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Preoccupations at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (29 April 2018)

Preoccupations 2018 Poster Preoccupations Setlist Select Your Drone Continental Shelf Disarray Zodiac Solace Anxiety Memory Silhouettes Espionage Decompose Bunker Buster Death Read More Preoccupations Preoccupations is back in town with their latest New Material (Jagjaguwar Records). The band may be more famous for their former, unintentionally … Freak Heat Waves Montreal based band Freak Heat Waves to open. Tour dates: 4/24/18 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel * 4/26/18 Columbus, OH @ The A&R Music Bar * …

Canadian post-punk band Preoccupations headlined the 7th Street Entry on Sunday, April 29th.

Opening the show was Victoria, British Columbia’s Freak Heat Waves. The trio, led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Steven Lind, with bassist James Twiddy, and drummer Thomas DiNinno, played a set of songs from their third album Beyond XXXL (Telephone Explosion), including the singles “Self Vortex” and “Toxic Talk Show”.

Calgary, Alberta’s Preoccupations headlined the show. If you didn’t know, they originally formed as Viet Cong in 2014, but with a show cancellation from Oberlin College because of their “offensive name” and several boycotts (including the local Vietnamese community at the 7th Street Entry in September 2015), the band reached out and came to the right decision to change their name. The band wrote, “We are a band who wants to make music and play our music for our fans. We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past”.

Now that the controversy is behind them, the group, featuring Matt Flegel on vocals and bass, Scott Munro on guitars and synth, Daniel Christiansen on guitars, and Mike Wallace on drums, is just happy to write and play music to fans again. With their new album New Material (Jagjaguwar Records), based on hearing the new songs live, is that it’s more focused on rhythmic bass and thumping. Combined with the random odd experimental sound, the music is quite hypnotic and flow easily from song to song.

An interesting choice of an old song “Select Your Drone”, which started their set, really set the tone of their show. The song was actually released on cassette-only limited release in 2013, when they were still known as Viet Cong. The rare release may have been lost to time, but the band felt their drone-y/garage pop song was so good, they re-issued the record under their new name last year.

Preoccupations’ New Material is out now on Jagjaguwar Records. The band continues their tour:

5/3/18 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite *
5/4/18 Calgary, AB @ Palomino *
5/5/18 Calgary, AB @ Palomino
5/9/18 Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt
5/11/18 Seattle, WA @ Barboza #
5/12/18 Portland, OR @ Star Theater #
5/14/18 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop #
5/17/18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo #
5/18/18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo #
5/19/18 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar #
5/22/18 Austin, TX @ Barracuda
5/23/18 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
5/24/18 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
6/5/18 London, UK @ London Underground
6/7/18 Berlin, D @ Musik & Frieden
6/8/18 Helsinki, Finland Sideways Festival
6/10/18 Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
6/11/18 Paris, France @ Maroquinerie
6/12/18 Ramsgate, UK @ RMH
6/13/18 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
6/15/18 Dublin, Ireland Donnybrook Stadium
7/3/18 Amsterdam @ Sugarfactory
7/4/18 Hamburg @Molotow
7/5/18 Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
7/8/18 Monts, France Terre Du Son Festival
7/12 - 7/15/18 - Lithuania @ Devilstone Festival Anyksciai
7/13/18 Dour, Belgium Dour Festival
7/14/18 Brighton, UK The Haunt
7/15/18 Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
7/16/18 Birmingham, UK The Hare and Hound
7/17/18 Bristol, UK The Fleece

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Preoccupations at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (29 April 2018)

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Minneapolis: October 3 to October 4, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from October 3 to October 4, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Goblin Cock Goblin Cock: First of all, I love the name and theme. All the band members have RPG elements to their name, like singer Lord Phallus (Rob Crow) and guitarist Larben the Druid. … Busey Opening up the show was local trio Busey (singer / guitarist Daniel Berndt, drummer Ryan Keyes, and bassist Ryan Wasleske), a band named after actor Gary Busey. They were a surprise …

GOBLIN COCK
at 7th Street Entry
Monday, 10/03/16, 7:30pm ($10/$12)
first-avenue.com

The best/worst band name Goblin Cock will be taking over the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis next Monday, October 3rd, in support of their new album Necronomidonkeykongimicon (Joyful Noise Recordings). The record is described as “a crushingly brutal Dear John letter to society” by frontman Lord Phallus (aka Rob Crow of Pinback).

You may recall that we reviewed their album Come With Me If You Want To Live in 2009 and noted that they aren’t necessary “metal”: “Some of the songs on this album sounds too clear and sounds too slow to be classify as metal. On those songs, they seem more like early 90s grunge music (think Soundgarden, not Nirvana).”

Nightosaur and Busey to open. We caught the latter at a Guitar Wolf show in Sep 2016 and said that they sounded metal (but they were clearly big fans of garage/Ramones-style rock).

Goblin Cock on Tour:

9/27: Providence, RI @ Parlour
9/28: Allston, MA @ Great Scott
9/29: Syracuse, NY @ Funk N Waffles
9/30: Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
10/1: Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
10/2: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
10/3: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
10/6: Spokane, WA @ The Observatory
10/7: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon - Funhouse
10/8: Portland, OR @ Ash Street Saloon
10/10: San Francisco, CA @ Social Hall SF
10/11: Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
10/14: San Diego, CA @ Casbah

Read More Kongos South African band Kongos (consisting of four brothers: Johnny, Jesse, Daniel, and Dylan Kongos) are pleased to announce that their upcoming show today … The Joy Formidable We were pretty thrilled to get see The Joy Formidable last year for $3 (as a promotional gig for Red Bull’s Sound Select Series). Now that the new album Hitch is out now, the Welsh trio will be headlining the much bigger venue First …

KONGOS
at Varsity Theater
Tuesday, 10/04/16, 7pm ($29.50/$33)
varsitytheater.org

South Africa’s all-brothers band Kongos will be headlining the Varsity Theater on October 4th.

The Joy Formidable will open the show. They recently released a digital EP Sleep Is Day with all profits being donated to SOS (the Sumatran Orangutan Society). Singer Ritzy Bryan explained, “We read a tweet by the naturalist and conservationist Bill Oddie. He was lamenting the destruction of the lianas in the orangutans' natural habitat. We have a song on our EP called "Liana" and once we started reading about the crisis the orangutan was facing, it set the wheels in motion for us wanting to raise some money.”

NOTE: The Joy Formbidable covered Kongos’ ‘Escape’ on the new EP.

Kongos / Joy Formidable Tour dates:

9/29: Union Hall - Edmonton, AB
9/30: Macewan Hall Ballroom - Calgary, AB
10/1: Loui's - Saskatoon, SK
10/2: Garrick Centre - Winnipeg, MB
10/4: Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN
10/5: The Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL
10/6: St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI
10/8: Metropolis - Montreal, QC
10/9: Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON
10/11: Main Street Armory - Rochester, NY
10/12: The Royale - Boston, MA
10/14: The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD
10/15: PlayStation Theater - New York, NY
10/16: Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
10/18: The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
10/20: House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA
10/21: Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
10/22: Emo's - Austin, TX
10/23: Gas Monkey Live! - Dallas, TX
10/24: El Rey Theater - Albuquerque, NM
10/25: Brooklyn Bowl - Las Vegas, NV
10/26: The Music Box - San Diego, CA
10/27: Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
10/28: The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
10/29: Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ

Read More Viet Cong This is the same night as Canada's Viet Cong show at 7th Street Entry. With the recent local Vietnamese community protesting the upcoming show, I'm happy to see that the band …

PREOCCUPATIONS
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Tuesday, 10/04/16, 7pm ($15)
finelinemusic.com

Preoccupations (Frontman Matt Flegel, guitarist Danny Christiansen, multi-instrumentalist Scott Munro and drummer Mike Wallace) got international recognized by their former unintentionally racist name Viet Cong. I previously compared their name to calling themselves The Nazis and not realizing what a terrible idea that is... Anyway, they did the right thing, they’ve changed their name when so many Vietnamese and Veterans complained about it. With the name change, the band just hope that we can now concentrate on how good their music is, rather than be distracted by the controversial former name.

Preoccupations’ self-titled album is out now on Jagjaguwar.

Special guests Methyl Ethel to open.

