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Minneapolis: This Week (04/16/2023)

Here are some shows, this week, in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

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04/13 Ryan Traster and NEWSKI with Long Range Hustle at Turf Club Read More Ryan Traster Minneapolis-based musician Ryan Traster is having a Choses Obscures CD album release party this July 6th at the Turf Club. Looking at the poster, he is putting the name Ryan Traster Band on the bill. … Brett Newski Milwaukee-based alternative songwriter / illustrator / podcaster Brett Newski is releasing his first book It’s Hard To Be A Person: defeating anxiety, surviving the world, and having more fun and its ... Chipotle We learned that again over the previous weekend as the Chipotle Cultivate Festival came to town for a day long adventure of food, ideas, and music. ...

04/13/2023 Thursday

Ryan Traster and NEWSKI
with Long Range Hustle
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

The co-headlining tour of Ryan Traster and Newski will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on April 13th.

The press release of the year, for me, was for Newski’s disastrous unlicensed pop-up concert at Chipotle.

“We played an unlicensed show at Chipotle and everyone hated us,” says NEWSKI.

Everything that could go wrong did, for Wisconsin’s jangle pop rock outfit NEWSKI on their spontaneous and unlicensed performance at Chipotle; the guitar fell out of tune, no free burritos were rewarded, and nearly everyone in the place was pissed off.

I thought it was funny enough that I shared it with the W♥M team. Even if the story was made up or overly exaggerated, it made us notice and we like a band with a sense of humor.

I did some digging, and apparently this trio features Steve “Mr Bicep” Vorass on drums, Sean “Tubs” Anderson on 4-string, and led by Brett Newski on guitars and vocals.

Brett Newski (06 July 2016)

Funny enough, we have seen Brett before, at the Violent Femmes show in July 2016, which we described, “Brett Newski opened up the show with his improv-ish songs. Very fun guy, really witty. Highlight of his set was getting an audience member to help play harmonica during ‘In Between Exits’. He ended his brief 30-min set with ‘D.I.Y.’... and newfound fans in the front started to sing along to his catchy lyrics, “I’m D.I.Y., I’m punk as f***. Don’t need your money, I don’t want your love.” Newski also tend to swap out lyrics to make his song more personal and timely. For example, he name dropped The Replacements in the mixtape lyrics on ‘D.I.Y.’”

Long Range Hustle to open.

Tour dates:

03.29 - YPSILANTI, MI @ Ziggys
03.30 - HAMILTON, ON @ Mill’s Hardware
01.31 - TORONTO, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
04.01 - ELORA, ON @ Elora Brewing Co
04.02 - BARRIE, ON @ Queens Hotel
04.06 - STEVEN'S POINT, WI @ UWSP Dreyfus Center
04.07 - MILWAUKEE, WI @ Anodyne Walkers Point
04.08 - MANITOWOC, WI @ Sabbatical Brewing
04.12 - CHICAGO, IL @ Golden Dagger
04.13 - ST PAUL, MN @ Turf Club
04.14 - APPLETON, WI @ Appleton Beer Factory
04.21 - COLUMBUS, OH @ Rambling House Series
04.22 - YOUNGSTOWN, OH @ Westside Bowl
04.23 - PHILADELPHIA, PA @ Krobath series
04.26 - NEW YORK, NY @ Bowery Electric
04.27 - DEWEY BEACH, DL @ Fort Ishu House Show
04.28 - WASHINGTON DC @ Pearl St Warehouse
04.30 - RICHMOND, VA @ Hardywood Brewing
05.03 - ORLANDO, FL @ Will’s Pub
05.04 - ST AUGUSTINE @ Sarbez
05.05 - WEST DESTIN, FL @ Rock by the Sea Fest
05.06 - WEST DESTIN, FL @ Rock by the Sea Fest
05.20 - HAVANA, IL @ Havana Songwriters Fest
05.23 - SEATTLE, WA @ Fun House
05.24 - BEND, OR @ Old St Francis School
05.25 - PORTLAND, OR @ The White Eagle
05.26-27 - PORT ANGELES, WA @ JFFA Festival
06.02- MARSHFIELD, WI @ Hub City Days
06.17 - SHEBOYGAN, WI @ Three Sheeps
06.23 - CEDAR RAPIDS, IA @ Newbo City Market
06.30 - BARABOO, WI @ Tumbled Rock Brewing
07.01 - MADISON, WI @ Terrace at Memorial Union
07.12 - GOSHEN, IN @ Goshen Brewing
07.14 - LANSING, MI @ Bridge Fest
07.15 - GRAND RAPIDS, MI @ Founders
07.16 - THREE OAKS, MI @ Acorn Theatre

04/14 Fruit Bats at First Avenue Read More 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. …

04/14/2023 Friday

Fruit Bats
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Nashville’s Fruit Bats (Eric D. Johnson) is currently on tour in support of A River Running to Your Heart. The record will be available April 14 via Merge Records.

“Over the years there's been a lot of geography in my music, a lot of landscapes,” Johnson says. “Sometimes the places are real, sometimes they're emotional. I've always liked the idea of songs and albums that exist in a continuum with one another. I'm not talking about some kind of deep series of concept albums, mind you. More like the idea that my songs are all pretty much tributaries of the same river. Which makes a lot of metaphorical sense because my path has been long and winding and often slow and muddy. But always moving towards the sea…. I guess you could say this album is the one where I took all that emotional geography and kind of mapped it out.”

We saw Fruit Bats in Oct 2015 and said, “Johnson’s honeyed voice was perfect, rivaled only by the dreamy strum of Barker’s guitar and gentle whirr of Klippert’s keyboards. Folk-pop gems like fan-favorite “When You Love Somebody” (from Mouthfuls) saw many people singing the famously quirky lyric, “When you love somebody and bite your tongue all you get is a mouthful of blood.” Blood, bats, love and folk - I couldn’t have asked for a better precursor to Halloween.”

