We’re trying something new with our weekly gig roundup: recommendations! (OK, new for us.) This week, the State Fair obviously dominates, but there’s plenty to do outside of the fairgrounds as well.
Tuesday August 23
International Reggae Allstars @ Bunkers
Coco Montoya and Ronnie Baker Brooks @ Dakota
Saint Dominic Trio @ Driftwood
- Bellows + Nat Harvie + The Nunnery @ Icehouse
COVID basically turned all music into chamber pop, but Oliver Kalb was ahead of the game, and on his latest, next of kin, he sings like a sunnier Elliott Smith, with not too bare arrangements that never encroach on intimacy. Likewise, Duluth’s Nat Harvie nimbly walks the fine line between small scale and taste boost on his latest, married in song. To complete the poster, the convent (alias Sarah Elstran), whose floating gardens is more ornate and lush than your typical ambient release, and all the more engaging for it.
Pkew Pkew Pkew with Loss Leader and The Right Here @ 7th St Entry
August Conspiracy Series featuring Johnny Sincerely’s Traveling Blues Orchestra, the Good Time Gals @ 331 Club
Worker Playtime, Pop Wagner @ 331 Club
The Gefroh brothers @ Water Works concert
Trevor McSpadden and Mary Cutrufello @ White Squirrel
Nate and Hannah (Tuesday Residency) @ White Squirrel
Wednesday August 24
Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely, Lil 88 @ Amsterdam
Hannah von der Hoff (August Residency) with Maya Elena @ Aster Cafe
Dylan Safer @ Bunkers
Jearlyn and Fred Steele @ Dakota
Vic Volare Anyswing party closer to Indigo @ Driftwood
The Veld + the Muatas + Selectrra @ Icehouse
Mommy Log Balls, Tang and the Tabs, Everyday Trebles, Cannabis Kiss @ Mortimer’s
Futurebirds with Anima @ 7th St Entry
KFAI House Party Presents Chemistry Set at 331 Club
St. Anthony Mann, Arlo Cristofaro @ 331 Club
Jhariah @ The Treasury
- Seratones with Jackie Kean @ Turf Club
With Love and Algorithms, these soulful Louisianans found the happy medium between the dreamy yet driven R&B they were looking for. The beats and textures are immersive, but singer AJ Haynes is the reason to listen – she adapts to hard electro-funk or spaced out jams without ever sounding like anything less than herself.
DL4 with Cole Diamond Trio @ White Squirrel
Thursday August 25
- Leon Bridges @ Armory
This Texas R&B revivalist is always best when he balances his retro leanings with a modern flare. (Even better when he’s out of his element, like during his collaborations with psychedelic rockers Lone Star Khruangbin.) So his final look back, Sound of gold diggers, kinda misses the interest of the idols he imitates – the old guys had songs, not just sound. But he has the style and vocal qualities to spend a sweet, swooning night in the old war shed.
Hyooman + the key kids @ Aster Cafe
Jay Bee and the Routine @ Bunkers
Deicide with kataklysm and inhuman condition @ Cabooze
Greg Herriges @ The Commons
Ginger Commodore @ Crooners
Zacc Harris Presents: The Music of Pat Martino @ Crooners
Boogie Armchair @ Dakota
Peal and Friends @ Driftwood
Alice In Chains, Breaking Benjamin, Bush, The LIFE Project @ Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair
The Minnesota Musicians @ Hook and Ladder Concert Series
Bethany Larson and The Bee’s Knees with Faith Boblett @ Icehouse
The good, the bad and the funky @ International Bazaar Stage, Minnesota State Fair
Papa Bleu @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Eddie Montgomery @ Leinie Lodge Bandshell Stage, Minnesota State Fair
OWTH @ Mortimer’s
B & the Sting @ Minnehaha Park
The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs @ Palmer’s
Jordan Gressman with Joey Mayer & Paytonn, Bridgewrld and GetUpDJ! @ Cash
Minneapolis Songwriter Tours: Pat Keen, Arlo Cristofaro, Dexter Wolfe, Hemma @ 331 Club
Parker Millsap with Laura Hugo @ Turf Club
Brenda’s Birthday Party @ White Squirrel
friday august 26
Alpha Wolf with Bodysnatcher, Vatican and Contrition @ Amsterdam
Senor Blues + Jennifer Skilar @ Aster Café
Dylan Safer @ Bunkers
- Martina McBride at Canterbury Park
McBride is such an unprepossessing star that you can forget she’s amassed as solid a catalog as any ’90s country singer. “I’m Gonna Love You Through It,” the comically exasperated “Teenage Daughters” — it’s quite the spectrum, and all true to life. Life isn’t all trucks and clichés about small-town life, after all.
