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Minneapolis: December 17 to December 26, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from December 17 to December 26, 2016.

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Read More Mark Mallman Did you miss Mark Mallman’s double appearances at the Icehouse last March 25th and 26th? No problem, catch him again at the Icehouse this upcoming Saturday, July 9th. … Lydia Liza Rhymesayers' Toki Wright warmed up the audience with help from Big Cats on the turntables and Lydia Liza working the backup vocals. … Lookbook The odd group on the bill was two-person group, Lookbook. The band is basically guitarist Grant Cutler, who plays guitars and handles the pre-recordings, with vocalist Maggie Morrison. …

MARK MALLMAN
at Icehouse
Saturday, 12/17/16, 10:30pm ($10)
icehousempls.com

Mark Mallman’s first-ever Holiday show is taking place this Saturday, December 17th at the Icehouse. Typical Icehouse shows takes place after hours, so please note start time (10:30pm).

Joining Mallman will be special guests Lydia Liza, Josiah Lemanski, and Maggie Morrison.

Additional details below:

Mark Mallman Presents: THE PEACE ON EARTH SHOW

Mark Mallman will headline his first ever holiday show Dec 17 at Icehouse.

The “Peace On Earth Show” will focus strongly on joyful songs of peace, with a touch of the holiday season. The Twin Cities most masterful showman will be joined by special guests Lydia Liza and Josiah Lemanski performing their updated version of “Baby It's Cold Outside”, Maggie Morrison singing John Lennon's “Imagine”, A Venus De Mars/Mark Mallman duet of Bowie and Bing, and many other surprises throughout the night (including an appearance by the man in red himself.)

“It will be a much needed night of good feelings, focused simply on the music of joy. No strings attached.” He says. Mallman will also perform spirited material from his 2016 local smash, “The End Is Not The End”. Porcupine, featuring Husker Du member Greg Norton, open the night.

What: Mark Mallman's Peace On Earth Show
When: Dec 17th; 10:30 p.m.
Where: Icehouse – 2528 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Read More Jake Gusto Original Release Date: March 25, 2016 Release Date: March 25, 2016 Label: Jake Gusto Copyright: 2016 Jake Gusto Total Length: 51:23 … Low I distinctly remember seeing a Pack A.D. and a Low poster on the first episode of The Returned (US version). .... Astronautalis Astronautalis gave the crowd last night at the Red Bull Sound Select concert (curated by record label Totally Gross National Product) at The Turf Club in Saint Paul. .... Giraffage As for Giraffage, the San Francisco kid has become one of the fast rising DJ/producers on the scene, working on the soundtrack for the recent iPhone 6 commercial with Fool's Gold release "Be With You". Recently Carly Rae Jepse .... Snoop Dogg On the 20th Anniversary of Snoop Doggy Dog's debut album Doggystyle, Engine Room Recordings released their tribute to the man with Doggystyle Restyled: A Tribute To Snoop Dogg, which came out December 17th, 2013. ....

JAKE GUSTO
at 7th Street Entry
Wednesday, 12/21/16, 7:30pm ($5)
first-avenue.com

Hip-hop, electronic artist/producer Jake Gusto’s special “The Homecoming Show” will be taking place next Wednesday at the 7th Street Entry. This is Gusto’s first performance in Minneapolis since relocating to Los Angeles earlier this year... so expect support from local friends and family.

Joining Gusto will be The Jones Dickens and Sam Og.

Additional details:

On Dec. 21, Jake Gusto will defend his turf by taking the stage at First Avenue/7th St. Entry for “The Homecoming Show” – the aptly titled, full circle performance by the unrelenting 24 year old. In what is sure to be an emotional performance, Jake Gusto comes back home on a comeback mission.

* Personal note, I actually mistaken Jake Gusto for another local musician Jake Jones (who also previously headlined the 7th Street Entry on December 7th, 2016).

Other shows in the area:

12/17/16 Low’s Christmas show is taking place at First Avenue on Saturday. All proceeds will benefit Second Harvest Heartland. Low adds, “Despite the commerce involved, we hope you will consider this our gift to you.”

12/17/16 Astronautalis with Finding Novyon will be at the Triple Rock Social Club this Saturday.

12/17/16 Giraffage will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café, courtesy of SIMshow. Details at finelinemusic.com. We last saw Giraffage with Slow Magic in Nov 2015.

12/18/16 Country music singer and songwriter Kane Brown will be at the Varsity Theater; touring in support of his debut self-titled album (on RCA Nashville).

12/19/16 Join locals The Happy Children, Devon Reason, and others for this Holiday celebration. $5 at the 7th Street Entry.

12/20/16 Always Human Tapes presents The Worm, Radar Threat, and TML will appear at the 7th Street Entry. $5 deal.

