On An On at Icehouse, Minneapolis (25 July 2015)
Tour Dates
08/21 – Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge
08/22 – Kansas City, MO – The Riot Room
08/24 – Little Rock, AR – Stickyz
08/25 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
08/26 – Austin, TX – Holy Mountain
08/28 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
08/29 – Tucson, AZ – Flycatcher
08/30 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
09/01 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
09/03 – San Francisco, CA – Popscene
09/04 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
09/05 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Music
09/06 – Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt
09/08 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
09/09 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
09/11 – St. Louis, MO – Firebird
09/12 – Nashville, TN – The High Watt
09/13 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5
09/15 – Washington, DC – DC9
09/16 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
09/17 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
09/18 – Philadelphia, PA – Milkboy
09/19 – Hamden, CT – College St Music Hall*
09/20 – Allston, MA – Great Scott
09/22 – Toronto, ON – The Drake
09/23 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
09/25 – St Paul, MN – Turf Club
* with Dan Deacon
I believe the reason why Icehouse’s shows takes place so late in the evening, is because the Icehouse is normally a restaurant during normal business hours. By the time 11pm rolled around, it was pretty packed at the small dance floor in front of the stage. That is great, as it tells me that On An On has very a strong local fanbase.
Opening up was Dem Yuut, a group of four DJs (Jeremy, Don, Danny, and Jef) mixing pre-recorded music, anything from hip hop to rock to reggae, live on center stage. The DJs came and went in 15 minutes blocks, and apparently Zoo Animal‘s Holly Hansen was a big fan.
On An On came on stage slightly after midnight and played for about an hour, ending just a little after 1am.
As expected with the album release for And The Wave Has Two Sides, they played some new tracks for us, including starting song “Behind the Gun”, followed by “Icon Love”.
Right before playing another new song “Alright Alright”, they told us that they were having such a fun time preparing and practicing the new songs for the album release show.
Of course, they also did some old songs, like “The Hunter” and the set closer (and fan favorite) “Ghosts” from their debut album Give In.
Obviously we’re big fans here, having seen/covered their previous shows in support of Give In, locally and at Los Angeles and Brighton:
Did you missed this preview show? Don’t worry, you’ll have another chance when they end their tour at The Turf Club in St Paul on September 25th, with touring support from Eliot Sumner.
