14 Oct 2024 Monday
julie
with They Are Gutting A Body of Water and Her New Knife
at Fine Line
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Los Angeles band and art collective Julie (stylized as julie) is touring in support of their debut album my anti-aircraft friend (Atlantic Records). The tour will stop by the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on October 14, 2024.

They Are Gutting A Body of Water and Her New Knife to open.

Tour dates:

10/8 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park ~
10/9 – Las Vegas, NV @ 24 Oxford ~
10/11 – Denver, CO @ Gothic ~
10/12 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep ~
10/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line ~
10/15 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall ~
10/16 – Columbus, OH @ King of Clubs ~
10/18 – Toronto, ON @ Concert Hall ~
10/20 – Boston, MA @ Paradise ~
10/22 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall~
10/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl ~
10/24 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ~
10/26 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West ~
10/27 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East ~
10/29 – Dallas, TX @ Trees ~
10/30 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall !
10/31 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk !
11/2 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom !
11/3 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom !
11/6 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent !
11/7 – Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre !
11/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda !
~=w/ They Are Gutting a Body of Water and Her New Knife
!= w/ Frost Children and Her New Knife

14 Oct 2024 Monday
Chromeo and The Midnight
with Girl Ultra
at Palace Theatre
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The co-headlining Chromeo and The Midnight will stop by the Palace Theatre, in St Paul, on October 14, 2024.

We haven’t heard anything new from Chromeo in a while, but it seems that the Canadian electro-funk duo have released Adult Contemporary in Feb 2024 via BMG Records.

As for The Midnight, the synthwave band is working on a video game soundtrack for Road 96: Mile 0 with a couple of singles, “Land Locked Heart” and “Chariot.”

Show up early to check out acclaimed Mexican indie artist Girl Ultra, touring in support of her new EP blush (out now on Big Dada / Ninja Tune).

Tour dates:

Sept 27 – The Eastern – Atlanta, GA †
Sept 28 – Rabbit Rabbit – Asheville, NC †
Sept 29 – The Ritz – Raleigh, NC †
Oct 1 – Franklin Music Hall – Philadelphia, PA †
Oct 2 – Roadrunner – Boston, MA †
Oct 3 – The Anthem – Washington, DC †
Oct 4 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY †
Oct 7 – MTELUS – Montreal, QC †
Oct 9 – HISTORY – Toronto, ON †
Oct 10 – MegaCorp Pavilion – Newport, KY †
Oct 11 – Royal Oak Music Hall – Detroit, MI †
Oct 12 – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL †
Oct 14 – Palace Theater – Minneapolis, MN †
Oct 15 – The Midland Theater – Kansas City, MO †
Oct 16 – Steelhouse Omaha – Omaha, NE †
Oct 18 – The Mission Ballroom – Denver, CO †
† with Girl Ultra

14 Oct 2024 Monday
Mdou Moctar
with FACS
at First Avenue
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Nigerien desert blues band Mdou Moctar is headlining First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on October 14, 2024. The band is touring in support of Funeral for Justice, out now on Matador Records. The album was written after two years of constant touring across the globe, and has a slant on the plight of Niger and the Tuareg people.

Mdou Moctar explains, ‘This album is really different for me. Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. When the US and Europe came here, they said they’re going to help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us to find a solution.”

Mdou Moctar at First Avenue (10 Mar 2022)

We saw Mdou Moctar in Mar 2022, and wrote, “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.”

FACS to open.

Tour dates: