Two Worlds; One Sound - A fundraiser for the DSC Oral History Project

A year after hosting an eclectic fundraiser around the musical legacy of Zoot’s Coffee House, the Detroit Sound Conservancy returns with two extraordinary people for a night of extraordinary funk and soul. LipCity and BMG never met until the DSC brought them together to organize around Detroit’s rich musical legacy in front of the Blue Bird Inn on Tireman. Both archivists, historians, writers, and sound-organizers, LipCity and BMG were raised in Detroit’s imaginative soundscape, schooled by DJs like Ken Collier and the Electrifying Mojo, and activated to embrace their communities. They will bring their two worlds together under one sound to raise funds for the Detroit Sound Conservancy who are working with the Detroit Public Library Friends Foundation to enhance the stewardship surrounding Detroit’s musical heritage.

$10 Cover | All Ages

HauntedHouse / Boom Said Thunder / Coleman Youngbloods - Free Show

The other band you may not have heard about yet on this bill is HauntedHouse. Although you might not have heard of the band, I'm sure you have heard of everyone in it. The band includes Mark Smak, Brian Connely, Joe Walmsley and Jeff Supina, who have all been in numerous other bands you definitely have heard of including Deastro, The Weakend and Glossies, just to name a few. WSG: Boom Said Thunder & Coleman Youngbloods

No Cover | 18+ | 10pm

Face to Face / Teenage Bottle Rocket / Black List Royals / Joshua Black Wilkins

Face to Face is an American punk rock band from Victorville, California formed in 1991 by frontman Trever Keith. Originally known as "Zero Tolerance", Keith had been the only constant member of the band during their years of touring and recording albums. The group was initially signed by Dr. Strange Records and were then signed to Fat Wreck Chords. Face to Face rose to fame with their 1994 second album Big Choice, featuring their radio hit "Disconnected", which was first played by KROQ and appeared in the movies Tank Girl and National Lampoon's Senior Trip.

$20 Advance / $23 Day of | All Ages

California Wives / My Gold Mask

After a formative performance at the SXSW Billboard Official Showcase in 2011, national outlets started taking notice, with Pitchfork stating "Chicago new wave aesthetes California Wives caught our ears" and My Old Kentucky Blog firmly declaring "This could be the next buzz band everyone is talking about..."
WSG: My Gold Mask

$8 Advance / $10 Day of | All Ages

Free Action Sports Go Skateboarding Day After Party feat: Andrew WK / RZL DZL / Build & Destroy

Andrew W.K. is the KING OF PARTYING. Infamous for his bloody nose, famous for his high-life attitude, beloved for his songs like, "PARTY HARD", "WE WANT FUN", and "YOU WILL REMEMBER TONIGHT", Andrew's true will is to use all forms of entertainment to create feelings of pure joy, fun, love, freedom, and possibility.

RZL DZL - Hardcore from Detroit, Michigan, USA

BUILD AND DESTROY - A hardcore band formed out of Detroit, Michigan in 2010.

No Cover | All Ages Welcome

React Detroit & Majestic Present: DJ Qbert wsg: DJ Shiftee

Richard Quitevis was born October 7, 1969, in San Francisco, California. Known by his stage name DJ Qbert or Grandmixer Qbert, is a Filipino-American Turntablist and composer. He grew up in the golden age of the San Francisco Bay Area DJ battle scene of the late 1980's.  Battling and training in the artform is what sets DJ Qbert apart from the rest.  He is relentless in unlocking the sounds and systems of scratching.  It is Qbert who is credited for championing the turntable as a musical instrument. He is often referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of the turntables, known to make them sing in complex and unimaginable ways. He has invented the most scratching techniques and musical innovations than any DJ in history.  QBert is credited for being the world ambassador of the DJ as a musician and turning the turntable into a respected musical instrument. WSG: DJ Shiftee

$15 Advance / $20 Day of | 18+

Read Em And Weep / Mean Mothers / Move Home / Social Class Zero

Read'em and Weep is an in your face Detroit Rock Band that writes and plays their own music. Boasting the powerful vocals and thought provoking lyrics of Charlie, the heavy hook riffing, and blistering solos of Matt and Steve's twin guitar attack coupled w/ Dave's reliable drumming and Justin's complimentary bass lines makes this band an absolute solid juggernaut of sonic fury. All of this together with the band's onstage antics,air-tight live performances, and the songwriting capabilities and talent of EVERY member, makes their music and live shows an unforgettable experience. There is nothing fake. There is nothing contrived. They are the real fuckin' deal. If you want something nice, fluffy, and homogenized, look elsewhere. If you want something real, from the heart , and memorable....Welcome.

$5 Cover | All Ages

The Rich Hands - Free Show

For a bunch of young bucks, The Rich Hands are a surprisingly mature, unified band that crank out absolutely infectious and tight rock 'n' roll jams that are over so quick that you're not ready to let go of them. That is, until the next track kicks in and pulls you up off your ass again. The band's songs are '60s garage rock concentrate with a heavy dose of white-boy soul: quick and to-the-point jams with no extraneous junk to get in the way.

