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Grin and Bear It

Cocaine Bear (2023) Read More Grizzly Bear Grizzly Bear will be headlining the Palace Theatre in St Paul on December 1st. Their latest album Painted Ruins is out now on RCA Records. Serpentwithfeet to open. ....

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Cocaine Bear (2023)
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What a weird weekend… we’re getting two horror movies based on bears this week.

The first is Cocaine Bear, loosely based on true events.

In 1985, a plane carrying bags of cocaine went down in the woods and an American black bear ingested the drugs. That’s basically the setup for this film. Based on the trailer, it looks like the bear goes on a rampage and murders everyone it sees, while high on cocaine.

This looks more like an unintentional comedy. It could be the next Snakes on a Plane film.

Apparently, this is Ray Liotta’s final performance, before his death in 2022.

Cocaine Bear is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 24, 2023, by Universal Pictures.

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)

The second horror bear movie is Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey.

Thanks to Winnie the Pooh going into the public domain, low-budget filmmaker Rhys Frake-Waterfield jumped on the opportunity to transformed Winnie into a murdering bear in Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. The 2023 British independent slasher film follows Pooh and Piglet on a bloodthirsty murderous rampage on a grown up Christopher Robin. It’s definitely not a Disney movie.

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey will get a United States release on February 15, 2023, and will be in theaters in the UK on March 10, 2023.

Black Bear Kiss

Black Bear Kiss
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Voted best band at the Shropshire Music Awards in 2022, Black Bear Kiss announced their debut self-titled album to be out March 3, 2023.

The upbeat four-piece band from the Midlands formed in 2016, inspired by bands like Foals and Royal Blood.

Their self-titled debut record was years in the making, complicated by the death of their guitarist Rob Jones.

“We are so pleased to share this with everyone”, says singer Chris Leech, “many years of blood, sweat and tears have gone into making this record. We’ve been through so much as a band and to come through everything with this album, shows what we are about.”

The Black Bear Kiss album launch party is set Mar 03, 2023 at The Station, Cannock town centre on the bus station. They are playing tonight (Friday, 17th February) at The Salopian, Shrewsbury in Shrewsbury. Opening support will come from Aaron W Evans, Sig and the Firepilots and “some very special guests!”

The Bear and The Bison

The Bear and The Bison
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Appalachian country and roots rock band The Bear and The Bison’ self-titled debut album came out February 13, 2023.

The band is led by singer-songwriter Mark W. Lennon (Home of the Wheel and Down the Mountain), who said, “I wanted to record some of the songs we had written back in California, so they didn’t get lost. Straightforward snapshot country tunes like ‘Train, Train’ and ‘Misery’… There wasn’t really an agenda, just recording at our own pace, when we could.”

The album features Dean Vivirito (Who Can Sleep) on vocals, Harmony Griffin (Uncle Ben’s Remedy, Leroy Townes) on guitars, Patrick Jackson (Folkfaces) on standup bass, Jim Whitford on lap and pedal steel, Jacob Brockway on pedal steel, Charlie Coughlin (The Brothers Blue) on fiddle, Michael Russeck on piano and Mark Lennon on vocals, guitars, banjo, bass, and percussion.

The Bear & The Bison will be available across all digital platforms February 13, 2023.

mui zyu: Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century

Mui Zyu
muizyu.com

Hong Kong British stirring dream-pop artist mui zyu (Eva Liu of indie-rock band Dama Scout) released her single, “Sore Bear” recently… the single taken from her debut LP Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century, set for release February 24th, 2023 via Father/Daughter Records.

“Sore Bear” is about, “a moment of calm where the protagonist has finally overcome their battles, but accepts there will be more to come. It is about being comfortable with confrontation but also having the autonomy to choose when / if to confront. It’s about protecting yourself with love and accepting that with love there will be loss.”

You can listen to “Sore Bear” on YouTube.

If you are heading out to SXSW 2023, mui zyu will be performing at the event.

Live Dates

March 1 - London, UK @ Servant Jazz Quarters
March 13-18 - Austin, TX @ SXSW

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A girl and her horse

Judy, you're just trying to find and keep the dream of horses
And the song she wrote was Judy and the Dream of Horses
Dream of Horses, you dream of horses

-- Belle & Sebastian

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Read More Horsegirl Chicago’s Horsegirl (Penelope Lowenstein, Nora Cheng, and Gigi Reece) recently announced their first-ever tour. The noise trio signed with Matador Records and sold out their Ballroom Dance Scene 7” debut. …

HORSEGIRL
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Chicago rock band Horsegirl recently released their debut album Versions of Modern Performance, available now on Matador Records.

The all-girls trio, featuring singer/guitarist Penelope Lowenstein, guitarist/singer Nora Cheng, and drummer Gigi Reece, is currently touring in support of the debut album.

We caught the band early in post-pandemic concerts on July 8, 2021, and wrote, “So, the funny thing is that this was an 18+ show, meaning that members of Chicago’s Horsegirl could not legally attend the show on their own. However, as performers, it’s perfectly fine. This was Horsegirl’s first tour, but you wouldn’t know, seeing as how seasoned they seem on stage. We’ve seen old, established bands screwing up and goofing around, so it was nice to see such a young band taking their shows seriously.”

Tour dates:

Jun. 17 - Paris, FR @ Pop Up Du Label
Jun. 19 - London, UK @ Paper Dress Vintage
Jun. 19 - London, UK @ Paper Dress Vintage
Jun. 21 - Manchester, UK @ YES (Basement)
Jun. 22 - London, UK @ Bermondsey Social Club
Jun 23 - London, UK @ The Dome
Jun. 26 - Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol
Jun. 28 - Cologne, DE @ Bumann & Sohn
Jun. 29 - Berlin, DE @ Monarch
Jul. 1 - Denmark, DE @ Roskilde Festival 2022
Jul. 2 - Hamburg, DE @ Molotow Upstairs
Jul. 15 - Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall *
Jul. 16 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
Jul. 17 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall *
Jul. 19 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Jul. 21 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon *
Jul. 22 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo *
Jul. 23 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room *
Jul. 26 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line *
Jul. 27 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *
July 28 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club *
Jul. 30 - Sat. Jul. 31 - Detroit, MI @ Mo Pop Festival
July 31 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza Music Festival
Aug. 2 - Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe *
Aug. 3 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *
Aug. 5 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground *
Aug. 6 - Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus *
Aug. 10 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *

* w/ Dummy

Read More Nina Nastasia 04/13 Mogwai with Nina Nastasia at First Avenue Read More Mogwai With their extended soundscapes, unique time signatures and largely instrumental output, Scottish band Mogwai …

NINA NASTASIA
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American folk singer/songwriter Nina Nastasia will be releasing her first album in 12 years, called Riderless Horse, on July 22th, via Temporary Residence. The vinyl will be released in November.

