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Minneapolis: June 20 to June 23, 2018

Pride 2018 Poster Read More Brandy Remember Brandy? That R&B pop singer? I haven't actually heard from her in a long time, but I guess she's still around and making music. …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from June 20 to June 23, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

BRANDY
+ Jujubee, Jamecia, The Vigilantease Collective
Loring Park
Sat 06/23/2018 (6pm/$25)
tcpride.org

It’s pride month, and Twin Cities Pride Festival is bringing their biggest show yet this Saturday at Loring Park. With over 400 exhibitors and four free music stages, this is a LGBTQ+ friendly environment for the whole family. There is a paid stage, featuring headliner Brandy, but it’s reasonably priced for $25.

Description:

2018 TWIN CITIES PRIDE FESTIVAL
The Twin Cities Pride Festival is a CELEBRATION of the LGBTQ+ Community. We welcome exhibitors who support our community to participate in this event. We plan to have 400 exhibitor booths, 40 food vendors, and 4 free stages with music and other performances! All LGBTQ+ people and allies are welcome!

WHEN
June 23, 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

WHERE
Loring Park
1382 Willow Street
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Fireworks follow the concert

Poptone 2018 Poster Read More Poptone Poptone is Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins, of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail. Joining the duo to form Poptone will be Haskins’ daughter Diva Dompé, formerly of the Los Angeles rock band Blackblack. …

POPTONE
+ Automatic, BNLX, DJ Jake Rudh (Transmission)
First Avenue
Wed 06/20/2018 (7pm/$20)
first-avenue.com

Poptone is the new project from Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins - both founders of Bauhaus, Tones On Tail and Love and Rockets. It should also be noted that Kevin’s daughter, Diva Dompé, is also in the band as bassist.

We caught the band in July 2017, before their debut album, and the group played a selection of Tones On Tail and Love & Rockets songs: “...the newly formed band, decidedly play a bit of a retrospective setlist, featuring plenty of Tones on Tail songs, a bit of Love & Rockets songs, and throwing in a few Daniel Ash solo songs.”

Now that their record is here courtesy of Cleopatra Records, expect to hear some new and original Poptone songs... but expect at least a couple of classic Love & Rocket and Bauhaus songs on their upcoming set.

Los Angeles’ Automatic and local BNLX, with DJ Jake Rudh (from Transmission) to open.

Tour dates:

June 20 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
June 21 Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
June 22 Detroit, MI - The Loving Touch
June 23 Toronto, ON - Opera House
June 25 Montreal, QC - L'Astral
June 26 Boston, MA - Middle East
June 27 Wantagh, NY - Mulcahy's
June 28 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
July 1 SilverSpring, MD - The Filmore

Jeffrey Foucault June 2018 Poster River Whyless 2018 Poster Frank Turner 2018 Poster Devon Allman Project 2018 Poster The Horrors US 2018 Poster Read More Jeffrey Foucault Husband & wife Kris Delmhorst and Jeffrey Foucault will be headlining the Cedar Cultural Center. Their record The Wild came out under Kris Delmhorst’s name, but featured Jeffrey Foucault and members of his band. .... Frank Turner The always lovely Frank Turner and his band The Sleeping Souls will be in town Wednesday, October 7th at the Varsity Theater to promote his new album Positive Songs for Negative People ...

Other shows in the area:

JEFFREY FOUCAULT
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant
Thu 06/21/2018 (7pm/$30)
dakotacooks.com

Jeffrey Foucault will be headlining the Dakota Jazz Club on Thursday, touring in support of his new Blood Brothers collection (the record lands in stores on June 22).

Tour dates:

Jun 20 – Sioux Falls, SD – White Wall Sessions
Jun 21 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota Jazz Club
Jun 22 – Des Moines, IA – Des Moines Arts Festival
Aug 23 – Tonder, DEN – Tonder Folk Festival
Aug 28 – Norderstedt, GER – Music Star
Aug 29 – Oldenburg, GER – Singers & Players
Sep 03 – Eindhoven, NETH – De Maandag van Meurs
Sep 04 – Arnhem, NETH – luxorlive
Sep 05 – Bergen Op Zoom, NETH – Crossroads Radio
Sep 07 – Haarlem, NETH – Patronaar
Sep 08 – Eeklo, BEL – N9

RIVER WHYLESS
+ Jalen N'Gonda
7th Street Entry
Fri 06/22/2018 (8pm/$15)
first-avenue.com

North Carolina-bred folk-rock outfit River Whyless will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry this Friday. Their third album Kindness, A Rebel is out now.

