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GWAR at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (11 Oct 2019) (Updated)

GWAR at Skyway GWAR Setlist F*** This Place Sick of You Krak Down Maggots Metal Metal Land Hail, Genocide! Have You Seen Me? Beat You to Death I, Bonesnapper If I Could Be That Bring Back the Bomb Death to Dickie Duncan Ham on the Bone I'll Be Your Monster Battle Maximus GWAR Theme -- Encore -- If You Want Blood (You've Got It) (AC/DC cover) Sacred Reich Setlist Manifest Reality The American Way Divide & Conquer One Nation Awakening Independent Salvation Love...Hate Killing Machine Surf Nicaragua Toxic Holocaust Setlist Gravelord Acid Fuzz In the Name of Science Nuke the Cross Bitch Reaper's Grave Death Brings Death War Is Hell Silence The Lord of the Wasteland Against the Grain Setlist Sacrifice No Sleep Going Down Fast Jaded and Faded Into the Light Padded Cell Rolling Stone Stay Clean (Motörhead cover) Last Chance Surrounded by Snakes Read More Gwar GWAR fans know what to expect when they see a live GWAR show. Whether it be covered in bile and blood, or stage props that could be used in any top tier horror movie. Additionally, no two GWAR shows are the same. .... Sacred Reich They group’s latest is called Use Your Colusion. Opening will be Sacred Reich, Toxic Holocaust, and Against The Grain. .... Toxic Holocaust Toxic Holocaust’s new album Primal Future: 2019 just came out on October 4th on Entertainment One ("eOne"). ....

Heavy metal band Gwar headlined Skyway Theatre on October 11th, as part of their Use Your Collusion tour.

Opening up the show was Detroit’s Against the Grain (featuring bassist/singer Chris Nowak, guitarist Nick Bellomo, guitarist/singer Kyle Davis, and drummer Rob Nowak).

The band first came together with the release of their self-titled album in November 2010, and since then have signed to Self-Destructo Records to produce Motor City Speed Rock, Surrounded By Snakes (which they ended their set with the title track), and Road Warriors.

Songs were sung by their two vocalists, Chris Nowak and Kyle Davis… but both can be seen singing to Motörhead’s “Stay Clean”.

Up next was Portland’s Toxic Holocaust. The band looks and plays thrash metal, originally formed in 1999 by singer and songwriter Joel Grind. Currently, the band features drummer Tyler Becker and guitarist Robert Gray (both joining a few years ago).

Naturally, with the new band members, they are familiar with their new record Primal Future: 2019 (Entertainment One Records) … but taking a look at their setlist, you can see that the band chose to concentrated on older classic songs that worked well live (especially considering they only had about a 20-min set after soundcheck).

“You guys are f**** awesome,” Grind said, after seeing as how well the audience slammed danced to “Nuke the Cross”.

They ended their set with “The Lord of the Wasteland”, a song that they confessed as “a dance number” and looked forward to seeing everyone at the show shaking their bodies.

Second to Gwar, Sacred Reich (singer/bassist Phil Rind, guitarist Wiley Arnett, drummer Dave McClain, and rhythm guitarist Joey Radziwill) was the most intriguing band on the lineup. You see, the band actually broke up in 2000, but after a long hiatus, got back together to play local shows and keeping their legacy of the band alive. Last year, the Phoenix-based band signed to Metal Blade Records and wrote and recorded their fifth album, Awakening - making it their first new music in over 26 years!

Instead of playing hit songs from the 90s, the band decided to mostly stick to new songs… which you can tell they were really excited to showcase.

Since the band had a longer set to play, singer Phil Rind spoke quite a bit between songs. Everything from mentioning their newest guitarist, Joey Radziwill (age 23), was originally from Buffalo, Minnesota, to ice-fishing was just an excuse to drink beer. Rind also tried to compare Minnesota (“Don’t remember it being so cold!”) and also asked if anyone in the audience remember the Minneapolis venue The Mirage (which according to the internet, the club closed in 1997 due to lack of a liquor license).

For a band that hadn’t toured in over two decades, they were seasoned pros at playing their music. As Rind puts it, “Us old cats know what we’re doing.”

Gwar (currently Mike Derks, Brad Roberts, Brent Purgason, Michael Bishop, Casey Orr) was the headliner. Although there are no original band members since the death of Dave Brockie in 2014, the crew does Gwar justice by carrying on their unique music legacy… by combining metal with Warhammer, orcs & demons, and distinctively costumes.

We’ve seen Gwar a few times (Des Moines (27 Aug 2015), Minneapolis (18 Nov 2012), and Chicago (15 Sep 2012)), and it’s always a new and different show.

You see, with each tour, there is a new storyline in the world of Gwar. Last year, the band killed Donald Trump, so this tour, the band is being impeached by the planet Earth. With a new storyline, that meant new songs (to fit with the them) and also delightful new dialogue from the band.

Even if you don’t like metal music, you’ll still be very entertained by beheading (and the infamous blood squirts - so wear a raincoat to these shows!), puppets, and incredible costumes. Personally speaking, it’s the most entertaining show we’ve seen all year.

