In his latest guise with Small Screens, local scribe, songwriter, and all around gentleman Dylan Hicks has found a sophisticated sextet with which to outfit his tunes. Tonight they become a nontet to showcase songs from a forthcoming followup to last year’s excellent Bacharach-meets-Mountain Goats LP, Airport Sparrows. Producer and…
Rich Mattson & The Northstars grace Palmer’s tonight, down from the Iron Range and Mattson’s haven, Sparta Sound for a rare show this summer. With a songbook as deep as a mine, the only thing you can expect from the Northstars are a few tunes from last year’s stellar Out…
Consider this an inside-out battle of the bands. First Avenue is recruiting 25 musicians with the charge to split into five bands and write music for said band in just two days. Then they perform the brand-spanking-new music in a brand-spanking-new band on the main stage. For the public! The…
Tonight’s Triple Play at ROK brings together drum & bass with hip-hop and funk, brought to you by DJ Anthony Kasper, Wissota Funk, and DJ Elsewhere. ROK has begun to host more live music and listening/dance nights like this. It’s a great chance to check out a venue on the…
MVO–a community based orchestra–continues its ‘first Thursdays’ summer residency at Bauhaus Brew Labs. Grab a brew and enjoy two musical sets from the orchestra, which is known for tackling a wide variety of classical composers, and for their commitment to offering no-cost concerts. Their brewery pop-up shows often sneak in…
Have you ever heard a boy band ballad sung acapella by a badass women’s choir? Well now’s your chance! Prairie Fire Lady Choir will be joined at the Turf by fellow Twin Cities-based musicians Annie Enneking, Cathy Pineiro, Colleen Somerville, Leslie Vincent, Skarlett Woods and others. Reimagining the songs of…
It’s been 5 years since Tiller’s last US tour, and 3 since he dropped his most recent album, 2020’s Anniversary. On the 25-city Back and I’m Better Tour Tiller is making up for lost time. Not only will he be performing music from his critically lauded first three albums, the…
Translating to “the Stars of the Air,” Etran de L’aïr come to the Turf Club tonight from their hometown of Agadez in Northern Niger. The family band (consisting of brothers and cousins) makes a brand of “desert blues” that fuses electric guitars with social function, from weddings to political events…
Folkloric and nature-glorifying, Fleet Foxes’ latest album Shore might just be the perfect soundtrack for the depth of summer and Fourth of July, regardless of where you fall on the spectrum of opinions about the holiday. Lead singer Robin Pecknold leads the indie folk band through their wandering, mournful melodies.…
Laamar Tag: Idiomatic inspirations bridging folk, soul, R&B, and country with a constant ear toward issues of racial and social justice, and the shared human experience. What: Undoubtedly poised to be the next made band in Minneapolis-St.Paul, the latest musical project by singer, songwriter, saxophonist, and composer Geoffrey Lamar Wilson…