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09/24 Bishop Briggs and MisterWives with Raffaella at First Avenue Read More Bishop Briggs Wild horses couldn’t keep fans streaming like a river into the Fine Line Music Café for the latest sold-out GO Show, headlined by up-and-comer Bishop Briggs. .... MisterWives NYC indie-pop-soul band Misterwives got things started with a brief but energetic set; petite singer Mandy Lee (who has also sang with Boyce Avenue) has pipes at least twice her size … Raffaella We saw Raffaella in Sep 2019 and wrote, “New York’s Raffaella (with live backing band bassist Charlie and drummer Alonso) opened up the show with a very brief 30-min set. This was the singer/songwriter’s first time in Minneapolis …

09/24/2023 Sunday

Bishop Briggs and MisterWives
with Raffaella
at First Avenue
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New York City/Los Angeles-based alt-pop group MisterWives is currently on a co-headlining tour with multi-platinum singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs. The two will be at First Avenue, in Minneapolis on September 24th.

MisterWives (27 Oct 2015)

We saw MisterWives in 27 October 2015 and wrote, “I can't deny that the feeling in the air was electric during the hour long set. Although it was short, it was full of energy and fun. Misterwives is one of those bands that when you see them live, you can't help but smile. It didn't matter that I did not enjoy the music all that much what matters is I enjoyed the energy they brought to the table.”

Raffaella to open.

Tour dates:

Sept. 19 - Toronto, ON - History
Sept. 20 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater
Sept. 22 - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed
Sept. 23 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee
Sept. 24 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Sept. 26 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room
Sept. 27 - Columbus, OH - Kemba Live!
Sept. 29 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
Sept. 30 - Kansas City, MO - Grinders KC
Oct. 1 - Denver, CO - The Mission Ballroom
Oct. 4 - Houston, TX - House of Blues Houston
Oct. 6 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues Dallas
Oct. 9 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
Oct. 10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
Oct. 11 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
Oct. 13 - Portland, OR - Roseland
Oct. 15 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo

09/24 The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie with Warpaint at Armory Read More Death Cab for Cutie Anyroad, before we get to Death Cab for Cutie, I have to explain that I've seen the band before in 2001 at the 7th Street Entry for $5. People who live in Minnesota know that the 7th Street is a tiny venue. … The Postal Service I listen to lots of new music, actually I am a fiend for new music, I would rather listen to new music that I have never heard before instead of say, The Postal Service my favorite band ever. … Warpaint All-girls band Warpaint (guitarist Emily Kokal, bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg, drummer Stella Mozgawa, and guitarist Theresa Wayman ... all takes turn on vocals) has reunited earlier this year to record their new album Heads Up. …

09/24/2023 Sunday

The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie
with Warpaint
at Armory
first-avenue.com

Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service are co-headlining a 2023 tour, stopping by the Armory in Minneapolis on September 24.

Warpaint (13 Oct 2009)

Although the headliners are awesome… I have to admit, Warpaint, is my favorite band on the bill. We saw the all-girls group in 13 Oct 2009, and wrote, “I actually quite enjoyed Warpaint , who wowed me with their melodic music as all three girls took turns singing their part. They seem like a lot of fun, and they seem really happy that a lot of people showed up early to see them play. I'll have to admit, 7th Street Entry was pretty packed that Tuesday night.”

Tour Dates:

09/8 – Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena !
09/9 – Kingston, RI – Ryan Center !
09/10 – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl !
09/12 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway !
09/13 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway !
09/14 – Washington, DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion !
09/16 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
09/17 – Detroit, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheater #
09/19 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden #
09/20 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden #
09/21 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts #
09/23 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed #
09/24 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory #
09/26 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom #
09/27 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom #
09/28 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom #
09/30 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater &
10/01 – Grand Prairie, TX – Texas Trust CU Theatre &
10/03 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre &
10/04 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels &
10/06 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena &
10/07 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena &
10/09 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley &
10/10 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley &
10/11 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley &
10/13 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl &
10/14 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl ^
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl %
10/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl @

! w/ Special Guest Lauren Mayberry
# w/ Special Guest Warpaint
& w/ Special Guest The Beths
% w/ Special Guest Built to Spill
@ w/ Special Guest Iron & Wine
^ w/ Special Guest Pedro the Lion

09/24 Jalen Ngonda at Fine Line Read More Jalen N'Gonda River Whyless + Jalen N'Gonda 7th Street Entry Fri 06/22/2018 North Carolina-bred folk-rock outfit River Whyless will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry this Friday. Their third album Kindness, A Rebel is out now. …

09/24/2023 Sunday

Jalen Ngonda
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

London-based, by way of DC, artist Jalen Ngonda is on tour in support of his debut album Come Around and Love Me (Daptone Records).

Recorded at Hive Mind Studios in Brooklyn, Jalen wrote and recorded the album with the help of producers/arrangers Mike Buckley and Vincent Chiarito (both members of Charles Bradley's Extraordinaires).

Tour dates:

09/07 - Durham, NC @ Motorco
09/08 - Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern
09/11 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
09/12 - Philadelphia, PA @ MilkBoy
09/14 - Baltimore, MD @ 8x10
09/15 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
09/16 - New York, NY @ Racket
09/18 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe
09/19 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
09/21 - Evanston, IL @ SPACE
09/24 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
09/27 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
09/28 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
09/30 - Ft. Collins, CO @ The Armory
10/01 - Salt Lake City, UT @ State Room
10/03 - Boise, ID @ The Olympic
10/05 - Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou's
10/06 - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
10/07 - Portland, OR @ The Jack London Revue
10/09 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
10/10 - Sacramento, CA @ Starlet Room
10/11 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brew
10/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Gold Diggers
10/15 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
10/16 - Phoenix, AZ @ Last Exit
10/18 - Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Arts Collective
10/19 - Austin, TX @ Empire Garage Control Room
10/20 - Houston, TX @ Axlerad
10/22 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East
11/01 - Glasgow, SCT @ King Tut’s
11/02 - Liverpool, UK @ Jimmy's
11/04 - Birmingham, UK @ O Institutes
11/06 - Bristol, UK @ Exchange
11/07 - London, UK @ Jazz Cafe
11/08 - Rotterdam, NL @ Bird
11/09 - Paris, FR @ Cafe De La Danse

