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Minneapolis: February 7 to February 12, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from February 7 to February 12, 2019.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Palace Read More Mt. Joy Los Angeles by way of Philadelphia alt-folk-rockers Mt. Joy opened the evening with a forty-five minute set of new songs that properly introduced the new band, and gave these many won-over fans a chance to hear the tracks,

RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE
+ Mt. Joy
Palace Theatre
Tue 02/12/2019 (7pm/$30/Sold Out)
palacestpaul.com

North Carolina’s Rainbow Kitten Surprise will be headlining the Palace Theatre on Tuesday, February 12th.

Mt. Joy to open. We caught Mt Joy in Oct 2017 and said, “Los Angeles by way of Philadelphia alt-folk-rockers Mt. Joy opened the evening with a forty-five minute set of new songs that properly introduced the new band, and gave these many won-over fans a chance to hear the tracks, soon to appear on their upcoming debut. Matt Quinn (vocals/guitar) and Sam Cooper (guitar) met in high school and started performing songs together over a dozen years ago, reuniting in LA to record four songs last year in their producer’s living room (joined later on by Michael Byrnes-bass, Sotiris Eliopoulos-drums, and Terrance Mack-keys to form a five-piece live act).”

Tour dates:

02/04/2019 The Danforth Music Hall Toronto, ON
02/07/2019 Express Live! Columbus, OH
02/08/2019 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
02/09/2019 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
02/11/2019 The Sylvee Madison, WI
02/12/2019 Palace Theatre St. Paul, MN
02/13/2019 The Truman Kansas City, MO
02/16/2019 Revention Music Center Houston, TX
02/17/2019 Austin City Limits Live Austin, TX
02/18/2019 Austin City Limits Live Austin, TX
02/20/2019 Joy Theater New Orleans, LA
02/24/2019 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN
02/25/2019 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN
04/23/2019 Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre Wilmington, NC
04/27/2019 Red Hat Amphitheater Raleigh, NC
04/27/2019 Trondossa Music & Arts Festival
06/11/2019 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO
08/17/2019 Belly Up Aspen Aspen, CO

Other shows in the area:

LP at First Ave Baynk at Turf Club Cory Wong 2019 Tour Femme Fatale at 7th St Spencer Sutherland at 7th St Read More Yoke Lore FRENSHIP + Yoke Lore 7th Street Entry Los Angeles-based duo Frenship (James Sunderland and Brett Hite) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Friday. The show is sold out ...

LP
+ Yoke Lore
First Avenue
Thu 02/07/2019 (7:30pm/$25/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Heart on her sleeve, LP, will be at First Avenue this Thursday, February 7th. LP’s fifth album Heart To Mouth is out now on BMG/Vagrant.

Show up early to check out indie pop sensation Yoke Lore (the stagename for Adrian Galvin).

Tour dates:

02/02 Missoula @ The Wilma
02/04 Salt Lake City @ Union Event Center
02/05 Denver @ Odgen Theatre
02/07 Minneapolis @ First Avenue
02/08 Chicago @ Vic Theatre

BAYNK
+ Golden Vessel
Turf Club
Fri 02/08/2019 (8pm/$15)
turfclub.net

New Zealand producer Baynk (not to be confused with Banks) will be at the Turf Club in St Paul.

Golden Vessel to open.

Tour dates:

Jan 31 // Boston, MA @ Sonia
Feb 1 // Washington, DC @ U Street
Feb 2 // NYC, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom
Feb 8 // St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Feb 9 // Chicago, IL @ Chop Shop
Feb 15 // Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater
Feb 16 // Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
Feb 21 // Santa Barbara, CA @ EOS Lounge
Feb 22 // San Francisco, CA @ Independent
Feb 23 // Los Angeles, CA @ Teregram Ballroom
Feb 28 // Portland, OR @ Holocene
Mar 1 // Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Mar 2 // Vancouver, BC @ Celebrities Underground

CORY WONG
+ Emily C Browning
Fine Line Music Cafe
Sat 02/09/2019 (7pm/$20)
finelinemusic.com

Guitarist Cory Wong is playing the Fine Line Music Café on February 9th. Wong is bringing Emily C Browning (not to be confused with Australian actress and singer Emily Browning - you can hear the actress sing in God Help The Girl).

