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Japanese Breakfast at First Avenue, Minneapolis (11 July 2022)

Japanese Breakfast Setlist Paprika Be Sweet Kokomo, IN Tactics Road Head Savage Good Boy Heft Boyish (Little Big League cover) The Body Is a Blade Glider Posing in Bondage Machinist Slide Tackle Everybody Wants to Love You -- Encore -- Posing for Cars Diving Woman Read More Japanese Breakfast Korean musician Japanese Breakfast (stagename for Michelle Zauner) headlined the mainroom at First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on September 19th, 2021, as part of her tour ... Linda Lindas I was actually excited to see that The Linda Lindas will open the show. If I were to guess, the band is named after the Japanese film, Linda, Linda, Linda, which I wrote about in May 2007. .…

The Japanese Breakfast show at First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on July 11th, had sold out… leaving many fans asking for spare tickets and showing at the venue to try and hopefully buy some limited released tickets.

This show was one of the first official shows of the 5th annual Independent Venue Week, a nationwide program to spotlight over 400 venues, in all 50 states and DC. Naturally, all the First Avenue venues (including 7th Street, Fine Line, Turf Club, Palace Theatre) are on the Independent Venue list… so if you go see a show at any of their venues, you’re supporting locally owned and run businesses. Other venues in the Minnesota area, independently run are Elision Playhouse, Granada Theater, The Fitzgerald Theater, and The Parkway Theater.

Anyway, very excited to burst on stage were The Linda Lindas, their first show in Minneapolis.

Just to clarify, Kristin Kontrol (formerly of Dum Dum Girls) is not a member of The Linda Lindas. Kristin Kontrol did assembled the group for Girlschool LA in 2018…. but the actual band members are: Sisters Mila de la Garza (drummer, 11) and Lucia de la Garza (guitar, 14), cousin Eloise Wong (bass, 13), and family friend Bela Salazar (guitar, 17). For a young (literally teenagers), new band, they sure had plenty of songs under their belt, as they played a rock/punk fun 43-min set on the first night of the tour.

So, as I suspected, the band was inspired by the Japanese film, Linda, Linda, Linda, with their theme song “Linda Linda” (Blue Hearts).

If you caught the Japanese Breakfast show at First Avenue in September, it’s almost the same show, down to the Little Big League song, “Boyish”, and same encore songs (“Posing for Cars” and “Diving Woman”). Most of the changes in the new song were to drop songs like “In Heaven” and “The Woman That Loves You”, and adding new songs - mostly on the second half of the set: “The Body Is a Blade” to “Slide Tackle”.

Still, for the audience, they were still very excited to see Japanese Breakfast again, and always big cheers whenever the gong is used (“Paprika”).

Remaining tour dates:

7/12 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *
7/14 - Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theatre *
7/15 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
7/16 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
7/17 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Brewery *
7/19 - Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
7/20 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Corona
7/21 - Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point
7/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Dell Music Center ^
7/26 - Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
7/31 - Niigata, JP @ Fuji Rock Festival
8/12-14 - Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out Festival
8/26 - Stanford, CA @ Here And There
8/28 - Longon, EN @ All Points East Festival
9/2 - Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
9/3 - Denver, CO @ Here And There
9/15 - Louisville, KY @ Bourbon & Beyond
10/4 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
10/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ~
10/7 - Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds #
10/8-9 - Austin, TX @ ACL Festival
10/20 - Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory
10/21 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
10/22 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Old Fruitmarket
10/24 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
10/25 - London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
10/26 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
10/27 - Berlin, DE @ Gretchen
11/6 - São Paulo, BR @ Primavera Sound São Paulo
11/10 - Santiago, CL @ Primavera en la Ciudad @ Blondie
11/12 - Santiago, CL @ Primavera Sound Santiago
11/13 - Buenos Aires, AR @ Primera Sound Buenos Aires

* w/ The Linda Lindas
^ w/ Yo La Tengo & Cate Le Bon
~ w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs
# w/ Florence + The Machine

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Linda Lindas (Lucia de la Garza)

Linda Lindas (Bela Salazar)

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Japanese Breakfast at First Avenue, Minneapolis (11 July 2022)

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Minneapolis: This Week (07/17/2022)

As you know, I post the W♥M Minneapolis preview calendar a month in advance. Things may have changed, and/or I just wanted to remind you about the shows that we will be covering this week.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide

07/11 Japanese Breakfast with The Linda Lindas at First Avenue Read More Japanese Breakfast Korean musician Japanese Breakfast (stagename for Michelle Zauner) headlined the mainroom at First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on September 19th, 2021, as part of her tour for Jubilee (Dead Oceans Records). ... Kristin Kontrol We are also very excited to see that Dee Dee (from Dum Dum Girls) will be opening for Garbage under her music project Kristin Kontrol. When we saw DDG in 2014 when .…

07/11/2022 Monday

Japanese Breakfast
with The Linda Lindas
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

We last saw Japanese Breakfast in Oct 2021... Japanese Breakfast is back, and this time, wearing her Time Magazine’s “Most Influential People of 2022” title proudly.

I was actually excited to see that The Linda Lindas will open the show. If I were to guess, the band is named after the Japanese film, Linda, Linda, Linda, which I wrote about in May 2007. The catchy theme song, “Linda Linda” was written by J-punk Blue Hearts.

How are the two bands related? Well, Japanese Breakfast is actually a Korean girl, while in the film, Linda Linda Linda, it’s about an all-Japanese group, who enlists a Korean singer, when they lost their lead singer. It’s all strangely related with the Japanes/Korean thing.

Anyway, The Linda Lindas is the new project from Kristin Kontrol (formerly of Dum Dum Girls).

Tour dates:

7/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
7/12 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *
7/14 - Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theatre *
7/15 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
7/16 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
7/17 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Brewery *
7/19 - Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
7/20 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Corona
7/21 - Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point
7/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Dell Music Center ^
7/26 - Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
7/31 - Niigata, JP @ Fuji Rock Festival
8/12-14 - Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out Festival
8/26 - Stanford, CA @ Here And There
8/28 - Longon, EN @ All Points East Festival
9/2 - Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
9/3 - Denver, CO @ Here And There
9/15 - Louisville, KY @ Bourbon & Beyond
10/4 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
10/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ~
10/7 - Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds #
10/8-9 - Austin, TX @ ACL Festival
10/20 - Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory
10/21 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
10/22 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Old Fruitmarket
10/24 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
10/25 - London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
10/26 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
10/27 - Berlin, DE @ Gretchen
11/6 - São Paulo, BR @ Primavera Sound São Paulo
11/10 - Santiago, CL @ Primavera en la Ciudad @ Blondie
11/12 - Santiago, CL @ Primavera Sound Santiago
11/13 - Buenos Aires, AR @ Primera Sound Buenos Aires

* w/ The Linda Lindas
^ w/ Yo La Tengo & Cate Le Bon
~ w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs
# w/ Florence + The Machine

07/12 Mandy Moore with AHI at First Avenue Read More Mandy Moore Taylor Goldsmith explained how ‘Never Gonna Say Goodbye’ was written for his fiance after singer/actress Mandy Moore injured herself (similar worked for Chris Martin of Coldplay on ‘Fix You’ to Gwyneth Paltrow, and Bono to his wife on ‘Sweetest Thing’). .…

UPDATE: The big news for this week is that Mandy Moore has cancelled her show at First Avenue on July 12th. She explained that she’s pregnant. She thought she could power through, but the long hours on the bus and not getting proper rest was just too challenging. She had to make the decision to cancel the entire 2022 tour.

