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Minneapolis: August 5 to August 9, 2017

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Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 5 to August 9, 2017.

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BRYAN FERRY
at Palace Theatre
Saturday 08/05/17 (7pm/$57)
palacestpaul.com

Bryan Ferry will be headlining the Palace Theatre in St Paul this Saturday. The versatile English singer will probably play some Bob Dylan (seeing as it’s Minnesota!) from his Dylanesque record. Even if he doesn’t cover a Dylan tune, I know, for a fact, that Ferry will play classic Roxy Music songs - including my all-time favorite song ‘Love is the Drug’.

Show up early to check out pianist-singer/songwriter Judith Owen.

Tour Dates:

08/03/2017 Paramount Theatre Denver, CO
08/05/2017 Palace Theatre St. Paul, MN
08/07/2017 Burton Cummings Theatre Winnipeg, MB
08/09/2017 River Cree Resort Enoch, AB
08/11/2017 Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery Woodinville, WA
08/13/2017 Orpheum Vancouver, BC
08/15/2017 Arlene Schnitzer Portland, OR
08/17/2017 The Chelsea Las Vegas, NV
08/19/2017 Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara, CA
08/21/2017 Mountain Winery Saratoga, CA
08/23/2017 Humphrey's Concerts San Diego, CA
08/26/2017 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA
10/07/2017 Crocus City Hall Moscow, Russia
10/09/2017 Nordea Concert Hall Tallinn, Estonia
10/11/2017 Oktyabrskiy Concert Hall St. Petersburg, Russia

Read More Sylvan Esso Sylvan Esso have sold out. The band was recently in Minneapolis at the second annual 10 Thousand Sounds Music Festival, which we caught the "up-and-coming dreamy indie-folk duo" last year, when they only had a handful of songs.… Flock of Dimes Flock of Dimes is Jenn Wasner’s new musical project. Wasner, as you know, is probably more famous as being one half of Wye Oak. For the first Flock of Dimes tour, Wasner is offering unreleased …

SYLVAN ESSO
at First Avenue
Sunday 08/06/17 (7pm/$25/Sold Out)
Monday 08/07/17 (7pm/$25/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

The first time we saw Sylvan Esso in November 2013, we knew they were special from her Mountain Man days.

Sylvan Esso’s last MN show sold out, so it’s no surprise that the band sold out both dates at First Avenue.

Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner new project Flock of Dimes will open. We previously saw the band in October 2016 and noted that Dimes uses more synth and beats.

Tour Dates:

8/4 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall %
8/5 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
8/6 – Minneapolis, MN – First Ave %
8/7 - Minneapolis MN - First Avenue %
8/8 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium %
8/10 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre %
8/11 - Bellevue, CO - Mishawaka Amph %
8/12 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot %
8/13 - Missoula, MT – Traveler’s Rest
8/15 - Vancouver, BC – Commodore %
8/16 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom %
8/17 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom %
8/18 - Seattle, WA – Neptune $
8/19 - Seattle, WA – Neptune $
8/21 – Petaluma California – Lagunitas Brewing %
8/22 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater %
8/23 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater %
8/25 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium %
8/26 - San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park %
8/27 - Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren %
8/29 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater %
8/30 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek %
8/31 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall %
9/1 - New Orleans, LA - Civic Theater %
9/14 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theatre #
9/15 - Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theatre #
9/16 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE #
9/17 - Detroit, MI - Crofoot Ballroom #
9/19 - Columbus, OH - Express Live! #
9/20 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues #
9/21 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's #
9/22 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium #
9/23 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room #
9/25 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note #
9/26 - Kansas City, MO - CrossroadsKC #
9/28 - Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom #
9/29 - Asheville, NC - ExploreAsheville #
9/30 - Pittsboro, NC - Shakori Hills &
10/25 – Copenhagen, DK – Vega
10/26 – Berlin, DE – Astra Kulturhaus
10/27 – Cologne, DE – Kulturkirche
10/29 – Hamburg, DE – Mojo
10/30 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
11/1 – Munich, DE - Ampere
11/2 – Lausanne, CH – Les Docks
11/2-4 – Paris, FR – Pitchfork Music Festival
11/4 – Antwerp, BE – Trix
11/6 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute2
11/7 – Bristol, UK – SWX
11/8 – London, UK – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
11/10 – Liverpool, UK – Arts Club
11/11 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
11/12 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 TV Studio
11/13 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
11/14 – Dublin, IE – Tivoli Theater
3/2-6/18 – Punta Cana, DR – One Big Holiday @

* w/ Middle Kids
% w/ Flock of Dimes
$ w/ Dana Buoy
# w/ Helado Negro
& w/ Tune-Yards, Wye Oak, Helado Negro, Well$
@ w/ My Morning Jacket

Read More Echo & The Bunnymen I do love Echo & The Bunnymen, but not a massive fan, but I witness their breakup via Melody Maker and NME. When lead singer Ian McCulloch left the band to pursue a solo ...

