said something like, "This thing hasn't been working all day!"

I’m glad I eventually did see them, because shortly after that 2015 tour, the band disappeared.

Original report from Amy G:

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The much-hyped London-based shoegaze-tinged sister act 2:54 played the Triple Rock (and Minneapolis) for the first time Monday night.

Support was provided by a local duo, Plastic Believers, who played dancey electronic rock. I only caught the last couple songs of their set “Victims of the Century” and “Your Place or Mine?” They pulled off a fairly polished set (the part of it I actually heard) considering they were filling in at the last minute since Widowspeak, the band originally scheduled to open the show, had to cancel due to their van breaking down on their way from Chicago.

Sisters, Hannah (guitar) and Colette (vocals) Thurlow, bassist Joel Porter and drummer Alex Robins hit the stage and kicked things off with “Circuitry.” The nine song set was mainly comprised of songs off of their self-titled debut album released last month on Fat Possum Records. They threw in a couple songs off their EP, Scarlet, and also played the moody-sounding “On a Wire,” which isn’t found on either release. The band churned out “Creeping” to close out the set.

The crowd was a bit thin, even for a Monday night, and extremely quiet in between songs (seriously, I have never heard less chatter from a crowd in between songs) but after a couple of songs into 2:54’s set, the audience became a bit more responsive after each song finished. At one point, Colette stepped off the stage and danced up to a few guys standing at the front of the main floor in an attempt to evoke a bit more of a response, only to receive some sheepish grins before returning to the stage.

2:54 are in the middle of their first-ever tour of the US. Catch them if your town is lucky enough to be one of the remaining dates.

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2:54 at Triple Rock Social Club (18 June 2012)

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Flashback: Blitzen Trapper at Triple Rock Social Club (29 July 2007)

Blitzen Trapper 2007 Tour 07-11 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill $ 07-13 Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland $ 07-14 Tempe, AZ – Stinkweeds $ 07-16 Austin, TX – Emo’s Lounge $ 07-17 Dallas, TX – The Loft $ 07-18 Houston, TX – Walter’s on Washington $ 07-19 Hattiesburg, MS – Thirsty Hippo $ 07-20 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn $ 07-21 Wilmington, NC – Bella Festa $ 07-22 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel $ 07-23 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s $ 07-24 Allston, MA – Great Scott $ 07-25 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge $ 07-26 Buffalo, NY – The Icon 07-27 Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig $* 07-28 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle 07-29 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock 07-30 Omaha, NE – The Slowdown 07-31 Denver, CO – Hi-Dive % 08-01 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court 08-03 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile Cafe ^ $ with David Vandervelde ! with the Shaky Hands, Pseudosix ^ with Jennifer Gentle % with Smoosh, Aqueduct * with Canada Read More Blitzen Trapper Blitzen Trapper will be taking over the First Avenue main room on Sunday, October 4th and you will definitely want to be there. I have never been able to see these …

Portland’s Blitzen Trapper wrapped up their November 2024 in support of 100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions (Yep Roc Records). The new album features Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats and singer-songwriter Anna Tivel.

We did try to cover their appearance at the Turf Club on Nov 14, 2024, but it didn’t quite work out.

So, I guess the next best thing is to talk about the first time I saw Blitzen Trapper, when they were on tour for Wild Mountain Nation in 2007. They were then signed to Sub Pop, and I was a big fan of the label since they got famous by signing Nirvana.

The other thing is my realization that every time I went to the Triple Rock, they literally had three bands. On that night we had two opening bands: The Godevils (named after some sports team?) and folk singer Patrick Tierney (not to be confused with Australian singer Pat Tierney).

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I guess I’ve never noticed it before, but the reason why it's called The Triple Rock Club is that a show usually calls for three bands (one headliner and two openers).

This venue is mostly known for their punk rock shows, although they do book a variety of indie and experimental bands from time to time.

The two opening bands sounded nothing like Blitzen: an alt-country band The Godevils and folk singer Patrick Tierney. Both bands are from Minneapolis.

It was hard for me to understand The Godevils because the singer didn’t speak clearly into the microphone most of the time. They started off with the banjo/drums/cello and ended their set with an electric guitar and bass.

Patrick Tierney did a pretty long set, half of which seemed like they were cover songs. Covers included Bob Dylan, White Stripes and Leonard Cohen.

Blitzen Trapper was late to the venue because they took Highway 61 (the nice scenic route along the Great River) from Chicago to Minneapolis. So they hadn’t had time to setup their instruments or had a proper soundcheck, so a good 10 minutes were spent uttering the words “check check check check” or “can I get more sound on my monitor”.

When they actually started playing, it was very loud and really put a little life into the audience - this was a band that was meant to play in front of a very large crowd. Unfortunately, because it’s late night on Sunday (and normally people have to work the next morning), hardly anyone showed up. However, the people that did show up were very responsive (e.g. talking back to the band and recognizing all the songs).

