TICKET ON-SALES
--Friday, Nov 2, 2012—
10:00 AM
*Mike Doughty- Dakota/ Dec 6/ $25/ AA
*Stacey Kent- Dakota/ Feb 13 & 14, 2013/ $25-40/ AA
*Kelley Hunt- Dakota/ Feb 15 & 16, 2013/ $20/ AA
*Shawn Colvin- Dakota/ Mar 5,6 & 7, 2013/ $50/ AA
*John Scofield- Dakota/ April 8 & 9, 2013/ $32-42/ AA
*Nick Kroll (Comedian)- Mill City Nights/ Dec 13/ $20/ 18+
*Rocket Club- Mill City Nights/ Dec 21/ $15/ 18+
*Hot Water Music- Mill City Nights/ Feb 1, 2013/ $22-25/ 18+
11:00 AM
*Bodeans- Guthrie/ Feb 11, 2013/ $39-42/ AA
12:00 NOON
*Fathom Lane- The Cedar/ Dec 20/ $10-15/ AA
*Dan Newton’s Café Accordion Orchestra CD Release- The Cedar/ Jan 12, 2013/ $15-18/ AA
*Charlie Parr- The Cedar/ Feb 1 & 2, 2013/ $15/ AA
--Thursday, Nov 8, 2012—
10:00 AM
*Disney On Ice- 100 Years Of Magic- Xcel Energy Ctr/ Dec 6-9/ $18-69/ AA
*Beer Dabbler Winter Carnival- Lowertown St Paul/ Jan 26, 2013/ $35/ 21+
!!UPCOMING SHOWS ON SALE NOW!!
*Morrissey- Orpheum/ Nov 5/ POSTPONED/ New Date Coming
*Freedy Johnston, Alison Scott, & Kevin Bowe- Dakota/ Nov 9/ $15/ AA
*The Gourds and James McMurty- The Cedar/ Nov 10/ $20/ AA
*Bruce Springsteen- Xcel Energy Center/ Nov 12/ $70-100/ AA
*Bettye LaVette- Dakota/ Nov 12,13/ $45/ AA
*The Magnetic Fields- First Ave/ Nov 13/ $30/ 18+
*Sonny Landreth- The Cedar/ Nov 14/ $28-30/ AA
*Citizen Cope- Mill City Nights/ Nov 15/ $35-40/ 18+
*Pieta Brown- The Cedar/ Nov 15/ $12-15/ AA
*Kinetix & Juno What?- Cabooze/ Nov 16/ $12-14/ 18+
*Aimee Mann w/ Ted Leo- First Ave/ Nov 17/ $25/ 18+
*John Gorka- The Cedar/ Nov 17/ $22-25/ AA
*The Whigs- Triple Rock/ Nov 17/ $15/ 18+
*Ike Reilly- First Ave/ Nov 21/ $15/ 18+
*The Pines- Varsity/ Nov 23/ $15-16/ 18+
*Big Gigantic- Cabooze/ Nov 23/ $20-25/ 18+
*Low- The Cedar/ Nov 23/ $18-20/ AA
*Chris Isaak- State/ Nov 27/ $48.50-58.50/ AA
*J. D. McPherson- First Ave/ Nov 29/ $15/ 18+
*The Tragically Hip- Mill City Nights/ Nov 30/ $30-33/ 18+
*Lissie & Henry Rollins- Fitzgerald/ Dec 14/ $32-42/ AA
LIVE SHOWS
--Thursday, Nov 1, 2012
The Mighty Diamonds- CANCELLED Due to Travel Complications!!
The Cedar/ 7:30/ $20-25/ AA
Crystal Castles [Experimental Dreamy Synth-Pop from Toronto]
First Ave/ 8:00/ $32.50/ 18+
--These worldwide festival favorites with wild stage antics have placed their last two albums in the Top 10 on the Billboard Dance Chart and their newest, “Crystal Castles III” will be out in two weeks.
Ben Gibbard [of Death Cab For Cutie]
Women’s Club, Mpls/ 8:00/ $32.50/ AA
--Former Lives, Gibbard’s solo debut album, is more breezy and poppy than his main bands’ output and the lyrical content jumps around interestingly. As he puts it; “These songs span eight years, three relationships, living in two different places and drinking then not drinking.” Though he calls the songs “square pegs that did not fit for Death Cab For Cutie or The Postal Service”, they easily stand up to some of the best of his career.
