Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from February 22 to February 23, 2018.
Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.
Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.
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ROBERT PLANT
+ Seth Lakeman
Orpheum Theatre
Thu 02/22/2018 (7pm/$75)
hennepintheatretrust.org
Robert Plant, the English musician best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Led Zeppelin, will be headlining the Orpheum Theatre this Thursday. Billed as Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, they’ll be playing tracks from his 11th solo album Carry Fire.
The upcoming show is long sold out (even at a higher-than-average pricing of $75 a ticket), but to justify the higher price, fans who bought a ticket online, were also given a copy of the new album.
Seth Lakeman, who contributes viola and fiddle to three tracks from Carry Fire, will open the show.
Tour dates:
+ Seth Lakeman
Orpheum Theatre
Thu 02/22/2018 (7pm/$75)
hennepintheatretrust.org
Robert Plant, the English musician best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Led Zeppelin, will be headlining the Orpheum Theatre this Thursday. Billed as Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, they’ll be playing tracks from his 11th solo album Carry Fire.
The upcoming show is long sold out (even at a higher-than-average pricing of $75 a ticket), but to justify the higher price, fans who bought a ticket online, were also given a copy of the new album.
Seth Lakeman, who contributes viola and fiddle to three tracks from Carry Fire, will open the show.
Tour dates:
02/16 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
02/17 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
02/20 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
02/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
02/24 - Denver, CO - Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
02/26 - Phoenix, AZ - Symphony Hall
02/28 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
03/02 - Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre
02/17 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
02/20 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
02/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
02/24 - Denver, CO - Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
02/26 - Phoenix, AZ - Symphony Hall
02/28 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
03/02 - Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre
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THE MOWGLI'S
+ Mainland
7th Street Entry
Fri 02/23/2018 (7pm/$20)
first-avenue.com
The last time we saw California neo-hippie band The Mowgli’s, they were co-headlining with Canadian Lights in 2015. We noted, “A spirited feel-good 65min. of hummable tunes followed, many culled from their latest, Kids in Love (Photo Finish/Island Records) which was released earlier this spring. ‘Love is Easy’ was dedicated to anyone “who’s had their heart smashed into a bazillion pieces” and co-vocalist Katie Jayne Earl took time out in the set to re-inforce the band’s mission of spreading love and kindness, and mentioned that all the band’s proceeds from ‘Room for All of Us’ were going to charity.”
Be sure to show up early to check out Mainland. The post-punk/pop taco-loving trio (singer Jordan Topf, guitarist Corey Mullee and bassist Alex Pitta) recently appeared on Billboard to talk about their “Hometown” release (Feb 16). This isn’t the first time Mainland opened for Mowgli’s, they were previously billed together in February 2016 (their first time in Minneapolis), and we said, “… plays a quick-paced, hooky hybrid of punk, garage, new wave, and high-energy alternative. The crowd appreciated the adrenalin-boosted tempo change and clapped along with the chorus of ‘Not as Cool as Me’ in appreciation.”
Tour dates:
+ Mainland
7th Street Entry
Fri 02/23/2018 (7pm/$20)
first-avenue.com
The last time we saw California neo-hippie band The Mowgli’s, they were co-headlining with Canadian Lights in 2015. We noted, “A spirited feel-good 65min. of hummable tunes followed, many culled from their latest, Kids in Love (Photo Finish/Island Records) which was released earlier this spring. ‘Love is Easy’ was dedicated to anyone “who’s had their heart smashed into a bazillion pieces” and co-vocalist Katie Jayne Earl took time out in the set to re-inforce the band’s mission of spreading love and kindness, and mentioned that all the band’s proceeds from ‘Room for All of Us’ were going to charity.”
Be sure to show up early to check out Mainland. The post-punk/pop taco-loving trio (singer Jordan Topf, guitarist Corey Mullee and bassist Alex Pitta) recently appeared on Billboard to talk about their “Hometown” release (Feb 16). This isn’t the first time Mainland opened for Mowgli’s, they were previously billed together in February 2016 (their first time in Minneapolis), and we said, “… plays a quick-paced, hooky hybrid of punk, garage, new wave, and high-energy alternative. The crowd appreciated the adrenalin-boosted tempo change and clapped along with the chorus of ‘Not as Cool as Me’ in appreciation.”
Tour dates:
02/20/2018
Beachland Tavern
Cleveland, OH
02/21/2018 Ladies Literary Club Grand Rapids, MI
02/22/2018 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
02/23/2018 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
02/24/2018 Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL
02/25/2018 Pontiac, MI
02/26/2018 Indianapolis, IN
02/28/2018 The Foundry Philadelphia, PA
03/01/2018 Baby's All Right Brooklyn, NY
03/02/2018 Rock And Roll Hotel Washington, DC
03/04/2018 Wolf Den Uncasville, CT
03/06/2018 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA
03/08/2018 The Basement East Nashville, TN
03/11/2018 Cambridge Room Dallas, TX
03/13/2018 Valley Bar Phoenix, AZ
03/14/2018 The Casbah San Diego, CA
03/16/2018 The Moroccan Lounge Los Angeles, CA
03/17/2018 Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco, CA
03/19/2018 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
03/20/2018 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
03/23/2018 Globe Hall Denver, CO
03/24/2018 recordBar Kansas City, MO
02/21/2018 Ladies Literary Club Grand Rapids, MI
02/22/2018 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
02/23/2018 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
02/24/2018 Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL
02/25/2018 Pontiac, MI
02/26/2018 Indianapolis, IN
02/28/2018 The Foundry Philadelphia, PA
03/01/2018 Baby's All Right Brooklyn, NY
03/02/2018 Rock And Roll Hotel Washington, DC
03/04/2018 Wolf Den Uncasville, CT
03/06/2018 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA
03/08/2018 The Basement East Nashville, TN
03/11/2018 Cambridge Room Dallas, TX
03/13/2018 Valley Bar Phoenix, AZ
03/14/2018 The Casbah San Diego, CA
03/16/2018 The Moroccan Lounge Los Angeles, CA
03/17/2018 Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco, CA
03/19/2018 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
03/20/2018 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
03/23/2018 Globe Hall Denver, CO
03/24/2018 recordBar Kansas City, MO
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GALACTIC / LETTUCE Palace Theatre Thu 02/22/2018 (7pm/$27) palacestpaul.com The Lettuce and Galactic co-headlining tour will be taking place at the Palace Theatre on Thursday. Tour Dates:
02/13 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
02/14 San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park* 02/15 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre* 02/16 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater* 02/17 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater 02/18 Seattle, WA @ Showbox 02/20 Missoula, MT @ The Wilma 02/22 St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre^ 02/23 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre^ 02/24 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall^ 02/25 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues^ 03/22 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount* 03/23 Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre* 03/24 Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre* 03/26 Hartford, CT @ Infinity Hall 03/28 Richmond, VA @ The National 03/29 Greensboro, NC @ Blind Tiger 03/30 Covington, KY @ Madison Theater 03/31 Covington, KY @ Madison Theater *With support from Motet ^Co-bill with Galactic NEW POLITICS + Dreamers, The Wrecks Varsity Theater Thu 02/22/2018 (5pm/$25) musichallmpls.com One of the best live bands New Politics will be headlining the newly re-opened Varsity Theater in Dinkytown. PALM + The Spirit Of The Beehive 7th Street Entry Thu 02/22/2018 (7:30pm/$12) first-avenue.com New York/Philadelphia band Palm will be headlining the 7th Street Entry in support of the new album Rock Island (Carpark Records). We caught the band in October 2017 and noted that they may be moving to Minneapolis: “The band, at least Eve, also announced that they have fallen in love with the city and decided to move here after this year. This isn’t the first time a Philadelphia band moved here, I know at least one other band, Strange Names, relocated here as well.” Tour dates:
2/16 - Boston, MA @ The Great Scott ^
2/18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe ^ 2/19 - Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar ^ 2/20 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle ^ 2/21 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club ^ 2/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^ 2/23 - Madison, WI @ Der Rathskellar ^ 2/24 - Grinnell, IA @ Gardner Lounge ^ 2/26 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge ^ 2/27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court ^ 2/28 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux ^ 3/1 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza ^ 3/2 - Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar ^ 3/5 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project ^ 3/6 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop ^ 3/8 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex ^ 3/9 - San Diego, CA @ SPACE ^ 3/10 - Phoenix, AZ @ Flying Burrito Music Fest 3/11 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress ^ 3/13 - Dallas, TX @ Double Wide ^ 3/14-17 - Austin, TX @ SXSW 3/19 - Birmingham, AL @ The Firehouse ^ 3/20 - Atlanta, GA @ 529 ^ 3/21 - Durham, NC @ Pinhook ^ 3/22 - Norfolk, VA @ Toast ^ 3/23 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter ^ 3/24 - Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel ^ 3/26 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church ^ 5/24 - London,UK @ Corsica Studios 5/26 - Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree 5/27 - Jena, DE @ Glashaus 5/28 - Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus 5/29 - Cologne, DE @ Bumann & Sohn 6/6 - Brussels, BE @ Trône 6/7 - Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes 6/9 - Bristol, UK @ Louisiana 6/10 - Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds 6/11 - Manchester, UK @ Castle Hotel 6/12 - Glasgow, UK @ The Hug and Pint 6/13 - Leeds, UK @ Oporto ANI DIFRANCO + Gracie and Rachel First Avenue Fri 02/23/2018 (7pm/$45) first-avenue.com Politically conscious protest singer Ani DiFranco is headlining First Avenue. You can bet she’ll be rallying against Donald Trump. JUDAH & THE LION + Colony House, Tall Heights Palace Theatre Fri 02/23/2018 (7pm/$25) palacestpaul.com Fan-favorites Judah & the Lion is in the middle of their biggest tour to date. They’ll be headlining the Palace Theatre in St Paul this Friday. Going to Mars 2018 Confirmed Tour Dates:
February 18 @ Knitting Factory Concert Hall in Spokane, WA
February 19 @ Roseland Theatre in Portland, OR February 21 @ In The Venue in Salt Lake City, UT February 23 @ Palace Theatre in St. Paul, MN February 24 @ Uptown Theatre in Kansas City, MO February 28 @ Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA March 1 @ Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA March 2 @ Okeechobee in Okeechobee, FL March 3 @ The Moon in Tallahassee, FL March 5 @ Bogart’s in Cincinnati, OH March 6 @ Orpheum Theatre in Madison, WI March 8 @ St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit, MI March 9 @ Phoenix Concert Hall in Toronto, ON March 10 @ HOB in Boston, MA March 11 @ Corona Theatre in Montreal, QC March 13 @ Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, NY March 14 @ The Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg, PA March 16 @ The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA March 17th @ St. Pats in Five Points in Columbia, SC March 18 @ NorVa in Norfolk, VA March 21 @ HOB in Cleveland, OH March 22 @ Egyptian Room in Indianapolis, IN March 23 @ Riviera Theater in Chicago, IL March 24 @ The Pageant in St. Louis, MO April 6-10 @ Parahoy! April 11 @ The Mill & Mine in Knoxville, TN April 12 @ The Mill & Mine in Knoxville, TN April 13 @ The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC April 14 @ The Cone Denim in Greensboro, NC April 16 @ 9:30 Club in Washington, DC April 17 @ 9:30 Club in Washington, DC April 19 @ Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, AL April 20 @ The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA April 21 @ The Nasional in Nashville, TN Friday, 16 February 2018Black Rebel Motorcycle Club w/ Night Beats at First Avenue, Minneapolis (11 Feb 2018)
For something called Wrong, everything on this night seemed so very right— Black Rebel Motorcycle Club returned to the concert stage on their Wrong Tour at a crowded First Avenue Mainroom, for a performance that again answered their own music question, ‘Whatever Happened to my Rock ‘n Roll?’ The evening got started at a volume level of eleven as Dallas psych-rock trio Night Beats roared out with an impressive forty-five minute support set that left ears ringing and mouths agape. The group’s (Danny "Lee Blackwell" Billingsley- vocals/guitar; Jonah Swilley– drums; Jakob Bowden – bass) latest full length is 2016’s timely-named Who Sold My Generation (Heavenly Recordiings) and helps make the strong case for Texas remaining the psych-rock capital, channeling forefathers of the genre like 13th Floor Elevators and The Red Krayola, while putting a twist on things to call their sound all their own. Amongst dim lighting and full of echo, reverb, and delay, the trio even put Bo Diddley’s ‘Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut’ from 1964 through their psych-rock transformation machine, keeping its rolling bassline intact, but amp-ing up the guitar sound and with the vocals sung in a trippy, transcending way. Songs like ‘H-Bomb’ and ‘No Cops’ gut-punched with such fire and fury that many in the crowd were visibly surprised with such brash fierceness from a support act, but also likely left as newfound fans. While you were already in peril if you forgot ear plugs after the opener, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club might have made you wish you brought sunglasses, as their light show went from low level blues, pale reds and purples, to all-out strobe lights, set along a stage landscape of rolling dry ice fog. The Bay Area trio (Peter Hayes- vocal, guitar, harmonica; Robert Levon Been- vocal, bass, guitar; Leah Shapiro- drums) has been perfecting this presentation and their accompanying music since the late ‘90s with eighth studio album, Wrong Creatures (Vagrant Records) out just last month. The two-hour headlining set began with the new ‘Spook’ and never really let up, the alt-garage noise rockers taking the crowd on a musical journey through their twenty years of existence. Showcasing the new tracks continued with the literally breathless ‘Little Thing Gone Wild’ (Been noticeably exhaling at song’s end) and ‘King of Bones’ before the swamp blues of ‘Beat the Devil’s Tattoo’ and ‘Ain’t No Easy Way’ both stomped in, with Hayes strumming guitar and blowing harp concurrently. The brooding new ‘Question of Faith’ purposely wanders about, asking “What leads you in the nights, just a question of right” while ‘Circus Bazooko’ adds some trippy whimsy with its calliope-esque organ anchoring the song. Been took time mid-set for a brief two-song solo acoustic break, saying their new record was recorded at California’s Sunset Sound, the same location Purple Rain was mixed, before cueing his keyboard up for a stripped ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, “God bless Minneapolis” he said, finishing the song. After an odd shout-out to the small town of New York Mills, MN a stripped down version of BRMC’s 2005 song, ‘Fault Line’ sounded as bare and poignant as Rick Rubin-produced Johnny Cash. The band re-emerged for the bluesy ‘Shuffle Your Feet’, getting things really going with 2001’s ‘Love Burns’, then slowed things down for the piano-driven ‘All Rise’ before ending the main set again back to a cut from their debut album, with ‘Spread Your Love’. The longest song on the new record, ‘Ninth Configuration’ began their two-song encore, a dreamy journey that muses philosophically aloud, before feedback introduced the band’s biggest hit, ‘Whatever Happened to My Rock 'n' Roll (Punk Song)’, ending things as crowd members jumped about with arms raised in the air. Out of the darkness and fog, there is still light… and noise, as again evidenced by the sonic barrage that is still Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, continuing to bring their unapologetic blend of no-holds rock to audiences everywhere after two decades.
