Saturday shows: Millionyoung, Generationals, Dan Deacon, Presets, Crushed Out

SATURDAY 11/03: TRIPLE ROCK, MINNEAPOLIS



Sure, you already know how much we love Asteroids Galaxy Tour. I will be there to see them at the Triple Rock next Saturday.



Opening up for them on this tour is Millionyoung, a stagename for indie/electronica musician, Mike Diaz, from Florida.



His album Variable is set for release next year, February 12th, on Rix Records/Old Flame Records. His current release is called Amanecer, which came out July 31st, 2012.



Last year, Millionyoung’s mixtape for The Guardian’s 1,000th “New Band of the Day” was called “chillwave” on guardian.co.uk.



NOTE: Hopefully we will be covering his Los Angeles show at the Troubadour as well!



All dates with The Asteroids Galaxy Tour:

Oct 25 Vancouver, CAN @ Venue Oct 26 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Oct 27 San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore Oct 29 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour Oct 30 Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory Nov 01 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge

Nov 03 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Nov 04 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge Nov 05 Toronto, CAN @ Danforth Music Hall Nov 07 Montreal, CAN @ Cabaret Nov 08 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair Nov 09 Washington, DC @ Black Cat Nov 11 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall

SATURDAY 11/03: TIPITANA’S, NEW ORLEANS



Generationals is a New Orleans duo (Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer), who just released their Lucky Numbers EP earlier this month (October 2nd). The band argued that it’s “not really a ‘New Orleans’ record.”



They later explained that they recorded the record all over, but not in New Orleans.



“On every other record, we’ve done most or all of the tracking in one studio,” Joyner said. “But for these new songs we ended up taking all our mics and pre-amps and stuff and just going and recording wherever.”



Interestingly enough, the band is in the middle of their national tour and will be making a stop in their homecity on November 3rd, and leaving for Texas the next day.

10/25 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree 11/03 New Orleans, LA Tipitina’s 11/04 Dallas, TX LaGrange 11/06 Denver, CO Hi Dive ^ 11/07 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge ^ 11/08 Boise, ID Neurolux ^ 11/09 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern ^ 11/11 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios ^

11/13 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord ^ 11/14 Los Angeles, CA The Echo ^ 11/16 San Diego, CA The Casbah 11/17 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom ^ 11/18 Tucson, AZ Club Congress ^ 11/20 Austin, TX The Mohawk ^ 11/21 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s ^ ^ with RACES

SATURDAY 11/03: CEDAR CULTURAL, MINNEAPOLIS



Oscar is covering this Cedar show for me. I will drop to take some photos and then I’ll be going across the street to Triple Rock.



I’ve already spotlighted Dan Deacon and his America album, so I’ll just quickly mention that he’s got an app on iTunes and Android.



Apparently, during the show, your (smart) phone can become part of the performance. You don’t need WiFi or cellular data to have it work, so if you just have an iPod Touch, you can participate. It should be interesting to see this experience. I have already downloaded the app, so I’m ready to test it out at the live show.



Dan Deacon’s tour dates:

10/25 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater* 10/26 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret* 10/27 Seattle,WA – Neptune* 10/29 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court* 10/31 Denver,CO – Bluebird Theater* 11/02 Lawrence, KS – The Granada Theatre* 11/03 Minneapolis, MN – The Cedar* 11/05 Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre* 11/08 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick* 11/09 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace* 11/10 Montreal, QC – SAT* 11/11 South Burlington, VA – Higher Ground* 11/12 Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery* 11/13 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club*

11/14 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg* 11/15 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer* 11/16 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom* 11/17 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club* 12/06 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder 12/09 Jacksonville, FL – Underbelly 12/10 Savannah, GA – Safe // Sound 12/11 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club 12/13 Pensacola, FL – Handlebar 12/14 Gainesville, FL – Double Down Live 12/15 Tampa, FL – Crowbar * = Dan Deacon Ensemble w/ Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick

SATURDAY 10/27: 400 BAR, MINNEAPOLIS



This Saturday is quite busy for us, we’re covering Diamond Rings/Gold Fields at 7th Street and Rah Rah at the Fine Line Café in Minneapolis, plus Preset/YACHT in Chicago (Kate is covering this). If I’m not dead, I may swing by the 400 Bar to see Crushed Out.



I am told Crushed Out used to be known as Boom Chick, they are described as an American honky tonk surf rock duo.



Their album, Want to Give, comes out November 6, 2012 via Cool Clear Water Records.



Crushed Out’s tour dates:

10/25 Iowa City, IA – the Mill 10/26 Chicago, IL – Reggie’s Music Joint 10/27 Minneapolis, MN – 400 Club 10/28 Des Moines, IA – Gaslamp 11/01 Denver, CO – Lion’s Lair 11/02 Salt Lake City, UT – Garage 11/03 Boise, ID – Neurolux 11/06 Leavenworth, WA – Icicle Brewing 11/08 Portland, OR – Portland State Uni 11/09 Seattle, WA – Comet

11/10 Eugene, OR – Sam Bond’s Garage 11/11 Bend, OR – Horned Hand 11/13 Arcata, CA – Humboldt Brews 11/14 San Francisco, CA – Brick & Mortar 11/16 Los Angeles, CA – Satellite 11/17 San Diego, CA – TBA 11/18 Phoenix, AZ – TBA 11/ 29 Baton Rouge, LA – Manship Theater 11/30 New Orleans, LA – Tulane University 12/01 New Orleans, LA – Howlin’ Wolf 12/06 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade

SATURDAY 10/27: METRO, CHICAGO



The Presets aren’t playing in Minneapolis, so guess what motherlovers? Kate is drive to see them in Chicago. Take that, street-toll-charging city.



The Presets is an Australian electronic music duo (Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes). Their album, Apocalypso, went straight to #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and they won “Best Dance Release” and “Best Group”, so these guys are a big deal in Australia.



They are wrapping up their US tour this month:

Note: They are playing with our favorite YACHT.