June 2012 - updated 6/26

SOME SHOWS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN - JUNE 2012

 Fri June 1 - early show First Stop Friday: Grumble and Black Flea - 6:30 pm at Ferndale Public Library

 Fri June 1 - Grass Widow (SF), F'ke Blood, Swimsuit, Body Holographic w/ DJ Richie Wohlfeil at PJ's Lager House Detroit

Fri June 1: Charlie Slick (Doctor Orgone) and Patrick Elkins (Professor Crossdresser) will be performing at the Velvet Hammer Burlesque Party w/ "hula hoopers, magic, fire spinners, palm readers, a gypsy Balkan band, derby girls, and the area's hottest burlesque dancers" 9 pm at Corner Brewery 21+ free

 Sat June 2 - SSM, Deastro, Le Tour (chicago), Smudge Candy at Park Bar 2040 Park, Detroit

 Sat June 2 - Something Cold presents: MODE MODERNE (Vancouver, BC) at Garden Bowl Detroit


Sun Jun 3 - Terrible Twos, OBN IIIs, Kommie Kilpatrick later show at PJs Lager House Detroit


Tues June 5 - Jonathan Richman at Magic Stick Detroit


Wed June 6 - Pedestrian Deposit-Redrot-Tarpit-Oak Openings-The Pleasure Dome 607 N River YPSI

Wed June 6 - Rotten Apples (Boston), SHADES, DJ Super Mellow Animal (Brook) at Aut Bar / Shaut (the house that Aut Bar owns, that is across the court from the Aut Bar) Ann Arbor 8 pm

Thurs June 7 - KUATO LIVES! - Benefit for Christian Silbereis feat. Shigeto, Mux Mool, Mogi Grumbles, Charles Trees, DJs Biljax & J. Wheeler at Blind Pig


Thurs June 7 - T TOPS at "We Can't Be Friends" (Mike Kearns and Ben Hernandez DJ night) at Donovan's Pub Detroit


Fri June 8 - Omar Souleyman at MOCAD


Fri June 8 - Johnny Ill Band, The Sediment Club (NYC), Guerilla Toss (Boston), STDJ - EARLY SHOW at Lo & Behold, 10022 Joseph Campau Hamtramck. doors 7 pm


Fri June 8 - Man Forever / Protomartyr / Princess DragonMom / Mounds @ El Club - Mexican Fiesta Center 4114 W Vernor Hwy Detroit, MI 9pm $7


Friday, June 8th - SHAVED WOMEN (St. Louis) BILL BONDSMEN, WORLDS SCARIEST POLICE CHASES (Pittsburg), BREAK ANCHOR, THE A-GANG @ 8741 Toepfer Rd. Warren, MI


Sat June 9 - Electrosonic / Music is Freedom performance at Encore Records 417 E Liberty St Ann Arbor 7 pm free


Sat June 9 - Amy Gore & Her Valentines / Danny & The Darleans at Elks Lodge 220 W Sunset Ann Arbor 21+


Sat June 9 - Physical Bang! w/ special b-day dj Charles Trees at Blind Pig Ann Arbor


Sun June 10 - Eternal Summers at Garden Bowl Detroit


Sun, June 10 - Turbo Fruits, Deer Tick @ Magic Bag Ferndale

Sun June 10 - Bad Indians, White Fang (Portland), Nude Sunrise (Seattle), Indefinite Pronouns (new band!) at 8 Ball, Ann Arbor 10 pm

Mon, June 11 - Joe McPhee + The Thing (free jazz legend backed by excellent European improvisers) @ Tangent Gallery/Hasting St. Ballroom is locate at 715 E. Milwaukee

Tues June 12 -  Protest against attacks on women's health and rights at Michigan state capitol building in Lansing. Very dangerous legislation is being forced through the Michigan House of Representatives right now. The House will be voting at 1:30 pm on Tuesday; the protest is from 1 to 3. More information here.

Wed June 13 - Mike Kelly tribute special w/ Cary Loren and Greg Baise on the WCBN Local Music Show 88.3 FM or wcbn.org, 9 to 11 pm

Thurs June 14 - K Holes and tba at PJs Lager House Detroit Fri June 15 - Baby Dee with special guests Scavenger Quartet 8 pm at MOCAD

Fri June 15 - Deadbeat Beat at Lo & Behold 10022 Joseph Campau Hamtramck 7 pm

Fri June 15: Rainbow Vomit Family Band @ Hastings Street Ballroom for "Ringmaster Zeb's Octopus Umbrella Circus"

Fri June 15 - Funky Kingston night at the Elks Lodge 220 W Sunset Ann Arbor 21+ 10 pm

Fri June 15 - Mounds, Buck Gooter, Occasional Detroit at Donovan's Pub 3003 W Vernor Detroit

Sat Juune 16 - SlutWalk Detroit - rally beginning at 2 pm in Grand Circus Park, detroit

Sat June 16 - Reigning Sound w/ Kelly Jean Caldwell & The Sights at Park Bar 2040 Park, Detroit

Sat June 16 - HAIR POLICE, Kremlin, MUG House Band at MUG 5984 Lincoln Detroit

Sat June 16 - Briana Marela (WA), Wall Walkers, DouglasLaneAllen at 605 N Congress Ypsi


