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Minneapolis: August 17 to August 19, 2018

Smashing Pumpkins 2018 Poster Read More Smashing Pumpkins 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. … Metric I've seen Metric twice (four times if you count Emily Haines solo or Broken Social Scene), so you know I love this little Canadian band. Their Rock the Garden's set was very similar to their …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 17 to August 19, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
+ Metric
Xcel Energy Center
Sun 08/19/2018 (6pm/$29.50)
xcelenergycenter.com

Grammy Award-winning, acclaimed alternative rock luminaries, The Smashing Pumpkins will be headlining the Xcel Energy Center on Sunday, August 19th.

Show up early to see Canadian band Metric, featuring singer Emily Haines. We’ve seen Metric a few times and can tell you that the group is just excellent.

Smashing Pumpkins 2018 North American Tour Dates

08/11/18 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
08/13/18 Chicago, IL United Center
08/14/18 Chicago, IL United Center
08/16/18 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
08/17/18 Indianapolis, IN Bankers Life Fieldhouse
08/19/18 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
08/20/18 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center
08/21/18 Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford Premier Center
08/24/18 Seattle, WA KeyArena
08/25/18 Portland, OR Moda Center
08/27/18 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
08/28/18 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
08/30/18 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
08/31/18 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
09/01/18 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
09/02/18 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
09/04/18 Salt Lake City, UT Vivint Smart Home Arena
09/05/18 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
09/08/18 Calgary, Alberta Scotiabank Saddledome *
09/09/18 Edmonton, Alberta Rogers Place *

*Without Metric
#30th Anniversary Show

Beach House: 7 Andrew Combs 2018 Poster Bad Bad Hats 2018 Poster Read More Beach House One thing about Beach House that stands out above the rest is their mysterious stage performance. Victoria belts out her exquisite lyrics from under her infamous locks of hair, always keeping the crowd … Andrew Combs Expect Rodriguez and Jacobs to play some country-ish folk tunes. Opening up is local alt-country Frankie Lee, not to be confused with the 70s bluesman of the same name. … Frankie Lee Expect Rodriguez and Jacobs to play some country-ish folk tunes. Opening up is local alt-country Frankie Lee, not to be confused with the 70s bluesman of the same name. … Bad Bad Hats SPIN Magazine’s “Artist To Watch” for July 2015, Minneapolis-based Bad Bad Hats recently announced their tour with Saddle Creek’s Mynabirds, in support of …

Other shows in the area:

BEACH HOUSE
+ Papercuts
Palace Theatre
Fri 08/17/2018 (8pm/$30)
palacestpaul.com

I saw Beach House in May 2007 and described them as “painfully shy”. The quiet band is back in town, now more popular than ever, selling out the Palace Theatre next Friday.

Papercuts (who was last seen in Sep 2014) to open.


ANDREW COMBS
+ Frankie Lee
Turf Club
Fri 08/17/2018 (8pm/$10)
turfclub.net

Indie-folk singer/songwriter Andrew Combs recently released a collection of cover songs under his new EP Covers & A Song. You may recall we saw Combs in Mar 2018 and said, “The evening opened with a solo forty-five minutes from Dallas-born, Nashville-based musician Andrew Combs, who charmed with his expressive songs and dry wit. Combs has supported the likes of Shovels and Rope and Jason Isbell and has a handful of records under his belt, including last year’s Canyons of my Mind, and seems inspired on many songs, by his wife.”

Joining him on tour is Frankie Lee.

Tour dates:

8/11: Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
8/16: Evanston, IL - Space
8/17: St. Paul, Minnesota - Turf Club
8/22: Seattle, WA - The Sunset Tavern
8/23: Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
8/25: Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theater

BAD BAD HATS
+ Scrunchies, Jessica Manning
First Avenue
Sat 08/18/2018 (8pm/$15)
first-avenue.com

Minneapolis-based Bad Bad Hats (trio featuring singer/guitarist Kerry Alexander, bassist Chris Hoge, and drummer Connor Davison) is headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on their hometown gig. After this, the band will be heading out on a North American tour.

Bad Bad Hat’s sophomore album Lightning Round is out now via Afternoon Records.

Support for this show will be provided by Scrunchies and Jessica Manning.

Tour dates:

8/18: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
8/22: Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre *
8/23: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
8/24: Boise, ID @ The Olympic *
8/25: Seattle, WA @ Barboza *
8/26: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
8/28: Sacramento, CA @ Harlows *
8/29: Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium *
8/30: San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord *
8/31: West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre *
9/1: Las Vegas, NV @ The Bunkhouse *
9/2: Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar *
9/4: Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad *
9/6: Dallas, TX @ Sundown at Granada *
9/7: Austin, TX @ Stubbs Jr *
9/8: Houston, TX @ Satellite Bar *
9/9: Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street - OKC *
9/11: Tulsa, OK @ Vanguard *
9/12: Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck *
9/13: Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom *
9/14: Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin *
9/15: Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *
10/6: Duluth, MN @ Red Herring Lounge ^
10/12: Ames, IA @ The Maintenance Shop

* = w/ Cumulus
^ = w/ Tiny Deaths

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Minneapolis: September 22, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on September 22, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Beach House One thing about Beach House that stands out above the rest is their mysterious stage performance. Victoria belts out her exquisite lyrics from under her infamous locks of hair, always keeping the crowd …

BEACH HOUSE
at First Avenue
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 7:30pm ($25/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Don't have a ticket to this sold out Beach House show next Tuesday, September 22nd? No problem, there are still some tickets available for their second night, September 23rd.

Jessica Pratt to open. You may recall that we previously mentioned that she was in town last July at the Cedar Cultural Center. She will be showcasing some tracks from her latest album On Your Own Love Again, available now on Drag City.

Tour dates:

09/17 in Columbus, OH at Newport Music Hall*
09/18 in Cincinnati, OH at Bogart's*
09/19 in Royal Oak, MI at Royal Oak Music Theatre*
09/21 in Milwaukee, WI at Pabst Theatre*
09/22 in Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue*
09/23 in Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue*
09/25 in Omaha, NE at Slowdown*
09/26 in Lawrence, KS at Liberty Hall*
09/27 in St. Louis, MO at The Pageant*
09/28 in Memphis, TN at Minglewood Hall*
09/29 in Tulsa, OK at Cain's Ballroom*
10/03 in Birmingham, AL at Saturn*
10/04 in Nashville, TN at Ryman Auditorium*
10/06 in Atlanta, GA at Buckhead Theatre*
10/07 in Asheville, NC at Orange Peel*
10/08 in Saxaphahaw, NC at Haw River Ballroom*

*all dates with Jessica Pratt

Read More Ibeyi French Cuban twins, Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz (daughters of the late Cuban percussion Anga Díaz), are known on stage as Ibeyi. They announced their first ever North American tour ...

IBEYI
at Mill City Nights
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 8pm ($20)
millcitynights.com

NPR named Ibeyi's album as one of their "25 Favorite Albums of 2015" and also named Ibeyi one of their "Favorite Artists of 2015."

We previously caught the twin sisters (Naomi and Lisa-Kainde Diaz) at the Cedar Cultural Center last March 2015, and wrote, "The combination of vocals, traditional Cuban instruments, and electronic loops/beats, gave Ibeyi's music a broad appeal to both old and young world music fans."

Viktor Taiwo to open.

