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--FRIDAY, NOV 23, 2012—
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**SPECIAL BLACK FRIDAY BOGO OFFER FROM MILL CITY NIGHTS; 9:00 AM to 12:00 MIDNIGHT. All shows December—March. Excludes sold out shows, Nether Bar shows and New Year’s Eve. Online Only. While supplies last, quantities for some shows is limited. No password needed. MILL CITY BOGO TICKET OFFER
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**SPECIAL BLACK FRIDAY BOGO OFFER FROM VARSITY THEATER; 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Shows Included; Paul Banks 11/25, Kreayshawn 12/2, Concrete Blonde 12/22, Quietdrive 12/27. Online Only. While supplies last, quantities for some shows is limited. No password needed. VARSITY BOGO TICKET OFFER
--FUTURE SHOWS ON SALE ALREADY--
*Six Mile Grove- Aster Cafe/ Nov 30/ $10 (Call for Reservations)/ AA
*Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons- 7th St Entry/ Nov 30/ $12-14/ 18+
*The Tragically Hip- Mill City Nights/ Nov 30/ $30-33/ 18+
*Patrick Watson- The Cedar/ Dec 1/ $15/ AA
*Train, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, One Republic: KDWB’s Jingle Ball! Xcel Energy Center/ Dec 4/ $25-101.30/ AA
*Nada Surf- Fine Line/ Dec 6/ $16-18/ 18+
*Mike Doughty- Dakota/ Dec 6, Late 10:00 Show/ $25/ AA
*Public Enemy- First Ave/ Dec 6/ $25/ 18+
*Solid Gold- First Ave/ Dec 7/ $14/ 18+
*Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa- Mill City Nights/ Dec 7/ $27-30/ 18+
*Manhattan Transfer’s Holiday Show- Dakota/ Dec 7,8/ $40-75/ AA
*Comedians Of Chelsea Lately- Mill City Nights/ Dec 8/ $32.50-35/ 18+
*33rd Annual John Lennon Tribute- First Ave/ Dec 8/ $15/ 18+
*Trailer Trash’s Trashy Little Xmas Family Matinee (Noon)- The Cedar/ Dec 9/ Adults $12, Kids 2½--12 yo $6, Under 2 yo FREE/ AA
*Punch Brothers- First Ave/ Dec 12/ $25-27/ 18+
*Tim Sparks- Guthrie/ Dec 12/ $28/ AA
*Keri Noble Holiday Show- Varsity/ Dec 13/ $25/ 18+
*Nick Kroll (Comedian)- Mill City Nights/ Dec 13/ $20/ 18+
*Natalie Lovejoy- Dakota/ Dec 14, Late 11:30 Show/ $5/ AA
*The Blenders- Pantages/ Dec 14,15,16/ $38/ AA
*Lola & The Red Hots Annual Xmas Show- Cabooze/ Dec 15/ $12-15/ 21+
*Tower of Power- Dakota/ Dec 16,17,18/ $45-70/ AA
*Andrew Bird- State/ Dec 17/ $32.50-40/ AA
*Alison Scott- Hopkins Center For The Arts/ Dec 18/ $20/ AA
*Graham Parker & The Rumour- Fitzgerald/ Dec 19/ $39.50/ AA
*Concrete Blonde- Varsity/ Dec 22/ $29.50-32/ 18+
*Mason Jennings- First Ave/ Dec 22/ $22-25/ 18+
--THIS WEEK’S LIVE SHOWS--11/21 thru 11/29
--THANKSGIVING EVE, WEDNESDAY, NOV 21, 2012—
The Ike Reilly Assassination Thanksgiving Eve 10th Anniversary Show!
First Ave/ 8:30/ $15/ 18+
--One of the Twin Cities’ music fans’ all-time favorite non-local rock n’ roll bands due to their raucously fun live shows
Molly Maher & Erik Koskinen [Great Roots & Americana, every Wed!]
Aster Café at Riverplace/ 9:00/ $4/ 21+
--The best night of local roots and Americana music in the Twin Cities each week featuring superb players!
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.