Sun June 17: Patrick Elkins puppet show(s) at Orion Township Public Library 2 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Sunday, June 17th NERV (HXC from Iowa)/Hot Boss/K9 Sniffiesat Luther House Ann Arbor

Sun June 17 - Mounds, Buck Gooter at Elks Lodge 220 W Sunset Ann Arbor

Tues June 19 - ALICE BAG book tour (Alice Bag was a member of first wave LA punk band the Bags, and recently published a book about her life Diary of Violence Girl). Reading + performance, 7 pm at Encore Records 417 E Liberty Ann Arbor free


Wed June 20 - ALICE BAG book tour (Alice Bag was a member of first wave LA punk band the Bags, and recently published a book about her life Diary of Violence Girl). Reading + performance at Bookbeat, Oak Park 7 pm


Wed June 20 - 200 Years (Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance + Elisa Ambrogio of Magick Markers) with Dead Machines + M.U.G. House Unit + DJ Mike Connelly (Wolf Eyes) at the Destroy Compound/MUG 5984 Lincoln Detroit


Wed June 20 - WICCANS SUMMER SOLSTICE SHOW at Island Park  in Ann Arbor 6 pm~


Wed June 20 - R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - the A2 Benefit for Scott Morgan feat. The Vibrations, George Bedard & the Kingpins, & the Michigan All Star Band at Necto, Ann Arbor


Wed June 20 - Barons of Tang, Detroit Party Marching Band, Dirty Surgeon Insurgency, Tras De Nada at Trumbullplex Detroit


Thurs June 21 - Danielle de Picciotto on The Beauty of Transgression w/ Alexander Hacke (Einsturzende Neubauten) at MOCAD 7 pm

Fri June 22 - Mike Dykehouse / Justin Walter: An Evening of Electronic Music at Encore Records 7 pm free

Fri June 22 - Aran Ruth, Alternating Currents, Mother Whale at TBA in Ann Arbor CANCELLED

Fri June 22 - ZOOTS REUNION SHOW, w/ Windy & Carl, Dan Kroha, Little Princess, Swimsuit, and DJs - Djs start at 5, Swimsuit plays first at 7. It will be over at 11! at Model D HQ, 4470 Second Ave, Detroit. More info here

Sat June 23 - WCBN 40th Anniversary show w/ Hot Boss, Bad Party, Mother Whale and more TBA at the Neutral Zone / B Side, Ann Arbor all ages

Sat June 23 - Dekoder, Skinless Boneless at Trumbullplex Detroit


Sat June 23 - RØSENKØPF, FRUSTRATIONS, MAC BLACKOUT BAND, PAUL BANCELL, LIABLE, SOMETHING COLD DJS at PJs Lager House Detroit


Sat June 23 - THE INFINITE BELLS OF ARMAGEDDON w/ Orca Team (Seattle) - "Botanical Fortress presents a strange, FREE, out of doors experimental performance spectacle with: The Botanical Fortresstra (comprised of many Detroit musicians) as they create a hindmost raga for strange times from behind and within the walls of Holden Stronghold. Sight and sound will converge as we collage ourselves into a night of audio/visual stimulation." 9 pm at the Recycling Center, Detroit

Sunday June 24 -
Nigel and the Dropout-(YOUNG JAMMERZ KILLIN IT)
Michael Mars-(SOLO DUDE FROM MARCO POLIO)
DREADWINGS-(PSYCH PSYCH 90's FOREVER)
Drummer B-(LOCAL MPC GURU PLAYING SOME UPLIFTING CHUNES)
Flour-(NU PSYCHEDELIC YOUNGSTERS)a Benefit show for Roger Brown
at Cass Cafe Detroit 9:30 pm

Sunday, June 24th HOAX (HXC from Mass)/S.C.U.M./Cougar Problems at The Gulag (aka the apt above the CAID)

Sun, June 24 - Jeff the Brotherhood, Terrible Twos @ Small's Hamtramck


Sun June 24: Rainbow Vomit Family Band @ Woodruff's - Dave La Fave's Variety Hour Birthday Party Extravaganza

Wed June 27 - Hollows (Chicago) and T Tops at Painted Lady Hamtramck

Weds June 27 - Golden Feelings film night w/ Chanel, Dora Diaspora and DJ Shells at the Bar at 327 Braun Ct Ann Arbor

Fri June 29 - Rainbow Vomit Family Band, Minus 9 and Shells at Arbor Vitae 336.5 S State ST Ann Arbor MI


Fri June 29 - 

Andrew Coltrane, Cotton Museum, Max Elibacher, Luminous in Nummer @ The Jam Handy  

2900 East Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan 10 pm

Sat June 30 - Dharmonic Delux, Pop Pistol at Trumbullplex Detroit

 Sat June 30 - Lucid Dreams w Our Brother the Native, KKTO, Raw Honey at Dreamland Theater
Ypsi

Sat June 30 - Opponents, Celebrator, Aphasiacs, Something Cold DJs at Garden Bowl Detroit

Sat June 30 - Sros Lords , Fake Surfers, Smashed Windows, Eroders - free show at LJ's Lounge Detroit

Sun July 1 - Jane: an abortion service documentary screening & discussion at Trumbullplex  8 pm