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
at First Avenue
Wednesday 08/09/17 (7pm/$35)
first-avenue.com

Liverpool’s Echo and the Bunnymen is back at First Avenue this August 9th.

The current band line-up consists of original members Ian McCulloch (vocals, guitar) and Will Sergeant (guitar), plus touring members: Gordy Goudie (guitar), Stephen Brannan (bass), Jez Wing (keyboards), and Nick Kilroe (drums).

The band last released Meteorites in 2014 (which they did tour for the record in August 2014).

Experimental, post-rock, shoegaze band Ester Drang will open the show.... the band is one of Echo & the Bunnymen’s favorites, as they previously also opened up for the Bunnymen in September 2016.

Ester Drang’s been around for over twenty years, and their latest album Rocinate came out on Jade Tree Records in 2006... however a new single ‘Union’ was released on July 17, 2017. You can hear it on soundcloud.com.

DJ Jake Rudh will play music videos before and between sets.

Tour Dates:

01 Aug 2017 Oregon Zoo, Portland, OR
02 Aug 2017 Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA
03 Aug 2017 PNE Amphitheatre, Vancouver, BC
04 Aug 2017 First Avenue, MN
05 Aug 2017 Union Hall, Edmonton, AB
06 Aug 2017 MacEwan Ballroom, Uni. of Calgary
08 Aug 2017 Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg
11 Aug 2017 London Music Hall, London, Canada

Read More Charlie Parr As for the free shows for the Cedar, they include The Brass Kings with Purgatory Hill (West Bank Deep Blues Festival 7/22), Charlie Parr with Joe & Vicki Price (West Bank Deep Blues Festival 7/23), and Portland Cello Project (7/29). … Marika Hackman Marika Hackman has announced her long awaited debut album, titled We Slept at Last. The album will be the folk songstress' first full length release in the wake of a string of acclaimed EP's …

Other shows in the area:

08/05/2017 The new Go Show for Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness at the Fine Line Music Café this Saturday has sold out. Show up eary to check ou RCA recording artist Missio. Hosted by Hosted by Ben, Dana and Giselle 7pm, Sold Out.

08/05/2017 Philly-born alternative renegade and punk-rock troubadour Mondo Cozmo will be playing the 7th Street Entry this Saturday in support of his debut album, Plastic Soul (Republic Records). Billy Raffoul will open. 8pm, $15.

08/06/2017 Shawn Mendes’ first-ever arena world tour is coming to Xcel Energy Center on Sunday, in support of his #1 sophomore record Illuminate (Island Records). Not bad for a guy that only recently appeared on his first live US television appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Charlie Puth to open. 7:30pm, $47.50.

08/08/2017 VNV Nation (European based alternative electronic project led by Ronan Harris) has sold out their 7th Street Entry show on Tuesday. Ivardensphere will open. 7pm, $25.

08/09/2017 Semi-local (Duluth) Charlie Parr is playing a couple of Minnesota dates in support of his new album Dog (Red House Records). The first date is at Mill City Live Music Series (across the Gutherie Theater) in Minneapolis (08/09), then Falconer Vineyard in Red Wing (08/11), Minnesota, followed by The 218 in Virginia (08/17), and ending at Neer Park in New London, Minnesota (08/19). 6pm, $5 (Free if MNHS member).

08/09/2017 The ‘Wicked Game’ singer Chris Isaak is playing the Pantages Theatre on Wednesday. 7pm, $63.50.

08/09/2017 The special co-headlining The Big Moon and Marika Hackman show will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry on Wednesday. The Big Moon’s debut album Love in the 4th Dimension is available on StarTime International/Columbia Records. 7:30pm, $12.

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Minneapolis: December 10 - December 12, 2014

Here are some shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul from December 10 to December 12, 2014.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Skinny Puppy In an effort to unite instead of isolate, The Alliance of Sound plans on bringing the different flavors of electronic music together for an unforgettable tour. …

ALLIANCE OF SOUND
at Mill City Nights
Wednesday 12/10/14, 8pm ($30)
millcitynights.com

Some of the biggest metal/industrial/electronic bands Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, VNV Nation, and Haujobb have joined forces to "unite instead of isolate."

All these bands formed in the 80s or 90s (I remember these Skinny Puppy and Front Line Assembly way back in my radio DJ days in 1993-1995), with the exception of Los Angeles duo Youth Code... who must be over the moon to be playing with these legends.

