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Misty Lyn and the Big Beautiful

Misty Lyn walked into the studio knowing this was who she was, feeling that this was where she was supposed to be. Knowing that these songs were hers and she was going to accomplish anything, everything, with these new songs of...

by Jeff Milo

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Girls, Man + Chris goes back to the Cocoon ?

How many pop-songs are inspired by girls? Probably impossible to count… From the Beatles to Weezer, Chuck Berry to Bon Iver, there’s infinite inspiration for any heavyhearted roses-are-red-type-boy when he starts musing upo...

by Jeff Milo

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Mittenfest Returns to Woodruff’s 12.28.12 – 1.1.13

iSPY Magazine is excited to announce that the seventh installment of our favorite festival, Mittenfest, will be back at Woodruff’s this year to help raise money and awareness for 826Michigan. There are only a handful of t...

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7.5.12 Sonic Lunch // Frontier Ruckus with Chris Bathgate

Two of our favorites, and former iSPY Magazine covers are coming to Sonic Lunch today! Bank of Ann Arbor’s Sonic Lunch opens with Chris Bathgate, the Iowa-born and Michigan local singer/songwriter, who has received both d...

by Jenn Sibert

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Dull Hums and Dresses

I want you to hear this song… Put some headphones on… The drums shuffle along a nice groove and the guitars breeze steadily under our singer’s voice (a silky little croon with a Buckley-esque trill), it’s an otherwise c...

by Jeff Milo

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Taste of Tree Town Sound

It’s an idea that some would consider genius: gather some of the best bands in Southeast Michigan and have them all play under the same roof during the same night. Folk, hip-hop, rock, maybe a touch of blues, with each act pl...

by Paul Kitti

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Bathgate’s Voice

A small part of me was surprised to hear Chris Bathgate is turning 30… I mean, only-just-now-30. It’s that small part of me still frozen in this amber idealization of my college da(z)y(e) spent ever-traipsing across campus ...

by Jeff Milo

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Chris Bathgate reminisces about his “Salt Year” in resonant performance [Review]

As I typed the first sentence of this review – “Local folk musician Chris Bathgate returns to the Blind Pig for another memorable show…” – I could sense myself stripping his music of its power with my keyboard. Yeah, ...

by Paul Kitti

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