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Seratones at recordBar, Kansas City MO (2022-08-23) concert review

Read More Seratones Shreveport, Louisiana’s Seratones announced their third album Love & Algorhythms, out on April 29th via New West Records. This album follows their breakout debut and sophomore records, which found the band … SERATONES SETLIST Pleasure Heart Attack / Be My Husband (Nina Simone cover snippet) Power Over You I’ll Be Get Your Sh#t Together, Babe Power of Your Light Gotta Get to Know Ya Good Day Sad Boi Two of a Kind encore: Dark Matter Don't Need It SERATONES TOUR DATES AUG 25 Shitty Barn Spring Green, WI AUG 26 Sleeping Village Chicago, IL AUG 27 WMSE Humboldt Park Milwaukee, WI AUG 30 The Basement Columbus, OH AUG 31 Waterfront Park Louisville, KY SEP 1 Love.Craft Athens, GA SEP 2 - SEP 3 Blues & Heritage Festival Peoria, IL SEP 6 Interconnection Sessions Zoom* SEP 11 Music at the Intersection Festival St. Louis, MO SEP 16 - SEP 18 Forest Hills Stadium Forest Hills, NY SEP 27 Kessler Theater Dallas, TX SEP 27 Interconnection Sessions Zoom* SEP 28 3TEN Austin, TX SEP 30 Club Congress Tucson, AZ OCT 1 The Peppermint Club Los Angeles, CA OCT 4 Barboza Seattle, WA OCT 6 - OCT 8 Off Beat Music Fest Reno, NV OCT 8 Ohana Fest Dana Point, CA OCT 18 Interconnection Sessions Zoom* OCT 25 Interconnection Sessions Zoom* * - Guided meditation + Nerding out on books + Behind the Music for Love and Algorhythms+ Connecting with folks = Interconnection Session (Free tix via Eventbrite) VARIOUS BLONDE SETLIST Blacklight Obtuse Darkest Night Backup Plans Too Many Secrets 375 Love is How We Will Survive Indigo Children All Bases Covered intro / Smoke Lovefool

Love is complicated, and so is any process to problem-solve that, or any other topic – just ask Seratones, who sing of both, and more. That, and our connections as part of the overall cosmos, were just some of the musical themes from the soul rock band as they played at the recordBar in downtown Kansas City.

The night began with a forty-five-minute, eleven-song set from Various Blonde, led by guitarist and vocalist Joshua Allen, and based on what we saw, is still one of Kansas City’s best-kept musical secrets, who are worth seeking out if you haven’t.

The group has been recording since 2009 and have supported the likes of Of Montreal, Thursday, Sylvan Esso, and Broncho, delivering their own dark, progressive blend of electronica, pop, rock, soul, funk and psych. Their full-length is 2016’s All Bases Covered, with three-song EP, 3s 1, and singles, “Love is How We Will Survive” and “Obtuse” being their most recent.

The ice-blue lighting seemed to accentuate their sound- dashes of funk amongst adventuresome guitar atmospherics and jagged riffs, a rock-solid bottom end, and a Twin Shadow-esque quality with Allen’s vocals (particularly when in falsetto) reminding us at times, of very early Prince and Earth, Wind & Fire.

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Love & Algorhythms is the new record from Shreveport, LA natives Seratones, together since 2013 and who we first caught live early on, in 2016 in St. Paul. Released in late April, it’s been described as an “interstellar synthesis of astral Soul, R&B, and sci-fi Funk” but live, things were more rocking than cosmic, for their sixty-seven-minute headlining set.

Their lineup consists of AJ Haynes (vocals, guitar); Adam Davis (bass); Jesse Gabriel (drums); Tyran Coker (keyboard) and Travis Stewart (guitar), rising first with 2016’s Get Gone, followed by 2019’s Power, and now, the new record.

Beginning with the new album’s initial single, “Pleasure”, they then moved on to 2019’s “Heart Attack”, settling in with a groove as flashes of sound-clashing guitars and rhythms gave the track a more complex edge. Still needing to tweak the stage monitors, Haynes (whose voice effortlessly often goes to siren-like heights) broke into an impromptu Nina Simone scat, in hopes of helping get the sound just right.

Haynes, being a staunch feminist, dedicated the second album’s title track to abortion activists, and the tour itself has partnered with NOISE for NOW to raise funds for New Orleans Abortion Fund, Inc. She dressed in a shimmering lamé jumpsuit with her hair bundled straight-up, easily adding another foot of height.

“Over You” was sung for everyone’s Ex’s that should be left in the past, the new album’s “I’ll Be” assured us all, “If you need me, there I'll be”, and “Power of Your Light” was dedicated to any mothers in the crowd, with Haynes venturing onto the floor to have a quick seat to sing, while looking back at the band.

The groove line on their “Gotta Get to Know Ya” was similar to Kasabian’s “Club Foot” (also similarly shaking the walls); 2019’s extended “Sad Boi” found Haynes again off the stage, racing through the venue, even scampering along the main bar top, then singing from the middle of the crowd and sitting back as guitarist Stewart cut completely loose; and the main set would end with the new album’s opener, “Two of a Kind”.

The encore started with the organ-based slow burn of “Dark Matter” from the new record, a song which looks both extremely inward and outward at the same time (and was also featured on NBC’s The Blacklist). After a shout-out to imprisoned basketball star Brittney Griner, the volume turned up and with a grunge guitar intro, the night ended with 2016’s “Don’t Need It”, encouraging a trip of the mind, and Haynes singing, “Leave your body behind, you don't need it”.

All in all, a positive and affirming night of music with Seratones encouraging “rollerskatin’ on the haters, glowin’ up and getting’ paper” (as Haynes sings on “Good Day”) and while maybe not all complications can be undone and all problems solved, the journey to an actual attainable level of bliss, can be an enjoyable one.

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Minneapolis: This Week (08/28/2022)

Here are some shows, this week.

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08/24 Seratones at Turf Club Read More Seratones Shreveport, Louisiana’s Seratones announced their third album Love & Algorhythms, out on April 29th via New West Records. This album follows their breakout debut and sophomore records, which found the band …

08/24/2022 Wednesday

Seratones
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles’ Seratones is returning to the Twin Cities, at the Turf Club, on August 24, in support of their new album Love & Algorhythms (New West Records).

We saw the band in May 2016 and said, “Combine various ingredients of all kinds, add additional spices and seasonings, then let simmer. Shreveport, LA band Seratones was recently in town on the very day their debut album, Get Gone (on Fat Possum Records) was released, and the results were very similar. The quartet (AJ Haynes –vocals/guitar, Connor Davis-guitar, Adam Davis-bass, and Jesse Gabriel-drums) has been gradually gaining buzz- Winning a Louisiana Music Golden Microphone prize in 2013, getting notice from Paste and NME and showcasing at this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. Though sometimes compared to Alabama Shakes, the band is purposely more rough around the edges, and adds more of a garage punk/blues trait to their music, for the comparisons to run too deep.”

Tour dates:

Jul 29 Denver, CO, US UMS
Aug 23 Kansas City, MO, US recordBar
Aug 24 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Aug 25 Spring Green, WI, US The Shitty Barn
Aug 26 Chicago, IL, US Sleeping Village
Aug 27 Milwaukee, WI, US Humboldt Park Bandshell
Aug 27 Milwaukee, WI, US WMSE Homboldt Park
Aug 30 Columbus, OH, US The Basement
Aug 31 Louisville, KY, US Waterfront Park Great Lawn
Sep 2 Peoria, IL, US Peoria Blues
Sep 10 St Louis, MO, US Music at the Intersection
Sep 16 Outdoor Queens, NY, US The Big Climate Thing
Oct 8 Dana Point, CA, US Ohana Encore
Oct 8 Dana Point, CA, US Ohana Encore

08/26 Dirty Honey with Mac Saturn at Fine Line Read More Dirty Honey Up and coming bands Dirty Honey and The Amazons played a very crowded and long sold-out show at the Riot Room in Kansas City, proving in the process that it would be the last time that either band plays …

08/26/2022 Friday

Dirty Honey
with Mac Saturn
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles’ Dirty Honey came highly recommended, when they played the Uptown Theater in Kansas (13 Mar 2022) and Riot Room in Kansas (15 Feb 2020): “We knew right away Los Angeles band Dirty Honey was headed to bigger and better things. The buzz was already palpable when we caught them live pre-pandemic at the smaller (and now closed) Riot Room and the band has exceeded those expectations, releasing their self-titled debut album (on Dirt Records) last year as a follow up to their successful 2019 EP. A modern melding of ‘70s-era Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, and Faces, peppered with some Black Crowes, the foursome (Marc LaBelle– vocals; John Notto- guitar; Justin Smolian- bass; Corey Coverstone -drums) had the crowd at their command from the beginning, opening with the new album’s first song, “California Dreamin’” and into “Heartbreaker” that had the fans singing the chorus back at the band.”

