Minneapolis Music Guide: April 20 - April 26, 2014

More Adventures in the USA 2014 The Orb

Here is a guide of some Minneapolis (and St Paul) shows next week: April 20 - April 26.

APRIL 20: FIRST AVENUE
The Orb w/ IMP

Legendary Electronic DJs and dubsters The Orb will be playing at the main room at First Avenue in Minneapolis on 04/20, as part of their "Adventures in the USA" tour.

Currently The Orb are original member Alex Paterson and Swiss-German producer Thomas Fehlmann. Expect these guys to play some techno and ambient music.

Also, other DJs on the bill: IMP (Inconceivable Master Plan), which features: sMILOdon, Toffler, Levin, & Loom In Essence and Deep Mix Minneapolis (DJ ESP Woody McBride, Casey Borchert & friends).

Tour dates:

04/17/14 Portland, OR Star Theater
04/18/14 Seattle, WA Neumos
04/19/14 Denver, CO Sculpture Park
04/20/14 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
04/22/14 New York, NY HighLine Ballroom
04/23/14 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
04/25/14 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl

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APRIL 21: 7TH STREET ENTRY
Say Hi and Big Scary

Co-headlining at the 7th Street Entry will be Say Hi (To Your Mom) and Big Scary.

We've previously reviewed Say Hi's album, so I thought I'd tell you about Big Scary. Big Scary are a duo (Tom Iansek and Jo Syme) from Melbourne, Australia.

The band recently received the Australian Music Prize, an award dedicated to recognizing excellence in Australian music (similar to Britain's Mercury Prize and Canada's Polaris Prize) for their album Not Art (Barsuk).

Tour dates:

04/18/14 Omaha, NE Slowdown
04/19/14 St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill's Duck Room
04/20/14 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
04/21/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
04/22/14 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
04/23/14 Indianapolis, IN Radio Radio
04/24/14 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
04/25/14 Toronto, ON Drake Hotel / Underground
04/26/14 Montreal, QC Il Motore
04/27/14 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
04/28/14 New York, NY Rough Trade
04/29/14 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
04/30/14 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle
05/01/14 Washington, DC Black Cat
05/02/14 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
05/03/14 Asheville, NC The Mill Room
05/04/14 Atlanta, GA Vinyl At Center Stage
05/06/14 Birmingham, AL BottleTree
05/07/14 New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa
05/08/14 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's - Downstairs
05/09/14 Dallas, TX The Prophet Bar
05/10/14 Austin, TX The Mohawk
05/13/14 Scottsdale, AZ The Western
05/14/14 San Diego, CA The Casbah
05/15/14 Los Angeles, CA Echo
05/16/14 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
05/25/14 Quincy, WA Gorge Amphitheatre