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King Buzzo & Trevor Dunn at Turf Club, St Paul (20 Aug 2024)

08/20 King Buzzo & Trevor Dunn with JD Pinkus at Turf Club King Dunn Setlist Lysol* Dark Brown Teeth^ Laid Back Dirty One & the Poor Dog Eat the Spray I Like Stuff Clean Sidewalk Begging (Dicks cover) Suicide in Progress* Science in Modern America^ Revolve* Boris* Mock She^ * Melvins song ^ King Buzzo song Read More The Melvins Second to play Sunday night was The Melvins. These guys have a huge following in Minneapolis. I truly thought they were from here but apparently that's not true ... Butthole Surfers I spotted Mosswood alumni the Linda Lindas backstage, enjoying the scene as they disappeared into the crowd before Gibby Haynes’ (of Butthole Surfers) prog-rock-y set with a stage full of musicians and kids. ...

The Melvins’ lead singer King Buzzo and Mr. Bungle’s bass player Trevor Dunn just headlined the Turf Club, in St Paul, last night, August 21st, 2024.

King Buzzo & Trevor Dunn at Turf Club (22 Jun 2020) (Cancelled)

Officially, the band is called King Dunn, on their “King Dunn Tour,” but for clarity, the show is billed as King Buzzo & Trevor Dunn. This is not to be confused with Melvins Lite, which is a trio featuring King Buzzo, Dale Crover, and Trevor Dunn. Personally speaking, they should just call this Melvins with Dunn, but that might even be more confusing.

Anyway, originally, the King Dunn duo was meant to come to the Turf Club in 2020, but the pandemic forced the cancellation… so this King Dunn show was literally years in the making.

As predicted, the two play mostly Melvins and King Buzzo’s songs on their setlist. There were a couple of original King Dunn songs, sandwiched in the middle of their set.

Opening the show was JD Pinkus, member of Butthole Surfers. He had much of the adult sense of humor as the Butthole Surfer, as he sings next to a giant inflatable pair of pears. It’s in reference to his album Grow A Pear, which is out now.

Pinkus started and ended his set with a devil voice modulator and a loop machine. Between songs he tells these awfully bad jokes, like dedicating a song to “the oldest chick I ever had sex with” (his wife).

His song finale was “a cover of a song that I wrote” called “Bride of Crankenstein” by the Melvins.

Remaining tour dates:

August 21 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon

August 22 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean

August 23 - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House

August 24 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall

August 26 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Pyramid Scheme

August 27 - Detroit, MI - The Shelter

August 28 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop

August 29 - Columbus, OH - The Basement

August 30 - Bethlehem, PA - Musikfest Café

August 31 - Pittsburgh, PA - Thunderbird Music Hall

September 1 - Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall

September 3 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair

September 4 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg

September 5 - Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom

September 6 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar

September 7 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts

September 9 - Charlottesville, VA - The Southern Café

September 10 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle – Back Room

September 11 - Charlotte, NC - Visulite Theatre

September 12 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club

September 13 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade

September 14 - Nashville, TN - Exit In

September 16 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn

September 17 - New Orleans, LA - Siberia

September 18 - Baton Rouge, LA - Varsity Theatre

September 20 - Houston, TX - House of Blues

September 21 - Austin, TX - Antone’s

September 22 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues

September 25 - Tucson, AZ - 191 Toole

September 26 - Phoenix, AZ - The Rebel Lounge

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King Buzzo & Trevor Dunn at Turf Club, St Paul (20 August 2024)

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Briscoe at the Turf Club (08-06-2024)

08/06 Briscoe with Wells Ferrari at Turf Club Briscoe Setlist She Burns Away High on You Easy Does It The Well Coyotes Dirty Shoes Flower Johnson Feelin’ It Again Never Been to Spain (Hoyt Axton cover) Tell Me Wild Thing Sparrows Scattered Mind When the Desert Hooped Earrings Hill Country Baby -- Encore -- Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers cover) Alternate Photo Wells Ferrari, photo by Tyrus Read More Briscoe Folk-rock band Briscoe (Truett Heintzelman and Philip Lupton) is on tour in support of their debut album West of It All (ATO Records). Briscoe was previously seen in town in April 2023 with Ruston Kelly. ...

I’ve been to my share of concerts, and it was to my surprise that last night I saw something for the first time not only once, but twice.

