Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from November 9 to November 10, 2015.

THE POLYPHONIC SPREE
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Monday, 11/09/2015, 7pm ($20)
finelinemusic.com

The Polyphonic Spree is one of the best live bands we’ve ever seen. The Dallas-based band is currently on their 15th Anniversary Tour.

We’re not entirely sure how they can fit the 14+ band members on the small Fine Line Music Cafe stage… but it’ll be fun to watch.

Local Adam Levy to open.

Tour dates:

11/05/15 Cleveland, OH Music Box

11/06/15 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s

11/07/15 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall

11/08/15 Chicago, IL City Winery

11/09/15 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line

11/12/15 Missoula, MT Top Hat

11/13/15 Spokane, WA Bartlett

11/14/15 Vancouver, BC Venue

11/15/15 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern

11/16/15 Portland, OR Star Theater

11/18/15 Las Vegas, NV Sayers Club

11/19/15 San Francisco, CA Independent

11/20/15 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre

11/21/15 Pomona, CA Glass House

12/12/15 Dallas, TX Majestic Theatre

MATT POND PA
at Turf Club
Tuesday, 11/10/2015, 7:30pm ($13)
turfclub.net

Matt Pond PA will be in town in support of his new album The State Of Gold (Doghouse Records). We actually already mentioned the tour in August 2015, but the show is coming up and we thought we’d mentioned it again.

Although we have mentioned that we didn’t like the “PA” in the name, it does make the band name more distinct… unlike all the common-band names.

Opening up the show will be Laura Stevenson in support of her fourth studio album Cocksure (Don Giovanni). The last time we saw Stevenson, she was still with her band Laura Stevenson and the Cans at the Triple Rock in May 2011.

Also on the bill will be Completions, aka Shawn Alpay. The songwriter/cellist recently released a self-titled debut EP on October 9th… so expect to hear some of those tracks at this show.

Tour dates:

11/6: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
11/7: Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
11/8: Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
11/9: Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
11/10: St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
11/12: Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
11/13: Nashville, TN @ The High Watt
11/14: Akron, OH @ Musica
11/17: Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe
11/18: Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
11/19: Boston, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
11/20: Kingston, NY @ BSP Kingston
11/21: New York, NY @ Webster Hall

HOWARD JONES
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Tuesday, 11/10/2015, 7pm ($40)
finelinemusic.com

“What is love anyway? Does anybody love anybody anyway?”

You know, we’ve already mentioned how much we love Howard Jones. He’ll be stopping by the Fine Line Music Café as part of his “The Songs, The Piano & The Stories'” tour.

No opening band listed, but with over 10 studio albums under his belt, I don’t think the English singer will have trouble playing a double set… why should we mind, why should we mind?

Tour dates:

11/05/15 New York, NY Iridium Jazz Club

11/06/15 I Want My 80’s Concert

11/07/15 New York, NY Iridium Jazz Club

11/09/15 Chicago, IL City Winery Chicago

11/10/15 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe

11/11/15 Toronto, ON Hugh’s Room

11/12/15 Toronto, ON Hugh’s Room

11/13/15 Sugar Loaf, NY Sugar Loaf

11/14/15 Montreal, QC Rosewood Montreal

11/19/15 Niagara Falls, NY Hard Rock Cafe

11/26/15 Stockholm, Sweden Viking Line