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Minneapolis: October 26, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on October 26, 2016.

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Read More Andrew WK First Avenue, to take a peek at Andrew WK's insane party show. He was playing all the songs off his I Get Wet album, I half expected his nose to start bleeding on stage… .…

ANDREW WK
at Turf Club
Wednesday, 10/26/16, 7pm ($25/Sold Out)
turfclub.net

Here is the preview for Andrew WK’s upcoming Turf Club show: Party party party party party party.

I think this show may actually be Andrew WK talking about “The Power of Partying”. Read: no live band. Also: It’s sold out.

If you’re a fan, check out Andrew WK’s first ever official smartphone app for Apple and Android users: “The Party Hard Bloody Nose App”. This app allows users to add a bloody nose to any photo.

Andrew W.K.'s The Power of Partying Speaking Tour

Oct 21 — Norman, OK — Opolis
Oct 22 — Wichita, KS — Barleycorn’s
Oct 23 — Omaha, NE — Waiting Room
Oct 24 — Sioux Falls, SD — Icon Lounge
Oct 25 — Fargo, ND — Sanctuary Events
Oct 26 — Saint Paul, MN — Turf Club
Oct 27 — Madison, WI — High Noon Saloon
Oct 28 — Des Moines, IA — Temple Theater
Oct 29 — St. Louis, MO — The Ready Room
Oct 30 — Little Rock, AR — Revolution Music Room
Oct 31 — Baton Rouge, LA — Manship Theatre
Nov 1 — Oxford, MS — Proud Larry’s
Nov 3 — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works
Nov 4 — Birmingham, AL — Saturn
Nov 5 — Athens, GA — 40 Watt Club
Nov 6 — Tallahassee, FL — Club Downunder
Nov 7 — West Columbia, SC — New Brookland Tavern
Nov 8 — Carrboro, NC — The ArtsCenter
Nov 9 — Richmond, VA — Capital Ale House
Nov 10 — Charleston, WV — Labelle Theatre
Nov 11 — Louisville, KY — Zanzabar
Nov 12 — Bloomington, IN — Rhino's Youth Center
Nov 13 — Detroit, MI — Masonic Temple Chapel
Nov 14 — Cleveland, OH — Capitol Theatre
Nov 16 — Philadelphia, PA — Trinity Center
Nov 17 — Washington, D.C. — Black Cat
Nov 18 — Baltimore, MD — Soundstage
Nov 19 — Arden, DE — Gild Hall
Nov 20 — Brooklyn, NY — Music Hall
Nov 21 — Asbury Park, NJ — House of Independents
Nov 25 — Burlington, VT — First Unitarian Church
Nov 26 — Portland, ME — SPACE Gallery
Nov 27 — Portsmouth, NH — 3S Artspace
Nov 28 — Boston, MA — Paradise
Nov 29 — Hamden, CT — The Space
Nov 30 — Providence, RI — Columbus Theatre

Read More St. Paul and the Broken Bones They may look like the company photo of your accountants or law team, but underneath that façade, St. Paul and the Broken Bones soulfully proves you can’t judge a book by its cover. …

ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES
at First Avenue
Wednesday, 10/26/16, 7pm ($25)
Thursday, 10/27/16, 7pm ($25)
first-avenue.com

St Paul is coming to Minneapolis... St. Paul and The Broken Bones (led by singer Paul Janeway) that is. The incredible popular band will be taking over First Avenue in Minneapolis for a few nights.

St Paul and the Broken Bones’ new album Sea of Noise is out now.

Diane Coffee to open.

Tour dates:

October 21 – Birmingham, AL – Boutwell Auditorium
October 25 – Omaha, NE – Sokol Auditorium
October 26,27 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
October 30 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
November 1 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
November 2 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
November 3 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
November 5, 6 – Boston, MA – Royale
November 10 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
November 11 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
November 18 – Atlanta, GA – The Fox Theatre

Read More Fruit Bats If you are looking for a laid back collection of summer tracks then I suggest you look no further than The Ruminant Band by the Fruit Bats. …

FRUIT BATS
at 7th Street Entry
Wednesday, 10/26/16, 7pm ($15)
first-avenue.com

Fruit Bats is back in town. The Chicago band (really just singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson) will kick off the tour in Minneapolis next Wednesday. He will likely play some new songs from his 2016 record Absolute Loser.

Courtney Marie Andrews to open. Her album Honest Life came out in August 2016 and her voice has been compared to Margo Price and Nikki Lane.

Tour dates:

Oct 26 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry ◦
Oct 27 – Milwaukee, WI – Back Room ◦
Oct 28 – Evanston, IL – SPACE ◦
Oct 29 – Champaign, IL – The Accord ◦
Oct 30 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon ◦
Nov 1 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar ◦
Nov 2 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre ◦
Nov 4 – Omaha, NE – Reverb
Nov 5 – Boulder, CO – The Fox Theater ▴
Nov 26 – Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace ▪︎
Nov 28 – Boston, MA – Middle East ▪︎
Nov 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts ▪︎
Nov 30 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom ▪︎
Dec 1 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
Dec 2 – Carborro, NC – Cats Cradle ▿
Dec 3 – Charlottesville, VA – Southern ▿
Dec 4 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight ▿

◦ w/ Courtney Marie Andrews
▴ w/ The River Arkansas
▪︎ w/ Mail the Horse
▿ w/ Skylar Gudasz

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Going Batty

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Read More Bat for Lashes Bat for Lashes is currently back in the U.S. to tour with Depeche Mode, but in between those dates, the band booked a few headlining side shows. Not surprising since they did a similar deal when they played Coachella.…

BAT FOR LASHES
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The beautiful Natasha Khan (aka Bat For Lashes) will be releasing her new album The Bride via Parlophone/Warner Bros. Records on July 1, 2016. The album’s lead single “I Do” premiered last month to rapturous response while suggesting a bridal theme. The album’s second preview, “In God’s House,” continues with the mysterious narrative ....

The story of the Bride is about a woman whose fiancé has been killed in a crash on the way to the church for their wedding. The Bride flees the scene to take the honeymoon trip alone, resulting in a dark meditation on love, loss, grief, and celebration.

Bat For Lashes will be playing select, special shows for The Bride in between festival appearances at Coachella and Governor's Ball. Fans will get a chance to hear The Bride performed for the first time at these special small shows - which will include appearances at churches (to fit in the ‘bride’ theme) throughout North America and England.

The Bride invites all attendees of these special church shows to wear wedding/formal attire for the occasion... for guys a three-piece suit, for ladies, probably white dresses, etc. A portion of proceeds from these shows will benefit the David Lynch Foundation, whose mission is to bring Transcendental Meditation to at-risk populations around the world.

Upcoming Shows:

06/01/16 Brooklyn, NY St. Ann's Church
06/05/16 Governors Ball Music Festival
09/02/16 End Of The Road Festival

Read More Fruit Bats If you are looking for a laid back collection of summer tracks then I suggest you look no further than The Ruminant Band by the Fruit Bats. …

FRUIT BATS
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Absolute Loser is Fruit Bats’ follow up to 2011's Tripper and it represents a triumphant return to name, form, and self. The record is out now on Easy Sound and was recorded by Thom Monahan who has a long relationship with band leader Eric D. Johnson.

We previously caught Fruit Bats in 2015 and wrote, “The set featured lots of cuts from the last two Fruit Bats records 2009’s The Ruminant Band (“Primitive Man,” “Feather Bed”) and 2011’s Tripper (“So Long,” “You’re Too Weird”) as well as some brand-spankin’ new songs from the next record, to be released sometime next year. Johnson’s honeyed voice was perfect, rivaled only by the dreamy strum of Barker’s guitar and gentle whirr of Klippert’s keyboards.”

Upcoming Shows:

May 22 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar +
May 24 - Austin, TX - The Parish +
May 25 - Dallas, TX - Three Links +
May 27 - MeadowGrass Music Festival 2016
May 28 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
May 29 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
May 31 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly's ~
June 1 - Indianapolis, IN - The Hi-Fi ~
June 2 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen ~
June 3-4 - Nelsonville, OH - Nelsonville Music Festival
June 5 - Chicago, IL - Do Division
Jun 10-11 - Sonoma, CA - Huichica
July 22 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
August 5-7 - Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon Music Festival

+= w/ Kyle Craft
~= w/ Andy C. Jenkins

Read More Hooded Fang Toronto's Hooded Fang is currently in America doing some dates for the month of June in support of their album, Gravez, which was released in late May on Full Time Hobby Records. …

HOODED FANG
hoodedfang.com

Toronto’s Hooded Fang is back with their new album Venus On Edge, which recently came out May 13 via the band’s own Daps Records.

Catch the band (singer/songwriter Daniel Lee, guitarist Lane Halley, bassist April Aliermo, and drummer D.Alex Meeks) this summer on their Canadian national tour.

Tour Dates:

May 31 Montreal, QC - La Plante
June 01 Kingston, ON - The Mansion
June 02 Hamilton, ON - This Ain't Hollywood
June 03 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
June 04 Guelph, ON - Kazoo! Fest
June 04 London, ON - Call the Office
July 29 Halifax, NS - Seahorse
July 30 Sackville, NB - Sappy Fest
August 01 Charlottetown, PEI - Baba's Lounge
August 04 Fredricton, NB - Reneu
August 12 Sudbury, ON - Up Fest
August 19 Ottawa, ON - Arboretum Festival

BAT HOUSE
bathouse.net

Boston’s indie-psych-math rock quartet Bat House will be stopping by Lee’s Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis this week (May 26th), in support of their forthcoming self-titled LP (to be released this Summer 2016).

They recently previewed their new single “Patterns” via soundcloud.com.