Wells Ferrari opened the evening, Will Wells encouraging the seated crowd at the cozy Turf Club to come closer to the stage. “Lot’s of space here.”

Joining Wells on stage was his musical partner, Mike Ferrari. They met by chance at a writing session for another musician and felt a musical bond that some might call kismet. From there creative ideas began to flow as they recorded songs in Twentynine Palms near Joshua Tree, finding solace and inspiration in the open vastness of the Mojave Desert.

With Ferrari on acoustic and Wells on electric, they played their guitars and sang lyrics to “Southern Belle” and “Lighten Up” from their album Powerlines. There was a nice duet of The Allman Brothers “Ramlin’ Man”. And they were a little disappointed that it was the last show with the next band.

Briscoe shares quite a few similarities to Wells Ferrari. They also started out as a duo and had an immediate musical bond when they first met. As Philip Lupton described first meeting Truett Heintzelman:

“I walked into [summer] camp as a 14 year-old redheaded kid who didn’t know anybody at all, so I just kept my eyes on the ground. A couple feet away from me was another person wearing the exact same pair of Chacos as me, and when we both looked up, it felt like we were looking in the mirror.”

It is striking how similar they look. Most fans think they are brothers. There is definitely a fraternal feel, a musical understanding that allowed them to quickly form a duo while attending the University of Texas at Austin, taking classes, playing backyards, living rooms, country clubs, any venue that would have them while seeking solitude and inspiration in the Hill Country just west of Austin, even finding time to record their first album, West of It All, before graduating.

Lupton and Heintzelman have had a busy summer, playing music festivals like Newport and Lollapalooza. They have a touring band with Andrew Read on drums, John Clover on Keys and Mitchel Musso on bass, which has helped stretch their musical sensibilities with the two things I have never seen on a stage.

#1. Lupton played the saxophone. The banjo, I get. The harmonica for sure. But how many times have you seen a cowboy in the Hill Country whip out a saxophone around the campfire? Somehow Lupton made it work, even with the camouflage baseball cap.

#2. Read sitting behind his drum kit playing the slide guitar. Maybe there wasn’t anywhere else to go on stage. Maybe he didn’t need to go anywhere. He also made it work.

If you like Americana, you should check these guys out. You don’t even have to put in much effort. Just go to their website and on top of the tour page is a question: WANT US TO PLAY A SHOW IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD?

Remaining Tour Dates

Aug 12 Calgary - The Palomino

Aug 14 Vancouver - Biltmore Cabaret

Aug 15 Portland - show bar

Aug 16 Bend - Volcanic Theatre Pub

Aug 18 Mill Valley - Sweetwater Music Hall

Aug 20 Los Angeles - The Moroccan Lounge

Aug 21 San Diego Voodoo Room

Aug 23 Healdsburg - Bella Vineyards

Sep 1 St Louis - The Golden Record

Sep 14 Evanston - SPACE

Sep 19 Louisville - Bourbon & Beyond

Sep 21 St Louis - Golden Record

Sep 22 Davenport - Raccoon Motel

Sep 24 Evanston - SPACE

Sep 25 Spring Green - The Shitty Barn

Sep 27 Dallas - State Fair of TX

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Briscoe at the Turf Club (06 August 2024)

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Redd Kross at Turf Club, St Paul (15 July 2024)

07/15 Redd Kross with Dale Crover (DJ set) at Turf Club Redd Kross Setlist Switchblade Sister Stay Away From Downtown Stunt Queen Uglier Huge Wonder Annie's Gone Pretty Please Me (The Quick cover) I’ll Take Your Word for It Mess Around Candy Coloured Catastrophe Jimmy's Fantasy Lady in the Front Row Neurotica Peach Kelli Pop Born Innocent Linda Blair 1984 -- Encore -- Clorox Girls Standing in Front of Poseur Crazy Horses (The Osmonds cover) Deuce (KISS cover) Vuart Read More Redd Kross The group was originally founded by Black Flag’s singer Keith Morris with Redd Kross’ guitarist Greg Hetson. Their 1980 album, Group Sex, forever changed the landscape of the hardcore punk genre. … Dale Crover Drummer Dale Crover did most of the talking between songs, and all three band members sang lead at various points during the show. Bassist Steve McDonald sang lead on a cover of Janus …

It’s hard to believe that Redd Kross is celebrating their 45th Anniversary as a band. The band started in 1979 between then-15-year-old Jeff and his 11-year-old brother Steven. Although Redd Kross had various band members come and go, the core members have always been Jeff and Steven.