Graham Colton [Singer/Songwriter w/ 2008 Cities97 Hit “Best Days”!]
400 Bar/ 8:30/ $15/ 21+
--The album that “Best Days” came off of, Here Right Now, went to #4 and led to performances on Letterman, Craig Ferguson and The Today Show. He has continued to record and tour and his songs have been used in many TV shows and films over the last decade. In the last year and a half he as toured with Sheryl Crow and Mat Kearney and this is a rare chance to catch this talented rocker in an intimate club!
A. C. Newman [of The New Pornographers, Rock N’ Pop]
Turf Club/ 10:00/ $15/ 21+
--A truly great rock and pop songwriter whose first two bands in the 1990’s, grunge-poppers Superconductor and pop-rockers Zumpano were praised by critics but it was as main songwriter for the Vancouver-based pop supergroup, The New Pornographers, that his greatness was fully realized! Their album, Mass Romantic, was voted the 24th best indie album of all time in a 2007 Blender magazine Reader’s Poll. He is touring in support of his brand new album, Shut Down The Streets.
Jorma Kaukonen [Founder of The Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna!]
Dakota/ 7:00/ $40/ AA
--“In a career already spanning a half-century, Jorma Kaukonen has stood at the forefront of rock n’ roll as a founder and lead guitarist for The Jefferson Airplane and then made his name as one of the most highly respected interpreters of American roots music, blues, and Americana with Hot Tuna. He is a leading practitioner and teacher of finger-style guitar playing and in 2003, Rolling Stone had him listed as the 54th greatest rock guitarist of all time and the 16th acoustic guitarist!”
Haley Bonar [Fine Local Singer/Songwriter]
Varsity/ 8:00/ $14-15/ 18+
Bob Wooton w/ Six Mile Grove [Johnny Cash’s Lead Guitarist]
Lyric Arts Main Stage, Anoka/ 7:30/ $20-24/ AA
--Excellent local Americana band SMG plays originals to open and then backs Wooton for a Johnny Cash Greatest Hits set! Wooton’s singing voice sounds eerily close to Cash’s. Also, they perform Friday 11/2 at The Broadway Theatre in Wabasha and Saturday 11/3 at The Top Hat Theater in Ulen, MN.
“2 Sugars, Room for Cream” [Fringe Festival Comedy Hit, thru Nov 11]
New Century Theatre/ Various Times, Wed or Thur thru Sunday/ $25 / AA
--This show sold out every performance at the 2009 Fringe Festival! It is smartly written and performed by Shanan Custer, a favorite Brave New Workshop veteran, and Carolyn Pool, an Ivey Award-winning actress. It is a series of humorous, sometimes serious, vignettes of everyday life.
The Butanes [Vintage Soul and R&B, Every Thursday]
Shaw’s, NE Mpls/ 8:30/ FREE/ 21+
--Great 60’s and 70’s soul music with some tasty blues and rock covers mixed in. Highly Danceable!
--Friday, Nov 2, 2012—
Allen Stone [Great New Singer of Classic Soul-Type Songs!]
Fine Line/ 9:00/ $15.50-17.50/ 18+
--You may have caught this Washington State native performing with Daryl Hall at the Orpheum a few months back or his appearances on Letterman and Leno this past year. If you like the old-school soul sound of Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke in the 60’s and 70’s, you’ll like this show!
Sleigh Bells [Cool Punky Danceable Rock N’ Pop from Brooklyn, NY]
First Ave/ 9:00/ $25/ 18+
MarchFourth Marching Band [Wildly Fun & Eclectic Big Brass Band]
Cabooze/ 9:30/ $12/ 18+
--This is a mostly instrumental brass band that includes electric guitar and bass and incorporates the performance art of stilt walkers, fire eaters, acrobats and flag dancers into its stage show! They have become festival favorites around the world and have toured with Fleetwood Mac, No Doubt, and The Neville Brothers.
