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The Afternoon Round

I caught up with the guys from The Afternoon Round last week at their rehearsal space at SPUR Studios. We chatted about the local music scene and had a few High Life’s. They informed me they usually don’t play acous...

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“I’ve always been more of a songwriter, and I didn’t feel like I was really able to get that kind of sound out with the band.”

Theo Katzman Goes Solo

Former My Dear Disco Guitarist will take the Stage at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival by Amanda Slater “I love music. I would like to play it for my whole life. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it,” says Theo Katzman, s...

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Ann Arbor Folk Festival

This Year’s Festival Features The Avett Brothers, Citizen Cope, The Swell Season by Adrienne Ziegler What started as a fundraiser in 1977 to boost support for the non-profit music venue, The Ark, has grown to be a staple in t...

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Matt Jones

The first video in this series features a local singer/songwriter, Matt Jones and Lacey Lake, from Matt Jones and the Reconstruction. Matt suggested we shoot in his back yard because he had a hovercraft. Yes, an actual working ...

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Lessons Learned with Matt from Matt and Kim

Ever since Matt and Kim took all of their clothes off in Times Square for their “Lessons Learned” music video, indie music fans everywhere knew that it was love—not only between everyone’s favorite offbeat couple, but b...

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Mi Ami, Terrible Twos and Skate Laws

By Bruno Postigo Most of the time, I’m usually not caught off guard when it comes to live shows. However, Mi Ami took me by surprise, and they didn’t let me down. The show at the Yellow Barn in Ann Arbor featured Mi...

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In Fact – New Skews on “Party Music”

It starts with a beat, blooms with bass, colors-in with chilly synths and coagulates with dreamy distortion. Then those staggering, sweet and soulful lead vocals breathe in such humanity onto the glitched-out electro-pallet of ...

by Jeff Milo

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