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Nation of Language at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-10-05)

10/05/2021: Nation of Language at Turf Club   Nation of Language Setlist September Again A Different Kind of Life Wounds of Love I've Thought About Chicago Across That Fine Line with Madison Velding-VanDam A Word & A Wave Indignities Friend Machine Grey On Division St This Fractured Mind What Does the Normal Man Feel? -- Encore -- Gouge Away (Pixies cover) The Wall & I The Wants Setlist Ramp Container Frozen Peas Fear My Society WAWA Clearly A Crisis (New Song) The Motor Islands Of Cells Read More Nation of Language Brooklyn-based synth trio Nation of Language (singer/guitarist Ian Devaney, keyboardist Aidan Noell and bassist Michael Sue-Poi) recently released their single and video for “This Fractured Mind.” The single is from the ... The Wants Great punk-funk A compelling sound with biting lyrics that are culturally timely. ...

Brooklyn’s Nation of Language headlined the Turf Club, in St Paul, on October 5th. The trio (Ian Devaney, Aidan Noell, and Michael Sue-Poi) is touring in support of their forthcoming album A Way Forward, due out November 5.

The Wants opened the show. The band was formed by Madison Velding-VanDam and Jason Gates… and, originally with Heather Elle. However, Elle left the group to focus on her solo project, Flossing. For this 2021 tour, The Wants recruited Yasmin Haddad on bass, keys, and vocals.

I think the band is quite good, Madison was hypnotic to watch, as he does his best Kraftwerk mechanical dancing style and the band is focused. I supposed with over a year locked down, due to the pandemic, the band was well-practiced and eager to play their Container album… which bandleader Madison said was released on Friday the 13th in March 2020, via Council Records.

My favorite moment happened near the end of their set, when Madison accidentally did that “introducing the band” thing. He catches himself, “oh, we’re doing this.”

Since it’s been a year, the band had written some new songs in that time, and tested some songs in their set, so some titles on our setlist may not be the finalized title.

Nation of Language Setlist

Nation of Language was very excited to finally play their songs. You see, their debut album, Introduction, Presence, was released in May 2020… and due to the COVID pandemic, the band never had the chance to bring those songs to life on the stage. So instead a handful of albums made their ways to writers and radio DJs. They had no idea if anyone would listen to their music, so imagine their surprise when they heard positive feedbacks. People were hearing their music on local radio stations, they were hearing it through indie publications, etc… so the band kept writing and producing new songs… which was eventually recorded as A Way Forward, their second album. So, with this tour, the band played a combination of old and new (future release) songs, as you can see from their setlist.

Highlight of their set was when The Wants’ Madison Velding-VanDam joining the band on stage to help play “Across That Fine Line”, which requires some guitars to give the song a fuller sound.

Their encore includes a cover of The Pixies’ “Gouge Away”, followed by the final song off Introduction, Presence, “The Wall & I”.

If you like 80s synth rock, you’ll like Nation of Language. After all, Pitchfork, Rough Trade, NME, Stereogum, Paste, Under the Radar, and many others, have already sung their praises.

Nation of Language Tour Dates:

10/09 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
10/10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
10/12 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
10/14 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/15 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studio
10/17 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room
10/20 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
10/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room
10/22 – Anaheim, CA @ The Parish
10/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
10/26 – Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Arts
10/27 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
10/28 – Austin, TX @ Levitation @ Empire Control Room
10/29 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
10/30 – Chapel Hill @ Cat’s Cradle
10/31 – Washington DC @ Songbyrd
01/10 - Cologne, DE @ YUCA
01/11 - Antwerp, BE @ TRIX Bar
01/12 - Amsterdam, NE @ Paradisio
01/14 - Hamburg, DE @ Turmzimmer
01/15 - Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar
01/16 - Stockholm, SE @ Obaren
01/17 - Oslo, NO @ Bla
01/19 - Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain
01/20 - Zurich, CH @ Kater
01/22 - Barcelona, ES @ Laut
01/23 - Madrid, ES @ Sala El Sol
01/25 - Paris, FR @ Supersonic
01/27 - Leeds, UK @ Hyde Park Book Club
01/28 - Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
01/29 - Dublin, IE @ The Grand Social
01/30 - Manchester, UK @ YES Basement
01/31 - London, UK @ Lafayette

