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NIGHTSPOTS
Elbow Room
6 S. Washington, Ypsilanti
483-6374

This Ypsilanti tavern features live music and/or DJs Mon.-Thurs., 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Fri. & Sat., 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Also, occasional Sun., 8 p.m.-midnight. Cover, dancing.

May 1: "Mofo Karaoke."
With "the standard karaoke playlist crap plus 2,500+ obscure and awesome songs."

May 2: Red, White, & Booze
1980s metal tribute band. Opening acts are The Beggars, a local retro garage rock 'n' roll band, and Dead Elvis, an Ypsilanti rockabilly singer-songwriter.

May 3: Tickled Fancy Burlesque Co.
Local burlesque troupe. Opening acts are Arson's Blazing Carnival, a local carnival sideshow act, and DJs Damon and Plasma Bubblegum.

May 4: I Am Band
Indie pop band from Berrien Springs. Opening acts are Soma and U.S.R.

May 5: Deastro.
Detroit electronica singer-songwriter. Opening act is Husband and Wife.

May 7: Park Ranger
New York City rock 'n' soul trio. Opening acts are a Dayton indie rock trio, and Oneironauts, a Michigan ambient rock band.

May 8: "Mofo Karaoke."
With "the standard karaoke playlist crap plus 2,500+ obscure and awesome songs."

May 9: Scott Morgan's Powertrane
Hard-edged blues and 60s-style Detroit rock 'n' roll by this quartet led by veteran singer-songwriter Morgan, a fixture on the local rock scene since his days with the legendary Rationals in the 60s. Morgan is also one of the best blues singers in town, with a sharp-edged, cannily rhythmic vocal attack that's both mean and soulful. Opening acts are the Farewells, an indie neopsychedelic rock band from Wyandotte, and Royale, an Ypsilanti rock band.

May 10: Sik Sik Nation.
Local psychedelic-blues garage trio. Opening acts are The Questions, a Detroit experimental rock band, and Silverghost, a Detroit-area pop-rock band.

May 11: Eric Morelli
Techno-folk singer-songwriter from Pennsylvania. Opening acts are Burning Cacti, an experimental psychedelic pop band from Canton, and Jefferson Golfcart, a Canton grunge-metal quartet.

May 13: Direct Hits Mod Club
DJ collective that plays vintage British pop and soul.

May 14: JBoozer
Rock 'n' roll jam band from St. Louis fronted by Boozer, who (a la Hasel Adkins) sings while playing guitar with his hands and drums with his feet. Opening acts are Looking for Mammoths, an Ypsilanti funk-rock trio, and Nessie, a powerpop country-rock band from St. Petersburg, Florida.

May 15: "Mofo Karaoke."
With "the standard karaoke playlist crap plus 2,500+ obscure and awesome songs."

May 16: We Are the Fury
Postpunk pop-rock glam quintet from Toledo. Opening acts are the veteran Saline rock 'n' roll band Novada, the Royal Oak rock quintet Brother Ash, and the Downriver indie rock quartet The Handgrenades.

May 17: Black Jake & the Carnies.
Ypsilanti punk-bluegrass octet. Opening acts are local country-folk singer-songwriter Mike Boyd, local alt-country singer-songwriter Danny Kline & Friends, and Chad Williams & the Lonesome Plowboys, a twangy country-folk ensemble led by local singer-songwriter Williams.

May 18: Blacktooth Brigade
Holt, Michigan, southern rock band with a hardcore edge. Opening acts are Subourbon Son, a Port Huron garage-rockabilly singer-songwriter, and Common Misconception, a Detroit pop-punk quartet.

May 20: "The Cycle"
DJs Blakguts and Joe Vargas spin funk, soul, and indie dance records.

May 21: Inkblot
Local rock band. Opening acts are

May 22: "Mofo Karaoke."
With "the standard karaoke playlist crap plus 2,500+ obscure and awesome songs."

May 23: The Sugar People
Local experimental multimedia pop-soul funk band. Opening act is "The Cycle," DJs Blakguts and Joe Vargas with funk, soul, and indie dance records.

May 24: Misty Lyn & the Big Beautiful
Local country-pop band led by singer-songwriter Lyn. Opening acts are Empty Orchestra, the stage name of the Flint experimental country singer-songwriter Stephen Wisniewski, and Elle & the Fonts, the stage name of Elle Sawa, a Ferndale emo singer-songwriter who bills herself as "a horrible guitar player [who] likes to think she makes up for it through her exceptionally amusing stage presence and vocal performances." Also, That's Him, That's the Guy, an acoustic folk-rock duo from Ferndale.

May 25: The Pattern Traced
Gainesville, Florida, folk-rock band. Opening acts are Gillen & Turk, a Hudson Valley, New York, folk-rock duo, and Sons of Adray, a minimalist rock band from Detroit.

May 27: "Club Fit"
Indie rock dance party with DJs Ayron Michael Nelson and Louis P.

May 28: The Lovehandlers
Detroit alternative rock band. Opening acts are Arms of Automation, a Jackson metal-punk hardcore band, and The Last Encore, Fenton hardcore metal band.

May 29: "Mofo Karaoke."
With "the standard karaoke playlist crap plus 2,500+ obscure and awesome songs."

May 30: Chapstik.
Ypsilanti punkabilly metal quintet led by singer-guitarist Leighton Mann. Opening acts are Broadzilla, a popular all-female hardcore thrash band from Detroit with an infectious sense of humor, and Mazinga, a veteran Ypsilanti band that plays rough, raw, Detroit-style rock 'n' roll. Also, The AssButts, local punk-ska band.

May 31: That Mistake I Made
Local band that describes its music as "weird shoedubby postrock no-practice jam stupidity." Opening acts are Wildcatting, a Downriver punk band, and Oblisk, an experimental psychedelic shoegazer band from Detroit.

 
 
 

 

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