River Whyless Tour Dates

6/20/18 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
6/21/18 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
6/22/18 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
6/23/18 - Viroqua, WI - Pierce Hill Performing Arts
6/25/18 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
6/27/18 - Vail, CO - Vail Bluegrass Series
6/28/18 - Brues Alehouse Brewing Company
7/15/18 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
7/19/18 - Nashville, TN - High Watt
7/20/18 - Chattanooga, TN - Songbirds
7/21/18 - Sundown Summer Concert Series
7/24/18 - Mobile, AL - The Merry Widow
7/25/17 - New Orleans, LA - The Parish
7/26/18 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
7/27/18 - Austin, TX - 3Ten at ACL Live
7/28/18 - Dallas, TX - Three Links
7/30/18 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
7/31/18 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar

FRANK TURNER
+ Homeless Gospel Choir, The Menzingers, Lucero
Myth
Fri 06/22/2018 (6pm/$22.25)
mythlive.com

Frank Turner is back with his new album Be More Kind (Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor UK /Interscope Records). Turner will be headlining the Myth on Friday.

BE MORE KIND TOUR North American Dates:

Jun-19 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
Jun-21 Kansas City, MO The Truman**
Jun-22 Minneapolis, MN Myth
Jun-23 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Jun-24 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Jun-26 Boston, MA Royale
Jun-27 Boston, MA Royale
Jun-29 Boston, MA Royale
Jun-30 Boston, MA Royale

DEVON ALLMAN PROJECT
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant
Sat 06/23/2018 (9:30pm/$40)
dakotacooks.com

Devon Allman is bringing his 6-piece band called The Devon Allman Project to the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis on Saturday, June 23rd. As usual, these shows are kind of a fun dinner & show concerts.

Tour dates:

06/21/2018 Crossroads-KC Kansas City, MO
06/22/2018 Surf Ballroom & Museum Clear Lake, IA
06/23/2018 Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Minneapolis, MN
07/01/2018 "Summerfest"
07/03/2018 Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre Vail, CO
07/04/2018 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO
07/05/2018 Hartwell Park Ridgway, CO
07/07/2018 The Kessler Theater Dallas, TX
07/08/2018 The Heights Theater Houston, TX
07/09/2018 Duling Hall Jackson, MS
07/13/2018 The Hamilton Live Washington, DC
07/14/2018 The National Richmond, VA
07/15/2018 "Great South Bay Music Festival"
07/16/2018 Port City Music Hall Portland, ME
07/17/2018 Mid's Park Lake Placid, NY

THE HORRORS
Fine Line Music Cafe
Sat 06/23/2018 (7pm/$22)
finelinemusic.com

This wasn’t on my preview calendar, but I like these guys, so I’m adding them to this listing. The show wasn’t originally on the group’s original U.S. schedule.

The English rockers The Horrors is touring the U.S. in support of their latest V album (Wolf Tone label/Caroline International). It’s kind of rare to see these guys in the states, so if you live in the area, you should check them out. It may be another seven years before they come back (the last time the band was in town was 24 September 2011 at the now-defunct Triple Rock Social Club).

Tour dates:

06/21/2018 Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
06/22/2018 The Rave Milwaukee, WI
06/23/2018 Fine Line Minneapolis, MN
06/25/2018 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
06/27/2018 Neumos Seattle, WA
06/28/2018 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR
06/29/2018 The Independent San Francisco, CA
07/01/2018 The Regent Theater Los Angeles, CA

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The xx Word

Read More Hunter Valentine Hunter Valentine seems pleased at the turn out last night. They had a great stage presence, and the highlight of the set for me was, what I'm pretty sure was a cover of this old 80s song, "Your Love", members of Vanity Theft joined them on stage. Hand claps and dancing were involved.

The weather here in Minneapolis is getting colder. If this keeps up, I may have to go into winter hibernation mid-November or earlier. In the meantime, October (aka "Rocktober") has been pretty bad for concerts. I'm seeing a lot of shows this month; I guess I have to get as many in before the winter. I will be coming out of hibernation in April 2013.

