Kimbra - Come Into My Head (Official Video)

slick looking, she's a patient at a psychiatric ward of some kind. Not bad, although admittedly, if she's going to do videos for the new songs, "Sally I Can See You" would make the most sense to me.

Perhaps something to mention if I get the chance to chat with her next month at the show in Minneapolis.

Gotye Spring 2012 North American Tour

more dates likely to follow if you notice the gap in the dates in February.

Gotye -- 2012 North American Tour Dates
February 2 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey
February 6 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
March 22 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
March 23 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
March 27 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
March 29 Boston, MA @ Paradise
March 30 Montreal, QB @ Corona Theatre
March 31 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
April 3 Chicago, IL @ Park West
April 4 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
April 6 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
April 8 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
April 10 Seattle @ Neptune
April 11 Portland, OR @ (venue TBA)
April 12 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent

fuck yeah, April 4th, Varsity. But of course, 89.3 The Hipster and 1st Crapenue will probably put their foot into this show, but so be it. Maybe a 2012 North American tour for Kimbra will follow and she'll be at The Varsity as well.

edit: fucker is SOLD OUT already, as I am noticing they may have gone on sale as early as December 7th. I don't care, I will go down to the show and do everything I can to find my way in. Perhaps tickets like that will end up on tickethub.com

edit 2: yeah, except some douche here wants $237 and $239 PER TICKET for them, lol.

edit 3: and some idiot is also selling them on Stubhub.com between $98 and $250.

LOL, it's pretty obvious this is 1 or 2 buffoons who realized "Somebody That I Used to Know" is getting played on 89.3 The Hipster and online everywhere, and bought between 20-50 tickets for this show to make a sizable profit. I anticipate seeing said SCALPER and offering him what I typically do outside shows when I don't have a ticket. Gotye is big, but not $98 or $250 BIG, LOL. Why the FUCK is the show being held at The Varsity Theater and Not 1st Crapenue in the 1st Place???

I guess if I end up getting into the show, at my only acceptable price or less, it won't matter. But this is definitely case of the pathetic process of Ticket Scalping. Why I do I suspect said douche ended up buying those 50 or more tickets right when they went on sale. And I'm sure I'm hardly the 1st person interested in seeing this show that couldn't buy a ticket due to this piece-of-shit-who-has-no-interest-in-the-show-to-begin-with, bogarting the tickets for his own greedy interests.


There is 89.3 The Hipster's giveaways (and maybe Radio K if they might get their head out of their ass and start playing Gotye), along with the obvious going-down-to-the-show and looking for someone with extras.

But this does kind of piss me off, a) I didn't realize this show was coming here, b) And now that I do, it already sold out. And there's a chance it may get moved to 1st Crapenue, although at least if it did, I'd be able to purchase a ticket now, as much as it pains me to be feeding 1st Crapenue, I want to see this guy live.

edit 4: and another explanation as to how/why this is already sold out: 1st Crapenue listed it and all the lemming Hipsters flocked.

edit 5: I'm not actually sure when tickets went on sale, as one or two things google pulled up suggested they may not have been available until this past week (January 4th). But in looking at First Ave's schedule, they have some group called Lucero scheduled on April 4th for the Mainroom at 8PM. Perhaps Gotye could get rescheduled and play earlier like an all-ages show at 5 or even 6PM. Otherwise, unless the venue is under the First-Ave umbrella (i.e. not places like The Pantages Theater), I don't know where it could get moved to. But it's pathetic how I and I am guessing many others will not have a ticket come April 4th if it doesn't get moved, largely due to these greedy bastards trying to make their living, Scalping tickets for this and the dozens of other shows I'm sure they do this with.

edit 6:

On sale: Saturday, December 10 at 12:00pm CST

link


Gotye’s intricate set was orchestrated to a tee. Acclaimed animation teams faultlessly backed his music and lyrics with jaw dropping, dizzying, at times creepy, but always emotive visuals. Brendan Cook’s dystopic endowment for opener and lead single Eyes Wide Open was the perfect spearhead for the visual banquet. The audience sang long proudly as Gotye’s musical phalanx materialised our aural memory of the track. Award winning illustrator, animator and director, Lucinda Schreiber then held the audience in a jubilant daze with her quirky morphing bear-man in second trackSmoke and Mirrors.

