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Girls, Girls, Grrrls

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Bikini Kill 2024 USA Tour Read More Bikini Kill As you know, we’re big fans of Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Julie Ruin, riot grrrls… so it it was a delight to read Kathleen Hanna’s memoir Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk. The book came out in mid-May and …

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The dream of the Riot Grrrl ‘90s scene is still alive, and you’re in luck, ‘cos one of the stalwarts of the scene, Bikini Kill, is on tour this year in the U.S. and abroad. After a springtime South American tour, followed by a visit to Europe and the UK, the band hits the road all over the U.S., hitting different cities throughout the West Coast, Midwest, and Eastern seaboard. Guitarist Sara Landeau joins founding members Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, and Kathi Wilcox, so expect the scintillating grooves and likely some politically-charged banter between songs as we hurtle towards another contentious presidential election. There’s no new album to promote, so fans can gear up for their favorite hits and, hopefully, some deep cuts for the diehards. Supporting acts for the U.S. leg haven’t yet been announced, but tickets are on sale now, so gear up now for revolution, girl-style, yeah!

Tour dates:

8/15: Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

8/16: Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

8/18: San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

8/19: San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

8/21: Forest Grove, OR @ Grand Lodge

8/27: Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom

8/29: Milwaukee, WI @ The Riverside Theater

8/30: Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Indoor)

8/31: Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre

9/3: Toronto, ON @ History

9/4: Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia

9/6: Portland, ME @ State Theatre

9/7: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount

9/8: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount

9/10: Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall

9/11: Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage

WUT: Guts, Brains Read More All Girl Summer Fun Band All Girl Summer Fun Band (or AGSFB), are just that ... an all girl fun band. Actually, the band that was asked to be reviewed here was the Thermals, which I can't say that I really like. But I do like the Thermals' Kathy Fosters' side project, AGSFB. …

WUT
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Vancouver BC riot-twee trio WUT just released “Guts, Brains” and announced their August tour dates. The trio features guitarist Kaity McWhinney (Knife Pleats / Love Cuts), bassist Tracey Vath (Knife Pleats / Love Cuts), and drummer Lauren Smith (Tough Age / Jock Tears).

Look for their sophomore album Mingling with the Thorns on HHBTM Records (Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records).

For fans of Marine Girls and All Girl Summer Fun Band.

Tour dates:

08/07- San Diego, CA - the brown building

08/08 - Pasadena, CA - the old town pub

08/09 - Oakland, CA - the stork club

08/10 - Sacramento, CA - phono select

08/11- Arcata, CA - outer space

08/12- Eugene, OR - interzone coffee

08/13- Olympia, WA - san francisco street bakery

08/14 - Tacoma, WA - house show

08/15- Vancouver, BC - red gate

Violent Vickie: The Perfect Girl

Violent Vickie
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Cover lovers, listen up. Florida-based producer, synth player, and vocalist, Violent Vickie, recently released her cover of The Cure’s “The Perfect Girl”… only if Robert Smith joined Crystal Castles.

Her website mentioned that she’s toured with Hanin Elias of Atari Teenage Riot and shared the stage with Pastel Ghost, Trans X, Missing Persons, Assemblage 23, and Them Are Us Too.

If you like what you heard, she’s doing a DJ set at Goth Night, in West Palm Beach, on August 16, 2024.

8-16 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Goth Night @ Respectable Street (DJ set)

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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Miki Berenyi Trio at Webster Hall, New York (08 June 2024)

06/08 Miki Berenyi Trio at Webster Hall Miki Berenyi Trio Setlist (06/08)  setlist courtesy of brooklynvegan Stray* Leaves Me Cold* Hurricane Vertigo Covert* V.O. (Piroshka song) Love at First Sight (The Gist cover) Gango Kiss Chase* 8th Deadly Sin Kinch Light From a Dead Star* Ubique For Love* Everlastingly Yours (Piroshka song) Big I Am Ladykillers* Suzanne (Moose cover) Baby Talk* with Budgie and Lol Tolhurst on drums * Lush song Tour Dates Aug 10 Margate, UK - Elsewhere Aug 10 Brighton, UK - At The Edge of The Sea Festival Sep 07 Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds Read More Lush Miki Berenyi, one of the founding members of the seminal ‘90s shoegaze band Lush, loves to say “f**k.” As in, “I’ve played you a couple of Lush songs, so don’t go f**k off to the bar now.” …

In response to Miki Berenyi Trio at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco (01 Jun 2024), Sean King writes:

Great review. I first saw Lush in 1991, saw Piroshka in 2019 and saw Miki Berenyi Trio two weeks ago at NYC's Webster Hall. I thought MB3 sounded great. I didn't check any set lists beforehand but did watch/listen a few times to their professionally-recorded September 2023 Paris Popfest performance on YouTube, so I knew most of the new MB3 songs.

I like all Lush, although I'd say “Ladykillers” is my least favorite song from my least favorite album of theirs. I never expected them to play it but really enjoyed how they delivered it this time - in a more “classic Lush” manner.

By the way, opening act drummers Lol (The Cure) and Budgie (Siouxsie & The Banshees) came on to play on our show's finale at Webster Hall, “Baby Talk” (early Lush song).

Miki says this mini-U.S. tour did well enough that they play to return in 2025 (hopefully, WITH Moose!) and will also release an MB3 album next year.

Photos: That’s me and bassist Muck Conroy outside the venue beforehand. Usual bassist Ollie was filling in for Moose on guitar who’s afraid to fly. So, Piroshka veteran Mick (a founding member of Modern English) was drafted in on bass for this tour. As you may recall, he first played with Miki on the last-ever 2016 Lush reunion show. It was his idea to hold up five fingers here, as it’d been five years since we posed for that 2019 Berlin photo with Moose. He didn’t remember me per se but he remembered that Berlin show. Nice guy.

Lush (1991)

Piroshka 2019 Tour

Piroshka Setlist (27 Apr 2019)

Miki Berenyi Trio (08 June 2024)

Piroshka (27 Apr 2019)

Muck Conroy (08 June 2024)

Piroshka at Privatclub, Berlin (27 Apr 2019)

Miki Berenyi Trio (with Lol and Budgie on drums) at Webster Hall, New York (08 June 2024)

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Minneapolis: June 7 to June 8

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06/07 Korine with CD Ghost and SYM1 at 7th St Entry Read More Korine Philadelphia’s electronic pop band Korine opened up the show… starting slightly later than advertised, the duo (Morgy Ramone and Trey Frye) was very excited to play live again, writing before they headed out … SYM1 Opening the show was local vocalist/producer SYM1 (formerly known as Symone Smash It). She seemed to be really into anime, cyberpunk, and cosplay, as evident by her stage costume. …

06/07/2023 Wednesday

Korine
with CD Ghost and SYM1
at 7th St Entry
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Philadelphia’s electronic pop band Korine is back in town… and this time they are the headliner.

