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R.I.P. Angelo Badalamenti (film composer- Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, more)

Twin Peaks soundtrack / Booth and The Bad Angel  Read More Twin Peaks So a little information about Julee Cruise's involvement with Twin Peaks: she was working for Angelo Badalamenti as a talent scout in the mid 80s. Badalamenti was already working with David Lynch on his film Blue Velvet …

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The gifted composer Angelo Badalamenti, best known for Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, and other works by director David Lynch, has passed away at the age of 85.

He died on Sunday at his home in Lincoln Park, N.J., his niece Frances confirmed today, though further details and a cause of death, were not revealed.

Angelo Daniel Badalamenti was born on March 22, 1937, in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, the second of four children of John, a fish market owner, and Leonora Badalamenti, a seamstress. Starting piano lessons at age eight, he soon quit, preferring instead to play stickball outdoors with his friends, but took it up again at his brother’s insistence and came to appreciate it more when girls would admire his playing. He would attend the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., later earning a master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music in 1960.

As a mark of early success, Nina Simone recorded some of his first songs, including 1965’s “I Hold No Grudge,” and Nancy Wilson sang 1968’s “Face It, Girl, It’s Over”, and he would move to film work beginning with 1973’s “Gordon’s War”.

Badalamenti would be called in by David Lynch as a vocal coach for actress Isabella Rossellini on the set of “Blue Velvet” and the rest would be history.

His best-known work was the “Twin Peaks” theme, which won the 1990 Grammy for best instrumental pop performance and remains one of the best-known television themes. He and Lynch would prove a magical combination, working on films “Wild at Heart” (1990), “Lost Highway” (1997), “The Straight Story” (1999), and “Mulholland Drive” (2001). Five iterations of “Twin Peaks” would be in total, including film “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” (1992) and an 18-episode TV sequel (2017).

Not just content with his David Lynch soundtracks, Badalamenti also wrote for a wide variety of movies, among them “Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” (1987), “The Comfort of Strangers” (1990), “Naked in New York” (1993), “The City of Lost Children” (1995), “A Very Long Engagement” (2004), “The Wicker Man” (2006) and “Stalingrad” (2013) among many others.

One of our favorite Badalamenti projects is Booth and The Bad Angel – an alternative pop project with singer Tim Booth from UK band James, and whose first album appeared in 1996.  His death comes mere months after associated singer Julee Cruise.  

He is survived by his wife, Lonny with whom he had two children- his daughter, Danielle (son, André died in 2012) and four grandchildren.

Twin Peaks 2022 deaths:

[11 Dec 2022] Angelo Badalamenti (American film and television composer for Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet), 85 Angelo Badalamenti, the acclaimed David Lynch composer who went from teaching in junior high school in Brooklyn to creating haunting, ethereal music for the filmmaker’s Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive, has died. He was 85.  ... via hollywoodreporter.com

[02 Dec 2022] Al Strobel (American actor for Twin Peaks), 83 Al Strobel, who played Phillip Michael Gerard (aka Mike) (the One Arm Man) in David Lynch and Mark Frost’s “Twin Peaks”, passed away on Friday at the age of 83. ... via darkhorizons.com

[05 Jul 2022] Lenny Von Dohlen (American actor for Twin Peaks), 63 Lenny Von Dohlen, who played Harold Smith on the hit series “Twin Peaks,” died on Tuesday, his agent confirmed to Variety. He was 63. ... via variety.com

[09 Jun 2022] Julee Cruise (American singer, musician and actress), 65, suicide Julee Cruise, the singer-songwriter best known for collaborations with David (Twin Peaks) Lynch, Angelo Badalamenti, and The B-52’s has passed away at the age of 65. ... via weheartmusic.com

[05 May 2022] Kenneth Welsh (Canadian actor for Twin Peaks), 80, cancer Prolific Canadian actor Kenneth Welsh has died after a decades-long career on stage, television and the big screen. He was 80. ... via cbc.ca

[11 Apr 2022] Gary Bullock (American actor for Twin Peaks), 80 Bullock died on April 11, 2022, at the age of 80 ... via wikipedia.org

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R.I.P. Julee Cruise - David (Twin Peaks) Lynch, The B-52's singer / collaborator

JULEE CRUISE - Falling single Read More Twin Peaks So a little information about Julee Cruise's involvement with Twin Peaks: she was working for Angelo Badalamenti as a talent scout in the mid 80s. Badalamenti was already working with David Lynch on his film Blue Velvet and they needed a song fans...

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Julee Cruise, the singer-songwriter best known for collaborations with David (Twin Peaks) Lynch, Angelo Badalamenti, and The B-52’s has passed away at the age of 65.

Her husband, author and editor Edward Grinnan released the news on social media, writing:

“She left this realm on her own terms. No regrets. She is at peace … I played her [The B-52’s song] ‘Roam’ during her transition. Now she will roam forever. Rest in peace, my love”.

Cruise released four of her own dream-pop albums, with her first release being the most iconic as “Falling” was used as the introductory music in the influential TV series, Twin Peaks, with Lynch penning lyrics for the song.

Cruise was born in Iowa in 1956, studied French horn at Drake University, and performed in Minneapolis with the Children’s Theater Company, soon after finding success in the movie industry the mid-80’s, starting with working on the soundtrack to Lynch’s film, Blue Velvet.

In 1991, she covered Elvis Presley’s “Summer Kisses, Winter Tears” for Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World soundtrack, among other contributions. Cruise also performed with other artists, stepping in for Cindy Wilson of The B-52’s from 1992 to 1999, and also performed with Bobby McFerrin’s improv vocal group Voicestra/CircleSong.

She sang alongside Pharrell on Handsome Boy Modeling School’s 2004 song “Class System” and her final album was a collaboration with Deee-lite’s DJ Dmitry on 2011’s My Secret Life. In 2018, Cruise released Three Demos, early recordings cut with Lynch and Badalamenti containing initial versions of “Floating,” “The World Spins,” and “Falling.”

Cause of death has yet to be determined, though previous postings said she was suffering from systemic lupus with increasing difficulty walking and standing.

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Minneapolis: May 26 to May 31, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from May 26 to May 31, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Chromatics at First Avenue Read More Chromatics They’re still using the orchestra soundtrack from Angelo Badalamenti (including the theme song), but they’ve updated their music selection. The pilot ended with Chromatics playing ‘Shadow’, while the second with Minneapolis’ The Cactus ....

CHROMATICS
+ Desire, In Mirrors
First Avenue
Thu 05/30/2019 (7pm/$23)
first-avenue.com

David Lynch’s favorite band Chromatics will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on May 30th. If you love hypnotic singing and melodies and synthpop and Twin Peaks, you really need to check out Chromatics next Thursday.

The Portland, Oregon band features Ruth Radelet (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Adam Miller (guitar, vocoder), Nat Walker (drums, synthesizer), and Johnny Jewel (producer, multi-instrumentalist).

Montreal’s Desire to open. The group is fronted by Megan Louise sings in French and English over Italo Disco laced Dream Pop.

Also Canada’s In Mirrors is also on the bill.