Lamont Cranston @ Crooners
From Paris to Rome with Chronofon @ Crooners
Tom Hunter Band @ Crooners
- Kamasi Washington @ Dakota
The brawny tenor saxophonist and expansive bandleader, who more often extends the reach of new jazz to unfamiliar audiences via rock clubs and festival dates, takes over the Dakota with his 10-piece band for the weekend. end. In the seven years since the three plus hours Epic open ears, Washington has worked with collaborators in hip-hop and electronic music, playing a key role in Kendrick Lamar Pimp a butterfly. Hearing his band go wild in a small jazz club should really be something.
Elvis Costello Party, Saint Small @ Driftwood
Friday I’m in Love – A New Wave Dance Party @ Dusty’s
IDKHOW and Joywave @ Fillmore
Dirty Honey with Mac Saturn @ Fine Line
Airship Caravan with Lost Evidence, Fix the Glitch and Bookowski @ The Garage
Counting Crows, Wallflowers @ Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair
Wandering Gray Duck @ Icehouse
- Freaque + Sara Elizabeth + Lydia Liza @ Cooler
As Freaque, Gabriel Rodreick creates a genre of folk that is sometimes frightening, always alive, never dark. His latest EP, victim of a rose, is a great place to get to know him. And the two sharp singer-songwriters with two first names that open are absolutely worth being on time.
The good, the bad and the funky @ International Bazaar Stage, Minnesota State Fair
Tina, DJ Shannon Blowtorch @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Eddie Montgomery @ Leinie Lodge Bandshell Stage, Minnesota State Fair
Dr. Ozi @ The Loft
Maria and the Parts @ Minnehaha Park
All Pretty Horses, Stardust @ Palmer’s Collective
Lady Heat Presents ~ “All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go But Palmer’s!” @ Palmer’s
Durry @ Schell’s Stage Schilling Amphitheater, Minnesota State Fair
Monica Martin with Jake Sherman @ 7th St Entry
Nate Mills & Kashi @ Studio B
Mechanical Orchestra of Colonel Mustard, The Real Chuck NORAD @ 331 Club
The Local Garden Showcase @ The Treasury
Hazelcreak, Waldemar and St. Anthony Mann @ Turf Club
Cariah Brinaé @ Uptown VFW
Carpenter Brut with Sierra @ Varsity Theater
Jung Yeller with Malamiko & Getting By @ White Squirrel
Saturday August 27
Mustang 87 @ Aster Cafe
International Reggae Allstars @ Bunkers
Maud Hixson @ Crooners
Jamecia Bennett @ Crooners
Erin Schwab and Jay Fuchs @ Crooners
Kamasi Washington @ Dakota
Powderfinger: Tribute to Neil Young @ Driftwood
The Supper Club Collective in the Green Booth @ Duffy’s
Portugal. The Man, Manchester Orchestra, Bad Bad Hats @ Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair
Mae Simpson Music @ Hook and Ladder
Cornbread Harris Set @ Cooler
Kavyesh Kaviraj Threesome @ Cooler
Belfast Cowboys @ International Bazaar Stage, Minnesota State Fair
The Percheron with Imminent Standards Trio @ KJ’s Hideaway
Dred I Dred @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
- Caitlyn Smith @ Leinie Lodge Bandshell, Minnesota State Fair
After trying out Nashville, this Cannon Falls-born country singer-songwriter returns to us. Barely defeated, she’s written for some of the best (and also Meghan Trainor) and continues to do business on Music Row. But her performing career is now centered around her home country, and this gig at the State Fair should be a nice kind of homecoming.