Upcoming Shows:

5/25 - Des Moines, IA - The Basement
5/26 - Minneapolis, MN - Lee's Liquor Lounge
5/27 - Duluth, MN - Red Herring Lounge
6/2 - Rock Island, IL - Rozz-Tox
6/3 - Evansville, IN - PG Cafe
6/4 - Bloomington, IN - The Blockhouse
6/7 - Bowling Green, KY - FFOYA House
6/8 - Louisville, KY - The Cure Lounge
6/9 - Nashville, TN - Nostromo House
6/10 - Chatanooga, TN - JJ's Bohemia
6/11 - Atlanta, GA - TBD
6/12 - Tallahassee, FL - The Terror Fish House
6/14 - Birmingham, AL - Desert Island Company
6/15 - Athens, GA -Flicker Bar
6/16 - TBA
6/17 - Athens, OH - Hardcore House of RBG
6/18 - Erie, PA - Kings Rook Club
6/19 - Boston, MA - Middle East
6/23 - Brooklyn, NY - The Rock Shop

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Fruit Bats at Turf Club, St Paul (30 October 2015)

Read More Fruit Bats If you are looking for a laid back collection of summer tracks then I suggest you look no further than The Ruminant Band by the Fruit Bats. …

Halloween is great and all but when a much-loved band escapes the perilous clutches of “hiatus” only then is it truly a time to celebrate. Friday night, the Turf Club hosted the Fruit Bats’ glorious return to the Twin Cities. If you can trust my cobwebbed memory, I believe the last time they were in town was 2011 in the mainroom - I’m still kicking myself for not going. Band leader Eric D. Johnson disbanded the group in 2013 after 13 years, citing an interest in solo work (under the moniker EDJ) and other musical projects. As he explained in a hand-written letter posted to Instagram:

Fruit Bats' Letter

“...after a couple of years of doing this solo EDJ thing and having to have (Fruit Bats) in parentheses after my name everywhere I go, I've decided to drop the parentheses and start doing Fruit Bats again full steam ahead.

I missed having a band behind me, I missed my old songs, and I've come to hate parentheses. Who knew?”

Fans who arrived early to the show got to enjoy two fantastic openers: Paul Spring and Joan Shelley. Spring, originally hailing from St. Cloud, but currently based in Minneapolis, was accompanied by Charlie on upright bass and the two played a great folky set consisting of many  tracks off of Spring’s newly released album Towards a Center (produced by Dap-Kings drummer Homer Steinweiss - how cool is that?)

Louisville native Joan Shelley came on next to pierce all of our hearts with her haunting Appalachian-inspired meditations and gorgeous voice reminiscent of Joni Mitchell and Gillian Welch. Her recent offering, Over and Even, came out in September and has already cast its spell over much of the music world. For the song “Not Over By Half,” Johnson came out to duet with Shelley and, let me tell ya, those two made some intoxicating harmonies together - like there should be some kind of surgeon general’s warning on these kinds of performances: Music May Cause Lightheadedness and Swooning.

But Johnson has always had that kind of effect on me ever since I heard Fruit Bats’ second album 2003’s Mouthfuls for the first time. Being able to immerse myself in what the band has jokingly referred to as “rustic pop” was such a thrill (I’m partial to “bootgazer,” myself). Although Fruit Bats has a revolving line-up, the current live band is pretty stellar: Kevin Barker on guitar, David Dawda on bass, drummer Brian Kantor and Garth Klippert working the keys (side note: Klippert is also in a band called Old Light which you should look up.)

“When you love somebody and bite your tongue all you get is a mouthful of blood.”

The set featured lots of cuts from the last two Fruit Bats records 2009’s The Ruminant Band (“Primitive Man,” “Feather Bed”) and 2011’s Tripper (“So Long,” “You’re Too Weird”) as well as some brand-spankin’ new songs from the next record, to be released sometime next year. Johnson’s honeyed voice was perfect, rivaled only by the dreamy strum of Barker’s guitar and gentle whirr of Klippert’s keyboards. Folk-pop gems like fan-favorite “When You Love Somebody” (from Mouthfuls) saw many people singing the famously quirky lyric, “When you love somebody and bite your tongue all you get is a mouthful of blood.”

Blood, bats, love and folk - I couldn’t have asked for a better precursor to Halloween.

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Rocktober: October 30, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on October 30, 2015.

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Read More Ben Sollee Once upon a time the Cedar Cultural Center had an early bedtime and a comfortable elastic waistband. It was a place where white liberal Ravi Shankar fans could gather to sip tea, discuss local politics, and crazily tap … Mother Falcon Austin's Mother Falcon just revealed their new music video, "Blue and Gold" (watch it on YouTube), showcasing the band's musical diversity and layered instrumentation. The band explain the idea …

BEN SOLLEE/MOTHER FALCON
at Cedar Cultural Center
Friday, 10/30/2015, 7pm ($18)
thecedar.org

Cellist Ben Sollee is on "The Fall Migration" tour, you may remember that we haven't seen Sollee since his tour with Daniel Martin Moore in 2010 and as headliner in 2008. It's been a very long time since we saw this "angel in a JCrew pullover".

Co-headlining with Sollee will be Mother Falcon, a spectacular "20 active rotating members" orchestra. We previously mentioned their 2013 album You Knew when they were on tour, but had no idea this was an orchestra pop band.

