Tonight - THE CASUALTIES in Minneapolis, Other Great Local Shows

There's a bunch of shows taking place tonight, first being long-running punk traditionalists The Casualties, who are playing at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis with Rocksteady Breakfast and Devil Blues Band. This is an 18+ show that starts at 9:00; tickets are $15 at the door. The Casualties are out promoting the outstanding Resistance album (reviewed here, 9/10), and you can stream the opening track "My Blood. My Life. Always Forward." below.

Minneapolis hard rock band Torch The Spires plays a show at Club Underground at the Spring Street Tavern in Minneapolis with Suit And Tie Genocide and Owlstorm. This gets underway at 8:00.

It's also a night of local metal at Station 4 in St. Paul with Haunted Wisconsin, Deretia, Ghost Hook, Invidiosus, and Compassion Dies. Door are at 6:00 for this 18+ show.

Lastly, Face Of Oblivion, Byleth, and The Vile Impurity team up for a show at the What's Up Lounge in Mankato. This is a 21+ show that starts at 9:00, and it's $5 at the door.

Album Review - THE CASUALTIES

The Casualties - Resistance

Season Of Mist, 2012

9/10

New York’s The Casualties may not be the most original punk band, but in a world where punk became pop-punk and hardcore evolved into metalcore, their no-frills homage to classic-style punk is refreshing. Resistance contains everything you’d expect – short, fast songs (16 songs in 36 minutes), plenty of shout-a-longs, and lyrical themes of fighting the man and societal injustice. The song titles tell it all – “Constant Struggle”, “Brick Wall Justice”, “Morality Police”, and “Behind Barbed Wire”. This ain’t rocket science, but The Casualties deliver the goods. The songs also benefit from a rock-solid production that brings their brand of scrappy punk out of the basement. An unusual switch to the Season Of Mist label might have indicated a stylistic change, but longtime fans (this is the band’s ninth album) have nothing to fear. The closest this veers into metal territory are the speed metal-type riffs of opening track “My Blood. My Life. Always Forward.” and “Life On The Line”. The Casualties stick to what they do best, and don’t waste anyone’s time by trying sound like something they’re not. This is easily one of the best punk albums I’ve heard in some time, and Resistance gives me hope that true punk can muster new life.

The Casualties perform on Saturday, April 20 at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis with support from Rocksteady Breakfast and Devil Blues Band.

In Concert This Week - April 19, 2013

Tonight, Friday, April 19 is a big lineup of 70s/80s megastars REO Speedwagon, Styx, and Ted Nugent at the Target Center in Minneapolis. That same night black metal descends upon Station 4 in St. Paul with Absu, Maledicere, False, and Nuklear Frost.

New York punk band The Casualties play the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis on Saturday, April 20 with support from Rocksteady Breakfast and Devil Blues Band. Also on Saturday, Station 4 in St. Paul has Haunted Wisconsin, Deretia, Ghost Hook, Invidiosus, and Compassion Dies. Further south, you can catch Face Of Oblivion, Byleth, and The Vile Impurity at the What’s Up Lounge in Mankato.

Seattle-based Solid State recording artist Emery plays Station 4 in St. Paul on Wednesday, April 24 with support from Wolves At The Gate, The Seeking, Peace Mercutio, and The Suit. The same night local doom/sludge band Witchden plays the Cause Spirits & Soundbar in Minneapolis with United Teachers Of Music and Wicked Inquisition.

Unpredictable rockers Mindless Self Indulgence play on Thursday, April 25 at Mill City Nights in Minneapolis with The Red Paintings.

Free SAINT VITUS/THE CASUALTIES Split Single Available For Download

Scion A/V recently released a two-song split single featuring doom merchants Saint Vitus and punk band The Casualties that is available to download for free at the Scion A/V website (email address submission is required). This is part of Scion A/V's Label Showcase series, this one featuring Season Of Mist. Both songs were recorded live October 13, 2012 at The Glass House in Pomona, California.

1. Saint Vitus - Waste Of Time
2. The Casualties - Get Off My Back

Both tracks can be streamed in the videos below:

The Casualties perform Saturday, April 20 at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis with support from Rocksteady Breakfast and Devil Blues Band.

In Concert This Week - July 12, 2012

This week is a little quiet on the concert front, but the rest of the month is booked solid with shows of all kind.

There’s two rock shows tonight, Thursday, July 12. At Famous Dave’s Blues Club in Uptown Minneapolis you can catch guitar legend Edgar Winter (most would recognize the instrumental “Frankenstein”) with Blatant Youth starting at 7 pm. In the Dinkytown area of Minneapolis, Hoobastank is playing at the Varsity Theater.

