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The Jungle Giants at Turf Club, St Paul (04 Nov 2022)

Jungle Giants Setlist On Your Way Down She's a Riot Treat You Right Bad Dream Quiet Ferocity Something Got Between Us Feel the Way I Do Heartless In Her Eyes Sending Me Ur Loving Love Signs -- Encore -- Used to Be in Love Heavy Hearted Read More The Jungle Giants We last saw Australian four-piece The Jungle Giants open up for San Cisco on their National tour in 2012. The Brisbane-based band was at SXSW to promote their debut album Learn To Exist, which came out last August 2013. .... Tim Atlas Tim Atlas will open. Tour dates: 01/31 - Chicago, IL - Metro 02/1 - St. Paul, MN - Amsterdam Bar & Hall 02/6 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre 02/7 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre ....

Australian four-piece The Jungle Giants (singer/guitarist Sam Hales, lead guitarist Cesira Aitken, bassist Andrew Dooris, and drummer Keelan Bijker) headlined the Turf Club in St Paul, in support of their fourth album Love Signs (Amplifire).

Opening up the show was Los Angeles’ Tim Atlas, along with Dena on bass, and Zack on drums. You may have seen Atlas on NBC’s The Voice in 2015, as he cover Ed Sheeran, The Neighborhood and Ednaswap. Since then he opened up for Magic City Hippies, even stopping by St Paul in Feb 2020.

Best song on Atlas’ brief 35-min set was “Honeycomb”, a really catchy, ‘sweet’ dancey song.

We’ve been interested in Brisbane’s The Jungle Giants since their team-up with our favorite Australian band San Cisco in Feb 2012.

W♥M saw them on the “Politely Awkward” tour, at the Spectrum, in Sydney, Australia, and wrote, “While both bands were certainly polite, there was no awkwardness to be found when The Jungle Giants and San Cisco joined forces again at Spectrum last Saturday as they continue their tour of Australia. Although the bands are youngsters, both in terms of age of their members and the age of the band themselves, the quality of performances was such that it was unclear who was the supporting band (assuming you could have a support act that comes after the main act). The Jungle Giants performed known and new material, with frontman Sam Hales and bassist Andrew Dooris making the most of the tiny space that is Spectrum. Dooris managed to be everywhere at once and still play his instrument, while Hales delivered lyrics with precision and feeling.”

We’ve seen San Cisco nine times and the Jungle Giants zero times… so we’re almost sure they’ve never played in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

Since 2019, the Jungle Giants had quiet a few highly rated songs on Triple J’s Hottest 100, including “Heavy Hearted” and “Sending Me Ur Loving”, both on their set near the end and the best known song as the encore finale.

The Jungle Giants’ Love Signs is out now on Amplifire Records. The album was #1 on the Australia charts, and came out during the pandemic.

Remaining tour dates:

Nov 5 Chicago, IL, US Bottom Lounge
Nov 7 Toronto, ON, Canada Axis Club
Nov 9 Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
Nov 10 Philadelphia, PA, US Warehouse on Watts
Nov 12 Brooklyn, NY, US Warsaw
Nov 13 Washington, DC, US Black Cat
Nov 15 Atlanta, GA, US Aisle 5
Nov 17 Austin, TX, US The Parish Room
Nov 18 Fort Worth, TX, US Tulips FTW
Nov 18 Mexico City, Mexico Festival Corona Capital
Mar 3 2023 Phoenix, AZ, US M3F Music Festival

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The Jungle Giants at Turf Club, St Paul (04 Nov 2022)

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Preoccupations at Turf Club, St Paul (23 Oct 2022)

10/23 Preoccupations with Cindy Lee at Turf Club Preoccupations Setlist Fix Bayonets! Ricochet Death of Melody Slowly Advisor Recalibrate Tearing up the Grass Continental Shelf Silhouettes Disarray Memory March of Progress Death Cindy Lee Setlist Marjorie Cameron Gayble Modex Kingdom Come Love Remains Golden Mic Darling of the Discotheque Ponder & Possession Whispex Burning Candle (Chad VanGaalen cover) Roxy Stems Love Stepp I Don't Want to Fall in Love Again Read More Preoccupations Preoccupations is back in town with their latest New Material (Jagjaguwar Records). The band may be more famous for their former, unintentionally …

Canadian post-punk band Preoccupations headlined the Turf Club in St Paul, in support of their new album Arrangements (Flemish Eye/Jagjaguwar).

Opening the show was Cindy Lee, a one person performance, from the ashes of Women. Women, of course, was the band that members of Preoccupations (then Viet Cong) came from. Currently, with this tour, it appears that it is all Patrick Flegel (brother of Matt Flegel from Preoccupations) is the only person in the band.

Cindy Lee sings over prerecorded soundtrack from What’s Tonight to Eternity?, with occasionally picking up the guitar to add some additional notes. The songs sounds like something of an electroclash version of 60’s girlpop or girl gang songs.

There was a cover of Chad VanGaalen’s “Burning Candle” on the set. It made sense, as Cindy Lee and VanGaalen, as well as Preoccupations, are on the same record label, Flemish Eye… so it’s all related somehow.

The thing with Preoccupations (singer/bassist Matt Flegel, guitarist Scott Munro, guitarist Daniel Christiansen, and drummer Mike Wallace), is that as great as they sound, they can’t get out of the shadow of their original controversial name of Viet Cong. The name was offensive to South Vietnamese and Americans who fought in the Vietnam war. With protests at some venues, including their first appearance in Minneapolis, at 7th Street Entry, in Sep 2015, the band did the right thing and changed their name to Preoccupations, stating “We are a band who wants to make music and play our music for our fans. We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past.”

With that behind them, the band has released three albums under the Preoccupation name, the self-titled album, New Material and their 2022 album Arrangements. The new album is actually their best album to date, leaning more in rhymic chords, that they’ve described as “labyrinthine post-punk”.

The band must really love the new album, as the first part of their set was devoted solely on Arrangements. The remainder of their set seemed to draw mostly from their debut record, Viet Cong (“March of Progress”, “Silhouettes”, “Continental Shelf”, and “Death”)

Preoccupations’ new studio album Arrangements is out now.

Remaining Tour Dates

Oct 26th - Commonwealth - Calgary, AB
Oct 28th - Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA
Oct 29th - Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC
Oct 30th - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
Nov 2nd - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA
Nov 4th - Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA
Nov 5th - Valley - Phoenix, AZ
Nov 8th - Paper Tiger - San Antonio, TX
Nov 9th - Parish - Austin, TX
Nov 10th - Three Links - Dallas, TX
Nov 12th - Aisle 5 - Atlanta, GA
Nov 16th - DC9 - Washington, DC
Nov 17th - Johnny Brendas - Philadelphia, PA
Nov 18th Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
Nov 19th - Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT
Nov 21st - The Sinclair - Boston, MA
Nov 22nd - Bar Le Ritz - Montreal, QC
Nov 24th - Lee’s - Toronto, ON
Feb 3rd - Fribourg, CH @ Fri-Son
Feb 4th - Baden, CH @ One Of A Million Festival
Feb 7th - Margate, UK @ Elsewhere
Feb 8th - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
Feb 9th - Hull, UK @ The New Adelphi Club
Feb 10th - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Feb 11th - Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
February 12th - District - Liverpool, UK
February 13th - YES | Pink room - Manchester, UK
February 15th - Hare & Hounds - Birmingham, UK
February 16th - Scala - London, UK
February 18th - Petit Bain - Paris, FR
February 19th - AB Club - Brussels, BE
February 20th - L'Entrepôt - Arlon, BE
February 22rd - L'Aéronef - Lille, FR
February 23rd - EKKO - Utrecht, NL
February 24th - Badehaus - Berlin, DE
February 25th - UT Connewitz - Leipzig, DE
February 26th - Milla - Munich, DE

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The Ballroom Thieves at Turf Club, St Paul (13 Oct 2022)

Read More The Ballroom Thieves A Wolf in the Doorway is the new album from Boston's The Ballroom Thieves. The band is stopping by Minneapolis' Bryant-Lake Bowl tomorrow, Wednesday, May 13th. The venue is very, very small. ...

Boston’s The Ballroom Thieves headlined the Turf Club, in St Paul, in support of their new album Clouds (Nettwerk Records).

Opening the show was Bad Posture Club

Georgia Harmer was next.