The band was pretty much inactive, until they announced the re-issue of their debut EP in 2020, via Merge Records, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the EP (which came out in 1980). And now, in 2024, the band announced their 8th studio album, a self-titled double album… and a massive tour to support the new album!

Redd Kross at Mosswood Meltdown (06 Jul 2024)

They previously appeared at the Mosswood Meltdown, in Oakland, California, on July 6, 2024: “I’ve always loved the fuzzy rock ‘n roll fantasies of Redd Kross. An L.A. band with a New York heart, they’re all about heavy guitar distortion overlaid with supremely catchy hooks. A bit glam, a bit punk, all fun. Even with the sound problems that riddled their set, I couldn’t not bop my head to “Jimmy’s Fantasy,” with its loud-quiet-loudness and singalong vibe: “Cast the hex with your echo-plex/ You don’t ever wanna have… sex.” No wonder with the rock they bring, that Thurston Moore called them one of the most important bands of the last 30-40 years.”

Opening the Turf Club show was their drummer, Dale Crover… who is from The Melvins. His set is a little weird, with about half his set dedicated to strictly live DJing using vinyls on turntables. Then he stepped out from behind the drum kit and picked up a guitar. He started playing some new songs from his third solo album Glossolalia. He said that he recruited the legendary Tom Waits on the title song. He explained how it happened: I just asked and he said yes. It’s just that easy, fellas… but in truth, Crover has been around just as long (Crover famously recorded on Nirvana’s original ten-song demo in 1988).

He ended his brief 30-min set with “Jane”.

Redd Kross still has it. Their fanbase is in their 40s to 60s, but they all showed up, from far and wide. It didn’t matter if they had to work the next morning, or were tired from a long day… they all came out and cheered for Redd Kross.

The new songs (particularly “Candy Coloured Catastrophe”) sounded like they never left the 90s! It’s good!

But of course, fans loved the old songs, like 1987’s “Peach Kelli Pop”, which is so good that an all-girls Canada band took their name from the song (see Peach Kelli Pop at Turf Club (24 May 2016).

P.S. The MacDonald Brothers rocked so hard! In my mind, they have the same energy as when they are home or going shopping. Enjoy this new vuart.

Remaining Tour Dates

July 16 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall

July 17 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom

July 19 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups

July 20 Pittsburgh, PA Spirit Hall

July 22 Washington, DC The Atlantis

July 24 Carrboro, NC Merge 35th Anniversary Festival

July 25 Jersey City, NJ White Eagle Hall

July 26 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg

July 27 Allston, MA Brighton Music Hall

July 29 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace

July 30 Detroit, MI El Club

July 31 Louisville, KY Zanzabar

Aug 02 Nashville, TN The Blue Room

Aug 03 Birmingham, AL Saturn

Aug 04 Atlanta, GA The Earl Restaurant

Aug 06 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall

Aug 07 Austin, TX Parish

Aug 08 Dallas, TX Cambridge Room

Aug 10 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad

Aug 11 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar

Aug 13 Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room Highland Park

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Redd Kross at Turf Club (15 July 2024)

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The Baseball Project at Turf Club, St Paul (06 July 2024)

07/06 The Baseball Project featuring Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Mike Mills, Linda Pitmon, Steve Wynn at Turf Club The Baseball Project Setlist     -- First Inning -- Erasable Man Uncle Charlie Monument Park They Don't Know Henry Journeyman Grand Salami Time Stuff That’s Living Pascual on the Perimeter New Oh in Town To the Veterans Committee -- Double Play -- How Long (Zuzu's Petals cover) with Linda Pitmon and Coleen Elwood 1976 Sometimes I Dream of Willie Mays Jackie's Lament The Yips Box Scores Ted F***ing Williams Disco Demolition ¡Hola America! Past Time -- Home Run -- Harvey Haddix The All or Nothings Read More The Baseball Project We've previously mentioned the supergroup The Baseball Project a few years ago, the band consists of Peter Buck (REM), Scott McCaughey (singer of The Young Fresh Fellows …

Supergroup The Baseball Project (featuring R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Mike Mills, The Minus 5’s Scott McCaughey, Hazel Motes’ Linda Pitmon, and Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn) with a double play set at the Turf Club on Saturday night.

The show was sold out and there was no opening band. The venue was incredibly full, and personally speaking, they could play a bigger venue to accommodate for all their fans (especially in the Minneapolis/St Paul area where they have a big following).