Fruit Bats Spring 2023 Tour:

4/12 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
4/13 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
4/14 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
4/15 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow
4/16 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
4/18 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Phoenix Theatre
4/19 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl
4/20 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
4/21 – Boston, MA – Royale
4/22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
4/25 – Carrboro, NC – Cat's Cradle
4/27 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
4/28 – Scaly Mountain, NC – Bear Shadow +
4/29 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
4/30 – Jacksonville, FL – Intuition Ale Works
5/10 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern
5/11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre
5/12 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
5/13 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
5/14 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
5/17 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
5/19 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
5/20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Commonwealth Room
5/21 – Bozeman, MT – The Elm
5/24 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
5/25 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
5/26 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market
5/27 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Commodore Ballroom

+ w/ Spoon

04/14 Trapper Schoepp at 7th St Entry Read More Trapper Schoepp Milwaukeean Trapper Schoepp started things off with a fantastic cover of the classic Jimmie Rodgers’ tune “T for Texas” before moving into …

04/14/2023 Friday

Trapper Schoepp
with Becky Kapell and Laura Hugo
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Trapper Schoepp is touring in support of his upcoming album Siren Songs, available April 21 via Grand Phony (US) / Rootsy (EU).

Trapper Schoepp (31 May 2017)

We saw Trapper Schoepp in May 2017 and said, “As a former resident of Green Bay, I was charmed to learn that Trapper Schoepp’s newest EP was written all about the city’s Bay Beach, an east-side amusement park nestled on the bay that happens to be celebrating 125 years of existence this year. Schoepp treated the Turf crowd to a performance of Bay Beach Amusement Park in its entirety with help from Shades bandmates Justin Krol on drums, Quinn Scharber on guitar, brother Tanner on bass/vocals and a 3-piece horn section lovingly called “The Horns”.”

Tour dates:

3/23 - Lake Orion, MI - 20 Front Street
3/24 - Akron, OH - Barno's House
3/25 - Ligonier, PA - Sweet Rust
3/26 - Washington, D.C. - Pie Shop DC
3/28 - Boston, MA - City Winery Boston
3/29 - Cambridge, NY - Argyle Brewing Company
3/30 - Syracuse, NY - The 443 Social Club & Lounge
3/31 - Freehold, NJ - Concerts in the Studio
4/1 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
4/2 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
4/14 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
4/15 - Madison, WI - Kiki's House of Righteous Music
4/21 - Milwaukee, WI - Colectivo **
4/22 - Berwyn, IL - FitzGerald’s **
4/23 - Nashville, TN - Eastside Bowl **
5/7 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall #
5/9 - Davenport, IA - Raccoon Motel #
5/10 - Berwyn, IL - FitzGerald’s #
5/11 - Des Moines, IA - xBk Live #
5/12 - Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge #

** With Mike Viola
# Supporting Daniel Rodriguez

04/15 Rachel Baiman with Barbaro at Cedar Read More Rachel Baiman This time, the band is headlining the Fine Line Music Café this Friday, September 22nd. Rachel Baiman to open for this show, but starting September 27 Bluegass musician Dori Freeman …

04/15/2023 Saturday

Rachel Baiman
with Barbaro
at Cedar
thecedar.com

Singer/songwriter Rachel Baiman is currently on tour in support of her new album Common Nation of Sorrow. The record was produced by Baiman, mixed by Tucker Martine (Neko Case, The Decemberists, First Aid Kit) and recorded at The Tractor Shed outside of Nashville.

We last wrote about Baiman in Sep 2017 when she was in town with Mandolin Orange.

Barbaro to open.

Tour dates:

Apr 6 Decatur, GA, US Eddie's Attic
Apr 7 Charlotte, NC, US The Evening Muse
Apr 8 Durham, NC, US The Pinhook
Apr 12 Madison, WI, US High Noon Saloon
Apr 13 Milwaukee, WI, US Anodyne Coffee Roasting
Apr 14 Berwyn, IL, US FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB
Apr 15 Minneapolis, MN, US Cedar Cultural Center
Apr 16 Appleton, WI, US Appleton Beer Factory
Apr 18 Ann Arbor, MI, US The Ark Stage
Apr 19 Columbus, OH, US Rambling House
Apr 20 Newport, KY, US Revival Room
Apr 22 Lexington, KY, US The Raven House
May 2 Pittsburgh, PA, US Club Café
May 3 Wayne, PA, US 118 North
May 4 Washington, DC, US Pearl Street Warehouse
May 5 Cambridge, MA, US Club Passim
May 6 Brooklyn, NY, US The Owl Music Parlour
May 8 Northampton, MA, US The Parlor Room
May 11 Seattle, WA, US Tractor Tavern
May 12 Prosser, WA, US Brewminatti
May 13 Portland, OR, US Polaris Hall
May 19 Outdoor Monticello, KY, US Sleeping in the Woods
May 24 Pueblo, CO, US Brues Alehouse Brewing Co.
May 25 Denver, CO, US Swallow Hill Music
May 26 Carbondale, CO, US Steve's Guitars
May 26 Colorado Springs, CO, US MeadowGrass Festival
Jun 6 Lafayette, IN, US People's Brewing Company
Jun 9 Chattanooga, TN, US The Woodshop
Jun 23 Greenfield, MA, US Green River Festival

04/15 Stars at Fine Line Read More Stars As many of you are aware, we’ve been massive Stars fans since the Nightsongs LP in 2001. Over the many years of seeing the Canadian band, we’ve come to understand that the band doesn’t really …

04/15/2023 Saturday

Stars
with Lydia Persaud
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

We love the Canadian band Stars. You guys know that. The band released Capelton Hill in 2022, and now that it’s safe to tour and travel… the band will touring towards Austin City Limits. They’ll stop by the Fine Line in Minneapolis on April 15th.

