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Trampled By Turtles

Fri., May 9, 8:00pm
Price: $12/$15
Cabooze
917 Cedar Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN
Ignorance and incorrect assumptions had kept me from listening to Trampled by Turtles until I got a mix with their song "Stranger" on it—from that point on my mind was opened up to the fact that they were not a jam band at all. As the Duluth natives manage to meld bluegrass, country, and folk, they avoid fitting into any of those genres singularly. From their wistful, backcountry sounds, the slowdrive progression that ended their 2007 album Trouble was another example of how they inventively evade definition. Friday's show at the Cabooze fixes to be a rousing warm-up to an enviable spring-into-summer adventure on the road with the sheer volume of festivals they're playing—anything from bluegrass fests to the State Fair to events across the sea in Belfast. They'll pack along with them the old and the new and the even newer, with their spot-on banjo, sublime fiddle, mandolin madness, and finely tuned, dreamy harmonies for an amazingly atmospheric rush to the senses. With Pistol Whipping Party Penguins. 18+. — Jen Paulson

Intelliphunk's 10-Year Anniversary Party: IPH1138

Sat., May 10
Profile Event Center
2630 University Ave. SE
Minneapolis, MN
Long ago in a rave galaxy far away (or just Minneapolis some years back), a consensus was reached between friends at a party that Intellephunk's super-dedicated founding DJ, Steve "Centrific" Seuhling, would still be blaring Richie Hawtin into his techno-trampled ears somewhere on a rickety porch well into his 80s. Well, kids, we're 10 whole years closer to that increasingly less-bizarre notion—bringing a tear to my eye for reasons both vain and sentimental—and the infamous crew is celebrating its legacy of corrupting the city's youth into sinister soldiers of mega-watt sound with a supreme party themed after George Lucas's 1971 film, THX 1138. "IPH1138" will feature a barrage of beat masters ranging from heavyweights Richard Devine and Mark Verbos to long-loved local staples E-Tones, Apollo, Mike G., and Centrific himself. In theme with Lucas's film, you'll get a barcode stamped on your bod, which you can use throughout the night to access art installations. So much has changed in the world since the IPH crew threw their first rave here in 1998, but the group's fervor for music has remained thankfully constant. "The pants are smaller and the music got slower, but we have grown up together and now complement each other as whole," Centrific states. So come celebrate Grandpa Steve and Co.'s vast contributions to Minneapolis. Be sure to hit up www.intellephunk.com for more information. — Jen Boyles

Laura Veirs

Tue., May 13, 7:30pm
Price: $12/$15
The Cedar
416 Cedar Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN
Lush imagery derived from the natural world again infests Laura Veirs's fresh crop of intensely literate songs on Saltbreakers, her third Nonesuch release. The briny sea is Veirs's primary muse this time around, and the songs are littered with references to whales, waves, flying fish, sails, and even a merman fishing for human females. But also laced into these Sargasso reveries are evocations of the shifting tides of human emotion, reflecting Veirs's personal upheavals. "Sorry I was cruel," she sings to kick off the album, pouring salt in somebody's wounds, but ultimately seeking self-preservation. Backed by her regular band (which won't be along for this solo gig), as well as viola master Eyvind King and guitar monster Bill Frisell, Veirs crafted an intricate, often reserved folk-pop soundscape on Saltbreakers that seems to drift with the ocean swells, alive with the teeming life below the surface. The most dramatic break from that is the squally rocker "Phantom Mountain." Opening will be New Zealand's Liam Finn (son of Crowded House/Split Enz's Neil Finn), whose acclaimed debut, I'll Be Lightning (Yep Roc), overflows with clever, intriguingly convoluted indie-pop that flexes scores of insidious hooks. — Rick Mason

The Kills; Telepathe

Sun., May 11, 9:00pm
Price: $13
Triple Rock Social Club
629 Cedar Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN
If love really is just a dialogue, as the Kills claim on their latest single "Cheap and Cheerful," it's a good thing that they don't have much use for it. Instead, VV and Hotel, with their sleazy, staccato riffs and tar-stained vocals, articulate pure animal lust. Midnight Boom, their third full-length album, remains splendidly untamed, the pheromones still too powerful to ignore. Though the Armani XXXchange-assisted beats (Alex Epton of Spank Rock), which draw inspiration from schoolyard chants, do misjudge the line between sinister and creepy at times, they rarely distract from VV and Hotel. And the duo's command extends to the stage, where their predatory vignettes are brought to life with sidelong glances and suggestive poses. The tension is palpable, but love's got nothing to do with it. With Telepathe. 18+. — Jonathan Garrett
4th Annual BBQ & Blues Festival - with Ron Thompson & His Resistors; Big Jay McNeely & the Solid Senders; Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King; Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones; Willie West; more.
Events | Festivals
Sat., June 7, 12:00pm
Price: free
Peavey Plaza - 11th St. And Nicollet Mall Mpls
A Nat King Cole Tribute - with Maurice Jacox and Bob Pontious
Sun., May 18, 2:30pm
Price: $15/$18
Medina Entertainment Center - 500 Hwy 55 Hamel
A Tribute to James Brown Featuring Bootsy Collins
Tue., July 1, 7:30pm
Price: $37
Minnesota Zoo Weesner Amphitheater - 13000 Zoo Blvd. Apple Valley
Aimee Mann - with Ben Kweller
Thu., June 12, 7:30pm
Price: $30
Minnesota Zoo Weesner Amphitheater - 13000 Zoo Blvd. Apple Valley
Alexander O'Neal; Howard Hewett
Sat., May 24
Price: $20
Trocaderos - 107 3rd Ave. N Minneapolis
Alison Scott
Fri., May 23, 9:00pm
Price: $6
Bunker's Music Bar And Grill - 761 Washington Ave. N Minneapolis
Alter Bridge - all ages
Thu., May 22, 7:00pm
Price: $24/$28
The Rock Nightclub - 2029 Woodlynn Ave. St. Paul
Amos Lee
Sat., June 14, 7:30pm
Price: $32
Minnesota Zoo Weesner Amphitheater - 13000 Zoo Blvd. Apple Valley
Andres Prado Quintet
Fri., May 30, 9:00pm
Price: $12
Artists' Quarter - 408 St. Peter St. St. Paul
Arch Enemy - with Dark Tranquility; Divine Heresy; Firewind. All ages
Tue., May 20, 5:00pm
Price: $20/$22
Station 4 - 201 E 4th St. St. Paul
Augustana - with Wild Sweet Orange; David Ford. 18+
Mon., May 12, 7:00pm
Price: $16/$18
Fine Line Music Cafe - 318 1st Ave. N Minneapolis
Backstreet Boys
Sat., August 23, 7:30pm
Price: $29
Minnesota State Fair Grandstand - 1265 Snelling Ave. N St. Paul
Bad Animals
Sat., May 10, 9:00pm
Price: $7
Bunker's Music Bar And Grill - 761 Washington Ave. N Minneapolis
Barbara Dennerlein
Mon., June 23, 7:00pm
Price: $20-$25
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant - 1010 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis
Billy Bob Thornton
Sat., August 30, 7:30pm
Price: $30
Minnesota Zoo Weesner Amphitheater - 13000 Zoo Blvd. Apple Valley
Billy Bragg
Fri., June 13, 8:00pm
Price: $25/$28
The Cedar - 416 Cedar Ave. S Minneapolis
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