Tour dates:

05/11/2019 – Emo’s - Austin, TX
05/12/2019 – White Oak Music Hall - Houston, TX
05/13/2019 – Republic NOLA - New Orleans, LA
05/15/2019 – Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
05/17/2019 – Royale - Boston, MA
05/19/2019 – Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
05/20/2019 – Brooklyn Steel - Brooklyn, NY *
05/21/2019 – Brooklyn Steel - Brooklyn, NY
05/22/2019 – The 9:30 Club - Washington, DC *
05/24/2019 – Higher Ground - South Burlington, VT *
05/25/2019 – SAT - Montreal, QC *
05/27/2019 – Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON *
05/28/2019 – Majestic Theater - Detroit
05/30/2019 – First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
05/31/2019 – Park West - Chicago, IL
06/04/2019 – The Palace - Calgary, AB
06/06/2019 – Vogue Theater - Vancouver, BC
06/07/2019 – Showbox - Seattle, WA
06/08/2019 – Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
06/09/2019 – Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
06/11/2019 – Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA
06/12/2019 – Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA
10/04/2019 - Copenhagen- The Grey Hall
10/05/2019 - Stockholm - Berns
10/07/2019 - Oslo - Rockefeller Music Hall
10/09/2019 - Berlin - Astra Kulturhaus
10/11/2019 - Vilnius - Art Factory Loft
10/12/2019 - Warsaw - Praga Centrum
10/14/2019 - Vienna - Arena
10/16/2019 - Prague - MeetFactory &
10/17/2019 - Munich - Muffathalle
10/19/2019 - Cologne - Carlswerk Victoria
10/22/2019 - Dublin - Vicar Street
10/23/2019 - Manchester - Albert Hall
10/24/2019 - Glasgow - SWG3
10/26/2019 - Bristol - Anson Rooms
10/27/2019 - London - The Roundhouse
10/29/2019 - Antwerp - Trix
10/30/2019 - Amsterdam - Paradiso

Other shows in the area:

Original Sin at 7th Street Robert Robinson at Dakota Jazz Club Frenship at Fine Line Ages and Ages at 7th Street Operators at Turf Club Nick Murphy at First Ave Jillian Rae Aly & AJ 2019 Tour Skeletonwitch 2019 Tour Read More Operators Operators is the project of Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits). Their debut album Blue Wave will come out April 1st on Last Gang Records... but you can preview these new songs on this upcoming 7th Street Entry ...

ORIGINAL SIN
+ various
7th St Entry
Sun 05/26/2019 (7:30pm/$20)
first-avenue.com

Newcastle’s drum & bass favorites Original Sin (aka Adam Tindall) will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry on May 26th.

DJ’s to open the show:

Easyrider

Modest

DJ Squiggles

Chemosit

Brace

Kaspa

Manny Vibes

Hyde

ROBERT ROBINSON
Dakota Jazz Club
Mon 05/27/2019 (7pm/$30)
dakotacooks.com

Dubbed as “Minnesota's Master Male Vocalist” by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and “Minnesota's Best Male Vocalist” by Citypages, Robert Robinson will demonstrate his talent at the Dakota Jazz Club this Monday, May 27th.

In other Robinson news, he recently raised over $21k to help keep the singer’s home and paying off health issue-related debt.

BREAKING NEWS: WE HAVE REACHED AND EXCEEDED OUR GOAL OF $20,000!

All thanks to the overwhelming generosity of Anna Vagle and the St. Joan of Arc Choir, concert attendees, and gofundme contributors at Robert’s Love Concert on Sunday. We raised over $16,000 in one day, plus the previous donations of $5,000 = $21,000+!!!

gofundme.com/robert-robinson039s-keep-singing

FRENSHIP
+ Glades
Fine Line Music Cafe
Tue 05/28/2019 (7pm/$16)
finelinemusic.com

Platinum-selling duo Frenship will be stopping by the Fine Line Music Café on Tuesday, May 28th, in support of their debut LP Vacation.

Glades to open.

Tour dates:

May 18 San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine
May 20 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
May 21 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
May 23 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
May 28 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
May 29 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
May 31 Toronto, ON @ The Velvet Underground
June 1 Albany, NY @ Lucky Strike Social
June 2 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
June 3 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
June 5 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
June 6 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
June 7 Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle
June 8 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
June 10 New Orleans, LA @ Hi Ho Lounge
June 11 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
June 14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
June 15 San Diego, CA @ Music Box

AGES AND AGES
+ Kyle Emerson
7th St Entry
Wed 05/29/2019 (7pm/$10)
first-avenue.com

Ages and Ages is back with their new album Me You They We. Their 2019 will take them to the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Wednesday, May 29th.

Tour dates:

5/24 - The Bartlett - Spokane, WA
5/25 - The Filling Station - Bozeman, MT
5/28 - Total Drag Records - Sioux Falls, SD
5/29 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN
5/30 - Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI
5/31- Schubas Tavern - Chicago, IL
6/1 - Rumba Café - Columbus, OH
6/2 - Club Café - Pittsburgh, PA
6/4 - Rough Trade - Brooklyn, NY
6/5- Boot & Saddle - Philadelphia, PA
6/6 - Songbyrd - Washington, DC
6/7- MOTR Pub - Cincinnati, OH
6/8 - Lo-Fi Lounge - Indianapolis, IN
6/9 - Levitt AMP Galva Music Series - Galva, IL

OPERATORS
+ Doomsquad
Turf Club
Wed 05/29/2019 (7pm/$14)
turfclub.net

Synth-pop band Operators is touring in support of their forthcoming sophomore album Radiant Dawn (Last Gang Records).

Toronto’s electro-psych sibling trio Doomsquad to open.

Tour dates:

5/28 - Chicago, IL- Lincoln Hall
5/29 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
5/31 - Winnipeg, MB - Good Will
6/1 - Saskatoon, SK - Capitol
6/3 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite
6/4 - Calgary, AB - Commonwealth
6/6 - Victoria, BC - Upstairs
6/7 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune
6/8 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune
6/9 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
6/10 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
6/12 - San Francisco, CA - Independent
6/13 - Los Angeles CA - Teragram
6/14 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
6/15 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
6/17 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
6/18 - Denver, CO - Lost Lake
6/19 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
6/20 - Dallas, TX - Three Links
6/21 - Austin, TX - 3TEN ACL Live
6/22 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
6/24 - Atlanta, GA - Earl
6/25 - Nashville, TN - High Watt

NICK MURPHY (CHET FAKER)
First Avenue
Fri 05/31/2019 (8pm/$31)
first-avenue.com

Nick Murphy, formerly known as Chet Faker, is releasing and billing shows under his own name. Run Fast Sleep Naked is the latest release from this acclaimed singer / producer / multi-instrumentalist.

Murphy will stop by First Avenue’s mainroom this May 31st.

Tour dates:

May 11 Bunbury, Australia - Groovin The Moo
May 14 Sydney, Australia - The Enmore
May 18 Darwin, Australia - Bass in the Grass Festival
May 29 Chicago, IL - Metro
May 31 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Jun 01 Winnipeg, MN - The Garrick
Jun 04 Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
Jun 06 Calgary, AB - Palace Theatre
Jun 08 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
Jun 09 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
Jun 11 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
Jun 12 Seattle, WA - Neptune Theater
Jun 14 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Jun 15 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Jun 18 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
Jun 20 Ogden, UT - Ogden Twilight
Jun 21 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
Jun 29 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
Jun 30 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall

JILLIAN RAE
+ Graveyard Club, Humbird
Cedar Cultural Center
Fri 05/31/2019 (7pm/$14)
thecedar.org

Local singer Jillian Rae is having an album release show for I Can't Be The One You Want Me To Be at the Cedar Cultural Center this May 31th.

Tour dates:

May 18 @ Sovereignty Studios, Minneapolis MN
May 31 @ The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis MN
June 7 @ Law Office Bar & Hall, Yorkville IL
June 8 @ Marquette Waterfront Festival, Madison WI
June 9 - To Be Announced
June 16 @ 'Land of the Loon' Festival, Virginia MN
July 5 @ Charmont Hotel, La Crosse WI
July 13 @ St. Mane Theater, Lanesboro MN
July 26 @ 'Palmfest' at Palmer's Bar, Minneapolis MN
Aug 4 @ 'River City Days' Festival, Red Wing MN
Aug 17 @ Lake Harriet Bandshell, Minneapolis MN
Aug 23 @ Mortimer's, Minneapolis MN

ALY & AJ
Varsity Theater
Fri 05/31/2019 (6:30pm/$25)
varsitytheater.com

Sister duo Aly & AJ will be stopping by the Varsity Theater, in support of their new five-track record Sanctuary.

Tour dates:

May 12 2019 Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC
May 14 2019 The Wellmont Theater - Montclair, NJ
May 16 2019 Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY
May 17 2019 Higher Ground - Burlington, VT
May 18 2019 Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA
May 19 2019 Irving Plaza - New York, NY
May 21 2019 Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
May 22 2019 The Fillmore Silver Spring - Silver Spring, MD
May 24 2019 Heaven at the Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
May 25 2019 Cannery Ballroom -Nashville, TN
May 28 2019 House of Blues Cleveland - Cleveland, OH
May 29 2019 Majestic Theatre - Detroit, MI
May 30 2019 Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
May 31 2019 Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN

SKELETONWITCH
+ Soft Kill, Martyrdöd, and Wiegedood
Turf Club
Fri 05/31/2019 (7pm/$20)
turfclub.net

Black metal band Skeletonwitch is headlining the Turf Club on Friday, May 31st.

Tour dates:

May 11 - Tampa - Crowbar
May 12 - Gainesville - The Atlantic
May 13 - Savannah - The Jinx
May 15 - New Orleans - Gasa Gasa
May 16 - Houston - White Oak Music Hall
May 17 - Austin - Barracuda
May 18 - Dallas - Curtain Club
May 20 - Phoenix - Rebel Lounge
May 21 - San Diego - Brick by Brick
May 22 - Los Angeles - Teragram Ballroom
May 23 - San Francisco - The Independent
May 24 - Portland - Bossanova Ballroom
May 25 - Seattle - The Crocodile
May 27 - Salt Lake City - Metro
May 29 - Denver - Marquis Theater
May 30 - Lawrence - The Bottleneck
May 31 - Minneapolis - Turf Club
June 1 - Chicago - Lincoln Hall
June 2 - Indianapolis - Hi-Fi
June 3 - Columbus - Ace of Cups

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Twin Peaks: The Return

Read More Twin Peaks So a little information about Julee Cruise's involvement with Twin Peaks: she was working for Angelo Badalamenti as a talent scout in the mid 80s. Badalamenti was already working with David Lynch on his film Blue Velvet and they needed a song …

Are you guys watching the new David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks? I grew up on the original series, so I’m really happy it’s back on the air, even though it’s been 26 years later.

Most of the original cast is back, but there are a couple of new additions, including Naomi Watts (reprising the same looks from Mulholland Drive) and the ever awkward and strange Michael Cera (he looks like he’s learning and reading his line live).

So far, an hour long pilot and two episodes have aired. I have to say, it’s really weird. People don’t act like this, yet, in the world of Twin Peaks, is accepted as normal.

I can’t quite figure out what is exactly happening, but I think FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is trapped in the Black Lodge while his doppelganger is in the real world, causing havoc. It made me want to re-visit the original series (I only own Season 1 on DVD).

They’re still using the orchestra soundtrack from Angelo Badalamenti (including the theme song), but they’ve updated their music selection. The pilot ended with Chromatics playing ‘Shadow’, while the second with Minneapolis’ The Cactus Blossoms singing ‘Mississippi’, and finally all-girls trio Au Revoir Simone with ‘Lark’.

Can’t wait to see which other bands make it on the new Twin Peaks show... perhaps Julee Cruise to return to show the kids how it’s done? Maybe it will be the final song, as you know the song ‘Falling’ is the lyrical version of the ‘Twin Peaks Theme Song’.

Overall, great music choices from visionary David Lynch. The next airing is Sunday, June 4, 2017.

Now for some Twin Peaks-related news:

FESTIVAL OF DISRUPTION
festivalofdisruption.com

Perhaps looking at some bands appearing at Festival of Disruption (at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles on October 14-15, 2017), might clue us on any future Twin Peaks appearance. This music festival is curated by non-other than David Lynch. Net proceeds will benefit the David Lynch Foundation.

So far these bands will appear at Festival of Disruption: Bon Iver, The Kills, TV On The Radio, Sharon Van Etten, Laura Marling, and Reggie Watts.

In addition to music, there’s also:

DJs: Moby, Shepard Fairey

Talks: Kristine McKenna: Ed Ruscha, Bill Pullman, Sheryl Lee, Pete Holmes, Twin Peaks Collaborators: Duwayne Dunham, Dean Hurley, Johanna Ray & Gary D'Amico

Films: Lost Highway, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Don't Look At Me, Rare David Lynch shorts

Meditation: Brian Eno's Reflection, Bob Roth

Exhibits: William Eggleston, David Lynch, Polaroid Photobooth

Tickets goes on sale on June 2nd.

ANGELO BADALAMENTI
angelobadalamenti.com

The original Twin Peaks score by Angelo Badalamenti was re-issued last year (ahead of the much-anticipated new Twin Peaks series). The record was back in print for the first time in 25 years and sold out everywhere on a 425gsm gatefold sleeve.

Recently, another Badalamenti is getting the reissue treatment: Blue Velvet Soundtrack, available for the first time in 30 years. The record came out May 19th, 2017, via Varèse Sarabande, but you can still get a copy on varesesarabande.com.

If you didn’t know, Blue Velvet was the first musical collaboration between director Lynch and Badalamenti. The score is described as “juxtaposed with Lynch’s use of early pop tunes, creating an unsettling effect that complemented the movie perfectly.” Also, early collaboration with Julee Cruise can be found on the soundtrack.

TWIN PEAKS
twinpeaksdudes.com

Nothing to do with David Lynch, this Chicago band Twin Peaks is currently on tour. I’ve previously mentioned that I’m not happy with their name choice (it’s confusing!), and even unhappier to learn that they didn’t know about the TV show when they named the band. Despite this, I think Lynch gave his blessing for the band to continue to use the name.

Tour dates:

06/03 - Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
06/06 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
06/07 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony
06/08 - New York, NY @ A2IM Awards Show
06/09 - Providence, RI @ Fete Lounge
06/10 - Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom
06/16 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
06/17 - Kingston, NY @ BSP Kingston
06/20 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
06/21 - Ottawa, ON @ Zaphod Beeblebrox
06/23 - Toronto, ON @ NXNE Port Lands
06/24 - Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall
09/10 - Peoria, IL @ Limelight Eventplex
09/11 - Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
09/13 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
09/14 - Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theater
09/15 - Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theater
09/16 - Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theater

LUXEMBOURG SIGNAL
theluxembourgsignal.com

Dreampop/indie band Luxembourg Signal just released their new single ‘Laura Palmer’ (you know, wrapped in plastic...), taken from their forthcoming Blue Field album via Shelflife Records (set for this Fall 2017).

The seven piece band (Beth Arzy & Betsy Moyer on vocals, Johnny Joyner on guitars, Brian Espinosa on drums, Ginny Pitchford on keyboards, Kelly Davis on guitars, and Daniel Kumiega on bass)

‘Laura Palmer’ is available June 23rd on limited edition 7" vinyl and digital formats... you can preview the song on soundcloud.com.

JUMPITER
jumpiter.bandcamp.com

Brooklyn’s Jumpiter (aka Sean Schuyler) has covered the famous ‘Twin Peaks Theme’.

You can’t really buy it and the only way to hear it is via youtube.com

Details from the YouTube page:

Written by Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch ©1990
Produced and Performed by Sean Schuyler ©2017
jumpiter.bandcamp.com // facebook.com/jumpiter

Although, technically the David Lynch credit is correct, the actual music is by Badalamenti alone (Lynch only contributed to the lyrics - which can be heard on the song ‘Falling’ by Julee Cruise).

AKIRA THE DON
akirathedon.com

We wrote about Akira the Don (aka Adam Narkiewicz) in Feb 2008 when he remixed The Crimea.

Now we’re mentioning him again with his ‘Twin Peaks Theme Song’ re-work. As he explained it:

Because you expected no less, I humbly present to you my damn fine version of the classic TWIN PEAKS theme.

I've been working on this on and off for about 5 years. Look out for a vocal version featuring H-Town legend Fat Tony and myself rapping our asses off shortly.

LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
ATD

Hear the song on soundcloud.com

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Minneapolis: October 8, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on October 8, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Teenage Moods Teenage Moods and Travoramo Fa Fa Fa. Tour Dates Aug 20 Slim's San Francisco, CA Aug 26 Turf Club St Paul, MN Aug 27 Lyric Room Green Bay, WI …

BOMBINO
at Cedar Cultural Center
Saturday, 10/08/16, 7pm ($22/$25)
thecedar.org

Internationally acclaimed musician Bombino will be stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center on Saturday, October 8th.

The Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter from Niger will be playing some tracks from his new third studio album Azel (Partisan Records)

Local garage/power pop band Teenage Moods to open.

Tour Dates

10/03/16 Albuquerque, NM The Dirty Bourbon
10/04/16 El Prado, NM Taos Mesa Brewing
10/07/16 Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/08/16 Minneapolis, MN Cedar
10/09/16 Chicago, IL Martyrs'
10/14/16 Desert Daze
10/22/16 Ramblin' Roots Festival
10/23/16 The Hague, Paard van Troje
10/25/16 Darmstadt, Centralstation
10/27/16 Monte Carlo, Grimaldi Forum
10/28/16 Amersfoort, Fluor
10/29/16 Ghent, Belgium Centrale
10/30/16 Rotterdam, Netherlands Bird
11/03/16 Rouen, France Le 106
11/05/16 Bourgoin Jallieu, France SMAC Les

Read More Twin Peaks This is the Chicago Twin Peaks band... I wonder if they will get sued once Showtime start their David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks production in 2016? ...

TWIN PEAKS
at 7th Street Entry
Saturday, 10/08/16, 8pm ($13/$15)
first-avenue.com

The last time we saw Chicago’s Twin Peaks, they played a much bigger venue opening for Cage the Elephant in June 2016. They, of course, jokingly said, “We used to play across the street all the time [referring to their various 7th Street Entry appearances], so we’re not used to this small place.”

Twin Peaks is back in town, this time headlining the 7th Street Entry, and in support of their recent album Down in Heaven (Grand Jury).

White Reaper and Modern Vices to open.

Twin Peaks Tour Dates:

10/08 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry*
11/10 - Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
11/11 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
11/12 - Champaign, IL @ The Accord
12/01- Detroit, MI @ El Club~
12/02 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop~
12/03 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace~
12/07 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair~
12/08 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer~
12/09 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall~
12/13 - Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5~
12/14 - Nashville, TN @ Exit In~
12/16 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall~
12/17 - Chicago, IL @ Metro~

* = w/White Reaper & Modern Vices
~ = w/ together PANGEA & Golden Daze

Read More Seratones Fresh off their tour with Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Louisiana’s Seratones will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul this Friday. The date was originally not listed …

SERATONES
at 7th Street Entry
Saturday, 10/08/16, 8pm ($10)
turfclub.net

Louisiana’s Seratones is back in town to celebrate their debut album Get Gone. We caught the band in May 2016 and wrote, “Though sometimes compared to Alabama Shakes, the band is purposely more rough around the edges, and adds more of a garage punk/blues trait to their music, for the comparisons to run too deep.”

Whiskey Rock 'n' Roll Club and Daniel & The Real Feels to open.

Tour Dates

10/5/16 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe
10/6/16 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
10/7/16 Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle
10/8/16 St. Paul, MN - The Turf Club
10/9/16 Milwaukee, WI - Colectivo - Prospect Cafe
10/12/16 Columbus, OH - Big Room Bar
10/13/16 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
10/14/16 Philadelphia, PA - MilkBoy
10/15/16 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
10/18/16 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
10/19/16 Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory
10/20/16 Washington DC - DC9
10/21/16 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle Back Room
10/22/16 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10/25/16 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10/27/16 Oxford, MS - Proud Larry's
10/28-30/16 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Festival
10/29/16 Jackson, MS - Duling Hall
11/2/16 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves
11/11/16 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
11/12/16 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
11/13/16 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
11/14/16 Brussels, Belgium - AB Club
11/15/16 Rouen, France - Le 106
11/17/16 La Roche-Sur Yon, France - Fuzz Yon
11/18/16 Orleans, France - L'Astrolabe
11/19/16 Reims, France - Cartonerie

* with St. Paul and The Broken Bones

Read More Tyrone Wells Before I get to Tyrone Wells, I'll have to tell you that his audience, based on that night, they seem to all be college girls. If you don't believe me, just look at the picture that's used on his website ...

TONY LUCCA / ALEX DEZEN
at Triple Rock Social Club
Saturday, 10/08/16, 7:30pm ($16/$18)
triplerocksocialclub.com

The upcoming Tony Lucca and Alex Dezen (of The Damnwells) co-headlining “Heads or Tails Tour” (with Christian Lopez) will be taking place at the Triple Rock Social Club, in Minneapolis, this Saturday, October 8th.

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Tony Lucca will then team up with Tyrone Wells on October 21st.