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The Wants

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Nation of Language

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Nation of Language at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-10-05)

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Parker Millsap at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-09-21)

Tour Dates 9/23 - St Louis, MO at Off Broadway 9/24 - Louisville, KY at Headliner's 9/29 - Cincinnati, OH at Memorial Hall 9/30 - Columbus, OH at Rumba Cafe 10/01 - Pittsburgh, PA at Thunderbird Cafe 10/02 - Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom 10/03 - Ferndale, MI at Magic Bag 10/04 - Toronto, ONT at Great Hall 10/06 - Burlington, VT at Higher Ground 10/07- Cambridge, MA at The Sinclair 10/08 - Holyoke, MA at Gateway Arts Center 10/09 - New York, NY at Bowery Ballroom 10/10 - Albany, NY at Lark Hall 10/12 - Philadelphia, PA at WXPN 10/13 - Washington, DC at Union Stage 10/14 - Carrboro, NC at Cat's Cradle 10/15 - Asheville, NC at The Masonic Temple 10/16 - Nashville, TN at Basement East 11/11 - Springfield, MO at Springfield Brewing Company 11/12 - Wichita, KS at WAVE 11/13 - McAlester, OK at Dancing Rabbit Festival 11/15 - Tomball, TX at Main Street Crossing 11/16 - San Antonio at Sam's Burger Joint 11/17 - Austin, TX at 3TEN Center 11/19 - Dallas, TX at Granada Theate 11/20 - Oklahoma City, OK at Douglass Auditorium Read More Parker Millsap Parker Millsap is "an Oklahoma native brought up in the Pentecostal church" with a self-titled album that came out February 4, 2014 via Okrahoma Records/Thirty Tigers. … H.C. McEntire Had not heard of Heather McEntire before. She was suggested by one of those 'you might like this too' apps. Love this album, no bad tracks, it's Americana country/folk, 'When You Come For Me' my favourite on it. …

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Parker Millsap returned to the Turf Club, in St Paul, on September 21st, 2021, nearing the start of his new tour for his latest album Be Here Instead.

Opening the show was H.C. McEntire (Heather McEntire), a country/folk-ish singer, formerly of Mount Moriah. H.C. played several singles, including “Time, On Fire” and “High Rise”, before testing out some new songs that were not recorded yet (and they’re still working it out).

H.C. had a Spinal Tap moment, thanking Milwaukee. Fellow band mates quickly corrected her, “we’re in St Paul!”

After an embarrassing pause, H.C. started emphasizing “Saaaaint Paaaul” whenever she mentioned the city.

We first saw Parker Millsap at SXSW in Mar 2014, and described him as “an Oklahoma native brought up in the Pentecostal church … with lots of songs about religion. Old time feel and a great version of "You Gotta Move", a Rev Gary Davis song covered by the Rolling Stones on Sticky Fingers.”

A lot have changed with the fifth album Be Here Instead, which marked a stylistic shift from folk / old time music to more experimenting with pedal effects and drums focused. This may have something to do with his departure from writing all his songs with his guitar and notebook, to asking his live band to work with him. The album was also produced by legendary John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Waxahatchee), who helped brought in Nashville singer Erin Rae, for Millsap’s song “The Real Thing”, making it the #1 song on the Americana charts.

Millsap started his set with “Hands Up”, followed by “It Was You”, getting the audience to put their hands up and dancing in excitement.

The turn out for the Turf Club show was terrific, most fans were fans from word of mouth or hearing his songs on radio stations, such as NPR.

Parker Millsap’s Be Here Instead is out now on Okrahoma Records.

