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Minneapolis: January 1 to January 8, 2020

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from January 1 to January 8, 2020.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

YACHT at 7th Street Read More YACHT It's no secret that I like YACHT (Young Americans Challenging High Technology). What's more interesting is that modern YACHT is different from early YACHT. Personally, I think YACHT is much, much better with Claire L. Evans. . … Juiceboxxx Milwaukee’s punky rapper Juiceboxxx is playing the Minneapolis Eagles Club #34 on Monday. As of this writing, I couldn’t find a listing on the venue’s website for additional information …

YACHT
+ Juiceboxxx
7th St Entry
Tue 01/07/2020 (7pm/$30)
first-avenue.com

We love Yacht (stylized as YACHT, for Young Americans Challenging High Technology). Currently the group features Claire L Evans and longtime founder Jona Bechtolt. The band’s seventh album Chain Tripping (DFA Records) features several new collaborators, like Ross Goodwin, Mario Klingemann, programmer and poet Allison Parrish,and the New Zealand-based visual artist Tom White.

We first saw Yacht opening for Vampire Weekend in April 2008 and noted that his music was very different from the popular band he was opening up for: “… one-man-band, Jona Bechtolt, or better known by his stage name Yacht. His music and style, it didn't mesh well with Vampire Weekend's pseudo caribbean/reggae inspired rock and roll.”

Show up early to check out Juiceboxxx, who is touring for his new album It’s Easy To Feel Like A Nobody When You’re Living In The City (available February 28th on Dangerbird Records). We’ve noted that the Milwaukee’s rapper Juiceboxxx was last seen in Sept 2017.

Tour dates:

01/06 Kansas City MO @ Record Bar
01/07 Minneapolis MN @ 7th Street Entry
01/09 Chicago IL @ Sleeping Village
01/10 Detroit MI @ Underground @ DIME
01/11 Cleveland OH @ Grog Shop
01/13 Boston MA @ Great Scott
01/14 Philadelphia PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
01/15 Washington D.C. @ Songbyrd
01/18 New York NY @ Rough Trade
01/20 Columbus OH @ The Basement
01/21 St Louis MO @ Off Broadway

Other shows in the area:

Longfall at Turf Club Wrestlepalooza Rachael Kilgour at Turf Club Charlie Parr at Turf Club Cactus Blossoms at Turf Club Cold Peppers 2 at 7th Street Read More Rachael Kilgour Minnesota folk singer/songwriter Rachael Kilgour recently won the grand prize of “NewSong Music Performance and Songwriting Competition” and the 2015 Telluride Troubadour …

NEW YEARS DAY
Wed 01/01/2020

It’s the start of the new year.

COYOTE KID / LONGFALL
+ Inland Coastal
7th St Entry
Thu 01/02/2020 (7pm/$10)
first-avenue.com

It’s Longfall album release show for What We Found. The show is co-headlined with Coyote Kid, and features Inland Coastal as opener.

Longfall writes:

IT IS HAPPENING! The new album "What We Found" drops on Jan 2nd.

Recorded and Engineered by Robert Frost III and Mastered by Nx Tommy, we couldn't be more excited to release these 8 new tracks.

Get your tickets now: etix.com

WRESTLEPALOOZA XVI
First Avenue
Fri 01/03/2020 (7pm/$27/Sold Out)
Sat 01/04/2020 (7pm/$27/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

F1RST Wrestling’s annual Wrestlepalooza is this Friday and Saturday. Both events are sold out.

Music details:

Music provided by Tightwire on January 3.

Music provided by Gully Boys on January 4.

Featured wrestlers:

January 3:

Jordynne Grace

Jake Atlas

January 4:

Colt Cabana

Dak Draper

RACHAEL KILGOUR
+ Laura Hugo
Turf Club
Sat 01/04/2020 (8pm/$15)
turfclub.net

Rachael Kilgour is back in town at the Turf Club this Saturday, January 4th. She last headlined the Turf Club in April 2019.

Laura Hugo to open.

Rachael Kilgour upcoming shows:

01/04 Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
01/16 HeyNonnyAH Arlington Heights, IL
01/17 Cafe Carpe Fort Atkinson, WI
01/19 Byron's In Pomeroy, Iowa Pomeroy, IA
02/21 Amazing Things Arts Center Framingham, MA

CHARLIE PARR
+ Surprise Guest
Turf Club
Sun 01/05/2020 (7:30pm/$12/Sold Out)
turfclub.net

Charlie Parr’s Turf Club Residency starts January 5th. The show is sold out.