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We saw The Ballroom Thieves in May 2015, and mentioned, “The Ballroom Thieves, on their second appearance in Minneapolis (previously also billed at Byrant-Lake Bowl), was pleased to see that the room was full this time around. Drummer Devin Mauch, who is celebrating his birthday today (May 14th), said that they originally didn't have Minneapolis on their tour itinerary, but they made the extra effort to put the city back on their schedule. Thanks to word of mouth, there was a really good turn out for the show... especially on a Wednesday.”

Tour dates:

10/13 @ Turf Club | St. Paul, MN
10/14 @ High Noon Saloon | Madison, WI
10/15 @ Lincoln Hall | Chicago, IL
10/16 @ Ludlow Garage | Cincinnati, OH
10/20 @ Johnny Brenda’s | Philadelphia, PA
10/21 @ Union Stage | Washington, DC
10/22 @ Concerts in the Studio | Freehold, NJ
12/1 @ Baby’s All Right | Brooklyn, NY
12/3 @ Space Ballroom | Hamden, CT
12/8 @ Higher Ground | South Burlington, VT
12/9 @ State Theatre | Portland, ME

* Road to Newport Folk
^ supporting Shakey Graves

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The Ballroom Thieves at Turf Club, St Paul (13 Oct 2022)

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The Joy Formidable at recordBar and Turf Club (Sep 2022)

The Joy Formidable Into the Blue Tour 2022 The Joy Formidable Setlist The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade Cradle Y Bluen Eira Ostrich Come See the Show Into the Blue Austere Sevier Silent Treatment Gotta Feed My Dog -- Encore -- Endtapes Whirring Tres Leches Setlist Bad Kid Strangest of Friends What Are You Doing Fireworks Two Fifty Nieve Leaving My Light On Nueva York Read More The Joy Formidable It’s been a while… but I’m happy to say that the group is back with a new album Into the Blue, out August 20th, via Enci Records (US) / Full Time Hobby (Europe) / Soundly Distro in the rest of the world. We’re hoping there’ll be a promo tour for the new album … Tres Leches The Joy Formidable with Tres Leches at Turf Club You all know our love for The Joy Formidable since we wrote about them in July 2008: “Here's a band that I see a lot of potential in, The Joy …

Welsh alternative rock band The Joy Formidable is currently on their Into the Blue tour. We caught the trio (Rhiannon "Ritzy" Bryan, Rhydian Dafydd and Matthew James Thomas) at their appearance at the recordBar in Kansas City, on September 6, and at the Turf Club in St Paul, on September 7th.

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Open the show was Seattle’s Tres Leches (which translate to “Three Milk”), in their third and fourth show with Joy Formidable. They seem full of energy and excitement that only a band in their youth can bring to the stage. According to their biography, it started with Alaia D’Alessandro and Ulises Mariscal bonding over music at Seattle’s Bumbershoot festival. By 2016, they recorded and released their debut EP, and hanging out with The Coathangers and Tacocat, etc.

It’s interesting to note that after “Two Fifty”, Alaia switched to guitars, as lead vocals were handled by the drummer.

We’ve been writing about The Joy Formidable since July 2008 (nearly 15 years ago) since the release of their debut single, “Austere”. In that article we wrote that so many bands are here today, gone tomorrow, but we didn’t think that was the case with Joy Formidable. In fact, we ended the article with, “They look and sound fantastic, so hopefully that is the case live in concert.”

Fast-forward to Oct 2015 and we finally got a chance to see the band at the Turf Club: “Speaking of coming out of the studio, The Joy Formidable has just put the finishing touches on their new self-produced album, Hitch, due out early next year, and previewed some of the new music to the sold-out crowd during their 84 min. headlining set.”

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With the delayed 2022 tour (no thanks to the COVID pandemic), the band is finally back on tour for their fifth album Into the Blue, with the Kansas City and St Paul, being their fifth and sixth show in three years.

Lighting conditions were especially dark and with a blue and splash of purple (see photos), perhaps in theme of Into the Blue.

We’ve since seen the band multiple times, and since it’s been so long since they last tour, Ritzy seems more open and extra chatty. The band was also happy to reconnecting with many of their returning fans from previous shows. Compared to their “loose” set in Nov 2018, the band was seemed focused playing the new songs, including the title track “Into The Blue” and “Sevier”.