I just think that if they played on a Friday or Saturday that they would’ve had a much better turnout.

They added a few more dates, so check them out if you live in these places.

PS, as usual, Triple Rock had no one working on the lights, so it was constantly dark red throughout the entire show.

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Blitzen Trapper at Triple Rock Social Club (29 July 2007)

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Flashback: Voxtrot at Triple Rock Social Club (05 June 2007)

Voxtrox 2007 Tour 03-14-15 Austin, TX – SXSW (more info) 05-25 Austin, TX – Emo’s # 05-29 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey # 05-30 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall # 06-01 Portland, OR – Doug Fir # 06-02 Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe # 06-05 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock # 06-06 Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection # 06-07 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick # 06-08 Toronto, Ontario – Sneaky Dee’s # 06-11 Cleveland, OH – Beachland # 06-12 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar # 06-13 Washington, DC – Black Cat # 06-14 Boston, MA – Middle East # 06-15 New York, NY – Webster Hall # 06-16 Philadelphia, PA – Pure # with Au Revoir Simone Vuart Read More Voxtrot Here’s a blast from the past: Voxtrot. When we first started W♥M, 15 years ago, Voxtrot was one of the first band we saw in June 2007: “The Voxtrot show was alright, they seem to be having a lot of … Au Revoir Simone The pilot ended with Chromatics playing ‘Shadow’, while the second with Minneapolis’ The Cactus Blossoms singing ‘Mississippi’, and finally all-girls trio Au Revoir Simone with ‘Lark’. …

After years of hiatus, Voxtrot reformed and went out on tour in 2022, to promote Cut from the Stone: Rarities & B-Sides.

Brody caught them at SXSW 2024 and called them “Austin Legends”.

The only time I saw Voxtrot, it was on their tour with Au Revoir Simone, who I saw with Peter, Bjorn & John at First Avenue on 09 May 2007. Heather from Au Revoir Simone came on stage to sing the girl part in “Young Folks.” I thought the Au Revoir Simone girls were so handsome.

All photos courtesy of the Rock and Roll Star, Steve.

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Sorry for all these posts, this is the last one for sure! I saw Voxtrot last night. See related entry listed below to find out more information on Voxtrot.

The two opening bands are Au Revoir Simone and Sound Team. I thought Sound Team was actually pretty good, although from hearsay and gossips, I heard the guitarist is a bit of a jerk.

The Voxtrot show was alright, they seem to be having a lot of fun on stage. I was told that the last time they were here (on a Monday), that there were only maybe 12 people there. This time, they have a pretty packed venue, which made them really happy.

The most memorable part is when the girls from Au Revoir Simone joined on stage (see picture) for their final song.

They're still on tour, promoting their album, which was released 22 May 2007 (Morrissey's birthday!).

Related entries: Cari Palazzolo and Belaire & Au Revoir Simone

Apparently, I don't read the team.vox.com, but thanks to Angry Tiki for mentioning these Moo Cards. You have to add Moocards as a neighbor and then head over here to order 10 free cards. From what people tell me, the cards are high quality, but the cost ($20 for 100 cards) seems really high to me. They do look pretty cool though.

Also, once again, I will be heading over to Chicago until Tuesday (leaving this Saturday morning). Please do not get me started on how much I hate Illinois' road tolls. DIE DIE DIE!

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Au Revoir Simone Sound Team Voxtrot vs Au Revoir Simone

Voxtrot at Triple Rock Social Club (05 June 2007)

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Flashback: King Khan & BBQ Show at Triple Rock (29 Nov 2009)

King Khan & the BBQ Show 2009 Tour Dates Nov 17 – Troubadour Los Angeles, California Nov 18 – The Independent San Francisco, California Nov 20 – Dante’s Portland, Oregon Nov 21 – Chop Suey Seattle, Washington Nov 23 – The Red Room Vancouver, British Columbia Nov 25 – The Warehouse Calgary, Alberta Nov 26 – Pawn Shop Edmonton, Alberta Nov 27 – Amigos Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Nov 28 – Royal Albert Arms Winnepeg, Manitoba Nov 29 – Triple Rock Minneapolis, Minnesota Dec 1 – Mad Planet Milwalkee, Wisconsin Dec 2 – Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, Illinois Dec 3 – Northside Tavern Cinncinati, Ohio Dec 4 – Lees Palace Toronto, Ontario Dec 5 – Babylon Ottawa, Ontario Read More King Khan & BBQ So, if you need to catch up on The King Khan & BBQ Show, they are an interesting modern band with minimalist setup and plays a weird mixture of 50s doo-wop … Those Darlins We love Those Darlins. Currently the Nashville band will be releasing latest album Blur the Line this October 1st, and the band will be heading out on tour in support of the new record. .…

To be perfectly honest, I wanted to attend this The King Khan & BBQ Show, at the Triple Rock Social Club, in Minneapolis, in late November 2009, because I was primarily interested in seeing Those Darlins. I’ve seen them before, and really loved them. In fact, I would go on to see the band nine times, plus an interview with Jessi in 2013.

