FEBRUARY 2015 SHOWS update 2/3

  HOW IS IT 2015???

 Fri Jan 30 - Timothy Monger at Ann ARbor District Library free 7 pm

Fri Jan 30  - Ingrid Racine Quartet at Motor City Wine 9 pm

Fri Jan 30 - YOU./Siobhan/CRIM/Something Cold DJs at UFO Factory

Sat Jan 31 - Shitty Club DJs at UFO Factory

Mon Feb 2 - Idlewild: Black Eden's Past and Present talk at Ypsilanti District Library, 6:30 pm

Wed Feb 4 - Luc Sante reading at MOCAD 7 pm free

Wed Feb 4- Something Cold Presents: Clay Rendering / Taboo (Maine) / Destroy / Something Cold DJs @ UFO Factory 

February 5-7: Over the Pavement: A Festival of Art Music at TRINOSOPHES

Introducing our inaugural year of this three-day, creative music extravaganza featuring legendary greats and top local talent. Just a couple more acts to be added!

Thursday Feb 5

Battle Trance (compositions for Avant garde sax quartet)

KBD (Electro-acoustic duo from Toledo)

Frank Pahl solo (Wyandotte/Ann Arbor-based internationally influential composer/musician/builder)

Victor Ghannam (local Arabic music virtuoso on oud and qanun)

Thollem McDonas (concert pianist turned improvisor, currently encamped in Santa Fe, NM) 

Friday Feb 6

Susan Alcorn (experimental/ambient pedal-steel guitar from Baltimore)

LaDonna Smith (Birmingham, Alabama's trailblazing improvisor on violin and viola) 

Jaribu Shahid Ensemble's tribute to the AACM (Detroit avant-jazz great)

Clem Fortuna/Jennie Knaggs Duo (lovely songs in microtonal tunings from this Detroit duo)

Kenn Thomas, Jamie Rodriguez Matos, Kurt Prisbe, CGin DetMi (Afro-futurist jazz-funk from Ypsilanti/Detroit collective)

Saturday Feb 7

Marshall Allen and Danny Ray Thompson with Jaribu Shahid (senior members of the Sun Ra Arkestra, from Saturn)

Stirrup (Longberg-Holm, Rumback, Macri) (avant-folk instrumentals from Chicago)

Hasan Abdur Razzaq/Ryan Jewell Duo (High energy free-jazz duo from Columbus, OH)

James Cornish and guests (Hamtramck's busiest improvisor and recruiter of emerging talent)

Molly Jones and Kristin Carey (next generation of local improvisors)

Thurs Feb 5 -
READINGREADING With Lucy Cahill, Sean Kilpatrick, & Amas Muhammad at Ditto Ditto Bookshop 1548 Trumbull St Detroit 7 pm
  

Fri Feb 6 - Protomartyr and Double Winter at MOCAD 8 pm

Fri Feb 6 - Greg Stovetop, Invisible Circle, Patrick Elkins, Wych Elm at Arbor Vitae

Fri Feb 6 - ADORE DELANO (from RuPaul's Drag Race) at Necto PRIDE at Necto in Ann Arbor 9 pm free before 10 pm

Fri Feb 6 - GROWWING PAINS/ FIRE RETARDED(WI)/ MAHONIES/ POTATOES at UFO Factory

Fri Feb 6 - Drums + Drones is a site-specific electro-accoustic performance featuring drummer Brian Chase and video artist Ursula Scherrer. at the Broad Museum at MSU Lansing

Sat Feb 7 - Young Feelings: HUMAN SKULL//SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME//EMILY ROLL + ANNA SCHAAP//SOPHIE TULIP  at UFO Factory  

Sat Feb 7 - PURPLE RAIN midnight screening at State Theater Ann Arbor

Sat Feb 7 - DVAS/Moonwalks/Real Ghosts at Painted Lady Hamtramck  

Sat Feb 7 - The Penske File (CANADA), Clevinger, Bike Tuff, Creepshow @ Jumbos, Detroit 

