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Trashcan Sinatras at Amsterdam Bar & Hall, St Paul (28 May 2016)

Trashcan Sinatras Setlist Best Days on Earth All the Dark Horses How Can I Apply...? Ain't That Something Iceberg/Autumn Easy Read Hayfever Let Me Inside (Or Let Me Out) Got Carried Away Freetime Only Tongue Can Tell Send For Henny What's Inside the Box? with Sophie Auster The Genius I Was I've Seen Everything All Night Weightlifting People -- Encore -- I See The Moon Obscurity Knocks Tour Dates May 31 - Seattle, WA - Triple Door June 1 - Portland, OR - Dante's June 3 - Las Vegas, NV - G Family Home June 4 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour June 5 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - Coach House June 7 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's Read More Trashcan Sinatras Trashcan Sinatras is back in town, this time with a brand new album Wild Pendulum, crowd-funded and produced by Bright Eyes’ Mike Mogis. We previously caught the Scottish band ....

Beloved Scottish band Trashcan Sinatras just headlined the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on Saturday, May 28th, in support of their crowd-funded new record Wild Pendulum.

Sophie Auster

New York’s Sophie Auster opened up the show. Although the singer/songwriter recorded her first album when she was 16 years old, using her father’s (Paul Auster) French poems and Sophie’s original lyrics... she actually may be known for being an actress in several films (such as Grand Street) and television shows (such as Mozart in the Jungle).

Auster’s 30-min set featured mostly songs from her 2015 album Dogs and Men, including ‘AKA’, ‘Bad Manners’, and ‘Little Bird’ (for which she won the grand prize in the 2016 John Lennon Songwriting Contest).

Trashcan Sinatras

Fans of Trashcan Sinatras have been patiently waiting for the band to return to the touring stage since their last Minneapolis appearance in 2011 (and prior to that, at the now-defunct 400 Bar in 2005)... so it is not often that the Scottish band (currently with singer/acoustic Francis Reader, rhythm guitarist John Douglas, guitarist Paul Livingston, keys Stevie Mulhearn, bassist Frank DiVanna, and drummer Stephen Douglas) make their way to the States. I’m told that John Douglas, who was diagnose with autoimmune disease in 2013, has been undergoing treatments and surgeries, so that may complicate matters when it comes to the harsh touring life.

Anyway, when they do make it to our corner of the world, it is always a great celebration and fun get-together with the bands and their fans.

TCS’ current tour is for their album Wild Pendulum, which came out as a result of a successful PledgeMusic campaign. The band started their Wild Pendulum tour in Boston, then NYC Pop Fest, and eventually to St Paul’s Amsterdam Bar and Hall on Saturday night. Originally the band wanted to book the Cedar Cultural Center (where they previously played in 2011), but the nonprofit venue was booked that night.

Of course, the fans are in the 30-40 age range, many of them have seen TCS numerous times. Everyone at the show wanted to be there, all respectful and quiet and ready to enjoy the show. Some even sacrificing going out of town for the long Memorial Day Weekend, just to be there for TCS.

Walking on stage exactly at 9pm, TCS’ singer Francis Reader nervously asked, “You guys ready?” (to the audience), and the audience overwhelmingly responded “YES!” Thus started their 80-min set with ‘Best Days on Earth’.

Setlist

A lot of old favorites, such as ‘How Can I Apply...?’ and ‘Hayfever’ (which Reader promised, “the hits are coming!”) were played throughout their set, while newer songs from Wild Pendulum were hardly heard... including the intro song, ‘Let Me Inside (Or Let Me Out)’, ‘I See The Moon’ and ‘What's Inside the Box?’. The latter song featured opener Sophie Auster to “sing the girl parts”.

For ‘I’ve Seen Everything’, which was another fan favorite (you can tell that they knew when to do the sequence of claps), Reader dedicted the song to “all the teachers in the room”.

Interestingly enough, Reader mentioned that they originally wrote ‘I See The Moon’ for Britain’s Got Talent Susan Boyle, but apparently her people ultimately rejected the song... so TCS decided to keep the song and recorded it on their new Wild Pendulum album.

Trashcan Sinatras’ Wild Pendulum is out now on Red River / BFD.

Trashcan Sinatras (with Sophie Auster) at Amsterdam Bar & Hall, St Paul (28 May 2016)

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Minneapolis: June 7, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on June 7, 2016.

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Read More The Cure This week, we got an announcement that The Cure's latest release will be a live album, recorded at Bestival 2011 (which just happened a few months ago, in September). … Twilight Sad We like and have written about Twilight Sad many times here. The Scottish band will be in the States to promote Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave (FatCat) and ...

THE CURE
at Xcel Energy Center
Tuesday, 06/07/16, 6:30pm ($25-$85)
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One of the greatest band of all time, The Cure will be headlining the Xcel Energy Center next Tuesday, June 7th. The legendary band has numerous hits (expect them to play them all!) including ‘Lovesong’, ‘Friday I’m In Love’, ‘The Love Cats’, ‘Just Like Heaven’, ‘Let’s Go To Bed’, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, ‘Hot Hot Hot’, etc. The gothy band is actually not so gloomy if you listen to their lyrics carefully.