Nastasia wrote:

Riderless Horse is my first solo record, and it's the first record my former partner, Kennan Gudjonsson, didn't produce.I haven't made an album since 2010. I decided to stop pursuing music several years after my sixth record, Outlaster, because of unhappiness, overwhelming chaos, mental illness, and my tragically dysfunctional relationship with Kennan. Creating music had always been a positive outlet during difficult times, but eventually it became a source of absolute misery.Kennan, a cat and I lived in a studio apartment in NYC for 25 years, finding ways to survive while making records and going on tours. Our apartment was the place where people would come stay, eat, drink, play music, and use our tub. It was quite a home we had created, but it was decaying steadily from the moment we moved in, and in the end, it was as if black mold was growing beneath the surface, undetected, and the two of us were dying and getting too weak to ever leave. We loved each other. We were each other's family, but there was ongoing abuse, control and manipulation. We hid. We didn't want anyone to see how ugly things could get, so we increasingly isolated from our friends and family. We were lost.On January 26, 2020, I made the decision to separate and live apart, and on January 27, Kennan died by suicide. What a thing, suicide. I can only feel sadness and guilt about it. Maybe I'll have other reactions to it later on.Riderless Horse documents the grief, but it also marks moments of empowerment and a real happiness in discovering my own capability. Steve Albini produced this record with me, and Greg Norman assisted. The three of us are old friends, and we did a field recording in a guesthouse built like a lighthouse that two very dear friends of mine have in Esopus, NY. It was exactly the right environment to work on this record. We all had meals together, cried, laughed, and told stories. It was perfect. It made me realize how much I love writing, playing and recording music.Terrible things happen. These were some terrible things. So, what to do - learn something valuable, connect with people, move the f**k out of that apartment, remember the humor, find the humor, tell the truth, and make a record. I made a record.

PONY GIRL
ponygirl.ca

Ottawa-Hull-based indie-rock band Pony Girl will be releasing Enny One Wil Love You on October 14th, via Paper Bag Records. The group recently shared their first single “Age of Anxious”.

Tour dates:

Jun 24 Barrie, ON, Canada Troubadour Festival
Jul 12 Ottawa, ON, Canada Club SAW
Jul 13 Montreal, QC, Canada Bar le Ritz PDB
Jul 14 Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
Jul 15 Brooklyn, NY, US Brooklyn Made
Jul 16 Brooklyn, NY, US Brooklyn Made
Jul 17 Philadelphia, PA, US Underground Arts
Jul 18 Washington, DC, US Union Stage
Jul 19 Pittsburgh, PA, US Mr Smalls Theater
Jul 20 Columbus, OH, US Ace of Cups

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When Animals Attack: Bat, Horse, Pup, and Sloth

Here are some Animal Bands coming to Minneapolis.

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Read More Fruit Bats If you are looking for a laid back collection of summer tracks then I suggest you look no further than The Ruminant Band by the Fruit Bats. …

04/30/2022 Saturday

Fruit Bats and Bonny Light Horseman
with Johanna Samuels
at First Avenue
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It’s bats vs Horse in this upcoming Fruit Bats and Bonny Light Horseman co-headlining show at First Avenue on April 30th.

The last time we heard from Fruit Bats, their record label, Merge Records released Sometimes a Cloud Is Just a Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits and Lost Songs (2001–2021) … compiling some of the band’s earliest hits to current singles.

Tour dates:

Apr 7 Dallas, TX, US Kessler Theater
Apr 8 Austin, TX, US 3TEN Austin City Limits Live
Apr 9 Austin, TX, US 3TEN Austin City Limits Live
Apr 10 Houston, TX, US The Heights Theater
Apr 12 New Orleans, LA, US Tipitina's
Apr 13 Birmingham, AL, US Saturn
Apr 14 Nashville, TN, US The Basement East
Apr 15 Atlanta, GA, US Variety Playhouse
Apr 16 Durham, NC, US Motorco Music Hall
Apr 17 Richmond, VA, US Capital Ale House Music Hall
Apr 19 Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer
Apr 20 Brooklyn, NY, US Music Hall of Williamsburg
Apr 21 Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
Apr 22 Woodstock, NY, US Levon Helm Studios
Apr 23 Washington, DC, US 9:30 Club
Apr 26 Toronto, ON, Canada The Great Hall
Apr 27 Detroit, MI, US El Club
Apr 28 Indianapolis, IN, US HI-FI
Apr 29 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
Apr 30 Minneapolis, MN, US First Avenue
May 6 Denver, CO, US Bluebird Theatre
May 7 Denver, CO, US Bluebird Theatre
May 12 San Diego, CA, US Music Box
May 12 San Diego, CA, US Music Box
May 13 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom
May 14 Tucson, AZ, US 191 Toole
Aug 28 Glasgow, UK Saint Luke's
Aug 30 Bristol, UK The Fleece
Aug 31 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
Sep 1 London, UK Bush Hall
Sep 1 Sixpenny Handley, UK End of the Road Festival
Nov 11 Anaheim, CA, US Honda Center
Nov 12 Sacramento, CA, US Golden 1 Center

Read More Pup Toronto’s Pup (stylized as PUP) is headlining the 7th Street Entry next Friday, June 3rd, in support of their sophomore album The Dream Is Over, available tomorrow, May 27, 2016, via SideOneDummy. .… Cloud Nothings Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings have booked a massive tour, starting in 2021 and going on to 2022 (not listed below). The tour is in support of their new album The Shadow I Remember (Carpark Records). . …

04/05/2022 Tuesday

Pup
with Cloud Nothings, Pinkshift
at Fillmore
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Toronto punk heroes Pup (stylized as PUP) is returning to town on their “Pup Returns: Thank F***** God” tour. The band will play the Fillmore in Minneapolis on April 5th, in support of their new album The Unraveling of PUPTheBand.

Tour dates:

3/28/22 - Kingston, ON @ The Ale House !
3/29/22 - Peterborough, ON @ The Venue !
4/1/22 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre *^
4/2/22 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *^
4/3/22 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre *^
4/5/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore *^
4/8/22 - Victoria, BC @ Capital Ballroom ^ 
4/9/22 - Victoria, BC @ Capital Ballroom ^
4/10/22 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo ^ ‡
4/11/22 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom +^
4/13/22 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades +^ 
4/15/22 - Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival
4/16/22 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren +^
4/17/22 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah + 
4/18/22 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah ^
4/20/22 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield+^
4/21/22 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda #^
4/22/22 - Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival
4/24/22 - Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theatre +^
4/25/22 - Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater +^
4/27/22 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater +^
4/28/22 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues +^
4/29/22 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater +^
5/1/22 - Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Music Festival
5/3/22 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel +^
5/4/22 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz +^
5/5/22 - Richmond, VA @ The National +^
5/6/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall +^
5/7/22 - Washington, DC @ The Fillmore Silver Spring +^
5/9/22 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom +^
5/10/22 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues +^
5/11/22 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 +^
5/13/22 - Montreal, QC @ MTelus +^
5/14/22 - Toronto, ON @ History +^
5/15/22 - Toronto, ON @ History +^
6/3/22 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues $
6/4/22 - Royal Oak, MI @ The Royal Oak $
6/5/22 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s $
6/6/22 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom $
6/8/22 - Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi Annex $
6/9/22 - Lawrence, KS @ The Granada $
6/10/22 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant $
6/11/22 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl $
6/13/22 - Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Hall $
6/14/22 - Columbia, SC @ The Senate $
6/15/22 - Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa $
6/17/22 - Holyoke, MA @ Race Street Block Party $
6/18/22 - Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall $
7/3/22 - St. Catharines, ON @ Born & Raised Concert Series
7/8/22 - Cheltenham, UK @ 2000trees Festival
7/23/22 - Byron Bay, Australia @ Splendour in the Grass
8/26/22 - Málaga, Spain @ Canela Party Festival
10/12/22 - Leeds, UK @ Leeds Beckett Students Union
10/13/22 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz
10/14/22 - London, UK @ The Roundhouse
10/16/22 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Galvanizers
10/17/22 - Dublin, IE @ Academy 2
10/19/22 - Brighton, UK @ Chalk
10/20/22 - Bristol, UK @ SWX
10/21/22 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute
10/23/22 - Paris, FR @ Backstage
10/24/22 - Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
10/25/22 - Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
10/26/22 - Köln, DE @ Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
10/28/22 - Berlin, DE @ So36
10/29/22 - Warsaw, PL @ Hybrydy
10/30/22 - Prague, CZ @ Rock Cafe
11/1/22 - Milan, IT @ Bloom
11/2/22 - Munich, DE @ Strom
11/3/22 - Hamburg, DE @ Gruenspan
11/5/22 - Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset

! with support from Casper Skulls
‡ with support from Beverly Crusher
# with support from Skegss
^ with support from Pinkshift
$ with support from Oceanator
* with support from Cloud Nothings
+ with support from Sheer Mag

Read More Slothrust Rising alt-rock band Slothrust released their new single “The Next Curse” from their upcoming album Parallel Timeline. What is special about the single is that it features Lzzy Hale of Halestorm. Parallel Timeline …

04/22/2022 Friday

Slothrust
with Calva Louise
at 7th St Entry
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Boston’s Slothrust is touring in support of their new deluxe album Parallel Timeline (Origins), via Dangerbird Records.

Tour dates:

4/7 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
4/8 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
4/9 – Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
4/10 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
4/12 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
4/14 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
4/15 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
4/16 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
4/17 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
4/19 – Cincinnati, OH @ Urban Artifact
4/21 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
4/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
4/23 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
4/24 – Davenport, IA @ The Raccoon Motel
4/27 – Kansas City, MO @ Recordbar
4/28 – Wichita, KS @ Wave – Indoor
4/30 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.

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When Animals Tour (March 2022)

Here are some Animal Bands coming to Minneapolis.

Read more When Animals Attack and Minneapolis Music Guide

03/20 Squirrel Flower with Tenci at 7th Street Entry Read More Tenci My Heart Is An Open Field is a confident, deeply beautiful debut album from Chicago four-piece Tenci. These songs are filled with nuance- breaths of saxophone and flute, and touches of cello, piano, and pedal …

Squirrel Flower
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Since releasing her debut album, I Was Born Swimming, in 2019, Squirrel Flower (Ella Williams) has been featured as “Artist to Watch” on Rolling Stone, “40 Best New Bands of 2020” on Stereogum’s list, as well as various other top lists.

Planet is Squirrel Flower’s latest, the EP is available on Polyvinyl Record Co..

Squirrel Flower will stop by Minneapolis at the 7th Street Entry on March 20.

Tenci to open. We previously saw them in Aug 2021 and said, “Opening up the show was Chicago-based musician Tenci, on their last appearance with Valley Maker. The band, led by Jess Shoman, features saxophone player, guitarist Curt Oren, drummer Joseph Farago (of Joey Nebulous), Isabel Reidy (of Izzy True), were both sad and grateful for being part of the tour. Sometime when we see bands near the end of their tour, you get the impression that they’re exhausted… but not with Tenci. The band seemed like they would be forever happy if they just kept traveling town to town talking about “snakes”.”

Tour dates:

03/02 - St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill Duck Room @
03/03 - Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge @
03/04 - Dallas, TX @ Ruins @
03/05 - Austin, TX @ Meanwhile Brewing @
03/07 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress @
03/08 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar @$
03/09 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo @$
03/10 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop @$
03/12 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall @
03/13 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza @
03/15 - Boise, ID @ The Shredder @
03/17 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge @
03/19 - Omaha, NE @ Reverb @
03/20 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry @
04/08 - Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek Festival
04/17 - Glasgow, UK @ Nice N Sleazy
04/18 - Leeds, England @ Brudenell Social Club
04/20 - Manchester, England @ The White Hotel
04/21 - London, England @ Lafayette
04/23 - Bristol, England @ The Louisiana
04/24 - Brighton, England @ The Green Door Store
04/26 - Cologne, Germany @ Blue Shell
04/27 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Rotondes
04/28 - Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow Skybar
04/29 - Berlin, Germany @ Badehaus
05/01 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
05/03 - Zürich, Switzerland @ Bogen F
05/04 - Paris, France @ Hasard Ludique
05/05 - Gent, Belgium @ Charlatan

% w/ Mia Joy
& w/ Christelle Bofale
@ w/ Tenci
$ w/ Maria BC

03/21 Animal Collective with L’Rain at First Avenue Read More Animal Collective Experimental band Animal Collective is back on tour; their latest Painting With is out this Friday on Domino Records. The extremely popular band has already sold out .… L’Rain Opening the show was Brooklyn’s L’Rain (Taja Cheek), playing to a flower decorate mic station. The American experimentalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer was recently added to influential Pitchfork’s 25 .…

Animal Collective
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Influential experimental band Animal Collective are back, and they’ll be stopping by First Avenue on March 21st, as part of their tour for their new album Time Skiffs.

We last saw Animal Collective at Desert Daze (in California) in Oct 2019 and wrote, “… electro-psych band Animal Collective’s set did not disappoint. They opened up with the old school tune from 2005’s Feels, Banshee Beat, fronting stunning visuals of disco dancing girls and hearts. These guys played a bunch of new material, a few being “Gem and I”, “Bolder”, and “Strangers”. Another, “DownDownDownDown” was one that was rare and unreleased. The trippy background art was ridiculous, the one with hands almost holding onto each other being my favorite. Their encore performance was “For Reverend Green”, which they hadn’t played in 12 years.”

Opening will be L’Rain, who we saw in Oct 2021 and said, “Opening the show was Brooklyn’s L’Rain (Taja Cheek), playing to a flower decorated mic station. The American experimentalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer was recently added to influential Pitchfork’s 25 Next List. They are saying that these artists are shaping the future of music.”

Tour dates:

03-08 Richmond, VA - The National
03-09 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
03-11 North Adams, MA - MASS MoCA
03-12 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
03-13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
03-15 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
03-16 Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
03-18 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
03-19 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
03-20 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
03-21 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
03-23 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
03-24 Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works
03-25 Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival
03-26 Atlanta, GA - The Eastern
07-09 Madrid, ES - Mad Cool Fest
11-02 Limerick, IE - Dolan's
11-03 Dublin, IE - National Concert Hall
11-06 Bristol, UK - SWX
11-07 Manchester, UK - Albert Hall
11-09 Glasgow, UK - Saint Luke's
11-12 Tourcoing, FR - Le Grand Mix
11-15 Hamburg, DE - Übel & Gefährlich
11-16 Berlin, DE - Kesselhaus
11-17 Prague, CZ - MeetFactory
11-19 Vienna, AT - Arena
11-20 Munich, DE - Freiheiz
11-21 Fribourg, CH - Fri-Son
11-23 Luxembourg, LU - Atelier
11-24 Paris, FR - Trabendo
11-27 Cologne, DE - Luxor

03/02 Thing with Feathers at Icehouse

Thing with Feathers
ttwfband.com

Nashville-based band The Thing With Feathers will stop by the Icehouse in Minneapolis on March 2nd. I've mentioned this before, since the Icehouse is a cafe in the daytime, their shows don't actually start until the business is closed... meaning shows generally starts at 10pm.

