UPCOMING (Sun. Apr. 3): A Detroit Flea at the Jam Handy in Detroit

A DETROIT FLEA is a temporary stage bringing together 30 different vendors in one large space. You will be able to find loads of vintage, used, and unique goods at the event.

It's taking place this Sunday (April 3) at the Jam Handy in Detroit.

The Jam Handy will be filled with soulful tunes spun by Mr. Richie Wohlfeil (Lo&Behold).

There will also be homemade food and baked goods created by the vendors themselves up for sale.

Admission is free! All Ages!

12pm-6pm

The Jam Handy is located at 2900 E Grand Blvd, Detroit, Michigan 48202

TICKET GIVEAWAY! Detroit Bureau of Sound: HYBRID I on 4/3

Yuri Popowycz (violin/electronics) and Brandon LePage (flute) 

@ the Ecumenical Theological Seminary (fka First Presbyterian)

The first HYBRID concert brings together classical music for the flute and contemporary improvisation for the violin. Flutist, Brandon LePage, takes us back in time with Classical and Baroque music from the 17th and 18th centuries. Beyond his work with the Detroit Symphony (and numerous other orchestras in the region), Brandon is a deft soloist who flaunts a mystifying tone with his flute. Joining him on the program is Yuri Popowycz, the violinist from the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory. Yuri is a skilled performer of modern music, and is a thoughtful improvisor and composer. He fuses the violin with some creative manipulation of electronics, and will also provide some unusual music by 20th century composers. Classical flute and contemporary violin meet during the lifetime of John Cage, with his "Duo".

Want to go to the show for free?

Send an email with "HYBRID" as the subject to win a pair of tickets!

Tickets: $10 online, $15 at the door

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2529403

Ecumenical Theological Seminary

2930 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

Moogfest 2016: I'll be there, will you?

Moogfest as defined is a four-day festival that explores new technologies pushing the boundaries of creative expression to take place in Durham, North Carolina from May 19-22. This festival is so impressive that I'll be making the journey and reporting back to you all the wonderful things that take place. But, I'm also hoping some of my Detroit buds will join me on what promises to be an amazing 4 days and nights of synth wonders and adventures.

Here's a few more of my picks for what's in store at Moogfest:

Evening headliners will participate in a range of daytime programs including master classes that take audiences deep inside the artist’s creative process, workshops, conversations, film screenings, and improvisational performances. Highlights include:

• Musical experimentalist Laurie Anderson will be interviewed by Jana Hunter of Lower Dens.
• Odesza will take apart one of the their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how it was made in a live recording of Song Exploder, the hit podcast hosted by Hirishikesh Hirway.
• Julia Holter and Empress Of  will participate in live episodes of the No Effects podcast hosted by Jesse Cohen of Tanlines.

Film Fest

• "The Three Grace(s) triptych" Screening and live score by ADULT. Local electronic duo ADULT will be presenting a unique presentation of original film and live soundtrack performance. The Three Grace(s) triptych chronicles the two year affair of artists/musicians Nicola Kuperus & Adam Lee Miller.
• "It Follows" Screening and Q&A with composer Disasterpeace.  The acclaimed horror film “It Follows” took the 2014 Cannes Film Festival by storm and went on to exceed all expectations at the box office in 2015. Following the screening, Disasterpeace, the composer of the film, will discuss the background and inner workings of the score.

And this is in addition to all the other artists and performers that will be at Moogfest. Check out there website for all the details, and if you're planning on going, drop me a message at MPAD Media and let me know. Maybe we'll meet up and get all "mooged" out together. 

Mikel OD of MPAD Media

THIS WEEKEND: Escort at The Loving Touch w James Linck on 4/1

Friday 4/1

Doors at 8

The Loving Touch

22634 Woodward Ave.

Ferndale, MI

TICKETS

COMING UP: Detroit Bureau of Sound - HYBRID I on 4/3

Yuri Popowycz (violin/electronics) and Brandon LePage (flute) @ the Ecumenical Theological Seminary (fka First Presbyterian)

The first HYBRID concert brings together classical music for the flute and contemporary improvisation for the violin. Flutist, Brandon LePage, takes us back in time with Classical and Baroque music from the 17th and 18th centuries. Beyond his work with the Detroit Symphony (and numerous other orchestras in the region), Brandon is a deft soloist who flaunts a mystifying tone with his flute. Joining him on the program is Yuri Popowycz, the violinist from the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory. Yuri is a skilled performer of modern music, and is a thoughtful improvisor and composer. He fuses the violin with some creative manipulation of electronics, and will also provide some unusual music by 20th century composers. Classical flute and contemporary violin meet during the lifetime of John Cage, with his "Duo".

