Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from March 8 to March 11, 2017.

JENS LEKMAN
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Wednesday 03/08/17, 7pm ($20)
finelinemusic.com

Sweden’s Jens Lekman is currently touring the USA in support of his new album Life Will See You Now (Secretly Canadian). Lekman is known for writing songs about heartache, and with the new record, he described it as a “a midlife-crisis disco album; it’s an existentialist record, about seeing the consequences of your choices”.

Maine’s Lisa/Liza (aka singer/songwriter Liza Victoria) to open.

Tour dates:

Mar. 5 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos

Mar. 7 – Fargo, ND @ Aquarium

Mar. 8 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line

Mar. 9 – Chicago, IL @ Metro

Mar. 10 – Columbus, OH @ Wexner Center

Mar. 11 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick

Mar. 13 @ Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall

Mar. 15 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

Mar. 16 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall

Mar. 17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

Mar. 18 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

Mar. 19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Mar. 20 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade

Mar. 28 – Dublin, IE @ Whelans

Mar. 29 – London, UK @ Oval Space

Mar. 30 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club

Mar. 31 – Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall

Apr. 1 – Glasgow, UK @ St. Luke’s Church

Apr. 3 – Stockholm, SE @ Vasateatern

Apr. 4 – Uppsala, SE @ Uppsala Konsert

Apr. 5 – Malmo, SE @ KB

Apr 6 – Copenhagen, DK @ Studie 2

Apr. 7 – Orebro, SE @ Orebro Concert Hall

Apr. 8 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik

Apr. 9 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee

Apr. 10 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik

SAVE FERRIS
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Saturday 03/11/17, 8pm ($20)
finelinemusic.com

Having been absent from the music scene since 2003, I’m happy to report that ska-punk band Save Ferris (named after Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) will be in town this Saturday, March 11th at the Fine Line Music Café.

Save Ferris’ 5-track EP Checkered Past (get it?) is out now.

Umbrella Bed and Baby Baby to open.

Save Ferris Tour Dates:

Feb 10 – Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones
Feb 11 – Las Vegas, NV – Backstage Bar
Feb 12 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up
Feb 14 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Feb 16 – Dallas, TX – Trees
Feb 17 – Austin, TX – Barracuda
Feb 18 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
Feb 20 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
Feb 22 – Orlando, FL – Backbooth
Feb 23 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live
Feb 24 – St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
Feb 25 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Hell)
Feb 26 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
Mar 1 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
Mar 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
Mar 3 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony
Mar 4 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
Mar 5 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Mar 7 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
Mar 8 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theatre
Mar 9 – Ferndale, MI – Loving Touch
Mar 10 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
Mar 11 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
Mar 14 – Denver, CO – Bluebird
Mar 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
Mar 17 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
Mar 18 – Vancouver, BC – Venue
Mar 19 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
Mar 22 – Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Atrium
Mar 23 – San Francisco, CA – Independent
Mar 24 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
Mar 26 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues

Other shows in the area:

03/08/2017 Patti Smith (not to be confused with Patty Smyth) will be performing Horses at Northrop Auditorium. Not to be missed if you love the punk poet.
Smith was last seen in Minnesota at Station to Station in St Paul and we wrote, “Patti Smith’s set ran just short of an hour, almost double her allotted time, but was still too short for most of the enraptured crowd. Though the performance came off as under rehearsed and a tad sloppy, this was precisely the type of experimentation and ‘creative collision’ that the festival itself was based on, and in that regard, was a complete triumph.”
03/08/2017 We The Kings is over at Triple Rock Social Club with Plaid Brixx.
03/09/2017 British metal band Architects will be at the Cabooze this Thursday. Stray From The Path and Make Them Suffer to open.
03/09/2017 Southern California scuzz rockers The Growlers to headline First Avenue.
03/10-03/11/17 Comedian Chris Rock will be laughing it up at the Orpheum Theatre.
03/11/17 Moving Units is headlining the Turf Club in Saint Paul. Their latest album, Collision with Joy Division, is a loving faithful tribute to Joy Division. Viktor Fiction and Soviet to open.
03/11/17 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is touring in support of The Tourist. They’ll be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Saturday.