07/12/2022 Tuesday

Mandy Moore [CANCELLED]
with AHI
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and actress, Mandy Moore will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on July 12, in support of her seventh studio album In Real Life… this is her first tour in over ten years, so expect a health reaction and attendance to her million of fans.

Talking about the new album, Moore had this to say, “So much of this record came from future-tripping on the next chapter of my life and what it might look like: what parenthood would feel like, how it would change everything, and all the excitement and trepidation that comes with that. At the same time, it was about celebrating and acknowledging where we were at the moment and really trying to be completely present in the everyday—which is maybe the hardest part of the human condition.”

AHI to open.

Tour dates:

Jun 17 Outdoor Williamsburg, VA, US Williamsburg Live
Jun 18 Atlantic City, NJ, US Music Box at the Borgata
Jun 19 Boston, MA, US Royale Boston
Jun 21 Ridgefield, CT, US Ridgefield Playhouse
Jun 22 Toronto, ON, Canada The Danforth Music Hall
Jun 23 Pittsburgh, PA, US Roxian Theatre
Jun 25 Nashville, TN, US Ryman Auditorium
Jul 6 Dallas, TX, US Annette Strauss Square
Jul 7 Houston, TX, US The Heights Theater
Jul 8 Austin, TX, US Paramount Theatre
Jul 10 Kansas City, MO, US Uptown Theater
Jul 11 Chicago, IL, US The Vic Theatre
Jul 12 Minneapolis, MN, US First Avenue
Jul 14 Englewood, CO, US Gothic Theatre
Jul 15 Salt Lake City, UT, US The Depot
Jul 17 Seattle, WA, US Showbox at the Market
Jul 18 Portland, OR, US Aladdin Theater
Jul 20 San Francisco, CA, US The Fillmore
Jul 21 Solana Beach, CA, US Belly Up Tavern
Jul 22 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Fonda Theatre
Jul 22 Newport, RI, US Newport Folk Festival

07/14 Mitski with Indigo De Souza at Surly Brewing Festival Field Read More Mitski If you’re one of the cool kids, you’ll be at this upcoming sold out Mitski show at First Avenue’s mainroom. It’s quite a difference, considering that it was only Nov 2015 that Mitski made her debut at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. …

07/14/2022 Thursday

Mitski
with Indigo De Souza
at Surly Brewing Festival Field
first-avenue.com

We just saw Mitski at the Palace Theatre in St Paul, on 14 Mar 2022, and wrote, “Japanese / American singer / songwriter Mitski headlined the Palace Theatre, in St Paul, on Monday night… bringing in her story-songs from Laurel Hell. The songs are so good that the Guardian had to dub her the “best young songwriter” earlier in February.”

If you missed that show, here’s your second chance to see the story of Laurel Hell by Mitski at the Surly Brewing Festival Field. It is all ages, despite being held at the beer company’s field.

Also note, event starts at 5:30pm (music at 7pm), and I recommend arriving early to get a free event parking spot.

Indigo De Souza to open.

Tour dates:

July 14 - Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Festival Field %
July 16 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
July 22 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall#
July 23 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall #
July 24 - Philadelphia, PA @ @ Franklin Music Hall #
July 26 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner #
July 27 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner #
July 28 - Providence, RI @ Bold Point Park #
July 30 - Montreal, QC @ Osheaga
Aug. 9 - Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield
Aug 10 - Burnaby, BC @ Deer Lake Park ~
Aug 12 - Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out Festival
Sep 16 - Sep 18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Primavera Sound LA

% support from Indigo De Souza
# support from The Weather Station
~ support from Hurray For The Riff Raff

07/16 Big Gigantic with INZO, Young Franco at Fillmore Read More Big Gigantic Big Gigantic w DJ INZO, Young Franco and Covex, Arvest Bank at The Midland, $23.50-$38 Out on their Brighter Future Tour, the Boulder CO electronic hip-hop jazz instrumental duo …

07/16/2022 Saturday

Big Gigantic
with INZO, Young Franco
at Fillmore
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Genre-bending Boulder, CO-based duo Big Gigantic is on tour in support of their eight studio album Brighter Future 2, available now at all DSPs and streaming services.

Fellow Colorado electronic artist INZO (Mike Inzano) and Young Franco will open.

Tour dates:

07/10 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
07/13 – Oklahoma City, OK – OKC Farmers Market
07/14 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
07/15 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
07/16 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
07/17 – Chesterfield, MO – The Factory
07/20 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
07/21 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
07/22 – Garrettsville, OH – Funk ‘N Flow 2022 †
07/23 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
07/24 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
07/27 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
07/28 – Boston, MA – The Roadrunner Boston
07/29 – Washington, DC – Echostage
07/30 – Brooklyn, NY – Rowdytown @ The Brooklyn Mirage
08/22 – Long Pond, PA - Elements Music & Arts Festival †
09/23 – Morrison, CO – Rowdytown X @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
09/24 – Morrison, CO – Rowdytown X @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
10/7-10/9 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival †
10/14-10/16 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival †
10/27-10/30 – Live Oak, FL – Suwanee Hulaween † *

† FESTIVAL APPEARANCE
* with NGHTMRE as GIGANTIC NGHTMRE

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Kristin Kontrol: Last Christmas

Kristin Kontrol: Last Christmas Read More Kristin Kontrol We are also very excited to see that Dee Dee (from Dum Dum Girls) will be opening for Garbage under her music project Kristin Kontrol. When we saw DDG in 2014 when .… Dum Dum Girls Dum Dum Girls - too cute and popular for this earth ... and CMJ (yet they played some shows). .… …

The news that George Michael died hit us pretty hard on Christmas. We’re still pretty shocked that he’s dead. Obviously, fans from around the world have expressed how much his music meant to them... including James Corden’s heartfelt tribute to Michael.

As previously mentioned, George Michael was my first cassette (Listen Without Prejudice) that I purchased with my own money. And admittedly I’ve lost touch of keeping up with George Michael post-Older, but I still love the music and those great lyrics.

Anyway, the news of George Michael’s death hit Dee Dee (currently as Kristin Kontrol) unexpected too. She actually recorded a cover of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’, but it was barred from release. The timing felt right, and she posted the link, read more below.

