THE BEACHES TOUR DATES & NEW SINGLE!!

I’ve secretly loved The Beaches for a while now. “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Paranoid” is already on my shortlist for best song of the 2020s.  It’s DEFINITELY the most 2020s song of the 2020s. Two nights ago, in a fit of anxiety, I preordered the Canadian power-pop group’s upcoming record, no hard feelings, (out August 29th), and I don’t regret that investment. This morning, I lamented the fact that they haven’t announced tour dates. WELL!!!!!!!!!!!

They’ve got a full tour underway this fall! Plus a few select Summer dates and DJ Night Free Parties?!!?! Full dates below the jump, and the amazing Annie DiRuisso is joining for many of these shows!

Last Girls at the Party DJ Set Dates:

June 7 – NYC 

June 11 – Toronto

August 2 – Montréal 

 

THE BEACHES LIVE DATES

June 6 – The Governors Ball Music Festival – New York, NY

June 14 – Buffalo AKG Art Museum – Buffalo, NY

July 20 – Minnesota Yacht Club – Saint Paul, MN

July 29 – Churchill Park Music Festival – St. John’s, NL

July 31 – Kee to Bala – Muskoka, ON

August 3 – Osheaga Festival, Montreal, QC

August 7 – Sziget Festival – Budapest, Hungary

August 8 – About You Pangea Festival – Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany

August 9 – Schanze Open Air – Hamburg, Germany

August 15 – 17th – Lowlands Festival – Biddinghuizen, Netherlands 

August 17 – Pukkelpop Festival – Hasselt, Belgium

August 29 – Rolling Stone Presents Gather No Moss @ The Salt Shed – Chicago, IL

Sept 17 – KEMBA Live! – Columbus, OH  

Sept 18 – Brooklyn Bowl – Nashville, TN

Sept 20 – Shaky Knees Festival – Atlanta, GA

Sept 21 – The Ritz – Raleigh, NC

Sept 24 – Roadrunner – Boston, MA

Sept 25 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC

Sept 26 – All Things Go Festival – Columbia, MD

Sept 27 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA

Sept 29 – Webster Hall – New York, NY

Sept 30 – Webster Hall – New York, NY

Oct 2 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Detroit, MI

Oct 4 – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN   

Oct 5 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI  

Oct 8 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK 

Oct 10 – Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO 

Oct 11 – Rockwell at The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT  

Oct 14 – The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ  

Oct 15 – The Sound – San Diego, CA  

Oct 17 – Fox Theater – Pomona, CA  

Oct 18 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA  

Oct 19 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA  

Oct 22 – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA  

Oct 24 – Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre – Victoria, BC 

Oct 25 – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre – Vancouver, BC  

Oct 27 – Edmonton Expo Centre Arena – Edmonton, AB 

Oct 29 – Grey Eagle Resort & Casino – Calgary, AB  

Oct 30 – Grey Eagle Resort & Casino – Calgary, AB  

Nov 1 – Burton Cummings Theatre – Winnipeg, MB 

Nov 2 – Burton Cummings Theatre – Winnipeg, MB 

Nov 5 – The Arena @ TD Place – Ottawa, ON 

Nov 6 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON 

Nov 9 – Centennial Hall – London, ON 

Nov 10 – Centennial Hall – London, ON  

Nov 13 – Scotiabank Centre – Halifax, NS 

Nov 15 – Casino New Brunswick – Moncton, NB

Single of the Week: “Wanna Start A Band?” by Sleigh Bells

The funny thing about Sleigh Bells is that they do, indeed, have a formula. But it’s such a damn good formula that always feels so unbelievably good. “Wanna Start A Band?” is a brilliant little autobiographical anthem, and this song is a cacophony of sonic joy that is somehow equal parts Nine Inch Nails and Lisa Lisa. I’m so glad that they are opening with joy in this hellish year of 2025. (I will note that Sleigh Bells’ show at Mezzanine was my first show after Trump’s win in 2016, and it was the exact right thing to do. Also my first indoor show after COVID hit) 

Sleigh Bells are embarking on their first tour since 2022, and tickets are on sale TODAY at 10 am local time. Dates and tickets are here

Ashe Announces A Return To The Road!

As a Bay Area music blog, we are always excited when one of our own overcomes something big. San Jose Native Ashe had to cancel the tour for her brilliant album Raye last year to deal with mental health issues. I honestly thought she was moving away from music in general. Instead, she gifted us with an amazing new record, Willson, and is doing a tour supporting her three most recent albums, making up for lost time while still touring the brilliant new record. 

Tour Dates are below, and everything goes on sale 11/1/24 at 10 am local time:

May 28—Variety Playhouse—Atlanta, GA
May 30—9:30 Club—Washington, DC
May 31—Royale—Boston, MA
June 3—Brooklyn Steel—Brooklyn, NY
June 5—Danforth Music Hall—Toronto, ON
June 6—Saint Andrew’s Hall—Detroit, MI
June 8—Metro—Chicago, IL
June 11—First Avenue—Minneapolis, MN
June 13—Ogden Theatre—Denver, CO
June 14—The Depot—Salt Lake City, UT
June 16—The Showbox—Seattle, WA
June 17—Revolution Hall—Portland, OR
June 19—The UC Theatre—Berkeley, CA
June 20—The Bellwether—Los Angeles, CA

“In The Living Room”: New Maggie Rogers Single Ahead Of Arena Tour

Maggie Rogers will kick off her first-ever arena tour tomorrow night in Austin. To prepare for bringing a party to the biggest crowds of her career, she’s giving us… a haunting, tearjerker of a ballad that will force the entire arena into mutual tears! BRILLIANT! “In The Living Room” is an excellent addition to her canon, and I can’t wait to experience shared catharsis in a room with 30,000 other people.  

Tickets still available for *some* of her fall tour. You can find those here! It’s fitting that she’s giving us a song about lamenting those we lost while playing SF on Dia De Los Muertos

Heart’s Royal Flush Tour has been rescheduled!

I was GUTTED when I found out that Heart had to cancel their Fall 2024 tour for vocalist/flutist Ann Wilson to receive and recover from cancer treatment. I was worried that this was the end. Happily, Wilson looks like she’s recovered and is ready to go! I will note that I’m gutted that their SF show at Chase Center isn’t happening on this round, although it’s making me speculate wildly about Bottlerock 2025. 

Dates begin February 28th in Las Vegas, and tickets can be purchased here on all dates! Tour dates after the jump, along with a ferocious recent rendition of the best rock song of the 70s below the jump: Continue reading “Heart’s Royal Flush Tour has been rescheduled!”

Bikini Kill Tour Starts Next Month!

Kathleen Hanna is so busy these days that it’s hard to keep track of which project is doing what and when. Last year was a Le Tigre-heavy year, and so far, Hanna has been focusing on her excellent book, Rebel Girl. But Bikini Kill *just* made their network TV debut (after 34 years!) on The Late Show Wait Stephen Colbert, and they are crossing North America starting in LA at The Wiltern on August 15th-16th, coming to The Warfield (a venue that figures prominently in the aforementioned book) August 18th-19th, and wrapping up Baltimore on September 12th. And, as she hinted at her City Arts & Lectures appearance back in May, there are no future Bikini Kill plans currently, so it would be wise to hit up one of these. 

Full Tour Dates Below: Continue reading “Bikini Kill Tour Starts Next Month!”

STOP THE PRESSES!!! NEW SLEATER-KINNEY SINGLE!!!! TOUR DATES!!! ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT!!! HAPPINESS!!!

Good news! The *actual* greatest rock band in America has gifted us a new single, “Hell,” and it’s a cathartic piece of anxious psychedelic darkness. This is probably the biggest song to come from Sleater-Kinney- in a short 3:22, we are taken on a cinematic roller coaster that builds and releases and contracts and I haven’t even started on the video. Miranda July is making her third appearance in a Sleater-Kinney video, and, really, she is so good at expressing a wide array of emotions with just her eyes. Brilliant. 

2024 marks the 30th Anniversary of the band’s first release, “You Ain’t It.” To mark this momentous occasion, they are releasing their 11th studio album, Little Rope, on January 19th. And, of course, they are going on a Spring North American tour! Dates are here, and tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. local time on October 6th! 

New Music Videos from Blondshell and Dream Wife

Remember when Tuesdays were the “New Release Day” for music? Those days were special. Although I think moving it to Friday is a little more fun. That being said, two videos dropped today from two of my favorite finds of the year! 

Going in alphabetical order out of fairness… 

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BONUS Single Of The Week: “Orbit” by Dream Wife

Remember in 2021 when I kept posting Wet Leg singles, and they ended up becoming the biggest thing in 2022? Well, every single off Dream Wife’s third record, Social Lubrication (Out June 9th), has been incredible, and I think there is a reasonable chance that 2023 will be the year of Dream Wife. “Orbit” is a dance-punk piece of infectiousness that you will listen to on repeat until the next single drops. 

Also, they dropped a small assortment of US dates that you can see below. And if you happen to be visiting the UK from the Bay Area in June and can pick me up a copy of this version of Social LubricationI’ll pay you back when you return to the States. 

September 15 – Brooklyn, NY, USA @ Brooklyn Made

September 17 – Portland, OR, USA @ Mississippi Studios

September 18 – Seattle, WA, USA @ Barboza

September 20 – San Francisco, CA, USA @ Bottom Of The Hill

September 21 – Los Angeles, CA, USA @ Zebulon

Single of the Week: “All Comes Crashing” by Metric

There are few songwriters that really understand how to convey the feelings of anxiety, desperation, and fear quite like Emily Haines. I’ve been waiting eagerly for the first pandemic-era release from Metric, because I was pretty sure we would get a track that would clearly validate the feelings of being stuck in a madness that’s out of our control. and they delivered tenfold. “All Comes Crashing” in a lot ways is classic Metric- pure, emotive vocals, post-punk guitars appearing out of nowhere beneath warm synths, and danceable beats to help ease the burden of the anxiety and provide just a little bit of optimism. 

All Comes Crashing” is the first single off their upcoming release, Formentera, which is due to be in your hands and ears July 8th. Preorder details coming soon. Also, there are few nights more cathartic than a Metric concert, and their 2022 North American Tour goes on sale TODAY at 10am local time. Check tour dates out here