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10/27/15
TOPS - Marble Bar Detroit - Thursday 10/29/15
CALL FOR ART: Krampus Night Holiday Benefit Extravaganza
If you've been good all year, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU!
Sure you’ve seen holiday displays of cheery seasonal art, festive twinkling lights and adorable character animatronics. THIS IS NOT THOSE THINGS! The 5th annual Wreck The Halls (WTH) exhibition is the “not-so-holiday” holiday show where local artists create and build the holiday monstrosities they always wanted to build and you always wanted to see! And again, we are clearing up our walls for demented holiday wall art!
Call For Not-So-Holiday Art, Displays & Animatronics!!!
Calling all naughty/demented/twisted/
GUIDELINES/RULES: There are none! Well, other than your submission MUST contain some form of December holiday/seasonal theme. Other than that, go crazy.
ARTWORK: Wall, pedestal and freestanding art does not need to light up or be animated, but we would love to see it generally assault the viewer’s senses.
DISPLAYS/INSTALLATIONS: Proposals are accepted and will be replied to ASAP to allow maximum planning time. If selected, there will be at least 2.5 days at the venue to put together your project. If it lights up or is animated, electricity will be supplied. Triggered sound/music is allowed but volumes need to be adjustable.
It is FREE to enter and the deadline is Friday November 13th 2015. For further details and to submit, visit:
And while there, check out the rest of the Krampus Night festivities in store for your naughty self! We look forward to seeing your WTH art!
KRAMPUS NIGHT V - Holiday Benefit Extravaganza
December 4th 2015 – 7pm until 2am – Strictly 18+
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Merry Krampus and stay naughty!!!
Holly Kramp...there's more!
Oh you better watch out…'cus he's coming back to town! On Friday December 4th 2015, Krampus is at it again with the 5th annual festive event:
KRAMPUS NIGHT
A HOLIDAY BENEFIT EXTRAVAGANZA 
Who is Krampus? Only the swellest devil to accompany ole' St Nick on his rounds during the holidays. Unlike Santa, he joyfully punishes the naughty by swatting them with switches…but who doesn't? However, on this day he's a devil with a cause helping those in need with a…
Toys For Tots & BWBD Benefit Bring in some new toys or cans of food and get in on the cheap (and some good feels)! All toy donations are taken directly to aToys For Tots center to benefit less fortunate children during the holidays and all canned donations go to Burners Without Borders Detroit to help feed the homeless (click here for details).
But he's not stopping there with his benevolent malevolence! He's also helping to support local artists with a…
Krampus Bazaar of Local Art
Buy some swell affordable art gifts for the naughty on your list (or for your naughty self)! You'll find everything from small unique stocking stuffers to large original art pieces. And to make this a Black Fridayyou won't regret, there's also a…
Silent Art Benefit Auction
Generously donated by various artists of the DAMNED Exhibition, Corpus Illuminata and the Krampus Bazaaryou can bid to take home some amazing fine art while helping the homeless! 100% of all auction funds go directly to Burners Without Borders Detroit to help purchase much needed supplies to create survival backpacks for the homeless (click here for details).
But wait! There's also the 5th annual…
Wreck The Halls Exhibition It's an “anti-holiday” holiday art & animatronics show! See the animated holiday monstrosities you've always wanted to see! Take home some disturbing holiday-themed art for your upcoming family party! This is definitely NOT your grandma's decor. (The Call for Art is now open!)
And for your “entertainment”, we once again bring you the hilariously disastrous…
Christmahanakwanza Variety
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UPCOMING: Ted Nagy CD Release Party/ November 12th 2015 / 7 pm / Jazz Cafe Detroit Music Hall
Ted Nagy CD Release Party/ November 12th 7 pm / Jazz Cafe
(Detroit, MI) Longtime local singer/songwriter/multi instrumentalist Ted Nagy has a new CD of original material that he will perform with his Trio at Jazz Cafe, November 12th at 7PM at the finest little room in Detroit, Jazz Cafe inside Music Hall.