W♥M x Those Darlins:

Those Darlins at First Avenue (04 Nov 2015)

Those Darlins at 7th Street Entry (25 Oct 2013)

Those Darlins at Loring Park (27 July 2013)

Those Darlins at the Cedar (28 July 2012)

Those Darlins at the Cedar (03 April 2011)

Those Darlins at 7th Street Entry (26 Sep 2010)

Those Darlins at Triple Rock (09 April 2010)

Those Darlins at Triple Rock (29 Nov 2009)

Those Darlins at the 7th Street (18 July 2009)

Unfortunately, it’s sad to say that singer Jessi Zazu died in Sep 2009 at the age of 28 to cervical cancer.

Of course, I should add that I did love King Khan, the brown James Brown, and BBQ. This was the first time I’ve seen them (in 2009), and since then I’ve seen them as solo artist, or sometime being in completely different bands. But you never forget that first time, especially how impressed I was at the sold-out Triple Rock show and that incredible long line to get inside the venue.

I mentioned at the Triple Rock show that the duo was delayed at the Canadian border… not the first time they were detained at the border. They were also arrested “somewhere between Nashville and St. Louis”, according to Brooklyn Vegan. Basically, the St Louis show was headlined at the last minute by Deer Tick singer John McCauley, who happened to be Nikki Kvarnes’ fiancé (Nikki plays bass in Those Darlins).

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I was actually at last night's Triple Rock Social Club to do coverage on Those Darlins. But staying for The King Khan & BBQ Show (the headliner) was a bonus. You see, in 2005, I was sent a live video clip of "I Love You So" by a duo called "BBQ King Khan" (the name that was listed on the video).

So, if you need to catch up on The King Khan & BBQ Show, they are an interesting modern band with minimalistic setup and plays a weird mixture of 50s doo-wop and Surf music. They've got a ton of fans, who lined up hours before the show.

I got the story between King Khan's on stage antics and Jessi Darlin that prior to showing up in Minneapolis, that they were delayed and detained at the Canadian border (I think they had spent the last few weeks touring throughout Canada). This resulted in two things: "Unnamed peed in his pants" and last night's show to be slightly delayed (the doors weren't opened to the public until 9:30pm).

Some notable details about the stage costumes: BBQ uses his foot to tap the tambourine and Khan has a fox's head over his crotch. They dedicated "I'll Be Loving You" to "all the Orientals in the audience", which probably only account to myself.

This was Those Darlins' third Minneapolis show. The first time they played, Kelley admitted that she did not know this city existed until they showed up to play - in which Nikki responded, "now you know Canada exist too". It would seem that Minneapolis might be one of Darlins' favorite city to play now - especially because I recognized some of the same dedicated group of fans that was at the 7th Street show at last night's show.

“I’ll bring the p*ssy, you bring the d*ck”

They started off dirty with "Fun Stix Party" with naughty lyrics like "I'll bring the p*ssy, you bring the d*ck", followed by "Wild One". They also played fan-favorites like "DUI or Die" and "The Whole Damn Thing" (aka the Chicken Song).

Their cover song, "Shakin' All Over", was their last song on the set... which actually went pretty crazy. See the last half of the song in the video.

Overall, I think Those Darlins satiated their existing fans, while perhaps gaining a few new fans. I overheard a few people saying how unexpectedly great their performance was. Their self-titled album is available now at Amazon.

PS, Those Darlins' only male member, drummer Linwood Regensburg tried talking me out of buying their "Gay" V-Neck T-Shirt. He said that he made those V-Necks because someone had suggested it. Apparently, they weren't very successful as they only sold a few of those shirts. So, as of this writing, I am one of the six people in the world that owns that V-Neck Darlins shirt.

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Line outside the Triple Rock

Those Darlins

Those Darlins

The King Khan & BBQ Show at Triple Rock (29 Nov 2009)

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Flashback: The Get Up Kids at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (2011-07-10)

Setlist Your Petty Pretty Things I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel Regent's Court Action & Action No Love Off the Wagon Overdue Shatter Your Lungs Red Letter Day Woodson Pararelevant Shorty Holy Roman Campfire Kansas Rememorable Don't Hate Me Walking on a Wire -- Encore -- Girls & Boys (Blur cover) Holiday Don't Hate Me Beer for Breakfast (The Replacements cover) Ten Minutes Read More The Get Up Kids As far as I know, The Get Up Kids doesn’t have a new album, but their breakout album Something To Write About got a “Deluxe” reissue recently. The band also appeared on Episode 3 of Vagrant Records: 25 Years on the Streets …

With The Get Up Kids playing the Turf Club in St Paul this coming October 03, 2021, let’s take a look back at the band 10 years ago, at the defunct Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis on July 10, 2011. They were just as popular now as they were a decade ago.