The Twilight Sad is opening up for all the Cure shows. The tour came together after The Cure’s singer Robert Smith covered The Twilight Sad’s song ‘There’s a Girl In The Corner’ last year. The two bands connected and Smith personally asked the Scottish band to join them on tour.

Last year, The Twilight Sad released their Òran Mór Session LP via FatCat Records.

The Twilight Sad 2016 Tour Dates

05/31 - Vancouver, BC @ Festival Lawn *
06/02 - Boise, ID @ Century Link *
06/03 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center *
06/05 - Denver, CO @ Fiddler's Green*
06/08 - Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre *
06/09 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
06/10 - Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion *
06/11 - Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion *
06/14 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre *
06/16 - Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena *
06/18 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *
06/19 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *
06/20 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *
06/21 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
06/22 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post *
06/24 - Atlanta, GA @ Aaron's Amphitheater *
06/26 - Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park Amphitheater *
06/27 - Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park Amphitheater *
10/07 - Helsinki, FI @ Hartwall Arena *
10/09 - Stockholm, SE @ Ericsson Globe Arena *
10/11 - Oslo, NO @ Spektrum *
10/12 - Gotenburg, SE @ Scandinavium *
10/14 - Copenhagen, DK @ Forum *
10/17 - Hamburg, DE @ Barclaycard Arena *
10/18 - Berlin, DE @ Mercedes-Benz Arena *
10/20 - Lodz, PL @ Atlas Arena *
10/22 - Prague, CZ @ O2 Arena *
10/24 - Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle *
10/26 - Vienna, AT @ Marxhalle *
10/27 - Budapest, HR @ Papp Lazlo Sports Arena *
10/29 - Bologna, IT @ Unipol Arena *
10/30 - Rome, IT @ Palalottomatica *
11/01 - Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum *
11/02 - Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum *
11/04 - Basel, CH @ St. Jakobshalle *
11/06 - Stuttgart, DE @ Hanns-Martin-Shlever Halle *
11/07 - Frankfurt, DE @ Festhalle *
11/08 - Leipzig, DE @ Arena *
11/10 - Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena *
11/12 - Antwerp, BE @ Sportspaleis *
11/13 - Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome *
11/15 - Paris, FR @ AccorHotels Arena *
11/17 - Lyon, FR @ Halle Tony Garnier *
11/18 - Montpellier, FR @ Park & Suites Arena *
11/20 - Madrid, ES @ Barclaycard Center *
11/22 - Lisbon, PT @ MEO Arena *
11/24 - Bilbao, ES @ BEC *
11/26 - Barcelona, ES @ Palau St Jordi *
11/29 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Arena *
12/01 - London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena *
12/02 - London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena *
12/03 - London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena *

* = w/ The Cure

Read More Jacob Whitesides Jacob Whitesides - Little Things ... 5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars By Lorena on November 30, 2014 Format: Audio CD 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 …

JACOB WHITESIDES
at Studio B (Skyway Theatre)
Tuesday, 06/07/16, 6:30pm ($17/$19)
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18-year old singer/songwriter Jacob Whitesides is headlining Studio B at the Skyway Theatre next Tuesday, June 7th. Although he is young, Whitesides has been releasing and recording music since he was 16.

The tour is for his new single ‘Lovesick’ (Double U Records).

Special guest Shane Harper to open.

Tour dates:

05/28/16 Darien Lakes Darien Lakes, NY
05/29/16 Mod Club Toronto, ON Canada
05/30/16 Grog Shop Cleveland, OH
06/01/16 The Shelter Detroit, MI
06/03/16 Emerson Theatre Indianapolis, IN
06/04/16 Rave Bar Milwaukee, WI
06/05/16 Subterranean Chicago, IL
06/07/16 Studio B Minneapolis, MN
06/08/16 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, IA
06/11/16 In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT
06/14/16 Crocodile Cafe Seattle, WA
06/15/16 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
06/17/16 Slim's San Francisco, CA
06/18/16 Troubadour West Hollywood, CA
06/21/16 House of Blues San Diego, CA
06/24/16 House of Blues Dallas, TX
06/25/16 House of Blues Houston , TX
06/28/16 12th & Porter Nashville, TN
07/16/16 Elitch Gardens Denver, CO

Read More Brett Dennen Ending out the week on November 9th is Brett Dennen at the Cedar Cultural Center. You may recall us covering Dennen in New York City, which Lara wrote about his music style "fits comfortably in the pocket …

BRETT DENNEN
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Tuesday, 06/07/16, 6:30pm ($25)
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Brett Dennen is currently on tour in support of his sixth full-length album Por Favor. Dennen explained the title, “When you say please, you’re asking something to come into your life. It might mean that you’re weak and need something to make you strong. But you’re admitting to some sort of weakness or some form of humility. Vulnerable was another word that kept coming up when I was making this record. Is there something I’m scared to say? Can I dig a little deeper, reveal a little bit more? How far can I go? That was my direction, and once I got that in place, I started shooting down things that weren’t in that zone.”

Dennen will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis next Tuesday, June 7th.

Firekid to open.

