Mostly Midwest

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08/05/2020

Help The Pyramid Scheme. Help independent music venues.

The Pyramid Scheme, a music venue located in downtown Grand Rapids, MI, is my all-time favorite place to see live music. I’ve attended hundreds of shows in our state at dozens of venues acros…

18/04/2020

Strawberry Heritage, Fixer, and Dominic Angelella have three albums that are prime cuts for your eventual dinner party. Read our thoughts and take em for a spin :

http://www.mostlymidwest.com/three-albums-for-your-post-pandemic-dinner-party/

Someday, sometime, we’re all going to host our first dinner party in months. We’ve got plenty of time to workshop new recipes and redecorate the house–but what will the soundtrack be? Honestly you’…

08/02/2020

It's been almost three years since you've heard from us. The indefinite hiatus continues. We just paid the bills to keep the lights on for another year and it's not cheap. We hope to keep doing this for as long as we can, because the archive that is everything we've done is important to us, to the artists, and - I hope - to you.

Please consider donating to help us keep the lights on. Any and all funds received here will be used to keep MM running for as long as possible. Thank you for your support over the years.

I do often consider writing new posts casually... would anyone like that? What music blogs have you all been reading? Does anyone read music blogs anymore?

With a deep and sincere love to everyone who has been supportive in any way over the years,
Steven Michael Holmes

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29/06/2017

"The knotty logic, plainspoken acoustic delivery, grim subject matter, and lyrical unpredictability are exactly the things that make Sycamore Smith such a pleasure to listen to."

Read our review of Sycamore Smith's new album "Grosspapa."

The knotty logic, plainspoken acoustic delivery, grim subject matter, and lyrical unpredictability are exactly the things that make Sycamore Smith such a pleasure to listen to.

22/06/2017

We're honored to premiere Gifts or Creatures's new single, "Two Hearts (Two Peninsulas)" from their upcoming album "Fair Mitten (New Songs of the Historic Great Lakes Basin)."

Read more: http://www.mostlymidwest.com/gifts-or-creatures-premiere-two-hearts-two-peninsulas/

Preorder the record: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1343976776/fair-mitten-new-songs-of-the-historic-great-lakes

14/06/2017

Have you been keeping up with The River Street Anthology ? If not, you're missing out on great stories and music from Michigan. Catch up:

The River Street Anthology continues to grow as the team travels throughout the state. Catch up on some of the entries we captured on video.

13/06/2017

Saxsquatch & Bridge Band recording their entry for The River Street Anthology in Kalamazoo. If you're still feelin' half asleep, this should wake you up.

07/06/2017

"On their debut EP, they get by on pure personality and exuberance, unafraid to aim directly for the bleachers in every song."

Read our review of Iverson 2.0's debut release, "EP Blue."

Do you remember when the indie world eschewed flamboyance? When showiness and gaudiness and a sense of humor was antithetical to cool? It was the early- to mid-2000s and all the big rock bands had …

04/06/2017

Pat Carroll performing with Elisabeth Pixley-Fink at the Strutt back in 2011. Pat passed away four years ago, and his monumental album "Glow in the Dark" is going to be available on actual glow in the dark vinyl with your support. Pre-order now : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2088403177/patrick-carroll-on-glow-in-the-dark-vinyl

01/03/2017

"It’s an album from a band in their groove, a band newly-streamlined and resolute."

Read our review of frontier ruckus's "Enter the Kingdom"

“Enter the Kingdom” is the most “Frontier Ruckus” album the band has recorded to date.

21/02/2017

Watch The Sweet Water Warblers perform "Circle of the Sun" in our brand new video session : http://www.mostlymidwest.com/sweet-water-warblers-video-session/

May Erlewine, Rachael Davis Music, Lindsay Loubelly

14/02/2017

to: midwest music lovers

we made you a mixtape. will you be our valentine?

from: Mostly Midwest

moor hound Major Murphy Anna Ash Steve Leaf & The Ex Pats Rachele Eve Pat Carroll - Cat Peril the rutabega

https://mostlymidwest.bandcamp.com/album/valentines-mix

8 track album

01/02/2017

Watch DC, Kandace Lavender, in two amazing a capella performances from The River Street Anthology's visit to Kalamazoo.

I knew that DC’s voice and spirit were going to fill that room, but I didn’t know just how inspiring it would be. In both performances, she goes from singing to spoken word/hip hop, and…

10/01/2017

Stream two tracks from The Lake Effects upcoming album, "Ioway," on Mostly Midwest!

Catch their album release party on January 21st at The Upper Room. Event page here: Cheap Emotion, Sewn, Class Acts, The Lake Effects

http://www.mostlymidwest.com/the-lake-effects-announce-new-full-length-ioway/

Listen to a preview of the new release on Mostly Midwest.

05/01/2017

With a brooding, low drone and a percussive strike is how Timothy Monger opens his (available for pre-order) upcoming album "Amber Lantern." Mostly Midwest is streaming the opening track right now, here : http://www.mostlymidwest.com/timothy-monger-announces-amber-lantern-debuts-new-single/

Photo by Doug Coombe With a brooding, low drone and a percussive strike is how Timothy Monger opens his upcoming album Amber Lantern. It’s somewhat alarming, perhaps a wakeup call, which lead…

02/01/2017

Watch Steve Leaf perform a stripped down version of "Mail With Your Name," a new song from his band's upcoming release GO TO THE PINES along with a cover of "Let Me Down Easy" over here : http://www.mostlymidwest.com/steve-leaf-video-session/