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The Get Up Kids haven't been around for a few years, but they are NOT forgotten, as evident by the nice turnout for the band on a hot Sunday evening at the Triple Rock Social Club. And you know what that means: three bands for triple the rock.

Major Crimes

I thought the first band, Major Crimes, sounded great. They were tight, was especially impressed with the drums. As it turns out, this trio went under the name Brian Bonz and the Major Crimes (Bonz is the drummer), but what's interesting is that Bonz is not doing the vocals on stage. Instead, singing duties were left to the guitarist and bassist.

The Globes

The Globes were up next. I thought their debut Barsuk album, Future Self, was well produced, and I was glad to see they carry their spacey progressive rock sound live. As expected, they did a lot of songs from their album, complete with strange neck playing of the guitars, cowbells, and weird loops and guitar pedals.

For those who aren't familiar with The Get Up Kids, they were maybe unfairly grouped together with the emo scene of the 90s. This scene includes such hot acts like Dashboard Confessional, Thursday, Jimmy Eat World, and Saves the Day. While the band hated this tag, I believe it also help boost their rise in popularity.

What I liked about their setlist, is that they get it right: they'll sandwich new songs between old favorites, like "Woodson", etc. You can always tell which one were the old songs as everyone is singing along.

Jim Suptic told this story about how they were at Summerfest and they had started a massive "USA" chant. Hilariously the "USA" chants was repeated throughout the show.

When the last song, "Walking on a Wire", was done, the crowd went into the usual "USA" chant for the traditional encore. The true irony is that they opened up their encore with a cover of UK's Blur song "Girls and Boys". This is quite an interesting cover choice for the band, and as much as I enjoyed the cover, the song was lost on its younger audience who has probably never heard of the song and/or could care less.

The other three encore songs included two Get Up Kids favorites "Don't Hate Me" and "Ten Minutes", and between those two songs was another cover: The Replacements' "Beer For Breakfast". The 'Mats was clearly a song choice chosen for the Minneapolis show. Outro song was Lou Reed's "Perfect Day". I don't know if the outro song was a request by the band, but it seems quite fitting for this show.

The Get Up Kids' fifth studio album, There Are Rules, was released in January. Go see them on tour to welcome them back.

The Get Up Kids at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (2011-07-10)

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Flashback: Skybombers at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (04 Aug 2008)

Setlist 6am It Goes Off Keys to the City Teenage Dreams On & On £££ 1,2,4 to the Floor Time, Money and Me Reason to Live Tour Dates 08/06/08 Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL 08/07/08 Val Air Ballroom Des Moines, IA** 08/08/08 Rave with WLUM Milwaukee, WI 08/09/08 Majestic Theatre Madison, WI 08/10/08 KIWR Omaha, NE** 08/12/08 Magic Bag Detroit, MI* 08/13/08 Tatoo Toronto, ON* 08/14/08 Live Lounge Ottawa, ON* 08/15/08 Quai D’ Brumes Montreal, QB* 08/16/08 Casbah Quebec City, QB* 08/17/08 The Asylum Portland, ME 08/20/08 Mid East Boston, MA* 08/21/08 Revolution Hall Albany, NY 08/22/08 Mill Creek Philadelphia, PA* 08/23/08 Saint Asbury Park, NJ* 08/24/08 dc9 Washington DC* 08/25/08 Mercury Lounge New York * with PIP ** with Flogging Molly Read More Skybombers Skybombers are a hot new rock band from Melbourne, Australia. If their debut single, Sirens (on sale on iTunes on February 26th), is any indication of how good these guys are, then I can't wait to hear …

It was a regular battle royale of bands at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis on August 4, 2008. The co-headliners appeared to be Darkos and Melbourne’s Skybombers.

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To be honest, I wasn't supposed to be at this show, but already having missed Skybombers the first time around when they opened up for X, I felt I had to turn up to support these guys this time around at The Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis. Usually these Triple Rock shows have at least three bands (hence: triple), but Monday night, they were overbooked with FIVE bands.

Each set was pretty short, about 6 songs per band, and I was in and out and didn't catch much of the opening bands. The first band, for sure, was Total F***** Blood (a band's non-offensive name that's guarantee to be carried at your favorite Best Buy) was a thrash metal band with an emphasis on two drummers. There was also Paint Me a Sky, which, I think, had a keyboardist, and there was one additional band that was not listed on the bill. I think they were the hardcore screamo band - either way, the metal bands didn't quite mix well with Darkos or Skybombers. I don't know what they were hoping when they do these cross-platform shows, perhaps they are hoping to steal some of the audience from other genres?

