Celebrate summer at the "Summerfest Songwriter Showcase" on Friday, August 6 at 9pm at The Corktown Tavern.
 
Performing will be six of Detroit's finest singer-songwriters playing solo sets or with their bands:

• Audra Kubat
• Timothy Monger
• Gretchen Wolff
• Patrick Davy
• Katie Grace
• Matt Dmits

Join us for a night of song in celebration of the season. These talented performers will each play a half hour set starting at 9:30. Expect to hear old favorites and new songs from their repertoire. 
 
Cover is $6 and 21 and over are welcome to attend. The Corktown Tavern is located at 1716 Michigan Ave. in Detroit. 313-961-5103.
www.corktowntavern.com
 
For more information or photos of the performers contact suestatic@aol.com or www.staticrecords.com

 Flint Michigan Indie folk rock band Morseville Bridge has just released two brand new tracks "Let Me Out" and "Thirsty Little Parasites" available for free download off of our  new album for late 2010.  These two tracks show a bit of a transformation in our sound. Still as raw as we have ever been, with our latest recordings we show our fans a more aggressive side with an album that better reflects the Morseville Bridge live show sound. Something that says to people who have not seen us preform, "just because there is an acoustic guitar being played, doesn't mean we cant make it scream!".  Click "read more" below.

The Corktown Tavern located at 1716 Michigan Avenue in Detroit is pleased to host this show on Friday, July 30 at 8pm. Tickets are $15 and available in advance at the club and at Noir Leather in Royal Oak. 21 & over are welcome. 313-964-5103 www.corktowntavern.com. Opening the show are local funk- industrial rockers Haf Life (myspace.com/haflife)

Death rockers "Christian Death" make their only U.S. appearance of their "Necro Sexual Tour" in Detroit at The Corktown Tavern. Christian Death are thee founding fathers of American Goth Rock who were coined "One of the top ten goth bands of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine. The band's shocking cover art, lyrics and imagery- not to mention their controversial name-went on to influence Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Type O Negative and many other bands in the genre. VH1 declared "Christian Death take a relentlessly confrontational stand against organized religion and conventional morality, with an appetite for provocation that makes Marilyn Manson look like Stryper".

by Sue Static  (photo by Peter Schorn)

I just got back from my annual trek to Toronto for the NXNE Music & Film Festival and Conference (June 14-20, 2010).

This year's festival surpassed the previous years with its multitude of musical offerings and independent films. The 2010 version of NXNE hosted 650 bands from around the world, 40 films and thousands of attendees.

The highlight was the stellar FREE concert at the heart of the city in Yonge and Dundas Square that featured one of the first North American appearances by Iggy and The Stooges with James Williamson back on guitar, the seminal L.A. punk band X, Seattle grunge-masters Mudhoney and old and new favorites such as Sloan and The Raveonettes.  The square was the place to be! A music market was set up in the square daily and acted as a central meeting place for attendees and bands.

Seven free park and public stages held outdoor concerts along with two stages at the airport and even the train station! 50 clubs across the city were slamming every night from dusk till dawn with music fans checking out bands from across the globe. Performing bands included London's The Gin Riots and Comanechi to L.A. punks The Zeros and a special acoustic set by John Doe and Exene of X. The festival features an eclectic mix as all genres of music were well represented; rock, country, electronic to hip hop, singer-songwriters and metalheads could all be found on one of the stages every night. Most clubs hosted 3 a.m. shows with last call at 4 a.m. for a full night of entertainment.

Twenty years after performing at the Clio Area Amphitheater,  rock musician Lordd Virgil returns to give back to Shrine Children.

(Flint, MI)June 9, 2010 - It was twenty years ago, nearly to the day, that a teenage Lordd Virgil headlined the “Rock in the Park” festival at the then recently-completed Clio Area Amphitheater.

On Saturday June 12, 2010, this former student of Clio Area Schools will perform the 8 pm slot at this year’s Circus Park Extravaganza for Shrine Children. The three-day event, that features several bands, carnival rides and many other attractions, will take place June 11-13, 2010 at the Shrine Circus Park, located at 4240 W. Wilson Rd. in Clio.

A few years ago, Lordd Virgil, a resident of Flint, Michigan had the chance of a lifetime to open for the legendary rock band KISS for a string of warm-up club dates when drummer Eric Singer first joined the band.  But when two of Lordd Virgil's band mates couldn't tour, KISS chose another group.  Now, KISS has just announced a new North American tour, including a stop in Detroit on September 11, and KISS is partnering with Guitar Center for an unsigned band contest that will give unsigned bands a shot at the opening slot.  Can Lordd Virgil and his band by the same name get a second chance to open for KISS in Detroit Rock City?

Unsigned bands nationwide can compete to open for KISS in key cities by first registering, starting today, at http://eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/register.

Hollywood rocker Colby Veil (right) of Dopesnake and formerly of Adler’s Appetite flew into Detroit for a surprise appearance at the Lordd Virgil show at New York New York in Chesterfield, MI, but the surprise was on Veil when Michigan frontman Lordd Virgil (left) brought him to the stage to perform Veil’s hit song “Hell Yeah”.  Watch for “Hell Yeah” in the trailer for the upcoming film “Easy Rider: The Ride Back”, the sequel to the cult-hit film “Easy Rider”.  Click here for the trailer:  http://www.easyridertherideback.com
 

SATURDAY, APRIL 3 - Travel back in time to the decade of decadence- the‘80s-this holiday season to revisit a Detroit dance club that was the epitome of ‘80s glory. Todd’s, formally known as Todd’s Sway Lounge, was a gay nightclub on Detroit’s far eastside that was on the cutting edge of the new wave of eighties music and lifestyle.

Detroit club impresario- Stirling, first approached the owners of the venue in 1983 and convinced them to try out a dance music night on Monday evenings to cater to a growing subculture of club kids. The owners welcomed this idea, and a new dance party, "Modern Dance Mondays" was launched. Stirling hired the eclectic DJ Charles English to spin the latest in dance music, Euro-pop, new wave and even some punk classics and funk gems thrown into the explosive mix of music that had the patrons up and dancing the night away. When Monday nights became thee popular weekly destination, they expanded to Thursday nights as well.