Thing With Feathers' new EP, Sundays in the South is out now on Fat Pipe Recordings/Kartel Music Group.

Tour dates:

2.24 | Chicago, IL | Golden Dagger
2.25 | Madison, WI | The Bur Oak⁣
2.26 | Appleton, WI | Appleton Beer Factory⁣
3.02 | Minneapolis, MN | Icehouse⁣
3.03 | Dubuque, IA | The Lift⁣
3.05 | Nashville, TN | Exit/In ⁣

03/21 Escape From The Zoo and Public Serpents at 7th St Entry

Public Serpents
tentcityrecords.bandcamp

If you’re seeing Animal Collective next door (at First Avenue), you can enter the 7th Street Entry door (it’s inside to the same building) and see the co-headlining show of Escape From The Zoo and Public Serpents.

Houston’s Escape From The Zoo is a loud, fast, punk project from Days N’ Daze’s Jesse Sendejas co-founded with his wife Veronica.

New Jersey’s Public Serpents are described as “an experiment gone wrong”.

The two bands actually released a split 7” in 2020.

Tour dates:

MAR 17 Cobra Lounge Chicago, IL
MAR 21 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
MAR 27 Rec Room Buffalo Corners, NY
MAR 29 Crystal Ballroom Somerville, MA
MAR 30 Trans Pecos Ridgewood, NY
APR 01 The Saint Asbury Park, NJ
APR 03 Ottobar Baltimore, MD
APR 05 Capital Ale House Downtown Richmond, VA
APR 08 Will's Pub Orlando, FL
APR 09 The Brass Mug Tampa, FL
APR 14 Three Links Deep Ellum Dallas, TX

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.

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A Gaggle Of...

Read More Goose Wednesday November 17 Goose, The Truman. $25-$50 Straight No Chaser, Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland. $37.95-$63 …

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02/09/2022 Wednesday

Goose
at First Avenue
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Connecticut rockers Goose is continuing their tour in 2022. You can catch them live this upcoming Feb 9 at First Avenue in Minneapolis.

Faced with the challenges of a COVID-19 world, the band hosted Goosemas on the roof of Rockefeller Center and livestreamed exclusively on Twitch, which drew in over 60,000 viewers worldwide, and raised $45,000 for Conscious Alliance and Save Our Stages.

GOOSE WINTER TOUR 2022

JAN 26: Marquee Theatre / Tempe, AZ
JAN 27: The Observatory North Park / San Diego, CA
JAN 28: The Fonda Theatre / Hollywood, CA
JAN 29: The Regency Ballroom / San Francisco, CA
JAN 30: The Regency Ballroom / San Francisco, CA
FEB 2: Midtown Ballroom / Bend, OR
FEB 3: Wonder Ballroom / Portland, OR
FEB 4: Wonder Ballroom / Portland, OR
FEB 5: Neptune Theatre / Seattle, WA
FEB 7: The ELM / Bozeman, MT

Read More Spoon Daniel’s voice and guitar work moved from elegance to fierceness almost on a coin-flip, and the songs on Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga received the most enthusiastic response. ....

04/02/2022 Saturday

Geese
with Water From Your Eyes
at Turf Club
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Brooklyn’s Geese will be headlining the Turf Club this April 2nd. The announced in January that they’re going to be the support band for popular band Spoon, however, the upcoming Spoon show lists Margaret Glaspy as opener.

Water From Your Eyes to open the Turf Club show.

Tour dates:

JAN 21 The Loving Touch Ferndale, MI
JAN 22 Tomorrow Never Knows Chicago, IL
JAN 23 Club Cafe Pittsburgh, PA
FEB 04 [CHEZ PIAS] Brussels
FEB 05 Wilde Westen Kortrijk
FEB 06 Melkweg Amsterdam
FEB 07 MTC Club Köln
FEB 08 Molotow Hamburg
FEB 12 Fluc und Fluc Wanne Vienna
FEB 14 Milla Munich
FEB 15 Café Bad Bonn Düdingen
FEB 16 Annecy Annecy, France
FEB 17 Point Ephemere Paris, France
FEB 18 The Dome, Tufnell Park London
FEB 20 The Sound House Dublin
FEB 21 McChuills Glasgow
FEB 22 Yes Manchester
FEB 23 Brudenell Social Club Leeds
FEB 24 Rough Trade Bristol Bristol
MAR 11 Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia, PA
MAR 12 DC9 Washington City, DC
MAR 14 High Watt Nashville, TN
Mar 15-Mar 18 SXSW Austin, TX
MAR 22 Valley Bar Phoenix, AZ
MAR 23 Casbah San Diego, CA
MAR 24 The Echo Los Angeles, CA
MAR 25 Rickshaw Stop San Francisco, CA
MAR 27 Treefort Music Festival 2022 Boise, ID
MAR 28 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
MAR 29 Barboza Seattle, WA
APR 02 Turf Club West Saint Paul, MN
APR 04 Ace of Cups Columbus, OH
APR 06 The Garrison Toronto, ON
APR 07 Bar Le Ritz PDB Montréal, QC
APR 16 Bowery Ballroom New York City, NY
MAY 24 Mission Ballroom Denver, CO
MAY 25 The Complex Salt Lake City, UT
MAY 31 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
JUN 02 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
JUN 03 Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
JUN 04 The Van Buren Phoenix, AZ
Aug 11 - Aug 13 Haldern Pop Festival 2022

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Minneapolis: February 4 to February 5

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide… Animals Edition? (Wombats, Wolves, roaring Tiger, and Dande“Lion”)

02/04 The Wombats with Clubhouse at The Fillmore Read More The Wombats Fix Yourself, Not The World is the forthcoming album from The Wombats. The popular band will be heading out on tour to promote the record in 2022 ...

02/04/2022 Friday

The Wombats
with Clubhouse
at The Fillmore
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Beloved Liverpool indie-rockers The Wombats returns to Minneapolis this February 4th.

North American Dates:

January 20 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
January 22 - The Fillmore, Philadelphia, PA
January 25 - Terminal 5, New York, NY
January 26 - House of Blues, Boston, MA
January 28 - Corona, Montreal, QB
January 31 - St. Andrew’s, Detroit, MI
February 1 - Newport, Columbus, OH
February 3 - Park West, Chicago, IL
February 4 - Fillmore, Minneapolis, MN
February 5 - The Truman, Kansas City, MO
February 7 - Cannery, Nashville, TN
February 8 - Buckhead, Atlanta, GA
February 10 - House of Blues, Houston, TX
February 11 - Emo’s, Austin, TX
February 12 - House of Blues, Dallas, TX
February 14 - Ogden, Denver, CO
February 15 - Union, Salt Lake City, UT
February 17 - Showbox Market, Seattle, WA
February 18 - Venue Nightclub, Vancouver, BC
February 19 - Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
February 21 - The Regency, San Francisco, CA
February 22 - The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA
February 25 - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
April 14 - First Direct Arena, Leeds
April 15 - The O2, London
April 16 - Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
April 18 - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
April 22 - Mountford Hall, Liverpool
April 23 - Mountford Hall, Liverpool
April 29 - La Machine Du Moulin Rouge, Paris
May 1 - Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne
May 2 - Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg
May 4 - Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm
May 5 - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo
May 6 - DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen
May 7 - Huxley's Neue Welt, Berlin
May 9 - Gasometer, Vienna
May 10 - Backstage Werk, Munich
May 12 - Estragon, Bologna
May 13 - Fabrique, Milan
May 14 - Komplex 457, Zurich
May 16 - De Roma, Antwerp
May 17 - Paradiso, Amsterdam
May 18 - De Oosterpoort, Groningen
May 19 - TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
May 26 - Open Air Theatre, Scarborough

