Minneapolis: November 16 to November 18, 2015
Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from November 16 to November 18, 2015. Marianas Trench, Copeland, Bottle Rockets
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MARIANAS TRENCHat Varsity Theater
Monday, 11/16/2015, 6pm ($25)
varsitytheater.org
Multi-Platinum selling Canadian pop-rockers Marianas Trench is currently on the second leg of their “Hey You Guys!! Tour”. The tour is in support of their latest Astoria, available now on Cherrytree / 604 Records / Interscope.
The Vancouver-based quartet’s front man Josh Ramsay describes Astoria as a loose concept record based around the band’s love of 1980s fantasy and adventure films (obviously their tour poster is a nod to 1985’s The Goonies).
Opening up the show will be the mostly-girl band Secret Someones, in support their self-titled album (Cherrytree Records).
Tour dates:
11/13/15 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
11/14/15 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
11/16/15 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
11/17/15 Green Bay, WI Meyer Theatre
11/18/15 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
11/20/15 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
11/21/15 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
11/22/15 Bethlehem, PA Musikfest Café
11/24/15 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
11/25/15 Montclair, NJ Wllmont Theatre
11/27/15 Clifton Park, NY Upstate Concert Hall
11/28/15 Niagara Falls, NY Rapids Theatre
01/13/16 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
01/15/16 Los Angeles, CA The Troubadour
01/16/16 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
01/17/16 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater
01/19/16 Dallas, TX House of Blues
01/20/16 Houston, TX House of Blues
01/22/16 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
01/23/16 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
01/24/16 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
01/26/16 Charleston, SC Music Farm
01/27/16 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
01/29/16 Huntington, NY The Paramount
01/30/16 Portland, ME Asylum
01/31/16 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
02/02/16 Boston, MA House of Blues
02/04/16 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
02/05/16 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts
02/06/16 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre
02/08/16 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
02/09/16 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
02/10/16 Chicago, IL House of Blues
02/12/16 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
02/13/16 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe
02/14/16 Grand Rapid, MI Orbit Room
COPELANDat Varsity Theater
Tuesday, 11/17/2015, 7pm ($20)
varsitytheater.org
Copeland is headlining the Varsity Theater this coming Tuesday, November 17th. The band must really love the Varsity, as their last MN appearance was in March 2010 and again in April 2009 (prior to that date, they played the defunct Station 4 on Halloween, 31 October 2008). Copeland’s latest album Ixora is available now on Tooth & Nail Records.
Opening will be fellow labelmates Eisley and We Are the City.
The former Jason said was his first music love: “The song is called. I first heard this song [“Sea King” by Eisley] on MTV’s You Hear It First a couple of years ago…. when I first heard a clip of “Sea King”, I was hooked. I immediately stopped what I was doing and turned my attention to the tube and watched the segment on Eisley. I loved the fantasy, other-world sound of it and reminds me of fantasy books.”
We Are the City is a little bit of everything wrapped into one great, catchy band. They are part pop, part prog, part technical and all around amazing. Some of their music has been compared to the early recordings of Coldplay with the piano-drive anthemic rock music. Their sophomore album, Violent, was the score to the film with the same name. They music has texture, positive lyrics and toe-tapping rhythms.
Tour dates:
11/13/15 Pittsburgh, PA The Altar Bar
11/14/15 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot
11/15/15 Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar
11/17/15 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
11/18/15 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
11/20/15 Billings, MT The Pub Station
11/21/15 Missoula, MT Stage 112
11/22/15 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
11/24/15 San Francisco, CA Great American
11/25/15 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
11/27/15 San Diego, CA The Irenic
11/28/15 Pomona, CA The Glass House
11/29/15 Tucson, AZ Club XS
12/01/15 Dallas, TX Trees
12/02/15 Austin, TX The Mohawk
12/03/15 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
12/04/15 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
12/05/15 Atlanta, GA The Loft
12/06/15 Orlando, FL The Social
BOTTLE ROCKETSat Turf Club
Wednesday, 11/18/2015, 7pm ($15)
turfclub.net
In support of their new album South Broadway Athletic Club (Bloodshot Records), St. Louis based Bottle Rockets (not to be confused with Wes Anderson’s film Bottle Rockets) will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul next Wednesday, November 18th.
NPR Music recently announced the album and they wrote, “Since the mid-1990s, Bottle Rockets bard Brian Henneman and his shifting ensemble of compadres (drummer Mark Ortmann is a constant) have been crafting heartland epics within a rock ‘n’ roll framework, that spill beer and stir the heart on impact.”
Guests Molly Maher and Erik Koskinen to open.
Tour dates:
11/13/15 Springfield, MO Patton Alley Pub
11/18/15 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club
11/19/15 Neenah, WI Cranky Pat’s
11/20/15 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
11/21/15 Chicago, IL The Hideout
11/28/15 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway Nightclub
02/06/16 Shore Leave Showdown Southern-Outlaw