Korine (07 Aug 2021)

We saw the band in Aug 2021 and noted, “Philadelphia’s electronic pop band Korine opened up the show… starting slightly later than advertised. The duo (Morgy Ramone and Trey Frye) was very excited to play live again, writing before they headed out on tour, “Can’t believe we’re going to play our first show since pre pandemic this week. Tour starts this Thursday in Columbus OH, tickets are almost gone. See you there.”

SYM1 (12 Nov 2022)

CD Ghost and SYM1 to open. We saw SYM1 recently and wrote, “Opening the show was local vocalist/producer SYM1 (formerly known as Symone Smash It). She seemed to be really into anime, cyberpunk, and cosplay, as evident by her stage costume.”

Tour Dates:

May 11 Baltimore, MD, US Metro Gallery
May 12 Raleigh, NC, US The Pour House Music Hall
May 13 Charlotte, NC, US Snug Harbor
May 14 Nashville, TN, US Cobra
May 15 Atlanta, GA, US Boggs Social and Supply
May 16 Winter Park, FL, US Conduit
May 17 Tampa, FL, US Crow Bar
May 19 Houston, TX, US Black Magic Social Club
May 20 Austin, TX, US The Lost Well
May 21 Dallas, TX, US Club Dada
May 22 San Antonio, TX, US Paper Tiger
May 23 El Paso, TX, US The Reagan
May 24 Phoenix, AZ, US The Rebel Lounge
May 25 San Diego, CA, US Whistle Stop
May 26 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Resident
May 27 San Francisco, CA, US DNA Lounge
May 28 Sacramento, CA, US LowBrau
May 29 Eugene, OR, US John Henry's
May 31 Seattle, WA, US Substation
Jun 1 Portland, OR, US Holocene
Jun 2 Boise, ID, US Neurolux
Jun 3 Salt Lake City, UT, US International Bar
Jun 4 Denver, CO, US Hi-Dive
Jun 6 Kansas City, MO, US Record Bar
Jun 7 Minneapolis, MN, US 7th St Entry
Jun 8 Milwaukee, WI, US Cactus Club
Jun 9 Chicago, IL, US The Empty Bottle
Jun 10 Columbus, OH, US Space Bar
Jun 12 Toronto, ON, Canada The Garrison
Jun 13 Montreal, QC, Canada Bar le Ritz PDB
Jun 14 Cambridge, MA, US Middle East
Jun 15 Cambridge, MA, US Middle East
Jun 16 Providence, RI, US Dusk
Jun 17 Brooklyn, NY, US Saint Vitus Bar
Sep 29 Marseille, France Le Molotov
Oct 4 Paris, France L'International

06/08 The Cure with The Twilight Sad at Xcel Energy Center Read More The Cure One of the greatest band of all time, The Cure will be headlining the Xcel Energy Center next Tuesday, June 7th. The legendary band has numerous hits (expect them to play them all!) … Twilight Sad The evening got started on the right foot, with a band we’ve seen much more recently, Scotland’s The Twilight Sad, still in support of 2014’s Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave (Fat Cat Records). ...

06/08/2023 Thursday

The Cure
with The Twilight Sad
at Xcel Energy Center
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The Cure and Twilight Sad returns to the Twin Cities this June 8th.

The Cure (07 June 2016)

We actually saw The Cure (with Twilight Sad as opener) in June 2016 and wrote, “You’d think playing thirty-four songs in three hours with four encores, was saved up to reward the fans because The Cure hadn’t played Minneapolis/St Paul since July 1996…- nope, just another night on their successful 2016 North American Tour.”

Expect to hear all the Cure’s love hit songs, including “Love Cats”, “Friday I’m in Love” and “Lovesong”.

Tour Dates:

05/10 New Orleans, La Smoothie King Center
05/12 Houston, Tx Toyota Center
05/13 Dallas, Tx Dos Equis Pavilion
05/14 Austin, Tx Moody Center
05/16 Albuquerque, Nm Isleta Amphitheater
05/18 Phoenix, Az Desert Diamond Arena
05/20 San Diego, Ca Nicu Amphitheatre
05/21 San Diego, Ca Nicu Amphitheatre
05/23 Los Angeles, Ca Hollywood Bowl
05/24 Los Angeles, Ca Hollywood Bowl
05/25 Los Angeles, Ca Hollywood Bowl
05/27 San Francisco, Ca Shoreline Amphitheatre
05/31 Portland, Or Moda Center
06/01 Seattle, Wa Climate Pledge Arena
06/02 Vancouver, Bc Rogers Arena
06/04 Salt Lake City, Ut Vivint Smart Home Arena
06/06 Denver, Co Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
06/08 Minneapolis St. Paul, Mn Xcel Energy Center
06/10 Chicago, Il United Center
06/11 Cleveland, Oh Blossom Music Center
06/13 Detroit, Mi Pine Knob Music Theatre
06/14 Toronto, On Budweiser Stage
06/16 Montreal, Qc Qc Bell Centre
06/17 Montreal, Qc Bell Centre
06/18 Boston, Ma Xfinity Center
06/20 New York, Ny Madison Square Garden
06/21 New York, Ny Madison Square Garden
06/22 New York, Ny Madison Square Garden
06/24 Philadelphia, Pa Wells Fargo Center
06/25 Columbia, Md Merriweather Post Pavilion
06/27 Atlanta, Ga State Farm Arena
06/28 Atlanta, Ga State Farm Arena
06/29 Tampa, Fl Amalie Arena
07/01 Miami, Fl Miami-Dade Arena

06/08 Wavves and Cloud Nothings with Ultra Q at Fine Line Read More Wavves After a brief intermission, fellow So Cal garage punk/pop cohorts Wavves blasted in with an equally relentless 52min set (no encore, apparently not ‘punk’ to do so). “Idiot” appropriately started their set ..… Cloud Nothings Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings have booked a massive tour, starting in 2021 and going on to 2022 (not listed below). The tour is in support of their new album The Shadow I Remember (Carpark Records). . …

06/08/2023 Thursday

Wavves and Cloud Nothings
with Ultra Q
at Fine Line
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Cloud Nothings and Wavves are teaming up for a co-headlining North American tour this summer. Their co-headlining tour kicks off on June 8th in Minneapolis, at the Fine Line Music Café. The tour spans 20 cities across the continent.

Wavves (29 Mar 2013)

We saw Wavves in Mar 2013 and said, “After a brief intermission, fellow So Cal garage punk/pop cohorts Wavves blasted in with an equally relentless 52min set (no encore, apparently not ‘punk’ to do so). “Idiot” appropriately started their set, only to be hindered early on, by lack of a channel in singer Nathan Williams’ monitor speakers. "Bug," from 2011’s Life Sux EP followed by "Take on the World" next, before the band played its recent and maybe most accessible song to date, "Demon to Lean On”, from the new ‘Afraid of Heights’ which understandably got a noisy positive response, despite being so early into the set.”

Ultra Q (named after Ultraman’s first series) to open.