Remaining tour dates:

10/17/2019 The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
10/18/2019 Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
10/19/2019 Knitting Factory Concert House - Boise, ID
10/20/2019 Knitting Factory Concert House - Spokane, WA
10/21/2019 Showbox SODO - Seattle, WA
10/23/2019 Tioga-Sequoia Brewery - Fresno, CA
10/24/2019 The Belasco Theater - Los Angeles, CA
10/25/2019 Garden Amp - Garden Grove, CA
10/26/2019 Fremont Country Club - Las Vegas, NV
10/27/2019 The Marquee - Tempe, AZ
10/28/2019 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
10/30/2019 Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK
10/31/2019 Gas Monkey Live! - Dallas, TX
11/01/2019 Empire Garage - Austin, TX
11/02/2019 Warehouse Live Ballroom - Houston, TX
11/03/2019 Joy Theater - New Orleans, LA
11/04/2019 Exit/In - Nashville, TN
11/05/2019 The Vogue - Indianapolis, IN

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GWAR at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (11 Oct 2019)

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Falling in Reverse, with All That Remains, at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (27 Sep 2017)

Falling In Reverse Setlist I'm Not A Vampire Superhero God, If You Are Above ... Loser Raised By Wolves F*** You and All Your Friends I'm Bad at Life Alone Bad Girls Club The Drug In Me Is You Just Like You All That Remains Setlist Madness Halo This Probably Won't End Well Stand Up Six The Last Time The Thunder Rolls (Garth Brooks cover) What If I Was Nothing? This Calling Two Weeks Tour Dates 09/30/2017 JJO Sonic Boom 10/01/2017 Louder Than Life Festival 10/02/2017 New Daisy Theatre Memphis, TN 10/04/2017 Marathon Music Works Nashville, TN 10/06/2017 Piere's Entertainment Center Fort Wayne, IN 10/07/2017 Self Help Festival Read More Falling in Reverse Las Vegas’ Falling in Reverse is touring support of their latest record Coming Home (Epitaph Records). Show up early to check out Massachusetts-based … All That Remains As expected, fans are divided on the approach that All That Remains have taken on their new album but I think the least anyone could say is that it's a giant step forward from the disaster that was A War You … By The Thousands I saw my boys in By The Thousands play the First Avenue mainroom. This is the same venue I saw Social Distortion play. The same stage that I saw Sage Francis play on. And there were my boys. ....

American rock band Falling in Reverse just headlined the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis on Thursday night, September 27, in support of their new album Coming Home (released in 2017 via legendary punk label Epitaph Records).

Unfortunately, due to Visa issues, Melbourne’s Ocean Grove had to cancel their entire U.S. tour.

The Australian band sent in this heartfelt explanation:

The universe wasn’t on our side this time, and it saddens us all to announce that our tour of the United States this September/October has now been cancelled. This is due to the prolonged bureaucracy of obtaining work visas. While frustrating, this is a process we have to treat with legitimacy as to not jeopardize our careers and the many more US tours we will embark on in the future.

US fans don’t fret, we will be in your country soon enough playing shows, with news of that coming very shortly. We are so sorry to any other bands or fans who this has let down. In our eyes this isn’t a setback, but just the world reassuring us that good things come to those who wait. We will see you soon USA

Stepping in at the last minute was local metal band By The Thousands (bassist Adam Sullivan, drummer Carlos Monserrate, guitarist Dustin Korth, guitarist John Riviere, and vocalist Hondo Torres-Pena). We previously caught them in Iowa in 2015 and noted, “Their music sounded great, as always. It was clean and tight and perfect. I could hear the people around us talking about how great they sounded and I couldn’t help but let the smile creep across my face.”

If you’ve never seen By the Thousands, sometime they have a “Cookie Monster” metal sound, and by the end of their set, singer Hondo Torres-Pena would often do some heavy head banging with his hair let loose.

Massachusetts-based All That Remains (Philip Labonte Oli Herbert, Mike Martin, Jason Costa, and Aaron Patrick) came on next, playing some tracks from the new album Madness (Razor & Tie Records). All That Remains is unique in that they crossed over many musical genre, including pop/punk and country music, which they demonstrated with a cover of the great Garth Brooks’ ‘The Thunder Rolls’. Believe me, you haven’t lived until you see body surfing to a country song.

When asked why they decided to cover ‘The Thunder Rolls’, former Shadows Fall and current All That Remains vocalist, Phil Labonte said, “We’re continuing to push what people’s notion of what All That Remains is and what we’re allowed to do and what we’re willing to do, in what ways we’re willing to go and experiment… That's always our point -- How can we reach out to new people?”

We last saw the group at the Skyway Theatre in 2015, when they were touring for The Order Of Things (their 7th studio album on Razor & Tie).

Now back with Madness (also on Razor & Tie), this is one of the band’s biggest hit album to date, hitting #1 US Top Hard Rock Albums and #9 US Top Rock Albums charts. The band was obligated to play a few tracks from the album, including the previously mentioned Garth Brooks cover and the title track, ‘Madness’ which started their set.

Highlight of their set was ‘What If I Was Nothing?’, a song done in the styles of “an 80s power ballad”, as Labonte explained. It was as epic as you would imagine the song to be live.

Falling In Reverse (singer Ronnie Radke, rhythm guitarist Derek Jones, bassist Zakk Sandler, guitarist Christian Thompson, and drummer Chris Kamrada) was last seen touring with Atreyu for their Christmas Vacation tour, right after their Supervillains Tour (with Attila, Metro Station, and Assuming We Survive), and now they are on their Coming Home Tour. At this point, the band is never going back home to Las Vegas.

Although it was clear that vocalist Ronnie Radke was sick, due to his raspy voice, Radke said he wouldn’t cancel the show because of his fans. He gave it his all, jumping, screaming “mother****rs!” and being his usual hyperactive self. If this was an ill Radke, wait until you see Radke in tip top form.

Although their new album Coming Home just came out, they did play it a little safe by playing some of their biggest hit from their #1 third album Just Like You, such as ‘God, If You Are Above ...’, which, a woman fan in the front had taken off her bra and tossed it to Radke.

The remainder of their set was basically dedicated to Coming Home, so if you love the new album, you’ll love this current tour.

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Falling in Reverse at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (27 September 2017)

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Beats Antique at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (06 October 2016)

Tour Dates 10/11/16 Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall + 10/12/16 South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground + 10/13/16 Boston, MA – Royale Boston + 10/14/16 Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live!* 10/15/16 New York, NY – Irving Plaza* 10/16/16 Phila, PA – Theatre of Living Arts* 10/18/16 Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson * 10/19/16 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle* 10/20/16 Charleston, SC – Music Farm* 10/22/16 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s* 10/25/16 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works* 10/27/16 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom + 10/28/16 Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory + 10/30/16 New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Music + 10/31/16 San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater + 10/29/16 Austin, TX – Emo’s + 01/20/17 – Miami, FL – Norwegian Pearl * w/ Too Many Zooz + w/ Thriftworks Read More Beats Antique Beats Antique is back, this time in support of their new album Shadowbox. I’m not sure if they will continue using the Obscura Digital setup, but whatever they decide to do for this upcoming tour, it will be nothing short of amazing. ....

World fusion/electron act Beats Antique stopped by the Skyway Theatre on a rainy Thursday night in Minneapolis.

Originally listed as an early show, starting at 7pm, the show was actually delayed doors at 8pm (which meant the first band would not start until 9pm). It did not affect the terrific turnout for the show, as with these sort of shows, they prefer a late start. In typical Beats Antique shows, many of the audience were dressed up for the occasion - plenty of belly dancers, renaissance-style costumes, group costumes, and, of course, the light-up glow sticks and hula hoops dancers. Audience watching is half the fun at these rave-ish shows.

DJ Thriftworks started the evening. He has a fanbase, who gladly showed up early to rave to his mixes. His style is a sort of hip hop with eastern influences, including playing ‘Kendrick Lamar-Money Trees’ from his 2015 Thump/Lucidity Mini-Mix.

He played a couple of his “9 days old” album Red Leopard, and at the end of his set, said, “shout-out to Jeff Bridges, we all love him.”

Next up was funky trio Too Many Zooz (trumpeter Matt, saxophonist Leo, and percussionist ‘King of Sludge’) from New York - their first time in Minneapolis. They were actually quite interesting and I got the feeling that they were used to bustling the streets of New York from the way they handled themselves like it’s no big deal.

The trio closed out their set with a couple of cover songs, including Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’ and Bleksem’s ‘How Low Can You Go‬’.

Since the last time we saw Beats Antique, they’ve grown from simply two musicians (David Satori and Tommy “Sidecar” Cappel) and a bellydancer (Zoe Jakes) to adding clarinet player (Sylvain Carton?), several additional dancers/percussionists, and when they needed it, Too Many Zooz to help with horns and additional percussion.

The expanded sound is courtesy of their latest album Shadowbox, which was heavily played in their set - including ‘Three Sisters’, featuring three additional dancers playing on three floor toms.

Also new is that that Zoe Jakes helps out with the music, sometime donning a bass drum. Her role is to create different dance styles and she would show up every other song (between songs she would often go back stage to change costumes, etc).

As usual, Beats Antique creates one of the most visually entertaining and unique shows that you can experience. With 2016’s Shadowbox, the group seem to play around with light and shadows as their new theme.