09/24 Alfredo Rodriguez at Turf Club Read More Alfredo Rodriguez There is even newcomers like the Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and the tiny gal who carries a big bass, Esperanza Spalding. Then there is one of my favorites, Regina Carter …

09/24/2023 Sunday

Alfredo Rodriguez
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Globally acclaimed artist and pianist Alfredo Rodriguez is headlining the Turf Club, in St Paul, on September 24. The tour is in support of his new album Coral Way (Mack Avenue Records).

“I play what I live, and Coral Way is my new life,” states Rodriguez. “It is the name of the street on which, for the past 3 years, I have been composing this album, and now I’m excited that people from all over the world will finally get to hear it in an expansive way, with a full live band."

Rodriguez’s music was briefly mentioned in our Jazz Notes #16 of Everybody Wants to be a Cat review: “There is even newcomers like the Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and the tiny gal who carries a big bass, Esperanza Spalding.”

Alfredo Rodriguez - “The Bare Necessities”

As of this writing, no opening band listed.

Tour dates:

September 19: St. Louis, Missouri @ City Winery
September 20: Chicago, Illinois @ Constellation
September 22: Des Moines, Iowa @ Civic Music Association
September 23: Madison, Wisconsin @ Stoughton Opera House
September 24: St. Paul, Minnesota @ Turf Club
September 27: Boston, MA @ City Winery
September 28: New York City, New York @ Sheen Center
October 1: Durham, North Carolina @ Carolina Theatre
October 5: Cocoa Beach, Florida @ Heidi’s Jazz Club
October 6: Largo, Florida @ Central Park Performing Arts Center
October 7: Miami, Florida @ The Moss Center
October 11: Denver, Colorado @ Cervantes
October 13: Greeley, Colorado @ UNC Greeley
October 14: Beaver Creek, Colorado @ Vilar Performing Arts Center
November 3: Madrid, Spain @ Teatro Pavon
November 4: Lausanne, Switzerland @ Paderewski Room Salle Paderewski
November 5: Valencia, Spain
November 6: Kedzierzyn, Poland @ Kameleon Jazz Club
November 7: Poznań, Poland @ Blue Note Jazz Club
November 8: Lublin, Poland @ Teatr Stary w Lublinie
November 9: Warsaw, Poland @ Jassmine
November 10: Ełk, Poland @ Elk Cultural Center
November 11: Avignon, France @ La Scala
November 15: Novi Sad, Serbia @ Novi Sad Jazz Festival
November 17: Eilat, Israel @ Red Sea Jazz Festival
November 19: Zaragoza, Spain @ Caixa Forum Zaragoza
November 24: Sevilla, Spain @ Caixa Forum Sevilla
November 26: Mumbai, India @ Mumbai Intl. Jazz Festival
February 1: West Palm Beach, Florida @ Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
February 2: Gainesville, Florida @ University of Florida at Phillips Center Upstage
February 15: Rotterdam, Netherlands @ LantarenVenster
February 16: Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis
February 17: Cologne, Germany @ Kölner Philharmonie
February 20: Stockholm, Sweden @ Fasching
February 24: Neuburg, Germany @ Birdland Jazz Club Neuburg
February 25: Straubing, Bayern Germany @ Hotel ASAM
February 26: Lugano, Switzerland @ Studio Foce
February 29: London, United Kingdom @ Ronnie Scott's
March 1: Duisburg, Germany @ Lutherkirche Duissern
March 21: San Diego, California @ UCSD
March 22: Los Angeles, California @ UCLA

09/24 Everclear with The Ataris and The Pink Spiders at Uptown Theater Read More Everclear It's 1990 all over again with the annual "Summerland Tour". The 90s nostalgia tour was created by singer/guitarist Art Alexakis from Everclear, which would explain why they have headlined … The Ataris Not a Phase Fest feat Dashboard Confessional, All-American Rejects, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Plain White T's, The Ataris Legends Field, June 16 Phase …

09/24/2023 Sunday

Everclear
with The Ataris and The Pink Spiders
at Uptown Theater
ticketmaster.com

One of the oldest surviving theaters in the Twin Cities area, this old Uptown Theatre (aka Lagoon Theatre) was renovated and upgraded to a brand new music and event venue. Local band Yam Haus opened the theater on June 10.

Now that the Uptown is running, I see they are booking some great bands, including Bad Religion in October 16th, and also Everclear on September 24th.

Everclear (30 July 2015)

Everclear’s new live album Live at The Whisky a Go Go is out now on Sunset Blvd Records. The album captures the band at their finest live shows. They’re a great live band, as we witness on 30 July 2015, writing, “Everclear is definitely in my top 5 favorite 90's bands. There was something about their music, lyrics and look. Art Alexakis was definitely my first man crush. He was so cute with the sleeves of tattoos and the bleach blonde hair swooping across his forehead. Nothing has changed. Over 15 years later, their music is just as good and Art is still just as adorable as the pictures from magazines of him that I had clipped and stapled to my wall (sorry about the staples dad!).”

The Ataris and The Pink Spiders to open.