Tour dates:

6/1 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall +
6/2 - Vancouver, BCC @ Rickshaw Theatre +
6/3 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile +
6/8 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Fine Line
6/9 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
6/10 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
6/11 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
6/13 - Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
6/14 - Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix
6/16 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
6/17 - New York, NY @ LPR
6/18 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
6/20 - Washington D.C. @ Union Stage
6/21 - Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry
6/23 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade - Heaven
6/24 - Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl
6/26 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
6/27 - Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips
6/29 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sister
6/30 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
7/1 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
7/2 - Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory OC
7/3 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent
7/5 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
7/6 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
7/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
7/9 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater *
7/11 - Kansas City, KS @ The Rino *
7/13 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups *

+ = Wavves only
* = Cloud Nothings Only

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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Tiffany at Turf Club, St Paul (19 May 2022)

Read More Tiffany I remember in 1987, there were two princess of pop ruling the radio airwaves: Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. Tiffany was known for her cover songs, the first was Tommy James and the Shondells’ “I Think We're Alone Now” ....

Amy sent in her report at the iconic 80s pop singer Tiffany, in a “weird” appearance at the Turf Club in St Paul on Thursday night.

She said the band came in late, and barely did a soundcheck. They had some problems with their keyboard player, so he didn’t show up at the show. The set felt it was cut short, Amy said it was only about 40 minutes with no encore.

They covered The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” and closed out their set with Tommy James and the Shondells’ “I Think We’re Alone Now”.

Remaining Tour Dates:

06/03/22 Station 4 Dallas, TX
06/05/22 EKU Center for the Arts Richmond, KY
06/10/22 Riverside, MO
07/02/22 Eastridge Mall Gastonia, NC
08/05/22 Opera House Laconia, NH
08/13/22 New Market Chesterfield, MO
08/19/22 Centennial Center Park Centennial, CO
08/20/22 Queen Mary Long Beach, CA
08/27/22 Charles County Fair La Plata, MD
09/10/22 Suquamish Clearwater Casino, WA
09/11/22 Colony, TX
09/23/22 Events Park Broken Arrow, OK
09/24, 2022 Tempe Beach Park Tempe, AZ
09/30/22 Houston, TX
10/01/22 Arlington Music Hall Arlington, TX
10/16/22 Memphis, TN
10/17/22 San Antonio, TX

Tiffany at Turf Club, St Paul (19 May 2022)

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Record Store Day 2021 Drop 2 - Sat. July 17

Read More Record Store Day The annual Record Store Day is tomorrow (Saturday, April 16th). Here are some events taking place in the Minneapolis area .…

In another positive sign of returning normalcy, Record Store Day returns this Saturday to your favorite neighborhood independent record store, with the final of two “drops” of exclusive and rare releases.

Planned in the midst of the global pandemic, thisbest day of the year for music collectors is to be wisely split into two dates this year, making the most sense fiscally and socially responsible, while also giving production plants a chance to meet customer demands.

In addition to Saturday July 17, June 12 also served as a RSD release day and there are likely some limited releases left over from that day at your favorite indie store.

Titles available are all listed on the official RSD website but availability will vary depending on the store and their ability to receive what they pre-ordered. Additionally, rules and social protocols will likely be taking place, from mask wearing, to limiting quantities, browsing time and in-store capacity, so check with the preferred establishment of your choice.

In Minneapolis/St. Paul, Electric Fetus will be handing out early line numbers and selling out of their back garage, while Down in the Valley features grab bags and giveaways and will be partnering with Broken Clock Brewing for an exclusive lime-tinged beer.

In Kansas City, Josey Records completes their first RSD at their new location (just a block from the old one), Mills Record Co. will be handing out early wish lists to fill out then have their staff shop for you, while Love Garden in Lawrence will randomize the lining up order with a lottery system.

Each year, the event also selects a celebrity Record Store Day Ambassador and this year, it is musician/ comedian/ actor/ writer/ late- night- talk- show- bandleader Fred Armisen (who also releases a new EP as part of the July 17 drop).

“I've been completely lost in records for most of my life”,Armisen said, “They have defined the way I see the world and how I remember different years in the past. As I moved to different cities throughout my life, I never stopped collecting records. That also goes for CDs.”

Though the releases are primarily on vinyl, there are a few on CD, as well as on another “thought-dead” format, the cassette.  With 162 titles coming this Saturday, there are far too many to mention, but here are a few highlights:

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The Monkees Missing Links Volumes 1, 2 and 3 LP each limited to 2000	Aretha Franklin Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Live in Philly 1972 2 x LP limited to 5050	Amy Winehouse Remixes 2xLP limited to 13000	Waterboys How Long Will I Love You (2021 Remix) 12” Vinyl limited to 3000
The Cure Wild Mood Swings 2 x LP Picture Disc limited to 8000	Ramones Live in Sydney, Australia, July 8, 1980 LP limited to 6000	Bob Dylan Jokerman / I And I Remixes 12" Vinyl  limited to 7000	Ultravox Vienna (Steven Wilson Remix) 2xLP limited 2500 / 2xCD limited to 1500
The Clash If Music Could Talk 2 x LP  limited to 3600	Cat Stevens / Yusuf Songs From Harold & Maude LP limited to 8000	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Déjà vu Alternates LP limited to 10000	Rolling Stones Hot Rocks (50th Anniversary Edition) LP limited to 7200
Karen O & Willie Nelson Under Pressure 7" Vinyl limited to 2500	Allman Brothers Band The Final Note  2 x LP limited to 9000	Pearl Jam Alive Cassette limited to 6300 / LP limited to 18500	Foo Fighters (as The Dee Gees) Hail Satin LP limited to 12000

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Take me to Church

Read More Chvrches Chvrches’ third album Love is Dead reached the Billboard Top Rock and Alternative charts at #1 and #11 overall. ...

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

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

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

Read More Eric Church Concert promoters no doubt love a full house, but also reap the benefits of additional liquor sales with these acts, as the Strib article mentioned Eric Church’s September show at Target Center as being the second highest beverage-per-person sales, in the venue’s history. ...

ERIC CHURCH
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Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year and current ACM Entertainer of the Year nominee Eric Church is returning to the road with The Gather Again Tour.

During the lockdown, Church decided to produce and release three albums called Heart, Soul, and his fanclub Church Choir album called &. When put together, it’s one cohesive collection called Heart & Soul.

Anyway, Church just can’t wait to play live shows again, commenting, “I just want to play shows. Politics’ job is to divide – that’s how you win elections. Those things that unite us are music and sports. The times when, whether you’re a Democrat or Republican or whatever, you throw your arm around the person next to you. We need that. I need that.”

The tour is booked all the way to April 2022… we’re only listing the 2021 dates below.

The Gather Again Tour

09/17/21 Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky.
09/18/21 Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio
09/24/21 Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Cleveland, Ohio
09/25/21 KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y.
10/01/21 Alerus Center Grand Forks, N.D.
10/02/21 Bell MTS Place Winnipeg, Manitoba
10/08/21 PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, Pa.
10/09/21 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pa.
10/15/21 Ball Arena Denver, Co.
10/22/21 Scotiabank Saddledome Calgary, Alberta
10/23/21 SaskTel Centre Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
10/29/21 Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia
10/30/21 Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, Wash.
11/12/21 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn.
11/13/21 Ford Center Evansville, Ind.
12/03/21 SNHU Arena Manchester, N.H.
12/04/21 UBS Arena Belmont Park, N.Y.
12/10/21 The Anthem Washington, D.C.
12/11/21 The Anthem Washington, D.C.
12/17/21 Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, S.C.
12/18/21 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C.