02/04 Los Lobos with Them Coulee Boys at First Avenue Read More Los Lobos Electronic artist Marc Rebillet played eight cities in June, Los Lobos played in Southern California on July 4, Andrew McMahon just reprised his Jack Mannequin days with a pair of successful shows in Anaheim . … Them Coulee Boys Lake Monster Bash: Halloween Music Fest Haley Bonar, Farewell Milwaukee, Them Coulee Boys, Actual Wolf Lake Monster Brewing Sat 10/28/2017 (12pm/$15) . …

02/04/2022 Friday

Los Lobos
with Them Coulee Boys
at First Avenue
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Los Angeles’ Los Lobos (“The Wolves”) returns to touring in support of their new album Native Sons, out now on New West Records.

Tour dates:

01/13 - Honolulu, HI - Blue Note Hawaii
01/14 - Honolulu, HI - Blue Note Hawaii
02/9 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Broward Center
02/10 – Clearwater, FL – Billheimer Capitol Theatre
03/3 - Raton, NM - Shuler Theater
03/4 - Fort Collins, CO - Washington's
03/5 - Steamboat Springs, CO - Strings Music Pavilion
03/7 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
03/23 - Brownfield, ME - Stone Mountain Arts
03/26 - Fall River, MA - Narrows Center
03/31 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
04/1 - Brugge, Belgium - Stadsschouwburg Brugge
04/2 - Leuven, Belgium - Het Depot
04/3 - Antwerp, Belgium - De Roma
06/24 - Jacksonville, FL - Daily's Place Amphitheater
06/25 - Mobile, AL - Mobile Civic Center
06/28 - Indianapolis, IN - The Amphitheater
07/1 - Canandaigua, NY - Constellation
07/2 - Gilford, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
07/3 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts
07/6 - New Haven, CT - Westville Music Bowl
07/8 - Philadelphia, PA - The Mann Center
07/9 - Burlington, VT - Midway Lawn
07/10 - Patchogue, NY - Great South Bay Music Fest
07/12 - Lewiston, NY - Artpark
07/15 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
07/16 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
07/19 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap
07/21 - Raleigh, NC - Coastal Credit Union Music Park
07/23 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion
07/24 - Huber Heights, OH - Rose Music Center
07/26 - Aurora, IL - RiverEdge Park *
07/29 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
07/30 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre

02/05 Grady Spencer & the Work with Al Church at 7th St Entry 02/05 The Greeting Committee with The Brazen Youth at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Read More The Greeting Committee Join Kansas City’s The Greeting Committee on their first-ever North American headlining tour at the 7th Street Entry this Tuesday, June 11th. The band opened up for MisterWives in June 2017. …

02/05/2022 Saturday

Grady Spencer & the Work
with Al Church
at 7th St Entry
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Fort Worth, Texas-based band Grady Spencer & the Work is in tour in support of their new album Wait. The band will stop by 7th Street Entry this Feb 5th.

Al Church to open.

Tour Dates:

12/31 / Fort Worth, TX / Magnolia Motor Lounge
01/20 / Starkville, MS / Rick’s Cafe
01/21 / Atlanta, GA / Vinyl
01/22 / Nashville, TN / Basement East *
01/28-29 / Key West, FL / Mile 0 Fest
02/1 / Athens, GA / 40 Watt
02/3 / Ferndale, MI / Magic Bag
02/4 / Chicago, IL / Carol’s Pub
02/5 / Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
02/9 / San Antonio, TX / Sam’s Burger Joint
02/10 / Austin, TX / Antone’s
02/17 / Denton, TX / Dan’s Silverleaf
02/18 / Roswell, NM / The Liberty ^
02/19 / Lubbock, TX / The Blue Light
02/24 / Trinidad, CO / Trinidad Lounge
02/25 / Denver, CO / Globe Hall
02/26 / Amarillo, TX / Hoot’s Pub
03/10 / Fayetteville, AR / George’s Majestic Lounge
03/11 / Tulsa, OK / The Shrine
03/18 / Houston, TX / White Oak Music Hall
03/19 / Oklahoma City, OK / Beer City Music Hall

* with The Vegabonds
^ supporting Eli Young Band

02/05/2022 Saturday

The Greeting Committee
with The Brazen Youth
at Amsterdam Bar & Hall
first-avenue.com

Kansas City’s The Greeting Committee will stop by the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul, as part of their 2022 tour for their sophomore album Dandelion.

Tour Dates

February 5 – St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Hall
February 6 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean
February 8 – Toronto, ON – Drake Underground
February 9 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
February 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
February 11 – Boston, MA – Café 939
February 12 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live
February 15- Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar
February 16 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
February 18 – Austin, TX – The Parish
February 19 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
February 21 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
February 22 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
February 23 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of The Hill
February 25 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
February 27 – Portland, OR – Holocene
March 1 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
March 2 – Denver, CO – Globe Hall
April 9 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Animal Christmas Covers

Read More Spoon Daniel’s voice and guitar work moved from elegance to fierceness almost on a coin-flip, and the songs on Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga received the most enthusiastic response. ....

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SPOON
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Last month, Spoon shared their version of The Beatles 1967 fan club single “Christmas Time (Is Here Again)”, as part of the Spotify Singles: Holiday Edition 2021. The collection marks the fifth year of Spotify Singles: Holiday.

Frontman Britt Daniel says about the track, “Recording ‘Christmas Time (Is Here Again)’ was a group effort that pulled us away from rehearsals and quickly sent us down a turbulent path of what you might call the Christmas spirit. And it’s our song with the most band members doing vocals ever - pretty sure I’m counting four. THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS IS OVER.”

While we are at it, Spoon also announced the title of their forthcoming tenth studio album will be called Lucifer On the Sofa. The record will come out February 11th, 2022.

Spoon Tour Dates

12/31/21 - NYE at ACL Live at the Moody Theater – Austin TX

Read More Black Pumas With three Grammy nominations (for “Album of the Year,” “Record of the Year” & “American Roots”), it’s clear that Austin’s Black Pumas are on the top of their game. …

BLACK PUMAS
theblackpumas.com

Ahead of their tour, Austin’s Black Pumas released their Christmas single, a cover of Lou Rawls’ “Christmas Will Really Be Christmas”. The song will be available as part of the Spotify Holiday Singles.

“We were really attracted to the message, the lyrics, the arrangement, the feeling,” frontman Eric Burton says. “It’s a message that needs to be heard right now. I was a little nervous about singing in Lou Rawls’ low register, so I sang it an octave higher and it was nice to arrange vocals with the ladies [backup singers Lauren Cervantes and Angela Miller] as well to put our own spin on it.”