Tour dates:

September 9 Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere’s
September 11 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
September 12 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
September 13 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
September 15 Philadelphia, PA @ Rivers Casino ^
September 16 Westbury, NY @ The Space at Westbury
September 17 Boston, MA @ Big Night Live
September 18 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
September 20 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
September 21 Nashville, TN @ The Sky Deck
September 22 Mt. Vernon, IL @ The Granada Theatre
September 23 Waterloo, IA @ National Cattle Congress
September 24 Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater
September 27 Omaha, NE @ Barnato
September 28 Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
September 29 Kamas, UT @ DeJoria Center Arena
September 30 Cheyenne, WY @ The Lincoln
October 1 Great Falls, MT @ The Newberry
October 3 Bellingham, WA @ The Wild Buffalo +
October 4 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
October 6 Umatilla, OR @ Rock The Locks +
October 7 Elko, NV @ Maverick Hotel and Casino by Red Lion Hotels +
October 9 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
October 10 San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
October 12 Temecula, CA @ South Coast Winery Resort & Spa +
October 13 Rocklin, CA @ Quarry Park Amphitheater
October 14 Las Vegas, NV @ Silverton Casino Hotel
October 15 Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s
October 27 North Augusta, SC @ Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee +
November 4 Tybee Island, GA @ Tybee Post Music Festival +

+ indicates Everclear only
^ indicates Everclear and The Ataris only

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Flashback: School of Seven Bells at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (13 Oct 2009)

SVIIB Setlist My Cabal Connjur White Elephant Coat Heart is Strange Iamundernodisguise Chain Bye Bye Bye Wired for Light I L U Half Asleep Depreciation Guild Setlist Sky Ghosts Crucify You November Blue Lily Trace Butterfly Kisses Heavy Eyes Dream About Me Read More School of Seven Bells School of Seven Bells (aka SVIIB) got their name from some PBS program about some "mythical South American pick-pocket academy", as mentioned on their their interview/music session on KCRW … Depreciation Guild Anyway, The Depreciation Guild played for about an hour and each song seems to build on the last song. Lots of guitars, and their second guitarist … Warpaint All-girls band Warpaint (guitarist Emily Kokal, bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg, drummer Stella Mozgawa, and guitarist Theresa Wayman ... all takes turn on vocals) has reunited earlier this year to record their new album Heads Up. …

Playing at the 7th Street in October 13, 2009, were all relatively new bands. In typical first album/first tour, School of Seven Bells played about 35-40 minutes and exhausted their entire catalog of songs … Not even an encore or cover shows were throw in to stretch out the time

My biggest regret was never able to see Warpaint again. I really loved their set and had always wanted to see them live again. Unfortunately every time they came back to Minneapolis/St Paul, I was not here or booked for another show.

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I'm so glad I got a chance to catch School of Seven Bells on their recent tour. Opening up for them were two solid bands, Warpaint and The Depreciation Guild.

Warpaint

I actually quite enjoyed Warpaint , who wowed me with their melodic music as all three girls took turns singing their part. They seem like a lot of fun, and they seem really happy that a lot of people showed up early to see them play. I'll have to admit, 7th Street Entry was pretty packed that Tuesday night.

They opened up with their harmonizing cover version of "My Guy", which may sound a little outdated with such lyrics as "he's the cream of the crop" to rhyme with "I think he's tops". As soon as that song ended, they launched into an instrumental song, and continued for another thirty minutes. Setlist seems short, but all the songs I heard, I did like.

I'll have to find out more about them later, all I know is that they recently released an EP called Exquisite Corpse on the Manimal Vinyl label.

Depreciation Guild

In some ways, whoever put together this tour did a good job, because all the artists sound at least in the same kind of music genre. So, The Depreciation Guild sound more or less like the other band on the bill, a little shoegazey with sweet vocals by all very handsome young people on stage (certainly Depreciation had the best hair).

They borrowed some of their musical instruments from Warpaint and borrowed the movie projector-thing from School of Seven Bells. The movie of various colors and blocks played throughout their whole set.

I think all their live songs required some computerized help with the quirky noises, and for the most part it made their music more video gamey. Unfortunately, for one song, there was a hiccup when an unwanted looped noise continued to play onto the next song.

As you can see from their setlist, most of their songs are taken from their 2007 album In Her Gentle Jaws, which got a recent vinyl release (500 copies only) on Kanine Records. I think the future is in vinyl, so I was quite happy to see that all three bands here have continued to release music on this funky format.

SVIIB Setlist

When School of Seven Bells came on stage, after the intro song played on for about a minute, the lights on stage were turned off - save for the one lone red light that shined on Benjamin Curtis. I suppose it's to make the movie that were shown in the background to be more of the focus, but I suspect the twin girls might be shy if the spotlights are on them.

I think if I remembered correctly, that Claudia is the one on keyboard, which as it turned out is an Indigo keyboard. Both of the sisters are dressed in mostly black and, I think, Alejandra is in knee-high boots. I have photographs, but in poor light, it's not worth showing (and I'm too lazy to produce any drawing).

My favorite autotune song, "Chain", was played on their set - but it didn't sound 'tuned' live. Instead, there are stretches in the song that extended the song a bit. Other highlight from the show was probably their closer, "Half Asleep". They came back on for a one-song encore, but I don't remember what song it was.

They left a lot of eager fans who wanted more, especially the guy from Madison, Wisconsin, that wanted to have the girls record the call letters to Madison radio station (WSUM?).

Anyway, it looks like Ghostly is re-releasing their Alpinisms in a "deluxe" album on iTunes, so perhaps there'll be a real physical deluxe album release at Ghostly Records in the near future.