E.L.nO. [ELO Tribute] and Hookers & Blow [70-80’s Top Forty Covers]
Lee’s Liquor Lounge/ 9:00/ $12/ 21+
SOAP w/ God Johnson [Jam-Rock]
Cabooze/ 9:30/ $8/ 18+
White Iron Band [Outlaw Country]
Famous Dave’s Uptown/ 8:00/ $8/ AA
The Steeles [Mpls’ World-Renowned First Family of Gospel & Soul!]
Dakota/ 7:00/ $25/ AA
Nikki & The Ruemates [Rocked-Up Country-Blues] and Tramps Like Us [Springsteen Covers]
331 Club, NE Mpls/ 7:00/ FREE/ 21+
St. Dominic’s Trio [Van Morrison Covers]
Harriet Brewing Tap Room/ 8:00/ FREE/ 21+AA
All Tomorrow’s Petty [Tom Petty Covers]
Red Stag, NE Mpls/ 10:00/ FREE/ 21+
--THANKSGIVING NIGHT, THURSDAY, NOV 22, 2012
Titus Andronicus [Rowdy, Raucous New Jersey Rockers, Will Sell Out!]
7th St Entry/ 9:00/ $15/ 18+
--Their high-energy shows and anthem-like songs have garnered them a few comparisons to their fellow New Jersey-ite Bruce Springsteen and the fact that they’re on the road for the holiday is another great reason to go out and give them some support!
The Big Wu “Thanksgiving Show” [Excellent Jam-Rock & Dead Covers]
Cabooze/ 8:00 Drs, 9:30/ $10/ 18+/ FREE TURKEY DINNER WHILE IT LASTS!
Davina & The Vagabonds [Swingin’ Roots, Blues, & Jazz!]
Dakota/ 7:00/ $15/ AA
--Davina is a powerhouse singer and piano player and always has a top-notch band!
New Congress Party w/ Alex Rossi [Funk, R & B & Blues]
Bunker’s/ 8:00/ $10/ 21+
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 23, 2012—
The Pines w/ Dead Man Winter and Frankie Lee [Phenomenal Night of Roots, Rock & Folk!!]
Varsity/ 8:00/ $15-16/ 18+
--The Pines have moved from a two-piece acoustic act to a full band but those beautiful harmonies are still intact. DMW is a very fun roots-rockin’ side project for Dave Simonett of Trampled By Turtles and Erik Koskinen. Frankie Lee is a talented songwriter and longtime local bassist for Molly Maher and others who’s starting to step out front and perform some of his own quality songs.
Tribute To The Replacements [“Pleased To Meet Me” In Its Entirety +]
First Ave & 7th St Entry/ 8:00/ $8-10/ 18+
--Several top local bands are getting together in various configurations to play songs from local legends The Replacements all night in both the Main Room and 7th St Entry. Some of the bands scheduled to take part include Pink Mink, Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles, The Belfast Cowboys and The Melismatics along with Curtiss A, Jim Walsh and Dave Campbell.
Daniel Tosh- Two Shows Both Friday and Saturday [Comedian, TV Show]
State/ 7:00 and 9:30/ $49.75-65/ AA But Very Mature-Themed Humor!
--Only single tickets left for all four shows.
Low [Duluth’s “Lo-Fi/Slow-Rock” Greats]
The Cedar/ 8:00/ $18-20/ AA
--This is the perfect venue to hear their slow-tempo’d and minimalist arrangements and the beautiful husband & wife vocal harmonies of Alan and Mimi Sparhawk. After two decades they are still producing compelling music as evidenced by their most recent CD, 2011’s C’mon, making the Billboard Top 100!
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas [New Age & Holiday Music Stars ,2 Shows]
Orpheum/ 4:00 and 8:00/ $48.50-68.50/ AA
Mango Jam [Funky Groove-Rock] w/ Dark Pony
Cabooze/ 9:30/ $10/ 21+
--MJ was one of the most popular local bands back in the 90’s and toured the U.S. with Sheryl Crow, Blues Traveler, The Jayhawks and Widespread Panic. Opener Dark Pony is Mango Jam leader Jon Herchert’s other band, more of a singer/songwriter rock band.l
“A Don’t Hug Me Christmas Carol” [Musical, Thru Dec 31]
New Century Theatre/ Various Times Wed-Sun/ $23-26/ AA
--A hilarious Minnesota-themed musical spoof of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with seventeen original songs, it has had many sold-out performances over the last five Decembers.