H.C. McEntire

H.C. McEntire

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Parker Millsap

Parker Millsap at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-09-21)

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Nelson Devereaux and The RT’s at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-08-21)

The RT’s Setlist Freewheelin' River Thumbtack See You Again Let It Go / Everything On Fire Rest My Case Overtime We Didn't Know Need You Right Now 99 in October Spanish Radio Never Let Me Down Read More The RT’s Brooklyn band The Rad Trads officially changed their name to The RT’s with the release of See You Again last year. Regarding the name change, Patrick Sargent (vocals, saxophone, keys) reflected … Nelson Devereaux According to details about the show, the show is co-headlined by Minneapolis’ Nelson Devereaux. …

The co-headlining show of New York’s The RT’s and Minneapolis’ Nelson Devereaux just took place at the Turf Club in St Paul on Saturday, August 21.

Opening the show was local The Symptones, playing their first show since “retirement”. From what was said on stage, it appears the band haven’t played live in one and a half years (540 days?). Some fans in the audience is in similar situation, where they haven’t gone to a live show in over a year, no thanks to the pandemic, of course.

The Symptones is just happy to be back on stage, playing such songs as “Rosetta” and singing about Buster’s dog song. They ended their 50-min set with “Never”.

I feel like this is actually The RT’s headlining show, but for whatever reasons, they didn’t want to close out the show. This is the first tour and album released and billed officially as The RT’s. They were previously known as The Rad Trads… which a quick search will tell you that is a term used by the Catholics for “radical traditionalists”. I originally thought that’s where they stole the term, but apparently the band doesn’t want any association with that term.

Patrick Sargent previously mentioned about the name change, “This name change is an update, and one that may be long overdue or may just be right on time. A shift, a maturing, a removal of preconceived notions. Quite simply, the name and the music no longer make sense together, but the music and the people who make it have never made more.”

The RT’s played a full 55-min set, going over time and pushing Nelson Devereaux’s setup 15 minutes past their original start time. Speaking of overtime, the band asked if the audience prefers the Twins (Minnesota Twins) or the Saints (St. Paul Saints)… right before playing “Overtime”, a song about Baseball.

The RT’s played their biggest hit “Thumbtack” early in their set, before playing something new, such as “See You Again”, which is the lead single, the album, and the tour was named after.

They ended their set with two epic songs, “Spanish Radio”, a song about driving and listening to a Spanish radio station and being scared and lost… and “Never Let Me Down” a seemingly extended version.

Nelson Devereaux closed out the show. Devereaux’s music feels more jazz-like, like the melodies can shift in any direction, based on how he’s feeling. His musical instrument is an alto saxophone, which he’s been playing since the age of 8.

Devereaux seemed really comfortable on stage, starting with some instrumental songs from his album Bad Water.

He’s toured with Bon Iver and Craig Finn … so any bands that needs wind instruments, Devereaux is your guy.

The Symptones

The Symptones

The Symptones

Nelson Devereaux

Nelson Devereaux

Nelson Devereaux

The RT’s Setlist

The RT’s

The RT’s

The RT’s

The RT’s at the Turf Club, St Paul (2021-08-21)

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News: First Avenue now requires proof of vaccination

Read More Waxahatchee Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this coming week, First Avenue & 7th St. Entry have been the heart of the Minnesota music scene since its first show (featuring Joe Cocker) in a converted bus station originally called The Depot, then Sam's ...

With rising COVID-19 cases, due to the delta variant, First Avenue (which also includes 7th Street Entry, Turf Club, Fine Line Music Café, Palace Theatre, and Fitzgerald) announced that they are requiring all guests and patrons to show proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours, according to the Star Tribune .

The sudden announcement came out on Monday, so those who already paid for a concert, but don’t meet the requirements… you can ask for a refund.

We’ve attended a few shows last month, and can say that most fans in attendance did not wear masks or had a care in the world. Will full, or near capacity, of my recent shows, I can easily see that someone with the virus could easily infect everyone in the room.

With the new rules announced, local venue Hook & Ladder announced they’ll also follow suit. Once all the other local Minnesota venues open back up again, it would probably make sense that they’ll also have the same requirements.

The Cedar Cultural Center announced that they’ve just recently re-opened August 3rd, 2021, but made no mentioning of the vaccine requirements.

