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Desmond Jones: Dive Deep Into Mythos with Squids

After 12 years as a band, and over 900 shows, longtime Grand Rapids veterans Desmond Jones will plunge the depths of their past for their upcoming new album, Squids. A project that goes back to the jam band’s beginnings as college students at Michigan State University in East Lansing back in 2012, Squids has stuck with the group over the years, popping up in album art, live shows, and other inside jokes ever since.

Sounds 18 November 2024
  • local music
  • The Intersection
  • Desmond Jones
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Local Natives: No Time To Wait

After the pandemic hit, time started to move differently for L.A. indie rock band Local Natives. “It was really hard for us,” vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Taylor Rice told Revue. “We’ve just been playing music, and creating music together kind of nonstop, and living that life, really, our whole lives. Even through childhood.”

Sounds 11 November 2024
  • The Intersection
  • Touring Music
  • Local Natives
  • Web Exclusive
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Neko Case: Fighting Fire with Fire

When critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Neko Case’s house burned down six years ago, she rose from the ashes, with the release of her last full-length solo album, 2018’s Hell-On.

Sounds 07 October 2024
  • Neko Case
  • GLC Live at 20 Monroe
  • Touring Music
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Carnevil Metal Fest: One Clown’s Dream Come to Life

Carnevil Metal Fest: One Clown’s Dream Come to Life

Halloween, horror, and heavy metal. It’s a match made in, well, hell. It’s also the first time the three have fused together for a brand new seasonal festival taking place here in West Michigan this month.

Sounds 30 September 2024
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10 Bands to Watch in 2024

Live music is back in full force in West Michigan, and along with that comes a new wave of bands ready to kick off their careers.

Sounds 16 September 2024
  • local music
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La Dispute: Homecoming Anniversary

There’s no argument that La Dispute’s upcoming show at GLC Live at 20 Monroe on Sept. 28 will be the biggest concert of their entire career.

Sounds 16 September 2024
  • local music
  • La Dispute
  • GLC Live at 20 Monroe
  • Touring Music
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Dashboard Confessional: It Takes A Village

When Chris Carrabba songwrites, he clears his calendar.

Sounds 09 September 2024
  • GLC Live at 20 Monroe
  • Touring Music
  • Chris Carrabba
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Movements Q&A: The Beat of His Own Drum

Musicians don’t get the luxury of planning for their big break, but for drummer Spencer York, that was a good thing. When York joined the post-hardcore band Movements a decade ago, he was merely hoping to make a name for himself where he grew up: in Orange County’s local music scene. 

Sounds 09 September 2024
  • The Intersection
  • Touring Music
  • Movements
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The Airborne Toxic Event: On The Road To Glory

After Mikel Jollett, singer/songwriter/best-selling author, and frontman for L.A. indie rock band The Airborne Toxic Event, finished his memoir, “Hollywood Park,” he didn’t know what he’d write about next.

Sounds 28 August 2024
  • The Intersection
  • Touring Music
  • The Airborne Toxic Event
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The Crane Wives: Beyond Viral Fame

There’s a cold, hard truth that to have success in the music industry in 2024, the algorithms that dominate the Internet need to work for you. For long-time Grand Rapids band The Crane Wives, they just didn’t, until one day they suddenly did.

Sounds 27 August 2024
  • local music
  • The Intersection
  • the crane wives
  • Music
  • Patty PerShayla
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Louis The Child: Playground Dance Party

When Chicago EDM duo Louis The Child takes the stage at this year’s Breakaway Music Festival in Grand Rapids, expect the unexpected. 

Sounds 05 August 2024
  • Touring Music
  • Concerts
  • Louis the Child
  • Breakaway Music Festival
  • Belknap Park
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9th Annual Best of the West: Music

Looking over this year’s list of Best of the West Music finalists makes one thing perfectly clear: live music didn’t just survive the pandemic, it’s back and it’s thriving.

Sounds 30 July 2024
  • local music
  • Best of the West
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Pocket Watch: Their Time is Now

So often in music, like in life, timing is everything. That’s definitely the case for rising Grand Rapids jazz fusion group Pocket Watch.

Sounds 30 July 2024
  • local music
  • jazz
  • Pocket Watch
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Finding His Voice: Young The Giant’s Sameer Gadhia

Sameer Gadhia of Young The Giant didn’t originally dream of being a lead singer.

Sounds 30 July 2024
  • van andel arena
  • Touring Music
  • Young the Giant
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"Sludge, Slackers and Schwagg: Bronson Arm Breaks Out of the Basement"

When Blake Bickel moved to Kalamazoo after living in Seattle for over a decade, he had no idea his n...
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Accidental Musician: How Sam Beam Became Iron & Wine

Accidental Musician: How Sam Beam Became Iron & Wine

Behind the astute songwriting of Iron & Wine is Sam Beam, a multi-disciplinary artist from South...
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The Weather Station: Holding onto Humanity in the Digital Storm

The Weather Station: Holding onto Humanity in the Digital Storm

The personal and prolific project of Canadian singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman, The Weather Station...
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