Mother Falcon's third LP Good Luck Have Fun is available now on Universal Music Classics (their first release on UMC and marks the beginning of a new partnership, which includes plans to record and release a fourth album in 2016).

Mother Falcon National Tour Dates:

10/25: Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
10/27: Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
10/28: Newport, KY @ Southgate House
10/29: Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/30: Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar
11/01: St. Louis, MO @ The Old Rock House
11/09: Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
11/10: San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
11/11: Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
11/12: San Francisco, CA @ Great American
11/13: Eugene, OR @ HiFi Music Hall
11/15: Bend, OR @ The Domino Room
11/16: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
11/17: Seattle, WA @ Barboza
11/18: Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
11/20: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
11/21: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater

Read More Fruit Bats If you are looking for a laid back collection of summer tracks then I suggest you look no further than The Ruminant Band by the Fruit Bats. …

FRUIT BATS
at Turf Club
Friday, 10/30/2015, 8pm ($15)
turfclub.net

We were pretty excited to hear that earlier this year Portland's Fruit Bats had reformed (not to be confused with Turbo Fruits). They recently finished their tour with My Morning Jacket, and will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul as a continuation of their headlining tour. Unfortunately, they've landed in October, our busiest time of the year for live coverage!

If you go to this show, expect frontman Eric D. Johnson to play some tracks from Ruminant Band, which we previously wrote, "Eric D. Johnson, singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, led me on a journey to the heart of the summer.... If you are suffering from the recession blues, down on your luck then maybe you have just stumbled upon your cure."

Special guests Joan Shelley and Paul Spring to open.

Tour Dates:

10/25 - Norman, OK - Opolis
10/27 - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House
10/28 - Rock Island, IL - Rozz
10/30 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
10/31 - Chicago, IL - Schubas

Read More Telekinesis Telekinesis frontman Michael Benjamin Lerner likes Lucky Charms (but doesn’t eat them often), his favorite Telekinesis song to play for right now is "Empathetic People", and he thinks encores ...… Say Hi Say Hi To Your Mom, or currently now known as simply Say Hi, is a lo-fi indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. They have been quietly and consistently releasing their charming little music …

TELEKINESIS/SAY HI
at 7th Street Entry
Friday, 10/30/2015, 8pm ($13)
first-avenue.com

Telekinesis will be in town celebrating his fourth studio album Ad Infinitum on Merge Records. We haven't covered a Merge band in a long time... We last caught Telekinesis in 2013 and in 2009 (in Manchester, England).

Ad Infinitum is available now on CD and LP in the Merge store; all LP purchases will include three bonus tracks as a download.

Say Hi (aka Eric Elbogen) will co-headline. He's touring in support of his ninth album Bleeders Digest (out now on Barsuk Records). We like Barsuk Records... but unfortunately had to miss his show last April 2014 and earlier in January 2015 (due to Winter Hibernation).

As we previously mentioned, the name is shorten from "Say Hi To Your Mom". We also mentioned that Elbogen's music is both charming and personal.

Say Hi Tour Dates:

10/25 @ Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
10/26 @ The Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI
10/27 @ Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH
10/28 @ Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
10/29 @ The Frequency Madison, WI
10/30 @ 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
10/31 @ Record Bar Kansas City, MO
11/02 @ Hi Dive Denver, CO
11/03 @ Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
11/05 @ Flying M Coffee Nampa, ID
11/06 @ The Bartlett Spokane, WA
11/07 @ Neumos Seattle, WA

Read More All That Remains As expected, fans are divided on the approach that All That Remains have taken on their new album but I think the least anyone could say is that it's a giant step forward from the disaster that was A War You …

ALL THAT REMAINS
at Studio B (Skyway Theatre)
Friday, 10/29/2015, 7:30pm ($20)
skywaytheater.com

All That Remains will be bringing their hard rock music to Studio B (inside the Skyway Theatre) on Friday, October 30th. This tour will be in support of their latest studio album The Order of Things that was released back in February on Razor & Tie Records. Frontman Phil Labonte has been considered controversial because of some of the comments he has made (calling gay people "f***ts" and then saying they shouldn't be offended because black people have it worse...), but this has not stopped this band in the least. Worldwide album sales for All That Remains have exceeded over one million with no end in sight.

All That Remains will be joined on stage by Like Moths To Flames and We Came As Romans. The latter released their self-titled album on July 24th of this year. It debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top Current 200. I saw these guys awhile back and their live show blew me away. The amount of energy they have during a live show is immeasurable and I cannot wait to see them again.

Red Sun Rising will also be on this bill. These guys are fairly new to the scene and recently released their debut album Polyvester Zeal. They recently finished touring as support for Nothing More and Pop Evil. These guys are quickly gaining popularity so make sure you come out to this show and see what they can bring to the table!

