Minneapolis: November 22 to November 25, 2015

Read More The Royal Concept Sweden's indiepop group, The Royal Concept, is on tour in the USA with The Wombats. Since we're quite fond of these marsupials, you know that I'll definitely want to check out these guys at the Triple Rock Social Club on .… Parade of Lights Los Angeles/Las Vegas alt-electro band Parade of Lights got the evening started with a buoyant set of fresh songs, culled from their two EPs the latest called Golden, was just released on .…

Here is a bonus edition of Minneapolis Music Guide: November 22 to November 25, 2015.

See companion "Wild" Minneapolis Shows.

THE ROYAL CONCEPT
at Nether Bar
Sunday, 11/22/2015, 7pm ($15)
millcitynights.com

The Royal Concept is returning to Minneapolis tomorrow, November 22nd, at the Nether Bar (inside Mill City Nights). The Swedish bandwas previously in town at the Triple Rock Social Club in December 2013

Although their concert poster clearly lists Parade of Lights as national support act, the Venue website only lists New Yorkers Tribe Society as sole opener.

I can confirm with you that we are excited that Parade of Lights will be playing the Nether Bar on Sunday. The Los Angeles (and Las Vegas) quartet is touring in support of their debut album Feeling Electric, which came out this Summer via Astralwerks (which I've previously mentioned is always one of my favorite record label).

We previously caught the band in 2014 and described their show as "a buoyant set of fresh songs" and "nicely polished, incredibly catchy, and very radio-friendly, buoyed by solid electronic and traditional percussion."

Tour dates:

11/22/15 Minneapolis, MN The Nether Bar
11/24/15 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
11/25/15 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
11/27/15 Seattle, WA Barboza
11/28/15 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
12/10/15 Goteborg, Sweden Pusterviksbaren
12/18/15 Orebro, Sweden Satin
12/19/15 Halmstad, Sweden Kajskjulet
12/26/15 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser Medis

Read More Jonah Parzen-Johnson In the introduction to his travelogue, Three Reasons To Live Here, Brooklyn based saxophonist and composer, Jonah Parzen-Johnson, starts pretty big. “I want to be part of a community of people whose first .…

JONAH PARZEN-JOHNSON
at Icehouse
Monday, 11/23/2015, 9pm ($8)
icehousempls.com

Local JT's Jazz Implosion has a residency at the Icehouse every Monday. For this Monday's show, they are presenting "Jen Shyu's Solo Opera Solo Rites: Seven Breaths", featuring Jen Shyu and drummer JT Bates.

New York's Jonah Parzen-Johnson will also be at the show, lending a hand with his baritone saxophone and synthesizer, currently on his second tour of 2015. Parzen-Johnson's latest is a travelogue, Three Reasons To Live Here, which was created as a result of spending nine weeks on tour.

Here's how the publisher described the book:

In the introduction to his travelogue, Three Reasons To Live Here, Brooklyn based saxophonist and composer, Jonah Parzen-Johnson, starts pretty big. “I want to be part of a community of people whose first allegiance is to empathy and mutual understanding.” After the release of his album Remember When Things Were Better Tomorrow in June 2015, Jonah spent 9 weeks on tour, mostly by himself. “I wanted something to do on the road that would mark the time, and immediately connect me to people I ran into as I hit different cities.” By the end of the summer, Jonah had collected three reasons to live in 34 cities in the US and Canada. “In the end, the idea is pretty simple. Empathy and mutual understanding can spread from the tiniest affirmation: I could live where you live.”

Jonah Parzen-Johnson Tour Dates:

11/22/15 Milwaukee, WI West End Conservatory
11/23/15 Minneapolis, MN Icehouse
11/24/15 Madison, WI Mickey's Tavern

Read More Glenn Tilbrook As half of the songwriting team for Squeeze, Glenn Tilbrook is back in the US to play tracks from his acoustic solo album Happy Ending. The record is described as "bits of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen ...

SQUEEZE
at Cedar Cultural Center
Tuesday, 11/24/2015, 7pm ($30/Sold Out)
thecedar.org

"The New Lennon and McCartney", Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook (billed under their popular band name Squeeze) will be playing an acoustic set across America this November. The exciting news is that they have a new album called Cradle to the Grave... featuring their first new songs since 1998's Domino.

One half of Squeeze, Tilbrook was recently in town last year, playing tracks from his acoustic solo album Happy Ending.

After selling out their November 24th show at the Cedar, they quickly added another date (November 25th), which also quickly sold out. If it wasn't for the fact that Thursday (November 26th) wasn't Thanksgiving, I'm sure they could have 'squeezed' in another additional date....

Tour dates:

11/21 Great American, San Francisco, CA
11/24 Cedar Cultural, Minneapolis, MN
11/25 Cedar Cultural, Minneapolis, MN
11/27 Park West, Chicago, IL
11/28 Park West, Chicago, IL
11/29 The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI
12/01 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
12/02 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
12/04 The Rex Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
12/05 Scottish Rite, Collingwood, NJ
12/06 Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
12/07 Count Basie, Red Bank, NJ
12/09 Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY
12/10 The Wilbur, Boston, MA
12/11 Ridegefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT
12/12 Paramount Theater, Huntington, NY
12/13 Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY
12/14 Mayo Performing Arts, Morristown, NJ
12/16 Troy Music Hall, Troy, NY
12/17 PlayStation Theater, New York, NY
12/18 PlayStation Theater, New York, NY

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