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Parlor Voice’s Vainful Makes You Wanna Hang Out with Them

July 27, 2018 by Dylan Tarr

You don’t want to meet your favorite musicians because they’re all assholes. In the hellscape wake of Kanye’s near-religious awakening as an alt-right MAGA zealot, you’re really taking a chance [Read more...]

Posted in: Culture, Music

Convenient, Trash Releases Pair of Singles in Anticipation of New Full Length

July 18, 2018 by Dylan Tarr

Let’s face it, nobody gives a shit about local music. Your days are organized around a core belief to avoid of the thousands of musicians in your life begging you to come to their next show. That [Read more...]

Posted in: Music Tagged: Convenient, Dylan Tarr, grunge, Lansing, mingle, new music, pop punk, single, singles, Trash, trashy

A Chilling, Disjointed Narrative: W/O’s Heaven Exists EP Review

July 17, 2018 by Jess Kwiatkowski

Wwithout, styled w/o, is a Kalamazoo-based depressed-wave, noise-inspired solo project. Its creator formed the project as a method of “relatively safe self-expression” in response to their personal [Read more...]

Posted in: Album Reviews, Music Tagged: DIY, EP, Grand Rapids, horrorcore, W/O, without

CAN’T STAND THE MIDWEST

July 11, 2018 by Mike McFarlane

By: Michael McFarlane Erik Nervous -  Assorted Anxieties LP (Neck Chop/ Drunken Sailor) Erik Nervous is from Shipshewana, but relocated to Kalamazoo to attend college. While most bands tend to [Read more...]

Posted in: Album Reviews, Music Tagged: Album Review, Aquarium, Beta Blockers, Can't Stand the Midwest, Chain Cvlt, Dark Thoughts, Erik Nervous, Gen Pop, Lithics, Lost System, Midwest, post-hardcore, post-punk, punk, Sex Tourists, Snob, Vile Spirit, weir

Kalcun: the Spring Break of House Shows

July 7, 2018 by SkipFiction

By Jess Kwiatkowski On Saturday, March 10, I arrived in Kalamazoo for the 8th Annual Kalcun. The title is a play on popular vacation destination Cancun, of course. A perfectly ironic name for an [Read more...]

Posted in: Culture, Music Tagged: house shows, Kalamazoo, Kalcun

tim. Talks Wrestling and New Releases

July 6, 2018 by SkipFiction

tim. is a band with a single first name just like Prince, Cher and Satan. They don’t give a shit about last names, capital letters, or punctuation because they’re too busy thumping the bejesus out of [Read more...]

Posted in: Music, Musician Interviews

The Death of the Death House

June 21, 2018 by Guadalupe Olgine Jr.

THE DEATH OF THE DEATH HOUSE Ft. Dante Cope X Belve By Guadalupe Olgine Jr. The Death House. You know, that dingy, dark and raw but unequivocally most popular underground GR music venue that [Read more...]

Posted in: Music, Op-Eds Tagged: Brandon Sykes, culture wars, Dante Cope, Death House, DIY, Grand Rapids, hip hop, punk

SkipFiction Radio – ep. 1

June 16, 2018 by SkipFiction

John and Schyler are back at it again with a show promo podcast for our 6/23/18 show at Green Acres (reach out for address). Lamont Arrington will be performing some poems and spoken word with some [Read more...]

Posted in: Podcasts

Is Lacroix Saying “bye bye” to Michigan?

June 13, 2018 by Zac Abid

Recently contributor Zac Abid reached out to folk-pop and comic artist Lacroix Winget after the release of their latest album and single, "bye bye" and "am I doing ok??," respectively. Read on about [Read more...]

Posted in: Music, Musician Interviews Tagged: Chicago, Comics, Dogleg, Grand Rapids, Greet Death, La Croix, Mover Shaker, Ness Lake, Pike Room, Tour, Vault of Midnight, zine
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