Tour dates:

09/18/15 Mayan Theatre Los Angeles
09/19/15 Symbiosis Gathering Oakdale
09/22/15 Mill City Nights Minneapolis
09/23/15 Thalia Hall Chicago
09/24/15 The Ready Room St Louis
09/26/15 Mercy Lounge Nashville
09/27/15 Terminal West Atlanta
09/28/15 Haw River Ballroom Graham
09/30/15 9:30 Club Washington
10/02/15 Webster Hall New York
10/03/15 Royale Boston
10/04/15 Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre Montreal
10/09/15 Ancienne Belgique Brussels
10/10/15 La Cartonnerie Reims
10/12/15 Le Trianon Paris
10/13/15 La Vapeur Dijon
10/14/15 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Nancy
10/16/15 Ouest Park Festival Le Havre
11/02/15 Concorde 2 Brighton
11/03/15 Koko London
11/04/15 Trinity Bristol
11/06/15 Oobleck Birmingham
11/07/15 Brudenell Leeds
11/08/15 Gorilla Manchester
11/10/15 King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut Glasgow
11/18/15 Le Bikini Toulouse
11/19/15 Paloma Nimes
11/20/15 Théâtre de Villefranche Villefranche Sur SaÔne
12/08/15 Melkweg Oude Zaal Amsterdam
12/09/15 Mojo Club Hamburg
12/11/15 Kesselhaus Berlin
12/12/15 Kantine Cologne
12/13/15 Technikum Münich

Read More Man Man Man Man, the alt-experimentalists from Philadelphia are back on the road after a stint with Gogol Bordello, in support of their latest, last year’s On Oni Pond (ANTI- Records). …

MAN MAN
at Turf Club
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 7:30pm ($16)
turfclub.net

We caught Man Man at a music festival in 2009, and they were clearly the stand-out highlight of that show. The high energy band will be back in Twin Cities on September 22nd at the Turf Club.

Like we have previously mentioned last year, the band is still touring in support of On Oni Pond (ANTI- Records).

Shilpa Ray to open. If the name sounded familiar, she used to be in a "Goth burlesque"-esque band called Shilpa Ray and her Happy Hookers. Since going solo, she's released three albums - her latest Last Year's Savage is out now on Northern Spy Records.

Tour dates:

09/14/15 Petaluma, CA Lagunitas Brewing Co
09/15/15 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
09/16/15 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
09/17/15 Vancouver, BC Venue
09/18/15 Seattle, WA Neumos
09/19/15 Spokane, WA The Bartlett
09/22/15 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club
09/23/15 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
09/24/15 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop
09/25/15 Harrisburg, PA The Abbey Bar
09/26/15 Rocktown Beer & Music Festival
10/18/15 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl

Read More Wavves After a brief intermission, fellow So Cal garage punk/pop cohorts Wavves blasted in with an equally relentless 52min set (no encore, apparently not ‘punk’ to do so). “Idiot” appropriately started their set ..… Twin Peaks This is the Chicago Twin Peaks band... I wonder if they will get sued once Showtime start their David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks production in 2016? ...

WAVVES
at Varsity Theater
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 6pm ($20)
varsitytheater.org

The last time we saw Wavves, it was in 2013 and we wrote, "Other highlights included “Sail to the Sun” and “Green Eyes”, ending with a jagged cover of Sonic Youth’s “100%” and ”Post Acid”, that left both band members and crowd exhausted, but exhilarated."

Chicago's Twin Peaks (no relationship to David Lynch) is possibly the other co-headliner.

Since you're all familiar with Wavves and Twin Peaks, let me tell you about the other two other bands:

Recently, Bay Area quartet SWMRS (Swimmers) released their debut single "Miley", which i-D Magazine described as "the most punk tribute to Miley Cyrus ever." Singer Cole Becker explained, "I was trying to explore my relationship to Miley Cyrus as this person who has been a presence in my life since I was really young. I feel like I grew up with her... I think it's just the fact that she does exactly what she wants. I think it's really rare to see somebody doing that. She's a business commodity, but seems to have maintained a lot of creative autonomy, which I think is super punk rock. And the fact that she's standing up for sexual freedom and gender fluidity - I think that's really important, and something that not a lot of pop stars are doing."

Steep Leans is the solo project of songwriter Gray Somers. He recently signed to Ghost Ramp and released his debut LP, Grips On Heat, which Noisey is currently streaming the album from now until it's release date on September 18th (in four days).