Ian Alexy CD Release [Talented Singer/Songwriter/Rocker]
Bayport BBQ/ 8:00/ $5/ AA
Daisy Dillman Band [Longtime Local Country-Rock Greats] w/ Jason Paulson opening
Famous Dave’s Uptown/ 7:30/ $10-15, VIP $20/ AA
The Reckless Ones EP Preview [Rockabilly] w/ Ross Kleiner & The Thrill [Roots] and The Prizefighters [Reggae]
Lee’s Liquor Lounge/ 9:00/ $8/ 21+
Tex Pistols [Good Country-Rock]
The Dakota/ 8:00/ $10/ AA
--SATURDAY, NOV 24, 2012—
The Hold Steady [Tonight Sold Out! A Few Tix Still Available For Sunday]
First Ave/ 7:30/ $25/ 18+
Aaron Lewis (Staind) [Award-Winning Country Music Band Side-Project]
Mill City Nights/ 9:00/ $29.50-32/ 18+
--While you may hear a few Staind hits (“It’s Been Awhile”), this show is all about his stunning 2011 country music debut, The Road, and its hit single, “Country Boy”, both which went to the top of the Billboard Country charts. He and the album received two Academy of Country Music and two Country Music Television Award nominations!
20TH Annual Jimi Hendrix “Remembered”
Cabooze/ 9:30/ $10-15/ 18+
--This event always draws the best group of national and local musicians of all the tribute shows around town each year!! Hendrix would have turned 70 on November 27.
Rogue Valley w/ Joey Ryan & The Inks and Meredith Fierke
The Cedar/ 8:00/ $10-12/ AA
--Rogue Valley does beautifully played folk-pop n’ rock. Joey Ryan & The Inks are wonderful pop rockers and Fierke is a talented singer/songwriter who was on Cities Sampler Vol. 21.
Trailer Trash’s Trashy Little Xmas Show!! [Holiday Tunes Done HonkyTonk-Style!]
Lee’s Liquor Lounge/ 9:00/ $10/ 21+
--Just about the most fun you can have every weekend now thru Christmas! Trashy Little Xmas shows at Lee’s; 12/1, 8, 15, 21 and 22 with an All Ages Family Show at The Cedar on Sunday 12/9 at noon.
Paul Metsa CD Release [[Top Local Singer/Songwriter/Troubadour!]
Palmer’s Bar, West Bank, Mpls/ 9:00/ $5/ 21+
--His fine new CD, Blues, Ballads & Broadsides, is a three decade career retrospective of his solo work, Cats Under The Stars material, and songs from his duo, Paul Metsa & Sonny Earl! A talented storyteller, Metsa has played all over the world in his storied career including Farm Aid with Willie Nelson and the Tribute to Woody Guthrie at The Rock & Roll HOF with Bruce Springsteen!
Davina & The Vagabonds [Swingin’ Roots, Blues, & Jazz!]
Famous Dave’s Uptown/ 9:00/ $6/ AA
--Davina is a powerhouse singer and piano player and always has a top-notch band!
Sophia Shorai [Piano Pop & Jazz]
Red Stag, NE Mpls/ 10:30/ FREE/ 18+
Nachito Herrera [Swinging Cuban Jazz Piano]
Dakota/ 8:00/ $15/ AA
--SUNDAY, NOV 25, 2012—
Meshell Ndegeocello: A Dedication To Nina Simone [Will Be Great!!]
Dakota/ 7:00/ $40/ AA
--Pop Matters; “…if there’s any musician out there versatile enough to hold down all the demands of making a truly mesmerizing and significant tribute album, it’s this supremely talented musician!” Boston Globe; “It’s astonishing to hear Ndegeocello deconstruct these 14 songs that cut across Simone’s deep discography. Whereas Simone would typically boil, Ndegeocello mostly prefers to simmer!” MN is a ten-time Grammy Award-nominee and it’s incredible that this show is being performed in such an intimate venue!
The Hold Steady [Night Two, Very Close to Selling Out!]
First Ave/ 7:30/ $25/ 18+
Peter Mayer [Renowned Folk Singer and Excellent Guitarist!]