Now, Dirty Honey will stop by Minneapolis, at the Fine Line Music Café this August 26, 2022, as part of their “California Dreamin Tour”.

Mac Saturn to open.

Tour dates:

Aug 25 Oshkosh, WI, US Waterfest at Riverside Park
Aug 26 Minneapolis, MN, US Fine Line
Aug 27 Fargo, ND, US Fargo Brewing Company
Aug 29 Winnipeg, MB, Canada Park Theatre
Aug 31 Saskatoon, SK, Canada Louis'
Sep 2 Edmonton, AB, Canada The Starlite Room
Sep 3 Calgary, AB, Canada Commonwealth Bar & Stage
Sep 5 Vancouver, BC, Canada Rickshaw Theatre
Sep 7 Portland, OR, US Revolution Hall
Sep 8 Seattle, WA, US Neptune Theatre
Sep 9 Spokane, WA, US Knitting Factory Concert House - Spokane
Sep 11 Billings, MT, US The Pub Station
Sep 13 Lincoln, NE, US Bourbon Theatre
Sep 14 West Des Moines, IA, US Val Air Ballroom
Sep 14 West Des Moines, IA, US Val Air Ballroom
Sep 16 Cleveland, OH, US House of Blues Cleveland
Sep 17 Waterloo, NY, US The Vine Theater at Del Lago Resort & Casino
Sep 21 Harrisburg, PA, US Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (HMAC)
Sep 22 Columbus, OH, US KEMBA Live!
Sep 22 Outdoor Louisville, KY, US Louder Than Life Festival
Sep 24 Clarkston, MI, US Riff Fest
Sep 27 Grand Rapids, MI, US Intersection
Sep 28 Joliet, IL, US The Forge
Sep 30 Belvidere, IL, US The Apollo Theatre AC
Oct 1 St Louis, MO, US Red Flag
Oct 2 Fort Smith, AR, US TempleLive Fort Smith
Oct 5 Tucson, AZ, US Rialto Theatre
Oct 6 Sacramento, CA, US Monster Energy Aftershock
Oct 7 Santa Cruz, CA, US The Catalyst

08/28 Cults with Reptaliens at Turf Club Read More Cults New York's Cults are in the middle of their tour for their second album, Static, stopping by Minneapolis' First Avenue on November 22nd…

08/28/2022 Sunday

Cults
with Reptaliens
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

We last saw New York’s Cults (not to be confused with The Cult) in November 2013 and wrote, “The last time we saw Cults, they admitted that playing First Avenue was one of the scariest thing they've ever done. The band is back, and this time, showing that they are more confident in their show! Gone are singing in darkness, this time, Cults used lots of light effects as well as new background projection. I have to say, they are certain more entertaining this time around.”

It looks like the duo (Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion) is back on tour, stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul this August 28th.

Reptaliens to open.

08/24 - Union State - Washington D.C ^.
08/25 - Mahalls - Cleveland, OH ^
08/26 - The Selter - Detroit, MI ^
08/27 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL ^
08/28 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN ^
08/30 - HQ - Denver, CO ^
08/31 -Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT ^
09/02 - Vera Project - Seattle, WA ^
09/03 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR ^
09/05 - The Independent -San Francisco, CA ^
09/06 - The Roxy - Los Angeles, CA ^
09/07 - Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA #
09/08 - Belly Up - San Diego, CA #
09/09 - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ #
09/11 - Antone's - Austin, TX #
09/12 - Club Dada -Dallas, TX #
09/14 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA #
09/15 - The Abbey - Orlando, FL #
09/17 - Motorco Music Hall - Durham, NC #
09/18 - Richmond Music Hall - Richmond, VA #
09/20 - The Fillmore - Philadelphia, PA #
09/21 - Elsewhere - Brooklyn, NY #
09/22 - Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA #

^ - w/ Reptaliens
# - w/ Mazmorra Brilliante

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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We♥KC- August 23-31, 2022 Upcoming Shows (Kansas City / Lawrence / Topeka KS)

Read More Seratones Shreveport, LA’s Seratones announced their third album Love & Algorhythms, out on April 29th via New West Records. This album follows their breakout debut and sophomore records, which found the band …

Read more Kansas City Music Guide.

A mostly hot August is almost over, meaning back to school and those last few weeks of summer, but the plate remains full in terms of live music, going into the Fall.

Because it’s close enough to end of month, this is an extra-sized helping of show previews to guide you through– there’s a very worthy benefit in Topeka for any fans of fingerstyle guitar, a Lawrence festival lays down two days of jams and bluegrass, Starlight in KC has big shows from Alicia Keys and Jack White, and you have two chances to catch Weird Al.

Here’s what’s happening in the Kansas City/Lawrence, KS metro August 23rd-31st.

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

Tuesday Aug 23

The Dear Hunter, Bottleneck. $23-$28

The Providence, RI progressive rock band originating in Providence, Rhode Island is out and playing their album, Antimai in its entirety, and also a set of fan-voted songs. Casey Crescenzo began the band as a side project when he was a member of the Receiving End of Sirens, before focusing his full energy starting in 2006. Support is The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid ...

Seratones w Various Blonde, recordBar, $12

Returning in support of their new album Love & Algorhythms (New West Records), we caught the

the band back in their early beginnings, back in May 2016. A night of hot-buttered astral soul with a garage punk twist.

Alpha Wolf, The Rino, $17-$20

The Australian metalcore band in support of 'a quiet place to die', the new album out now through Greyscale Records/Sharptone Records. For Liam Neeson fans, bassist/founding vocalist John Arnold stated that "the name Alpha Wolf came from the movie The Grey. Bodysnatcher and The Vatican open.

At the Gates with Municipal Waste and Enforced, Granada. $35-$40

Slaughter of the Soul will be played in full at this show! Released in 1995, Slaughter of the Soul has endured as one of metal's influential albums, making an impact on melodic death metal's trajectory in mid-2000s metalcore.

Municipal Waste is releasing Electrified Brain, their first new LP since 2017's Slime and Punishment and 2019's The Last Rager EP.

Hotel Garuda, Aura. $20

Born in Mumbai, Aseem Mangaokar has embodied the DIY culture of modern dance music. As he built his name, he’s worked on official remixes for Lorde, Lana Del Ray, Kaskade, Galantis, BANKS and more and played festivals such as Electric Forest, Coachella, HARD Summer, Shambhala, EDC Las Vegas, Miami Music Week and Snowglobe and is signed to Mom + Pop.

Wednesday Aug 24

Alicia Keys, Starlight. $39.50-$249.50

The 15-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter/musician/producer/author, out on her ALICIA – THE WORLD TOUR, described as a meditation on love and life, and a true celebration. Expect to hear classics like “Fallin’, “No One”, “If I Ain’t Got You”, and “Girl on Fire”, new songs from her two recent releases, and covers from Crystal Waters, Usher, and Michael Jackson.

$UICIDEBOY$ Azura Amphitheater, $39.50-$69.50

Out on their Grey Day Tour 2022, the New Orleans SoundCloud-rap pioneers remain an underground sensation. You will be amazed how many people follow this band loyally and recite every word.

Ski Mask the Slump God, $not & Maxo Kream scheduled as support acts.

Chris Botti, Yardley Hall. $20-$115

For over two decades, the Grammy Award-winning trumpeter/composer has become the largest-selling instrumental artist in America. His ongoing association with PBS has led to four No. 1 jazz albums, as well as multiple Gold, Platinum and Grammy Awards and his concert with the Dallas Symphony has been making the rounds on public broadcasting channels.

Deicide, Bottleneck. $27-$30

On their Legion Tour 2022, the death metal icons will perform their classic second album, Legion, in full. Kataklysm will provide direct support, playing all of Serenity in Fire alongside openers Inhuman Condition and Begat the Nephilim.

For newly announced Deicide guitarist Taylor Nordberg, he'll be pulling double duty as both the opener and headliner. Rounding out Inhuman Condition, who formed in Tampa in 2020 and released the Rat God debut last year, are bassist Terry Butler (Obituary, ex-Massacre, ex-Six Feet Under, ex-Death) and vocalist/drummer Jeremy Kling

Jackopierce, Knuckleheads. $20

Jack O’Neill and Cary Pierce, the “Jack O” and “Pierce” are celebrating 30 years of making music, having just released their first studio project Feel This Good' in five years, Jackopierce is poised and ready to get back on the road full-time. “Even after 30 years I feel like we're just getting started,” said Cary Pierce.

Thursday Aug 25

Telekinetic Yeti w/ White Hills, They Watch Us from the Moon, recordBar, $18-20

Greatest band name...ever?! Dubuque, IA duo that “delivers sonic brutality melded with psychedelic doom wizardry, forged by the worship of the almighty riff and honed by relentless touring and dedication to their craft.” ...whoa! Full-length Primordial came out (on Tee Pee Records) in June...will you join the Cult of Yeti?!

White Hills is a stoner doom psych duo that put out The Revenge of Heads on Fire last Sept.

KC’s They Watch Us from the Moon (pretty great name as well) is fronted by Luna Nemeses, recently played The Replay in Lawrence, and released the 11-minute track, “Return to Earth” last December.

Friday Aug 26

Leftover Salmon / Infamous Stringdusters Kaw Valley Music Fest, Aug 26-27, Abe and Jake's Landing-Lawrence, $50- $1600

Two days of roots, bluegrass, and Americana music along the bank of the Kansas River at the historic Abe & Jake’s Landing. Legendary artists Leftover Salmon and The Infamous Stringdusters headline, plus the Jon Stickley Trio, Daniel Donato, Opal Agafia, Chain Station, Pretend Friend, Sky Smeed, Lily B Moonflower, Tyler Gregory, and more are on the bill (and yes, you’re reading that high-end admission price right!)

Katy Guillen and the Drive, Knuckleheads, $15-$27.50

Katy Guillen & The Drive is founded on the creative spark and chemistry between Katy Guillen and Stephanie Williams, with Guillen on guitar and vocals and Williams on drums. After six years of touring, writing, and recording together in former band Katy Guillen & The Girls, the pair forged ahead in crafting a new catalog.

Into their next chapter, they push ahead with a melodic, heavy, and soulful sound while maintaining their rock ‘n' roll and blues roots. The brand-new album is the just-out, Another One Gained and this show will celebrate the new music, and more. Special guest Heidi Gluck also performing.

Andy McKee w/Calum Graham, and Trevor Gordon Hall- Concert for a Child Benefit for Capper, TPAC, $40-$100

Concert for a Child is back for its second year featuring fingerstyle guitarists Andy McKee, Calum Graham, and Trevor Gordon Hall hosting a masterclass and performing a special concert jointly benefiting Capper Foundation's Pediatric Scholarship Assistance Fund and Topeka Performing Arts Center. The guitar masterclass (4- 6pm) is $180 per person and includes the class, a light dinner, and a GA ticket to the concert, which begins at 7:30 pm.

Capper Foundation is raising funds to help children with disabilities who are uninsured or under insured receive pediatric therapy services. 75% of the families served utilize the scholarship assistance fund to help cover the cost of their child's services.

Topeka Performing Arts Center is raising funds to support art education programs for all youth in the community. Proceeds will benefit the Sheffel Theater Clinic, Schooltime Theater Series, Masterclasses, and Gingerbread Homes for the Holidays.

Saturday Aug 27

Alan Jackson, T-Mobile Center (UPDATE: Postponed - Covid related)

Last Call: One More for the Road! brings over 30 years of hits for what is likely his final time live in the area. This follows his Fall 2021 announcement that he is living with CMT (Charcot-Marie-Tooth), a chronic inherited neuropathy condition that results in nerve deterioration and hampers muscle function, movement and balance. 

$1 from every ticket sold will be donated to the CMT Research Foundation, fund research for drug development. In addition, $1 will be matched by a group of CMTRF donors and board members.

Leanne Morgan, Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland. $29.75-$49.75

The comedian from middle Tennessee after 22 years in comedy, is embarking on her 100-city Big Panty Tour across the U.S. With her children are grown, she is grateful to have this opportunity at this time in her life and also has a new grandbaby… as she would say- so Yummy!

The Rainmakers w Betse and Clark String Band, Knuckleheads, $20

The classic Kansas City original rock band, fronted by Bob Walkenhorst, which had a handful of radio of hits in the late 1980s-90s in the US and Europe, especially Norway. We caught them live back in June, in JoCo for their first show back from the pandemic and heard all the favorites that were all over Midwest rock radio. No word if bassist Rich Ruth will again make the trip from Nashville to play at this show, as he did in June.

The Floozies with Jantsen, Tripp St. and more, GrindersKC. $28-$75

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. The Floozies present Funk Street 7, with support from Jantsen, Tripp St, Esseks & Trash Angel. We caught the electro-funk pair last back in 2017 in Minneapolis.

Megalodon, Practicioner, High Zombie and more, Aura. $20

Known for his impressive chopping style and high energy sets, Megalodon is no stranger to the dubstep scene. Since 2008, the SF-based producer has become more known after collaborations with Zeds Dead, Skism, Habstrakt, 12th Planet, Virtual Riot, and more.

Vanilla Ice, Blackstreet, Color Me Badd,Treach of Naughty by Nature, Kauffman Stadium, free w/Royal ticket

Stop, collaborate and listen! It’s a post-game concert featuring 1990s artists who will take the stage after the Royals-Padres game. First pitch is 6:10 pm with the concert starting shortly after game’s end. Fans with a game ticket can stick around to watch the show.

Additional upgrades - $25 Field Pass allows on the field during the concert.

$275 VIP Package includes a Field Pass, access to the front of the line for the field, artist meet and greet, an autographed poster, and photo opp.

Don’t forget about that $20-$40 parking fee, just to get in the complex either, No Diggity!

Sunday Aug 28

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Monday Aug 29

Jack White, Starlight. $45-$115

One of the best-known and admired singer-guitarists of the last two decades, he helped explode the popularity of punk-blues as the front man of The White Stripes. The Supply Chain Issues Tour celebrates the releases of two new solo albums: Fear of the Dawn and his second LP of 2022, Entering Heaven Alive, which was released on July 22^nd, via his own Third Man Records, of course

Live, he’s been playing 9-10 White Stripes songs, one each from Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, and has also promised soundboard quality recordings released for every performance.

Note that show is Phone-Free (meaning zipped pouches).

Papa Roach & Falling In Reverse, Azura Amphitheater, $19.50-$75

It’s the Rockzilla Tour With special guests Hollywood Undead and Bad Wolves

Falling in Reverse formed back in 2008 and built itself as a mainstay of the Warped Tour scene with its 2011-released debut album The Drug in Me Is You.

Papa Roach recently celebrated the release of its eleventh studio album, Ego Trip, conceived and formed during the global lockdown. Front-man Jacoby Shaddix, guitarist Jerry Horton, bassist Tobin Esperance and drummer Tony Palermo are two-time Grammy-nominated, and in 2020 celebrated the 20th anniversary of iconic album Infest.

Tuesday Aug 30

I Don't Know How But They Found Me and Joywave, Granada. $22

Joywave and iDKHOW have joined forces to bring you the co-headline tour called Welcome to Hellvetica.

iDKHOW is the project led by frontman and multi-instrumentalist Dallon (ex-Panic! At the Disco) Weekes with drummer Ryan Seaman, which Weekes first introduced in Los Angeles in 2016. They finally released a debut full-length in 2020, Razzmatazz, and live, have been playing a Strokes cover and a few songs from Weekes’ previous band, The Brobecks.

