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

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

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Yumi Zouma at Turf Club, St Paul (22 Apr 2022)

Yumi Zouma Setlist Southwark Crush (It's Late, Just Stay) Truer Than Ever Powder Blue / Cascine Park Where The Light Used To Lay Cool For a Second Right Track, Wrong Man In Camera Depths (Part I) Give It Hell In the Eyes of Our Love December Mona Lisa Astral Projection -- Encore -- Bruise The Brae Mini Trees Setlist Moments In Between Carrying On Cracks in the Pavement Want Me to Stay Slip Away Doomsday Underwater Otherwise Spring Read More Yumi Zouma New Zealand-born Yumi Zouma is touring in support of their fourth album Present Tense (Polyvinyl Records). The North American tour will begin April 7th, with guest NoSo. JORDANN will join the tour for April 16-17, Mini Trees from .... Mini Trees Los Angeles based Lexi Vega’s solo musical project Mini Trees announced that she will be releasing a debut album on Run For Cover Records. The yet-to-be titled album is set to release this fall. ....

New Zealand alternative pop band Yumi Zouma headlined the Turf Club in St Paul on Friday, April 22nd, 2022.

On their first appearance in the area, Los Angeles based Mini Trees thanked the audience for showing up early to hear them play.

We wrote about the band in July 2021, saying that it was Lexi Vega’s solo musical project, and they will be releasing a debut album on Run For Cover Records. At that time, we actually didn’t know the title of her album… well I would like to report that the album is called Always In Motion, and the band played songs from that debut album… including “Carrying On” and “Cracks in the Pavement”.

Many of Lexi’s songs are reflection of being a mix race of Cuban-born father and Japanese-American mother, and her perspective through her identity… never quite fitting in, growing up in suburban southern California.

The group ended their set with their first single, “Spring”, which they jokingly hoped that Minnesota could one day enjoy (it’s been an absolutely miserably cold spring).

Yumi Zouma (singer Christie Simpson, bass/guitarist Josh Burgess, guitar/bassist Charlie Ryder, and drummer Olivia Campion) closed out the show. The band had this great set decoration of fake plastic plants and a neon sign with the band’s name logo. Surround them were five LED light sticks that were magnetically attached to mic stands. The lights were controlled by a phone app, but it might have been pre-programmed or would sync with the music… it was cool.

The band started playing concerts around their city, Christchurch. They wrote music together via emails, since by some of the band members were not in Christchurch, around their early days. Cascine Records caught wind of the band, and signed them in 2016. By 2020, Yumi Zouma signed with Polyvinyl Record Co. and Inertia Music for the release of their third album Truth or Consequences.

This brings us to their latest album, Present Tense, which the New Zealand band played many of their songs, including “Astral Projection”, which singer Christie Simpson described as “about leaning into bad feelings and the mixed results it brings. Learning to sit with the reality of a relationship not working out as you hoped. Looking towards the future and knowing there will be others, there will be better times, but sitting in the present moment, trying to make peace with that.”

Since the show was on a Friday, the band played a little later and they played a little longer, than usual. In fact, even throwing in two songs for the encore.

Remaining tour dates

04/23 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck †
04/25 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater †
04/28 - Vancouver, BC - The Fox Cabaret §
04/29 - Seattle, WA – The Crocodile ‡
04/30 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios ‡
05/03 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent ‡
05/05 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy ‡
05/06 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah ‡

† w/Special Guest Mini Trees
§ w/Special Guest Nobel Oak
‡ w/Special Guest Beauty Queen

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I Am Kawehi at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-10-21)

Tour Dates 11/2 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel 11/3 Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall 11/5 Concord, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Stage 11/6 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East 11/9 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right 11/11 Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java 11/13 Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head On Stage Read More I Am Kawehi Hawaiian pop/electronic loop artist I Am Kawehi (pronounced Kuh-VAY-Hee) is currently on her “The Quarantine Sessions on Tour”… and she’ll be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on October 21st. .... Waiting For Smith Former ski instructor Waiting For Smith (singer/songwriter Harry Lloyd) to open. Tour Dates 10/12 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge 10/13 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door ....

Hawaiian-born, currently based in Lawrence, Kansas, Kawehi (Kawehi Wight), billed as I Am Kawehi, headlined the Turf Club in St Paul on October 21st.

Opening the show was British singer/songwriter Waiting for Smith (Harry Lloyd)… his first stop on this tour, directly from London. When asked about his odd stagename, he said it was named after his drummer, who never showed up for practice. I guess he’s still waiting.

The former ski instructor had a lot of stories, including the fact that he’s currently staying at a “haunted” monastery, and how he bought a new acoustic guitar in Minnesota (only to accidentally drop it when he was switching guitars).

Like Kawehi, Waiting for Smith is a one-person band, so it came to a point in his set, for “Trade It In”, that requires a trumpet player. Obviously, he didn’t have a trumpet nor a trumpet player, so he made trumpet sounds with his mouth. That was a highlight of his set. It was somewhat cringey … but it’s part of the charm.

Most of his set were original songs, except for a Lola Marsh cover, “Only For A Moment”. He really loves the song and encouraged everybody to watch the ping pong music video.

Around the 25 minute mark, Waiting for Smith announced that he was going to play his last song, however, he quickly had to backtrack, after hearing instructions from the man on the soundboard. He was told he had to stretch out his set…. So without a beat, he had to improvised a Neil Young cover of “Old Man”, complete with bad falsetto, of course.