Fair to Midland/Dead Letter Circus December 2011 Tour

"Tour Dates are now available for our December US tour with Fair To Midland (official page). Tickets go on sale tomorrow!"
Dead Letter Circus Events List on Facebook

Dec 01 The Underground Mesa, AZ
Dec 03 B Ryders Bakersfield, CA
Dec 04 Ace of Spades Sacramento, CA
Dec 06 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
Dec 07 Studio Seven Seattle, WA
Dec 09 In the Venue Salt Lake City, UT
Dec 10 Marquis Theatre Denver, CO
Dec 12 The Wheelhouse Cedar Falls, IA
Dec 13 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
Dec 15 Subterranean Chicago, IL
Dec 16 The Rave Milwaukee, WI
Dec 17 The Machine Shop Flint, MI
Dec 19 Musica Akron, OH
Dec 21 Firebird St Louis, MO

I'm finally going to get to see DLC, and FTM are finally returning to the Varsity Theater after 7 straight shows not there. Why they're not at First Crapenue still baffles me, but whatevah.

Warpaint Spring 2011 Tour Dates: MINNEAPOLIS FINALLY!

3/23/11 2:01PM

Their return/debut headlining show in Minneapolis finally is this evening at The Varsity Theater.

Assuming all goes well in a relative amount of time, a review should pop up in here in the coming hours/days. I do have Fair to Midland and Judgement Day later this week as well.

Plus, given the circumstance of a lot of snow and not wanting to head home in it, prior to heading over to the Varsity, I may find myself with some time to kill and do some catchup blogging. With the assistance of a decent Wifi connection somewhere between the hours of 3:30-7pm-ish.


1/18/11 8:18PM


Facebook Post

U.S. tour announcement: Warpaint will be playing dates throughout the United States in March and April. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Visit the website's tour page for a full listing of dates.

http://www.warpaintwarpaint.com/tour/


01/31/11 Auckland Laneway Festival – Auckland New Zealand
02/04/11 Brisbane Laneway Festival – Brisbane Australia
02/05/11 Melbourne Laneway Festival – Melbourne Australia
02/06/11 Sydney Laneway Festival – Sydney Australia
02/08/11 Sydney Oxford Art Factory Australia
02/09/11 Melbourne Northcote Social Club Australia
02/10/11 Melbourne Northcote Social Club Australia
02/11/11 Adelaide Laneway Festival – Adelaide Australia
02/12/11 Perth Laneway Festival – Perth Australia
02/21/11 London, UK O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire United Kingdom

03/16/11 San Francisco, CA The Independent United States
03/17/11 Eugene, OR WOW Hall United States
03/18/11 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom United States
03/19/11 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret Canada
03/20/11 Seattle, WA Neumos United States
03/23/11 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater United States
03/24/11 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall United States
03/25/11 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom United States
03/26/11 Toronto, ON Wrongbar Canada
03/27/11 Montreal, PQ La Sala Rossa Canada
03/29/11 Boston, MA Paradise United States
03/30/11 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl United States
03/31/11 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom United States
04/01/11 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts United States
04/02/11 Washington, DC Black Cat United States
04/03/11 Raleigh, NC Kings Barcade and Tavern United States
04/05/11 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge United States
04/07/11 New Orleans, LA Republic United States
04/08/11 Houston, TX Fitzgeralds United States
04/09/11 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa United States
04/11/11 Dallas, TX The Loft United States
04/13/11 Tucson, AZ Club Congress United States

05/11/11 Cambridge Junction United Kingdom
05/13/11 Oxford O2 Academy United Kingdom
05/14/11 Manchester Gorilla United Kingdom
05/15/11 Dublin Tripod Ireland
05/17/11 Bristol O2 Academy United Kingdom
05/18/11 Birmingham HMV Institute – The Library United Kingdom
05/19/11 Leeds MET Students Union United Kingdom
05/20/11 Lancaster Library United Kingdom
05/23/11 O2 Academy New Castle United Kingdom
05/24/11 Sheffield Leadmill United Kingdom
05/26/11 Paris Bataclan France

Finally! This shall be interesting, as I've mentioned a handful of times, the last (and only?) show they played in town at the 7th Street Entry on Sunday September 19th, 2009 from speaking to a number of people there, I don't recall ONE person going to the show for Warpaint, let alone even knowing who they were. Their may have been a few people there who knew them, but also came for SVIIB.

Although here's one person who was there. But did they know who Warpaint were before the show?

I suspect this is going to be rather similar to really the last 2 Local Natives shows. Although this will only be my 2nd time seeing them, but I'm almost expecting dejavu. And more or less anyone I go up to and ask, so were you at the show at the Entry? Perhaps some will say they were, but also may add they hadn't heard of them.

I guess beyond that, the big deal about this is seeing them perform, and seeing the new songs live. And seeing Stella. That's all you need to know. Stella wasn't even in the band when they were last here.

And you know, hugs I can only hope (beg/pray)..hehe. It is awesome it's the Varsity Theater of course too. And the evening before Fair to Midland.

September 23rd, 2010 in Minneapolis: Menomena and/or Foals

Menomena and Foals: Equally goofy and both releasing excellent 2010 albums, AND in Minneapolis the very same evening of September 23rd, 2010.