Setlist

Clearly, Skybombers shows us why people regard them as one of the best live bands, as the band stomp and jump around. It's a real workout as no one could understand any banters that singer Hugh huffs and puffs out (it probably doesn't help that he has an Australian accent or that the sound system sounds distorted).

They're very good at playing live, including improvised chords and using random things, like a glass of beer, to play their guitar. It's really too bad that they cut their set list short, due to a broken Orange "head" (they had to borrow another band's cabinet).

I have their latest full length album, Take Me To Town, released June 6th, 2008, so hopefully when I have a little more time, I will do a decent write up on it. Just quickly, I did notice that the "6AM" on the EP is either a different mix or recording on their LP. This is kind of nice, since fans of the EP will have new versions on the album.

Being on constant touring have crafted the band. They are simply amazing to watch, much like the first time you saw The Hives doing chaotic things. I hope you catch them on tour, their next date is in Chicago, then Iowa - where they are playing alongside the great Flogging Molly.

UPDATE: New photos of the show, courtesy of Brody at Britishisalwaystop:

Skybombers Photo by Vu

Skybombers Photo by Brody

Skybombers Photo by Brody

Skybombers Photo by Brody

Skybombers at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (04 August 2008) Photo by Brody

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Girlpool at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (23 October 2017)

Tour Dates 10/29 - San Pedro, CA @ The Growlers Six 11/01 - Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt #* 11/02 - Annandale-On Hudson, NY @ SMOG #* 11/04 - Baltimore, MD @ U+N Fest 6 #* 11/05 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter #* 11/07 - Greensboro, NC @ University of NC#^ 11/08 - Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight #^ 11/09 - Birmingham, AL @ Syndicate Lounge #^ 11/10 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon #^ 11/11 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger #^ 11/12 - Austin, TX @ Sound on Sound Festival # 11/14 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf & 11/15 - Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture & # = w/ Palm ^ = w/ Lala Lala * = w/ Lily and Horn Horse & = w/ French Vanilla Read More Girlpool Los Angeles duo Girlpool (Harmony Tividad and Cleo Tucker) is on a U.S. tour for their critically acclaimed sophomore album Powerplant (Anti- Records). …

Los Angeles duo Girlpool recently stopped by the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis (October 23) to celebrate their sophomore album Powerplant (Anti- Records).

Chicago’s Lala Lala (Lillie West, Karla Bernasconi, Abby Black) opened up the show. The band had a DIY girl rock sound to them and their music seemed to fit in really well with the Girlpool audience. They ended their brief 30-minute set featured many songs from their debut record Sleepyhead, ending with ‘Future Flower’, a song that they’ve confessed had never been attempted to play live before.

Next up was Philadelphia, by the way of New York, Palm (not to be confused with Palms), a band that suffers from that common-band-name, making searching for them difficult.

After hearing the sad news that the Triple Rock Social Club would be closing its door come November 22nd, the four-piece (guitarist/singer Eve Alpert, guitarist/singer Kasra Kurt, drummer Hugo Stanley, bassist Gerasimos “Gerry” Livitsanos) band was pleased to have the opportunity to play the much beloved punk club.

The band, at least Eve, also announced that they have fallen in love with the city and decided to move here after this year. This isn’t the first time a Philadelphia band moved here, I know at least one other band, Strange Names, relocated here as well.

Their 45-min set included ‘Ankles’, ‘Child Actor’ and their set closer ‘Two Toes’.

Girlpool closed out the night. Although they are normally a duo of Harmony Tividad and Cleo Tucker, they’re joined on stage by a live touring band, synth Joshua Sushman, guitarist Lauren Early, and drummer Ross Chait.

The band mentioned that they thought about cancelling the gig because they had to pull out Tividad’s wisdom tooth recently. She was still in pain, but soldiered.

The group was last seen in the area in May 2017, when they released Powerplant, but decided to come back around since they were already scheduled to play a couple of Fall festivals, including Sound on Sound Festival in Austin, Texas.

Unlike Palm, we know that Girlpool will not be moving here, as Tucker gave out a loud, “It’s cold here, holy sh***!” (it was only sweater weather in Minneapolis for the natives on this night).

Like their previous 2017 tour, Girlpool played mostly Powerplant songs, but throwing in some Before the World Was Big (Wichita Recordings) to fill out the time.

Lala Lala

Palm

Lala Lala: Lillie West

Palm: Kasra Kurt

Palm: Eve Alpert

Girlpool: Cleo Tucker

Girlpool: Harmony Tividad

Girlpool at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (23 October 2017)

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Triple Rock Social Club

Read More Triple Rock Social Club Japanese Breakfast (Michelle Zauner) has played Minneapolis many times, but last Monday (October 2nd) at the Triple Rock Social Club, was Zauner’s first time as headliner. . …

After nearly 20 years in business, Minneapolis’ Triple Rock Social Club will be closing its door for good this November. We will miss going to shows there. The very first Triple Rock show that I can remember seeing is Stereo Total in May 2005… about two years after the T-Rock opened its music stage.