Daniel Johnston [Singer/Songwriter/Rocker]
The Cedar/ 8:00/ $15-18/ AA
--Johnston was the subject of a 2005 documentary, “The Devil and Daniel Johnston”, due to his sometimes brilliant songwriting combined with his bizarre behavior which was finally diagnosed as bipolar disorder and then stabilized. His shows can run from riveting to spotty but are worth taking a chance on.
Alison Scott/Kevin Bowe Duo [Reservations Recommended!]
3 Crows, Delano/ 7:30/ $10/ AA
--One our best local soul-rock singer/songwriters and pianist does a stripped down show with her top-shelf guitarist and musical partner-in-crime Kevin Bowe.
A Tribute to the 40th Anniversary of The Grateful Dead’s “Europe ‘72” w/ Saints of Circumstance
Whiskey Junction/ 9:00/ $5/ 21+
Stoned Acoustic [Rolling Stones Tribute Band]
Brit’s/ 9:00/ FREE/ 21+
Corey Stevens [Fine Texas-Style Blues]
Famous Dave’s, Uptown/ 9:00/ $10/ AA
Trailer Trash [Our Best Local HonkyTonkers]
Lee’s Liquor Lounge/ 9:00/ $6/ 21+
--Saturday, Nov 3, 2012—
Madonna w/ DJ Paul Oakenfold [Sunday Also! See Set Time Warning Below]
Xcel Energy Center/ 8:00++/ $47-357/ AA
--The reviews of this tour have run from good to great for both her singing and the big over-the-top stage production. Oakenfold is a legendary British record producer, re-mix artist and Electronic Dance Music DJ known for his “trance” style. He has worked with everyone from U2 to the Boston Pops! WARNING; Madonna has been hitting the stage as late as 10:00-10:30 in other cities. Please plan your babysitter times and energy level for a possible midnight finish!!
The Wood Brothers [Highly Recommended Folk/Gospel/Blues-Rock!]
Fine Line/ 9:00/ $15-18/ 18+
--Bassist Chris Wood is the Wood in the well-known jazz-rocker group Medeski, Martin & Wood and brother Oliver toured for years with blues great Tinsley Ellis honing his guitar skills. They finally got together in 2005 and their debut album, Ways Not to Lose, was the Amazon.com Editor’s Folk Album of the Year!
Lamont Cranston CD Relaese
Famous Dave’s, Uptown/ 9:00/ $6/ AA
--Midwest Blues legends, Pat Hayes and the Lamont Cranston Band have been cranking out great Chicago-style blues for four decades and are still a Twin Cities weekend favorite! Their new CD features excellent keyboardist Bruce McCabe.
Reed Grimm (2012 American Idol) & Shoeless Revolution
Cabooze/ 9:30/ $8-10/ 18+
--Good local jammy funk-rockers with a very talented front man!
So You Think You Can Dance [Top 10 Finalists from Season Nine]
Orpheum/ 7:30/ $39.50-65/ AA
The Belfast Cowboys and Dan Israel & The Cultivators
Lee’s Liquor Lounge/ 9:00/ $6/ 21+
--Our favorite Van Morrison cover band with one of the best local original rock & roll bands of the past decade opening.
People’s Brothers Band [Powerful Rhythm & Soul out of Madison, WI]
Whiskey Junction/ 9:30/ $?/ 21+
Rock N’ Bowl w/ Motel California [Eagles Tribute Band]
Memory Lanes, S. Mpls/ 10:00/ FREE/ 21+
--Sunday, Nov 4, 2012—
Milo Greene [Very Good Folk-Rockers out of L.A.] w/ Bahamas
Varsity/ 7:30/ $13-15/ 18+
Paul Oakenfold [Electronic Dance Music DJ]
Epic/ 10:00/ $25/ 18+
-- Oakenfold is a legendary British record producer, re-mix artist and EDM DJ known for his “trance” style. He has worked with everyone from U2 to the Boston Pops!
K102 Presents; Parmalee [North Carolina Country-Rock Group] w/ Shane Martin
Cabooze/ 8:00/ $15/ 18+
--Their hit “Musta had A Good Time” was all over country radio this past summer and made it on to the Billboard Country charts.
