Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from September 6 to September 7, 2018.

BUFFALO TOM
Varsity Theater
Fri 09/07/2018 (7pm/$25)
varsitytheater.com

Boston’s Buffalo Tom is currently wrapping up their tour, they’ll be ending at Chicago’s Metro the next night. The group form in the late ‘80s, rose to fame in the early ‘90s with Let Me Come Over and Big Red Letter Day, which I discovered them through college radio.

Eventually saw the band (with Grant Hart, rest in peace) when they were on tour for their compilation record Asides from Buffalo Tom in February 2000. You can tell it was cold, even guitarist and singer Bill Janovitz was wearing hat and coat indoors…

Buffalo Tom’s new album is Quiet and Peace (Banquet Records), their first album in seven years. The trio will stop by the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown on Friday, September 7th.

Note: There is no opening band, because the band will play a double set, with Let Me Come Over set (“and yes, we know LMCO 25 was last year”) and a “new and old stuff” set.

Tour dates:

09/07/2018
Varsity Theater
Minneapolis, MN
09/08/2018
Metro / Smart Bar
Chicago, IL
11/29/2018
Buffalo Tom
Bi Nuu
Berlin, Germany

Other shows in the area:

NEKO CASE
+ Thao Nguyen
Palace Theatre
Thu 09/06/2018 (6:30pm/$35)
palacestpaul.com

Neko Case’s first album in five years, Hell-On will be available on Anti- Records. Joining her on this tour is Thao Nguyen (of Thao & the Get Down Stay Down).

Tour dates:

09/05/2018
Pabst Theater
Milwaukee, WI

09/06/2018
Palace Theatre
St. Paul, MN

09/07/2018
Hoyt Sherman Place
Des Moines, IA

09/08/2018
Bourbon Theatre
Lincoln, NE

09/09/2018
Cain’s Ballroom
Tulsa, OK

09/11/2018
The Civic Theatre
New Orleans, LA

09/12/2018
Iron City
Birmingham, AL

DAVE ALVIN /JIMMIE DALE GILMORE
+ Jon Langford
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant
Thu 09/06/2018 (7pm/$50)
dakotacooks.com

From different worlds, Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, have teamed up to record an album.
Alvin is the singer/songwriter from the Blasters and Gilmore is from Texas hippie-country band Flatlanders.

The two will be stopping by the Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant on Thursday, September 6th. The two longtime friends (with backup band The Guilty Ones) will be playing from their critically acclaimed album, Downey To Lubbock.

Jon Langford to open.

Tour dates:

Sep 1 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads
Sep 2 – Omaha, NE – Sunday Roadhouse
Sep 6 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota
Sep 8 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk
Sept 9 — Berwyn, IL — Fitzgeralds
Sep 11 – Cincinnati, OH. Southgate House
Sep 12 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
Sep 14 – Toronto, ON – Great Hall
Sep 15 — Ottawa, ON — City Folk Festival
Sep 16 – Rochester, NY/ON – JCC Hart Theater
Sep 22 — Solvang, CA — Ya Ya Festival
Sep 25 – Salt Lake City, UT – State Room

RISE AGAINST
+ AFI, Anti-Flag
Armory
Thu 09/06/2018 (5:30pm/$34)
armorymn.com

In celebration of The Ghost Note Symphonies, Vol. 1 (Virgin Records),
Rise Against will be headlining a 2018 tour with my brother’s favorite AFI and Anti-Flag. Should be a real banger, as the kids would say it, at the Armory on Thursday.

Tour dates:

NEEDTOBREATHE
+ Johnnyswim, Forest Blakk
Armory
Fri 09/07/2018 (5:30pm/$42)
armorymn.com

Once again, at the Armory, South Carolina rock band
Needtobreathe will be headlining in support of their collection of songs, Forever On Your Side (Niles City Sound Sessions). Johnnyswim and Forest Blakk
to open.

Forever On Your Side Tour 2018:

09/04 – PNC Pavilion, Cincinnati, Ohio
09/05 – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, Cleveland, Ohio
09/07 – The Armory, Minneapolis, Minn.
09/08 – Huntington Bank Pavilion , Chicago, Ill.
09/09 – Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, Mo.
09/10 – Pinewood Bowl Amphitheater, Lincoln, Neb.
09/12 – Red Rocks, Morrison, Colo.
09/14 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Ore.
09/15 – WaMu Theater, Seattle, Wash.
09/16 – Abbotsford Entertainment , Abbotsford, BC
09/18 – The Fox, Oakland, Calif.
09/19 – Vina Robles Amph, Paso Robles, Calif.
09/21 – Cal Coast Credit Union, San Diego, Calif.

09/22 – Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, Calif.

DAWES
Palace Theatre
Fri 09/07/2018 (7pm/$39.50)
palacestpaul.com

Popular group Dawes will be headlining the Palace Theatre in St Paul on Friday, September 7th, in support of their album Passwords (HUB Records).

Tour dates:

09/7 /// St. Paul, MN /// Palace Theatre
09/8 /// Maquoketa, IA /// Codfish Hollow
09/9 /// Kalamazoo, MI /// State Theatre
09/11 /// Indianapolis, IN /// The Vogue
09/12 /// Pittsburgh, PA /// Stage AE
09/14 /// Portland, ME /// State Theatre
09/15 /// Fredericton, NB, Canada /// Harvest Jazz
09/16 /// Canton, MA /// Festival on the Farm
09/18 /// New Haven, CT /// College Street Music Hall
09/19 /// Red Bank, NJ /// Count Basie Theatre
09/20 /// Cary, NC /// Koka Booth Amphitheatre
09/22 /// Franklin, TN /// Pilgrimage Festival
09/23 /// Atlanta, GA /// Tabernacle

ROLLING BLACKOUTS C.F.
Turf Club
Fri 09/07/2018 (8pm/$16)
turfclub.net

Australia’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever is back in town, this time at the Turf Club on Friday, September 7th. The group was previously in town in April 2018, promoting their album
Hope Downs (Sub Pop).

Tour dates:

09/1 – Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot
09/3 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
09/5 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
09/7 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
09/8 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
09/10 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
09/11 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
09/12 – Montreal, QC @ Le Ministère
09/13 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
09/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
09/15 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
09/17 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat