Cloudland

The Tubs, Mopar Stars★

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$15.75 adv

Upon arriving in the United States for The Tubs’ first tour of the country, frontman Owen Williams told The New Yorker, “We’re here to unite the country. We’re gonna come, like, three times. By that point, I think this place will start healing.” Then, joyously, they did just that, piling into a van and criss-crossing the States, bringing their literary, bleary-eyed, world-weary, night-of-your-life highwire act to the masses when it was needed most. Along the way, they signed to Merge Records, who will release The Tubs’ third full-length album, Hard Life, on September 11, 2026. The Tubs have never lacked for ambition — on Hard Life, theirs is to complicate the Tub-ullar experience. Having perfected their sound across two albums and hundreds of shows, the London-based Celtic jangle boyband — Williams (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass), Dan Lucas (guitar), Taylor Stewart (drums), and Max Warren (bass) — push themselves even further into the shimmering heart of virtuosic indie rock. They’re joined by frequent collaborators Lan McArdle (vocals), George Nicholls (guitar), and Rachel Kenedy (keyboards), all of whom have orbited various Tubs and Gob Nation-adjacent efforts dating back to Joanna Gruesome, but the secret to Hard Life’s lushness is the addition of fiddle player Chris Haigh, an instructor and session musician who left an indelible mark on British pop on Steps’ “5, 6, 7, 8.” Mirroring Williams' use of trilling on vocal melodies, Haigh’s fiddle shades the vocalist's rueful croon like a bruise. On “Stoop to Me,” the folkiest, jangliest pop song on the album, Haigh’s licks complement Williams at his most self-deprecating, the lopsided smile of a guy trying not to let on how wounded he is in unrequited love. On album opener and title track “Hard Life,” it’s the sweetness of the ascending fiddle lines in the mix that weds the harshness of Williams’ lyrics to The Tubs’ fist-pumping anthemics. The hard line Williams takes here and elsewhere on Hard Life further troubles one’s idea of a Tubs song. The persona familiar to listeners of Cotton Crown and Dead Meat — to quote Williams, “navel gazing about romantic abjection, London squalor, and the indignities of grief and OCD” — is still present, but so too is a second voice, steelier and more experienced. “The second persona doesn’t have much time for the first,” Williams explains, “often haranguing him for his self-indulgence and immaturity; sometimes fairly, sometimes unfairly.” It’s the scold who takes center stage on lead single “Who’s Gonna Love You Now?” His questions, from the titular one to more concrete concerns like “Who’s gonna pay the rent?” existing in mocking opposition to ideas like moving to the city and really starting to live. Though Williams plays the crank, the song is a raver, guitars ringing out over an organ-brightened horizon. “It’s your life,” Williams sings, the life chugging away beneath him sounding exceptionally keen. He wouldn’t have much sympathy for the lovelorn Williams of “If You Don’t Love Me” — hell, his whole existence seems like a warning that the kinds of romantic entanglements one suffers when they’re young will end in loneliness, failure, and an inbox choked with unread Substacks.On Hard Life, these voices argue, pester one another, merge into each other, and break apart, sometimes over the course of a single song. They’re two sides of the same coin, people who’ve experienced grief, disappointment, regret, and shame, emerging from the wreckage as changed men. “I’m interested in the way sympathy and patience for someone suffering always runs out eventually,” Williams says. “How this can be a good and liberating thing as well as a sad and brutal thing. But mostly they’re just pop songs.” Exquisite, irresistible pop songs. Spin them until the healing starts, then spin them again. Mopar Stars is the hooky, guitar-forward indie rock project from Philly artist Nao Demand (Poison Ruïn), joined by guitarist Bill Magerr (Zorn), bassist and vocalist Nneka Anyaoku (S-21), and drummer Evan Campbell (Sheer Mag). Since first surfacing in 2023 with the Shoot the Moon tape, the band has quietly built a catalog that rides the line of familiar (think Bob Mould, Teenage Fanclub, Big Star) while still landing outside any one clear reference point. The band’s forthcoming album Official Researchers Of The NJ Devil is out July 31, 2026 via beloved Olympia label K Records (Sharp Pins, early Modest Mouse & Built to Spill). Recorded and mixed by Trish Quigley at Studio North and mastered by Amy Dragon, the 11-song LP leans further into the band’s loose, melodic instincts. Across the record, Mopar Stars move effortlessly between power pop, 90s alt rock, and classic guitar songwriting without settling too cleanly into any one of them.

Cindy Lawson, Toilet Rats, Mad Mojo Jett★Scene artists

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$9.44 adv

Cindy started her rock career in Minneapolis, where her 80's band, the all-female Clams broke a few barriers and a few hearts in the Minneapolis indie rock scene. Her 2022 record New Tricks, has gotten airplay both nationally (on Little Steven’s Underground Garage/Little Steven’s Coolest Songs in the World) and internationally, garnering rave reviews in publications across the globe. Toilet Rats - Sewer dwelling mutant music. Mad Mojo Jett - Garage trash party punk from Minneapolis

Another Heaven, Brief Candles, Flavor Crystals, BornguesserScene artists

Cloudland Theater

Doors 6:30pm

$9.44 adv

Another Heaven - Sludgegaze band from the cold wastes. Heavy and dreamy. Brief Candles - Milwaukee, WI, USA. Shoegaze/Post-Punk/Whatever you think we sound like. Flavor Crystals - Mpls guitar band creating head music of the highest order. Bornguesser - Twenty something artist in the midwest making songs i like

Rad Owl, Powerdam, Cut Rate Clones, Mark Har's 16mm Trailer ExplosionScene artists

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$9.44 adv

"Rad Owl are scene veterans fully displaying they know how to pull together a punk song: no filler and packed with dual guitar rhythm and melody, just the right amount of crunch, all held together with driving bass and drums. For listeners bored with hipster, trendy rock that prefer to take pleasure in the recordings of Align, Propagandhi and Samiam, look no further." – Big Takeover Magazine Powerdam - Punk/Rock and Roll/Hardcore from Minneapolis Cut Rate Clones - punk rock mpls Mark Har's 16mm Trailer Explosion - Crazy, wild and obscure 1970's movie trailers projected from 16mm film.

Axis: Sova, Time Room, Tender ComradeScene artists

Cloudland Theater

Doors 6:30pm

$9.44 adv

On their journey from blown-out solo bedroom project to full-blown band, Axis: Sova have been described as "prime movers of robo-boogie for the central United States" (NPR) and "like The Stooges riding shotgun on a Suicide track" (Pitchfork). Yet their mutant glam has truly crystallized on a different level with their latest, Blinded By Oblivion. The group - Brett Sova, Jeremy Freeze, and Josh Johannpeter - wrote their new album within the steel-grey confines of their hometown, Chicago, then flew out to Southern California and recorded it at Harmonizer Studios with Ty Segall producing. Axis: Sova have recently toured and shared stages with Ty Segall, Purling Hiss, Ryan Davis, and Prison as well as Body/Head, White Fence, David Nance, and Wand over the years. They have performed at Noise Pop Festival, Cropped Out Festival (x3!), Tomorrow Never Knows Fest, Hopscotch Festival, Leffingeleuren Festival(BE), and more. Time Room is an art punk/garage rock trio hailing from Minneapolis. Led by vocalist/guitarist Ben Richer, Time Room’s sound blends heavy riffs, hardcore tempos, and danceable rhythms - like Television meets Minor Threat in the green room of a Rush concert. Their debut album, Something New, is available now. Tender Comrade - Deceptively simple, lyrically abstract, catchy, 2 minute bursts of sometimes swirly art punk. Tender Comrade is Knol Tate, Travis Collins and Elliot Manthey,

Bev, American Cream Band, Catbath

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$9.44 adv

Diving deep into the power-pop rock vibe, Bev's songs shift from moody darkness to 90s era indie rock via swirling guitars, engaging rhythms, and introspective lyrics. Never formulaic, their songs twist and turn in exciting and unexpected ways. American Cream Band is a love letter to existence posted as the Universe's yelp review. A walk in the garden blanketed in discarded whippet canisters. Melodies act as lonely pieces of plastic scanning the ocean in search of the floating islands where all their friends are at. Eternal trash that longs to be useful again. Dracula's cape is a Dasani label. Catbath - Have you ever been napping on the couch when all of a sudden you feel the warm rough sensation of a cat tongue on your cheek? Yes, tongue on cheek.

