Nightspots
Wednesday Jul 28, 2010
The Ark: Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
A mix of jam-inflected bluegrass, jazz, and classical music by this quintet founded by Nickel Creek mandolinist Thile. Its repertoire includes both originals and inventive takes on everyone from Jimmie Rodgers and Gillian Welch to the Band and the White Stripes. Tonight the band showcases material from its new CD Antifogmatic. $20.
The Ark: Tift Merritt
Acclaimed young North Carolina-bred singer-songwriter with a gorgeous voice that’s at once gritty and ethereal. Her music is a melodic brand of alt-country that’s spiced with rock panache and the emotional depth and power of soul, and she writes thoughtful, keenly observant songs exploring an array of personal themes and moods. Opening act is Dawn Landes & the Hounds, a Brooklyn (NY) pop-folk trio led by Landes, a singer-songwriter Uncut calls “a bewitching American folk siren.” $16.
The Black Pearl: Beth Stalker & Jim Rawlings
An eclectic mix of styles, from blues, R&B, and jazz to rock and country, by the Detroit Music Award-winning duo of singer- songwriter Stalker and songwriter-guitarist Rawlings.
The Blind Pig: One Be Lo
Local hip-hop MC, also known as One Man Army.
The Circus: Company of Strangers
Ypsilanti alt-country and alt-bluegrass band.
Gandy Dancer: Ben Jansson & Atmospheric Disturbance
Local all-star jazz quintet fronted by Ann Arbor-bred saxophonist Jansson, a recent U-M grad, and veteran trumpeter Paul Finkbeiner.
The Habitat Ultralounge: Slice
East Lansing pop dance quartet.
Keystone Underground Martini Bar: Open Mike
All musicians invited. Also, a set by a guest band TBA.
Live at PJ's: The Chapmans
National touring bluegrass band from western Michigan.
The Savoy: The Rocketz
L.A. psychobilly trio. Opening acts are the Austin punkabilly and cowpunk trio Hot Rod Hillbillies, the Lansing psychobilly quintet God Damned Gallows, and the South Carolina hardcore trio Grave Side Manner.
The Savoy: “Absolute Beginners”
DJs Tim Sendra and Fred Thomas plays 60-style pop music.
Zingerman's Roadhouse: Annie Capps
Local singer-songwriter and electric guitarist who writes thoughtful, distinctively personal, warmly exuberant folk-rock songs that are both musically sophisticated and down-home. She’s accompanied by her husband, guitarist Rod Capps.