No Cover | 18+ | 10pm

Night Beds / Jenny O.

It's difficult to say where Night Beds begins, but it could be here: August 2006, a young Winston Yellen is invited to a longtime friend's apartment. They talk, they record a little aimlessly, and something exciting emerges. Maybe it's a little later, when one is studying engineering in Nashville, and the other remains behind, an unhappy captive of secondary education. 

$8 Advance / $10 Day of | All Ages

 

The Gospel Truth - Free Show

The Gospel Truth - Noise rock from Austin, TX

No Cover | 18+ | 10pm

Nude Beach / Twine Time

Growing up in the bucolic waterfront village of Northport, NY, Chuck Betz, Ryan Naideau and Jimmy Shelton (Nude Beach) played punk rock together since high school, in a succession of bands more than happy to set up at any house party, BBQ or makeshift venue that would have them. WSG: Twine Time

$8 Advance / $10 Day of | All Ages

Forgetters (feat. Black Schwarzenbach of Jawbreaker / Jets To Brazil) - Free Show

Blake Schwarzenbach (Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil, Forgetters) and his emerging alter egos, Chris Lager (DJ/Producer:Forgetters,O.C.D.,Chris Lager) and O.C.D. (Rapper/Compulsive:Original Guitar Dracula, Ole Crazy Disorder, Often Cutz Deep, etc.)are coming to your town soon! The show will feature Blake, Chris, and O.C.D. on a single stage, playing records, singing songs, spittin', mixing, and plain old storytelling.

No Cover | 18+ | 10pm

Parquet Courts / Feelings / Protomartyr

Parquet Courts' Light Up Gold is a gel-capsule-sized dosage of distilled NYC punk rock: vinegary smarts, reeled-off quotables ("It's a pretty long walk to the DMV," "Socrates died in the fucking gutter!" "At night we hum to Canada snoring"), and twiggy guitars. It's maximum-attitude, minimum-patience: not just smart, but frantically smart, blurting out everything it might have to say before the time clock expires.

$10 Advance / $12 Day of | All Ages

Kommie Killpatrick - Free Show

Perhaps the most politically incorrect band seen in this region since the Meatmen, the wonderfully named Kommie Kilpatrick are simultaneously amusing and offending everyone with their lewd and crude lyrics and frat boy-esque onstage antics. They’re punk in the old, GG Allin inspired sense of the word, in that they’ll do whatever it takes to shock, and they’ll have a blast in the process.

No Cover | 18+ |10pm

Rogue Wave / Caveman

Now we’re born again,” sings Zach Rogue on the closing track of Rogue Wave’s fourth studio album, Permalight. The dreamy acoustic lament lasts just over a minute but in sound and spirit it neatly sums up everything that comes before it. A punchy, deceptively effervescent set of multi-instrumental pop tunes, the Northern California band’s latest set represents a giant breakthrough for Rogue and his longtime musical partner, drummer-keyboardist-vocalist Pat Spurgeon.  WSG: Caveman

$15 Cover | All Ages

CSS / IO Echo

Formed in 2003 in São Paulo by a group of friends with an unquenchable thirst for good times and indulgence in all things pop and art, CSS rose to notoriety with the help of a thriving creative community, underground club scene and a little thing called the internet. Pulling together their numerous talents, the band drew legions of international followers entranced by a universally accessible and off the wall, look and style. WSG: IO Echo

$15 Cover | All Ages

Goldmines / Shit-box Jimmy - Free show

GoldMINES wsg: Shit-box Jimmy

No Cover | 18+ | 10pm

Gucci Mane

Gucci Mane's second major label studio album “The State vs. Radric Davis” was released under the label Warner Bros. Records in 2009. Its first single, “Wasted,” featuring Plies, was originally from Mane's 2009 mixtape “Writing on the Wall.” It peaked at #36 on the Hot 100, #3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and #3 on the Rap Songs chart making it Gucci Mane's most successful single to date. The album went to #1 on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart, #2 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and #10 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.

Tickets: $45 | 18+

Cayucas / JBM

No one knows summer like Santa Monica’s Zach Yudin, a man of leisure who recognizes “the epic” in something as simple as a twilight bicycle ride or a short drive up the coast. As Cayucas, Yudin has set about creating an impressionistic portrait of summer’s long, bittersweet dazzle. WSG: JBM

$10 Cover | All Ages

Japanther / Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt **CANCELLED**

This show has been cancelled - no reschedule date.

Japanther is an art project, established by Matt Reilly and Ian Vanek, then students at Pratt Institute. Japanther was featured in the2006 Whitney Biennial and the 2011 Venice Biennale, and has collaborated with a diverse pool of artists such as Gelitin, Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher, Dan Graham, Eileen Myles, Kevin Bouton-Scott, robbinschilds, Dawn Riddle, Claudia Meza, Todd James, Devin Flynn, Ninjasonik, Anita Sparrow and Spankrock. WSG: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt | Mexican Knives

$10 Cover | All Ages