Tour dates:

10/25/15 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amph
10/27/15 Salt Lake City, UT In the Venue
10/28/15 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
10/30/15 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theatre
10/31/15 KQRC 98.9 THE ROCK
11/02/15 Knoxville, TN International
11/03/15 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
11/04/15 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of Living
11/06/15 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
11/07/15 Worcester, MA The Palladium
11/17/15 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theatre
11/19/15 Colorado Springs, CO Black Sheep
11/20/15 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
11/21/15 Farmington, NM Top Deck
11/22/15 Tucson, AZ Club XS
11/24/15 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
11/25/15 Las Vegas, NV Vinyl @ Hard Rock Hotel
11/27/15 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
11/28/15 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
11/30/15 Fort Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
12/01/15 Wichita, KS The Cotillion
12/04/15 St. Louis, MO Pop's Blue Moon
12/05/15 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
12/06/15 Chicago, IL Concord Music Hall
12/08/15 Atlanta, GA Heaven
12/09/15 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
12/11/15 Portland, ME Asylum
12/12/15 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
12/13/15 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!
12/14/15 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
12/16/15 Lancaster, PA Chameleon
12/17/15 Flint, MI The Machine Shop
12/18/15 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theatre

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Vampires

Read More Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend must be very pleased with themselves. I mean, these guys were on SNL, on the cover of Spin Magazine, and overall huge support from MPR ... so basically these guys are probably the most overhyped band.…

VAMPIRE WEEKEND
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Back in 2008, I called Vampire Weekend the most overhyped band, and I think in some ways they still are. The venue they played at obviously sold out, and seeing that they've booked The Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, which by the definition of the old style theaters have limited seating. I think if they kept ticket prices lower, it would sell out immediately… but we'll see. As of this writing, the cheapest seat I see is $54 (not including other miscellaneous charges) on the balcony. However, you can argue that this is one of the "small" venues on their regular Festivals stops. One thing is for sure, I'm glad I caught them very early in their career.

Anyway, the New York band is back with a third album called Modern Vampires of the City, out now on XL Recordings. The story behind this is that after their Contra album, the band toured and wrote a ton of new material during their time spent at soundchecks. Then everyone got sidetracked … but now after two years, the album is done and done and it debut on the US Billboard 200 selling over 130k copies in the first week… the band's second number-one album.

Yes, expect the new songs from Modern Vampires of the City on their summer tour:

06/23/13 Firefly Music Festival 06/30/13 Glastonbury Festival 07/04/13 Rock Werchter Festival 07/06/13 London Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 07/12/13 Optimus Alive! Festival 07/13/13 Bilbao BBK Live Festival 07/16/13 Berlin - Tempodrom 07/19/13 Gentlemen Of The Road 07/20/13 Longitude 07/26/13 Ansan Valley Rock Festival 07/28/13 Fuji Rock Festival 08/02/13 Osheaga Festival 08/04/13 Lollapalooza 08/05/13 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum 08/07/13 Calgary, AB S Alberta Jubilee

08/09/13 Squamish Music Festival 08/11/13 Outside Lands Music 09/05/13 Ottawa Folk Festival 09/07/13 Boston Calling 09/15/13 iTunes Festival 09/20/13 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center 09/28/13 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl 10/04/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/05/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/06/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/08/13 Kansas City, MO Midland 10/11/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/12/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/13/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/13/13 Corona Capital Festival

Read More Wampire Wampire's "Trains" is the latest single, taken from their album Curiosity (Polyvinyl Records). The strange Portland duo (?) is currently on tour with STRFKR and will be playing their first-ever UK date in London on June 18th. .…

WAMPIRE
wampiremusic.com

Sure, I've already mentioned Wampire here, but did you know they're heading out on tour with Smith Westerns? Now you know!

07/03 Portland, OR - Holocene
07/20 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall *
07/21 Nashville, TN - Exit/In *
07/23 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
07/24 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
07/26 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *
07/27 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair *
07/28 Montreal, QC - Cabaret Mile End *
07/29 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace *
07/31 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
08/05 Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room *
08/06 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre *
08/07 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
08/10 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre *
08/11 Pomona, CA - The Glass House *
08/12 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *
08/16 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile Cafe *
08/17 Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl *

* = w/ Smith Westerns

Read More My Bloody Valentine Amy and I were talking about My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields working on a new album? Well, it happened, he's finally released his third My Bloody Valentine album called mbv .…

MY BLOODY VALENTINE
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Still riding that nostalgia train, Kevin Shields and company are doing massive festivals this year in support of mbv album … yes the album that had a 22-year gap since Loveless.

At this point, I've come to the conclusion that I will never see MBV, due to expensive ticket prices and locations.

07/07/13 Les Eurockeennes de Belfort
07/13/13 T In The Park
07/26/13 Fuji Rock Festival
07/27/13 Ansan Valley Rock Festival
08/04/13 OFF Festival
08/06/13 Vienna, Austria Arena
08/08/13 Terraneo Festival
08/10/13 Flow Festival
08/16/13 Austin, TX Austin Music Hall
08/17/13 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre
08/19/13 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
08/21/13 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
08/23/13 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic
08/25/13 FYF Festival
08/30/13 Electric Picnic
09/03/13 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique
09/05/13 Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall
09/07/13 Berlin Festival
09/08/13 Munich, Germany Tonhalle
10/30/13 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Rockhal
10/31/13 Eindhoven, Netherlands Effenaar
11/03/13 Lille, France Aeronef

Read More Surfer Blood Next up was Surfer Blood, who started their set with a vengeful song, "Floating Vibes". I was surprised to learn that the band has been to Minneapolis five times and that they were surprisingly very good. .…

SURFER BLOOD
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You know, I caught Surfer Blood opening up for Foals this year and I have to say - they are quite good! I hope they come back to Minneapolis soon, from what they've said on stage, they must have been here at least five or six times.

