Minneapolis Music Guide: June 15 – June 21, 2014

SUNDAY, JUNE 15
STATE THEATRE

Call it a good sign of Summer.

The formerly reclusive R&B crooner, Maxwell is back on the road, with his first tour in four years.  He was last seen on the road in 2009, touring for BLACKsummers’night (Columbia Records), the first in what was promised to be a trilogy of albums; the remaining two are yet to be released, though hopefully this is a good sign of more to come.

The Summer Solstice Tour is set for 37 cities through mid-August, with a weekend stop in downtown Minneapolis at the State Theatre.  Fingers are crossed that the smooth songster will be previewing new material from his next release, as well as expect the classics that have had women swooning for the last fifteen years.

The Summer Solstice Tour Dates:

MONDAY, JUNE 16
FIRST AVENUE

Tegan and Sara are back with their “Let’s Make Things Physical Tour.”

The last time we saw the Quin sisters at First Avenue last year, they played practically every song from their latest album Heartthrobs. I’m assuming with this current tour, that the duo will likely dip in to their older catalog for some fan favorite songs.

Speaking of non-physical, digital copies of their Heartthrob Magazine are available now as a free download via iTunes.

Opening up the show will be
Vancouver’s The Courtneys, touring in support of their debut self-titled LP and Brooklyn’s My Midnight Heart (singer and songwriter Angélica Allen).

Let’s Make Things Physical Tour:

06/16 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN ^# 06/17 The Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL ^# 06/18 The Vic Theatre – Chciago, IL ^# 06/19-06/22 Firefly Festival – Dover, DE 06/22 Toad’s Place – New Haven, CT ^# 06/24 Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY ^# 06/26 SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival 06/28 Meijer Gardens Amphitheater^# 07/03 RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest 07/06 Sasquatch – Quincy, WA 09/09 Rogers Arena – Vancouver, BC* 09/10 Rogers Area – Vancouver, BC* 09/12 Moda Center – Portland, OR* 09/13 Tacoma Dome – Tacoma, WA*

09/16 Honda Center – Anaheim, CA* 09/17 Honda Center – Anaheim, CA* 09/19 STAPLES Center – Los Angeles, CA* 09/20 STAPLES Center – Los Angeles, CA* 09/22 SAP Center – San Jose, CA* 09/23 SAP Center – San Jose, CA* 09/25 Jobing.com Arena – Glendale, AZ* 09/26 MGM Grand Garden Arena – Las Vegas, NV* 09/29 EnergySolutions Arena – Salt lake City, UT* 09/30 Pepsi Center – Denver, CO* 10/02 American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX* 10/03 American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX* 10/05 FedEx Forum – Memphis, TN* 10/06 BOK Center – Tulsa, OK* 10/08 New Orleans Arena – New Orleans, LA*

The first time I saw King Khan he was psychedelic, the second time I saw him, he was soulful. This guy is a real talent!

King “The Brown James Brown” Khan is back with The Shrines this Tuesday at the 7th Street Entry.
King Khan & the Shrines will likely be playing tracks from their latest album Idle No More (Merge Records), including for their latest single “Born To Die.”

King Khan & the Shrines on tour:

No doubt on everybody’s list of “Worst Band Name Ever” is Diarrhea Planet, back in Minneapolis. The band recently re-issued two long out-of-print singles via Infinity Cat Recordings. The single was reviewed as “good, or better, than their latest I’m Rich Beyond my Wildest Dreams,” so expect to find the 7″ single at their upcoming show.

Opening up the Minneapolis show are four dudes called Danger Ron & the Spins and Gabe Douglas, normally the guy in charge of the 4onthefloor.

Check out the band on their latest “Dude…. Diarrhea Planet Litterally, Seriously, Literally Cannot Stop Touring Tour”:

The last time Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin) was in Minneapolis, he was part of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music Series show. John described his show as both a visual and audio experience, “forms, shapes and text; both everyday and unknown, rotating, melting, and morphing into others.”

Expect to see some of that on his upcoming Cedar Cultural Center show this Thursday.

In addition to Oneohtrix Point Never’s latest work R Plus Seven, Lopatin released something called Commissions I (for the first time via Warp Records for Record Store Day – April 19, 2014). The new release is part of a collection of various commissions for artwork, performance, and film.

Oneohtrix Point Never tour dates:

We caught The Old 97s earlier this year at SXSW, and also last year at the Fine Line Music Café, in Minneapolis, which Emily described singer Rhett Miller’s vocals as nothing short of “fantastic and passionate.” At that time, last year, we hinted that the band had a new album in the works…. well it’s here and it’s called Most Messed Up, out now on ATO Records.

Old 97s will be here on Friday, headlining the main room at First Avenue.

Tour dates:

SATURDAY, JUNE 21
WALKER ART CENTER

The first day of Rock the Garden show is this Saturday! Join us as we cover the annual event.

John and Vu recently recap the Minnesota Summer Music Festival, and Rock the Garden was high on our list. We discuss De La Soul, Lizzo (who was the final artist to be confirmed for the show) and, of course, Spoon.

Rock the Garden 2014 Schedule: