Minneapolis: April 18 to April 21, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from April 18 to April 21, 2017.

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Read More New Pornographers Supergroup The New Pornographers (featuring A.C. Newman, Blaine Thurier, Dan Bejar, John Collins, Kathryn Calder, Kurt Dahle, Neko Case and Todd Fancey) are on tour in support of Brill Bruisers, out now on Matador Records. .…

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
at First Avenue
Tuesday 04/18/17, 6:30pm ($33)
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Fan-favorites supergroup The New Pornographers is back at First Avenue, touring in support of their new record Whiteout Conditions (Collected Works Records/Concord Records).

We caught the group in 2014 and wrote, ““This is really an amazing place to always come to… we know it’s always going to be awesome” Newman mentioned before ‘Testament to Youth in Verse’, gathering some local love, but also refused to mention another dubious city where things maybe weren’t so golden for the group.”

Duo Waxahatchee (Katie and Katherine Simonetti) to open. Their album Ivy Tripp is out now on Merge Records.

04/14 Bend, OR Midtown Ballroom*
04/15 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre*
04/16 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom*
04/18 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
04/19 Chicago, IL The Metro*
04/20 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater*
04/21 Chicago, IL The Metro*
04/22 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall*
04/25 Boston, MA House of Blues*
04/26 New York, NY Terminal 5*
04/27 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer*
04/28 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (sold out)*
04/29 Washington, DC 9:30 Club*
05/1 Raleigh, NC Ritz*
05/2 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse*
05/3 New Orleans, LA Tipitina’s*
05/4 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall*
05/5 Dallas, TX Granada Theater*
05/6 Austin, TX Stubb’s*
05/9 London, UK Electric Ballroom
05/10 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso Noord/Tolhuistuin
05/11 Berlin, DE Lido
05/13 Oslo, NO Vulkan Arena
05/14 Stockholm, SE Debaser Strand
05/16 Copenhagen, DK Loppen
05/18 Paris, FR Divan Du Monde
07/18 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amph.†
07/19 Charlottesville, VA Sprint Pavilion†
07/22 Portland, ME State Theatre†
07/23 Montreal, QC Metropolis†
07/26 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE†
08/11 Denver, CO Velorama Festival

Read More Mono Not to be confused with the defunct French band, this Mono is a Japanese instrumental shoegaze band. Their last album, called Hymn to the Immortal Wind, which was three years ago …

SLEEP
at First Avenue
Wednesday 04/19/17, 9pm ($25)
first-avenue.com

San Jose’s trio Sleep (Al Cisneros, Matt Pike, Jason Roeder) is headlining First Avenue’s mainroom next Wednesday.

Mono is listed as opener, but personally speaking, I think they should actually be the headliner. The Japanese group is doing a massive U.S. Tour in support of their Requiem for Hell (Temporary Residence Ltd.)

Mono on tour:

04.19.17 Minneapolis MN @ First Avenue
04.20.17 Madison WI @ Majestic Theatre
04.21.17 Madison WI @ University of Wisconsin *
04.22.17 Chicago IL @ Subterranean *
04.23.17 Detroit MI @ El Club *
04.25.17 Toronto ON @ Lee’s Place *
04.26.17 Montréal QC @ Phi Centre *
04.27.17 Providence RI @ Columbus Theatre *
04.28.17 Portsmouth NH @ 3S Artspace *
04.29.17 Hamden CT @ Ballroom *
05.01.17 Brooklyn NY @ Music Hall *
05.02.17 Philadelphia PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *
05.03.17 Washington DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel *
05.04.17 Durham NC @ Motorco Music Hall *
05.05.17 Asheville NC @ Grey Eagle Tavern *
05.06.17 Nashville TN @ Exit In *
05.08.17 Atlanta GA @ The Earl *
05.09.17 Birmingham AL @ Saturn *
05.11.17 Baton Rouge LA @ Spanish Moon *
05.12.17 Houston TX @ Walter’s Downtown *
05.13.17 Dallas TX @ Club Dada *
05.14.17 Austin TX @ Barracuda *
05.16.17 Phoenix AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
05.18.17 Salt Lake City UT @ Urban Lounge *
05.19.17 Denver CO @ Marquis Theatre *
06.12.17 Los Angeles, CA @ Globe Theatre ^
06.13.17 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore ^
06.15.17 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom ^
06.16.17 Seattle, WA @ The Neptune ^
06.17.17 Vancouver, BC @ Imperial ^

* w/ Holy Sons, Kikagaku Moyo & more.
^ w/ LOW

Read More The Districts Headliner is Philadelphia's The Districts, currently touring in support of their 2015 album A Flourish and a Spoil (Fat Possums Records). …

Other shows in the area:

04/19/17 The Districts will be headlining the Triple Rock Social Club this Wednesday. The band will release their debut album this Summer on Fat Possum... in the meantime, they released a cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Lover Lover Lover’, the b-side on a special Record Store Day 7” with A-Side ‘Ordinary Day’. Abi Reimold to open. $15.

04/20/17 Dance Assault, Lady Lark, Human Heat, and Meinong's Jungle will be over at the Turf Club in St Paul on Thursday. $8

04/20/17 Louisiana bilingual pop project Sweet Crude will be at the 7th Street Entry in support of their new forthcoming album Créatures (Rhyme & Reason Records). Sweet Crude is a young 6-piece composed of New Orleans musicians creating a sound that sets English and Louisiana’s native French dialect to decidedly non-Cajun music. The band, boasting surnames like Marceaux and Chachere, seeks to reconnect with their lineage in the context of 5-part harmonies, tribal rhythms, and pop hooks. Motel Radio and The Counterfactuals to open. $10.

04/20/17 Yes, that’s right Thursday is playing this Thursday at The Cabooze with Touché Amoré , Cities Aviv and Basement . $29.50.

04/21/17 Eccentric Swedish DJ-duo Dada Life to headline the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis. $25.

04/21/17 Def Leppard is playing the Xcel Energy Center with your other hard rock favorites Poison and Tesla . $29.50.

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