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Night Moves at Turf Club, St Paul (28 Dec 2019)

Night Moves at Turf Club Night Moves Setlist Can You Really Find Me Headlights Mexico Colored Emotions Recollections Horses Border on Border Waiting for the Symphony Strands Align Leave Your Light On Carl Sagan Classical Hearts -- Encore -- Denise, Dont Wanna See You Cry Ribboned Skies Read More Night Moves The locally based band, promoting their debut, Colored Emotions (Domino) impressed us enough opening for Poliça (in Minneapolis and Colorado) and Django Django last year…

A day of hazy rain, black ice and sleet, nothing was getting in the way of sold out Night Moves show at Turf Club in St. Paul. It’s the final show of 2019 for these Minnesota legends and they did not disappoint. Starting off a brilliant 14 song set with “Can You Really Find Me”, the title track of their release from June 28th on Domino Records. Sota's finest blends an easy listening 70/80s style of Little River Band and Christopher Cross.

Night Moves performed a well-balanced set after their 3rd release (Can You Really Find Me) playing around five tracks from every album. The crowd was involved the whole night raising their glasses, singing along, and dancing the night away. Lead singer John Pelant voice has transformed remarkably over the years. With a shoegazy UK influence, the vocals blew me away on “Waiting for the Symphony” and “Border on Border”. John's got the classic lead vocalist look with crazy range. He'll go from high pitch harmonies to belting out lengthy Verve/Oasis-esque choruses. Switching off from guitar and keys he impressed the crowd every minute with fellow high school friend/bassist Micky Alfano. The crowded roared near the end of the set screaming, “one more song” and were rewarded with two.

Full Track List from the set Can You Really Find Me”, “Headlights”, “Mexico”, “Colored Emotions”, “Recollections”, “Horses”, “Border on Border”, “Waiting for the Symphony”, “Strands Align”, “Leave Your Light On”, “Carl Sagan”, “Denise, Dont Wanna See You Cry”, and “Ribboned Skies” (Photo Below).

Was blessed to see these guys back in 2012, a few times at SXSW over the years, and they get better every time!!! This is easily a top 5 Minnesota band at the moment. For fans of Portugal the Man, The Music, any bad-ass Rock N Roll band!

Night Moves at Turf Club, St. Paul (28 Dec 2019)

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Kikagaku Moyo at Turf Club, St Paul (22 Nov 2019)

Kikagaku Moyo at Turf Club Minami Deutsch Setlist Futsu Ni Ikirenai Tangled Yarn Concrete Ocean Jam I've Seen a U.F.O. Read More Kikagaku Moyo Kikagaku Moyo will be headlining the Turf Club this Friday, November 22nd. Show up early to check out... Minami Deutsch Kikagaku Moyo will be headlining the Turf Club this Friday, November 22nd. Show up early to check out...

Japanese psychedelic band Kikagaku Moyo (Japanese spelling 幾何学模様) sold out the Turf Club in St Paul on November 22nd, 2019.

Opening up the show was Tokyo’s Minami Deutsch (南ドイツ). As one newfound fan noted, “@minamideutsch killed it last night. Never seen a packed crowd so focused on an opening band. Someone tell @kikagaku_moyo to give them more than a 45 minute set.”

It’s true, as soon as Minami Deutsch started with their set with “Futsu Ni Ikirenai”, the crowd was completely quiet and paying attention to every note and beat. They just couldn’t get enough of the band. One guy near me, turned around to his friends and said, “I counted four-four-five-four!” He was probably talking about the math rock or drone-like repeating notes. I’ve never seen anyone that excited about a band at a show… it’s clear that this Japanese group won over some fans.

They only played a few songs, but each song is over 10 minutes, and a few were taken from their new EP Can't Get There.

As with a lot of psychedelic bands (this applies to the headliner), most of their music is instrumental. There are some rare vocals, but it’s often indistinguishable or barely audible with the loud music.

