Are you asking yourself, “Self, what am I going to do with myself Thursday night?” Well, why don’t you head down to Louie’s Trophy House and kick it with the Saxsquatch? The man himself will be wailing the night away with his band and you can come beat the heat (there’s air conditioning) and relax for a reasonable charge ($3) – with reasonable drink specials to boot! And there’s pizza!
So if you like jazz, drinks, and unchecked dexterity, here’s something to check out Thursday night.
You like guitar-and-vocals singer-songwriter living-room shows on a warm Monday night, don’t you? Well if so, The House Of Love has a treat for you, with three phenomenal guitar-and-vocals singer-songwriter types bringing their six-strings and singing tunes for ya.
All the way from Columbus, Ohio, Maryn Jones’s new project Wolfs is going to grace us with an acoustic trio that cools you down even in this humid Michigan heat. It’s soft, it’s wonderful, and it’s beautiful in a variety of ways. Be excited!
Providing local support, Peggy Wray will be performing her trademark brand of dark, soulful acoustic music. A strong voice and beautiful compositions make Peggy a gem and treasure of Kalamazoo’s diverse music scene, to be sure.
Finally, the lead guitar player for Kalamazoo / Traverse City joint-custody band Birches, Dylan Lancaster, will also be doing an acoustic set of his music. His is an interesting and classic approach to songwriting that will make your girlfriend cry.
The show starts at 8:30 promptly. There’s no cover, but if you bring some change (or even some cash dollars) to throw in a hat, that would sure help Wolfs get down the road a little further so they can keep playing music!
Yup! 5 bands are bringing the noise and the funk (well, in this case, punk) to The Anthill here in Kalamazoo tonight! The Reptilian and Cloudmouth are returning from their chrondevouz tour to celebrate the birthday of Josh Veld. Joining them are former Victor! Fix The Sun members with their more punk-as-fuck project, Jowls, plus jazz-mathers Pan and fuck-as-punk Ackley Kid. Show starts at 8 p.m. If you don’t know where the Anthill is, ask someone who does (like us).
A dual release show is taking place tonight at The Strutt in good old downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. We shall see new material from both Gitis Baggs and Lasso. And it’s a FREE SHOW!
The genius tact of craft that is Mr. Gitis Baggs is making available his newest CD, The Gitis Baggs Game, featuring 8 tracks that he has composed and performed with various guests. Packaged along with Game shall be his last CD, The Universe and Dr. Kaiser, which saw limited release last year, though anyone who has had the fortune to hear the album seems to fall in love with the songs and voice.
Multi-Instrument and recording master Andy Catlin of The Go-Rounds, ex-Tiny Rhythm, and many other assorted projects is Lasso, an outsider country project that’s first release is on cassette through Chicago tape label Already Dead. This will be available tonight for $5!
Kalamazoo’s Elk Welcome, formerly Nerves, will provide a scorching set of heavy jams; these guys seem to get progressively heavier with each show.
Noise rockers Forget The Times will be opening the show promptly at 9:30 p.m., performing a two-guitar set, no percussion. Probably gonna be weird!
The Strutt is located at 773 W. Michigan in downtown Kalamazoo. Note that it’s FREE! FREE!
Tomorrow night, the Victory House will be putting on a show for the first time in it’s year of existence. The show, with an eclectic mix from all over the USofA, promises to be nothing shy of radical. Here’s a general idea of how the night will look:
Kicking things off at 9 o’clock will be comedian and longtime friend of the Victory residents, R. Cranberry. Then, things get heavy. Illustrations out of Texas and Wolfmouth from Missouri are out on tour together and bringing the party here to Kalamazoo. Check some tasty jams that they have to offer
Wolfmouth
Joining us from North Carolina are one of the raddest two-piece fuzz-rockers around. Listen to some of their summery-fun, garage-poppin’ tunes here and check ’em out tomorrow. Word is they’ve got some tapes for sale, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Then, the party’s moving upstairs where everyone can chill and we’re going to take it down a notch with some of Kalamazoo’s finest. Totally Rad will having their first performance with an acoustic guitar since their debut show a little over a year ago. The Philly Crawlers’ own Peter Damien Cook will be providing us with some songs of his own. And the guitar and violin playing couple Lincoln County War will be giving us a taste of their own style folk punk
Three touring bands from all over the US are coming to the Strutt this Monday night. We Were Skeletons hails from Lancaster,PA and plays some very intense technical screamo jamz. I have been listening to their full length for a bit and every time I give it a listen, it sounds fresh and new. The song structures remind me a lot of Hot Cross but with the technicality of Capsule. They have released a 7″ split with MNWA and The Saddest Landscape and a 12″ with Topshelf Records. Buy it here or give it a listen here.
On tour with We Were Skeletons is Caution Children from Florida. The play a mix of post rock and screamo. It reminds me a lot of Men As Trees, if anyone remembers them from playing at 902 Davis a couple of times, in the way they had very melodic ambient riffs while having a very shaky rough scream over the top. Also on the bill is My Fictions from Massachusetts. These dudes are all about epic post hardcore in the vein of Touche Amore, Pianos Become the Teeth and Caravels.
