Lo-Fi Bar—A Neon Beacon on a Dark Winter’s Night
January 14, 2019Andy Garris admits it with an eager smile: “I missed the music!” And that’s why you’ll find him back in the middle of the action, pouring drinks during live music programming hosted inside Lo-Fi, Ann Arbor’s newest destination for culture, cocktails, and nighttime entertainment. It’s been seven years since many of the avid local music
Frances Luke Accord @ The Ark, Feb 6
January 12, 2019There’s a renaissance in folk music that’s been germinating around the southern shores of Lake Michigan over the last five years – and Frances Luke Accord are a vibrant component to a gallery of contemporaries that include The Accidentals and The Crane Wives. Their new EP comes out January 25 and its titled Silver & Gold; here’s
Throwaway at the Blind Pig with Louis Picasso and Scissor Now – Jan 24
January 9, 2019We’re all weirdos or strangers or awkward stumblers in this life… Throwaway faces that inherent eccentricity and denies it any ability to make one feel alienated by dramatizing alienation by way of accentuation: like a paper bag over one’s face. You might call this guitar/drum duo punk, or noise-rock, but that’s a result of your
Picasso’s Latest: Behind The Paintings Pt. 2
December 31, 2018Live incarnation of Picasso’s latest: Behind The Paintings pt 2.
Mittenfest
December 16, 2018Here’s what Mittenfest means to me… If I imagine a day when I’m no longer ‘on the scene…,’ when I’m no longer as ‘into’ live local music…, when I’m slowing down and not keeping up as much as I do…, then the fondest memories, the most vivid mental Polaraoids that will slide through my
Zzvava’s Zen & the Art of Indie-Rock Improvisation
November 30, 2018Zzvava is pronounced (zee-zee-vah-vah), but we’re pretty sure they’re not stressed about you mispronouncing that. This band’s preternaturally wired to be harmonious.