The Dangerous Summer at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (08/10/13)
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Setlist Tour Dates
08/11/13 Chicago, IL Reggies Rock Club
08/13/13 St. Louis, MO Firebird 08/14/13 Indianapolis, IN Irving Theater 08/15/13 Detroit, MI Magic Stick 08/16/13 Pittsburgh, PA Smiling Moose 08/17/13 Toronto, ON Hard Luck Bar 08/18/13 Montreal, QC Cabaret Underworld 08/20/13 Cambridge, MA Middle East Upstairs 08/21/13 New York, NY HighLine Ballroom 08/22/13 Philadelphia, PA Barbary 08/23/13 Baltimore, MD Ottobar 08/24/13 West Springfield, VA Empire 08/25/13 Greensboro, NC Greene Street 08/27/13 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern 08/28/13 Orlando, FL Backbooth 08/29/13 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits 08/30/13 Tampa, FL Orpheum 08/31/13 Gainesville, FL 1982 Bar 09/01/13 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 09/03/13 Nashville, TN Exit / In 09/04/13 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory 09/05/13 Dallas, TX The Prophet Bar 09/06/13 Houston, TX Mango's 09/07/13 San Antonio, TX Korova 09/08/13 Austin, TX Mohawk 09/10/13 Hollywood, CA Roxy Theatre 09/12/13 San Diego, CA SOMA San Diego 09/14/13 Fresno, CA Victory Cafe at Hardy's 09/25/13 Nottingham, UK Rock City 09/26/13 Leeds, UK Cockpit 09/27/13 Glasgow, UK King Tut's 09/28/13 Leeds, UK O2 Academy Leeds 09/29/13 Manchester, UK Sound Control 10/01/13 Cardiff, UK Clwb Ifor Bach 10/02/13 London, UK Borderline 10/03/13 Southampton, UK Joiners 11/29/13 Brisbane, Australia R.N.A. 11/30/13 Australia Coffs Harbour Showground 12/01/13 Sydney, Australia Barangaroo 12/06/13 Canberra, Australia Exhibition Park 12/07/13 Melbourne, Australia TBA 12/08/13 Adelaide, Australia TBA
Podcast
Read More Santa Barbara quartet Tommy & The High Pilots is currently on tour in support of their new album Only Human, which came out May 28th on Redbird Records. …
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Kicking off this five-band showcase was The Word Party, which we misread as "World Party" (a band we like). The Word Party is a local Minneapolis band with two core members, Luke Henry and Nick Strot, who began writing music since they were 14 years old. Unfortunately, due to an early show (starting at 6pm, short/30 minute sets, road work, and detours, we had missed them).
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BREAKING LACES
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Instead, we caught Brooklyn's Breaking Laces as they set in their second song, "Mr. Curry is a Cop". Just by that song, we can tell these guys are pretty silly. Their set featured songs from their album Come Get Some, but we thought their best song is the finale, "God in Training".
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RARE MONK
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Next was Rare Monk, which we previously described as "an indie rock band from Portland, Oregon". This was their first time in Minneapolis, and they seem pretty excited and happy to be here. They did a few tracks from their Death By Proxy EP, including the last song, "Underground" and the title track (which was our favorite from their brief set).
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TOMMY & THE HIGH PILOTS
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The highlight of this showcase for us was Tommy & the High Pilots, which Jamie described as a flawless performance (which you can hear on the podcast if you stick around until the end). Most of their set consisted of their new album Only Human, with the two exceptions of "Round N' Round" from their 2009's Everynight and I think a Talking Heads cover song called "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)".
Highlight of the show for me was either the closer song "Outta My Head" or "Devil to Pay", which featured the fiddle player from Rare Monk.
The Dangerous Summer was the headliner. From what we can tell, they took their name from an Ernest Hemingway book (which was published after his death) and their music is best described as emo. They have a lot of fans, who knew all their lyrics, so you can tell right away that they write incredibly personal and relatable lyrics.
As you can see from the blurry photo of the setlist, they did plenty of songs from their latest album Golden Record, including "Catholic Girls", "Miles Apart", "Honesty", and "Knives". The album just came out last week (August 6, 2013) on Hopeless Records, which you can order direct or pick it up in person at a live show.
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The Dangerous Summer at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (08/10/13) |