When I Am Kawehi came on stage, the audience all moved to the front of the dance floor.

“Good, I don’t have to ask you guys to come up front!,” Kawehi said, as she started to introduce her hilarious first song called, “Thanks for Saying I Look Pregnant.”

She followed this up with a cover of Nine Inch Nail’s “Closer”, with the explicit lines, “I wanna f*** you like an animal, I wanna feel you from the inside.”

After she ended the song, she confessed, “My parents hates it when I play that song... Sorry, Mom!”

One of the most interesting thing about I Am Kawehi is that she produces all the music on stage, all live, whether it’s her own original songs, or covers, like Dua Lipa. How she does this is using a looper to play back sounds. For example, she might play a guitar chord and set it on loop, while she adds another layer with a different instrument. It’s quite interesting to see it live and worth checking out if you haven’t seen it for yourself.

She mentioned that she only started doing it because band members can be unreliable (see naming for Waiting for Smith). She laughed and added, however if the drums sucks, then she is to blame, not the drummer.

Check out I Am Kawehi’s “The Quarantine Sessions on Tour”.

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I Am Kawehi at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-10-21)

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Madison Cunningham at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-10-15)

10/15: Madison Cunningham at Turf Club   Setlist Last Boat To Freedom Beauty Into Clichés Trouble Found Me Dry as Sand Pin It Down All I've Ever Known Anywhere Hospital Broken Harvest Song in My Head Solo All at Once Higher Ground Life According to Raechel Like You Do L.A. (Looking Alive) In from Japan Something to Believe In -- Encore -- I Close My Eyes Read More Madison Cunningham Show up early to check out 21-year-old singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham. Cunningham recently covered Simon & Garfunkel’s “So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright” (see it on youtube). …

GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist Madison Cunningham headlined the Turf Club, in St Paul, on October 15th.

Turnout for the show was pretty terrific for a Friday, with S.G. Goodman taking the stage around 8:30pm. This was her first time here, and although she only played seven or eight songs, mostly from her debut album Old Time Feeling, she filled out the time nicely as she tends to ramble between songs.

We learn that she’s “legally obligated” to say her name seven times, as her manager thinks it’s good for name recognition. And as promised, she would continue to say her name throughout the show, including during the band introduction: Nick Harley on bass, Matt Rowan on guitars, and Stephen Montgomery on drums.

After her preultimate song, “Big Girl Now” was played, someone in the audience shouted out, “You’re S.G. Goodman!”, for which she thanked them and said, “I’m gonna count that as number six.” And, yes, she did ended her entire set by saying her name a seventh time, “I’m S.G. Goodman!”

Setlist

As part of the promotion for the Madison Cunningham concert, the show was recorded and broadcast on local radio station The Current… but as you can see from the setlist, it’s missing about half the set. The show was also special, for the fact, that it was Madison Cunningham’s post-birthday show (her birthdate was Oct 14).

Cunningham seemed eager to play live shows again and finally seeing her fans around the world again, looking at the filled dancefloor.

The Turf Club stage may be too small for her band, as there was only a small space for Cunningham, in the center, as she’s flanked on the side by various pre-tuned guitars on racks.

In the middle of her set, the band left to take a break, while Cunningham played a couple of solo songs, such as “All at Once”.

The encore song was “I Close My Eyes”, the intro track from her 2017 album Love, Lose, Remember.

Cunningham’s latest, Wednesday EP, is out now via Verve Forecast.

Remaining tour dates

Oct 17 Chicago, IL, US Schubas Tavern
Oct 18 Nashville, TN, US The Basement East
Oct 20 Asheville, NC, US The Grey Eagle
Oct 22 Charlottesville, VA, US The Southern Café
Oct 23 Washington, DC, US Miracle Theatre
Oct 24 Philadelphia, PA, US Johnny Brenda's
Oct 25 Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
Oct 27 Brooklyn, NY, US Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct 28 New York (NYC), NY, US Le Poisson Rouge
Oct 30 New York (NYC), NY, US Madison Square Garden
Oct 31 New York (NYC), NY, US Madison Square Garden
Nov 3 Montreal, QC, Canada Le Ministère
Nov 4 Toronto, ON, Canada Horseshoe Tavern
Nov 5 Cleveland, OH, US Beachland Ballroom
Nov 6 Ann Arbor, MI, US The Ark
Nov 17 Victoria, BC, Canada Royal Theatre
Nov 18 Vancouver, BC, Canada Vogue Theatre
Nov 19 Vancouver, BC, Canada Vogue Theatre
Nov 21 Kelowna, BC, Canada Kelowna Community Theatre
Nov 23 Edmonton, AB, Canada Winspear Centre
Nov 24 Red Deer, AB, Canada Memorial Centre
Nov 25 Calgary, AB, Canada Jack Singer Concert Hall, Arts Commons
Nov 26 Saskatoon, SK, Canada Coors Event Centre
Nov 27 Winnipeg, MB, Canada Burton Cummings Theatre

S.G. Goodman

S.G. Goodman

S.G. Goodman

Madison Cunningham

Madison Cunningham

Madison Cunningham at Turf Club, St Paul (2021-10-15)

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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

The Wants

The Wants

Nation of Language

Nation of Language

Nation of Language

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

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