Minneapolis: February 10 to February 12, 2016

Read More 4onthefloor Gabe Douglas, normally the guy in charge of the 4onthefloor. Check out the band on their latest …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from February 10 to February 12, 2016.

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GABE DOUGLAS
with MrDr and Grammar
at 7th Street Entry
Wednesday, 02/10/16, 8pm ($6/$8)
first-avenue.com

Gabe Douglas (singer of the 4onthefloor) has a show on February 10th. Billed as “Gabe Douglas and Friends”, the show will feature two other local acts:

MrDr: Described as an alternative country guitar duo of Stacy K and Dave Dave Mehling.

Grammar: An indie-folk band (not to be confused with London Grammar), they play “sweet melodies and rich harmonies with jarring knife-to-the-gut lyrical and instrumental moments..... At least, that's what they want you to believe.”

For fans of the 4onthefloor, check out their upcoming tour dates:

02/05 Bozeman, MT (Filling Station)
02/06 Pub Station Billings, MT
02/13 Pearl Street Brewery La Crosse, WI
02/19 Bernie's Esquire Club Dickinson, ND
02/20 Captain Freddys Mandan, ND
03/04 Icon Event Hall Sioux Falls, SD

Read More Cœur de pirate The music of Child of Light is by Cœur de pirate (Béatrice Martin), from Montreal. In a recent interview with the 'pirate heart', she mentioned how she was inspired by … tiny deaths Opening up the show was tiny deaths, a local electropop band lead by singer/keyboardist Claire de Lune and producer/guitarist Grant Cutler. …

COEUR DE PIRATE
with tiny deaths
at Cedar Cultural Center
Thursday, 02/11/16, 7pm ($18/$20)
thecedar.org

Cœur de pirate’s first two albums sold over a million copies, thanks to the viral video from Francis Vachon (using Cœur de pirate’s "Ensemble"). The video was shown on Good Morning America, Perez Hilton's website, The Globe and Mail, etc.

By 2013, she was approached to work on the Canadian drama series Trauma, and started working in other media.

I first came on Cœur de pirate’s work when I played Child of Light and couldn’t believe how great the soundtrack was!

Cœur de pirate (real name Béatrice Martin) will be in Minneapolis next Thursday as part of her tour for her third album Rose. The new album is said to be a little darker, but I feel it will have a little flavor of Swedish pop – especially in the hands of producer Bjorn Yttling (Peter Bjorn and John, Franz Ferdinand, Lykke Li).

Opening up for the Cedar show will be local tiny deaths (Claire de Lune). We’ve previously seen Claire a few times, the last being at the Little Fevers show on 21 November 2015.

Cœur de pirate’s North American tour dates:

2/05 - Ottawa, ON - Bronson Center
2/07 - Sunbury, ON - Fraser Auditorium
2/08 - Waterloo, ON - Starlight Social Club
2/11 – Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
2/10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
2/13 - Winnipeg, MB Franco-Manitoban
2/14 - Saskatoon, SK - Broadway Theatre
2/16 - Edmonton, AB - Myer Horowitz Theatre
2/17 - Calgary, AB - Knox United Church
2/19 - Victoria, BC - Alix Goolden Hall
2/21 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
2/23 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre
2/26 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
2/27 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
2/29 - San Diego, CA - Belly Up
3/18 - New York, NY - Highland Ballroom
3/23 - Montréal, QC - Metropolis
3/24 - Québec, QC - Grand Théâtre

Read More The Cactus Blossoms Opening up were Jack Torrey and Page Burkum of The Cactus Blossoms, their fifth show working for Rodriguez. They did The Cactus Blossoms songs, but stripped down … The Icicles If you like sugar sweet indie pop, you really should check out the Icicles. They're from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and they've just released a second album called Arrivals & Departures (13 April 2007) …

THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS
with Spider John Koerner, Icicles
at the Turf Club
Friday, 02/12/16, 8pm ($12/$15/Sold Out)
turfclub.net

The first time we saw this Minneapolis-based brother duo The Cactus Blossoms (Page Burkum and Jack Torrey), we were surprised just how “country and western” their music was! It would seem with their latest album You're Dreaming (Red House Records), that the band has built up quite a local following - having sold out their double Turf Club album release shows.

Opening up the first night will be Spider John Koerner and closing out the night will be The Icicles (not to be confused with sugar-sweet indiepop The Icicles).

Tour dates:

02/12 The Turf Club @ St. Paul, MN
02/13 The Turf Club @ St. Paul, MN
02/14 Shank Hall @ Milwaukee, WI
02/16 Thunderbird Café @ Pittsburgh, PA
02/17 Johnny Brenda's @ Philadelphia, PA
02/18 Mercury Lounge @ New York, NY
02/19 Orpheum Theatre @ Boston, MA**
02/20 Starland Ballroom @ Sayreville, NJ**
02/21 Mohegan Sun @ Uncasville, CT**
02/23 Mercury Lounge @ New York, NY
02/24 Abilene Bar @ Rochester, NY
02/25 The Loving Touch @ Ferndale, MI
02/26 Mac's Bar @ Lansing, MI
02/27 The Hideout @ Chicago, IL
03/03 Riverside Theatre @ Milwaukee, WI**
03/04 Murat Egyptian Room @ Indianapolis, IN**
03/05 Arvest Bank Theatre @ Kansas City, MO**

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