Meltt Setlist

Into the Blue
Wash Over Me
Hesitate
Do You Ever Wonder?
Goodbye
Another Quiet Sunday
Blossoms
The Absent Sea
Love Again
It Could Grow Anywhere
By Your Side
Your Melody
Soak My Head
Within You, Within Me
Only in Your Eyes
— Encore —
On Your Own
Deeper Water

Jaguar Sun Setlist

Don’t Stress
Forever and More
Make It Out
Flutter
Again
April Air
That Way
Thousand Down
It Gets Better

Tour Dates

Oct. 18, 2025 Boise, ID Shrine Social Club
Oct. 19, 2025 Salt Lake City, UT Quarters Arcade Bar
Oct. 21, 2025 Denver, CO Hi-Dive
Oct. 23, 2025 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
Oct. 24, 2025 Cudahy, WI X-Ray Arcade
Oct. 25, 2025 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
Oct. 28, 2025 Toronto, ON Longboat Hall
Oct. 29, 2025 Montreal, QC Bar Le Ritz PDB
Oct. 30, 2025 Somerville, MA The Rockwell
Nov. 1, 2025 Brooklyn, NY The Sultan Room
Nov. 2, 2025 Washington, DC Pearl Street Warehouse
Nov. 4, 2025 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor
Nov. 5, 2025 Atlanta, GA Purgatory at The Masquerade
Nov. 6, 2025 Miami, FL ZeyZey Miami
Nov. 8, 2025 Dallas, TX Dada Dallas
Nov. 9, 2025 Austin, TX Spiderhouse Ballroom
Nov. 10, 2025 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger
Nov. 12, 2025 Phoenix, AZ The Rebel Lounge
Nov. 13, 2025 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
Nov. 14, 2025 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy Theatre
Nov. 15, 2025 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
Nov. 16, 2025 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
Nov. 18, 2025 Portland, OR Holocene
Nov. 19, 2025 Seattle, WA Barboza
Dec. 6, 2025 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
Dec. 13, 2025 Victoria, BC Upstairs Cabaret Ltd

It was a Canadian invasion and an evening of dreamy, psychedelic indie rock at 7th St. Entry with headliner Meltt taking the stage on a very busy night in Rocktober.

Jaguar Sun is the creation of Chris Minielly, the Ontario based, multi-instrumentalist artist who began as a solo musician, but has since expanded as a band. There’s two full length albums, including 2022’s All We’ve Ever Known, among their released music. The band appeared as a trio (vocals/guitar, guitar/vocals, and keyboards/percussion) and created that dream pop sound on the opener Don’t Stress, with a little reverb on the two guitars and harmonized tenor vocals. Minielly said he was glad to be back in Minneapolis as they wend their way back towards Toronto and moved back into the music. I liked the way James Reesor was one handed percussion on a drum pad combined with one handed keys, showing a good control of the situation.

A switch to acoustic guitar (and a quick tuning) gave a more Americana rock sound on Make It Out, and those dual vocals were very catchy and a bit of a signature sound for the set. Testing out a song planned for an album coming out next year, Flutter had a slow ethereal keys intro before the faster guitars took over. Back to electric guitar, Minielly altered the Jaguar Sun sound to a more rocking number with the percussionist all in with two sticks on the drum pad. Guitarist Jesse Maranger took lead vocals on April Air, and the shared work between these two showed a great collaboration. There was a good bit of distortion late in the set and Jaguar Sun closed with It Gets Better, and those entwined dual guitars and vocals were an effective finish to the set. I had a brief chat with Minielly after their set where he talked about this being show four of about 10-12, how they were settling into the cycle of the tour and travel after having started in Boise, and just the general excitement of getting to perform old and new material.

Headliner Meltt was up next. The Vancouver band self-describes with the great, “Let them sonically paint your soundscape and sweep you into an ethereal dream”. With a number of EPs and two albums, most recently 2023’s Eternal Embers, the quartet (vocals/guitar, guitar/keyboards, bass/keyboards, and drums) was very multi-talented, with band members taking on different instruments across or within songs as needed. They had a slowly building instrumental intro as they got going. They also had a pretty rock & roll lifestyle lighting set up, with eight lights spread across the stage. Each was roughly the size and shape of an overhead tube lightbulb you would see in any business, except they were stood on end and could do a large number of color and pattern effects. The song Wash Over Me was a good mix of reverb and straight up rock and those lighting effects within songs were pretty top notch, switching light levels and colors throughout. Lead singer Chris Smith’s bright tenor vocals were well matched to the dreamy rock sound of the band, and Do You Ever Wonder? was a hit with the crowd with almost an electronic dance rhythm to it.

Meltt effectively used some electronic music as transitions at different points, giving the band time to switch instruments and tune for certain songs. It seamlessly blended into the start of Another Quiet Sunday, where we also had James Porter take lead vocals. The smoke machine’s (purposeful) intermittent output fully enveloped keyboardist Ian Winkler in that song, and it was good to see he didn’t pass out after that hit. In fact, as it started dissipating, he got an emphatic solo towards the end of that number. A small break had the band noting that this was the most people they have had at a Minneapolis show and the appreciation was clear. The drum intro and pulsating beat from Jamie Turner was a highlight to The Absent Sea, supplemented with some good bass. The two band members on the ends switched places for one song, with Porter taking bass for the first time on Love Again.

I really enjoyed Meltt’s ability to create a variety of sonic tones, with one mid-set song reminiscent of retro 60’s French pop. That layered instrumental sound was lush and vibrant, and Meltt was moving towards the latter end of the set. Soak My Head really featured Smith’s vocals, even with increasing intensity of the instruments through the middle of the number. With the smoke machine kicked into hyperdrive, the entire stage and part of the crowd were in a deep haze. The band closed the main set with Only in Your Eyes, garnering some early cheers at the intro and both Smith and Porter singing lead at points with some well done falsetto and a rollicking set of guitar work to finish. Back for the encore, the band had two more with Deeper Water the last number and a flourish of guitar work to end it. Exiting to huge applause, Meltt closed a great set and headed to merch and to talk with excited fans.