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Free Holiday Anniversary Show/Fundraiser for Musician’s Dental Clinic: Local bands celebrate the holidays by giving back
Detroit bands The Hounds Below, Almost Free, The Jet Rodriguez and Electric Lion Soundwave Experiment will take part in Navdo Turns 15 — a celebration of music and community unity presented by Chris Vertigo of Blaring Division. The holiday event takes place Saturday, December 22nd at the Loving Touch (22634 Woodward Ave., Ferndale; 248-546-3644 and will include a fundraiser for the MusicCares Foundation’s dental clinics, which offer free dental services to local musicians.
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Kenny Rogers “Christmas and Hits” Concert @ Fox Theatre Detroit 12/13/12 (Review, Setlist, & Photos)
American Icon, Kenny Rogers helped to bring Christmas to Detroit with his wonderful concert highlighting his greatest hits and holiday favorites. He drew a good sized crowd consisting of people of all ages that were easily charmed by Kenny’s engaging smile, twinkle in his eye and easy-going chatter between his songs. We give much respect to artists like Kenny Rogers still going strong and sharing music even after over fifty years of being in the music business. He sounded great, and was joined on stage by a group of accomplished musicians. Later in the show, a children’s choir, Divine Child Choir and special guest Billy Dean, performed with Kenny which…
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Introducing The Simple Pleasure! (Photos)
The band The Simple Pleasure opened up for Amanda Palmer last month at St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit, MI. We don’t always post photos from the opening bands, but because we enjoyed their enthusiastic performance and had a fun time photographing them-we did! Genre: ElectroRockSoulSurprise Members: Chad Raines – Tamara Chiba – Jessie England – Lindsay Greene – Wes Marcarelli – Tchiago Teixara http://www.thesimplepleasure.com ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN ELEVEN
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Noize Mixtape Updated!
Hey! If you have Spotify, check out our updated Noize Mixtape and subscribe to it! It’s a mix of our current fave songs by Langhorne Slim, The Dirty Heds, Two Gallants, Eddit Vedder, Jake Bugg, Die Antwoord, Bright Eyes, Madonna, Death Grips, Alicia Keys, Deer Tick, James Vincent McMorrow, Olivia Bee, Julian Casablancas, Jack White, Paloma Faith, Amanda Palmer, and Lykke Li. Click HERE to listen and subscribe to the Noize playlist!
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Song of the Moment: Youngblood Hawke “We Come Running”
We saw this band perform as an opener for Passion Pit last month. Since then they’ve developed a bit of a buzz about them. Check out their video and let us know what you think! http://www.youngbloodhawke.com http://twitter.com/youngbloodhawke http://www.youtube.com/youngbloodhawke Members: Sam, Simon, Tasso, Alice, Nik
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Forty Art Wonders at The Chicago Institute of Art
By Alexis Simpson Last weekend we breezed through The Chicago Institute of Art and were in awe of the artwork. It is quite powerful to see a particular piece of art in person after seeing it a zillion times in photos. We compiled a list of some of our pieces. ACROBATS AT THE CIRQUE FERNANDO BY PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (FRENCH) (FRANCISCA AND ANGELINA WARTENBERG) OIL ON CANVAS, 1879: One of four permanent circuses in Paris, the Cirque Fernando opened in 1875. The two girls painted were ages 17 and 13. After their performance, the girls bowed and gathered up tissue-wrapped oranges tossed to them in appreciation. YOUNG WOMAN SEWING BY PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR…
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The Black Belles Revisited! (Photos)
One of my favorite set of photos I have ever taken are of the Black Belles in 2011. For kicks, I decided to re-edit them and post some unseen ones. ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN ELEVEN TWELVE THIRTEEN FOURTEEN FIFTEEN SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN NINETEEN TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE TWENTY SIX TWENTY SEVEN TWENTY EIGHT TWENTY NINE THIRTY THIRTY ONE THIRTY TWO
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Instagram Randomness: Cloud Porn 11/28/12
By Alexis Simpson All photos posted here are taken with my iPhone 5 and have been posted on Instagram (Noizenews) at some point. Good photographs don’t have to be taken with a fancy camera in order to be relevant or entertaining. This series serves as a reminder of the importance and fun of photography as a tool for documentation! MICHIGAN FARM LAND CHICAGO TANNING IS BAD FOR YOU FUN IN A DETROIT WAREHOUSE QUEEN MADONNA PHOTO PASS MADONNA ON ICE RIHANNA ON TV PICTURE OF A COW PHOTO BOMBING A HORSE BEER MERMAID
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Song of the Moment: Amanda Palmer “Not the Killing Type”
By Alexis Simpson We love this song because it’s so ridiculously catchy and fun to sing along with and the video is a little bit fucked up. Hurray!
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Death Grips @ Magic Stick 11/18/12 (Review, Setlist & Photos)
By Alexis Simpson All week we looked forward to blowing off steam at the Death Grips show at the Magic Stick in Detroit, MI. Today the Death Grips were deservedly awarded an accolade as Spin’s “Artist of the Year.” Their sound is intense, primal, guttural, bass-ridden, industrial, earthy, and delightfully unusual. Percussionist Zack Hill set the pulse of the night with his unrelenting drumming. Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett spouts his lyrics face to face with his audience and dances with wild abandon. This along with his lean, sweaty, and tattooed torso make for commendable stage presence. Death Grips have become media darlings of the music world due to their intense sound, devotion to their…