Wavves Tour Dates:

09/08/15 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune *
09/09/15 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
09/10/15 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's *
09/11/15 - Orange County, CA @ Constellation *
09/12/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *
09/14/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom *
09/15/15 - San Diego, CA @ North Park *
09/16/15 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
09/18/15 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk *
09/19/15 - Dallas, TX @ Prophet *
09/20/15 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada *
09/21/15 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre $
09/22/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity $
09/24/15 - Milwaukee @ Rave $
09/25/15 - Chicago, IL @ The Vic $
09/26/15 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre $
09/27/15 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House $
09/29/15 - Columbus, OH @ Newport $
09/30/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA $
10/02/15 - Brooklyn, NY @ St Vitus $
10/03/15 - New Haven, CT @ College Street $
10/05/15 - Boston, MA @ Paradise $
10/06/15 - New York, NY @ Irving $
10/07/15 - Washington DC @ 930 Club $
10/08/15 - Chapel Hill @ Local 506 $
10/09/15 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt $
10/11/15 - Houston, TX @ HOB Peacock $

* w/ Twin Peaks and Swimmers
$ w/ Twin Peaks and Steep Leans

Read More Empress Of Lorely Rodriguez, otherwise known as Empress Of, was just in Minneapolis a few weeks ago opening up for Jungle. She seemed quite at home on stage, singing and dancing …

EMPRESS OF
at 7th Street Entry
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 7:30pm ($10)
first-avenue.com

We randomly caught Empress Of (aka Lorely Rodriguez) when she opened up for Kimbra in Rocktober 2014. Well Rodriguez is back, this time in support of her latest Me album.

Abra and Cruel Love to open the show.

"Me & You" tour dates:

09/16/15 Allston, MA Great Scott
09/17/15 POP Montréal
09/18/15 Toronto, ON Drake Hotel
09/19/15 Waterloo, ON Starlight Social Club
09/20/15 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
09/22/15 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
09/25/15 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
09/27/15 Portland, OR Holocene
09/29/15 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
10/01/15 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
10/02/15 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
10/03/15 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace
10/05/15 Austin, TX The Mohawk
10/06/15 Houston, TX Rudyard's
10/09/15 III Points Festival
10/10/15 St. Petersburg, FL The Bends
10/11/15 Atlanta, GA Eyedrum
10/12/15 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle - Back Room
10/13/15 Norfolk, VA The Parlor On Granby
10/14/15 Washington, DC DC9
10/28/15 Cambridge Cambridge Junction
10/29/15 London Roundhouse
11/01/15 Antwerp, Belgium Muziekcentrum Trix
11/02/15 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Den Atelier
11/04/15 Cologne, Germany Kulturkirche
11/05/15 Prague, Czech Republic Roxy Prague
11/06/15 Warsaw, Poland Proxima
11/08/15 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser Medis
11/09/15 Oslo, Norway Rockefeller Music Hall
11/10/15 Copenhagen, Denmark Amager Bio
11/11/15 Berlin, Germany Berghain
11/12/15 Milan, Italy Tunnel
11/14/15 Madrid, Spain Joy Eslava

Read More Miracles of Modern Science Mean Dreams Miracles of Modern Science Original Release Date: August 14, 2015 Copyright: 2015 Miracles of Modern Science Total Length: 31:57 ...

MIRACLES OF MODERN SCIENCE
at Honey
Tuesday, 09/22/2015, 08:45pm ($5)
honeympls.com

New York's Chamber Pop band Miracles of Modern Science will be at Honey on September 22nd to promote their latest Mean Dreams album.

Also appearing: Treading North and Lunar Bedrooms. Both local bands have odd self-description, with Treading North as "dream funk" and Luna Bedrooms as "ghost pop."

I'm a big fan of sissy rock, myself.

Tour dates:

09/14 Rendezvous (Seattle, WA)
09/15 The Railway Club (Vancouver, BC)
09/17 Tom Grainey's (Boise, ID)
09/18 The Garage on Beck (Salt Lake City, UT)
09/19 Tuft Theater @ Swallow Hill (Denver, CO)
09/22 Honey (Minneapolis, MN)
09/23 Lion's Pause, St Olaf College (Northfield, MN)
09/25 The Hideout (Chicago, IL)
09/26 Midpoint Music Festival (Cincinnati, OH)
09/30 Maiden Alley Cinema (Paducah, KY)
10/01 Springwater Supper Club (Nashville, TN)
10/03 Silver Dollar Room (Toronto, ON)
10/05 Flour City Station (Rochester, NY)

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Beach House at Tipitina's, New Orleans

In the midst of a random southern road trip with my sister, I got the pleasure of catching Beach House at Tipitina’s in New Orleans. I hadn’t seen the duo since 2010 when they toured with Vampire Weekend, so I was ecstatic to see how they had blossomed since their original success of ‘Teen Dream’. In no way did they disappoint. With Victoria Legrand’s haunting, ethereal vocals and Alex Scally’s wicked guitar riffs, this was a show to make any indie-loving fan feel like they were in a blissful trance.

One thing about Beach House that stands out above the rest is their mysterious stage performance. Victoria belts out her exquisite lyrics from under her infamous locks of hair, always keeping the crowd wondering what she will pull out of her hat next. The synthesizers give the overall mood a light and airy feel, with unrequited love and longing being the end result as “Wishes” wrapped up the set before the encore. “Always out of the way/we keep these promises.” A promise, no doubt, that this band will keep bringing us uplifting melodic tunes we can dance to for years to come.

Side Notes: Beach House, with support Dustin Wong, at Tipitina's in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 18th, 2012, was sold out.

Beach House is in the middle of their "Frightened Eyes" 2012 Tour, in support of their latest album, Bloom, out now from Subpop Records.

09/24 Rialto Theater, Tucson, AZ 09/25 Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 09/26 Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 09/28 Fox Theater (OAK), Oakland, CA 09/29 McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR 09/30 Roseland Theater, Portland, OR 10/01 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada 10/03 Showbox (@ the Market), Seattle, WA 10/04 Showbox (@ the Market), Seattle, WA 10/05 Egyptian Theater, Boise, ID 10/07 Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO 10/08 Slowdown, Omaha, NE 10/09 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 10/10 Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI 10/11 Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL 10/13 Koolhaus, Toronto, Canada 10/14 Club Soda, Montreal, Canada 10/15 Wilbur Theater, Boston, MA 10/16 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA 10/17 930 Club, Washington, DC

10/26 Mandela Hall, Belfast, United Kingdom 10/27 Cork Opera House, Cork, Ireland 10/28 Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland 10/29 Arches, Glasgow, United Kingdom 10/30 Leeds University - Stylus, Leeds, UK 10/31 Ritz, Manchester, United Kingdom 11/02 Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom 11/03 Anson Rooms, Bristol, United Kingdom 11/05 Kampnagel K2, Hamburg, Germany 11/06 Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark 11/07 Berns, Stockholm, Sweden 11/08 Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway 11/10 Astra , Berlin, Germany 11/12 Meet Factory , Prague, Czech Republic 11/13 Flex, Vienna, Austria 11/14 Feierwerk, Munich, Germany 11/16 Gloria Theater, Cologne, Germany 11/17 Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland 11/18 AB Main Hall , Brussels, Belgium 11/19 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Nude Beach House

Read More Beach House Then Devotion came out and it was like Beach House even further demented the dreamy stargaze domain, in, you know, a really, really attractive way.

BEACH HOUSE
beachhousebaltimore.com

In support of their fourth full release, Bloom, Beach House is ready to fly all over the world. They'll first start with conquering the U.S.

Beach House had been this quiet hidden band for many years, until the release of Teen Dream in 2010. Blogs across the globe caught on quickly and went crazy when hearing songs like "Walk in the Park" and "Take Care."

In any case, we know this band has now put together four incredible records (Beach House, Devotion, Teen Dream, and Bloom), and I'm one of those crazy fans who's dying to see them live. I recommend you jump on board with same obsession I have. Start with Teen Dream, if you've never listened to these cats.