Residency:

01/05 with Surprise Guest
01/12 with Todd Albright
01/19 with Al Scorch
01/26 with Ingeborg Von Agassiz

THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS
+ Dusty Heart
Turf Club
Mon 01/06/2020 (8pm/$22)
turfclub.net

Local favorite country/western band The Cactus Blossoms will be playing at the Turf Club every Monday night in January.

Before David Lynch hand-picked them for music in his new Twin Peaks show, we caught the band in April 2013 and wrote, “ 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 to double acoustics… lending their music to sound overtly very country and western. Highlight of their set was a cover of Roger Miller's "The Moon Is High", containing the very funny word-play lyrics of "but come the dawn and it will dawn on me you're gone".”

Residency:

01/06/2020 Turf Club with Dusty Heart
01/13/2020 Turf Club with Jack Klatt
01/20/2020 Turf Club special guests to be announced.
01/27/2020 Turf Club special guests to be announced.

COLD PEPPERS 2
+ buxaplenty., Kandor, Will Robinson
+ Harlz, Hedawn, Axel Foley, Trip B
7th Street Entry
Wed 01/08/2020 (8pm/$10)
first-avenue.com

Cold Peppers Collective’s upcoming show feature:

buxaplenty.

Kandor

Will Robinson

Harlz

Hedawn

Axel Foley

Trip B

Cold Peppers Collective writes:

For 2020 we want to work with as many local artist, djs, rappers, singers, dancers, promoters etc...

If you or someone you know would be interested in perform, paint, vend, dance, or collab on one of our future shows post an example of work and social handle

Let’s build the scene together this year
❄️🌶

vu ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ facebook.com ♥ twitter.com/weheartmusic

Vampires

Read More Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend must be very pleased with themselves. I mean, these guys were on SNL, on the cover of Spin Magazine, and overall huge support from MPR ... so basically these guys are probably the most overhyped band.…

VAMPIRE WEEKEND
vampireweekend.com

Back in 2008, I called Vampire Weekend the most overhyped band, and I think in some ways they still are. The venue they played at obviously sold out, and seeing that they've booked The Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, which by the definition of the old style theaters have limited seating. I think if they kept ticket prices lower, it would sell out immediately… but we'll see. As of this writing, the cheapest seat I see is $54 (not including other miscellaneous charges) on the balcony. However, you can argue that this is one of the "small" venues on their regular Festivals stops. One thing is for sure, I'm glad I caught them very early in their career.

Anyway, the New York band is back with a third album called Modern Vampires of the City, out now on XL Recordings. The story behind this is that after their Contra album, the band toured and wrote a ton of new material during their time spent at soundchecks. Then everyone got sidetracked … but now after two years, the album is done and done and it debut on the US Billboard 200 selling over 130k copies in the first week… the band's second number-one album.

Yes, expect the new songs from Modern Vampires of the City on their summer tour:

06/23/13 Firefly Music Festival 06/30/13 Glastonbury Festival 07/04/13 Rock Werchter Festival 07/06/13 London Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 07/12/13 Optimus Alive! Festival 07/13/13 Bilbao BBK Live Festival 07/16/13 Berlin - Tempodrom 07/19/13 Gentlemen Of The Road 07/20/13 Longitude 07/26/13 Ansan Valley Rock Festival 07/28/13 Fuji Rock Festival 08/02/13 Osheaga Festival 08/04/13 Lollapalooza 08/05/13 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum 08/07/13 Calgary, AB S Alberta Jubilee

08/09/13 Squamish Music Festival 08/11/13 Outside Lands Music 09/05/13 Ottawa Folk Festival 09/07/13 Boston Calling 09/15/13 iTunes Festival 09/20/13 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center 09/28/13 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl 10/04/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/05/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/06/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/08/13 Kansas City, MO Midland 10/11/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/12/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/13/13 Austin City Limits Music Festival 10/13/13 Corona Capital Festival

Read More Wampire Wampire's "Trains" is the latest single, taken from their album Curiosity (Polyvinyl Records). The strange Portland duo (?) is currently on tour with STRFKR and will be playing their first-ever UK date in London on June 18th. .…

WAMPIRE
wampiremusic.com

Sure, I've already mentioned Wampire here, but did you know they're heading out on tour with Smith Westerns? Now you know!

