From Rockford, IL, WARREN FRANKLIN & THE FOUNDING FATHERS will be playing high-energy punk-infused pop music. It’s good.

From Houston, TX, FOOTBALL, ETC is rock-n-roll with just a twinge of shoegaze thrown in the mix. Plus they’re playing Fest 12 this year. how cool is that?

From St Louis, MO, FOXING will doing their post-hardcore thing and doing it right. they’ve been hear before. I heard it was real real good.

From Kalamazoo, MI, GOAT MACHINE (not to confused with Milking the Goat Machine) are gonna do some dancin’, organ-ized party jams. Think Ska without the ska.

Finally, from Kalamazoo, MI, BIKE TUFF will be rockin’ that punk.

Doors open at 9pm in the Basement of Shakespeare’s on Kalamazoo Avenue. Bring money for touring bands, dudes.

Tonight is a rare and joyous occasion in Kalamazoo where Punk gets punked and sweetly sinister things happen. The Corner Record Shop is, of course, the place to find this happening, and it will be wonderful

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On tour from Willimantic, Connecticut, HEATS OF FORMATION (formerly known as The Book Slave) will be bringing their acidic dual-guitars and heart-felt lyrics to the front. Strange melodies can be found in their manic music. The Book Slave came through a few years ago and were an avant-garde treate. HoF will be no different.

Local Newcomers POLYCHROME VIOLENCE will be playing support. They are a two piece drums-and-guitar punk band with an axe to grind. Hit ’em hard and fast, that’s what I always say sometimes.

Finally, one of Kalamazoo’s oldest and most venerated improv-noise outfits, BORON NUZZLE, will be rounding out this bill. There is literally no telling what these guys are going to do (or even who is going to do it), but it’s always worth the experience.

Music will start near 9pm at the KALAMAZOO CORNER RECORD SHOP. You can bring your own beverages, but please bring some spare scratch for the touring guys. Gas, after all, is expensive.

Tonight, some folks from across the pond are bringing their psychedelic feel to our fair city.

All the way from the UK, THE TELESCOPES are here. They play fuzz and swell like it’s nobody’s business. Their tracks are haunting and ethereal without being long-winded. Their vocals are pleasant and direct. They drone, they sample. The are a force to be reckoned with.

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Accompanying The Telescopes on their travels, LSD AND THE SEARCH FOR GOD is in from the sunny shores of California. They wash out their pop music with fuzz, filters, ‘verb, and the occasional burst of noise. Their sound is much more shoegaze-influenced than their tour-mates, and that’s just fine.

THE VANDELLES are on the road too, but from the opposite coast of Brooklyn. They mix surf-rock with sharp objects to get a sound that makes you feel a lot like throwing down and and subsequently not picking up after yourself.

Finally, local Shoegazers CRASH CITY SAINTS will be bringing the support. They’re dancy, fancy, and rock real good.

This show was originally at Louie’s Trophy House, but it has been moved to the downtown VFW! Find it at

Veterans of Foreign Wars
323 N Church St
Kalamazoo, MI 49007

The cost is $10 at the door, which opens at 7:30. The music will start at 8pm and go until everyone is done dancing. All the touring bands will have much merch as well, I’m sure!

Noise music and experimental improv has several distinct roots. From high-art classical settings, jazz, rock and electronica, The Corner Record Shop is bringing all of those influential backgrounds together for one show.

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You, Me & The Radio are a heavily jazz influenced group, also incorporating a freak folk element. A sonicly strange combination of plucking, bowing, and vocal manipulation, this Illinois group is sure to bring something astoundingly bizarre.

On tour with YM&TR, is Spooky Dangerfield, a supposed combination of strange saxophone, comedy and sing-alongs. Though I could find no recordings, with a description like that it is unlikely to be easily compared to any performance you’ve seen before.

This show will feature FUZZTOWN the newest local sensation in experimental electronic and guitar manipulation. This duo features folks from Joshualien and Forget the Times.

Also, a new local THE CLOTHESPIN COLLECTIVE who are a duo based out of WMU’s school of music. They display their expertise in cello and percussion by showing a varied and skilled improvised performance.

This show will begin at 9:00 and donations will be collected for the traveling groups. The register will also be open if you are interested in records within the store.

Then the Corner Record Shop is where you want to be Tuesday night!!

Black Mask is coming into to town, and bringing the ruckus. On tour from PA, they are a serious hardcore and noisy assault.

Chin Up is coming back from South Bend, if you didn’t catch their set a couple weeks ago at the Courthouse be sure to see this one!!
http://chinupposi.bandcamp.com/

Local support will be ANYBODY BUT THE COPS, second show with the new drummer. Mathy, fast, and dancey punk jams.

1710 W Main St Kalamazoo, MI  9pm DONATE TO THE TOURING BANDS! Or better yet pick up some merch from the out of town bands! All donations go straight to the gas tank and it’s not cheap. And if buying records is your thing the register will be open all night.

Respect the business, the bands, and the people around you!!! Hope to see you there!

FB EVENT

Yo, folks! Tomorrow (Thursday, 6.27), Victory House is having their FINAL SHOW! As if that wasn’t enticing enough in and of itself, there’s also gonna be a cookout before the show! Cookout starts at 6:00 PM so head over there and bring some food to share and have yourself some good eats before the good jamz start at 7:00 PM.

Bands on the bill include a bunch of local favorites and one touring act (bring some $$dollar billz$$ for them, gas is expensive!) Also I am terrible at descriptions, just listen to the bandcamp links d00dz:

GEORGE COSTANZA – screamy twinkly http://georgecostanzaband.bandcamp.com/

FAR FROM HOME (Chicago, IL) – features members of Ronnie Dobbs, Girl’s Gym, Time Bandit and Chris from Dirt Church. (couldn’t find a bandcamp, its a surprise)

JOHNIC & SKOOOP – experimental hip hop http://johnicskooop.bandcamp.com/

FORGET THE TIMES – free jazz noise http://forgetthetimes.bandcamp.com/

LINCOLN COUNTY WAR – yelly acoustic http://lincolncountywar.bandcamp.com/

BORING PEOPLE – indie pop (heard this was gonna be acoustic)  http://boringpeople.bandcamp.com/

TIM TAPPER – minimal indie folk http://timtapper.bandcamp.com/

It’s going to be a good time so come on out for the last hoorah at Victory House. Also, it’s Alex Gilbert’s birthday, so like congratulate him for being born.

New album Low Health

Local basement-favorites are pulling themselves out of the house venues for the purpose of playing a big show with their friend in celebration of their new album “Low Health.” Though tapes will be available of the new record, the LP will not be available locally until later. However, you can stream the entire thing right now on bandcamp to tide yourself over! This show is also a kickoff for a month long tour the dudes will be embarking on.

The show will also feature four other excellent acts: CADDYWHOMPUS, ALL PEOPLE, EMPIRE! EMPIRE!, GEORGE COSTANZA.

Show will begin right at 9:00! The cost is $5. Respect the space, make friends, tip your bartender.