05/09/2024 Thursday
CSS
at Fine Line
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It’s been over a decade since we last saw Brazil’s CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy). The group (Lovefoxxx, Ana Rezende, Carolina Parra and Luiza Sá), is celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band and have reformed to play a limited number of dates, including Minneapolis’ Fine Line on May 9th, 2024.

“Even though we weren’t active for 20 years straight, it’s bananas to come back in 2024 to celebrate these two decades. Lovefoxxx says, “I DJ often, and I am approached by fans who tell me how much “we’ve helped them figure out themselves”, “showed a way out” out of societal norms, and even “inspired them to be who they are” – which melts my heart because most of these fans are delicate queer creative people. CSS always had this stance of not taking itself seriously and it is still true. We first got together because we wanted an excuse to live and work at the right time. We are deeply united by our sense of humor and our deep sisterhood and friendship. It’s so nice to know we touched some people and are still harvesting this love 20 years later.”

We saw CSS on their last appearance, in Jun 2013, and wrote, “This marks the first time we get to see CSS minus Adriano Cintra, who left the band last year. So how has this affected CSS on their recent tour and their music on Planta? No change. CSS is still fun, dance, alternative, pop, youth music. Whatever Lovefoxxx and company is doing, the formula is still working. It was fun to watch singer Lovefoxxx undergo some “costume changes” throughout their set. The white jacket was first to go, then the long dress, the two white fans, and finally the awesome cape at the end.”

P.S. Lovefoxxx had a huge hit with Kavinsky’s “Nightcall”, which appeared in the film Drive.

Tour dates:

5.3 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
5.4 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
5.5 – Boston, MA @ Sinclair
5.6 – Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry
5.8 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
5.9 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
5.11 – Denver, CO @ Marquis
5.12 – Salt Lake City, @ Kilby Block Party
5.14 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent
5.15 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s
5.18 – Pasadena, CA @ Just Like Heaven Festival
6.22 – Glasgow, UK @ Drygate
6.23 – Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall
6.24 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
6.25 – Birmingham, UK @ XOYO
6.27 – London, UK @ O2 Kentish Town Forum
6.28 – Brighton, UK @ CHALK
6.29 – Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy Oxford
6.30 – Bristol, UK @ Bristol Sounds
7.2 – Paris, FR @ Trabendo
7.4 – Barcelona, ES @ Razzmattaz 2
7.5 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Copernico
7.6 – Lisbon, PT @ Lisboa ao Vivo
7.7 – Porto, PT @ Hard Club

05/09/2024 Thursday
The Messthetics
and James Brandon Lewis
at Turf Club
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Instrumental-trio The Messthetics and acclaimed jazz-saxophonist James Brandon Lewis have teamed up and recorded their album The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (available via Impulse! Records). They are also teaming up for a tour, and will stop by the Turf Club, in St Paul, on May 9, 2024.

Tour dates:

5/06 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
5/07 – Cincinnati, OH @ Woodward Theater
5/08 – Urbana, IL @ Gallery Art Bar
5/09 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
5/10 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
5/11 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
5/12 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
5/13 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
5/14 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
5/15 – Ottawa, ON @ The 27 Club
5/16 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
5/17 – Keene, NH @ The Thing in The Spring
5/18 – Somerville, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
5/19 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

05/10/2024 Friday
Julia Holter
with Discovery Zone
at Fine Line
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Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and composer Julia Holter is on tour in support of the new album Something in the Room She Moves (Domino Records). The tour will stop by the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on May 10, 2024.

We saw Julia Holter in Sep 2013, and wrote, “You can tell that Holter love those old orchestra/big band/jazz sound from an earlier era, as she produced that type of genre with her band, consisting of saxophone, cello, violin, keyboard, and drums. Although the music was fantastic, I only hope that Holter can take it to the next level and sing to a Benny Goodman-esq big band of 20 or more players.”

New York/Berlin-based musician and multimedia Discovery Zone (aka artist JJ Weihl) to open.

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