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Ruby Suns/Painted Palms at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (02/22/13)

Tour Dates 02/23 Grinnell IA @ Grinnell College 02/24 Chicago IL @ Schubas 02/26 Toronto ON @ Garrison 02/27 Montreal QC @ Casa Del Popolo 02/28 Boston MA @ Brighton Music Hall 03/01 New York NY @ Mercury Lounge 03/02 Brooklyn NY @ Knitting Factory 03/03 Philaelphia PA @ Johnny Brendas 03/05 Washington DC @ Black Cat Backstage 03/06 Chapel Hill NC @ Local 506 03/07 Atlanta GA @ Drunken Unicorn 03/09 Austin TX @ Holy Mountain 03/12 Phoenix AZ @ Rhythm Room 03/13 San Diego CA @ Casbah Listen

The Ruby Suns and Painted Palms are currently on tour together. They stopped by Minneapolis' 7th Street Entry last night (February 22nd).

PAINTED PALMS

San Francisco's Painted Palms were not used to the snow here. After launching into "Falling Asleep", singer Reese Donohue confirmed it as much, "I think it's a little cold here."

As Ava and I discussed, she thinks they have a "floral sound", while I thought they definitely had a "Coast" wave/water rhythm to their sound.

Anyway, as expected, because they've only released one single and an EP (Canopy), I believe they played every song they've ever recorded or known to them. If you enjoy Canopy, this is the tour to see them.

I'm not entirely sure if they played the b-side off their upcoming "Carousel" 7", but Poly Vinyl Records is making the song "Click" available to stream. The 7" is coming out March 5th, 2013.

I would have liked to have stayed for The Ruby Suns, but I had prior commitments. From what I can hear of New Zealand's The Ruby Suns is they sound like they sing in falsetto and musically a very interesting landscape. I may have been wrong about anticipating Ryan McPhun to sound 'New Zealander', as he grew up in California but re-located to New Zealand.

The Ruby Suns are currently on tour in support of their Sub Pop record, Christopher, and Painted Palms are currently supporting Secretly Canadian's re-issue of Canopy.

The Ruby Suns at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (02/22/13)

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When Animals Attack: Animal Collective, Pigeon, Prawn, and Sasquatch

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Read More Animal Collective Animal Collective premiered their new song, "Today's Supernatural," today (July 31st). The single is from their upcoming album, Centipede Hz. The album will be out September 4th, via Domino Records. .…

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
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Animal Collective has hit the road again in promotion of their 2012 release Centipede Hz.  The Baltimore-based band is touring the country this spring as the group celebrates their tenth studio album. Lead by David Portner (also known as Avey Tare) and Noah Lennox who performs under the moniker Panda Bear, the group brings a distinctive upbeat electronic sound that helped them quickly gain popularity in the early part of 2000.

The psychedelic, experimental sounds of the  four piece draw on previous work done by Panda Bear in the late 90’s. However, this group continues to expand their style with the use of fast tempoed melodies with synthesized vocals. They will be in Minneapolis March 18th in the First Avenue Mainroom along with fellow Baltimore-based electronic artist Dan Deacon.

More information can be found at Animal Collective’s official site: myanimalhome.net

Animal Collective Tour Dates (Pre-Order Information)

03/7: Boston, MA @ House of Blues* 03/8: Montreal, QC @ Metropolis* 03/9: Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall* 03/11: Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues* 03/12: Covington, KY @ The Madison Theater* 03/13: Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works* 03/15: Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall* 03/16: Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre* 03/17: Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theatre*

03/18: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue* 03/20: St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant* 03/21: Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theater* 03/22: Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre* 03/23: Salt Lake City, UT @ Depot* 03/24: Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Fest 07/2: Helsinki, Finland @ The Circus 07/4: Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival * w/Dan Deacon

PIGEON
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Australia's Pigeon are heading out on tour with Strange Talk this March and April.

Pigeon was named "12th most played band on Triple J Unearthed" so expect them to play those hits on the road, including tracks from their recent EP, Fortunes.

03/20/13 - Beach Road Hotel (DJ set) - Bondi
03/21/13 - Transit Bar - Canberra #
03/22/13 - Oxford Arts Factory - Sydney #
03/22/13 - MUM @ World Bar (DJ set) - Sydney
03/23/13 - The Great Northern - Newcastle
03/28/13 - The Corner Hotel - Melbourne #
03/29/13 - The Espy Front Bar - Melbourne
03/30/13 - Alhambra Lounge - Brisbane #
04/06/13 – The Northern - Byron Bay
04/05/13 - Solbar - Maroochydore
04/13/13 - Live It Up U18 Festival - Brisbane

PRAWN
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Speaking of Australia, did you know they don't say "sprimp on the barbie?" They don't call them shrimps over there, the correct term should be "prawns on the barbie".

New Jersey's Prawn is heading out on tour with Garden State this March.