Rochester, NY indie-pop band Joywave released Cleanse in Feb, their fourth studio album conceived, written and recorded in singer Daniel Armbruster’s home studio when “reminders of our fragile mortality were everywhere, punctuated by the ongoing pandemic and civil unrest,” he notes. We caught them live as openers back in 2016. and also like that they collaborated to advertise their last album in Marvel Comics issues, something clever you don’t really see bands doing at all.

Arrive early for Nashville-based emotive and introspective singer-songwriter Savannah Conley, who has two previous EPs and a full-length under her belt, and who's new 3-track EP, Best I Can, is just released. 

Earth Wind & Fire, Starlight. $30.50-$150.50

(Rescheduled from July 12) The legendary band has scored eight number one hits, sold over 100 million albums worldwide, and released 23 albums. They've won nine GRAMMY Awards including one for Lifetime Achievement (2012) and in 2000, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Expect plenty of hits.

Wednesday Aug 31

“Weird Al” Yankovic, Topeka Performing Arts Center, $46-$99

Almost four years after his first foray into unfamiliar territory with his highly acclaimed Ridiculously Self Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, "Weird Al" is pressing his luck again, this time with The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour which follows his 2019 tour performed with a symphony.

The biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time, Yankovic promises to deliver a different set list every night, with no two shows the same and will feature Yankovic's non-parody material – the more obscure pastiches and original songs adored by his long-time fans with no costumes and in more intimate venues.

Longtime comedian Emo Philips is scheduled to open, making for a solid night and the two were paired on-screen, back when Phillips demonstrated the proper use of a table saw in the film UHF.

If you miss this rare T-Town appearance, the tour plays in KC at Kauffman Center, soon after.

The Kid LAROI, Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland. $35-$50

One of the biggest success stories of the last couple years, 19yr-old LAROI was born and raised in Sydney to a mother of Aboriginal descent and a French father, and raised by his mother and his uncle, listening to hip-hop from Tupac, Erykah Badu, The Fugees, Lil Wayne and Kanye West.

He would be mentored by the late JuiceWRLD and in 2018, recorded his debut EP, 14 With A Dream. Kids are Growing Up is the new full-length, and especially as this show was delayed a couple times, expect a packed house and most people attending, to know every word of every song.

john c ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

Minneapolis: August 24 to August 26

08/24 Seratones at Turf Club Read More Seratones Shreveport, Louisiana’s Seratones announced their third album Love & Algorhythms, out on April 29th via New West Records. This album follows their breakout debut and sophomore records, which found the band …

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide

08/24/2022 Wednesday

Seratones
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles’ Seratones is returning to the Twin Cities, at the Turf Club, on August 24, in support of their new album Love & Algorhythms (New West Records).

We saw the band in May 2016 and said, “Combine various ingredients of all kinds, add additional spices and seasonings, then let simmer. Shreveport, LA band Seratones was recently in town on the very day their debut album, Get Gone (on Fat Possum Records) was released, and the results were very similar. The quartet (AJ Haynes –vocals/guitar, Connor Davis-guitar, Adam Davis-bass, and Jesse Gabriel-drums) has been gradually gaining buzz- Winning a Louisiana Music Golden Microphone prize in 2013, getting notice from Paste and NME and showcasing at this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. Though sometimes compared to Alabama Shakes, the band is purposely more rough around the edges, and adds more of a garage punk/blues trait to their music, for the comparisons to run too deep.”

Tour dates:

Jul 29 Denver, CO, US UMS
Aug 23 Kansas City, MO, US recordBar
Aug 24 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Aug 25 Spring Green, WI, US The Shitty Barn
Aug 26 Chicago, IL, US Sleeping Village
Aug 27 Milwaukee, WI, US Humboldt Park Bandshell
Aug 27 Milwaukee, WI, US WMSE Homboldt Park
Aug 30 Columbus, OH, US The Basement
Aug 31 Louisville, KY, US Waterfront Park Great Lawn
Sep 2 Peoria, IL, US Peoria Blues
Sep 10 St Louis, MO, US Music at the Intersection
Sep 16 Outdoor Queens, NY, US The Big Climate Thing
Oct 8 Dana Point, CA, US Ohana Encore
Oct 8 Dana Point, CA, US Ohana Encore

08/25 Parker Millsap with Laura Hugo at Turf Club Read More Parker Millsap Support will come from Oklahoma-bred, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Parker Millsap, who recently toured in support of his album Be Here Instead. …

08/25/2022 Thursday

Parker Millsap
with Laura Hugo
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Parker Millsap is returning to the Turf Club in St Paul this August 25th.

We saw him in September 2021 at the Turf Club and wrote, “ We first saw Parker Millsap at SXSW in Mar 2014, and described him as “an Oklahoma native brought up in the Pentecostal church … with lots of songs about religion. Old time feel and a great version of "You Gotta Move", a Rev Gary Davis song covered by the Rolling Stones on Sticky Fingers.” A lot have changed with the fifth album Be Here Instead, which marked a stylistic shift from folk / old time music to more experimenting with pedal effects and drums focused. This may have something to do with his departure from writing all his songs with his guitar and notebook, to asking his live band to work with him. The album was also produced by legendary John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Waxahatchee), who helped brought in Nashville singer Erin Rae, for Millsap’s song “The Real Thing”, making it the #1 song on the Americana charts.”

Laura Hugo to open.

Tour dates:

Aug 5 Perkins, OK, US Old Church Center
Aug 6 Fort Worth, TX, US Tulips FTW
Aug 24 Madison, WI, US High Noon Saloon
Aug 25 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Aug 29 Billings, MT, US The Pub Station
Aug 30 Great Falls, MT, US The Newberry
Aug 31 Bozeman, MT, US Filling Station
Sep 2 Fort Collins, CO, US Fort Collins Armory
Sep 3 Denver, CO, US Globe Hall
Oct 8 Harrisburg, PA, US XL Live

08/26 Dirty Honey with Mac Saturn at Fine Line Read More Dirty Honey Up and coming bands Dirty Honey and The Amazons played a very crowded and long sold-out show at the Riot Room in Kansas City, proving in the process that it would be the last time that either band plays …

08/26/2022 Friday

Dirty Honey
with Mac Saturn
at Fine Line
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Los Angeles’ Dirty Honey came highly recommended, when they played the Uptown Theater in Kansas (13 Mar 2022) and Riot Room in Kansas (15 Feb 2020): “We knew right away Los Angeles band Dirty Honey was headed to bigger and better things. The buzz was already palpable when we caught them live pre-pandemic at the smaller (and now closed) Riot Room and the band has exceeded those expectations, releasing their self-titled debut album (on Dirt Records) last year as a follow up to their successful 2019 EP. A modern melding of ‘70s-era Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, and Faces, peppered with some Black Crowes, the foursome (Marc LaBelle– vocals; John Notto- guitar; Justin Smolian- bass; Corey Coverstone -drums) had the crowd at their command from the beginning, opening with the new album’s first song, “California Dreamin’” and into “Heartbreaker” that had the fans singing the chorus back at the band.”

Now, Dirty Honey will stop by Minneapolis, at the Fine Line Music Café this August 26, 2022, as part of their “California Dreamin Tour”.

Mac Saturn to open.

Tour dates:

Aug 25 Oshkosh, WI, US Waterfest at Riverside Park
Aug 26 Minneapolis, MN, US Fine Line
Aug 27 Fargo, ND, US Fargo Brewing Company
Aug 29 Winnipeg, MB, Canada Park Theatre
Aug 31 Saskatoon, SK, Canada Louis'
Sep 2 Edmonton, AB, Canada The Starlite Room
Sep 3 Calgary, AB, Canada Commonwealth Bar & Stage
Sep 5 Vancouver, BC, Canada Rickshaw Theatre
Sep 7 Portland, OR, US Revolution Hall
Sep 8 Seattle, WA, US Neptune Theatre
Sep 9 Spokane, WA, US Knitting Factory Concert House - Spokane
Sep 11 Billings, MT, US The Pub Station
Sep 13 Lincoln, NE, US Bourbon Theatre
Sep 14 West Des Moines, IA, US Val Air Ballroom
Sep 14 West Des Moines, IA, US Val Air Ballroom
Sep 16 Cleveland, OH, US House of Blues Cleveland
Sep 17 Waterloo, NY, US The Vine Theater at Del Lago Resort & Casino
Sep 21 Harrisburg, PA, US Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (HMAC)
Sep 22 Columbus, OH, US KEMBA Live!
Sep 22 Outdoor Louisville, KY, US Louder Than Life Festival
Sep 24 Clarkston, MI, US Riff Fest
Sep 27 Grand Rapids, MI, US Intersection
Sep 28 Joliet, IL, US The Forge
Sep 30 Belvidere, IL, US The Apollo Theatre AC
Oct 1 St Louis, MO, US Red Flag
Oct 2 Fort Smith, AR, US TempleLive Fort Smith
Oct 5 Tucson, AZ, US Rialto Theatre
Oct 6 Sacramento, CA, US Monster Energy Aftershock
Oct 7 Santa Cruz, CA, US The Catalyst

08/26 Monica Martin with Jake Sherman at 7th St Entry Read More Monica Martin The band plays an often delicate blend of folk and pop, mixed with soul, rock and psych, and is anchored by the lilting vocals of singer Monica Martin. The first half of the set especially, seemed loose and friendly, almost like being present for a basement …

08/26/2022 Friday

Monica Martin
with Jake Sherman
at 7th St Entry
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We previously saw singer Monica Martin with Phox in Feb 2017: “PHOX took to the stage after a brief set change, starting with 2014’s chilled, piano driven ‘Leisure’ from their one and only self-titled full length (on PTKF Records)… The band plays an often delicate blend of folk and pop, mixed with soul, rock and psych, and is anchored by the lilting vocals of singer Monica Martin. The first half of the set especially, seemed loose and friendly, almost like being present for a basement rehearsal, but the band would tighten things up, as they went.”

Monica Martin is currently on tour, stopping by the 7th Street this August 26th.

Jake Sherman to open.

Tour dates:

Aug 18 Philadelphia, PA, US Johnny Brenda's
Aug 20 Washington, DC, US Songbyrd
Aug 21 Brooklyn, NY, US The Sultan Room
Aug 23 Ferndale, MI, US Otus Supply Parliament Room
Aug 24 Chicago, IL, US Sleeping Village
Aug 26 Minneapolis, MN, US 7th St Entry
Aug 27 Milwaukee, WI, US Back Room, Colectivo Coffee
Aug 28 Madison, WI, US High Noon Saloon

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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Love Is In The Air

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, here are some “love” music. Read more Sex Sells.

Read More Seratones Louisiana's Seratones is headlining the 7th Street Entry this September 6th. The band’s sophomore album is called Power. Tour Dates: 8/29 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord 8/31 - McMinnville, OR @ Walnut City Music Festival …

SERATONES
seratones.band

Shreveport, Louisiana’s Seratones announced their third album Love & Algorhythms, out on April 29th via New West Records. This album follows their breakout debut and sophomore records, which found the band performing on CBS Saturday Morning, NPR Music’s Tiny Desk, and more.

Singer and activist A.J. Haynes is known for her powerhouse live performance… the band will be touring with other W♥M favorites like Fitz and The Tantrums and St. Paul & The Broken Bones.

Tour dates:

Mar 5 Denton, TX - She Rock 2022 Festival
Mar 15 - 20 Austin, TX - SXSW
Apr 23 Waverly, AL - Standard Deluxe Festival
May 7 New Orleans, LA - JAZZ Fest
May 13 New York, NY - WFUV Party
Jun 1 Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit *
Jun 3 Nashville, TN - Ascend Amp *
Jun 4 Wilmington, NC - Riverfront Amp *
Jun 5 Richmond, VA - Meadowbrook Park *
Jun 7 Burlington, VT - Shelburne Museum Green *
Jun 8 Portland, ME - Thompson's Point *
Jun 10 New Haven, CT - Westville Bowl *
Jun 11 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony *
Jun 12 Bethlehem, PA - Steelstacks *

*notes dates with Fitz and The Tantrums + St. Paul & The Broken Bones

Read More Tove Styrke The good thing about this three-act evening was that the early arrivers were awarded with a short but entertaining performance by Swedish dance pop artist Tove Styrke, in support of latest full-length, Sway (RCA/ Sony Records) ...

TOVE STYRKE
tovestyrkemusic.com

Swedish forward-thinking pop star Tove Styrke recently released a new sexy single “Show Me Love” on Columbia Records.

New single “Show Me Love” was co-written and produced with Elof Loelv (Rihanna) and Sophia Somajo, inspired by classic pop songs from the 50´s-70’s. Talking about the new single, Tove says: “I wrote it for someone I was madly in love with. Every word went directly from emotional parts of me, that I usually keep hidden, straight into the mic. It’s rare for me to write without any hesitation like that. We chew up love like fast food, yet when we truly fall for someone it’s always the same big, amazing, dangerous thing. Slow love. Hard love. It grows, it hurts and it bends and it breaks. These feelings are like candy paste and cement at the same time. We’ve got that fun, fast food, easy side to it but it can also evolve into a war. I’m scared and obsessed with it.”

North American tour 2022 – supporting MARINA

14 Feb Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
15 Feb Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
17 Feb Detroit, MI The Fillmore
18 Feb Toronto, ON Rebel
19 Feb Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
21 Feb Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
22 Feb Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Opera
24 Feb Washington, DC The Anthem
25 Feb New York, NY Terminal 5

Read More Halsey We were lucky enough to have caught Halsey with the Kooks in 2014 and with Imagine Dragons in June 2015. Hot on the heels of her acclaimed Room 93 EP, Halsey will release ...

HALSEY
loveandpower.com

Multi-platinum, genre-bending artist Halsey announced their Love and Power Tour in support of their critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power.

Halsey's Love and Power Tour Dates

Tour dates:

5/17/2022 West Palm Beach, FL iThink Financial
5/19/2022 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA
5/21/2022 Gulf Shores, AL Hangout Music Festival
5/24/2022 Nashville, TN FirstBank Amphitheater
5/27/2022 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
5/29/2022 Detroit, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre
6/1/2022 Boston, MA Xfinity Center
6/3/2022 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
6/5/2022 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
6/8/2022 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
6/11/2022 New York, NY The Governors Ball
6/16/2022 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
6/18/2022 Portland, OR RV Inn Style Resorts
6/21/2022 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
6/24/2022 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
6/26/2022 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
6/28/2022 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
6/30/2022 Atlanta, GA Cellairis Amphitheatre
7/2/2022 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
7/3/2022 Chicago, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
7/6/2022 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
7/9/2022 Irvine, CA FivePoint Amphitheatre

Read More Kids On A Crime Spree Kids On A Crime Spree is Mario Hernandez's latest project, with Bill Evans and Becky Barron. If Mario's name sounds familiar, that's because he's the one-man band behind From Bubblegum …

KIDS ON A CRIME SPREE
kidsonacrimespree.com

Today Bay Area band, Kids On A Crime Spree recently released Fall In Love Not In Line via Slumberland Records.

It’s been over a decade since We Love You So Bad was released (yes, we wrote about them in 2011). Since then Kids On A Crime Spree have released a handful of solid noise-pop singles — “Creep The Creeps” in 2013, and two 7″ splits with Burnt Palms and Terry Malts in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

Fall In Love Not In Line Track List:

1. Karl Kardel Building
2. When Can I See You Again?
3. NOYC
4. Vital Points
5. All Things Fade
6. Goods Get Got
7. Boomdoom
8. Overtaken By The Soil
9. Steve, Why Are You Such A Liar?
10. We’re So Good

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Minneapolis: September 1 to September 6, 2019

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from September 1 to September 6, 2019.