Anyway, Surfer Blood's second full-length album Pythons is out now on Warner Bros./Kanine Records. The band is currently on tour in support of the record, see tour dates below:

Jun 21 Hilvarenbeek, IL – Best Kept Secret
July 11 Santa Monica, CA – Santa Monica Pier
July 24 Melbourne, AU – Splendour in the Grass
July 26 Sydney, AU – North Byron Festival
Aug 9-11 San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
Aug 15 Hasselt, BE – Pukkelpop
Aug 23 Reading, UK – Reading Festival
Aug 24 Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival
Aug 25 Paris, FR – Rock en Seine
Sept 08 Sacramento, CA – Launch Music Festival
Sept 14 Chicago, IL – Riot Fest

Read More Deap Vally Check out Deap Vally on tour, they are promoting their Get Deap! EP, but be sure to check out their song on the "True Blood" soundtrack, also out this month. .…

TRUE BLOOD: MUSIC FROM THE HBO ORIGINAL SERIES VOLUME 4
www.atorecords.com

Did you catch the first episode of Season 6 of HBO's "True Blood"? Season 5 ended on a big cliffhanger, so I'm curious about how they will resolve that naked woman's blood and the hallucinations…

In the meantime, a few weeks ago, the latest True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series Volume 4 was released courtesy of ATO Records.

If you watch the show, you know that the soundtrack is amazing! As a cover lover, I really dig these modern takes on classic this, like "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Eric Burdon and Jenny Lewis or "(She's a) Wanderer" by Deap Vally.

Also, for the first time ever, the soundtrack was released on vinyl.

Track listing:

1. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Eric Burdon with Jenny Lewis
2. Let’s Boot and Rally – Iggy Pop with Bethany Cosentino
3. What Makes A Good Man? The Heavy
4. Smokestack Lightnin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
5. Pocket Change – Alabama Shakes
6. Authority Song – Bosco Delrey
7. Turn Turn Turn – My Morning Jacket
8. Your Face Can Tell The Future – The Flaming Lips
9. The Sun – The Naked and Famous
10. Undertow – Warpaint
11. I Wanna Be Your Man – Mobley
12. {She’s A) Wanderer – Deap Vally
13. Whatever I Am, You Made Me – Koko Taylor
14. We’ll Meet Again – Los Lobos

Read More The Fruit Bats If you are looking for a laid back collection of summer tracks then I suggest you look no further than The Ruminant Band by the Fruit Bats. Eric D. Johnson, singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, led me on a journey to the heart of the summer. . .…

TIMBER! MUSIC FESTIVAL
www.timbermusicfest.com

Timber! Music Festival is taking place this July 26 & 27, 2013 at King County’s Tolt-MacDonald Park in Washington.

Some of the headliners are Helio Sequence, The Fruit Bats, Quasi, Noah Gundersen, Lemolo, Bryan John, etc., full listing below.

According to the press release, ticketholders will enter Timber! through a long suspension bridge … which admittedly, I can only imagine a massive exit through the same bridge!

Timber! Music Festival Full Artistic Lineup

Helio Sequence
Fruit Bats
Quasi
Noah Gundersen
Lemolo
Bryan John Appleby
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers
Kithkin
Hobosexual (Vu's notes: hahahahahaha)
River Giant
Baltic Cousins
S (Jenn Ghetto)
Avians Alight
Vikesh Kapoor
Pablo Trucker
Ten Speed Music
Passenger String Quartet
Jacob Miller & The Bridge City Crooners
Ben Fisher
Nu Klezmer Army

HOODED FANG
hoodedfang.com

Toronto's Hooded Fang is currently in America doing some dates for the month of June in support of their album, Gravez, which was released in late May on Full Time Hobby Records.

Check out "Bye Bye Land", which was probably the song they sang leaving Canada.



Talking about the influences on recording Gravez, bassist April Aliermo reveals, they've eaten "crocodile balls". No need to elaborate… but she continues with "…slept on floors and couches, watched TV and movies, and looked out the window in between. All this steady instability must have influenced Gravez."

What is left of their tour:

06/21 Los Angeles, CA -Viper Room
06/23 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar

COFFINS
coffins.jp

Japan's COFFINS has a new album called The Fleshland, coming out July 9, 2013, on Relapse Records.

The album is available in a variety of formats, like CD, double LP, and deluxe edition only available through Relapse mailorder (cover artwork is a black and white).