Kristin Kontrol wrote:

December 25, 2016 at 7:48pm

So sad we lost another incredible artist this year. Rest in power, George Michael. A few years ago I recorded a cover of "Last Christmas" as a b-side to an Xmas original. An innocent homage out of love. This was proto-KK as produced by Kurt Feldman (Ice Choir). Was never allowed to release it but f*** it. <3

soundcloud.com/kristinkontrol

We caught KK last year with Garbage at the Skyway Theatre and wrote, “Kristin’s voice has a dreamlike way of getting to you as you listen and even with the dance tunes you get that vibe that you're in the clouds.”

Incidentally, in Dum Dum Girls news, did you all noticed the DDG’s poster in Episode 6 of Netflix’s The OA? In the first few minutes of that episode, we see a trans character Buck Vu (played by Ian Alexander) practicing the movement ... and in the background, you see the poster.

The OA Season 1, Episode 6 (16 Dec 2016)

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Minneapolis: July 7, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on July 7, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Garbage One of the most famous female-fronted bands from the 90s is Garbage, lead by Scottish singer Shirley Manson. I first discovered her through a short-lived band called Angelfish, which you can read about here.… Dum Dum Girls Dum Dum Girls - too cute and popular for this earth ... and CMJ (yet they played some shows). .… …

GARBAGE
at Skyway Theatre
Thursday, 07/07/16, 8pm ($42)
skywaytheatre.com

Garbage (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, and Butch Vig) is back with their critically acclaimed sixth studio album Strange Little Birds (STUNVOLUME Records). What a glorious return, as the record debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums on the week of its release. Lead single “Empty” debuted at No. 40 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.

We previously caught the band in 2013 and noted that Minneapolis was a special town for the band: “As for Minneapolis, there's a funny story about it. "Minneapolis is our 17 tour anniversary," Manson said on stage (referring to the fact that their very first live concert was in 1995 at the 7th Street Entry). She continued on to tell the story of how they'd sold out the venue and that "we cannot f**** this up, we cannot f**** this up!" They were so nervous, not really sure how Garbage would unfold that night. So, in a sentence, "Minneapolis holds a special place in our hearts."”

Tour starts tomorrow, all tickets, including VIP packages are available now for purchases. Get a rare chance to get a selfie with the one and only Shirley Manson.

We are also very excited to see that Dee Dee (from Dum Dum Girls) will be opening for Garbage under her music project Kristin Kontrol. When we saw DDG in 2014 when they played their new album Too True in its entirety live, and it’s everything a girl rock album should be... however as Kristin Kontrol, it’ll be less rock and more electronic. She’s exploring a dark and glam sound on her debut album X-Communicate (out now on Sub Pop Records). Check out the title track on youtube.com.

Garbage Tour Dates:

July 6 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI
July 7 - Skyway Theatre - Minneapolis, MN
July 8 - SumTur Amphitheater - Omaha, NE
July 10 - Uptown Theatre - Kansas City, MO
July 12 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
July 13 - Z104.5 The Edge 21st Birthday Bash
July 15 - Egyptian Room - Indianapolis, IN
July 16 - The Fillmore - Detroit, MI
July 17 - PromoWest Fest - Columbus, OH
July 19 - The Mill & Mine - Knoxville, TN
July 20 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN
July 22 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
July 23 - Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
July 25 - The National - Richmond, VA
July 27 - Starland Ballroom - Sayerville, NJ
July 28 - House Of Blues Boston - Boston, MA
July 30 - The Fillmore Philly- Philadelphia, PA
July 31 - Rams Head Live! - Baltimore, MD
August 1 - Summerstage - New York, NY
August 3 - Lincoln Theater - Washington, DC
August 6 - River Nights - Rheinfelden, Switzerland
August 8 - Lokerse Festival - Lokeren, Belgium
August 10 - A Summer's Tale - Luhmühlen, Germany
August 12 - Fête du Bruit, Landerneau, France
August 14 - Kubana Festival, Riga, Latvia
August 16 - Live Park Zappa, Tel Aviv, Israel
September 5 - Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
September 7 - Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
November 15 - A2 Club, St. Petersburg, Russia
November 17 - Yotaspace, Moscow, Russia
November 18 - Yotaspace, Moscow, Russia
November 19 - Tele-Club Yekaterinburg, Russia

Read More Eagle Rock Gospel Singers Original Release Date: February 12, 2013 Release Date: May 23, 2015 Label: The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers Copyright: 2013 The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers Total Length: 23:08 …

EAGLE ROCK GOSPEL SINGERS
at 7th Street Entry
Thursday, 07/07/16, 7:30pm ($10)
first-avenue.com

The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers will be headlining the 7th Street Entry on July 7th in support of their debut album, Heavenly Fire (Ba Da Bing). LA Weekly hailed the record as “a rip-roaring, soaring batch of rootsy-flavored originals written by the band’s individual members, who took their songwriting cues from the greatest and most venerable of American trad musical genres.”

Good Diction and Gabe Barnett & Them Rounders are listed to open.

Tour dates:

07/01/16 Montreal, QC Various Venues
07/06/16 Evanston, IL SPACE
07/07/16 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
07/08/16 Winnipeg Folk Festival
07/09/16 Winnipeg, MB Birds Hill Park
07/10/16 Winnipeg, MB Birds Hill Park
07/12/16 Grand Forks, ND North Dakota Museum
07/14/16 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
07/15/16 Ogden, UT Alleged
09/25/16 Music Tastes Good
10/28/16 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience
10/29/16 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience
10/30/16 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

Read More Hank Williams Hank Williams - Howlin' At the Moon Hank Williams Yep, this week's theme is country music. Whenever I meet people and I ask what type of music they're into, I can tell you 90% of them will answer vaguely …

WAYNE HANCOCK
at Eagles Club
Thursday, 07/07/16, 8:30pm ($15/$18)
minneapoliseagles34.org

San Francisco Chronicle explained Wayne “The Train” Hancock’s nickname, “One of the most shiver-inducing singers on the planet, who gets his nickname by virtue of the unstoppable power of his vocal chords, Hancock embodies the spirits of Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and Bob Wills in his ferociously swinging honky-tonk -- outlaw country to the max.”

Check out the unstoppable power vocals for yourself next Thursday, July 7th at the Eagles Club in Minneapolis.

Hancock is often compared to Hank Williams III, who actually covered some of Hancock’s songs, including ‘Thunderstorms and Neon Signs’ and ‘87 Southbound’.

Wayne Hancock’s latest Ride is available now on Bloodshot Records. The record was produced by Lloyd Maines (Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Dixie Chicks, Joe Ely).

DJ Truckstache to spin.

01 Jul 2016 – 03 Jul 2016 Moonrunners Music Festival 2016
02 Jul2016 The Majestic Café, Detroit, MI
04 Jul 2016 High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
07 July 2016 Eagles Club No. 34, Minneapolis, MN
09 July 2016 Off Broadway, St Louis, MO
12 July 2016 John Barleycorn's, Wichita, KS
13 July 2016 Outland Ballroom, Springfield, MO
14 July 2016 Off Broadway, St Louis, MO
05 Aug 2016 Scout Bar, Houston, TX
01 Sep 2016 Yucca Tap Room, Tempe, AZ
02 Sep 2016 Bar 1650, Corona, CA
06 Sep 2016 Soda Bar, San Diego, CA
15 Sep 2016 McNear's Mystic Theatre, Petaluma, CA
16 Sep 2016 Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA, US

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Dum Dum Girls w/ Ex Cops at Fine Line, Minneapolis (22 Oct 2014)

Dum Dum GIrls Setlist Too True Set Cult of Love Evil Blooms Rimbaud Eyes Are You Okay? Too True to Be Good In the Wake of You Lost Boys & Girls Club Little Minx Under These Hands Trouble Is My Name Girls Intuition Classics Set Trees and Flowers (Strawberry Switchblade cover) Wrong Feels Right Lord Knows Rest of Our Lives It Only Takes One Night I Got Nothing Bedroom Eyes Coming Down Ex Cops Setlist Black Soap Burnt out Love White Noise Tragically Alright Separator Rooms Read More Dum Dum Girls Dum Dum Girls - too cute and popular for this earth ... and CMJ (yet they played some shows). .… … Ex Cops Listed as opener is Ex Cops, who may be playing some tracks from their debut album and their forthcoming sophomore album Daggers (available November 11th on Downtown Records). …

Los Angeles' Dum Dum Girls are back in Minneapolis as part of their "Cult of Love" tour, in support of their third studio album Too True (Sub Pop). The main difference on this latest tour is that Dum Dum Girls are playing the entire Too True, from start to finish... but we'll get to that in a minute.

Ex Cops

Opener Ex Cops started the early show, playing a brief 35-minute set. When they first came on the stage, I turned to a friend of mine at the show and said, singer Amalie Bruun looks more like an "ex-model than an ex-cop"... and apparently I was right: the Danish singer previously worked as an actress and model for Chanel.

Ex Cops

All the songs on their set were previews from their forthcoming album Daggers (Downtown Records), with the only exception of "Separator" from their 2012 album True Hallucinations.

Things got off to a rock start on their first song, "Black Soap", as a sound feedback was introduced in the middle of the song. The rest of the set was smooth sailing. Highlight of their set was "Tragically Alright", a song that they co-wrote with Ariel Pink.

Setlist

When the Dum Dum Girls were in Minneapolis at the Triple Rock Social Club earlier this year on April 1st, they only did about half of Too True. Since it's only been six months, they decided to play the entire album live.... plus throwing in a b-side "Girls Intuition" (which incidentally appeared on the Japanese release).

With the entire album live and with new visuals via a movie projection with a custom 'DUM' film, the show felt more like an exclusive listening party. If you liked what you heard, then you can re-live that experience with their Sub Pop album.

The whole Too True set was only about 40 minutes, so there was a very brief intermission, as they geared up for the second half of their show - playing some classic songs, plus a cover of Strawberry Switchblade's "Trees and Flowers." The cover was so soothing and gentle that singer Dee Dee Penny had to comment that the audience was "hopefully not asleep."

Too True is out now, check out this album listening live show this tour:

Oct 23 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI *
Oct 24 - Metro - Chicago, IL *
Oct 25 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI *
Oct 26 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON *
Oct 28 - The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA *
Oct 30 - Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY *
Nov 01 - Black Cat - Washington, DC *
Nov 02 - The Southern - Charlottesville, VA *
Nov 03 - Kings - Raleigh, NC *
Nov 05 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA *
Nov 07 - Club Dada - Dallas, TX *
Nov 09 - Red 7 - Austin, TX *
Nov 11 - Sister - Albuquerque, NM *
Nov 12 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ *
Nov 13 - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ *
Nov 15 - Pappy and Harriets' - Pioneertown, CA *

* with Ex Cops

Dum Dum Girls at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (22 Oct 2014)

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Rocktober: October 20 - October 22, 2014

Here are shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul on October 20 - October 22, 2014.

Read More Anberlin From my balcony seat, Anberlin's set was lit incredibly dark, mostly in dark reds and blues. Photographing them was a nightmare because of poor lighting, and the fact that singer Stephen Christian .…

ANBERLIN
at Varsity Theater
Monday 10/20/14, 7pm
$20/$22: varsitytheater.org

If you have never seen Anberlin, this is your final chance to see the band. This is their final hurrah before they break up as a band.

We actually really like the band, having interviewed them (twice) and were lucky enough to caught them as support for Smashing Pumpkins.

Of course, since it's for the last time... the show is sold out.

Tour dates:

10/18/14 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
10/20/14 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
10/21/14 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
10/23/14 Austin, TX Emo's
10/24/14 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
10/25/14 Houston, TX House Of Blues
11/03/14 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
11/04/14 St. Louis, MO Ready Room
11/05/14 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
11/07/14 Silver Spring, MD Fillmore Silver Spring
11/08/14 Norfolk, VA NorVa
11/10/14 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
11/11/14 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of The Living Arts
11/12/14 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
11/13/14 New York, NY Irving Plaza
11/15/14 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of The Living Arts
11/16/14 New York, NY Irving Plaza
11/17/14 New York, NY The Gramercy Theatre
11/18/14 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
11/19/14 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
11/21/14 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
11/22/14 Atlanta, GA Center Stage Theater
11/24/14 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution
11/25/14 Saint Petersburg, FL Jannus Live
11/26/14 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues

Read More Tying Tiffany The song is by a Suicide Girl called Tying Tiffany, from Italy. I was doing "research" on the suicide girls website and I noticed that she posted .…

SUICIDEGIRLS
at Varsity Theater
Tuesday 10/21/14, 7pm
$25/$30: varsitytheater.org

Alt-hot girls from SuicideGirls are on tour, stopping by the Varsity Theater this Tuesday. If you've never heard of SuicideGirls, they are basically models, but not in the traditional beauty ... expect a lot of tattoos and piercings.

The show looks like a combination of dance routines (in Star War helmets) and some singing. It looks really fun.