Tony Lucca tour date:

10/3/16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Café
10/4/16 – Columbus, OH – Rumba Café
10/7/16 – Chicago, IL – City Winery
10/8/16 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
10/9/16 – Cedar Falls, IA – Cedar Valley
10/21/16 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
11/4/16 – Dallas, TX – Kessler
11/5/16 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Jr.
11/6/16 – Houston, TX – HOB Bronze Peacock
11/9/16 – Denver, CO – Soiled Dove
11/11/16 – Spokane, WA – Bartlett
11/12/16 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
11/13/16 – Seattle, WA – Triple Door
11/16/16 – San Francisco, CA – Chapel
11/17/16 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho
11/18/16 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
11/19/16 – S Juan Capistrano, CA – Coach House

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Cage the Elephant at U.S. Bank Theater, Minneapolis (10 Jun 2016)

Setlist Cry Baby In One Ear Spiderhead Take It Or Leave It Aberdeen Too Late to Say Goodbye Cold Cold Cold Trouble Ain't No Rest for the Wicked Mess Around Punchin' Bag Telescope Back Against the Wall It's Just Forever Come a Little Closer -- Encore -- Cigarette Daydreams Shake Me Down Teeth Tour Dates 06/11/16 In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT 06/14/16 Crocodile Cafe Seattle, WA 06/15/16 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR 06/17/16 Slim's San Francisco, CA 06/18/16 Troubadour West Hollywood, CA 06/21/16 House of Blues San Diego, CA 06/24/16 House of Blues Dallas, TX 06/25/16 House of Blues Houston , TX 06/28/16 12th & Porter Nashville, TN 07/16/16 Elitch Gardens Denver, CO Read More Cage the Elephant Cage the Elephant – Come a Little Closer Apparently there’s no rest for the wicked, as the KY band is back on tour. They’ll be stopping by the U.S. Bank Theater at Target Center on June 10th, in support of their fourth studio album Tell Me I’m Pretty. … Portugal. The Man Portugal. The Man's frontman John Gourley recall working on his seventh album, Evil Friends , as a collaboration with Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton). According to Gourley, "I walked into his [Danger Mouse] place … Twin Peaks This is the Chicago Twin Peaks band... I wonder if they will get sued once Showtime start their David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks production in 2016? ...

Grammy-nominated rock band Cage the Elephant just headlined the U.S. Bank Theater (inside the Target Center) in Minneapolis on Friday night, June 10th.

Twin Peaks

Opening the show was Chicago’s Twin Peaks. The band joked, “We used to play across the street all the time [referring to their various 7th Street Entry appearances], so we’re not used to this small place.”

Since we last saw the band at the 7th Street Entry, they had a lot more songs, especially because they now have three albums under their collective belts: Sunken (Autumn Tone), Wild Onion (Grand Jury), and their latest Down In Heaven (Grand Jury).

Majority of their 30-min set consists of Down In Heaven songs, including their latest single, ‘Butterfly’. Also, once again, lead vocals were traded by the three guitarists: Cadien, Clay, and Jack.

Portugal the Man

Portugal. The Man was next on the bill, playing a full hour long set. It’s been a rather long time since we saw the Alaskan band in 2013 (when they were touring for their last album Evil Friends on Atlantic Records)... but based on seeing a hype man on stage (which we later learned that he is Chris Black), I can only speculate that their forthcoming Gloomin + Doomin will be more hip-hop based. This is confirmed because rapper Mac Miller and Mike D (from The Beastie Boys) were involved in making the new record.

There weren’t any ‘hip hop’ styled songs on this set, so we’re not sure if they previewed some new songs... many of their songs were of the dance-variety from Evil Friends, such as ‘Hip Hop Kids’ and closer ‘Purple Yellow Red and Blue’.

Cage the Elephant

Since we saw Cage the Elephant last year, we described singer Matthew Shultz as something of “a younger Mick Jagger or Scott Weiland”. As with their last appearance, Shultz never stopped moving or dancing or jumping up and down. His energy was so impossibly high that it’s hard to believe he’s human! This is especially impressive, because Shultz maintained an amazing vocal output.

New songs from their fourth studio album Tell Me I’m Pretty were sprinkled in with fan favorite tracks like ‘Take It or Leave It’ (done early in the set) and personally I feel was their biggest hit song ‘Ain't No Rest for the Wicked’ (done midset).

New songs like ‘Too Late to Say Goodbye’ and ‘Cold Cold Cold’ were surprisingly well-received from the fans, as you can clearly see them singing along to the catchy lyrics.

By the time their latest hit song ‘Mess Around’ was played, the mostly younger audience started taking their chance with body surfing for the remaining show.

Cage the Elephant proved that they are one of the best live bands touring today, thanks to Matthew Shultz’ impressive high-energy performance and their many catchy hit songs (all those #1 singles on the Billboard charts can’t be a coincidence).

Tell Me I’m Pretty is out now on RCA Records.

Cage the Elephant at US Bank Theater, Minneapolis (10 Jun 2016)

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Minneapolis: June 8 to June 10, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from June 8 to June 10, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More JMSN Los Angeles' Christian Berishaj, or otherwise known as his stage name JMSN ('Jameson') released his JMSN (Blue Album) last December 9, 2014, via White Room Records. …

JMSN
at 7th Street Entry
Wednesday, 06/08/16, 8pm ($12/$14)
first-avenue.com

Detroit-born, Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter/producer JMSN (aka Christian Berishaj) is touring in support of his latest album It is (White Room Records).

We have already previously mentioned his self-titled album (affectionately known as ‘the Blue Album’) and that 2015 tour in January 2015, but this time, he’ll be touring in the Summer instead of the harsh Winter.

Tiffany Gouché will open.

North American Tour Dates:

05/31/16 Montreal, QC Theatre Fairmount
06/01/16 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
06/03/16 Detroit, MI Populux Music Hall
06/04/16 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
06/05/16 Pittsburgh, PA Club Cafe
06/06/16 Indianapolis, IN The Hi Fi
06/08/16 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
06/09/16 Chicago, IL Double Door
06/10/16 St. Louis, MO The Demo
06/11/16 Springfield, MO The Outland
06/12/16 Oklahoma City, OK 89th Street
06/14/16 Denver, CO Lost Lake Lounge
06/15/16 Fort Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
06/16/16 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
06/17/16 Boise, ID Reef
06/18/16 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
06/19/16 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
06/20/16 Vancouver, BC Alexander Gastown
06/22/16 San Francisco, CA The Independent
06/24/16 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst

Read More Royal Canoe There is a complexity to their music, such as in the album’s title track or the single, ‘Bathtubs’ that still comes off as easy and palatable to the ear, despite the “everything including …

PLANTS AND ANIMALS
at 7th Street Entry
Thursday, 06/09/16, 8pm ($12)
first-avenue.com

Plants and Animals’ first album in four years Waltzed In From The Rumbling (Secret City Records) came out earlier this year. All the critics have agreed that the new record is “something beautiful”, “wildly and wonderfully”, and “beautiful clarity”.

The Montreal band will tour in support of the new album in the USA this June.

Winnipeg’s six-piece ensemble Royal Canoe to open. We previously caught the Canadian band in June 2014 and wrote, “There is a complexity to their music, such as in the album’s title track or the single, ‘Bathtubs’ that still comes off as easy and palatable to the ear, despite the “everything including the kitchen sink” sound of it all, that is more than a little outside most simplistic pop on mainstream radio. Successfully received at last fall’s Iceland Airwaves, these experimental sound benders are worthy of further attention.”

Royal Canoe will release Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit on September 16, via Nevado Music (home to Deap Vally, The Dead Ships, Gringo Star and more). Expect a preview of those new songs on this upcoming tour.