Ted Nagy's new CD, entitled, "That's What Made Me Famous" is a personal trip into the Blues, Americana and a little Jazz to spice up the tunes.
Nagy composes and plays guitar, piano, keys, or whatever he may have in front of him at the time, "I sing the songs I have in my head and sometimes, hopefully, in my heart."
The Ted Nagy Trio are:
Ted Nagy – Guitar/Piano & Vocals
Eric Childress – Drums
Jonathane Leavell – Bass
Ted Nagy takes a well-rounded approach to his songwriting; he studied Jazz at Wayne State University as well as Creative Writing and continues to combine the two in all of his endeavors. As songwriter, composer, guitarist, musical director, vocalist and producer for several musical projects, Nagy has performed with notable artists such as M.L. Liebler, Arlo Guthrie, Steve King, Ken Kesey, Luis Resto, John Sinclair, Country Joe McDonald and countless others.
He has been one of the Artist Relations Directors of the Detroit International Jazz Festival.
He is currently (and for sometime now) Programming Director of Jazz Cafe at Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts where he strives to enlist the variety of Detroit's finest local, national and international artists of all genres." Ted has recorded and produced a number of albums and other recordings including "Paper Ghost Raindance", "Beneath The Grand Heaven", "Live at Junkbaby Studios", and have been featured on the Motown Ambassadors release of "Detroit City", which can now be heard on http://eamtradio.com/
Listen Here: https://soundcloud.com/tadjuwadju/devil
Tickets: $10 Includes CD and other free stuff and available at the door
Jazz Café at Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
350 Madison Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
http://www.musichall.org
10/26/15
WIN FREE TICKETS: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET screenings at The Redford Theatre on Halloween Night (OCT. 31)
Looking for something cool to do this Halloween? Look no further because The Redford Theatre has a fun filled night for you with two movie screenings.
First up for the evening at 8PM is a screening of the 1982 Steven Spielberg classic
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
At 11PM is a screening of Wes Craven's 1984 horror masterpiece A Nightmare On Elm Street.
Before this film they will be showing a dozen or so 70's and early 80's
35mm preview trailers of horror and exploitation titles from the Fox Theatre when it was showing grindhouse titles before its restoration.
Tickets for both shows are $5.00 with kids 12 and under getting in for FREE for the screening of E.T.
And MOTORCITYBLOG has your chance to get in for FREE
to either the E.T. or A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET screening.
Email us at ambervillainfilm@aol.com with either the subject "E.T." or "NIGHTMARE" to be entered into the drawing to win a pair of tickets to the movie screening on your choice.
Include your full name in the body of the e-mail.
(Winners will be notified on Thursday, October 29)
The Redford Theatre is located at:
17360 Lahser Road
Detroit, MI 48219
17360 Lahser Road
Detroit, MI 48219
Back To The Future Hearts Tour! Nov. 6th at EMU Convocation Center
SLEEPING WITH SIRENS drive right to the core of that place inside that connects people through music. Kellin Quinn’s intimate vocal revelations arrive drenched in a warm vulnerability that has stitched fans around the world to the band. Even as their penultimate album, Madness, promises to crack the mainstream wide open, the band remains steadfast in their determination to keep things welcoming (and sheltering) to the people who’ve been there since day one and the ever-increasing number of new fans alike.
Madness, frankly, is an unashamed masterpiece of melodic pop rock perfection, driven by an undercurrent of punk aggression and beautifully tempered by an overwhelming soulfulness and sensitivity. Together with Quinn, guitarists Jack Fowler and Nick Martin, the rhythm section of bassist Justin Hill and drummer Gabe Barham forge a vibrant musical collage in songs that serve the powerful audience connection SWS celebrates.
Even with 102 million streams, 83 million music video views, millions of social media followers, 80,000 tickets sold on the first leg of The World Tour (nearly ever show has sold out since 2012, including two nights, in advance, in London in 2015), mainstage appearances at the UK’s prestigious Reading Leeds festivals, over 700,000 in combined album sales and a #3 debut on Billboard’s Top 200, SWS maintains a firm grasp on their musical identity, with an authenticity that draws bigger and bigger crowds.
