I caught Ryley Walker open for Calexico a couple of months ago and was already itching for him to make another stop in the Twin Cities. The concert Gods apparently heard my pleads and Ryley will be headlining The 7th Street Entry on Thursday, October 4th for a can’t miss show. I could describe his music to you but I feel like this quote from a conversation with Laura Barton last year says it all.
“I think more than anything the thing to take away from this record is that I appreciate what improv and jamming and that outlook on music has done for me, but I wanted rigid structure for these songs. I don’t want to expand upon them live. There’s a looseness to some of the songs I guess, but I didn’t want to rely on just hanging out on one note.
I was under a lot of stress because I was trying to make an anti-folk record and I was having trouble doing it. I wanted to make something deep-fried and more me-sounding. I didn’t want to be jammy acoustic guy anymore. I just wanted to make something weird and far-out that came from the heart finally. I was always trying to make something like this I guess, trying to catch up with my imagination. And I think I succeeded in that way — it’s got some weird instrumentation on there, and some surreal far-out words. And it’s more Chicago-y sounding. Chicago sounds like a train constantly coming towards you but never arriving. That’s the sound I hear, all the time, ringing in my ears.”
Health&Beauty will be kicking the night off. Health&Beauty is a long-standing musical project based in Chicago. It has chilled out inside the realities of DIY tours, living and making records in rehearsal spaces, exploring musical possibilities and trying to connect. Health&Beauty travels widely in the world of sound but always arrives at the word Heavy.
Tickets are still available here.
Remaining Tour Dates:
09/25 – Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall ^
09/26 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern ^
09/27 – Boise, ID @ Idaho Botanical Gardens – Great Escape Series
09/28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court ^
09/29 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall ^
09/30 – Fort Collins, CO @ Downtown Artery ^
10/02 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown ^
10/03 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Total Drag ^
10/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry ^
10/05 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon ^
10/06 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Backroom @ Colectivo ^
11/06 – Berlin, DE @ Frannz Club
11/07 – Aarhus, DK @ Atlas
11/08 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
11/09 – Wangels, DE @ Rolling Stone Weekender
11/10 – Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who? &
11/10 – Groningen, NL @ ROCKIT Festival
11/11 – Kortrijk, Be @ Sonic City Festival
11/12 – Middelburg, NL @ Kloveniersdoelen
11/13 – Brussels, Be @ Botanique *
11/14 – Köln, DE @ Artheater *
11/15 – Bern, CH @ ISC Club *
11/16 – Zurich, CH @ Bogen F *
11/17 – Rust, DE @ Rolling Stone Park
11/19 – Barcelona, ES @ Sidecar *
11/20 – Madrid, ES @ El Intruso *
11/21 – Sevilla, ES @ Sala X *
11/22 – Lisbon, PT @ ZDB *
11/24 – San Sebastian, ES @ Badabada *
11/25 – Limoges, FR @ Le Phare
11/26 – Lille, FR @ Le Bar Bulle de la Maison Folie Moulins
11/27 – London, UK @ Scala *
11/28 – Bristol, UK @ The Fleece *
11/29 – Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall *
11/30 – Brighton, UK @ The Old Market *
12/1 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere *
12/2 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord *
12/5 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College Recital Hall #
12/6 – Detroit, MI @ El Club #
12/7 – Toronto, ON @ Baby G #
12/8 – Montreal, QC @ L’Esco #
12/9 – Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery #
12/10 – Greenfield, MA @ Root Cellar #
12/11 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott #
12/12 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre #
12/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle #
12/14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right #
12/15 – Montclair, NJ @ Outpost In The Burbs #
12/16 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd #
12/17 – Charlottesville, VA – Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
12/18 – Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light #
12/19 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn #
12/20 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement #
12/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ White Rabbit Cabaret #
12/28 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle %
^ = w/ Health&Beauty
* = w/ Andrew Tuttle
& = collaborative set with Kikagaku Moyo
# = w/ Mute Duo
% = w/ Ohmme and Ben Lamar Gay