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Beats Antique at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (06 October 2016)

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Garbage at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (07 July 2016)

Podcast Garbage Vu and Lee briefly talked about the Garbage show at the Skyway Theatre ... Garbage Garbage Setlist Sometimes I Think I'm Paranoid Stupid Girl Special Blood for Poppies The Trick Is to Keep Breathing Empty My Lover's Box Sex Is Not the Enemy A Stroke of Luck Control #1 Crush Battle in Me Automatic Systematic Habit Bleed Like Me Push It Vow Only Happy When It Rains Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) -- Encore -- Blackout Why Do You Love Me Even Though Our Love Is Doomed Kristin Kontrol Setlist Face 2 Face White Street Show Me (Don't) Wannabe X-Communicate Going Thru the Motions On the Regular Baby Are You In Smoke Rings Skin Shed Tour Dates 07/17 - PromoWest Fest - Columbus, OH 07/19 - The Mill & Mine - Knoxville, TN 07/20 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN 07/22 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA 07/23 - Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC 07/25 - The National - Richmond, VA 07/27 - Starland Ballroom - Sayerville, NJ 07/28 - House Of Blues Boston - Boston, MA 07/30 - The Fillmore Philly- Philadelphia, PA 07/31 - Rams Head Live! - Baltimore, MD 08/01 - Summerstage - New York, NY 08/03 - Lincoln Theater - Washington, DC 08/06 - River Nights - Rheinfelden, Switzerland 08/08 - Lokerse Festival - Lokeren, Belgium 08/10 - A Summer's Tale - Luhmühlen, Germany 08/12 - Fête du Bruit, Landerneau, France 08/14 - Kubana Festival, Riga, Latvia 08/16 - Live Park Zappa, Tel Aviv, Israel 09/05 - Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico 09/07 - Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City 11/15 - A2 Club, St. Petersburg, Russia 11/17 - Yotaspace, Moscow, Russia 11/18 - Yotaspace, Moscow, Russia 11/19 - Tele-Club Yekaterinburg, Russia Read More Garbage Garbage (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, and Butch Vig) is back with their critically acclaimed sixth studio album Strange Little Birds (STUNVOLUME Records). .… Kristin Kontrol We are also very excited to see that Dee Dee (from Dum Dum Girls) will be opening for Garbage under her music project Kristin Kontrol. When we saw DDG in 2014 when .…

Garbage is currently touring in support of their recent critically acclaimed sixth studio album Strange Little Birds (STUNVOLUME Records). The much-beloved band stopped by the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis on July 7th - their second US show of the new 2016 tour.

Kristin Kontrol

Opening the show was the very talented Dee Dee (from the Dum Dum Girls) with her latest music project Kristin Kontrol; their debut album is out now called X-Communicate (out now on Sub Pop Records).

One of the best things about live shows is you get to see how the band performs and sometimes hear some good stories.  Dee Dee Stands in front of the mike and looks around at the crowd and tells her story about how when she was a young girl she loved listening to Garbage, she is so excited to be on tour with the band. Fun fact, according to Dee Dee, her first concert, 20 years ago, was seeing Garbage. The other exciting thing when your debuting a new record X-Communicate, and that is all you got, you get to play it and the band was up to the task.

The conversations I had with a few people who knew about the Dum Dum Girls were excited to see and  hear how she would sound without the other members.  I can testify that from the beginning of the set to the finish she sounded wonderful.

Kristin Voice has a dreamlike way of getting to you as you listen and even with the dance tunes you get that vibe that you're in the clouds.  Highlights from the set was ‘Show Me’ and the title track ‘X-Communicate’.

Shirley Manson

We welcome back this wonderful band Garbage (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, and Butch Vig) to Minneapolis. The band showcased some songs from their sixth studio album Strange Little Birds, On the STUNVOLUME Records label. I am so overjoyed to see that this record debut at number 1 on the Rock and Alternative Charts.

Anticipation begins waiting for the show to start, people are crowding in, to get a better vantage point. I do want to say that the Skyway Theatre is a wonderful Venue for a good view because the way it is set up (in a long rolling slope), there are no bad spots.

I had a chance to listen to the new record about a week ago, there are some amazing gems to be found on it, so I  talked to some people before the show about what they were most interested in hearing from the band, most were just happy to have Garbage back in town, very few had a chance to listen to the record.

The running story that you hear every time they come to town is that First Avenue was one of their very first gig's, so Minneapolis/ St Paul have some of the oldest fans in the country. Case in point, after ‘Automatic Systematic Habit’, singer Shirley Manson reflect on their first night with one of their biggest fan, Reeva - who had turned 13 years old and stood in a very long line waiting to Garbage’s first ever live show.

Garbage comes out and right off the bat you can feel the energy just kind of explode around you, Shirley has a great commanding voice you have to be enthralled by.  The start the show with the first song off the record, that to me is a statement of what do you think of this, I was impressed with their overall sound and the way they moved between songs, Shirley as we all know is very opinionated and rightly so, if you listen to many of her lyrics they are statements about something she feels is important.

Whenever there were technical difficulties, Shirley had to talk to the audience, to distract us while they fix the problem. Sometime, she’ll just talk about social media. She’s very knowledgeable when it comes to the news and politics, stating “Call it complaining rant or angry whatnot. I know I have a good life, but I also see so many suffering in the world. So many people robbed rights... and a month ago when Orlando [shooting] happened, it has made me to stand up with the LGBT community!”

Although Shirley stayed as a dedicated singer (and dancer), she did pick up an additional rhythm guitar to help add an extra sound to their song ‘My Lover’s Box’.