Kikagaku Moyo (Go Kurosawa, Tomo Katsurada, Daoud Popal, Ryu Kurosawa, and Kotsu Guy) closed out the show. The band’s name translates to “geometric patterns”,

The band started with drummer/singer Go Kurosawa and guitarist/singer Tomo Katsurada in the summer of 2012, as they spent the day busking on the streets of Tokyo as a free music collective. After recruiting Daoud (guitar), Kotsu Guy (bass), Ryu Kurosawa (sitar), the group recorded and released their self-titled debut album on August 20, 2013 via Cosmic Eye/Sound Effect records (based in Greece!).

The band’s current album Masana Temples came out last year on Guruguru Brain. Based on the sold-out show and enthusiast audience, they really have built up quite a local fanbase in Minneapolis/St Paul, since their previous appearance at the 7th Street Entry (in snowy February 2019).

Tour dates:

11/11 - Saturn - Birmingham. AL
11/12 - Terminal West - Atlanta, GA
11/13 - Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC
11/14 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
11/15 - Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY
11/16 - ArtsRiot - Burlington, VT
11/18 - Grog Shop - Cleveland Heights, OH
11/19 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON
11/20 - El Club - Detroit. MI
11/21 - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL
11/22 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN
11/23 - Icon Hall + Lounge - Sioux Falls, SD
11/25 - Filling Station - Bozeman, MT
11/26 - Neurolux - Boise, ID
11/29 - The Crocodile - Seattle, WA
11/30 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR

Minami Deutsch

Minami Deutsch

Minami Deutsch

Kikagaku Moyo

Kikagaku Moyo

Kikagaku Moyo at Turf Club, St Paul (22 Nov 2019)

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Starcrawler at Turf Club, St Paul (16 Oct 2019)

Starcrawler at Turf Club Starcrawler Setlist Home Alone Used to Know Lizzy Toy Teenager Hollywood Ending I Don't Need You Let Her Be Ants I Love LA Pet Sematary (Ramones cover) Rich Taste No More Pennies Born Asleep Bet My Brains Different Angles What I Want Pussy Tower You Dig Yours Train She Gets Around Chicken Woman Read More Starcrawler Los Angeles-based Starcrawler is headlining the Turf Club this Wednesday, October 16. We saw them at Desert Daze 2017 and frontwoman Arrow de Wilde makes the band looks insane! …

Los Angeles band Starcrawler (vocalist Arrow de Wilde, drummer Austin Smith, guitarist Henri Cash, and bassist Tim Franco) headlined the Turf Club in St Paul on October 16th.

Poppy Jean Crawford opened the show with a brief 30 minute set.

Starcrawler first came to our attention with their breakout performance at Desert Daze 2017, where we reported, “Arrow de Wilde of Starcrawler is a badass and I loved their set. She is androgyny at its finest, decked out sparkling Hanes briefs and not giving a crap in the world. They covered [Tom] Petty’s Mary Jane’s Last Dance and played their super-mega hit Ants.”

Since then, the group released their self-titled debut album in March 2018 (for SXSW), and certainly gained notoriety with the audience in Austin, Texas, by “terrorizing the crowd”. They spent the rest of the year conquering Europe, starting with a performance on Later with Jools Holland and touring throughout the UK.

2019 is starting to look even better, having been included in the soundtrack to the Pet Semetary remake (which would explain their Ramones title track midway in their setlist), and now just released their sophomore album Devour You (Rough Trade). The album, particularly their single, “She Gets Around” is getting great reviews, citing it to sounding like 90s rock bands like Nirvana and The Breeders.

As for the Starcrawler’s Turf Club show, it started with a pulse pounding drumming from Austin Smith. This is quickly followed by some bass from Tim Franco… then joining them on stage was guitarist Henri Cash in his Jack White-ish cowboy outfit. This jamming only serves to introduce us to singer Arrow de Wilde, dressed like a zombie ballerina, as she starts dancing and singing “Home Alone”.

Visually and performance-wise, this is probably our favorite show of Rocktober. Everything from de Wilde strangling herself with the mic cords, to Cash’s guitar playing on the Turf Club’s bar (see photo!), to that faithful cover of the Ramones’ “Pet Semetary” song was done amazingly well.