Stars (02 Dec 2018)

We caught Stars in Dec 2018 and wrote, “As for Stars, you guys already know that I love the band since Nightsongs in 2001. I got into Le Grand Magistery Records and bought almost everything that they released, including Baxendale, Momus, Stereo Total, etc. I was listening to Stars since their humble beginning, but unfortunately, the band really didn’t do heavy promotion until Set Yourself on Fire in 2004 to 2005.”

Update: Lydia Persaud was recently announced as support for this 2023 tour. The last time we heard from her, she released her album Moody31. The record is a collection of reflections on lessons learned in love and growth as she entered her thirties.

Tour dates:

Apr 7, 2023 Fri Avening Community Hall Creemore, ON
Apr 8, 2023 Sat Avening Community Hall Creemore, ON
Apr 9, 2023 Sun Paris Presbyterian Church Brant, ON
Apr 10, 2023 Mon Bridgeworks Hamilton, ON
Apr 12, 2023 Wed Magic Bag Ferndale, MI
Apr 13, 2023 Thu Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
Apr 14, 2023 Fri Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI
Apr 15, 2023 Sat Fine Line Minneapolis, MN
Apr 18, 2023 Tue House of Blues Dallas Dallas, TX
Apr 19, 2023 Wed 3TEN Austin City Limits Live Austin, TX

04/16 Daisy The Great with Olive Klug at 7th St Entry Read More Daisy the Great Openers Daisy the Great are actually a Brooklyn-based duo, fronted by Kelley Nicole Dugan and Mina Walker who made waves last fall when they teamed with AJR on the song, “Record Player”, a re-worked version of their own 2017 folk-pop song. …

04/16/2023 Sunday

Daisy The Great
with Olive Klug
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Brooklyn’s indie pop band Daisy the Great (Kelley Nicole Dugan and Mina Walker) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on April 16. The group recently recently shared a new version of “Tell Me Have You Been Dancing” remixed by and featuring vocals from indie pop artist Claud.

“We were so happy to have Claud remix our song. We love Claud, and it was such an honor to have their voice and their production on this song. The original is off of our latest album All You Need Is Time, and it's about missing someone that you’ve loved. Claud layered a lot of the vocals and created some beautiful canons that really bring out the way your thoughts swirl when you never really stop thinking about someone that you had to let go of.”

Tour Dates

04/12 – Allston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
04/14 – Columbus, OH – The Basement
04/15 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
04/16 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
04/18 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
04/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
04/21 – Portland, OR – Holocene
04/22 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
04/25 – San Francisco, CA – Café Du Nord
04/28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
04/29 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues San Diego
05/02 – Dallas, TX – Dada Dallas
05/03 – Austin, TX – Antone’s
05/05 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa
05/06 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival*
05/07 – Nashville, TN – The End
05/10 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
05/11 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd Music House
05/12 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
05/28 – Pittsburgh, PA – WonderWorks Music Festival*

*without Olive Klug

04/16 Goose at Palace Theatre Read More Goose Connecticut rockers Goose is continuing their tour in 2022. You can catch them live this upcoming Feb 9 at First Avenue in Minneapolis. …

04/16/2023 Sunday

Goose
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Connecticut-based rock quintet Goose has added additional headline dates to their summer schedule … the group returns to the Minnesota state at the Palace Theatre this April 16th.

In support of building a safer and more supportive music industry through access to quality mental health care providers, Goose will donate $1 from each tour ticket to Backline, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that connects music industry professionals and their families with mental health and wellness resources.

Tour dates:

03/02-03/05 – Okeechobee, FL – Okeechobee Music †
03/08 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre
03/09 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre
03/10 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre
03/11 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre
03/12- Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre
03/23 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
03/24 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
03/25 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
03/26 – Cleveland, OH – Agora
03/31 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
04/01 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
04/02 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Co.
04/13 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
04/14 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
04/15 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
04/16 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
04/18 – Bozeman, MT – The Elm
04/19 – Bozeman, MT – The Elm
04/21 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
04/22 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
04/23 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
04/25 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre
04/27 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
04/28 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
04/29 – San Diego, CA – CalCoast Credit Union
05/02 – New Orleans, LA – Daze Between New Orleans †
05/03 – New Orleans, LA – Daze Between New Orleans †
05/26-05/28 – Chillicothe, IL – Summer Camp Music Festival †
06/04 – Lexington, KY – Railbird Music Festival †
06/22-06/25 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest †
06/27 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live!
06/29-07/02 – Scranton, PA – Peach Music Festival †
06/29-07/01 - Garrettsville, OH – Resonance Music and Arts Festival †
07/03 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
07/04 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
07/07 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
07/26-07/30 – Floyd, VA – FloydFest †

† Festival Appearance

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Minneapolis: April 13 to April 14

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04/13 Ryan Traster and NEWSKI with Long Range Hustle at Turf Club Read More Ryan Traster Minneapolis-based musician Ryan Traster is having a Choses Obscures CD album release party this July 6th at the Turf Club. Looking at the poster, he is putting the name Ryan Traster Band on the bill. … Brett Newski Milwaukee-based alternative songwriter / illustrator / podcaster Brett Newski is releasing his first book It’s Hard To Be A Person: defeating anxiety, surviving the world, and having more fun and its ... Chipotle We learned that again over the previous weekend as the Chipotle Cultivate Festival came to town for a day long adventure of food, ideas, and music. ...

04/13/2023 Thursday

Ryan Traster and NEWSKI
with Long Range Hustle
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

The co-headlining tour of Ryan Traster and Newski will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on April 13th.

The press release of the year, for me, was for Newski’s disastrous unlicensed pop-up concert at Chipotle.

“We played an unlicensed show at Chipotle and everyone hated us,” says NEWSKI.

