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Minneapolis: December 17 to December 26, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from December 17 to December 26, 2016.

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Read More Mark Mallman Did you miss Mark Mallman’s double appearances at the Icehouse last March 25th and 26th? No problem, catch him again at the Icehouse this upcoming Saturday, July 9th. … Lydia Liza Rhymesayers' Toki Wright warmed up the audience with help from Big Cats on the turntables and Lydia Liza working the backup vocals. … Lookbook The odd group on the bill was two-person group, Lookbook. The band is basically guitarist Grant Cutler, who plays guitars and handles the pre-recordings, with vocalist Maggie Morrison. …

MARK MALLMAN
at Icehouse
Saturday, 12/17/16, 10:30pm ($10)
icehousempls.com

Mark Mallman’s first-ever Holiday show is taking place this Saturday, December 17th at the Icehouse. Typical Icehouse shows takes place after hours, so please note start time (10:30pm).

Joining Mallman will be special guests Lydia Liza, Josiah Lemanski, and Maggie Morrison.

Additional details below:

Mark Mallman Presents: THE PEACE ON EARTH SHOW

Mark Mallman will headline his first ever holiday show Dec 17 at Icehouse.

The “Peace On Earth Show” will focus strongly on joyful songs of peace, with a touch of the holiday season. The Twin Cities most masterful showman will be joined by special guests Lydia Liza and Josiah Lemanski performing their updated version of “Baby It's Cold Outside”, Maggie Morrison singing John Lennon's “Imagine”, A Venus De Mars/Mark Mallman duet of Bowie and Bing, and many other surprises throughout the night (including an appearance by the man in red himself.)

“It will be a much needed night of good feelings, focused simply on the music of joy. No strings attached.” He says. Mallman will also perform spirited material from his 2016 local smash, “The End Is Not The End”. Porcupine, featuring Husker Du member Greg Norton, open the night.

What: Mark Mallman's Peace On Earth Show
When: Dec 17th; 10:30 p.m.
Where: Icehouse – 2528 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Read More Jake Gusto Original Release Date: March 25, 2016 Release Date: March 25, 2016 Label: Jake Gusto Copyright: 2016 Jake Gusto Total Length: 51:23 … Low I distinctly remember seeing a Pack A.D. and a Low poster on the first episode of The Returned (US version). .... Astronautalis Astronautalis gave the crowd last night at the Red Bull Sound Select concert (curated by record label Totally Gross National Product) at The Turf Club in Saint Paul. .... Giraffage As for Giraffage, the San Francisco kid has become one of the fast rising DJ/producers on the scene, working on the soundtrack for the recent iPhone 6 commercial with Fool's Gold release "Be With You". Recently Carly Rae Jepse .... Snoop Dogg On the 20th Anniversary of Snoop Doggy Dog's debut album Doggystyle, Engine Room Recordings released their tribute to the man with Doggystyle Restyled: A Tribute To Snoop Dogg, which came out December 17th, 2013. ....

JAKE GUSTO
at 7th Street Entry
Wednesday, 12/21/16, 7:30pm ($5)
first-avenue.com

Hip-hop, electronic artist/producer Jake Gusto’s special “The Homecoming Show” will be taking place next Wednesday at the 7th Street Entry. This is Gusto’s first performance in Minneapolis since relocating to Los Angeles earlier this year... so expect support from local friends and family.

Joining Gusto will be The Jones Dickens and Sam Og.

Additional details:

On Dec. 21, Jake Gusto will defend his turf by taking the stage at First Avenue/7th St. Entry for “The Homecoming Show” – the aptly titled, full circle performance by the unrelenting 24 year old. In what is sure to be an emotional performance, Jake Gusto comes back home on a comeback mission.

* Personal note, I actually mistaken Jake Gusto for another local musician Jake Jones (who also previously headlined the 7th Street Entry on December 7th, 2016).

Other shows in the area:

12/17/16 Low’s Christmas show is taking place at First Avenue on Saturday. All proceeds will benefit Second Harvest Heartland. Low adds, “Despite the commerce involved, we hope you will consider this our gift to you.”

12/17/16 Astronautalis with Finding Novyon will be at the Triple Rock Social Club this Saturday.

12/17/16 Giraffage will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café, courtesy of SIMshow. Details at finelinemusic.com. We last saw Giraffage with Slow Magic in Nov 2015.

