Rocktober Round Four (part one)
So, it’s come to this. We have so many shows for the fourth week of Roctober that I have to split up the week until Wednesday! Unfortunately too many (good) bands are playing at the same time! So the theme for this article is “Double Shows” (either John or Vu will be at one of these shows). Deltron 3030, Quasi, King Khan, The 1975, Lucy Rose, Foy Vance, Melt-Banana , Kodaline
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Deltron 3030 is starting on the fourth week of Rocktober!
Join Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala, as they stop in at First Avenue in Minneapolis on Sunday, October 20th.
10/19/13 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
10/20/13 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
10/21/13 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
10/23/13 Atlanta, GA Heaven
10/25/13 Mountain Oasis Electronic
11/09/13 Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/10/13 Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/15/13 Boom Festival
11/17/13 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market
11/18/13 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
11/19/13 Victoria, BC Alix Goolden
11/21/13 Portland, OR Star Theater
11/22/13 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
11/23/13 San Francisco, CA Fillmore
11/24/13 Los Angeles, CA Fonda
11/25/13 Santa Ana, CA Observatory
11/26/13 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
11/27/13 Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura
12/08/13 Paris, France Trianon
12/11/13 Amsterdam Melkweg
12/12/13 London, UK Scala
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If Deltron’s not your thing, you can stop by next door at the 7th Street Entry the same night.
The Portland duo (Sam Coomes and Janet Weis) are currently touring in support of their ninth album called Mole City. If their names sounded familiar, that’s because they’ve both played for Sleater Kinney, Elliott Smith, Stephen Malkmus (which incidentally I randomly saw at 80/35 Music Festival.)
Tour dates:
Oct 19th – Chicago, IL – Schubas
Oct 20th – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
Nov 3rd – Boise, ID – Neurolux
Nov 4th – Salt Lake City, UT -Kilby Court
Nov 5th – Denver, CO – Hi Dive
Nov 7th – Denton, TX – Dan’s Silverleaf
Nov 8th – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
Nov 10th – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
Nov 11th – Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room
Nov 12th – San Diego, CA – Casbah
Nov 13th – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Nov 14th – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho
Nov 15th – San Jose, CA – The Blank Club
Nov 16th – San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill
Nov 21st – Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Caberet
Nov 22nd – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
Nov 23rd – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
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The last time I saw King Khan, he was with his band the BBQ Show. Khan is back with The Shrines and a new album Idle No More, out now on Merge Records.
King Khan will be at St Paul’s The Turf Club (which was recently sold to First Avenue) on Monday, October 21st.
Tour dates:
Oct. 19 — Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Oct. 20 — Kansas City, KS @ The Record Bar
Oct. 21 — St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Oct. 22 — Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
Oct. 23 — Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Oct. 24 — Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
Oct. 25 — Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
Oct. 26 — Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
Oct. 27 — Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe
Oct. 29 — Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Oct. 30 — New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Oct. 31 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Nov. 1 — Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Nov. 2 — Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Nov. 4 — Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Nov. 5 — Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
Nov. 6 — New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
Nov. 8 – Fun Fun Fun Fest
Nov. 9 – Fun Fun Fun Fest
Nov. 10 – Fun Fun Fun Fest
Nov. 11 – Fun Fun Fun Fest
Nov. 12 — El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
Nov. 13 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Also playing this Monday at the Varsity Theater is The 1975:
THE 1975
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Everybody loves ‘Chocolate’…the candy, as well as the current single from Manchester UK-based The 1975, whose debut album (on Dirty Hit/Polydor) debuted at #1 on the UK albums charts (even besting NIN new LP) and is starting to make substantial noise on these shores as well.
The band has actually been around in some form since 2002, and after 4 eps and now a full-length, is ready to fully conquer America. A sometimes melancholy blend of alt and guitar pop, singer Matt Healy actually cites director John Hughes and his bastion of 80’s coming-of-age-teen films as a major influence (don’t expect a Simple Minds cover in concert though).
Breakthrough band of the year? You decide– if you can score a ticket, that is, as screaming females and Brit rock fans have already reserved theirs.
October 19 Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
October 20 The Rave Bar Milwaukee, WI
October 21 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
October 23 Marquis Theatre Denver, CO
October 24 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
October 26 Neumos Seattle, WA
October 27 VENUE Vancouver, Canada
October 28 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
October 30 Independent San Francisco, CA
October 31 Observatory Santa Ana, CA
November 1 Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA
November 2 Vinyl Las Vegas, NV
November 3 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
November 4 Club Congress Tucson, AZ
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Lucy Rose will be over at the Amsterdam Bar and Hall in Saint Paul for her final 2013 Fall tour date.
I’ll confess that I’ve never been to that venue before (since I’m primarily based in Minneapolis and rarely cross that Mississippi River to see shows). The right side and the wrong side of the river, right?