STOREFRONT CHURCH
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Storefront Church (fronted by Lukas Frank) is from Los Angeles and their debut album As We Pass is out now on Sargent House. This is a special album, as Frank asked 20 musicians to collaborate on his songs… including guitarist Waylon Rector and DIIV’s Cole Smith.

As We Pass Tracklisting

1. After The Alphabets
2. Lying to Actors
3. Asphalt Dog
4. Total Stranger
5. Us Against Us
6. Faction from Under the Grove
7. The Beach
8. Smile-Shaped Scar
9. Let’s Leave

CHURCH OF ROSWELL
churchofroswell.com

Named after the UFO-famed city of Roswell, New Mexico, the Church of Roswell is a conceptual collective fronted by Candi Carpenter and Josh Doyle. Their debut Here Comes Church of Roswell EP is out now on Studio 42 Records.

The EP was produced by Peter Shurkin and Alden Witt and mixed by Ryan Hewitt (The Avett Brothers), and features five new songs, which UNCUT called “sweet and strong”.

Here Comes Church of Roswell Track List

1. Werewolf
2. Rocketeer
3. Love Is A Killer
4. The Witcher
5. Canary

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The Cure w/ The Twilight Sad at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul (07 June 2016)

poster The Cure Setlist Open alt.end A Night Like This The Walk Push In Between Days Just Like Heaven The Snakepit Pictures of You The Perfect Girl High The End of the World Lovesong Dressing Up Lullaby Fascination Street From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea One Hundred Years End     -- Encore -- It Can Never Be the Same Want Shake Dog Shake -- Encore 2 -- If Only Tonight We Could Sleep Charlotte Sometimes A Forest -- Encore 3 -- Never Enough Burn Wrong Number -- Encore 4 -- Hot Hot Hot!!! The Caterpillar Let's Go to Bed Close to Me Why Can't I Be You? Boys Don't Cry Twilight Sad Setlist Reflection of the Television Last January That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy In Nowheres It Never Was the Same There's a Girl in the Corner And She Would Darken the Memory Tour Dates 06/11 - Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion 06/14 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre 06/16 - Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena 06/18 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 06/19 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 06/20 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 06/21 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 06/22 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post 06/24 - Atlanta, GA @ Aaron's Amphitheater 06/26 - Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park Amphitheater 06/27 - Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park Amphitheater 10/07 - Helsinki, FI @ Hartwall Arena 10/09 - Stockholm, SE @ Ericsson Globe Arena 10/11 - Oslo, NO @ Spektrum 10/12 - Gotenburg, SE @ Scandinavium 10/14 - Copenhagen, DK @ Forum 10/17 - Hamburg, DE @ Barclaycard Arena 10/18 - Berlin, DE @ Mercedes-Benz Arena 10/20 - Lodz, PL @ Atlas Arena 10/22 - Prague, CZ @ O2 Arena 10/24 - Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle 10/26 - Vienna, AT @ Marxhalle 10/27 - Budapest, HR @ Papp Lazlo Sports Arena 10/29 - Bologna, IT @ Unipol Arena 10/30 - Rome, IT @ Palalottomatica 11/01 - Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum 11/02 - Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum 11/04 - Basel, CH @ St. Jakobshalle 11/06 - Stuttgart, DE @ Hanns-Martin-Shlever Halle 11/07 - Frankfurt, DE @ Festhalle 11/08 - Leipzig, DE @ Arena 11/10 - Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena 11/12 - Antwerp, BE @ Sportspaleis 11/13 - Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome 11/15 - Paris, FR @ AccorHotels Arena 11/17 - Lyon, FR @ Halle Tony Garnier 11/18 - Montpellier, FR @ Park & Suites Arena 11/20 - Madrid, ES @ Barclaycard Center 11/22 - Lisbon, PT @ MEO Arena 11/24 - Bilbao, ES @ BEC 11/26 - Barcelona, ES @ Palau St Jordi 11/29 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Arena 12/01 - London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena 12/02 - London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena 12/03 - London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena All dates with Twilight Sad Read More The Cure One of the greatest band of all time, The Cure will be headlining the Xcel Energy Center next Tuesday, June 7th. The legendary band has numerous hits (expect them to play them all!) … Twilight Sad Last year, The Twilight Sad released their Òran Mór Session LP via FatCat Records. The Twilight Sad 2016 Tour Dates ...

You’d think playing thirty-four songs in three hours with four encores, was saved up to reward the fans because The Cure hadn’t played Minneapolis/St Paul since July 1996…- nope, just another night on their successful 2016 North American Tour.

The Twilight Sad

The evening got started on the right foot, with a band we’ve seen much more recently, Scotland’s The Twilight Sad, still in support of 2014’s Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave (Fat Cat Records).

The group’s last appearance in town was in the 250-person capacity 7^th Street Entry, and now they were opening in a hockey arena, though their large and fuzzy sound seemed a better fit than expected.

‘In Nowheres’, played a third of the way in, was particularly strong, with singer James Graham constantly in motion while singing, often jerking about or holding his hands up to the sky.

Graham paused after the song, remarking “This is the point where I try and speak to the crowd… and nobody can understand a word I say because I’m too Scottish!”

Like their contemporaries Glasvegas, We Were Promised Jetpacks, and Frightened Rabbit, there’s the underbelly of a perennial unhappiness to their songs, but through all the noise and wall of sound, a glimmer of redeeming light.  Their set ending ‘And She Would Darken the Memory’ from 2007 personifies that notion, as Graham “puts up” with the gloom from the lyrics.

The Cure

Amidst local band Low’s music serving as a taped intro, the members of The Cure strode out onto a local stage for the first time in two decades.  Though the lineup has changed, the current incarnation is full of veterans to support the somewhat ageless Robert Smith, who still sports his trademark bird’s nest of hair.

Simon Gallup on bass/keys (since 1979); Roger O'Donnell – keys (who first joined in 1987); and Jason Cooper – drums (since 1995) were joined by Reeves Gabrels – guitars/bass (only in the band since 2012 but was David Bowie’s guitarist for the decade-plus previous).

Beginning fittingly with ‘Open’, the setlist each night of the current tour seems to favor one particular album and this night it seemed to be 1987’s Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, with Smith and co. playing six different songs from the album.

Smith’s words between songs were characteristically minimal, with no mention of not having played locally in so long, and with only a subtle tribute to Prince as he played a purple guitar for the majority of the show (to be auctioned for charity at a later date) on this, what would have been Prince’s 58^th birthday. “The pressure of holding a purple guitar is really getting to me” Smith would say.

Radio hits were peppered in amongst the deeper tracks, with the band wholly on point and taking us along for the ride of this “Cure-a-Thon” spanning almost forty years of music.