HUNTER VALENTINE
huntervalentine.com

Just a reminder that Hunter Valentine will be hitting the 400 Bar in Minneapolis this week: October 11th. We covered them a few times when they were in Minneapolis, and we'll be there for them on Thursday.

Hunter Valentine is from Toronto, Canada, and having been featured as the regular cast on season three of Showtime's "The Real L Word" series, Hunter Valentine's fame meter has skyrocketed and their shows have been selling out across the country.

If you want to see the band before they blowup, now would be the perfect time as Hunter Valentine continues to tour throughout North America. While you're out to check out the band live, be sure to look for the band's latest release called Collide & Conquer. The album officially will be coming out October 23rd, 2012, but I'm almost certain that you can pick up a copy at their show.

10/10 - Urbana, IL @ Courtyard Cafe 10/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar 10/12 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews 10/13 - Kansas City, MO @ Czar 10/14 - Lincoln, NE @ Lincoln Calling 10/16 - Denver, CO @ The Walnut Room 10/17 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Burt's Tiki 10/18 - Boise, ID @ The Shredder 10/20 - Seattle, WA @ The Mix 10/24 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord 10/25 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place 10/26 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones 10/27 - West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy 10/28 - Fresno, CA @ Audie's Olympic

10/29 - San Diego, CA @ The Griffin 11/01 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Bunkhouse 11/02 - Tucson, AZ @ The Hut 11/03 - Mesa, AZ @ Hollywood Alley 11/06 - Houston, TX @ Dan Electro's 11/07 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's BBQ 11/08 - San Antonio, TX @ Jack's Bar 11/09 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Conservatory 11/10 - Dallas, TX @ Sue Ellen's 11/12 - St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird 11/15 - New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine 11/16 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint 11/17 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge 11/18 - North Reading, MA @ Great American

THE XX
thexx.info

Undoubtedly one of the hottest bands is London's The xx. With their sophomore album, Coexist, just released last month, the band proved that they're not some sort of one-hit/one-trick pony.

I will be checking them out at their sold-out show in Minneapolis. I'm mostly there because I actually want to see the opening band 2:54. As you recall, we covered the band when they first toured here.

If you didn't know 2:54 consists of real life sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow and the band was named at the time in a Melvin's song where "it gets good."

The xx are currently on tour in North America in support of Coexist. Be sure to get there early to check out 2:54. Dates with (*) indicates appearance with 2:54.

10/10/12 Las Vegas, NV Pool At The Cosmopolitan 10/11/12 San Diego, CA SOMA San Diego 10/12/12 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Palladium* 10/13/12 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Forever* 10/14/12 San Francisco, CA Treasure Island 10/16/12 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex* 10/17/12 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater* 10/19/12 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue* 10/20/12 Chicago, IL Congress Theater*

10/21/12 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater* 10/23/12 Toronto, ON Massey Hall 10/24/12 Quebec City, QC Imperial Du Quebec 10/25/12 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston 10/26/12 Bronx, NY Paradise Theatre 10/28/12 Bronx, NY Paradise Theatre 10/29/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory 10/30/12 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live! 11/13/12 Madrid, Spain La Riviera

BRANDY
4everbrandy.com

Remember Brandy? That R&B pop singer? I haven't actually heard from her in a long time, but I guess she's still around and making music.

Her sixth studio album is called Two Eleven and will be out October 16th. The title has special meaning to Brandy, as it is the date of her birthday and Whitney Houston's death.

You may be hearing more about Brandy this month in support of the new album, including her appearance on "The F Word." The show is available for free at musicchoice.com. The 15-minute show focuses on being famous.

10/15/12 New York, NY Best Buy Theater
10/26/12 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
11/10/12 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!
11/11/12 Washington, DC The Howard Theatre

SIMON SPIRE
simonspire.com

Four-Letter Words is the forthcoming album by New Zealand's Simon Spire. The album arrives in the US on October 23rd and features his new single "Uncomfortable" (single was available last month, September 10th.)

You can listen to the song at Soundcloud.

Although I mentioned he is from New Zealand, Spire thinks of himself as a "New Yorklander" because he loves spending time in New York (having lived there for the past three years).

Spire adds, "I'm always interested in where humanity is going, and for that reason I love being in New York—I've often thought of it as being at the forefront of our continuing cultural evolution. In that sense, I want to be part of a new vision, taking part in where we're going next."

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