07/03 Portland, OR - Holocene
07/20 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall *
07/21 Nashville, TN - Exit/In *
07/23 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
07/24 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
07/26 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *
07/27 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair *
07/28 Montreal, QC - Cabaret Mile End *
07/29 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace *
07/31 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
08/05 Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room *
08/06 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre *
08/07 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
08/10 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre *
08/11 Pomona, CA - The Glass House *
08/12 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *
08/16 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile Cafe *
08/17 Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl *

* = w/ Smith Westerns

Read More My Bloody Valentine Amy and I were talking about My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields working on a new album? Well, it happened, he's finally released his third My Bloody Valentine album called mbv .…

MY BLOODY VALENTINE
mybloodyvalentine.net

Still riding that nostalgia train, Kevin Shields and company are doing massive festivals this year in support of mbv album … yes the album that had a 22-year gap since Loveless.

At this point, I've come to the conclusion that I will never see MBV, due to expensive ticket prices and locations.

07/07/13 Les Eurockeennes de Belfort
07/13/13 T In The Park
07/26/13 Fuji Rock Festival
07/27/13 Ansan Valley Rock Festival
08/04/13 OFF Festival
08/06/13 Vienna, Austria Arena
08/08/13 Terraneo Festival
08/10/13 Flow Festival
08/16/13 Austin, TX Austin Music Hall
08/17/13 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre
08/19/13 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
08/21/13 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
08/23/13 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic
08/25/13 FYF Festival
08/30/13 Electric Picnic
09/03/13 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique
09/05/13 Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall
09/07/13 Berlin Festival
09/08/13 Munich, Germany Tonhalle
10/30/13 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Rockhal
10/31/13 Eindhoven, Netherlands Effenaar
11/03/13 Lille, France Aeronef

Read More Surfer Blood Next up was Surfer Blood, who started their set with a vengeful song, "Floating Vibes". I was surprised to learn that the band has been to Minneapolis five times and that they were surprisingly very good. .…

SURFER BLOOD
surferblood.com

You know, I caught Surfer Blood opening up for Foals this year and I have to say - they are quite good! I hope they come back to Minneapolis soon, from what they've said on stage, they must have been here at least five or six times.

Anyway, Surfer Blood's second full-length album Pythons is out now on Warner Bros./Kanine Records. The band is currently on tour in support of the record, see tour dates below:

Jun 21 Hilvarenbeek, IL – Best Kept Secret
July 11 Santa Monica, CA – Santa Monica Pier
July 24 Melbourne, AU – Splendour in the Grass
July 26 Sydney, AU – North Byron Festival
Aug 9-11 San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
Aug 15 Hasselt, BE – Pukkelpop
Aug 23 Reading, UK – Reading Festival
Aug 24 Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival
Aug 25 Paris, FR – Rock en Seine
Sept 08 Sacramento, CA – Launch Music Festival
Sept 14 Chicago, IL – Riot Fest

Read More Deap Vally Check out Deap Vally on tour, they are promoting their Get Deap! EP, but be sure to check out their song on the "True Blood" soundtrack, also out this month. .…

TRUE BLOOD: MUSIC FROM THE HBO ORIGINAL SERIES VOLUME 4
www.atorecords.com

Did you catch the first episode of Season 6 of HBO's "True Blood"? Season 5 ended on a big cliffhanger, so I'm curious about how they will resolve that naked woman's blood and the hallucinations…

In the meantime, a few weeks ago, the latest True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series Volume 4 was released courtesy of ATO Records.

If you watch the show, you know that the soundtrack is amazing! As a cover lover, I really dig these modern takes on classic this, like "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Eric Burdon and Jenny Lewis or "(She's a) Wanderer" by Deap Vally.

Also, for the first time ever, the soundtrack was released on vinyl.

