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Location: Turf Club

What’s happening this week.

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11 Nov 2024 Monday
Dehd
with Gustaf
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Chicago’s Dehd is headlining the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on November 11, 2024. The band’s latest Poetry is out now on Fat Possum Records.

We saw Dedh in Nov 2021 and said, “The evening began with a crowd-impressing fifteen song/forty-three minute set from Chicago trio Dehd (pronounced “dead”) who blend surf rock, dream pop, and shoegaze into a palette that is both retro and modern. Emily Kempf- vocals/guitar, Jason Balla- guitar/vocals and Eric McGrady- stand-up percussion make up in the band, who are out in support of last year’s third studio album, Flower of Devotion (on Fire Talk Records). Singer Kempf laughingly remarked between songs that her in-ear monitors resembled earpieces worn by the FBI, guitarist Balla never stood still, often lithely slithering about his corner of the stage while waving his bright green guitar, while drummer McGrady stood in the middle of things, mostly nonplussed but able to anchor all songs with a seemingly simple post-punk rhythm. The band was generally well-received by a crowd that were mostly unaware of them prior, and their merch booth was crowded between sets, which is always a good sign.”

Gustaf to open.
We accidentally caught Gustaf at Palace Theatre in Oct 2021 and was simply blown away. We loved their songs, we love their attitude, and we love their show, simply put, “Their music is described as ESG meets Jonathan Richman… and you can hear it: they got that rhythmic “dance dance dance” sound with Richman’s humorous story-songs.”

Tour dates:

10/20 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
10/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
10/23 – Washington, DC @ The Howard Theatre
10/25 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10/26 – New Orleans, LA @ Chickie Wah Wahs
10/27 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
10/28 – Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
10/31 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
11/01 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
11/02 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
11/04 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
11/05 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
11/06 – Seattle, WA @ The Neptune Theatre
11/08 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
11/09 – Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theatre
11/11 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
11/12 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
11/13 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
11/14 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
03/15 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
03/16 – Stockholm, SE @ Bar Brooklyn
03/18 – Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang
03/19 – Utrecht, NE @ Ecko
03/20 – Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
03/21 – Brussels, BE @ Le Botanique
03/24 – Brighton, UK @ Patterns
03/25 – Southampton, UK @ Papillon
03/26 – London, UK @ Strange Brew
03/29 – Dublin, IR @ Whelan’s
03/31 – Manchester, UK @ YES
04/01 – Glasgow, SC @ Oran Mor

14 Nov 2024 Thursday
Blitzen Trapper
with GoldenOak
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Blitzen Trapper is touring in support of 100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions, available on Yep Roc Records. The tour will stop in at the Turf Club, in St Paul, on November 14, 2024.

We saw Blitzen Trapper in Oct 2015 said, “Blitzen Trapper were the headliners last night. I had heard a little bit of these guys before last night but it was always just background music for me. It’s a bit too calm for my liking. That being said, they completely blew me away last night. Blitzen Trapper is a five piece alternative country band from Portland, Oregon. These guys have been around for quite some time. Their first studio album came out in 2003 and they have released seven more since then. Their newest album All Across This Land came out just a couple of days ago so they seemed to focus on playing songs from that album with a few older songs thrown in.”

GoldenOak to open.

Tour dates:

November 2 – SPACE – Evanston, IL
November 3 – Magic Bag – Ferndale, MI
November 4 – Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH
November 6 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
November 7 – Rams Head On Stage – Annapolis, MD
November 8 – Baby’s All Right – Brooklyn, NY
November 9 – Black Cat – Washington, DC
November 10 – Mountain Stage – Charleston, WV
November 12 – Vivarium – Milwaukee, WI
November 13 – Pablo Center – Eau Claire, WI
November 14 – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
November 15 – Flannel Fest – Kimberly, WI
November 16 – Flannel Fest – Madison, WI
November 17 – Castle Theatre – Bloomington, IL

15 Nov 2024 Friday
Golden Smog
with Eleganza!
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Minnesota’s supergroup Golden Smog (featuring Gary Louris, Kraig Johnson, Dan Murphy, Marc Perlman, and Steve Gorman) is back for a special one-night appearance at First Avenue on November 15, 2024.

Since you already know all the names, you know that each band member is an accomplished musician, and they’re usually pretty busy going on tour or making public appearances. Once in a while, the band will get together, so it’s a special event, for sure.

Please note that “new guy” Jeff Tweedy will not be joining the band for this event.

Eleganza! to open. We caught the band in May 2016 and wrote, “The night started with two opening bands- The Carnegies featuring the Mars brothers (Royce on drums, and Roman on bass) and Taylor Tolle on the guitar who played retro-fueled blues/psych rock and Eleganza!, a three-guitar super group of sorts with Brian Vanderwerf and Jeff Johnson of Chooglin’ , ex-Ol’ Yeller’s Greg McAloon, and Romantica’s Tony Zaccardi (who also fronts a Guns n’ Roses tribute band).”

Golden Smog writes:

Golden Smog, America’s favorite Stupergroup, is pleased to announce that Gary Louris, Kraig Johnson, Dan Murphy, Marc Perlman and Steve Gorman (the latest in a long line of Smog drummers dating back to Dave Pirner) will be appearing for one night only on Friday, November 15 at First Avenue & 7th St Entry, the scene of so many great Golden Smog and Golden Smog-related shows over the last 4 decades. In other words, home. Eleganza will be opening.

In lieu of any new music, the current mode for Golden Smog is to play when circumstances allow, whether it’s a year between shows or a decade. For this year’s show the plan – and, yes, there is a plan – is to invoke the spirit of early GS, when fun with a capital F was the driving force. So expect lots of stuff from the 1996-2006 “Major Label” era but also a healthy dose of old faves from the 1988-1993 “What The Hell Are We Doing” era, when the goal was to not be the worst cover band in town….and have fun, did we mention that?

Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, October 18 at 10 am CT but there will be an exclusive artist presale this Wednesday, October 16 at 10am CT. Presale code is KEYS

16 Nov 2024 Saturday
Tycho
with Brijean
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

2X Grammy Award-nominated Tycho is back on tour to support their new album Infinite Health (Mom + Pop / Ninja Tune). The tour will stop in Minneapolis, at First Avenue, on November 16, 2024.

We saw Tycho in March 2015 said, “Scott Hansen, or probably better known as Tycho is back in Minneapolis. The band was recently in Minneapolis last April 2014, promoting Awake, which Hansen described as “the first true Tycho record.” According to Hansen regarding the April 2014 show, “almost didn’t happen!” He didn’t go into details about “crazy story” on stage, but I suspect it was likely due to transportation issues. In fact, Hansen rarely spoke at all, instead letting his music speak for him.”

Brijean to open.

Tour dates: