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The Story of The Pyramid Scheme’s ‘Electric Energy’ 

When The Pyramid Scheme opened its doors in April 2011, the atmosphere its co-owners had in mind was clear. They wanted employees who cared about their establishment, their neighborhood and, above all, the music. If they had that, everything else would fall in to place.

Sounds 02 August 2015
  • Grand Rapids
  • Pyramid Scheme
  • future islands
  • music venue
  • heartside
  • julius hayes
  • jeff vandenberg
  • tami vandenberg
  • grandmaster flash
  • dead prez
  • nciole larae
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A reinvigorated Division Avenue Arts Collective searches for a new home

When the Grand Rapids-based Division Avenue Arts Collective lost its home at 115 South Division two years ago, the organization that for a decade helped give voice to countless local artists and musicians faced an uncertain future. But while it’s been a bumpy ride, the DAAC has managed to avoid fading into obscurity.

Sounds 31 July 2015
  • Grand Rapids
  • Division Avenue Arts Collective
  • La Dispute
  • DAAC
  • John Hanson
  • division street
  • mike wolf
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Jeff Haas combines classical rigor with jazz pulsations at two Traverse City area gigs

If Jeff Haas is a cocktail pianist, he mixes a heady cocktail. The Traverse City-based pianist and composer has been swirling the music of Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and other jazz legends with his own original compositions, along with fresh takes on the Great American Songbook, at two jam-packed summer gigs in northwest Michigan all summer.

Sounds 31 July 2015
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How American Authors Fought for a Hit Single

One listen to American Authors’ smash hit single, “Best Day of My Life,” and it’s easy to think the band has only seen sunshine and good times. But talk to lead singer Zac Barnett about his band’s road to success and a deeper different story unfolds.

Sounds 31 July 2015
  • Kalamazoo
  • District Square
  • american authors
  • andy grammer
  • zac barnett
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DECADES OF TASTE: The Bohemian Outlier, Richard Bowser

When he’s out and about in Kalamazoo, little kids will sometimes see Richard Bowser, his portly stature and flossy white hair and beard, and think: Santa Claus. And Bowser, a man with a sense of humor and fun, will engage them. “Have you been good?” he’ll say. If it’s summer, he lets them know he’s on vacation from the North Pole. But Bowser is, in real life, a cultural Santa Claus for the region.

Sounds 31 July 2015
  • Kalamazoo
  • brown company
  • richard bowser
  • western michigan university
  • moogalators
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Aerosmith make long-awaited Van Andel return

With this year marking Aerosmith’s 45th year together, the “Bad Boys from Boston” will bring this summer’s Blue Army Tour to a triumphant close with their August 4 return to Grand Rapids. “Grand Rapids is part of the section of the country where we first made it,” Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton told Revue. “When we’re playing in a city like that we know we’re going to have a great time."

Sounds 31 July 2015
  • Grand Rapids
  • Living Colour
  • van andel arena
  • aerosmith
  • blue army tour
  • tom hamilton
  • bass
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G. Love & Special Sauce head to Kalamazoo

People often say no music is truly original. That’s probably true given songwriters openly cite their musical influences while occasionally suing each other for copyright infringement. Garrett Dutton, better known as G. Love, understands nobody is reinventing the harmonious wheel.

Sounds 31 July 2015
  • Kalamazoo
  • Bell's
  • g love and special sauce
  • garrett dutton
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Pitchfork 2015: This year's top performances

When REVUE heard three Calvin College students were headed to Chicago for the 10th  Annual Pitchfork Music Festival, we decided to put them to work. The festival, which ran July 17-19, featured a laundry list of big-name and emerging bands, DJs and rappers. We asked the students to spotlight their top three performances. Here’s what John Williamson, Chloe Selles and Grant Stiles had to say. 

Sounds 23 July 2015
  • Pitchfork Music Festival
  • The New Pornographers
  • chicago
  • chance the rapper
  • mac demarco
  • pitchfork
  • mourn
  • perfume genius
  • courtney barnett
  • chvrches
  • the julie rain
  • kurt vile
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100 Photos & A Review: 2015 Pitchfork Music Festival

Pitchfork Music Festival hit its milestone 10-year anniversary this weekend with three days of non-stop music at Chicago’s Union Park. From July 17-19, approximately 18,500 fans endured the sweltering 100-degree heat and a heavy down pour on Saturday that caused a 40-minute evacuation of the park.

Sounds 22 July 2015
  • Pitchfork Music Festival
  • chicago
  • wilco
  • sleaterkinney
  • chance the rapper
  • iceage
  • mac demarco
  • future islands
  • the julie ruin
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Photo Gallery & Review: 2015 Common Ground Music Festival

Lansing’s Common Ground Music Festival has been going through changes over the past few years. Growing pains – a transitional period, one might say. Once known for hosting an array of hairy classic-rock bands, the 15-year old festival has ushered in more alternative rock and mainstream pop stars over the past couple years.

Sounds 15 July 2015
  • lansing
  • common ground music festival
  • common ground
  • snoop dogg
  • jane's addiction
  • tech n9ne
  • wale
  • finger eleven
  • three days grace
  • pod
  • the flaming lips
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Photos & Review: Brian Wilson at the Fox Theatre

After being lead into the spotlight by stagehands, Brian Wilson sat down at his piano and immediately let his fans at the Fox Theatre know he was happy to be in the Motor City. Good vibrations filled the room. It was a jovial start to what became a night of over 30 songs from Wilson’s long repertoire of intricate pop songs.

Sounds 07 July 2015
  • brian wilson
  • beach boys
  • al jardine
  • detroit
  • fox theatre
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2015 Electric Forest: Photo Gallery & Review

On a vast estate of wooded property in Rothbury, Mich., the annual Electric Forest Festival, held June 25-28, once again illuminated the rural stomping grounds and tall pines with grandiose light displays – creating a haven for hippies and ravers partaking in the psychedelic experience. One of the many totems held by the fest goers read: “F***k Real Life” – a punchy way of letting you know the forest is meant to be an alternate, sometimes hazy, dimension. 

Sounds 06 July 2015
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Ten local bands you’ve gotta hear!

From rock and indie to punk and hip-hop, West Michigan has its share of hidden gems. Revue music writer Nolan Krebs suggests 10 must-hear local acts.

Sounds 30 June 2015
  • local music
  • west michigan
  • the soil & the sun
  • the go rounds
  • vox vidorra
  • jade TV
  • maraj
  • no bails
  • legendwary wings
  • the crane wives
  • jesse ray & the carolina catfish
  • shane tripp
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West Michigan venue guide

A thriving music scene not only requires an amazing mix of talented musicians, it also needs a collection of solid venues to provide the stage and atmosphere. And while what follows is by no means a comprehensive list of West Michigan’s assorted music spots, it’s definitely a mix of the ones you should have on your radar – if you don’t already.

Sounds 30 June 2015
  • The Pyramid Scheme
  • The Intersection
  • One Trick Pony
  • Founders Brewing Co
  • Orbit Room
  • Bell's
  • Old Dog Tavern
  • The Union Cabaret & Grille
  • van andel arena
  • kalamazoo state theatre
  • west michigan music venues
  • the score
  • seven steps up
  • shakespeare's lower level
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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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