School of Seven Bells at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (13 Oct 2009) photo by Erik Hess

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Desert Daze, feat. Tame Impala, Warpaint, Pond, at Lake Perris, California (12 Oct 2018)

Tame Impala at Desert Daze 2018 Tame Impala Setlist Nangs Let It Happen Sundown Syndrome Note: show was cancelled due to lightning storm. Warpaint Setlist The Stall Warpaint Love Is to Die Beetles Drive Keep It Healthy Krimson Above Control So Good Disco//Very Elephants Pond Setlist 30.000 Megatons Sweep Me Off My Feet Sixteen Days Waiting Around for Grace Zen Automaton Fire in the Water Burnt Out Star Paint Me Silver Giant Tortoise / Eye Pattern Blindness The Weather Man It Feels Like Space Again Read More Desert Daze Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists .... Tame Impala Tame Impala is touring the U.S. again in support of their album, Lonerism. Kevin and crew have definitely crafted a piece of art. Loud, incredibly groovy. ... Warpaint All-girls band Warpaint (guitarist Emily Kokal, bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg, drummer Stella Mozgawa, and guitarist Theresa Wayman ... all takes turn on vocals) has reunited earlier this year to record their new album Heads Up. … Pond The thing about Perth, Australia's Pond is that three band members is actually in another, more successful Australian band Tame Impala. Although, it would seem that Pond …

The palm trees were a blowin’ and the wind was dusty and warm on Friday as music lovers loaded into the Lake Perris campgrounds for Desert Daze’s seventh psychedelic wonderland of American music festivals. Founder Phil Pirrone (Leader of band JJUUJJUU) has gone above and beyond to make this entity, in whatever category you want to put it under, entirely separate from your standard music festival. Year after year, he manages to succeed and surpass expectations, galvanizing us with the joy and euphoria that this celestial event brings. It’s more than just a weekend. It’s an experience of a lifetime.

Set up this year in Lake Perris, California, on the grounds of beautiful beaches with breathtaking mountain backdrops, it was less of a desert mirage than in its past Joshua Tree days…which seemed to suit festival goers just fine. There was a rather stark contrast of ear-piercing rock music amidst this stunning scenery, but in a way, it just made sense that people were swimming on unicorn floaties while listening to the tunes of Cut Worms or Julia Holter. The installations scattered around-from teepees with hanging seashells formed into jellyfish to a space-ship treehouse on stilts-gave everyone something to marvel at in between sets or even all day, if one felt so inclined.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12

Certainly a favorite on Friday was Yonatan Gat and the Eastern Medicine Singers. Gat has a rather interesting story as a musician. After being banned from playing in his homeland of Israel (refusing to partake in mandatory experiences like the Israeli army), he relocated to New York and started producing music. He began recording and performing as a bandleader, and in 2014 released the Iberian Passage EP, a debut that maintained his signature raw energy while switching the focus away from the shock-performance style of Monotonix to a more improvised, shamanic musical exploration. This is what we got a taste of here, as Gat graced us with the brilliance of tracks from his latest album, Universalists.

After Yonatan’s solo set the trio of fringed moccasin men hit their drums and belted out their chants into the crowd, while everyone circled around them in amazement. Then Yonatan ran down to join them, wailing on his Guild guitar as they collaborated in what one could only call an indigenous ritual that was meant to make the heavens downpour with rain, it was so spiritual (this concept will make more sense later). The Eastern Medicine Singers are an Algonquin language, Eastern-Styled drum group dedicated to preserving the Eastern Woodlands music. Adding Yonatan’s insane guitar skills creates a sound so powerful that it transcends you into another time, another life, another dimension in a way that no drug or substance can.

This is another thing that give Desert Daze such a rare quality in the lineage of music festivals…you don’t have people that party too hard and are obviously too drunk or stoned to be in public. It’s just not like that. Sure, people are there and there are drugs and gods are golden. But people actually do dig the music and I think, overall…are pretty much only there for it. To correlate with this theme, it may indeed be 2018, but here at Desert Daze it is essentially like walking onto the set of the film Almost Famous. Bell-bottoms, rose-colored glasses and sideburns are running amuck and thankfully, Penny Lane is right there beside him, Sherpa coat and Robert Plant hair intact. But it’s not contrived, heavens no…it all seems to be conducive and genuine to each person swaying their hips and closing their eyes to the music. An idyllic sight to behold, indeed.

Australian band Pond, founded by Tame Impala’s touring members Nick Allbrook and Jay Watson started their set with 30,000 Megatons off their 2017 album The Weather. This track makes me think of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, and Nick Allbrook himself is an alien and bizarre and alive. Fascinating to watch and never skipping a beat, this band is a riot and dazzled the crowd right into basically the entirety of The Weather, and also debuted the song “Burned Out Star”. This one was a true crowd-pleaser and nice little warm-up to the anticipated Tame Impala set.

Ah, Warpaint. These girls just get better and better as the years go by. I don’t know whether they’ve turned into witches or slightly older versions of the characters of the movie Now and Then. Whichever one, all of them have more charisma, talent and style than most of us mere mortals roaming the planet. Emily Kokal’s haunting vocals soared with Jenny Lee’s harmonies and badass bass skills on The Stall, as their opening to the set. It’s crazy to think that their self-titled album came out 5 years ago, and their first full length album Exquisite Corpse almost a decade ago…but these girls certainly stay busy in and out of the studio. They rocked Keep it Healthy, Love is to Die and Krimson (my personal favorite), before ending with their hit track Elephants. “I need a little room to sway”, indeed. And don’t ever let us go.

Tame Impala started their set off strong with the groovy tune Nangs off of 2015’s al-bum Currents. Let it Happen was next, and from the pit I heard the eruption of “Whoa” and “Wow’s” from the crowd, and at first it seemed like it was maybe in response to the trippy background effects behind lead singer Kevin Parker. I quickly realized it was the sky illuminating with lightning bolts above us. Sure enough, halfway through Sundown Syndrome (ironic much), a producer came out and announced that they had to stop. Kevin kind of shrugged and said “I guess we gotta stop.” and they all ran off the stage. As the sound guy was assuring us that this was just a break, the gods opened up a black hole in the sky and dumped buckets and buckets of rain onto us. Torrential downpour ensued (insert indigenous rain dance ah-ha moment here) and everyone started running to their cars to “wait it out.” This did not happen, and eventually there was an attempted evacuation of the camp…everyone was told to go home or (if camping) to get a hotel room. People, suffice to say, were pissed!

[ To be continued ]

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Tame Impala at Desert Daze (12 Oct 2018)

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Desert Daze 2018 Kick-Off Week

Desert Daze 2018 Kick-Off Week Read More Desert Daze Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists .... Jarvis Cocker Sally, joins us once again to talk more Britpop! Is there a britpopcast in the future? Talks centers around Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, Suede. Pulp started in 1978 … Slowdive Shoegaze band Slowdive are currently on a reunion tour, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Café, after being absent from the city in twenty-two years! .... My Bloody Valentine The great noise, shoegazing band My Bloody Valentine is on a reunion tour. We’re talking the original classic lineup of Kevin Shields, Colm Ó Cíosóig, Debbie Googe, and Bilinda Butcher. .…

With Desert Daze 2018 coming up this weekend (October 12th-14th, 2018) at Lake Perris, California, we thought we’d spotlight some of these bands we’ve already seen.

Also, the Music Festival announced that Friday’s ticket and Camping are nearly sold out, so if you’re on the fence about attending this weekend, it’s time to pull the trigger.

Jarvis Cocker (Friday): Frontsman of Britpopster band Pulp will be at Desert Daze on Friday. If you’ve ever listened to a Pulp album, you know that Cocker’s lyrics are often like reading a mini novel. He’s a genius. Since going solo, Cocker has really expanded from just a singer in a band to something more interesting, like film actor, film maker, and writer.

Slowdive (Saturday): After years and years of inactivity, the re-formed/re-united English band did small tour in 2014 (which was one of our greatest highlight). Now, with a 2017 self-titled album, the shoegazing band will like stick around. If you’ve never seen the band, you’ll be glad to know that they were recently added to the Desert Daze lineup for co-headlining on Saturday night.

My Bloody Valentine (Sunday): Deservingly headlining Sunday evening. Let’s face it, when you talk about shoegazing music, the band that everyone is influenced by is probably My Bloody Valentine. Like Slowdive, MBV was on a long hiatus, until Kevin Shields got the band back together.

There’s still a million other bands coming to Desert Daze, so there’s a little something for everyone.

Can’t wait for the weekend? There are a couple of smaller, side shows leading up to the big event:

Regent

10/09 Shannon & the Clams, Escape-ism, Tropa Magica

10/10 Jarvis Cocker

The Echo

10/09 Ex-Cult, Holydrug Couple at

10/11 Sons of Kemet, Younatan Gat

10/17 Cut Worms, Michael Rault

Vista Theatre

10/11 Connan Mockasin

Zebulon

10/10 Frankie & Witch Fingers, Stonefield, Wild Wing

Irenic San Diego

10/11 Hinds, Toast Music

Ace Hotel Palm Springs

10/11 Imarhan

Pappy & Harriet's

10/15 Desert Daze Official Wrap Party

Details and lineup:

Desert Daze 2018
October 12th-14th, 2018
Lake Perris, California
Tickets & Camping: ticketfly.com
More Info: desertdaze.org

Friday Tame Impala Warpaint Connan Mockasin Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Jarvis Cocker Introducing JARV IS… Hinds Pond IDLES DAKHABRAKHA Wand Gum All Them Witches True Widow Lumerians (Late Night) Mary Lattimore Sons Of Kemet Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers L.A. Witch Kikagaku Moyo + Boogarins + JJUUJJUU (Late Night) Tropa Magica Sugar Candy Mountain Opening Ceremonies With Ian Svenonius

Saturday King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Slowdive Mercury Rev Perform Deserter’s Songs Chelsea Wolfe Wooden Shjips BEAK > A Place To Bury Strangers Shannon & The Clams Kevin Morby Kikagaku Moyo Malcolm Mooney Of CAN Damien Echols – High Magick Boogarins Ex-Cult Deap Vally (Late Night) Cosmonauts Prettiest Eyes (Late Night) Cut Worms JJUUJJUU Ulrika Spacek Al Lover Hand Habits Mannequin Pussy Stonefield Cat Scan

Sunday My Bloody Valentine Death Grips Shellac Ty Segall & White Fence Earth Perform The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull Preoccupations King Khan & The Shrines Julia Holter Earthless Follakzoid Bedouine Escape-Ism The Holydrug Couple Death Valley Girls Imarhan Here Lies Man Sextile Vinyl Williams Gladys Lazer Goon The Mad Walls Talks: Steve Albini

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Desert Daze: October 12-14, 2018

Read More Desert Daze October (thank god because we would all melt in the otherwise typical days of such shenanigans) will bestow the 6th installation of the transcendent music festival Desert Daze in Joshua Tree, California. .... Tame Impala Tame Impala is touring the U.S. again in support of their album, Lonerism. Kevin and crew have definitely crafted a piece of art. Loud, incredibly groovy. ... Slowdive Shoegaze band Slowdive are currently on a reunion tour, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Café, after being absent from the city in twenty-two years! ....

Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists, and this year is no exception. With Tame Impala headlining, it could in fact be the best one yet.

I could enumerate on how this festival is, in my opinion, the Mecca of all festivals, but it is really something to be seen by the own eye to truly comprehend. Along with bizarre instillations and an entire village complete with meditation tent and tea ceremonies, this isn’t just a music festival…it’s an Extraterrestrial Festival.

The California-based festival run by Jjuujju’s guitarist Phil Pirrone has an impressive lineup this year featuring Tame Impala, My Bloody Valentine, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (also a returning band), Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, Shellac, Ty Segall & White Fence, Warpaint, Earth (performing The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull), Malcom Mooney of CAN, Steve Albini, Connan Mockasin, Pond, and Julia Holter, Earthless. There are always surprise guests and DJ’s along with plenty of mind-enhancing activities to attend in between shows.

English dream-pop band Slowdive has recently been added to the festival, which will by far be one of the most sought-out performances of the weekend.

Check out Desert Daze’s amazing lineup poster, featuring the latest additions and broken down by day. Single-day tickets are now available in addition to three-day general admission and VIP passes. Visit the festival’s website for more info.

