K-MIDAS EP Release Party w. Twin Citizen and Sunsets Over Flowers
Come enjoy a high-energy show to celebrate the inaugural K-MIDAS EP, “Before the Rhythm Dies”. Known for blending genres from j-rock to punk all while keeping an indie vibe, K-MIDAS brings you a statement you won’t forget. Featuring friends Twin Citizen and Sunsets Over Flowers.
Eat It Up! H.O.T.D.I.S.H. Militia Benefit Show
Love rocking out and supporting reproductive healthcare? HOTDISH Militia is the funding body that provides the upper midwest with free and low cost abortions, and they need our help fundraising so that they can support our community. Come for an evening full of vim and vigor brought to you by Twin Cities local bands spamcaller, Vayga, and Spiderlily.Ticket sales will be donated to the HOTDISH abortion fund. Donations will also be accepted at the door.
Tony May debuts new album “Like a Dream” Live at Amsterdam
Come through for a music experience that will undoubtedly feel like a dream! Come see Tony May perform his brand new debut album “Like a Dream” with band, visuals, pop fusions galore, and even a few covers from the superstar women of pop music. Wear your best yellow, double pigtails if you got ’em, and come get an exclusive vinyl with some original, first-time merch as well. Come sing, dance, laugh, cry, and feel with music that will take you in so many directions, like a dream always does.
Good Morning Bedlam: I Choose Joy Album Release Show
Good Morning Bedlam is celebrating their highly anticipated 4th full length record ‘I Choose Joy.’ on August 1st. This is a special show where Good Morning Bedlam will be performing as ten-piece band and will playing the new record front to back (with a few surprises along the way)
Carbon Leaf
Carbon Leaf’s fifteenth studio album, Time is the Playground is both a call to action and an embrace of the moment. Marrying nostalgic storytelling to nuanced, folk-infused indie rock, the Richmond, Virginia band embroiders heartfelt melody and harmony with acoustic and electric instrumentation to create a 12-song rumination on time, love and personal growth that’s equal parts urgent epiphany and contented exhalation. “Everybody says people don’t listen to albums anymore,” mulled Carbon Leaf frontman Barry Privett, holed up in a coastal cottage. “So, the challenge for us was to make something that felt good to get through from beginning to end … to listen to like a story.” Originally formed as a college cover band in 1992 and with over 3,500 famously enthused live shows together, Carbon Leaf helped to define the aughts indie rock that they ultimately outgrew and outlasted. They first earned national recognition with “The Boxer,” a song that won the American Music Awards 2002 New Music Award and made Carbon Leaf the first unsigned band to perform before millions on the AMAs. “The Boxer” entered regular radio rotation, Carbon Leaf’s tours grew bigger and better, and within a couple of years they quit their day jobs and inked a record deal. The band’s fanbase snowballed, drawn to their infectious spirit of commitment, empathy, communion, and self-reliance – not to mention supremely crafted songs with ultra-relatable, thought-provoking lyrics. After a trio of charting albums for Vanguard Records, multiple songwriting awards and headlining shows, Carbon Leaf opted to return to the complete creative control of their indie roots. Guitarist Terry Clark, who co-founded the band with Privett and multi-instrumentalist Carter Gravatt, converted his garage into the band’s Two-Car Studio, where they’ve recorded releases for their own Constant Ivy imprint ever since. Carbon Leaf’s DIY spirit even extended to re-recording their three Vanguard albums in order to regain the rights. Due in September, Time is the Playground is Carbon Leaf’s first full-length album in a decade, during which they released two EPS and a 27-song live performance album and Blu-ray. Time is the Playground gathers the best of songs written, in fits and starts, over 15 years, alongside brand new ideas. Privett dusted off old demos and shut himself away for months to finish their stories, while also honing recent compositions. With Clark engineering, Carbon Leaf – completed by longtime bassist Jon Markel and drummer Jesse Humphrey – spent a year and a half recording and mixing the resulting songs. “Thinking about these disparate pieces of music, I began ruminating on time itself,” Privett recalled. “The band’s been together a long time. You mature a bit and see yourself in place on the timeline … rolling around the scenes of love and growth.” Masterfully melding saturated AC/DC guitar and squelchy Cars synth, “Backmask 1983” is a fun flipbook of evocative era emblems – Farah Fawcett, “Satanic Panic,” Time Life Books, Bigfoot and more – that traverses the simultaneous nexus of Privett’s childhood/adolescence and theworld’s analog/digital ages. It’s about morphing into a new person and a new planet with wide-eyed wonder and a longing to believe. “Without a whole lot of information, the mystery of things felt so heightened,” recalled Privett of growing up pre-Internet. “I wanted to capture some of that but also have fun with it.”
Fivefold with Halfway Down & IdlFlo
After making their Minnesota debut last year, Fivefold heads back to Amsterdam Bar and Hall on July 10th. Known for their engaging live shows and anthemic sound, the band returns to St. Paul alongside Halfway Down and IdlFlo for a full night of rock.
Odds of an Afterthought – Farewell Show
Minneapolis metalcore band, ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT, has decided to call it quits after 13+ years of being active in the scene. The band has released over 40 songs, has toured all over the United States, and has achieved a few hundred thousand streams across all music platforms. Local support: CHUGCHUGWOB (Minnesota Weirdcore, 10 Year Reunion Show)THE CARDINAL SUMMER (Indie Rock from Wisconsin)A BETTER HAND (Minnesota Pop Punk, Reunion Show, formerly signed to Mutant League Records)NEYMEYER & CO (Minnesota Alt/Indie, Reunion Show)
GRAVE CORPS’ SCHOOL’S OUT FOREVER: PARTY OF THE UNDEAD
GRAVE CORPS’ SCHOOL’S OUT FOREVER: PARTY OF THE UNDEAD No more pencils. No more books. Just Grave Corps’ anthemic hooks!! On Friday, May 22, the final bell rings and the flames rise as Grave Corps brings their signature chaos to Amsterdam Bar & Hall for a night of high-energy, theatrical rock unlike anything else in the Twin Cities. Hailing from the Midwest, Grave Corps has built a reputation for electrifying live performances that blur the line between concert and spectacle. With a sound that fuses punk, metal, and rock n’ roll—and a stage show pulled straight from a post-apocalyptic nightmare—the band delivers an experience that entertains and consumes everything in its path. Fresh off back-to-back IMA Rock Band of the Year wins, national radio support, and an epic run that hit the legendary Whisky A Go-Go in Los Angeles, Grave Corps brings the fire to Saint Paul for one night only. Joining them are special guests Waar Party and Gradience, rounding out a lineup built to hit hard from start to finish. Enter the world of Grave Corps—where the stakes are high, the energy is higher, and the Army of the Undead rises, soaked in blood and fire. Class is dismissed… permanently. Get your tickets now and step into the chaos. GRAVE CORPS’ SCHOOL’S OUT FOREVER: PARTY OF THE UNDEAD awaits.
Your Last Breath LIVE @ The Amsterdam
Release show for YLB’s new single “The Snake You Swear You’re Not”Be the first to hear it live!
Daisychain
The Chicago Femme Led Psych Rock sensation known as Daisychain, returns to the Twin Cities for whats certain to be one of the premier shows of the summer. The lineup is rounded out by some of The Twin Cities finest bands including Punk heavy hitters, The Silent Treatment, The Zen Spiritual Psych Rock of Little Man and The Time Honored Blues Rock N’Roll of Nectarous.