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We♥KC- November 7-13 2022- Upcoming Shows (Kansas City / Lawrence KS)

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At their Rock the Garden show, Lucius previewed a new song (“Dusty Trails”), which just appeared on their latest album Good Grief. …

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November cometh and temps seem to be near freezing overnight, then turn to shorts weather in the afternoon-- welcome to the Midwest! Shows might start to get less frequent as we get closer to the holidays, but many acts are still on the road, finishing their Fall tours, so get out and see a show!

Here’s what’s happening in the Kansas City/Lawrence, KS metro November 7th-13th

(Several artists are still requiring precautions for entry, so check with the venue and/or assume vaccination proof, might still be required)

Monday Nov 7

Bilmuri, recordBar, $15

Singer/songwriter Johnny Franck is the main contributing member of alternative indie-pop band Bilmuri as well as progressive post-hardcore band The March Ahead and also a former member of metal/electronicore band Attack Attack! Knox is listed as support

Tuesday Nov 8 - Election Day VOTE!

Lucius w/ Shamir, The Truman, $27.50-$55

Still perfectly harmonizing and dressing similar, Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe are celebrating ten years since their debut album, Wildewoman. Their follow-up, 2016’s Good Grief was even more successful and the duo has returned with this year’s Second Nature (via one of our favorite indie labels, Mom+Pop).

The band itself had taken a break, to whether some personal changes and provide some backing support for other artists, notably a three-year tour with Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, but has returned in full force to their own roots, with the upbeat new album being co-produced by Brandi Carlile and Dave Cobb to start this new chapter. Count WHM as longtime fans, as we’ve seen the duo and their band, pretty consistently since back in 2013, most recently in St. Paul back in 2019.

Arrive early for the reimagining of 90's pop and rock sound via opener Shamir, who melds industrial synth with pop hooks, as seen on his latest album Heterosexuality, which defies traditional categorization.

Amanda Shires, Madrid Theater, $22-$45

Take It Like a Man is the new full-length from this acclaimed Americana violinist/singer songwriter (and also sometimes member of husband Jason Isbell’s band) and is the follow-up to 2018’s To the Sunset and a 2021 Christmas album. Initial single from the July-released album, “Hawk for the Dove’ was well-received by critics. Between solo records, Shires joined Maren Morris, Natalie Hemby, and Brandi Carlile for a self-titled album as The Highwomen in 2019.

Ginger Root, Granada-Lawrence,$18-$20

Huntington Beach, CA native Cameron Lew leads this indie soul music project which combines elements from contemporaries like Toro Y Moi, Vulfpeck, Metronomy, and Kero Kero Bonito, with the influences of Japanese City Pop and the days of Stax. Vicky Farewell listed as support.

“The Dollop,” Uptown. $35-$75

The Dollop is an American comedy history podcast in which comedian Dave Anthony reads stories from American history to his friend and fellow comedian Gareth Reynolds, who usually has no knowledge of the topic that will be discussed, with the two commenting on and reacting to the stories.

Young Culture, Super American, The Rino,$15-$20

The three-piece alternative rock band from Albany, NY, is back and ready for summer with their new feel-good track, “Hum”.

Wednesday Nov 9

Early November, Bottleneck- Lawrence, $25-$27

The New Jersey emo vets released their new, quasi-retrospective album Twenty last month which features tracks written across their twenty-year career, many of them B-sides to older songs.

Member Ace Enders says, "Twenty is an album we are extremely proud of. It captures the moments of our 20 year career perfectly. A lot of these songs were originally b-sides from over the years, some of which are the strongest songs we’ve written together, but simply just didn’t fit on an album. It feels almost like fate that they were saved until now for this release."

Support bands listed are I Can Make A Mess and Vinnie Caruana playing songs from the Movielife

Thursday Nov 10

Pokey LaFarge, Knuckleheads,$29.50

Just before the pandemic broke out in March 2020, traditional singer/songwriter LaFarge left his LA home behind, heading down to Austin to begin a planned tour. But, with lockdown and being stuck in Texas, he went to work and crafted a whole new album, written by LaFarge and co-produced with Chris Seefried, In the Blossom of Their Shade.

The album, released a year ago, showcases the positivity of coming out of the darkness and into the light, an ideal theme for these unsettled times. We caught him live most recently in St Paul back in 2018. Area favorite Kelly Hunt to open.

Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, “The Voice” feat. Deborah Brown, Kauffman Center. $33.50-$68.50

One of the hallmarks of jazz through the ages has been great artists sharing their stories, emotions, and perspective through music. Of all the rhythm, harmony, and melody in jazz, it is the human voice that resonates in our ears and hearts and Deborah Brown is one of those treasures in the music world; master of her craft, and a consummate artist and storyteller.

Two Door Cinema Club w Day Wave Nov 10, Uptown, CANCELED

Friday Nov 11

Daniel Howell, Midland. $29.50-$59.50

Out on his We’re All Doomed! Tour, Howell is one of the world’s popular online personalities since starting on YouTube back in 2009. With his good friend Phil, Daniel has traveled the world with live tours, playing to over 500,000 people in 20 countries, before now going solo.

He also became a bestselling author when he released his 2021 non-fiction mental health guide ‘You Will Get Through This Night’ and is an ambassador for UK mental health charity, Young Minds.

George Winston, Kauffman Center. $30.50-$63

Inspired by the seasons and topographies, Winston’s concerts feature a variety of piano styles including melodic folk, New Orleans R&B, and stride. Expect seasonal favorites from Autumn, December, Winter Into Spring, and Summer, as well as popular Peanuts pieces from his Vince Guaraldi tribute albums, and more.

Katt Williams, T-Mobile Center. $59-$250

The stand-up comedy legend and Emmy Award-winning actor is out on his 17-city 2023 and Me tour and will perform an all-new show following the success of his previous World War III tour.

The Floozies w/Cloudchord, Granada-Lawrence, $25-$30

Based in Lawrence, the duo is producer/guitarist Matt Hill and Mark Hill- brothers who take their approach to electronic music and live performance across the country. We caught the electro-funk pair last back in 2017 in Minneapolis. Recycled Funk also shown as opener.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City Presents La Traviata Nov 11 & 13, Kauffman Center,

La Traviata is the famous Verdi opera set in three acts to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La Dame aux camélias, a play by Alexandre Dumas fils adapted from his own 1848 novel. The opera was originally titled Violetta, after the main character.

Saturday Nov 12

Rufus Wainwright with the Kansas City Symphony:Oh What a World of Rufus, Kauffman Center, $53.50-$138.50

Also featuring Gonzalo Farias and David T. Beals III Associate Conductor, Wainwright’s debut with the KC Symphony, will go deep into his music catalog with lush orchestral arrangement of classics such as "Going to a Town" to "Oh What a World" to solo renditions of new material and covers.

The NY Times praised his "genuine originality", and the London Times recently wrote, “when he unleashes that velvety truffle of a voice…you want it to go on and on.” We were witness to all this, on the opening date of his recent co-headlining tour, just last Fall in Kansas City.

Thundergong! benefit, Uptown Theater, $69+

Star-packed! Scheduled so far to appear- Jason Sudeikis, Wynonna, Fred Armisen, Cactus Moser, Brendan Hunt, Hembree, Sam Richardson, and Jason Barnes!

Thundergong! is a night of musical performances and laughs coming together to help uninsured and under-insured amputees get the prosthetic limbs they need – restoring mobility and restoring possibilities. Steps of Faith Foundation reconnects amputees to their communities, families, and workforces by relieving the financial burden of prosthetic care. A great show for a great cause.

Liquid Stranger w Ravenscoon and Tape B- Dimensions Tour, The Truman, $27.75-$55

aka Martin Stääf, a Swedish-born electronic musician (living in Oklahoma!?), described by Generation Bass as "the epitome of Transnational Dubstep covering everything from Latin, Asian, Eastern European and Jamaican Dancehall dubs."