Tour Dates

12/12/21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
12/15/21 - San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
12/16/21 - San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
12/17/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater
12/18/21 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues Las Vegas
2/4/22 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
2/5/22 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
2/26/22 - 2/27/22 - Tempe, AZ @ Innings Festival
3/2/22 - 3/5/22 - Cancún, Mexico @ My Morning Jacket's One Big Holiday
3/19/22 - 3/20/22 - Mexico City, CDMX @ Vive Latino
3/25/22 - 3/27/22 - São Paulo, SP @ Lollapalooza Brasil
3/25/22 - 3/27/22 - Bogotá, Colombia @ Estereo Picnic
3/27/22 - 3/29/22 - Boston, MA @ Boston Calling
6/18/22 - Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller Music Hall
6/19/22 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Berns
6/21/22 - Hamburg, Germany @ Fabrik
6/22/22 - Dortmund, DE @ FZW
6/29/22 - Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
6/30/22 - Barcelona, Spain @ Vida Festival
7/8/22 - 7/10/22 - Trenčín, Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival
7/8/22 - Madrid, Spain @ Mad Cool Festival

SURFBORT
surfbortruinedmylife.com

Punk band Surfbort released their cover of Elmo & Patsy’s “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.”

Singer Dani Miller, talks about this festive song, “I think Christmas holidays are a sham and can be lonely and messed up, but we love our grandma and love seeing family on the holidays. Because last year's holiday season was dark we wanted to cover a song that had humor and played off a twisted holiday season. Santa is lame, but family love is where it's at (even if you prefer your found family more). My grandma and grandpa made the cover art! Linda Perry inspired us and produced the song and I'm so happy she had us ring in the holidays. I hope you blast ‘Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer’ and feel the love from Surfbort this holiday season.”

Tour dates:

12/12/2021 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy

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When Animals Attack: Mice, Wolf, Fish, and Roosters

Read More Of Mice & Men Of Mice & Men, a name stolen from John Steinbeck (by the way of William Shakespeare), has announced a third studio album called Restoring Force to be release on January 28th on Rise Records. ...

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OF MICE & MEN
ofmiceandmenofficial.com

Gold-selling hard rockers Of Mice & Men just released their seventh album Echo, via SharpTone Records.

Talking about the new record, bassist/singer Pauley said, “Echo is a collection of songs that represents a year of creating as a means of finding genuine human connection, during what could easily be considered the most tumultuous and disconnected time in any of our lives. Through every loss, every struggle, every triumph, working together on these songs brought us closer to each other and to the people who allow our music to be a part of their lives.”

Track listing:

1. Timeless
2. Obsolete
3. Anchor
4. Levee
5. Bloom
6. Pulling Teeth
7. Mosaic
8. Fighting Gravity
9. Echo
10. Helplessly Hoping

Read More Anna von Hausswolff Swedish singer, pianist and songwriter Anna von Hausswolff will be releasing The Miraculous, her third studio album on November 13th via Other Music / City Slang / Pomperipossa. ...

ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF
annavonhausswolff.org

Sweden’s Anna von Hausswolff will be releasing Live at Montreux Jazz Festival in January 14, 2022 (Southern Lord).

Talking about her experience at the infamous Montreux Jazz Festival Anna von Hausswolff remarks:

"In the beginning of 2013 I was texting back and forth with my friend Albin Oskarsson. He wanted me to come and play at a jazz festival that he was living nearby, it was Montreux Jazz Festival. At that point I was still quite unknown outside Sweden and regardless of my friend's many attempts to contact the festival they never returned to him with an offer. I gave up the idea, he did not. Later that same year he unexpectedly died and a few years later, in 2017, an email popped up in my inbox, it was a request to open for Nick Cave and the bad seeds at the Montreux jazz festival. The tragedy that Albin was still not around to share the excitement with me gave me sorrow.

But, through the magic of music comfort came. The show was an emotional turmoil of ecstasy and grief, shared with an incredible audience and atmosphere. And, eventually, I could see his face in the venue, floating above all others, smiling and waving towards me. I’m so happy to have been given this moment and I’m beyond grateful to Montreux Jazz Festival, John Harris and Mathieu Jaton who so beautifully recorded this special concert that I will keep close to my heart forever and ever."

Live at Montreux Jazz Festival was mixed on the “Queen Neve” desk, previously owned by Queen (thus the name ) and situated at the Mountain Studios in the casino of Montreux, now ­located at Svenska Grammofonstudion, Gothenburg - further capturing the magic.

Read More Samantha Fish Samantha Fish is headlining the Cedar Cultural Center on Tuesday, in support of her new record Chills & Fever. Fish has deep Motown, soul, and R&B influence on her album, as well as edgy rock ‘n roll sound. Ken Valdez to open. 7pm, $15 ...

SAMANTHA FISH
samanthafish.com

Rounder Records will be releasing Faster, a new album from Samantha Fish. Of course, there will be a tour to help promote the record… she’ll stop by Minneapolis in January 15, 2022 (with Django Knight).

Tour dates:

12/07/21 Charlotte, NC Neighborhood Theatre
12/08/21 Atlanta, GA The Eastern
12/09/21 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
12/10/21 Little Rock, AR The Hall
12/11/21 Hattiesburg, MS Historic Hattiesburg Saenger
12/14/21 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
12/15/21 Columbia, MO The Blue Note
12/16/21 Kansas City, MO The Truman
12/18/21 Milwaukee, WI Rave Basement
12/19/21 Chicago, IL Park West
12/31/21 Macon, GA Macon City Auditorium
01/12/22 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
01/13/22 Aurora, IL The Piazza
01/14/22 Bloomington, IL Castle Theatre
01/15/22 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
01/16/22 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
01/18/22 Wichita, KS Cotillion
01/19/22 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
01/21/22 Austin, TX Mohawk
01/22/22 Houston TX The Heights
01/23/22 Dallas, TX Kessler Theater
01/30/22 Komedia, Bath
01/31/22 Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
02/01/22 Wylam Brewery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
02/03/22 O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
02/04/22 Academy 2, Manchester
02/05/22 Rock City, Nottingham
02/06/22 Tramshed, Cardiff
02/07/22 Chalk, Brighton
02/08/22 KK's Steel Mill, Wolverhampton

NICK DORIAN
soundcloud.com/nickdorian

Rooster is the title of Nick Dorian’s new album. The record name drew inspiration from his Uncle Gaetano' Guy' Valentini's love and commitment to his pet rooster. Apparently the rooster was honored with a larger-than-life statue that broke broke the Guinness World Record for being the tallest rooster monument in the world.

Nick shares, “My uncle's love and commitment to this bird is yet another reminder of how much you can get out of something so little. With love, there's always something to crow about.”

Rooster LP Track Listing

1. Television
2. Follow The Leader
3. Seahorse Valley 2
4. Seahorse Valley 1
5. Quint’s Song
6. Ankleweights
7. Offleash
8. Streamdreams
9. How Can You Believe
10. An Old Idea

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Ssssnakes!

Read More Serpentwithfeet serpentwithfeet will be playing at the Icehouse this Saturday with Francis and the Lights. Typical Icehouse shows starts at 11:30pm, so this one will be a late-nighter. If it’s too late, fear not, serpentwithfeet will return to Minneapolis ...

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SERPENTWITHFEET
facebook/serpentwithfeet

Los Angeles-based artist Serpentwithfeet (stylized as serpentwithfeet) annonced his forthcoming EP Deacon’s Grove… available November 5, on Secretly Canadian. This is the companion piece to his most recent album Deacon.