Here are all the Triple Rock shows that we’ve covered (a total of 120 shows):

Japanese Breakfast at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (02 October 2017)

Wild Cub at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (23 Sept 2017)

CJ Ramone at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (10 May 2017)

Lewis Watson at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (09 May 2017)

Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (08 April 2017)

The Orwells at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (18 Mar 2017)

Allah-Las at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (14 Mar 2017)

Tennis at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (07 Mar 2017)

Radio Dept. at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (03 Mar 2017)

Los Campesinos! at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (01 Mar 2017)

Electric Guest at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (28 Feb 2017)

The Japanese House at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (27 Feb 2017)

SiriusXM AltNation Advanced Placement, feat. The Hunna, The Shelters, Night Riots at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (07 Nov 2016)

Wet, w/ Demo Taped at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (27 October 2016)

Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (14 Oct 2016)

The Gooch Palms at the Triple Rock, Minneapolis (28 Sep 2016)

Bear's Den at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (24 Sep 2016)

"Conjuring the Dead" Tour at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (24 Aug 2016)

Milemarker at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (17 Aug 2016)

White Lung at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (06 August 2016) (Updated)

HONNE w/ JONES at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (05 Aug 2016)

Big Thief at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (12 July 2016)

The Paper Kites at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (11 July 2016)

Eagulls at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (18 June 2016)

Jessy Lanza at the Triple Rock, Minneapolis (17 June 2016)

Chelsea Wolfe at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (22 May 2016)

Wild Nothing at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (02 May 2016)

Into It. Over It. at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (01 May 2016)

Beach Slang at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (25 April 2016)

The Subways, with Pins, at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (23 April 2016)

Autolux at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (10 April 2016)

Pig Destroyer at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (09 April 2016)

Geographer at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (08 April 2016)

Ra Ra Riot at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (07 April 2016)

The Rocket Summer at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (03 April 2016)

Foxing at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (04 March 2016)

SiriusXM Presents Alt Nation's Advanced Placement Tour at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (29 February 2016)

1349 at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (20 January 2016)

Hey Rosetta!, w/ Yukon Blonde at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (14 Nov 2015)

Rachael Yamagata at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (17 October 2015)

Mikky Ekko, w/ Transviolet at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (13 Oct 2015)

Russian Circles at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (06 October 2015)

Mew at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (05 October 2015)

The Districts, w/ Sun Club at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (04 Oct 2015)

Oh Land at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (02 October 2015)

Man Man, w/ Shilpa Ray at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (22 Sep 2015)

D.R.I. at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (22 September 2015)

The Dear Hunter at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (13 September 2015)

The Coathangers with Catbath and Color TV at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (12 September 2015)

Chelsea Wolfe and Wovenhand at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (31 Aug 2015)

Screaming Females at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (1 Aug 2015)

Frankie Teardrop, w/ LVL UP and Royal Brat at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (26 July 2015)

Ryn Weaver w/ Sam Dew at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (21 July 2015)

Ex Hex, w/ Tweens, Pink Mink at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (20 July 2015)

Chastity Belt at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (24 June 2015)

San Cisco at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (22 June 2015)

July Talk, w/ Purple at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (13 June 2015)

Other Lives at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (21 May 2015)

The Preatures at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (29 Mar 2015)

Minus the Bear at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (24 Oct 2014)

Screaming Females at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (08 Oct 2014)

Paloma Faith at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (02 Oct 2014)

The Drums at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (29 Sep 2014)

How to Dress Well at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (03 Sep 2014)

Youngblood Hawke w/ Caught a Ghost at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (08 Aug 2014)

Boris at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (12 August 2014)

Panama at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (02 August 2014)

The Fresh & Onlys at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (15 Jul 2014)

The Soft White Sixties at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (09 July 2014)

The Jezabels at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (12 Jun 2014)

I Break Horses at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (26 April 2014)

Three of Clubs Spring Tour 2014: Little Daylight, Flagship, and Terraplane Sun

Fanfarlo w/ Lillies on Mars - Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (07 April 2014) concert review

We Were Promised Jetpacks w/ Honeyblood, Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (28 Feb 2014) concert review

Royal Teeth and CHAPPO w/ Parade of Lights - Triple Rock, Minneapolis (26 Feb 2014) concert review

Weekend Re-cap: Sunday (part 2) - American Authors / Royal Concept / Misterwives at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (Dec. 1, 2013) concert review

The Besnard Lakes and Elephant Stone at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (11/08/13)

Melt-Banana at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (10/23/13)

Surfer Blood at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (10/13/13)

Gold Panda at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (10/04/13)