The Alliance of Sound tour:

Nov. 28 – The Sound Academy (Toronto, ON)
Nov 29 – Metropolis (Montreal, QC)
Nov. 30 – House of Blues (Boston, MA)
Dec. 2 – Best Buy Theater (NYC)
Dec. 3 – Trocadero Theatre (Philadelphia, PA)
Dec. 5 – Jannus Landing (Tampa, FL)
Dec. 6 – Buckhead Theatre (Atlanta, GA)
Dec. 8 – The Pageant (St. Louis, MO)
Dec. 9 – The Vic Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Dec. 10 – Mill City Nights (Minneapolis, MN)
Dec. 12 – Ogden Theatre (Denver, CO)
Dec. 13 – The Complex (SLC)
Dec. 15 – Showbox SODO (Seattle, WA)
Dec. 16 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre (Vancouver, BC)
Dec. 17 – Roseland Theater (Portland, OR)
Dec. 19 – Regency Ballroom (San Francisco, CA)
Dec. 20 – The Fox Theater (Pomona, CA)

Read More Alvvays Alvvays are two women, three men, a crate of C-86 tapes and a love of jingle-jangle. Molly Rankin and Kerri MacLellan grew up as next-door neighbours in Cape Breton, lifting fiddles and folk-songs. …

ALVVAYS w/ Sun Club
at Turf Club
Thursday 12/11/14, 7:30pm ($12)
turfclub.net

There must be something delightful in the drinking water up in Canada, ‘cause Toronto keeps sending Minneapolis music fans some choice indie-pop bands to enjoy. Having just hosted fantastic power-pop giants Sloan, St. Paul’s Turf Club will be welcoming another great Toronto band on December 11th: Alvvays, whose influences, ranging from Teenage Fanclub to Belle & Sebastian, certainly left a mark on their bright, reverb-soaked sound.

Childhood friends Molly Rankin and Kerri MacLellan formed Alvvays in 2012 with Alec O'Hanley Brian Murphy, and Phil MacIsaac rounding out the lineup. They did some touring with bands like The Pains of Being Pure At Heart before releasing their full-length self-titled debut in July. The album features members of Holy F*ck and was recorded at Chad VanGaalen’s home studio (dubbed “Yoko Eno Studio”) in Calgary.

Fans of Frankie Rose and Best Coast will be pleased by the album’s shimmering lo-fi melodies. But even folks who aren’t keen on this kind of starry-eyed groove still have to check out the soaring wedding-bell-blues single “Marry Me, Archie.” Hell, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) covered the song at a solo gig in Seattle last Saturday.

Opening for Alvvays are Sun Club, a band influenced by the likes of the Beach Boys and Animal Collective. Their debut EP is out now on Goodnight Records.

Tour dates (* indicates with The Decemberists)

11/28/14 Los Angeles, CA Echo 11/29/14 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop 12/01/14 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge 12/02/14 Seattle, WA Barboza 12/03/14 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret 12/05/14 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room 12/06/14 Calgary, AB The Gateway at SAIT 12/09/14 Saskatoon, SK Amigos Cantina 12/10/14 Winnipeg, MB Park Theatre Cafe 12/11/14 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club 12/12/14 Iowa City, IA Blue Moose Tap House 12/13/14 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom 12/18/14 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa 12/19/14 Kingston, ON The Grad Club 12/20/14 Toronto, ON Opera House 01/16/15 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon 01/17/15 Chicago, IL Various Venues 01/21/15 Manchester The Deaf Institute 01/22/15 Leeds Brudenell Social Club 01/23/15 Newcastle upon Tyne Think Tank? 01/26/15 Nottingham Bodega Social Club 01/27/15 Birmingham Hare & Hounds 01/28/15 London Scala 01/30/15 Oxford O2 Academy Oxford

01/31/15 Bristol, United Kingdom Thekla 02/02/15 Antwerp, Belgium Muziekcentrum Trix 02/03/15 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso 02/05/15 Oslo, Norway John Dee 02/06/15 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser Strand 02/07/15 Copenhagen, Denmark Beta 02/09/15 Hamburg, Germany Molotow 02/10/15 Berlin, Germany Kantine Am Berghain 02/12/15 Vienna, Austria B72 02/13/15 Milan, Italy Lo-Fi 02/14/15 Zurich, Switzerland Bogen F 03/24/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ Northrop * 03/25/15 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside* 03/27/15 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre* 03/28/15 - Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak* 03/30/15 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall* 03/31/15 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center* 04/01/15 - Buffalo, NY @ UB Center For the Arts* 04/03/15 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues* 04/04/15 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues* 04/06/15 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre* 04/07/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ Academy of Music* 04/09/15 - Charlotte, NC @ Fillmore Charlotte* 04/10/15 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle* 04/11/15 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle*

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BLITZEN TRAPPER
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Friday 12/12/14, 7pm ($25)
finelinemusic.com

The last time I saw Blitzen Trapper it was in 2007, although other people caught them in 2009 and at SXSW 2012.

The Portland-based band will be playing a one-off show to benefit the Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.

Details below:

89.3 The Current and McTerry Music Presents

A Benefit Show Featuring

Blitzen Trapper

For Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

w/Special Guests

Farewell Milwaukee
Bigtree Bonsai
And
Old Desert Road

Doors 7:00
Music 8:00

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