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Homeless Gospel Choir Returns! Grey Gordon Returns! – K.I.O’.F. – April 12th

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Kalamazoo sometimes is a great place for getting together with your friends to get sad, contemplative, pensive, nostalgic. That might not sound like a great time if you’re not well acquainted with the folk music that comes out of this town, or that tours in, but if you are you know it’s one of the more compelling musical experiences around.

Homeless Gospel Choir – the band one man band of Derek Zanetti out of Pittsburgh, PA – last played in Kalamazoo over 2 years ago while on tour with Harley Poe. Crammed in a livingroom packed to the gills, and no PA, HGC captivated an audience mostly unfamiliar with his work. His writing is relatable – a conemplative inner self struggling with an indifferent and dishonest world. But don’t let my shoddy words try and explain, here’s a video

Grey Gordon – on tour with HGC, previously played in Kalamazoo at the Corner Record Shop traveling with Jason Anderson. Grey’s music is sweetly sad and melancholy – like your favorite songs you forgot brought back new. You may not know the songs, but they’re likely to strike you as nostalgic.

This show will also be supported by locals Arms Akimbo – your local friend and sad story songwriter, and Axel Quinlan – folk songwriter in the wrong era singing to you regardless

This show is at The Kalamazoo Institute O’ Farts (not to be confused with the KIA). Contact DITkalamazoo@gmail.com for the address. Show is at 8:00. Bring dollars for the outta towners. Be excellent to your hosts and friends and friends you haven’t even met yet.

TONIGHT! Spray Paint / Frostbiter / Surprise Attack @ Milhouse

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Milhouse has got the cure for yr Monday blues. A rock solid lineup of local and touring weirdos ready to Rip It Up!

Check the technique:

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Spray Paint
are a fresh up-and-coming Rock band from Texas. All kinds of interesting elements make up their unique sound. Garage fuzz, No Wave skronk, Post Punk dance, Rock & Roll reverb. Debut full length LP out now on S.S. Records. Be sure you grab a copy at their show tonight!

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Frostbiter
is a side project from the mysterious Matt Maverick. Dueling synthesizers playing coldwave minimal electronica. Might even hear a little saxophone. Come nod yr head to this.

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Surprise Attack
is a local Noise Rock Power Trio. Sid and Poncho on the drones and Saxsquatch on the skins. Prepare yrself for liquid trance jazz sound waves. Let it take you away.

 

Y’all know the drill.
Leave the jerks at home.
Bring a friend.
Donate to the touring band.
Buy some merch.
Doors at 8pm.
Respect.

3/22/14 – Dad Jeans and The Dandy Chums @ The Corner Record Store

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Come Czek it out!

Dandy Bums
Dandy Chums Tribute band

Dad Jeans
They are some cool goofballs

The Dandy Chums
THE Dandy Chums

Loud Heavy Punk By Way Of Canada, Ohio, Wisconsin and Here – Milhouse – 3.8

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Kalamazoo, forever splitting at the seams with music, is unruly almost every day of the week. Saturdays are usually the most chaotic, as that’s when the most band requests come in and the most shows are able to be set up. Sometimes, bands that fit perfectly together will all want the same day, though they have nothing to do with each other. Sometimes, you’ve just got to have three touring bands play at one show. With there, Saturday March 8th is filled to the brim with hard hitting punk, post hardcore, distortion and feedback.

GREYS coming all the way from Toronto, Ontario are a loud rock band encompasing well-melded aspects of punk energy and passion with a subtle catchy appeal. Personally one of the best live shows I witnessed last year.

DEADSET from Milwaukee are a new band featuring old friends from ALTA. Heavy hardcore and metal, brought to you by the experts in our Wisconsin sister city.

STELLA of Columbus, Ohio bring their own brand of noiserock and post punk that’s weird enough to get you interested, heavy enough to keep you listening.

PLUS LOCALS BODIES (A new screamo two piece featuring some of the swellest folks you ever did meet) and ANYBODY BUT THE COPS (local favorite disaster punk band without microphones)

STARTING AT 8:00 PM. THREE BANDS ON THREE TOURS DONATE DONATE DONATE. RESPECT THE HOUSE AND BE GENERALLY EXCELLENT.

Hallmark Holiday Made Better With Good Music 2.14

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Whether you love or loathe Valentine’s day, whether you love or loathe love itself, chances are if you’re looking at the DIT page, you have some sort of affinity for music. The concept of love, even in a negative sense, is probably one of the most prevalent themes in music. Therefore, it’s no wonder there’s so much music happening in Kalamazoo on that infamous hallmark holiday day.

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Probably the most consistent of DIY gatherings in Kalamazoo in recent years would be the annual Valentine’s Day Love Song Open Mic at The Fireplace Club – which is embarking on it’s 6th year! Bring your instrument of choice, bring your friends, and  bring your whole heart into it.

But if that’s not your thing, there’s more!

The Courthouse is having a punk, post-punk, emo sort of night. Featuring two out of town bands- Undesirable People (St. Claire Shores) and Our Lady (Springfield, IL) – as well as local best dudes, Blank. Both out of town bands are embarking on separate tours, so show your love by turning up to support ’em!

