Kalamazoo has been blessed for a long time with great house venues. It’s surprising the amount of cities much bigger than us that don’t have half the DIY spaces that we do. It’s important that we don’t take this for granted. Go to shows. Respect the houses. Respect the bands. Respect yrself.

Let’s all show some love to Alex Gilbert and the Victory House crew. They’ve been hosting a ton of killer shows and have got even more coming up:

TONIGHT – Lost In Translation(ex Good News), (a)Rare Animal, Chackerine

2/6/12 – Girlfight, That’s Blood, Hollow Earth

2/10/12 –  No Bails, The Hemingers, Totally Rad, Inflatable Best Friend, The Honey Pot

Here’s what you can look forward to if you come out tonight:

CHACKERINE – Rad bros from Tennessee shreddin some fuzzed out pop ‘n’ roll.

(A)RARE ANIMAL – Melody driven post punk. Nod ya head.

LOST IN TRANSLATION – Ryan Pate’s new jams. I ain’t heard em yet but Good News has consistently been one of my favorite local bands for quite a while now. Stoked.

Everything kicks off around 9pm. Bring a friend. Bring some billz for the touring band. Keep on rockin’ in the free world.