Minneapolis Music Guide: April 20 – April 26, 2014
APRIL 20: FIRST AVENUEThe Orb w/ IMP
Legendary Electronic DJs and dubsters The Orb will be playing at the main room at First Avenue in Minneapolis on 04/20, as part of their “Adventures in the USA” tour.
Currently The Orb are original member Alex Paterson and Swiss-German producer Thomas Fehlmann. Expect these guys to play some techno and ambient music.
Also, other DJs on the bill: IMP (Inconceivable Master Plan), which features: sMILOdon, Toffler, Levin, & Loom In Essence and Deep Mix Minneapolis (DJ ESP Woody McBride, Casey Borchert & friends).
Tour dates:
04/18/14 Seattle, WA Neumos
04/19/14 Denver, CO Sculpture Park
04/20/14 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
04/22/14 New York, NY HighLine Ballroom
04/23/14 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
04/25/14 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl
Say Hi and Big Scary
Co-headlining at the 7th Street Entry will be Say Hi (To Your Mom) and Big Scary.
We’ve previously reviewed Say Hi’s album, so I thought I’d tell you about Big Scary. Big Scary are a duo (Tom Iansek and Jo Syme) from Melbourne, Australia.
The band recently received the Australian Music Prize, an award dedicated to recognizing excellence in Australian music (similar to Britain’s Mercury Prize and Canada’s Polaris Prize) for their album Not Art (Barsuk).
Tour dates:
04/19/14 St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room
04/20/14 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
04/21/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
04/22/14 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
04/23/14 Indianapolis, IN Radio Radio
04/24/14 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
04/25/14 Toronto, ON Drake Hotel / Underground
04/26/14 Montreal, QC Il Motore
04/27/14 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
04/28/14 New York, NY Rough Trade
04/29/14 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
04/30/14 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle
05/01/14 Washington, DC Black Cat
05/02/14 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
05/03/14 Asheville, NC The Mill Room
05/04/14 Atlanta, GA Vinyl At Center Stage
05/06/14 Birmingham, AL BottleTree
05/07/14 New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa
05/08/14 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s – Downstairs
05/09/14 Dallas, TX The Prophet Bar
05/10/14 Austin, TX The Mohawk
05/13/14 Scottsdale, AZ The Western
05/14/14 San Diego, CA The Casbah
05/15/14 Los Angeles, CA Echo
05/16/14 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
05/25/14 Quincy, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
Lost in the Trees w/ All Tiny Creatures
Anti- Records’ Lost in the Trees are currently on tour in support of their latest album Past Life. Frontman Ari Picker said this new album was inspired by “some internal place”.
Opening up for the band will be
All Tiny Creatures, in support of their second album Dark Clock, out now on Hometapes.
Tour dates:
04/19/14 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
04/21/14 Madison, WI The Frequency
04/22/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
04/23/14 Omaha, NE Slowdown
04/24/14 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House
04/25/14 Hot Springs, AR Low Key Arts Building
04/26/14 Dallas, TX Three Links Event Center
04/27/14 Austin, TX Holy Mountain
04/29/14 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s – Downstairs
04/30/14 New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa
05/01/14 Atlanta, GA The EARL
05/02/14 Winston-Salem, NC Krankies Coffee
05/06/14 Miami Beach, FL Fillmore Miami
05/07/14 Orlando, FL The Beacham
05/08/14 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
White Fang w/ Skating Polly
“Posi-core, thrash rockers” White Fang will be at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on April 23rd, in support of their latest album Full Time Freaks (which is being released April 28th via Metal Postcard Records).
Opening up will be Skating Polly.
Tour dates:
04/18/14 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
04/19/14 Brooklyn, NY The Glasslands Gallery
04/20/14 Cambridge, MA Middle East Upstairs
04/22/14 Chicago, IL Subterranean
04/23/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
04/24/14 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
04/25/14 Lawrence, KS Replay Lounge
04/26/14 Denver, CO Hi-Dive
04/27/14 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
04/28/14 Boise, ID The Crux
04/29/14 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
04/30/14 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
05/02/14 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
05/03/14 Los Angeles, CA Echo
05/04/14 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
Temples w/ The Drowners and Two Harbors
Temples got massive buzz from their semi-recent appearance at SXSW earlier this March. Now the band is making their way across the country in support of their debut album Sun Structures (out now on Fat Possum).
The band is so hot that they upgraded their show at the smaller Turf Club to the main room at First Avenue.
Expect some psychedelic goodness from these guys.
Tour dates:
04/19/14 Indio, CA Empire Polo Club
04/21/14 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
04/22/14 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
04/24/14 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
04/25/14 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
04/26/14 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
04/27/14 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
04/28/14 Columbus, OH A & R Music Bar
04/30/14 St. Louis, MO Firebird
05/01/14 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
05/02/14 Dallas, TX Dada Dallas
05/03/14 Austin, TX Carson Creek Ranch
05/08/14 Brisbane, Australia Zoo
05/09/14 Sydney, Australia Metro Theatre
05/10/14 Richmond, Australia Corner Hotel
05/28/14 Barcelona, Spain Parc del Forum
06/05/14 Paris, France Le Bataclan
06/08/14 London Victoria Park
06/13/14 Aarhus, Denmark Adalan
06/14/14 Aarhus, Denmark Adalan
07/06/14 Montreux, Switzerland Montreux Jazz Lab
07/10/14 Lisbon, Portugal Passeio Maritimo
08/01/14 Chicago, IL Grant Park
08/02/14 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
08/16/14 Saint Malo, France Various Venues
08/22/14 Reading Richfield Avenue
08/23/14 Leeds Bramham Park
Tesseract w/ Intronaut and Cloudkicker
Tesseract is back in Minneapolis with their “Altered State North America 2014” tour.
We last saw the band at the same venue, Skyway Theatre, last year. John described that show, “With the switch to their current lead singer and the move away from harsher vocals to a more melodic style, while still embracing their adventurous edge, TesseracT’s troubles seem far in the rearview mirror, with only greater musical acclaim laying ahead and are a live act worth seeing in person. “
Also on the bill: Intronaut and Cloudkicker.
Tour dates:
04/19/14 Calgary, AB Republik Nightclub
04/22/14 Billings, MT The Railyard
04/23/14 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
04/24/14 Merriam, KS Aftershock Bar & Grill
04/25/14 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theatre
04/26/14 Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom
04/27/14 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance Theatre
04/28/14 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
04/29/14 Philadelphia, PA The Barbary
04/30/14 New York, NY Irving Plaza
I Break Horses
I was meant to have seen I Break Horses, a Swedish duo (Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck) a few years ago… however due to various reasons, the tour was cancelled.
The good news is that I Break Horses will be back in Minneapolis this Saturday, April 26th, at The Triple Rock Social Club. The band will likely play tracks from their new second album Chiaroscuro, out now.
Tour dates:
04/19/14 Allston, MA Great Scott
04/21/14 Montreal, QC Il Motore
04/22/14 Toronto, ON Drake Hotel / Underground
04/24/14 Pontiac, MI Pike Room
04/25/14 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
04/26/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
04/29/14 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
04/30/14 Portland, OR Holocene
05/02/14 San Francisco, CA The Independent
05/03/14 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater
08/15/14 London Jabberwocky