The doom metal band is currently on tour:

6/22/2013 Urga - Tokyo, Japan
7/28/2013 Earthdom - Tokyo, Japan
8/07/2013 Cassiopeia - Berlin, Germany
8/08/2013 Brutal Assault Festival - Josefov, CZ
8/09/2013 Party San Metal Open Air
8/10/2013 Leperfest - Leper, Belgium
8/11/2013 Bleh Fest @ Unicorn Camden
8/12/2013 La Miroiterie - Paris, France
8/14/2013 Winston - Amsterdam, Netherlands
8/15/2013 Kødboderne 18 - Copenhagen
8/16/2013 Pussy A Go Go - Stockholm, Sweden
8/23/2013 Akihabara Ongakukan - Tokyo, Japan
11/01/2013 Kurawood/Asakusa - Tokyo, Japan
11/02/2013 Earthdom - Tokyo, Japan
11/03/2013 Huck Finn/Imaike - Nagoya, Japan
11/04/2013 Conpass/Unagidani - Osaka, Japan

WISE BLOOD
chrislaufman.com

Wise Blood is basically Pittsburgh's Christopher Laufman, who made a splash in 2011 via music blogs ( Pitchfork, The Fader, Stereogum, just to name a few), and now is back with a debut album called id, coming out this June 25th on Dovecote Records. The album release party is listed below:

6/25 - Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands

Check out "Alarm" track via Soundcloud.



Audio not your thing? No problem, check out his video for "Rat" on Youtube.

vu () ♥ weheartmusic.com

Said the Whale at 400 Bar, Minneapolis (11/08/12)

Read More Said The Whale The last time this Vancouver band was in Minneapolis, they had a hip hop support and previously, they had a jazz band open up! So what's in store for this Juno Award-winner band this coming November 8th at the 400 Bar? ...

Vancouver's Said The Whale just kicked off their fall tour last night at the 400 Bar, in Minneapolis.

As you can see from the setlist, they didn't stick to the same one from their 4/20 show, dropping off "We Are 1980", "O Alexandra", and "Big Wave Goodbye." Instead, it would seem that they are testing out new songs.

Outside of the new songs, half their set is from Little Mountain ("The Reason", "Loveless", "Big Sky, MT", and "Hurricane Ada") with the other half from their debut album, Islands Disappear ("Black Day In December", "False Creek Change", "Camilo (The Magician)", "Hurricane Ada", and "Goodnight Moon").

Highlight of the show was their encore, a cover Fruit Bats' "When Ü Love Somebody." They've never played the song live before, so it was a real treat to hear this Whale vs Bat song.

Said The Whale is currently on tour; look for a new album in 2013 from Hidden Pony Records.

Nov 9 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
Nov 10 - Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA
Nov 11 - Firebird - St. Louis, MO
Nov 13 - White Rabbit - Indianapolis, IN
Nov 14 - Howler's Coyote Café - Pittsburgh, PA
Nov 15 - The Saint - Asbury Park, NJ
Nov 16 - M Room - Philadelphia, PA
Nov 17 - Pianos - New York, NY
Nov 18 - TBC - Boston, MA
Nov 20 - Beachland Tavern - Cleveland, OH
Nov 29 - The Vera Project - Seattle, WA

Said the Whale at 400 Bar, Minneapolis (11/08/12)

vu () ♥ saidthewhale.com

W♥M050: Welcome Back Ryan

W♥M050 [download (79 min, 36mb)]

Please visit our website for more information, podcast.weheartmusic.com.

The White Stripes - Hello Operator

Welcome back Ryan to the W♥M team. Celebrating the 50^th episode of W♥M Radio, we talked about a few things: Gary McKinnon, an overview of the podcast, music & tech: Twitter and Spotify, what we're listening to, The White Stripes, Fruit Bats, Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill", M Ward, Modest Mouse's King Rat, etc.

The show is long, split into two parts: the organized topics section and the random "just two guys talking" segment. The long run time also means extra large file size, so I had to compressed the file to just mono and at 64kps. It sounds OK to me - but if you want a higher stereo quality, send me an email and we'll have to do a file-transfer or a yousendit kind of thing. The stereo file is over 70mb, the mono file is 36mb.

Ryan compiled is a list of musicians/music-related websites on Twitter:

colinmeloy, fruitbatsmusic, monstersoffolk, subpop, BBC6MusicNews, guardianmusic, rufuswainwright, theboyhimself, hypem, pitchforkmedia, IndyMusic, EOTR, Dominorecordco, portobrien, forfolkssake, realdaytrotter, asthmatickitty, easystarallstar, greenmanfest, TheWordMagazine, TheDandyWarhols, BeardedMagazine, THE_EELS, and heymanchester

Since I had problems with the previous (free) audio recording software, we used a new one called Powergramo, which seems to work out just fine. I may have to pay for the "professional" version as the "basic" version is quite limited (to just recording skype to skype). If you have any good suggestions for a free Skype (usb mic) recorder, please let me know. I would prefer to not pay, but it looks like all the skype software costs money.