Known for his experimental approach to composition where he merges genres to create a unique style of music, the new album is called Balance and the live show promises a chance to dance and maybe also to think about his genre-melding.

Crystal Gayle, Ameristar. $35-$88 (rescheduled date)

A longtime Grand Ole Opry member, Gale has been a favorite of country music audiences since the mid-70’s via top hits like “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue,” “You’ve Been Talking In Your Sleep,” “When I Dream” and more.

Peachtree Rascals, Nov 12, Granada - Lawrence, POSTPONED

Sunday Nov 13

Carrie Underwood w Jimmie Allen, T-Mobile Center, $35.50-$121

Just out on her highly anticipated Denim & Rhinestones Tour, Underwood performs a nearly two-hour set list of her many hits, new and old, including new songs "Garden," "Burn," "Crazy Angels," "She Don't Know," "Poor Everybody Else" and new single, "Hate My Heart."

Expect plenty of costume changes and a show that goes back and forth from main stage to the B stage, with even aerial stunt work, a skill picked up during her recent Las Vegas residency. Her live cover of Guns n Roses’ "Welcome to the Jungle" and Jimmie Allen duet on the new album’s title track "Denim & Rhinestones” are also live highlights. Country favorite Allen is an ideal support act for this show, so arrive early.

The Westerlies, Lied Center- Lawrence, $16-$30

The NY-based brass quartet is formed in 2011 with childhood friends from Seattle: Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands on trumpet, and Andy Clausen and Willem de Koch on trombone. The ensemble explores jazz, roots and chamber music influences to create a rare chamber music hybrid—music that is both “folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous” (NPR Music).

They have also previously featured on recordings by Fleet Foxes, Vieux Farka Touré, Common and Dave Douglas and for this performance, Ray Larsen will be substituting for Chloe Rowlands on trumpet.

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04/25/2022

Hippo Campus at The Armory – Minneapolis (23 April, 2022)

Hippo Campus at Armory

Setlist

2 Young 2 Die
Ashtray
Bad Dream Baby
Blew Its
Semi Pro
Bang Bang
Sex Tape
Honestly
Suicide Saturday
Scorpio

Listerine
Monsoon
Vacation
Ride or Die
Way It Goes
Deepfake
Baseball
Where to Now?
South
Boys
Understand

-- Encore --

Bambi
Buttercup

Tour Dates

05/06 - Manchester - Academy 3
05/08 - Glasgow - G2
05/09 - London - The Garage
05/10 - Antwerp, BE - Trix Bar
05/11 - Cologne, DE - Jaki
05/13 - Amsterdam, NL - Bitterzoet

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The crowd at the music stage began swelling very early on, as local favorites Hippo Campus played first, with a spirited 40 min. set that included new single, ‘South’ (EP out Oct 2 on Grand Jury Records) .…

“We’re Hippo Campus and we’re from here.”

And so they were, the hometown band, making a stop, midway through their tour to promote their aptly named studio album, LP3.

Quite a spot to land, The Armory, a venue that can hold close to 8,000. A pretty big jump from the concert We Heart Music covered at First Ave in 2017. But this band of schoolmates (Jake Luppen (lead vocals/guitar), Nathan Stocker (lead guitar/vocals), Zach Sutton (bass/keyboard), and Whistler Isaiah Allen (drums/vocals) has been on a steady ascent since graduating from the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts and releasing a self-assured single/music video Little Grace in 2014.

Right from the start there were those bright, warm, interlocking chords, seeming to overcome the cold and snow. Breezy, ethereal, it was the kind of pop music to propel you, as you drive, windows down, through a frozen landscape.

Opening act, Ginger Root, making their 19^th and final appearance with Hippo Campus, share the same creative spirit as their lead, even accepting the request from Hippo Campus’ guitar tech to join them on stage for the song Loretta, a song Kai had learned over the first leg of the tour.

Then Hippo Campus took the stage with a brash, auto-tune-anthem, 2 Young 2 Die, and then proceeded to enliven the hometown crowd.

Nathan remarked that they have been a band for eight years, which maybe forty in pop years. And even with the two-year pandemic layoff, there was no rust as they played through an extensive and impressive catalogue.

