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Albert Hammond Jr, w/ Walking Shapes at the Turf Club, St Paul (03 November 2015)

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Albert Hammond Jr. is currently on tour in support of his latest Momentary Masters (Vagrant Records), stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on Tuesday night.

Walking Shapes

New York's Walking Shapes opened up the show with a 40-min set. The five-piece band, featuring singer/guitarist Nathaniel Hoho, guitarist (and sometime violinist) Jesse Kotansky, keys Jacob Generalli, bassist Dan Krysa, and drummer Christopher Heinz, played some selections from their debut album Taka Come On, including "Measure for Measure" (which Hoho said was a song about "Tacos") and the highlight of their set: "(No) Feel Good", which required the audience to help sing back "hey hey hey" and clapping and yelling.

Song not on their album was "Horse", taken from their Mixtape (Volume 1) compilation album. As they started their song, Hoho paused for a second and said that their their van almost flipped over driving into St Paul... and then without a beat, continued on singing the song.

Walking Shapes' album Taka Come On is out now, a deluxe edition was released earlier this year via No Shame Records.

As we have previously mentioned, if you love The Strokes, you'll love Albert Hammond Jr., as their music and songwriting style is very similar. Personally, I feel the only difference is that Hammond Jr's songs does not feature Julian Casablancas' vocals.

Turnout to the show was incredibly good for a Tuesday, with most fans there on the strength of Hammond Jr's solo material, not just his work with the Strokes. Not that anyone was expecting Hammond Jr. to play the classic Strokes songs, as he is known to keep the two projects separated. This was strictly an Albert Hammond Jr. show, not the Strokes.

Hammarsing Kharhmar

I think the most interesting thing about Hammond Jr's current band is that it featured guitarist/backup vocalist Hammarsing Kharhmar. Kharhmar is no stranger as singer and frontman of Mon Khmer, so he took charge, singing on songs like "101".

Hammond Jr. played almost everything from his latest Momentary Masters, including his single "Born Slippy" and set closer, "Side Boob".

Tour dates:

11/13/15 Nantes, France Stereolux
11/14/15 Lorient, France Various Venues
11/16/15 Oxford O2 Academy Oxford
11/17/15 Manchester Gorilla
11/19/15 Birmingham Hare & Hounds
11/20/15 Leicester O2 Academy
11/21/15 Glasgow Centre for Contemporary
11/23/15 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
11/24/15 Bristol Bristol Fleece
11/25/15 London Islington Assembly Hall
11/26/15 Brighton Old Market Theatre
11/28/15 Tourcoing, France Le Grand Mix
11/29/15 Paris, France Le Trabendo
11/30/15 Brussels, Belgium Orangerie
12/02/15 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso
12/03/15 Hamburg, Germany Nochtspeicher
12/04/15 Berlin, Germany Lido
12/06/15 Copenhagen, Denmark Amager Bio
12/07/15 Oslo, Norway John Dee
12/08/15 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser Medis
12/10/15 Helsinki, Finland Nosturi
02/16/16 Adelaide, Australia The Gov
02/17/16 Fortitude Valley Woolly Mammoth
02/19/16 Sydney, Australia Oxford Art Factory
02/21/16 Richmond, Australia Corner Hotel

Albert Hammond Jr at Turf Club, St Paul (03 November 2015)

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Minneapolis: November 2 to November 3, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from November 2 to November 3, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More The Bird and the Bee A Los Angeles based indie-pop band, The Bird and the Bee combine their love of jazz and electro-pop to make some hypnotic tunes. Inara George (the bird) and Greg Kurstin (the bee) …

THE BIRD AND THE BEE
at Cedar Cultural Center
Monday, 11/02/2015, 7pm ($15)
thecedar.org

Los Angeles-based duo The Bird and the Bee will be stopping by Minneapolis' Cedar Cultural Center on Monday.... although I was recently told that multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin will not be joining the band on this date.

Still, after a five-year hiatus/gap, it will be nice to see the band again in any form - even sans-Kurstin.

The Bird and the Bee will be promoting their fourth album Recreational Love, available on Rostrum Records.

Regarding the long gap in album, singer Inara George said, “We didn’t mean to take so long but life ended up getting in the way, in a great way.”

George also sings in the indie-folk supergroup the Living Sisters and Kurstin is really busy as a Grammy Award-nominated producer (working with Sia, Ellie Goulding, Pink and Beck, etc.)

Alex Lilly to open (we previously mentioned that she is also in the band... as well as Obi Best).

Local DJ Jake Rudh will likely be playing some 80s music videos.

Tour Dates:

11/01/15 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
11/02/15 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
11/29/15 San Diego, CA The Irenic

Read More RX Bandits Recently the "builders" vehicle was in a wreck and the kind folks of the RX Bandits helped with transportation of the equipment and band members until the situation was remedied. …

CIRCA SURVIVE
at Mill City Nights
Monday, 11/02/2015, 7pm ($22)
millcitynights.com

How has it already been ten years?! I remember listening to Juturna by Circa Survive in my little blue Kia Rio... my first car. Well, it has been ten years and Circa Survive is celebrating by going out on a tour and re-releasing this quintessential album as a deluxe version in vinyl, CD and digital formats.

Anthony Green, singer, has an unmistakable voice which made Circa Survive become one of the "must listen to" bands for any teenager in the early 2000's. This band features members of Saosin, This Day Forward, and Taken and have a very angsty rock feel.

Circa Survive will be playing at Mill City Nights on November 2nd with RX Bandits and Citizen. I saw RX Bandits a couple of years ago at Station Four in Saint Paul but haven't heard much of them since. I am super excited for this show! Make sure to get your tickets in advance! This is sure to be a busy show!

Tour Dates:

10/31/15 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/01/15 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
11/02/15 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
11/04/15 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
11/05/15 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
11/07/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
11/08/15 Seattle, WA The Showbox
11/10/15 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
11/13/15 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
11/14/15 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Expo Hall
11/15/15 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
11/17/15 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
11/18/15 San Antonio, TX Alamo City Music Hall
11/19/15 Houston, TX House Of Blues
11/21/15 Tampa, FL The Ritz Ybor
11/22/15 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues
11/23/15 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
11/25/15 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
11/27/15 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
11/28/15 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom

Read More Albert Hammond, Jr. When Albert Hammond Jr., took the stage by re-dressing the set with bright red lights and started playing "Holiday", from his solo debut album Yours to Keep, I was instantly reminded …

ALBERT HAMMOND JR
at Turf Club
Tuesday, 11/03/2015, 7:30pm ($15)
turfclub.net

You know we love The Strokes. When we caught guitarist/singer Albert Hammond Jr. live last year, we realized that his solo music sounded just like The Strokes. If you love the Strokes, you will love Hammond Jr.

New York five-piece Walking Shapes will open the show, supporting their deluxe edition of their debut album Taka Come On on Mishu Records.

Show up early to find out why NME described this band as "Two Door Cinema Club with added balls".

Tour Dates:

10/31/15 Denver, CO Lost Lake
11/01/15 Zurich, Switzerland Kaufleutensaal
11/02/15 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
11/03/15 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club
11/04/15 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
11/06/15 Columbus, OH The Basement
11/07/15 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian
11/13/15 Nantes, France Stereolux
11/14/15 Lorient, France Various Venues
11/16/15 Oxford O2 Academy Oxford
11/17/15 Manchester Gorilla
11/19/15 Birmingham Hare & Hounds
11/20/15 Leicester O2 Academy
11/21/15 Glasgow Centre for Contemporary
11/23/15 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
11/24/15 Bristol Bristol Fleece
11/25/15 London Islington Assembly Hall
11/26/15 Brighton Old Market Theatre
11/28/15 Tourcoing, France Le Grand Mix
11/29/15 Paris, France Le Trabendo
11/30/15 Brussels, Belgium Orangerie
12/02/15 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso
12/03/15 Hamburg, Germany Nochtspeicher
12/04/15 Berlin, Germany Lido
12/06/15 Copenhagen, Denmark Amager Bio
12/07/15 Oslo, Norway John Dee
12/08/15 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser Medis
12/10/15 Helsinki, Finland Nosturi
02/16/16 Adelaide, Australia The Gov
02/17/16 Fortitude Valley Woolly Mammoth
02/19/16 Sydney, Australia Oxford Art Factory
02/21/16 Richmond, Australia Corner Hotel

Read More Shinedown Shinedown & Three Days Grace (with special guest P.O.D.) are currently on their co-headlining arena tour. They stopped over in Minneapolis' Target Center to rock the stadium. … Wilson Opener Wilson is a hard hitting rock band from Detroit, MI. They recently released Right To Rise on Razor & Tie Records. Metal Injection declares Wilson, “sounds like He Is Legend and Andrew W.K. …

SHINEDOWN
at Myth
Tuesday, 11/03/2015, 7pm (Sold Out)
mythlive.com

We previously caught Shinedown (with co-headliner Three Days Grace) at Target Center in 2013 and noted that frontman Brent Smith "knew how to work the crowd."

They have a big fanbase in Minneapolis, and had the audience eating right out of their hands.

Opening up for Shinedown will be Wilson, who was just in town in September with Trivium. Expect the band to do a similar "party music" set on this tour.

The show is sold out.

Tour Dates:

10/31/15 Broomfield, CO 1stBank Center
11/02/15 Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford
11/03/15 Saint Paul, MN Myth
11/04/15 Cedar Rapids, IA U.S. Cellular
11/06/15 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center Arena
11/07/15 Youngstown, OH Covelli Centre
11/08/15 Salem, VA Salem Civic Center
11/10/15 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Coliseum
11/11/15 Huntsville, AL Von Braun Center
11/13/15 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
11/14/15 North Little Rock, AR Verizon
11/15/15 Cape Girardeau, MO Show Me Center
11/17/15 Fayetteville, NC Crown Coliseum
11/19/15 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
11/20/15 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan
11/21/15 Huntington, WV Big Sandy
11/23/15 Albany, NY Times Union Center
11/24/15 Portland, ME Cross Insurance Arena
01/28/16 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
01/29/16 Nottingham Capital FM Arena
01/30/16 Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool
02/01/16 Glasgow The SSE Hydro
02/02/16 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
02/04/16 London SSE Arena, Wembley
02/05/16 Leeds First Direct Arena
02/06/16 Manchester Manchester Arena

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