US Tour Dates:

June 8 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
June 9 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
June 13 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
June 14 - Calgary, AB @ Marquee Beer Market and Stage
June 15 - Nelson, BC @ Spiritbar at the Hume Hotel
June 16 - Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial
June 17 - Victoria, BC @ Sugar Nightclub
June 18 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
June 21 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
June 23 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
June 24 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Bootleg
* All shows with Royal Canoe

Read More Cage the Elephant Cage the Elephant – Come a Little Closer The rising Kentucky band in support of third album Melophobia (RCA Records), has embarked on an extensive North American Spring tour… Portugal. The Man Portugal. The Man's frontman John Gourley recall working on his seventh album, Evil Friends , as a collaboration with Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton). According to Gourley, "I walked into his [Danger Mouse] place … Twin Peaks This is the Chicago Twin Peaks band... I wonder if they will get sued once Showtime start their David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks production in 2016? ...

CAGE THE ELEPHANT
at U.S. Bank Theater (Target Center)
Friday, 06/10/16, 6pm ($29.50 - $45)
targetcenter.com

What can I say? Grammy-nominated rock band Cage the Elephant has made it to the big times years ago... but I’ll been praising the band since 2009 when I was blown away at how great their debut self-titled album was... citing ‘Ain't No Rest For The Wicked’ as one of my favorite song of 2009.

Apparently there’s no rest for the wicked, as the KY band is back on tour. They’ll be stopping by the U.S. Bank Theater at Target Center on June 10th, in support of their fourth studio album Tell Me I’m Pretty. The lead single ‘Mess Around’ landed the band #1 on the Alternative chart (their sixth #1). Other bands that achieved more than five #1 includes Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Green Day, R.E.M.... so they are in really great company.

Cage The Elephant consists of singer Matt Shultz, guitarist Brad Shultz, bassist Daniel Tichenor, and drummer Jared Champion.

Portugal. The Man is a great choice as opener. We previously saw the band in 2013 and wrote, “If you like dancing, check out Portugal. The Man on tour.”

Chicago’s Twin Peaks is also on the bill. Their latest record Down In Heaven is out now.

Cage the Elephant tour dates:

6/3 Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center^
6/4 Cleveland, OH @ Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica^
6/5 Columbus, OH @ EXPRESS LIVE!^
6/7 Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion%
6/8 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave%
6/10 Minneapolis, MN @ U.S. Bank Theater ^
6/11 Madison, WI @ Coliseum^
6/14 Calgary, AB @ Calgary Stampede Corral^
6/15 Edmonton, AB @ Shaw Conference Centre^
6/17 Vancouver, BC @ PNE Forum^
6/18 Portland, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield^
6/19 Seattle, WA @ WaMu Theater^
6/21 Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium%
6/22 San Diego, CA @ Valley View Casino Center%
6/23 San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic%
6/25 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint ^
6/26 Phoenix, AZ @ Gila River Arena^

*with Portugal. The Man + Broncho
^with Portugal. The Man + Twin Peaks
%with Portugal. The Man

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Minneapolis: September 22, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on September 22, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Beach House One thing about Beach House that stands out above the rest is their mysterious stage performance. Victoria belts out her exquisite lyrics from under her infamous locks of hair, always keeping the crowd …

BEACH HOUSE
at First Avenue
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 7:30pm ($25/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Don't have a ticket to this sold out Beach House show next Tuesday, September 22nd? No problem, there are still some tickets available for their second night, September 23rd.

Jessica Pratt to open. You may recall that we previously mentioned that she was in town last July at the Cedar Cultural Center. She will be showcasing some tracks from her latest album On Your Own Love Again, available now on Drag City.

Tour dates:

09/17 in Columbus, OH at Newport Music Hall*
09/18 in Cincinnati, OH at Bogart's*
09/19 in Royal Oak, MI at Royal Oak Music Theatre*
09/21 in Milwaukee, WI at Pabst Theatre*
09/22 in Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue*
09/23 in Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue*
09/25 in Omaha, NE at Slowdown*
09/26 in Lawrence, KS at Liberty Hall*
09/27 in St. Louis, MO at The Pageant*
09/28 in Memphis, TN at Minglewood Hall*
09/29 in Tulsa, OK at Cain's Ballroom*
10/03 in Birmingham, AL at Saturn*
10/04 in Nashville, TN at Ryman Auditorium*
10/06 in Atlanta, GA at Buckhead Theatre*
10/07 in Asheville, NC at Orange Peel*
10/08 in Saxaphahaw, NC at Haw River Ballroom*

*all dates with Jessica Pratt

Read More Ibeyi French Cuban twins, Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz (daughters of the late Cuban percussion Anga Díaz), are known on stage as Ibeyi. They announced their first ever North American tour ...

IBEYI
at Mill City Nights
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 8pm ($20)
millcitynights.com

NPR named Ibeyi's album as one of their "25 Favorite Albums of 2015" and also named Ibeyi one of their "Favorite Artists of 2015."

We previously caught the twin sisters (Naomi and Lisa-Kainde Diaz) at the Cedar Cultural Center last March 2015, and wrote, "The combination of vocals, traditional Cuban instruments, and electronic loops/beats, gave Ibeyi's music a broad appeal to both old and young world music fans."

Viktor Taiwo to open.

Tour dates:

09/18/15 Mayan Theatre Los Angeles
09/19/15 Symbiosis Gathering Oakdale
09/22/15 Mill City Nights Minneapolis
09/23/15 Thalia Hall Chicago
09/24/15 The Ready Room St Louis
09/26/15 Mercy Lounge Nashville
09/27/15 Terminal West Atlanta
09/28/15 Haw River Ballroom Graham
09/30/15 9:30 Club Washington
10/02/15 Webster Hall New York
10/03/15 Royale Boston
10/04/15 Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre Montreal
10/09/15 Ancienne Belgique Brussels
10/10/15 La Cartonnerie Reims
10/12/15 Le Trianon Paris
10/13/15 La Vapeur Dijon
10/14/15 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Nancy
10/16/15 Ouest Park Festival Le Havre
11/02/15 Concorde 2 Brighton
11/03/15 Koko London
11/04/15 Trinity Bristol
11/06/15 Oobleck Birmingham
11/07/15 Brudenell Leeds
11/08/15 Gorilla Manchester
11/10/15 King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut Glasgow
11/18/15 Le Bikini Toulouse
11/19/15 Paloma Nimes
11/20/15 Théâtre de Villefranche Villefranche Sur SaÔne
12/08/15 Melkweg Oude Zaal Amsterdam
12/09/15 Mojo Club Hamburg
12/11/15 Kesselhaus Berlin
12/12/15 Kantine Cologne
12/13/15 Technikum Münich

Read More Man Man Man Man, the alt-experimentalists from Philadelphia are back on the road after a stint with Gogol Bordello, in support of their latest, last year’s On Oni Pond (ANTI- Records). …

MAN MAN
at Turf Club
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 7:30pm ($16)
turfclub.net

We caught Man Man at a music festival in 2009, and they were clearly the stand-out highlight of that show. The high energy band will be back in Twin Cities on September 22nd at the Turf Club.

Like we have previously mentioned last year, the band is still touring in support of On Oni Pond (ANTI- Records).

