Shoegazing

Road to Rocktober 2025, Part IV

Continuing with our Road to Rocktober series, we are spotlight some upcoming October dates.

• Grandaddy at First Avenue (Oct 8, 2025)
• Miki Berenyi Trio at Turf Club (Oct 18, 2025)
• Phantogram at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall (Oct 20, 2025)

Mpls: September 13 to September 14, 2025

Here is what is going on this week in Minneapolis/St Paul from September 13-14, 2025.

• Chanel Beads at Zhora Darling (Sept 13, 2025)
• Nature TV at 7th St Entry (Sept 13, 2025)
• FACS at 7th St Entry (Sep 14, 2025)
• Hotline TNT at Underground Music Venuee (Sep 14, 2025)

Sunflower Bean at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (June 17, 2025)

After a very pleasant dinner with work colleagues, I got a slightly late start to head over to the show. And while I was at no risk of being late for seeing Sunflower Bean, I found myself completely locked in on getting over to the 7th Street Entry to get prepared for the evening.

Widowspeak at Georgia Theatre Rooftop, Athens (18 July 2015)

Widowspeak is a Brooklyn,NY-based band formed in 2010 by Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas. The duo play dreamy, western-tinged shoegaze rock, taking influence from 1950s pop ballads and 1970s psychedelia. Molly has a lovely, lilting voice, ever so slightly raspy, with a breathiness that can lull the listener into a pleasant waking dream. Widowspeak has often been compared to Mazzy Star, and their sound is also somewhat reminiscent of The Cowboy Junkies, who had a 1988 hit with a cover of The Velvet Underground’s Sweet Jane. However, I have a feeling that Widowspeak will stand the test of time a lot better than either of those two acts.