Everything that could go wrong did, for Wisconsin’s jangle pop rock outfit NEWSKI on their spontaneous and unlicensed performance at Chipotle; the guitar fell out of tune, no free burritos were rewarded, and nearly everyone in the place was pissed off.

I thought it was funny enough that I shared it with the W♥M team. Even if the story was made up or overly exaggerated, it made us notice and we like a band with a sense of humor.

I did some digging, and apparently this trio features Steve “Mr Bicep” Vorass on drums, Sean “Tubs” Anderson on 4-string, and led by Brett Newski on guitars and vocals.

Brett Newski (06 July 2016)

Funny enough, we have seen Brett before, at the Violent Femmes show in July 2016, which we described, “Brett Newski opened up the show with his improv-ish songs. Very fun guy, really witty. Highlight of his set was getting an audience member to help play harmonica during ‘In Between Exits’. He ended his brief 30-min set with ‘D.I.Y.’... and newfound fans in the front started to sing along to his catchy lyrics, “I’m D.I.Y., I’m punk as f***. Don’t need your money, I don’t want your love.” Newski also tend to swap out lyrics to make his song more personal and timely. For example, he name dropped The Replacements in the mixtape lyrics on ‘D.I.Y.’”

Long Range Hustle to open.

Tour dates:

03.29 - YPSILANTI, MI @ Ziggys
03.30 - HAMILTON, ON @ Mill’s Hardware
01.31 - TORONTO, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
04.01 - ELORA, ON @ Elora Brewing Co
04.02 - BARRIE, ON @ Queens Hotel
04.06 - STEVEN'S POINT, WI @ UWSP Dreyfus Center
04.07 - MILWAUKEE, WI @ Anodyne Walkers Point
04.08 - MANITOWOC, WI @ Sabbatical Brewing
04.12 - CHICAGO, IL @ Golden Dagger
04.13 - ST PAUL, MN @ Turf Club
04.14 - APPLETON, WI @ Appleton Beer Factory
04.21 - COLUMBUS, OH @ Rambling House Series
04.22 - YOUNGSTOWN, OH @ Westside Bowl
04.23 - PHILADELPHIA, PA @ Krobath series
04.26 - NEW YORK, NY @ Bowery Electric
04.27 - DEWEY BEACH, DL @ Fort Ishu House Show
04.28 - WASHINGTON DC @ Pearl St Warehouse
04.30 - RICHMOND, VA @ Hardywood Brewing
05.03 - ORLANDO, FL @ Will’s Pub
05.04 - ST AUGUSTINE @ Sarbez
05.05 - WEST DESTIN, FL @ Rock by the Sea Fest
05.06 - WEST DESTIN, FL @ Rock by the Sea Fest
05.20 - HAVANA, IL @ Havana Songwriters Fest
05.23 - SEATTLE, WA @ Fun House
05.24 - BEND, OR @ Old St Francis School
05.25 - PORTLAND, OR @ The White Eagle
05.26-27 - PORT ANGELES, WA @ JFFA Festival
06.02- MARSHFIELD, WI @ Hub City Days
06.17 - SHEBOYGAN, WI @ Three Sheeps
06.23 - CEDAR RAPIDS, IA @ Newbo City Market
06.30 - BARABOO, WI @ Tumbled Rock Brewing
07.01 - MADISON, WI @ Terrace at Memorial Union
07.12 - GOSHEN, IN @ Goshen Brewing
07.14 - LANSING, MI @ Bridge Fest
07.15 - GRAND RAPIDS, MI @ Founders
07.16 - THREE OAKS, MI @ Acorn Theatre

04/14 Fruit Bats at First Avenue Read More 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. …

04/14/2023 Friday

Fruit Bats
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Nashville’s Fruit Bats (Eric D. Johnson) is currently on tour in support of A River Running to Your Heart. The record will be available April 14 via Merge Records.

“Over the years there's been a lot of geography in my music, a lot of landscapes,” Johnson says. “Sometimes the places are real, sometimes they're emotional. I've always liked the idea of songs and albums that exist in a continuum with one another. I'm not talking about some kind of deep series of concept albums, mind you. More like the idea that my songs are all pretty much tributaries of the same river. Which makes a lot of metaphorical sense because my path has been long and winding and often slow and muddy. But always moving towards the sea…. I guess you could say this album is the one where I took all that emotional geography and kind of mapped it out.”

We saw Fruit Bats in Oct 2015 and said, “Johnson’s honeyed voice was perfect, rivaled only by the dreamy strum of Barker’s guitar and gentle whirr of Klippert’s keyboards. Folk-pop gems like fan-favorite “When You Love Somebody” (from Mouthfuls) saw many people singing the famously quirky lyric, “When you love somebody and bite your tongue all you get is a mouthful of blood.” Blood, bats, love and folk - I couldn’t have asked for a better precursor to Halloween.”

Fruit Bats Spring 2023 Tour:

4/12 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
4/13 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
4/14 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
4/15 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow
4/16 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
4/18 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Phoenix Theatre
4/19 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl
4/20 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
4/21 – Boston, MA – Royale
4/22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
4/25 – Carrboro, NC – Cat's Cradle
4/27 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
4/28 – Scaly Mountain, NC – Bear Shadow +
4/29 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
4/30 – Jacksonville, FL – Intuition Ale Works
5/10 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern
5/11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre
5/12 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
5/13 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
5/14 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
5/17 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
5/19 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
5/20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Commonwealth Room
5/21 – Bozeman, MT – The Elm
5/24 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
5/25 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
5/26 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market
5/27 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Commodore Ballroom

+ w/ Spoon

04/14 Aoife O’Donovan with The Westerlies at Turf Club Read More Aoife O'Donovan Opening the show was Ber. Originally from Minnesota, Ber moved to London in 2020 to work on music. With a massive fanbase on TikTok, she caught the attention of London’s Zane Lowe and Travis Mills ...