The Baseball Project at the Cedar Cultural Center (11 Aug 2014)

It’s been a decade since we last saw Baseball Project in Aug 2014, so it was really nice to see these guys again. Ten years ago, we wrote, “On this new game, McCaughey mentioned that they were trying to do more obscure plays, trying to play more songs than "just straight baseball songs." Immediately, Mills chimed in, "as opposed to gay baseball songs?" Although McCaughey and Wynn does the majority of the singing, everyone in the band had their chance to bat, including Mills taking lead on "To The Veterans Committee" and drummer Pitmon on "Harvey Haddix", the latter experienced a harmonica malfunction.”

The last time the band went on tour, post-pandemic in 2023, they didn’t stop in the area, band leader Steve Wynn explained at the Saturday night show, “We did a run of dates, but couldn’t fit in the Twin Cities…” but they made sure Minneapolis/St Paul was one of their 2024 stops.

The band played two sets, the first was their standard Grand Salami Time set, and the second was looser with some old favorites and oddities.

What made the Turf Club show on Saturday night so special was that Zuzu’s Petals was re-united to pay tribute and honor Laurie Lindeen, who passed away on July 1, 2024.

What a home run, as Linda Pitmon stepped out from her drum kit and with special guest Coleen Elwood, sang a Zuzu’s Petals song, “How Long,” with Mike Mills doing the bass and Steve Wynn “nailing that guitar solo.” There will never be another moment like this. Rest in peace, Laurie Lindeen.

If you attend a show, be sure to pick up the band’s baseball trading cards, a complete set of five cards (with a cover card) is available for $10 at the merchandise table.

The Baseball Project continues their tour:

Jul 7 Des Moines, IA, US Wooly's

Jul 8 Omaha, NE, US The Waiting Room

Jul 10 Kansas City, MO, US The Record Bar

Jul 11 Tulsa, OK, US Cain's Ballroom

Jul 12 Fort Worth, TX, US Tannahill's Tavern

Jul 13 Austin, TX, US Antone's

Jul 14 Houston, TX, US White Oak Music Hall

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The Baseball Project at Turf Club (06 July 2024)

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How Long Gone at Turf Club, St Paul (01 July 2024)

07/01 How Long Gone at Turf Club Read More How Long Gone The How Long Gone Podcast will be ending their tour at the Turf Club, in St Paul, on July 1, 2024. The show is hosted by bicoastal elites, Chris Black and Jason Stewart… It was started during the pandemic ...

The How Long Gone Podcast ended their tour at the Turf Club, in St Paul, yesterday, July 1, 2024. Prior to their final appearance at the Turf Club, the two hosts, Chris Black and Jason Stewart recorded a new show at their hotel in Minneapolis, talking about watching Michael J Fox at the Coldplay set at Glastonbury. They also talked about Tame Impala, and a few other music items… unfortunately the music topics did not carry over to their Turf Club appearance.

Instead, they talked about their appearance at the White House, their $95 haircut, and paying $500 for two disappointing steaks.

The interesting thing is that their photos were shown in the new season of The Bear, a television about a chef and his kitchen staff. I watched the trailer, which has a frame with their photos, and it’s really not a show I’m interested in watching… but I am happy that their reach is far and wide.

You have to admit that it’s really cool that a podcast is touring. It’s proof of their success.

Like the podcast, the live recording of their show was only about an hour, with no opening band or acts. So, literally about an hour, the show is over. At the end, they took some questions from the audience.

One of the questions was about the two-man camera crew recording the show. According to Chris, they were going to put together a Minneapolis video special, which they will be releasing for free. It’s just a matter of time, as they have to work on editing it at a later time.

They also mentioned that since it was their last night of the tour, they were just eager to return home. They are going to take off a week to recover.

In the meantime, be on the look out for their live and uncut podcast at the Turf Club on their website.

