Artist Interview: Jason Singer of Michigander
“Michigander Is A Band.” I first saw that simple phrase printed on a shirt when Jason Singer, the man and mind behind Michigander, opened a show at The Pyramid Scheme [Read more...]
Music
Audio Chronic: GR’s SuPort Puts On For His City Every 4/20
By Guadalupe Olgine Jr. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. Grand Rapids own, Sean Powell, aka SuPort isn't smoking marijuana at this given moment, rather, he just took a seat in his basement, a [Read more...]
Joose the Interviewee
I met up with local up-and-comer, Joose the Conqueror, to talk about his latest album, Insomnia and Grand Rapids hip hop. We sat down for some Thai food and talked a lot about his time living (without [Read more...]
Between Rock Shows and Hard Places – Anchors for Reality returns after a decade focused on family
Even before the words “Anchors for Reality” leave his lips, Randall Erno has to hold back a smile. Simple mentions of the band, which was originally formed in 2004 as an acoustic duo made up of Erno [Read more...]
Inside the Pyrrhic Mind: Interview with Cønrad Shøck and the Nøise
Last month, up-and-coming local musician John Schaak brought his vision to life after more than two years of working on his debut album. Support from The Zannies and Devin and the Dead Frets bolstered [Read more...]
A “Cross Country” Trip
Cross Country is a guitar pop band from Cincinnati, Ohio, who stopped by to play at a GR house venue. Picture this: a tall, lanky boy with a brown bowl cut and doc martens. You catch glimpses of him [Read more...]
Mannequin Pussy on Collaborations, Super Bowl Sunday, & Miley Cyrus
Joyce Manor and AJJ (formerly Andrew Jackson Jihad) have both made their presence known through relentless touring and fitting the framework of their respective genres just so damn perfectly. They [Read more...]
Hop on the Turnips’ Album Release Party Train StopWatchTimeDrop
The Turnips’ album release party train made its second stop at Cranker’s Brewery in Big Rapids with a rousing, kick-ass show last Saturday night. A full house celebrated the release of their second [Read more...]
GodheadSilo, Corey J. Brewer, Child Bite
This line up was perfectly fitting for the strange rainy day in January that it was. Normal weather is an anomaly in Michigan, so living here has made me become familiar with being surprised. I [Read more...]