And on the venue side of things, there’s even more!

Louie’s will be having Valentine’s dinner and drink specials, coupled with music from Jake Nivala and The Green Gallows (New York).

Plus there’s also a free (thought 21+) show at Shakespeare’s featuring Vulture Circles Crow, Drink Their Blood, No/Breaks, That’s Blood, and Violent Vessel.

Take your pick, or take the Kalamazoo Valentine’s Day challenge and try for all four!

Much Love,

DITkalamazoo

DIT Session #47: Forget The Times – “NOAC”

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DIT Session #47
Forget The Times – “NOAC”

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DIT Session #46: Dietrich Gosser – “Follow The Blood”

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DIT Session #46
Dietrich Gosser – “Follow The Blood”

http://dietrichgosser.com/
http://dietrichgosser.bandcamp.com/

 

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1/19/14 – White Gold, Brown Cow, Katy Needs A Life @ Louie’s!!!

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Tonight at Louie’s awesome awesome awesome!!!

WHITEGOLD (Chicago)
“Holy hell—Monday night at the Burlington in Chicago, White Gold put on one of the most inspiring shows I’ve ever seen. It was massively exciting. Two foxy band members, a half-dozen costume permutations (the drummer becomes a cyclops Billymonster for one song!), beautiful projections, powerful vocals in endless loops, dinner plates smashed for percussion…. and it was their FIRST SHOW. Damn. Thanks to White Gold and Melkbilly (also rad, also first show—what’s going on here?!) for expanding the known universe.” – Sleepy Kitty Music

Brown Cow – Kalamazoo sad-pop

KATY NEEDS A LIFE – Happy stuff about stuff.

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DOORS 8PM
SHOW 9PM
COVER – $5 (suggested)

Nothing Straightforward – Noise Punk And Jazz – 1.3.14 – Milhouse

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If you’re familiar with Milhouse, hell, if you’re familiar with Kalamazoo basement shows, then you are familiar with the concept of eclectic. there’s a little something for everyone, and there’s damn near a little bit of everything. Especially when delving into the warped worlds of noise, punk, and jazz, you find the variations are vast and wonderful. This Friday, expect a bit of all of that with these artists.

 

 

 

FRANKIE TEARDROP is out of Athens GA, and are making their third appearance in Kalamazoo, though first basement show. Witnessing their performance at the Already Dead Family Reunion this past summer, I was completely floored by their chaotic melding of harsh noise and punk. Their stage-presence is mesmerizing and unprecedented, and though their recordings are an excellent way to get to know the basics of their repertoire, it pales in comparison to the live experience.

Joining Frankie for this show will be locals:

SURPRISE ATTACK – A new outfit (or rather a revisited fairly old project) consisting of local busy bees in the experimental and jazz worlds Sid Redlin (solo work, Boron Nuzzle, Sista Mista, Banjohater), Poncho (FuzzTown, JoshuAlien) and Saxquatch (Saxquatch & Bridge Band, Prognosis Negative, former to almost every band in town at least a little). Surprise Attack is a driving improv project, taking influence from jazz at it’s core, but presented with a modern love of electronic manipulation.

ANYBODY BUT THE COPS – the variable grab-bag of sounds with a stop on a dime penchant for leaving you wondering just what band it is you’re seeing at all. Essentially a bunch of punks doing everything in their power to not get bored while playing music. The attention span of a gnat, the speed of a caffeine fiend.

Show will start at 8:30! As usual, this show is donation based. Frankie Tear drop our just kicking off their tour and need to get to the next stop, so any amount is helpful. Be respectful to everyone. Be the best person you can be, it’s probably somewhere in your new years resolution anyway.

New Year – Big Plans – DITKalamazoo

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Being that DIT is a loose collective, a malleable concept, and a bare-bones website, the way in which it functions frequently goes through changes. Depending on what people need or are interested in, the usefulness of the site changes, waxes and wains. This year we saw the site not only promoting house shows, but also workshops, poetry readings, and a few local venues became notable players in booking DIY bands. Where Kalamazoo steps up and does things with a bend on self-sufficiency, hopefully DIT is helping you hear about it. In spite of a drop in write-ups, the traffic on the DIT site is higher than any previous years!

One notable change that happens with each passing lease period, houses disband and new folks pick up the slack. We saw several major players in the house show scene close their doors. Fat Guy House, Victory House, The Black Lodge, and Touchdown City ceased activity, with folks moving onward and outward. Several other houses have dropped their booking significantly. We look forward to the new houses (and new venues, rumor has it!) springing up, as they are already beginning to, and what new they bring to the creative output here.

For the new year we look forward to some other small, positive changes for DIT. A revamped website is in the work, that will make community involvement easier to achieve. By making the site more user-friendly, and user-submitted content, we hope to get the word out on the great events our small city has to an even greater degree.

If you’re looking to get involved, the meetings will be occuring Sundays at 6:00PM at 611 w Cedar. You can also email ditsidebar@gmail.com if you have events you would like to be included on the site, but cannot make it to a meeting.