Minneapolis Music Guide: May 4 – May 10, 2014
SUNDAY, MAY 4SKYWAY THEATER
Paganfest V
Paganfest V is here in North America. If you’re into folk/pagan metal, this is the perfect tour for you. The genre is actually popular enough to warrant a straight to DVD documentary (which spotlight some bands in this very specific genre).
Lineup for Paganfest V includes:
Korpiklaani,
Turisas,
Chthonic,
Varg, and
Winterhymn.
The main headliner is Korpiklaani, a six-piece folk metal band from Finland, formerly known as Shaman.
Tour dates:
05/02/14 – Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa
05/03/14 – Joliet, IL @ Mojoe’s
05/04/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theater
05/05/14 – Winnipeg, MB @ Zoo Cabaret
05/07/14 – Calgary, AB @ The Republik
05/08/14 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
05/09/14 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
05/10/14 – Portland, OR @ Toxic Lounge
05/11/14 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
05/12/14 – Ramona, CA @ Ramona Mainstage
05/13/14 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
05/15/14 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
05/16/14 – Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room
05/17/14 – Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s
05/18/14 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
TUESDAY, MAY 6ROY WILKINS AUDITORIUM
Queens Of The Stone Age w/ Chelsea Wolfe
W♥M’s Emily has been a massive Queens of the Stone Age for a long time, thanks to their collaboration with Mark Lanegan. I don’t know if Lanegan is currently on tour with the California band, but they are popular enough to book the Roy Wilkins Auditorium, which is much, much larger than Minneapolis’ First Avenue.
Queens are currently on tour for their sixth studio album …Like Clockwork, out now on Matador Records.
Opening up for Queens will be Chelsea Wolfe, she’s currently enjoying touring with Queens of the Stone Age and, later on, with Eels. Wolfe’s latest album is Pain is Beauty, out now on Sargent House.
Tour dates:
05/06/14 Saint Paul, MN The Roy Wilkins Auditorium
05/07/14 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre
05/09/14 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
05/10/14 Pointfest
05/11/14 LAZERfest
05/13/14 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
05/14/14 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater
05/16/14 Hangout Beach, Music & Arts Fest.
05/25/14 Sasquatch! Music Festival
05/29/14 Primavera Sound
05/30/14 Rock In Rio
06/01/14 Montpellier, France Le Zenith Sud
06/02/14 Rock In Idro
06/03/14 Rock In Roma
06/05/14 Caribana Festival
06/06/14 Rock am Ring
06/07/14 Rock Im Park
06/09/14 Ljubljana, Slovenia Krizanke Auditorium
06/11/14 Novi Sad, Montenegro Petrovaradinska
06/13/14 Orange Warsaw Festival
06/15/14 Northside Festival
07/05/14 Oshawa, ON General Motors Centre
07/06/14 London, ON Budweiser Gardens
07/08/14 RBC Bluesfest
07/09/14 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
07/10/14 Festival D’ete de Quebec
07/12/14 Bangor, ME Cross Insurance Center
07/13/14 Albany, NY Palace Theatre
07/16/14 Port Chester, NY The Capitol Theatre
07/20/14 Philadelphia, PA Skyline Stage
08/06/14 Oya Festival
08/09/14 Zofingen, Switzerland Heitere Platz
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7CEDAR CULTURAL CENTER
William Fitzsimmons w/ Ben Sollee
Singer/songwriter William Fitzsimmons is currently out on tour in support of his recently released LP Lions (out now on Nettwerk Records). Ben Sollee is listed as opener.
Tour dates:
05/04/14 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
05/06/14 Iowa City, IA The Englert Theatre
05/07/14 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
05/08/14 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
05/10/14 Denver, CO Daniels Hall
05/11/14 Boulder, CO Etown Hall
05/13/14 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room
05/15/14 Seattle, WA The Triple Door
05/16/14 Bellingham, WA Wild Buffalo
05/17/14 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
05/18/14 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
05/19/14 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
05/21/14 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s Night Club
05/22/14 San Francisco, CA The Independent
05/23/14 Los Angeles, CA Largo
05/24/14 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
05/25/14 Pomona, CA Glass House
05/27/14 Las Vegas, NV Vinyl @ Hard Rock Hotel
05/28/14 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
05/30/14 Dallas, TX Kessler Theater
05/31/14 Austin, TX Parish
06/01/14 Houston, TX Eleanor Tinsley Park
06/05/14 St. Louis, MO Gramophone
06/06/14 Chicago, IL Old Town School
06/07/14 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
06/08/14 Toronto, ON Virgin Mobile Mod Club
06/09/14 Buffalo, NY Buffalo Iron Works
06/11/14 Quebec City, QC Le Cercle
06/12/14 Montreal, QC Cafe Campus
06/13/14 Burlington, VT Signal Kitchen
06/14/14 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
06/15/14 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
FIRST AVENUE
Mastodon w/ Gojira + Kvelertak
Heavy metal band Mastodon will be playing an all-ages show at First Avenue on Wednesday.
