Seeing as how Corner Record Shop is too far away from downtown to be a part of the monthly Art Hops, they’ve decided to host their own version of it. First one was last month with Brown Company, Forget The Times and Saxsquatch. A pleasant time was had by all.

This month they’re keeping the new tradition alive! Here’s the plan:

The store will be open all day as normal. Register will be open throughout the event as well if ya wanna do some late night shopping.
At 8pm, there will be FREE snacks & refreshments (planning on picking up a few growlers of root beer from Old Peninsula…). Feel free to come hang and enjoy the art.
At 9:30 the music will begin.
There is no cover charge and all ages are welcome.

Visual Art By Collin Schipper

Live Music From KYLE LANDSTRA & ENTROPY ELEPHANT (Collin Schipper & Sid Redlin)

What do you get when you cross the Western Inter-Dormitory Radio and the Kalamazoo Collaborative Arts Co-op? You get a sweet little acoustic set at 509 Vine street!

Alex Young will be playing as his solo guitar-and-vocals project A Life of Making Tapes. He also did a set last night at Milhouse, and it was most excellent, so if you missed that, consider this a DO-OVER.

Fiona Dickinson is going to lend her soothing sounds as well. Excellent music, haunting lyrics, powerful voice. A Kalamazoo treasure and personal favorite.

Courtesy http://fionadickinson.bandcamp.com

 Another favorite of mine, Diamond Wave Press (Of Kalamazoo’s) Cold Mountain Child is fixin’ to swath wave after wave of joyful Appalachian sound. These folk are folk in the truest sense – that is, they play the snot out of folk music. Catch them!

Finally, Aaron Garcia (?) will be down to do his thing.

This is an early one (7pm!), so you can show up and have plenty of time to make it to the Hands Off Dance-off.

It’s also a FREE one, but WIDR is in a tough financial way these days and SURE COULD USE A DONATION IF YOU’VE GOT ANY CASH TO SPARE (HINT HINT).

This will be a good time.

I guarantee it.

Friday night, get real cozy and get real down at Wayne Manor. To kick off the evening, at 7pm the Kalamazoo Free School is giving out some much needed love with a quick talk about making your basement a safe space for show-goers. This includes how to create an environment free of oppression and just what the heck a ‘safe space’ is. Who oppresses more than the cops? Well, to add to the mix, KFS will also be doing a quick run-down of what the laws are with shows and how to stay safe avoiding legal trouble.

Then things get raw with the HANDS-OFF DANCE-OFF. (no competition necessary.)
Put the “sensual” back in “consensual”. (no sexy dancing necessary.)
A good ol’ fashioned dance party. (No pressure, just a space to get down if ya gotta.)

Airjob – Trip-Hop beats with skateboard.

Chris K. – Stylish sounds from a dark corner of your parents bedroom.

Wearwolf – If you know ’em, you love ’em. If you don’t, you should get to know ’em.

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m still not tired of all the STACKED line-ups that we’ve booked in our small and enigmatic city. The show tonight follows suit with an excellent lineup of:

Secret Plot to Destroy the Entire Universe


Philly dudes laying down some intense and heartfelt tracks. Their sound makes me think of being in a dark room and being able to see colours and light in the distance. Heavy, full, rich, and full, punctuated by powerful and abrasive fits.

Natural Disasters


Fit Guy House’s own whiskey-guzzlin’ mean-muggin’ son’s ‘a guns.

NOHEALTH
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Kinda new Grand Rapids dudes laying down intense jams.

Statia

They sound like Drew.

Show starts at 9PM! Respect the neighbors, respect the house and DONATE TO THE TOURING BANDS!
If you need the address, shoot us an e-mail! S’ya there.