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08/10/2009 09:16:30?♥ vu () ♥weheartmusic.com♥twitter.com/weheartmusic♥news.weheartmusic.com

Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band

Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band Fruit Bats Tour Dates 08/15/09 Kelowna BC--Sturgeon Hall 08/18/09 Victoria BC--Lucky Bar 08/19/09 Vancouver BC--Media Club 08/20/09 Seattle WA--The Crocodile 08/21/09 Seattle WA--Mural Amphitheater 08/22/09 Portland OR--Doug Fir 08/24/09 Gundlach Bundschu Winery 08/25/09 SF, CA-Amoeba FREE INSTORE 08/25/09 SF, CA -- Independent 08/26/09 LA, CA--Spaceland 08/27/09 Tucson AZ--Plush 08/28/09 Santa Fe NM--Corazon 08/29/09 Denver CO--Larimer Lounge 08/31/09 Oklahoma City-Guestroom 08/31/09 Norman OK--Opolis 09/01/09 Dallas TX--Good Records 09/01/09 Dallas TX--The Loft 09/02/09 Austin TX--Waterloo Records 09/02/09 Austin TX--Mohawk 09/03/09 Houston TX--Walter's 09/04/09 Baton Rouge LA-Spanish Moon 09/05/09 Oxford MS-The Lyric 09/06/09 Atlanta GA--The EARL 09/07/09 Nashville TN--Grimey's Music 09/08/09 Nashville TN--Exit In 09/09/09 Knoxville TN--Square Room 09/10/09 Chapel Hill NC--Local 506 09/11/09 Washington DC--Black Cat 09/12/09 Philly PA--Kung Fu Necktie 09/14/09 Brooklyn NY--Williamsburg 09/15/09 Cambridge MA--TT's 09/16/09 Buffalo NY--Soundlab 09/17/09 Newport KY--Southgate 09/18/09 Louisville KY--Zanzabar 09/19/09 Madison WI-Orpheum 09/20/09 Chicago IL-Reckless Records 09/20/09 Chicago IL--Schubas 09/21/09 Chicago IL--Schubas Discography [2001] Echolocation [2003] Mouthfuls [2005] Spelled in Bones [2009] The Ruminant Band [2004] Another Christmas Gift For You... (Various Artists) Read More The Shins http://weheartmus... The Shins are an American indie rock band comprising singer, songwriter, and guitarist James Russ...

"He always has smokes and he always gives buckets of love"

I’ve been told that I like a certain type of music; quirky, offbeat vocals, jangly guitars and reflective, out-there lyrics. In the two years I’ve been writing for  W♥M, I can honestly say I have never been more excited by an album.

If you are looking for a laid back collection of summer tracks then I suggest you look no further than The Ruminant Band by the Fruit Bats.  Eric D. Johnson, singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, led me on a journey to the heart of the summer. It is only fitting that I write this review with the sun beating on my back as this album radiates a fuzzy warmth and joy. If you are suffering from the recession blues, down on your luck then maybe you have just stumbled upon your cure.

The Fruit Bats began life as a side-project for Eric D. Johnson, and while band members have come and go, he has remained at the heart of the band. This album is very much about the band. While I haven’t yet been able to land an interview with the band for the podcast, you’ll have to settle for a quotation lifted from a recent interview with Reverb magazine:

“Previously, when I did those other albums, I think I set rules for myself. This time I didn’t try to go by the book so much… I played very little on this record – I wrote the songs and the vocal arrangements, and played some piano, but for the most part everything else is the band. That trust is something that comes with time… My band is really talented, so I wanted their voices to be heard.”

- Eric Johnson, Reverb Magazine Interview, August 4, 2009.

I hate comparisons but they have a similar vibe to Vetiver and, understandably, The Shins (Eric Johnson is a member of The Shins). In my opinion, two great bands to sound like. What makes the Fruit Bats stand out in my Songbird library is the fact their sound remains, without a doubt, uniquely the Fruit Bats.

Like most modern bands. the Fruit Bats have a website, they have a myspace page, they tweet, they blog and, for the photography geeks, they have some pretty amazing photos (by Annie Beedy).

The tracks to own are ‘The Ruminant Band’, ‘Singing Joy To The World’ and ‘Hobo Girl’.

The album is already available in the USA and is due out in the UK on 24^th August 2009. The Fruit Bats have supported Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine and others. There is a chance you may already know them. Before this week, I did not, so I am enjoying my discovery. Their North American tour is listed above. Their UK tour is due to been announced any day now. Guaranteed, if they are in Manchester, I’ll be there.

What do others think? Uncut described the album as 'Delicately constructed an skillfully executed' and Mojo said 'The best love songs are those where the end is nigh. Fruit Bats frontman Eric Johnson evidentially knows this, even his sunniest, most hopeful sounding songs have an implied sense of loss. Lovely though' 4/5.

This isn’t deep philosophical music; it is easy and care-free folk pop and I love it! Enjoy your summer, enjoy the Fruit Bats.

Sincerely,
Ryan

 08/09/2009 15:09:42 ♥ ryan () ♥ fruitbatsmusic.com ♥ myspace.com/thefruitbats ♥ twitter.com