Sun Feb 8 - Circuit Bending Workshop at the Mobile Homestead at MOCAD led by local noise musician, coffee entrepreneur, and electronic tinkerer Catherine Engstrom. 2 pm

Sun Feb 8 - Within Many Realms w/ Onyx Ashanti, VNESSWOLFCHILD, Phreddy Wischausen, and more at Small's Hamtramck

Sun Feb 8 - Danny Kroha ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME release show at Old Town Tavern in Ann Arbor. Special guests Rollie Tussing and Todd Albright. 8 pm

Tues Feb 10 - NURSE reunion show (mems Pearl Diver & the Potatoes), Brothels (mems Growwing Pains/Fake Surfers) at Kelly's Bar Hamtramck

Fri Feb 13 - Matthew Daher EP release show at MOCAD

Fri Feb 13 - Real Ghosts, The Philter, Rogue Satellites @ Old Miami, Detroit 

Fri Feb 13 - Timmy's Organism, Bill Bondsmen, Mexican Knives, Touch (Of North America), Nightbringer @ Magic Stick, Detroit 

 Sat Feb 14 - His Name Is Alive 25th anniversary show w John Krautner at Magic Stick Detroit


Sat Feb 14 - WESTERN WHERE showcase w Danny Kroha, Autumn Nicole Wetli, Craig Brown, Yellow Jeans, Lil Jimbo & Hello Records DJs. at UFO Factory

Tues Feb 17 - Laverne Cox at Saginaw Valley State University

Thurs Feb 19 - Virgil Shepp (formerly performed as Virgil Walters) & Stellar Clouds at Cafe 1923 Hamtramck  

Fri Feb 20 - Cheetah Chrome (OH), Easy Action @ Small's, Hamtramck 

Sun Feb 22 - Cakes Da Killa with UNIQU3, Miz Korena and DJ Wildkatz at MOCAD

 Tues Feb 24 - Disappears w Suuns at Blind Pig Ann Arbor

Thurs Feb 26 - Seraphine Collective dance party featuring DJs Mother Cyborg, Marianna Vermiglio and more! at PJ's Lager House

Fri Feb 27 - Scissor Now, Divorce., Gosh Pith at the 3rd Death Star 613 N Main St Ann Arbor 7-11 pm All ages 

Sat Feb 28 - Ed Schrader's Music Beat w Mountains and Rainbows and Bars of Gold at UFO Factory Detroit

Sat March 7 - Black Women Rock at Charles Wright Museum 

WEEKLY AFFAIRS
Sundays - Jenny Junior hosts karaoke at UFO Factory
Tuesdays - Double feature movie nite at UFO Factory
Tuesdays - DJ Dave Lawson & guests at Tuesdays in the Forest at the Loving Touch in Ferndale
Tuesdays - Almost Gold DJ Night at Kelly's Bar Hamtramck 
Tuesdays - Dennis Coffey at Northern Lights Lounge in Detroit
Wednesdays lunchtime - NEWN music series at Trinosophes 12-1 pm
Wednesday nights - Chatoyant residency at Trinosophes 
Wednesdays - WCBN Local Music Show 9-11 pm with a live guest every week 88.3 FM or wcbn.org
Wednesdays - Rock video nite at UFO Factory
Thursdays - We Can't Be Friends DJ nite at Donovan's Pub
Thursdays - DJ night w/ rotating DJs at UFO Factory
Fridays - Hello Happy Hour 6-8 pm at Hello Records

MONTHLY AFFAIRS
First Friday of the month = Ann Arbor Soul Club w DJs Brad Hales, Breck & guests at Blind Pig in Ann Arbor
Last Thursday = Seraphine Collective residency at PJ's Lager House


NEWS SECTION:

- Our friend Tyler Hicks of CREODE/CRODE/THANKS USA has been uploading some great videos of mostly local weirdos and slightly less weird weirdos...check out his video channel here!