Live Performances
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The Deadmeat Tour: Steve Aoki and Datsik 2-25-11 (Review and Photos)
After the Detroit leg of The Deadmeat Tour, I overheard one fan say that she wished Aoki and Datsik owned a Detroit club and held such a party every week. We agree! Saturday night was a high-energy, super-hype event. We walked in just in time to hear the second special guest, Mustard Pimp. Mustard Pimp was a pleasant surprise and well-worth checking out. The group is signed to Aoki’s label, Dim Mak Records. Datsik was up next. The British Columbia, Canadian has had a huge year. Ironically, we had just covered the Korn show at the same venue two days earlier, and Datsik had helped Korn with their new 2011 album. Datsik…
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Korn at the Detroit Fillmore 2-21-11 (Concert Review & Photos)
Jonathan Davis – Vocals James Shaffer – Guitar Reginald Arvizu – Bass Ray Luzier – Drums http://www.korn.com http://www.myspace.com/korn http://www.facebook.com/korn http://www.twitter.com/korn http://www.youtube.com/user/kornchannel Jonathan Davis of Korn started off the night as “J-Devil” and djayed a set for the crowd. Jonathan had performed at Bert’s Warehouse in Detroit earlier in the year, but the majority of the crowd had never seen this side of him. The sound system was so strong that it blew the Mac laptop right off the table much to the surprise of the Korn frontman. After the laptop was duck-taped down, the show went on. Jonathan’s enthusiasm and love for playing electronic music set the tone for the night. Check…
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Black Coffee White Knuckles Tour! Voodoo Glow Skulls, Authority Zero, Skyfox and S.N.A.F.U. @ Blind Pig 2/6/12 (Review)
S.N.A.F.U. = https://www.facebook.com/#!/SNAFUPUNKS?sk=info Skyfox = http://www.skyfoxmusic.com/ Authority Zero = http://authorityzero.com/ Voodoo Glow Skulls = http://www.voodooglowskulls.com/ S.N.A.F.U., out of Ypsilanti, was a good opener to liven up a Monday night. They’re a hardcore–thrash-metal band who play powerful beats and melodies that make it sound like the end of the world is near. Their primal energy was infectious and easily got the crowd to jostle about and participate in circle pits. S.N.A.F.U. was on par with one another, playing as a brute force with a strong bass, thrashing guitar, screaming vocals and battering drums. Their set included songs, “Graves” (menacing, heavy tunes) and “W.D.G.A.F.” (fast and dark with plenty of attitude). Towards the end of their…
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The Boogie Woogie Kid! @ Howell Opera House 1/27/12
The Boogie Woogie Kid! If you don’t know what boogie woogie music sounds like, think of an evil villain with a ridiculous mustache tying a damsel in distress to railroad tracks. The music in the background is played on the piano usually with a jaunty, upbeat, melody and elements of dooming suspense. Or, as Matthew Ball aka The Boogie Woogie Kid! describes it, “happy blues.” Howell’s Opera House swelled in numbers on Friday, January 27th. Set in a dimly lit room of icicle lights, Matthew Ball on piano and Victor Pruner accompanying on drums, took the crowd back to the early 20th century, when boogie woogie was in its prime.…
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Ann Arbor Folk Festival 1/28/11 (Photos & Review of Night One)
This month the 35th annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival returned with two nights of a wide range of talented performers. The festival serves as a fundraiser for The Ark, Ann Arbor’s non-profit organization that supports folk, roots, and ethnic music. The 35th Ann Arbor Folk Festival Lineup Friday, January 27: RYAN ADAMS DEVOTCHKA DAWES CARBON LEAF ELEPHANT REVIVAL SUNNY WAR DAVID WAX MUSEUM HEYWOOD BANKS, MC Saturday, January 28: EMMYLOU HARRIS GLEN CAMPBELL NANCI GRIFFITH JOE HENRY SARAH JAROSZ CARAVAN OF THIEVES SETH GLIER HEYWOOD BANKS, MC Ryan Adams http://www.losthighwayrecords.com/ryanadams www.paxamrecords.com Throughout the evening Ryan Adams poked fun at his own music for revolving around slow-paced ballads. His performance…
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The Loving Dead, Brutally Frank and Koffin Kats @ The Machine Shop 1/20/2012