04/14/2023 Friday

Aoife O’Donovan
with The Westerlies
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

GRAMMY Award-winning artist Aoife O’Donovan will be playing her live recording of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska live at the Turf Club, this April 14th, 2023.

O’Donovan loves Nebraska and explains, “It was this concept album in a way that was just so natural, it was so unforced. Springsteen found these characters and sort of placed them. It’s almost like the American Songbook or something. I just love the record; from the opening moments to the final cut, ‘Reason to Believe,’ it has this beautiful arc. It’s almost novelistic in that way.”

Aoife O’Donovan (20 Nov 2015)

We saw Aoife O'Donovan in Nov 2015 and wrote, “Opening up the show, was Crooked Still's Aoife O'Donovan playing some folky/storytelling songs from her latest solo album Fossils, including set opening song "Lay My Burden Down", "Oh, Mama", and "Beekeeper". She played a couple of new songs, like "Hornets", which she said she played recently when she hosted (along with Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz) at the A Prairie Home Companion show in October 2015. ”

The Westerlies to open.

Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska Tour

March 15 - The Birchmere - Alexandria, VA*
March 16 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY*
March 17 - Sanders Theatre - Cambridge, MA*
March 18 - Stone Mountain Arts Center - Brownfield, ME+
April 12 - Stoughton Opera House - Stoughton, WI^
April 13 - SPACE - Evanston, IL^
April 14 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN^
April 15 - The Sheldon Concert Hall - St. Louis, MO^
April 16 - The Basement East - Nashville, TN^

*performing the album Nebraska solo, with special guests Hawktail
+performing the album Nebraska solo
^performing the album Nebraska solo, with special guests The Westerlies

Additional Aoife O’Donovan Tour Dates
April 28 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN ~
May 30 - Dresden Music Festival - Dresden, DE
August 18-19 - Green Mountain Bluegrass - Manchester, VT
August 25 - The Long Road - Leicestershire, UK
August 26-27 - Tønder - Tønder, DK
September 9 - Moon River - Chattanooga, TN

~ supporting Nickel Creek

04/14 Trapper Schoepp at 7th St Entry Read More Trapper Schoepp Milwaukeean Trapper Schoepp started things off with a fantastic cover of the classic Jimmie Rodgers’ tune “T for Texas” before moving into …

04/14/2023 Friday

Trapper Schoepp
with Becky Kapell and Laura Hugo
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Trapper Schoepp is touring in support of his upcoming album Siren Songs, available April 21 via Grand Phony (US) / Rootsy (EU).

Trapper Schoepp (31 May 2017)

We saw Trapper Schoepp in May 2017 and said, “As a former resident of Green Bay, I was charmed to learn that Trapper Schoepp’s newest EP was written all about the city’s Bay Beach, an east-side amusement park nestled on the bay that happens to be celebrating 125 years of existence this year. Schoepp treated the Turf crowd to a performance of Bay Beach Amusement Park in its entirety with help from Shades bandmates Justin Krol on drums, Quinn Scharber on guitar, brother Tanner on bass/vocals and a 3-piece horn section lovingly called “The Horns”.”

Tour dates:

3/23 - Lake Orion, MI - 20 Front Street
3/24 - Akron, OH - Barno's House
3/25 - Ligonier, PA - Sweet Rust
3/26 - Washington, D.C. - Pie Shop DC
3/28 - Boston, MA - City Winery Boston
3/29 - Cambridge, NY - Argyle Brewing Company
3/30 - Syracuse, NY - The 443 Social Club & Lounge
3/31 - Freehold, NJ - Concerts in the Studio
4/1 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
4/2 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
4/14 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
4/15 - Madison, WI - Kiki's House of Righteous Music
4/21 - Milwaukee, WI - Colectivo **
4/22 - Berwyn, IL - FitzGerald’s **
4/23 - Nashville, TN - Eastside Bowl **
5/7 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall #
5/9 - Davenport, IA - Raccoon Motel #
5/10 - Berwyn, IL - FitzGerald’s #
5/11 - Des Moines, IA - xBk Live #
5/12 - Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge #

** With Mike Viola
# Supporting Daniel Rodriguez

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Minneapolis: November 17 to November 20

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11/17 CHVRCHES at Armory 11/18 Brett Newski at 7th St Entry Read More Chvrches Chvrches’ third album Love is Dead reached the Billboard Top Rock and Alternative charts at #1 and #11 overall. ... Brett Newski Milwaukee-based alternative songwriter / illustrator / podcaster Brett Newski is releasing his first book It’s Hard To Be A Person: defeating anxiety, surviving the world, and having more fun and its ...

11/17/2021 WEDNESDAY

CHVRCHES
with Donna Missal
at The Armory
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Excerpt from Take Me To Church:

It’s good to hear that Chvrches will be releasing their fourth studio album Screen Violence in the Summer. We’ve already got a sneak peek with their single, “How Not to Drow”, featuring legendary The Cure singer Robert Smith.

Of course, there will be a massive North American tour to promote the new album, see full listing below.

Tour dates

11/09/21 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
11/10 - 11/12/21 Austin, TX - ACL Live
11/14/21 Dallas, TX - South Side Ballroom
11/15/21 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
11/17/21 Minneapolis, MN - Armory
11/18/21 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater
11/19/21 Chicago, IL - Byline Bank
11/20/21 Columbus, OH - Express Live!
11/22/21 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
11/23/21 Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/24/21 Toronto, ON - History
11/26/21 New York, NY - Terminal 5
11/27/21 New York, NY - Terminal 5
11/30/21 Washington, DC - Anthem
12/01/21 Boston, MA - House of Blues
12/02/21 New Haven, CT - College Street
12/03/21 Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall
12/05/21 Cincinnati, OH - Ovation
12/06/21 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
12/08/21 Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
12/09/21 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
12/10/21 Salt Lake City, UT - Union
12/11/21 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
12/13/21 San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park
12/14/21 San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park
12/16/21 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Aud
12/17/21 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
12/18/21 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium

11/18/2021 THURSDAY

BRETT NEWSKI
with The Cold Casuals
at 7th St Entry
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Billed as Brett Newski & the No Tomorrow, this is an album and book release tour. The Cold Casuals to open.