Brandon LePage: http://www.brandonlepage.com/

Yuri's Bandcamp: https://whyouarei.bandcamp.com/releases

Tickets: $10 online, $15 at the door

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2529403

Ecumenical Theological Seminary

2930 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

Upcoming (Fri. April 1): THE TRASH BRATS 2016 Reunion at Small's in Hamtramck

Detroit rock legends THE TRASH BRATS reunite THIS FRIDAY !  

   

They will be celebrating the 21st anniversary of their album The Joke's On You.

With special guests The Highborn and Voltage

The show is going down this Friday, April 1

at Small's located at 10339 Conant St, Hamtramck, MI 48212

  Advance tickets are available NOW on sale from www.smallsbardetroit.com 

$10 in advance or $12 at the door. 

 

 

Upcoming (Sat. April 2): CRUD with special guests at the Ritz in Warren

Join electro-fetish rockers CRUD  featuring Vinnie Dombroski (Sponge/The Orbitsuns), Danielle Arsenault (Blockhead/Hell's Belles Burlesque), David Black (Seduce), Dana Forrester (Dead in 5) and James Trunko (Dead in 5/Mound Road Engine) on Saturday April 2 at the Ritz In Warren.

CRUD will be celebrating the release of a brand new single "Spiders and Snakes".

Very special guests SoulStealer, Code: Silence, and Death By Pink Scissors
  

Rock N Rummage the traveling Rock N' Roll themed flea market featuring kitsch debris of American pop culture, vinyl records, DVD's, cool clothing, vintage goods, art, and various one of a kind treasures will be also be set up at the show all night long.

Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.

Doors at 7PM

18+

The Ritz is located at 24300 Hoover Rd, Warren, MI 48089

Movement Festival Announces Phase 2 Lineup for 10-Year Anniversary

If you didn't think it could get any better...
Movement Detroit dropped their phase 2 lineup today.  2016 marks the 10-year anniversary of Paxahau's incarnation of the electronic music festival.  This Memorial Day weekend, eyes will be on Hart Plaza's showcase of world renowned talent and rising stars, both local and from afar.

Tickets link: www.movement.us

Official hashtag: #MovementDetroit

Instagram: @movementdetroit

Twitter: @movementdetroit

Facebook: facebook.com/movementdetroit

See you in the Plaza!

UPCOMING (Sat. March 19): 3rd Annual REO Town Thrift Store Gala and Burlesque Extravaganza in Lansing!

The 3rd annual REO Town Thrift Store Gala and Burlesque Extravaganza is taking place this Saturday (March 19) in Lansing.

 Don your finest gently-used suits and ball gowns and join us for an evening of burlesque, music, magic, comedy, food, booze and fancy outfits! This year's event will feature some of Michigan's most talented performers in various states of undress, delicacies from REO Town's own Good Truckin' Diner and Saddleback Barbecue, beer brewed especially for the event by Sleepwalker Spirits and Ale, fine cocktails crafted by the mixologists at Red Cedar Spirits, and a whole mess of entertainment options!

Go-Go Amy, Vivacious Miss Audacious, Gala Delish, and Magenta Demure's burlesque sets will capture your hearts and minds! Ten of the area's thriftiest ladies will face off in Lansing's only pin-up pageant! Abbey Hoffman, Donny Brown, James Gardin, Comedy Coven, Maciek The Magician, Ed Venture, and a slew of others will serenade you, tickle your funny bones, and boggle your minds!  

Vintage Junkies, Rock N Rummage, "Thriftique" Resale and Boutique, and others will be on site with some of their finest treasures! Forever capture your fineness in Decadence Dolls' photo booth and then put on your dancing shoes while DJ Rachael closes out the night!

Tickets are available for $10 in advance or $15 at the door to anyone 18 and up.
Proceeds benefit the REO Town Commercial Association and help us to keep putting on awesome events like this one!

It all goes down inside the warehouse located at 1023 S Washington Avenue, Lansing, MI 48910

Visit www.thriftstoregala.com for more information.

UPCOMING (Sat. March 19)- Tesco Vee's Motor City Punk Rock Swap Meat Vol.4 at the Loving Touch in Ferndale

  Tesco Vee (from The Meatmen and Touch and Go Zine infamy) is returning for Vol. 4 of his Swap Meat on Saturday, March 19 2016.

Tesco Vee's Motor City Punk Rock Swap Meat will take place at the Loving Touch in Ferndale and will feature a dozen vendors selling a whole bunch of cool stuff including Vintage Toys, Records, Books, Posters, T-Shirts, DVD's, and MORE !
 
Punk Rock records will be spun at the event by DJ Tire Iron!   

The event is all ages and runs from 10AM-5PM.
 Admission to the event is FREE!

 

The Loving Touch is located at 22634 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI 48220 

TONIGHT: The Guy Mintus Trio at Cliff Bell's

$10.00

Cliff Bell's

2030 Park Ave.

Detroit

8PM

“talented young musical emissary who expertly blends the folkloric sound of his homeland with the improvising aesthetic of jazz” (Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen)

Israeli born New York based jazz pianist and composer Guy Mintus creates performances that have “the entire hall listening with held breath” (Barka Fabiánová, Full Moon Zine). At 24, Guy has won awards from ASCAP, Downbeat Magazine, BMI, the American Composers Orchestra, and the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. His performance credits include the Kennedy Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Apollo Theater, Symphony Space, Red Sea Jazz Festival, and the Israel Festival. With a focus on music as a gateway to cross-cultural understanding, Guy has collaborated with master musicians from Turkey, Greece, Iran, Morocco, Azerbaijan, India, Cuba, and Mali and has participated in multi-disciplinary works with artists in the visual, dance, spoken word, and theater worlds.

Guy’s intimate, boundary-crossing music weaves textures and colors from across cultures. With influences ranging from Stride piano and the Greek Rebetiko blues, to the Turkish Makam, Indian Ragas and Bach-styled counterpoint, a Mintus performance pairs his originals alongside works based on traditional music from the Mediterranean, along with select pearls from the American Songbook.

www.guymintus.com/

THIS WEEKEND (March 4-6): 21st Annual Motor City Tattoo Expo at the Detroit Marriot at the Renaissance Center

In 2016 The Motor City Tattoo Expo celebrates 21 years of tattoo excellence!

For more than two decades the Motor City Tattoo Expo has attracted tattoo enthusiasts from around the world. Soon it will be time again ... those three amazing days from March 4 – 6, 2016, when tattoo artists, vendors and guests will be buzzing in the expo room and catwalk area sharing stories, the latest tattoo products and some jaw dropping skin art.

This year, both young and old tattoo artists, along with Industry vendors, entertainers, clothing and ink devotees will help celebrate our 20+ year legacy of the Motor City Tattoo Expo. The expo is a cross section of the best in the tattoo industry. Traditional, Realism, Script, Black and Gray, New School and Old School artists all tattooing under one roof. With 170 booths and more than 300 artists attending, everyone makes a point to attend our Detroit event.

The Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center will host the event again this year. Because the Motor City Tattoo Expo continues to grow in popularity and attendance, the expo will again fill the large ballroom for the 2016 event.

The Motor City Tattoo Expo is the perfect opportunity for the curious to learn fist-hand about tattoo art. The tattoo culture will be in full attendance to make new acquaintances and be reconnected with old. The expo will host live entertainment, tattoo seminars, tattoo contests, lots of vendors selling merchandise, and a cash bar.

  Show Details:

21st Annual Motor City Tattoo Expo 

| March 4th-6th, 2016
Friday:  Noon-11 pm
Saturday:  11 am- 11 pm
Sunday:  11 am- 7 pm

Taking place at the Detroit Marriot at the Renaissance Center
Downtown on the riverfront in Detroit, MI

 
TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE EXPO
1 day pass: $20  |  2 day pass: $30  |  Weekend pass: $40
Children 14 under free

 

Visit http://www.themotorcitytattooexpo.com for more info.

Recommendations for the Hamtramck Music Festival

The Hamtramck Music Festival is starting tonight at the Fowling Warehouse.

If you're not attending tonight you can get still get your wristband for $10 at Detroit Threads when the festival kicks into full speed tomorrow.

MCB's Recommendations for Friday and Saturday Night:

Friday
10:15 PM - PAINTED LADY - Prude Boys
11:15 PM - JEAN’S - Lac La Belle
12:15 AM - JEAN’S - Detroit Party Marching Band
12:30 AM - METRO PUB - Rogue Satellites
12:45 AM - KELLY’S - Carjack
1:00 AM - PLAV POST #10 - Outrageous Cherry

Saturday
8:00 PM (or just about any time something else isn't doing it for you) - LO & BEHOLD - Folk Blues Night
10:30 PM - SMALL’S - Yum
11:45 PM - KELLY’S- Mexican Knives
12:00 AM - NEW DODGE - Jimmy Ohio
12:30 AM - BAKER STREETCAR - Siamese
2:00 AM - LO & BEHOLD - 78 rpm dance party

UPCOMING (March 3-5): Berserker Fest III at the Detroit Masonic Temple & PREserker at Small's Bar on March 2

The 3rd Annual BERSERKER Music Fest is taking place March 3rd, 4th and 5th this week.

The event will feature three nights of punk/hardcore/noise rock/metal insanity on 3 stages and is taking place at the Detroit Masonic Temple (500 Temple St., Detroit, MI)

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THURSDAY 3/3

 

 

5th FLOOR STAGE
VOIVOD - 12:00 AM
Vektor - 11:00 PM
Child Bite - 10:00 PM
Acid Witch - 9:00 PM
Voyag3r - 8:00 PM

 

4th FLOOR STAGE
Karmic Lava -11:45 PM
Grizzlor - 10:45 PM
Old Gods - 9:45 PM
Volunteer - 8:45 PM
Cockhorse - 7:45 PM

 

3rd FLOOR STAGE
Black Fast – 1:00 AM
Shit Life - 11:30 PM
Fistula - 10:30 PM
Sauron - 9:30 PM
A Purple Cloud - 8:30 PM
Rest In Shit - 7:30 PM

 

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FRIDAY 3/4

 

 

 

5th FLOOR STAGE
Conan - 12:00 AM
Cannabis Corpse - 11:00 PM
Black Tusk - 10:00 PM
Holy Grail - 9:00 PM
Serial Hawk - 8:00 PM

 

4th FLOOR STAGE
Generation of Vipers - 11:45 PM
Snakewing - 10:45 PM
Motherfucker - 9:45 PM
Sheep Shifter - 8:45 PM
Hordes - 7:45 PM

 

3rd FLOOR STAGE
Die Choking - 1:00 AM
SBLC - 11:30 PM
Yautja - 10:30 PM
SNAFU - 9:30 PM
Coagula - 8:30 PM
Cavalcade - 7:30 PM

 

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SATURDAY 3/5

 

 

 

5th FLOOR STAGE
Ghoul - 12:00 AM
Macabre - 11:00 PM
ANTiSEEN - 10:00 PM
Fucking Invincible - 9:00 PM
Troglodyte - 8:00 PM

 

4th FLOOR STAGE
Oozing Wound - 11:45 PM
Rectal Hygenics - 10:45 PM
STNNNG - 9:45 PM
Rebel Spies - 8:45 PM
The End Of Music - 7:45 PM

 

3rd FLOOR STAGE
Dead Church - 1:00 AM
Mutilation Rites - 11:30 PM
Perversion - 10:30 PM
Tombstalker - 9:30 PM
Isenblast - 8:30 PM
Infernal Altar - 7:30 PM

 

There will be vendors located on the 2nd floor that will include the likes of Rock and Rummage, Defy Doom by Shawn Michelle, Dick Guitar Picks, and more!

Weekend passes & single day tickets for BERSERKER III are now available online at: http://www.ticketweb.com/search?q=BERSERKER+masonic

 

TICKETS
$45 Weekend Pass (all 3 nights) / $50 day-of

$25 Single Day - Thu March 3rd / $30 day-of
$25 Single Day - Fri March 4th / $30 day-of
$25 Single Day - Sat March 5th / $30 day-of

 

Will Call tickets can be picked up at PREserker (3/2) or at the Masonic the day of the event. Single day tickets have the option of being mailed out ($1 shipping fee).

 

Locals also have the option to pick up your ticket at UHF Records in Royal Oak.

 

As always, BERSERKER is an all ages event!

 

Check out the free Berserker III 2016 Sampler! One song from each band, stream or download: https://berserkerdetroit.bandcamp.com/album/berserker-iii-2016-sampler

 

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And don’t forget about the free PREserker kick off event, taking place at Small’s Bar (10339 Conant St, Hamtramck, MI) on Wednesday March 2nd. 8 bands on 2 stages, doors at 7pm, all ages, no admission charge:

 

CLOUD RAT
THE ARMED
GORE
REVEREND
BLUE SNAGGLETOOTH
STONE RITUAL
PLASTICIZER
PANDEMONIUM

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Visit: http://berserkerdetroit.com/ for all your information needs.