Desert Daze is happening October 12th-14th, 2018 in Lake Perris, California.

Details and lineup:

Desert Daze 2018
October 12th-14th, 2018
Lake Perris, California
Tickets & Camping: ticketfly.com
More Info: desertdaze.org

Friday Tame Impala Warpaint Connan Mockasin Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Jarvis Cocker Introducing JARV IS… Hinds Pond IDLES DAKHABRAKHA Wand Gum All Them Witches True Widow Lumerians (Late Night) Mary Lattimore Sons Of Kemet Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers L.A. Witch Kikagaku Moyo + Boogarins + JJUUJJUU (Late Night) Tropa Magica Sugar Candy Mountain Opening Ceremonies With Ian Svenonius

Saturday King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Slowdive Mercury Rev Perform Deserter’s Songs Chelsea Wolfe Wooden Shjips BEAK > A Place To Bury Strangers Shannon & The Clams Kevin Morby Kikagaku Moyo Malcolm Mooney Of CAN Damien Echols – High Magick Boogarins Ex-Cult Deap Vally (Late Night) Cosmonauts Prettiest Eyes (Late Night) Cut Worms JJUUJJUU Ulrika Spacek Al Lover Hand Habits Mannequin Pussy Stonefield Cat Scan

Sunday My Bloody Valentine Death Grips Shellac Ty Segall & White Fence Earth Perform The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull Preoccupations King Khan & The Shrines Julia Holter Earthless Follakzoid Bedouine Escape-Ism The Holydrug Couple Death Valley Girls Imarhan Here Lies Man Sextile Vinyl Williams Gladys Lazer Goon The Mad Walls Talks: Steve Albini

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Minneapolis: September 29, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on September 29, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More The Faint Todd Fink, singer of The Faint told the crowd mid-set after a rare misstep of forgetting some lyrics. But as the crowd howled in protest, the band re-booted the song … Gang of Four UK's Gang of Four will be heading to the US in support of their latest album What Happens Next, set for release on February 24, 2015, via Metropolis Records in the USA and Canada, and Membran ...

THE FAINT
at First Avenue
Thursday, 09/29/16, 7pm ($27/$30)
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Modern synth/Dark Wave/“Danse” band The Faint just released their Capsule: 1999-2016. The retrospective collects their early classics with new classics from their 2016 record Young & Realistic single. It is basically their greatest hit record.

We’re also excited to see Gang Of Four and Pictureplane as opener in this all-star touring bill.

Tour dates:

09.29 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
09.30 - Chicago, IL @ Metro *
10.01 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music*
10.02 - Toronto, ON, Canada @ Danforth Music*
10.05 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
10.06 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall *
10.07 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theatre *
10.08 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
10.10 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge *
10.11 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage *
10.13 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues *
10.14 - Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall *
10.15 - Austin, TX @ Emo's *
10.17 - Scottsdale, AZ @ LiveWire *
10.18 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park *
10.20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan Theater *
10.21 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl *
10.22 - 10.23 - Santa Ana, CA @ Beach Goth V
10.23 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom *
10.25 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox *
10.26 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
10.28 - Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue *
10.29 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre *
10.31 - Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium *

* with Gang Of Four & Pictureplane

Read More Eden Hailing from Dublin, 20-year-old vocalist/producer/multi-instrumentalist EDEN kicks off his North American headline tour today in support of his recently released EP ....

EDEN
at 7th Street Entry
Thursday, 09/29/16, 7pm ($17/Sold Out)
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Dublin’s Eden is touring in North America in support of his i think EP (Astralwerks). There is so much hype and talk about Eden that he’s sold out the 7th Street Entry.

Classically-trained pianist Elohim to open. She is also high on the hype radar, having been dubbed “LA’s brightest new hitmaker” from the NME and achieving over 1 million streams on Spotify - thanks to support from BBC Radio 1, Beats 1, and Sirius XM’s Alt Nation, etc.

Tour dates:

Sept 25 Houston, TX @ House of Blues
Sept 27 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
Sept 29 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Oct 1 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Oct 4 Toronto, Ontario @ Mod Club Theatre
Oct 5 Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rossa
Oct 7 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Oct 10 Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
Oct 11 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Oct 13 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
Oct 14 Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre
Oct 15 Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
Oct 17 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits Live
Oct 20 Orlando, FL @ The Social
Oct 21 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
Oct 22 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room

Read More Warpaint Stefanie was kind enough to send in some photos from the Warpaint show, with Cate Le Bon as opener, at First Avenue in Minneapolis last night (03/29/14). …

WARPAINT
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Thursday, 09/29/16, 7pm ($21.50)
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All-girls band Warpaint (guitarist Emily Kokal, bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg, drummer Stella Mozgawa, and guitarist Theresa Wayman ... all takes turn on vocals) has reunited earlier this year to record their new album Heads Up.

I believe we caught their very first Minneapolis appearance in 2009, when I noted that “I actually quite enjoyed Warpaint, who wowed me with their melodic music as all three girls took turns singing their part. They seem like a lot of fun, and they seem really happy that a lot of people showed up early to see them play.”

As of this writing, no opening band is listed.

