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Because of some shameless self promotion, some of you are receiving the UPDATE that would not normally get it. So welcome, PEEPS.
Now onto why the UPDATE exists!!!
Last night, the UPDATE broke the news of the upcoming Wilco and Umphrey's McGee tour. Since, the Update is in the know at all times, Dianna his source at Live Nation, made sure that we get a chance of the special LN PRESALE for WILCO Tomorrow. 10am-10pm Livenation.com tixmaster password-Tweedy. In case you were asleep during the breaking news, we get WILCO at Hill Auditorium on October 16th. Yippee
Also, my friends at the Majestic Cafe need you to know about this little ditty at their huge complex:
ART BRUT, ADULT., THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW + DEASTRO TO HEADLINE FUCKING AWESOME FEST
FUCKING AWESOME FEST
THE MAJESTIC
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13th THRU SUNDAY, AUGUST 16th
TICKETS: $20 for 4-day pass; $12 for single-day pass
Fucking Awesome Fest takes place August 13-16 and features 80 bands playing 7 stages throughout the Majestic Complex: 3 in the Magic Stick, 2 in the Garden Bowl, The Alley Deck and the brand new Cafe room. Featured artists include: Art Brut, Thunderbirds Are Now!, ADULT., Deastro, Ninjasonik, Tiny Masters of Today, Juiceboxxx and many more.
On Saturday, there will be an all day BBQ with bands on the newly built Alley Deck + the Rock 'n' Roll Garage Sale presented by Reware Vintage.
On Sunday, teams will compete in The Detroit Scavenger Hunt. Each team of four (must have at least one girl and one guy on each team) will be taken on an afternoon adventure, all with the hopes of winning the Golden Ticket; four (+1) passes to any show at The Majestic complex for an entire year!!!!
:: THE LINEUP ::
++ THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 (LAUNCH PARTY) ++
MAGIC STICK
12:00 AM ART BRUT (MAIN STAGE)
11:10 PM TYVEK (SIDE STAGE 2)
10:45 PM FRIENDLY FOES (SIDE STAGE 1)
10:15 PM THE MULDOONS (MAIN STAGE)
09:45 PM TROY GREGORY (SIDE STAGE 2)
09:10 PM HEROES & VILLAINS (SIDE STAGE 1)
THE CAFÉ
11:30 PM CHAPSTIK
10:30 PM WILDCATTING
09:30 PM THE JULIETS
GARDEN BOWL
11:30 PM CHARLIE SLICK (LANE STAGE)
11:00 PM FOUR HOUR FRIENDS (BAR)
10:30 PM ROGUE SATELLITES (LANE STAGE)
10:00 PM THE BEGGARS (BAR)
09:30 PM ALLAN JAMES & THE COLD WAVE (LANE STAGE)
09:00 PM FIDRYCH (BAR)
++ FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 ++
MAGIC STICK
01:00 AM THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW! (MAIN STAGE)
12:15 AM JUICEBOXXX (SIDE STAGE 1)
11:30 PM TINY MASTERS OF TODAY (MAIN STAGE)
11:00 PM KIDDO (SIDE STAGE 2)
10:30 PM ESQUIRE (SIDE STAGE 1)
09:30 PM SMOKE (SIDE STAGE 2)
09:00 PM THE SUMMER PLEDGE (SIDE STAGE 1)
THE CAFÉ
12:10 AM LIGHTNING LOVE
11:10 PM REPLICAS
10:10 PM OFFICE
09:10 PM SPICK OF IT ALL
GARDEN BOWL
11:45 PM POP PROJECT (BAR)