Luke Redfield [Fine Indie Folk with some Twang from Duluth]
Red Stag/ 9:00/ FREE/ 18+
Dr Mambo’s Combo [every Sunday and Monday]
Bunker’s / 9:30/ $7/ 21+
--Fun, well-played covers of 70’s and 80’s soul, R&B and dance tunes.
--Monday, Nov 5, 2012—
Charlie Hunter [Truly Great Jazz, Funk & Fusion Guitarist!!]
Dakota/ 7:00/ $25/ AA
--Hunter is a virtuoso musician who appeals to both the “jam band” crowd and jazz aficionados!
Sophia Shorai [Good Local Piano Player and Singer]
Red Stag, NE Mpls/ 9:00/ FREE/ 18+
Classic Country w/ Dan Lund & Buffaloaf [every Monday]
Lee’s Liquor Lounge/ 8:00/ FREE/ 21+
--Very well-played classic country music.
The Cactus Blossoms [Classic Country w/great harmonies, every Monday]
Turf Club / 7-10:00/ $5/ 21+
--Wonderful old-school country originals with excellent harmonies.
--Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012—
God’amn Gallows w/ Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band [National Rockabilly Acts]
400 Bar/ 8:00/ $5/ 21+
--This will be a very strong night of revved-up punky rockabilly, outlaw country and some rootsy Americana!
David Bazan Band [Formerly Pedro The Lion, Indie Rock]
Fine Line/ 8:30/ $15/ 18+
--Very talented singer/writer/rocker Bazan recorded and toured from 1995 to 2006 under the moniker Pedro The Lion and he will perform his most popular record from that era, “Control”, in its entirety. It’s an interesting concept album about a business man who is having an affair and his wife kills him. It touches on themes of infidelity, parenthood, greed, vengeance, and fear of death.
St. Dominic’s Trio [every Tuesday]
Nye’s, NE Mpls/ 9:30/ FREE/ 21+
--This stripped-down version of The Belfast Cowboys still plays plenty of Van Morrison covers.
International Reggae All-Stars [every Tuesday]
Bunkers / 9:00/ $6/ 21+
--Good roots-reggae originals and plenty of covers.
--Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012—
Bob Dylan w/ Mark Knopfler [Dire Straits]
Xcel Energy Center/ 7:30/ $47.50-129.50/ AA
--What a doublebill!! Dylan, the greatest rock songwriter of all-time, released a new album, Tempest, a few months ago and you may or may not hear a single tune off it. Knopfler released a double album, Privateering, in September and it’s his usual top-shelf collection of songs about gamblers, lovers and seafarers. As on his records, he always surrounds himself with great musicians for his touring band!
Jeremy Messersmith; Minnesota Zoo’s New “Live On Stage” Acoustic Series
MN Zoo’s Target Learning Ctr/ Enter at 6:00 for Exhibits, 7:30 show/ $25 / 18+
--You’ll get a lot of bang for your $25. Doors open at 6:00 and you can stroll the Tropics Trail, check out the Tropical Reef exhibit and there is beer, wine, and light fare available for purchase. The show, in the new intimate Target Learning Center theater, begins with a 15 minute on-stage version of the Zoo’s famous Bird Encounter show and then, after all that, you still have a full show by one our best local singer/songwriter/rockers!
Matt & Kim [Good dance-Rock Duo from Brooklyn, NY]
First Ave/ 7:00/ $17-20/ AA
Supersuckers [A Brian Oake Favorite! Garagy Southern Rawk!]
7th St Entry/ 9:00/ $15/ 18+
--One of the most fun live bar bands you’ll ever see. Check out their version of Outkast’s huge hit “Hey Ya!” and you’ll be hooked.
Ryan Montbleau Band [2012 MTV Award Nominee for “Best Concert Experience”!]
Dakota/ 7:00/ $20/ AA
--After a half decade of incessant touring and several hometown Boston Music Awards, the word is out on this folk-rock, reggae, blues and soul band! This show should be especially fun as their new album, For Higher, was recorded in New Orleans and that city’s musical heritage can be felt on their new original songs and their tasty covers of Curtis Mayfield and Bill Withers soul classics.
Shovels & Rope [Highly Recommended Raucous Alt & Old-Time Country Duo]
400 Band/ 8:30/ $10/ 21+
--This summer’s release, O’ Be Joyful, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart!!