Beach House's latest release is called Bloom, and it is out now via Sub Pop Records.

Beach House's "Frightened Eyes" tour:

09/13 National, The, Richmond, VA 09/14 Bijou Theater, Knoxville, TN 09/15 Marathon Music Works, Nashville, TN 09/16 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA 09/18 Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA 09/19 House of Blues (Houston), Houston, TX 09/20 Stubb's Waller Creek, Austin, TX 09/21 Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX 09/24 Rialto Theater, Tucson, AZ 09/25 Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 09/26 Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 09/28 Fox Theater (OAK), Oakland, CA 09/29 McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR 09/30 Roseland Theater, Portland, OR 10/01 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada 10/03 Showbox (@ the Market), Seattle, WA 10/04 Showbox (@ the Market), Seattle, WA 10/05 Egyptian Theater, Boise, ID 10/07 Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO 10/08 Slowdown, Omaha, NE 10/09 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 10/10 Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI 10/11 Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL 10/13 Koolhaus, Toronto, Canada

10/14 Club Soda, Montreal, Canada 10/15 Wilbur Theater, Boston, MA 10/16 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA 10/17 930 Club, Washington, DC 10/26 Mandela Hall, Belfast, United Kingdom 10/27 Cork Opera House, Cork, Ireland 10/28 Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland 10/29 Arches, Glasgow, United Kingdom 10/30 Leeds University - Stylus, Leeds, UK 10/31 Ritz, Manchester, United Kingdom 11/02 Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom 11/03 Anson Rooms, Bristol, United Kingdom 11/05 Kampnagel K2, Hamburg, Germany 11/06 Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark 11/07 Berns, Stockholm, Sweden 11/08 Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway 11/10 Astra , Berlin, Germany 11/12 Meet Factory , Prague, Czech Republic 11/13 Flex, Vienna, Austria 11/14 Feierwerk, Munich, Germany 11/16 Gloria Theater, Cologne, Germany 11/17 Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland 11/18 AB Main Hall , Brussels, Belgium 11/19 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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NUDE BEACH
nudebeachband.blogspot.com

Brooklyn's Nude Beach just released II via Other Music a few weeks ago (August 14th). They will be on tour on the West Coast to promote the album. Tour dates listed below.

9/11 - Seattle, WA - 5010 House
9/12 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Zoo Shop
9/13 - Olympia, WA - Le Voyeur
9/14 - Portland, OR - Slabtown w/ Divers
9/16 - Oakland, CA - 924 Gilman Street
9/17 - San Francisco, CA - The Knockout
9/18 - Los Angeles, CA - The Smell
9/19 - Pomona, CA - Vince Lombardi High School
9/20 - Tempe, AZ - Tempe Tavern
9/21 - Flagstaff, AZ - Cottage House
9/23 - Denver, CO - Mouth House
9/25 - Missoula, MT - Zoo City Apparel
9/27 - Seattle, WA - Black Lodge

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W♥M130: Introducing Amy

W♥M130 (27 mins)

Welcome Amy to the W♥M family.

We talked about these things:

Record Store Day 2012! Mostly only vinyl releases for RSD, happening today (Saturday, April 21st). Some regional releases like UK's Club AC30's Taffy, The Megaphonic Thrift, and Daniel Land & The Modern Painters.

Spectrals at First Avenue. Their bassist is awesome.

When Amy met Vu (at Elastica's concert at First Ave on 09/26/00). Peaches & Gonzales forever!

Amy's band wishlist: Jesus and Mary Chain, Vu's wishlist: Pulp (again).

Song of the show is Beach House's "Lazuli", from their upcoming album, Bloom, via Sub Pop Records. Amy, hands down, is calling Bloom the album of 2012. Lara called Beach House's Devotion album of 2008. Vu saw them in 2007 and called them "painfully shy".

BONUS: Mono vs Mono.

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PS, I have placed more orders for 500 W♥M business cards as I have run out (I have given 1,000 cards!). I have always used Vistaprint to print my cards. They are cheap and I liked how my cards turned out.

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Top 2008 Lists

Top 5 Albums of 2008

 

Beach House - Heart Of Chambers

Beach House

I wrote in my blog (I blog) the other day about my frustration with making “top” lists (even though I had made the suggestion to Vu).  Music, like any art form, is so openly subjective that any attempt at creating a definitive “best” list is hopelessly, well, hopeless.  So I present to you my purely personal Top 5 of 2008 compilations.  Take it or leave it (but please take it, and love me too).

 
1.  Beach House – Devotion

Their first album was nice.  Occasionally heavy-lidded and aimless (as in, the mind wanders when listening), but nice, certainly a curious take on dream pop.  Then Devotion came out and it was like Beach House even further demented the dreamy stargaze domain, in, you know, a really, really attractive way.  With Victoria’s sad, velvet voice (not at all, never ever cute, for godsake), the off-putting pace, the hollow beat, the moodiness, the sometimes romantic/sometimes painful lyrics, the harpsichord, that Daniel Johnston cover…it just works.  How often do all the pieces fall into place?  It may never happen again.  Enjoy, Beach House.

2.  The Raveonettes – Lust Lust Lust

So the Raveonettes are getting fuzzier and less defined, and moving further from those neo-noir 60s Phil Spector-inspired melodies into darker territory.  Darker, louder territory.  Like, seriously loud.  I’d probably be less impressed with this album if it wasn’t for the sheer enormity of sound.  Every song has a kind of feverish build-up; by the end it’s bye-bye future hearing, hello creepy weird aural enlightenment, or something.

3.  Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash

What I like about Real Emotional Trash is that it combines the best of the Pavement core—bizarre/absurdist lyrics and sprawling noise/extended “jammin’/freak deaky guitar rifts.  This album sounds very Malkmus; it isn’t the work of a middle-aged rocker desperate to fit in one last reinvention and prove to the twenty-somethings that he’s “still got it.”  No, Malkmus hardly seems concerned with too much change; he may choose different directions with each of his solo albums, but there’s always a comfortable familiarity.  (And, for the record, he’s definitely still got it.)

Santogold-L.E.S Artistes The Magnetic Fields-Too Drunk to Dream

4.  Santogold – Santogold

Let’s just get the obvious out of the way:  yes, she reminds you of M.I.A.  Sure, Santogold sings through her nose, loves a crazy beat, and is scarily supa fly (intimidating to the average-looking), but if you actually listen to her album you’ll realize that she ain’t no M.I.A.  Which isn’t to say that Santogold ain’t fabulous.  Au contraire, it’s perfect downtown club music (for the mild, hip and white).  You can bump, grind, convulse, jump, rapidly move your hands in front of your face, remain mostly still while nodding your head, twirl, whatever.  Also, with the absence of any kind of political message you don’t even have to pretend that you care about real things.

5.  The Magnetic Fields – Distortion

What an aptly titled album.  I’m found of aptly titled things.  I wish Animal Collective and Xiu Xiu would take note and start naming their albums “Weird Crazy Things That Sound Like Woodlawn Creatures and Kitchen Utensils.”  It would be convenient for writing reviews. Anyway, Distortion is Stephen Merritt doing distortion, which means fuzzy, drone-y guitar that lovers can still swoon to, and sad/silly lyrics like “sober, you’re old and ugly; shit-faced, who needs a mirror” (“Too Drunk to Dream”).

Top 5 Songs of 2008

1.  Beach House – “Heart of Chamber” (Devotion)

Honestly, I could have chosen any song from Devotion, but “Heart of Chamber” is the one that gives me the strongest heart palpitations (like remembering a teenage night that never happened).  As I said before, it works, and who needs solid logic?