Excerpt Books:

Milwaukee-based alternative songwriter / illustrator / podcaster Brett Newski is releasing his first book It’s Hard To Be A Person: defeating anxiety, surviving the world, and having more fun and its accompanying soundtrack on June 22, 2021.

The idea of the It’s Hard to be a Person book was to blends humor with Newski’s own anxieties and mental health struggles.

Read More Caamp Ohio’s Caamp (stylized as CAAMP) will be headlining the Palace Theatre in St Paul this October 22nd. ...

11/19/2021 FRIDAY

CAAMP
at Palace Theatre
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Originally scheduled for Oct 22, the show was postponed to November 18.

Excerpt from Rocktober: October 18 to 23, 2021:

Ohio’s Caamp (stylized as CAAMP) will be headlining the Palace Theatre in St Paul this October 22nd.

Tour dates:

11/02 - Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
11/03 - Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center
11/05 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
11/06 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
11/09 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
11/12 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
11/13 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
12/01 - Harrisburg, PA @ Harrisburg University
12/03 - Washington, DC @ The Anthem
12/04 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues
12/07 - Portland, ME @ State Theatre
12/08 - Portland, ME @ State Theatre

11/20 Liz Cooper at 7th Street Read More Pearl Charles Desert Daze at Institute of Mentalphysics, Joshua Tree Pearl Charles Frankie & The Witch Fingers Winter King Woman …

11/20/2021 SATURDAY

LIZ COOPER
with Pearl Charles
at 7th St Entry
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Excerpt Girls Girls Girls: Adrianne Lenker, Liz Cooper, I Am Kawehi, Riddy Arman:

Singer, songwriter and musician Liz Cooper recently debut her single and video for “Motorcycle”. The single is taken from her critically acclaimed new album, Hot Sass (Thirty Tigers).

In celebration of the new music, Cooper will embark on an headline tour this fall, with special guest Pearl Charles.

Tour dates:

11/02—Fort Worth, TX—Tulips
11/03—Austin, TX—Empire Control Room & Garage
11/05—Phoenix, AZ—Valley Bar
11/06—San Diego, CA—Casbah
11/08—Los Angeles, CA—Lodge Room
11/09—San Francisco, CA—The Independent
11/11—Eugene, OR—Sessions Music Hall
11/12—Portland, OR—Mississippi Studios
11/13—Spokane, WA—Lucky You Lounge
11/14—Seattle, WA—Freakout Festival
11/16—Salt Lake City, UT—Urban Lounge
11/17—Denver, CO—Bluebird Theatre
11/19—Davenport, IA—The Raccoon Motel
11/20—Minneapolis, MN—7th Street Entry
11/21—Chicago, IL—Lincoln Hall
12/04—Key West, FL—Coast Is Clear Festival

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Minneapolis: November 10, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on November 10, 2016.

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Read More The Strokes While most of Albert Hammond Jr.'s set (see setlist photo), sounds much like a missing Strokes album. This is not a bad thing, if you love The Strokes. … Streets of Laredo Brooklyn-based band (by the way of Auckland), Streets of Laredo started off the show with a 45 min. set of songs from their Lonsdale Line EP (out now on Dine Alone Records) and upcoming debut …

CRX
at Triple Rock Social Club
Thursday, 11/10/16, 7:30pm ($15)
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CRX is the exciting new band fronted by The Strokes’ guitarist Nick Valensi. Other members of the band includes keyboard player Richie James Follin, drummer Ralph Alexander, bassist Jon Safley, and guitarist Darian Zahedi. The band will be stopping by the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis next Thursday, November 10th, touring in support of their debut album New Skin (Columbia Records).

We’re also excited to see that Streets Of Laredo will be touring with the band. We previously caught the Brooklyn band in June 2014 and wrote, “The rather large band features seven members, including two brothers, Daniel and David Gibson, and David's wife Sarahjane on the tom-tom and has an earthy folk sound similar in tone to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and The Head and The Heart.”

California’s The Gloomies to open.

Tour dates:

11/07/16 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
11/09/16 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
11/10/16 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
11/11/16 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
11/12/16 Detroit, MI The El Club
11/14/16 Toronto, ON Great Hall
11/15/16 Albany, NY The Hollow
11/16/16 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
11/18/16 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
11/19/16 Philadelphia, PA Coda
11/20/16 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
11/29/16 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
11/30/16 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
12/01/16 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
12/03/16 San Francisco, CA Slim's
12/05/16 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
12/06/16 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom
12/07/16 San Diego, CA The Casbah
12/08/16 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
12/10/16 Austin, TX Emo's
12/11/16 Dallas, TX Trees
12/12/16 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
12/14/16 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace
12/15/16 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
12/17/16 Las Vegas, NV Vinyl

Read More Sloan Canadian power-pop veterans Sloan have returned to our musical shores with an ambitious new double album, Commonwealth, due out September 9th on Yep Roc - and these guys ...

SLOAN
at Turf Club
Thursday, 11/10/16, 8pm ($17.50)
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Sloan’s One Chord To Another 20th Anniversary USA show will be kicking off at Madison’s The Frequency this November 9th. Right after, they will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul to play their best-selling album in its entirety.

Look, if there was one Sloan album you own, it’s probably this one.

We’ve seen anniversary tours before, sometime it can get really tricky as due to track listing, they may have to have pre-tuned guitars or a guitar tech on hand to play everything correctly. We’ve seen it done wrong too, so, as we said, these album anniversaries can be hard to pull off...

The band probably won’t have any issues, as we’ve seen them play their entire Commonwealth double album to perfection at the Turf Club in October 2014.

