Minneapolis: June 18 to June 22

Transmission

with DJ Jake Rudh

at First Avenue

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Normally we see DJ Jake Rudh playing music (or music videos) before British bands (like Peter Hook or Slowdive).

Transmission (21 Mar 2015)

The last time we attended a Transmission show was at an anniversary show at First Avenue in Mar 2015, featuring Andy Rourke from The Smiths. We were impressed at the huge turnout: “Turnout to this Saturday event was very, very good, with the main dance floor generally full, as you can see from the photos. Everyone we ran into were generally smiling, drinking, being social, and having a good time.”



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Soul of the Southside Juneteenth Festival


at Hook & Ladder

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The special Soul of the Southside Juneteenth Festival will take place on Sunday, June 19th, to celebrate Juneteenth and the grand opening for The Legacy Building. The free day-event and opened to the public.



The event will feature live music, speakers, poets, a black-owned small business marketplace,
live art, & food vendors. Local duo iLLism will emcee the two stages.



Schedule

Starbenders

with Magic Whatever
at 7th St Entry

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No doubt about it, this is one of the best looking band around. The Atlanta, GA band Starbenders is led by front-woman Kimi Shelter and her her gang of androgynous rockers ( Aaron Lecesne, Kriss Tokaji, Emily Moon). The group formed in 2013 and signed with Nico Constantine’s music label, Institution Records.

Starbenders’ new album Love Potions is out now on Sumerian Records.

Magic Whatever to open.

Tour dates:

The Unlikely Candidates

with White Line Darko


at Turf Club

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Texas-based Alt-Rock band The Unlikely Candidates is touring in support of their new album Panther Island.



Lead singer Kyle Morris described the album, “The record is a kaleidoscopic landscape of genre and style that changes from song to song, a greatest hits of the sonic worlds the band has inhabited over the years. Thematically it’s just as varied, shifting from songs about the chaos on the streets and loneliness behind the phone screens of America during the pandemic, to humorous tales of twenty-something malaise and the many ways the heart breaks; when love or loved ones are lost. At the heart of this album is the ethos of taking a bad situation and making something of it. It was written during the pandemic while the world was shut down, by a band who has hit enough roadblocks to delay a debut album nine years.”



White Line Darko to open. The new Minneapolis psychedelic rock outfit recently had a double single release show for “Turning Out!” at the Driftwood Char Bar in Minneapolis last June 10.



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Ocean Alley

with Le Shiv


at 7th St Entry

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Australia’s beloved psychedelic-surf-rockers Ocean Alley announced a brief eight date US tour, one of those dates happened to be the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis, for June 22.



“This year we will be traveling all across North America during June and July to play some huge live shows during a beautiful northern summer,” says Ocean Alley’s Mitch Galbraith. “We’ve got new music and production we’ve been working on during the break and we’re super keen to share it with you. Heading back after over 2 years to see old friends and getting back to live music is what we all need right now. We will be hitting all of Canada and East Coast USA in June / July, then we’ll return later in the year for another huge run of the west coast. Hope to see you there for more good times!”



Le Shiv to open.



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