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Some highlights: I'll start with ‘Stupid Girl’ got the crowd dancers dancing. ‘Bleed like Me’ is one of their best songs, and it is the song that, according to Shirley, is the one that determine if you were a “real Garbage fan”. Of course, ‘Only Happy When It Rains’ got the sing along crowd involved.

I was hoping for a couple of songs from the new record and one song from Bleed Like Me that is perhaps my favorite.   I got my reward in the encore  ‘Why Do You Love Me’ is my danceteria song and ‘Even Though Our Love Is Doomed’, I believe is the best heart-to-heart song on the record ... just beautiful.

Note: Butch Vig was not present, due to being sick, and Matt Walker of Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey..... took his place, for the time, being and did an outstanding job. I want to say if you have never seen Garbage, go you will not be disappointed, one other note if you want to hear Shirley talk about what's going on take a look over at the Current 89.3 Shirley took over the airwaves right before the show at the Skyway.

Garbage at the Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (07 July 2016)

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Caravan Palace at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (17 June 2016)

Caravan Palace Setlist Comics Lone Digger Suzy Midnight Wonderland Clash Je m’amuse 12 Juin 3049 Wonda Black Betty (Lead Belly cover) Jolie Coquine Aftermath Tattoos Brotherswing Read More Caravan Palace French seven-piece electronic big band Caravan Palace will be at the Skyway Theatre this Friday, June 17th, touring in support of their third album <|°_°|> (Le Plan Recordings). ...

In all honesty, I had no idea what to expect when I walked into the Skyway Theatre to see the Parisian seven-piece big band Caravan Palace (with Loom In Essence as opener). I knew that happenstance had handed me the opportunity to review a band… but I had no clue that this band would essentially be the Love-Child of modern Electronica and 1920’s swing, or that they would in fact, steal my heart.

Zoe Colotis

The energy was tangibly palpable, and reciprocated between the performers and the audience in a way I hadn’t seen in ages. While the colorful and deep hues of electro-waves hypnotized the crowd, the simultaneous brilliance and authentic 20’s swing overtones enlivened everyone’s bones. The audience was truly enraptured. It felt almost sacred, a subtle letting down of our collective guards. Caravan Palace immediately gave us permission to enter into celebration; a wild and yet knowing aliveness took hold, and we danced. And danced. There were so many smiles throughout the audience all night it was infectious.

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I actually don’t remember attending a more fun performance. The band owned their musicianship, and engaged the crowd fully through deep and sultry solos, Charleston dance-off’s, and entire crowd jumping sessions. Front-woman Zoe Colotis playfully enticed the crowd while bassist Charles Delaporte jumped up on the speakers to get the crown going. Their electric stage presence, multifaceted performance approach, and pure joy was contagious. The crowd's energy was merely a mirrored expression of what the artists were creating: a communal experience of raw fun, excitement, and playfulness.

My feet are still tapping, my heart is still scatting, and my lips are still smiling remembering this unique performance. Caravan Palace has left their mark on this girl. Well done, well done.

Caravan Palace’s latest album <|°_°|> is out now on Le Plan Recordings.

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Caravan Palace at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (17 June 2016) all photos courtesy of Jayme Halbritter, jaymehalbritter.com

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Jacob Whitesides at Studio B, Minneapolis (07 Jun 2016)

Setlist Rumors Lovesick Magic Bullet Focus Ohio Open Book Faces On Film Not My Type At All Broke Billionaire Rules Of Beautiful Shame On You Billboard (If I'm Honest) I Can't Feel My Face (The Weeknd Cover) Secrets Let's Be Birds Tour Dates 06/11/16 In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT 06/14/16 Crocodile Cafe Seattle, WA 06/15/16 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR 06/17/16 Slim's San Francisco, CA 06/18/16 Troubadour West Hollywood, CA 06/21/16 House of Blues San Diego, CA 06/24/16 House of Blues Dallas, TX 06/25/16 House of Blues Houston , TX 06/28/16 12th & Porter Nashville, TN 07/16/16 Elitch Gardens Denver, CO Read More Jacob Whitesides 18-year old singer/songwriter Jacob Whitesides is headlining Studio B at the Skyway Theatre next Tuesday, June 7th. Although he is young, Whitesides has been releasing …

Teen heartthrob Jacob Whitesides just headlined Studio B (at the Skyway Theatre) in Minneapolis last Tuesday, June 7th.

Shane Harper: Like I Did

American singer/songwriter, actor Shane Harper opened up the show with a brief 25-min set, playing some tracks from debut 2012 self-titled album, but also included brand new songs from his new Like I Did EP, including the title track and ‘See You Around’.

Like I Did is out now on Virgin Records.

Jacob Whitesides

Jacob Whitesides, smartly dressed, is a teen idol from Knoxville, Tennessee. He’s currently touring in support of his latest single ‘Lovesick’ (Double U Records). After appearing on The X Factor in 2012, he got national attention, and got a record deal with BMG Records to release A Piece of Me. The EP debut on the Billboard 200 chart at #26 (#9 on the Digital Albums chart).