Shilpa Ray to open. If the name sounded familiar, she used to be in a "Goth burlesque"-esque band called Shilpa Ray and her Happy Hookers. Since going solo, she's released three albums - her latest Last Year's Savage is out now on Northern Spy Records.

Tour dates:

09/14/15 Petaluma, CA Lagunitas Brewing Co
09/15/15 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
09/16/15 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
09/17/15 Vancouver, BC Venue
09/18/15 Seattle, WA Neumos
09/19/15 Spokane, WA The Bartlett
09/22/15 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club
09/23/15 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
09/24/15 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop
09/25/15 Harrisburg, PA The Abbey Bar
09/26/15 Rocktown Beer & Music Festival
10/18/15 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl

Read More Wavves After a brief intermission, fellow So Cal garage punk/pop cohorts Wavves blasted in with an equally relentless 52min set (no encore, apparently not ‘punk’ to do so). “Idiot” appropriately started their set ..… Twin Peaks This is the Chicago Twin Peaks band... I wonder if they will get sued once Showtime start their David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks production in 2016? ...

WAVVES
at Varsity Theater
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 6pm ($20)
varsitytheater.org

The last time we saw Wavves, it was in 2013 and we wrote, "Other highlights included “Sail to the Sun” and “Green Eyes”, ending with a jagged cover of Sonic Youth’s “100%” and ”Post Acid”, that left both band members and crowd exhausted, but exhilarated."

Chicago's Twin Peaks (no relationship to David Lynch) is possibly the other co-headliner.

Since you're all familiar with Wavves and Twin Peaks, let me tell you about the other two other bands:

Recently, Bay Area quartet SWMRS (Swimmers) released their debut single "Miley", which i-D Magazine described as "the most punk tribute to Miley Cyrus ever." Singer Cole Becker explained, "I was trying to explore my relationship to Miley Cyrus as this person who has been a presence in my life since I was really young. I feel like I grew up with her... I think it's just the fact that she does exactly what she wants. I think it's really rare to see somebody doing that. She's a business commodity, but seems to have maintained a lot of creative autonomy, which I think is super punk rock. And the fact that she's standing up for sexual freedom and gender fluidity - I think that's really important, and something that not a lot of pop stars are doing."

Steep Leans is the solo project of songwriter Gray Somers. He recently signed to Ghost Ramp and released his debut LP, Grips On Heat, which Noisey is currently streaming the album from now until it's release date on September 18th (in four days).

Wavves Tour Dates:

09/08/15 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune *
09/09/15 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
09/10/15 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's *
09/11/15 - Orange County, CA @ Constellation *
09/12/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *
09/14/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom *
09/15/15 - San Diego, CA @ North Park *
09/16/15 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
09/18/15 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk *
09/19/15 - Dallas, TX @ Prophet *
09/20/15 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada *
09/21/15 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre $
09/22/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity $
09/24/15 - Milwaukee @ Rave $
09/25/15 - Chicago, IL @ The Vic $
09/26/15 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre $
09/27/15 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House $
09/29/15 - Columbus, OH @ Newport $
09/30/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA $
10/02/15 - Brooklyn, NY @ St Vitus $
10/03/15 - New Haven, CT @ College Street $
10/05/15 - Boston, MA @ Paradise $
10/06/15 - New York, NY @ Irving $
10/07/15 - Washington DC @ 930 Club $
10/08/15 - Chapel Hill @ Local 506 $
10/09/15 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt $
10/11/15 - Houston, TX @ HOB Peacock $

* w/ Twin Peaks and Swimmers
$ w/ Twin Peaks and Steep Leans

Read More Empress Of Lorely Rodriguez, otherwise known as Empress Of, was just in Minneapolis a few weeks ago opening up for Jungle. She seemed quite at home on stage, singing and dancing …

EMPRESS OF
at 7th Street Entry
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 7:30pm ($10)
first-avenue.com

We randomly caught Empress Of (aka Lorely Rodriguez) when she opened up for Kimbra in Rocktober 2014. Well Rodriguez is back, this time in support of her latest Me album.

Abra and Cruel Love to open the show.

"Me & You" tour dates:

09/16/15 Allston, MA Great Scott
09/17/15 POP Montréal
09/18/15 Toronto, ON Drake Hotel
09/19/15 Waterloo, ON Starlight Social Club
09/20/15 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
09/22/15 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
09/25/15 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
09/27/15 Portland, OR Holocene
09/29/15 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
10/01/15 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
10/02/15 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
10/03/15 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace
10/05/15 Austin, TX The Mohawk
10/06/15 Houston, TX Rudyard's
10/09/15 III Points Festival
10/10/15 St. Petersburg, FL The Bends
10/11/15 Atlanta, GA Eyedrum
10/12/15 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle - Back Room
10/13/15 Norfolk, VA The Parlor On Granby
10/14/15 Washington, DC DC9
10/28/15 Cambridge Cambridge Junction
10/29/15 London Roundhouse
11/01/15 Antwerp, Belgium Muziekcentrum Trix
11/02/15 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Den Atelier
11/04/15 Cologne, Germany Kulturkirche
11/05/15 Prague, Czech Republic Roxy Prague
11/06/15 Warsaw, Poland Proxima
11/08/15 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser Medis
11/09/15 Oslo, Norway Rockefeller Music Hall
11/10/15 Copenhagen, Denmark Amager Bio
11/11/15 Berlin, Germany Berghain
11/12/15 Milan, Italy Tunnel
11/14/15 Madrid, Spain Joy Eslava

Read More Miracles of Modern Science Mean Dreams Miracles of Modern Science Original Release Date: August 14, 2015 Copyright: 2015 Miracles of Modern Science Total Length: 31:57 ...

MIRACLES OF MODERN SCIENCE
at Honey
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 08:45pm ($5)
honeympls.com

New York's Chamber Pop band Miracles of Modern Science will be at Honey on September 22nd to promote their latest Mean Dreams album.

Also appearing: Treading North and Lunar Bedrooms. Both local bands have odd self-description, with Treading North as "dream funk" and Luna Bedrooms as "ghost pop."

I'm a big fan of sissy rock, myself.

Tour dates:

09/14 Rendezvous (Seattle, WA)
09/15 The Railway Club (Vancouver, BC)
09/17 Tom Grainey's (Boise, ID)
09/18 The Garage on Beck (Salt Lake City, UT)
09/19 Tuft Theater @ Swallow Hill (Denver, CO)
09/22 Honey (Minneapolis, MN)
09/23 Lion's Pause, St Olaf College (Northfield, MN)
09/25 The Hideout (Chicago, IL)
09/26 Midpoint Music Festival (Cincinnati, OH)
09/30 Maiden Alley Cinema (Paducah, KY)
10/01 Springwater Supper Club (Nashville, TN)
10/03 Silver Dollar Room (Toronto, ON)
10/05 Flour City Station (Rochester, NY)

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Twin Peaks at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (19 May 2015)

Stereo Confession Setlist No Coast Waveless Memory Lanes Fright Night (New Song) Getting Out Alone Hang Ten Video Games Sick Twin Peaks Tour Dates May 20 - Sioux Falls, SD @ Total Drag May 22 - May 25 - George, WA @ Sasquatch May 27 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios May 29 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones May 30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Jewels Catch One June 2 - Las Vegas, NV @ Bunkhouse Saloon June 4 - Austin, TX @ Red 7 June 5 - San Antonio, TX @ 502 Bar June 6 - June 7 - Free Press Summer Fest June 17 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Brillobox June 18 - June 21 - Firefly Music Festival Read More Twin Peaks This is the Chicago Twin Peaks band... I wonder if they will get sued once Showtime start their David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks production in 2016? ... Stereo Confession Susstones Records recently announced that they've added Minneapolis' Stereo Confession to their roster. The high school garage-punk band is described as …

It was a really good turnout for Twin Peaks at the 7th Street Entry last night. According to one of the singers, Cadien, "We've been here, like, seven times."