Flint’s The Machine Shop hosted an exceptional psychobilly-charged show for the Koffin Kats CD Release Throwdown this past Friday, January 20th. The bands made sure that the journey through horrible weather and snow-coated roads was worth coming to see them perform. The Loving Dead Brutally Frank Koffin Kats To clarify a few things about psychobilly: it is basically a sped-up version of rockabilly that blends in certain genres of music like punk, rhythm and blues. Part of what makes it its own music genre is the specific usage of an upright bass, which ensures solid, dark beats. Also, the subject of the songs (girls, gore, death, sci-fi, and socially unacceptable topics) are expressed…
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Paper Diamond @iLounge 1/21/11 (Photos)
www.paper-diamond.com www.facebook.com/paperdiamond www.twitter.com/paper_diamond http://elmandoak.com/ Fans of electronic music, Rastas, party kids and lots of pretty girls showed up to see Paper Diamond at the iLounge inside of Pontiac’s Clutch Cargo’s this past Saturday. We were there to check out what all the BUZZ was about. Paper Diamond is a part of the Pretty Lights Music label as well as his own label, Elm and Oak. Elm and Oak is actually a conglomerate of of a record label, design firm, art gallery, blog, management company, and clothing line based out of Boulder, Colorado. Paper Diamond’s performance was impressive. He has developed quite a sizable following in the Detroit electronic music scene. For…
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Dead Throne Tour 2011:The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, Enter Shikari (Photos & Concert Review)
There is nothing like hardcore metal music to relieve the stresses of the week. I walked into the Royal Oak Music Theatre feeling tired and stressed out, but left feeling fresh and new. The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, and Enter Shikari are on the forefront of the metal scene. Enter Shikari is a British band that mixes electronic music with metal in the most interesting way. Whitechapel is a heavy-hitting death metal group out of Knoxville, TN that are insanely good live. Lastly, The Devil Wears Prada is a revolutionary Christian metealcore band out of nearby Dayton, Ohio. Things got so lively during the performance of TDWP, that security kicked…
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Holiday Show: Flatfoot 56, The Parka Kings, Mustard Plug and The Suicide Machines @ The Majestic 12/29/11 (Review)
The crowd was spilling out of Detroit’s, The Majestic to see a sound line-up for Mustard Plug’s Holiday Show on December 29, 2011: Flatfoot 56 The Parka Kings Mustard Plug The Suicide Machines If Flogging Molly and The Tossers had a baby, Flatfoot 56, a Celtic punk rock bank from Chicago, would probably be their son. They were a solid opener and had no trouble getting people to dance. Flatfoot 56 amped the crowd up with their rapid, energetic music: a piercing bagpipe, a fury of drums, a driving bass, a harmonious mandolin, and a fast-paced guitarist with a gruff, Irish tinted voice. They played songs like, “Chinatown Jail Break,” and…
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Inside Outlaws with a Special Appearance by Ty Stone at UDetroit Cafe for Motorcity Special’s Latest Event 12/10/11 (Photos of Night Two)
Motorcity Special is a Detroit label that records an array of Detroit artists at various venues around the city in order to release limited edition vinyl records. UDetroit Cafe hosted the Inside Outlaws on 12/9/11 and 12/10/11 so that Motorcity Special could put out another phenomenal record documenting the local Detroit music scene. The Inside Outlaws are an outstanding collection of singer-songwriters that collaborate together in order to inspire and support each other make wonderful music. Inside Outlaws was co-founded by Sam Wood, Don “Doop” Duprie and Ty Stone. Night One 12/9/11 The Eyer Dept http://www.myspace.com/theeyerdepartment Patrick Davy and The Ghosts http://www.patrickdavymusic.com Katie Grace http://www.reverbnation.com/katiegrace Doop & The Inside Outlaws http://www.doopandtheinsideoutlaws.com/ Night Two 12/10/11 Screamray http://www.myspace.com/screamray…