Tour dates:

09/24 Long Beach, CA Music Tastes Good
09/25 Las Vegas, NV Life is Beautiful
09/27 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre†
09/29 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe†
09/30 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall†
10/01 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall†
10/03 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall†
10/04 Washington, DC 9:30 Club†
10/06 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club†
10/07 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw†
10/08 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom†
10/09 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer†
10/12 San Francisco, CA Fillmore*
10/13 Los Angeles, CA Fonda Theatre*
10/22 Bristol, U.K. Simple Things Festival
10/23 Edinburgh, U.K. Queens Hall
10/24 Manchester, U.K. Albert Hall
10/26 Liverpool, U.K. e Dome
10/27 London, U.K. Roundhouse
10/29 Paris, France Pitchfork Festival
10/30 Cologne, Germany Live Musik Hall
11/1 Berlin, Germany Astra
11/2 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso
11/4 Reykjavik, Iceland Iceland Airwaves
11/10 Atlanta, GA Terminal West‡
11/11 Chattanooga, TN Revelry Room‡
11/12 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsey‡
11/14 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack’s‡
11/16 Houston, TX Warehouse Live ‡
11/17 Austin, TX Emo’s‡
11/18 Dallas, TX Trees‡
11/22 San Diego, CA Observatory North Park‡

*with Facial and Goldensuns
†with Facial
‡with Goldensuns and VS Colour

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Warpaint at First Avenue, Minneapolis (03/29/2014)

Read More Warpaint I've actually seen Warpaint before, in 2009, and I remember really loving them: "I actually quite enjoyed Warpaint, who wowed me with their melodic music as all three girls took turns singing their part.… Stefanie was kind enough to send in some photos from the Warpaint show, with Cate Le Bon as opener, at First Avenue in Minneapolis last night (03/29/14). Warpaint continues their tour: 03/30 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon 04/01 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's 04/02 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room 04/12 Indio, CA - Coachella 04/17 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic 04/19 Indio, CA - Coachella 04/21 Austin, TX ACL - ACL Live 04/22 Austin, TX ACL - ACL Live 04/23 Austin, TX ACL - ACL Live 04/24 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's 04/26 Dallas, TX - Trees 04/28 Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen 04/29 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge 05/01 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom 05/02 Seattle, WA - Neumos 05/03 Bellingham, WA - The Wild Buffalo 05/04 Vancouver, BC - The Rickshaw Theatre 05/24 Boston, MA - Boston Calling Festival 06/16 Louisville, KY - Louisville Palace* 06/18 Kansas City, KS - Arvest at The Midland* 06/20 Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Theater* 07/11 Los Angeles, CA - Shrine Auditorium* * (w/ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) vu ♥ weheartmusic.com photo by stefanie

Minneapolis Music Guide: March 23-March 29, 2014

Here is a guide of some Minneapolis (and St Paul) shows next week: March 23-March 29. Post-SXSW, we find bands touring around the country, and many of them will end up at Coachella. Never been a better time to see live music with the coming Spring.

Read More Jonathan Coulton My favorite song from his set, and I didn't expect to love it as much, is the live version of "Je Suis Rick Springfield". This is a song about Rick Springfield trying to pick up two girls in France and the song is sung through his …

MARCH 23: PANTAGES THEATRE
Rick Springfield

Speaking of 'spring', if you grew up in the 80s, like I did, you'd remember that massive hit song "Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield, which he won a Grammy for Best Mal Rock Vocal Performance.

The Australian guitarist is currently on a 'Stripped Down' solo performance tour. The a-typical tour will include feedback from his fans with an interactive Q&A Session. Also, starting in late June, he'll be playing alongside his friends and fellow musicians, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. That tour will mark the first time that Rick will tour with Pat and Neil.

Tour dates:

03/14/14 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
03/15/14 Springfield, MO Gillioz Theatre
03/20/14 Keene, NH Colonial Theatre
03/21/14 St. Louis, MO River City Casino
03/22/14 Des Moines, IA Hoyt Sherman Place
03/23/14 Minneapolis, MN Pantages Theatre
03/25/14 York, PA Pullo Center At Penn State York
03/26/14 Pittsfield, MA Colonial Theatre
03/27/14 Ridgefield, CT Ridgefield Playhouse
03/28/14 Stroudsburg, PA Sherman Theater
03/29/14 Larchwood, IA Grand Falls Casino Resort
04/10/14 Baton Rouge, LA Manship Theatre
04/11/14 Madisonville, KY Glema Mahr Ctr
04/18/14 Bow, WA Skagit Valley Casino Resort
04/19/14 Bow, WA Skagit Valley Casino Resort
05/11/14 Santa Monica, CA Eli & Edythe Broad
06/28/14 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amph
06/29/14 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheatre
07/05/14 Atlantic City, NJ Ovation Hall
07/06/14 Canandaigua, NY Constellation Brands
07/08/14 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion At Riverbend
07/16/14 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
07/17/14 Mulvane, KS Kansas Star Arena
07/19/14 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
07/20/14 Valley Center, CA Harrah's Rincon Casino
07/25/14 Saratoga, CA The Mountain Winery

Read More NME Awards NME Awards 2012 nominations: Best International Band Arcade Fire Foo Fighters Odd Future (OFWGKTA) The Strokes …

MARCH 24: TRIPLE ROCK SOCIAL CLUB
The Internet

Kind Red Spirits at the Turf Club

Playing over at the Turf Club in St Paul are locals Kind Red Spirits, with Old Desert Road and Danny Morrison & the 241's. The show is only $5.

Meanwhile, The Internet (featuring Odd Future member Syd and Matt Martians) comes to the Triple Rock Social Club, fresh off their SXSW appearances. I couldn't find any information regarding a new album, so expect the band to play tracks from their 2013 album Feel Good .

Spring tour dates:

03/16/14 New York, NY S.O.B.'S
03/17/14 Phila, PA Theatre Of The Living Arts
03/18/14 Washington, DC Sixth & I
03/20/14 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
03/21/14 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
03/22/14 Toronto, ON Hoxton
03/24/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
03/25/14 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
03/27/14 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
03/29/14 Dallas, TX Trees
04/12/14 Coachella
04/16/14 Pioneertown, CA Pappy And Harriet's
04/19/14 Coachella

Cate Le Bon w/ Kevin Morby - 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis (25 Jan 2014) concert review

