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Animal Collective at First Avenue, Minneapolis (28 Feb 2016)

Setlist Recycling Vertical Hocus Pocus The Burglars Daily Routine Lying in the Grass Bagels in Kiev Bees Loch Raven Summing the Wretch FloriDada -- Encore -- Golden Gal Spilling Guts Alvin Row courtesy of setlist.fm Read More Animal Collective Experimental band Animal Collective is back on tour; their latest Painting With is out this Friday on Domino Records. The extremely popular band has already sold out .…

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The incredibly popular band Animal Collective sold out most of their USA tour, including First Avenue in Minneapolis last night. The experimental collective (Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist, and Deakin) is currently touring in support of their tenth studio album, Painting With, which came out February 19th via Domino Records.

Ratking

Opening up the show was Ratking, a trio consisting of Hak, Wiki, and Sporting Life. The collective all have their side projects, including Sporting Life’s debut 55 5’s, which came out last year via R&S Records.

Playing hip hop for over 40 minutes in near-darkness and only backlit by the video screen in the background, the two DJ’s and one MC pulled some tracks from their latest album So It Goes, including the title track. While some fans were confused by the hip hop/rap styling as opener, while some fans were embracing the polarizing music genre with their “hands in the air”.

Avey Tare

While most people easily dismissed Animal Collective as simply a hipster “pots & pans” band, but, if you can look beyond that, you’ll see that the band is so much more. In fact, one listen to their intro song “Recycling” and you can hear some drone, psychedelic, math-rock, shoegazing, and even a little tribal. To truly experience their music, you have to step back and try and see the grand pattern of their music.

Since their latest album is called Painting With, the theme of their stage setup featured three large Pablo Picasso-esq statues in plain reflective white. When the show started, colorful, animated visuals are projected onto the statues, making for a truly unique psychedelia experience. I’m sure it’s intentional, but the visuals seemed to match with their music... so if a certain song is moving faster, the colors seemed to be more schizophrenic.

Looking back, the stage presentation is really a great way for fans to enjoy the show, because, let’s face it, three guys over keys and a drummer may not be that exciting to watch without any videos or other aids.

Since the tour is for Painting With, the majority of their set featured those songs, including their set closer “FloriDada”.

Animal Collective continues their tour:

Mar 1 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre * Mar 2 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot * Mar 4 Seattle, WA Neptune * Mar 5 Portland, OR Roseland Theater * Mar 7 Oakland, CA Fox Theater * Mar 8 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre * Mar 9 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre * Mar 11-Mar 13 Phoenix, AZ McDowell Apr 1 Brussels, Belgium Botanique ^ Apr 2 The Hague, Holland Rewire Festival Apr 4 Hamburg, Germany Uebel^ Apr 5 | Berlin, Germany Postbahnhof ^ Apr 7 Milan, Italy C2C Festival ^ Apr 8 Switzerland Stanser Musiktage Festival Apr 9 Paris, France La Cigale ^ Apr 11 London 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire ^ Apr 12 London 02 Shepherd’s Bush ^

Apr 13 Manchester 02 Ritz TIX ^ Apr 28 Fayetteville, AR George’s Majestic + Apr 29-Sun May 1 Austin, TX Levitation May 1 Tulsa, OK Cains Ballroom + May 3 St. Louis, MO The Pageant + May 4 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music + May 6 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works + May 7 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre + May 8 Asheville, NC Orange Peel + May 10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club + May 11 Washington, DC 9:30 Club + May 13 Wilmington, DE World Café Live + May 14 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom + Jun 1-5 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound * with Ratking ^ with GFOTY + with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Animal Collective at First Avenue, Minneapolis (28 Feb 2016)

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Minneapolis: February 27 to February 28, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from February 27 to February 28, 2016.

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Read More Cherub Also on the bill - another duo called Cherub (Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber). Tour dates: 10/28 Boston, MA @ House of Blues 10/29 New York, NY @ Webster Hall …

CHERUB
with Gibbz and Mike Floss
at First Avenue
Saturday, 02/27/16, 8pm ($17/$20)
first-avenue.com

Electro-pop duo CHERUB is back in town, currently on their "...Still DTF? Tour". In addition to the two key band members, Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber, they’ll be getting help with producer Nick Curtis on drums and Jordan Bartlett on guitar and keys. The series of exclusive dates will run through the month of February, and the guys will be joined by their friends Gibbz and Mike Floss in all cities.

NOTE: If you can’t make it on Saturday, they’ve also booked a Friday show as well!

Tour Dates

2/23 - Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom
2/25 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly's
2/26 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
2/27 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
4/7 -Austin, TX - Euphoria Music Festival
5/20 - Atlanta, GA - Shaky Beats Festival

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COHEED AND CAMBRIA
at Myth
Saturday, 02/27/16, 6:30pm ($27.50)
mythlive.com

Prog rockers Coheed and Cambria is currently touring in support of The Color Before the Sun, released last October 16, 2015, on 300 Entertainment. This album marks the band’s first non-conceptual album to date and their 6th consecutive Top 10 Billboard charting album, and their third to debut at #5 on the Billboard top current chart with 32,000 units sold.

The “The Color Before The Sun Tour” also includes Glassjaw, Silver Snakes, and I the Mighty. The latter band, I the Mighty, is from San Francisco and previously headlined their shows with Silver Snakes. I the Mighty have built up an impressive following since their inception in 2007; currently touring for their sophomore album Connector (Equal Vision Records).

Tour Dates

02/25 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music
02/26 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
02/27 - Saint Paul, MN - Myth Live Event
02/29 - Columbus, OH - LC Indoor Pavilion
03/01 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE - Indoor
03/02 - Washington, DC - Echostage
03/04 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
03/05 - Philadelphia, PA - Fillmore
03/07 - Raleigh, NC - Ritz
03/08 - Charlotte, NC - Fillmore Charlotte
03/10 - Miami Beach, FL - Fillmore Miami Beach
03/11 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
03/12 - Saint Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live
03/14 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
03/15 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works
03/17 - Houston, TX - Revention Music Center
03/19 - Dallas, TX - South Side Ballroom
03/21 - Tempe, AZ - The Marquee
03/22 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
03/23 - San Francisco, CA - The Masonic
03/25 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
03/26 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
03/27 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium

Read More Animal Collective The psychedelic, experimental sounds of the four piece draw on previous work done by Panda Bear in the late 90’s. However, this group continues to expand their style with.…

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
with Ratking
at First Avenue
Sunday, 02/28/16, 7pm ($25/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Experimental band Animal Collective is back on tour; their latest Painting With is out this Friday on Domino Records.

The extremely popular band has already sold out many of their US appearances, including this upcoming Minneapolis show.

Other animal band Ratking opens on the first half of the tour, while GFOTY (Polly-Louisa Salmon, the “Girlfriend of the Year”) joins them in the UK... and finally Synthesist Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith will tour on the remaining US dates. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has shared the epic “Existence In The Unfurling” this morning via NPR. The expansive song pulls together various aspects of her sonic arsenal, from gently pulsing arpeggiations to gentle drifts of sound that build to a mesmerizing climax of interlocking patterns of synth, sax, clarinet and flute. Immerse yourself in the colorful world that Kaitlyn conjures below. Look for Smith’s EARS on Western Vinyl and iTunes soon.

Animal Collective Tour Dates

Feb 24 New York, NY Irving Plaza * Feb 26 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall * Feb 27 Chicago, IL Concord Music Hall * Feb 28 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue * Mar 1 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre * Mar 2 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot * Mar 4 Seattle, WA Neptune * Mar 5 Portland, OR Roseland Theater * Mar 7 Oakland, CA Fox Theater * Mar 8 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre * Mar 9 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre * Mar 11-Mar 13 Phoenix, AZ McDowell Apr 1 Brussels, Belgium Botanique ^ Apr 2 The Hague, Holland Rewire Festival Apr 4 Hamburg, Germany Uebel^ Apr 5 | Berlin, Germany Postbahnhof ^ Apr 7 Milan, Italy C2C Festival ^ Apr 8 Switzerland Stanser Musiktage Festival Apr 9 Paris, France La Cigale ^

Apr 11 London 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire ^ Apr 12 London 02 Shepherd’s Bush ^ Apr 13 Manchester 02 Ritz TIX ^ Apr 28 Fayetteville, AR George’s Majestic + Apr 29-Sun May 1 Austin, TX Levitation May 1 Tulsa, OK Cains Ballroom + May 3 St. Louis, MO The Pageant + May 4 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music + May 6 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works + May 7 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre + May 8 Asheville, NC Orange Peel + May 10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club + May 11 Washington, DC 9:30 Club + May 13 Wilmington, DE World Café Live + May 14 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom + Jun 1-5 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound * with Ratking ^ with GFOTY + with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

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