West Michigan's Arts & Entertainment Guide
Heavier Than Air Flying Machines: Music you’re gonna hate
Written by Kevin VanAntwerpen | Thursday, 12 April 2012 13:19 |Heavier Than Air Flying Machines might always be a question mark of a band. Nothing about the gritty, high-gain debut album, Siam (released last September), is typical, nor anything about the band's spastic live performance. But then again, that's just the point of the band.
Local Shops Celebrate Music for Record Store Day
Written by John Sinkevics and Rich Tupica | Tuesday, 20 March 2012 11:52 |The line stretched down the block on S. Division Avenue in Grand Rapids, with hundreds of devoted fans of rock's My Chemical Romance waiting in the rain to meet the band at an in-store appearance on Record Store Day.
Drew Nelson's Tilt-A-Whirl Makes Nationwide Debut Today
Written by REVUE Minion | Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:11 |Singer-songwriter Drew Nelson's debut record with Red House Records drops today on iTunes, Amazon and at record stores around the country. While it is Valentine's Day, don't expect "Tilt-A-Whirl" to be a record filled with sweet love songs or Nelson playing the crooner.
John Sinkevics' take on The Jammies, pop music and buzzworthy shows
Written by John Sinkevics | Tuesday, 24 January 2012 12:53 |It's all about the music. Unlike the Grammy Awards' la-la land of red carpets and celebrity sidewalk stars, Grand Rapids' Jammies are the no-hype awards. That's what makes it one my favorite nights of the year.
The Northern Skies return with Thick as Thieves
Written by Kevin VanAntwerpen | Monday, 21 November 2011 14:22 |Eccentric, off-beat music has never been so accessible as it is when performed by Grand Rapids folk outfit The Northern Skies. With a barrage of fiddles, violins and ethnic percussion blended in with a modern alternative sensibility, the band exemplifies everything new and everything old at the very same time.
Even if you spend a lot of time in the Grand Rapids music scene, it's still likely that rock-vets AG Silver are flying below your radar. This isn't by accident — it's because they like it that way.
Kris Hitchcock and Small Town Son: From Small Town to Big Dreams
Written by Jamie Linari | Wednesday, 21 September 2011 12:45 |Kris Hitchcock has many theories about why music-loving people inevitably turn to country. His strongest philosophy reveals that we all sprout from insubordinate teens that eventually need a story to cling.
Band Spotlight: Wires and Lights
Written by Kevin VanAntwerpen | Wednesday, 21 September 2011 12:44 |If you missed the West Michigan Noise! Convention at MXTP in Grand Rapids this summer, or the Dog Days of Summer festival at Old Dog Tavern in Kalamazoo last August, then you also missed out on seeing West Michigan's newest rising star, Wires and Lights.
Though the Grand Rapids classic rock/blues/reggae fusion group The Legal Immigrants has been in existence for almost two years now, the band was well-kept secret -- until now. That was when a series of networking victories led exposure with a drastically higher profile.
ConvoTronics: The industry of electronic conversation
Written by Kevin VanAntwerpen | Friday, 26 August 2011 14:11 |Earlier this year, ConvoTronics appeared on both the Detroit and Long Island stops of the Vans Warped Tour. They performed on the brand new "Bring It Back" stage — an experimental new platform for rap and hip-hop artists to showcase their music, which member Julius Hayes described as "euphoric."
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