SFAM X UM.. @ The Loft
Pure Shifter, The Lucid Furs, Silt, Wannabianca @ Mortimer’s
St. Paul & The Broken Bones with Wyatt Waddell @ Palace Theater
The Right Here, Honey Dick, the Valors and Butter Boys @ Palmer’s
The Nitty Gritty with DJs Brian Engel and Blue Funk @ Palmer’s
- Honeybutter @ Schell’s State at the Schilling Amphitheater, Minnesota State Fair
Aw, indie kids are discovering bossa nova again – does that old Cardigans fan heartily hear the lighter side of resurrected lounge-revivalism. This local trio bounces and is imbued with a sparkling charm marked by sharp arrangements and the warm and luminous voice of Clara Wicklund. Nothing wrong with a little elegance, you punks. Check them here.
- Early Eyes, DNM, Products and Butter Boys @ 7th St Entry
Local musical programming of the week? On their latest album, Look alive!, synth-pop adventurers Early Eyes are still drawing inspiration from the sound of Minneapolis and various new wave trends, but playfully rooting themselves in a sonic toybox where too many retro poppers are simply proud of. their recreations. You also get DNM (pronounced Denim), which is DeCarlo Jackson from Hippo Campus and a few buddies working in a poppy synth-folk vein, ace post-punks Products and Butter Boys, which I think we’ll hear a lot more from.
UH2BT @ Studio B
Jarad Miles and the Ancient Waves (Album Release), Little Fevers @ 331 Club
The Return of the Transmission @ Uptown VFW
Jeremy’s Birthday Party with Dead Eye Haze and King Jeremy the Wicked @ White Squirrel
Sunday August 28
Solar Fake with Whorticulture and Absynthe Of Faith @ Amsterdam
Swing brunch with Patty and the Buttons @ Aster Cafe
Joyann Parker @ Crooners
Lori Dokken @ Crooners
Crystal Bowersox @ Dakota
Super Duty, Shotgun Ragtime @ Driftwood
Matt Nathanson @Fillmore
Brett Studer @ Grenada
Pitbull, Iggy Azalea @ Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair
Amanda Standalone @ Cooler
Sarah Walk @ Cooler
Colores: A Service Industry Dance Party @ Icehouse
Belfast Cowboys @ International Bazaar Stage, Minnesota State Fair
Westwind Swing Band @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
KGB (Kendra Glenn Band) @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Caitlyn Smith @ Leinie Lodge Bandshell
Cornbread Harris: Church of Cornbread @ Palmer’s
The Sapsuckers @ Palmer’s
Honeybutter @ Schell’s State at the Schilling Amphitheater, Minnesota State Fair
- BLK ODYSSY with Eimaral Sol @ 7th St Entry
Sam Houston and his crew explore the thicker, more woozier side of funk and soul on their latest, BLK Vintage— think of Funkadelic, not of Parliament. It’s head-turning, with a fullness you can feel even over tiny laptop speakers. Live, it will undoubtedly engulf you.
Cults with Reptalians @ Turf Club
Pat Donahue @ 331 Club
Carlaoke @ white squirrel
monday august 29
Dr. Mambo @ Bunkers Combo
The Beatles: Six Strings, Many Visions @ Dakota
The Beach Boys and the Temptations with Tower of Power @ Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair
The Bellwether @ Hook and Ladder Syndicate
Residence Zones by Nelson Devereux @ Icehouse
Gypsy @ International Bazaar Stage, Minnesota State Fair
Atomic Beat @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
DSL: Dire Straits Legacy @ Leinie Lodge Bandshell
Telekinetic Yeti with White Hills and Thunderbolt Pagoda @ 7th St Entry
Erik Brandt and Urban Hillbilly Quartet @ 331 Club
The Roe Family Singers @ 331 Club
Matt Arthur Contraction @ 331 Club
Chef Sounds (DJ Party) @ White Squirrel
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