Get FELT- Great Good Fine OK Come to The Loving Touch January 10th!
Great Good Fine OK is an American synthpop duo, based in New York City, United States. The band was founded by Jon Sandler and Luke Moellman. Both grew up in Upstate New York. Jon from Niskayuna, Luke from Saratoga Springs, but only met when living around the corner from each other in Brooklyn, NY. In 2013 the duo released the song "You're The One For Me." Its overwhelming online popularity resulted in the song reaching #1 on Hype Machine twice in one month. Soon after their first seven shows at SXSW in the spring of 2013, the band signed with Neon Gold Records/Epic Records and Transgressive Records/Warner/Chappell Music publishing.
DOORS|8pm|COVER|$12|ALL AGES
Get FELT- Mariachi Meets Punk With Pancho Villa's Skull Live January 5th
What do you get when you cross traditional Mariachi music with Punk rock snarl and attitude?
The answer: Pancho Villa’s Skull. Pancho Villa’s Skull was started by Tino Ybarra in 2011. While growing up in Pontiac, Michigan, Tino developed a love from Mariachi music through his grandfather on his mother’s side who, sang and played trumpet. He also, spent time in south Texas with his paternal grandfather who took him across the border to Mexico from time to time so, he could know where he came from. As, he got older he started playing in punk and ska bands around Detroit yet, he wanted to feel more connected to his roots. Inspired by bands like Gogol Bordello and The Pogues, both of whom looked into their own pasts to create something new, he decided to create what he calls Mariachi punk and started Pancho Villa’s Skull. At the beginning of 2016 his brother Rolando Ybarra joined the band to play percussion and added to the sound heavily. Making the sound bigger but, maintaining a stripped down feel. 2016 is what they are calling their “Pata de Perro” year because, they have been all over the east coast, and the Midwest! So, ponganse trucha compas! They are probably hitting your town next!! DOORS|8pm|COVER|$5|ALL AGES
Get FELT-New Years Eve Show with Homeboy Sandman!
Homeboy Sandman, is an American rapper and musician from Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States. If you're out on the town and want to bring in the new year with some sweet hip hop and your favorite people come out to The Loving Touch!
DOORS|8pm|COVER|$15|ALL AGES
Get FELT- The Strangers To Play The Loving Touch Thursday December 29th
Hailing from Royal Oak Michigan The Strangers(Not to be confused with Merle Haggard's Band)are bringing their music here to The Loving Touch on December 29th. The band draws influence from bands and artists such as U2, Ryan Adams, Pixies, Tom Petty, Velvet Underground, Ours, Smiths, Jane's Addiction, Avett Brothers, Band of Horses. DOORS|8pm|COVER|$10|ALL AGES
Get FELT-Downtown Brown Return To The Loving Touch On December 23rd!
Exploding from (the suburbs of) Detroit rock city in 2001, and venturing to the absolute bottom of the rabbit hole by 2015, Downtown Brown (DTB) has carved a unique saga over their 14-year existence. Jamming a mutant style that splices together punk, funk, metal, rock, and hip-hop, DTB is a band impossible to categorize. People tend to either love them, hate them, or are just generally puzzled by their often politically incorrect, outrageous, satiric lyrics coupled with genre-hopping technical skill. COME SEE DOWNTOWN BROWN PLAY THIS FRIDAY! DOORS|8pm|ADV TICKETS|$10|DAY OF TICKETS|$12|ALL AGES
Get FELT-Tahnz and The Filthy Animals To Play The Loving Touch December 16th!
Tahnz and the Filthy Animals was forged from the clandestine music scene of Detroit, MI in 2015. Powered by gorgon venom and caffeine drips,TAFA has managed to produce an eccentric and profound musical style. Their ambient rhythms, dynamic instrumentation and soulful vocals come together to create a harmonic experience, and represent the diverse backgrounds of each member. It's not too late to catch the show! Doors|8pm|Cover|$5|All Ages
Get FELT- Epicure To Release New Record At The Loving Touch December 15th!
Epicure is a producer from Kalamazoo, Michigan devoted to sensuous pleasure and luxurious living. He has had releases with Cosmonostro, SVNSET WAVES and more. DOORS 8pm|COVER $10|ALL AGES
Get FELT- Taxon Clade To Play The Loving Touch December 8th!
