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Ash at Swedish American Hall, San Francisco (22 Sep 2018)

Ash 2018 USA Tour Read More Ash We love Ash. We've been following the Irish band for a long time now, and a few years ago, they famously said they would "never" release an album. Instead the trio concentrated on just recording singles … Ash Tour Dates 10/16 - Sheffield - Leadmill 10/17 - Glasgow - O2 ABC 10/19 - Bristol - SWX 10/20 - Birmingham - O2 Institute 10/21 - Norwich - Waterfront 10/23 - Manchester - O2 Ritz 10/24 - London - O2 Forum Troy sent us this photo of Ash (not to be confused with Hawaiian singer Ash) at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco (22 Sep 2018). The SF date marked the end of Ash’s mini-2018 USA tour. Opening up the San Francisco show was Veers (stylized as VEERS), from Los Angeles. The group features Andrew James as singer/guitarist, Spencer Evan Schuck on guitars, Nick Lanata on bass, Jef Pauly on drums, and Sean Brennan on keys. Ash’s seventh studio album Islands came out May 18 on Infectious Music/BMG Records. The album is the first since 2015’s Kablammo! The trio (singer/guitarist Tim Wheeler, bassist/synth Mark Hamilton, and drummer Rick McMurray) will resume touring on October 16 at Leadmill in Sheffield. Setlist Buzzkill A Life Less Ordinary Goldfinger True Story Kung Fu Cocoon Oh Yeah Confessions in the Pool Angel Interceptor Uncle Pat Annabel Shining Light All That I Have Left Petrol Cantina Band (John Williams cover) snippet Walking Barefoot Orpheus Girl From Mars -- Encore -- Lose Control Is It True? Numbskull Burn Baby Burn vu ♥ weheartmusic.com photo by troy

We Banjo 3 at Irish Fair of Minnesota, Harriet Island, St. Paul (12 Aug 2018)

We Banjo 3 Tour 2018 We Banjo 3 Setlist intro We All Need More Kindness in this World instrumental Dawn Breaks Pack It Up instrumental Shine On instrumental Light in the Sky I Want You Back (Jackson 5 cover) > Ignition-remix (R. Kelly cover) instrumental The Fox Tour Dates 08/22/2018 Seven Steps Up Live Music Spring Lake, MI 08/24/2018 Greenbridge Celtic Folk Fest Keene, ON 08/29/2018 Durty Nellie's Palatine, IL 09/02/2018 Four Corners Folk Festival Pagosa Springs, CO 02/01/2019 Chandler Center For The Arts Chandler, AZ 02/09/2019 Somerville Theatre Somerville, MA 03/10/2019 The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN 03/12/2019 Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD 03/20/2019 Center For The Arts Homer, NY Read More We Banjo 3 Come celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Ireland’s We Banjo 3 (brothers Enda & Fergal Scahill and Martin & David Howley), playing music they described as “Celtgrass” (Celtic bluegrass) …

It must be Irish logic--

The band is We Banjo 3, a Galway, Ireland Celtgrass (their term for the version of traditional Irish, old time and bluegrass music they play) band of...four (two sets of brothers), wherein only two play the banjo at any given time.

Despite any confusion with their name, the quartet triumphantly returned to The Irish Fair of Minnesota on Harriet Island in St. Paul, headlining the main stage on the coveted Saturday night spot of the three-day festival.

The festival is one of the country’s largest ethnic free events, held at this location on the banks of the Mississippi River since 2001, and draws some 100,000 people over its three-day weekend. In addition to the music, there is plenty of authentic food, vendors, activities, and demonstrations throughout the grounds to take in as well.

Though Saturday night draws the biggest musical audience, often the bands perform a second, slightly shortened set the following afternoon, and that’s what we took in on a sunny and warm Sunday. The foursome - (Enda Scahill – Banjo, Mandolin, Tenor Guitar; Martin Howley – Banjo, Mandolin, Tenor Guitar; David Howley – Banjo, Vocals, Guitar; Fergal Scahill – Fiddle, Guitar, Bodhrán) just released their fifth album, Haven (Sonas Recording), currently at #2 on the bluegrass charts (just behind Punch Brothers, who we saw the previous evening).

Singer Howley riffed on their own lyrics for the opening ‘We All Need More Kindness in this World’ changing them to “we all more sunscreen” as he squinted looking up at the warm sun while older brother Martin wore a large floppy hat to keep shaded.

Ash, a diehard fan on the front rail and member of the band’s street team, The Banjo Crew was recognized and the song ‘Little Liza Jane’ was dedicated to her and the other team members help spread word about the group. The new ‘Dawn Breaks’ brought out the high stepping line of ladies from the Mactir Academy to join along and help entice the crowd into dancing along, and the audience happily sang and clapped along to the new ‘Pack it Up’.

The band knows how to self-market as well, occasionally throwing out green frisbees and pop-up nylon fans with the band’s logo on it, as well as awarding best and worst dancing merchandise prizes to those in the audience.

The new ‘Shine On’ is not on the just-released record, but an exclusive song (Text “banjo” to 33222 to get the link to the free song and to join their email list) and sounded like something you might hear from Zac Brown Band or another Americana act). “Please keep in mind as you buy the merchandise, it goes to our medical costs for severe sunburn today” they joked.

Taking a couple r&b covers and Galway-nizing them, the foursome medley-ed a Jackson 5 classic with a verse from R. Kelly’s last big hit, getting the crowd even more involved, then finished their abbreviated set with ‘The Fox’- a traditional song that revs up its tempo as the machine-gun speed lyrics get quicker, that had everyone up front jumping along.

The good news for anyone that missed We Banjo 3 at this year’s Irish Fair (or any fans wanting to see them again) is that like last year, they return in the spring across the river, to The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on March 10 (to help get you in the mood for St. Pats) and it was strongly hinted they will be back for Irish Fair 2019 as well, so mark those calendars for the three, errr, four members that play two banjos… Irish logic.

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We Banjo 3 at Irish Fair of Minnesota, Harriet Island, St. Paul (12 Aug 2018)

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Minneapolis: August 10 to August 13, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 10 to August 13, 2017.

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Read More Every Time I Die Every Time I Die is an extremely popular metalcore band from Buffalo, NY. They got their huge break after their song "The New Black" was featured on Guitar Hero 2 …

TAKING BACK SUNDAY
at First Avenue
Thursday 08/10/17 (6:30pm/$27.50)
first-avenue.com

Taking Back Sunday will be taking back First Avenue (they previously performed at First Avenue in 2012) this Thursday (too bad it’s not a Sunday!), touring in support of their seventh studio album Tidal Wave (Hopeless Records).

Taking Back Sunday is Adam Lazzara (vocals), John Nolan (guitar, vocals), Eddie Reyes (guitar), Shaun Cooper (bass), and Mark O’Connell (drums).

Every Time I Die and All Get Out to open. The former, we previously saw in December 2015, and noted, “Every Time I Die is an extremely popular metalcore band from Buffalo, NY. They got their huge break after their song "The New Black" was featured on Guitar Hero 2 but have had a huge base of fans ever since they started in 1998. I have seen ETID over a dozen times live and it's all about their live shows. The amount of energy these guys have is unreal.”

Tour Dates:

Aug 04 Showbox Seattle, WA
Aug 06 Knitting Factory Boise, ID
Aug 07 The Complex Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 08 The Summit Music Hall Denver, CO
Aug 09 Bourbon Theatre Lincoln, NE
Aug 10 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Aug 12 Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
Aug 13 Crofoot Ballroom Pontiac, MI
Aug 14 Bogart’s Cincinnati, OH
Aug 15 House of Blues Cleveland, OH
Aug 16 Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 18 Saranac Brewery Utica, NY
Aug 19 Waiting Room Buffalo, NY
Apr 09 When We Were Young Santa Ana, CA
May 05 Beale Street Music Festival Memphis, TN
May 07 Carolina Rebellion Charlotte, NC
May 20 Rock On The Range Columbus, OH
May 27 River City Rockfest San Antonio, TX
Jul 13 Great South Bay Music Festival Patchogue, NY

Read More Coldplay I see there are quite a few bands announcing fall/winter tour dates, except for that "it's all yellow" band, Coldplay. They're giving away a nine-track live...

COLDPLAY
at U.S. Bank Stadium
Saturday 08/12/17 (5pm/$27.50)
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Popular Coldplay is touring in the USA this Summer. The band released The Kaleidoscope EP today (August 4th). The EP was produced by long-term collaborators Rik Simpson and Daniel Green, together with Bill Rahko, and features a new live version of Coldplay's hit single with The Chainsmokers, Something Just Like This, recorded in Tokyo in April.

Their “A Head Full Of Dreams Tour” continues to North America... with more than 4.6 million tickets have now been sold for the tour so far!

Show up early to check out London duo AlunaGeorge (Aluna Francis and George Reid), fresh off of touring with Sia. The duo’s sophomore album I Remember is out now.

Also Southwest London’s Izzy Bizu is on the bill. The 22-year-old singer songwriter was a 2016 Brits Critics Choice finalist, and widely considered one of the fresh new voice of 2016 (The BBC’s Introducing Artist of the Year and support from 1Xtra and BBC Radio 1).

Tour Dates:

08/01 Met Life Stadium, NY
08/04 Gillette Stadium, Boston
08/06 Fed Ex Field, Washington
08/08 Bell Centre, Montreal
08/09 Bell Centre, Montreal
08/12 US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis
08/14 Century Link Centre, Omaha
08/15 Sprint Centre, Kanssas City
08/17 Soldier Field, Chicago
08/19 Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
08/21 Rogers Centre, Toronto
08/22 Rogers Centre, Toronto
08/25 NRG Staudium, Houston
08/28 Hard Rock Staudium, Miami
09/23 - Seattle, WA - CenturyLink Field
09/26 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place
09/29 - Vancouver, BC - BC Place
10/02 – Portland, OR - Moda Center
10/04 - San Francisco, CA - Levi's Stadium
10/08 - San Diego, CA - Qualcomm Stadium

Read More Irish Fair The annual Irish Fair of Minnesota is taking place next weekend at Lilydale-Harriet Island Regional Park... typically these events are free and open to the public, however .... .… Summer Set Music Festival Summer Set Music Festival, not to be confused with the band The Summer Set, is wrapping itself up over the weekend (August 15-17), in, where else?, Somerset, Wisconsin. … Sweet Spirit Austin locals Sweet Spirit (members of A Giant Dog) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Sunday in support of their sophomore record St. Mojo (out April 7 via Nine Mile Records). … The Rocket Summer The Rocket Summer (the solo-project of Bryce Avary) is currently on tour in support of his sixth studio album, Zoetic (Aviate Records). The record is “without a doubt, this is the most ambitious ...

Other shows in the area:

08/11-08/13/2017 The annual Irish Fair Minnesota is taking place this weekend on Harriet Island. This event is free and open to the public. For the full schedule, head over to irishfair.com The year’s bands includes Screaming Orphans, Screaming Orphans, and Eileen Ivers. 3pm, free.

08/11-08/13/2017 Over in Somerset, Wisconsin, is the annual Summer Set Music & Camping Festival. Lots of dance DJ/electronica bands on the bill, but honestly, I haven’t heard of many of them. 1pm, $75-$500.

08/11/2017 Austin’s Sweet Spirit will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Friday. We previously saw the fun band in April 2017, and they played an amazing version of Pulp’s ‘Common People’, thanks to special guest Har Mar Superstar. Local “All the way from Uptown, Minnesota” Pornonono (Amy Hager and Jacob Mullis from Fort Wilson Riot) to open. 8pm, $12.

08/12/2017 The popular annual Pizza Luce Block Party is this Saturday. This year’s lineup is one of the best I’ve seen in years: Haley Bonar, Craig Finn, Allan Kingdom, Sophia Eris, etc. 12pm, Free.

08/12/2017 Esso Afrojam Funkbeat will be headlining the Turf Club in Saint Paul this Saturday. Alma Andina, DJ Don Cuco, and DJ Miguel Vargas will open. 8pm, $12.