For being in a space the size of an airport hanger, the band’s sound was lush, tight and popping. The crowd was with them from the beginning, joining in on Suicide Saturday, even taking over the refrain at the end of the song.

DeCarlo Jackson, who joined the group in 2017, was a fan favorite with his laidback flugelhorn solos, especially on Sex Tape, as he sailed above the rollicking skip of the guitars like a cool ocean breeze.

For a time The Armory was the home court for the Minneapolis Lakers before they moved onto Los Angeles. Opposing players would often complain of getting shin splints from the rock-hard floors. That’s why I was surprised when the floor seemed to have some bounce when the crowd started jumping up and down to the jubilant South.

Earlier, when slipping my belt back on, after passing thorough security, I noticed a headline from a 1964 Minneapolis Sunday Tribune newspaper in a display case: THE BEATLES BOMBED IN MINNEAPOLIS. The article stated that only 400 fans showed up to The Armory concert. No such nosedive would happen to Hippo Campus with their sold out show.

“So good to be back home,” said Jake to the crowd. “The best day of my life!” It wasn’t hyperbole. There was a feeling that this concert was a celebration of a venture that started at Seventh Street Entry and culminated earlier that day with the highest form of recognition bestowed on a local band: Their name on the fabled First Avenue wall.

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04/18/2019

Durand Jones and the Indications at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (09 April 2019)

Durand Jones and the Indications at 7th Street

Durand Jones And The Indications Setlist

Make a Change
Circles
Don't You Know
What I Know About You
Court of Love
Walk Away
Morning In America
How Can I Be Sure
Now I'm Gone >
Ex-Factor (snippet, Lauryn Hill cover)
Groovy Babe
Long Way Home
Can't Keep My Cool
Too Many Tears
True Love
(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go (Curtis Mayfield cover)
Smile

-- Encore --
Is It Any Wonder?
Don't Let Me Down (The Beatles cover)

Broods Dates

APR 17 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
APR 19 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA
APR 21 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA
APR 22 Ottobar Baltimore, MD
APR 24 Woodward Theater Cincinnati, OH
APR 25 Headliners Music Hall Louisville, KY
APR 26 The Basement East Nashville, TN
APR 28 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
MAY 3 Orpheum Theater New Orleans, LA
MAY 11 Granfalloon Bloomington, IN
JUN 13 Villa Hispana Albuquerque, NM
JUN 14 Pepsi Amphitheater Flagstaff, AZ
JUN 15 North Island Credit Chula Vista, CA
JUN 16 Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara, CA
JUN 17 The Regent Theater Los Angles, CA
JUN 19 Rotary Amphitheater Fresno, CA
JUN 20 Avila Beach Golf Resort Avila Beach, CA
JUN 21 Papa Murphy's Park Sacramento, CA
JUN 22 The Greek Theatre Berkeley, CA
JUN 23 Les Schwab Amphitheater Bend, OR
JUN 27 Idaho Botanical Garden Boise, ID
JUN 28 The Cuthbert Amphitheater Eugene, OR
JUN 29 Marymoor Amphitheater Redmond, WA
JUN 30 KettleHouse Brewing Co. Missoula, MT
AUG 2 OFF Festival Katowice, Poland
AUG 4 Wilderness Festival Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
AUG 5 Brudenell Social Club Leeds, United Kingdom
AUG 6 King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Glasgow, United Kingdom
AUG 10 Way Out West Festival Slottsskogen, Sweden
AUG 13 The Grand Social Dublin, Ireland

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Hillaryville, LA by-way-of Bloomington, IN neo-soul singer-songwriter and band, Durand Jones and the Indications made for a refreshing “soul evening’ at a recent sold-out stop at the 7th St Entry in downtown Minneapolis. …

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Ginger Root to open. Details: 04/1 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom 04/2 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos 04/4 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room 04/5 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater …

A love call answered--

Neo-soul rising band Durand Jones and the Indications returned to sell out the 7^th Street Entry in downtown Minneapolis, an “indication” that they’re destined for bigger things and larger rooms, their next time through.