03/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ Michael Jordan House
03/16 - Virginia Beach, VA @ That's How… Shaq
03/17 - Springfield, VA @ Tosche Station
03/18 - Baltimore, MD @ Charm City Art Space
03/19 - New Brunswick, NJ @ Paradise Lost
03/20 - Wilimantic, CT @ Handsome Woman
03/21 - Boston, MA @ Brandeis University
03/22 - Providence, RI @ AS220
03/23 - Lowell, MA @ Ant Cellar
03/24 - Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory

SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL
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Hey, did you get your tickets to see Sasquatch! Music Festival this May 24-27, 2013? Well too bad, it's all sold out - in less than 90 minutes after going on sale.

Sasquatch! has recently been recognized for its programming excellence with a nomination for Festival of the Year at the 2012 Pollstar Awards and was named Festival of the Year in 2010 by Consequence of Sound. This year, they live up to the award with an amazing lineup of popular bands like Arctic Monkeys, Andrew Bird, Mumford & Sons, xx, Imagine Dragons, and Empire of the Sun, etc.

Festival lineup to feature:

Mumford & Sons, The Postal Service, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Sigur Ros, Vampire Weekend, The xx, The Lumineers, Arctic Monkeys, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Cake, Primus (3D), Empire of the Sun, Imagine Dragons, Bloc Party, Andrew Bird, Grimes, Dropkick Murphys, Built to Spill, Alt-J, Steve Aoki, Azealia Banks, Tame Impala, Father John Misty, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Tallest Man on Earth, Devendra Banhart, The Presets, Laidback Luke, Schoolboy Q & Ab-Soul, Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt, Killer Mike, P.O.S., Death Grips, Shad, El-P, Michael Kiwanuka, Solange, Twin Shadow, Divine Fits, Dirty Projectors, Japandroids, Azari & III, Disclosure, Baauer, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Menomena, Ryan Bingham, JJ Grey & Mofro, Porcelain Raft, Youth Lagoon, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Holy Ghost!, Matthew Dear, Toro Y Moi, John Talabot, Shout Out Louds, Surfer Blood, DIIV, Torche, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Atlas Genius, Youngblood Hawke, Capital Cities, Fang Island, Red Fang, Reignwolf, Baths, Lusine, Yppah ft. Anomie Belle, Odesza, Four Color Zack, Beachwood Sparks, The Barr Brothers, Shovels & Rope, Willy Moon, Peace, Elliott Brood, Radical Face, Nancy & Beth (Megan Mullally & Stephanie Hunt), Akron/Family, Caveman, Telekinesis, Indians, Chvrches, Wild Belle, Suuns, Brown Bird, Bombino, Robert DeLong, Seawolf, ZZ Ward, Hundred Waters, Luke Sital-Singh, Wake Owl, Deep Sea Diver, Jherek Bischoff, Sean Nelson, Rose Windows, Nacho Picasso, Brothers From Another, Knowmads, Tilson, Ra Scion, OC Notes “Golden Gods,” Kingdom Crumbs, Theoretics, Nissim (D. Black)

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Tour: Cloud Cult, Muse, The Thermals

CLOUD CULT
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Cloud Cult will be headlining the second of the two sold out Minneapolis show for Minnesota Public Radio 89.3 The Current's 8th Birthday Party on Saturday, January 19th at First Avenue. Joining them on this show is Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner along with Now, Now and The Chalice.

The band is also thrilled to announce that they will be heading out on tour in support of their new album, Love on Earthology Records. As we have previously written about them, all their records are 100% recyclable - even their CD is made up biodegradable material.

If you attend their live shows (at least in the Minneapolis shows), they often have a live artist painting art based on the Cloud Cult performances. These unique pieces are then sold after the show.

These are confirmed tour dates below:

04/10 @ Brighton Music Hall in Boston, MA 04/11 @ Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY 04/12 @ Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia, PA 04/13 @ Black Cat in Washington DC 04/19 @ Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL

04/20 @ Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI 04/27 @ First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN 05/06 @ Neptune in Seattle, WA 05/07 @ Aladdin Theatre in Portland, OR 05/09 @ The Independent in San Francisco, CA 05/11 @ El Rey in Los Angeles, CA

MUSE
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Alternative rock group Muse hits the road for their 2013 tour in support of the release of the band’s 6th album, The 2nd Law. The Grammy-winning 3-piece will perform at the Target Center March 7th during their 2013 North American tour. The group led by frontman Matthew Bellamy, anticipate the support of loyal fans who have been hooked since their previous album, The Resistance, since its release in 2009.

2013 marks their ninth year anniversary of the formation of the group, and in that time Muse has been nominated for multiple Grammys and sold 15 million albums worldwide.