No opening band listed... but seeing as it is Sloan, they’ll likely play a double set like last time.

Tour dates:

Nov 9 - Madison, WI - The Frequency
Nov 10 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
Nov 11 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
Nov 12 - St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill
Nov 14 - Nashville, TN - High Watt
Nov 15 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Nov 16 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle Backroom
Nov 17 - Charlotte, NC - Visulite Theatre
Nov 18 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
Nov 19 - Buffalo, NY - Iron Works
Nov 20 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop

Read More Hirie Special guests Hirie, The Expanders and Amp Live to open. 03/30/16 Lawrence, KS Granada Theatre 03/31/16 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre 04/01/16 Chicago, IL House Of Blues ...

REBELUTION
at First Avenue
Thursday, 11/10/16, 8pm ($22.50)
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California-based reggae/rock band Rebelution will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on their “Fall In Your Place” tour.

Rebelution’s latest release is called Live at Red Rocks, which is a live CD/DVD.

Hirie to open.

Tour dates:

11/09/16 Des Moines, IA Wooly's
11/10/16 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
11/11/16 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
11/12/16 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
11/13/16 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
11/16/16 Columbia, MO The Blue Note
11/17/16 Wichita, KS The Crown Uptown
11/18/16 Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
11/19/16 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
03/02/17 311 Caribbean Cruise
03/03/17 311 Caribbean Cruise
03/04/17 311 Caribbean Cruise
03/05/17 311 Caribbean Cruise
03/06/17 311 Caribbean Cruise

Read More Brett Newski Briefly: Brett Newski opened up the show with his improv-ish songs. Very fun guy, really witty. Highlight of his set was getting an audience member to help play harmonica ...

BRETT NEWSKI
at the Garage
Thursday, 11/10/16, 6pm ($8)
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We love seeing Brett Newski last year with They Might Be Giants in July 2016.

Newski is back in town at The Garage in Burnsville. Newski’s latest Land, Air, Sea, Garage is out now.

This all-ages show also features Dream of the Wild, Streetlight Eyes, Hallucitania, and Casey Dahl.

Tour dates:

11/10/16 Burnsville, MN The Garage
11/11/16 Minneapolis, MN The Warming House
11/12/16 Rock Island, IL Rozz Tox
11/13/16 Des Moines, IA Des Moines Social Club
11/14/16 Cedar Falls, IA House Concert
11/15/16 Cedar Rapids, IA Mad Modern
11/17/16 Newport, KY Southgate House Revival
11/18/16 Toledo, OH Fleetwood's Tap Room
11/19/16 Pittsburgh, PA Black Forge Coffee House
11/20/16 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
11/22/16 Appleton, WI Stone Cellar Brewpub
11/23/16 Bloomington, IL The Castle Theatre
12/01/16 New York, NY Rockwood Music Hall
12/03/16 Boston, MA The Red Room
12/04/16 Philadelphia, PA Bourbon & Branch

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Violent Femmes at First Avenue, Minneapolis (06 July 2016)

Setlist Blister in the Sun Kiss Off Rejoice and Be Happy Confessions I Could Be Anything Waiting for the Bus Country Death Song Prove My Love Big Car Please Do Not Go Breakin' Up Jesus Walking on the Water Love Love Love Love Love Issues I Held Her in My Arms Hallowed Ground Gone Daddy Gone Black Girls American Music -- Encore -- Memory Add It Up Read More Violent Femmes Violent Femmes’s triumphant return to First Avenue (their first night) took place last night, July 5th. This is just a quickie post to get setlist and some photos of the show online. More details later. …

Violent Femmes’s second night at First Avenue took place last night, July 6th.

This is just a quickie post to get setlist and some photos of the show online. More details later.

Brett Newski

Briefly: Brett Newski opened up the show with his improv-ish songs. Very fun guy, really witty. Highlight of his set was getting an audience member to help play harmonica during ‘In Between Exits’. He ended his brief 30-min set with ‘D.I.Y.’... and newfound fans in the front started to sing along to his catchy lyrics, “I’m D.I.Y., I’m punk as f***. Don’t need your money, I don’t want your love.” Newski also tend to swap out lyrics to make his song more personal and timely. For example, he name dropped The Replacements in the mixtape lyrics on ‘D.I.Y.’

Also, Newski, there were definitely a lot more people last night and tonight at First Avenue than “four people in St. Louis”.

Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes are back at it again. This time, it looks like they are going back to their typical setlist. The key differences from last night’s show and tonight was that Gordon Gano is now using his old banjo (the other one went out of commission last night) and some songs were replaced. I’m sad to see that ‘Gimme The Car’ is not on the set - however ‘Waiting for the Bus’ was a good replacement. That song was done in a weird saxophone/jazz style that is quite different from the recording or demo. ‘American Music’ closed out their regular set and new song ‘Memory’ moved to the encore. Of course, the finale is always ‘Add it Up’, which is always a fan favorite closing song.

Oddly enough, ‘Kiss Off’ moved to the front, right after their biggest hit song ‘Blister In the Sun’.

Also: in addition to the horns section of Blaise, Todd and Mike... we also got ‘local girl’ Mona on tenor saxophone.

Again more details later.

Violent Femmes’ hometown gig at Summerfest is tomorrow!

VIOLENT FEMMES ON TOUR 2016

Jul 07 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI
Jul 09 The Vogue Indianapolis, IN
Jul 10 The Fillmore Detroit, MI
Jul 12 Concord Music Hall Chicago, IL
Jul 13 Vic Theater Chicago, IL
Jul 14 Pageant St Louis, MO
Jul 16 KRZZ Beach Ball Buzz Kansas City, MO
Jul 17 Cains Tulsa, OK
Jul 19 House Of Blues
Jul 20 Stubbs Austin, TX
Jul 22 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI
Jul 23 Kerfuffle 2016 Festival Buffalo, NY
Jul 24 Massey Hall Toronto, Canada
Sep 24 The Park at Harlinsdale Farm Franklin, TN

Violent Femmes at First Avenue, Minneapolis (06 July 2016)

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Minneapolis: July 1 to July 6, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from July 1 to July 6, 2016.