Lauded by TIME, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, and more as one of the year’s best albums so far, DEACON highlights serpentwithfeet’s growth as a songwriter, embracing straightforward approaches to expression. A study delving into Black, gay love and the tenderness present in the best companionships, romantic or otherwise, serpent approached DEACON with an undeniable passion and reverence for the genre of R&B, following in the tradition of artists whose gifts were helmed in the Black church.

DEACON’S GROVE Tracklist:

01. Hyacinth (Strings)
02. Shoot Ya Shot
03. Down Nuh River
04. Amir (Reprise)
05. Fellowship (Remix) ft. Ambre & Alex Isley

Read More Primal Scream It’s still Summer in Australia, and Sally finally got to see her favorite band, Primal Scream at the Forum in Sydney, Australia, on February 4, 2009. …

FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES
andtherattlesnakes.com

Critically acclaimed British punk rockers Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes announced their highly anticipated new studio album Sticky (AWAL Recordings).

Since their debut in 2015, the band racked up over 150 million total global streams, have built a reputation for anthemic punk/hardcore rock and power-pop… however, looking at the track listing for Sticky, the band’s fourth album, they’ve recruited the help of Primal Scream’s vocalist Bobby Gillespie! Primal Scream is known for dance, psychedelia… so this looks like an interesting teamup.

Tour dates:

OCT 18 In-Store Signing Oxford
OCT 19 The Fighting Cocks Kingston Upon Thames
OCT 21 Rough Trade East London
NOV 10 The Academy, Middle Abbey Dublin
NOV 11 Rock City Nottingham
NOV 13 University of E Anglia Norwich
NOV 15 O2 Guildhall Southampton Southampton
NOV 16 O2 Academy Bristol Bristol
NOV 17 The Engine Shed Lincoln
NOV 19 O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham
NOV 20 O2 Academy Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne
NOV 22 Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow
NOV 23 Edinburgh Corn Exchange Edinburgh
NOV 24 O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool
NOV 25 Manchester Academy Manchester
JAN 21, 2022 O2 Academy Brixton London
JAN 22, 2022 O2 Academy Brixton London
JAN 25, 2022 Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands
JAN 26, 2022 Live Music Hall Cologne, Germany
JAN 28, 2022 Slaktkyrkan Johanneshov, Sweden
JAN 29, 2022 Rockefeller Music Hall Oslo, Norway
JAN 30, 2022 Vega København, Denmark
FEB 1, 2022 Astra Kulturhaus Berlin, Germany
FEB 2, 2022 MEETFACTORY Prague, Czech Republic
FEB 3, 2022 NIEBO Warszawa, Poland
FEB 5, 2022 Dynamo Zurich, Switzerland
FEB 6, 2022 Magazzini Generali Milan, Italy
FEB 8, 2022 Razzmatazz salas 2 & 3 Barcelona, Spain
FEB 10, 2022 LAV - Lisboa Ao Vivo Lisboa, Portugal
FEB 11, 2022 Sala Capitol Santiago De Compostela, Spain

DANIEL ROMANO
danielromanomusic.com

Cobra Poems is the new album from Daniel Romano… however, looking at the cover artwork, it’s billed as Daniel Romano’s Outfit. The Outfit is Romano’s band… and they’ve also announced a European tour in 2022.

European Tour Dates:

18-06-2022 Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP - Azkena Festival
25-06-2022 Luzern, CH - Suedpol Luzern
26-06-2022 Mannheim, DE - Altes Volksbad
27-06-2022 Berlin, DE - Privatclub
29-06-2022 Nijmegen, NL - Doornroosje
30-06-2022 Utrecht, NL - TivoliVredenburg
01-07-2022 Groningen, NL - Vera
02-07-2022 Haarlem, NL - Patronaat
03-07-2022 Den Haag, NL - Paard
08-07-2022 Daniel Romano Bryne, NO - Rangelrock
16-07-2022 Oslo, NO - John Dee
23-07-2022 Tromsø, NO - Bukta Festival
26-07-2022 Krefeld, DE - Kulturrampe
28-07-2022 London, UK - Lexington

ROYAL & THE SERPENT royalandtheserpent.com Rising alt-rocker and singer-songwriter-and producer Slush Puppy recently teamed up with alt-pop singer-songwriter Royal & the Serpent for their single, “Eat Spit!”. Pottymouth Slush Puppy adds, “This song is a certified headbanger. We wanted to show a different side that no one would expect and went f*** wild. Just crank that s*** and go crazy."

ABOVE SNAKES facebook/abovesnakesmusic Boston’s Nu metal band Above Snakes (vocalist Johnny Skulls and guitarist Dax Dabs) released their latest single/video for “Nothing to Lose”. The group will be sharing the stage with Dropout Kings on October 26 at Jewel Night Club in Manchester NH.

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When Animals Attack: Wolf Alice, Wombats, Thundercat, Lady Bird

Read More Wolf Alice London-based four-piece Wolf Alice will release their debut album My Love Is Cool on June 23rd via Dirty Hit / RCA Records. They actually did not include the cover artwork, but they did ...

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WOLF ALICE
wolfalice.co.uk

It’s hard to believe that it’s been more than a decade that London-based Wolf Alice was first formed by singer Ellie Rowsell and guitarist Joff Oddie.

They actually didn’t release their debut single, “Fluffy”, until 2013, which, of course, we wrote about it in January 22, 2013: “Wolf Alice's debut single, "Fluffy" is out February 11th on Chess Club Records. Despite thinking her name is Alice Wolf, it's really Ellie Rowsell, and her band will be doing a UK tour this year - starting off at the NME Awards Show”.

Wolf Alice at Coalition, Brighton (16 May 2013)

We caught them at Great Escap 2013: “Brody and Jess just saw Wolf Alice at Coalition in Brighton as part of the Great Escape Music Festival taking this weekend. Wolf Alice's next Great Escape appearance will be on Friday (05/17) at SMACK. It is a free show, with their motto as "no wristband, no problem."”

When they finally played their first concert in Minnesota, in May 2015, we were there to cover it. We noted, “Based on the excited fans and sold out status of the Turf Club, the band will definitely be returning to Minneapolis... except, of course, they'll play a much bigger venue.”

Wolf Alice at First Avenue, Minneapolis (27 March 2018)

Yes, of course, they played much bigger venues, such as First Avenue in Oct 2015 and Mar 2018. Their finest hour seems to be nominated for a Grammy and winning the 2018 Mercury Prize.

Now, post-pandemic, Wolf Alice is returning to the stage at the sold-out Fine Line Music Café, in Minneapolis, on November 6th.

