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Blondie
One of our favorites, Blondie is playing an intimate show at the Minnesota Zoo this Saturday. I believe this show may be sold out (even at $70 a ticket), as I went to the venue’s website
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Garbage
Garbage (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, and Butch Vig) is back with their critically acclaimed sixth studio album Strange Little Birds (STUNVOLUME Records).
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Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from July 21 to July 25, 2017.
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Minneapolis Music Guide.
BLONDIE & GARBAGE
at Mystic Showroom
Friday 07/21/17 (7pm/$65)
mysticlake.com
Whatever you do, you cannot miss these two amazing female-fronted bands,
Blondie (Debbie Harry) and
Garbage (Shirley Manson), together on one bill at Mystic Lake. It’s the best of the 80s and the best of the 90s on this “The Rage and Rapture Tour”.
Blondie’s 11th studio album
Pollinator is available now on BMG. Garbage’s new single ‘No Horses’ is available now, proceeds goes to the International Committee of the Red Cross through the end of 2018. They also have an
autobiographical coffee table book,
This is the Nose That Keeps Me Awake (Akashic Books)... the title comes from their ‘Push It’ song.
Tour Dates:
07/16 - Fiddler's Green , Englewood, CO
07/18 - Kauffman Center, Kansas City, MO
07/19 - Harrah's Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs, IA
07/21 - Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake, MN
07/22 - Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL
07/25 - Artpark, Lewiston, NY
07/26 - Sony Centre , Toronto, ON*
07/28 - Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ
07/29 - Bethel Woods Center, Bethel, NY
07/30 - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA
08/1 - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
08/2 - Mann Center , Philadelphia, PA
08/5 - Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC
08/8 - Seminole Hard Rock, Hollywood, FL
08/9 - Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL
08/11 - ACL Live, Austin, TX
08/12 - Southside Ballroom, Dallas, TX
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Rock the Garden
The second Rock the Garden music festival on Sunday saw a seemingly bigger crowd, particularly near the front of the stage.
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The Revolution
Prince was a big deal. When he died unexpectedly, we were shocked and we talked about it for weeks... and we speculated that The Revolution will reunite. And they have!
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Bon Iver
Bon Iver is a Grammy award-winning American indie folk band founded in 2007 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. The band also includes Michael Noyce, Sean Carey, Colin Stetson and Matthew McCaughan amongst others. .…
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ROCK THE GARDEN
at Walker Arts Center
Saturday 07/22/17 (1pm/$69/Sold Out)
rockthegardenfestival.com
Rock The Garden is back at the Walker Art Center (after relocating to
Boom Island due to construction). This year it’s back to a one-day event... and it’s sold out.
One of this year’s headliners,
The Revolution, re-formed after Prince’s death in 2016. They’re back, and if you couldn’t get tickets to RTG, you can try seeing them at First Avenue on Sunday.
The other headliner is
Bon Iver (pronounced “bon-nee-ver”, taken from the French words “bon hiver”). We previously saw them in Los Angeles
in October 2016 and wrote, “Bon Iver and his band opened with a myriad of hieroglyphics and light fixtures so psychedelic it was like Willy Wonka decided to go into the scary cave to meet a bunch of Egyptians. Seriously though, I’m pretty sure some people who expected a night of mellow acoustics forgot to check out Justin Vernon’s newest album, 22, A Million, his 3rd full-length record. A stark contrast from his chilling falsettos in For Emma, Forever Ago and my favorite Bon Iver, his voice became increasingly overshadowed by the band’s pressing indulgence into the stratosphere of autotuneness. Though the lyrics equally as heartfelt and beautiful, it’s a vastly different feel however I commend him for the drastic change...it shows how much he’s been through in the past 5 years.”
Lineup:
The Revolution
Bon Iver
Bruise Violet
Dead Man Winter
Margaret Glaspy
Car Seat Headrest
Benjamin Booker
Dwynell Roland
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Vans Warped Tour
Heading out to Van's Warped Tour 2015 at Shakopee, Minnesota, this Sunday ( 07/26th)?
Here are just some of the bands listed to appear:
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VANS WARPED TOUR
at Canterbury Park
Sunday 07/23/17 (12pm/$38)
vanswarpedtour.com
The annual traveling music festival
Vans Warped Tour is coming back to Canterbury Park this Sunday.
Weirdly enough, they teamed up with
Valiant Comics (we love
Solar and
X-O Manowar), as seen in the tour poster.
Here are just some of those bands playing:
Valient Thorr, TSOL, Silverstein, Sonic Boom Six, Sick Of It All, Save Ferris, New Years Day, Municipal Waste, Hatebreed, Hawthorne Heights, Gwar, Emmure, Creeper, CKY, Candiria, The Ataris, The Acacia Strain, The Adolescents, Our Last Night, Blessthefall, Carnifex, Stick To Your Guns, Futuristic, After The Burial, Dance Gavin Dance, Fire From The Gods, Memphis May Fire, Alestorm, Fit For A King, William Control, Silent Planet, Hundredth, Sammy Adams, Barb Wire Dolls, Counterparts, Stacked Like Pancakes, Bad Cop / Bad Cop, Hands Like Houses, Courage My Love, Watsky, War On Women, Sworn In, Beartooth, American Authors, Being As An Ocean, Sylar, Neck Deep, Trophy Eyes, Too Close To Touch, Jule Vera, I Prevail, Microwave, Knocked Loose, Movements, Separations, Boston Manor, The White Noise , Bad Omens, Andy Black, Feeki, The Gospel Youth, Twilight Creeps, Farewell Winters, Attila.
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Andrew Bird
We've written about Andrew Bird, a few times.
Anyway, critics are raving about Andrew Bird's latest release, Break It Yourself. NPR called it "something beautiful" …
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The Melvins
Second to play Sunday night was The Melvins. These guys have a huge following in Minneapolis. I truly thought they were from here but apparently that's not true
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Waxahatchee
Recently White Lung's Mish Way joined Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee in New York's Lower East Side to bring us two memorable acoustic versions
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Colin Stetson
Saxophonist Colin Stetson recently teamed up with violinist Sarah Neufeld a collaboration album Never were the way she was (Constellation Records) and a North American tour in June.
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Lowertown Blues Festival
Mears Park in St. Paul plays host to the Lowertown Blues Festival this Saturday, a Free Admission seven-hour event features multiple acts in concert, including two-time
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Other shows in the area:
07/21/2017
Andrew Bird is headlining First Avenue in support of his 12th record Are You Serious (Loma Vista Recordings).
Goulden Balls (not to be confused with Golden Balls) to open.
6pm, $36.
07/21/2017
Dashboard Confessional is playing the Myth with All-American Rejects and The Maine.
6:30pm, $35.
07/21/2017 Multi-platinum-selling artist J. Cole will be at the Xcel Energy Center in St Paul as part of his “4 Your Eyez Only Tour” this Friday.
7pm, $29.50.
07/21/2017
Nashville-based Americana singer-songwriter Mary Bragg is playing the tiny Warming House in Minneapolis. Bragg’s Lucky Strike album is out now.
Sarah Morris to open.
7:30pm, $10.
07/21/2017
Waxahatchee is headlining the Triple Rock Social Club this Friday. The duo’s latest album Out in the Storm is available on Merge Records.
Cayetana and Snail Mail will open.
8pm, $15.
07/21/2017-07/22/2017
The annual Lowertown Blues Festival is taking place at the Mears Park in Minneapolis. This year’s lineup for Friday: Average White Band, Mick Sterling, Chase And Ovation, McNally Smith Indie Rock, and SKA Ensemble.
Saturday: Renee Austin, Ken Valdez, The Jimmys, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Colin Campbell & The Shackletons, Moses Oakland, Paul Haaland, and Alex Crankshaft Larson.
5pm, FREE.
07/22/2017
Grumpy's Bash at Grumpy’s will feature a lot of fan-favorite bands this year, including Mudhoney, Melvins, Lydia Lunch, Cherubs, The Blind Snake, and Whores.
1pm, $48.
07/23/2017 Saxophonist Colin Stetson will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul this Sunday in support of his LP All This I Do For Glory.
Justin Walker to open.
7pm, $15.
07/24/2017 Boston’s Bent Knee will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis this Monday, in support of the band’s critically-acclaimed album Land Animal (InsideOutMusic/Sony).
AirLands and Oklahoma (from Minneapolis, not Oklahoma) to open.
7pm, $10.
07/24/2017 Wheeler Walker Jr. sold out his show at the Turf Club on Monday.
Kasey Tyndall will open.
7pm, $17/Sold Out.
07/25/2017 Electronic producer Mura Masa (aka Alex Crossan) has a self-titled album on Downtown/Interscope Records. He’ll be playing the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Although he was born in Guernsey, I believe he’s currently based in the UK.
Special guest Kučka to open.
7pm, $20.
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