World Tour Dates

10.01.16 - Mac Hall Ballroom - Calgary, AB ^
10.03.16 - WECC - Winnepeg, MB ^
10.04.16 - Fine Line Music Cafe - Minneapolis, Mn ^
10.05.16 - Thalia Hall - Chicago, Il ^
10.07.16 - Crofoot Ballroom - Pontiac, Mi ^
10.08.16 - Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON ^
10.11.16 - Theatre Fairmount - Montreal, QC ^
10.12.16 - The Sinclair - Cambridge, Ma ^
10.14.16 - Warsaw - Brooklyn NY ^
10.15.16 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, Pa ^
10.16.16 - Rock & Roll Hotel - Washington DC ^
10.18.16 - Masquerade - Atlanta, Ga ^
10.19.16 - Gasa Gasa - New Orleans, La ^
10.21.16 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX ^
10.22.16 - Club Dada - Dallas, TX
10.25.16 - Valley Bar - Phoenix, Az ^
10.26.16 - The Irenic - San Diego, CA ^
10.28.16 - The Roxy - Los Angeles, CA ^
10.29.16 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA ^
10.30.16 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA ^
11.01.16 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR ^
11.02.16 - Neumos - Seattle, Wa ^

^ w/ Methyl Ethel

Read More Eliot Sumner Supporting them on this tour is London-born artist Eliot Sumner (also known as Coco Sumner or I Blame Coco), singing and playing tracks from her debut album Information …

ELIOT SUMNER
at Studio B
Tuesday, 10/04/16, 7pm ($12)
skywaytheatre.com

Eliot Sumner is returning to Minnesota this October 4 at Studio B (inside the Skyway Theatre). We’ve previously mentioned how uncanny Sumner looks like her father, Sting, when we caught them at the Turf Club in St Paul (June 2016).

Eliot Sumner’s latest Information is the debut album under their name, Sumner was previously recorded as Coco at the early age of 17.

My Jerusalem is listed to open the show. In 2013, we wrote that My Jerusalem is from from Austin, by the way of New Orleans (and not from not Israel). My Jerusalem’s latest record A Little Death is available now on Washington Square Music.

Tour dates:

9/27 New York, NY @ Armani New York
9/30 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/1 Dallas, TX @ Foundry
10/3 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
10/4 Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre
10/5 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/6 Louisville, KY @ New Vintage
10/7 Peoria, IL @ Limelight
10/13 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
10/14 Boston, MA @ Café 939

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Minneapolis: September 24, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on September 24, 2015.

This is the same night as Canada's Viet Cong show at 7th Street Entry. With the recent local Vietnamese community protesting the upcoming show, I'm happy to see that the band has announced yesterday that they are finally changing their offensive name. We didn't cover their previous Minneapolis show because I found the name slightly offensive.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Ben Rector As in, ‘Why’ isn’t the Nashville-based Rector a bigger known name and playing even bigger venues than his sold-out Varsity Theater show? Is it because he has taken the indie route and doesn't have a major label ... Judah & the Lion Nashville based trio Judah & the Lion (not to be confused with Daniel & the Lion) is on tour in support of their full-length studio album Kids These Days entered Billboard's Heatseekers chart at #2 and the Folk Albums …

BEN RECTOR
at Northrop Auditorium
Thursday, 09/24/2015, 7pm ($24.50)
northrop.umn.edu

Nashville's Ben Rector is back with a brand new sixth studio album called Brand New (Aptly Named Recordings, LLC). He'll be stopping by the Northrop Auditorium at the U of M this Thursday. Don't expect an encore, as we have previously seen him live and explained, "Rector explains he doesn’t like the process of leaving the stage then returning."

Judah & The Lion will open the show. We were really impressed with this band from their headlining 7th Street Entry show in 2014. We described the band as "not rock and not country, but 'somewhere in-between'. It's feel-good singalong folk rock, think Mumford & Sons, and you get the idea."

Ben Rector Fall Tour Dates:

09/20 Deluxe - Indianapolis, IN
09/23 Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
09/24 Northrop Auditorium - Minneapolis, MN
09/25 House of Blues - Chicago, IL
09/26 House of Blues - Chicago, IL
09/30 The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD
10/01 House of Blues - Boston, MA
10/02 Irving Plaza - New York, NY
10/03 Theatre of the Living Arts - Phila, PA
10/07 Singletary Center - Lexington, KY
10/08 The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
10/09 Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN
10/10 Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN
10/17 New Daisy Theatre - Memphis, TN
10/18 Rudder Auditorium - College Station, TX
10/22 House of Blues - Houston, TX
10/23 South Side Ballroom - Dallas, TX
10/24 Stubb's - Austin, TX
10/25 Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
10/28 Tennessee Theatre - Knoxville, TN
10/29 The Fillmore - Charlotte, NC
10/30 The Ritz - Raleigh, NC
11/03 Charleston Music Hall - Charleston, SC
11/05 Louisiana Tech University - Ruston, LA
11/06 Alabama Theatre - Birmingham, AL
11/07 Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA

Read More The Adicts The version Cristina loves is the Adicts' version. Song of the week is Adicts' "Falling in Love". ...

