The Chart Show: Bob Mould crashes in at No.20
by Mark Wheat
March 31, 2016
Bob Mould is a new entry on the chart — which stayed very stable this week — coming in at No.20. Our friends at NPR came up with the idea of putting Bob in a room with Ryan Adams! Apparently they've been friends for a while and have even recorded together. There are still tickets available for the hometown hero's two-night stand at First Avenue on April 22 and 23, and we've just announced that he'll play a private #MicroShow for lucky listeners of The Current who win their way on to the guest list.
Submit your Chart Show ballot this week for a chance to win first row tickets to St Germain at the Fitzgerald Theater on Monday, April 11!
It's going to be a big year for Catfish and the Bottlemen! June 15 at First Avenue is when we'll get a chance to see a British band who'll be at Governors Ball in NYC and some of the biggest festivals of the summer in Europe. They haven't announced when their sophomore album will arrive, but the first single from it, "Soundcheck," has only been out a month and it's already new at No.19! Appropriate, then, that they scooped up the Breakthrough Act of the Year award at The Brits last month.
No inductions to the Hall of Fame this week, but if Dr. Dog hang on next week they'll be inducted for the first time. Strange, as they've always seemed like a fave at the station and they've been around for 17 years now!
One of the sweetest live happenings of the year so far occurred last Wednesday at the sold out Lucius show. The band's singers were judges in NPR's Tiny Desk Concert competition, which Duluth's Gaelynn Lea won! They invited her to join them on stage for a song that was captured on video by super-local-music-fan Kyle Matteson.
Iggy keeps going up the chart, and he's performing in town next Monday at Northrop (tickets available). The early reviews have been great, and it could be the last time, too! Mr. Pop has said that Post Pop Depression could be his final album.
M. Ward — who's the producer of our Album of the Week, Mavis Staples' Livin' on a High Note — is up to No.3 after only four weeks. Still no tour date announced in the Twin Cities, though!
No.1 for the first time are the Lumineers with the first song from their all-important follow-up, Cleopatra, which releases next Friday. They keep adding shows to their tour, too. That must be a good sign.