What’s happening this week.

15 Apr 2025 Tuesday
Circuit des Yeux
with Leya
at Cedar Cultural Center
thecedar.org

Chicago’s Circuit des Yeux is returning to Minneapolis, to play the Cedar on April 15th, 2025, in support of the new album Halo On the Inside (Matador Records).

Leya to open.

Tour dates

4 APRIL Hamden, CT, US Space Ballroom
7 APRIL Toronto, ON, Canada The Horseshow Tavern
8 APRIL Ferndale, MI, US The Loving Touch
15 APRIL Minneapolis, MN, US The Cedar
16 APRIL Milwaukee, WI, US Sugar Maple
17 APRIL Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
18 APRIL Cleveland, OH, US Beachland Ballroom
19 APRIL Brooklyn, NY, US Public Records
20 APRIL Philadelphia, PA, US Johnny Brenda’s
22 APRILPittsburgh, PA, US Spirit Lodge
23 APRIL Rock Island, IL, US Rozz-Tox
26 APRIL Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Zebulon
27 APRIL o, CA, US The Chapel
1 MAY Seattle, WA, US Sunset Tavern
7 MAY Utrecht, Netherlands EKKO
8 MAY Berlin, Germany Kantine, Berghain
10 MAY Krems, Austria Donaufestival
12 MAY Paris, France Point Ephémère
14 MAY London, UK Institute of Contemporary Arts
15 MAY Brussels, Belgium AB Club

17 Apr 2025 Thursday
Maggie Baugh
at Midway Saloo
themidwaysaloon.com

Maggie Baugh is on her first headlining tour, stopping by the Midway Saloon, in St Paul, on April 17, 2025. Baugh was recently see at the CMT Awards, the Grand Ole Opry, The Tonight Show and Kelly Clarkson Show (with Keith Urban).

Baugh’s new single “Headstone” is out now.

Tour Dates:

April 17 The Midway Saloon, Saint Paul, MN
April 18 Cooperage Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
April 19 The Lucky Wolf Theater , Paw Paw, MI
April The Custer Beacon, Custer, SD
April 26 Bigs Bar , Sioux Falls, SD
May 2 Live in Folsom CA, Folsom, CA
May 8 Sherman Theater , Stroudsburg, PA
May 9 Original Cancun Cantina , Hanover, MD
May 10 Nashville Blooming Festival , Nashville, NC
May 15 Hamilton Studio , Spokane, WA
May 16 Substation , Seattle, WA
May 17 Salem’s Historic Grand Theatre, Salem, OR
May 19 Brick & Mortar Music Hall , San Francisco, CA
May 21 The Siren , Morro Bay, CA
May 22 Buckle & Boots Country Festival 2025, Stockport
May 31 Good Time Charlies , Miamisburg, OH
June 13 Live in Jackson, MS, Jackson, MS
June 14 Peach Jam Jubilee 2025, Clanton, AL
June 20 Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon, Iowa City, IA
July 3 Live in Springfield, IL, Springfield, IL
July 5 Live in Hill City, SD, Hill City, SD
July 12 Live in Milton, GA, Milton, GA
July 18 LIve in Oklahoma City, OK, Oklahoma City, OK
July 19 recordBar, Kansas City, MO
July 23 Natural Bridge Caverns, San Antonio, TX
July 24 Live in Austin, Austin, TX
July 25 Live in Beaumont, TX, Labelle, TX
July 26 Live in Cypress, TX, Cypress, TX
August 7 Live in Glasgow, UK, Glasgow
August 8 Live in Manchester, UK, Manchester
August 9 Live in Nottingham, UK, Nottingham
August 10 Live in Bristol, UK, Bristol
August 14 LIVE in Brighton, UK, Brighton
August 16 Country Calling Festival 2025, Writtle
August 17 Live in Micklegate, UK, York
August 22 Live in Waynesboro, VA
August 23 Live in Winterville, NC, Winterville, NC
August 29 Live in Jim Thorpe, PA, Jim Thorpe, PA
August 30 Press Room, Portsmouth, NH

17 Apr 2025 Thursday
Constant Insult
with Dauber, Christy Costello & Step Sister
at Zhora Darling
zhoradarling.com

It looks like Minneapolis’ Constant Insult is headlining this upcoming Zhora Darling show. If you’re not familiar with this venue, it used to be called the Red Stag Supperclub. We’ve seen a few shows at the Red Stag, but haven’t been to the venue since it was re-opened as Zhora Darling in September 2023.

I don’t know much about Constant Insult, they don’t have any social account or website, but from their bandcamp, they’re described as punk with Katie Thornton and Will Olsen on guitars and vocals, Josh Swanson on bass, and Mike Wilson on drums. They’re actually the support band for the Taxpayers coming up on March 27, 2025.

