What’s happening this week.

06/17/2024 Monday
Dreamer Boy
with Mercury
at 7th St Entry
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Singer-songwriter Dreamer Boy is touring in support of his new album Lonestar, available via slowplay / Capitol Records.

Talking about his new single, “Baby Blue,” Dream Boy explains, “I think falling in love can happen over years, over weeks, or in a moment. I feel like this album was exploring my relationship with romance, modern romance. Hard truths leading to real heartbreak, and also ambient relationships that feel like they still linger somewhere in your soul forever. Not so black and white.”

Tennessee-based Mercury (Maddie Kerr) to open. Mercury’s new song “Born in Early May” will be available in June, just in time for her support for Dreamer Boy.

Dreamer Boy – Summer in America Tour

5/28 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
5/31 Dallas, TX Dada
6/1 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger
6/2 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
6/4 Nashville, TN Exit/In
6/5 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
6/7 Washington, DC DC9 Nightclub
6/8 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry
6/9 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
6/11 Brooklyn, NY Baby’s All Right
6/14 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground
6/16 Chicago, IL Subterranean
6/17 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
6/18 Kansas City, MO Recordbar
6/21 Denver, CO Lost Lake
6/22 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
6/24 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
6/25 Portland, OR Polaris Hall
6/27 West Hollywood, CA The Troubadour

06/20/2024 Thursday
Pixies and Modest Mouse
with Cat Power
at Surly Brewing Festival Field
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It’s really the perfect line up for this outdoor venue at the Surly Brewing Festival Field. We got two heavy-hitters of Pixies and Modest Mouse and Cat Power … all crowd favorites.

We’ve seen all these bands before, with Pixies in Oct 2014 and said, “Of course, I was excited to hear that the Pixies reformed in 2004. I tried to get a ticket to their first gig was at Minneapolis’ Fine Line Café for April 13, but it immediately sold out. Ten years later, the Pixies triumphantly returned to Minneapolis to another sold out show at the State Theatre.”

We last saw Modest Mouse in Jun 2023 and wrote, “Modest Mouse has managed to carry…err, Float On, despite the devastating death of their drummer Jeremiah Green at the end of last year (we caught the band last Sept w/Green and in December without), with the sun emerging from cloudy skies, just as the band took to the stage. Latest LP is still 2021’s The Golden Casket, with a supposed 9-track follow-up EP, due soon and their hour-long set would wrap with 2004’s “The World At Large “and singer Isaac Brock crooning, “My thoughts were so loud.””

Cat Power to open. She does allow photos, so there’s some vuart for you. We saw her at the Fitzgerald in March 2024 and noted, “The idea of this concert came from Cat Power’s love for Bob Dylan and her obsession of Bob Dylan’s “Royal Albert Hall Concert” in 1966 (which is actually a mislabeled bootleg for the Dylan’s Manchester Free Trade Hall in May 1966). The famed original performance saw Dylan playing a traditional acoustic and harmonica set… but then, midway in his show, he switched to electric – and that drew a lot of outrage from the purists in the crowd, who did not want their rock ‘n’ roll in their folk.”

Tour dates:

May 31 – Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery
Jun 01 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Jun 02 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
Jun 04 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre
Jun 05 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music
Jun 07 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE *^
Jun 08 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Jun 09 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
Jun 11 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
Jun 12 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion
Jun 14 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Jun 15 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
Jun 16 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Jun 18 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery
Jun 19 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion
Jun 20 – Minneapolis, MN – Surly Brewing Company *
Jun 22 – Madison, WI – Breese Stevens Field
Jun 23 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
Jun 24 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
Jun 26 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Jun 27 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion
Jun 28 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Jun 30 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green *
* Non-Live Nation Date
^ Without Pixies

06/21/2024 Friday
Middle Kids
with Gordi
at Fine Line
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Sydney trio Middle Kids will be headlining the Fine Line, in support of Faith Crisis Pt 1.

We saw Middle Kids in 03 Oct 2021 and wrote, “He jokingly asked what city he was in, and feign ignorance in what day it was. The truth is that this was his first tour, at least that’s what he tells us, and I’m assuming he was really excited to be playing in Minneapolis at the sold out Fine Line.”

Gordi to open. We saw the Australian singer in June 2016 and noted, “Gordi (not to be confused with the 80s Yugoslav heavy metal band of the same name), is from the Australian town of Canowindra (currently based in Sydney, Australia). Since Gordi is touring in support of her debut EP Clever Disguise (Jagjaguwar), this was her first time in Minneapolis, and they seemed really pleased at the turnout. Her songs are quiet, luckily the audience was respectful and listened to the folky (with a touch of electronica) songs. ”

Tour dates:

23 May – Astor, Perth
24 May – Gov, Adelaide
31 May – Hotel Brunswick, Byron Bay
1 Jun – Tivoli, Brisbane
7 Jun – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
14 June – Los Angeles, CA at Lodge Room
15 June – San Francisco, CA at August Hall
17 June – Portland, OR at Doug Fir
18 June – Seattle, WA at Neumos
21 June – Minneapolis, MN at Fine Line
23 June – Chicago, IL at Thalia Hall
24 June – Columbus, OH at A&R Bar
28 June – Brooklyn, NY at Music Hall of Williamsburg
30 June – Washington, DC at Atlantis

06/23/2024 Sunday
Peter Bradley Adams
at 7th St Entry
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Singer/songwriter Peter Bradley Adams is back in town, touring in support of With A Face Like Mine. The record includes songs written and composed from around the world, from Alabama to India.

We reviewed his album Leavetaking in Aug 2008 and wrote, “Peter Bradley Adams’ new album, Leavetaking, which was just released on August 5th by Seattle’s Sarathan Records, is a lovely album of straightforward singer/songwriter music in the alt-country tradition of the aforementioned John Prine or The Jayhawks. Adams was once one-half of the duo eastmountainsouth, but once their label DreamWorks tanked, Adams self-released a solo album, Gather Up, in 2006 and now, two years later, has released another album of music that will appeal to folkies and indie-rockers alike.”

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