Remaining tour dates:

09.09 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club +
09.11 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom +
09.12 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage +
09.14 - Wantagh, NY @ Mulcahy's *
09.15 - Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater *
09.16 - Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live *
09.17 - Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
09.18 - Grand Rapids, RI @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe *
09.20 - Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere's *
09.21 - Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal *
09.22 - Little Rock, AR @ The Hall *
09.25 - Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life
09.26 - Denver, CO @ Summit *
09.27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Union Even Center *
09.28 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory *
09.30 - Spokane, WA @Knitting Factory *
10.01 - Tacoma, WA @ Temple Theater *
10.03 - Reno, NV @ Cargo *
10.04 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst *
10.05 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery *
10.06 - Venice, CA @ The Venice West
10.07 - Riverside, CA @ Riverside Music Hall *
10.09 - Ventura, CA @ Majestic Theater*
10.11 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater *
10.12 - Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater *
10.17 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues *
10.18 - Birmingham, AL @ Iron City #
10.21 - Albany, NY @ The Hollow #
10.22 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showcase Lounge #
10.25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Music Hall #
10.27 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts #
10.28 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair #
10.29 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom #
10.31 - Indianapolis, IN @ HI-FI #
11.01 - Univeristy City, MO @ Duck Room #
11.02 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room #
11.06 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile #
11.07 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studio #
11.09 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent #
11.11 - Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriets #
11.12 - San Diego, CA @ SODA Bar #
11.15 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy Theatre #

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# with Cuffed Up
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Tres Leches at Turf Club, St Paul (07 Sep 2022)

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La Femme at Turf Club, St Paul (15 June 2022)

Setlist Nouvelle-Orléans Cool Colorado Le sang de mon prochain Où va le monde Mycose Nous étions deux Télégraphe Foutre le bordel Paris 2012 Antitaxi Me suive Elle ne t'aime pas Sur la planche 2013 It's Time to Wake Up (2023) -- Encore -- Packshot Tu t'en lasses Tatiana with Trance Farmers Read More La Femme I was really looking forward to La Femme, the psych-pop indie band from Paris. Their music is fun and cinematic, comparable to a Claude Chabrol Or Godard New Wave film filled with attitude and lust and all things Parisian ....

Acclaimed French psych-rock band La Femme sold out the Turf Club in St Paul on June 15. Simply amazing, as it is one of the bands that we’ve highlighted out of Desert Daze in Oct 2017. We have described them as “fun and cinematic, comparable to a Claude Chabrol Or Godard New Wave film filled with attitude and lust and all things Parisian.”

Trance Farmers (the name is something you might hear someone from the south pronounce “Transformers”) opened the show. The Los Angeles band played a 40-min set.

We knew La Femme was great, but, again was blown away that they’ve sold out the Turf Club. You have to understand that this is a work week and the show starts late. On top of that, it is listed as a 21+ show, which limits how many fans can attend… still we were impressed that they’ve managed to attract such a large audience.

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Songs on their set (see photo) included a few songs from their third album, Paradigmes (Disque Pointu/IDOL), as well older songs, such as “Sur la planche” and “It's Time To Wake Up (2023)” from their self-titled debut album.

As you can see from the photos, a few songs into their set, Marlon Magnée and Jane Peynot just took off their “tuxedos”. The rest of the band, including Clara Luciani, also discarded their uniforms, as they continue to play into the night.

The band is fun, often interacting with the fans, and would invite guests to come on stage. In fact, opening band Trance Farmers, was invited back on stage to help them close out their finale song, “Tatiana”.

The French band don’t often play in America, so if you want to see beautiful French people making beautiful French music, check out their show.

La Femme’s latest album, Paradigmes, out now via Disque Pointu/IDOL.

Remaining Tour Dates:

Jun 18 Seattle, WA, US The Crocodile
Jun 19 Vancouver, BC, Canada Rickshaw Theatre
Jun 20 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Jun 22 San Francisco, CA, US The Regency Ballroom
Jun 24 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Belasco
Jun 25 Palm Springs, CA, US The Alibi
Jul 1 Saint-Denis-de-Gastines, France Au Foin De La Rue
Jul 29 FESTIVAL LES ESCALES
Aug 4 Place Des Arcades Sauveterre De Rou
Aug 25 Paris, France Rock en Seine
Sep 9 Bourgoin-Jallieu, France Parc Des Lilattes
Sep 10 Bourgoin-Jallieu, France Parc Des Lilattes
Sep 17 Fontainebleau, France FBLO FESTIVAL
Sep 19 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso
Sep 30 Berlin, Germany Astra Kulturhau

La Femme at Turf Club, St Paul (15 June 2022)

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Pink Mountaintops at Turf Club, St Paul (02 June 2022)

Setlist Comas The Second Summer of Love Leslie Sell Your Soul Tourist in Your Town Nikki Go Sudden Plastic Man, You're the Devil I (F***) Mountains While We Were Dreaming Lights of The City Sweet '69 Holiday The Walk - Song for Amy Can You Do That Dance? Read More Pink Mountaintops The “trippy country meets stoner rock” of Vancouver’s Pink Mountaintops is the birthing baby of Stephen McBean. Stephen is also the singer, songwriter and guitarist for Black Mountain, a personal fav band .... Ashley Shadow Ashley Shadow to open. Tour Dates: 5.08 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon 5.18 - Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti 5.20 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB 5.21 - Ottawa, ON @ Rainbow Bistro ....

Vancouver’s Pink Mountaintops ended their North American tour with a stop at St Paul’s Turf Club, in support of his latest album Peacock Pools (ATO Records).

Added to the bill a couple of weeks prior to the show was local act, Transcendental Strangers?. The Minneapolis-based psychedelic band described themselves as Dr. Beard on vocals, Theremin on keys, Cody Lamb on guitars, Mark Miller on drums, and Saadman Maheer on bass.

They played tracks from their new album, From the Other Side of Time, but added a new track they were working on. It officially doesn’t have a title, but Dr Beard was calling it “Cookie Goat”.

They ended their 30-min set with a song called “Polyester”, dedicated and inspired by director John Waters (who directed the film Polyester). Thankfully, the song did not feature any Smellovision, as the original film featured a gimmick called Odorama, where audience can smell what they see on the movie screen using scratch and sniff cards.

Next up was Vancouver’s Ashley Shadow; the band is touring in support of Only The End (Felte Records). The new album featured the single “Don’t Slow Me Down”, which featured Bonnie “Prince” Billy (aka Will Oldham). Despite a depressing title of the album, it’s actually a more upbeat record, as Ashley explained, “I wanted to make a more upbeat album, something you could play with some friends over. Some of the songs I wrote were initially bummers, but when we went to record them, we lightened them up.”

Highlight of Shadow’s set had a guest appearance by Pink Mountaintops’ Stephen McBean, who came on stage to play a hand shaker.

Ashley Shadow’s next gig will be at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on October 13th.

Finally, Canada’s Pink Mountaintops closed out the show.

We previously saw Pink Mountaintops in Aug 2017 and wrote about how great he is: “He’s a metal head, progressive rock guru who makes you stare up at him like he’s Jim Baker waving us over to his cult to give up our lives…but in a really good way. He’s also proof that in these modern day, futuristic times we all reside in, you don’t need a bassist, drummer or backup vocalist…you can do everything yourself onstage with a little help from gnarly pedals, playback recordings and effects. It seems he’s perhaps mellowed out a bit since the sounds of his last LP Get Back, instilling more relaxed and cathartic melodies. His guitar solo in the track ‘I (f***) Mountains’, my god, he’s worth seeing just for that. It’s just beyond killer.”

For this live tour, bandleader Stephen McBean, is joined on stage by additional guitarist/vocalist Emily Rose, bassist Kliph Scurlock, and drummer Tygh Runyan (former drummer for The Flaming Lips). If Emily Rose looks and sound familiar, that’s because she previously drummed for Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin, but in 2015, she started her own band Blue Rose Rounders, but later changed it to Emily Rose and the Rounders.

They’re a good live band, after all, being the last show on the tour, they have the timing and fog machine down to a T.

Even though the tour is for their new album Peacock Pools, only a handful of songs were played from the new record, which included “ Nikki Go Sudden”, “Lights of The City”, and “The Walk - Song For Amy”. It’s understandable, as Pink Mountaintop’s last album was over eight years ago (Get Back in 2014), so the group played a selection of tracks from their discography.

Pink Mountaintops’ latest album, Peacock Pools, is available now on ATO Records.

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Tiffany at Turf Club, St Paul (19 May 2022)

Read More Tiffany I remember in 1987, there were two princess of pop ruling the radio airwaves: Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. Tiffany was known for her cover songs, the first was Tommy James and the Shondells’ “I Think We're Alone Now” ....

Amy sent in her report at the iconic 80s pop singer Tiffany, in a “weird” appearance at the Turf Club in St Paul on Thursday night.

She said the band came in late, and barely did a soundcheck. They had some problems with their keyboard player, so he didn’t show up at the show. The set felt it was cut short, Amy said it was only about 40 minutes with no encore.

They covered The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” and closed out their set with Tommy James and the Shondells’ “I Think We’re Alone Now”.

Remaining Tour Dates:

06/03/22 Station 4 Dallas, TX
06/05/22 EKU Center for the Arts Richmond, KY
06/10/22 Riverside, MO
07/02/22 Eastridge Mall Gastonia, NC
08/05/22 Opera House Laconia, NH
08/13/22 New Market Chesterfield, MO
08/19/22 Centennial Center Park Centennial, CO
08/20/22 Queen Mary Long Beach, CA
08/27/22 Charles County Fair La Plata, MD
09/10/22 Suquamish Clearwater Casino, WA
09/11/22 Colony, TX
09/23/22 Events Park Broken Arrow, OK
09/24, 2022 Tempe Beach Park Tempe, AZ
09/30/22 Houston, TX
10/01/22 Arlington Music Hall Arlington, TX
10/16/22 Memphis, TN
10/17/22 San Antonio, TX

Tiffany at Turf Club, St Paul (19 May 2022)

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Hatchie at Turf Club, St Paul (15 May 2022)

Hatchie Setlist Don't Leave Me in the Rain This Enchanted Obsessed Try Take My Hand Giving the World Away Without a Blush Stay With Me Crush (Jennifer Paige cover) Quicksand The Rhythm Lights On Her Own Heart Sure Caroline Loveglow Setlist Blue Arcade Happy Happy Foxy Strawberry (Set shorten to 15 mins due to late start) Read More Hatchie Hatchie’s new album Giving the World Away is out now on Secretly Canadian. Caroline Loveglow to open. …

Australian musician Hatchie is back on tour, stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on Sunday, May 15th.

Opening the show was Los Angeles’ Caroline Loveglow. She normally plays a 30 min set, but unfortunately, due to starting really late from the original schedule, it would seem she cut the set short under 15 minutes. That’s just the logical conclusion, it could be that she wasn’t feeling very well. I couldn’t tell, as she hardly spoke. She made one announcement, telling us the title to her song “Happy Happy”, and that the guitarist on stage with her was called Layne, her best friend.

Loveglow’s debut LP Strawberry is out now on 100% Electronica, and based on the brief set, it does sound a little electronica/dream pop.

Although most Hatchie (Harriette Pilbeam) fans came across the artist with her debut single, “Try” (which she played early in her set to some very enthusiastic fans in the front of the stage), she started her music career as singer and bassist of Babaganouj and Go Violets. We mentioned this in Sept 2019 and she played the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis: “Although she was still influenced by The Ramones and Tiger Trap, she wanted to “try” something different, and so she wrote “Try” in 2015 and eventually the song got picked up by Triple J Unearthed. The whole journey took her to meet her hero Cocteau Twins’ Robin Gutherie (who remixed “Sure”) and led her to being signed to Double Double Whammy and Ivy League Records.”

With Hatchie’s new album Giving the World Away (Secretly Canadian) out now and we heard the songs performed live, it would seem that she’s mixing shoegazing elements with a little electronica dance. She mentioned that she was inspired by St Etienne, and even Kylie Minogue, so perhaps Giving the World Away might be her most accessible album yet.

As you can see from the setlist, near the end of her set, she played a block of new Giving the World Away singles: “Quicksand”, “The Rhythm”, and “Lights On”, before returning to some old favorites to end her set.

Hatchie’s new album Giving the World Away is out now on Secretly Canadian.

