Sunday, January 25, 2015

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

Friday, January 2, 2015

JANUARY 2015 SHOWS updated 1/20

SOME SHOWS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN IN JANUARY 2015

CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S SOMEHOW 2015?? APOLOGIES FOR DROPPING OFF UPDATING THIS IN 2014. IT'S A NEW YEAR

<<< MITTENFEST IX >>>
<<< A Holiday Music Festival to Benefit 826michigan >>>
MORE INFO: http://www.mittenfest.org/


=== Thursday, January 1 ===
7:00pm - doors
8:00pm CHILD SLEEP - Ypsilanti, MI
https://childsleep.bandcamp.com/
8:45pm LITTLE ANIMAL - Detroit, MI
https://soundcloud.com/littleanimal
9:30pm DISKETTE - Detroit, MI
http://stefchuraband.bandcamp.com/
10:15pm PITY SEX - Ann Arbor/Detroit, MI
http://pitysex.tumblr.com/
11:00pm MARAJ - Kalamazoo, MI
http://maraj.bandcamp.com/
11:45pm PROFHITS - Pinckney, MI
https://twitter.com/chrisbathgate
12:30am PASSALACQUA - Detroit, MI
http://tomandbootsy.com/
1:15am JAMAICAN QUEENS - Detroit, MI
https://jamaicanqueens.bandcamp.com/

featuring live painting by Community Rebirth Artists:
Zera Anderson & Heather Freeling


=== Friday, January 2 ===
7:00pm - doors
8:00pm EMILY JANE POWERS - Chicago, IL
https://emilyjanepowers.bandcamp.com/
8:45pm DOUBLE WINTER - Detroit, MI
https://doublewinter.bandcamp.com/
9:30pm DISINFORMANTS - Ypsilanti, MI
https://disinformants.bandcamp.com/
10:15pm HOLLYWOOD MAKEOUT - Grand Rapids, MI
http://hollywoodmakeout.tumblr.com/
11:00pm MARX MARSTON - Detroit, MI
https://marxmarston.bandcamp.com/releases
11:45pm ISLES OF ESP - Detroit, MI
https://soundcloud.com/isles-of-esp
12:30am CASUAL SWEETHEART - Ann Arbor/Detroit, MI
https://casualsweetheart.bandcamp.com/
1:15am REBEL KIND - Ann Arbor, MI
https://rebelkind.bandcamp.com/

=== Saturday, January 3 ===
7:00pm - doors
8:00pm MINIHORSE - Ypsilanti, MI
https://www.facebook.com/minihorseband
8:45pm BLOOD STONE - Detroit, MI
https://soundcloud.com/seraphinecollective/blood-stone-ditch-witch-demo-2
9:30pm CAVEMAN WOODMAN & BAM BAM MOSS - Detroit, MI
https://www.facebook.com/CavemanWoodmanDetroit
10:15pm VNESSWOLFCHILD - Detroit, MI
https://soundcloud.com/vnesswolfchild
11:00pm CONGRESS - Ypsilanti, MI
https://congressmusic.bandcamp.com/
11:45pm TUNDE OLANIRAN - Flint, MI
http://tundeolaniran.com/
12:30am FLINT EASTWOOD - Detroit, MI
http://flinteastwooddetroit.com/
1:15am SHIGETO - Detroit, MI
http://ghostly.com/artists/shigeto

=== Sunday January 4 ===
7:00pm - doors
8:00pm SHELLS - Ann Arbor, MI
https://ginkgorecords.bandcamp.com/album/shells-in-a-cloud
8:45pm THE GO ROUNDS - Kalamazoo, MI
https://thegorounds.bandcamp.com/
9:30pm MISTY LYN & THE BIG BEAUTIFUL - Ypsilanti, MI
https://mistylyn.bandcamp.com/
10:15pm DEADLY VIPER ASSASSINATION SQUAD - Detroit, MI
https://vipersquad-detroit.bandcamp.com/
11:00pm MATT JONES & THE RECONSTRUCTION - Ypsilanti, MI
https://mattjones.bandcamp.com/
11:45pm PRUDE BOYS - Hamtramck, MI
https://prudeboys.bandcamp.com/
12:30am FRED THOMAS - Ann Arbor, MI
http://fredthomas.blogspot.com/
1:15am LOOSE TEETH - Ypsilanti, MI
https://www.facebook.com/loosetttteeth


FRI JAN 3 & SAT JAN 4: Third Wave Music Fundraiser at PJ's Lager House (future musical instrument store to open in the city of Detroit)
FRIDAY
----------
Six and the Sevens / rock & roll
http://sixandthesevens.com/
coyote clean up / electronic pop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkQqYoJFRKk
Alison Lewis / blues
https://stringofponies.bandcamp.com/
3FT / psychedelic
https://3ftdetroit.bandcamp.com/
Nothing Elegant / bangers
http://nothingelegantdetroit.tumblr.com/
SATURDAY
-----------
Robbie Dwight / acoustic r&b
Kaylan Waterman (of the Normandies) / acoustic folk
https://soundcloud.com/the-normandies
Rollin' & Tumblin' / blues duo
Detroit's DUENDE! / swamp rock
https://duendetroit.bandcamp.com/
& MORE TBA 


Sat Jan 3 - Cardinal Cardinal, Small Fires (TN), Julien Baker (TN), Mover//Shaker @ Sanctuary, Detroit
 

 Mon Jan 5 - Tyvek, Double Winter, Casual Sweetheart, Potatoes @ UFO Factory, 2110 Trumbull Detroit

Fri Jan 9- Real Ghosts, Shells, Crooked Arrows, Sandkings @ 12134 Moran, Hamtramck

Fri Jan 9 - River Spirit - Diskette - Fancy Street - WHET - Leander Johnson at Paychecks Lounge