08/13/2017 The Rocket Summer (led by Bryce Avary) is playing The Cabooze. The band is celebrating the 10th anniversary of their 2007 album Do You Feel with a full US tour. We previously saw the band in April 2016 and said, “The Rocket Summer is a one-man band. Bryce Avary does everything when it comes to recording. When he goes on tour, he brings a guitarist and drummer but still seems to do majority of the work. It was amazing to watch him move effortlessly between guitar, bass, piano, vocals, drums, hell, he even beatboxed at one point.” 888 to open. 7pm, $20.

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Gaelic Storm at Irish Fair of MN, St. Paul (12-13 August 2016)

Setlist One More Day Above The Roses Drink the Night Away Packers (instrumental) Green Eyes, Red Hair The Night I Punched Russell Crowe in the Head Me and the Moon Raised on Black and Tans Darcy's Donkey Tap Room Set (instrumental) Scalliwag Stand By Me (Ben E. King cover) Kiss Me I’m Irish Tour Dates 08/26/16 Mad Gael Music Festival 08/30/16 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom 09/02-03/16 Kansas City Irish Festival 09/19/16 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage 09/27/16 Sacramento, CA Harlow's Night Club 09/29/16 Grants Pass, OR Rogue Theatre 10/01/16 Seattle, WA The Neptune 10/06/16 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre 02/10-15/2017 Norwegian Cruise Line "Rock Boat" 03/02/2017 Wilmington, DE Copeland Hall Read More Gaelic Storm Gaelic Storm’s Patrick Murphy joked, as he and band played a brief early set today at the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis. The Celtic band is in town for a proper show ... Irish Fair The annual Irish Fair of Minnesota is taking place next weekend at Lilydale-Harriet Island Regional Park... typically these events are free and open to the public, however .... .…

Celtic rock band Gaelic Storm lived up to their name, as they played through the storm… then came back for more—

The occasion was the annual Irish Fair of Minnesota, held on Harriet Island, just south of downtown St. Paul, and where the band has played before to become a crowd-pleasing favorite.  On the first of two nights, a summer rainstorm whipped about challenging the fairgoers, but Saturday night’s weather turned near perfect and the band and crowd were in a celebrating mood.

The quintet (Patrick Murphy (Accordion, Spoons, Bodhrán, Harmonica, Lead Vocals); Steve Twigger (Guitar, Bouzouki, Mandolin, Lead Vocals); Ryan Lacey (Djembe, Doumbek, Surdo, Cajón, Ukulele,  Percussion); Peter Purvis (Highland Bagpipes, Uillean pipes, DegerPipes, Whistle);and Kiana Weber (Fiddle, Mandolin) continues touring festivals and theaters in support of last year’s Matching Sweaters (on Lost Again Records) and is always fun to see live.

Playing a shortened festival set, ‘Drink the Night Away’ further encouraged the party atmosphere, ‘Green Eyes, Red Hair’ was about “a woman who’s feisty…  you’re all feisty!”,  singer Steve Twigger remarked,  and the true story behind ‘The Night I Punched Russell Crowe in the Head’, is always hilarious to hear.

Even Twigger’s oldest brother, Thomas, was laughing about it, in the area for the first time and brought on stage to verify the story, as he was at the bar when the incident happened. Twigger made the song funnier as he brought a young girl on to sing along, declaring after in his best Crowe voice, “Are you not entertained?!”

‘Me and the Moon’ was resurrected from their catalogue for the evening due to the night’s full moon, with the audience split into right and left to sing different choruses and  ‘Darcy’s Donkey’ is always a crowd favorite, with the Guinness-swilling, green shirt wearing audience members on stage and elsewhere, dancing about like they’re riding a donkey.

‘Tap Room Set’ was done acoustically, with band members close knit in a line near the stage edge and percussionist Lacey trading his full kit for a cajon drum box that he sat and played on.

With time running short as the citywide curfew time approached, the band encored with an Irish-tinged version of ‘Stand By Me’ which had everyone swaying and singing along, and the band asked all the organizers and volunteers to come on stage for finale, ‘Kiss Me I’m Irish’, because “they never get to see any of the bands, because they’re working, working”.

Always a fun live experience, expect Gaelic Storm to return annually; either at the Zoo, a theater, or maybe under a full moon again at the Irish Fair of Minnesota.

Setlist

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Gaelic Storm at Irish Fair of MN, St. Paul (12-13 August 2016)

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Minneapolis: August 11 to August 14, 2016

Read More 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. ...

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 11 to August 14, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

COLIN STETSON & SARAH NEUFELD DUO
at Turf Club
Thursday, 08/11/16, 7:30pm ($15)
turfclub.net

Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld, billed as Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld Duo is touring together. The two previously teamed up for Never were the way she was (Constellation Records), but they each have their side projects: Stetson with Sorrow - A Reimagining of Goreckis 3rd Symphony (52Hz Records) and Neufeld with The Ridge (Paper Bag Records).

Local duo Dosh & Ghostband to open.

Tour Dates

08/09/16 Chicago, IL Constellation
08/10/16 Spring Green, WI Sh**ty Barn
08/11/16 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club
08/13/16 Eaux Claires Music And Arts Festival
09/23/16 POP Montréal Int’l Music Festival
09/28/16 Evanston, IL SPACE
09/29/16 The Regent, Los Angeles, CA

Read More The Melvins The Melvins return to the road with the continuation of their Hold It In tour kicking off June 6 in Tucson at Club Congress. The tour announcement comes as Ipecac Recordings’ confirms ... Russian Circles The Parish at The House of Blues in New Orleans is host for one of my favorite instrumental acts, Russian Circles. The first time I ventured to see them live was in Baton Rouge …

HELMS ALEE
at Triple Rock Social Club
Saturday, 08/13/16, 9pm ($10)
triplerocksocialclub.com

Taking a side show break from touring with The Melvins, Seattle’s Helms Alee will be headlining the Triple Rock Social Club next Saturday, in support of their forthcoming album Stillicide - due for release on September 2nd via Sargent House.

Self-Evident and Hardcore Crayons to open.