Rose will be playing songs from her debut album, Like I Used To, via Tirty Tigers with Sony RED distribution, including her recent singles, “Bikes” and “Middle of the Bed” (which you can download for free via Rolling Stone Magazine)
Rose’s remaining US tour dates:
10/19/13 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
10/21/13 Winnipeg, MB Park Theatre Cafe
10/22/13 Saint Paul, MN Amsterdam Bar and Hall
If I wasn’t in St Paul that night, the other show I would have actually attended would be Foy Vance:
FOY VANCE
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Ireland’s Foy Vance is currently in America, touring in support of Joy Of Nothing. The album featured special guests such as Ed Sheeran and Bonnie Raitt.
The band’s first proper headlining tour is getting a lot of buzz, in particular the more populated/hip cities (Nashville, Los Angeles, and Toronto) have sold out.
Opening up for selected shows will be Little Green Cars, a band that we like and previously appeared in Minneapolis earlier in April.
Foy Vance Fall Tour:
10/20/13 – Turner Hall Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI*
10/22/13 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN*
10/24/13 – Basement – Nashville, TN (sold out)
10/26/13 – Holy Mountain – Austin, TX
10/28/13 – Hotel Cafe – Los Angeles, CA (sold out)
10/29/13 – Independent – San Francisco, CA
10/31/13 – Bunk Bar – Portland, OR
11/01/13 – Columbia City Theater – Seattle, WA
11/02/13 – Electric Owl – Vancouver, Canada
11/04/13 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
11/06/13 – Drake Hotel – Toronto, ON (sold out)
11/08/13 – World Cafe – Philadelphia, PA
11/09/13 – Jammin Java – Vienna, VA
*with Little Green Cars
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Japanese noise band Melt-Banana is coming to Minneapolis on Wednesday, October 23rd, at the Triple Rock Social Club.
The duo (Yasuko Onuki and Ichirou Agata) is currently in the U.S. to do a “2 do what 2 fetch” tour in support of their tenth studio album fetch.
Check out this massive Fall tour, which just kicked off this week:
2013-10-19 Boise, ID at Neurolux
2013-10-20 Salt Lake City, UT at Urban Lounge
2013-10-21 Denver, CO at Laimer Lounge
2013-10-23 Minneapolis,MN at Triple Rock
2013-10-24 Milwaukee, WI at The Cactus Club
2013-10-25 Grand Rapids, MI at Pryamid Scheme
2013-10-26 Cleveland, OH at Grog Shop
2013-10-27 Chicago, IL at Double Door
2013-10-28 Pontiac, MI at The Crofoot Ballroom
2013-10-29 Toronto, ON at Lee’s Palace
2013-10-31 Philadelphia, PA at Union Transfer
2013-11-01 Brooklyn, NY at Saint Vitus
2013-11-02 Providence, RI at AS220
2013-11-03 Boston, MA at The Sinclair
2013-11-04 Washington DC at Black Cat
2013-11-05 Chapel Hill, NC at Local 506
2013-11-06 Atlanta, GA at 529
2013-11-08 Dallas,TX at Club Dada
2013-11-09 Austin, TX at FFF Fest
2013-11-11 Albuquerque, NM at Launchpad
2013-11-12 Phoenix, AZ at Last Exit
2013-11-13 Los Angeles, CA at Troubadour
2013-11-14 San Diego, CA at The Casbah
2013-11-15 Pomona, CA at The Glasshouse
2013-11-16 Oakland,CA at Oakland Metro Opera House
Also taking place this Wednesday:
KODALINE
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When we last saw the lads of Dublin quartet Kodaline, they were opening on a spring tour for The Airborne Toxic Event, to great reception. Now that their debut full-length, In a Perfect World (RCA/Red) has just been released, they’re returning on a headlining tour to re-introduce us to their anthemic blend of Irish alt-rock.
Fresh from a mini-residency in NYC (including a live appearance on VH-1), the tour also brings opener Diane Birch whose own new album, Speak a Little Louder (S-Curve) brings soul-pop influence with freshness from this keyboard playing singer-songwriter. Birch worked with Dap Kings drummer Homer Steinweiss and Aqualung’s Matt Hales to concoct the new tracks on this sophomore album, that shows her musical growth.
As well, Kodaline has been playing a Sam Cooke cover in concert, so chances of very soulful evening with both acts, is a near certainty, so make sure to book a ticket and arrive early.
Tour dates:
10/20/13 Toronto, ON The Mod Club
10/22/13 Chicago, IL Subteranean
10/23/13 Minneapolis, MN Turf Club
10/26/13 Seattle, WA Barboza
10/27/13 Portland, OR Doug Fir
10/28/13 San Francisco Café Du Nord
10/30/13 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour (SOLD OUT)
10/31/13 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room