The Cedar/ 7:30/ $22-24/ AA
--Mayer has a worldwide following that enjoys the way he can move easily between intimate folk storytelling songs to passionate guitar-pounding folk rockers.
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 26, 2012—
Leo Kottke [True Acoustic Guitar Virtuoso]
Guthrie Theater/ 7:30/ $41-46/ AA
--He is a master of the five-finger picking technique and 12-string slide instrumentals and combines and moves between blues, jazz and folk.
Rachel Yamagata [Excellent Rootsy/Bluesy Singer/Pianist/Guitarist!]
Varsity/ 8:00/ $16-18/ 18+
--One of my Top Three shows of the week! Her well-crafted songs have been all over TV and film for the last decade. She’s worked with Ryan Adams, Jason Mraz and Ray LaMontagne just to name a few and is a wonderfully engaging live performer!
Karrin Allyson [Great Grammy-Nominated Jazz Singer, Tuesday Also!!]
Dakota/ 7:00 and 9:00/ $25-40/ AA
--“The jazz singer’s jazz singer!” This former Minneapolis resident sings in five languages and has been nominated four times for the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album including her most recent, 2011’s Round Midnight, on which she also demonstrated her mastery of the piano.
Koerner & Glover [True Acoustic Blues Legends, very Monday in Nov.]
400 Bar/ 8:00/ $5/ 21+
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 27, 2012—
The Who [Quadrophenia Tour] w/ Vintage Trouble
Target Center/ 7:30/ $39.50-129.50/ AA
--If you are going to see these Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, please arrive in time to catch Vintage Trouble, a soul rock band that was great locally opening for The Cranberries last spring and just last month for Joss Stone. Think The Black Crowes backing 60’s soul singer Jackie Wilson. The Who will be doing their 1973 critically acclaimed double album, Quadrophenia, in its entirety along with other Who classics. The album went to #2 on Billboard.
Chris Isaak [Tremendous Rock, Roots and Rockabilly!]
State/ 7:30/ $48.50-58.50/ AA
--Isaak will be featuring songs off his 2011 album, Beyond The Sun, a tribute to Memphis’ Sun Studio and its producer Sam Phillips, with its fun covers of “Great Balls of Fire” and “I Walk The Line” along with some well-crafted originals. He will also be doing some his best known Grammy-nominated hits including “Wicked Game” and “Somebody’s Crying”.
Cold Specks [Cool New British Soul-Rock Singer, Catch Her Now!]
The Cedar/ 7:30/ $10-12/ AA
Eva Beneke [World-Renowned German Classical Guitar Virtuoso! FREE!]
McNally Smith College of Music Auditorium, St Paul/ 6:00/ FREE/ AA
--Beneke just received her doctorate with honors from the University of Southern California and will be joining the teaching staff at McNally!!
Actual Wolf [Local Rock]
Turf Club/ 9:30/ $5/ 21+
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 28, 2012—
Molly Maher & Erik Koskinen [Great Roots & Americana, every Wed!]
Aster Café at Riverplace/ 9:00/ $4/ 21+
--The best night of local roots and Americana music in the Twin Cities each week featuring superb players!
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.
--THURSDAY, NOV 29, 2012—
J.D. McPherson [Fabulous Old-School Roots & Rockabilly!!]
First Ave/ 9:00/ $15/ 18+
--What a couple of years for this truly retro but fresh-sounding artist! His 2010 debut, Signs and Signifiers, hit #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
Irma Thomas [Legendary “Soul Queen of New Orleans”!]
Dakota/ 7:00 and 9:00/ $40-60/ AA
--A national treasure from the golden age of soul and R&B music in the 60’s and 70’s, she is still going strong 50 years later as evidenced by her 2007 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Her hit version of “Time Is On My Side” was the inspiration for The Rolling Stones covered the song!
Sunny Era CD Release [Talented Gypsy/Folk Instrumental Ensemble]
The Cedar/ 7:30/ $10/ AA
Jimmy Peterson (Bellwether) and Luke Zimmerman (Dylan’s Nephew!)
318 Café, Excelsior/ 8:00/ $7/ AA/ Reservations Recommended
--Two very good local singer/songwriter/guitarists doing separate sets. Peterson has Mick Wirtz along for this show, a talented percussionist and mandolin player!
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!