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How Long Gone at Turf Club (01 July 2024)

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Puppeteers For Fears presents Cthulhu the Musical! at Turf Club, St Paul (13 Jun 2024)

06/13 Puppeteers For Fears presents - Cthulhu the Musical! at Turf Club Cthulhu the Musical! Setlist Unhappy Village I Just Don't Get Modern Art Missing Persons Here There Be Dragons At the Mountains of Madness We're Going to Need a Bigger Boat Captain's Logs I'm Not Evil Just Misunderstood An Offer You Can't Refuse Yes or No? Jailbreak Happy Ending in Quotes based on Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” Tour Dates June 15: Madison, WI…The Bur Oak June 16: Milwaukee, WI…Shank Hall June 18: Chicago, IL…City Winery June 19: Indianapolis, IN…Irving Theater June 20: Westland, MI…The Token Lounge June 23: Pittsburgh, PA…Crafthouse June 24: Buffalo, NY…Buffalo Iron Works June 26: Concord, NH…Capitol Center for the Arts June 27: Providence, RI…Fete Music Hall June 28: Lowell, MA…Taffeta July 1: Brooklyn, NY…The Meadows July 2: Asbury Park, NJ…House of Independents July 3: Richmond, VA…Canal Club July 5: Raleigh, NC…King’s July 6: Greenville, SC…Radio Room July 7: Charleston, SC…Music Farm July 9: Atlanta, GA…Smith’s Olde Bar July 10: Nashville, TN…City Winery July 11: Louisville, KY…Zanzabar July 13: Knoxville, TN…Open Chord July 15: Kansas City, MO…Record Bar July 16: St. Louis, MO…City Winery July 18: Denver, CO…Meow Wolf July 20: Salt Lake City, UT…Urban Lounge Read More Puppeteers for Fears Oregon’s premier rock’n’roll puppet troupe Puppeteers for Fears is bringing their Cthulhu the Musical! to the Turf Club, in St Paul. The feature-length musical comedy adaptation H.P. Lovecraft’s … …

What a fun and unique experience watching the Cthulhu the Musical! puppet show, presented by Puppeteers for Fears, at the Turf Club, in St Paul, on Thursday night. This is an all-puppet musical, with original music and story, created and written by Josh Gross (based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Call of Cthulhu”).

With the exception of the pre-recorded videos shown in the background (multimedia backgrounds from Production Designer, Aubry Hollingshead), the entire performance was acted and performed live by the puppeteers: Forest Gilpin (Detective LaGrasse), Alex Giorgi (Burt and Cthulhu), Hunter Prutch (Captain Collins/Henry Wilcox), Alyssa Mathews (Francine Thurston), and Owen Webb (Jenkins/George Angell). The live music was created live by a band (guitarist Josh Gross, bassist Jen Scaffidi, and drummer Anthony Combest) behind the screen on the Turf Club’s stage.

Before the two plus hour show (plus a 15 20-min intermission), Blunderbusst (the bassist from the live backing band), opened the show with a brief under 25-min set.

Normally Blunderbusst is a trio from Nevada, featuring Jen Scaffidi, Carolyn Gates, and Carson Cessna, but for this show, it’s just Jen, playing songs behind the Puppet Theater. Some songs on the set included title track from the new album Monarch of the Mountain, “Jim Croce Goes to Lilith Fair”, and “The Last of the Bakersfields.”

Before the show, the show creator and art director Josh Gross came on the stage to give a brief introduction. Although the show has fun puppets, this is not a kids show. He also mentioned that this was the troupe’s first show in Minnesota, so they had to make time to stop by “The Biggest Ball Of Twine in Minnesota”, to satisfied his inner Weird Al self.

It’s been a long time since I read H.P. Lovecraft (his entire work is public domain, so you can pick up a book for a song), and I can tell you that “Call of Cthulhu” story isn’t that exciting. However, it does introduce us to the sleeping elder god and have become a horror icon.

Burt, the multi-eyed demon, narrates the puppet show. He explains to the audience about Cthulhu and the cast of characters, starting off with Detective John LaGrasse trying to solve a murder by interviewing professor Francine Thurston.

From there, we get madness, we get flashbacks within flashbacks, and we’re introduced to Captain Collins and his shipmate (in the later part of the story), who takes them to an island… where they see “the door.”

Once the door was opened, the titular character appears to bring on the end of the world. After waiting two hours, we’re finally treated to the great Cthulhu and all his tentacles. It was well worth wait.

The end of the show had all the puppets singing “Happy Ending in Quotes”, a song that would later turn into a parody of Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville”. For example, their parody lyrics: “Wastin’ away again in Cthuluville, looking for my lost island of God. Some people say that the old ones are to blame… but I know it’s my own damn fault.”

Anyway, as the cast stands up to showcase their puppets, you can imagine that all the actors are crawling around under the theater screen (all while holding and operating an oversized puppet on one of their hands). I’m actually not entirely sure how they were able to hide all those actors behind the puppet table… especially because the Turf Club’s stage is not that big.