12/22/16 The Midtown Men to headline the Orchestra Hall.

12/23/16 Snoop Dogg will be headlining the Myth.

12/24/16 Christmas Eve

12/25/16 Christmas Day

12/26/16 Christmas Observed

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Slow Magic w/ Giraffage at the Varsity, Minneapolis (29 Nov 2015)

Tour Dates 12/10/15 Victoria, BC Distrikt 12/11/15 Seattle, WA The Showbox 12/12/15 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom 12/13/15 Eugene, OR Hi Fi Music Hall 12/16/15 Arcata, CA Arcata Theatre 12/17/15 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom 12/18/15 Los Angeles, CA Fonda 12/19/15 Santa Ana, CA Observatory 12/20/15 San Diego, CA Observatory North Park 01/03-01/06/2016 MSC Cruises "Holy Ship!" Read More Slow Magic Opening up the show was Slow Magic. After randomly catching this electronic / tribal / dance / DJ act in 2013, I was excited to see them on the bill. Of course, I knew what to expect: pulse-pounding double floor tom drums ...

Axl Rose said it back then, but this is the updated and unique DJ version of his phrase- “Welcome to the Jungle”.

Impossible-to-fully-describe mystery DJ/percussionist/musician Slow Magic and rising DJ/producer Giraffage headlined the So Cute! Tour, which stopped by the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, to work off any last remaining Thanksgiving gained weight by the crowd.

Giraffage

Giraffage (aka Charlie Yin) is a Bay Area artist specializing in spinning downbeat R&B under this moniker, and did so for a 45min set on a simple center table, with only his MacBook and a mixing box.  Yin’s connection to the headliner was that he remixed a couple tracks in 2011 for Slow Magic, has more recently remixed Carly Rae Jepsen and released a new EP, Impression of You (with Viceroy and Patrick Baker, on Dim Mak Records).

The crowd mostly swayed in place or head-bobbed as he worked his technology relatively calmly and easily, with the best audience response being for his de-construction/re-construction of Craig David’s 2000 radio single, ‘Fill Me In’.

DJs in particular, seem to have the whole “mystery identity thing” down – from French Duo Daft Punk, to club banger Deadmaus, the added air of a secret identity to the person spinning behind the wheels, adds an extra excitement and different ambiance to the beats and drops that they carefully orchestrate.

Slow Magic

Add Slow Magic to that list, and when you see the performer in his fur boa, jean jacket vest, and trademark technicolor-changing wolf mask behind a DJ set up and two booming stand-up drums, you know you’re in for something different.

Horizontal rows of throbbing lights were at each side, and a screen behind him played obtuse, patterned, and trippy images that enhanced the organic and spiritual based mix, most of which was culled from last year’s How to Run Away (Downtown Records).  Merging electronic DJ music with live instrumentation and booming percussion (courtesy of a pair of tom toms), the result was something sound shaped into otherworldliness.

Computer beats could easily be as serene as soundscapes from The Orb, but mixed with his full-tilt drumming, it morphed into something more raw and tribal.  Part concert, part art piece, it’s no wonder the DJ admits to The Lion King being the first movie he saw in the theater, and his throng of followers weren’t hard to pick out in the crowd- wearing bought and homemade versions of his mask, donning fur pet hats, spinning lit hula-hoops, and in tribal face paint.

Slow Magic in crowd

Early on, he took the biggest drum, to jump into the middle of the crowd to continue on, as fans spread to make room, and jumped and bobbed in place, with cell phone in the air to capture the moment (however blurry and out of frame).

As the mask changed colors with the beat, he would often stare closely and intently into his computer screen, making sure everything was as synched, as planned.  Vocals piped in were dreamy and heavily processed, a calmness to counter the ferocity of the drumming, with the most unexpected moment coming from his percussive version of Destiny’s Child’s ‘Say My Name’.

‘Waited 4 U’ stayed mostly mid-tempo, while ‘Girls’ ramped up the rhythm, incited by Slow Magic standing tall on his table with drumsticks at the ready, and again jumping into the middle of the crowd.  As the hour ended, a final drum bashing gave way to more ethereal sounds and like the night, the mystery man vanished from the stage.

The So Cute! Tour continues on the West Coast, with the mystery DJ also spinning onboard the “Holy Ship” cruise in early January—ocean liner, prepare to meet jungle.

Slow Magic at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (29 Nov 2015)

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Minneapolis: November 29 to November 30, 2015

Read More together PANGEA This winter's been brutal, even for Minnesota. For the hardcore together PANGEA fans, they came out, they showed up, and they don't give a f**** about the ice and snow. … White Reaper Louisville's White Reaper is heading to CMJ in support of their debut EP, out now on Polyvinyl Records. Look for the trio to open up for Deerhoof later in November. …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from November 29 to November 30, 2015.

