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The Growlers at First Ave
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Los Angeles-based rockers The Growlers headlined First Avenue’s mainroom in Minneapolis, in support of their upcoming album Natural Affair.
Oklahoma’s Sports opened the show. The band is normally a trio (Cale, Jacob, and Christian) but for their live set, they’re joined by an additional guitarist.
Although I love the matching costumes and their performance, I think the band’s name is just too common (and confusing). In fact, there is another band called Sports from Philadelphia, but they’ve re-named themselves as Remember Sports.
The group’s latest is called Everyone's Invited, which features their single “Cadillac”.
The Growlers (core members: singer Brooks Nielsen, lead guitarist Matt Taylor, and keyboard player Kyle Straka) closed out the show. Speaking to some fans in line, they mentioned that their fanbase are hardcore fans… many of them collecting everything they’ve released (on cassettes and vinyls). Listening to their music, you can hear influence of surf and pop music… it’s actually hard to put your fingers on it, but the band insists on calling their music “beach goth” (which they’ve named their record label and music festival on). Whatever it is, it’s a very laid sound.
They’re also associated with Burger Records (which we saw them headlined the Burgerama Caravan of the Stars tour in 2013), but I feel their more successful and polish, than what the cassette label can produce.
Growlers actually recorded their new album Natural Affair already (with singles like “Pulp of Youth”), but the actual album won’t be released until October 25th.
Remaining Tour Dates:
Oklahoma’s Sports opened the show. The band is normally a trio (Cale, Jacob, and Christian) but for their live set, they’re joined by an additional guitarist.
Although I love the matching costumes and their performance, I think the band’s name is just too common (and confusing). In fact, there is another band called Sports from Philadelphia, but they’ve re-named themselves as Remember Sports.
The group’s latest is called Everyone's Invited, which features their single “Cadillac”.
The Growlers (core members: singer Brooks Nielsen, lead guitarist Matt Taylor, and keyboard player Kyle Straka) closed out the show. Speaking to some fans in line, they mentioned that their fanbase are hardcore fans… many of them collecting everything they’ve released (on cassettes and vinyls). Listening to their music, you can hear influence of surf and pop music… it’s actually hard to put your fingers on it, but the band insists on calling their music “beach goth” (which they’ve named their record label and music festival on). Whatever it is, it’s a very laid sound.
They’re also associated with Burger Records (which we saw them headlined the Burgerama Caravan of the Stars tour in 2013), but I feel their more successful and polish, than what the cassette label can produce.
Growlers actually recorded their new album Natural Affair already (with singles like “Pulp of Youth”), but the actual album won’t be released until October 25th.
Remaining Tour Dates:
10/1 Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA
10/2 TBA, Arcata, CA
10/3 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
10/4 McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR
10/5 The Showbox, Seattle, WA
10/6 The Showbox, Seattle, WA
10/31 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
11/1 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
11/2 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles. CA
2/5/2020 Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
2/6/2020 Reithalle, Dresden, Germany
2/7/2020 Astra, Berlin, Germany
2/8/2020 Live Music Hall, Köln, Germany
2/10/2020 Muffathalle, Müchen, Germany
2/11/2020 Kraufleuten, Zurich, Switzerland
2/12/2020 Magnolia, Milan, Italy
2/13/2020 Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland
2/15/2020 Gibson, Frankfurt, Germany
2/16/2020 Le Trianon, Paris, France
2/17/2020 Het Depot, Leuven, Belgium
2/18/2020 TivoliVredenburg (Ronda), Utrecht, NL
2/19/2020 Aeronef Lille, France
2/21/2020 Roundhouse, London, UK
2/22/2020 Albert Hall Manchester, UK
2/23/2020 SWG3 Glasgow, UK
2/25/2020 Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland
10/2 TBA, Arcata, CA
10/3 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
10/4 McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR
10/5 The Showbox, Seattle, WA
10/6 The Showbox, Seattle, WA
10/31 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
11/1 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
11/2 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles. CA
2/5/2020 Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
2/6/2020 Reithalle, Dresden, Germany
2/7/2020 Astra, Berlin, Germany
2/8/2020 Live Music Hall, Köln, Germany
2/10/2020 Muffathalle, Müchen, Germany
2/11/2020 Kraufleuten, Zurich, Switzerland
2/12/2020 Magnolia, Milan, Italy
2/13/2020 Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland
2/15/2020 Gibson, Frankfurt, Germany
2/16/2020 Le Trianon, Paris, France
2/17/2020 Het Depot, Leuven, Belgium
2/18/2020 TivoliVredenburg (Ronda), Utrecht, NL
2/19/2020 Aeronef Lille, France
2/21/2020 Roundhouse, London, UK
2/22/2020 Albert Hall Manchester, UK
2/23/2020 SWG3 Glasgow, UK
2/25/2020 Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland
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Growlers at First Avenue, Minneapolis (28 Sep 2019) |