12/18/16 Country music singer and songwriter Kane Brown will be at the Varsity Theater; touring in support of his debut self-titled album (on RCA Nashville).

12/19/16 Join locals The Happy Children, Devon Reason, and others for this Holiday celebration. $5 at the 7th Street Entry.

12/20/16 Always Human Tapes presents The Worm, Radar Threat, and TML will appear at the 7th Street Entry. $5 deal.

12/22/16 The Midtown Men to headline the Orchestra Hall.

12/23/16 Snoop Dogg will be headlining the Myth.

12/24/16 Christmas Eve

12/25/16 Christmas Day

12/26/16 Christmas Observed

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Doomtree at CHS Field, St. Paul (19 August 2016)

Setlist No Way Uh Huh (Sims song) Grime (Cecil Otter song) Slow Burn (Sims/Mike Mictlan song) Punch-Out Black Rose (Cecil Otter song) Prizefight (Mike Mictlan w/ Lazerbeak song) Bangarang Doomtree Tour Dates 09/09/16 Dubh Linn Irish Pub Duluth, MN 09/10/16 Sanctuary Events Center Fargo, ND 09/17/16 Middle Waves 2016 Fort Wayne, IN P.O.S. Tour Dates 08/24/16 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN 09/24/16 Downtown Long Beach Long Beach, CA 09/24/16 Music Tastes Good Festival! Dessa Tour Dates 08/25/16 Wellmont Theatre Montclair, NJ 09/03/16 Red Herring Lounge Duluth, MN 09/09/16 O'Shaughnessy, St. Paul, MN 04/15/17 Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, MN Read More Doomtree Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree is on the road to SXSW 2015! The tour is also to promote his upcoming full-lenth album All Hands, due January 27, 2015 on their own Doomtree Records. ....

Half a band, half a set, and drenching rain… but it didn’t matter- Doomtree was in the building.

The event was part of the celebration of the formal announcement so many local sports fans had waited for as the Minnesota United FC soccer team, was moving from the North American Soccer League (NASL) to the much larger Major League Soccer.

A $200+ million-dollar soccer-specific stadium that seats 21,500 in St Paul is due to break ground to be ready in 2018, with the team playing at TCF Bank Stadium until their building is ready.  After speeches by team owner Bill McGuire, Mayor Chris Coleman, and others, the music was set to begin.

DJ Shannon Blowtorch spun the tunes in-between, playfully crafting a mash-up of Milli Vanelli’s ‘Blame it on the Rain’ and Eurythmics’ ‘Here Comes the Rain Again’ as the rain continued to come down and Doomtree members Sims, Cecil Otter, Mike Mictlan, and Lazerbeak took to the stage.

The collective was missing a few members due to other commitments, but the faithful were still there to support as the quartet broke into opener ‘No Way’ and beginning lyric, “We got cracks in our armor, got cracks in the ceiling” as the rain worsened, saying  “It’s always raining when we’re playing outside”.

“I’m gonna do one song in the rain” Sims declared after getting security to remove all the stage barriers, jumping into the middle of the soaked crowd for the rapid-fire lyrical spitting of his ‘Uh Huh’.  Cecil Otter took the spotlight next with ‘Grime’ and its dark but memorable lyric, “We’re lying in a minefield of dreams.  We count those sheep as they scream”.

Sims returned with ‘Slow Burn’ as he and Mike Mictlan stalked the stage as the rain continued and had now somewhat dangerously collected on the roof of the stage, causing the tented ceiling in two areas, to severely buckle.

Stage crew noticed this and frantically used the bottom end of music stands and anything else they could find, to literally try and raise the roof to push the water off, all as the band continued.  “Have you ever seen a breach birth before? – it’s about to happen”, they said, looking at the swelling ceiling.

After a searing ‘Prizefight’, the set ended and their promise of “we’ll see you again- hopefully” came true sooner than later, as the scheduled second set was cancelled (as was Astronautalis’ performance) but the collective quickly returned to the stage for a single-song encore of ‘Bangarang’, as people shook off the drenching rain by head bobbing or moving and dancing to the song.

Though rain in some superstitions is considered a sign of good luck to come- a symbol of new starts, unity and renewal, which fans hope it translates to a successful soccer team and season;  luck wasn’t on the side of music fans on this day, just hoping for a longer and additional set from Doomtree.

Shannon Blowtorch

Lazerbeak

Cecil Otter

Mike Mictlan

Sims

Doomtree at CHS Field, St. Paul (19 August 2016)

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Red Bull Sound Select presents Astronautalis at the Turf Club, St Paul (19 September 2015)

Tour Dates 10/14/15 The Showbox Seattle, WA 10/15/15 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR 10/16/15 Oakland Metro Oakland, CA 10/17/15 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA 10/18/15 Sayers Club Las Vegas, NV 10/31/15 Bime Bilbao, Spain 11/06/15 Kulturbetrieb Royal Baden, Switzerland 11/07/15 Le Port France Sion, Switzerland 11/08/15 Halle 2 Heidelberg, Germany 11/10/15 Studio 672 Koln, Germany 11/12/15 Soul Inn Brussels, Belgium 11/13/15 6 PAR 4 Laval, France 11/17/15 Louisiana Bristol, UK 11/18/15 Scala London, UK 11/19/15 The Hairy Dog Derby, UK 11/20/15 Broadcast Glasgow, UK 11/21/15 Soup Kitchen Manchester, UK 11/24/15 Hafenklang Hamburg, Germany 11/25/15 Lido Berlin, Germany 11/26/15 Kassablanca Jena, Germany 11/29/15 Lucerna Music Bar Prague, Czech Read More Red Bull I've previously mentioned that I liked how Red Bull invests back into the music community. There are couple of new items that I thought I'd mention. The first is that Red Bull .… Marijuana Deathsquads Given the fact that both drummers performed four sets over two nights (both were a part of openers Marijuana Deathsquads as well), any minor missed beat could have been easily forgiven. .…

When the options you have for a night are to dance, get pregnant, or get out... you know it's going to be a good night. Those were the options that Astronautalis gave the crowd last night at the Red Bull Sound Select concert (curated by record label Totally Gross National Product) at The Turf Club in Saint Paul.

I am fairly new to this whole "Red Bull Sound Select" concert series. Basically, Red Bull puts on these "pop up" shows at local bars and clubs that feature a couple local acts with a touring act. The nice thing about these shows are they are cheap. As long as you RSVP'd online for last night's show, you only had to pay $3 at the door and you got a free Red Bull drink with entry. I went to one of these shows a couple years ago to see Yeasayer but hadn't really been interested in any of the other ones they put on here in the Twin Cities. They do these across the country and they seem to be happening much more frequently. That being said, these are awesome, cheap shows if you're ever looking for something to do. Make sure you check it out and see what's coming to your city!

Astronautalis opened the show last night, His set was full of new songs off of his upcoming release. He explained that he was trying to lay low until his new album drops but when he heard about this show, he begged his way onto the lineup. I am so happy that he got on the show because he was definitely the highlight of the night for me and majority of the full house.

Astronautalis is a local rapper and, like almost all Twin Cities rappers, he is amazing. He told the crowd that they only options they had for the night were to get pregnant, dance, or leave. Nobody in the crowd left, I'm really hoping nobody got pregnant, everybody danced. The way he commanded the crowd from the first word he said was amazing. The way he can freestyle is amazing and he proved that last night.

At one point of Astronautalis' set he walked all the way through the venue while singing one of his new songs. This was awesome and got people moving. When he got back to the stage, he was not alone. An extremely intoxicated girl had attached herself onto him and started screaming at him from the front row. Not only was it pissing everyone off in the crowd, it had Astronautalis on edge. Because of this, his freestyle that was supposed to be about Nicholas Cage, chinchillas, mountains, poutine, and some other topics the crowd had shouted out, became all about how this drunk girl was annoying the crap out of everyone and ruining the show for everyone. I thought it was awesome that he took this tense situation and made it part of his show. Yeah, she got her ten minutes off fame during the rap, but he had absolutely nothing nice to say about the girl. I didn't see her after being called out in front of the near, if not, sold out crowd.

Marijuana Deathsquads also played last night and killed it. This is a band that you just have to see live. They have three drummers on full kits, and then a table of guys hunched over computers with a couple of people doing vocals. Last night was their birthday party so obviously, they threw out wrapped gifts to the crowd that were full of merch and CD's.

Last night our options were to dance, get pregnant, or get out... There was no way in hell I was leaving. I danced my butt off last night and was, yet again, blown away by the local music scene here in the Twin Cities.

Astronautalis at Turf Club, St Paul (19 September 2015)

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