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TOGETHER PANGEA
at 7th Street Entry
Sunday, 11/29/2015, 7pm ($10)
first-avenue.com

The together PANGEA and White Reaper tour is coming to town this Sunday, November 29th, at the 7th Street Entry.

After opening up for reformed legendary Minneapolis band The Replacements at the Hollywood Palladium, together PANGEA went on a very successful UK tour. They've returned to the US with this upcoming headlining Fall 2015, in support of The Phage EP. There's no argument that together PANGEA is one of the most successful Burger Records bands.

White Reaper recently shared their music video for "Make Me Wanna Die", starring a Grim Reaper (aka White Reaper) quitting his day job. Watch it on youtube.com.

White Reaper tour dates:

11/24 - Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
11/27 - Detroit, MI - Marble Bar
11/28 - Chicago, IL - The Beat Kitchen ^
11/29 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry ^
11/30 - Omaha, NE - Milk Run
12/01 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive ^
12/02 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court ^
12/04 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex ^
12/05 - Berkeley, CA - 924 Gilman St. ^
12/06 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place ^
12/09 - San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
12/11 - Hattiesburg, MS - The Thirsty Hippo
12/19 - Lexington, KY - Cosmic Charlie's

^ = w/ together PANGEA

Read More Slow Magic Opening up the show was Slow Magic. After randomly catching this electronic / tribal / dance / DJ act in 2013, I was excited to see them on the bill. Of course, I knew what to expect: pulse-pounding double floor tom drums ...

SLOW MAGIC & GIRAFFAGE
at Varsity Theater
Sunday, 11/29/2015, 7:30pm ($14)
varsitytheater.org

So so-called "The So Cute! Tour", featuring Slow Magic and Giraffage as co-headliners, will be stopping by the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis this Sunday, November 29th.

Like Daft Punk, Slow Magic hide his face behind a changing light fox mask. He impressed us with his previous appearances with Gold Panda and Hot Chip.

As for Giraffage, the San Francisco kid has become one of the fast rising DJ/producers on the scene, working on the soundtrack for the recent iPhone 6 commercial with Fool's Gold release "Be With You". Recently Carly Rae Jepsen approved his remix of her song "I Really Like You".

The two recently collaborated their song "So Cute!", which you can grab for free at toneden.io.

Special guest Lindsay Lowend to open. Not sure if I like the trend in band naming themselves after celebrities, such as Hoodie Allen, Gnarls Barkley, Joanna Gruesome, Gringo Star/Ringo Deathstarr, and recently, Flint Eastwood.

Giraffage/Slow Magic tour dates:

11/26 - Toronto, ON @ Hoxton
11/27 - Detroit, MI @ Populux
11/28 - Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
11/29 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
12/02 - Lincoln, NE @ Vega
12/03 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
12/04 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
12/05 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
12/08 - Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo
12/09 - Vancouver, BC @ Fortune
12/10 - Victoria, BC @ DISTRIKT
12/11 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox
12/12 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
12/13 - Eugene, OR @ Hi-Fi
12/16 - Arcata, CA @ Arcata Theatre
12/17 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency
12/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda
12/19 - Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
12/20 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park

Read More Born Ruffians Full of very energetic, interesting, distinctive-sounding indie rock music; the songs are pretty standard with regards to arrangement, but are so full of vitality that any shortcomings are pretty minor. ...

BORN RUFFIANS
at 7th Street Entry
Monday, 11/30/2015, 7:30pm ($12)
first-avenue.com

Born Ruffians will be in Minneapolis on November 30th, in support of their new album Ruff. They recently released their single and video for "(Eat Sh**) We Did It". Guitarist and vocalist Luke Lalonde explains, “The song is very reactionary to something kind of sh**** happening and the feeling of getting over it. It doesn't have to be triumph, sometimes you just want to celebrate your ability to continue on in the face of any adversity. I think telling people to "eat sh**" is a really obnoxious thing. It's something you feel more than you actually say out loud. The song was always meant to be a bit funny. I think the video reflects the weird and funny nature of the song.”

Joining them will be Canada's Young Rival. The indie-rock trio (Aron D’Alesio, John Smith, and Noah Fralick) is currently on tour for their third album Interior Light (Paper Bag Records). They describe the new album as “a new start: a springboard for further experimentation and exploration.”

Also local Tall, Tall Mountain to open.

Born Ruffians Tour Dates:

Nov 26 Calgary, AB @ SAIT’s Gateway*
Nov 27 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room*
Nov 28 Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s*
Nov 29 Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre*
Nov 30 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry*
Dec 01 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall*
Dec 02 Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch*
Dec 03 Windsor, ON @ Olde Walkerville Theatre
Dec 10 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
Dec 11 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
Dec 12 Toronto, ON @ Opera House

*w/ Young Rival

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