Sat Jan 10- Duane, Junk Food Junkies, Peach Pit, I Palindrome @ New Dodge Lounge, Hamtramck

Sat Jan 10 - FOR WHOM THE BUNGHOLES - THE WORKS OF THELONIUS BONE art opening at UFO Factory

 Sat Jan 10 -
PINK LIGHTNING - JUNGLEFOWL - MINISTRY OF BOREDOM - SEX POLICE at Crossroads Bar Ypsi

Sat Jan 10 - Folk & Blues Night at Lo & Behold 10022 Jos Campau Hamtramck 

Sat Jan 10 - Picnic Club art opening at Public Pool Hamtramck

San Jan 10 - Human Skull, Ping Pong, Wicker Chairs, Archie Powell & the Exports at Far House 2606 Packard Ann Arbor

Sun Jan 11 - "Pizzine" Seraphine Collective open meeting - Free pizza, zine making, meet & greet w Seraphine Collective which aims to open a women run venue & recording studio in Detroit. 6-8 pm at Trumbullplex

Wed Jan 14 - River Spirit 12-1 pm at Trinosophes 1464 Gratiot Detroit

 Wed Jan 14 - Police Brutality Speak Out at Michigan Union Ballroom Ann Arbor
Central Student Government in collaboration with the Black Student Union and Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR) presents a Police Brutality Speak Out inspired by Ferguson.
Please join us on January 14th from 7 - 9pm in the Union ballroom and share your thoughts on police brutality and police interactions you have had on campus. We will be discussing events in Ferguson and safety on our own campus and in our Ann Arbor community.


Fri Jan 16 - Mounds, Hydropark w/ projections by Jeremy Wheeler at Elks Lodge 220 W Sunset Ann ARbor 10pm

 Fri Jan 16 - Latrice Royale (from RuPaul's Drag Race etc) at Necto Pride , Ann Arbor

Fri Jan 16 - Cult Of Youth (NY), Uniform (NY), Ritual Howls @ UFO Factory, Detroit
 

 Fri Jan 16 - VICE HC (NY), Knocked Loose (KY), New Heart (IN), Ill Minded, Downcast, Dog Pound @ Sanctuary, Detroit

Fri Jan 16 - Baljo/Peterson/Murphy/Shelton and James Cornish Ensemble at Trinosophes 1464 Gratiot Detroit

Sat Jan 17 - Weyes Blood (NYC), Failed Flowers,  Bonny Doon, Tarpit @ UFO Factory, Detroit
 

 Sat Jan 17- WOHLFEIL / PIERCE // Locations Cassette Release and Listening Party // at POPPS PACKING Hamtramck 

Sat Jan 17 - Reptilian Brain (Detroit grind), Shitlife (fastasfuk), Eyesore (heavy stuff from all over Michigan), Dark Winter (first black metal band to play unholy hole), Girth (90s rock grind) at UNHOLY HOLE in Ann Arbor (ask a punk)

Sun Jan 18 - Pharmakon (NY), Dorit Chrysler (NY), Slither, Kuperus/Bell @ MOCAD, Detroit
 

Mon Jan 19 - Zola Jesus (WA) @ The Loving Touch, Ferndale

Mon Jan 19 - Noise show at Magic Stick w/ JUSTIN MARC LLOYD
BOAR Mass Comm Ashtray Vitriol Gauge  Obiekt 172 Lucys Drive Thru Diner  Sick Llama
Methlab Explosion Duotron  Russian Cement


Tues Jan 20 - The Vaselines (UK), Amanda X (PA) @ The Loving Touch, Ferndale

Wed Jan 21 - Shells at noon-1 pm at Trinosophes

Fri Jan 23- Genocide Pact (DC), Axe Ripper, Mutilatred (OH), Suburban Bloodshed @ Sanctuary, Detroit

Fri Jan 23 - Deadbeat Beat, Growwing Pains, Mahonies at Michigan League Underground in Ann Arbor. Doors 7 bands at 8 pm.

Sat Jan 24 - Failed Flowers, Van Houten  at Elks Lodge Ann Arbor

Sat Jan 24 - David J (UK, DJ set), Something Cold @ UFO Factory, Detroit

Sat Jan 2 4- Casino, James Baljo, Strange Brew at Arbor Vitae 336.5 S State St Ann Arbor

Tues Jan 27 - Danny Kroha "Angels Watching Over Me" Record Release party at Lo & Behold 10022 Jos Campau Hamtramck

Wed Jan 28  - Wed Jan 28 - Dave Shettler at noon-1 pm at Trinosophes

Thurs Jan 29- Rebel Kind, Prude Boys, Moonwalks, Best Exes @ Seraphine Collective Residency at Lager House, Detroit

Fri Jan 30 - Tim Monger at Ann Arbor District Library 7 pm free all ages

Fri Jan 30 - Alex G (PA), Teen Suicide (MD), Pity Sex @ Magic Stick, Detroit

Fri Jan 30 - Jam Handy Fest w/ Mexican Knives, Mountain and Rainbows, Real Ghosts, HighRing. Skate Ramps and films by Rosa Park Boys, L'arramee Sail Swings by LAAVUAll proceeds will go to Clark Park! at the Jam Handy 2900 E Grand Blvd Detroit

Sat Jan 31 - Dawn Of Midi (NY) @ Trinosophes, Detroit 


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)


Fri Feb 6 - Protomartyr and Double Winter at MOCAD

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

WEEKLY AFFAIRS
Sundays - Jenny Junior hosts karaoke at UFO Factory
Tuesdays - DJ Dave Lawson & guests at Tuesdays in the Forest at the Loving Touch in Ferndale
Wednesdays - Noon 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
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
Third Thursday = Seraphine Collective residency at PJ's Lager House