Wednesday, 14 February 2018Kimbra w/ KING and Arc Iris at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (05 Feb 2018)
It was a top of the world moment as Kimbra played a crowded Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, previewing her upcoming new album and setting the stage for bigger things from the artist, in the year ahead. The evening got an experimental start from electro trio Arc Iris, a project that bloomed from former Low Anthem member Jocie Adams (vocals, guitar), adding in Zach Tenorio Miller (keys) and Ray Belli (drums), and in support of recent releases Moon Saloon (ANTI- Records) and their covering of Joni Mitchell’s entire classic album, Blue. Their style is an eclectic mix of electro driven, experimental indie pop sounds, as evidenced on previous single, ‘Kaleidoscope’, which takes the essence of its 70’s folk and pop elements, twists them slightly, and updates the sound for the modern palate. Adams’ art pop seems to echo Mitchell’s line in ‘A Case of You’- “love is touching souls”, which is what they’re trying to achieve through their own music. In the middle slot was Los Angeles-based KING, (not to be confused with 80’s UK pop band of the same name) an R&B electronic dream pop trio that has its roots in South Minneapolis, as that’s where twin sisters Paris and Amber Strother are from, with Anita Bias completing the group. Prince took notice of the group early on, having them open for him at the LA Forum, and well as at Paisley Park a handful of times for one of those legendary late night parties. The Grammy-nominated We Are King (King Creative Records) is the group’s latest, with many of the performed songs culled from the release, including ‘Supernatural’ and ‘Native Land’, with the trio adding in ‘The Story’, the first song they worked on and an extended version of which, appears on the latest album. The stage had been set all night for a conceptual audio/visual experience unlike the venue has seen before, with a large projection screen backdrop and sets of lighted vertical bars (resembling a jail cell) that would encase her two sideman, as Kimbra took to the stage for her eighty-two minute headlining set. The new album is called Primal Heart (Warner Bros Records) and is out on 20 April (after being pushed back from January) and the loyal audience was treated to a generous portion of the new material, as well as previous favorites as the set began with a series of bleeps, bloops, projected patterns, sequentially lit poles, and the new ‘Version of Me’. Her music can be best described as a modern melting pot- part electro, some R&B/dance, and art/dream pop, with a voice that can coo and yelp like Kate Bush one moment, emote like Imogen Heap the next, and raise to the rafters on command. Veering from the printed setlist, first solo hit ‘Settle Down’ was bumped to the third song played, with its tempo changed to slower and more reflective, and filled with sounds from her electronic ephemera. “Are you guys down for some new music?” she mused, going next into new album opener ‘The Good War’ as the screens filled with patterned warplanes arching across the somber sky. ‘Love in High Places’ from 2014’s The Golden Echo seeks to unify through music in this current world of division and the crowd was completely quiet for the low electronic knocks that began and ended ‘Everybody Knows’. Kimbra returned to her songwriting roots, taking up the guitar for an acoustic and tender ‘Past Love’ with the set of widescreen music becoming much more danceable during ‘Two Way Street’, played about two-thirds through. ‘Sweet Relief’ was built around a funky bassline and a didgeridoo-like drone began the set-closing ‘Top of the World’ with Kimbra half-rapping the lyrics, saying “I knew this would be fun, Minneapolis!” as she introduced the song. The encore began with another insight into her craft as Kimbra emerged solo for the new ’Real Life’, playing it in almost demo form, and as it appears on the new album, using looping effects to magnify her voice to choir-like levels. After participating in the Prince Tribute concert and joining The Revolution more recently at First Avenue, there was probably no way she couldn’t honor Prince at this show, choosing to play a just-rehearsed version of 2004’s ‘Call My Name’ (“the first Prince record I ever heard was Musicology” she said in her song intro {...yes, I feel old) alongside Arc Iris, to end the show solemnly and dignified. With a new album imminent, a fully realized stage show, and vocal chops to match, look for Kimbra to play even bigger venues as the record releases and gains momentum, ever expanding her electronic pop sound palette, while still showing things close to her primal heart.
Tuesday, 13 February 2018Minneapolis: February 19 to February 21, 2018
Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from February 19 to February 21, 2018.
Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.
POLIÇA / STARGAZE
+ Divide and Dissolve, In // Via First Avenue Wed 02/21/2018 (7pm/$27.50) first-avenue.com The Polica and Stargaze (stylized as Poliça and s t a r g a z e) will be taking their show on tour, stopping by Polica’s hometown on Wednesday. If you were curious about how a Berlin-based orchestra collective and local fan-favorite band met, read it at news.weheartmusic.com. The collaboration album Music For The Long Emergency will be released on February 16th via Totally Gross National Product/Transgressive. Divide and Dissolve and In // Via to open. Tour dates:
2/15 - North Adams, MA @ MASS MoCA
2/17 - New York, NY @ Symphony Space 2/18 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace * 2/19 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall * 2/21 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 2/22 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall 2/23 - Cincinnati, OH @ Contemporary Arts Center 2/27 - London, UK @ Oval Space 3/1 - Rotterdam, NL @ Cross-Linx Festival 3/2 - Amsterdam, NL @ Cross-Linx Festival 3/3 - Eindhoven, NL @ Cross-Linx Festival 3/4 - Enschede, NL @ Cross-Linx Festival * solo POLIÇA show
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EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE!