Do you like to party? Do you like good people? Good vibes? Good music? Well if you've answered yes to any and or all of these questions you're in luck because Taxon Clade is a delightful combo of all those things. Taxon Clade are well versed in good songwriting and putting on a good show. Don't miss out! DOORS|8pm|All Ages|COVER|$5.00
Get FELT- Zander Michigan Returns to The Loving Touch November 26th!
Zander Michigan is a folk/Americana singer/songwriter from Detroit, MI. He plays the guitar, the harmonica, and sometimes even plays the fool. His Bob Dylan style vocals, heavy strum, and cheeky lyrics make him a classic sounding musician in an age of futuristic banter. CW50 Detroit recently added Zander Michigan to a local music playlist saying, "American folk at its finest. Zander brings us the traditional bluesy folk that we’re all so familiar with."
Cover:$10|Doors:8pm|All Ages
Get FELT - Stone Clover takes over the LT for Thanksgiving Eve!
Detroit's own Stone Clover is coming back to The Loving Touch this Wednesday for a Thanksgiving Eve takeover. As anyone who has been to a Stone Clover show can attest to, there's no better party in town. Doors are at 8pm. Tickets can be purchased in advance here.
Don't get drunk, get AWESOME!
Get FELT-Emarosa To Play The Loving Touch This Sunday!
Emarosa - November 20th at The Loving Touch in Ferndale, MI
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Emarosa (/ɛməˈroʊsə/ em-ə-roh-sə) is an American post-hardcore band from Lexington, Kentucky. Formed in 2006, they released one EP in 2007 titled This Is Your Way Out, and shortly after, the group underwent significant lineup and sound changes, dropping their heavy metal influence and leaning toward a rock inspiration. They will be here this sunday! Come see them!
DOORS|8pm|$15|All Ages
Get FELT-Nashville Pussy to Play The Loving Touch November 25th!
Nashville Pussy is an American rock & roll band from Atlanta, Georgia. Their musical style has been variously described as psychobilly, Southern rock, hard rock and cowpunk, as well as "sleaze rock". The band's lyrical themes mostly revolve around sex, drugs, drinking, fighting, and rock 'n' roll.
Sex,drugs and rock 'n' roll...don't miss your chance to experience this classic recipe of success. DOORS 8pm|All Ages|Tickets $15|Support acts:Bison Machine and Boogie Knights.
Nashville Pussy - November 25 at The Loving Touch, Ferndale MI
Get FELT-Goddamn Gallows To Play The Loving Touch This Friday November 18th!
The Goddamn Gallows came from the heart of America's Rust Belt, arising from a night of flophouse violence. Drifting across the states, they cemented their sound in Portland, OR and later in Los Angeles, CA, where they lived in abandoned buildings, squatter camps, storage units and shoebox apartments. In 2007, they left everything behind and spent the next 4 years living out of whatever vehicle would get them to the next town. Building upon their original sound of twanged-out, punk rock gutterbilly (Life of Sin 2004 and Gutterbillyblues 2007), they began picking up stray musicians along the way and adding to their sound; washboard, accordion, mandolin and banjo (Ghost of the Rails 2009 and 7 Devils 2011) creating a sound referred to as "hobocore", "gypsy-punk" or "americana-punk", while never being stuck in any one sound.
The Goddamn Gallows continue to rapidly grow a devoted following with their volatile and spectacular live shows; a contagious, spontaneous eruption of unpredictability.
Catch them here on friday! Doors 8pm|Advanced Ticket Price $13| Day Of Ticket Price $15|All Ages
Goddamn Gallows- November 18th at The Loving Touch, Ferndale, MI
You FEEL me? Tim Kasher of The Good Life plays The Loving Touch November 13th!
Tim Kasher and The Good Life make their return to The Loving Touch this Sunday, November 13th. You may remember Tim from a little band called Cursive . . . he and The Good Life explore some really, really awesome new territory and have a sound unlike any other. Tim sat down with FELT to answer some quick questions in advance of Sunday's show.