“The biggest foundation for all of us in the band is to stay true to ourselves,” declares Quinn. “We all sleep well at night knowing these are the songs we believe in. This is the music we want to put out there for the world. With Madness, our focus was in putting out an album like the ones we grew up listening to, the music that changed us.”
Fowler concurs. “We’ve all grown-up as songwriters and as musicians,” he says. “There’s a lot of new, different sounding stuff, but we still maintain our roots. It goes from the most punk rock sounding stuff we’ve done to the prettiest ballad we’ve done. We wanted to give everybody a taste of everything we do – the short, fast punk songs, the pop rock songs and the emotional ballads. It’s the best album we’ve done, hands down.”
Produced by hit-maker John Feldmann (Good Charlotte, Panic! At The Disco), Madness is an electric celebration of all that is SWS and everything they represent.
“Kick Me,” which went to #1 on Billboard’s Trending 140 Chart, boldly declares confident defiance in the face of would be bullies. “We Like It Loud” may very well dominate rock radio, even as it will assuredly elicit massive sing-alongs in theaters. More than a lowest common denominator celebration of sound, the song goes deeper, championing the disenfranchised in the way rock anthems do best. “Better Off Dead” confronts the feelings of hopelessness that drive young people to self-harm, offering the perspective of people who lived through it and grew to lead fulfilling lives after school. Alternately, “Madness” is a ballad as delicate and timeless as the most evocative songs of rock’s greatest bands, an optimistic and earnest love letter to a fallen loved one.
Quinn takes pride in the fact that Madness is a filler-free affair. Not one track is skip-worthy. “Every song has a place, a home, and feels like it belongs on the same album with the other songs,” he says. “You can play the album front to back, all 13 songs, and it could all flow as a live set. It starts with something ‘in-your-face,’ then keeps the momentum going, before it slows down for a few, then we bring it all back up.”
The nonstop social media buzz, the Alternative Press recognition as Artist Of The Year, it’s all emblematic of the groundswell SWS built at what feels like a lightning pace. Alternative Press, Rock Sound, Kerrang!, Outburn and Blunt regularly feature them on the cover. The devotion of the SWS faithful is potent and palpable every time Quinn’s voice ascends to his signature banshee-like wail on record, in videos or live on the stage.
“We’re a very tight knit group,” explains Barham. “We have the same ideas about everything, as far as the direction that we’re going.”
Quinn’s incredible voice and the easygoing affability of all five guys endears them to a diverse audience, people more friends than fans, people who connect with the band’s energized tales of childhood woe, tender love letters, and direct encouragements to seize the day, triumph over heartache and pushback against the hater brigades. No matter how big Sleeping With Sirens becomes, they haven’t backed down from offering only the most courageous examinations of what they are as people and as a rock band.
Sleeping With Sirens is on the road with All Time Low, Neck Deep and ONE OK ROCK on the Back To The Future Hearts Tour!
Get your tickets and VIP Upgrades now at sleepingwithsirens.net/vip
CALL FOR ART: Dirty Show 17 Call for Erotic Art NOW OPEN
Dirty Show 17 – Call For Erotic Art
Dirty Show 17-Exhibition • February 12-20, 2016 • Detroit, MI USA
CALL FOR ART - IS OPEN NOW
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2015
Get details on our submission website https://dirtyshow17.artcall.org
10/25/15
UPCOMING: An Evening with Drew Barrymore on Wed., October 28 at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor
Nicola's Books presents: An Evening with Drew Barrymore
on Wednesday, October 28 at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor.