Bad Things at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (08/09/13)

San Cisco at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (07/31/13)

Savages at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (07/21/13)

Parquet Courts at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (06/21/13)

Eleanor Friedberger at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (06/08/13)

Baths at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (06/05/13)

Youngblood Hawke and Colourist at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (05/06/13)

Free Energy at Triple Rock Social Club 4/25/13

Now, Now w/ The Lonely Forest review - Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis 04/17/13

Family of the Year at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (04/13/13)

Caitlin Rose at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (04/08/13)

Iceage at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (04/07/13)

Hayden at the Triple Rock Social Club (31 Mar 2013)

Matt Costa at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (04/04/13)

Sky Ferreira/How to Dress Well at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (04/01/13)

San Cisco at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (03/30/13)

Chelsea Light Moving at the Triple Rock, Minneapolis (03/27/13)

The Jealous Sound at the Triple Rock Social Club 2/27/13

The Vaccines with San Cisco at the Triple Rock Social Club 2/09/13

Japandroids at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (12/15/12)

Asteroids Galaxy Tour at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (11/03/12)

Raveonettes at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (09/26/12)

Alt-J (∆) at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (09/22/12)

Dragonette at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (09/19/12)

2:54 at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis 06/18/12

Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s/Dinosaur Feathers/Whispertown at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (05/11/12)

Deer Tick at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (11/12/11)

The Get Up Kids at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (07/10/11)

The Devil Makes Three at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (05/13/11)

Fake Problems at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (05/04/11)

Experience the music- Shapers at The Triple Rock (14 Apr 2011)

Broken Records/US Royalty/Dragon Power Up! at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (02/27/11)

Rx Bandits at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (04/06/10)

Deer Tick and Those Darlins at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (04/09/10)

The King Khan & BBQ Show with Those Darlins at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (11/29/09)

Skybombers at the Triple Rock, Minneapolis (08/04/08)

British Sea Power at the Triple Rock in Minneapolis (21 Mar 2008)

Concert: Blitzen Trapper at the Triple Rock Club ((29 July 2007)

News: Voxtrot at the Triple Rock Club (5 Jun 2007)

Flashback: Stereo Total at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (21 May 2005)

Japanese Breakfast at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (02 October 2017)

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Japanese Breakfast at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (02 October 2017)

Japanese Breakfast Setlist     Intro: Planetary Ambience Diving Woman In Heaven The Woman That Loves You Road Head Heft 12 Steps Boyish (Little Big League song) The Body Is a Blade Jane Cum This House Triple 7 Till Death Everybody Wants to Love You Machinist Mannequin Pussy Setlist Someone Like You Kiss Anything Pledge Romantic Patience Drunk 1 Drunk 2 Terror No Emotional High Denial Meatslave One Ten Everything Outro Read More Japanese Breakfast Opening will be singer Michelle Zauner, of Philadelphia indie punk band Little Big League, under the solo moniker of Japanese Breakfast. The music showcases Zauner's dark ...

Japanese Breakfast (Michelle Zauner) has played Minneapolis many times, but last Monday (October 2nd) at the Triple Rock Social Club, was Zauner’s first time as headliner.

Philadelphia’s The Spirit Of The Beehive kickstarted the event, playing tracks from their sophomore album Pleasure Suck (Tiny Engines). The band mentioned that they had spent the last 16 hours in a car driving from Seattle to Minneapolis, “so it feels good to be playing a show tonight.”

The noisy, psychedelic rock band traded boys/girls vocals in their brief 30-min set. They ended with a song they’ve jokingly called “Rocket Potato”, after their appearance in Vancouver, Canada.

Also from Philadelphia, was Mannequin Pussy, with a high energy 30-min burst of punk rock music starting with ‘Someone Like You’.

Mannequin Pussy started as a duo of singer/frontwoman Marisa Dabice and guitarist Thanasi Paul, but currently they are a quartet with Kaleen and Bear.

Midway into their set, Dabice asked if the venue could turn on the disco ball…. and a few minutes later, the disco ball was turned on.

For their final song, which was written as ‘Outro’ on their setlist, Japanese Breakfast’s touring guitarist jumped on stage to help them close out their song finale.

As previously, this was Japanese Breakfast’s first headlining show. In the brief time that we’ve known her, she’s previous appeared with Mitski in July 2016, with Porches in September 2016, with Slowdive in May 2017, and with (Sandy) Alex G in June 2017. We’ve gradually seen her feel more comfortable on stage, and, personally speaking, she was at her finest hour at the Triple Rock Social Club show. The spotlight was finally full focused on her, and she was ready to shine. Clearly she gave a lot of thought in her appearance by dressing up in a white laced top, white pants, and amazing white light-up sneakers.

As you can see from her setlist, she played a balanced mix of her two albums, Psychopomp (2016) and Soft Sounds from Another Planet (2017).

