At Mill City Nights: Cat Power, English Beat, and A Fine Frenzy

CAT POWER

I love Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power). I saw her about six or seven years ago for her “Greatest” tour, but she seemed to have disappeared since then.

Well Cat Power is back with a brand new studio album called SUN.
Comparing and contrasting the new album to her 1998’s Moon Pix, Marshall explained that the 1998 album was about “extreme isolation and survival in the crazy struggle”, but SUN is the opposite, “confidently into your own future, to personal power and fulfillment.”

It sounds like Marshall is no longer the shy, quiet girl and her piano, but more happier and optimistic with her current album. It should be interesting to see how she performs when you see her on tour.

Cat Power is stopping by Minneapolis at Mill City Nights on October 30th. Interestingly enough, the show is co-sponsored by the 400 Bar and The Current 89.3.

10/11/12 Miami, FL Grand Central 10/13/12 Mexico City, Mexico Autodromo 10/18/12 Ithaca, NY State Theatre 10/19/12 Montreal, QC Metropolis 10/20/12 Toronto, ON Kool Haus 10/22/12 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 10/23/12 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom 10/24/12 Boston, MA House Of Blues 10/25/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory 10/27/12 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre 10/28/12 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre 10/29/12 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater 10/30/12 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights 11/02/12 Vancouver, BC The Vogue Theatre

11/03/12 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo 11/04/12 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal 11/06/12 Oakland, CA Fox Theater 11/08/12 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Palladium 11/26/12 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso 11/28/12 Cologne, Germany E-Werk 11/29/12 Berlin, Germany Huxleys Neue Welt 12/01/12 Hamburg, Germany Grosse Freiheit 36 12/02/12 Munich, Germany Theatre Fabrik 12/03/12 Milan, Italy Alcatraz 12/04/12 Bologna, Italy Estragon 12/06/12 Zurich, Switzerland Volkshaus 12/10/12 Paris, France Trianon 12/12/12 London, United Kingdom Roundhouse 12/14/12 Brussels, Belgium AB Club

Here’s a tour teamup that can’t be beat: English Beat with The Paul Collins Beat tour! The tagteam ends at the Mill Cit Nights in Minneapolis, but the English Beat continues on their tour in Missouri.

A little information about each band, as you know The Beat was a ska band that started in 1978, but had to change their name in America as The English Beat because of Paul Collin’s band The Beat (who pre-dated the English Beat by a year.) You can read about Paul Collin’s band here on W♥M.

Anyway, it sounds like the two bands aren’t rivals at all, but old friends, as Dave Wakeling, from the English Beat, explained, “Paul and I originally met back in ’83 and have been in touch occasionally over the years, but recently we’ve been in closer FB [Facebook] contact, which led to this idea becoming a reality….Two beats, hearting as one!”

The tour kicks off October 11th. Dates with (*) indicates with support from The Paul Collins Beat.

Sep 28 Coach House San Juan Capistrano, CA Sep 29 Saint Rocke Hermosa Beach, CA Oct 05 Romano’s Concert Lounge Riverside, CA Oct 06 The Canyon Club Agoura Hills, CA Oct 11 The Orange Peel Asheville, NC * Oct 12 The State Theatre Falls Church, VA * Oct 13 The Center for Arts Natick, MA * Oct 14 World Café Live Philadelphia, PA * Oct 16 BB King’s New York, NY * Oct 18 Rapids Theatre Niagara Falls, NY * Oct 19 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, ON * Oct 20 Hard Rock Café Detroit, MI * Oct 23 SPACE Evanston, IL * Oct 24 Hard Rock Café Pittsburgh, PA * Oct 25 Hard Rock Café Pittsburgh, PA Oct 26 Turner Hall Milwaukee, WI * Oct 27 Mill City Nights Minneapolis, MN *

Oct 30 Knucklehead Tavern Kansas City, MO Oct 31 The Blue Note Columbia, MO Nov 02 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA Nov 03 Vinyl Music Hall Pensacola, FL Nov 09 Hard Rock Café Las Vegas, NV Nov 16 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT Nov 23 Bimbo’s 365 Club San Francisco, CA Nov 24 B Ryder’s Bakersfield, CA Nov 30 SoHo Santa Barbara, CA Dec 01 SLO Brewing Company San Luis Obispo, CA Dec 07 T. Boyle Tavern Pasadena, CA Dec 08 T. Boyle Tavern Pasadena, CA Dec 14 Ace of Spades Sacramento, CA Dec 15 Mystic Theatre Petaluma, CA Dec 22 House of Blues Anaheim, CA Dec 29 Saint Rocke Hermosa Beach, CA Dec 31 The Canyon Club Agoura Hills, CA

Alison Sudol, aka A Fine Frenzy, will be heading out on a five-week tour, co-headlining with Joshua Radin. The new tour is in support of her forthcoming album, PINES, which I’ve previously mentioned. The third A Fine Frenzy album hits store on October 16th via Virgin Records, according to Amazon.

It seems that PINES goes beyond just music, as in addition to the album, there’s also a companion book and short film.