Remaining tour dates:

05/19/22 Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
05/20/22 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
05/21/22 Seattle, WA - Neumos
05/23/22 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
05/25/22 San Diego, CA - Casbah
05/26/22 Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room
08/26/22 Adelaide, SA, Australia Jive
08/27/22 Perth, WA, Australia Magnet House
09/02/22 Marrickville, NSW, Australia The Factory Theatre
09/03/22 Brisbane, QLD, Australia The Triffid
09/09/22 Richmond, VIC, Australia Corner Hotel
09/12/22 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique, AB Club
09/13/22 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso
09/14/22 Cologne, Germany Yuca
09/16/22 Stockholm, Sweden Nalen Klubb
09/17/22 Copenhagen, Denmark Ideal Bar, VEGA
09/19/22 Berlin, Germany Badehaus
09/23/22 Paris, France Le Pop-Up du Label
09/25/22 Bristol, UK Louisiana
09/26/22 Manchester, UK YES
09/27/22 London, UK Village Underground
11/08/22 Melbourne, VIC, Australia Forum Melbourne
11/10/22 Sydney, NSW, Australia Hordern Pavilion
11/11/22 Brisbane, QLD, Australia The Fortitude Music Hall

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Hatchie at Turf Club, St Paul (15 May 2022)

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Sir Chloe at Turf Club, St Paul (14 May 2022)

Setlist July Untie You Animal Daddy's Car Mercy Should I Company Michelle Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince cover) Home Where I Am the Dog Sedona Feel Again -- Encore -- Easy on You Cake Too Close Read More Sir Chloe Sir Chloe, who recently appeared with alt-J in March 2022 at the Armory, is returning as headliner at the Turf Club in St Paul this May 14th. … Moon Kissed Moon Kissed to open the show. We caught the band in Nov 2021 and wrote, “Moon Kissed (Leah, Emily and Khaya) started their set with “Money Mouth”… and proceeded to play every song they’ve ever written. …

New York’s Sir Chloe just headlined the Turf Club in St Paul on Saturday, May 14.

Opening the show was Moon Kissed. The trio (Leah, Emily and Khaya) is ending their tour in support of their sophomore album I’d Like To Tell You Something Important, and you can tell that they are going to miss being on stage.

Seeing them perform in Nov 2021 and seeing them perform live at the Turf Club, there is a certain happiness in the band when they win over the crowd or get the audience to dance with them. They just love playing, and you can see it when they give it their all.

Like their last appearance, singer Leah has a thing for dancing on the bar at every show they play… and it’s no difference with the Turf, as she climbed the Turf Club’s bar and jumped around laughing and smiling.

Comparing their two live shows, which were only six months apart, they’ve changed up their setlist. Now they play prerecorded audio diaries before some of their songs, such as “Lost It”. The spoken word recording reminded me of early riot grrrl themes, like Chia Pet’s “I don’t need to be ‘asking for it’” from their song “Hey Baby”.

While it’s sad to see Moon Kissed go, they’ll be playing a few live shows in Brooklyn, and they’re already set to play Riot Fest 2022.

Sir Chloe is the name that Dana Foote’s mother almost gave her. In the final year at Bennington College in Vermont, Foote formed Sir Chloe. They signed with Los Angeles-based imprint Terrible Records, and released their debut EP Party Favors.

The young musician had a massive breakout hit single, “Animal” (over 12 million views), and “Michelle” also seeing massive numbers.

Currently the band is Dana Foote as band leader, guitarist and producer Teddy O’Mara, drummer Palmer Foote (her brother), and bassist Austin Holmes.

Dana mentioned that their song “Mercy” is not yet released. She didn’t explain more, but I can tell you that it is going to be a single off her forthcoming major label debut with Atlantic Records.

Highlight of their set was a cover of “Nothing Compares 2 U”, which is fitting for the Twin Cities, as the song was written by Prince for The Family. It wasn’t until Sinéad O’Connor covered the relatively obscure song that it became a massive global hit (to this day, people still think it’s an O’Connor song).

Look for Sir Chloe’s forthcoming debut album from Atlantic Records sometime in the near future.

Remaining tour dates:

May 16 Denver, CO, US Meow Wolf Denver
May 17 Salt Lake City, UT, US Kilby Court
May 19 Portland, OR, US Polaris Hall
May 20 Vancouver, BC, Canada Fox Cabaret
May 21 Seattle, WA, US Barboza
May 23 San Francisco, CA, US August Hall
May 26 San Diego, CA, US Quartyard
May 27 Santa Ana, CA, US Constellation Room
May 28 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US

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Sir Chloe at Turf Club, St Paul (14 May 2022)

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Anais Mitchell at Turf Club, St Paul (01 May 2022)