Interestingly enough, ‘Boyish’ was played midset. The song was re-recorded for Soft Sounds from Another Planet, but it was originally from Michelle Zauner’s former band, Little Big League. The four piece Philadelphia emo band broke up after Zauner moved back to Oregon to take care of her mother.

Tour dates:

10/05 - Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop +
10/06 - Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory +
10/07 - Toronto, ON @ The Garisson +
10/08 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB +
10/11 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair +
10/12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg +
10/21 - Bristol, GB @ Simple Things Festival
10/23 - Cologne, DE @ Blue Shell
10/24 - Hamburg, DE @ Hakken
10/25 - Berlin, DE @ Badenhouse
10/26 - Paris, FR @ Pop Up Du Label
10/27 - Gent, BE @ NEST
10/28 - Amsterdam, NL @ London Calling
11/02 - Brighton, GB @ The Joker
11/03 - Manchester, GB @ Soup Kitchen
11/04 - Edinburgh, GB @ The Mash House
11/05 - Glasgow, GB @ The Hug and Pint
11/06 - Leeds, GB @ Headrow House
11/07 - London, GB @ The Dome Tufnell Park

+ w/ Mannequin Pussy & Spirit of the Beehive

Mannequin Pussy

The Spirit Of The Beehive

Mannequin Pussy

Japanese Breakfast’s kicks

Japanese Breakfast

Japanese Breakfast

Japanese Breakfast at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (02 October 2017)

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Wild Cub at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (23 Sept 2017)

Wild Cub Setlist Clicks Colour Somewhere Hidden in the Night Wishing Well Speak Wild Light Drive Jonti Magic I Fall Over Thunder Clatter Go Parade Of Lights Setlist Tired of Love (?-new song) Feeling Electric The Island Victorious Touch Everything I know (?-new song) I Want it All (new song) Golden Read More Wild Cub Closer Wild Cub Special guest Nashville-based indie quintet Wild Cub will open the show. Tour dates: 11/02/14 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues … Parade of Lights Los Angeles/Las Vegas alt-electro band Parade of Lights got the evening started with a buoyant set of fresh songs, culled from their two EPs the latest called Golden, was just released on .…

After three years away, they’ve decided to again get closer—

Nashville-based indie-rock band Wild Cub is finally back, with sophomore record Closer (Mom+Pop Music) and is on the road once more, with full bluster and a thunder clatter, stopping recently at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis.

The opener came in the form of one of our favorite Los Angeles electronic rock bands, Parade of Lights, putting the finishing touches on their follow-up to 2015’s Feeling Electric (Astralwerks), having released a few recent singles, as a taste of what’s to come. 

Despite the usual dim lighting of this particular venue, the foursome (Ryan Daly; Anthony Improgo; Randy Schulte; Michelle Ashley) shone bright with their irresistible mix of electro and indie rock on songs like ‘The Island’, the new ‘Victorious’, and biggest single, ‘Golden’, with Daly glad to not be playing here in the dead of winter, as they did their last time through.  “New album soon”, they promised.

Wild Cub roared out of the gate for their fifty-five minute set, beginning with the new ‘Clicks’ and clearly ready to show everyone what they’ve been up since they’ve been away, playing seven of the eleven tracks from the new record.

“‘It’s been a minute since we’ve been here—we’ve been tucked away in a cave making this record” singer/guitarist Keegan DeWitt noted, happy to see the turnout after a multi-year absence from the scene.

The band’s secret weapon is undoubtedly multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Bullock who can move to keys, guitar, or anything else, as the song demands, and embellish it distinctively while drummer Dabney Morris and bassist Harry West kept the bottom end and everything else, in check. 

Songs like ’Wild Light’ had a jungle-like rhythm while staying buoyant, with West’s bass line being the foundation of that song,  and the band is at heart, a bar band, so the venue seemed more than an ideal place to play to a mostly college-age crowd.

“We’ve waited a long time to come and show you these songs” DeWitt said after the new ’Magic’, also mentioning the other changes in his own life in the last three years- getting married and having a daughter.  The rhythmic grooves of ‘Thunder Clatter’, their biggest song to date, had people shaking and dancing, a shot of tropical-tinged indie-pop on a crisp early fall evening. 

By contrast, the closing ‘Go’ was a straight-ahead, chugging rocker, Springsteen-like in the chanting of its title, and steaming forward like a cruiser on the high seas, an exclamation point to their thirteen song performance.

‘Fire’ (on the setlist but not performed) would have been a nice addition, though it didn’t matter too much- Wild Cub already made the statement that they’re back out of the cave, and ready to rock live again.

Tour dates:

10/08/2017 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley

Parade of Lights

Parade of Lights

Parade of Lights

Wild Cub

Wild Cub

Wild Cub

Wild Cub at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (23 Sept 2017)

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