NEW MEDICINE Lands Opening Slot on 2014 Uproar Festival Tour, Completes New Record

The Uproar Festival Tour has announced the lineup and most of the dates for the 2014 version of this year's outing, and Minneapolis’s rising rock band New Medicine has scored a spot on the bill for the last five dates from September 11–21 (listed below, the complete itinerary can be viewed here). Other bands on the bill include Godsmack, Seether, Skillet, Buckcherry, Pop Evil, Escape The Fate, Redlight King, These Raven Skies, Tattered, and Sons Of Revelry. New Medicine will also participate in the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, California on September 14.

Watch New Medicine perform a new song called "Desire Into Gold" on April 30, 2014 at Capone's in Johnson City, Tennessee.

In other band news, New Medicine posted to their Facebook page on June 12 that their new album for Imagen Records is complete:

“Just handed in the master recordings of our new record to our label!!! The record is officially DONE.”

September 11 – Post Falls, ID, Greyhound Park

September 12 – Seattle, WA, White River Amphitheatre

September 17 – TBA

September 18 – TBA

September 21 – TBA

In Concert This Week - March 14, 2013

Tonight, Thursday, March 14 is a night a local metal at Station 4 in St. Paul with Prophets Of Aether, Solar Slaughter, Odin, Compassion Dies, Pademic, and Monster Of Creation.

One of the oddest billings I’ve seen in a while is Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band with Kid Rock at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Friday, March 15. Both artists are on their own headlining tours, and this is only one of two dates (the other being in Fargo on Saturday, March 16) where they are on the same bill as co-headliners. According to Ticketmaster the St. Paul show is nearly sold out. Local hard rock band Throw The Fight is having a 16+ release party for their new EP The Vault that same night at Station 4 in St. Paul with 3 Pill Morning, Aeous, and Forever Waiting.

South Carolina’s ancient-worshipping death metal masters Nile will play a two-set 16+ show with Face Of Oblivion, Daigoro, and Beauty Of Decay at Station 4 in St. Paul on Saturday, March 16. That same night, hard rock bands Buckcherry and New Medicine play a 21+ show at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina. Buckcherry is currently out as direct support to Kid Rock, but this stopgap headlining show is taking place while Kid Rock plays two headlining shows with Bob Seger.

Rap/punk rock weed lovers Kottonmouth Kings bring their entertaining show to Mill City Nights in Minneapolis for a 16+ show on Sunday, March 17 with Killa Capone, Bobby James, and Lazy J.

Detroit hardcore band Tides Of War returns to town on Wednesday, March 20 for an all ages show with support from Athen’s Grace, Encryptor, A Moment In Time, and In Search Of Solace.

Concert Announcements - June 29, 2012

Minneapolis-based hard rock band New Medicine will be headlining a Live on Arrival benefit show on Friday, July 27 at The Cabooze in Minneapolis with Toussaint Morrison, Sheeped, Dr. Wylie, Big Villian, Q’s Junction, and Chrome Lotus.

Taproot and Smile Empty Soul have lined up a date at Station 4 in St. Paul on Monday, July 30

Henry Rollins brings his spoken word performance out on the road for an appearance on Thursday, September 27 at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. Tickets go on sale today, Friday, June 29 at 12:00 noon.

Folk metal fans can rejoice at the return of Finland’s Korpiklaani to Station 4 in St. Paul on Labor Day, Monday, September 2. Joining them for this voyage are fellow Finns Moonsorrow, Denmark’s Týr, and Estonia’s Metsatöll.

Hard rockers Chevelle play at 21+ show at First Avenue in Minneapolis on Friday, September 7. Locals Throw The Fight open the show before apparently heading to Ellsworth, Wisconsin to headline their own show at the Gaslight Bar & Grille. General ticket sales begin at 12:00 noon today, Friday, June 29, and you can buy presale tickets through Etix (linked at the First Avenue website) using the password "93x".

A second Lagwagon date has been added at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis on Wednesday, October 3. The October 4 show must either be sold out or close to it, so get your tickets soon!

Concert Announcements - June 14, 2012

Industrial rock powerhouse The Dreaming returns to Station 4 in St. Paul on Monday, July 23 for 16+ show. Support will come from Whither The Tide and two bands to be announced. The Dreaming was last here in December and you can ready my review of their latest album, Puppet, here.


Local industrial upstarts As|Of play the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis on Wednesday, July 25 with Christopher J. Wray, Phenetik, and KPT. Best of all, this show is free!


Rising stars Halestorm play The Cabooze in Minneapolis with support from New Medicine on Friday, July 27. No further information is available at this time.


Rock outfit Our Lady Peace hits the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Tuesday, August 7. Tickets for this 18+ show go on sale this Friday, June 15 at 12:00 noon.


This is the best concert announcement I've heard in a long time—doom guitar master Wino (St. Vitus, The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, others) will flatten the Turf Club in St. Paul on Thursday, August 16 with support from Conny Ochs.


Stone Temple Pilots have plotted a tour that brings them to Myth in St. Paul on Friday, September 7. This is an all ages show, and tickets go on sale this Saturday, June 16 at 10:00 am.


Long-running industrial troupe My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult return to town with a gig at Station 4 in St. Paul on Thursday, October 11. No further information is available at this time.


Hard rockers Seether arrive at The Brick in Minneapolis on Tuesday, October 16 with support from Sick Puppies, Kyng, and Eye Empire. This is an 18+ show, and tickets go on sale this Friday, June 15 at 10:00 am.


Hardcore/punk/pop godfathers Dinosaur Jr. will bring a room full of smiles to The Cabooze in Minneapolis on Thursday, October 18. Tickets for this 18+ show go on sale Friday, June 22 at 12:00 noon.

Weekly Concert Update, Part 2 of 2 - ANVIL, THE DREAMING, NEW MEDICINE, 12 STONES Concerts Announced

Looking ahead first for the biggest news of the week, Canada's legendary and unlikely film stars Anvil are set to explode at Station 4 in St. Paul on Wednesday, February 22. No further information is available at this time. If you're unfamiliar with Anvil, you owe to yourself to learn about them by watching the award-winning movie Anvil: The Story Of Anvil and reading their autobiography of the same title.


  


Former Stabbing Westward vocalist Christopher Hall brings The Dreaming to St. Paul at Station for a just-announced show on Thursday, December 8 with Killing Floor, Withering Deity, and Create Control. This is a 16+ show and is $10 at the door. The Dreaming just released their latest album, Puppet, earlier this month.

Local hard rock bands Eden, Vaudeville, Smiling Politely, and Aiming For Aurora are teaming up for a show at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Friday, December 9. Advance tickets are only $5 ($8 at the door), and this show is 18+.

Twin Cities-based New Medicine is currently wrapped some dates in the southern US, but they return home to play the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis on Thursday, December 22 with an opening band to be announced. This show is 18+, and tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door.


Mega-selling Christian band 12 Stones comes to Station 4 in St. Paul on Sunday, January 15 with Forever Waiting, Requiems End, Tepetricy, and Essex for an all ages show ($12 advance, $15 at the door).

As expected, Belphegor has dropped off the upcoming Dark Funeral tour that comes to St. Paul at Station 4 on Thursday, February 9 and Inquisition has now been announced as their replacement. Still on the bill are Abigail Williams, Gigan, and Maledicere. This show is 16+, and tickets are $17 in advance or $20 at the door.