Month: February 2012
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3/2: Our Lady, George Costanza, Blank, and Blink-182 (sorta) at Victory House
Get pumped for Friday night! Victory House is hosting Springfield, Illinois jammers Our Lady and a bunch of other sweet bands including a (prepare for a nostalgia attack) Blink 182 cover band. Our Lady: pop punk with folk sensibilities, these guys (and girls!) bring all kinds of fun hooks that you’ll find yourself shouting and…
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Toby Foster, The Boy Who Could Fly, Jeremy Ruggles, Blair Ellis @ Milhouse Feb 28
This Tuesday, four exceptional songwriters will be singing in the cozy Milhouse living room. Two are on tour, one is from Detroit, and one is a beloved local. The show will be starting at 8:30 pm. Donations will be taken for the traveling bands, so please bring a few dollars to help these good people…
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2/26: Living Room, Itto, and The Reptilian @ Fat Guy House
This Sunday’s gonna rage hard. Make the necessary preparations, because you’re not going to want to miss this one. Fat Guy House is hosting a sweet show which will include Brooklyn pop punkers Living Room, Chicago Math/Screamo outfit Itto, and our very own progressive post-punkers The Reptilian. It’s always refreshing to hear such blatant honesty…
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2/24 — The New Diet, Radiator Hospital, Everyone & Their Empty Cups, Blank @ Slaughter House
Tomorrow night, catch Chicago’s mid-fi DIY’ers New Diet, GR’s lofi folky-pop-punk Radiator Hospital, Kzoo’s own Everyone and their Empty Cups and Blank at the Slaughterhouse. Show starts at 9 or 10ish, bring a couple bucks for the outta-towners. It’s gonna be a gnarly evening. http://www.facebook.com/events/169181126518765/
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Glowfriends / Cold Mountain Child / Bro. Stephen @ No Fun House 2/22!
Sometimes (most times) I hate school and I hate my job and I just want to come home, put my feet up, then go to a nice, inviting house show. You know, relax a lil’ and forget my woes and pretend there is no such thing as papers on the Romantic qualities of El Estudiante…
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The Toasters – The Mushmen – Modern Medicine at the Strutt February 16 (18+)
Helping us this winter to keep the blood flowing and the feets dancin’, this thursday evening we’ll be paid a visit from a veritable institution of ska. The Toasters, hailing from New York City, are gonna bring their time-tested brand of high energy ska. Find your dancing shoes and grab hold of a pint of something strong. Accompanying all…
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Eric Ayotte, Alex Quinlan, and Frank Fuzz on Wednesday, February 15th. Milhouse. 9pm.
Calling all intellectuals, friends, softies, listeners, and thinkers : Milhouse has something for you. Plan-It-X songsmith Eric Ayotte is coming back to town. His previous visit was last minute, and even then a fair amount of people came to show their support for his project. His music provokes re-thinking your cultural standing, remembering family, and…
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Deja Vishnu’s Release Show! This Saturday at The Strutt!
John Follet of Everyone and Their Empty Cups, Ryan Koster and many other folks have been hard at work on organizing Kalamazoo’s latest music and art related magazine. Entitled Deja Vishnu, the magazine is dedicated to music, art, comedy and creation happening in our fair city. Deja Vishnu aims to cover creative happenings in Grand…
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TONIGHT! Elk Welcome CD Release Partaaayyyy!
On this fine, brisk February evening, The Strutt invites you to come celebrate the release of Elk Welcome‘s new CD! It’ll be gas! What else are you going to do tonight? Sit at home and sulk about how you never get out of the house? Well, here’s your chance to change that! New Year, New…
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2/14 — The Fireplace Club Love Song Open Mic
It’s that time of year again. The time that decor magically shifts colours to red and pink and everyone becomes inexplicably infatuated with the idea of love. The time where sending someone an e-mail about how beautiful they are and how you’ve often admired them from afar or mysteriously leaving a sentimental forget-me-not on a…