Minneapolis: July 7 – July 9, 2015
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STAX COVER BANDat the Turf Club
Tuesday, 07/07/15, 8pm ($6)
Details: turfclub.net
The Stax Cover Band is the new project by Nona Marie (from Dark Dark Dark and Anonymous Choir) with music by The Ventures Cover Band.
If there is one thing I know about Anonymous Choir, it is that they love covering other people’s music… and I guess naturally Marie is in love with old 60’s Stax soul sound.
While most casual music fans may know Motown, few may know about Stax – which is the combination of the two siblings who founded the record company: Stewart and Axton, forming “St-Ax”.
The label’s biggest star at the time was Otis Redding, and for a time was rivalling Motown. By the mid-70s, the label was went out of business.
Opening up at this 21+ show will be Magnetic Ghost, also known as Andy Larson of Whitesand/Badlands.
TOAD THE WET SPROCKETat Mill City Nights
Wednesday, 07/08/15, 7:30pm ($32)
Details: millcitynights.com
Currently on tour with Smash Mouth, the 90’s alternative/college music band Toad the Wet Sprocket will be doing a number of side shows… including Mill City Nights in Minneapolis on July 8th.
The band also has a new EP Architect of the Ruin, which came out last week, June 16th via Abe’s Records…. but, of course, they’ll be playing all their hit singles, including “All I Want” and “Walk on the Ocean”.
Tour dates:
06/28/15 San Diego, CA Humphrey’s Concerts
06/30/15 Park City, UT Deer Valley Resort Snow
07/01/15 Pueblo, CO Memorial Hall
07/02/15 Arvada, CO Arvada Center
07/04/15 Heritage & Freedom Festival
07/05/15 Summerfest
07/06/15 National Cherry Festival
07/08/15 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
07/09/15 Oshkosh, WI Leach Amphitheater
07/10/15 Aurora, IL RiverEdge Park
07/14/15 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere
07/17/15 Orkney Springs, VA Orkney Springs Hotel
07/18/15 Atlantic City, NJ Golden Nugget
07/23/15 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Botanical Garden
07/25/15 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
07/29/15 New York, NY Irving Plaza
07/31/15 Plymouth, NH Flying Monkey House
LENKAat Cedar Cultural Center
Thursday, 07/09/15, 7pm ($13)
Details: thecedar.org
Australian Lenka will be stopping by Minneapolis’ Cedar Cultural Center on Thursday, July 9th, in support of her fourth album The Bright Side (which came out June 16th via Skipalong Records/Hickory Records/RED Distribution).
Recently, the singer said that due to a family-related emergency, that she will be forced to cut her US tour short, so the following shows are cancelled: Wilmington, Vienna, Chapel Hill and Atlanta. Fortunately, Minneapolis is still on her radar.
British singer/songwriter Nick Howard will be opening the show.
Tour dates:
06/29/15 Austin, TX Stubbs Jr.
06/30/15 Houston, TX House of Blues
07/08/15 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
07/09/15 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
07/10/15 Madison, WI The Frequency
07/11/15 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
07/13/15 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
07/15/15 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
07/16/15 Boston, MA The Sinclair