Tour dates:

May 29—Solana Beach, CA—Belly Up Tavern
May 31—San Francisco, CA—Great American Music Hall†
June 1—San Francisco, CA—Great American Music Hall†
June 2—Portland, OR—Wonder Ballroom†
June 3—Seattle, WA—Neptune Theatre†
June 4—Boise, ID—Egyptian Theatre†
June 7—Minneapolis, MN—First Line Music Café†
June 8—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall†
June 10—Manchester, TN—Bonnaroo
June 11—Charlottesville, VA—nTelos Wireless Pavilion‡
June 12—Pittsburgh, PA—Mr. Small’s Theatre†
June 13—New York, NY—Bowery Ballroom†
June 14—New York, NY—Bowery Ballroom†
July 14—Brownfield, ME—Stone Mountain Arts Center
July 15—Lowell, MA—Boarding House Park
July 17—Montauk, NY—The Surf Lodge
July 18—Amagansett, NY—The Stephen Talkhouse
July 21—Washington, DC—9:30 Club
July 21-24—Trumansburg, NY—Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival
July 22—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival
July 25—Indianapolis, IN—Farm Bureau Insurance
July 27—Louisville, KY—Louisville Waterfront
July 28—Ann Arbor, MI—Sonic Lunch
July 29—Kalamazoo, MI—Bell’s Electric Café
July 30—Kent, OH—The Kent Stage
September 16—Lincoln, CA—Thunder Valley Casino Resort*
September 30-October 2—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits
October 7-9—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits

*appearing with The Avett Brothers
†with special guest Firekid
‡appearing with Lake Street Dive

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Vérité at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (25 May 2016)

Verite Setlist Echo Constant Crush Sentiment Colors Underdressed Rest Gesture Wasteland Sober (Childish Gambino cover) Strange Enough Living Weekend Read More Verite Vérité (the stage name for Kelsey Byrne) will be in Minneapolis next Wednesday, May 25th, in support of her new 2016 EP Living. Vérité talked about the EP, “Living was written …

Vérité (aka Kelsey Byrne) just played her first headlined gig in Minneapolis last Wednesday, May 25th, at the 7th Street Entry, in support of her new EP Living.

Dance Assault

Opening up the show was local Dance Assault, a duo led by singer/synths Carson and drummer Kenneth (the last time we saw them, they also had an additional guitarist). Their brief 30-min set was similar to their show in 2015, which included ‘Feel It’ and ‘The Power.’

Lost Boy Crow

Next up was Los Angeles’ Lost Boy Crow (stylized as LostBoyCrow), who played a selection of his EP Sigh For Me, including ‘Love Won’t Sleep’.... plus, he threw in his brand new single ‘Thursday’.

The singer/songwriter’s sound can be described as a dark R&B.

Vérité

When Vérité came on stage, playing ‘Echo’, she immediately felt love from her dancing section (aka her biggest fans) in the front. The fans previously saw her with Ms Mr last October 2015, and raved about her modern love songs.

Vérité always made sure she appreciated people for showing up to her show, “I’m so happy to see you all here.”

Setlist

With help from Andrew on drums and Mike on guitars/keys, Vérité basically played almost everything that she’s ever written... and even throwing in a Childish Gambino cover song ‘Sober’ to reach her headlining 45+ min set. However, based on her fans and Vérité’s drive to write heartfelt electropop songs... she’ll be back again soon and will likely play even longer. Of course, with a smaller catalog of songs, she understandably did not come back on stage after her set closer ‘Weekend’.

Vérité’s Living is out now... her remaining tour dates below:

5/29 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
5/31 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
6/2 Los Angeles, CA @ Echo

Vérité at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (25 May 2016)

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The Kills, w/ LA Witch at First Avenue, Minneapolis (25 May 2016)

The Kills Setlist No Wow U.R.A. Fever Heart Is a Beating Drum Kissy Kissy Hard Habit to Break Heart of a Dog Impossible Tracks Black Balloon Doing It to Death Baby Says Whirling Eye Siberian Nights Pots and Pans Monkey 23 -- Encore -- Tape Song Bitter Fruit Fried My Little Brains Sour Cherry Read More The Kills British/American duo The Kills (Alison "VV" Mosshart and guitarist Jamie "Hotel" Hince) is back in the US! You may recall they were so amazing last year and that we reported .… L.A. Witch Los Angeles’ all-girls trio L.A. Witch (Sade Sanchez, Irita Pai, and Ellie English) will open all North American shows. The ‘60s garage/psychedelic band has been compared to Gun Club .…

American/British band The Kills made a stop at First Avenue in support of their highly anticipated fifth album, Ash & Ice (Domino Records). They play songs from this album and their other albums that span their almost decade-and-a-half career. Regardless of the song, the band was full of energy and the crowd was definitely into it.

LA Witch

The show was opened up by Los Angeles rock band L.A. Witch. Although these guys are fairly new to the scene, their music is polished and their show is very well put together. There is definitely that raw and bloody emotion coming from L.A. Witch's music just like you get with The Kills.

The trio (Sade Sanchez, Irita Pai, and Ellie English) played almost everything they’ve recorded, including ‘Get Lost’ and ‘Heart of Darkness’ (from their self-titled debut EP) and latest 7” single ‘Drive Your Car’. Musically, the moody band sounded like Mazzy Star (vocally) with The Black Angels and BRMC psychedelia.