The Atlanta-based band are currently on tour in support of their latest album Once More Round the Sun which is coming out later this year on Warner Brothers.
Opening up will be France’s Gojira and Norway’s Kvelertak.
Tour dates:
05/02/14 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
05/03/14 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
05/04/14 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
05/05/14 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
05/07/14 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
05/08/14 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
05/09/14 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
05/10/14 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
05/12/14 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
05/13/14 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
05/15/14 New York, NY Terminal 5
05/16/14 Worcester, MA The Palladium
05/17/14 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
05/18/14 Rock On The Range
05/28/14 Sonisphere Festival (Finland)
06/01/14 Sonisphere Festival (Norway)
06/04/14 Sonisphere Festival (Germany)
06/06/14 Rock am Ring
06/07/14 Rock Im Park
06/09/14 Pinkpop Festival
06/28/14 Graspop Metal Meeting
07/03/14 Main Square Festival
07/06/14 Sonisphere Festival
09/06/14 Hopscotch Music Festival
TURF CLUB
Jessica Lea Mayfield w/ Dylan LeBlanc
We caught Jessica Lea Mayfield at SXSW where Dan reports that she’s “gone into a heavy metal phase”. Should be interesting to check her show out this Thursday at the Turf Club, chances are she’ll play tracks from her latest ATO Records album Make My Head Sing.
Tour dates:
May 2 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
May 3 Atlanta, GA The Earl
May 5 Louisville, KY Zanzabar
May 6 St. Louis, MO Firebird
May 8 St Paul, MN Turf Club
May 9 Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle
May 10 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
June 10 Rockford, IL Anderson Gardens
June 12 Denver, CO Hi Dive
June 13 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
June 14 Boise, ID Neurolux
June 16 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
June 17 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
June 19 San Francisco, CA The Independent
June 20 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy Theatre
June 21 San Diego, CA The Casbah
June 22 Scottsdale, AZ The Western
June 24 Austin, TX Stubb’s BBQ: Indoors
June 25 Dallas, TX Club Dada
June 26 Little Rock, AR White Water Tavern
June 27 Columbia, MO Mojo’s
June 28 Indianapolis, IN Do317 Lounge
7TH STREET ENTRY
Jessy Lanza w/ Teen
Ontario-based Jessy Lanza is currently headlining some tour dates in support of Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub). Opening up for her will be Teen, who we previously saw in 2012.
Jessy Lanza 2014 North American Tour Dates:
05.02.14 – Great Scott – Boston, MA *
05.03.14 – North Star Bar – Philadelphia, PA *
05.04.14 – Santos Party House – New York, NY *
05.05.14 – Black Cat Backstage – Washington, DC *
05.07.14 – Double Happiness – Columbus, OH
05.08.14 – Schubas Tavern – Chicago, IL
05.09.14 – 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
05.11.14 – West End Cultural – Winnipeg, MB
05.12.14 – Vangelis Tavern – Saskatoon, SK
05.14.14 – Wunderbar – Edmonton, AB
05.15.14 – Saits the Gateway – Calgary
05.17.14 – The Media Club – Vancouver, BC
05.18.14 – Barboza – Seattle, WA #
05.19.14 – Holocene – Portland, OR #
05.21.14 – Bottom of The Hill – San Francisco, CA #
05.22.14 – Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA # @
05.23.14 – The Garrison – Toronto, ON
06.07.14 – Field Day
06.08.14 – Parklife Weekender
06.20.14 – Best Kept Secret Festival
* with Ricky Eat Acid
# with Saint Pepsi
@ with XXYYXX
SATURDAY, MAY 10FINE LINE MUSIC CAFE
The Both w/ Nick Diamonds (of Islands)
You know, I forgotten The Both (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) was playing at the Fine Line Music Café this night, so I said I would see Priscilla Ahn at Cedar Cultural Center… since I cannot do “the both”, I have to fulfill my original commitment to only cover Aimee Mann and Ted Leo. Apologies to Ahn.
The Both will likely play tracks from their debut album, out now on SuperEgo Records.
Tour dates:
05/02/14 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
05/03/14 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
05/05/14 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
05/06/14 Cleveland, OH Beachland
05/07/14 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
05/09/14 Chicago, IL Metro
05/10/14 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line
06/13/14 Pomona, CA The Glass House
06/14/14 Los Angeles, CA The El Ray
06/15/14 Solana Beach, CA Fine Line
07/12/14 Winnipeg Folk Festival
08/09/14 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
08/16/14 Maha Music Festival