Track listing:

1. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Eric Burdon with Jenny Lewis
2. Let’s Boot and Rally – Iggy Pop with Bethany Cosentino
3. What Makes A Good Man? The Heavy
4. Smokestack Lightnin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
5. Pocket Change – Alabama Shakes
6. Authority Song – Bosco Delrey
7. Turn Turn Turn – My Morning Jacket
8. Your Face Can Tell The Future – The Flaming Lips
9. The Sun – The Naked and Famous
10. Undertow – Warpaint
11. I Wanna Be Your Man – Mobley
12. {She’s A) Wanderer – Deap Vally
13. Whatever I Am, You Made Me – Koko Taylor
14. We’ll Meet Again – Los Lobos

Read More The Fruit Bats If you are looking for a laid back collection of summer tracks then I suggest you look no further than The Ruminant Band by the Fruit Bats. Eric D. Johnson, singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, led me on a journey to the heart of the summer. . .…

TIMBER! MUSIC FESTIVAL
www.timbermusicfest.com

Timber! Music Festival is taking place this July 26 & 27, 2013 at King County’s Tolt-MacDonald Park in Washington.

Some of the headliners are Helio Sequence, The Fruit Bats, Quasi, Noah Gundersen, Lemolo, Bryan John, etc., full listing below.

According to the press release, ticketholders will enter Timber! through a long suspension bridge … which admittedly, I can only imagine a massive exit through the same bridge!

Timber! Music Festival Full Artistic Lineup

Helio Sequence
Fruit Bats
Quasi
Noah Gundersen
Lemolo
Bryan John Appleby
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers
Kithkin
Hobosexual (Vu's notes: hahahahahaha)
River Giant
Baltic Cousins
S (Jenn Ghetto)
Avians Alight
Vikesh Kapoor
Pablo Trucker
Ten Speed Music
Passenger String Quartet
Jacob Miller & The Bridge City Crooners
Ben Fisher
Nu Klezmer Army

HOODED FANG
hoodedfang.com

Toronto's Hooded Fang is currently in America doing some dates for the month of June in support of their album, Gravez, which was released in late May on Full Time Hobby Records.

Check out "Bye Bye Land", which was probably the song they sang leaving Canada.



Talking about the influences on recording Gravez, bassist April Aliermo reveals, they've eaten "crocodile balls". No need to elaborate… but she continues with "…slept on floors and couches, watched TV and movies, and looked out the window in between. All this steady instability must have influenced Gravez."

What is left of their tour:

06/21 Los Angeles, CA -Viper Room
06/23 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar

COFFINS
coffins.jp

Japan's COFFINS has a new album called The Fleshland, coming out July 9, 2013, on Relapse Records.

The album is available in a variety of formats, like CD, double LP, and deluxe edition only available through Relapse mailorder (cover artwork is a black and white).

The doom metal band is currently on tour:

6/22/2013 Urga - Tokyo, Japan
7/28/2013 Earthdom - Tokyo, Japan
8/07/2013 Cassiopeia - Berlin, Germany
8/08/2013 Brutal Assault Festival - Josefov, CZ
8/09/2013 Party San Metal Open Air
8/10/2013 Leperfest - Leper, Belgium
8/11/2013 Bleh Fest @ Unicorn Camden
8/12/2013 La Miroiterie - Paris, France
8/14/2013 Winston - Amsterdam, Netherlands
8/15/2013 Kødboderne 18 - Copenhagen
8/16/2013 Pussy A Go Go - Stockholm, Sweden
8/23/2013 Akihabara Ongakukan - Tokyo, Japan
11/01/2013 Kurawood/Asakusa - Tokyo, Japan
11/02/2013 Earthdom - Tokyo, Japan
11/03/2013 Huck Finn/Imaike - Nagoya, Japan
11/04/2013 Conpass/Unagidani - Osaka, Japan

WISE BLOOD
chrislaufman.com

Wise Blood is basically Pittsburgh's Christopher Laufman, who made a splash in 2011 via music blogs ( Pitchfork, The Fader, Stereogum, just to name a few), and now is back with a debut album called id, coming out this June 25th on Dovecote Records. The album release party is listed below:

6/25 - Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands

Check out "Alarm" track via Soundcloud.