Starcrawler’s Devour You is out now.

Remaining tour dates:

10/19/19 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
10/22/19 - Montreal - Bar Le Rtiz PDB
10/23/19 - Somerville, MA - ONCE Ballroom
10/25/19 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/26/19 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
10/27/19 - Washington, DC - Pie Shop
10/28/19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café
10/30/19 - Detroit, MI - Hell Night @Third Man Records
10/31/19 - Nashville, TN - Halloween @Third Man Records
11/1/19 - Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5
11/2/19 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
11/5/19 - Austin, TX - Barracuda
11/8/19 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
11/9/19 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre
11/16/19 - Berlin - Maze Club
11/17/19 - Rotterdam - Rotown
11/18/19 - Antwerp - Kavka
11/20/19 - Paris - Petit Bain
11/21/19 - London - Underworld
12/4/19 - Tokyo - Liquid Room
12/5/19 - Osaka - Banana Hall
12/6/19 - Nagoya - Club Quattro

Starcrawler at Turf Club, St Paul (16 Oct 2019)

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The Midnight Hour at Turf Club, St Paul (06 Oct 2019)

Midnight Hour at Turf Club Setlist The Midnight Hour Theme Black Beacon Gate 54 Redneph in B Minor Mission Excursions (A Tribe Called Quest song) Better Endeavor There Is No Greater Love Drum Solo Do It Together Dans un moment d'errance February (Adrian Younge song) Questions Dead Vets (The Gaslamp Killer cover) Shot Me in the Heart (Adrian Younge song) Ravens It's You Read More The Midnight Hour The Midnight Hour is a 10-piece ensemble, featuring A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge, among others. The group is touring in support of their sophomore album Younge's Linear Labs. . ...

10-piece ensemble The Midnight Hour, featuring Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge headlined the Turf Club on Sunday, October 6th.

Playing before the show and between bands was Sound Verite’s DJ Jon Jon Scott. Scott and Darin Carr hosts the Sound Verite Radio show on radio station KFAI… playing a collection of jazz, soul, reggae, hip-hop, local, and world music.

Opening up the show was the Midnight Hour’s backing band, billed simply by their three names: Loren Oden, Angela Muñoz, and Jack Waterson. As they ended their jazzy/loungey set, Waterson mentioned, “Like Voltron we will reform as the backing band for the Midnight Hour.”

The Midnight Hour took the stage and you can hear the crowd cheering to see Ali Shaheed Muhammad (famous for being in A Tribe Called Quest) and Adrian Younge in their nicely dressed suits.

Younge mentioned that the group was last in town about a year ago and was pleased to see the same fans returning to see them again. When he noticed many fans were in the back, he joked, “Is there a band playing back there? Because we’re up here!” Immediately the audience gathered around the front of the stage.

While The Midnight Hour’s music is more jazz in nature, there are some evidence of hip-hop and experimentation, thanks to Younge and Muhammad’s influences… but it’s clear that the band can interpret and re-interpret and change their songs as need would have it. The group’s very flexible in adapting their playing.

The band did play an old A Tribe Called Quest song, “Excursions” and a few Adrian Younge’s solo work, but the music is done in a new composition.

Remaining Tour Dates:

Oct 20 New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
Oct 22 St Louis, MO - Firebird
Oct 23 Lincoln, NE - Duffy's Tavern
Oct 25 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
Oct 26 Austin, TX - Flamingo Cantina
Oct 27 Fort Worth, TX - Shipping and Receiving
Oct 28 Kansas City, MO - recordBar
Oct 30 Denver, CO - Globe Hall
Nov 04 Seattle, WA - Nectar Lounge
Nov 05 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
Nov 06 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Nov 07 Sacramento, CA. Harlow's
Nov 10 Oakland, CA - The New Parish
Nov 14 Santa Barbara, CA - Soho Restaurant
Nov 16 Palm Springs, CA - The Alibi
Nov 17 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
Nov 21 Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room Highland Park

The Midnight Hour at Turf Club, St Paul (06 Oct 2019)

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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at Turf Club, St Paul (22 Sep 2019)

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at Turf Club Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Setlist Surf's Up with Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" intro Found God in a Tomato Marmalade March Hymn for a Droid Bill's Mandolin Dependant on Mary Cubensis Lenses Keen for Kick Ons Cornflake -- Encore -- Nek Read More Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Australia’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets is headlining the Turf Club on Sunday, September 22nd. The group shares its psych-rock sound with other contemporaries like Tame Impala… ...