Anaïs Mitchell Setlist Real World Bright Star Brooklyn Bridge On Your Way (Felix Song) Flowers (Eurydice's Song) Wedding Song Coming Down Wilderland Young Man in America O My Star! The Words Revenant Backroads Little Big Girl -- Encore -- Out of Pawn Watershed Samantha Crain Setlist The River Bloomsday Songs in the Night Elk City Santa Fey An Echo Read More Anaïs Mitchell Anaïs Mitchell was put together to encourage voter engagement drive in conjunction with the League of Women Voters. The “Use Your Voice Tour 2016,” produced by Columbia Artists .... Samantha Crain Samantha Crain is a Choctaw Indian singer-songwriter from Shawnee, OK. She has self-produced recordings, but today marks her debut on Ramseur Records. The Confiscation …

Vermont singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell headlined the Turf Club in St Paul on May 1st.

Samantha Crain opened the show. We’ve been writing about Crain since July 2008, describing her music as, “The Confiscation EP is a remarkable 5-song "music novella" with each song telling a different story; from the press release, Crain says, "Every second, everybody is being fulfilled or robbed, and when that happens, there is a story. Everybody has a story and they are stories of redemption or they are stories of betrayal."”

Crain only played a few songs on her set… but between each song, she took her time tuning her one guitar. When she realized it was so quiet between her songs, she told us that she saw Jeff Tweedy from Wilco play solo. When he does, he has a semi-circle of various guitars, pre-tuned. On a Saturday night, Crain, when she’s feeling “frisky”, she would fantasize being in the center of that circle of guitars.

Before “Elk City” was played, she told us how the song came to be. She stopped in a diner and a local woman there told Crain the story of her life. At that time, Crain also trying to learn how to play “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” by Richard Thompson, but could never figure it out. “The guy has like 14 f***king fingers or something.” But what she did figure, she used to write “Elk City”.

A fan in the audience requested “Santa Fey”, which she happily played, right before her finale, “An Echo”.

Anaïs Mitchell is currently touring in support of her self-titled album… when she’s not jamming with Bonny Light Horseman (featuring Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman), of course. You see, the night before, she was rocking at First Avenue. Mitchell jokingly said she was doing a First Avenue tour around the city.

Mitchell’s full band features Josh Kaufman on guitars, JT Bates on drums, and Michael Lewis on bass… perhaps Eric D. Johnson was somewhere around, considering that the band is basically Bonny Light Horseman.

During the lock-down, Mitchell took the year off to learn to play piano… which she demonstrated for the song “Brooklyn Bridge”.

There was a long, heart-felt dedication to fellow musician Felix McTeigue for “On Your Own”. The two started playing music around the same time, and became friends. They would open for each other at shows, and the two had always meant to write a song together. It never happened, as McTeigue unexpected died in 2020.

In an interview, Mitchell gave us more insight, “We briefly had the same manager in our early ‘hustling days’ of trying to get a songwriter career going. I can picture us playing at the old Living Room on the lower east side, and me being one of five people in Felix’s audience, and vice versa. Felix was really fearless and present, he always had a guitar on his back, he was always writing something, he loved the act of just rushing headlong into writing, recording, not overthinking it. It’s a lesson I’ll return to for the rest of my life.”

Mitchell is one of Time’s “100 Most Influential People of 2020” and NPR calling her “one of the greatest songwriters of her generation” … find out why at one of her shows.

Anaïs Mitchell’s self-titled is available now on BMG.

Remaining tour dates:

5/04 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
5/05 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
5/07 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
5/09 - Los Angeles, CA - Masonic Lodge
8/11 - Gothenburg, SE - Way Out West
8/13 - Rees, GER - Haldern Pop Festival
8/27 - Buckinghamshire, UK - Towersey Festival
8/29 - Cork, IE - St Luke’s
8/30 - Dublin, IE - Pepper Canister Church
8/31 - Liverpool, UK - Philharmonic Music Hall
9/01- Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
9/01-9/04 Salisbury, UK - End of the Road Festival
9/04 - Birmingham, UK - Moseley Folk Festival
11/3 - Berlin, DE - Lido
11/4 - Hamburg, DE - Mojo
11/8 - Paris, FR - Les Etoiles
11/9 - Brussels, BE - Botanique
11/11 - Manchester, UK - YES
11/12 - Glasgow, UK - St. Luke’s
11/13 - Newcastle, UK - Newcastle University
11/14 - Bristol, UK - Fleece
11/15 - London, UK - KOKO

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