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Royal Thunder bring sovereignty to the stage

Crooked Doors, the sophomore release from Atlanta-based rock connossieurs Royal Thunder, has been making quite a stir in the hard rock scene. Garnering the band comparisons to Led Zeppelin and being labeled a major step forward in their musical evolution, this album is sure to pique the interest of many; but to judge them based on their studio recordings alone wouldn't be fair. According to guitarist Josh Weaver, where they really find themselves at home is not the studio, but on stage.

Sounds 23 June 2015
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Joshua Davis brings his Voice to Bell’s, Wharton Center

Before he finished in the final four last month on NBC’s The Voice, Joshua Davis’ soothing, soulful voice was electrifying Michigan audiences as the lead singer of the roots rock ensemble Steppin’ In It and as a member of the bands Starlight Six and Shout Sister Shout. He’s flying solo this month on a victory lap, of sorts, and he settles into a July 8 gig at Bell’s Eccentric Café for an evening of covers and original tunes.

Sounds 19 June 2015
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Janet Jackson brings ‘Unbreakable’ Tour to Van Andel

Pop icon Janet Jackson announced this morning the dates of The Unbreakable World Tour. The shows are in support of her upcoming album. One of the 36 stops is a Sept. 11 show at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, where the show starts at 8 p.m. Ticket prices range from $29.50 to $99.50 and go on sale to the general public Monday, June 22 at 10 a.m.

Sounds 15 June 2015
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  • VanAndel Arena
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We're an American Bland: Grand Funk Railroad a snore in Meijer Gardens kickoff (Review)

Sometimes when a band takes on an outsize personal importance — like Grand Funk Railroad did for me as a teenager — the passage of time carries the inevitability of disappointment, perhaps brought on by misplaced expectations.

That thought passed through my mind at Meijer Gardens Wednesday night as I watched a conga line erupt in the middle of Grand Funk's ultra-hokey rendition of "The Loco-Motion." Sure, the band sounded good — just like the records — and people were having a high time. But…

Sounds 04 June 2015
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A Short List of West Michigan’s Festive Fixtures

The summer is so chock full of festivals that it can get overwhelming. On any given weekend, you can go somewhere in the West Michigan region and find fun, food and music. We hate to break it to you, but you're just not gonna get to them all. That's why REVUE has compiled a short list of West Michigan's classic festivals. These are the events that have been going strong for years, and your summer is essentially incomplete without them. So, check out the list and plan accordingly.

Sounds 02 June 2015
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Heartless Bastards dish on new LP

Bound for Peru — and untold adventures in the rainforest — Heartless Bastards’ frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom doesn’t have to explain why her blues-fueled rock ‘n’ roll band’s new album is titled Restless Ones. She lives it.

Sounds 02 June 2015
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Goose Lake: 1970

In August 1970, Michigan hosted the mother of music festivals at Goose Lake in Leoni Township, a park 70 miles east of Kalamazoo. The three-day orgy of music, drugs and, inevitably, sex, makes today’s tightly controlled, corporate-run music festivals look like a day at the mall, which is really what they are, given the non-stop product pitches and sponsorships.

Sounds 02 June 2015
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Neon Trees’ Tour Gets Intimate

Reaching heights of pop stardom they never expected, the members of Neon Trees go back to their roots with the band’s latest club tour. “An Intimate Night Out” will feature the new-wave rockers — known for such multi-platinum hits as “Everybody Talks,” “Animal” and “Sleeping with a Friend” — playing club-sized venues and connecting with fans face to face.

Sounds 02 June 2015
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Indigo Girls’ Emily Saliers Talks Motherhood, Marriage and Yelawolf

In 1990, the Indigo Girls won a Grammy Award for “Best Contemporary Folk Album” — at that same ceremony they also lost in the “Best New Artist” category to another duo: Milli Vanilli. Perhaps that’s an indicator of how the recording industry can work sometimes. Honest and true songwriting isn’t always rewarded. But the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, have retained their staunch following thanks to their never-waning brand of folk rock.

Sounds 02 June 2015
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American Horror Story: Anti-Flag dishes on its new album

If you have ever contemplated debilitating world issues like war, greed and corruption and thought, “We can do better that this” — you’re not alone. That’s what Anti-Flag has been preaching for more than two decades.

Sounds 02 June 2015
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‘No Stairway to Heaven’: A Summer Round Up of Jazz & Classical

Most big-city orchestras and university-based classical programs take a diminuendo in the off season, but there is always a summer crescendo at the regional epicenter of summer classical music, the Interlochen Center for the Arts in the northwest lower Michigan, about 15 miles southwest of Traverse City.

Sounds 02 June 2015
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Local Band Cardboard Swords Launch Tour

The Midwest has been a cradle for some of emo music’s most influential and hardworking bands. Even as some of the emo/math rock/hardcore-centric venues in the area came and went (i.e. The DAAC, Skeletones), the sound has undeniably stuck.

Sounds 02 June 2015
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American Band Still Stands: How Grand Funk Outlived its Critics

In some ways Grand Funk Railroad has always been the Rodney Dangerfield of hard-driving rock ’n’ roll — they get no respect.

From the very beginning, the Flint-bred band made a gargantuan noise. Their bombast was not unlike the MC5, but Grand Funk skipped the cosmic revolutionary stance in favor of a more working class, populist worldview. In the argot of the time they were a “people’s band.”

But even at the height of the band’s popularity, in the first half of the 1970s, they took a beating from the critical establishment who mainly complained that they were too loud and lacked sophistication.

Sounds 02 June 2015
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Underground Legend Danny "K"AE to perform at Gathering of the Juggalos

Danny "K"AE, the Daniel Johnston of rap, is coming out of retirement in the woods of Alaska to play the Gathering of the Juggalos in Thornville, Ohio in July. 

"K"AE is an eccentric recluse from the ‘80s who in a compelling Metro Times profile in 2012 by Psychopathic flack Jason Webber was revealed to count Kid Rock and ICP among his fans.

Sounds 01 June 2015
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  • Danny
  • gathering of the juggalos
  • Psychopathic
  • Psychopathic records
  • twiztid
  • puddle of mudd
  • insane clown posse
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The Local Commuters: Country Roads, Driving Home

The Local Commuters: Country Roads, Driving Home

Devin Weber, frontman for Grand Rapids alt-country band The Local Commuters, admits it’s taken a lon...
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The Fray: How to Save a Band

The Fray: How to Save a Band

Nearly a decade after their last album together, multi-platinum pop-rock band The Fray weren’t dead,...
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From Stages to Sunlit Kitchens: The Avett Brothers' Journey To Rediscovery

From Stages to Sunlit Kitchens: The Avett Brothers' Journey To Rediscovery

For Seth Avett–one half of the folk-rock duo The Avett Brothers–there’s no such thing as an ordinary...
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