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th, and what better way to spend it than with the area’s own Impaler at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. Opening the show are Revengeance, Rivkit, and Mördwölf. Also on Friday, The Casualties, Nekromantix, Down By Law, Lower Class Brats, Flatfoot 56, and The Sheds play in St. Paul at Station 4.

Local industrial metal band Screaming Mechanical Brain has just wrapped a string of tour dates and return home to Station 4 in St. Paul on Saturday, July 14 with Brothers Loyalty, If I Ran The Zoo, Molly’s Worst Enemy, Our Judgment, We Follow One, and Pierre.

Kid Rock gears up for a headline show at Rock Fest next week with a sold-out show at Mystic Lake Casino Amphitheater in Prior Lake on Sunday, July 15. Also on Sunday, you can catch punk band The Dopamines with Lipstick Homicide, The Slow Death, and The Manix at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, while Oh, Sleeper, A Plea For Purging, The Great Commission, Rest For The Weary, and Royal Ace play Station 4 in St. Paul.

Lastly, metal band God Forbid returns to play Station 4 in St. Paul on Wednesday, July 18 with support from Battlecross, Devilsex, Climactic, Reaping Asmodeia, Deretia, and Purified.

GWAR Extends Tour, Minneapolis Date Added

Costumed shock-rockers Gwar have extended their current "Bloody Pit Of Horror" North American tour through early December to include the western half of the continent. The tour kicked off in Baltimore on Saturday, October 2 with The Casualties, Infernaeon, and Mobile Deathcamp as support bands. Minneapolis will host the final date of the tour on Monday, December 6 at The Cabooze. Here's the complete list of expanded dates:

October 4 - Indianapolis, IN, The Vogue

October 5 - Knoxville, TN, Valarium

October 7 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Revolution

October 8 - Ybor City, FL, The Ritz

October 9 - Orlando, FL, Firestone Live

October 10 - Atlanta, GA, The Masquerade

October 11 - Charlotte, NC, Amos' Southend

October 12 - Cincinnati, OH, Bogart's

October 13 - Cleveland, OH, House Of Blues

October 14 - Philadelphia, PA, Electric Factory

October 15 - Clifton Park, NY, Northern Lights

October 16 - Worcester, MA, The Palladium

October 17 - Montreal, QC, Theatre Telus

October 19 - Moncton, NB, Club Oxygen

October 20 - Halifax, NS, The New Palace

October 22 - Quebec City, QC, Theatre Imperial

October 23 - Toronto, ON, Opera House

October 24 - Rochester, NY, Water Street Music Hall

October 26 - Chicago, IL, House Of Blues

October 27 - Columbus, OH, Newport Music Hall

October 28 - Sauget, IL, Pop's

October 29 - Grand Rapids, MI, The Intersection

October 30 - Detroit, MI, Harpo's

October 31 - Milwaukee, WI, The Rave

November 2 - Dallas, TX, House Of Blues

November 3 - Little Rock, AR, The Village

November 4 - New Orleans, LA, House Of Blues

November 5 - Houston, TX, House Of Blues

November 6 - Austin, TX, Waterloo Park, Fun Fun Fun Fest

November 8 - Lawrence, KS, Granada Theater

November 9 - Tulsa, OK, Cain's Ballroom

November 10 - Lincoln, NE, Bourbon Theatre

November 11 - Englewood, CO, Gothic Theatre

November 12 - Albuquerque, NM, Sunshine Theatre

November 13 - Tucson, AZ, Rialto Theatre

November 14 - Tempe, AZ, Marquee Theatre

November 15 - San Diego, CA, House Of Blues

November 16 - Hollywood, CA, House Of Blues

November 17 - Ventura, CA, Ventura Theatre

November 18 - Chico, CA, Senator Theatre

November 19 - Reno, NV, Knitting Factory

November 20 - Bend, OR, Midtown Music Hall

November 21 - San Francisco, CA, Regency Ballroom

November 22 - Pomona, CA, The Glasshouse

November 24 - Magna, UT, The Great Salt Air

November 26 - Portland, OR, Roseland Theatre

November 27 - Spokane, WA, Knitting Factory

November 28 - Seattle, WA, Showbox SoDO

November 29 - Vancouver, BC, Commodore Ballroom

December 1 - Edmonton, AB, Edmonton Events Centre

December 2 - Calgary, AB, MacEwan Hall Ballroom

December 3 - Regina, SK, Riddell Centre

December 4 - Winnipeg, MB, Garrick Centre

December 6 - Minneapolis, MN, The Cabooze

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