Amsterdam Bar & Hall Mon 02/19/2018 (7pm/$14) amsterdambarandhall.com I can’t tell you if I’ve seen the first Everything is Terrible! movie, I’ve either seen a knock off or another Everything is Terrible! film, but I can tell you that they’re a collection of weird found VHS footage. These are the kind of thing that is probably best lost and forgotten by the ravage of time… but for the guys behind Everything is Terrible!, they need to preserve this. For this upcoming tour, they’re calling it “The Great Satan”, which will showcase some of their 2,000 satanic panic, religious kook, and D-horror VHS tapes…. In an all-new live puppets and costumes. And if you’ve got an old Jerry Maguire VHS tape, please consider donating it to Everything is Terrible! (they’ve got over 15,000 copies in their collection). Tour dates:
2/13 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
2/15 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Brewvies 2/16 - Denver, CO @ Sie Film Center 2/17 - Omaha, NE @ The Sydney Bar 2/18 - Kansas City, KS @ recordBar 2/19 - St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Hall 2/20 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall 2/21 - Milwaukee, WI @ TBD 2/22 - St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room 2/23 - Bloomington, IN @ The Back Door 2/24 - Cincinnati, OH @ The Woodward Theater 2/25 - Columbus, OH @ Studio 35 2/26 - Detroit, MI @ Ant Hall 2/27 - Toronto, ON @ The Royal Cinema 2/28 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Hollywood Theater TERRA LIGHTFOOT + Kiss The Tiger, Andrew Leahey 7th Street Entry Tue 02/20/2018 (7pm/$10) first-avenue.com Guitarist-vocalist Terra Lightfoot is ending her North American show at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis this Tuesday (she’ll be continuing the rest of her tour in her native Canada). Lightfoot is a powerhouse performer, impressing CBC Music, who wrote, “If you haven't seen Terra Lightfoot perform live, then do yerself a favour and get a ticket next time she's in town. Lightfoot is the total package: she can write a hooky tune, rip through a blistering guitar solo and sing the hell out of any song she likes.” Please note that the female-fronted, five-piece Kiss the Tiger will be performing last on this show. US Tour dates:
Feb 15
Kansas City, MO @ Folk Alliance International
Feb 16 & 17 Davenport, IA @ GAS Feed & Seed Festival Feb 19 Madison, WI @ The Frequency Feb 20 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry Sunday, 11 February 2018Deathmate Tour at Heroes Comics in Fresno, CA (14 Aug 1993)
I’m in the middle of a massive inventory all of my comics (so far, I have entered in 4,200 comics and I’m only half way). I haven’t looked at some of these comic boxes in over ten years, but looking at some of these covers, it’s a fun trip down memory lane.
I started collecting in 1984 with Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 and have been a dedicated fan ever since. I did stop buying monthlies when the average singles were $2.99 (it’s now $3.99)… much more than the $0.60 to $0.75 cents when I started collecting. There’s an argument to be made though, comic books published today are printed on better paper, and thanks to digital, the colors and letterings are much cleaner and readable. Anyway, two of the books I ran across were these signed Deathmate Tour Books at Heroes Comics & Cards in Fresno, California, on August 14, 1993. The funny thing is that the Deathmate Tour Bus broke down on their way to Fresno, so, according to my friend in line with me, he said that the signing was delayed by six hours! We’ll just take his word for it, as it’s established that I have poor memory (and in fact, did not remember my friend in line with me). Anyway, by the time the bus did arrive to the comic book store, it was dark, and there were probably only 10-20 fans left. The Deathmate crew were just so grateful to see any fans that they gave us the Deathmate Tour Books with the Certificate of Authenticity for free. The autographs shown are by Brandon Peterson, Dan Panosian, Sal Regla, John Ostrander, Dan Fraga, Jimmy Palmiotti, J. Scott Campbell, Joe Quesada, and Jorge Gonzalez. Joe Quesada, J. Scott Campbell (as Jeffery Scott), Jimmy Palmiotti, and Brandon Peterson, are probably some of the (now) best known artists in the group. I was also surprised to see John Ostrander on this tour (he wrote Legends with art by John Byrne as the “sequel” to Crisis and introduced the then-new Justice League of America). Quesada, as you know, was the most beloved and longest-serving Marvel Comics editor-in-chief, other than Stan Lee. Just to give you the backstory on Deathmate, this was the company cross-over event between two rising comic companies at the time: Image Comics and Valiant Comics. The event would go down as a disaster, with all of Image’s comics not shipping on time. Despite the epilogue issue having a February 1994 cover date, Wikipedia suggests the actual shipping date were delayed, by as much as six months. Former Valiant editor-in-chief, Bob Layton, recounts having to fly to Los Angeles and literally sit on Liefeld’s doorstep until Liefeld finished his penciled art for the Deathmate Prologue, and who then inked the artwork himself in an Anaheim hotel room. In an interview with Todd McFarlane interview by Larry Marder from Image Comics: The Road to Independence (TwoMorrows Publishing), regarding the Deathmate, McFarlane said that the long delays of the Deathmate books forced them to put in place the ability to return unsold books if they were delayed. Here’s what McFarlane had to say about the Deathmate Tour:
Deathmate was thought up by those guys [Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld and Marc Silvestri], and (Joe) Quesada was part of it too. People forget that now. But I’m not here to dump on Joe. Deathmate took advantage of the popularity of the creators and the characters of the two hottest new companies and attempted to team them up. Steve Massaraky, who was the head of Valiant at the time, came up with the idea of getting a tour bus and putting these guys out on tour, and they were touring and promoting a book that nobody had drawn. It was insane.
In all of my years of collecting comics, I’ve never seen anything else that came close to the Deathmate Tour, and it’s a signing that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life.
Saturday, 10 February 2018R.I.P. Jóhann Jóhannsson
Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson has died on Friday, February 9th, as confirmed by his manager. He was 48.
We caught Jóhannsson on a rare U.S. tour in October 2016 and wrote, “we are very lucky to have caught Jóhannsson on this truly unique tour.” Those words, now have a deeper meaning… as we think about how truly, truly incredibly grateful to have seen him in person. Tim Husom, Jóhannsson’s manager provided the following statement:
“I’m so very sad. Today, I lost my friend who was one of the most talented musicians and intelligent people I knew. We came a long way together.”
The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency provided the following statement:
“We are deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our client and dear friend Jóhann Jóhannsson, whose great talent, humility and kindness enriched our lives immeasurably. His music has inspired many new generations of filmmakers and composers. He will be so greatly missed by his Gorfaine/Schwartz family as well as the entire film music community.”
Below are more deaths for the month of February - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.