Blackheart Burlesque Tour:

10/19/14 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom
10/21/14 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
10/24/14 White Plains, NY Westchester County
10/26/14 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
10/28/14 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room
10/29/14 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre
10/30/14 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
11/01/14 Portland, ME State Theatre
11/02/14 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
11/04/14 Columbus, OH A & R Music Bar
11/05/14 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony
11/06/14 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg
11/08/14 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
11/11/14 Richmond, VA The National
11/12/14 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
11/14/14 Saint Petersburg, FL State Theatre
11/15/14 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
11/16/14 Orlando, FL Plaza Live Orlando
11/18/14 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall
11/19/14 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
11/20/14 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
11/22/14 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
11/23/14 Houston, TX House Of Blues
12/02/14 Seattle, WA The Showbox
12/05/14 West Hollywood, CA House Of Blues

Read More Dum Dum Girls Dum Dum Girls - too cute and popular for this earth ... and CMJ (yet they played some shows). .…

DUM DUM GIRLS w/ Ex Cops
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Wednesday 10/22/14, 7pm
$15: finelinemusic.com

Dum Dum Girls are back in town, stopping by the Fine Line Music Cafe this Wednesday.

Listed as opener is Ex Cops, who may be playing some tracks from their debut album and their forthcoming sophomore album Daggers (available November 11th on Downtown Records).

Although the album is not out yet, the songs have been around since 2010, as Amalie Bruun, one half of the duo, explained, "I wrote the song in 2010 when I could not find silence anywhere and I went to extremes to feel/hear nothing, but no matter what I did I could not silence the voices in my head. So I had a white noise machine playing 24/7 around me to drown out everything."

Daggers was executively produced by icon Billy Corgan, produced by Justin Raisen (Sky Ferreira, Charli XCX, Kylie Minogue) and features co-written tracks with Ariel Pink. Fans who preorder the album on iTunes will receive an instant download of "White Noise" and previously released singles "Black Soap" and "Tragically Alright feat. Ariel Pink".

Tour dates:

Oct 17 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT *
Oct 19 - The Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO *
Oct 20 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE *
Oct 22 - Fine Line Music Cafe - Minneapolis, MN *
Oct 23 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI *
Oct 24 - Metro - Chicago, IL *
Oct 25 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI *
Oct 26 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON *
Oct 28 - The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA *
Oct 30 - Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY *
Nov 01 - Black Cat - Washington, DC *
Nov 02 - The Southern - Charlottesville, VA *
Nov 03 - Kings - Raleigh, NC *
Nov 05 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA *
Nov 07 - Club Dada - Dallas, TX *
Nov 09 - Red 7 - Austin, TX *
Nov 11 - Sister - Albuquerque, NM *
Nov 12 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ *
Nov 13 - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ *
Nov 15 - Pappy and Harriets' - Pioneertown, CA *

* with Ex Cops

Read More Russian Red Spanish singer/songwriter Russian Red (aka Lourdes Hernández) is in America this week to play some SXSW shows in Austin. .…

RUSSIAN RED w/ Babes
at Icehouse
Wednesday 10/22/14, 9:30pm
$10/$12: icehousempls.com

The Icehouse on Hennepin in Minneapolis is one of the most intimate venue in town. Russian Red will be stopping by this Wednesday in support of her latest Agent Cooper.

Opener Babes, a band consisting of singer/keyboardist Sarah Rayneof, with real-life brothers Aaron and Zach and figurative blood brothers Bryan Harris and Jeffrey Baird.

Tour dates:

10/16/14 San Francisco, CA Independent
10/17/14 Portland, OR Bunk Bar
10/18/14 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
10/19/14 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
10/22/14 Minneapolis, MN Icehouse
10/23/14 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
10/25/14 Montreal, QC La Vitrola
10/26/14 Boston, MA Church
10/28/14 New York, NY Marlin Room
10/29/14 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
10/30/14 Washington, DC DC9
10/31/14 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
11/01/14 Raleigh, NC Pour House Music Hall

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Girls Girls Girls: Cherie Currie, Julie Ruin, Bat for Lashes, SISU, Alison Moyet, and Jessica Hernandez

Read more Girls Girls Girls.

Read More The Runaways We spent a lot of time talking about the Runaways. Well maybe it was mostly Cristina talking about the movie, since I haven't seen it. But it was good, the whole thing reminds me of The Fabulous Stains. …

CHERIE CURRIE
cheriecurrie.com

Admittedly I have still yet haven't seen "The Runaways" movie, starring Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie. I think what that movie brought to the general public is how insanely popular the band got in the late 70s, particularly in Japan.

As we all know, members of the Runaways was even more prolific when the band broke up: Joan Jett getting lots of love with her cover of the Arrows' song "I Love Rock 'N' Roll", as well as other hits like "Bad Reputation" and "I Hate Myself For Loving You". Micki Steele joined another all-girls group The Bangles and had even more massive hits with "Manic Monday", "Walk Like an Egyptian" and "Eternal Flame". Lita Ford, of course also had success with "Kiss Me Deadly" and "Close My Eyes Forever" (duet Ozzy Osbourne).

As for Runaways singer Cherie Currie, after releasing two solo albums (Beauty's Only Skin Deep and Messin' With the Boys), she remain relatively quiet on the music industry side. Last year, there was a rumor going around that Lita Ford and Currie had reunited to record new songs and that a possible tour may happen.

Maybe that will still happen, but in the meantime I'm told that she's working on new material with Matt Sorum of Velvet Revolver and Guns n Roses. Other guests on the upcoming album includes Slash, Billy Corgan (who wrote "Blvds of Splendor" for the album), Julliette Lewis, Duff McKagan, and more. I'll post more details when I receive them.

I am also very excited to announce that Cherie Currie is heading out on tour in August:

Aug. 7 Cleveland – The Foundry
Aug. 8 Ferndale, MI – Magic Bag
Aug. 10 Chicago – Northalsted Market Days Fair
Aug. 11 Minneapolis – The Belmore/New Skyway Lounge
Aug. 15 Loomis/Sacramento, CA – Blue Goose Event Center
Aug. 16 Fresno –Strummers
Aug. 17 SF – Red Devil Lounge
Aug. 18 San Luis Obispo, CA – SLO Brew

Trivia: Cherie Currie recently appeared as herself in Syfy's "Warehouse 13", Season 4, Episode 16, entitled "Runaway".

Read More Kathleen Hanna Vu and Emily cover early Riot Grrrl bands. This is by no means some definitive guide to Riot Grrrls, but we covered the basics: Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and some later Sleater-Kinney and Pussy Riot action…

JULIE RUIN
thejulieruinband.com

Longtime readers will know that I'm actually a pretty big riot grrrl fan, so I'm happy to report that Kathleen Hanna is back with her Julie Ruin project. The new Julie Ruin album, entitled Run Fast, will be out September 3rd via TJR Records (distributed by Dischord).

Also, guess what? Julie Ruin's FIRST EVER tour is taking place this September, with support from our favorite La Sera on some dates.

09/03: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
09/05: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
09/07: Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
09/12: Portland, OR @ TBA Festival
09/15: Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s #
09/17: San Francisco, CA @ Slims #
09/19: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo #
09/22: San Diego, CA @ Irenic #
11/8-10: Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest

* = w/ Swearin’ as support
# = w/ La Sera as support

Read More Bat for Lashes I've always thought Bat For Lashes' singer, Natasha Khan, was a fox, but wowser, check out the cover artwork for her upcoming new album, The Haunted Man. …

BAT FOR LASHES
batforlashes.com

Bat for Lashes is currently back in the U.S. to tour with Depeche Mode, but in between those dates, the band booked a few headlining side shows. Not surprising since they did a similar deal when they played Coachella and decided to do a mini-California tour.