Colleen Green, Censer, True LustScene artists

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$13.38 adv

Colleen Green is a DIY singer-songwriter and visual artist from Lowell, MA. Following the release of her classic debut album "Milo Goes to Compton" in 2010, Green started to make a name for herself in the lo-fi bedroom pop scene of Los Angeles. She soon became known in punk circles across the country for performing alone on stage with nothing more than a drum machine, a pair of sunglasses, and her iconic electric guitar. Censer - MPLS based Post Punk/ Art punk True Lust - Midwest Dream Punk

Dead Gowns, Sleeper's Bell, Nat HarvieScene artists

Cloudland Theater

Doors 6:30pm

$11.81 adv

As Dead Gowns, Maine songwriter Geneviève Beaudoin navigates between folk-rock, alt-country, and indie with a certain, weather-worn intimacy. On her second album, Vegas, she turns bright lights and dark waters into an exploration of quiet ruptures, blurred memories, and grief, guided by a voice that anchors even as it unfurls. Sleeper’s Bell is the Chicago project of songwriter/vocalist Blaine Teppema and guitarist Evan Green. Bandmates and frequent collaborators include Leo Paterniti, Ethan Toenjes, Charlie O’Neill, Rufus Parenti, and Max Subar. They released their debut album, Clover, in February 2025. Nat Harvie - The art-pop solo project of songwriter and recordist Nat Harvie. Nat lives and works in minnesota.

The 241's, The Chair, Jeffrey Robert Larson and The Kings of Neon, Eli Bentley

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$9.44 adv

The 2-4-1s are a Twin Cities outlaw honky-tonk country band with punk roots. Born out of dive bars and raised on whiskey and heartache, they blend classic country storytelling with a hard-core soul. Think The Highwaymen meets The Stooges at last call. Having traded in circle pits for pedal steel, their songs burn with no filter. Knock another one back with The 2-4-1s. The Chair - MPLS based psych/heavy folk rock outfit fronted by Jesse Thorson (The Slow Death, Yesterday's Numbers) Jeffrey Robert Larson and The Kings of Neon - Country and Western Eli Bentley - SInger Songwriter

Spanish Love Songs, Kali Masi, Stacked Like Pancakes

Cloudland Theater

Doors 6:30pm

$15.75 adv

Over the last decade, SPANISH LOVE SONGS have watched a fiercely loyal community take shape one cramped club show and one new listener at a time. That momentum has carried the band to tours with The Wonder Years, Alkaline Trio and Hot Mulligan, along with appearances at Furnace Fest, 2000 trees and the revived Vans Warped Tour, following the release of instant classics Schmaltz (2018),Brave Faces Everyone (2020) and No Joy (2023). This intimate, powerful connection with their audience is proof that even in an era defined by isolation, people are still out there yearning for others to stand beside them in the darkness. That search continues on FUTURE NAUSEA, the Pure Noise quintet's fourth LP. Drawing from the widescreen ambition of heartland rock–the anthemic sweep of records like Born in the U.S.A., Sam's Town and Full Moon Fever–shimmering synths, ringing guitars and soaring choruses define an expansive sound crafted across sessions with producers Chris Walla (DeathCab for Cutie) and Sarah Tudzin (Illuminati Hotties). Against that backdrop, Dylan Slocum's characteristically observational lyricism remains the band’s beating heart: deeply empathetic and unflinchingly honest as he chronicles political violence, climate anxiety, late-stage capitalism and the quiet ways these existential crises seep into everyday life–and, just as critically, how moments of love, companionship and shared resilience become the antidote to an increasingly uncertain future. Kali Masi is an American punk rock band from Chicago. They've been heavily touring and self-promoting for the last 9 years; steadily evolving the heavy, emotive, and urgent sound found on their 2017 LP 'WIND INSTRUMENT' and the much anticipated 2021 followup Stacked Like Pancakes - Minneapolis Ska-Punk

Mr.Phylzzz, Shrive, GlurgeScene artists

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$13.38 adv

Formed in 2015 by founding member Clinton Jacob as a joke. Mr.Phylzzz (pronounced Flyzzz) is an ever changing monster of noise. Over time Mr.Phylzzz has formed a heavy wall of sound filled with hooky riffs and melodic vocals- creating a chaotic storm that’s well worth the painful wall of cranked amps and exploding drums. During the growing years, Phylzzz was doing small tours which landed them getting picked up in 2019 by Amphetamine Reptile Records (AmRep) to be featured in the legendary “Dope Guns ‘N Fucking in the Streets” Vol 14 comp. Later that year they released their debut album “Penitent Curtis” (2019), followed by “Cancel Culture Club” (2022) on AmRep. In 2023 the band released “Fat Chance” on Amrep and completed a full US tour supporting The Melvins and Boris. Shrive - Heavy noise rock from Minneapolis Glurge - dark, murky, prog-adjacent rock music from Minneapolis

Sidewalk Diamonds, Whispered The Rabbit, Chokecherry

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$9.44 adv

Sidewalk Diamonds - Garage americana from Minneapolis. Album release show! Whispered the Rabbit blends progressive folk, rock and punk to take you on a lore-inspired journey through secret gardens, cosmic storms and historic dance battles. Chokecherry - We're a little band from Minneapolis that plays like a warped version of your favorite old country records.