February (13) Thursday, 08 February 2018Birds of a Feather VII
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS noelgallagher.com You know we love Oasis, so we’ve been keeping a close eye on the two brothers. While Liam Gallagher just did a successful tour (stopping by Minneapolis in November 2017), his brother Noel Gallagher, will be embarking on a U.S. tour, starting tomorrow in Detroit. What’s really exciting about Noel’s upcoming world tour is that he will bring with him a new 10 piece live band! As you know, since the Oasis break up, Noel has been releasing music under the Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds name. His latest album Who Built the Moon landed #1 in the UK charts, and the critics are calling the record “best album yet”. Tour dates:
02/9/18 Detroit, MI, The Cathedral *
02/10/18 Columbus, OH, Express Live!* 02/12/18 Washington, DC, Anthem* 02/13/18 Philadelphia, PA, Merriam Theater* 02/15/18 New York, NY, Radio City Music Hall* 02/17/18 Boston, MA, Opera House* 02/18/18 Montreal, QC, Place des Arts* 02/20/18 Toronto, ON, Sony Centre* 02/23/18 Cleveland, OH, Goodyear Theater* 02/24/18 Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre* 02/25/18 Indianapolis, IN, Murat Theatre 02/27/18 Nashville, TN, Ryman Auditorium* 02/28/18 Atlanta, GA, The Tabernacle 03/2/18 New Orleans, LA Orpheum Theatre* 03/3/18 Houston, TX, House of Blues 03/5/18 Austin, TX, Moody Theater * 03/6/18 Dallas, TX, Majestic Theater* 03/9/18 Las Vegas, NV, The Chelsea * 03/10/18 Oakland, CA, Fox Theater* 03/12/18 Los Angeles, CA, The Orpheum* 03/13/18 Los Angeles, CA, The Orpheum*
JADE BIRD jade-bird.com Breakout British artist Jade Bird confirmed that she will be heading to SXSW 2018. The tour dates come on the heels of the release of Jade’s latest single “Lottery,” which MTV hailed, “Jade Bird gives Joni Mitchell a run for her money on this beautiful new single.” We caught Jade Bird in November 2017 and wrote, “London alt-country singer-songwriter Jade Bird in support of her first EP, Something American (Glassnote Records) , released in July. Bird has a delightful and somewhat cheeky demeanor, with a vocal twang similar in parts to Jake Bugg (enough so that they should collaborate and call themselves A Bird and a Bugg) and started with the strumming ‘Run and Hide’ and bluesy ‘I’ll Be There’.” JADE BIRD LIVE *supporting Colter Wall
March 13-17 - SXSW - Austin, TX April 7 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall* April 11 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom* April 14 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Ballroom* April 15 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair* April 20 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada* April 22 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall * April 25 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre* April 26 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy and Harriet’s April 27-29 - Stagecoach Country Music Festival May 2 - San Francisco, CA - Independent* May 4 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom* May 5 - Seattle, WA - Neumos* June 7-June 10 - Bonnaroo Music Festival June 14-June17 - Firefly Festival June 15 - June 17 - Mountain Jam Festival
THE WOMBATS thewombats.co.uk Liverpools’ The Wombats recently previewed their new single “Black Flamingo”, ahead of their new album Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life… which drops tomorrow, February 9th, via Kobalt Music Recordings. You can listen to “Black Flamingo” on all the popular streaming websites, including Spotify and Apple Music. Go here: thewombats.lnk.to. The Wombats upcoming tour dates: *with Weezer and The Pixies
06/23 Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA * 06/26 New Orleans, LA @ Bold Sphere Music* 06/27 Dallas, TX @ Starplex Pavilion* 06/29 Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell* 06/30 Austin, TX @ Austin360* 07/6 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music* 07/7 Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino* 07/8 Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Home Mortgager* 07/10 Burgettstown, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion* 07/11 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Ctr* 07/13 Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre* 07/14 Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage* 07/15 Syracuse, NY @ Lakeview Amphitheatre*
LADY BIRD ladybird.movie The feel-good coming-of-age film Lady Bird, starring Saoirse Ronan, is a big sleeper hit. What’s even cooler is the outstanding soundtrack, featuring our favorites The Monkees and Alanis Morissette, among others. Writer and director Greta Gerwig personal wrote letters to artists she had in mind for the film—including Morissette and Dave Matthews—to expressly ask for their blessing to use their songs in Lady Bird. Naturally, the film went on to win the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, and Ronan took home the award for Best Actress, Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. The New York Film Critics Circle named Lady Bird 2017's Best Film and Ronan the year's Best Actress, while the National Board of Review placed Lady Bird in the year's Top 10 Films, named Gerwig Best Director, and named Metcalf Best Supporting Actress. Lady Bird is playing at a theater near you.
MAMA BIRD RECORDING CO. mamabirdrecordingco.com Record label Mama Bird Recording Co. is based out of Portland, Oregon, and committed to exceptional songcraft. Founded in 2011, they’ve signed Courtney Marie Andrews, Saintseneca, Barna Howard, Myriam Gendron and Vikesh Kapoor, among others. One of their new releases will be I Need to Start a Garden by Haley Heynderickx. The record will be coming out March 2, 2018, and Heynderickx will be doing a promotional tour in support of the new album. She’ll be down at SXSW in Austin, Texas, as well as hanging out with The Low Anthem on this 2018 tour. Tour Dates:
02/09 - New York, NY @ Ad Hoc Presents 03/01 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios 03/12-18 - Austin, TX @ SxSW 3/21-25 -Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival 3/27 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar* 3/28 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway* 3/29 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Backroom * 3/30 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall* 3/31 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club* 4/01 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon* 4/03 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Hi-Fi* 4/04 – Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark* 4/05 - Toronto, ON @ Great Hall* 4/06 – Montreal, QC, CAN @ Belmont* 4/07 – Kingston, NY @ BSP Lounge* 08/2-5 - Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon Music Festival 08/16-19 - Brecon Beacon, Wales @ Green Man Festival * - with The Low Anthem
ANNABEL ALLUM aannabel.com Guildford-based songwriter Annabel Allum recently showed off her new single “Beat the Birds”, her first release since All That For What EP last year. Regarding the new song, Allum said, “I wrote Beat the Birds during a heightened temerarious period of my life. Riding on moments and not consequences, feeling and not thinking. The story of youthful, reckless abandon, morning after morning after morning.” Look for “Beat the Birds” on London indie label Killing Moon Records on 25th January. Live Dates
3/2 Berlin - Monarch 4/2 Dusseldorf - The Tube 6/2 London - Camden Assembly
HAYLEY SABELLA hayleysabellamusic.com New England coast, singer-songwriter Hayley Sabella is releasing Forgive The Birds on April 27…. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter that went over her twelve thousand dollar asking price. Glide Magazine recently premiered “Turn Around”, calling it “shines with pop-laden Americana.” The tour starts today (Feb 8th). Tour dates:
02/8 – Brooklyn, NY – The Owl Music Parlor
02/10 –Honesdale, PA – Basin and Main at lot 21 02/11 – Columbus, OH – Brothers Drake Meadery 02/12 – Bloomington, IN – Bockhouse Bar 02/13 – Columbia, MO – Café Berlin 02/24 – Troy, NY – Superior Merchandise Co.
BIRDS OF PASSAGE denovali.com New Zealand’s Birds of Passage (aka Alicia Merz) is back after four years of silence. The ambient, minimalist, experimental project Birds of Passage will be releasing The Death of Our Invention on March 30th via Denovali Records. Headphone Commute explains it, “Alicia presents us with an endearing invitation into her fragile world, a captivating journey through the landscapes of her emotional euphoria and agony, a further commitment to musical experimentation… The cold minimalist-drones, distorted field recordings, and sparse instrumentation, illustrate an icy, desolate and dark world. It’s as if we are listening to the sound of winter itself; an audio exposure to the unforgiving elements of winter.”
KUNZITE kunzitemusic.com Producer/multi-instrumentalist Mike Stroud (Ratatat) and Agustin White (White Flight), together is called Kunzite. The duo’s forthcoming debut album is called Birds Don’t Fly, set for release March 2, 2018 via Sol System Records. Kunzite previewed some singles, including “Vapors”, which Consequence of Sound called “a groovy tune that fuses bits of the future and past.” Birds Don’t Fly is a global effort, spanning across many continents, with spontaneous recording sessions in Hawaii, New York, California, Iceland, and even India.
EAGLE TWIN eagletwin.com Salt Lake City-based duo Eagle Twin (guitarist/singer Gentry Densley and drummer Tyler Smith) is excited to be releasing their third album The Thundering Heard (Songs Of Hoof And Horn) on March 30th via Southern Lord. In the band’s own words, “As the great snake grew giant fractal antlers of snakes and turned in upon itself creating a new world, the mountains rise, and the antlers stab through like trees across the landscape. The record begins with the hoofed and horned animals of our world running from mountains and forests on fire. Eerily harkening to the recent events in California and the massive devastation by fire across the land.”