HELMS ALEE with MELVINS unless noted *

Aug 09 Sioux Falls, SD - The District
Aug 10 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
Aug 12 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen *
Aug 13 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock *
Aug 14 Rock Island - Rock Island Brewing Company
Aug 15 Des Moines, IA - Wooly's
Aug 16 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
Aug 17 St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
Aug 18 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
Aug 19 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue Theatre
Aug 20 Grand Rapids, MI - The Pyramid Scheme
Aug 22 Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar
Aug 23 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
Aug 24 Buffalo, NY - Iron Works
Aug 26 Syracuse, NY - The Westcott Theater
Aug 27 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
Aug 28 Hamden, CT - The Ballroom
Aug 29 Providence, RI - Fete Ballroom
Aug 31 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
Sep 01 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
Sep 02 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter *
Sep 05 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
Sep 06 Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend
Sep 07 Charleston, SC - Music Farm
Sep 08 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits
Sep 10 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
Sep 11 Jackson, MS - Duling Hall
Sep 12 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
Sep 13 Little Rock, AR - Metroplex
Sep 14 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
Sep 15 Oklahoma City, OK - The ACM
Sep 16 Norman, OK - Opolis
Sep 17 Austin, TX - The Sidewinder
Sep 18 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
Sep 20 El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
Sep 21 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
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HELMS ALEE with RUSSIAN CIRCLES
Sep 23-24 Cincinnati, OH @ Midpoint Music Fest
Sep 25 Detroit, MI - El Club
Sep 26 Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace
Sep 28 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
Sep 29 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
Sep 30 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
Oct 01 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
Oct 02 Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
Oct 04 Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5
Oct 05 Birmingham, AL - Saturn
Oct 06 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
Oct 07 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Studio
Oct 08 Austin, TX - Barracuda
Oct 09 Dallas, TX - RBC

Read More Irish Fair The free annual Irish Fair will start next Friday, August 7th and ending on Sunday, August 9th, at Harriet Island. Headliner for the first two nights will be Los Angeles' Young Dubliners.... .…

IRISH FAIR OF MINNESOTA
at Harriet Island
Thursday, 08/11/16, 7pm ($20)
Friday, 08/12/16, 5:30pm (FREE)
Saturday, 08/13/16, 12pm (FREE)
Sunday, 08/14/16, 1pm (FREE)
irishfair.com

The annual Irish Fair of Minnesota is taking place next weekend at Lilydale-Harriet Island Regional Park... typically these events are free and open to the public, however the kickoff party on Thursday, August 11, featuring music by Socks in the Frying Pan and The Sweet Colleens will cost $20.

2016 Headliners - Cara Irish Pubs Main Stage

Friday
5:30pm - Tim Malloys
7pm - Socks in The Frying Pan
8:30pm - Gaelic Storm

Saturday
12:30pm - The Sweet Colleens
2:00pm - Socks in The Frying Pan
3:30pm - The High Kings
5pm- Eileen Ivers
6:30pm-Wild Colonial Bhoys
8:30pm - Gaelic Storm

Sunday
1:30pm- The High Kings
3:30pm - Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones
5:30pm - Eileen Ivers

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Glen Hansard, with Aoife O'Donovan, at the State Theatre, Minneapolis (20 November 2015)

Glen Hansard Setlist Grace Beneath the Pines Winning Streak Just to Be the One My Little Ruin When Your Mind's Made Up (Swell Season song) Bird of Sorrow Getting Through / Stay the Road Astral Weeks (Van Morrison cover) with Pearl Jam's "Smile" snippet Paying My Way Back Broke (Swell Season song) Love Don't Leave Me Waiting with Nick Drake's "Northern Sky" snippet McCormack's Wall Lowly Deserter with Prince's "When Doves Cry" snippet Way Back in the Way Back When High Hope This Gift -- Encore -- Say It to Me Now (The Frames song) Falling Slowly (Swell Season song) Didn't He Ramble The Auld Triangle (Brendan Behan cover) with Aoife O'Donovan -- Encore II -- Her Mercy Aoife O'Donovan Setlist Lay My Burden Down Hornets Look Out You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio (Joni Mitchell cover) Oh, Mama Beekeeper Magic Hour Read More Glen Hansard Just a little backstory on Glen Hansard, we first saw him with Ireland's The Frames in April 2007 (but, of course, most of us have seen Hansard in the 1991 film The Commitments). .…

Irish songwriter and actor Glen Hansard just played the State Theatre in Minneapolis on Friday, November 20th.

Aoife O'Donovan

Opening up the show, was Crooked Still's Aoife O'Donovan playing some folky/storytelling songs from her latest solo album Fossils, including set opening song "Lay My Burden Down", "Oh, Mama", and "Beekeeper".

She played a couple of new songs, like "Hornets", which she said she played recently when she hosted (along with Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz) at the A Prairie Home Companion show in October 2015.

After her Joni Mitchell cover song "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio" (to be released as a B-Side on this Black Friday Record Store Day 7" single), she is joined on stage with Thomas Brosseau, who provided piano for the rest of her 30-min set.

Glen Hansard

We've seen Glen Hansard before, but never quite like this. He's joined on stage by a large ensemble (see entire cast and crew photograph below), including both a horn and wind instrument section. Familiar The Swell Season songs were suddenly shown in a new, livelier, and possibly improved, versions of these classic songs.

Hansard also added snippets of popular songs into his various songs, but my personal favorite was hearing a couple of lines from Prince's "When Doves Cry" ("maybe I'm just like my father/maybe you're just like my mother/she's never satisfied") on "Lowly Deserter".

Setlist

The band stuck to the setlist, right up until the encore, where some changes were made. They decided to play an old Frames song "Say It to Me Now" (with Glen Hansard playing in the balcony to the real Kristen's mother from Dublin), followed by The Swell Season's "Falling Slowly" with opener Aoife O'Donovan, who stood in for Markéta Irglová's part.

O'Donovan stayed in for the rest of the encore, with the entire cast & crew (including guitar tech Mic) singing off-mic for Brendan Behan's "The Auld Triangle"... making for a very satisfying ending.