His main market is Radio Disney, which named Whitesides as their ‘Next Big Thing’ artist. Of course, that meant that his audience is mostly teenage girls (and some boys).

As soon as Whitesides took the stage, almost everybody on the dance floor raised their cellphone in the air to record and snap a photo of Whitesides, as he launched into ‘Rumors’.

Whitesides, although young at the age of 18, is a natural performer. He really knew how to respond and handle his loving crowd. He gave them his full attention and awkwardly accepted any gifts his fans gave him.

Whitesides would often joke around, for example, when his band screwed up, Whitesides announced, “If you can barely play my songs, then you can join my band!”

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He mentioned on stage that he wrote ‘Not My Type At All’ after breaking up with his girlfriend (which the audience called out “Bea Miller”), which was at a time in his life when he was on the rebound by chatting up with all these girls... only to realized that it wasn’t him at all.

His hour long set included some new songs on his forthcoming debut album, which he said may land this September. New songs like ‘Focus’ and ‘Open Book’ were about his ever-changing emotional life.

Highlight of his set was a Weeknd cover of ‘I Can’t Feel My Face’, which was song of the summer last year. Everyone in the audience knew it, and they had a great time singing back the catchy lyrics, “I can’t feel my face when I’m with you, but I love it... yeah I love it.”

Instead of exiting the stage for the encore, Whitesides remained on stage after the set finale, ‘Secrets’, to introduce his new song ‘Let’s Be Birds’ as the finale song.

Jacob Whitesides at Studio B, Minneapolis (07 Jun 2016)

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Saosin at Studio B, Minneapolis (02 June 2016)

Tour Dates 06/09 Mt. Pocono, PA- Sherman Theater 06/10 Columbus, OH - Columbus Commons 06/11 Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion 06/12 Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion 06/14 Boston, MA - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion 06/15 Portland, ME - Maine State Pier 06/16 Wallingford, CT - Oakdale Theatre 06/17 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center 06/18 Wantagh, NY - Nikon 06/19 Philadelphia, PA - Festival Pier 06/21 Charlotte, NC - Uptown Amphitheatre 06/22 Alpharetta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amph 06/27 Bossier City, LA - CenturyLink Center 06/29 Kansas City, MO - The Crossroads 06/30 Oklahoma City, OK - Criterion Theater 07/02 Houston, TX - Revention Music Center 07/03 Cedar Park, TX - Cedar Park Center 07/05 Papillion, NE - Sumtur Amphitheater 07/06 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre 07/07 Magna, UT - The Great Salt Air 07/08 Boise, ID - Revolution Event Center 07/09 Everett, WA - XFINITY Arena at Everett 07/10 Eugene, OR - Cuthbert Amphitheater 07/12 Concord, CA - Concord Pavilion 07/13 Fresno, CA - Rotary Amphitheater 07/14 Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre 07/16 San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Amph 07/17 San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park Read More Saosin Circa Survive become one of the "must listen to" bands for any teenager in the early 2000's. This band features members of Saosin, This Day Forward, and ....

Post-hardcore group Saosin made Minneapolis the first stop on their tour in promotion of their new album Along The Shadow. This album is their first new one since 2009 and their first with their original singer, Anthony Green, since 2003.

The show was held at Skyway Theatre’s Studio B and had a great turnout being that it was a Thursday night. The packed crowd was anxious to hear the old classic songs, and the new songs that proved Saosin was going back to their roots with Green back in the picture.

The Retakes

The show was opened up by local group The Retakes. Their garage punk anthems were a great match for the music of Saosin. Although their set was short (just over a half an hour), they still got the crowd excited to be at a show and excited about the local music that Minneapolis has to offer.

Saosin’s Anthony Green is the heart and soul of this band. His voice is truly one of a kind and the energy he gives off at a live show is like nothing you have ever felt before. Before the music even started, Green had found his way to between the stage and barrier as he was attacked by arms and hands of the crowd. He seemed to welcome the physical connection and routinely thanked the crowd for being so into whatever song they were playing, regardless of it was a new one or an old one.

Green's bright blue eyes had the few girls in the crowd swooning and his heavy, yet high pitched, vocals had the guys in the crowd pushing back and forth in the small mosh pit that had formed. Green encouraged people to push their way to the front and to get rowdy which is exactly what they did.

The voice that comes out of Anthony Green is truly like nothing else. It is very high pitched but not an awkward or forced sounding high pitch. There were times where he wouldn't even hold the microphone up to his mouth but he would hold it against his throat creating the vocal effect that is on their recordings. The music was spot on to how it sounds on their albums but the energy made it seem much more upbeat.

Saosin played a very good mix of old and new music. They played for a good hour but it just wasn't enough for the band or the crowd and after a one song encore of ‘Seven Years’. Green and the other members came on stage and formed an impromptu jam session that featured Green on the drums.

Saosin will be joining the Taste of Chaos tour this summer.