Alison Mosshart

From the second The Kills took the stage, there was an energy radiating off the stage unlike anything I had ever felt before. I talk about how important it is that bands be energetic and get people moving and feeling something, The Kills is the best example of a band that does this with, what seems to be, no effort.

Alison Mosshart (aka “VV”) stormed across the stage with so much attitude that you almost had to take a step back. She is a tall, slender, drop dead gorgeous woman with such an amazing set a pipes on her that she almost seemed too good to be true. She was mesmerizing to watch as she moved to the music. She had the crowd completely captivated by her movements and her gorgeous voice. There were a few brief moments where she would go to the back of the stage for a sip of water or to sit for a minute but even then, I couldn't take my eyes off her. Her presence was just something that you cannot put into words. and it truly took my breath away. Her male counterpart, Jamie Hince (aka “Hotel”), was just as entertaining as he played the guitar with so much passion that it was clear he was loving being on stage and playing.

They played for an hour and then came back onstage to play an additional handful of songs. All in all, they were probably on stage for about an hour and a half but honestly, it felt way shorter than that.

The Kills’ Ash & Ice will be out June 3, 2016, via Domino Records. Their remaining tour dates:

05.31 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
06.01 - Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA
06.02 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR

All dates with The Kills

The Kills at First Avenue, Minneapolis (25 May 2016)

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Minneapolis: June 4 to June 6, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from June 4 to June 6, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Good Night Gold Dust Opening up the show was Good Night Gold Dust with a 30 minute set in near darkness. The local band talked about how great Laura Burhenn's Ted Talk was and urged the audience to …

GORDI
at Icehouse
Saturday, 06/04/16, 10:30pm ($10)
icehousempls.com

Gordi: Clever Disguise Jagjaguwar

Australia’s Gordi (a.k.a. Sophie Payten) has released her first EP Clever Disguise on Jagjaguwar earlier this month (May 13th). Gordi will be touring in support of the EP, stopping by the Icehouse in Minneapolis next Saturday, June 4th.

Of course, being an Icehouse show, note the time of show starting at 11pm. This is because the Icehouse has business hours and shows booked for the venue typically starts after closing time.

Closing out the (late, late) show will be local Good Night Gold Dust.

Gordi’s tour dates:

May 27 George, WA Sasquatch! Music Festival
May 30 San Francisco, CA Swedish American Hall
June 1 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
June 4 Minneapolis, MN Icehouse
June 6 Chicago, IL Schubas
June 7 Toronto, ON The Drake
June 9 New York, NY Rockwood Music Hall

Read More Ziemba Follow Ziemba and others on SoundCloud. Written by René Kladzyk. René Kladzyk on vox, keys, synths. Rob Smith on drums. Jason Meagher on guitar. Recorded and mixed at ....

ZIEMBA
at 7th Street Entry
Sunday, 06/05/16, 8pm ($5)
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New York’s Ziemba (aka René Kladzyk) will stop by the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Sunday, June 5th, as part of local music showcase, featuring Gay Henry, Mar Habrine, and Itch Princess (Katelyn Farstad).

Ziemba’s tour dates:

05/29 – Brooklyn, NY – Trans Pecos
05/31 – Detroit, MI – Lo & Behold release party
06/01 – Detroit, MI – El Club
06/02 – Ann Arbor, MI – Arbor Vitae
06/03 – Chicago, IL – Cafe Mustache
06/04 – Madison, WI – Arts & Literature Lab
06/05 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
06/09 – Seattle, WA – Barboza*
06/10 – Portland, OR- Lacuna*
06/11 – Portland, OR – Valentines*
06/12 – Sacramento, CA- Red Museum*
06/13 – Reno, NV- Holland Project*
06/14 – Oakland, CA – The Night Light*
06/15 – San Francisco, CA – Vacation*
06/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Basic Flowers*
06/18 – Flagstaff, AZ – Firecreek
06/21 – Tucson, AZ – Hotel Congress
06/24 – El Paso, TX – Warszawa
06/26 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas
06/28 – Nashville, TN – Fond Object
06/30 – Atlanta, GA – Mammal Gallery
07/02 – Richmond, VA – The Sour Haus
07/03 – Baltimore, MD – The Crown

* = w/ Sam Mickens

Read More Ill Nino Ill Nino uses different styles of music, there are some parts that sound like Static-X, Soulfly, P.O.D. and Spineshank. It is hard to describe so it is well worth a listen. Here are my individual song reviews: ....

ILL NINO
at The Cabooze
Sunday, 06/05/16, 5pm ($20)
cabooze.com

Missouri (by the way of Los Angeles) Ill Nino will be headlining the Cabooze show next Sunday, June 5th. The band will be performing Revolution Revolucion in its entirety, as part of the record’s 15-year anniversary.

The all-ages show starts at 5pm, so be sure to show up early to check out these openers:

Bobaflex is a brothers Shaun and Marty McCoy and is generally known as one of the hardest working bands in the country for their high energy, live shows and relentless touring. Bobaflex’s 7th album Anything That Moves came out in 2015 via BFX Records.

Terror Universal is a terror/horror metal band, currently featuring former members of Machine Head, Ill Nino, Soulfly.

The show poster doesn’t list it - but I believe Shattered Sun and Voodoo Terror Tribe will also be on the bill.

