Here are shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul on October 25, 2014.

Strangely enough, two cancellations on this Saturday, Fat White Family (the singer tends to strip naked during his performance) and The Horrors. Since both bands are from England, you might think it’s a Visa issue, but as far as I know, Fat White Family is currently in New York… perhaps taking advantage of CMJ all weekend long. Also, Irish band Kodaline has canceled their appearance for Sunday, 10/26, due to a broken arm.

RYOJI IKEDA
at William and Nadine McGuire Theater
Saturday 10/25/14, 8pm
$28: walkerart.org

Check out this rare appearance by Japanese-born/Paris-based sound artist Ryoji Ikeda at the William and Nadine McGuire Theater this Friday (10/24) and Saturday (10/25). If you enjoy experimental noise artists like the Boredoms, or even Sonic Youth, you might want to check out Ikeda.

The upcoming Ikeda’s “Superposition Performance” is about 90-minute performance of part noise and part art: experimental, synchronized video screens, and, for the first time in Ikeda’s work, human performers!

Since the performance contains high decibel levels, I recommend bringing some earplugs, just in case.

Performances:

10/17/14-10/18/14 Metropolitan Museum, NYC
10/24/14-10/25/14 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
10/31/14-11/01/14 Univ. Musical Society, Ann Arbor
11/07/14 Center for the Art of Perfor., Los Angeles
12/02/14 Automne en Normandie, Rouen, FR

BAHAMAS with Weather Station
at Triple Rock Social Club
Saturday 10/25/14, 8pm
$15: triplerocksocialclub.com

Afie Jurvanen’s Bahamas will be back in Minneapolis’ Triple Rock Social Club this Saturday. The last time I saw him in 2012, I noted that he had two women backup singers and that they had this 50s sound to their music.

Bahamas’s latest album is out now on Brushfire Records.

Tour dates:

10/14/14 Portland, OR Doug Fir

10/15/14 Seattle, WA Columbia City Theater

10/16/14 Victoria, BC Alix Goolden

10/17/14 Vancouver Vogue

10/18/14 Kelowna Habitat

10/20/14 Calgary Knox

10/21/14 Edmonton, AB McDougall United

10/22/14 Saskatoon Broadway Theatre

10/23/14 Winnipeg Burton Cummings

10/25/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock

11/05/14 Toronto Danforth

11/06/14 Montreal Metropolis*

11/07/14 Sherbrooke Theatre Grande*

11/08/14 Quebec City Imperial*

11/15/14-11/29/14 European Tour EU

12/04/14 Burlington, VT Higher Ground†

12/05/14 Albany, NY The Hollow†

12/06/14 New York, NY Terminal 5†

01/08/15 St. Catharines, ON Sean O’Sullivan

01/09/15 Peterborough, ON Market Hall

01/10/15 Ottawa, ON Bronson Centre

01/12/15 Kingston, ON Grand Theatre

01/13/15 Barrie, ON Georgian Theatre

01/14/15 Pittsburgh, PA Club Café

01/16/15 Louisville, KY Zanzabar

01/17/15 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge

01/20/15 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s Downstairs

01/21/15 Austin, TX Stubb’s Jr

01/22/15 Dallas, TX Kessler

01/24/15 Omaha, NE Reverb

01/25 /15 Rock Island, IL TBD

01/27/15 Iowa City, IA The Mill

01/28/15 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall

01/29/15 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall

01/30/15 Ann Arbor, ME Ann Arbor Folk Fest

01/31/15 London, ON Aeolian Hall

* with The Barr Brothers
† with Lucius

FLYING LOTUS
at First Avenue
Saturday 10/25/14, 8pm

The first time I saw the name Flying Lotus, I thought of the 70s band The Flying Lizards… you know the British band famous for covering “Money (That’s What I Want)”?

Flying Lotus is the stagename for rapper/music producer Steven Ellison.
Ellison is currently on tour in support of his fifth studio album, You’re Dead!, out now via Warp Records.
Tour dates:

10/09/14 Orlando, FL, The Beacham

10/10/14 Miami, FL, iii Points

10/11/14 Atlanta, GA, The Tabernacle

10/12/14 Chapel Hill, NC, Cat’s Cradle

10/13/14 Washington, DC, Lincoln Theater

10/14/14 Philadelphia, PA, Tower Theater

10/15/14 New York, NY, Terminal 5

10/16/14 New York, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg

10/17/14 Boston, MA, Paradise

10/18/14 Burlington, VT, Higher Ground

10/20/14 Montreal, QC, SAT

10/21/14 Toronto, ON, The Danforth Music Hall

10/23/14 Detroit, MI, Royal Oak Music Theater

10/24/14 Chicago, IL, Concord Music Hall

10/25/14 Minneapolis, MN, First Avenue

11/07/14 London, The Roundhouse

11/09/14 Austin, TX, Fun Fun Fun Fest

11/11/14 Phoenix, AZ, Marquee Theater

11/12/14 Santa Ana, CA, The Observatory

11/13/14 San Diego, CA, North Park Theatre

11/14/14 Los Angeles, CA, Wiltern

11/15/14 Santa Cruz, CA, Catalyst

11/17/14 Portland, OR, Roseland

11/18/14 Seattle, WA, Neptune

11/19/14 Vancouver, BC, Commodore Ballroom

11/21/14 Salt Lake City, UT, The Complex

11/22/14 Denver, CO, Fillmore Auditorium

12/31/14 San Francisco, Sea of Dreams

04/17/15 London, O2 Academy Brixton

POND with Doctopus
at Turf Club
Saturday 10/25/14, 8pm
$12: turfclub.net

The thing about Perth, Australia’s Pond is that three band members is actually in another, more successful Australian band Tame Impala. Although, it would seem that Pond has an ever-rotating band lineup – especially when they play live.

Pond is currently on a USA on tour, surprisingly not in the States for CMJ. The band also recently announced their new album Man It Feels Like Space Again, coming out January 27th, 2015.

The cover artwork is by Ben Montero and the band also noted that for the LP, it will be a die-cut out sleeve showcasing inner sleeve Freakazoid Mural.

Opening up the show will be Doctopus, no relationship the Spider-Man villain, is also from Perth, Australia.

America tour dates:

Oct 21 – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
Oct 23 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
Oct 24 – High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI
Oct 25 – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
Oct 29 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
Oct 30 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
Oct 31 – The Echo – Los Angeles, CA