Although this was the troupe’s first Minnesota appearance, based on the sold-out event and strong feedback from the audience, I get the feeling that it won’t be long before we see the Puppeteers for Fears again.

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Puppeteers For Fears at Turf Club (13 Jun 2024)

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Red Rum Club at Turf Club, St Paul (15 May 2024)

05/15 Red Rum Club with Loon Booster at Turf Club Red Rum Club Godless Black Cat Alive Undertaker Vibrate Eleanor Houdini Afternoon Daisy Kids Addicted Hole in My Home Jigsaw Shores Angeline Vanilla Would You Rather Be Lonely? Tour Dates 5/18 - Globe Hall - Denver, CO 5/20 - Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT 5/22 - Bottom of The Hill - San Francisco, CA 5/23 - Peppermint Club - Los Angeles, CA Read More Red Rum Club Liverpool’s Red Rum Club is touring in support of their new album Western Approaches. The English band will be headlining the Turf Club, in St Paul, on May 15, 2024. …

Liverpool’s Red Rum Club is currently touring in support of their new album Western Approaches, stopping by the Turf Club, in St Paul, on May 15, 2024.

Wombats at First Avenue poster (26 Sept 2023)

This is the second time the band had ever been to the area, and according to fans who attended the band’s first appearance at First Avenue, opening for The Wombats in Sept 2023, they said that the band worked so hard to win over the audience and that they had to see the band again as headliner at the Turf Club.

The first thing that hits you is that Red Rum Club is a very large band, featuring lead vocalist Francis Doran, guitarist Tom Williams, second guitarist Michael McDermott, bassist Simon Hepworth, drummer Neil Lawson, and trumpeter Joe Corby. They struggled to fit everyone on the small Turf Club stage, and might occasionally bump into each other while dancing. I think they just need to be on a bigger stage.

Based on antics and observation, you can tell that these guys have grown up together or spent a lot of time together. According to their biography, they most of them met from school and then when they were 14 years old and inspired to start a band after a Battle of the Bands competition.

If you didn’t know the band’s name Red Rum Club, came from Stephen King’s The Shining (popularized by the Stanley Kubrick film adaption).

After releasing “Alone Together”, “Friend Of A Friend”, and “Calexico” singles, the band signed a record deal with Modern Sky for their debut album Matador. The album landed at #1 on the iTunes Alternative Charts, knocking off Mumford and Sons, and the rest is history.

As you can see from the setlist, most of the set is from their new album Western Approaches (“Black Cat,” “Undertaker,” “Godless,” and “Hole In My Home”), with some exception, such as “Would You Rather Be Lonely?”, which was their set finale.

A bare-footed Minneapolis-based Loon Booster (aka Benjamin Peterson) opened the show. He’s joined on stage with drummer Sami and guitarist Eddie. This was the band’s first time playing at the Turf Club.

Highlight of his set was a song called “Sourdough”, which we wrote a couple of weeks ago with his sister-in-law Emma, in Oregon. I think he was up there to celebrate a birthday. It was the first time they perform live for an audience, and they didn’t mess it up (at least to my knowledge).

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Red Rum Club at Turf Club (15 May 2024)

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Coco at Turf Club, St Paul (21 Apr 2024)

04/21 Coco with Sima Cunningham at Turf Club Coco Setlist For George Any Other Way Wheel Precious Things Moodrings The Swimmer Mythological Man Cora Lu Do This Right One Time Villain Last Of The Loving Anybody's Guess Empty Beach Read More Coco Supergroup Coco is Maia Friedman (from Dirty Projectors), Oliver Hill (from Pavo Pavo), and Dan Molad (from Lucius)… and they will be headlining the Turf Club on April 21, 2024. Their new album 2 is available now on First City Artists. … Ohmme Chicago duo Ohmme (multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriters Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart) is touring in support of their debut album Parts (Joyful Noise Recordings). The two will stop by the Turf Club on Sep 23rd. …

Supergroup Coco is Maia Friedman (from Dirty Projectors), Oliver Hill (from Pavo Pavo), and Dan Molad (from Lucius) headlined the Turf Club on April 21, 2024.

The group was really excited to play in the Twin Cities, with Dan Molad showing off his socks and said those were “First Avenue socks.”

Maia Friedman joked that it was a coincident that he wore them today.