Bat for Lashes, otherwise known as Natasha Khan, will be playing songs form her third studio album The Haunted Man, tour details below:

08/22/13 Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy #
08/23/13 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music
08/24/13 Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank #
08/26/13 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
08/27/13 St. Paul, MN @ Minnesota State Fair
08/28/13 Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe
08/30/13 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
08/31/13 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
09/01/13 Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amph #
09/03/13 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre #
09/06/13 Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center #
09/07/13 Boston, MA @ Boston Calling Festival
09/08/13 Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach #
09/10/13 Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live #
09/12/13 Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amph #
09/14/13 Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA #
09/15/13 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center #

# with Depeche Mode

Read More Dum Dum Girls Dum Dum Girls - too cute and popular for this earth ... and CMJ (yet they played some shows). …

SISU
sisuband.com

Los Angeles' SISU will be releasing their debut full-length record, Blood Tears, this September 17th, via New York's Mono Prism Records. The band feature principle songwriter Sandra Vu, from Dum Dum Girls.

Talking about the non-genre upcoming album, Vu had this to say, "Blood Tears is about the anxiety of starting over, the hangover of failure, breaking up, insecurities, self doubt, finding a voice, finding that you have a voice, speaking up and singing louder…. I didn't want to sound like any one thing — a shoegaze band, an electronic band, a rock band — but I did want to make pop songs with un-pop sounds. Whether a song starts out as noise or with an abrasive synth, I always find my way back to melody and structure."

The band is also heading out on tour this year with Montreal's Dirty Beaches, see tour dates below:

07/26: San Diego, CA @ The Void
07/27: Los Angeles, CA @ Permanent Records
08/30: Los Angeles, CA @ La Cita
09/04: Montreal, QC @ SAT #
09/05: Boston, MA @ Church #
09/06: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom #
09/08: Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel #
09/09: Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's #
09/11: Toronto, ON @ Garrison #
09/12: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle #
09/13: St Louis, MO @ The Firebird #
09/14: Nashville, TN @ Exit/In #
09/15: Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree #
09/17: Austin, TX @ Mohawk Inside #
09/19: Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room #
09/20: Los Angeles, CA @ Echo #
09/21: San Diego, CA @ The Void #
09/22: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill #
09/24: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #
09/25: Seattle, WA @ Barboza #
09/26: Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore #

# w/Dirty Beaches

Read More Alison Moyet He was one of the founding members of Depeche Mode, and he recently teamed up with Martin Gore as VCMG, and the album Ssss is set to released next month. He also reunited with Alison Moyet as the duo Yazoo for a recent tour. …

ALISON MOYET
alisonmoyet.com

Alison Moyet's Live at Bush Hall digital download EP is available next week, July 29th. The five-track EP feature live rendition of her songs, "When I Was Your Girl", "Filigree", "Nobody's Diary" (Yazoo), and "Don't Go" (Yazoo). The selection is taken from her one-off gig at London's intimate Bush Hall, to premiere tracks from her latest album the minutes.

If you like what you heard, she's heading out on tour this year in support of the minutes:

09/16/13 Berlin – Heimathafen Neukölln
09/17/13 Stuttgart – Theatrehaus
09/18/13 Hannover – Theater am Aegi
09/21/13 Germany – Capitol Offenbach
09/23/13 Amsterdam – Paradiso Grote Zaal
09/24/13 Hamburg - Grosse Freiheit 36
09/25/13 Cologne - Gloria Theatre
09/27/13 Paris, France - Divan du Monde
09/30/13 Ireland Cork Opera House
10/01/13 Northern Ireland Belfast Waterfront
10/02/13 Ireland Dublin Olympia Theatre
10/04/13 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
10/05/13 Edinburgh Usher Hall
10/06/13 Gateshead The Sage
10/08/13 Sheffield City Hall
10/09/13 Rhyl Pavilion Theatre
10/10/13 Warwick Arts Centre
10/12/13 Northampton Derngate Theatre
10/13/13 Ipswich Regents Theatre
10/15/13 London Royal Festival Hall
10/16/13 Cambridge Corn Exchange
10/17/13 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
10/19/13 Bristol Colston Hall
10/20/13 Cardiff St. David's Hall
10/21/13 Brighton The Dome
10/23/13 York Barbican Theatre
10/24/13 Salford The Lowry
10/25/13 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
10/27/13 Nottingham Royal Centre
10/28/13 Birmingham Symphony Hall
10/29/13 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
10/31/13 Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
04/03/14 Royal Albert Hall

Read More Gogol Bordello Start wearing purple, wearing purple! Gogol Bordello is back with Pura Vida Conspiracy, coming out July 23, 2013, on ATO/Casa Gogol Records …

JESSICA HERNANDEZ & THE DELTAS
jessicahernandez.net

Jessica Hernandez is a first-generation American, living in Detroit, Michigan. She lists her influences are Gogol Bordello and Tom Waits, both bands that we like on W♥M.

Jessica Hernandez and her band called the Deltas will be heading out on tour this year in support of their live EP Live At the Magic Bag:

07/27 - Detroit, MI / Oakaloosa Music Festival
08/17 - Davenport, IA / River Roots Live
08/18 - Chicago, IL / Schuba's
08/28 - Indianapolis, IN / Do317 Lounge
08/29 - Cincinnati, OH / MOTR Pub
08/30 - Columbia, MO / Ninth Street Summerfest
09/01 - Lincoln, NE / Rye Room @ Bourbon Theatre
09/03 - Denver, CO / Hi-Dive
09/04 - Salt Lake City, UT / Kilby Court
09/06 - Portland, OR / Doug Fir (MusicFest NW)
09/07 - San Francisco, CA / Hotel Utah
09/08 - Santa Ana, CA / Constellation Room
09/09 - Hollywood, CA / Bardot
09/10 - Las Vegas, NV / Backstage Bar & Billiards
09/12 - Scottsdale, AZ / Pub Rock Live
09/14 - Austin, TX / Lambert's
09/15 - Dallas, TX / The Foundry
09/17 - St. Louis, MO / The Firebird
09/28 - Philadelphia, PA / Milkboy

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Crocodiles at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis 06/22/12

Tour Dates 06/24 Detroit, MI Magic Bag 06/25 Toledo, OH Mickey Finn’s 06/26 Pittsburgh, PA Brillobox 06/27 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s 07/13 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s 07/14 New York, NY Village Voice 4knots Festival 07/15 Baltimore, MD Ottobar 07/16 Chapel Hill, NC Cat’s Cradle 07/18 Orlando, FL The Social 07/19 Palm Beach, FL Respectable Street 07/20 Miami, FL The Vagabond 07/21 Tampa, FL New World Brewery 07/22 Atlanta, GA Masquerade (Purgatory Stage) 07/24 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant Street Read More Crocodiles Crocodiles are a noise pop band from San Diego. I've read that they're influenced by Jesus and Mary Chain, so I can see why Amy would love this band

The San Diego-based noise-pop band, Crocodiles, brought some amazing energy to their show last night at the Entry despite having just driven all the way from Vancouver where they had played the night before. Early in their set, singer Brandon Welchez joked that they were all pretty stinky and “would trade merch. for Lady Speedstick.”