My favorite boys from Grand Rapids, Jowls, are also coming down to the Strutt on Monday. They are a powerful screamo two piece that will melt your brain. Recently they got signed to Doghouse Records and will be putting out a full length in the fall. My band(The Reptilian) will be putting out a split with them in the fall as well. They just recorded the tracks for it and here is a little teaser:
And finally my dinguz punk band, The Reptilian will be playing as well.
Show starts at 8 PM
$5
If you do the Facebook thang, here is a link to the event.
Gig hard.
Dear fans of Rock ‘N Roll music,
On the Eighth, (that’s tomorrow) at The Strutt (that’s here) The Ladybug Transistor will be playing what Wikipedia describes as “Indie Pop”, which, somehow, indirectly, is a variation on the age-old tradition of Rock ‘N Roll. Assuming that you are a member of the teeming masses that this letter was addressed to, this should excite you.
But wait! There’s more!
The Ladybug Transistor is/was a member of the Elephant 6 collective (that was just in town on their Holiday Surprise Tour). This means that not only will it be indie pop, it will be well done indie pop. Having gone to the Elephant 6 show, and personally enjoying the Ladybug Transistor, I would strongly suggest going to this show. Still concerned? Don’t be! They sound like this:
But wait! There’s more!
Opening for TLBT (The Ladybug Transistor) will be local staple The Philly Crawlers. TPC (The Philly Crawlers) are also an indie pop band. That’s twice as much indie pop in one night! Not convinced? HERE’S ANOTHER VIDEO:
BUT WAIT! THERE’S EVEN MORE!
Deep Waters is also playing, but they’re too cool for the internet. Jeremy Ruggles, Jakab Selner, and David Spalveri-Kruse make it up, and I don’t knew what it sounds like, but if you know those cats you’d know that it was reason to be excited. And with the bill they’re playing on, well, it’s just all a deal you can’t pass up.
Just $10
7/8/2011 (That’s Friday)
The Strutt
8pm
September 2009, CHUNKmedia began production on a local music documentary called Weekend Warriors and released it in June 2010. It included Avenmore, Blackwater Valley Songs, Brandon John Foote, Burning Alexandria, Doctor! Doctor!, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, Kissyface Fashion Faux-Pas, La Dispute, onlytheashesremain, Please Promise, The Corn Fed Girls, The New Scum, and Their Teeth Will Be Of Lions.
Recently they decided to make a second documentary, while having more time to focus on editing, getting more/better footage, and getting more bands involved. It should be completed and released on DVD by sometime this fall and entered into a few film festivals shortly after.
Participating bands in part 2 include Analecta, Arson Party, Brothers, Discerned, Dr. Device, Forget The Times, From The Ropes, Ghosts of the Great Lakes, Infinite Design, Jeremy Cronk, Please Promise, Pope of Dope and the Ministers of Mayhem, Protected Left, Sleepeater, Their Teeth Will Be Of Lions, The Penguin Collector, Three Mile Island, TimeLapse, and Traitor. Suggestions are always welcome for bands/musicians and shows to shoot at.
Most of the bands involved are located in the Kalamazoo area (although, they would like to extend further) and most of the footage will be shot at local venues around Kalamazoo.
The next shoot is this Friday at the DAAC in Grand Rapids, where they will be recording Brothers, From The Ropes, and TimeLapse. CHUNKmedia members Jared and Lisa’s band, The Penguin Collector, will be playing as well. Saturday, they will be shooting Ghosts of the Great Lakes at Kindleberger Rock The Park in Parchment.
Here are some unedited videos from the last show they shot at Louie’s Trophy House Grill.
Protected Left (from GR/Kalamazoo)
Sleepeater (from GR/Kalamazoo)
Their Teeth Will Be Of Lions (from Kalamazoo)
To keep updated, check out http://www.facebook.com/weekendwarriorsdocumentaries
Once again the Fat Guy house graces us with another amazing show, but this time it comes with a pre cook out at 3 p.m.! So bring some grillables and hang out with your friends early. Due to the amount of bands on the bill this SHOW WILL START AT 7 P.M. SHARP! Don’t forget to bring donations for the touring bands.
Natural Disasters- awesome pop punk, hardcore from our vary own Kalamazoo ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Natural-Disasters/103370013059834)
Hold Tight!- fast in your face pop punk from Richmond VA\(http://holdtight.bandcamp.com/)
The Greek Favorites- melodic pop punk from PA! (http://thegreekfavourites.bandcamp.com/track/wax-wings)
Choke UP-hard, and fast punk coming straight from Boston MA (http://chokeup.bandcamp.com/album/choke-up-ep)
This Is Your Life-melodic hardcore not to be missed, hailing from Richmond VA (http://thisisyourlife.limitedpressing.com/)
Hard Daze-heavy hardcore from Livonia MI (http://www.facebook.com/pages/HARD-DAZE/144149368973965?sk=app_178091127385)
Respect the house, Respect the neighbors, Respect each other!
Here at DIT we’re working on moving back into having regular weekly meetings as well as branching out to as many people in our music community who want to take part. Tomorrow afternoon at 4PM there will be a meeting at No Fun and we would love to see you there and get your input on what shows you’re throwing, what you want to see happen in our town, and what you think we can do to make this operation run better. Be there! If that time doesn’t work but you still want to get involved, let us know and we’ll do what we can to arrange things accordingly.
DIT or DIE.
DITKalamazoo 