Smith hardly moved from his mic position and the right and left screens hung above, were woefully small with only one dark fixed camera angle on each, from the corners of the stage.

But it was the music that was the focus, and the back-to-back of ‘In Between Days’ and ‘Just Like Heaven’ had fans jumping in their seats.  ‘Pictures of You’ was picture-perfect, ‘High’ rose fans’ collective spirits, and 1992’s ‘From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea’ took us on their journey, “miles and miles away from home again”.

Ninety minutes in, they finished their main set, appropriately with ‘End’ from 1992’s Wish, but in fact, were just getting started.  The first encore started with the lone new song of the set, ‘It Can Never Be the Same’ which fits neatly amongst the others in the band’s canon.

After an anguished ‘Shake Dog Shake’ the band again retreated, but quickly returned for a stunning 2^nd encore, playing ‘Charlotte Sometimes’ followed immediately by ‘A Forest’ with Gallup’s bass propelling the track while obscure visions of dark trees spread on the video backdrops.

The third encore gave us a sampling of the band’s mid-90’s output with ‘Never Enough’, ‘ Burn’ and ‘Wrong Number’ all dated from that decade.

Setlist

And then, the fourth and final encore pulled out all the stops, with the band blazing through a six-pack of memorable songs, re-igniting the excitement for anyone that was still in the building.

Ending with the 1980 classic ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, the band even exceeded the venue’s extended curfew by three minutes, but didn’t seem to care, and the crowd that had waited oh-so-long to see them again, could have cared less as well.

“See you again!” Smith said waving to the crowd, and here’s hoping Minneapolis/St. Paul won’t have to wait quite as long for The Cure’s next area show.

The Cure at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul (07 June 2016)

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Minneapolis: June 7, 2016

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

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Read More The Cure This week, we got an announcement that The Cure's latest release will be a live album, recorded at Bestival 2011 (which just happened a few months ago, in September). … Twilight Sad We like and have written about Twilight Sad many times here. The Scottish band will be in the States to promote Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave (FatCat) and ...

THE CURE
at Xcel Energy Center
Tuesday, 06/07/16, 6:30pm ($25-$85)
xcelenergycenter.com

One of the greatest band of all time, The Cure will be headlining the Xcel Energy Center next Tuesday, June 7th. The legendary band has numerous hits (expect them to play them all!) including ‘Lovesong’, ‘Friday I’m In Love’, ‘The Love Cats’, ‘Just Like Heaven’, ‘Let’s Go To Bed’, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, ‘Hot Hot Hot’, etc. The gothy band is actually not so gloomy if you listen to their lyrics carefully.

The Twilight Sad is opening up for all the Cure shows. The tour came together after The Cure’s singer Robert Smith covered The Twilight Sad’s song ‘There’s a Girl In The Corner’ last year. The two bands connected and Smith personally asked the Scottish band to join them on tour.

Last year, The Twilight Sad released their Òran Mór Session LP via FatCat Records.

The Twilight Sad 2016 Tour Dates

05/31 - Vancouver, BC @ Festival Lawn *
06/02 - Boise, ID @ Century Link *
06/03 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center *
06/05 - Denver, CO @ Fiddler's Green*
06/08 - Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre *
06/09 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
06/10 - Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion *
06/11 - Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion *
06/14 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre *
06/16 - Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena *
06/18 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *
06/19 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *
06/20 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *
06/21 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
06/22 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post *
06/24 - Atlanta, GA @ Aaron's Amphitheater *
06/26 - Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park Amphitheater *
06/27 - Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park Amphitheater *
10/07 - Helsinki, FI @ Hartwall Arena *
10/09 - Stockholm, SE @ Ericsson Globe Arena *
10/11 - Oslo, NO @ Spektrum *
10/12 - Gotenburg, SE @ Scandinavium *
10/14 - Copenhagen, DK @ Forum *
10/17 - Hamburg, DE @ Barclaycard Arena *
10/18 - Berlin, DE @ Mercedes-Benz Arena *
10/20 - Lodz, PL @ Atlas Arena *
10/22 - Prague, CZ @ O2 Arena *
10/24 - Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle *
10/26 - Vienna, AT @ Marxhalle *
10/27 - Budapest, HR @ Papp Lazlo Sports Arena *
10/29 - Bologna, IT @ Unipol Arena *
10/30 - Rome, IT @ Palalottomatica *
11/01 - Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum *
11/02 - Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum *
11/04 - Basel, CH @ St. Jakobshalle *
11/06 - Stuttgart, DE @ Hanns-Martin-Shlever Halle *
11/07 - Frankfurt, DE @ Festhalle *
11/08 - Leipzig, DE @ Arena *
11/10 - Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena *
11/12 - Antwerp, BE @ Sportspaleis *
11/13 - Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome *
11/15 - Paris, FR @ AccorHotels Arena *
11/17 - Lyon, FR @ Halle Tony Garnier *
11/18 - Montpellier, FR @ Park & Suites Arena *
11/20 - Madrid, ES @ Barclaycard Center *
11/22 - Lisbon, PT @ MEO Arena *
11/24 - Bilbao, ES @ BEC *
11/26 - Barcelona, ES @ Palau St Jordi *
11/29 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Arena *
12/01 - London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena *
12/02 - London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena *
12/03 - London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena *

* = w/ The Cure

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JACOB WHITESIDES
at Studio B (Skyway Theatre)
Tuesday, 06/07/16, 6:30pm ($17/$19)
skywaytheatre.com

18-year old singer/songwriter Jacob Whitesides is headlining Studio B at the Skyway Theatre next Tuesday, June 7th. Although he is young, Whitesides has been releasing and recording music since he was 16.

The tour is for his new single ‘Lovesick’ (Double U Records).

Special guest Shane Harper to open.

Tour dates:

05/28/16 Darien Lakes Darien Lakes, NY
05/29/16 Mod Club Toronto, ON Canada
05/30/16 Grog Shop Cleveland, OH
06/01/16 The Shelter Detroit, MI
06/03/16 Emerson Theatre Indianapolis, IN
06/04/16 Rave Bar Milwaukee, WI
06/05/16 Subterranean Chicago, IL
06/07/16 Studio B Minneapolis, MN
06/08/16 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, IA
06/11/16 In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT
06/14/16 Crocodile Cafe Seattle, WA
06/15/16 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
06/17/16 Slim's San Francisco, CA
06/18/16 Troubadour West Hollywood, CA
06/21/16 House of Blues San Diego, CA
06/24/16 House of Blues Dallas, TX
06/25/16 House of Blues Houston , TX
06/28/16 12th & Porter Nashville, TN
07/16/16 Elitch Gardens Denver, CO

Read More Brett Dennen Ending out the week on November 9th is Brett Dennen at the Cedar Cultural Center. You may recall us covering Dennen in New York City, which Lara wrote about his music style "fits comfortably in the pocket …

BRETT DENNEN
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Tuesday, 06/07/16, 6:30pm ($25)
finelinemusic.com

Brett Dennen is currently on tour in support of his sixth full-length album Por Favor. Dennen explained the title, “When you say please, you’re asking something to come into your life. It might mean that you’re weak and need something to make you strong. But you’re admitting to some sort of weakness or some form of humility. Vulnerable was another word that kept coming up when I was making this record. Is there something I’m scared to say? Can I dig a little deeper, reveal a little bit more? How far can I go? That was my direction, and once I got that in place, I started shooting down things that weren’t in that zone.”

