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Tour Dates
10/14 Chicago, IL Subterranean 10/16 Columbus, OH The Basement 10/17 New York, NY CMJ 2012 10/18 New York, NY CMJ 2012 10/19 New York, NY CMJ 2012 10/20 New York, NY CMJ 2012 10/26 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle* 10/27 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry* 10/28 Madison, WI The Frequency* 10/29 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works * 10/30 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway Nightclub* 10/31 Nashville, TN The High Watt* 11/01 New Orleans, LA Circle Bar* 11/03 Austin, TX Fun Fun Fun Fest 11/04 Tucson, AZ Club Congress* 11/08 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop* 11/09 Santa Cruz, CA The Crepe Place * 11/14 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge* 11/15 Seattle, WA The Crocodile* *As special guests of Diamond Rings Read More While Gold Fields was here in the States in March, they've decided to come back to do a proper tour. They've also just recently released "Dark Again" (October 9th) ...
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Did you miss Gold Fields at the Nether Bar in Minneapolis last night? Fear not, they will be returning here in less than two weeks opening up for Diamond Rings at the 7th Street Entry (October 27th). Do yourself a favor and go to that upcoming show, you won't regret it.
Before I get to the opening bands, I wanted to say that this was the first time I've been to a show at the Nether Bar. I've been to Mill City Nights (previously known as The Brick), which is the much bigger main stage. The bar, I would describe as the size of 7th Street Entry, but talking to the security people, they claim you can fit 300 people comfortably down there, so it's more spacious than 7th Street. Typical of these basement venues are unattractive pipes, discoloring walls, and unforgiving lighting.
Opening up were two 'burning hot' bands: Friends by Fire and Blondfire. The former is from Minneapolis and played electronic techno dance music. They were pretty good, I didn't really know the band, but I am assuming they did songs from their EP, Sister Waves .
I reported a few months ago that brother/sister duo Blondfire just
signed to Warner Bros Records, so I was pretty excited to finally check them out live. I was expecting a duo of brother (Bruce) and sister (Erica), but as it turned out it's Erica with a full touring band. I asked Erica later and she said that Bruce is at home mixing the album, Young Heart, pending for an early 2013 release. I actually spent half their set interviewing Gold Fields, but I did manage to sneak out to catch the band do "Waves" and a track from the forthcoming album.
Gold Fields came on stage pretty late, and like their latest song, "Dark Again", the stage was in complete darkness, save for some tiny lights behind them. The photos turned out bad because there were no lights to work with.
As expected, they did "Dark Again" and "Treehouse" on their brief set… but I have to say that the highlight of the show for me (and everyone at the show) was their cover of Underworld's "Born Slippy."
Gold Fields are currently on tour in support of their latest single, "Dark Again." Look for their debut album, Black Sun, due out January 2013, on Astralwerks.
PS, Check out the brief interview with Gold Fields. I found myself hanging out with the entire band so I thought it would be fun to just record them for our podcast.
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Before I get to the opening bands, I wanted to say that this was the first time I've been to a show at the Nether Bar. I've been to Mill City Nights (previously known as The Brick), which is the much bigger main stage. The bar, I would describe as the size of 7th Street Entry, but talking to the security people, they claim you can fit 300 people comfortably down there, so it's more spacious than 7th Street. Typical of these basement venues are unattractive pipes, discoloring walls, and unforgiving lighting.
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FRIENDS BY FIRE
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BLONDFIRE
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Gold Fields came on stage pretty late, and like their latest song, "Dark Again", the stage was in complete darkness, save for some tiny lights behind them. The photos turned out bad because there were no lights to work with.
As expected, they did "Dark Again" and "Treehouse" on their brief set… but I have to say that the highlight of the show for me (and everyone at the show) was their cover of Underworld's "Born Slippy."
Gold Fields are currently on tour in support of their latest single, "Dark Again." Look for their debut album, Black Sun, due out January 2013, on Astralwerks.
PS, Check out the brief interview with Gold Fields. I found myself hanging out with the entire band so I thought it would be fun to just record them for our podcast.
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Gold Fields at Nether Bar, Minneapolis (10/13/12) |
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