Tour Dates:

05/28/16 Chesterfield, MI Diesel Concert Lounge
05/29/16 Chippewa Falls, WI Every Buddy's Bar
05/31/16 Omaha, NE Shamrock's Pub
06/01/16 Springfield, MO The Outland Ballroom
06/02/16 Janesville, WI Back Bar
06/03/16 Joliet, IL Bada Brew
06/04/16 Cudahy, WI The Metal Grill
06/05/16 Minneapolis, MN The Cabooze
06/07/16 Des Moines, IA Lefty's Live Music
06/08/16 Waterloo, IA The Reverb
06/09/16 St. Louis, MO Firebird
06/10/16 Merriam, KS Aftershock Bar & Grill
06/11/16 Denver, CO Herman's Hideaway
06/12/16 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
06/14/16 Spokane, WA The Palomino Club
06/15/16 Vancouver, BC The Rickshaw Theatre
06/16/16 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
06/17/16 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
06/18/16 SEIRAM Fest
06/20/16 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
06/21/16 Reno, NV Jub Jub's Thirst Parlor
06/22/16 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
06/23/16 Petaluma, CA Phoenix Theater
06/24/16 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
06/25/16 Santa Ana, CA Malone's

Read More The Body On No One Deserves Happiness, The Body’s Chip King and Lee Buford set out to make the grossest pop album of all time. The album themes of despair and isolation ....

THE BODY
at 7th Street Entry
Monday, 06/06/16, 7:30pm ($8/$10)
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American sludge metal duo The Body (Lee Buford and Chip King) will be at the 7th Street Entry on June 6th in Minneapolis, touring in support of their latest ‘grossest pop album’ No One Deserves Happiness (Thrill Jockey). The release came out around the same time as their collaborative album One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache with Full of Hell.

Guests Blood Folke and Wanderer to open.

Tour Dates:

05/28/16 Pawtucket, RI Machines With Magnets
05/29/16 Allston, MA O'Brien's Pub
05/30/16 Montreal, QC La Vitrola
05/31/16 Toronto, ON Soybomb
06/01/16 Lansing, MI Mac's Bar
06/02/16 Columbus, OH Rumba Cafe
06/04/16 Do Division Street Fest
06/04/16 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
06/05/16 Milwaukee, WI Quarters
06/06/16 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
06/07/16 Fargo, ND The Aquarium
06/08/16 Billings, MT The Pub Station
06/10/16 Seattle, WA The Black Lodge
06/11/16 Portland, OR The Know
10/20/16 Southwest Terror Fest

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Yeasayer, w/ Young Magic at First Ave, Minneapolis (24 May 2016)

Tour Dates 5/28 Imperial - Vancouver, BC 5/29 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR 5/31 The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA 6/01 Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA 6/02 Observatory North Park - San Diego, CA 6/03 The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA Read More Yeasayer Yeasayer have been touring the states since the start of summer. They also have a new album out called Fragrant World. Young Magic Young Magic is three beautiful people from New York City. According to their biography, they are heavily influenced by West African rhythms…

Yeasayer made a stop at First Avenue Tuesday night (May 24th) on their tour in support of their new album Amen & Goodbye which came out this past April on Mute. Even though the tour was for this new album, the band chose to play a handful of songs from each of their four full length releases spanning the last nine years.

Young Magic

The show was opened up by New York experimental pop duo (who played as a trio) Young Magic. These guys are out in support of their new album Still Life (out now on Carpark).

The last time we saw the band in town, it was a co-headlined show with Quilt at the now-defunct 400 Bar in 2012 (which we think was their last Minneapolis appearance)... so it’s been a long time since we saw the duo.

The music of Young Magic had a much more ambient feel than that of the headliner. Singer Melati Malay had a very haunting vocal style which can only be described as spooky. The darkness and deepness of the voice has a very somber feeling but when you mix that with the intricate drum work done by one drummer on a live set and the other drummer on an electric set, it becomes something extremely unique and something you just can't ignore. The music is a perfect soundtrack for a lazy Sunday where you just want to be surrounded by pillows and engulfed in a sea of blankets. It was extremely calming without being boring.

Words just can't describe the feeling you get from the crowd at one of Yeasayer's shows. To say the feeling is electric would be an understatement. You can't help but lose yourself in the excitement of it all even if you don't know words to the songs or even the beat of the song. The members of the band seem to pretty much stay on their own sides of the stage and don't seem to move around much but there's still this sense of energy that comes off of the stage. I think this feeling of such high energy is why I have absolutely fallen in love with these guys when seeing them live but quickly become bored when listening to their recordings.

Yeasayer

Yeasayer's stage is always interesting. Last time I saw them the stage was filled with mirrors that gave off an awesome effect when mixed with the lights and movement. Last night, the stage was filled with strange characters that had certain parts of them light up. For example, there was a figure of a Victorian style female standing next to a stack of speakers. She had three sets of arms that were illuminated by strings of light and the speakers and her face would light up along with the music. My friend quickly became obsessed with the figure of a child with a pineapple on his head that was out front and center of the stage. For this figure, the middle of the pineapple had been cut out and light flashed brightly through it. There was also a string of lights that illuminated the crouching child's butt. The figures were strange and almost distracting because you were trying to figure out what they actually were.

The music of Yeasayer is upbeat and fun. It's indie-rock with a hint of techno mixed in with it. The high pitched vocals mixed with the low bass sound creates a contrast that you just cannot ignore. When the band has three vocals going, it's enough to stop you in your tracks. It's beautiful and deep but also full of energy and it makes you want to dance.

Yeasayer’s Amen & Goodbye is out now on Mute Records.

Yeasayer at First Avenue, Minneapolis (24 May 2016)

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Peach Kelli Pop at Turf Club, St Paul (24 May 2016)

Peach Kelli Pop Setlist True Blue Girls Of Summer Princess Castle 1987 Red Leather Scorpio Society Of Enoch Heart Eyes Eenie Meenie Minie Moe Plastic Love Dreamphone Doo Wah Diddy Oh Oh I Love Her So (Ramones cover) -- Encore -- Panchito Blues Do The Eggroll Tony Peachka Setlist NYE Idle Hands Sour Grapes Adderall Dirt Knees Fall Asleep To Creeping Charlie Lunch Duchess Setlist Unable / Unwilling Cry I Hope It Will Work Out For You Nicely F.M.O. Great When I Party (?) Sweater How You Love Infatuation Read More Peach Kelli Pop Peach Kelli Pop is one of my new favorite bands, I can't believe I only just heard of them now. They kind of remind of The Donnas when they were at their best. This album is great if you like pop punk. .…

Garage all-girls band Peach Kelli Pop just stopped by the Turf Club in St Paul on Tuesday, May 24th, in support of their new 7” inch Halloween Mask (Lauren Records).

Lunch Duchess

Opening up the show was local Lunch Duchess, featuring Katharine Seggerman as the drummer and singer. Seggerman is also in B.O.Y.F., which we previously mentioned stood for “Before Others, Yourself Forever!”, and not shortened for ‘Boyfriend’ as in their previous name “White Boyfriend”.

Joining Seggerman on stage was Gravey on guitar, Nicky on synth, and Chrysalis on bass (although Nicky & Chrysalis would later switch to clarinet and violin respectively for their final song ‘Infatuation’). The brand new band played a most of their songs from their debut March 2016 EP My Mom Says I Have A Rich Inner Life, but throwing in some unrecorded songs... so some of those titles on my setlist for them is probably incorrect.

Tony Peachka

Next up was local all-girls Tony Peachka with a Melissa on vocals/guitars, Stephanie on guitars, Haley on drums, and Danielle on bass. Apparently Danielle is also in local underage band Bruise Violet (who we previously mentioned we saw at a recent Babes in Toyland show).

The band seemed to enjoy playing on their 30-min “Xtra Special Peach Kelli Pop Set”, especially on their set closer ‘Creeping Charlie’, which had the band (sans drummer) jumping up and down.

Setlist

Burger Records’ Peach Kelli Pop was founded by Allie Hanlon in 2009 in Canada... and since then have had various band members join the band in their journey. Currently the band is located in Los Angeles with Allie Hanlon on rhythm guitar, Alex Edgeworth on lead guitar, sisters Gina Negrini on bass and Sophie Negrini on keys, and the Mindee Jorgensen on the drums.

Their music has been compared to 60’s girl groups and they’ve been compared to The Donnas.

Although the band’s been in Minneapolis a few times, this was their first time in St Paul, Minnesota. Hanlon did not know the difference between the two cities, and got confused on where Prince lived (technically he lives in Chanhassen, not Minneapolis or St Paul).

Although the tour was in support of their new 7” inch Halloween Mask, they actually didn’t play any tracks from the 3-song single. Instead the majority of their set was from their self-titled debut record, with a good mix of Peach Kelli Pop II and Peach Kelli Pop III... the latter two available on Burger Records.

For their set finale, vocal duties were turned to Alex Edgeworth, who sang the Ramones’ ‘Oh Oh I Love Her So’.

The band started to wrap things up, but the dedicated fans in front demanded an encore... so Peach Kelli Pop quickly assembled and played out to ‘Panchito Blues’ and ‘Do The Eggroll’.

Peach Kelli Pop’s remaining tour dates:

5/28 Boise, ID @ The Olympic
5/29 Portland, OR @ The Know
5/31 Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge
6/2 San Francisco, CA @ The Hemlock

Peach Kelli Pop at Turf Club, St Paul (24 May 2016)

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Moby at Magers & Quinn, Minneapolis (23 May 2016)

Book Tour June 19 – Austin, Texas, Bookpeople June 21 – San Francisco, Calif., The Booksmith June 22 – Portland, Ore. Powell’s City of Books June 23 – Seattle, Wash., Seattle Public Library June 24 – Los Angeles, Calif., The Skirball Center June 30 – Los Angeles, Calif. Skylight Books Read More Moby His latest single is "The Poison Tree", so he will be performing that song. The song is from Moby's 2011 Destroyed album. In the meantime, the double disc Destroyed Remixed album will be out May 1st (digital) and June 19th .…

Musician, DJ, photographer, and businessman Moby can now add another title to his resume- that of author, and we caught his recent Minneapolis appearance at Magers & Quinn Booksellers to promote his just released, Porcelain: a Memoir (Penguin Press), doing a reading, Q+A, and meet and greet/signing with the fans.

