Here are some shows, this week, in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

08/07/2023 Monday
Arcy Drive
with Lapdogs and Connor McLaren
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

New York’s Arcy Drive is headlining the 7th Street Entry this August 7th. The four friends (Nick, Pat, Brooke, Austin) love playing music, which they coined as “Attic-Rock.”

Lapdogs is one of the opening bands. We saw them in Dec 2022 and wrote, “Lapdogs has been on my radar ever since their 2020 release “Teeth”. “Hold yer Horses” is one of the better local tracks I’ve heard the last five years. If they make more tracks like “Skeletons” (newest single), “40 hrs”, and “Chasing my Tail”, they will be on the right trail.”

Connor McLaren rounds out this tripe-rock bill. He is from Indiana and plays pysch-folk.

Some critics described McLaren as the “American Liam Gallagher, but friendlier.”

Tour dates:

Aug
7
Minneapolis, MN, US
7th St Entry
Aug
10
Indianapolis, IN, US
HI-FI
Aug
12
Ferndale, MI, US
The Loving Touch
Aug
15
Buffalo, NY, US
The 9th Ward
Aug
16
Albany, NY, US
Empire Underground
Aug
18
Carrboro, NC, US
Cat’s Cradle
Aug
26
Cambridge, MA, US
The Sinclair
Sep
8
Bristol, TN, US
Bristol Rhythm
Sep
11
Columbus, OH, US
The Basement
Sep
20
Santa Cruz, CA, US
The Catalyst Atrium
Sep
23
Del Mar, CA, US
The Sound
Sep
24
Del Mar, CA, US
The Sound

Sep
30
Dallas, TX, US
The Cambridge Room
Oct
1
Austin, TX, US
Parish
Oct
2
San Antonio, TX, US
Paper Tiger
Oct
6
Charlotte, NC, US
The Evening Muse
Oct
9
Charleston, SC, US
Charleston Pour House
Oct
10
West Columbia, SC, US
New Brookland Tavern
Oct
11
Ybor City, FL, US
Crowbar
Oct
14
Nashville, TN, US
Brooklyn Bowl – Nashville

08/07/2023 Monday
Maisie Peters
with Grace Enger
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

British pop star Maisie Peters has the #1 UK album for her sophomore album The Good Witch. She is the youngest British female solo act since 2014 to claim a #1, and the youngest artist to claim a #1 since Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour.

We caught Peters in Mar 2022 and said, “English singer/songwriter Maisie Peters sold out the 7th Street Entry, on the first night of her first US tour. In fact, she’s been selling out all of her shows, this is probably thanks to her 100 million streams of her single, “Worst Of You”. ”

Grace Enger to open. We Enger on her very first tour in Oct 2022 and wrote, “Enger opened the all-age show with a crowd huddled in close as she sang with guitar in hand, starting off with “Me and You” followed by “Bad Guy.” She then sang a cover of Wheatus’ “Teenage Dirtbag” before someone in the audience asked when she would be releasing her first E.P. That was still a secret. She was just happy to be on her first tour, but she did sing a possible song from the anticipated release, “Neighborhood.””

Tour dates:

August 5, 2023 – Lollapalooza Aftershow – Chicago, IL
August 6, 2023 – Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL*
August 7, 2023 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
August 9, 2023 – The Bluestone – Columbus, OH
August 11, 2023 – Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY
August 13, 2023 – Saint Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI
August 14, 2023 – History – Toronto, ON
August 15, 2023 – MTELUS – Montréal, QC
August 24, 2023 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
August 26, 2023 – Lumen Field – Seattle, WA, US ^
August 28, 2023 – Showbox – Seattle, WA
August 30 – Union Hall – Edmonton, AB
August 31, 2023 – Palace Theatre – Calgary, AB
September 2, 2023 – BC Place Stadium – Vancouver, BC, Canada ^
September 3, 2023 – Vogue Theatre – Vancouver, BC
September 5, 2023 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
September 7, 2023 – Ogden Theatre – Englewood, CO
September 9, 2023 – Allegiant Stadium – Las Vegas, NV, US ^
September 10, 2023 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
September 12, 2023 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
September 16, 2023 – Levi’s® Stadium – Santa Clara, CA, US ^
September 18, 2023 – The Observatory OC – Santa Ana, CA
September 20, 2023 – Ace of Spades – Sacramento, CA
September 21, 2023 – Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
September 23, 2023 – SoFi Stadium – Inglewood, CA, US ^
September 28, 2023 – The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ
September 30, 2023 – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
October 3, 2023 – House of Blue Dallas – Dallas, TX
October 4, 2023 – Emo’s – Austin, TX
October 5, 2023 – House of Blues – Houston – Houston, TX
October 7, 2023 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
October 9, 2023 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
October 10, 2023 – The Fillmore Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA
October 11, 2023 – Roadrunner- Boston, MA

08/09/2023 Wednesday
The Drums
with Cold Heart
at Varsity Theater
livenation.com

Indie band The Drums will be headlining the Varsity Theater this August 9th, in support of their new album Jonny (ANTI- Records).

We saw The Drums in Sep 2014, and said, “Opening with “Bell Laboratories” from the new album before busting out some oldies, bleach-blonde frontman Pierce said little, but emoted lots. In front of a four piece group of players that included longtime guitarist and founding member Jacob Graham and a giant patch bay synthesizer, Pierce cooed and wailed in a voice as fluid as the movements of his swaying body. Fans writhed with joy and echoed the choruses of favorites like “Money” and “Book of Stories” and raised their hands in approval of new songs like “I Can’t Pretend” and “Magic Mountain” (which sounds much better live than it does on the recording).”

Cold Heart to open.

Tour dates:

Jul
20
Austin, TX
Mohawk
Jul
28
Washington, DC
9:30 CLUB
Aug
8
Chicago, IL
Metro

Aug
8
Chicago, IL
Metro- Chicago, IL
Aug
9
Minneapolis, MN
Varsity

Aug
16
Portland, OR
Wonder Ballroom

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.