Rolling Stone declared The 2nd Law as Muse's "biggest, craziest music yet." See below for a complete North American tour dates:

01/28/13 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena 01/29/13 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Arena 01/31/13 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena 02/01/13 Seattle, WA KeyArena At Seattle Center 02/03/13 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place 02/04/13 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome 02/06/13 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena 02/22/13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center 02/23/13 Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Times Forum 02/25/13 Orlando, FL Amway Center 02/25/13 Orlando, FL Amway Center 02/27/13 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena 02/28/13 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena 03/02/13 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena 03/02/13 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena 03/04/13 Chicago, IL United Center 03/05/13 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center

03/07/13 Minneapolis, MN Target Center 03/08/13 St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena 03/10/13 Tulsa, OK BOK Center 03/12/13 Houston, TX Toyota Center 03/13/13 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center 03/16/13 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center 03/17/13 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay 04/09/13 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre 04/10/13 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre 04/12/13 Boston, MA TD Garden 04/13/13 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena 04/15/13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden 04/16/13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden 04/19/13 E. Rutherford, NJ IZOD Center 04/21/13 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial 04/23/13 Montreal, QC Bell Centre 04/26/13 Quebec City, QC Colisée Pepsi

THE THERMALS
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Sub Pop is re-issuing six classic The Thermals albums on vinyl (if you're hip to the music scene, you know that vinyl sale is up five million percent since its so-called death by the hands of compact discs) as part of the 10th anniversary of More Parts Per Million - published by Sub Pop in 2003.

Emelia loves them, describing them as "high energy punk (slightly pop) band and they hail from Portland Oregon."

The vinyls are printed on colorful plastics and only available in limited quantity, making it a must-have for Thermals fans.

Uh-oh, looks like they're on tour:

03.01 - San Francisco, CA - Noise Pop
03.02 - Cupertino, CA @ Homestead Lanes Bowling Alley
03.07 - Brooklyn, NY @ 285 Kent
03.08 - Clinton, NY @ Beinekie Events Barn @ Hamilton College
03.09 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
03.13-03.16 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex (Check Yo Ponytail)

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Smashing Pumpkins at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul (10/20/12)

W♥M158: Smashing Pumpkins (13 mins) Tour Dates 10/23/12 Auburn Hills, MI - Palace Of Auburn Hills 10/25/12 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre 10/27/12 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena 10/28/12 Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 10/31/12 Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center 11/02/12 Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank 11/03/12 Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center 11/04/12 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena Read More Smashing Pumpkins Splendour in the Grass: Jack White, Smashing Pumpkins, At the Drive-In, The Shins, Mudhoney, Lana Del Rey, Dirty Three, Afghan Whigs, Bloc Party, The Kooks, Gossip ...

Smashing Pumpkins stopped by the Roy Wilkins Auditorium, in St Paul, as part of their Oceania tour. It was also Anberlin's last tour with SP, which you can read all about it here.

The Smashing Pumpkins setup was pretty amazing. They had this gigantic white ball (think Rover from the Prisoner only one hundred time its size and you get the idea) with video and images projected on it. The imagery matched their song, and visually really cool to watch.

Billy Corgan photograph by ava

As expected, Smashing Pumpkins, minus James Iha and D'arcy Wretzky, played their latest album, Oceania, front to back from start to finish. The crowd was clearly there to hear Smashing Pumpkins do their hits songs, which didn't appear on their set until an hour or two into their set. It wasn't until David Bowie's "Space Oddity" did their set become more enjoyable for me.

It was fairly disappointing because I was waiting for "1979", which never came. Of course, they did their 'rat in a cage' song, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings," which the crowd absolutely went nuts over.

I think if you love Oceania, you'll definitely want to get a ticket to hear all the songs live. Unfortunately, if you didn't bother with the new album, then suddenly it's the world's most expensive listening party.

Smashing Pumpkins is currently on tour in support of Oceania.

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Smashing Pumpkins at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul (10/20/12)

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Anberlin at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul (10/20/12)

photograph by ava Tour Dates 11/06 Charleston, SC - The Music Farm 11/07 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre 11/09 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall 11/10 Buffalo, NY - Infinity 11/11 Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock 11/14 Toledo, OH - The Omni 11/15 Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection 11/16 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls 11/17 Albany, NY - Upstate Concert Hall 11/18 Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre 11/20 Knoxville, TN - Valarium 12/2 Jacksonville, FL - X102.9's The Big Ticket Read More Anberlin A few years ago, I had a fantastic time interviewing Stephen Christian of Anberlin. At that time (in 2008), we were making it a big deal that they landed on the cover of AP Magazine … Last night was Anberlin's last show with Smashing Pumpkins at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St Paul. From my balcony seat, Anberlin's set was lit incredibly dark, mostly in dark reds and blues. Photographing them was a nightmare because of poor lighting, and the fact that singer Stephen Christian was bouncing off the wall (faster moving objects are harder to capture on camera, especially in the dark!) Their very brief thirty minute set had about six or seven songs. Some of the songs I recall were "Paperthin Hymn", "Self-Starter", "Impossible", "Other Side", "Godspeed", and the closer, "Someone Anyone." That last song absolutely kick serious ass live. Their other new song, "Other Side" is drummer Nick Young's favorite song off of their new album, Vital. I heard the studio version and thought, that sounded fine… but it wasn't until I heard it live that it hit me how incredibly heartfelt the song is. Christian is pleading with his heart with his lyrics, "Love me, love me. Why don't you know me, know me? Hold me, hold me. And trust me, trust me." Anberlin is taking a brief break before they head back on tour in early November, in support of their sixth studio album, Vital out now via Universal Republic. Fans and critics are all raving about Vital, often putting this album on par with Cities (which most Anberlin fans will cite as their favorite Anberlin album.) vu + ava (photos) ♥ www.anberlin.com