Root City Band [Soulful Pop & Swingin’ Bluesy Rock, every Wed!]
Gluek’s/ 10:00/ $5/ 21+
--One of the most fun dance floor-filled weekly shows in the Twin Cities for the last decade is back for the month of September. Talented lead singer, writer, and guitarist Alex Rossi has had other projects taking him around the country and over the ocean but he and the gang’s infectious, swinging blues-rock should be in fine form.
Molly Maher & Erik Koskinen [Roots & Americana every Wednesday]
Aster Café at Riverplace/ 9:00/ $4/ 21+
--The best night of local roots and Americana music in the Twin Cities each week. Superb musicianship.
--Thursday, Nov 8, 2012—
Eilen Jewell [Excellent Rockin’ Roots & Americana from Boston!]
Dakota/ 7:00/ $15/ AA
--I saw her tear the roof of the 331 in Nordeast last spring. I just hope the Dakota is the right venue considering it has no dance floor. She has her own wonderful ix of folk-rock, country and blues.
Said The Whale [2011 Juno Award for “New Group of the Year”!]
400 Bar/ 8:30/ $8/ 21+
--This Vancouver Indie Rock N’ Pop band has three Canadian Top 30 Hits and the preeminent music magazine, Rockstar Weekly, named them a “Top 12 RockStar to Watch in 2012”.
Bellwether Reunion Show! [Great Local Americana w/ Some Twang!]
Icehouse, 2528 Nicollet Ave S. Mpls/ 10:00/ $7/ 21+
--The main creative forces behind on of the best local bands of the early 2000’s, Eric Luoma and Jimmy Peterson dusted of some their wonderful Americana and alt-country songs for their first show in years a couple of weeks ago at The Turf. With pedal steel player extraordinaire Joe Savage adding just the right amount of twang, they had so much fun they’ve booked this second show! Courtney Yasmineh opens.
Xavier Rudd [Beautiful, Haunting, Inventive Folk-Rock One-Man-Band]
First Ave/ 8:00/ $22.50-25/ 18+-
--In his home country of Australia, Rudd’s last four albums have made it to #6 or higher with his most recent, Spirit Bird, debuting at #2! Though he is a festival and jam-band fan favorite, his music should absolutely appeal to a much wider audience of folk, blues and even pop music fans.
K’naan [Multiple Juno Award-winning Singer/Rapper/Poet]
Varsity/ 8:00/ $22-25/ 18+
--This Somalia-born, Toronto-based musician is a talented writer, pianist and guitarist who mixes World music rhythms and the Somalian sounds of his youth with a Bob Marley-type consciousness, American hip-hop and protest poetry to fuse a sound that even impressed executives at Coca-Cola enough that they used his single, “Wavin’ Flag”, as their promotional anthem for the 2010 Soccer World Cup!
Secondhand Ska Kings [Local Reggae]
The Nether Bar/ 9:00/ $6/ 18+
Almost Elvis; A Leading National Elvis Tribute Artist w/ Full Band
Parkway Theater, S. Mpls/ 7:00/ $15/ AA
--Brit Anthony Shore is a full-time Elvis Tribute Artist who has won contests and performed thousands of shows worldwide. For this show he’ll be backed by a live band made up of top local musicians!
American Scarecrows [Good Indie Rock N’ Folk w/ bits of bluegrass]
Harriet Brewing Tap Room, S Mpls/ 8:30/ FREE/ 21+
“2 Sugars, Room for Cream” [Fringe Festival Comedy Hit, thru Nov 11]
New Century Theatre/ Various Times, Wed or Thur thru Sunday/ $25 / AA
--This show sold out every performance at the 2009 Fringe Festival! It is smartly written and performed by Shanan Custer, a favorite Brave New Workshop veteran, and Carolyn Pool, an Ivey Award-winning actress. It is a series of humorous, sometimes serious, vignettes of everyday life.
The Butanes [Vintage Soul and R&B, Every Thursday]
Shaw’s, NE Mpls/ 8:30/ FREE/ 21+
--Great 60’s and 70’s soul music with some tasty blues and rock covers mixed in. Highly Danceable!