The last time I saw Crocodiles was at the Turf Club supporting Brandon’s wife’s band, the Dum Dum Girls. I was pretty surprised by their energy then, as well, as I had expected them to be laid back, too-cool-for-school Cali surf-rockers, but Brandon Welchez is completely and utterly absorbed in the music from the minute he hits the stage. This show was no different and the enthusiasm and intensity was a bit higher, with Brandon jumping into the crowd to pogo around a couple of times, spitting profusely on the stage during songs and whirling around so much that he unplugged his guitar.

As headliners, Brandon was also a bit chattier in between songs thanking everyone for coming, mentioning they liked playing Minneapolis and introducing a song by saying they had had a rough couple of weeks leading up to the show and asking if everyone else hated their bosses. And, judging by the reaction he received, most of the audience did not hate their bosses. Regardless, Brandon went on to say that the next song was about “punching your boss in the face until he dies.”

During their 50 minute set they played a good mix of songs from all of their albums, including “Endless Flowers,” “Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)” and “Dark Alley” (all from their latest release, Endless Flowers, on Frenchkiss Records), as well as, “Mirrors,” “Hearts of Love,” “Stoned to Death,” “Sleep Forever” and “I Wanna Kill.”

I highly recommend seeing them live on the remaining dates on their tour, but be sure to bring some ear plugs or prepare to have your ears ringing for days because they are loud!

Crocodiles at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (06/22/12)

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Minneapolis Shows (April 2012)

Read More Minneapolis You remember That Dog's song, "Minneapolis"? I love it.

Below are some bands on the W♥M Calendar, what this means is that one of us will be in attendance and writing a review of the show. If you would like to have us see your band, we are located in Minneapolis, Sydney (Australia), and Manchester (UK).

PS, I normally cover most/all of the Minneapolis shows, but for the next couple of months, I will be getting help from Amy and Emily.

MINNESOTA ARTISTS AGAINST THE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
mnunited.org/April12

Local Minneapolis bands have come together to help raise money to fight a proposed constitutional amendment regarding the Marriage Rights. The bill would effectively ban same-sex marriage for couples in Minnesota; we want you to vote "NO" to the November bill.

All proceeds go directly to Minnesotans United for All Families, a non-partisan organization that works to educate the public on why marriage rights matter and how the amendment poses a threat to our community. Here are some of the bands to donate their time and talent to play for you: Chris Koza of Rogue Valley, Chastity Brown, Gabriel Douglas of The 4onthefloor, Ellis, Ari Herstand, Joe Horton of No Bird Sing, members of The Farewell Circuit, Alison Scott and more, including a special video message from Roster McCabe and a cocktail hour toast from Dessa Darling of Doomtree. Local musician, Dan Rodriguez, will host the evening.

Where: Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN
When: Thursday April 12, 2012 from 6pm –10pm
Cost: $20 in advance, $25 at the door, all ages welcome
Online: mnunited.org/April12

SPECTRALS
spectrals.co.uk

I've previously mentioned Spectrals before, it looks like Louis Jones will be bringing his pop/surf-rock/oo-wop/garage rock to the states. Hopefully, if it all works out, Amy will be covering his appearance at First Avenue on 4/16.

His debut album, Bad Penny, is loved by various critics. BBC is calling it "terrific stuff from a songwriter of any age", while Pitchfork said "It's music pleasant enough to carry intergenerational appeal, characterized by a youthful spirit but rooted in a classic sound." Folks, he's 21 years old.

US Tour Dates:

4.03 - Constellation Room - Santa Ana, CA 4.04 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco 4.05 - Slims - San Francisco, CA 4.06 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR 4.07 - Neptune - Seattle, WA 4.09 - Venue - Vancouver, BC 4.11 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT 4.12 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO 4.13 - Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO 4.14 - Granada Theatre - Lawrence, KS 4.16 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN

4.17 - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI 4.18 - Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI 4.20 - Metro - Chicago, IL 4.21 - Rhinos - Bloomington, IN 4.22 - The Magic Bag - Ferndale, MI 4.23 - Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY 4.25 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON 4.26 - Corona Theatre - Montreal, QB 4.27 - Higher Ground - South Burlington, VT 4.28 - Boston University College - Boston, MA 4.29 - Pearl Street Nightclub - Northampton, MA

FRANKIE ROSE
missfrankierose.com

You may remember that we love Slumberland Records.

Frankie Rose (the drummer from Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and Vivian Girls) will be doing some live dates for her Interstellar album (released in the US on February 21st, UK got the album last week).

The album got rave reviews, including from Pitchfork with an "8.5 Best New Music".

Her tour dates marked with (*) is with Dive:

Thu-Apr-05 Philadelphia, PA Northstar Bar * Fri-Apr-06 Arlington, VA Artisphere Sat-Apr-07 Baltimore, MD Golden West * Sun-Apr-08 Richmond, VA Strange Matter * Mon-Apr-09 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 * Tue-Apr-10 Atlanta, GA 529 * Thu-Apr-12 Oxford, MS Cats Purring Dude Ranch * Fri-Apr-13 Dallas, TX Club Dada * Sat-Apr-14 Austin, TX Red 7 * Mon-Apr-16 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room * Wed-Apr-18 San Diego, CA Soda Bar * Thu-Apr-19 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite * Fri-Apr-20 Santa Cruz, CA Crepe Place *

Sat-Apr-21 San Francisco, CA Brick & Mortar* Mon-Apr-23 Portland, OR East End * Tue-Apr-24 Vancouver, BC Biltmore * Wed-Apr-25 Seattle, WA Barboza * Thu-Apr-26 Missoula, MT Badlander * Sat-Apr-28 Fargo, ND Aquarium * Sun-Apr-29 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry* Mon-Apr-30 Chicago, IL Township * Tue-May-01 Detroit, MI Magic Stick * Wed-May-02 Toronto, ON The Shop * Thu-May-03 Albany, NY Valentine's * Sat-May-05 New York, NY Mercury Lounge

WE ARE AUGUSTINES
weareaugustines.com

I first heard about Brooklyn based We Are Augustines last September, with their debut album Rise Ye Sunken Ships. At the time, Rolling Stones was calling them "Bands To Watch in 2011".