Cate Le Bon Tour Poster Setlist No God Are You With Me Now? I Can’t Help You Duke Puts Me to Work Eyes So Bright Mirror Me Me Oh My Sisters Falcon Eyed What Is Worse Wild -- Encore -- The Man I Wanted Fold the Cloth Tour Dates 01/28/14 Norman, OK - The Opolis 01/29/14 Austin, TX - The Mohawk 01/31/14 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress 02/01/14 San Diego - Soda Bar 02/06/14 Ramsgate Music Hall, Ramsgate 02/07/14 London, UK - Islington Assembly Hall 02/08/14 Cardiff, UK - Gate 02/10/14 Cambridge, UK - Cambridge Junction 02/11/14 Liverpool, UK - Leaf Tea Shop And Bar 02/12/14 Glasgow, UK - Broadcast 02/13/14 Gateshead, UK - Sage Gateshead 02/15/14 Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute 02/16/14 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club 02/17/14 Brighton, UK - Komedia 02/18/14 Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds 02/19/14 Bristol, UK -Colston Hall 02/20/14 Le Grand Mix – Fireworks Festival 02/21/14 I Boat, Bordeaux, France 02/22/14 Nouvelle Vague – Saint-Malo, France 02/24/14 Le Sonic, Lyon, France 02/25/14 Point Ephemere, Paris, France 02/26/14 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands 02/27/14 Brussels, Belgium - AB Club 02/28/14 Parenthèse Les Hivernales Festival 03/01/14 Palace, St Gallen, Switzerland 03/04/14 Prinzenbar, Hamburg, Germany 03/05/14 Studio 672, Cologne, Germany 03/21/14 New York, NY - Webster Hall * 03/22/14 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer* 03/23/14 Washington, DC - Black Cat* 03/25/14 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall* 03/26/14 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick* 03/28/14 Chicago, IL - Metro* 03/29/14 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue * * with Warpaint Read More Cate Le Bon Cate Le Bon is currently on tour John just saw her last night at the 7th Street Entry, which we'll read more about it later.…

“…can anybody play bass…?”

Cate Le Bon reluctantly asked that question to the 7th St. Entry crowd on a chilly Saturday night in town, a few songs into her performance after noticing her bass player abruptly disappeared.

Thankfully, he was only temporarily overheated, returned to the stage, and the show went on as planned as the Welsh-born, now Los Angeles-based, singer-songwriter played a 65 min. set in support of songs from her latest, Mug Museum (Turnstile/Wichita).

Kevin Morby Morby with Le Bon on "Slow Train"

Kansas City native Kevin Morby, who plays in Vivian Girls side project The Babies, as well as is the bassist for Woods, opened with a 40 min. pensive set of songs culled from his solo debut, Harlem River (Woodsist Records), which he describes as a homage to New York City. Most of the set was similarly mid-tempo’d and intimate in their storytelling lyrics, with Cate LeBon herself guesting on stage midway through, on “Slow Train”, reprising their duet from the record.

After a brief set change and switching out only the drummer (the backing bassist and guitarist played both sets), Le Bon began, dressed in a Top Gun-like zippered flight deck-looking jumper, with the haunting ‘No God’. ‘Are You With Me Now?’, supposedly inspired by the recent death of her grandmother followed, Le Bon balancing the bleak lyrics of the death of a loved one, over jagged guitar riffs pining for resolution.

It was (ironically) after ‘Puts Me to Work’ that Le Bon noticed her bassist was missing from the stage, which no doubt jarred the rhythm of the show, but was quickly recovered. “He was overheating…like a car”, Le Bon joked gathering her gumption to carry on, “it’s a little bit awkward when I turn around and you’re not there”.

‘Eyes So Bright’ was a slow build, from a beginning psychedelic keyboard riff, to thundering drums by New Zealand drummer Daniel Ward (of Lawrence Arabia and The Sneaks) over Le Bon’s rising vocals.

Hints of the Velvet Underground with Nico peppered ‘Mirror Me’ and ‘Me Oh My’, while ‘Falcon Eyed’ from previous album, Cryk, is a flat-out stomper, anchored by a driving bass drum and unbridled keyboards.

Despite her recent move to Los Angeles injecting some lightness into her music, her Welsh background seems to always belie a certain dourness to the songs and a perceived aloofness on stage; not that it’s a bad thing. Her deep throated vocals can move from a siren’s angelic lilt to a more chaotic, sometimes banshee wail in a moment, in a style that is all her own.

Photo of Setlist

Le Bon ended her set with ‘Wild’, jangly guitar notes a backdrop to her church echo’d voice before a keyboard flourish raised the tempo and pushed the song, headlong, to the end. She returned to the stage for a two-song encore (not on the setlist pic); the brooding ‘The Man I Wanted’ and ‘Fold the Cloth’, with its evocative lyrics, “tuck your belly in your chest and see how close we are.”

And with that, she was gone. Likely relieved that her band (ahem, bassist) could even finish the show and turning in what ended up being an ideal soundtrack to a blustery, sub-zero snowy night…like it might have been set in the Welsh Highlands.

Those that missed Cate Le Bon in Minneapolis will have another chance though, as she joins Warpaint on a very brief spring leg of their tour; playing First Avenue on March 29, en route west to Coachella two weeks later.

Cate Le Bon at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (25 Jan 2014)

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W♥M108: Coachella 2011

W♥M108 (30min: archive/podomatic/mypodcast)

Covering Coachella Music Festival 2011, in the comfort of his swimming pool, Brody gives us a play-by-play of what's going on.

It seems Coachella is streaming their shows live on youtube. Bands on the discussion block:

Best Coast: they've blown up. Loads of buzz behind this band.

Warpaint: Vu likes them

Robyn: hopefully will make it on a future DVD/Bluray release

Foster the People: Amazed why they're so popular, they're selling out all their upcoming shows and with only two EPs!

The Strokes: Still massive, apparently. Headliner and back together, better than ever according to Brody

Cage the Elephant: We like them. They're amazing live.

Suede: Please drop that London-thing

Chapel Club: $2 show

Kanye West: The "top secret" guest appearance at Coachella.

Song of the Podcast is The Jezabels' "Hurt Me"

Bonus: Brody's rant on The National live.

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