Australia’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets (Jack McEwan as singer and guitarist, Luke Parish on guitars, Danny Caddy on drums, and Luke Reynolds on bass) headlined the Turf Club on Sunday, September 22nd.

California’s Meatbodies (aka “Chad and the Meatbodies”) opened the show. If you didn’t know, the band consists of Chad Ubovich (who also plays bass in Fuzz and touring member of Mikal Cronin), Kevin Boog and Patrick Nolan.

My favorite of their set was penultimate song “Alice”, which went on jamming well after it’s supposed to end.

Perth, Australia’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets closed out the show. If you’re a fan of Tame Impala and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard , you’ll really like PPC.

The band playfully started their set with the unique guitar riffs from Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water”, before kicking into “Surf's Up”.

The band’s fairly new, releasing their debut, High Visceral (Part 1) in 2016, but quickly followed by Part 2 a year later. The band’s third album is called And Now For The Whatchamacallit (What Reality? Records).

Remaining Tour Dates:

Sept 25 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL
Sept 26 - The Loving Touch - Detroit, MI
Sept 27 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON
Sept 28 - L'esco - Montreal, QC
Sept 29 - Great Scott - Boston, MA
Oct 1 - Rock & Roll Hotel - Washington, DC
Oct 2 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
Oct 4 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
Oct 5 - Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT
Oct 7 - Ace of Cups - Columbus, OH
Oct 8 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN
Oct 10 - Sister The Bar - Albuquerque, NM
Oct 11-13 - Desert Daze - Moreno Beach, CA
Oct 18 - Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
Oct 21 - Portland Arms, Cambridge
Oct 22 - Electric Ballroom, London
Oct 24 - The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent
Oct 25 - Band On The Wall, Manchester
Oct 26 - The Mash House, Edinburgh
Oct 28 - Plug, Sheffield
Oct 29 - The Haunt, Brighton
Oct 31 - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
Nov 1 - Kavka, Antwerp
Nov 2 - Tower Musikclub, Bremen
Nov 5 - Hafenklang, Hamburg
Nov 6 - Cassiopeia, Berlin
Nov 8 - MeetFactory, Prague
Nov 9 - Exit, Zurich
Nov 12 - Sala Razzmatazz 3, Barcelona
Nov 13 - Wurlitzer Ballroom, Madrid
Nov 15 - Le Pingouin Alternatif, Arthez de Bearn
Nov 16 - Le Point Ephemere, Paris

Meatbodies

Meatbodies

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at Turf Club, St Paul (22 Sep 2019)

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The Bird and the Bee at Turf Club, St Paul (11 August 2019)

Bird and Bee at Turf Club Bird & the Bee Setlist Polite Dance Song Again & Again Panama (Van Halen cover) Young & Dumb Will You Dance? My Love Man Please Take Me Home Runnin' with the Devil (Van Halen cover) Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love (Van Halen cover) Love Letter to Japan Meteor Sara Smile I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (Daryl Hall & John Oates cover) F*cking Boyfriend Preparedness -- Encore -- I'm a Broken Heart How Deep Is Your Love? (Bee Gees cover) Inara solo Alex Lilly Setlist Distracting Me Why Pornographic Mind Firefly Sunset Beach Paranoid Times 2% Milk Samantha Sidley Setlist Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland cover) I Like Girls Bufferfly Only You Busy Doin' Nothin' (Beach Boys cover) Interior Person Talk is Funny Read More The Bird and the Bee We’re kind of excited to hear that The Bird and The Bee is back with a new cover album Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen (available August 2 on No Expectations… Alex Lilly Alex Lilly and Samantha Sidley to open. It’s good to see Lilly’s name again, as she previously toured and opened up for the Bird and Bee in November 2015. … Samantha Sidley Alex Lilly opened up the show with her two helper-singers (Samantha Sidley and Inga Roberts) and Wendy Wang on guitar. They were mostly all wearing a purple sparkly dress ... and you find out later that Lilly, Sidley and Wang are also all in The Bird and the Bee's live band. …