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Read More Big Business Seattle’s Big Business, formed in 2004 by Karp bassist Jared Warren and Murder City Devils drummer Coady Willis followed with a down-to-business 35 min. set with a deep bottom end. In support of their latest, 2013’s …

D4'TH OF JULY 2016
at Triple Rock Social Club
Friday, 07/01/16, 6pm
Saturday, 07/02/16, 6pm ($40 - $55)
triplerocksocialclub.com

The annual Dillinger Four’s D4’th of July is back, and bigger than ever. This year, they’ve extended it on Friday July 1st to Saturday, July 2nd. For the first night, it is headlined by Big Business.

Big Business is touring in support of their new record Command Your Weather, which is coming out July 8th... Expect the group to play new songs.

Friday’s lineup: Big Business Off With Their Heads Naive Sense Arms Aloft Hive Constant Insult

Saturday’s lineup: Dillinger Four Cheap Girls The Brokedowns Charlie Siren Color TV No Skin

Big Business Summer Tour 2016

June 25 - Portland, OR - B Side Anniversary
June 26 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
June 28 -Billings, MT- Pub Station
June 30 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
July 1 - Minneapolis, MN - The Triple Rock
July 2 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
July 3 - Ferndale, MI - The Loving Touch
July 4 - Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground
July 5 - Rochester, NY - The Bug Jar
July 6 - Brooklyn, NY - St. Vitus
July 7 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
July 8 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
July 9 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
July 10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
July 12 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East
July 13 - Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5
July 14 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn
July 15 - Gainesville, FL - High Dive
July 16 - Tallahassee, FL - Sidebar Theater
July 17 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
July 19 - San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
July 20 - Austin, TX - Barracuda
July 21 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey
July 23 - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
July 24 - Phoenix, AZ - The Rebel Lounge
July 25 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
July 28 - Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones
July 29 - Los Angeles - Bootleg Theater
July 30 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

Read More Lawrence Breakfast Lawrence March 11, 2016 Original Release Date: March 11, 2016 Release Date: March 11, 2016 Label: Same Wavelength, LLC Copyright: 2016 Same Wavelength, LLC Total Length: 49:01 … Graveyard Club Hometown band The Graveyard Club started the night off with a handful of spooky synth-laced gems and featured main duo Matthew Schufman (vocals/keyboard) and Michael Wojtalewicz (guitarist) alongside newer ...

LAWRENCE
at 7th Street Entry
Sunday, 07/03/16, 8pm ($10/$12)
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Impossible to Google duo Lawrence (siblings Clyde and Gracie Lawrence) will be in town on July 3rd at the 7th Street Entry, touring in support of their new album Breakfast.

Don’t let the young ages (22 and 19) fool you, at 6, Clyde was youngest person to be admitted to the Songwriters' Guild of America for his film composition on Miss Congeniality (2000), and Gracie has performed on Broadway in Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and The Sitter (2011), etc.

Locals Graveyard Club and Astronomique to open.

Lawrence Summer 2016 Tour

Jun 30 -- Washington, D.C. – Songbyrd Music
Jul 01 -- Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Jul 03 -- Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
Jul 04 -- Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barn
Jul 06 -- Chicago, IL – Schubas
Jul 07 -- Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
Jul 09 -- Kansas City, MO – The Riot Room
Jul 10 -- Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
Jul 11 -- Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Jul 13 -- Seattle, WA – Barboza
Jul 14 -- Portland, OR – Lola’s Room
Jul 15 -- Eugene, OR – HIFI Music Hall
Jul 16 -- Squaw Valley, CA – Wanderlust
Jul 18 -- San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Shop
Jul 20 -- Los Angeles, CA – The Satellite
Jul 21 -- Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
Jul 23 -- Austin, TX – 3Ten @ Austin City Limits
Jul 24 -- Dallas, TX – The prophet Bar
Jul 27 -- Little Rock, AR – Stickyz Rock ’N’ Roll
Jul 28 -- Nashville, TN – The High Watt
Jul 29 -- Charlottesville, VA – The Southern
Jul 30 -- Castleton-On-Hudson, NY – Camp Springer

Read More Violent Femmes Violent Femmes have announced details of their eagerly awaited new EP, HAPPY NEW YEAR. The four-track EP will be released April 18th, exclusively on 180 gram champagne clear vinyl …

VIOLENT FEMMES
at First Avenue
Tuesday, 07/05/16, 7:30pm ($30)
Wednesday, 07/06/16, 7:30pm ($30)
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We are so excited to have Violent Femmes back. We originally caught the band in 2000-ish at First Avenue, and jumped at the chance to catch the band again in June 2015. That Treasure Island Casino show was possibly one of the best show we’ve ever seen last year. Imagine this: Everyone in the first six rows singing along to every song. Seriously.

Expect the same sort of singalong classics at next week’s Violent Femmes show(s). Originally booked for only one date, the trio extended to a two-night residency.

Violent Femmes’ We Can Do Anything came out in March 4 on [PIAS].

Milwaukee’s Brett Newski to open both nights.

VIOLENT FEMMES ON TOUR 2016

06/25 - Frederick, MD - Flying Dog
06/26 - Columbia, MD - DC101 Radio Show
07/05 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
07/06 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
07/07 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
07/09 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
07/10 - Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
07/12 - Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
07/14 - St Louis, MO - Pageant
07/16 - Kansas City, MO - KRZZ Beach Ball Buzz
07/17 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
07/19 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
07/20 - Austin, TX - Stubbs
07/22 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
07/23 - Buffalo, NY - Kerfuffle Radio Festival
07/24 - Toronto, ON - The Massey

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