West Michigan's Arts & Entertainment Guide
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Schedule Tour Stop in East Lansing
Written by Lindsay Patton | Friday, 22 February 2013 12:40 |For weeks, "Thrift Shop" was the No. 1 song in America. It was recently knocked back to No. 2 due to the "Harlem Shake" craze; but that doesn't mean Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have cooled. No way.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Brings Psychedelic Carnival to Holland
Written by Carly Plank | Tuesday, 26 February 2013 19:00 |Although you shoved your Halloween costume into a closet months ago, you will soon have an occasion to dust it off.
It goes without saying that the music industry has changed in the last decade. A garage band no longer has to shop around a demo to the biggest labels to "make it."
You can't have a discussion about thrash metal without bringing up Testament. The band helped define the genre in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 1980s, a scene widely recognized as one of the birthplaces of this faster, more aggressive take on heavy metal.
Maps and Atlases Return to Grand Rapids with New Music from Beware and Be Grateful
Written by Robby Hartley | Tuesday, 15 January 2013 11:23 |Less than two weeks before embarking to Europe, Chicago's Maps and Atlases will navigate around the lakeshore toward Grand Rapids to begin a modest four-day stint in the Midwest – all terrible puns barred.
The infamous 'crew' is something of a time-honored tradition in the hip-hop world. Rappers take their friends with them upon getting big. This past year has seen the rise of the Black Hippy crew from Los Angeles and the A$AP Mob from New York. Closest to home is Danny Brown's Bruiser Brigade from Detroit.
Flogging Molly: St. Patty's Coming to Town
Written by Dwayne Hoover | Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:37 |People call it Celtic punk, but what Flogging Molly brings to the stage really defies the idea of any sort of conventional label. And while there was a time when this Los Angeles-based seven-piece was being written off by many as "just a bar band," its commitment to the music has proven the naysayers wrong.
New York Comes to St. Cecilia Music Center
Written by Jennifer Cuffman | Tuesday, 27 November 2012 14:41 |For a medium-sized city, Grand Rapids continues to make a name for itself by consistently bringing world-class artists to the city. St. Cecilia Music Center continues this tradition with the NYC2GR series, which commences Thursday, Nov. 29.
NYC2GR highlights prominent artists and programs from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, part of the world's largest performing arts complex.
Motion City Soundtrack on the 'Go' in Grand Rapids
Written by Robby Hartley | Monday, 29 October 2012 21:35 |The Midwest is no foreign place for the wildly successful alternative pop-rock titans of Minnesota, Motion City Soundtrack. The band played at the Intersection long before its location on Grandville Street during a 15-year career of manic touring and five albums, two of which were produced by Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus.
Gwar's life after loss: Band moves on after death of guitarist
Written by Dwayne Hoover | Monday, 29 October 2012 21:26 |More than 40 billion years ago, a group of extraterrestrial war gods were banished to Earth and frozen in the Antarctic for the unspeakable havoc they were wreaking on the galaxy.
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