PISSED REGARDLESS creator-destructor.com Feed The Birds is the new EP from San Diego’s Pissed Regardless. Guitarist Sean Walker states, “We are beyond stoked that Feed The Birds is finally out for consumption! We worked hard on this EP and can't wait for it to be heard. This Friday at the Soda Bar in San Diego we are set for the release show and the bill is stacked with some great bands. Stay Pissed!” EP Streaming At New Noise Magazine; Record Sees Release Friday Through Creator-Destructor Look for Feed The Birds on vinyl and digital formats through Creator-Destructor this Friday, Feb 9th.
TWO DARK BIRD twodarkbirds.com From the Catskill Mountains of New York, Two Dark Birds is led by Steve Koester (formerly of Punchdrunk). The group started in 2007, but disappeared somewhen in 2012 … but it looks like the band is back with their third album Bow at the end of 2017. Their new single and music video is for “Who Will Call You Home for the Night?” Tour dates to be announced. Expect Midwest and Northwest area this Summer. Wednesday, 07 February 2018Minneapolis: February 14 to February 18, 2018
Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from February 14 to February 18, 2018.
Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.
HIPPO CAMPUS
Palace Theatre Sat 02/17/2018 (6pm/$30) palacestpaul.com Local favorite band Hippo Campus is ending their tour with a hometown gig at the sold-out Palace Theatre show in St Paul this Saturday. The group is so popular that their music has been streamed over a million times worldwide, not just in Minnesota. Hippo Campus’ debut album landmark is out now on Grand Jury Music. Sure Sure to open. Tour dates:
2/7: Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century Theater
2/9: Uncasville, CT @ Wolf's Den 2/10: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 2/11: Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall 2/13: Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom 2/14: Albany, NY @ Lucky Strike Social 2/16: Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre 2/17: St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theater
Other shows in the area:
BITCHIN BAJAS
+ Magnetic Ghost, IE 7th Street Entry Wed 02/14/2018 (7:30pm/$10) first-avenue.com Bitchin Bajas (trio Cooper Crain, Rob Frye and Dan Quinlivan) continues their tour … stopping by the 7th Street Entry on V-Day, Feb 14th.
02/13 - Milwaukee, WI @ ACME Records
02/14 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry 02/15 - Rockford, IL @ White Light Mercantile 02/16 - Davenport, IA @ Rozz Tox 02/17 - Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin 02/19 - Tulsa, OK @ Soundpony 02/20 - Dallas, TX @ Tradewinds Social Clubs 02/21 - San Antonio, TX @ Tradewinds Social Club 02/22 - Austin, TX @ North Door 02/23 - Houston, TX @ Shoeshine Charley's Big Top Lounge 02/24 - New Orleans, LA @ Mudlark Theater 02/25 - Memphis, TN @ Sounds Good 02/26 - St Louis, MO @ Kerr Foundation 02/27 - Bloomington, IL @ Reverberation Vinyl ROSTAM + Joy Again Fine Line Music Cafe Wed 02/14/2018 (7pm/$17) finelinemusic.com Originally booked at the 7th Street Entry, this Rostam show has moved to the Fine Line Music Café. Rostam’s debut album Half-Light is out now. Philadelphia five-piece Joy Again to open the show. Since forming in 2015, the band established themselves as a “staple of the Philly basement scene.” Tour dates:
2/8: Pittsburgh, PA @ The Warhol Theater
2/9: Grand Rapids, MI @ Ladies Literary Club 2/10: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall 2/12: Milwaukee, WI @ The Back Room 2/13: Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon 2/14: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry 2/16: Denver, CO @ Globe Hall 2/17: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge 2/19: Seattle, WA @ Neumos 2/20: Vancouver, BC @ Venue 2/21: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge 2/2: Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey ADULT. + Hide, Plack Blague, Dark Energy DJs 7th Street Entry Thu 02/15/2018 (8pm/$14) first-avenue.com Detroit’s Adult. has been pretty inactive since we last wrote about them in February 2007. Since Why Bother? in 2007, the band came back in 2013 with The Way Things Fall, and most recently, Detroit House Guests, released last year. The duo (Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Thursday. Tour Dates:
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Feb 14 Recordbar Kansas City, MO Feb 15 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN Feb 16 Cactus Club Milwaukee, WI Feb 17 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL Feb 27 Brillobox Pittsburgh, PA Feb 28 Metro Gallery Baltimore, MD BROCKHAMPTON Minneapolis Music Hall Thu 02/15/2018 (8pm/$45) musichallmpls.com LA-based boyband Brockhampton is touring in support of their third album Saturation III. Tour Dates:
2/8 - Toronto, ON @ Rebel Theater
2/10 - Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe 2/11 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic 2/13 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection 2/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ Music Hall 2/16 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II 2/18 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues 2/19 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues 2/20 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant 2/21 - Kansas City, MO @ The Truman 2/22 - Denver, CO @ The Ogden 2/24 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot 2/26 - Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue 2/27 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox 2/28 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox 3/2 - Portland, OR @ Crystal 3/3 - San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theater 3/4 - San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theater 3/5 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades 3/7 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren NOTHING MORE + The Contortionist, Big Story, Kirra Minneapolis Music Hall Fri 02/16/2018 (8pm/$22) musichallmpls.com The award for the most Grammy Awards most-nominated act in rock goes to Nothing More, at the recent 60th Annual Grammy Awards show. Texas-based foursome did not take home an award, but it’s an honor to be nominated for Best Rock Performance (for “Go To War”), Best Rock Song (for “Go To War”), and Best Rock Album (for The Stories We Tell Ourselves). Tour dates:
Feb 7 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Feb 9 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts Feb 10 – Pittsburgh PA – Mr. Smalls Feb 11 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall Feb 12 – Racine, WI – Route 20 Feb 14 – Madison, WI – The Majestic Feb 15 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues Feb 16 – Minneapolis, MN – Music Hall of Minneapolis Feb 17 – Sioux City, IA – Anthem Casino Feb 19 – Wichita, KS – The Cotillion Feb 20 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom Feb 22 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues Feb 23 – Houston, TX – House of Blues Feb 24 – Corpus Christi, TX – Brewers Feb 27 – El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls REBELUTION + Raging Fyah First Avenue Fri 02/16/2018 (7:30pm/$25) first-avenue.com GRAMMY-nominated reggae/rock band Rebelution is back in Minneapolis. Opening the First Avenue show will be reggae band Raging Fyah.
02/14th - The Fillmore - Detroit, MI
02/15th - Orpheum Theater - Madison, WI 02/16th - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN 02/17th - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL 02/18th - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO 02/21st - Joy Theater - New Orleans, LA 02/22nd - House Of Blues - Houston, TX 02/23rd - South Side Ballroom - Dallas, TX 02/24th - Moody Theater - Austin, TX LAUV + Jeremy Zucker 7th Street Entry Sat 02/17/2018 (7pm/$13) first-avenue.com Independent singer, songwriter and producer Lauv will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Saturday. Jeremy Zucker to open. 2018 Tour Dates:
Feb 8 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Feb 9 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall Feb 10 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry Feb 12 Burlington, VT Higher Ground Feb 14 Toronto, ON Mod Club Feb 16 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall Feb 17 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry Feb 18 Omaha, NE The Showdown Jr Feb 20 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater Feb 21 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex NF + Nightly Myth Sat 02/17/2018 (7pm/$29.50) mythlive.com Michigan rapper NF is headlining the Myth this Saturday. His new song “Let You Down” is in the Top 15 of the Billboard Hot 100, and #2 on Shazam's Top 10. 2018 Perception North American Tour Dates:
02/08 New York, NY PlayStation Theater
02/09 Philadelphia, PA Fillmore 02/10 Boston, MA House of Blues 02/11 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall 02/13 Chicago, IL House of Blues 02/14 Chicago, IL House of Blues 02/16 Madison, WI Orpheum Theatre 02/17 Saint Paul, MN The Myth 02/18 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre 02/20 Springfield, MO Gillioz Theatre 02/21 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom 02/23 Houston, TX Revention Music Center 02/24 Dallas, TX South Side Ballroom 02/25 Austin, TX Stubb's 02/27 Saint Louis, MO The Pageant STARSET + Palisades, Grabbitz, Year Of The Locust Skyway Theatre Sun 02/18/2018 (7pm/$18) skywaytheatre.com Starset is back in town, headlining the Skyway Theatre this Sunday, February 18th. We caught Starset in Sep 2015 and noted, “Starset started off the show. These guys came out and turned heads instantly with their look and sound. These guys seemed to be the odd balls out of the line-up. Their sound was much more electronic than that of the other two bands. Not only was their sound much different, so was their look.” Tuesday, 06 February 2018Echo Show
Over the weekend, Amazon ran a promotional price drop for their Echo Show, selling for $149 instead of its normal retail price of $229, as part of the Super Bowl commercial. I thought it was such a good deal, that I ended up buying two (one for myself and one as a gift).
The main reason I needed two was to utilize its ability to video call each device (or if you trust the other person, you can enable “drop in”). I don’t really think it’s all that intrusive, especially if you have your device in a kitchen or public area. By default, the drop in feature is disabled. At first, I wasn’t quite sure what Echo Show was all about, but it took a while for me to really appreciate it. I’ve come to the conclusion that the Echo Show, at least in the way I’m using it, is more or less a clock with a digital picture frame and weather at a glance. Think of it as a really smart (and expensive) clock. Here’s a daily scenario, in the morning, when you’re making coffee, you can ask Alexa to show your daily news flash. Depending on what “skills” or features you enable, it will show your daily commute (you must set up your work destination location), weather, and various recent news clippings. Here’s another scenario, you can ask Alexa for a recipe… especially useful if you have it set up in the kitchen. If you have the Echo Show in the living, you can probably ask it for television listing. Or perhaps settle an argument by asking Alexa for the answer. If you’re bored, you can always ask it for a joke. Like the other Amazon’s Echoes, the Echo Show it does have excellent speakers. At maximum, it’s loud, without sounding distorted, and has excellent bass. The microphones will pick up the “Alexa” wake word anywhere in the room, providing you say it loud enough and not mumble. I believe this was done by incorporating several microphones around the device, so that you can be in front or back and it will “hear” you. Although I don’t have Alexa-enabled cameras or “smart lights”, I can easily see how the Echo Show can work with these devices. Amazon suggest you can use it as a baby monitoring viewer, or better yet, use it to see various smart security cameras. Very cool, if you think about it, it’s something I plan on looking into at a later time. Now for some things I don’t like about the Echo Show. It’s ugly and it’s very heavy. I suppose that’s fine since you’re not going to be moving it around and you’re not look at its backside. The 7-inch screen is too small to really enjoy watching a movie on it… unfortunately, there’s no output option to “cast” or HDMI-out to a larger screen. I would love the ability to hook up the Show to a bigger monitor. The other thing is, to really unlock the Echo Show, you need the $100 annual Amazon Prime service. Prime will let you use their digital photos and gives you access to Prime Music and Television streaming. There is a workaround with the Prime Photos, you just need to get the Alexa on your phone and change the Echo Show’s background photos. Every time you change the photo, it will automatically add to your gallery. If you already buy music from Amazon via CDs or Vinyls with its “Autorip” feature, you can stream those songs on your Echo. Alternatively, you can play your music using your cellphone's Bluetooth connection. The other workaround is that if you’re already subscribed to Spotify and other music services, Amazon will let you stream those songs. The same with movies, if you have UltraViolet digital copies in your locker, you can access your films on the Echo Show. I think right now, the Echo Show is too expensive. Normally at $229, I wouldn’t even consider it or even recommend it… because you can buy an Xbox One with that much money! At the moment, the Echo Show is on sale for $179, which I still think it’s expensive at that price. But if you see the price dropping to $150 or less, I think you should consider getting one. P.S. At the time of this writing, there is a dispute with YouTube, so its service is not available on the Amazon Echo Show. As far as I know, Google will be developing a similar device, so if you’re willing to wait, I’m almost certain the Google product will be a better choice. Sunday, 04 February 2018Minneapolis: February 9 to February 13, 2018
Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from February 9 to February 13, 2018.
Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.
B.R.M.C.
+ Night Beats First Avenue Sun 02/11/2018 (7pm/$25) first-avenue.com California-based band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (often abbreviated to B.R.M.C.) will be at First Avenue’s mainroom this Sunday, February 11th. Their 7th studio album Wrong Creatures came out in January, and features singles “Little Thing Gone Wild” and “Echo”. Night Beats (named after Sam Cooke’s classic album) have been announced as main support for BRMC’s 2018 tour. The band originally started as a duo (Danny Lee Blackwell and James Traeger), but now a trio with Jakob Bowden on bass. Night Beats’ latest Who Sold My Generation is out now. Tour dates:
Feb 5 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda
Feb 6 - Toronto, ON - Rebel Feb 7 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre Feb 9 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall Feb 10 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre Feb 11 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue Feb 12 - St. Louis, MO - Delmar Hall Feb 13 - Kansas City, MO - The Truman Feb 15 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre Feb 16 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall Feb 18 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater Feb 19 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom Feb 20 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox Feb 22 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater Feb 23 - Pomona, CA - The Glass House Feb 24 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre
Other shows in the area:
FLOR
+ Handsome Ghost 7th Street Entry Fri 02/09/2018 (7pm/$13) first-avenue.com California’s Flor (singer/guitarist Zach Grace, bassist Dylan Bauld, guitarist McKinley Kitts, and drummer Kyle Hill) will be in town with Handsome Ghost on Friday, February 9, at the 7th Street Entry. Upcoming Tour Dates:
2/4 @ Kilby Court in Salt Lake City, UT 2/7 @ Globe Hall in Denver, CO 2/8 @ The Maintenance Shop in Ames, IA 2/9 @ 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis, MN 2/10 @ Subterranean in Chicago, IL 2/11 @ Basement in Columbus, OH 2/13 @ Pike Room in Pontiac, MI 2/14 @ Rivoli in Toronto, ON 2/16 @ Middle East Upstairs in Boston, MA 2/17 @ Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY 2/18 @ World Café Live in Philadelphia, PA 2/20 @ DC9 in Washington, DC 2/21 @ Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC 2/22 @ The High Watt in Nashville, TN 2/23 @ Masquerade in Atlanta, GA 2/24 @ Social in Orlando, FL 2/26 @ White Oak in Houston, TX 2/27 @ Stubb’s Jr. in Austin, TX 2/28 @ Three Links in Dallas, TX PORTUGAL. THE MAN + Twin Peaks Palace Theatre Fri 02/09/2018 (7:30pm/$25) Sat 02/10/2018 (7:30pm/$25) palacestpaul.com Almost every double-night residency show at the Palace Theatre in St Paul sells out… and Portland based dance pop/rock group Portugal. The Man’s upcoming shows are no exception. Chicago’s Twin Peaks (not to be confused with David Lynch’s cult television series) will open. Portugal. The Man/Twin Peaks shows:
Feb. 9 - St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
Feb. 10 - St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre Feb. 11 - Madison, WI @ Overture Hall Feb. 13 - Iowa City, IA @ IMU Main Ballroom Feb. 14 - Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note Feb. 17 - Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace Feb. 18 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater Feb. 21 - Montreal, QC @ MTELUS Feb. 22 - Providence, RI @ The Strand Feb. 24 - Washington, DC @ The Anthem THE ACCIDENTALS + Hailey Ward Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Fri 02/09/2018 (7pm/$20) dakotacooks.com Sony Masterworks recording artists, The Accidentals (Sav Buist, Katie Larson and Michael Dause), will be playing the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis this February 9th. The group was named “Top 10 Bands to Watch in 2017” by Yahoo Music. 20-year-old indie-folk singer-songwriter from Williston, Vermont, Hailey Ward will open the show. 2018 North American Tour Dates
02/06 - Ann Arbor, MI. - The Ark
02/07 - Yorkville, IL. - Law Office Pub 02/08 - Chatfield, MN. - Chatfield Center for the Arts 02/09 - Minneapolis, MN. - Dakota Jazz Club 02/10 - Fremont, NE. - The Pioneer Theater 02/11 - Lincoln, NE. - TBD 02/12-02/18 - Folk Alliance International Showcase KID DAKOTA + Alan Sparhawk (Low) Icehouse Sat 02/10/2018 (10:30pm/$10) icehousempls.com Minneapolis-based artist Kid Dakota is having a CD release party for his fifth album Denervation (Graveface Records). Alan Sparhawk from local heroes Low to open. We wrote about Kid Dakota in 2008: “I'm the first to admit my shameless devotion to the Minneapolis music scene, but Kid Dakota deserves special consideration. The product of singer / songwriter / guitarist/ engineer / all-around- dynamo Darren Jackson on guitar, keyboard and vocals, Kid Dakota also features drummer Ian Prince (formerly of Houston and the Dames and currently of Story of the Sea). Jackson, a South Dakota native, is also a producer in his own right, running a recording studio built into his house, where he has worked on albums by the Owls, Ice Palace and Vicious Vicious.” EMANCIPATOR + Flamingosis Fine Line Music Cafe Sat 02/10/2018 (8pm/$22) finelinemusic.com Classically-trained electronic producer Emancipator (Doug Appling) is headlining the Fine Line Music Café on Saturday, February 10, in support of his #1 iTunes Electronic album, Baralku (Loci Records). Special guest Flamingosis to open. 2018 Tour Dates
2/7 - Milwaukee, WI @ Miramar Theatre
2/8 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre 2/9 - Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall 2/10 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe 2/14 - Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay 2/15 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Varsity 2/16 - Dallas, TX @ Trees 2/17 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk 2/18 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall 2/20 - St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House 2/21 - Nashville, TN @ Exit In 2/22 - Charlotte, NC @ Underground 2/23 - Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre 2/24 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse ENTER SHIKARI + Milk Teeth, Single Mothers Amsterdam Bar and Hall Sat 02/10/2018 (7pm/$20) amsterdambarandhall.com British post-hardcore band Enter Shikari is playing the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul this Saturday. Their critically-acclaimed UK Top Five album The Spark is out now on Play It Again Sam/Ambush Reality. Tour dates:
2/5/2018 Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
2/6/2018 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace 2/8/2018 Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Hall 2/9/2018 Chicago, IL @ Metro 2/10/2018 St Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Hall 2/11/2018 Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret 2/13/2018 Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth 2/14/2018 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Ballroom 2/16/2018 Vancouver, BC @ Imperial 2/17/2018 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's 2/18/2018 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater 2/20/2018 Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Atrium 2/23/2018 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre 2/24/2018 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory 2/25/2018 San Diego, CA @ The Irenic 2/27/2018 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom FLINT EASTWOOD + NYDGE, Devata Daun 7th Street Entry Fri 02/11/2018 (7pm/$10) first-avenue.com Originally billed with BRMC, Detroit’s Flint Eastwood (named after Clint Eastwood) will now be headlining the smaller 7th Street Entry stage. Flint Eastwood is the stagename to singer Jax Anderson. Anderson’s latest Broke Royalty came out April 14, 2017 on Neon Gold Records.
02.06 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement %
02.08 - Nashville, TN @ The High Watt % 02.09 - Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi % 02.10 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie's % 02.11 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry % 02.13 - Cincinnati, OH @Ballroom at Taft Theatre % 02.15 - Atlanta, GA @ The Buckhead Theatre * 02.16 - Richmond, VA @ The National * 02.17 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom * 02.21 - Providence, RI @ The Strand * 02.22 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE * 02.23 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues * 02.24 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection * 02.26 - St Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall * 02.27 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave/Eagles Club * 02.28 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre * % NYDGE supports * supporting Pvris THURSTON MOORE + DJ Matthew St-Germain Uptown VFW Post Mon 02/12/2018 (8pm/$16) uptownvfw.org The great Thurston Moore, formerly of noise band Sonic Youth, will be at Uptown VFW Post on Monday for his show, Thurston Moore: Music + Radio Radieux : Film. NECK DEEP + Creeper, Seaway, Speak Low If You Speak Love First Avenue Tue 02/13/2018 (5pm/$22) first-avenue.com Wrexham pop-punks Neck Deep will be headlining this all-ages show at First Avenue’s mainroom. Show up early to this “The Peace And The Panic Tour” to check out Seaway, among other openers, as they replaced their previously announced headlining “American Vacation” Tour, because the opportunity to join this tour was too good to pass up. They made the right call because the first half of the “The Peace And The Panic Tour” has sold out. Upcoming U.S. Tour Dates w/Neck Deep
02/05 - Rochester, NY @ Anthology
02/06 - Montreal, QC @ Club Soda 02/07 - Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre 02/08 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre 02/09 - Detroit, MI @ The Majestic 02/10 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre 02/12 - Chicago, IL @ Concord 02/13 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 02/14 - Kansas City, MO @ The Truman 02/16 - Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theatre 02/17 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex 02/20 - Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Ballroom 02/21 - Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall 02/23 - Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue Theatre 02/24 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox 02/25 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom 02/27 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom 02/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Henry Fonda Theatre April 2020
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