Huntington Beach, CA-based Cameron Lew is the songwriter behind Ginger Root, who play live as a trio (adding Matt Carney on drums and Dylan Hovis on bass) doing music self-described as “aggressive elevator soul” which is a meaty, though not incorrect description. Mahjong Room (Acrophase Records) is their latest full-length.

The music is signature West Coast bedroom pop, similar in composing settings to Jay Som or Toro y Moi, keyboard-based and peppered with classic 60’s soul flourishes. On stage, the trio look like a small IT department, but Lew’s voice can rise to the “get down” levels and his honest, deadpan humor between songs, helped keep the attention of the crowd.

Song inspirations came from such disparate subjects as the Seinfeld TV show and Chef Emeril Lagasse, most run just three minutes or so, and have simple titles like ‘Havin’ Fun’ and ‘Ohio’. After seventeen shows as the opener, it was their last with the headliner, so Lew decided to cover ‘What Christmas Means to Me’ (made famous in 1967 by Stevie Wonder), … well, just because…, before closing things with the cool vibes of ‘Call it Home’.

At almost a year to the day when we last saw them sell out the room, Durand Jones and the Indications returned (surprisingly to the same 250-capacity 7^th Street Entry) to once again sell out their show, but even quicker than last time.

The five-piece has a new album, American Love Call (Dead Oceans/Colemine Records) that maintains its ‘70s-esque soul sound, but like Marvin Gaye’s What ‘s Going On, lyrically turns both more inward and also outward, in examining the world around us. Jones and band (Aaron Frazer-drums; Blake Rhein- guitar; Kyle Houpt-bass; Steve Okonoski-organ) didn’t bring the horn section we saw them with last time, but the Indiana band and singer were tight enough, that the extra brass wasn’t needed.

Their musical social awareness was evident from the start, with ‘Make a Change’ opening their eighty-minute headlining set and in the short time since we last caught them, their musical vision seems more focused, the four-part harmonies more perfected, and the songs much more than just a simple reverse-engineering of ‘60s Stax/’70s Atlantic soul tunes.

Drummer Frazer’s Smokey-esque falsetto is still like a cool breeze through your hair on songs like ‘Don’t You Know’ and ‘Court of Love’, but he seemed to take lead less than previous and the doo-wop vocals aren’t as much a part of the more recent songs. Jones masters the soul crooning even more than before and his love pleading on ‘Walk Away’ can be felt with an ache.

Jones changed the opening line setting of ‘Morning in America’ to “It’s still in Minneapolis,” to get the audience ears to prick up about the song’s other lyrics describing the opioid crisis, race, jail and public school troubles, and as result, admitted in song he “can’t see the dawn”, then picked up a sax as Frazer sung ‘How Can I Be Sure’, as a Lauryn Hill verse worked as a seamless bridge in ‘Now I’m Gone’.

Jones channeled his inner Otis Redding for a snappy ‘Groovy Babe’, with a vocal vs. drumbeat battle to break up the song, and bringing louder crowd cheers. There is an enduring familiarity to ‘Long Way Home’ even though the song is new and ‘True Love’ sounds equally timeless, a song one could easily imagine Jackie Wilson singing.

After a smooth Curtis Mayfield cover, the band would end the main set with the song they opened with previously, the upbeat ‘Smile’ that belies the true inner pain as Jones sings “try to just get by for a while, to hide my pride paint-on smile”.

Frazer would begin the two-song encore singing the low-key ‘Is It Any Wonder’, his lilting falsetto drifting effortlessly over the crowd like a calm wave, and then the evening would end with a soulful but authentic Beatles cover.

With second full-length American Love Call, there is no “sophomore slump” for Durand Jones and the Indications; in fact, the reverse is true. With a solid and evolved self-described “road album” in tow and compelling live show, the band’s extensive touring to even greater-size audiences, will make them a secret no more.

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Durand Jones and the Indications at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (09 April 2019)

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03/31/2019

Minneapolis: April 9 to April 12, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from April 9 to April 12, 2019.

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DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS
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7th St Entry
Tue 04/09/2019 (7pm/$18/Sold Out)
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Neo-soul band Durand Jones & The Indications is returning to 7th Street Entry this Tuesday, April 9th. The show is sold out.

We caught the group in April 2018 and said, “Neo soul needs a new champion- we miss Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, and locally Sonny Knight – all older stalwarts given a musical rebirth later in life, in careers that made them more popular than ever, but unfortunately all lost recent health battles and are no longer with us. Thankfully, some in the younger generation have picked up that torch to continue on, mixing the timeless traditions of classic soul, with a nod to today’s climate and sounds- enter Durand Jones and the Indications.”

Ginger Root to open.

Details:

04/1 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
04/2 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
04/4 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
04/5 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
04/6 - Kansas City, MO @ recordBar
04/7 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
04/9 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
04/10 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
04/11 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
04/12 - Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar
04/13 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
04/14 - North Charleston, SC @ High Water Festival
04/16 - Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
04/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
04/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
04/20 - Uncasville, CT @ Wolf Den
04/21 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
04/22 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
04/24 - Cincinnati, OH @ The Woodward Theater
04/25 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
04/26 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement East

Other shows in the area:

Conan Gray at Fine Line

Failure / Swervedriver 2019 Tour

Tracy Bonham / Blake Morgan Spring 2019 Tour

Whiskey Myers Die Rocking Tour 2019

Ex Hex 2019 Tour

Todd Snider 2019 Album Release Tour

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Swervedriver

This is a true story, we tried to see Swervedriver at NXNE 2011. Even though we had tickets to the venue, we were actually turned away because by the time we showed up, the Great Hall in Toronto was already over capacity! ...

Ex Hex

Anyway, I'm pretty excited to report that Mary Timony is back, with Betsy Wright and Laura Harris, in their new band is called Ex Hex. …

CONAN GRAY
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Fine Line Music Cafe
Tue 04/09/2019 (6pm/$20/Sold Out)
finelinemusic.com

Bedroom pop buzz singer Conan Gray has officially sold out his entire North American tour. If you have a ticket, you can see him at the Fine Line Music Cafe on Tuesday.

Girl in Red to open.

Tour dates:

4/2 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
4/4 Montreal, QC L’Astral
4/5 Toronto, ON Mod Club
4/6 Ferndale, MI The Loving Touch
4/8 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
4/9 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café
4/10 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
4/12 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
4/13 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court

FAILURE / SWERVEDRIVE
Varsity Theater
Tue 04/09/2019 (7pm/$30)
varsitytheater.com

The Failure and Swervedriver co-headlining tour will stop by the Varsity Theater this Tuesday. If you use code LIVE25, you can save $5.

Show up early to check out No Win (featuring Danny Nogueiras, formerly touring member of Fidlar). No Win will bring a full band, consisting of bassist David Jerkovich, drummer Jeff Enzor and lead guitarist Juan Liñan.

Tour Dates:

04/07 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
04/09 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity
04/11 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon
04/12 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
04/14 – Denver, CO @ Oriental
04/15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
04/17 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
4/18 - Vancouver, B.C. @ The Venue
04/19 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
04/21 – Fresno, CA @ Strummers
04/22 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
04/23 – San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
04/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda

TRACY BONHAM / BLAKE MORGAN
Turf Club
Wed 04/10/2019 (7pm/$15)
turfclub.net

The Tracy Bonham and Blake Morgan tour will land at the Turf Club in St Paul this Wednesdayd, April 10th. The two solo artists previously toured together to a sold-out West and East coast tour in 2018.

Tour dates:

04/03 Philadelphia, PA - The Locks at Sona
04/04 Vienna, VA - Jammin’ Java
04/06 Charlotte, NC - The Evening Muse
04/07 Decatur, GA - Eddie’s Attic
04/10 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
04/12 Chicago, IL - Uncommon Ground
04/13 Lake Orion, MI - 20 Front Street
04/16 Boston, MA - Club Passim

WHISKEY MYERS
Myth
Thu 04/11/2019 (7pm/$20)
mythlive.com

Country rockers Whiskey Myers will stop by the Myth on April 11th.