I've waited about 3 years to see Menomena live. They finally booked another show here for September 23rd, and my favorite venue in town, The Varsity Theater. It was October or November 2007 when they last played in Minnesota, at the Varsity in fact. The same evening The Faceless were on the bill with Arsis and the headliner Enslaved at Station 4 in St.Paul. I decided for quantity, over perhaps quality, by skipping Menomena.

So the new Foals album came out earlier this year, and has become a regular-rotation record for me. It's really a breakthrough in a lot of ways. And I certainly would be interested in seeing them live now, more than ever.



They are from England (as opposed to Menomena being from the States), and who knows how often they'll find their way over here. But then again, the same could be said for Menomena. It may depend on how much more touring Menomena does for Mines this Fall or more likely in 2011. How big/much bigger they become and the demand for touring continues. Just on the surface, the odds seem better Menomena would be back sooner. But the same question should be raised about Foals, given they are a bit of a hipster band (one of the rare exceptions where the lemmings and usually low-substance-taste-media, actually promote a band whose music justifies it in some ways. In other ways, I'd argue it gets raped by them).

Perhaps Foals will find their way across the pond, to Minneapolis again in 2011 as well.

I just hate to have to pick.

The details right now for a possible concert jump.

Menomena has 1 opener, Suckers. The doors at The Varsity Theater are 7pm. The music starts at 8pm. If all goes well, Menomena will be starting by 9pm. They'll probably play over an hour. Maybe 90 minutes. The show ends by 10:30pm..maybe 11pm at the latest.

Meanwhile, Foals at The Entry: Entry shows, unless they are all-ages, NEVER start less than 1 hour after the doors. But also Entry shows pretty much every time have 2 or 3 openers. I've been to (sadly) probably 15 or 20 shows there over the last 10 years. I don't recall, save for The Appleseed Cast I think, any shows without not 1 but 2 or more opening bands. If the math works out, 2 bands get added to the bill, and even if the 1st band starts at 8pm, probably the earliest Foals could go on stage would be 10pm, but more likely closer to 11pm. Especially if more than 2 bands open, which would hardly be surprising. Maybe Foals has 1 or 2 national/international openers on their September/October tour, and then The Entry adds at least 1 local opener.

It's possible Foals won't even be starting until 11pm. If that happens, a concert-jump sounds very possible.

However, 1 or 2 other minor beefs that remain with this. The same night, of Montreal w/ Janella Monae are in The Mainroom. I actually would go for seeing of Montreal live sometime, as much as I've been underwhelmed by their studio music. But Monae has become hipster band 101 as well. So the mass of people there, like the Jimmy Gnecco 7th Street Entry/Gayngs-Ball thing back in May, has to happen at the pathetically joining venues the exact same evening.

But at least it's on a Thursday (and not Friday) and there is no Twins game at Target Field that evening thank gawd.

I just hate it when this stuff comes up. I'm a victim in some way of my own taste. But you got 2 of the better indie-prog bands in town the same evening. It reminds me a little of when Kaddisfly were in town the same night Mew headlined at The Fine Line, the Fall of 2006. I managed to see both, but it wasn't easy.





This wouldn't be such a big deal to me, perhaps, except for the fact Mines and Total Life Forever are both in my top 5 on my 2010 Album Index. And the fact Foals may not be back for many years given they are from England and the cost of touring overseas isn't always simple.

And I can't see myself eating the Menomena ticket. I already purchased it, and I've waited far too long too see them live. Even if I am able to pull off seeing both of these shows that night, part of me may be a bit down about lost time trying to chat with the guys in Menomena as well. Although I got to chat a bit with Brent Knopf last Fall when he was in town with Ramona Falls (ironically, at the Entry), I'd still love to say hello, and maybe have him sign my new disc. That may be possible beforehand. But also meeting Danny Seim and Justin Harris (of Menomena) would be a big deal to me. Danny was actually there with Ramona as well, as the drummer, but I had no idea until after the show, and I wasn't able to talk to him.

But that may be possible still, beforehand, or for a few minutes after wards, depending on how loaded up the bill at the Entry gets (and maybe I'll trying calling over to The Entry to find out the more specific times of the bands, the day/afternoon/early evening that day, since of course the bill's times and schedule are never known until the day/afternoon or evening of the show. But at least I would assume Foals is last since they are headlining).

but beyond all of these shenanigans, I still think if a promoter had any clue, these 2 bands should have ended up on the same bill. Now of course the finances of that wouldn't benefit each band as much I'd guess. And I may be 1 of the, if not the only person who will/would-want-to see both of these bands (some of their fans may be at the of Montreal show w/ Janelle Monae instead anyway), but I still say a bill together would make sense and benefit each band in terms of exposure no matter.

The indie-prog fan is in town, but like most fans in this town, they stay in the woods until the night of the show.

Why should I have to choose between these two?