The bands we typically cover are all in Austin, Texas, for SXSW 2015 this week. If you’re not in Austin, check out these shows in Minneapolis/St Paul on March 19 to March 21, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

BASIC
at Loring Pasta Bar
Thursday 03/19/15, 10pm ($5)
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Monthly Minneapolis dance party Basic‘s March show will feature Max Malanaphy, of The Max Collective, at the Loring Pasta Bar. Max is currently on RuPaul‘s Drag Race. Please note time (10pm) and age restriction (21+).

Additional details:

BASIC goes GAGA/Ke$ha featuring MAX from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7

GAGA.
KE$HA
MAX

Snap out of that BAD ROMANCE and get ready to go GAGA.

You’re going down, you’re yelling TIMBER.

Can it get even more BASIC?

Max Malanaphy will perform throughout the night. Max, founder of The Max Collective is currently a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race. WE promise you that MAX is not BASIC.

“Malanaphy’s polished drag look is equal parts vintage glamour and haute-couture goth, set off with a silver wig and blood-red lipstick.”- Vita.mn

Watch her video: https://vimeo.com/121111009

DJ FANCY RESTAURANT is playing Gaga and Ke$ha hits and misses all night, along with current favorites.

BASIC has a ton of surprises, so look out. This party can get crazy.

21+, $5 Cover

CURSIVE
at Triple Rock Social Club
Friday 03/20/15, 8pm ($15)
triplerocksocialclub.com

The last time I saw Cursive at the 400 Bar in 2012, they were promoting their seventh album I Am Gemini (Saddle Creek Records), and I said that singer Tim Kasher sounded fantastic.

Cursive is back in Minneapolis at the Triple Rock Social Club on March 20th to promote their re-issue of The Ugly Organ, remastered for the first time on a 2-LP set.

The Ugly Organ 2015 Tour:

03/10/15 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom

03/11/15 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom

03/12/15 Brooklyn, NY Saint Vitus

03/13/15 Amityville, NY Revolution Bar

03/14/15 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair

03/15/15 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place

03/16/15 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop

03/17/15 Ferndale, MI The Loving Touch

03/18/15 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall

03/19/15 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon

03/20/15 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock

03/21/15 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room

03/22/15 Lincoln, NE Vega

MAGIC MAN
at 7th Street Entry
Saturday 03/21/15, 7pm ($15 / Sold Out)
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A few years ago, Justina caught Magic Man at CMJ 2013, she really liked them, writing, ” Perhaps the band’s approachability is why people in the crowd danced without inhibitions, doing more than just the usual head bob.”

With their first-ever North American headling tour hitting Minneapolis next Saturday at 7th Street Entry, I knew I had to check out this sold out show. Check back with us on Sunday to read the report.

Opening up the show will be Brooklyn’s Great Good Fine OK and Milwaukee’s Vinyl Theatre.

Magic Man’s tour dates:

10-Mar (Tue) Boston, MA Royale
12-Mar (Thu) Washington, DC The Black Cat
14-Mar (Sat) Brooklyn, NY Music Hall
15-Mar (Sun) New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
16-Mar (Mon) Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
18-Mar (Wed) Indianapolis, IN Deluxe
19-Mar (Thu) Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
20-Mar (Fri) Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
21-Mar (Sat) Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
23-Mar (Mon) Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
25-Mar (Wed) Los Angeles, CA El Rey
26-Mar (Thu) San Francisco, CA Slim’s
29-Mar (Sun) Dallas, TX House of Blues
30-Mar (Mon) Houston, TX House of Blues
31-Mar (Tue) Austin, TX The Parish
2-Apr (Thu) Nashville, TN The High Watt
3-Apr (Fri) Chapel Hill, NC Local 506