Tour Dates

1/31 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery *
2/1 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry *
2/2 - Pittsburgh, PA - The Rex Theater *
2/4 - Columbus, OH - The A&R Music Bar *
2/5 - Bloomington, IN - The Bluebird *
2/7 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
2/8 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre *
2/9 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe *
2/20 - Limerick, Ireland - Dolans Warehouse
2/21 - Cork, Ireland - Cyprus Avenue
2/22 - Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
2/23 - Dublin, Ireland - The Sugar Club
2/26 - Glasgow, England - Oran Mor
2/27 - Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
2/28 - Manchester, England - Gorilla
3/1 - London, England - OMEARA
3/3 - City Of Bristol, England - The Fleece
3/24 - 3/31 - Sydney, AUS - Dave Koz
3/31 - 4/7 - Sydney, AUS - Dave Koz

* w/ Emily Browning

FEMME FATALE
at 7th Street Entry
Sun 02/10/2019 (7pm/$10)
first-avenue.com

Presented by High5 MN!, this is a concert showcasing some local women talent.

Featuring:

Shanell Mccoy

Paige Ellis

Ashli Henderson

Jazminshae

Jija

Lettrish Betrish

Aphrodite

DJ Keoka

SPENCER SUTHERLAND
+ Guytano, The Social
7th St Entry
Mon 02/11/2019 (6pm/$13)
first-avenue.com

Soulful/R&B singer Spencer Sutherland will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on February 11. Check out the singer before his debut album.

Guytano and The Social (not to be confused with The Social Animals) to open.

Tour dates:

02/11/2019 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
02/17/2019 Mercury Lounge New York, NY

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Ben Rector at State Theatre, Minneapolis (23 October 2016)

Ben Rector Setlist Fear Let The Good Times Roll Loving You Is Easy ABC (The Jackson 5 cover) When a Heart Breaks Crazy 30,000 Feet Sailboat I Like You When I'm With You Forever Like That I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Whitney Houston cover) The Beat Cha Cha Slide (DJ Casper cover) White Dress -- Encore -- Brand New The Men That Drive Me Places Jacob Whiteside Setlist Billboard (If I'm Honest) Bury Our Love Why Open Book Hold On Honey You Told Me So Let's Be Birds Hey There Delilah Lovesick Read More Ben Rector Nashville's Ben Rector is back with a brand new sixth studio album called Brand New (Aptly Named Recordings, LLC). He'll be stopping by the Northrop Auditorium at the U of M this Thursday ...

Ben Rector’s “The Biggest Tour I Have Ever Done” tour ended at the State Theatre last week, October 23rd.

Young and rising singer, songwriter Jacob Whiteside opened up the show. Since the band has been opening up for all of Rector’s shows since September 2016, you can tell his band is incredibly tight, playing songs after songs effortlessly.

We caught Whiteside earlier in June 2016 and noted that his fanbase was mostly teenage, recording every moment of Whiteside on their cellphone. Although only a few hardcore Whiteside fans can be spotted in the audience (and who can blame the others for not showing up as the venue’s website did not advertise Whiteside was playing), they were certainly standing up and being enthusiastic for their idol.

Since the band only had a 35-minute set, their set was shortened to about nine songs... meaning no covers like The Weeknd’s ‘I Can't Feel My Face’, but instead they focused on newer songs like ‘Open Book’.

Whiteside ended his set with ‘Lovesick’, a song that’s gotten some attention after the band appeared on ABC's Live with Kelly earlier in September. The song is the lead single off his debut album Why?, which debuted #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter charts, and is available now on Double U Records.

Nashville singer, songwriter Ben Rector’s biggest hit album Brand New came out last year on Aptly Named Recordings / Caroline. The record debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200 chart and marked his first Top 10 album.

We caught Rector earlier in July 2016 and we predicted, “Ben Rector returns to town at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on October 23rd, for a full and proper show at his biggest local venue to date, which will no doubt be filled with the fans that know him so well, and maybe some newcomers too, that consider him brand new to their listening habits.”

With the last show of the tour, ending a nearly two-year endless touring, the band is well-rehearsed and seemingly eager to finally take a long vacation and break after that night - particularly for guitarist Cory Wong, who is actually from the Twin Cities. Wong, according to The Current in 2014 wrote that Cory Wong is “the most famous Minnesota musician you’ve probably never heard of”.

Looking over their set, Rector decided to save his biggest hit song ‘Brand New’ for the encore, but casual and dedicated fans knew this and stuck it out to the end.

Some great, well-placed covers like The Jackson 5’s ‘ABC’ and Whitney Houston’s ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)’ had great singalong chorus from the audience. In fact, Rector would occasionally just let the audience sing while he waves the microphone at the audience.

Ben Rector’s Brand New is out now. With over 390,000 albums and nearly four million digital tracks sold in the course of his career, it’s easy to see that this was the Biggest Ever tour (so far).

When Rector returns, expect him to go on an even bigger tour, with a bigger album, of course.

Jacob Whiteside

Jacob Whiteside

Ben Rector’s drummer Jake Goff

Ben Rector

Ben Rector at State Theatre, Minneapolis (23 October 2016)

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