Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area for May 5 to May 7, 2015.



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Wolf Alice

London-based four-piece Wolf Alice will release their debut album My Love Is Cool on June 23rd via Dirty Hit / RCA Records. They actually did not include the cover artwork, but they did preview a track
Made Violent

Song of the Show: Made Violent’s “Wasted Days”
BONUS: Musicless “Dancing in the Street” and Ed Sheeran.


WOLF ALICE w/ Made Violent

at Turf Club

Tuesday 05/05/15, 7:30pm ($12)


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We’re pretty excited to see that London’s Wolf Alice will finally be in St Paul, Minnesota, this Tuesday, May 5th. The band (singer Ellie Rowsell, guitarist Joff, drummer Joel, and bassist Theo) is out supporting their debut album My Love Is Cool (to be released on June 23rd via Dirty Hit/RCA Records.)



Set to open the show is SXSW’s picks/favorites Made Violent. The trio (Joseph White, Justin Acee, and Rob Romano) is promoting their self-titled EP, available now.



Wolf Alice tour dates:


04/28/15 Boston, MA @ Great Scott

05/01/15 Columbus, OH @ Basement

05/03/15 St. Louis, MO @ The Demo

05/05/15 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club

05/06/15 Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar

05/07/15 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge

05/08/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ X96 Big Ass Show

05/11/15 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios

05/12/15 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Café

05/14/15 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent

05/16/15 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

05/18/15 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy

05/19/15 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar

05/22/15 Austin, TX @ Holy Mountain

05/23/15 Dallas, TX @ Dada

06/12/15 Warsaw, Poland @ Orange Festival

06/13/15 Aarhus, Denmark @ Northside Festival

06/18/15 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge

06/21/15 Best Kept Secret Festival

06/26/15 Glastonbury Festival

07/4/15 Calling Festival

07/12/15 T in the Park

07/18/15 Latitude Festival

07/19/15 Longitude Festival

07/26/15 Splendour In The Grass

08/2/15 Radio 104.5 Summer Block Series

08/15/15 Summer Sonic

08/26/15 Openair Festival

08/28/15 Rock En Seine

08/28/15 – 08/30/15 Reading & Leeds Festival, UK

09/12/15 Berlin, Germany @ Lollapalooza






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Lady Lamb the Beekeeper

Opening for Typhoon were the new-wave sounding Wild Ones and, to my delight, the also-quite-amazing Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (the musical alias of Aly Spaltro). Looking a bit like the Olsen
Luke Rathborne

I read that Luke Rathborne’s debut album, After Dark, was released sometime in 2007, but I couldn’t find anything about the product, under music, on his website. I guess what’s important to him right now


LADY LAMB THE BEEKEEPER

at 7th Street Entry

Tuesday 05/05/15, 7:30pm ($11)


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We last saw Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (aka Aly Spaltro) in Chicago in April 2014, which Angela described her as “looking a bit like the Olsen twins’ hip indie cousin.”



Spaltro is touring in support of her latest After, out now on Mom+Pops.



Luke Rathborne will open the show.
I wrote about his debut double EPs Dog Years and I Can Be One in 2011, describing it as “little stories” and “descriptive lyrics”.



Tour dates:


04/28/15 Vancouver, BC Electric Owl

04/29/15 Seattle, WA Barboza

04/30/15 Boise, ID Neurolux

05/01/15 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court

05/02/15 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge

05/04/15 Omaha, NE Slowdown

05/05/15 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry

05/06/15 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern

05/08/15 Ferndale, MI The Loving Touch

05/09/15 Toronto, ON The Garrison

05/11/15 Montreal, QC Divan Orange

05/12/15 Hamden, CT The Space

05/13/15 Portsmouth, NH Press Room

05/16/15 Belfast, ME American Legion

06/05/15 Boston, MA House Of Blues

08/23/15 Musicfest NW






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The Wombats

The difficult sophomore album from the Wombats is done. It’s called This Modern Glitch and it’s being released on April 26th via Bright Antenna/ILG/Warners records.


THE WOMBATS

at Varsity Theater

Wednesday 05/06/15, 6:30pm ($18)


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We’ve been writing about Liverpool’s The Wombats since their third single, “Backfire at the Disco” in 2007. So, yes, we have a soft spot for these guys, as their music and lyrics have demonstrated: they are really fun guys.



The good news is that with their third album Glitterbug just recently released (April 13, 2015), the band is back in the USA on tour. They are stopping by the Varsity Theater on May 6th.



Tour dates:


04/28/15 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club

04/30/15 Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club

05/01/15 Albany, NY @ The Hollow Bar

05/02/15 Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall

05/04/15 Columbus, OH @ The A7R Music Bar

05/05/15 Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe at Old National

05/06/15 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater

05/08/15 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre

05/09/15 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater

05/12/15 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre

05/13/15 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

05/15/15 Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room

05/16/15 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

05/18/15 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

05/19/15 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile






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The Waterboys

It was more than appropriate to see a whole and full moon in the Autumn sky driving into St. Paul Saturday night for a sold-out performance by Irish rockers, The Waterboys.


THE WATERBOYS

at First Avenue

Thursday 05/07/15, 7pm ($30)


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UK/Ireland’s The Waterboys will be back in the Minneapolis are next Thursday, May 7th, in support of their latest album Modern Blues.



Texas/California’s The BlueBonnets all girl blues rock band will open the show.



The Waterboys’ USA tour dates:


04/28/15 Boston, MA The Wilbur

04/29/15 Boston, MA The Wilbur

05/01/15 Montreal, QC Virgin Mobile

05/02/15 Toronto, ON Winter Garden Theatre

05/03/15 Ottawa, ON Bronson Centre

05/05/15 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom

05/06/15 Chicago, IL House Of Blues

05/07/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue

05/13/15 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda

05/15/15 San Diego, CA Humphrey’s Concerts

05/16/15 Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theater

05/17/15 Sacramento, CA Ace Of Spades

05/18/15 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

05/20/15 Victoria, BC University Of Victoria

05/21/15 Seattle, WA The Showbox

05/22/15 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater

05/24/15 Arvada, CO Arvada Center




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