See that picture of the Cedar? That's to let you know that this is a good weekend to make it over to the ol' West Bank joint for music. The experimental jazz-rap performer Kassa Overall comes to town Friday night; he's followed the folksy country insights of Iris DeMent on Saturday. Neither of them to your taste? Well, below we've listed everything from prominent Baldwin-in-law Justin Bieber at the Target Center to a recreation of a classic Grateful Dead show at the Hook & Ladder.
Tuesday, May 3
New Candys, Flavor Crystals, Chatham Rise, Seafarer @ Amsterdam
International Reggae Allstars @ Bunkers
Nate Smith + Kinfolk @ Dakota
St. Dominic’s Trio @ Driftwood
Pedro the Lion with Oceanator @ Fine Line
Sway Wild + Aurala @ Icehouse
Circuit des Yeux with The Nunnery @ 7th St Entry
The Convalescence, Necronomicon @ Skyway Theatre
May Conspiracy Series featuring Ben Cook-Feltz, the Gated Community @ 331 Club
Napalm Death and Pig Destroyer with SUNLESS @ Turf Club
Lights @ Varsity Theater
Trevor McSpadden & Mary Cutrufello @ White Squirrel
Uncle Jesse’s Comb (Tuesday Residency) @ White Squirrel
Wednesday, May 4
Subtle Transients @ Amsterdam
MN Songwriter Showcase @ Aster Cafe
Dylan Salfer @ Bunkers
Nate Smith + Kinfolk @ Dakota
Trailer Trash, the Matt Arthur Contraption @ Driftwood
The Lemon Twigs with Tchotchke @ Fine Line
High Pulp with Jared Mattsen @ Hook and Ladder
Rachel Kurtz & The Feelings, Said Kelley, Lance Cooper @ Icehouse
Red Eye Ruby (Residency) @ Mortimers
Anand Wilder with Mike Kota @ 7th St Entry
Mystery Skulls @ Studio B
Rhino Shrine, the Royal Hipites @ 331 Club
Dale Watson and His Lone Stars @ Uptown VFW
Thursday, May 5
Wolly Mack, The Rowdy Gents, Rat Castle Jazz Ensemble @ Amsterdam
Jay Bee & the Routine @ Bunkers
Hypocrisy, Carach Angren, the Agonist, Hideous Divinity @ Cabooze
Joyce Lyons @ Crooners
River: The Music of Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Carly Simon @ Crooners
Suzanne Vega @ Dakota
Lolo’s Ghost, the Silverteens @ Driftwood
Restless Road with Kat & Alex and Aaron Simmons @ Fine Line
Candlelight: Favorite Anime Themes @ Granada
Javier Trejo y Caballo Cosmico @ Hook and Ladder
Cary Morin, Trevor McSpadden & Mary Cutrefello @ Icehouse
Jest (Release Party) with Total Gaze & Crush Scene @ Mortimers
Interpol with TYCHO and Matthew Dear @ Palace Theatre
The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs @ Palmer’s
Trupa Trupa with Saint Small and Another Heaven @ 7th St Entry
KFAI House Party Presents Buffalo Galaxy @ 331 Club
Greyduck, Trusion @ 331 Club
The Ghost of Paul Revere with Early James @ Turf Club
Space Monkey Mafia @ Uptown VFW
Cinco Alternativo: A Celebration of Alternative Mexicans in the Twin Cities @ White Squirrel
Friday, May 6
Ben Rector @ Armory
Tim Houlihan, Paul Madsen, & JJ Benson @ Aster Cafe
Hill Cats Reunion with Billy Johnson @ Bunkers
Veil of Maya, Born of Osiris @ Cabooze
Kassa Overall with Sarah Maricha White @ Cedar Cultural Center
Red Hot Django Peppers @ Crooners
Celebrating Sondheim: Act II @ Crooners
The Randy Newman Songbook with Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard @ Crooners
Musicians for Ukraine @ Dakota
The Hell & the Quiet, Lifted Roots @ Driftwood
GUYTANO with Denny and BOBBY RETHWISH @ Fine Line
Saba with femdot., Amindi and MFnMelo @ First Avenue
Cornbread Harris with Special Guests @ Hook and Ladder
Miguel Hurtado Trio @ Icehouse
Gothess Presents: Leather and Velvet @ Icehouse
A Deer A Horse, New Primals, Paqrat @ Mortimers
Tightwire, Supportive Parents and Rational Anthem @ Palmer’s
Hold Your Lady Tight ’90s Country Dance Party with DJ Sh'Dance!
DJs Webby and Boomer @ Palmer’s
Hovvdy with Molly Parden @ 7th St Entry
Malevolent Creation @ Studio B
Justin Bieber @ Target Center
The Silent Treatment, Fret Rattles, The Unnamed @ 331 Club
ReCodePop @ The Treasury
Willie Wisely and The Scarlet Goodbye with Cindy Lawson @ Turf Club
NightChurch Dance Revival @ Uptown VFW
TC Ramblers @ Varsity Theater
Battery Eyes with The Havana Sleeve & Prismatic Spray @ White Squirrel
Saturday, May 7
Remo Drive with Boyish @ Amsterdam
Scott Laurent @ Aster Cafe
Stereo Kitchen @ Bunkers
Space Hug with Ginny & the Fizz and Small Town Story @ Cabooze
Iris Dement with Anna Egge @ Cedar Cultural Center
Celebrating Sondheim: Act II @ Crooners
Martin Zellar @ Crooners
Janiva Magness with Annie Mack @ Dakota
Saint Suburbia, Curt Copeland, Cullah, Pretty Beggar @ Driftwood
Godz on Guitars @ Eagles 34
Surf Zombies @ Eagles 34
OMD @ Fillmore
Son Lux with Emily Wells @ Fine Line
Fontaines D.C. with Just Mustard @ First Avenue
Pete Hoffman @ Granada
Heatbox with Maxaphone & Reed Grimm @ Hook and Ladder
Self-Evident, Traindodge, & Dead History @ Hook and Ladder
Dean Granros @ Icehouse
Steve Roehm Trio @ Icehouse
Demetri Rallis & Friends @ Icehouse
Nox Novacula, Panic Priest, RRA @ Mortimers
Run Westy Run with Products @ Palmer’s
Steve Hackett @ Pantages
John Gorka @ Parkway Theater
ericdoa with juno and glasear @ 7th St Entry
Ghastly @ Skyway Theatre
Godsmack @ Target Center
The Crimson Boys, Tony Sig @ 331 Club
Top Floor Party @ The Treasury
DESTRUCTION with NERVOSA, Sunlord, and VX36 @ Turf Club
The Taylor Party: Taylor Swift Night @ Varsity Theater
Flowerstalks w/ Killing Spree & Serious Machine @ White Squirrel
Fuzzy Math @ Amsterdam
Sunday, May 8
Snoh Aalegra @ Armory
Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons @ Aster Cafe
Lush Country @ Crooners
Cate Fierro and Her Daughters @ Crooners
Gypsy Mania Hot Club @ Dakota
Robert Robertson @ Dakota
Over the Rhine @ Dakota
James Arthur @ Fillmore
Big K.R.I.T. with ELHAE and PRICE @ Fine Line
Ashe with The Brook & The Bluff @ First Avenue
Cornell ’77 Turns ’45 @ Hook and Ladder
Tony Cuchetti & Blair Krivaneck @ Icehouse
Loser Magnet, Honey Dick, Big Salt, M.A.Y., Warcake @ Mortimers
Cornbread Harris: Church of Cornbread @ Palmer’s
The Silos with Folios @ Palmer’s
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School @ 331 Club
Caroline Spence @ Turf Club
mxmtoon @ Varsity Theater
Trench Size Trio @ White Squirrel
Monday, May 9
Stray Grey Duck @ Amsterdam
Dr. Mambo’s Combo @ Bunkers
Darrell Scott @ Dakota
Super Duty, Shotgun Ragtime @ Driftwood
Jesse McCartney @ Fillmore
LA Buckner’s Jazz Mondays @ Icehouse
The Mysterines with RiGBY @ 7th St Entry
The Roe Family Singers @ 331 Club
Matt Arthur Contraption @ 331 Club
Chef Sounds (DJ Night) @ White Squirrel