However, that wasn't the end of the show. With only three minutes left before curfew, the band made a last-minute decision to come back on stage to play "Her Mercy". They did break the curfew by a few minutes, but it was worth it seeing Hansard singing "Mercy! Mercy!" with his hands in the air like it was some old-time religion.

Glen Hansard's latest album Didn't He Ramble is out now on ANTI- Records.

Remaining tour dates:

11/23 St. Louis, MO The Pageant*
11/24 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre*
11/25 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre*
11/27 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center†
11/28 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall†
11/30 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre†
12/01 New York, NY Beacon Theatre‡

*supported by Aoife O’Donovan
†supported by Richard Thompson
‡supported by August Wells

Glen Hansard at State Theatre, Minneapolis (20 Nov 2015)

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Minneapolis: August 7, 2015

Read More Go 96.3 I attended the Go 96.3's first concert (dubbed Go Show #1) at the Aria in Minneapolis on Friday the 13th. For the young radio station's very first show . … Cold War Kids It's the big 10 year anniversary of local radio station The Current, and they've been selling out all their shows. I believe most, if not all, of their shows will be broadcasting live .... MS MR NYC duo MS MR came to Minneapolis “for the first time as a band and as people” ...and ‘rocked it like a ‘Hurricane’. ‘Hurricane’, of course, refers to their infectious single of the same name… Matt & Kim This is one of the best band to see live is Matt and Kim. The duo is returning to Minneapolis at the Mill City Nights next, next Friday …

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on Friday, August 7, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

GO FEST '15
at Target Field
Friday, 08/07/2015, 4:30pm ($9.63)
go963mn.com

We were really impressed with Go 96.3 FM's first Go Show #1 (featuring New Politics and Banks at Aria on Mar 2015). We were wondering how they can top that debut show... and they've completely done it by booking Target Field with this incredible band lineup.

We've previously seen covered most of these bands, but to see them all on one bill is simply unbelievable. The kicker? Nosebleed tickets are under $10 each, so you can bring all your friends (well, restricted to a 20-ticket maximum) and hang out in the green.

Lineup:

Cold War Kids

MS MR

Meg Myers

Matt and Kim

Big Data

Yelawolf

Allan Kingdom (from thestand4rd)

Plus: DJ Sets by RAC

Read More Irish Fair First of all, I think we're definitely going to be doing the Irish Fair this year. I know St Patrick's Day was in March, but who cares when it's free in August! The two main attraction seems to be California's Young Dubliners .…

IRISH FAIR
at Harriet Island (St Paul)
08/07/2015-08/08/2015, 7pm (FREE)
irishfair.com

The free annual Irish Fair will start next Friday, August 7th and ending on Sunday, August 9th, at Harriet Island. Headliner for the first two nights will be Los Angeles' Young Dubliners.... currently touring in support of their latest album Nine. We previously caught Young Dubliners when they headlined the Irish Fair in 2010, so I'll be good to have them back in the Twin Cities.

NOTE: The Irish Fair fans should know that there is a $20 Kickoff Party event on Thursday, August 6th, featuring local Irish band Wild Colonial Bhoys.

Young Dubliner's tour dates:

08/07/15 Irish Fair Minnesota
08/08/15 Irish Fair Minnesota
08/09/15 Crestone Music Festival
08/14/15 Santa Rosa, CA Annie O's Music Hall
08/15/15 Paso Robles, CA Private Function
08/16/15 Los Osos, CA Sea Pines Golf Resort
08/21/15 Hopefest
08/22/15 Lodi, CA Private Function
08/27/15 Colorado Springs, CO Thirsty Parrot
08/28/15 Denver, CO The Oriental Theater
09/11/15 Sisters Folk Festival
09/12/15 Sisters Folk Festival
09/13/15 Sisters Folk Festival
09/16/15 Somerville, MA Johnny D's
09/17/15 Newton, NJ The Newton Theatre
09/18/15 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
09/19/15 Irish 2000 Festival
09/20/15 Get Shamrocked Festival
09/26/15 Treasure Valley Celtic
10/02/15 Chicago, IL Beverly Arts Center
10/03/15 Huntsville, UT Snowbasin
10/04/15 Blues, Brews & BBQ
10/08/15 Wilmington, DE World Cafe Live
10/09/15 Leesburg, VA Smokehouse Live
10/10/15 Alexandria, VA John Strongbow's Tavern
10/11/15 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
10/14/15 Jim Thorpe, PA Mauch Chunk Opera House
10/15/15 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
10/16/15 Macungie, PA Private Function
10/17/15 Chesapeake Roots Festival
10/18/15 Harrisburg, PA The Abbey Bar
11/05/15 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom
11/06/15 Tucson Celtic Festival
11/07/15 Tucson Celtic Festival
11/13/15 Grants Pass, OR Rogue Theatre
11/14/15 Portland, OR Melody Ballroom
11/19/15 Sturtevant, WI Route 20 Outhouse
11/20/15 South Bend, IN Club Fever
11/21/15 Joliet, IL The Tree

Read More Social Distortion Do you know what's funny? Social D was one of the first bands I saw when I was living in Fresno, California. They were huge back then just coming off their big hit single "Bad Luck"..…

SOCIAL DISTORTION
at First Avenue
Friday, 08/07/2015, 7pm ($35/Sold Out)
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Our new writer Langen will be seeing Social Distortion at First Avenue. Not to brag, but I saw Social D in 1992(?) in Fresno, California. They played a tiny club and changed the line in "Ball & Chain" from "county jail" to "Fresno County Jail" and got a huge roar from the audience.

Mike Ness and company are on tour at the moment because their debut self-titled album turned 25 in 2015 (originally released in 1990). Expect the punk band to play the entire album, plus throwing in some old favorites from Somewhere Between Heaven & Hell, etc.

Drag the River and Nikki Lane to open the show.