Stereo Confession

Starting off the evening was local band Stereo Confession, straight out of Southwest High School. I wrote about them in September 2014, so I was pretty excited to see what they were all about.

After their first song, "No Coast", the very young band experienced problem with their amp, forcing them to stop to get it fixed. After a few minutes, they continued their set.

Singer/guitarist Max Timander ends all of his sentences with the word "cool" and would often thrash around on stage. During their last song, "Sick", Timander landed into the audience area and played/squirmed on the dance floor... all that in thirty minutes.

As you can see from their setlist, which was written on a receipt for cheese curds, they played most of their No Coast debut album... but throwing in a new song called "Fright Night".

Modern Vices

Next up was Chicago-based quintet Modern Vices. Relatively new band, all the band members were under 21 (as were all the bands on this bill).

The so-called "dirty doo-wop" band played about 30 minutes of material from their self-titled debut album (Autumn Tone Records), including their set finale "Smoke Rings".

I've said that I've had problems with the name Twin Peaks, as it is confusing with the David Lynch weird television show. The two have nothing to do with each other, and, in fact, the band had no idea it was a show. I have been told that Lynch is a fan of the Chicago band's music, so it is probably less likely that the band will be sued.

You can tell right away when the band took the 7th Street Entry stage that they don't take themselves too seriously by the way they talk and play their instruments. Their music is more like garage/surf, sounds like if they had three Ty Segall playing lead guitars. Vocals were traded by the three guitarists Cadien, Clay, and Jack. They also had a drummer called Connor and an unnamed keyboardist/guitarist.

The band played most of their hit songs/singles, including "Making Breakfast", "Flavor", "Good Lovin'" and "I Found a New Way".

With a 99% underage audience (everyone had "X" written on their hands), the high-energy songs got them to mosh in the center of the floor... which at this point, I had to get out of there. I'm just too old for this, way too old for The Wombats as well.

Twin Peaks' Wild Onion is out now on Grand Jury. They band continues their tour to a sold out show at Total Drag in Sioux Falls, South Dakota tonight (May 20th).

Twin Peaks at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (19 May 2015)

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Minneapolis: May 17 - May 19, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area for May 17 to May 19, 2015.

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Read More George Clinton The major headliners are pretty popular (George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, Michael Franti and Spearhead & The Neville Brothers), but it ....

GEORGE CLINTON
at The Cabooze
Sunday 05/17/15, 8:30pm ($25/Sold Out)
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The funkmaster George Clinton is back with his band Parliament Funkadelic at the Cabooze in Minneapolis on May 17th, as part of their 40th Anniversary as a band.

It's been a long time since Parliament Funkadelic, as noted by Clinton, "It’s been 33 years since a legitimate Funkadelic record, The Electric Spanking of the War Babies, has been out. A lot of it is from the band, but I also have everybody from my kids and grandkids to Sly Stone, Kim Burrell and El DeBarge on there. It's a package!!!!"

Tour dates:

May 8 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
May 14 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
May 15 - Chicago, IL - Arcada Theater
May 16 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theater
May 17 - Minneapolis, MN - The Cabooze
May 28 - San Antonio, TX - Aztec
May 29 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
May 30 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
Jun 5 - Charlotte, NC - Amos
Jun 6 - Columbia, MD - Capital Jazz Festival
Jun 20 - Hammond, IN - Horseshoe Casino
Jul 9 - Rochester, NY - Party in the Park
Jul 10 - Detroit, MI - Chene Park
Jul 15 - New York, NY - Summerstage
Jul 16 - Brooklyn, NY - BAM
Jul 16 - Newark, NJ - NJPAC
Jul 18 - Hartford, CT - Infinity Hall
Jul 19 - Huntington, NY - Paramount Theater
Aug 19 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
Aug 20 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
Aug 21 - Tucson, AZ - Fox Theater
Aug 22 - Albuquerque, NM - Westside Outdoor Stage
Aug 23 - Denver, CO - The Ogden

Read More Ivan & Alyosha Seattle's Ivan & Alyosha was in really good spirit, commenting on the "highly celebratory excitment" and "the Minnesotan Lutherans" in the audience …. especially because this was on a Monday night. ....

IVAN & ALYOSHA
at 7th Street Entry
Monday 05/18/15, 7:30pm ($12)
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Seattle's Ivan & Alyosha is back in Minneapolis at the 7th Street Entry on May 18th. The last time I saw this band, I was rather impressed by the turnout.

The quintet is touring in support of their sophomore album It's All Just Pretend, available now.

Kris Orlowski set to open the show.

Tour dates:

May 13 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
May 14 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
May 15 - Salt Lake City, UT - State Room
May 16 - Denver, CO - Lost Lake Lounge
May 18 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
May 19 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
May 21 - Toronto, ON - Silver Dollar
May 22 - Montreal, QC - Cada Del Popolo
May 23 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt
May 24 - Hamden, CT - The Ballroom
May 26 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 27 - Boston, MA - TT The Bear's Place
May 28 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
May 29 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
May 30 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
May 31 - Atlanta, GA - Park Tavern
June 2 - Nashville, TN - High Watt
June 3 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn
June 5 - Dallas, TX - Three Links
June 6 - Austin, TX - Holy Mountain
June 8 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
June 9 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
June 11 - Los Angeles, CA - Roxy
June 12 - San Francisco, CA - Independent

Read More Twin Peaks This is the Chicago Twin Peaks band... I wonder if they will get sued once Showtime start their David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks production in 2016? ... Stereo Confession Susstones Records recently announced that they've added Minneapolis' Stereo Confession to their roster. The high school garage-punk band is described as …

TWIN PEAKS
at 7th Street Entry
Tuesday 05/19/15, 7:30pm ($11)
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Chicago's Twin Peaks (not to be confused with the television show) is playing the 7th Street Entry on Tuesday, May 19th.

The band is out on tour in support of their latest album Wild Onion, out now on Grand Jury. Expect them to play songs from this album.

Opening up the show will be Chicago's Modern Vices and Minneapolis' Stereo Confession.

Tour dates:

May 19 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
May 20 - Sioux Falls, SD @ Total Drag
May 22 - May 25 - George, WA @ Sasquatch
May 27 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
May 29 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones
May 30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Jewels Catch One
June 2 - Las Vegas, NV @ Bunkhouse Saloon
June 4 - Austin, TX @ Red 7
June 5 - San Antonio, TX @ 502 Bar
June 6 - June 7 - Free Press Summer Fest
June 17 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Brillobox
June 18 - June 21 - Firefly Music Festival

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