Dennen will be headlining the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis next Tuesday, June 7th.

Firekid to open.

Tour dates:

May 29—Solana Beach, CA—Belly Up Tavern
May 31—San Francisco, CA—Great American Music Hall†
June 1—San Francisco, CA—Great American Music Hall†
June 2—Portland, OR—Wonder Ballroom†
June 3—Seattle, WA—Neptune Theatre†
June 4—Boise, ID—Egyptian Theatre†
June 7—Minneapolis, MN—First Line Music Café†
June 8—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall†
June 10—Manchester, TN—Bonnaroo
June 11—Charlottesville, VA—nTelos Wireless Pavilion‡
June 12—Pittsburgh, PA—Mr. Small’s Theatre†
June 13—New York, NY—Bowery Ballroom†
June 14—New York, NY—Bowery Ballroom†
July 14—Brownfield, ME—Stone Mountain Arts Center
July 15—Lowell, MA—Boarding House Park
July 17—Montauk, NY—The Surf Lodge
July 18—Amagansett, NY—The Stephen Talkhouse
July 21—Washington, DC—9:30 Club
July 21-24—Trumansburg, NY—Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival
July 22—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival
July 25—Indianapolis, IN—Farm Bureau Insurance
July 27—Louisville, KY—Louisville Waterfront
July 28—Ann Arbor, MI—Sonic Lunch
July 29—Kalamazoo, MI—Bell’s Electric Café
July 30—Kent, OH—The Kent Stage
September 16—Lincoln, CA—Thunder Valley Casino Resort*
September 30-October 2—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits
October 7-9—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits

*appearing with The Avett Brothers
†with special guest Firekid
‡appearing with Lake Street Dive

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2016 Shows

GRAND TOTAL: 304 Shows

DECEMBER 2016 (3 Shows)

• 12/01 Jim James at State Theatre

• 12/15 Go Snow Show at Myth • 12/16 Palace Theatre open house

Banks at GO93.3 Snow Show, Myth, Maplewood (15 Dec 2016)

NOVEMBER 2016 (19 Shows)

• 11/02 Muuy Biien at Georgia Theatre • 11/02 Naked and Famous at First Ave • 11/03 Big Head Todd at Cedar • 11/05 LANY at Fine Line • 11/07 The Hunna at Triple Rock • 11/07 Jeff Rosenstock at 7th St • 11/07 The Veils at Roxy (CA) • 11/08 MC Chris at 7th St • 11/08 Suzanne Vega at Electric Fetus

• 11/10 CRX at Triple Rock • 11/10 Jamie Lidell at CB2 After Hours • 11/11 Murder by Death at Fine Line • 11/11 Johnnyswim at Varsity • 11/12 Aurora at Cedar • 11/16 Johnny Marr at Vista Theater (CA) • 11/18 The Sounds at Fine Line • 11/18 Lloyd Cole at Dakota Jazz • 11/19 Fidlar at Varsity Theater • 11/22 Fitz and Tantrums at State

The Naked and Famous at First Avenue, Minneapolis (02 November 2016)

OCTOBER 2016 (44 Shows)

• 10/01 Proclaimers at Cedar • 10/03 Goblin Cock at 7th Street • 10/04 Preoccupations at Fine Line • 10/06 Beats Antique at Skyway • 10/06 Whitechapel at Cabooze • 10/07 EZTV at 7th Street • 10/07 Glass Animals at Myth • 10/08 Bombino at Cedar • 10/10 King at Dakota Jazz • 10/10 Cymbals Eat Guitars at 7th St • 10/11 Nothing But Thieves at Fine Line • 10/11 Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Varsity • 10/12 Born Ruffians at 7th Street • 10/12 Kishi Bashi at First Ave • 10/13 Saint Motel at Varsity Theater • 10/13 Prince Tribute Concert • 10/14 Jessica Hernandez at Triple Rock • 10/14 Rumer Willis at Dakota • 10/14 Tom Odell at Fine Line • 10/15 Warrant at Mystic Lake Casino • 10/16 Moon Hooch at Triple Rock • 10/17 Billy Bragg/Joe Henry at Cedar

• 10/18 Johann Johannsson at Cedar • 10/19 Shonen Knife at Turf Club • 10/20 Deerhunter at First Ave • 10/21 Temples at Turf Club • 10/21 Clutch at First Avenue • 10/22 Teenage Fanclub at Fine Line • 10/23 Ben Rector at State Theatre • 10/23 Brand New at Roy Wilkins • 10/23 Bon Iver / Patti Smith at Hollywood Bowl • 10/24 Strumbellas at Fine Line • 10/24 Sunflower Bean at 7th Street • 10/25 Flock Of Dimes at 7th St • 10/25 Mac Miller at First Ave • 10/26 Pentatonix at Xcel Energy • 10/27 Wet at Triple Rock • 10/27 Needtobreathe at Roy Wilkins • 10/28 Beach Slang/Bleached at Triple Rock • 10/28 Boxer Rebellion at Turf Club • 10/29 Band Perry at Mystic Lake • 10/29 Lucero at First Avenue • 10/30 Honeyblood at 7th St • 10/30 Peter Hook at First Ave

Beats Antique at Skyway Theatre (06 October 2016)

SEPTEMBER 2016 (26 Shows)

• 09/01 Guitar Wolf at Amsterdam Bar • 09/01 Multicult at Turf Club • 09/03 Sleigh Bells at Fine Line • 09/05 Melvins at 40 Watt Club • 09/08 Australian Pink Floyd at State Theatre • 09/11 Band Of Skulls at Fine Line • 09/12 Highasakite at 7th Street • 09/13 Pierce The Veil at Myth • 09/17 Festival Palomino • 09/18 Belly at First Ave • 09/18 Lush at Vic Theatre (IL) • 09/18 Highly Suspect at Fine Line • 09/19 The Heavy at First Avenue

• 09/22 Ash at Independent, SF (CA) • 09/23 Dandy Warhols at Varsity Theater • 09/24 Built to Spill at Georgia Theatre • 09/24 How to Dress Well at 7th Street • 09/24 KT Tunstall at Fine Line • 09/24 Bear's Den at Triple Rock • 09/25 Jah Wobble at Turf Club • 09/27 Young the Giant at First Ave • 09/28 Porches at 7th Street • 09/28 Gooch Palms at Triple Rock • 09/29 Eden at 7th Street • 09/29 The Faint at First Ave • 09/30 Crystal Castles at Varsity

Guitar Wolf at Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St Paul (01 September 2016)

AUGUST 2016 (27 Shows)

