Parquet Courts at First Avenue, Minneapolis (10 Mar 2022)
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New York’s Parquet Courts headlined First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on March 10, touring in support of Sympathy For Life (Rough Trade Records).
Opening the show with a brief 30-min set was local country, Americana group Pit Stop.
One of the songs they played was called “Good at Being Alone”, which singer and guitarist Sarah Mevissen said that she cried when songwriter, singer, guitarist Jake Balistrieri first sent her the song.
We caught Mdou Moctar earlier in Sep 2021 and said, “It’s the third time that Mdou Moctar had stopped in Minneapolis. The singer mentioned on stage that he loves Prince and is always honored to come back. While talking about his influences, he also mentioned the next song is a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, which you can hear some similar notes from “Purple Haze” in the song. If all this sounds familiar, that’s because Mdou Moctar star in the musical Rain the Color of Blue with A Little Red In It film, which homages Prince’s Purple Rain and Jimi Hendrix.”
Of course, the Niger band loves coming back to Minneapolis. They played a solid set of mostly instrumental songs from Afrique Victime.
The audience were all on board, clapping and hand-waving at all the songs. If the audience weren’t fans of the group before, they became fans after seeing this show.
New York’s Parquet Courts closed out the show to a dimmly lit stage.
We first saw the punk band in June 2013 at the Triple Rock Social Club, and described it as, “Out of Brooklyn, New York, headliner Parquet Courts, came on at midnight. The Tripe Rock was mobbed by this time. The audience was squeezed together to get close to this old school punk band. So awesome! Lead singer and guitarist, Andrew Savage, commented on the storm they just drove through to get to the Triple Rock, and was afraid that he had been blown into Oz after entering Minneapolis, so surreal it was to the band.”
As you can see from the setlist, they played a few songs from their latest album, including the title track.
Parquet Courts’ Sympathy For Life is out now on Rough Trade Records.
Opening the show with a brief 30-min set was local country, Americana group Pit Stop.
One of the songs they played was called “Good at Being Alone”, which singer and guitarist Sarah Mevissen said that she cried when songwriter, singer, guitarist Jake Balistrieri first sent her the song.
We caught Mdou Moctar earlier in Sep 2021 and said, “It’s the third time that Mdou Moctar had stopped in Minneapolis. The singer mentioned on stage that he loves Prince and is always honored to come back. While talking about his influences, he also mentioned the next song is a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, which you can hear some similar notes from “Purple Haze” in the song. If all this sounds familiar, that’s because Mdou Moctar star in the musical Rain the Color of Blue with A Little Red In It film, which homages Prince’s Purple Rain and Jimi Hendrix.”
Of course, the Niger band loves coming back to Minneapolis. They played a solid set of mostly instrumental songs from Afrique Victime.
The audience were all on board, clapping and hand-waving at all the songs. If the audience weren’t fans of the group before, they became fans after seeing this show.
New York’s Parquet Courts closed out the show to a dimmly lit stage.
We first saw the punk band in June 2013 at the Triple Rock Social Club, and described it as, “Out of Brooklyn, New York, headliner Parquet Courts, came on at midnight. The Tripe Rock was mobbed by this time. The audience was squeezed together to get close to this old school punk band. So awesome! Lead singer and guitarist, Andrew Savage, commented on the storm they just drove through to get to the Triple Rock, and was afraid that he had been blown into Oz after entering Minneapolis, so surreal it was to the band.”
As you can see from the setlist, they played a few songs from their latest album, including the title track.
Parquet Courts’ Sympathy For Life is out now on Rough Trade Records.
Remaining tour dates
Mar. 15 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre *
Mar. 16 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre *
March 17 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre *
March 18 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre *
March 31 – Boston, MA @ Royale #
April 1 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel $
April 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel #
April 4 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #
April 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore %
April 20 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
April 22 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
April 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
April 25 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
April 27 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
April 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Theatre
April 29 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
April 30 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
May 21 – Paris, FR @ La Trianon
May 22 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix
May 24 – Cologne, DE @ Stollwerck
May 25 – Berlin, DE @ Heimathafen Neukölln
May 27 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich
May 28 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
May 30 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
May 31 – Lille, FR @ Le Grand Mix
June 1 – Lyon, FR @ Epicerie Moderne
June 3 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
June 8 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk
June 9 – London, UK @ Brixton O2 Academy
June 11 – Dublin, IE @ Helix
June 12 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
June 13 – Leeds, UK @ Stylus
June 15 – Glasgow, UK @ The Barrowland Ballroom
June 16 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute
Mar. 16 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre *
March 17 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre *
March 18 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre *
March 31 – Boston, MA @ Royale #
April 1 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel $
April 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel #
April 4 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #
April 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore %
April 20 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
April 22 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
April 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
April 25 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
April 27 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
April 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Theatre
April 29 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
April 30 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
May 21 – Paris, FR @ La Trianon
May 22 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix
May 24 – Cologne, DE @ Stollwerck
May 25 – Berlin, DE @ Heimathafen Neukölln
May 27 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich
May 28 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
May 30 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
May 31 – Lille, FR @ Le Grand Mix
June 1 – Lyon, FR @ Epicerie Moderne
June 3 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
June 8 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk
June 9 – London, UK @ Brixton O2 Academy
June 11 – Dublin, IE @ Helix
June 12 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
June 13 – Leeds, UK @ Stylus
June 15 – Glasgow, UK @ The Barrowland Ballroom
June 16 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute
^ w/ P.E.
! w/ Public Practice
* w/ Mdou Moctar
# w/ Hailu Mergia
% w/ Sun Ra Arkestra
$ w/ Yu Su
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