Saosin at Studio B, Minneapolis (02 June 2016)

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Four Tet and UFO Ben at the Loft, Minneapolis (19 May 2016)

Read More Four Tet Four Tet (aka Keiran Hebden) will be stopping by the Loft (inside the Skyway Theatre) this Thursday, May 19th, in support of his seventh studio album Morning/Evening (Text Records) …

Four Tet and UFO Ben DJ tour stopped by the Loft, at the Skyway Theatre, in Minneapolis last Thursday, May 19th. Typical of these DJ shows, lights were at bare minimum of deep dark red. This is understandable, as you’re probably too busy dancing to pay attention to the DJs pushing buttons... which is always not the most exciting thing to watch.

Originally the show poster also lists two additional local DJs, Centrific and Soulful Tryst, however I did not see either DJs.

Instead, UFO Ben (who is 1/3 of the DJs behind “The Hessle Audio”) did the majority of his three plus hours spinning and live mixing on his set of reggae, Bollywood, bass, loops, trance, etc. You can get a good idea of his style via Soundcloud.

UFO Ben kept the terrific crowd (a mixture of rave kids, modern hippies, and crusties) moving and dancing, particularly on the faster, upbeat tracks.

Sometime Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden) would take over spinning in ten minute blocks, playing mixes of house music, hip hop, electronica, techno, and even a little jazz. Four Tet would actually just sit on stage (in the back), the whole time that UFO Ben was on stage.

At the merch table, there was a “Daze Fest” vendors, they were selling these custom enamel pins (everything from weird Hello Kitty to pro-Pot pins), which seemed really popular these ‘daze’.

The UFO Ben/Four Tet tour will end tomorrow (May 23rd) in Montreal, Canada at Piknic Electronik. After that, Four Tet continues with Anthony Naples or as solo DJ:

5/23 Montreal, QC - Piknic Electronik *
5/25 Boston, MA - Paradise %
5/26 Philadelphia, PA - 714 %
5/27 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall %
5/28 Detroit, MI - Movement
5/29 Bradley, CA - Lightning In A Bottle
5/30 George, WA - Sasquatch
6/02 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks
6/03 Bluebell, AL - Rammer Jammer

* with Ben UFO
% with Anthony Naples

UFO Ben and Four Tet at the Loft (at the Skyway Theatre), Minneapolis (19 May 2016)

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Alberta Cross at Studio B, Minneapolis (09 May 2016)

Tour Dates May 10 Winnipeg, MB @ The Pyramid Cabaret May 11 Saskatoon, SK @ The Capitol Music Club May 12 Calgary, AB @ SAIT May 14 Vancouver, BC @ The Fox Cabaret May 16 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern May 17 Portland, OR @ Alberta Rose Theatre May 18 San Francisco, CA @ Milk Bar May 19 Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite Read More Alberta Cross Anglo-Swedish rock band Alberta Cross will be stopping at the Skyway Theatre during their spring North American Headlining tour. …

Alberta Cross' spring North American tour made a stop at Studio B (inside Skyway Theatre) on Monday, May 9th.

Grand Canyon Photo: Vu

Los Angeles’ Grand Canyon was the first band to play Monday and although, they are a brand new band without much internet presence (I had to ask them how to find them on Twitter and Instagram), they definitely won't stay that way for long. Their sound was southern-ish but still in the realm of the indie pop world. The slide guitar helped give it an interesting twang but also didn't make it sound like straight up country music. The singer's voice helped steer it away from the country genre as well. His voice was powerful but beautiful and not heavy like you would think it would be because of all the power behind it, particularly on their first song, ‘Lucinda’.

The singer made a few jokes about the low attendance including how when we are older, we will be able to reminisce about this show with our grandchildren because it was obviously the best show of our lives. So maybe that was a bit of a stretch... okay, it would be a huge stretch to say that last night was the best show of my life, but it was far from the worst. It was nice to see him have such a sense of humor about the terrible turn out last night instead of letting it affect his attitude and, more importantly, his music.

Sky White Tiger Photo: Vu

The second act to play was Brooklyn’s Sky White Tiger (aka Louis Schwadron) who brought a little dance party to the show. Think Har Mar Superstar if he was a bit younger and was still working on developing that protruding gut. That picture in your head is pretty much Sky White Tiger. The music is a bit more techno than that of Har Mar Superstar but the stage presence was extremely comparable and just as entertaining.

The music was a bit of a dance party. It was definitely electro-pop but at the same time, it didn't follow a formula. It was kind of all over the place but it was fun and a nice way to mix up the night. You couldn't help but move around a little bit and a few people even decided the music was worthy of getting up and getting a bit closer to the stage. Louis, the singer who was only joined on stage by his drummer Fred, was trying his best to get people to move and enjoy themselves. He walked through the empty room while singing, danced on stage, and just looked like he was having a good time.

Sky White Tiger ended his 40-min set with ‘Child of Fire’ and ‘Don’t Matter Much’, the latter was co-written with Chris Mayes-Wright.

Alberta Cross Photo: Vu

Headliner Alberta Cross comes off as just your average indie pop band with a bit of a country twang mixed in. Then you notice the keys, and you start hearing the pumping drum rhythm behind everything and then the horns hit you right in the face and eventually you notice that this is anything but boring and generic.