2.  Beck – “Walls” (Modern Guilt)

My relationship with Beck is similar to my relationship with thrift shopping:  99% of the time I leave the store irritated and resentful; however, maybe once a year I find something absolutely stunning, like amazingly, disgustingly perfect that I forget about all the previous disappointments.  “Walls” is my disgustingly perfect gold lamé romper that I will never wear again.

3.  Okkervil River – “Lost Coastlines” (The Stand Ins)

Apparently there are (self-proclaimed) straight men out there that would “go gay” for Will Sheff.  Who knew.  I cannot make that same declaration, but I will say this:  Jonathan Meiburg’s voice keeps me comfortably heterosexual.

Lucinda Williams - Jailhouse Tears

Benoit Pioulard-Brown Bess

4.  Benoît Pioulard – “Brown Bess” (Temper)

His name is Tom (hint:  he’s not French).  Tom taps into those same otherworldly arrangements that Zach Condon used to convince hipsters that foreign music could be edgy too.  “Brown Bess” is just too pretty to ignore.  I don’t know what he’s singing (it’s in English; he mumbles, I selectively listen), but similar to hearing a beautiful French phrase, do you even care?

5.  Lucinda Williams (ft. Elvis Costello) – “Jailhouse Tears” (Little Honey)

The whole album’s kind of a mess:  a few old-school bluesy ballads, some terrible angry rockers, and a truly frightening AC/DC cover (Lucinda, no).  However, this duet with Costello makes me smile because I think Lucinda’s being a bit cheeky, no?

Top 5 Bands to Think About in 2009

Sybris-Oh Man Alina Simone - Half My Kingdom

Jumbling Towers-Gamble The Pharmacy-Little Toys On A Shelf Doomtree-Dots and Dashes

1.  Sybris

What:  Anti-twee indiepop
Where:  Chicago, IL
Think about:  “Oh Man!”  (Into the Trees, 2008)
More!  http://myspace.com/sybris

2.  Jumbling Towers

What:  Halloween-voiced lad + pop music + geek beats
Where:  St. Louis, MO
Think about:  “Gamble” (Classy Entertainment EP, 2008)
More!  http://myspace.com/jumblingtowers

3.  Alina Simone

What:  Folk/punk
Where:  Brooklyn, NY
Think about:  “Half My Kingdom” (Everyone is Crying Out to Me, Beware, 2008)
More!  http://myspace.com/alinasimone

4.  The Pharmacy

What:  Dirty rotten indie rock
Where:  New Orleans, LA
Think about:  “Little Toys on the Shelf” (Choose Yr. Own Adventure, 2008)
More!  http://myspace.com/pharmacy

5.  Doomtree

What:  White-friendly (read: non-threatening or “not too ghetto”) “smart” hip-hop

Where:  Minneapolis, MN
Think about:  “Dots and Dashes” (Doomtree, 2008)
More!  http://myspace.com/doomtree
Note:  Doomtree is extremely popular within their home state of Minnesota, but have they crossed the border?  Let me know.

 

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 01/06/2009 23:06:58  ♥ written by lara ()

The Clientele - Winter on Victoria

 

 

 

The Clientele - Winter on Victoria Street

 

Clientele Set List (5-31-2007)

The Clientele played the 400 Bar, Minneapolis, last night. Opening up for them was the drums/guitar duo, Planes for Spaces and the painfully shy Beach House.

The Clientele came on really late and the sound there seems to be some technical problems (you couldn't hear Mel's violins and the vocals was really hard to hear) - but this is typical sound at the 400 Bar. The only thing the 400 have going for it, is its intimacy.

The song I've chosen for you is "Winter on Victoria Street", which is pretty melodic. The Clientele is more rock when they play live, which is very different from their mellow studio releases (their last album is God Save the Clientele, released on Merge Records).

Hopefully I'll also post a video of the last three minutes of "The Garden at Night" (?) when played live. Check out the mad guitar playing. Sorry about the lack of light, that's just the 400 for you (no one is working the lights).

 

 

The Clientele - Garden at Night

vu Links: www.theclientele.co.uk | www.planesforspaces.com | www.beachhousemusic.net