Award-winning actress Drew Barrymore shares funny, insightful, and
profound stories from her past and present told from the place of
happiness she's achieved today. Descended from Hollywood royalty and
working as an actress before she could walk and talk, Barrymore has had
much of her private life on display for the whole world to see. She is
one of the rare public figures who have literally grown up before the
public's eyes. Now, at the age of forty, Barrymore has increasingly and
deliberately withdrawn from the limelight. With two young daughters and a
growing business empire that includes Flower Films and Flower Beauty,
she has a fresh perspective on life.
The stories in "Wildflower" can be dipped into over a period of time
or consumed all at once, ranging from the heartfelt to the
heartbreaking. They touch on her relationships with her notorious family
members and some famous friends, to life changing moments and every day
normalcy.
Tickets cost $35 and $25.Limited Gold Circle seating is available for
$50.
All tickets include a hardcover copy of "Wildflower" (which will
be released the day before the event)
Tickets are available in
advance HERE.
The Michigan Theater is located at 603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
10/22/15
Jackie Stahl & The White Russians CD Release and Concert!
Detroit's Dirty Americana artist Jackie Stahl is back with a new album! Jackie Stahl and his band The White Russians just released a nine-song album called "Time." They will be debuting the new album at a concert on Friday, November 13, 8 p.m. at Sinbad's Sohar Room.
A full night of music is in store for you featuring:
Opening the show is bluesy Americana act Bixy Lutz who will return to their hometown of Detroit to play a set of songs off their album “The Thread.” http://bixylutz.bandcamp.com/
Next is the one-man band called Dude featuring Tony Denardo of The Muggs debuting his new solo project. https://iamdude.bandcamp.com/album/kid-gloves
Jackie Stahl and The White Russians Take the stage at 11 p.m. to perform songs from the new album and old songs as well. The band plays what they describe as "Dirty Americana" music, influenced by Detroit rock, country, blues, jazz, and soul.
https://jackiestahlandthewhiterussians.bandcamp.com/album/jackie-does-love
Closing out the evening is Moneypenny - a local group known for their unique versions of James Bond Theme Songs. The band features musicians Tamara Finlay, Paul Flis and Jeff Moates.
Jackie Stahl & The White Russians is the project of veteran musician Matthew Stahl whose vast work includes playing drums in the bands The Blue Collar Boys, Catfish Mafia, Bixy Lutz, and Jennifer Westwood & The Waycross Georgia Farmboys, just to name a few. After learning to play the piano, he began writing and recording songs in his home studio. He has since released three albums of original songs “Jackie Does Love” in 2013 and six-song covers EP called “Used” in February of 2015 followed by the release of the new album “Time.” His music has been featured on radio stations worldwide.
Sinbad's is located at 100 St. Clair Street in Detroit. Bar: 313-822-8000 www.sinbads.com. 21& over patrons welcome. Cover for the show is $10. CDs will be for sale for $10.
For information on Jackie Stahl & The White Russians, check out their website:
http://www.reverbnation.com/jackiestahlandthewhiterussians
Or email: jackiestahlandthewhiterussians@gmail.com
SHOW REVIEW and INTERVIEW: DOYLE at the Token Lounge in Westland
The Misfits put the "Punk" in Rock just as much as The Beatles put
the "Rock" in Roll. Even so both bands ended up breaking up before their time,
the legacy and impact they have left behind on the music genre is everlasting.
Last week Motorcityblog had the pleasure to catch the band DOYLE featuring
legendary Misfits member Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein on guitar as they were
plowing through their 2015 Abominator tour.
The band is touring behind their 2013 album "Abominator" and doing it on a
D.I.Y. level. The album is self released on Doyle's own Monsterman Records and
the band is funded by a lot of touring and not by all those Misfits T-Shirts that
you see at Hot Topic. Doyle isn't going to rest on one's laurels anytime soon
and is out to bring his music to as many people that he can.
We caught up with Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein and Alex Story of
DOYLE before their performance at The Token Lounge in Westland to discuss the
new album, touring, fans, and some Misfits tidbits. Here's how it went
down....
With 10 minutes to spare till the band hit the stage after our
interview, we positioned ourselves to be in the heart of the action. Blood,
sweat, and slam dancing come into play when you are right up front, but that is
just icing on the cake when it comes to a great live performance.