Note: September 2 is Labor Day.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Squeeze 2019 Tour Read More Squeeze "The New Lennon and McCartney", Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook (billed under their popular band name Squeeze) will be playing an acoustic set across America this November. ... KT Tunstall I’ll never forget seeing KT Tunstall over at the now-defunct Epic in Minneapolis in November 2010. KT actually paused the show so she can ask the girl in front to stop talking on her cellphone.

SQUEEZE
+ KT Tunstall
State Theatre
Sun 08/25/2019 (6:30pm/$39.50)
hennepintheatretrust.org

The “Lennon and McCartney of their generation” Squeeze is celebrating their 45th band anniversary this 2019. To celebrate, the duo is on their “The Squeeze Songbook 2019” tour.

We caught the band in Nov 2015 and wrote, “Everything old is new again as classic UK band Squeeze is back on the road, in the Americas as an acoustic tour featuring founding members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, playing a lively two-night sold out run recently in town and promoting Cradle to the Grave (Virgin/EMI Records), their thirteenth album and first new music since 1998.”

KT Tunstall will open the show. We’ve seen KT a few times, the last being Sep 2016 and we described it as, “The funny story about her biggest hit ‘Black Horse and the Cherry Tree’, she said after moving to Florida, she walked by an Irish bar and heard the local bar band covering her song. The singer started shredding on the solo, and she locked eyes with the singer and gave him the A-Okay hand gesture. The punch line is, the band at the Irish bar, had no idea who she was.”

“The Squeeze Songbook 2019” USA tour:

08/29, Lenox, MA, Tanglewood
08/30, Munhall, PA, Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
08/31, Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre
09/01, Milwaukee, WI, The Pabst Theater
09/03, Minneapolis, MN, The State Theatre
09/04, Omaha, NE, Kiewit Concert Hall
09/06, Arvada, CO, Arvada Center
09/07, Park City, UT, Deer Valley Resort
09/09, Seattle, WA, The Showbox
09/10, Salem, OR, The Elsinore Theatre
09/12, Oakland, CA, The Fox Theatre
09/13, Los Angeles, CA, The Orpheum Theatre
09/15, Chandler, AZ, The Chandler Center for the Arts
09/17, Austin, TX, The Paramount
09/18, Houston, TX, Warehouse Live
09/19, Dallas, TX, The Bomb Factory
09/22, Atlanta, GA, The Tabernacle

Other shows in the area:

Jon Spencer at Turf Club Barns Courtney at Fine Line Glen Hansard at State Theatre Dominic Fike at Fine Line Ezra Furman at Turf Club Seratones at 7th Street Entry Grace Vanderwaal 2019 Tour Read More Barns Courtney The evening was opened by Ipswich, UK singer-songwriter Barns Courtney (not to be confused with Australian singer/guitarist Courtney Barnett) in support of his Hands EP (Virgin EMI Records). … Ezra Furman Last night's show opened with Ezra Furman. The crowd was sparse to begin with but trickled in throughout the night. Ezra's performance had a raw, garage band… Grace Vanderwaal The youngest star of the evening, thirteen year-old Grace Vanderwaal next took to the stage for a short three-song set. The winner of last year’s America …

JON SPENCER AND THE HITMAKERS
+ Demolition Doll Rods
Turf Club
Sun 09/01/2019 (7pm/$18)
turfclub.net

Singer/songwriter Jon Spencer (famous for his involvement in Pussy Galore, Boss Hog, and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) is back with his new band Jon Spencer & the HITmakers. They will be stopping by the Turf Club this September 1st.

Demolition Doll Rods to open.

Tour dates:

8/28 - Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids MI
8/29 - HI-FI - Indianapolis IN
8/30 - Schubas - Chicago IL
8/31 - H.O.G. National Rally - Milwaukee WI
9/1 - Turf Club - St. Paul MN
9/2 - Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines IA
9/3 - Ignition Music Garage - Goshen IN

BARNS COURTNEY
+ The Hunna
Fine Line Music Cafe
Tue 09/03/2019 (6:30pm/$22)
finelinemusic.com

UK singer/songwriter Barns Courtney is headlining the Fine Line Music Café this September 3rd… touring in support of his new album 404 (set for release September 6 on Capitol Records). We saw Courtney in Oct 2018 and said, “Rising singer-songwriter Barns Courtney opened the evening with a spirited half-hour opening set that left him completely drenched at the end of things. New full-length is due soon on Virgin Records, but in the meantime, Courtney has released various singles and has both a lyrical sensitivity and a big room stomp sound to his songs, which include radio-friendly songs, ‘99’, ‘Glitter & Gold’, and ‘Fire’ (which first caught on in the Bradley Cooper-as-chef movie, Burnt).”

The Hunna to open.

Tour dates:

9/3 | Minneapolis, MN | Fineline
9/4 | Chicago, IL | Park West
9/6 | Columbus, OH | Newport Music Hall
9/7 | Toronto, ON | The Mod Club
9/9 | New York, NY | Webster Hall
9/10 | Boston, MA | Paradise Rock Club
9/11 | Buffalo, NY | Rec Room
9/13 | Hamden, CT | Space Ballroom
9/14 | Washington, DC | The 9:30 Club
9/16 | Nashville, TN | Mercy Lounge

GLEN HANSARD
+ OHMME
State Theatre
Wed 09/04/2019 (7pm/$39)
hennepintheatretrust.org

We love Irish singer Glen Hansard (from The Frames and Swell Season) and always happy to see that he’s back in town. We last saw him in Nov 2015 and mentioned, “We've seen Glen Hansard before, but never quite like this. He's joined on stage by a large ensemble (see entire cast and crew photograph below), including both a horn and wind instrument section. Familiar The Swell Season songs were suddenly shown in a new, livelier, and possibly improved, versions of these classic songs.”

Hansard is returning with his new record This Wild Willing.

OHMME to open.

Tour Dates:

9/4 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre
9/6 – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
9/7 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater & Ballroom
9/9 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
9/10 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
9/12 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues New Orleans
9/13 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
9/14 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
9/16 – Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre

DOMINIC FIKE
+ Deb Never
Fine Line Music Cafe
Wed 09/04/2019 (7pm/$20/Sold Out)
finelinemusic.com

Florida-native Dominic Fike will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café this Sep 4th. The show is sold out.

If you’ve got a ticket, show up early to check out Deb Never. She recently released “Ugly” and “Swimming” (taken from her debut House on Wheels EP). Expect to hear those songs on this tour.

Tour Dates:

8/31 - Philadelphia, PA @ Made in America
9/4 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fineline
9/5 -Chicago, IL @ Reggies
9/6 - Detroit, MI @The Shelter
9/9 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
9/11 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
9/12 - Washington, D.C @ Union Stage
9/17 - Miami, FL @ The Ground

EZRA FURMAN
+ Stef Chura
Turf Club
Thu 09/05/2019 (7pm/$15)
turfclub.net

Ezra Furman is touring in support of his new album Twelve Nudes (Bella Union). Furman will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul on Sept 5th.

Stef Chura to open.

Tour Dates:

09/5 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
09/7 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
09/8 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
09/9 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
09/10 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz P.D.B.
09/11 - Cambridge, MA @ Sonia
09/12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
09/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
09/16 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage

SERATONES
+ The Violet Nines, Courtney Yasmineh
7th St Entry
Fri 09/06/2019 (8pm/$13)
first-avenue.com

Louisiana's Seratones is headlining the 7th Street Entry this September 6th. The band’s sophomore album is called Power.

Tour Dates:

8/29 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord
8/31 - McMinnville, OR @ Walnut City Music Festival
9/1 - Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar
9/3 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
9/6 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
9/7 - Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle
9/9 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
9/10 - Montreal, QC @ Quai Des Brumes
9/11 - North Adams, MA @ Hi Lo
9/12 - Allston, MA @ Great Scott
9/13 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right
9/14 - Washington, D.C. @ Pearl Street Warehouse

GRACE VANDERWAAL
+ Patrick Martin
Varsity Theater
Fri 09/06/2019 (7pm/$29.50)
varsitytheater.com

Singer/songwriter Grace VanderWaal will be headlining the Varsity Theater this Friday, September 6th. We saw VanderWaal at Starkey 2017 (when she was 13 years old) and wrote, “The youngest star of the evening, thirteen year-old Grace Vanderwaal next took to the stage for a short three-song set. The winner of last year’s America Got Talent competition seemed very humbled and appreciative to be invited and opened with ‘Clay’ from her Perfectly Imperfect EP (Columbia Records). “Music is the universal language, it connects to everyone in some way” she said before ‘Light the Sky’ and ended with picking up the ukulele for her first single, ‘Moonlight’.”

VanderWaal’s new single “Waste My Time” is out now and Teen Vogue described it as “synthy dance-pop smash”.

Tour Dates:

08/28/2019 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
08/29/2019 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
09/01/2019 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
09/02/2019 Fort Collins, CO Washington's
09/03/2019 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
09/06/2019 Minneapolis, MN Varsity
09/07/2019 Chicago, IL Park West
09/09/2019 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
09/11/2019 Toronto, ON The Opera House
09/13/2019 Boston, MA Royale
09/14/2019 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall
09/16/2019 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
09/17/2019 New York, NY Webster Hall
09/19/2019 Richmond, VA The National
09/20/2019 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
09/21/2019 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live

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Minneapolis: October 8, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on October 8, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Teenage Moods Teenage Moods and Travoramo Fa Fa Fa. Tour Dates Aug 20 Slim's San Francisco, CA Aug 26 Turf Club St Paul, MN Aug 27 Lyric Room Green Bay, WI …

BOMBINO
at Cedar Cultural Center
Saturday, 10/08/16, 7pm ($22/$25)
thecedar.org

Internationally acclaimed musician Bombino will be stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center on Saturday, October 8th.

The Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter from Niger will be playing some tracks from his new third studio album Azel (Partisan Records)

Local garage/power pop band Teenage Moods to open.

Tour Dates

10/03/16 Albuquerque, NM The Dirty Bourbon
10/04/16 El Prado, NM Taos Mesa Brewing
10/07/16 Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/08/16 Minneapolis, MN Cedar
10/09/16 Chicago, IL Martyrs'
10/14/16 Desert Daze
10/22/16 Ramblin' Roots Festival
10/23/16 The Hague, Paard van Troje
10/25/16 Darmstadt, Centralstation
10/27/16 Monte Carlo, Grimaldi Forum
10/28/16 Amersfoort, Fluor
10/29/16 Ghent, Belgium Centrale
10/30/16 Rotterdam, Netherlands Bird
11/03/16 Rouen, France Le 106
11/05/16 Bourgoin Jallieu, France SMAC Les

Read More Twin Peaks This is the Chicago Twin Peaks band... I wonder if they will get sued once Showtime start their David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks production in 2016? ...

TWIN PEAKS
at 7th Street Entry
Saturday, 10/08/16, 8pm ($13/$15)
first-avenue.com

The last time we saw Chicago’s Twin Peaks, they played a much bigger venue opening for Cage the Elephant in June 2016. They, of course, jokingly said, “We used to play across the street all the time [referring to their various 7th Street Entry appearances], so we’re not used to this small place.”

Twin Peaks is back in town, this time headlining the 7th Street Entry, and in support of their recent album Down in Heaven (Grand Jury).

White Reaper and Modern Vices to open.

Twin Peaks Tour Dates:

10/08 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry*
11/10 - Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
11/11 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
11/12 - Champaign, IL @ The Accord
12/01- Detroit, MI @ El Club~
12/02 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop~
12/03 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace~
12/07 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair~
12/08 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer~
12/09 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall~
12/13 - Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5~
12/14 - Nashville, TN @ Exit In~
12/16 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall~
12/17 - Chicago, IL @ Metro~

* = w/White Reaper & Modern Vices
~ = w/ together PANGEA & Golden Daze

Read More Seratones Fresh off their tour with Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Louisiana’s Seratones will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul this Friday. The date was originally not listed …

SERATONES
at 7th Street Entry
Saturday, 10/08/16, 8pm ($10)
turfclub.net

Louisiana’s Seratones is back in town to celebrate their debut album Get Gone. We caught the band in May 2016 and wrote, “Though sometimes compared to Alabama Shakes, the band is purposely more rough around the edges, and adds more of a garage punk/blues trait to their music, for the comparisons to run too deep.”

Whiskey Rock 'n' Roll Club and Daniel & The Real Feels to open.

Tour Dates

10/5/16 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe
10/6/16 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
10/7/16 Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle
10/8/16 St. Paul, MN - The Turf Club
10/9/16 Milwaukee, WI - Colectivo - Prospect Cafe
10/12/16 Columbus, OH - Big Room Bar
10/13/16 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
10/14/16 Philadelphia, PA - MilkBoy
10/15/16 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
10/18/16 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
10/19/16 Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory
10/20/16 Washington DC - DC9
10/21/16 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle Back Room
10/22/16 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10/25/16 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10/27/16 Oxford, MS - Proud Larry's
10/28-30/16 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Festival
10/29/16 Jackson, MS - Duling Hall
11/2/16 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves
11/11/16 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
11/12/16 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
11/13/16 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
11/14/16 Brussels, Belgium - AB Club
11/15/16 Rouen, France - Le 106
11/17/16 La Roche-Sur Yon, France - Fuzz Yon
11/18/16 Orleans, France - L'Astrolabe
11/19/16 Reims, France - Cartonerie

* with St. Paul and The Broken Bones

Read More Tyrone Wells Before I get to Tyrone Wells, I'll have to tell you that his audience, based on that night, they seem to all be college girls. If you don't believe me, just look at the picture that's used on his website ...

TONY LUCCA / ALEX DEZEN
at Triple Rock Social Club
Saturday, 10/08/16, 7:30pm ($16/$18)
triplerocksocialclub.com

The upcoming Tony Lucca and Alex Dezen (of The Damnwells) co-headlining “Heads or Tails Tour” (with Christian Lopez) will be taking place at the Triple Rock Social Club, in Minneapolis, this Saturday, October 8th.

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Tony Lucca will then team up with Tyrone Wells on October 21st.

Tony Lucca tour date:

10/3/16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Café
10/4/16 – Columbus, OH – Rumba Café
10/7/16 – Chicago, IL – City Winery
10/8/16 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
10/9/16 – Cedar Falls, IA – Cedar Valley
10/21/16 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
11/4/16 – Dallas, TX – Kessler
11/5/16 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Jr.
11/6/16 – Houston, TX – HOB Bronze Peacock
11/9/16 – Denver, CO – Soiled Dove
11/11/16 – Spokane, WA – Bartlett
11/12/16 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
11/13/16 – Seattle, WA – Triple Door
11/16/16 – San Francisco, CA – Chapel
11/17/16 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho
11/18/16 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
11/19/16 – S Juan Capistrano, CA – Coach House

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Seratones at Turf Club, St Paul (06 May 2016)

Setlist Choking On Your Spit Don't Need It Necromancer Get Gone Headtrip Chandelier Sun Kingdom Come Walk On (Neil Young cover)/People Get Ready (Impressions cover) Tide The Beautiful Ones (Prince cover) Take It Easy Kick out the Jams (MC5 cover) Suffragette City (David Bowie cover) Tour Dates 05/13/16 Nashville, TN The Basement 05/14/16 Little Rock, AR Whitewater Tavern 05/19/16 Gulf Shores, AL Hangout Music Festival 06/03/16 Richmond, VA Brown's Island 06/05/16 Charleston, WV Clay Center 07/15/16 Forecastle Festival 07/16/16 Sloss Music & Arts Festival 08/22/16 Hamburg, Germany Molotow 08/23/16 Berlin, Germany Kantine Am Berghain 08/24/16 Cologne, Germany Blue Shell 08/25/16 Cabaret Vert Festival 08/27/16 Reading, UK "Reading Festival" 08/28/16 Leeds, UK "Leeds Festival" 09/01/16 London, UK The Lexington 09/03/16 End Of The Road Festival Read More Seratones Fresh off their tour with Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Louisiana’s Seratones will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul this Friday. The date was originally not listed …

Good music can often be like a good gumbo stew—

Combine various ingredients of all kinds, add additional spices and seasonings, then let simmer.  Shreveport, LA band Seratones was recently in town on the very day their debut album, Get Gone (on Fat Possum Records) was released, and the results were very similar.

The quartet (AJ Haynes –vocals/guitar, Connor Davis-guitar, Adam Davis-bass, and Jesse Gabriel-drums) has been gradually gaining buzz- Winning a Louisiana Music Golden Microphone prize in 2013, getting notice from Paste and NME and showcasing at this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin, TX.

Though sometimes compared to Alabama Shakes, the band is purposely more rough around the edges, and adds more of a garage punk/blues trait to their music, for the comparisons to run too deep.

Eleganza!

The night started with two opening bands- The Carnegies featuring the Mars brothers (Royce on drums, and Roman on bass) and Taylor Tolle on the guitar who played retro-fueled blues/psych rock and Eleganza!, a three-guitar super group of sorts with Brian Vanderwerf and Jeff Johnson of Chooglin’ , ex-Ol’ Yeller’s Greg McAloon, and Romantica’s Tony Zaccardi (who also fronts a Guns n’ Roses tribute band).

Seratones

Playing almost exactly an hour, Seratones fired up with the opening track from Get Gone, ‘Choking On Your Spit’, a crunchy number that evokes driving a classic Dodge Challenger on a back road, letting the accelerator lead you. Gears changed with the more soulful ‘Don’t Need It’ , then went more straight-ahead rock ‘n roll with early single, ‘Necromancer’.

‘Get Gone’ was a foot-stomping burner with Haynes’ voice going from gravel lows to searing highs and ‘Kingdom Come’ found Davis’ guitar emoting rock riffage over Gabriel’s scat-jazz drums  with Haynes’ siren voice ending the song with “I'll leave you bound and reeling, but I'll be your best, believe me”.

A revved up soul version of Neil Young’s ‘Walk On’ was brilliantly melded with the gospelized ‘People Get Ready’ and a stark and solo Haynes version of Prince’s The Beautiful Ones’ proved an apt tribute.

Setlist

The set then went into overdrive as Haynes jumped into the audience for their own ‘Take it Easy’ and the Mc5’s “Kick out the Jams’, amidst heads bobbing, spastic dancing, and people playing air guitar, for an electric ending to their main set.

After instructing the crowd to say “hey man”  back to the band after every verse, the band ripped into a garage, chugging ‘Suffragette City’, effectively paying homage to the other rock legend lost this year to end the evening.

Like the gumbo, Seratones took a little time to fully flourish and marinate, but once it did, it was a very satisfying taste of this Shreveport band that has a bright future ahead. Getting Gone should always be so right.

Seratones at Turf Club, St Paul (06 May 2016)

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Minneapolis: May 6, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on May 6, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Day Wave The first time I heard "Come Home Now" by Day Wave I took an instant liking to the band. Then I heard "Drag" and realized how multifaceted each song was. … Jack and the Coax Jack and the Coax to open. The local band has a month-long residency at the Nomad World Pub every Thursday. …

DAY WAVE
at 7th Street Entry
Friday, 05/06/16, 8pm ($10/$12)
first-avenue.com

Oakland’s Day Wave recently released their hilarious music video for “Stuck”, featuring Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus.

Hoppus is apparently a big fan, having first discovered Day Wave when Apple Music's Beats 1 launched heard their song “Drag.”

Day Wave will be headlining the 7th Street Entry next Friday, May 6th, in support of their five-track EP Hard to Read.

Guests Jack and the Coax and Sleeping Jesus to open.

Tour Dates:

5/2/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
5/3/16 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge
5/4/16 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
5/6/16 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
5/7/16 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
5/9/16 Columbus, OH @ Big Room Bar
5/10/16 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
5/11/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
5/12/16 Washington, DC @ DC9
5/14/16 Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Fest
5/16/16 Dublin, Ireland @ The Workman's Club
5/18/16 London, England @ Birthdays
5/20/16 Aarhus, Denmark @ Pop Revo
5/21/16 Brighton, England @ Great Escape
5/22/16 Leeds, England @ Brudenell Social Club
5/24/16 Newscastle, England @ Think Tank
5/25/16 Glasgow, Scotland @ Broadcast
5/27/16 Manchester, England @ Dot to Dot
5/28/16 Bristol, England @ Dot to Dot
5/29/16 Nottingham, England @ Dot to Dot
5/30/16 Paris, France @ Le Pop Up Du Label
6/1/16 Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso
6/3/16 Hamburg, Germany @ Prinzenbar
6/5/16 New York, NY @ Governor's Ball
6/7/16 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
6/9/16 Toronto, ON @ Drake Hotel
6/10/16 Detroit, MI @ Pike Room
6/12/16 Kansas City, MO @ Madrid Theatre
6/13/16 Dallas, TX @ Cambridge Room (HOB)
6/14/16 Austin, TX @ Sidewinder
6/17/16 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
6/18/16 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
7/29/16 Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza

^ w/ Gang of Youths

Read More Seratones 04/30 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore§ *with Car Seat Headrest †with Saintseneca ‡with Little Scream §with Seratones … Eleganza! Co-headlining will be Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires with support from Eleganza! and Supportive Parents. Tour dates: 04/12/15 Gainesville, FL High Dive 04/13/15 Jacksonville, …

SERATONES
at Turf Club
Friday, 05/06/16, 8pm ($10)
turfclub.net

Fresh off their tour with Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Louisiana’s Seratones will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul this Friday. The date was originally not listed on their tour poster, so it may have been added semi-recently.

The tour is in support of their debut album Get Gone, which is coming out also on May 6th via Fat Possum Records.

Fans of Janis Joplin and Mavis Staples may want to stop in to check out their frontwoman A.J. Haynes.

Eleganza! and The Carnegies to open.

Tour Dates:

5/2/16 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
5/3/16 Seattle, WA @ Barboza
5/6/16 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
5/7/16 Chicago, IL @ Hideout
5/8/16 Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub
5/10/16 Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar
5/11/16 Columbus, OH @ Big Room Bar
5/13/16 Nashville, TN @ The Basement
5/14/16 Little Rock AR @ White Water Tavern
6/3/16 Richmond VA @ Friday Cheers+
7/15-7/16 Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
7/15-7/16 Birmingham, AL @ Sloss Music
8/22/16 Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
8/23/16 Berlin, Germany @ Berghain Kantine
8/24/16 Cologne, Germany @ Blue Shell
8/25/16 Charleville-Mézières @ Cabaret Vert
8/26/16 Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
8/28/16 Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
9/1/16 London, UK @ Lexington
9/3/16 Dorset, UK @ End Of The Road

^ w/ The Dandy Warhols
+ w/The Revivalists

Read More Wizard World Minneapolis It is pretty much all-Wizard World all weekend! W♥M will be bringing you extensive coverage of the three-day event - plus the traditional kick-off free event at the Mall of America on Thursday. …

CREATOR PRO AM: DRINK & DRAW
at Pourhouse
Friday, 05/06/16, 8:30pm (Free/$5)
thepourhousempls.com

Are you going to Wizard World Minneapolis this year? If you are, your wristband will allow you free entrance to their after party on Friday night at their “Creator Pro AM: Drink & Draw” event from 8:30 to 10pm (details listed on wizardworld.com).

Of course, you may recall that Peelander-Z was kicked off the stage because the venue had another event that same night.

According to thepourhousempls.com they have a band playing this same name: The Hook Up. Not sure if it will conflict with the Drink & Draw thing... but details below.

8:30 – 10:00PM CREATOR PRO AM: DRINK & DRAW
All artist and writers are invited to come and compete in this live drawing and writing competition! You bring the creativity and we will take care of the rest! Scenarios and scenes will be described to the artist and writers, where you will have 1 hour to compete. Stay through to the end where one writer and one artist will be selected to win amazing prizes! Including prizes from Vantage:Inhouse Productions and U Cre-8 Comics. FREE with your Wizard World wristband, 18+ over until 10pm 21+ over after 10pm.
Located at: The Pourhouse, 10 S 5th St, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
Hosted by Victor Dandridge

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