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August 24, 2012 at Victory House: Kevin Greenspon (LA) + Queen Bee Dream (GR) + Kyle Landstra (KZOO)

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Victory House 8/24

a night of warm, honest vibes

Tomorrow, on Friday August 24th, Kevin Greenspon will be making his way through Kalamazoo on his three month tour throughout the U.S. He is crossing over to Kalamazoo from Ohio today, then up to Ludington on the 25th, Grand Rapids on the 26th, and Ann Arbor on the 27th. His live set on this tour will be accompanied by visual projections made by Paul from former selves and will definitely not be something to miss. A photo from him performing in front of these projections is posted below. He also heads the well-known ambient tape label Bridgetown Records and will have a lot of the Bridgetown catalog on hand throughout the tour. This is quite the tour for an ambient musician, so come out and show some support while showing him what the DIT scene in Kalamazoo has to offer!

Kevin Greenspon

Kevin Greenspon is a musician from Los Angeles, CA that blends ambient, electronic, drone, field recording and harsh noise. Primarily using guitar, effects and tape collage techniques, each song is an emotionally engaging arrangement of melodies and electronics fueled by a storytelling nature. Check out his bandcamp here.

Kevin Greenspon “Barring Will” + “Paradise A.D.” from Kevin Greenspon on Vimeo.

Kevin Greenspon – “Maroon Bells” from Kevin Greenspon on Vimeo.

Queen Bee Dream

Hailing from Grand Rapids, this up-and-coming experimental artist has already recorded and put together three of his own tapes by hand, dubbed on found tapes. Dave is dangling on the fringe of the No Wave/Post Punk sound with a hollow, deep guitar sound, honest vocal styling and lyricism, and drums thanks to his Korg ElecTribe A (EA-1). His three tapes definitely have a progression of sound leading up to more concise compositions, but a lot of my favorite tracks were on his first tape. Last time I was in Grand Rapids I had visited him and checked out his set up. Be excited for his debut performance and make sure to check out his bandcamp here prior!

Kyle Landstra

Kyle Landstra currently resides in Kalamazoo. He creates improvised synthesizer music for listeners to close their eyes to and gaze at the soundscapes being formed in their minds. Here is his bandcamp.

Join the event here. Come out around 9 and we will get the show going soon after since it will be a shorter show. Remember to bring bucks for our cross-country touring visitor or for the wide variety of Bridgetown Records catalog he will have! Respect everything!

3/23-Citycop/That’s Blood/The Reptilian/George Costanza

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Another awesome show in the Victory House basement!! That’s Blood, The Reptilian, and George Costanza will be uppin’ the punx in support of Citycop who is on tour from Ohio. I’ve seen these guys a couple of times and they do not disappoint. Fast and melodic, in the vein of Thursday and Kidcrash. Definitley on the list of my favorite Midwest bands. Check out the jams here: Citycop.bandcamp.com

Heres a vid of them playing South Bend back in July.

March 23@Victory House, 9pm. Donations for the touring band, you got booz, you got bux.

GIRLFIGHT/HOLLOW EARTH/THAT’S BLOOD 2/6/12

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Monday night at Victory House, it’s gonna go down.

GIRLFIGHT
Pittsburg, PA hardcore in your hometown basement. In the vein of Defeater and Every Time I Die, this band has one of the more aggressive sounds you’ll hear come through. Seriously, when do you ever get to see hardcore in this town? Come rage!
http://girlfight.bandcamp.com/

HOLLOW EARTH
From the Mitten State itself; Sabbath psych rock. If you dig Beast in the Field, Ozenza, or Harvey Milk you’ll be into this.
http://hollowearth666.bandcamp.com/

THAT’S BLOOD
Saw these guys once and it was rad as hell. 90’s influenced prog/punk/skramz, from right here in Kzoo. Check out their WIDR jam here:

You got booze, you got bucks. 9pm, 2 dollar suggested donation for the touring/out of town bands, and they will all have merch for sale.

 

VICTORY HOUSE TONIGHT

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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:

(a)Rare Animal

Ryan Pate

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.