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José González w/ Ólöf Arnalds at the Cedar, Minneapolis (16 Apr 15)

photo credit: @thecedar José González Setlist Afterglow Stories We Build, Stories We Tell Killing for Love Hand on Your Heart (Kylie Minogue cover) Every Age Always (Junip song) With the Ink of a Ghost Solo Set Crosses Hints Heartbeats What Will Home (Barbarossa cover) This Is How We Walk on the Moon (Arthur Russell cover) Teardrop (Massive Attack cover) Down the Line Cycling Trivialities -- Encore -- I'll Be Your Mirror (Velvet Underground cover) with Ólöf Arnalds Let It Carry You Leaf Off / The Cave Read More José González It's official, José González entire North American tour is sold out*. This is Gonzales' first solo tour dates since 2008 (we previously saw him with Junip in 2011 and 2013), so fans … Ólöf Arnalds Sondre Lerche on "Blossom", Channy Leaneagh on "Counting", and Ólöf Arnalds on "The Nest". As pointed out by Arnalds, drummer Greg Saunier, from Deerhoof, was the odd-man out …

Indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist José González is currently on a sold-out US tour, stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center for a two night residency (April 16 and April 17). González has a new album Vestiges & Claws (Mute); his first album in seven years. We caught the Swedish/Spanish singer on Thursday night.

Ólöf Arnalds

Opening up the show was Icelandic singer/songwriter Ólöf Arnalds, who we previously saw in 2013 with Jherek Bischoff. I've also previously mentioned was the singer of múm and cousin to neo-classical composer Ólafur Arnalds.

Ólöf, alone on stage with her acoustic guitar, sang some new songs from her latest Palme (One Little Indian), including "Turtledove" to an extremely quiet and polite Cedar Cultural Center audience. Her one cover in her 30-min set was "Caetano Veloso" by Brazilian singer Maria Bethânia.

Sweden's José González took the stage with a full touring band and backlit stage lighting.

Setlist

José González's set can be broken down in three parts: the first section featuring mostly songs from the latest album Vestiges & Claws ("Afterglow", "Stories We Build, Stories We Tell", "Every Age", "With The Ink Of A Ghost"), but throwing in some older songs and a Kylie Minogue cover ("Hand on Your Heart") and one Junip song (González's band).

In the middle of the set, the band took a break and left González on stage to play a solo set of his solo debut album Veneer: "Crosses", "Hints", and "Heartbeats".

The third and last part of his set was fun. González basically played one new song, three covers (Barbarossa, Arthur Russell, and an odd choice of Massive Attack), and ending with two songs from his previous solo album In Our Nature ("Down the Line" and "Cycling Trivialities").

Ólöf Arnalds with José González

For the encore, they invited Ólöf Arnalds on stage with the full band and they played "I'll Be Your Mirror", the Velvet Underground (with Nico) cover song. It is a very faithful cover, you can tell right away that they got the notes just right. The rest of the encore were two songs from the new album ("Let It Carry You" and "Leaf Off / The Cave")

NOTE: Although "Let It Carry You" was listed as the fourth song in the set, it was not played early... instead, they saved it for the encore.

Gonzalez's remaining sold out US tour dates:

04/20 - Englewood - Gothic Theatre
04/21 – Boulder, CO – E Town
04/22 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
04/24 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
04/25 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial
04/27 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
04/28 - San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club
04/29 - Los Angeles - The Regent
04/30 - Los Angeles – The Regent

José González at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (16 April 2015)

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Minneapolis: April 16 - April 18, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul from April 16 to April 18, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Mastodon Heavy metal band Mastodon will be playing an all-ages show at First Avenue on Wednesday. The Atlanta-based band are currently on tour in support of their latest album Once More Round the Sun which … Clutch Maybe it's less than momentous to debut as a guest blogger with a group as well known as Clutch, but having been a longtime reader, it seemed to me that we were lacking in the angry metal department. … Big Business Seattle’s Big Business, formed in 2004 by Karp bassist Jared Warren and Murder City Devils drummer Coady Willis followed with a down-to-business 35 min. set with a deep bottom end. In support of their latest, 2013’s …

MISSING LINK TOUR
at Myth
Thursday 04/16/15, 6pm ($29.50)
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Mastodon and Clutch are co-headlining The Missing Link Tour, with the bands swapping out closing the evening depending on dates and locations.

Neil Fallon (singer of Clutch) responded: "When we first announced the Missing Link itinerary it was received with a lot of excitement. It also received a good deal of consternation regarding the lack of a Detroit date. Myself included. So, we're happy to announce that there is now a Detroit gig on May, 23rd at the Freedom Hill Amphitheater. See ya there."

Supporting bands Big Business, who recently supported Mastodon throughout a sold-out European tour, is listed to open the show in Minnesota. We previously saw Big Business with the Sword in March 2014, which we described as, "Having previously opened for Tool and as the rhythm section of The Melvins Big Band, the trust was earned, and they did not disappoint."

Tour dates:

04/16 *St. Paul, MN Myth
04/17 * Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
04/18 *Saskatoon, SK O'Brian's Events Center
04/19 * Edmonton, AB Expo Centre
04/21 * Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
04/23 * Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
04/24 **Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
04/25 *Portland, OR Roseland
04/26 *Seattle, WA Showbox SODO
04/28 *Oakland, CA Fox Theater
04/29 *Los Angeles, CA Palladium
04/30 *Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater
05/01 *Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
05/02 *Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
05/03 *Denver, CO Red Rock's
05/05 *San Antonio, TX Kapone's Ballroom
05/06 *Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
05/08 Atlanta, GA Shaky Knees Festival
05/09 *Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
05/10 **Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
05/12 *Clive, IA (Des Moines) 7 Flags
05/13 *Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom Club Stage
05/15 **Bethlehem, PA Sands Event Center
05/16 **Baltimore, MD Pier Six Pavilion
05/17 *Boston, MA House of Blues
05/19 *New York, NY Central Park Summerstage
05/20 *Niagara Falls, NY Rapids Theatre
05/21 *London, ON London Music Hall
05/23 **Sterling Heights, MI Freedom Hall
05/24 **Columbus, OH LC Pavilion

*Mastodon Closes The Evening. **Clutch Closes The Evening

Read More Junip Thanks to the Current radio station, last night's Junip show at the Cedar Cultural Center, in Minneapolis, was sold out. This is both good and bad: good because it's great exposure for the band … Ólöf Arnalds Sondre Lerche on "Blossom", Channy Leaneagh on "Counting", and Ólöf Arnalds on "The Nest". As pointed out by Arnalds, drummer Greg Saunier, from Deerhoof, was the odd-man out …

JOSE GONZALES
at Cedar Cultural Center
Friday 04/17/15, 7pm ($20/Sold Out)
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It's official, José González entire North American tour is sold out*. This is Gonzales' first solo tour dates since 2008 (we previously saw him with Junip in 2011 and 2013), so fans are very eager to see him live again with a full band.

González will be playing tracks from his latest album Vestiges & Claws, his first album in seven years, which Under The Radar called it "a succinct evolution."

We're also excited to see that Olöf Arnalds was tapped as opener. She is the cousin to Ólafur Arnalds and múm singer.

José González 2015 Tour:

04/10 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
04/11 – Boston, MA - Paradise
04/12 – Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
04/13 – Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
04/14 – Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
04/15 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
04/16 – Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
04/17 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
04/18 - Madison - Majestic Theatre
04/20 - Englewood - Gothic Theatre
04/21 – Boulder, CO – E Town
04/22 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
04/24 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
04/25 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial
04/27 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
04/28 - San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club
04/29 - Los Angeles - The Regent
04/30 - Los Angeles – The Regent

* Well one lone date (Salt Lake City) needs to get on the sold out party train....

Read More They Might be Giants Memo to myself, do the dumb things I gotta do... John and John are at it again! They Might be Giants will also be touring in 2015 .… Information Society Our special guest on W♥M Radio is Paul Robb from Information Society! Information Society is back with the original lineup of Paul Robb (synths), Kurt Larson (vocals) and James Cassidy (bass, keyboards). .…

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
at First Avenue
Saturday 04/18/15, 8pm ($25)
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Who would have thought that two of my favorite bands are playing the same night (Saturday 04/18) in Minneapolis? Information Society will be at the Fine Line Music Café in support of their latest album _Hello World, with openers Thought Thieves, Dance Assault and DJ Jake Rudh of Transmission ...

Since I'm not a fan of the Fine Line (for its aggressive no-camera policies and bad sightlines), I'm probably going to choose old favorites They Might Be Giants at First Avenue. TMBG's 2015 national tour kicks off next week, April 16th, in celebration of their Dial-A-Song service/collection. Admittedly, when I was in their fanclub, back in the days when long distances charges was a common telephone tactic to charge you more for their services... I did pay to call to their answering machine. Those were the days....

Anyway, the last time the duo (John Flansburgh and John Linnell) was in town (in 2013) it was sold out, so expect a strong fan support at this show.

Spring 2015 National Tour Dates:

04/16 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre
04/17 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
04/18 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
04/19 Madison, WI @ Barrymore Theatre
04/21 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
04/22 Albany, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
04/23 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
04/24 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
04/25 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
04/26 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
05/01 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent
05/02 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
05/03 San Diego, CA @ Belly Up
05/05 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
05/06 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
05/07 Seattle, WA @ Neptune
05/08 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
05/09 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
05/10 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
05/13 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
05/14 Austin, TX @ Stubb's
05/15 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
05/16 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
05/17 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
05/31 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

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Junip at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (06/08/13)

Tour Dates 06/09 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL 06/10 – Great Hall –Toronto, ON 06/12 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA 06/13 – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY 06/15 - 9:30 Club – Washington DC 06/16 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA Read More Junip Gothenburg's Junip is returning to Minneapolis, this time to promote the sophomore self-titled album, which came out April 23rd, 2013, via Mute Records. You may recall that we covered the trio's Minneapolis appearance two years ago.…

Thanks to the Current radio station, last night's Junip show at the Cedar Cultural Center, in Minneapolis, was sold out. This is both good and bad: good because it's great exposure for the band and bad because a lot of attendees aren't necessary fans. Dedicated fans without tickets were left outside the venue hoping someone had extra tickets to sell them.

BARBAROSSA

Opening up was Barbarossa, a one-man-band consisting of James Mathé, on the keys and organs. It was his first time in Minneapolis, although he confessed that he was really excited to be here because of the quality of music, citing Polica (he was on tour with them) and On An On (a band from Minneapolis and Chicago).

Barbarossa sang mostly original relationship, emotional, personal songs, like "Bloodline", "Butterfly Plague", and his set closer "The Load". The highlight of his brief set was a cover of Terence Trent Darby's hit single "Wishing Well".

ZOO ANIMAL

Next was Zoo Animal, a band that I've seen a few times. Mostly with just Holly Newsom by herself, so it's always nice to see her backed up with a full functioning band.

Highlight of their set was a brand new song, never performed live before. Newsom said it was a song she stole from another band, but then the rest of Zoo Animals made it good.

This was a triumphant return to Minneapolis for Junip.

This was a triumphant return to Minneapolis for Junip. Compared to their last appearance at the Cedar (José González with two other musicians sat down to a very quiet and intimate set), Junip was now a more traditional band with five band members, including production work from James Mathé (Barbarossa) in the background. This was a controlled show with direction in mind. Lights were minimalistic to set the mood, spotlight usually on the massive background image of deer. There was no stage banter, but this is not a surprise since González hardly spoke between songs at his previous appearance.

The band played tracks from Fields and their latest self-titled album (including "So Clear", "Your Life Your Call", "Suddenly", and their set closer "After All Is Said and Done").

Encore was "Black Refuge" and "Line Of Fire Lyrics", both from two different EPs.

Junip continues their tour through North America. Their self-titled album is available now via Mute Records.*

* Incidentally, I was over at the merchandise table to see all the stuff I could not afford. Some of the more interest releases includes a deluxe $50 art album (it's heavy clear color with two-discs), and a unique $20 silkscreen poster of the event (the poster is only sold at last night's show).

Junip at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (06/08/13)

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From Sweden: Shout Out Louds and Junip

Read More Shout Out Louds Finally, the Shout Out Louds came on stage. I can't fault the band for this, but there were a few annoying fans ones singing out loud, or should I say "shout out loud" the lyrics to their favorite songs...…

SHOUT OUT LOUDS
shoutoutlouds.com

Swedish color and light: Shout Out Louds tour in support of ‘Optica’

Stockholm-based Shout Out Louds produced themselves for the first time (assisted by Johannes Berglund) on their fifth and latest release, 'Optica' (Merge Records), and begin touring this May (including a 5/17 date in Minneapolis) in support of the disc. Formed over ten years ago by friends Adam Olenius (vocals), Ted Malmros (bass), and Carl von Arbin (guitars) with Eric Edman (drums) and Bebban Stenborg (keys) joining shortly thereafter, their high energy, melodic pop has already found an audience worldwide.

Their latest effort tries to recapture the more relaxed spirit of their earlier recordings, taking almost a year and a half to create with each band member responsible for coming up with their own song parts, and is embellished with strings, trumpets and flutes. How that all will translate live, is curious enough to want to go and find out for yourself.

North American tour kicks in early May:

May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 10 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 20 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
May 21 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 24 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 25 George, WA Sasquatch Festival

Read More Junip Junip is a Swedish band, with singer José González. The impression I got from the audience at last night's show at the Cedar Cultural Center, in Minneapolis, was that most people...…

JUNIP
junip.net

Gothenburg's Junip is returning to Minneapolis, this time to promote the sophomore self-titled album, which came out April 23rd, 2013, via Mute Records.

You may recall that we covered the trio's Minneapolis appearance two years ago, and we're interested in hearing the new songs live.

US dates as follows:

05/29 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA
05/30 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA
05/31 – Rio Theatre – Santa Cruz, CA
06/01 – Bimbos – San Francisco, CA
06/02 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
06/04 – Rio Theatre – Vancouver, BC
06/05 – Neumos – Seattle, WA
06/08 – Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN
06/09 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
06/10 – Great Hall –Toronto, ON
06/12 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
06/13 – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY
06/15 - 9:30 Club – Washington DC
06/16 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA

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Junip at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (04/25/11)

Tour Dates 04/28/11 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge 04/29/11 Salt Lake City, UT – State Room 05/01/11 Spokane, WA – The Empyrean 05/02/11 Seattle, WA – Neumos 05/03/11 Vancouver, BC – The Rio Theatre 05/04/11 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom 05/06/11 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre 05/07/11 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar 05/08/11 Tucson, AZ – Plush 05/10/11 Austin, TX – The Mohawk 05/11/11 Houston, TX – Mink 05/12/11 New Orleans, LA – Republic 05/14/11 Louisville, KY – Headliners 05/15/11 Columbus, OH – Wexner Center 05/16/11 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel 05/17/11 Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle 05/18/11 Philadelphia, PA – World Café 05/19/11 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom 05/20/11 Wilmington, DE – World Café Live 05/21/11 Burlington, VT – HG Showcase 05/22/11 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall 06/12/11 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Read More Junip You know I like all Swedish bands, so this band, Junip, came up on my radar. You can preview one of their track, "Näckrosdammen" at Mute Record's Soundcloud.

Junip is a Swedish band, with singer José González. The impression I got from the audience at last night's show at the Cedar Cultural Center, in Minneapolis, was that most people there were already familiar with Gonzalez's work and this was their first time seeing him in the band Junip (also featuring Elias Araya on drums and Tobias Winterkorn on keys). Although, Gonzales said on stage that it was his fourth time playing Minneapolis, but that it was Junip's second Minneapolis show.

ACRYLICS

Opening up for them were New York's Acrylics, a boy (Jason) girl (Molly) vocal pop band. They seem really grateful to stuck in a tour bus with Junip, it's their sixth show with them and their first time in Minneapolis. They sounded really amazed at the Walker Art sculpture garden. Hint: the museum is free on Thursday!

Anyway, my favorite song played on their set is their title track from their new album, "Lives and Treasure" (recently released March 1^st, 2011). The song is really upbeat and Johan Grettve, from Junip, joined them on stage to jam on the bongo drums. Personally, I thought they should've ended their set with that song, but instead they played out to "The Catacombs".

Junip came on stage to a very excited crowd. When they play live, they also include an extra percussionist, Grettve, and extra guitarist, Joel Wästberg. They added a nice stronger sound, especially Grettve who juggle a variety of instruments, including a glass cup, towels over the percussions, tambourine, bongo drums, and recorder. Winterkorn also added a lot to their songs, he's producing some really interesting organic sounds from his Moog machine.

JUNIP

As you can see from the setlist, most of the song were from their album, Fields, including a delightful version of "It's Alright" (my favorite from the live set). They mixed it up with some songs from their previously EP, including "Official" and "Black Refuged". Also, interestingly enough, a b-side, "Wait Rain", from their new EP, In Every Direction, which is available on iTunes.

Since I suspect Junip will come back to Minneapolis, based on the good turnout for a Monday, I would suggest a seated show next time (the Cedar can accommodate for either seated or standing room). The problem with performers who sit down for performances is that it's harder for people, in general, to see what's happening on stage.

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Spring Tour 2011, Part 2

This is part two of the Spring Tour entries. Please see part one.

Wire: Two Minutes

WIRE
www.pinkflag.com

In my review for Object 47, I said that they were "still amazing after all these years" and that they basically haven't changed their sound - which is a good thing. It looks like they have a new album called Red Bark Tree, which just came out on January 2011. I don't have the album, but I reckon it will sound pretty much like what Wire sounds like. A free download of "Two Minutes" is available via Pitchfork.

Be on the lookout for the band to appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on April 5^th, which should boost interests in the band as they tour through the US:

April 01 - Toronto, Canada @ Lee's Palace
April 02 - Montreal, Canada @ Le Cabaret du Mile End,
April 03 - Boston, MA @ Middle East
April 05 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
April 06 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
April 07 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
April 08 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
April 09 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
April 10 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
April 12 - Portland, OR @ Dante's
April 13 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
April 14 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
April 16 - Indio, CA @ Coachella Festival
April 17 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s

JUNIP
www.junip.net

You know I like all Swedish bands, so this band, Junip, came up on my radar. You can preview one of their track, "Näckrosdammen" at Mute Record's Soundcloud. Interestingly enough, it's from their EP, In Every Direction and not from their album, Fields.

The EP was released February 22^nd, and includes remixes by Dale Earnhardt JR JR and White Sea (Morgan Kibby of M83), plus new b-sides:

Track Listing:

01 In Every Direction
02 In Every Direction (Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Remix)
03 In Every Direction (White Sea Remix)
04 Näckrosdammen
05 Pling
06 White Rain

Full tour dates below:

3.14 - Mexico City – FMX Festival De Mexico 4.20 – Toronto, ON - Lees Palace 4.21 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop 4.22 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Blind Pig 4.23 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle 4.24 – Evanston, IL – SPACE 4.25 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center 4.28 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge 4.29 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room 5.1 – Spokane, WA – The Empyrean 5.2 – Seattle, WA – Neumos 5.3 – Vancouver, BC – The Rio Theatre 5.4 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom 5.6 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre 5.7 – Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar		5.8 – Tucson, AZ – Plush 5.10 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk 5.11 – Houston, TX – Mink 5.12 – New Orleans, LA – Republic 5.14 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall 5.15 – Columbus, OH – Wexner Center 5.16 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel 5.17 – Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle 5.18 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café 5.19 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom 5.20 – Wilmington, DE – World Café Live 5.21 – Burlington, VT – HG Showcase Lounge 5.22 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall 6.12 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival

John Brodeur: Masterpiece

JOHN BRODEUR
www.johnbrodeur.com

John Brodeur is kicking off a huge tour in 2011 in support of his album, Tiger Pop Ten, a double-disc album that will be released April 5^th, although I'm almost certain you can get the album at one of his upcoming shows. As I understand it, the original album, Tiger Pop was entirely done as a one-man-band sort of thing and was released in 2001. This new version is entirely re-done with a rhytm section, with the help of his other band, The Suggestions.

"Keith (Hosmer, Bass) and Jay (Schultz, Drums) and I would often kid around about re-recording Tiger Poo. Having a rhythm section behind the tunes gave them a new life. Some grooved differently, while others sounded like entirely different songs. To cut a new version of the record would have been cost-prohibitive but it was an attractive idea—it certainly appealed to the part of me that doesn’t know how to settle on ‘finished.’"

- John Brodeur

Below is the entire tour schedule:

03/11 Columbia, SC @ The White Mule 8:00PM 03/12 Atlanta, GA @ The Music Room 03/13 Nashville, TN @ Listening Room 6:00PM 03/14 Memphis, TN @ Republic Coffee 03/15 Shreveport, LA @ Naked Bean 6:00PM 03/16 Austin, TX @ Caritas of Austin SXSW 03/16 Austin, TX @ Bayou Lounge SXSW 03/17 Taylor, TX @ Armadillo Fest SXSW 03/18 Austin, TX @ Flipnotics Coffeespace SXSW 03/19 Austin, TX @ Indie Inc. SXSW 2011, 2PM 03/19 Austin, TX @ The Dizzy Rooster SXSW 03/19 Austin, TX @ Uncorked Wine Bar SXSW 03/20 Houston, TX @ SuperHappyFunLand SXSW 03/21 Dallas, TX @ Opening Bell Coffee 03/22 Amarillo, TX @ The 806 03/23 Albuquerque, NM @ Blackbird Buvette 03/25 Las Vegas, NV @ The Beat Coffeehouse 03/24 Flagstaff, AZ @ Campus Coffee Bean 6PM 03/25 Las Vegas, NV @ The Beat Coffeehouse 03/27 San Diego, CA @ Lestat’s 9:00PM 03/29 Venice, CA @ The Talking Stick 8:30PM 03/30 Santa Monica, CA @ The Trip 9:00PM 03/31 Claremont, CA @ Motley Coffee		04/03 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar 04/04 Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe 04/06 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Linnaea’s Café 04/07 Soquel, CA @ The Ugly Mug 04/08 San Francisco, CA @ Brainwash 04/09 Redding, CA @ Vintage Wine Bar 04/10 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre 04/11 Tacoma, WA @ Mandolin Café 04/12 Seattle, WA @ High Dive 04/13 Spokane, WA @ The Chill Spot 04/14 Boise, ID @ Liquid 04/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Alchemy Coffee 04/16 Denver, CO @ Mercury Café 04/17 Boulder, CO @ Laughing Goat 04/18 Omaha, NE @ Side Door 04/19 Minneapolis, MN @ Cause 04/21 Milwaukee, WI @ Mad Planet 04/22 Chicago, IL @ The Elbo Room 04/24 Cincinnati, OH @ Sitwell's Coffee House 04/25 Columbus, OH @ Bethel Road Pub 04/26 Pittsburgh, PA @ Brillobox 05/13 New York, NY @ The Living Room 05/21 Schenectady, NY @ The Eighth Step

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