DOYLE opened
up with the title track off their album Abominator and the energy level was high
right from the start. Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein is a beast when it comes
to his guitar and he brutalizes it into submission. Anyone wondering how Doyle
stays in such great physical shape just has to watch the man perform live to see
a full workout before your eyes. "Learn To Bleed" and "Land Of The Dead" from
the new album followed quickly in succession before re-visiting Doyle Wolfgang
von Frankenstein's past with Misfits songs "Queen Wasp", "Ghouls Night Out", and
"Skulls".
Any vocalist singing Misfits songs that doesn't have the last name
Danzig tends to receive a lot of criticism. From Michale Graves of
the reincarnated 90's Misfits to Jerry Only from the current version of the
Misfits, the negative statements flow easily out of peoples mouths. It's a tough
position to be in, but Alex Story does his best. He comes off as someone who is
not trying to imitate anyone and totally respects the music he is lucky to
perform. Alex has his own identity and earned his credibility with me before
Doyle due to his work with his other band Cancerslug. The guy is no amateur
and gives it his all on stage. The band is rounded out by Left Hand Graham on
bass and Brandon Pertzborn on drums
who played their parts as close to perfection as you could ask for.
The
band DOYLE plays the punk/metal blend perfectly and has the live performance to
back up the source material. By the end of the band's one hour set, they had performed every single
track off their "Abominator" album as well as more Misfits songs that included
"Green Hell", "Devilock", and "Last Caress" among others. DOYLE is a force to reckon with and a "not to be missed" live act when they
come to your town. They are currently on tour till December 1 and a new album
should be out by Spring of 2016.
Want to see what went down at the DOYLE show? Look no further than here because Motorcityblog has you covered....
DOYLE- "Abominator" LIVE at The Token Lounge in Westland on October 13, 2015
DOYLE- "Last Caress" & "Die, Die My Darling" LIVE @ The Token Lounge in Westland on October 13, 2015
DOYLE- "Ghouls Night Out" & "Skulls" LIVE at The Token Lounge in Westland on October 13, 2015
* All live footage courtesy of Ambervillain Films*
Show Review: TORRES Opens for Garbage in Detroit
Words: Sue Static; Photos: Peter Schorn - RockOutShots.com
Singer-songwriter TORRES made her Royal Oak debut opening the show for the alt-rock band Garbage on Monday, October 19 at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. The Nashville musician is on a joint American tour with the Garbage to promote her second album “Sprinter” on indie label Partisan Records.
Singer-songwriter TORRES made her Royal Oak debut opening the show for the alt-rock band Garbage on Monday, October 19 at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. The Nashville musician is on a joint American tour with the Garbage to promote her second album “Sprinter” on indie label Partisan Records.
Fans of her music and people who arrived to the concert early were treated to TORRES short but powerful opening set. She walked onstage wearing black coveralls and duck boots with no intro or greeting and the band launched into the set with the song “Mother Earth, Father God” from her debut album. Her six-song set started out mellow and understated, but ended in a fury of sound with the song “Strange Hellos”.
Her low alto voice was reminiscent of early Patti Smith and Johnette Napolitano at times and her humble stage demeanor definitely won the crowd over. When she announced how important opening these shows were to the band, she was met with a round of applause from the audience. Garbage later repaid the compliment stating how great it was to have TORRES share the stage with them and that big things were in store for her career and that “You saw her here first.”
She performed songs off her two albums including a powerful rendition of “Sprinter” the title track off the new album. TORRES certainly gained new fans at this show and for those of you who missed it, it is your loss!
TORRES original music was a perfect match as an opener for Garbage. She invokes her music with a moody, edgy tone that captures the essence of the band's early work. It's no wonder the band selected her for this joint tour. She recently recorded a cover of the band's 1989 song “Special” in advance of the tour. You can check it out here.
To check out more information and music from TORRES visit http://torrestorrestorres.com
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