Tour dates:

07/31/15 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Live
08/01/15 Houston, TX House Of Blues
08/02/15 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
08/05/15 Sturgis Rally
08/07/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
08/08/15 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
08/09/15 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
08/11/15 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
08/14/15 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
08/15/15 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
08/16/15 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
08/18/15 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
08/19/15 Philadelphia, PA Festival Pier
08/21/15 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
08/22/15 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summerstage
08/23/15 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
08/25/15 Silver Spring, MD Fillmore Silver Spring
08/27/15 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
08/28/15 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
08/29/15 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
09/02/15 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
09/03/15 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
09/05/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
09/06/15 Bumbershoot Festival
09/07/15 Bend, OR The Century Center
09/09/15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
09/11/15 Paso Robles, CA Vina Robles Amphitheatre
09/12/15 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
09/13/15 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory

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Luck o' the Irish

Happy St Paddy's Day. Read more Gaelic Storm, Luck of the Irish, , Liam Ó Maonlaí, Paddy's Lamentation, Black 47, Irish Fair 2010, and Irish Fair 2008.

Cursing The Sea Fortuna POP! Read More Big Star Big Star is releasing some singles on Record Store Day. This is to coincide with the release of the documentary of Big Star called "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me", which you can check out the trailer …

SEPTEMBER GIRLS
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Named after the Big Star song, "September Gurls", the all-girls Irish September Girls was just at SXSW in Austin, Texas, last week supporting their debut album Cursing The Sea, the album just came out March 11, 2014, via Fortuna POP!

The Dublin girls, Paula (Bass/Vocals), Caoimhe (Guitar/Vocals), Lauren (Keys/Vocals), Jessie (Guitar/Vocals) and Sarah (Drums), is described as Phil Spector (girl bands) crossing over with The Jesus And Mary Chain.

Fuzzy guitars and ethereal female vocals, well count me in.

Hear "Sister":



Tour dates:

18 Apr 14 Wales Goes Pop! 2014 Cardiff, UK
19 Apr 14 Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen London, UK
07 May 14 Hare & Hounds Birmingham, UK
08 May 14 The Great Escape 2014 Brighton, UK
20 Jun 14 Best Kept Secret Festival 2014 Hilvarenbeek

Snapshot Universal UK Read More The Strypes The Strypes. They were interviewed in a bar we were walking by. 16 year olds from Ireland and on the list to hopefully see later. The 4-piece rhythm & blues band from Cavan, Ireland, is currently signed to Virgin/EMI Records …

THE STRYPES
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The Irish four-piece, The Strypes, having formed the bands when they were as little as 14 years old in 2011, were the buzz of SXSW 2014. And the reason for their buzz is warranted, because they actually have a lot of talent. All the singles I've heard from them sounds like early Beatles with a little Arctic Monkeys. A sound that some people are calling "speed blues". It's good, and I can see why people are super excited that they are now in American doing a tour for their album Snapshot.

Tour dates:

03/18/14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
03/20/14 Allston, MA Great Scott
03/21/14 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
03/22/14 Toronto, ON Virgin Mobile Mod Club
03/24/14 Chicago, IL Subterranean
03/25/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
03/27/14 Seattle, WA Crocodile
03/28/14 Portland, OR Holocene
03/29/14 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
03/31/14 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
04/10/14 Belfast, UK Limelight
04/11/14 Dublin, Ireland The Academy
04/12/14 Dublin, Ireland The Academy
04/14/14 Berlin, Germany Posthof
04/15/14 Hamburg Uebel & Gefährlich
04/16/14 Cologne, Germany Gebaude 9
04/17/14 Caprices Festival
04/19/14 Amsterdam Melkweg
04/20/14 Paaspop
04/22/14 Brussels, Belgium Botanique
04/23/14 Tourcoing, France Le Grand Mix
04/24/14 Le Printemps de Bourges
04/26/14 Bologna, Italy Covo Club
04/27/14 Lyon, France Le Marche'Gare
04/29/14 Nantes, France Stereolux
04/30/14 Paris, France La Gaîté Lyrique
05/02/14 SOS 4.8 Festival
06/15/14 Isle Of Wight Festival
07/04/14 Rock Werchter Festival
08/16/14 V Festival
08/17/14 V Festival

UPDATE: The Strypes writes: "We are very sorry to announce that our show in Minneapolis on March 25th is cancelled until further notice. This is due to unforeseen circumstances, which will publicly become known soon. We hope to visit again. All other shows on our US tour are unaffected."

The Same Sun Warner Music Read More Sinead O'Connor Sinéad O’Connor is still a vital artist in 2013. And if you needed additional reminding, her powerful show Tuesday night at City Winery would have convinced you. …

SHARON CORR
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Remember The Corrs? They were huge in the early 90s. The 'gimmick' was that the band consisted of the Corr siblings: Andrea (vocals); Sharon (violin); Caroline (percussion); and Jim (guitar). As a family band, it wasn't that ironic that the band broke up because of family obligations (marriages, children, etc).

Anyway, Sharon Corr just embarked on her very first North American solo tour earlier last month. The "The Same Sun Tour" ends at Chicago's City Winery on March 22nd. The City Winery must really like Irish musicians (not sure if someone is insinuating drinking wine and Irish ...), because we just semi-recently saw Sinead O'Connor at the City Winery.

She's touring for her second album The Same Sun, which came out last September 13, 2013.

Sharon Corr's The Same Sun Tour - North America 2014:

03/18/14 Toronto, ON Hugh’s Room
03/19/14 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
03/21/14 Ferndale, MI The Magic Bag
03/22/14 Chicago, IL City Winery

Attack The Crayon Set

THE CRAYON SET
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Dublin-based The Crayon Set's self-titled debut album came out April 2013. The Irish Times compared their music as catchy as a "virus", "The Crayon Set are as catchy as a virus. If you're looking for the kind of purity in indie-pop that you thought had gone missing far too many years ago, then their debut album will see you so right you'll never be wrong again". This probably has to do with sounding like Belle & Sebastian and Camera Obscura, with that boy-girl vocal styling.

Their latest song is called "Attack", which they recommending turning up the volume to listen to:

 

Next gigs

21 Mar Cork The Crane Lane
29 Mar Dublin Whelans

Swoon Graveface

DOTT
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We've already mentioned Dott on news.weheartmusic.com, prior to their SXSW appearance (SXSW just ended on Sunday).

Dott are from Galway, Ireland, led by songwriter Anna McCarthy (vocals/guitar) with Laura Finnegan (bass/vocals) Miriam Donohue (guitar/vocals) and Tony Higgins (drums).

Their debut album Swoon came out last year, December 3, 2013, on Graveface Records.

Hear their latest song, "Talk To Me":

DANIEL JAMES
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Hailing from Northern Ireland, but currently residing in London, Daniel James will be debuting his single "The Bridge", out April 21st on Grey Sky Records.

Tour dates as follows:

03/30/14 Southampton The Joiners*
03/31/14 Norwich Arts Centre*
05/03/14 Leeds Live At Leeds at The Faversham
05/04/14 Canterbury City Sound Project Festival

* with Saint Raymond

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Gaelic Storm w/ Jetta and Magic! at Fine Line, Minneapolis (17 March 2014) event re-cap

Show Poster Setlist Instrumental Raised on Black and Tans Drink the Night Away Girls of Dublin Town Tell Me Ma Tour Dates 03.17.2014 Mill City Nights - Minneapolis, MN 03.19.2014 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI 03.20.2014 Taft Theatre Ballroom Cincinnati, OH 03.21.2014 Davis & Elkins College Elkins, WV 03.22.2014 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH 04.12.2014 Old Settler's Music Festival, TX 07.12.2014 Colorado Irish Festival Littleton, CO 07.25.2014 Dayton Celtic Festival Dayton, OH 07.26.2014 Dayton Celtic Festival Dayton, OH 07.27.2014 Dayton Celtic Festival Dayton, OH 08.01.2014 Iowa Irish Fest Waterloo, IA 08.02.2014 Iowa Irish Fest Waterloo, IA 08.03.2014 Iowa Irish Fest Waterloo, IA 08.07.2014 Big Top Chautauqua Bayfield, WI 08.29.2014 KC Irish Fest Kansas City, MO 08.30.2014 KC Irish Fest Kansas City, MO Read More Irish CBS Interactive recently featured Academy Award winning singer/songwriter Glen Hansard for their webcast concert series, "Live on Letterman." Hansard is currently promoting his Drive All Night EP …

“…so, this is morning?...this is what it feels like?!...let’s never do this again!”

Gaelic Storm’s Patrick Murphy joked, as he and band played a brief early set today at the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis. The Celtic band is in town for a proper show tonight at venue Mill City Nights, but was somehow coaxed into an early AM performance, along with Toronto reggae-pop band, Magic! and new UK songstress Jetta, for a St. Patrick’s Day radio promotion called “Keggs and Eggs” for local Modern Adult Contemporary Station Cities97.

Canadian four-piece Magic! opened with a brief set, featuring their single, “Rude”, from an upcoming debut album on Sony Music International. Singer Nasri Atweh is an established songwriter and producer (Pitbull, Chris Brown) and along with Mark Pelli, Alex Tanas and Ben Spivak brings plenty of rhythm to their songs, and is also featured on a track on Shakira’s upcoming album.

23 year-old Liverpool born, London-based Jetta then took to the stage for a brief 4-song set, including the radio single, “Feels Like Coming Home” from her debut EP, Start a Riot (Lava Music / Republic Records). After singing backup for Paloma Faith, the singer is ready to step out on her own, with a set of soulful songs that shows off her soaring range and guarantees we’ll be talking about her again soon, as bigger things are ahead.

Gaelic Storm

Celtic favorites Gaelic Storm then got the holiday started right with their stirring Irish songs that invite dancing, and yes, drinking. The Boathouse is the sixth album released on the band’s own label, Lost Again Records, and is thematically, a seafaring set of traditional based songs.

An instrumental started the 30 minute set on the right foot, with fiddle, tin whistle, and bagpipes getting the green-garbed crowd in the proper spirit. “Raised on Black and Tans” had Guinness pints in the air as newest member, fiddle player Kiana Weber, put bow to violin with a focused passion.

“How come you guys ain’t got work?”, Murphy teased to the early drinking crowd, “…I want your job!”. “Drink the Night Away” followed, and though the day was early, many responded to the rallying call.

Murphy then took a shamrock-colored Vikings hat from a fan that had flown in from Las Vegas to see them, and launched into “Girls of Dublin Town”, about ship The Shenandoah that traveled between Mobile in Ireland and Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Returning the green cap, Murphy gave the woman a tambourine as well, to play along on their final song, remarking, “I hope you’re good…!”. The stomper, “Tell Me Ma” which the band describes as a children’s song, ended with the crowd arm-in-arm, dancing about and clapping along.

With Gaelic Storm playing tonight at Mill City Nights, and Celtic Woman across the river in St. Paul, it’s a very lucky night indeed, for local Irish music lovers.

Gaelic Storm at Fine Line, Minneapolis (17 March 2014)

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Luck of the Irish

Drive All Night EP ANTI- Records Read More Glen Hansard I think I just saw the best music movie recently. It's called Once and it stars Glen Hansard, from The Frames, and Markéta Irglová.…

GLEN HANSARD
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CBS Interactive recently featured Academy Award winning singer/songwriter Glen Hansard for their webcast concert series, "Live on Letterman."

Hansard is currently promoting his Drive All Night EP, which came out earlier this month (December 3, 2013) on ANTI- Records. The title track is a cover of a Bruce Springsteen song.

$1 from each digital sale of Drive All Night will benefit Little Kids Rock, the non-profit charity that provides music education classes to K-12 students in public schools.

The Frames at First Avenue, Minneapolis (04/17/07)

You probably know Glen Hansard as singer/songwriter for the Irish band The Frames, who I caught live at First Avenue in Minneapolis on April 17th, 2007. Since then, Hansard formed The Swell Season with Markéta Irglová. The two of them appeared in the film "Once", which pretty much document the two falling in love with each other on camera.

I believe The Swell Season are no longer a band, having only released two studio albums. Although Irglová mentioned a third Swell Season is in the works. If their debut album The Swell Season was about them falling in love and Strict Joy was about them falling out of love. Then the third album is about them maintaining a friendship?