Singing duties were shared between the three, with Oliver Hill taking the lead for the first song, “For George”. The band proceeded to play their first album, followed by their second album 2, including their single “Cora Lu” (a song about Oliver’s niece).

The band explained in an interview, “This one's a celebration of birth, dedicated to Oliver’s eponymous niece. More specifically, the song imagines the splendors of nature through the eyes of a newborn, appreciating the colors and textures of planet Earth anew. Wall-to-wall three part harmonies felt right, adding to a feeling of wide-eyed abundance. The bass melodica and wavery-voiced choir make us think of some unspecific VHS from our childhood.”

Sima Cunningham, from Ohmme, opened the show. She is joined on stage by her guitarist and husband, Dorian Gehring. She mentioned that she was only doing a limited number of dates with Coco (three dates), and the Turf Club was her last date.

This was also her first venture as a solo artist. She says she’s going for that “John Prine” sound... it certainly sounds like it with her last song, “Nothing.”

Maia Friedman later mentioned that both she and Cunningham had brought their babies on tour, and that they were sleeping in the venue’s green room.

Remaining tour dates:

Tue. April 30 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset~

Wed. May 1 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios~

Fri. May 3 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord~

Sat. May 4 - Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge~

Wed. May 29 - London, UK @ The Lexington

Thu. May 30 - Manchester, UK @ YES Basement

Sun. June 2 - Berlin, DE @ Privatclub

Tue. June 4 - Paris, FR @ Supersonic

Wed. June 5 - Antwerp, BE @ Trix Antwerp

~w/ Diego Gaeta

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Coco at Turf Club (21 Apr 2024)

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Slothrust at Turf Club, St Paul (17 Apr 2024)

04/17 Slothrust with Weakened Friends at Turf Club Slothrust Setlist Surf Goth Cranium The Next Curse Intro Of Course You Do Juice Crockpot 7:30am Homewreck Wifey Magnets Pt. 1 Magnets Pt. 2 No Eye Candy The Couch Incident Beowulf Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen cover) Pony (Ginuwine cover) Maybe Maybe -- Encore -- Horseshoe Crab Planetarium Weakened Friends Setlist 25th Quitter Main Bitch QOT Peel Spew Planes Awkward Torn (Ednaswap cover) Blue Again Not Doing Good Read More Slothrust Rising alt-rock band Slothrust released their new single “The Next Curse” from their upcoming album Parallel Timeline. What is special about the single is that it features Lzzy Hale of Halestorm …

It was a sold-out show for Slothrust at the Turf Club, on a Wednesday night. The band is celebrating the ten-year anniversary of Of Course You Do, so of course they did “play the entire album, from start to finish, one song at a time.”

This was a great show, no matter how to slice it. Leah Wellbaum is at her goofiest, if not quirky, self, and seemed quite pleased that the show has sold out. Fans of Of Course You Do were extremely happy to hear some of the more obscure songs played live and remembering the record when they first heard it a decade ago.

Before the album was played, the duo (featuring Wellbaum and drummer Will Gorin), played a few singles such as “Cranium”. Wellbaum, during the song, asks the audience, “Are you hungry?” putting the mic to the audience, which they responded, “YES!”

Opening the show was Portland’s Weakened Friends, who was very thankful to be on the bill… especially packed shows, such as the Turf Club. They said it was very hard to headline a show, because they booked a show on September 17, 2023, at the Treasury, and “only two people bought tickets.” … To be honest, I’ve never even heard of The Treasury venue and have no idea that there are shows being booked there.

Update: A little research tells me that the all-ages venue in St Paul closed its door last October.

I actually quite like the trio, featuring singer/guitarist Sonia Sturino, with bassist Annie Hoffman, and drummer Adam Hand. Annie was pulling double-duty, as she would also play bass for Slothrust. The band seems to have a love for the Twin Cities, dubbing the Clown Lounge (underneath the Turf Club) as the “Clounge” and how Sturino, when she lived in Toronto, took a trip to Minneapolis, in hopes of a potential boyfriend… only to be burned when he had someone from the UK in mind.

During an ‘awkward’ moment on stage, Sturino started introducing “Awkward” as a popular song that “you may have heard it shopping at your grocery store.” It was supposed to be the introduction for “Torn”, the Ednaswap song that Natalie Imbruglia made famous. She realized her mistake, but they just laughed it off. No big deal, this kind of thing seems to happen all the time.