Tour dates:

10/25/2021 The Showbox Seattle, WA
10/26/2021 McMenamins Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
10/28/2021 Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA
10/29/2021 Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA
10/30/2021 August Hall San Francisco, CA
11/03/2021 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
11/04/2021 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
11/06/2021 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, MN
11/08/2021 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
11/09/2021 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
11/11/2021 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
11/12/2021 The Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
11/13/2021 The Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
11/18/2021 Cannery Ballroom Nashville, TN
11/20/2021 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
01/05/2022 Barrowland Glasgow
01/07/2022 Barrowland Glasgow
01/08/2022 Barrowland Glasgow
01/12/2022 O2 Apollo Manchester Manchester
01/13/2022 O2 Apollo Manchester Manchester
01/14/2022 O2 Academy Sheffield Sheffield
01/15/2022 O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool
01/18/2022 Eventim Apollo London
01/19/2022 Eventim Apollo London
01/20/2022 Eventim Apollo London
01/22/2022 O2 Guildhall Southampton Southampton
01/23/2022 De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill-on-Sea
01/24/2022 Olympia Theatre Dublin, Ireland
01/25/2022 Olympia Theatre Dublin, Ireland
01/28/2022 Wolf Alice Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth
01/30/2022 O2 Academy Bristol Bristol
01/31/2022 O2 Academy Bristol Bristol
02/20/2022 Rockefeller Music Hall Oslo, Norway
03/02/2022 La Riviera Madrid, Spain
07/06/2022 Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain
07/08/2022 Glasgow Green Glasgow

Read More The Wombats The good news is that with their third album Glitterbug just recently released (April 13, 2015), the band is back in the USA on tour. They are stopping by the Varsity Theater on May 6th. ...

THE WOMBATS
thewombats.co.uk

Fix Yourself, Not The World is the forthcoming album from The Wombats.

The popular band will be heading out on tour to promote the record in 2022, and they’re stopping by the Fillmore in Minneapolis on February 4th. We caught the band in Oct 2018 and wrote, “After some time off, the formerly Liverpool-based trio needed some triangulation logistics (singer Murph is recently married and living in LA, bassist Tord Knudsen has a family in Oslo, and drummer Dan Haggis is settled in London) to all come together, but their playing remains solid despite their distance, and the songs still have their distinctive hummable hooks and choruses amid Murph’s anxious and often somber tragi-comic lyrics.”

Tour dates:

January 20 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
January 22 - The Fillmore, Philadelphia, PA
January 25 - Terminal 5, New York, NY
January 26 - House of Blues, Boston, MA
January 28 - Corona, Montreal, QB
January 31 - St. Andrew’s, Detroit, MI
February 1 - Newport, Columbus, OH
February 3 - Park West, Chicago, IL
February 4 - The Fillmore, Minneapolis, MN
February 5 - The Truman, Kansas City, MO
February 7 - Cannery, Nashville, TN
February 8 - Buckhead, Atlanta, GA
February 10 - House of Blues, Houston, TX
February 11 - Emo’s, Austin, TX
February 12 - House of Blues, Dallas, TX
February 14 - Ogden, Denver, CO
February 15 - Union, Salt Lake City, UT
February 17 - Showbox Market, Seattle, WA
February 18 - Venue Nightclub, Vancouver, BC
February 19 - Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
February 21 - The Regency, San Francisco, CA
February 22 - The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA
February 25 - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
April 14 - First Direct Arena, Leeds
April 15 - The O2, London
April 16 - Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
April 18 - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
April 22 - Mountford Hall, Liverpool
April 23 - Mountford Hall, Liverpool
April 29 - La Machine Du Moulin Rouge, Paris (France)
May 1 - Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne (Germany)
May 2 - Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg (Germany)
May 4 - Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm (Sweden)
May 5 - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo (Norway)
May 6 - DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen (Denmark)
May 7 - Huxley's Neue Welt, Berlin (Germany)
May 9 - Gasometer, Vienna (Austria)
May 10 - Backstage Werk, Munich (Germany)
May 12 - Estragon, Bologna (Italy)
May 13 - Fabrique, Milan (Italy)
May 14 - Komplex 457, Zurich (Switzerland)
May 16 - De Roma, Antwerp (Belgium)
May 17 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
May 18 - De Oosterpoort, Groningen (Netherlands)
May 19 - TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht (Netherlands)
May 26 - Open Air Theatre, Scarborough

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Grammy winner and bassist Thundercat (not to be confused with the 80s cartoon) will be touring this Fall in support of his album It Is What It Is. The album garnered praises from the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the LA Times… and it won the Grammy in 2020 for the Best Progessive R&B album.

Thundercat Tour Dates

10/24/21 Orlando, FL The Plaza Live
10/26/21 Jacksonville, FL Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
10/27/21 Tampa, FL Jannus Live
10/28/21 Thu. New Orleans, LA The Joy Theater
10/30/21 Austin, TX Stubb's Waller Creek
10/31/21 Atlanta, GA The Eastern
11/2/21 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
11/4/21 Thu. Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore
11/5/21 New York, NY Terminal 5
11/6/21 New York, NY Terminal 5
11/7/21 Boston, MA House of Blues
11/9/21 Boston, MA House of Blues
11/10/21 Montreal, QC MTELUS
11/11/21 Thu. Toronto, ON History
11/12/21 Las Vegas, NV Day N Vegas
11/14/21 St. Paul, MN Palace Theater
11/16/21 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
11/17/21 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
11/19/21 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
11/20/21 Dallas, TX House Of Blues Dallas
11/22/21 Mon. Santa Fe, NM Meow Wolf
11/23/21 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
11/27/21 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Expo Hall
11/29/21 Mon. Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
11/30/21 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
12/1/21 San Francisco, CA The Warfield Theatre
12/3/21 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
12/4/21 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
12/5/21 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Boise
12/7/21 Denver, CO The Mission Ballroom

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Kent’s Lady Bird (no relations to the film of the same name) announced their debut album WE, set for release in February 25th 2022 via Alcopop! Records.

There will be a promotional tour to promote the record… so come see the band live: Don Bird (vocals/guitar/organ), Alex Deadman (guitar), Joe Walker (drums).

2021 Live Dates

16th Oct - Live At Leeds
17th Oct - SWN Fest, Cardiff

2022 Live Dates

8th Mar - The Crypt, Hastings
9th Mar - Joiners, Southampton
10th Mar - Crauford Arms, Milton Keynes
11th Mar - Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield
13th Mar - Caves, Edinburgh
14th Mar - The Wardrobe, Leeds
16th Mar - The Musician, Leicester
17th Mar - lfor Bach, Cardiff
18th Mar - The Old Blue Last, London
19th Mar - YES (Basement), Manchester
20th Mar - Patterns, Brighton
21st Mar - Bullingdon, Oxford
25th Mar - Forum, Tunbridge Wells

ZOO facebook/abandcalledzoo Cincinnati-based Zoo (stylized as ZOO) will be releasing their forthcoming album No Man's Land. The album is coming out October 22, 2021, via Good Eye Records, and there will be an album release show on October 29 at MOTR Pub with Curt Kiser (of Carriers) and Turtledoves.

THE COYOTE instagram/thecoyoteofficial Writer and composer The Coyote (aka Elan Levy) announced his new EP Bad Killer, set to be released on December 3rd, 2021. You can preview the EP via the lead single and video for “Stranger Danger”, which began streaming on Oct 15th via Variance Magazine.

BLACK SWAN DIVE BOMB facebook/blackswandivebomb Detroit’s Black Swan Dive Bomb (Dakota Starr, Woody Locke, Fann Daigh, and Dan Carney) will be releasing their debut four song EP Light the Match, Ignite the Flame on October 26, 2021. The four-track EP is described as “jam-packed with dynamic changes and unbridled energy.”

HAWKINS facebook/thehawkinsswe Swedish garage rockers The Hawkins just released Aftermath on October 15, via by The Sign Records. The vinyl will arrive on October 29th. Aftermath is described as a conceptual mini-album, “dealing with the destructive aftermath of past relationships.” We’re not actually sure what is the differences are between a mini-album and an extended play (EP).

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