The Weezer Cruise Poster designed by Marie Chatelot Read More Ash "We got delayed by a storm for... seven years," joked singer Tim Wheeler from Ash, as they apologized for staying away from Minnesota for so long. Ash is currently on small U.S. tour, making a rare Minneapolis…

ASH
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We are longtime Ash fans at W♥M so I'm happy to announce that the Irish band will be doing a US 2014 tour leading up to their appearance on The Weezer Cruise, taking place February 13-17, 2014, in Florida. If you can afford it, you'll be on a boat with these other musicians: Toro y Moi, The Cribs, The Orwells, Caveman, Ozma, Cat Power, Holy F***, Adame Devine, Palma Violets, Diiv, Doug Benson, The Relationship, and, of course, Weezer. I suspect meeting your favorite artists is a lot easier since ... I mean, where else are they going to go?

This is Christmas Infectious Records

In Ash news, lead singer Tim Wheeler and Emmy the Great (which I may have noted they were dating) did a few Christmas shows last week. They probably played some holiday songs from their 2011's This is Christmas album, like "(Don’t Call Me) Mrs. Christmas", "Jesus The Reindeer", and "Zombie Christmas."

Ash, the band, is writing new material at their Atomic Heart Studios in Manhattan, so expect some new singles (Ash said they will stop releasing albums altogether) in the coming year.

Ash's 2014 Winter tour dates:

01/27/14 @ Tractor Tavern in Seattle WA
01/28/14 @ Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, OR
01/30/14 @ Popscene in San Francisco, CA
01/31/14 @ The Echo in Los Angeles, CA
02/01/14 @ The Casbah in San Diego, CA
02/02/14 @ Obscura @ Rips in Phoenix, AZ
02/04/14 @ Cambridge Room in Dallas, TX
02/05/14 @ Stubbs Bar-B-Q in Austin, TX
02/06/14 @ Fitzgerald’s in Houston, TX
02/07/14 @ One Eyed Jack’s in New Orleans, LA
02/08/14 @ Juanita’s Café & Bar in Little Rock, AR
02/10/14 @ Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN
02/11/14 @ The Bottletree in Birmingham, AL
02/13/14-02/17/14 on Weezer Cruise in Florida/Bahamas

Love Like This Tour tour poster Read More Kodaline “I wanna travel the world, but I just can’t do it alone”, Kodaline vocalist Steve Garrigan sings in their song, ‘Brand New Day’. Because of the Dublin folk-based quartet’s recent success with breakout single…

KODALINE
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Dublin's Kodaline recently announced a North American tour dates for February 2014, taking them from Toronto, Canada, to Chicago, Illinois. Kodaline's album In A Perfect World debuted at #1 in Ireland, #3 in the UK and in the Top 10 in the Netherlands.

Kodaline at Turf Club, St Paul (10/23/13)

You may recall that we've covered the band twice when they were at First Avenue on April 23rd and at Turf Club on October 23rd. Read John's review to get an idea of what to expect when you see the band: "The evening’s strongest highlight came late in the set, when the four left the stage and walked to a mid-room platform, to serenade an older woman with an acoustic, soulful doo-wop cover of Sam Cooke’s ‘Bring It On Home’ with full audience snapping (or ‘clicking’ as the Irish say) along."

Kodaline "Love Like This" Tour Dates

02/08/14 Toronto, ON Phoenix
02/09/14 Montreal, QC Sala Rossa
02/12/14 New York, NY Webster Hall
02/13/14 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
02/14/14 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
02/15/14 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
02/17/14 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
02/18/14 Nashville, TN Exit/In
02/20/14 Austin, TX The Parish
02/25/14 San Diego, CA Casbah
02/26/14 San Francisco, CA Great American Music
02/27/14 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
03/02/14 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
03/06/14 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar
03/07/14 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge

Read More LCD Soundsystem It starts off with a piano beating that wouldn't feel out of place on a Roxy Music record from the 70's, but then steadily reveals itself as more of a sped up half relative of the piano on that Velvet …

SH** ROBOT
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Sh** Robot (aka Marcus Lambkin) is an Irish electronic DJ/producer and musician who started his career with his friend James Murpher from LCD Soundsystem.

Sh** Robot recently announced his new second album called We Got A Love, which is coming out on March 18th, 2014 via DFA Records.

Apparently Lambkin was not inflicted with that difficult sophomore slump syndrome, commenting, "It wasn't as tricky as I thought it was going to be. I think my first record was pretty special because there was a lot of lucky coincidences and a lot of being in the right place at the right time, so I didn't try to repeat it. I just tricked my brain into just making stuff and not trying to follow up the first."

Upcoming DJ Shows:

12/31: Dublin, Ireland @ Sugar Club
01/18: Lisbon, Portugal @ Music Box
01/24: Freiburg, Germany @ Jackson Pollock
01/25: Munich, Germany @ Kong
01/31: Vienna, Austria @ Pratersauna
02.01: Berlin, Germany @ Panorama Bar
02.07 Brooklyn, NY @ SRB
02.08: Philadelphia, PA @ Dolphin
02/15: Denver, CO @ Vinyl
03/14: Istanbul, Turkey @ Indigo
03/15: Athens, Greece @ Plixi
03/22: Dublin, Ireland @ Button Factory
03/05: Cornwall, UK @ The Masked Ball

BRIEFLY:

GIRL BAND facebook.com Irish four-piece noise rock band Girl Band announced their 7" single "Lawman", to be release on January 20th, 2014, in the U.S. on Any Other City Records. The record has a limit pressing of 300 copies and the cover will be screen printed on some nice fabric. The Irish Times called them as "a fantastic blast of punky fury and righteous energy" while Rough Trade named-dropped some bands, "musically somewhere between bleach-era Nirvana, Mclusky, Jesus Lizard and even that incendiary first Idlewild demo in their teens, long before they started sounding like REM."

IN SUNSHINE AND IN SHADOW dannyboystory.com In Sunshine and in Shadow is the new book, written by Anthony Mann, that examined the truth behind the Irish song "Danny Boy." Anthony Mann is the grandson of Fred Weatherly, who wrote some verses for "Danny Boy" in 1910, but it became a song until it was set to the music of the victory anthem song "The Londonderry Air" in 1912. There's more to this story, as written in In Sunshine and in Shadow, which is available now.

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