If you could have FELT readers check out one song of yours, what would it be?: "You Wouldn't Care if I Died", the first song I ever wrote at age 14. There is sadly no recording.
Tough question - what is your ultimate favorite album of all time?: Violent Femmes S/T
What is the best show you've ever played, and why?: Hmm... maybe it will occur sometime in the future?
Is there a song that will make you cry, 9 times out of 10, if you let it? : This Woman's Work by Kate Bush
If you had a song that just didn't want to be finished, which group would you call in to wrap that sucker up - The Bee Gees or The Eagles? : The Bee Gees
why?: Aren't Bee Gees songs shorter than Eagles songs? So that's why
If you could see one person in the audience when you perform, who would that be? What would they be wearing?: Just Charo wearing her Charo clothes
Any bands you think people should seek out and pay attention to?: Campdogzz
What is your comic relief on the road? A band member, Netflix, prank phone call podcasts, etc?: Roger L Lewis
Tickets are still available for Sunday's show - buy them here!
You FEEL Me? James Linck at The Loving Touch
James Linck is playing The Loving Touch tomorrow at an awesome event called Yup. Other featured artists are One Be Lo, Nolan the Ninja, Nuntheless, and Dante LaSalle. Make sure to head over to the WAB after the show for an afterparty featuring cheap drinks, great food, and some QT with the performers. James sat down with FELT to answer the most important questions he'll ever face.
If you could have FELT readers check out one song of yours, what would it be?: The Artist
Tough question - what is your ultimate favorite album of all time?: Blonde On Blonde (but skip "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" and start with "Pledging My Time")
What is the best show you've ever played, and why?: I was 8 years old and I played "Jingle Bells" on piano at this charity benefit thing at Cobo Hall. I was really nervous and sweating alot. It made my fingers really slippery on the keys and I messed up a couple times. I'm always a little nervous when I perform but I'll never be as nervous as that.
Is there a song that will make you cry, 9 times out of 10, if you let it? : I basically cry while listening to songs all day so its hard to pick one but I teared up listening to Chance The Rapper's track "Interlude (That's Love)" from off his "Acid Rap" mixtape just today.
If you had a song that just didn't want to be finished, which group would you call in to wrap that sucker up - The Bee Gees or The Eagles? : The Bee Gees
why?: I don't know, they're fun. I sing in falsetto alot too.
If you could see one person in the audience when you perform, who would that be? What would they be wearing?: My 10th grade english teacher. I don't even know if he's still around but he always liked my poems. He'd have to be wearing one of the 70's button ups he wore everyday.
Any bands you think people should seek out and pay attention to?: I heard this dude who goes by musclebaby at a show this summer. He had these weirdo songs that were really emotional but pretty funny too. His recordings kinda sound like shit but I'd check him out live if you see the name on a bill.
What is your comic relief on the road? A band member, Netflix, prank phone call podcasts, etc?: We just talk about how terrible the tour is going and laugh about how we're wasting our lives. LOL!
How does THIS make you feel? Wild Nothing TONIGHT at The Loving Touch
Wild Nothing, a.k.a Brooklyn-based musician Jake Tatum, released his debut album Gemini in 2010 to critical acclaim. Five years on, with an equally impressive sophomore release and a series of EPs under his belt, Tatum is pleased to announce his third-studio album and self-proclaimed most “mature and honest” work to date, Life of Pause, which will be released February 19th via Bella Union.
When Jack Tatum began work on Life of Pause he had fascinating ambitions. “I desperately wanted for this to be the kind of record that would displace me,” he says. “I’m terrified by the idea of being any one thing, or being of any one genre. And whether or not I accomplish that, I know that my only hope of getting there is to constantly reinvent. That reinvention doesn’t need to be drastic, but every new record has to have it’s own identity, and it has to have a separate set of goals from what came before.”
Life of Pause is an exquisitely arranged and beautifully recorded collection of songs that marry the immediate with the indefinable. “I allowed myself to go down every route I could imagine even if it ended up not working for me,” he says. “I owe it to myself to take as many risks as possible. Songs are songs and you have to allow yourself to be open to everything.”
Catch Wild Nothing at The Loving Touch TONIGHT! Tickets can still be bought here.