The Bird And The Bee headlined the Turf Club in St Paul on August 11th.

Opening the show was Samantha Sidley, who thanked the audience for “breaking my touring virginity”. This is true and false, as she was on tour with The Bird and the Bee previously, but simply a backup singer. This time around, she is the lead singer and performer, directing and putting together songs to sing.

Joining Sidley on stage was multi-instrumentalist Vikram Devasthali, guitarist Alex Lilly, and Sidley’s wife Barbara Gruska on drums. All the members would later resurface as Lilly and Inara George’s backup bands/backup singers.

Sidley has only released a couple of singles, and working to release her debut album Interior Person… but already critics have already called her music “lesbian jazz”, mainly thanks to the lead single “I Like Girls”.

Like many jazz musicians, Sidley also admit that none of the songs she was singing were written by her, instead relying on Lilly or Gruska to provide the songs. She filled up the rest of her brief set with two covers, a Judy Garland song, “Over the Rainbow” (which appears on The Wizard of Oz) and a Beach Boys cover of “Busy Doin’ Nothin’” (from the album Friends).

Next up was Alex Lilly with another brief set, featuring, once again the talented Vikram Devasthali, and backup singers Samantha Sidley and Barbara Gruska (who came and went when the song required them to appear).

The last time we saw Lilly perform, she only had one album, so she basically played them all. Now she’s about to release 2% Milk, so the majority of these songs are from the new album. Plenty to love about the new songs, including “Pornographic Mind” and set closer, title track.

The Bird And The Bee took the stage shortly after. As singer Inara George would later explain, the show almost didn’t happen: “our bus broke down twice getting here!”

Again, as already previously established, co-creator Greg Kurstin was not at the show. This is because he refuses to tour, and Inara George had to clarify that the band did not break up or anything. I think by now, fans already know this is the case.

Vikram Devasthali would fill in Kurstin’s place, playing everything from trombones to acoustic to bass, etc. Similar to their Nov 2015 show, Alex Lilly and Samantha Sidley would become backup singers.

In addition to the terrible bus problems, the show started off on the wrong foot with singer Inara George saying how much she loves Minneapolis. She was immediately corrected by the crowd in front: “we’re in St Paul!” George would settle on saying how much she loves “The Twin Cities!”

To promote the forthcoming Van Halen cover lover album Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen (No Expectations / Release Me Records) the group played three VH songs, “Panama”, “Runnin’ with the Devil”, and “Ain’t Talkin’”. The first of the three was song by Samantha Sidley, because George played the trombones.

Overall, you can tell that these ladies (Inara George, Alex Lilly, and Samantha Sidley) loved touring and love meeting their fans. They certainly enjoyed the last time they were in town (in 2015), so you can bet they’ll be back in the area for a future tour.

Technically there wasn’t an encore, but rather the rest of the band leaves the stage, while Inara George stay on to play requests. She would facetime Greg Kurstin to keep him in as part of the show.

Tour dates:

08/11/19 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club *
08/12/19 - Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village *
08/14/19 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre *
08/15/19 - Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre *
08/16/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live *
08/17/19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere *
08/20/19 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
08/21/19 - Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 *
08/22/19 - Birmingham, AL @ The Saturn *
08/24/19 - Dallas, TX @ Trees *
08/25/19 - Austin, TX @ Parish *
08/28/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
08/29/19 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
08/30/19 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop *

* = support from Samantha Sidley and Alex Lilly

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The Bird And The Bee at Turf Club, St Paul (11 August 2019)

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