Tour dates:

04/04/2019 The Criterion Oklahoma City, OK
04/06/2019 Chilifest
04/11/2019 Myth Saint Paul, MN
04/12/2019 Hoyt Sherman Place Des Moines, IA
04/24/2019 Ace Of Spades Sacramento, CA
04/25/2019 Ace Of Spades Sacramento, CA
04/26/2019 August Hall San Francisco, CA
04/27/2019 Stagecoach California's Country Music
06/13/2019 The Pageant St. Louis, MO
06/19/2019 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
06/25/2019 The Wilma Missoula, MT
06/27/2019 Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
07/09/2019 Bell's Eccentric Cafe & Pub Kalamazoo, MI
07/11/2019 Country Concert @ Hickory Hill Lakes
07/20/2019 The Shed At Smoky Mountain Maryville, TN
07/26/2019 House Of Blues Las Vegas, NV
08/08/2019 Brewster Street Ice House Corpus Christi, TX
08/10/2019 Whitewater Amphitheater New Braunfels, TX
08/20/2019 Bottle & Cork Dewey Beach, DE
08/26/2019 Nebraska State Fair

EX HEX
+ Moaning
Turf Club
Fri 04/12/2019 (7:30pm/$18)
turfclub.net

Yeah, you know we love Helium, so we’ve been following Mary Timony’s career for a while. Her latest project is Ex Hex and we’re excited to hear that the group will be back in town on Friday, April 12th at the Turf Club.

We saw the band in July 2015 and said, “As expected with bands with only one album, the trio played their entire album live... but throwing in a cover or two to stretch out the time for a full set. Most of the songs were sung by Timony, except Wright took over two songs on their set: "How You Got That Girl" and "Radio On".”

Moaning to open.

Tour dates:

Apr 02 Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
Apr 03 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Apr 04 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Apr 05 Portsmouth, NH – The Press Room
Apr 06 Montreal, QC – l’Escogriffe
Apr 07 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
Apr 08 Ferndale, MI – Loving Touch
Apr 10 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Apr 11 Madison, WI – High Noon
Apr 12 Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club
Apr 13 Omaha, NE – Reverb
Apr 15 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre
Apr 17 Boise, ID – Neurolux
Apr 18 Portland, OR – Aladdin
Apr 19 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore
Apr 20 Seattle, WA – Crocodile
Apr 23 San Francisco, CA – Great American
Apr 24 Fresno, CA – Strummer’s
Apr 25 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
Apr 26 Tustin, CA – Marty’s on Newport
Apr 27 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Apr 28 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
Apr 30 Austin, TX – Barracuda

TODD SNIDER
Fitzgerald Theater
Fri 04/12/2019 (7pm/$30)
fitzgeraldtheater.publicradio.org

Todd Snider will be at the Fitzgerald Theater on April 12th, in support of his new album, Todd Snider Cash Cabin Vol. 3. (there were actually no volume 1 or 2!)

Tour dates:

04/10 -- Columbus, OH -- JoAnn Davidson Theatre
04/11 -- Chicago, IL -- Park West
04/12 -- St. Paul, MN -- Fitzgerald Theatre
04/13 -- Milwaukee, WI -- Turner Hall Ballroom
04/15 -- Ann Arbor, MI -- The Ark
04/16 -- Grand Rapids, MI -- Wealthy Theatre
04/17 -- Cleveland, OH -- Music Box Supper Club
04/18 -- Indianapolis, IN -- The Vogue
04/20 -- Nashville, TN -- Ryman Auditorium
04/23 -- St. Louis, MO -- Sheldon Concert Hall
04/25 -- Fairfield, IA -- Sondheim Center
04/26 -- Des Moines, IA -- Wooly's
04/27 -- La Crosse, WI -- Cavalier Theater
04/28 -- Davenport, IA -- The Redstone Room
04/30 -- Cincinnati, OH -- 20th Century Theater

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