REVEREND HORTON HEAT
at First Ave
Thursday, 09/24/2015, 7pm ($20)
first-avenue.com

This should be a great double header show: Reverend Horton Heat and The Adicts!

The so-called "godfather of modern rockabilly and psychobilly" Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath's latest album Rev (their 11th album!) came out last year on Victory Records.

As for the Adicts, this will be their first Minneapolis show, we previously mentioned our love for the English punk band.

Listen to the Cover Lover show here:

W♥M107: Cover Lover (57 mins)

Special guest The Creepshow to open.

Tour Dates

09/20/15 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
09/22/15 Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar
09/23/15 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
09/24/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
09/25/15 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theatre
09/26/15 Pacific Junction, IA Mid America Motorplex
09/27/15 Springfield, IL Donnie's Homespun
10/22/15 Bentonville, AR Meteor
10/23/15 Birmingham, AL Saturn
10/24/15 New Orleans, LA Mid City Lanes
11/27/15 Austin, TX The Mohawk
11/28/15 Houston, TX Scout Bar
11/29/15 San Antonio, TX The Paper Tiger
12/01/15 Flagstaff, AZ Museum Club
12/02/15 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
12/03/15 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
12/04/15 Las Vegas, NV Vinyl @ Hard Rock Hotel
12/05/15 Oakland, CA Leo's
12/06/15 Oakland, CA Leo's
12/08/15 Oakland, CA Leo's
12/09/15 Sacramento, CA Ace Of Spades
12/10/15 Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theater
12/11/15 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
12/12/15 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
12/13/15 San Diego, CA Observatory North Park
12/15/15 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
12/16/15 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen
12/17/15 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
12/18/15 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
12/19/15 Fort Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
12/20/15 Colorado Springs, CO Black Sheep
12/31/15 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey Live!
02/04/16 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's

Read More Toro Y Moi Toro y Moi. Audrey reported that the show at the Fine Line Music Café on February 20th was sold out. Not a whole lot of interaction with the audience …

TORO Y MOI
at Mill City Nights
Thursday, 09/24/2015, 8pm ($20)
millcitynights.com

Toro y Moi and Astronauts, etc. (Anthony Ferraro, keyboardist in Toro y Moi's live band) is currently on a US tour. The two bands recently teamed up to record a cover of Elton John's "Rocket Man." Noisey premiered the track, saying "Oh you're covering one of Elton John's very best songs? Bold moves, guys, bold moves. Thing is, Oakland's Astronauts, etc. and Toro y Moi-who are heading out on tour together next week-really nail it. Their rework is soft like cashmere on baby skin. Sweetly muted like Beck's rework of 'Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes,' but with a funked up bass holding it all down and shivery synth middle eight that's quite magic."

2015 Tour Dates

9/20 - Neumos - Seattle, WA
9/21 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
9/24 - Mill City Nights - Minneapolis, MN
9/25 - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI
9/26 - Wooly's - Des Moines, IA
9/27 - Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids, MI
9/28 - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
9/29 - Waiting Room - Buffalo, NY
9/30 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT
10/1 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
10/2 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
10/3 - The National - Richmond, VA
10/4 - Rams Head - Baltimore, MD
10/6 - Music Farm - Charleston, SC
10/7 - Georgia Theatre - Athens, GA
10/8 - Free Bird Live - Jacksonville, FL
10/9 - State Theatre - St. Petersburg, FL
10/10-10/11 - Ill Points Festival - Miami, FL
10/12 - Vinyl Music Hall - Pensacola, FL
10/13 - Republic - New Orleans, LA
10/14 - Saturn - Birmingham, AL
10/15 - Minglewood Hall - Memphis, TN
10/16 - The Ready Room - St. Louis, MO
10/17 - The Blue Note - Columbia, MO
10/18 - Granada Theatre - Lawrence, KS
10/19 - Waiting Room - Omaha, NE
10/21 - Gothic Theatre - Denver, CO
10/22 - Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM
10/23 - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ
10/24 - The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA
10/25 - Pappy & Harriet's - Pioneertown, CA
11/6-11/8 - Fun Fun Fun Fest - Austin, TX
11/9 - Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA

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