As expected with a tour of the new self-titled album (Dine Alone Music), he was obligated to play a few new songs such as ‘Western State’, ‘Water Mountain’ and ‘Ghost Of Santa Fe’, which was done early in their set... saving for many of their older numbers near the end.

Singer Petter Ericson Stakee has one of the most unique voices I have heard in a while. It's high in pitch but not forced and not awkward sounding. This band ended up being a bit of a collective of the other bands that had played earlier in the night. You had two members of Grand Canyon and Louis of Sky White Tiger as part of the band. This was interesting because you could really hear the influence of each of the other bands. The music of Alberta Cross is far from having a techno feeling behind it but because of Louis' keyboard parts, you got a bit of Sky White Tiger in the mix. It wasn't quite country music but because of the slide guitar that was featured in Grand Canyon being a part of this band as well, you got a bit of the opening band. It was truly a perfect way to end the night.

W♥M will also be covering Alberta Cross’ the Satellite show in Los Angeles this May 19th.

Alberta Cross at Studio B, Minneapolis (09 May 2016) Photo: Vu

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Underoath at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (06 April 2016)

Underoath Setlist They’re only Chasing Safety Young and Aspiring A Boy Brushed Red Living in Black and White The Impact of Reason Reinventing Your Exit The Blue Note It’s Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door Down, Set, Go I Don’t Feel Very Receptive Today I’m Content With Losing Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape Define the Great Line In Regards to Myself A Moment Suspended in Time There Could Be Nothing After This You’re Ever So Inviting Salmarnir Returning Empty Handed Casting Such a Thin Shadow Moving for the Sake of Motion Writing on the Walls Tour Dates April 10 St. Louis, MO The Pageant April 11 Nashville, TN Rocketown April 13 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre April 14 New York, NY Best Buy Theater April 15 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom April 16 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory April 17 Boston, MA House of Blues April 19 Toronto, ON The Phoenix April 20 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore April 21 Norfolk, VA The NorVA April 22 Charlotte, NC Amos Southend April 23 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle Read More Underoath Underoath was a staple in my playlists growing up. They broke up a few years ago and the members joined other projects. They announced a reunion tour called “Rebirth” out of nowhere and will be playing at the Skyway Theatre … Caspian Caspian's performance on Thursday night at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis was one that affirmed the group's stance within the instrumental rock world as a force …

It has been over ten years since I had seen Underoath live, I still have the T-Shirt that I bought. I really hadn't thought much about Underoath since those years. They had broken up and swore to never play again. Then they announced a tour and my angsty teen self just couldn't pass up the opportunity to see them again.

Underoath played to a sold out show at the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis on Wednesday night. The show was part of their “Rebirth” tour where they played two of their most popular releases back to back.

The first album they played was my personal favorite, They're Only Chasing Safety. This album is the album that really put them on the map as far as the metal scene was concerned. It was released in 2004 and has stayed a staple in many people's throwback playlists. This album contained so many great songs and being able to see them live again was such a treat.

The live show sounded just like the album only with more energy. Each scream from singer Spencer Chamberlain was perfect and each clean vocal line by Aaron Gillespie (drummer and clean vocalist) was in key and in time. Spencer stormed across the stage, did a couple hair flips, and had the crowd completely in the palm of his hand as they did back years and years ago.

Not much about this band has changed. They have truly stood the test of time and their fans had been waiting for this moment for awhile now. As soon as they lights went dark and the ambient intro music for Underoath started, the crowd started pushing and shoving. Anything to get just a little bit closer to that stage. You could barely hear Spencer or Aaron at times due to the sold out crowd literally screaming every single word to every single song.

After playing They're Only Chasing Safety in its entirety, the band took a quick break (about 3 or 4 minutes) and came back onstage to play Define the Great Line (2006) in its entirety.

Define the Great Line has a completely different sound than They're Only Chasing Safety. It seems to be a little bit calmer and a bit less angsty. I honestly never really fell in love with this CD like I did with They're Only Chasing Safety so I didn't quite know what to expect for this second half of their set but I was definitely not let down.

Even though I was unable to sing along or have the same emotions attached to this album as I was with They're Only Chasing Safety, the amount of emotion the crowd was emitting was enough to make me fall in love with this album. Every lyric that was sang and/or shouted from the stage had so much emotion behind it you couldn't help yourself but get completely lost in the music.

The guitars rang through the venue and you could hear the thump of the bass drum outside of the venue. The bars were empty because nobody wanted to sacrifice a single moment of this show. People of all ages turned out for the show. There were people who had seen Underoath millions of times and then a handful of people who had never seen them before.

Caspian

Opening the show was the instrumental band Caspian. These guys seemed to be a strange pick as an opener for such a heavy metal band. Spencer (of Underoath) said that he brought these guys on tour because all of the members of Underoath really like them and figured that their fans would like Caspian as well. Caspian played the Triple Rock a couple months ago.

Underoath continues their “Rebirth” tour throughout America.

Underoath at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis (06 April 2016)

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