Minneapolis: January 26 to January 28, 2025

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26 Jan 2025 Sunday
Rubblebucket
with Hannah Mohan
at Amsterdam Bar & Hall
first-avenue.com

Rubblebucket, the art-pop project of Kalmia Traver and Alex Toth, is currently on tour. The duo will stop by the Amsterdam Bar & Hall, in St Paul, and they’re bringing Year of the Banana.

 

Hannah Mohan (from the band And the Kids) to open. We saw And the Kids in April 2018 and wrote, ““I have to do some yoga first” guitarist/vocalist Mohan said after a brief set change and entrance of her band And the Kids, and the crowd wasn’t sure if this was part of the show, or just some needed stretching, but it turned out to be the latter as Mohan mentioned recent headaches from frequent couch sleeping. The Northampton, MA band describes their own sound as “unconscious, accessible, existential, indie, glitter, popsicle, crisis” music and that’s as good a description as any, as evidenced by latest full-length, Friends Share Lovers (Signature Sound Recordings) and more recent single, ‘2003’.”

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27 Jan 2025 Monday
Geordie Greep 
with NNAMDÏ
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

black midi’s guitarist and vocalist Geordie Greep has gone solo with his debut album The New Sound (Rough Trade Records). The singer will be headlining First Avenue on January 27, 2025.

Note: Originally this show was booked at the smaller Fine Line, but has been venue upgraded. All tickets purchased for Entry/Fine Line shows will be honored, and balcony ticket buyers will be refunded the difference in ticket price.

We caught Black Midi (stylized as black midi) one year ago, in Oct 2021, and described them as “They’re more art-rock/experimental rock. The sound reminds me a little bit of Clinic. Like it or hate it, you can’t deny they drew in a massive crowd and clearly had a big fanbase in Minneapolis, thanks to the fact that their new record Cavalcade (Rough Trade) landed on multiple “Best Albums of 2021 (So Far)” lists. ”

NNAMDÏ (aka Nnamdi Ogbonnaya) to open.

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28 Jan 2025 Tuesday
The Backfires 
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Indie rock band, The Backfires (Alex Gomez, Harry Ruprecht, ,Max Wanduragal, and Matt Walter) is currently on tour, stopping by the 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, on January 28, 2025.

There is a strict 4 ticket limit. Any attempt to exceed the ticket limit of 4 per customer or household, or to game the system in any way, will result in cancellation of orders without notice. There is a transfer delay for all tickets up to ONE MONTH prior to show.

As of this writing, no opening band have been announced.

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28 Jan 2025 Tuesday
Dylan LeBlanc and David Ramirez
at Parkway Theater
theparkwaytheater.com

Dylan LeBlanc and David Ramirez are co-headlining the Parkway Theater, in Minneapolis, on January 28, 2025.

Ramirez’s album All The Not So Gentle Reminders is coming out on Blue Corn Music.

 

We saw LeBlanc in Feb 2024 and wrote, “Turn out for Dylan LeBlanc at Turf Club was terrific. A lot of young couples, and country folk music fans in the audience. According to fans, this was LeBlanc’s first tour in five years. His last show was in 2019 (also at the Turf Club), because his 2020 show (also at the Turf Club) was cancelled due to COVID restrictions. So, it’s been a longtime coming to his fans. The American singer-songwriter and guitarist’s latest album Coyote is a semi-autobiographical and a concept album. The record tells the story of Coyote, a man on the run and living a dangerous life. The man find himself in the middle of a criminal underworld of Mexico and struggles to find a way out of this treacherous lifestyle.”

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