21 Oct 2024 Monday
Touché Amoré
with Soul Glo, Portrayal of Guilt and Soft Blue Shimmer
at Fine Line
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Touché Amoré to headline the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on October 21, 2024. The band is touring in support of Spiral in a Straight Line (due October 11th via Rise Records).

Soul Glo, Portrayal of Guilt and Soft Blue Shimmer to open.

Portrayal of Guilt at Turf Club (28 Aug 2023)

We saw Portrayal of Guilt in Aug 2023 and wrote, “Portrayer of Guilt finished off the evening with an impressive set. NPR described their music in a November 2018 article as: “… hardcore, noise, grindcore, death metal, powerviolence and turn-of-the-century scream…” (The album being reviewed was Let Pain Be Your Guide.) They are based out of Austin, Texas with Matt King on guitars and vocals, Blake Given on bass and James Beveridge on drums.”

Tour dates:

10/9 – Los Angeles, CA @ Regent
10/11 – San Diego, CA @ The Cashbah
10/12 – Fresno, CA @ Strummers
10/13 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock
10/15 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
10/16 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
10/17 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
10/18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
10/19 – Englewood, CO @ The Gothic Theatre
10/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
10/22 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
10/23 – Detroit, MI @ Tangent
10/25 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
10/26 – Gainesville, FL @ Vivid (The Fest)
10/27 – Gainesville, FL @ Bo Diddley Plaza (The Fest)
10/28 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)
10/29 – Durham, NC @ The Fruit
10/31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
11/1 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
11/2 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/3 – Boston, MA @ Paradise

21 Oct 2024 Monday
Mark Sultan (of The King Khan + BBQ Show)
at Turf Club
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Mark Sultan (of The King Khan + BBQ Show) writes:

These upcoming shows are a change for me. I will be playing my set in two formats, as one performance: the traditional one-man band act, as well as standing, and playing against a set of pre-recorded versions of songs (me at home using live drums and Farfisa). Fans can hear reimagined versions of songs they may know. Added to this are covers, as well as new songs, some of which were meant for a never-recorded King Khan & BBQ Show LP. With that band on hiatus, this will be the only way to get that fix, I suppose. And none of these new songs will be released. Fans will only be able to hear these live at the shows. Those fans might also be interested to know that the set will feature songs from my other bands (Ding-Dongs, Almighty Defenders, Les Sexareenos, Spaceshits, etc…).

I’m snapping out of a looong battle with anxiety, depression, and health stuff, and am very excited to have a great time, and to see everyone.

It’s been a while,

MARK

Mark Sultan at 7th Street (05 August 2016)

We saw Mark in Aug 2016 and wrote, “Sultan, dressed in a L.A.M.F. shirt (the only studio album by The Heartbreakers) and eyeball headdress, he started his 50-min set with ‘I’ll Be Lovin’ You’, followed by ‘I Wanna Be The Only One’… as the night continues the music stopped suddenly: “Is everyone alright? I’m not a good musician, but I love playing music,” Sultan said, interrupting right in the middle of ‘Beautiful Girl’ (which sounded like it was inspired by The Beach Boys). Then minutes later, after fixing some hitch, he continued with an extended version of that song.”

Tour dates:

Sep 25 San Diego, CA, US Casbah
Sep 27 Long Beach, CA, US Alex’s Bar
Sep 29 Phoenix, AZ, US Last Exit Live
Oct 2 Austin, TX, US The 13th Floor
Oct 12 Ridgewood, NY, US TV Eye
Oct 14 Providence, RI, US Askew Bar & Lounge
Oct 17 Bloomington, IN, US The Bishop
Oct 19 Chicago, IL, US Reggie’s
Oct 21 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Oct 22 Kansas City, MO, US recordBar
Oct 24 Denver, CO, US Hi-Dive
Oct 25 Boise, ID, US
THE SHRINING
Oct 29 Portland, OR, US Dante’s
Oct 30 Seattle, WA, US The Funhouse

21 Oct 2024 Monday
Quarters of Change
with aldn
at Amsterdam Bar & Hall

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Quarters of Change is headlining the Amsterdam Bar and Hall, in St Paul, on October 21, 2024.

Quarters of Change at The Bottleneck (24 Sep 2023)

We saw the band in Sep 2023 and wrote, “Presumably to show their appreciation to their tour openers (and maybe an inside joke we didn’t all get) Quarters of Change emerged for their main set, all wearing “I Heart NEF” white t-shirts, and they would bring the opener back on stage to help with the set-closing, “T Love” (an ode to the very relatable idea of ‘tough love’) so we think it was a genuine friendship formed between the two acts. In addition to the upcoming album, the Lower-East-Side quartet recently released a deluxe version of their last full-length, Into the Rift and they consist of Ben Acker, Attila Anrather, Jasper Harris, and Ben Roter, whose sound is influenced by classic bands like The Beatles and The Who, as well as more recent alternative acts, RHCP and their own NYC cohorts, The Strokes.”

aldn to open.

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