Audio not your thing? No problem, check out his video for "Rat" on Youtube.

vu () ♥ weheartmusic.com

Vampire Weekend at the Triple Rock (Apr 3, 2008)

Vampire Weekend - A-Punk Vampire Weekend Tour Dates 04/05/08 Turner Hall  Milwaukee, WI* 04/06/08 The Metro Chicago, Illinois* 04/11/08 Brown Uni Campus Providence,RI 04/25/08 Coachella Indio, California 05/01/08 Anson Rooms Bristol, UK 05/02/08 Birmingham Academy UK* 05/03/08 Liquid Rooms Edinburgh, UK* 05/04/08 ABC Glasgow, UK 05/06/08 Northumbria Uni Newcastle, UK* 05/07/08 Leeds Cockpit  Leeds, UK* 05/08/08 Manchester Ace 2 Manchester* 05/09/08 Camber Sands Minehead, UK* 05/12/08 Wedgewood Portsmouth, UK* 05/13/08 Electric Ballroom London, UK* 05/15/08 Great Escape  Brighton, UK 05/17/08 Orangerie Brussels, Belgium 05/18/08 Luxor Koln, Germany 05/19/08 Le Trabendo Paris, France 05/20/08 Melkweg Amsterdam, Netherlands 05/21/08 Motolow Hamburg, Germany 05/22/08 Magnet Berlin, Germany 05/23/08 Atomic Cafe Munich, Germany 05/26/08 Circolo degli Artisti Rome, Italy 05/27/08 Bologna Rocker Bologna, Italy 05/28/08 Mascotte Zurich, Switzerland 05/30/08 Primavera  Barcelona, Spain 06/07/08 Park Avenue Orlando, Florida 06/07/08 The Social Orlando, Florida 06/08/08 Cafe Eleven St. Augustine, FL 06/12/08 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN 06/27/08 Glastonbury Festival, UK 06/28/08 Glastonbury Festival, UK 07/19/08 Pitchfork Music  Chicago, Illinois 08/10/08 Summer Sonic- Osaka, Japan 08/22/08 Reading Festival Reading, UK 08/23/08 Leeds Festival Leeds, UK * SOLD OUT

SET LIST   Mansard Roof   Campus   Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa   M79   Bryn   Ladies of Cambridge   I Stand Corrected   A-Punk   One (Blake’s Got a New Face)   The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance   New Song   Oxford Comma   Walcott Set list courtesy of wordstosell

Vampire Weekend... on a weekday ♥ photograph by Brody

It's April 3rd, and the sign on the door of the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis clearly reads: "This show is completely SOLD OUT. Seriously"

Vampire Weekend must be very pleased with themselves. I mean, these guys were on SNL (3/18/08), on the cover of Spin Magazine (Mar 2008), and overall huge support from MPR ... so basically these guys are probably the most overhyped band right now.

You know me, the more hyped a band is, the more they have to prove to me that they are worth all the buzz. Fortunately, I was impressed with them. They clearly know how to manipulate their audience ("this is a tall order, but could you guys ....") and the band played really well.

The one downfall is that they are still very, very young (and I don't mean the way Ezra Koenig looks like he's barely 18 with his dashing good looks and polo shirt). They barely had enough material to make the show last for an hour. In fact, they played their entire debut album, plus two other songs.

Of the two songs, one of them is untitled as of this writing - and it requires the keyboardist, Rostam Batmanglij, to pick up an extra guitar. This new song is actually pretty good, possibly the best song on the whole set... plus I was quite surpised with the way Batmanglij handled the guitar with ease.

 

So Post All 'Em

YACHT

I felt sorry for was the opening one-man-band, Jona Bechtolt, or better known by his stage name Yacht. His music and style, it didn't mesh well with Vampire Weekend's pseudo caribbean/reggae inspired rock and roll. Yacht is more about a man and his Mac Air and his anchor sign of love (Bechtolt insists on having the lights turned off as he wanted to show this off).

Although I like what Bechtolt was doing (dancing and sweating and singing to pre-recorded music with lots of glass breaking sound effects), I felt that the audience wasn't ready or wanted to see his sort of performance art.

Still, being on what looks like mostly a sold-out tour schedule can only do good for Yacht and I'm hoping he won some new fans as a result of being on this successful tour.

I am very interested in seeing where Vampire Weekend and Yacht lands in the future.

For more information on Yacht, check out Valley Girl's article and also one of W♥M's favorite record label, K Records, as well as his official website, teamyacht.com.

As for Vampire Weekend, I'm sure they're already well on their way on being on the cover of NME anyday now.

 04/04/2008 08:47:12  vu my♥posts www.vampireweekend.com myspace.com