The most interesting band on the bill is New York’s Dauber. This band features Mike Abbate (aka King Mike), formerly of Screaming Females, who we’ve seen a few times. Here’s a bad fuzzy photo of Mike from Oct 2014.

Not a whole lot of details about this newish-band, but Dauber’s latest single is “Falling Down”, and they have a forthcoming LP coming up from Recess Records.

lso on the bill are Christy Costello (formerly of Blaha & Costello) and Step Sister (a Minneapolis punk band featuring Jon,
Max, Dj, and Caitlin).

We previously saw Costello at Best New Band of 2024 and wrote, “Christy Costello started with a music video ahead of their appearance. Costello’s music has a more retro rock sound, with a bit of a surf rock feel. It’s a sizable band with several members on brass and Monica LaPlante, who we saw earlier this month, on bass. This had great energy throughout, with a secondary percussion member dancing and basically playing hype woman with the crowd. Costello’s vocals cut through the complicated backing music and there is a real showmanship in addition the great musical chops.”

Dauber’s tour dates

4/13 – Rochester, NY @ Lux Lounge
4/14 – Cincinnati, OH @ Dsgn Cllctv
4/15 – Bloomington, IN (venue TBA)
4/16 – Milwaukee, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
4/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Zhora Darling
4/18 – Madison, WI @ Mickey’s
4/19 – Chicago, IL @ Graveface Records
4/20 – Lexington, KY (venue TBA)
4/21 – Asheville, NC @ Static Age Records
4/22 – Norfolk, VA (venue TBA)
4/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Cousin Danny’s

18 Apr 2025 Friday
Farah Siraj
with Genet Abate
at the Cedar Cultural Center
thecedar.org

Jordan’s Musical Ambassadress, Farah Siraj will headline the Cedar Cultural Center on April 18, 2025.

Siraj writes:

Our @arts_midwest tours always start and end in Minneapolis, and this time we’ll have show at the Cedar in Minneapolis next Friday 4/18! Opening band will be the lovely Genet Abate. hope to see our Minneapolis peeps there!!

Minnesota-based Ethiopian singer,
Genet Abate, to open.

Tour dates:

APR 18 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
APR 26 Minot Area Council of the Arts Minot, ND
MAY 04 Mueller Center Hot Springs, SD
MAY 09 Red Rock Center for the Arts Fairmont, MN
JUN 19 The Bassment Saskatoon, SK
JUN 20 Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2025
Jun 21 – Jun 22 Victoria International Jazz Festival

18 Apr 2025 Friday
LAKE
with Babytooth, Lake Davi
at Cloudland Theater

cloudlandtheater.com

After a five-year hiatus, pacific northwest and Los Angeles-based group LAKE is back… just in time for their 10th LP Bucolic Gone.

We saw Lake in May 2011 and wrote, “Lake’s new album is called Giving & Receiving, and I did manage to give it a listen to before I saw them to get an idea of what they’ll sound like live. I’ll admit, I was expecting a pretty mellow show. It does have things I like, the boys/girls vocals and brief pop songs. One thing I’ve noticed is that the band members play musical chairs and switches between keys and drums and bass, etc. Their songs have a tendency to point to the heavens (“Distant Stars”, “The Stars”, etc), so it seems natural that Lindsay asked what those clouds in the sky over Minneapolis were called. Someone in the audience said “mammatus”. Luckily, I did manage to take some pictures of the mammatus clouds prior to the show, which I’m using in this article as the title header.”

Babytooth and Lake Davi to open.

Tour dates:

04/15/25 – Butte, MT – Carpenter’s Union Hall
04/17/25 – Fargo, ND – Parachigo
04/18/25 – Minneapolis, MN – Cloudland
04/19/25 – Milwaukee, WI – Sky High
04/20/25 – Chicago, IL – Hideout
04/21/25 – Ypsilanti, MI – Ziggy’s
04/22/25 – Toronto, ON – Garrison
04/23/25 – Ottawa, ON – Rainbow Bistro
04/24/25 – Montreal, QC – Cabaret Fouf
04/25/25 – Catskill, NY – The Avalon
04/26/25 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
04/27/25 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
04/28/25 – Washington, DC – Pie Shop
04/30/25 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook
05/01/25 – Asheville, NC – Static Age
05/02/25 – Nashville, TN – DRKMTTR
05/03/25 – Athens, GA – Flicker
05/04/25 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
05/14/25 – Bellingham, WA – Odd Fellows Temple Room
05/15/25 – Vancouver, BC – KW Studios
05/16/25 – Portland, OR – The Showdown
05/17/25 – Everett, WA – Fisherman’s Village Festival
05/18/25 – Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s
05/19/25 – Whidbey, WA – Bailey’s Corner Store

18 Apr 2025 Friday
Dawes
with Michigander (duo)
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Catch acclaimed California rock band Dawes is headlining First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on April 18, 2025, in support of their new album Oh Brother.