Remaining tour dates:

APR 12 - Valley Bar - Phoenix, AZ

APR 13 - Meow Wolf - Santa Fe, NM

APR 14 - Bluebird - Denver, CO

APR 17 - Turf Club - Minneapolis, MN

APR 18 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI

APR 19 - X-Ray Arcade - Milwaukee, WI

APR 20 - Cobra Lounge - Chicago, IL

APR 23 - Blueberry Hill Duck Room - St. Louis, MO

APR 25 - HI-FI Annex - Indianapolis, IN

APR 26 - Mahall's - Cleveland, OH

APR 27 - El Club - Detroit, MI

APR 28 - The Garrison - Toronto, ON

MAY 1 - The Atlantis - Washington, DC

MAY 2 - First Unitarian - Philadelphia, PA

MAY 3 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY

MAY 4 - The Sinclair - Boston, MA

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Kate Clover at Turf Club, St Paul (06 Apr 2024)

04/06 Kate Clover with Monica LaPlante and Spit Takes at Turf Club Kate Clover Setlist Tearjerker Apocalypse dream Love You to Death Channel Zero Daisy Cutter Pleasure Forever Love Bomb Like A Domino Disconnected No More Romance Crimewave Follow Your Heart Tour Dates 4-07-24 - Davenport, IA - Racoon Motel 4-09-24 - Denver, CO - HQ 4-12-24 - San Francisco, CA - Kilowatt 4-13-24 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo 4-14-24 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar Read More Kate Clover Los Angeles’ rising underground punk star Kate Clover is touring in support of her sophomore album The Apocalypse Dream. Last year, she toured with The Hives, select dates with Superchunk, and F**ked Up. ... Monica LaPlante Local musician Monica LaPlante opened up the show, fifteen minutes fashionably late. The band was in the Halloween spirit, dressing up as a reverse Robert Palmer and his voluptuous band. ...

Los Angeles’ rising underground punk star Kate Clover (with her band Brandon Welchez on guitarist, Bill on bass, and David S. Field on drums) headlined the Turf Club, in St Paul, on Saturday, April 6th, in support of her sophomore album The Apocalypse Dream. Last year, she toured with The Hives, select dates with Superchunk, and F**ked Up.

The band, themselves, are incredibly well-dressed and looks like a rather handsome family… which incidentally, Clover’s husband, Brandon Welchez, is the guitarist in the band.

Crocodiles (22 June 2012)

Welchez is actually in another band called Crocodiles, who we in June 2012, and said, “The last time I saw Crocodiles was at the Turf Club supporting Brandon’s wife’s band, the Dum Dum Girls (in Oct 12, 2011). I was pretty surprised by their energy then, as well, as I had expected them to be laid back, too-cool-for-school Cali surf-rockers, but Brandon Welchez is completely and utterly absorbed in the music from the minute he hits the stage. This show was no different and the enthusiasm and intensity was a bit higher, with Brandon jumping into the crowd to pogo around a couple of times, spitting profusely on the stage during songs and whirling around so much that he unplugged his guitar.”

Clover’s set is mostly from The Apocalypse Dream, and have been consistently the same for most of the tour. For the Turf Club show, she decided at the last minute to play “No More Romance.”

“Follow Your Heart” ended her set.

Monica LaPlante (30 Oct 2016)

Opening the show was local Monica LaPlante. We’ve seen LaPlante a few times, but our first time seeing her pretty funny at a Halloween show in 2016 at the Triple Rock Social Club, where we described her as, “Local musician Monica LaPlante opened up the show, fifteen minutes fashionably late. The band was in the Halloween spirit, dressing up as a reverse Robert Palmer and his voluptuous band. With her new album Noir available digitally (and now physically) via Hollander Records, the band is climbing up on the local radio stations, including The Current and Radio K.”

For the Turf Club show, LaPlante said that she’s been addicted to Turner Classics and generally speaking in her oh-so-southern movie accent. She ended her set with her hit song, “Hope You're Alone.”

Also on the bill was Spit Takes, a new riot-girl-ish, lead by singer VansAnn. I got a sense that they were inspired by Bikini Kill, but according to the group, they align themselves with British punk rock X-Ray Spex (who Kathleen Hanna admitted to being a fan of too).

They were a lot of fun to watch, and hopefully we’ll catch more of them in the future.

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Kate Clover at Turf Club (06 Apr 2024)

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