Additionally, the local appearance was sponsored by The Herbivorous Butcher, America's first vegan butcher shop in NE Minneapolis founded by Aubry and Kale Walch, a brother/sister team from Guam.  Creatively concocting meat-free meats and cheese-free cheeses, the pair brought delicious samples of meatless turkey and chicken sandwiches on a large six foot cutting board, for all to try, and is now working on fish-free fish varieties.

Moby

Detailing his very earliest days up through the release of landmark 1999 album Play, Moby pulls little punches in the book, detailing his drug use, alcoholism, devout then loss of religious faith, and being on the brink of complete disaster before the landmark album caught eventual success.

For the reading, dressed on a warm evening in a t-shirt, hoodie and sport coat, Moby selected two passages from his early days about DJ-ing in the late ‘80s in sketchy NYC venues and living (squatting really) in an abandoned warehouse, aspiring to make it on the club scene.  The third and last passage read, was from near the end of the book, detailing being dropped by his label, battling with alcohol, and coming to terms that his career as a musician might be at its end.

The question and answer period covered a broad range of topics, with Moby often wishing he had a more exciting answer or story, than was actually the truth.  He only ran into Prince once, dancing near each other in a NYC club in the late 80s, but had a true closeness to David Bowie, who was his neighbor when he lived in New York and Moby reminisced about playing ‘Heroes’ acoustically together at Bowie’s apartment, and briefly losing a special hat that Bowie had signed and given to him.

He revealed that he is, in fact, appearing (though not announced) at next month’s massive Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas …though isn’t related to politician Karl Rove (the result of a joke gone too far).

When asked about the divisive moment he was listening to music on the radio (which almost could do no wrong in his mind) and decided he could create music as worthy, the musician paused and finally said, “When I heard ‘We Built This City’” (a 1985 radio hit by Starship), he knew he could do better.

He mentioned his recent foray into acting with Patrick Stewart in Starz’ Blunt Talk, veganism and the Los Angeles restaurant he opened last year, maintaining his sobriety, and his absolute dislike of touring.

Always living relatively simply, he seems content to be not as relevant as a radio airplay artist as he was ten years ago, and is happy pursuing his personal passions, instead of greater fame.

Musically, Moby has teamed up with The Void Pacific Choir, with a recently released EP called Almost Loved on Mute Records and the book tour resumes next month.

Moby at Magers & Quinn, Minneapolis (23 May 2016)

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Chelsea Wolfe at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (22 May 2016)

Chelsea Wolfe Setlist Demons Carrion Flowers Dragged Out After the Fall Mer Tracks (Tall Bodies) Movie Screen Feral Love House of Metal Simple Death Color of Blood Iron Moon Survive -- Encore -- Hypnos Halfsleeper A Dead Forest Index Setlist Tide Walks No Paths Ringing Sidereal In Greyness the Water A New Layer W.T.P.C. Myth Retraced Ballad Dust Read More Chelsea Wolfe Just a reminder that Los Angeles' Chelsea Wolfe will be starting her US tour in two days, in support of her latest Abyss (which came out August 7, 2015 via Sargent House). .…

On Sunday, May 22nd, Chelsea Wolfe played a show at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, her first in the Twin Cities since last August when she performed a show there with co-headliner Woven Hand. This time she headlined, with A Dead Forest Index as opener.

A Dead Forest Index

A Dead Forest Index hail from Auckland, New Zealand and feature the brothers Adam (guitar and vocals) and Sam Sherry (drums). Their music is moody and dreamy, not at all like the jangly sound associated with the New Zealand city of Dunedin (and Flying Nun Records). It featured Adam’s beautiful and unique voice, and I found it evoked images of lonely wind-blown landscapes. They were definitely a fitting opener for Chelsea Wolfe.

They played a 35-minute set of 8 songs. Five of them were from their first full-length album, In All That Drifts From Summit Down, released this year. One song was from their 2012 EP Antique. Chelsea and one of her band mates accompanied them (by clapping) on their last song.

Chelsea Wolfe Setlist

Chelsea Wolfe followed with an hour and a quarter set, comprising 13 songs, followed by a two song, 15 minute encore. She drew heavily from her most recent album, Abyss, with 7 songs. The first song of her encore was a b-side from that album as well, Hypno. She also relied heavily on her 2011 album, Apokalypsis, performing four of the songs from that album. She did two songs from her 2013 album, Pain is Beauty, and ended the night with a song from her 2010 album, The Grime and The Glow, ‘Halfsleeper’.

Accompanied by a bassist, drummer, and guitarist, Chelsea put on a beautiful, sometimes haunting show. She began with some of her harder, more intense songs from Apokalypsis and Abyss. The middle of her set featured several of her dark ballads from Apokalypsis and Pain is Beauty. She returned to some of her more intense songs from Abyss to end the pre-encore set. She ended the night with an extended version of ‘Halfsleeper’. She began the song performing solo. When she was joined on stage by the rest of her band the song increased in volume and intensity. It was a fitting end to an evening of beautiful, sometimes intense, sometimes dreamy, always beautiful music.

Chelsea Wolfe’s remaining tour dates:

05/28/16 Portland, OR Revolution Hall
05/29/16 Vancouver, BC Imperial
05/30/16 Sasquatch! Music Festival
06/01/16 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
06/02/16 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
06/07/16 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom
06/08/16 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom
08/13/16 Le Locle, Switzerland Patinoire Du Locle

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Nothing But Thieves at the Turf Club, St. Paul (22 May 2016)

tour poster Nothing But Thieves Setlist Itch Hostage Hanging Graveyard Whistling Excuse Me Where Is My Mind? (Pixies cover) Drawing Pins If I Get High Wake Up Call -- Encore -- Lover Trip Switch Ban All the Music The Wrecks Setlist Wasted I Don’t Like You Revolution Fire Hello (Lionel Richie cover) James Dean Turn It Up Favorite Liar Read More Nothing But Thieves Nothing But Thieves (not to be confused with Like Thieves) is an English five-piece alternative rock band, currently signed to RCA Records. Their self-titled album came …

The Switch has been Tripped… and the Power is On—

Essex, UK band Nothing But Thieves didn’t have to commit any crimes to attract attention- the band is gaining more than enough on their own, clearly on the rise and obviously already playing too small a venue, on their recent sold-out stop to the Turf Club in St. Paul.

The evening started with a raucous and well-received set from Los Angeles band The Wrecks, who recently released their debut three-song EP, We are the Wrecks (on Snorebox Records).

The five-piece (Nick Anderson, Aaron Kelley, Nick Schmidt, Harrison Nussbaum, and Billy Nally) came out strong with ‘Wasted’ to start their eight-song set, working in a Lionel Richie cover in mid-set that ramped from gentle to rough-and-tumble, played the unreleased ‘James Dean’ (just written before heading out on the road), and ended with single, ‘Favorite Liar’, which is starting to turn heads and gain radio airplay.

Nothing But Thieves

Scratching the ‘Itch’ right away, Nothing But Thieves started their hour-long set with the driving track from their self-titled debut (on RCA Records), singer Conor Mason’s howling wails immediately evident.

The band’s big room sound is unabashedly rock, taking some of the bombast of Muse (NBT opened for the band in arenas recently) with Mason sounding part Matt Bellamy, part Jeff Buckley with a dash of The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins, in a style that completely suits their forge ahead sound.

The duel guitars of Joe Langridge-Brown and Dominic Craik complimented each other well all evening, reminiscent of Def Leppard’s Phil Collen and Steve Clark back in the ‘80s, in some ways.  “This is a whole lot of people in this building!” singer Mason remarked, surveying the crowd before launching into a hypnotic ‘Hanging’.

“We’re essentially a baby band, so we wanted to give something to you, ‘cause we’re new” Mason said, “Are there any Pixies fans in the house?” he asked, before the band launched into ‘Where is my Mind’, with Mason’s voice sounding much closer to Frank Black’s, than first imagined.

Setlist

‘Wake Up Call’, the band’s next US single, ended the band’s main set with its booming bass drum and jagged guitar intro, and is unsurprisingly the most-added track this week, at Alternative Radio.

After crowd chants of “N-B-T!” the band re-emerged for their encore, Mason impressed how loud the crowd was in asking them back.  The track ‘Lover’ was a quiet lilting mostly acoustic number that was one of the band’s earliest songs and an ideal vehicle to showcase Mason’s high-to-low vocal range.

“If you know this next one, please sing it very loudly” Mason said before ‘Trip Switch’ which has topped Billboard’s Alternative Chart and currently receives airplay on several area alt- and active rock stations.  ‘Ban the Music’ ended the show, leaving an enthusiastic and exhausted crowd still hungry for more.

If you missed a chance to see Nothing But Thieves on their club tour, you’re probably too late to see them in venues this small, as they are destined for bigger rooms in the U.S. like is already happening abroad, but will be no less entertaining, no matter the place played.

Nothing But Thieves’ remaining tour dates:

05/27/16 Napa, CA "BottleRock Napa Valley" 05/27/16 Napa, CA Napa Valley Opera House 06/11/16 Landgraaf, Netherlands "Pinkpop" 06/16/16 Bergen, Norway "Bergenfest" 06/18/16 Madrid, Spain "Mad Cool Festival" 06/30/16 St. Gallen "Open Air St. Gallen" 07/01/16 Gdynia, Poland "Open'er Festival" 07/06/16 Kiev, Ukraine "U-Park Festival" 07/09/16 Moscow, Russia "Park Live" 07/10/16 Turku, Finland "Ruisrock Festival" 07/15/16 "Colours Of Ostrava Festival" 07/15/16 Wiesen, Austria "Out Of The Woods" 07/20/16 Melbourne, Australia Ding Dong Lounge

07/21/16 Sydney, Australia Oxford Art Factory 07/22/16 Bankstown "Splendour In The Grass" 07/23/16 Detroit, MI West "Mo Pop Festival" 07/27/16 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop 07/30/16 Chicago, IL "Lollapalooza" 08/02/16 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground 08/03/16 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground 08/04/16 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall 08/05/16 Providence, RI Waterplace Park 08/06/16 Montauk, NY The Surf Lodge 08/20/16 Osaka, Japan "Summer Sonic" 08/21/16 Chiba, Japan "Summer Sonic" 08/26/16 Reading, UK "Reading Festival" 08/27/16 Leeds, UK "Leeds Festival"

Nothing But Thieves at The Turf Club, St. Paul (22 May 2016)

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