11:15 PM CROFF FAMILY BAND (LANE STAGE)
10:45 PM HUMAN REUNION
10:15 PM JAVELINS (LANE STAGE)
09:45 PM BAD MEDICINE AT THE CAMPFIRE (BAR)
09:15 PM THE MAHONIES (LANE STAGE)
08:45 PM THE DISPLAYS (BAR)
++ SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 ++
ALLEY DECK (DAY BBQ)
07:00 PM ARAN RUTH
06:20 PM MICK BASSETT & THE MARTHAS
05:40 PM MILLIONS OF BRAZILLIANS
05:00 PM SPITTING NICKELS
04:20 PM SIK SIK NATION
03:40 PM LEAF ERIKSON
03:00 PM DARLING IMPERIAL
02:20 PM SOLITARY STATES
01:00 PM SEX GHOST
MAGIC STICK
01:00 AM ADULT. (MAIN STAGE)
12:15 AM F’KE BLOOD (SIDE STAGE 1)
11:30 PM NINJASONIK (MAIN STAGE)
10:30 PM NEW GRENADA (SIDE STAGE 1)
09:30 PM I, CRIME (SIDE STAGE 2)
09:00 PM INVADER (SIDE STAGE 1)
THE CAFÉ
12:10 AM GOREVETTE
11:10 PM SILVERGHOST
10:10 PM THE PIZAZZ
09:10 PM LASERS AND FAST AND SHIT
GARDEN BOWL
12:15 AM BILL BONDSMEN (LANE STAGE)
11:15 PM COPPER THIEVES (LANE STAGE)
10:45 PM DEVILFISH (BAR)
10:15 PM NOMAN (LANE STAGE)
09:45 PM DECIBILT (BAR)
09:15 PM PLAIN DEALERS (LANE STAGE)
08:45 PM JESUS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (BAR)
++ SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 ++
MAGIC STICK
12:00 AM DEASTRO (MAIN STAGE)
11:15 PM CITY CENTER (SIDE STAGE 2)
10:45 PM LEE MARVIN COMPUTER ARM (SIDE STAGE 1)
10:15 PM THE OCTOPUS (MAIN STAGE)
09:15 PM BEEKEEPERS (SIDE STAGE 1)
THE CAFÉ
11:30 PM WOLFBAIT
10:30 PM JUNK SOLO
09:30 PM JOHNNY ILL BAND
GARDEN BOWL
11:30 PM BIG MESS (LANE STAGE)
11:00 PM MAZINGA (BAR)
10:30 PM THE WORD PLAY
10:00 PM COMPUTER PERFECTION (BAR)
09:30 PM WOODMAN (LANE STAGE)
09:00 PM SH! THE OCTOPUS (BAR)
ABOUT THE HEADLINERS:
ART BRUT is an eccentric, motley bunch who have more in common with Half Man Half Biscuit and Pulp than they do with their oft-compared influences The Fall. Vocalist Eddie Argos (an ex-goth obsessed with Jonathan Richman and Vincent Van Gogh) had previously been in a band, The Art Goblins, in his hometown of Bournemouth. Their stage show would see him playing a vacuum cleaner and escaping from a sack. They sounded not unlike cult Glaswegians The Yummy Fur and had songs such as I Wanna Be Johnny Dean and Disco. Another project was The Welsh Elephant, who penned the should-be-classic Fuck The MSP (which contains the catchy refrain Nicky Wire can suck my cock!).
Produced by Frank Black over twelve days last December, new album Art Brut vs. Satan is the record Brut-o-philes have been waiting for since debut single ‘Formed A Band’ illuminated the musical universe back in 2004. Tuneful, truculent and more on the button than University Challenge’s Gail Trimble, it’s the sound of Art Brut at their most confident and confrontational. www.myspace.com/artbrut
THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW! are an electropunk band from Detroit. The band is heavily influenced by 1980s new wave and other neo-post-punk acts like Les Savy Fav.