We saw Dawes in Apr 2023 and wrote, “Los Angeles band Dawes is back on the road, supporting their eighth full-length, Misadventures of Doomscroller, (out last July via Rounder Records) and seemed very determined to extend the free spirit of the weekend, for as long as possible.
The new album stretches out their sound and features longer instrumental passages, channeling the jam band tendencies we all know they had in them. In concert, they suitably returned to their An Evening With… format (the way we caught them live back in pre-pandemic 2018 and before that in Minneapolis 2017) which features no opening acts and two full sets.”

Michigander (duo) to open.

We saw Michigander in July 2024 and said, “Jason Singer is billed under Michigander, and he really is from Michigan. Singer is recording a new album for 2025, and his last release was in 2023 for It Will Never Be The Same. Singer had some fans in the audience, with one wishing him happy birthday (he’ll be celebrating it tomorrow). When he started playing U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, stripped down, the entire audience was helping him sing the beloved song.”

Tour dates:

04/09 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theatre *
04/10 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse *
04/11 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia *
04/12 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre *
04/13 – Princeton, NJ – Matthews Theatre
04/16 – Davenport, IA – Capitol Theatre *
04/17 – Madison, WI – The Majestic Theatre *
04/18 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
04/19 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note *
04/21 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place *
04/23 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre *
04/25 – Kalispell, MT – Wachholz College Center *
04/26 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre *
04/27 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall *
05/8-05/10 – San José del Cabo, Mexico – Viva El Gonzo ^
* w/ Special Guests Michigander
^ Festival Appearance

19 Apr 2025 Saturday
Dashed and Lutheran Heat
with Tight Whips
at Cloudland Theater
cloudlandtheater.com

Dashed and Lutheran Heat are both releasing albums with this upcoming Cloudland Theater show on April 19, 2025. Tight Whips to open.

Dashed just released their self-titled debut album, while Lutheran Heat is releasing Hi Again, what looks like their sophomore album (they previously released a live sessions and singles/splits.

Lutheran Heat writes:

Lutheran Heat’s sophomore release, Hi Again, is finally here. After recording these songs in 2020 we went through a bunch of sh**, as did the world, as did our city. We took a break to change job, start businesses, have kids, and travel. Enjoy the tunes, and stay tuned for more!

According to them, they opened up Arbeiter Brewing and Outta Wax, a record pressing plant. Their new album is nine years in the making! If you can’t make it to Cloudland, they are also playing on April 24 at Pillar Forum (which we just visited on March 29).

19 Apr 2025 Saturday
Bob Mould Band
with Poster Children
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Bob Mould (billed as Bob Mould Band) is touring in support of Mould’s 15th solo album Here We Go Crazy (via Granary Music/BMG Records).

Talking about the lead single “Neanderthal”, Mould said, “In the early stages of writing this album, I envisioned ‘Neanderthal’ as the opening track. I imagined a child raised in an unstable home, perpetually exposed to erratic and confrontational behavior. A fight or flight situation. ‘Neanderthal’ is a frantic sprint through darkened hallways littered with tension, conflict, and aggression. A claustrophobic maze of distorted mirrors. As the song nears the end, a pair of subconscious voices appear. The first voice is both soothing and unsettling, while the final voice is reactionary and violent. It’s a fight or flight song.”

Expect to hear that song at the upcoming Palace Theatre show on April 19, 2025.

Poster Children to open.

Tour Dates

04/01 – San Diego, CA – Music Box *
04/02 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s *
04/04 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom *
04/05 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore *
04/07 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre *
04/08 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom *
04/09 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory *
04/11 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater *
04/12 – Fort Collins, CO – Washington’s *
04/14 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room *
04/15 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barn *
04/16 – Madison WI – Majestic Theatre *
04/18 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall *
04/19 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre +
04/25 – Chicago, IL – Metro ^
04/26 – Chicago, IL – Metro ^
04/27 – Detroit, MI – El Club ^
04/29 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop ^
04/30 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre ^
05/02 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club ^
05/03 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge ^
05/04 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer ^
05/07 – Washington DC – Black Cat ^
05/09 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall ^
05/10 – Indianapolis, IN – HI–FI Indy ^
05/11 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Beer Garden #
* w/ Special Guest Craig Finn
+ w/ Special Guests Poster Children
^ w/ Special Guest J. Robbins
# w/ Special Guests Winged Wheel