Get Felt - Saddle Creek's The Good Life (feat. Tim Kasher) - Nov. 13th
Omaha, NE’s The Good Life returns this summer with their first album in eight years, Everybody’s Coming Down. Call it a soundtrack to Man’s 21st century existential angst, the album poses cosmic queries, contemplates regrets, questions self-worth, and examines the possibility of living in the moment, when memories are all that we truly take with us. And in some ways, that’s the sweet spot front man and lyricist Tim Kasher inhabits: trying to make sense of this world of ours, and how and why we navigate it the way we do.
Everybody’s Coming Down moves in a new direction musically and, in contrast to The Good Life’s earlier releases, is very much a rock record. It is also the first that truly embodies the band as a whole, more so than any previous album. In blending elements of drummer Roger L. Lewis’s love of classic rock, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Fox’s chaotic approach to melody, Stefanie Drootin-Senseney’s propulsive yet tuneful bass parts, and Kasher’s deft, complementary song writing, the band sparked a vibrant evolution in sound. The gentler, folk-driven pop/rock for which the band is beloved remains (sonic sister album bookends “7 In The Morning” and “Midnight Is Upon Us;” “The Troubadour’s Green Room”), but it is now mixed amongst guitars lines that unspool in a blaze across songs that hit harder and more viscerally (“Everybody,” “Holy Shit”), as well as moments of distorted psychedelia and moody ambience (“Flotsam Locked Into A Groove,” “Diving Bell,” “How Small We Are”).
WSG: Jake Bellows & Oquoa
Sunday, November 13, 8pm, All Ages, $12 Adv./ $14 Day of
Get FELT-Hiss Golden Messenger Tonight 11-7-16
The band was formed by MC Taylor and Scott Hirsch in 2007, after their relocation in North Carolina. Both Taylor and Hirsch were the members of the hardcore punk band Ex-Ignota and San Francisco-based indie rockband The Court & Spark, whose dissolution led to the formation of the band.The band's early recordings were released through Taylor's own recording label, "Heaven & Earth Magic Recording Company."
The band's debut album, Country Hai East Cotton, was released in 2009 via Taylor's label in a limited edition of 500. This was followed by their international debut album, Bad Debt, in 2010, released via Black Maps. The band's third album, Poor Moon, was released in 2012 via North Carolina-based "Paradise of Bachelors", and received positive reviews.The band's fourth album, Haw, was released on April 2, 2013.
Hiss Golden Messenger was signed to Merge in April 2014 and released their fifth album and Merge label debut, Lateness of Dancers on September 9, 2014.
The band's music contains elements from various musical genres, such as folk, country, dub, country soul, rhythm and blues, bluegrass, jazz, funk, swamp pop, gospel, blues, and rock. The band's style was also described as "alternative country" and "country rock." The band's main influences include the Beatles, The Byrds, and Buffalo Springfield. The band has been compared to Will Oldham and Bill Callahan.
The night is young! Come listen to the beauty that is HIss Golden Messenger. Doors 8pm|Cover$15|All Ages
GET FELT - Wild Nothing & Small Black This Thursday 11/10
Wild Nothing: When Jack Tatum began work on Life of Pause, his third full-length to date, he had lofty ambitions: Don’t just write another album; create another world. One with enough detail and texture and dimension that a listener could step inside, explore, and inhabit it as they see fit. “I desperately wanted for this to be the kind of record that would displace me,” he says. “I’m terrified by the idea of being any one thing, or being of any one genre. And whether or not I accomplish that, I know that my only hope of getting there is to constantly reinvent. That reinvention doesn’t need to be drastic, but every new record has to have its own identity, and it has to have a separate set of goals from what came before.” WSG: Small Black
Thursday, Nov. 10th | Doors 8pm | All Ages
Get FELT- Tonight Is The Night! Valley Hush,Spit Spot and The Hand Grenades!
65 Degree weather on November 5th! Valley Hush! Spit Spot! The Hangrenades! Pierogi by Pietrzyck! Seriously,what more could you ask for! Come get your souls filled with music and your belly full of Pierogi and booze! This is going to be a blast. You can experience all of this for the small amount of $5.00 Tonight 11-5-2016!