LAPêCHE, Endearments, SpaceportScene artists

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$10.22 adv

LAPêCHE is not a band that stands still. Their third full-length album, “Autotelic”, is not a statement; it’s a practice. Named after the idea of doing something for its own sake, Autotelic is a body of work rooted in presence, persistence, and the sacred mess of becoming. Out February 2026 on Tiny Engines, the record invites listeners to feel more than they understand, to sit inside the ache without needing to fix it. It's not about outcomes, it's about the process, the moment, the motion. The music of Endearments has always turned a mirror on the inner self, reflecting life’s deeply personal, often painful moments in the light of clarity and new resolve. Principal songwriter Kevin Marksson and his bandmates, guitarist Anjali Nair and drummer Will Haywood Smith, craft emotionally dense and instrumentally lush pop songs, viewed through the lens of contemporary, dreamy indie rock and embedded with a John Hughes-ian romanticism. Drawing on the emotive qualities of 80s synthpop and late-90s emo in equal measure, An Always Open Door, Endearments’ debut album, fine-tunes this heartfelt songcraft. Produced by Abe Seiferth (Nation of Language, Guerilla Toss) and released via Trash Casual, the record has earned critical praise from outlets like Paste, Under the Radar, Atwood Magazine, and New Noise, along with regular radio rotation at stations like KEXP, WXPN, WBJB, and many more. Spaceport began as a secret creative outlet for multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Arianna Wegley. The personal project grew into a band when longtime friends Todd Olson (drums) and Liam Moore (bass) joined to record their debut album, Window Seat. Blending the energy of indie rock with experimental textures and rich orchestrations, they follow their hearts and create music that’s catchy, playful, and sincere. Since releasing Window Seat in March 2023, their music has been featured on local and national radio, including The Current, Radio K, KFAI, and college stations across the country. Rooted in many corners of their local music community, they’ve become a fixture in the Twin Cities, even opening for Dead Man Winter at the iconic First Avenue Mainroom. Their sophomore album Cut the Lake, recorded at the legendary Pachyderm Studios, was released on April 3, 2026.

Sophie Hiroko, GR3G, Willem Dafoe Fan ClubScene artists

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$9.44 adv

Sophie Hiroko was raised on the shore of Lake Superior, making her lullaby the sound of waves crashing into the beach. Wild winds, whipping storms, and biting winters have inspired Hiroko's growling grunge rock to reflect the cycles of life and death. Sophie pairs her painfully raw poetry against a sound derived from that of her idols - Nirvana, Patti Smith, Yo La Tengo, and the Velvet Underground. GR3G, a 24-year-old independent artist hailing from the vibrant streets of South Side Chicago, has emerged as a beacon of authenticity and creativity in the Minneapolis music scene. Gr3g's journey as an artist is deeply intertwined with his roots, social justice advocacy, and a profound passion for storytelling through music. A gifted lyricist with a penchant for weaving intricate flows, Gr3g doesn't just rhyme words; he crafts lyrical tapestries that resonate with the listener's soul. His verses are not merely verses but a portal to his world, an odyssey through his thoughts, experiences, and emotions. Willem Dafoe Fan Club is a slowcore/shoegaze band with Hollis Sparhawk, Noah Ruona, Angel Marshall, and Kenny Bressler.

Buio Omega, Vacant, TreatmentScene artists

Cloudland Theater

Doors 7:30pm

$9.44 adv

This show is a benefit for laid of Kings Road Merch workers. Proceeds will help with rent and bills. Buio Omega - TWIN CITIES HUNK-N-ROLL (HARDCORE PUNK ROCK N ROLL) Vacant - Hardcore punk from Minneapolis ex- Assrash, ex- Cleveland Bound Death Sentence, ex- Vena Cava, ex- Scorned Treatment - New MPLS post punk project feautring members of Makin' Out, Laugh Track, Khayembii Communique, Song of Zarathustra, Vacant Stars