Make History, Thunderbirds are Now!'s 3rd full-length and second on Frenchkiss Records, does away with a band in full tail-chase and depicts one at it's peak: no longer stressing about what people might expect, but rather wearing their influences better than one of Interpol's tailored suits. "We live off of pop music," says singer/guitarist Ryan Allen. "Some Beatles for breakfast, a little Smiths for lunch, and the Pixies for dinner. Sometimes we'll have a little New Pornographers for a midnight snack." Further, "making an album full of melodies, actual choruses, songs in major keys it's something I think we all grew up with, so it was inevitable that we'd make a record like this. It's our chance to do right by our influences and by ourselves." www.myspace.com/thunderbirdsarenow
ADULT. is an electro band from Detroit, Michigan that integrates vocals with drum machines, analog synths and electronic/punk elements. They started releasing albums in 1998 under the pseudonymn “Plasma Co.” Initially, ADULT. members were unrevealed, but now it is known that the band consists of husband-and-wife Adam Lee Miller (formerly of Le Car) and visual artist Nicola Kuperus. The two members are also the founders of the Ersatz Audio record label. ADULT. started gaining fame after releasing all of their material independently and touring relentlessly in the U.S. They have also remixed other artists, most notably Felix da Housecat, Fischerspooner and Bis. Vocalist Kuperus (who is also responsible for the band’s album artwork and photography) has sung on the works of other electronic acts including Death in Vegas, Swayzak and Chicks on Speed. www.myspace.com/adultadult
DEASTRO started to make electronic music when he was 13 at his home in Sterling Heights, Mi. He since formed an electro band called Veleciraptor, which inspired the ideas for his current synthesized projects: Our Brother The Megazord and Deastro, which try to blur the lines between electronic and acoustic music.
Moondagger, Deastro's newest release, expands upon the positive electro-pop of Keepers—Deastro’s home-recorded opus from 2008—with the addition of a full band. Thankfully, the mercurial, prolific Chabot still seems blissfully unaware of his music’s genreless-ness. Thick, atmospheric production obscures bright, starry-eyed melodies; ecstatic synth squiggles dance around new-wave beats on songs about Nordics, toxic crusaders, and geometric shapes; arrangement ideas bounce off one another within ambitious song structures that swerve left, then right, then left again. And yet underneath all of their seeming irreverence, Deastro’s songs are breathtakingly down-to-earth—melodic slices of synth-led experimental pop whose energy builds with each iteration of the chorus, hitting emotional peak after emotional peak until they collapse in a heap. www.myspace.com/deastro
Come join and add shows, show revues, MP3's and comments . If you have a band or know a band that you wish to spotlight and the band plays in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810 area, sign up and share the love.
PLEASE remember to support local live bands:
Brando Creasman, www.brandoncreasman.com, Lucky Brown Music www.myspace.com/LuckyBrownMusic, The Macpodz, www.macpodz.com, Mifune, www.mifunemusic.com, The Great Divide, www.myspace.com/greatdividelive Grievious Angel http://drumdancerrecords.com/grievousangel/index.php, Jill Jack, http://www.jilljack.com/, Billy Brandt, www.billybrandt.net, Distorted Soul (featuring Nadir), www.distortedsoul.com, Flop House Band, www.flophouseband.com, Back Forty backfortymusic.com, Covert Operations http://www.covertopsband.com Rootstand www.rootstand.com, Jam Samwich http://jamsamich.com, David Nefesh www.davidnefesh.com, The Ragbirds www.theragbirds.com, , PAPA www.papatunes.com, Bitter Herbs www.myspace.com/bitterherbs, Greensky Bluegrass www.greenskybluegrass.com; THTX www.myspace.com/THTX and Sentimental Shark, www.sentimentalshark.com to name a few.
PLEASE remember to support local venues:
The Magic Bag www.themagicbag.com
The Majestic Theatre www.majesticdetroit.com/
Saint Andrew's Hall www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/1776
The Crofoot www.thecrofoot.com
The Royal Music Theater www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/
The Blind Pig www.blindpigmusic.com/
Blondies (New Club in the Big D) www.myspace.com/officialblondiesnightclub
Museum of Contemporary Art www.mocadetroit.org
GO OUT AND SEE LIVE MUSIC!!!!!
Much love in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810
Miko
Author of the occasional Detroit Metro area Live Music Update