Since then, they band associated themselves with UK bands, including touring with Glasvegas (which we covered) and now, it looks like they are hanging out with Band of Skulls (who we also covered). I guess by sheer association, they should be good, or at least W♥M would like.

We Are Augustines are playing at Fine Line Café on April 4th.

Mar 28 The Met Providence Mar 30 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto Mar 31 Théâtre Corona Montreal, Quebec Apr 2 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Apr 3 House of Blues Chicago Apr 4 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis Apr 6 Ogden Theatre Denver, Colorado Apr 7 The Complex Salt Lake City Apr 9 Neptune Theatre Seattle Apr 10 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver Apr 11 Dante's Portland

Apr 12 The Fillmore San Francisco Apr 15 Empire Polo Club Indio Apr 22 Empire Polo Club Indio May 3 Dingwalls London, GB May 5 Live At Leeds Festival May 6 Hare and Hounds Birmingham May 9 O2 Academy Liverpool May 10 Captain's Rest Glasgow Jul 7 BALADO KINROSS Jul 15 Henham Park Southwold

BROWN BIRD
brownbird.net

I was told that Providence, Rhode Island-based duo Brown Bird (MorganEve Swain and David Lamb) are coming to Minneapolis, opening for Trampled By Turtles on April 24th at the 7th Street Entry. Did I read that right? There is NO WAY Trample by Turtles would even play a tiny venue like 7th Street, having seen them sell out its bigger brother First Avenue without a sweat. According to First Ave's calendar, Horse Feathers are the headliner.

Just to clarify, they are supporting Trample by Turtles, but later in May.

3/30 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant* 3/31 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant* 4/1 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom* 4/2 - El Reno, OK - Centre Theater 4/4 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric* 4/5 - New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues* 4/6 - Austin, TX - Stubb's* 4/7 - Dallas, TX - House Of Blues* 4/10 - Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theater* 4/11 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot* 4/12 - Stateline, NV - Montbleu Resort* 4/13 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore* 4/14 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore* 4/17 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's* 4/18 - Arcata, CA - Arcata Theater* 4/19 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater* 4/20 - Bend, OR - Midtown Ballroom* 4/21 - Seattle, WA - Showbox* 4/24 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry+ 4/25 - Madison, WI - High Noon+ 4/26 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall+

4/27 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark+ 4/28 - Grand Rapids, MI - Founders+ 4/29 - Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe+ 5/2 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore+ 5/3 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground+ 5/4 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse+ 5/7 - New Haven, CT - Café Nine+ 5/9 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom+ 5/16 - Lawrence, KS - Granada# 5/17 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre# 5/18 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre# 5/19 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot# 5/21 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern# 5/22 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Music Box# 5/24 - Yosemite, CA - Strawberry Festival 5/25 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ball Room# 5/26 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue# * supporting Yonder Mountain String Band # supporting Trampled By Turtles + supporting Horse Feathers

I Am Not A Game Read More Ty Segall Ty Segall was the headliner, who came on stage with double sunglasses…

TY SEGALL & WHITE FENCE
ty-segall.com

Okay, their tour dates are actually until May, but I'm putting them down in this tour preview.

We've mentioned Ty Segall a few times, including seeing them at NXNE last year.

It looks like he's back, this time, teaming up with White Fence (who we previously written about). Ty Segall & White Fence is basically Segall and Tim Presley, but with a full band (with Sean Presley and Mikael Cronin). Their album, Hair, will be coming out April 24th via Drag City Records.

White Fence is playing with the Shins at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (4/22) and the previously mentioned Woodsist Fest (8/4).

All dates below are Ty Segall & White Fence, unless (*) where note, which Segall is playing solo

4-13 Gambier, OH- Kenyon College* 4-15 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College* 5-2 San Francisco - Independent 5-3 Portland, OR - Star Theater 5-4 Vancouver, BC - Waldorf Hotel 5-5 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey 5-6 Missoula, MT - The Palace 5-8 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry 5-9 Madison, WI - High Horse Saloon 5-10 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall 5-11 Detroit, MI - Lager House 5-12 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern

5-13 Montreal, QC - Il Motore 5-14 Portland, ME - Space Gallery 5-16 New York, NY - Webster Hall 5-18 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's 5-19 Raleigh, NC - King's Barcade 5-20 Atlanta, GA - Earl 5-21 Nashville, TN - The End 5-22 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone 5-23 Little Rock, AR - Whitewater Tavern 5-24 Houston, TX - Walter's 5-25 Austin, TX - Mohawk (outside)

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La Sera

La Sera: Never Come Around Discography [Nov 2010] Never Come Around [Jan 2011] Devils Hearts Grow Gold [Feb 2011] La Sera

Since I have been enjoying what I've heard from Vivian Girls, I was rather excited to find out that their bassist, Katy Goodman, is involved in another project, La Sera. Compared to a more indierock/punkish Vivian Girls, you can tell that La Sera's self-titled album isn't going to be all that aggressive, especially with its opening track, "Beating Heart", as Goodman slowly sings "aim for the heart" as if she's from the other side.

My favorite track off the record is "Never Come Around", I've a sneaking suspicion that this song will make it in our next podcast. The song sounds so familiar to me, especially the melodies. The song was the very first song that Goodman put out under the La Sera moniker.

I find that most of the record plays out to be like a dreampop record, sometime even twee (see "Sleeptalking" for example).

If you ever enjoyed songs by Tiger Trap or 4AD bands (particularly the ones with the ethereal girl vocals), you'll love La Sera. Like more produced bands like Cocteau Twins, La Sera's approach is similar in that the songs seems to be mostly mixed in post (with layers of vocals and backing vocals). It should be interesting to see her live, to see how she manages some of these songs.*

La Sera's self-titled album comes out February 15^th via Hardly Art Records. I've listed her tour dates below, if she's not coming to your town, I suggest looking up Vivian Girls' tour dates.

* To see her live, check out La Sera's appearance at Room 205.

02.11.11 - Berlin, Germany - Monarch 02.12.11 - Cologne, Germany - King Georg 02.15.11 - Dijon, France - La Vapeur 02.16.11 - Lyon, France - Sonic 02.18.11 - Paris, France - Club Folamour 02.19.11 - Bristol, UK - Start the Bus 02.20.11 - London, UK - The Lexington 03.02.11 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ! 03.03.11 - Brooklyn, NY - Bell House ! 03.04.11 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's !		03.05.11 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel ! 03.07.11 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 ! 03.08.11 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle ! 03.10.11 - Nashville, TN - The Basement ! 03.11.11 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl ! 03.12.11 - Orlando, FL - The Social ^ ! 03.13.11 - Tampa, FL - The Orpheum ^ ! 03.15.11 - New Orleans, LA - The Parish @ HOB ! ! - w/ Tennis ^ - w/ Dum Dum Girls

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