• 08/01 Grant Hart at Loring Park • 08/03 Sevendust at Mill City Nights • 08/04 Léon at 6smith Restaurant • 08/05 Mark Sultan at 7th St • 08/05 Honne at Triple Rock • 08/06 White Lung at Triple Rock • 08/07 Corinne Bailey Rae at First Ave • 08/08 Honeydogs at Loring Park • 08/10 Athens Popfest: Dressy Bessy • 08/09 Broods at First Ave • 08/11 Athens Popfest: Deerhoof • 08/12 Athens Popfest: Guerilla Toss • 08/12 Gaelic Storm at Irish Fair

• 08/13 Gaelic Storm at Irish Fair • 08/13 Athens Popfest: Love Tractor • 08/17 Milemarker at Triple Rock • 08/18 Braeves at Satellite (CA) • 08/19 Doomtree at CHS Field • 08/20 Metallica at US Bank Stadium • 08/20 Wilco at Historic Halls Island • 08/22 Periphery at Varsity Theater • 08/23 Baroness at Cabooze • 08/24 Belphegor at Triple Rock • 08/25 Dread Crew of Oddwood at Nether • 08/28 Bayside at Mill City Nights • 08/29 A Silent Film at 7th St • 08/31 Guided By Voices at First Ave

Sevendust at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (03 August 2016)

JULY 2016 (25 Shows)

• 07/05 Violent Femmes at First Avenue • 07/05 Wild Child at 7th Street • 07/06 Violent Femmes at First Avenue • 07/07 Cold War Kids at 6Smith • 07/07 Garbage at Skyway Theatre • 07/08 Basilica Block Party • 07/09 Fear of Men at 7th St • 07/10 Doomtree at Sociable Cider • 07/11 The Paper Kites at Triple • 07/11 Plot In You at Amsterdam • 07/12 Holy White Hound at 7th St • 07/12 The Wombats at First Ave • 07/12 Oh Pep! at Cedar

• 07/12 Big Thief at Triple Rock • 07/15 Femi Kuti at Cedar • 07/17 Starkey Hearing Foundation (Red Carpet) • 07/17 Starkey Hearing Foundation Gala • 07/19 Mitski at 7th Street • 07/21 Ben Rector at Tally's Dockside • 07/23 Duran Duran at Xcel • 07/23 Kitten Forever at First Ave • 07/24 New Edition at Target Ctr • 07/27 Børns at Mall of America • 07/27 On An On at Turf Club • 07/28 Ghost at Myth • 07/31 Wye Oak at Fine Line

Fear of Men at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (09 July 2016)

JUNE 2016 (34 Shows)

• 06/01 Mutual Benefit at Turf Club • 06/02 Saosin at Studio B • 06/03 The Staves at Cedar • 06/03 Oh Wonder at First Ave • 06/04 Gordi at Icehouse • 06/05 Ill Nino at Cabooze • 06/07 Jacob Whitesides at Studio B • 06/07 Brett Dennen at Fine Line • 06/07 The Cure at Xcel Energy • 06/10 Cage The Elephant at Target Ctr • 06/11 Northern Spark at Mpls Convention Ctr • 06/12 Eliot Sumner at Turf Club • 06/14 Sleepwalkers at Roy Wilkins • 06/14 Modern Baseball at Mill City • 06/14 The Pack A.D. at Turf Club • 06/15 Catfish & the Bottlemen at First Ave • 06/15 Adia Victoria at 7th St Entry

• 06/15 Eat that Question at Arclight • 06/16 Goo Goo Dolls at 6Smith • 06/16 Rodrigo Amarante at Cedar • 06/17 Caravan Palace at Skyway • 06/17 Jessy Lanza at Triple Rock • 06/18 Rock the Garden 2016 • 06/18 Eagulls at Triple Rock • 06/18 Casket Girls at Turf • 06/19 Julianna Barwick at Cedar • 06/21 Pure Bathing Culture at 7th St • 06/22 Ben Watt at Dakota Jazz • 06/22 Margo Price at Turf Club • 06/23 Peter Bjorn & John at Fine Line • 06/24 AthFest 2016 • 06/25 Motion City Soundtrack at Varsity • 06/25 AthFest 2016 • 06/26 AthFest 2016

The Cure at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul (07 June 2016)

MAY 2016 (41 Shows)

• 05/01 Into It. Over It. at Triple Rock • 05/02 Wild Nothing at Triple Rock • 05/04 Reuben Hollebon at Hotel Cafe • 05/04 The Struts at First Ave • 05/05 Wizard World at MoA • 05/05 Silversun Pickups/Foals at Myth • 05/05 Paul McCartney at Target Center • 05/06 Wizard World Minneapolis • 05/06 HTC Vive Demo at Wizard World Minneapolis • 05/06 Day Wave at 7th Street • 05/06 Seratones at Turf Club • 05/07 Wizard World Minneapolis • 05/07 Easy Star All-Stars at Dakota • 05/07 Little Green Cars at Electric • 05/08 Wizard World Minneapolis • 05/09 Alberta Cross at Skyway • 05/09 Beware of Darkness at Resident (CA) • 05/10 Amon Amarth at Varsity • 05/10 Cate le Bon at Cedar • 05/10 Anderson Ponty Band at Ames Center

• 05/13 Nada Surf at Fine Line • 05/14 Devendra Banhart at Walker Art • 05/16 Bernhoft at Cedar • 05/19 Four Tet at the Loft • 05/19 Alberta Cross at Satellite (CA) • 05/19 Empress Of at Amsterdam Bar • 05/21 Savages at Fine Line • 05/21 Posies at Patrick's Cabaret • 05/22 Chelsea Wolfe at Triple Rock • 05/22 Matt Corby at Varsity Theater • 05/22 Nothing But Thieves at Turf • 05/23 Moby at Magers & Quinn • 05/24 Cave Singers at 7th St • 05/24 Peach Kelli Pop at Turf Club • 05/24 Yeasayer at First Avenue • 05/25 The Kills at First Ave • 05/25 Vérité at 7th Street • 05/25 Rogue Wave at Turf Club • 05/28 Trashcan Sinatras at Amsterdam Bar • 05/31 Lord Huron/Nathaniel Rateliff at Northrop • 05/31 Pvris at Mill City

The Struts at First Avenue, Minneapolis (04 May 2016)

APRIL 2016 (36 Shows)

• 04/02 Kid Koala at Walker Art Center • 04/02 Between Buried & Me at Skyway • 04/03 MuteMath at First Ave • 04/03 Rocket Summer at Triple Rock • 04/04 Scale the Summit at Skyway • 04/05 Contortionist at Cabooze • 04/05 Sunflower Bean at 7th St • 04/05 Joy Formidable at First Ave • 04/06 Underoath at Skyway • 04/06 Alex G at 7th St • 04/07 San Fermin at Cedar • 04/07 Ra Ra Riot at Triple Rock • 04/07 Prince Rama at 7th St • 04/08 Geographer at Triple Rock • 04/08 Har Mar Superstar at First Ave • 04/09 Pig Destroyer at Triple Rock • 04/09 Haelos at 7th Street • 04/10 Autolux at Triple Rock

• 04/10 Smith Street Band at Nether • 04/10 Atlas Genius at Fine Line • 04/12 Wild Feathers at Varsity • 04/12 Peter Murphy at Mill City • 04/13 Sonny Knight at Lowertown • 04/16 Santigold at Mill City • 04/19 Matthew Logan Vasquez at 7th Street • 04/19 The Thermals at Turf Club • 04/21 Communion at 7th Street • 04/21 Prince Block Party • 04/23 The Subways at Triple Rock • 04/24 Napalm Death at First Ave • 04/25 Beach Slang at Triple Rock • 04/26 Fat White Family at 7th St • 04/26 Magic Man/Griswolds at Varsity • 04/27 Frightened Rabbit at Varsity • 04/30 Behemoth at Mill City Nights • 04/30 Låpsley at 7th Street

The Joy Formidable at First Avenue, Minneapolis (05 April 2016)

MARCH 2016 (24 Shows)

• 03/01 Silverstein at Mill City • 03/03 Ringo Deathstarr at Turf Club • 03/04 Foxing at Triple Rock • 03/08 Great Good Fine OK at 7th • 03/08 Basia Bulat at Cedar • 03/09 B. Dolan at 7th St • 03/09 Ty Segall at First Ave • 03/09 Tortoise at Cedar • 03/10 Blanck Mass at 7th Street • 03/11 Radiation City at 7th St • 03/12 Protomartyr at 7th Street Entry • 03/14 Meiko/Marie Digby at the Cedar

• 03/15 Chelsea Grin at Amsterdam • 03/16 Freakwater at the Cedar • 03/18 Mest at Amsterdam Bar • 03/19 Brian Fallon at Varsity Theater • 03/19 Nuisance at Neisen's • 03/19 Bob Walkenhorst at Outtakes • 03/23 Lucius at First Ave • 03/23 Puscifer at Northrop • 03/25 Reflections at Fallout • 03/25 Soul Asylum at Electric Fetus • 03/26 Judah & The Lion at Varsity • 03/31 Daniel Clowes at Magers & Quinn

Ty Segall & the Muggers at First Avenue, Minneapolis (09 March 2016)

FEBRUARY 2016 (13 Shows)

• 02/04 Polica at Lowertown • 02/06 Lizzo at First Ave • 02/06 Wet at 7th Street • 02/11 Godspeed You! at First Ave • 02/12 Prof at House of Rock • 02/17 Bullet For My Valentine at Myth

• 02/18 Go 96.3 at Skyway • 02/18 Communion at 7th St • 02/19 Sumerian 10 Year at Skyway • 02/26 Eleanor Friedberger at Turf Club • 02/28 Animal Collective at First Ave • 02/29 Advance Placement at Triple • 02/29 Blessthefall at Mill City

Animal Collective at First Avenue, Minneapolis (28 Feb 2016)

JANUARY 2016 (11 Shows)

• 01/10 Royal'z at Skyway • 01/12 Venom Inc at Turf Club • 01/18 Bully at Fine Line • 01/20 1349 at Triple Rock • 01/23 Lower Dens at 7th Street

• 01/27 Bayonne at 7th Street • 01/27 Josh Ritter at Pantages • 01/29 Morris Day at Paisley Park • 01/29 Decapitated at Skyway Theatre • 01/30 Babes in Toyland at First Ave • 01/30 Blue Felix at Cabooze

Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band at Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis (27 Jan 2016)

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News: The Cure, Morrissey, Duran Duran, and Radiohead

Read More Bestival Do not fear! Adjágas are touring the UK this summer and I will be catching them at the Bestival later in the year so I hope they still have some yoiking in them.

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THE CURE
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You may, or may not, remember how we tried (and failed) to do a live podcast from Ryan at Bestival. We gave it a good college try, but apparently cell phone reception on the wee island is pretty awful.

This week, we got an announcement that The Cure's latest release will be a live album, recorded at Bestival 2011 (which just happened a few months ago, in September). The live album will be out December 6th, in the US... just in time for Christmas!

The live set will feature 32 (count-'em, thirty-two!) Cure hits, including "The Lovecats," "The Caterpillar," "Close To Me," "Friday I’m In Love," "Lullaby," "The Hungry Ghost," "The End Of The World," "Just Like Heaven," "Grinding Halt," "Jumping Someone Else's Train" and "Boys Don’t Cry". That sound fantastic.

All profits from the sale of the double CD album, and/or digital download, will be given to the Isle of Wight Youth Trust, a charity organization offering counseling, advice, information and support services to young people aged 25 and under on the Isle of Wight. See more details on iowyouthtrust.co.uk.

Read More Morrissey I've known Mel since late 1992, through a Morrissey fanzine called The Morri-Zine (vol 4, #4). We became close friends.

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The big news for Morrissey is that he will be appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live (November 23) and Conan O'Brien (November 29). The other big news is that due "a visa administration error", Morrissey's lead guitarist will be unable to fly in on time for November 10th. Instead, the sold-out concert in Chicago will be moved to December 17th (if you think it's cold now...)

So, far, here is Morrissey's latest tour dates:

11/14 San Antonio, TX @ Majestic Theater
11/15 Austin,TX @ Bass Concert Hall
11/17 Dallas, TX @ McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
11/19 Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Center
11/20 Phoenix, AZ @ Orpheum Theater
11/22 Escondido, CA @ California Center for the Arts
11/25 Las Vegas, NV @ Cosmopolitan - Chelsea Ballroom
11/26 Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium
11/28 Pomona, CA Fox Theater
12/01 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
12/05 Monterrey @ Arena
12/07 Mexico City @ Plaza Condesa
12/08 Mexico City @ Plaza Condesa
12/10 Puebla @ Auditorio del Complejo Cultural Universitario
12/12 Guadalajara @ Diana
12/13 Guadalajara @ Diana
12/17 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre

Read More Duran Duran I got a note that Duran Duran is on their final leg of their very long ...

DURAN DURAN
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Duran Duran epic nine-minute video for "Girl Panic", from their latest album, All You Need is Now, was released last week via vevo.com.

I really like the song, there's something familiar and good about Simon LeBon's vocals. What's interesting about the video is that it features super models (Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen and Yasmin Le Bon) playing members of Duran Duran... while the band members are playing minor roles like the waiter and bellhops.

Of course, when you get to the mid-end of the video, they tell you about the inside joke: that Duran Duran was the first band to feature super models in their music videos.

Check out the video:

Read More Radiohead I have expressed in the past that I am an old-school Radiohead fan, meaning that I'm not particularly fond of their venture into the electronic venue via Kid A and beyond.

RADIOHEAD
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This one's optimistic: Radiohead is going on tour in 2012! It's been a while since their last tour, which was about four years ago for the In Rainbows tour.

Stay tune for even more dates, it's rumored that they'll be headlining Coachella in 2012.

Here are the confirmed dates:

Feb. 27 - Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
Feb. 29 - Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
March 1 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
March 3 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
March 5 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
March 7 - Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center
March 9 - St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
March 11 - Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
March 13 - Broomfield, CO @ 1stBank Center
March 15 - Glendale, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena

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