Hip in Detroit's Picks for the Weekend - December 20th-22nd

Friday, December 20th - P.T.'s Revenge @ The Sanctuary: This Friday night, P.T.'s Revenge is celebrating the release of their first new album in 20 years! Joining them for the big show are Suburban Delinquents, Norcos Y Horchata, and Slo-Poke for a special reunion show. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here. All ages are welcome and doors open at 7 PM. 

Friday, December 20th - The Nightmare Before Pugmas @ Orchid Theatre: The folks at The Pleasant Underground are putting on a super fun cover show this Friday night! The Night Before Pugmas will take over the Orchid Theatre in Ferndale. Some of the bands on the bill include The Idiot Kids as The Ramones, Paperface as Weezer, and Cult Therapy as Cursive. Cover is $12 and doors open at 7 PM. 

Friday, December 20th - Studiotone 25 Year Celebration @ Small's: Studiotone is celebrating 25 years this Friday night at Small's! The band will be joined by All Over The Shop and Woolly. Cover is only $10 for this one! All ages are welcome and doors open at 7 PM. 

Saturday, December 21st - The Boreouts and BKRF @ The Old Miami: The Old Miami has an awesome show lined up this Saturday night! The bill includes The Boreouts, Bill Kozy's Rising Force and Suede Brain. Cover is $10 and the fun starts at 7 PM. 

Saturday, December 21st - Double Winter Solstice Party @ Outer Limits Lounge: Celebrate the longest night of the year with Double Winter this Saturday night at their Solstice Party! It's happening at Outer Limits Lounge and will also include music from Co-Ownaz and Mango Star. Cover is $10 and things kick off at 8 PM. 

Sunday, December 22nd - KISSmas @ Outer Limits Lounge: Celebrate KISSmas this Sunday at Outer Limits Lounge! There will be KISS tunes, KISS drinks, KISStletoe, and KISS themed merch from vendors (make sure you check out the fun stuff from The Crafty Cop). 

~C

The Ladies are Representing at GalStock this Saturday

In 1991, the world watched male representatives from the Republican and Democratic parties disrespect Anita Hill in such a disgusting and dehumanizing way that it inspired an unprecedented amount of women to run for office the following year. We saw the same phenomenon in 2018, after the election of President Donald Trump. Last year ushered in a new year for women, one in which 127 women hold seats in the United States Congress, 25 women hold seats in The Senate and 102 women in The House of Representatives. Women are making waves in the workplace and demanding fair treatment, fair payment and fair treatment in every aspect of their lives including the local music scene.

Detroit's music scene is one of the most female-dominated in the industry. We have amazing women like Virginia from Party Store Productions, Ramona from Black Iris Booking, and Melody at Small's booking a lot of the best local events and female artists/acts like Bevlove, Tart, Zilched, Sweat, The Lucid Furs, and many more tearing up stages across town. We have feminine power running through every aspect of our music scene, but we rarely recognize it. Something that GalStock is hoping to change.

GalStock is a new event coming to Detroit this Saturday, May 11th. The one night only party will feature live music made and played by women. There will pop up shops from a variety of female-owned companies and there will be visual and artistic performances from a variety of female identifying artists. The purpose of the night is to celebrate women and that is what the organizers are hoping to do. Supercoolwicked, Double Winter, Tiny Jag, White Bee, DJ StaceyJ, Yukiko, Milfie, Afe Marie, Problematic Black Hottie will all be performing at the event. Tickets to get into the party are $10 in advance and $15 at the door and 100 % of all proceeds from the night will be going to some seriously worthy charities. These charities include March of Dimes, Girls Rock Detroit, and Black Sheep Collective.

You can find out more about the first GalStock here and you can make your calendars for 8 p.m. this Saturday so that you can come out and celebrate all that is female at Tangent Gallery. This event was organized and planned by women to showcase women and raise money to support organizations that uplift women, there is no reason not to come out!

~S

UFO Factory Re-Opens Its Doors This Weekend

This Friday night, UFO Factory will re-open its doors after being closed for over a year. In the summer of 2017, the nearby construction of the Elton Park apartments and mixed use building caused extreme damage to UFO and its foundation, so much so that the venue was forced to close its doors. Immediately, fans of the club rallied behind UFO and against the nearby developer, Soave Enterprises. Now, just over a year later, UFO is still standing, it's just surrounded on three sides by a new building. The important thing is, it's still standing and the doors will be open once again.

The venue is back and better than ever and they are ready to celebrate their re-opening this weekend. Looking at UFO's schedule, the party isn't stopping anytime soon either! They have great shows lined up for the foreseeable future. But, it all starts this Friday night, October 26th with PROTOMARTYR, Deadbeat Beat and Double Winter. Cover for this show is $15 and doors are set to open at 9 p.m.

Then, on Saturday night, its all about Motown and Soul at the NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance Off with DJ Jonathan Toubin. This edition of the dance party is Halloween themed, so costumes are encouraged. Cover for the party is $15 and tickets can be purchased in advance here. There will be a $100 cash prize for the best dancer, so no matter what costume you decide to wear, make sure you have your dancing shoes on!

Sunday, karaoke will return to UFO Factory and so will Laika Dog! Laika Dog will start serving up their delicious dogs and tots beginning at Noon and their re-opening party runs until 10 p.m. As always, they will have meat and vegan options, you can get more info on the menu here. At 8 p.m. the karaoke starts too! So grab some dinner at Laika Dog, then stay and sing your heart out. For all of the details on karaoke, click here.

The rest of the week of full of a ton of fun events too! Monday night, Prude Boys, Jenny & Jackie, and Werewolf Jones will hit the stage. Tuesday night, the MC50 party moves to UFO after the recording session at Third Man, for the official after party. On Halloween, you can party the night away with Something Cold. Then, Craig Brown, John Salvage, and Eliza Godfrey help you head into the weekend on Thursday night. The party keeps going into next weekend and on and on forever. Check out all of the upcoming events at UFO Factory by visiting their Facebook page here.

So, make sure you make it out to UFO Factory as soon as you can for one of these great shows. But, don't worry, they're not going anywhere anytime soon.

~C

Win Tickets to See Double Winter Open for Palms at Marble Bar

Its been recently brought to my attention that a lot of people don't realize how important opening acts are. Admittedly, I myself forgot how important and valuable they are so I made a promise to start getting my ass there early. Opening acts are bands on their way up. Opening bands are usually newer and have something different or interesting to offer. They are there to get the crowd going and if they are really good, they are there to gain some fans and become headlining acts themselves someday. If you really want to know whats happening in music, you go see the opening bands. A lot of times those bands might have even been chosen by the band that you are there to see, so there is a good chance you are going to dig them.

That's why we are encouraging you to head up to the PALM show at Marble Bar a little earlier to see Detroit's own Double Winter on Monday night. We recently saw them open for Handgrenades and they were really good. Tickets to attend the show are $12 in advance and $14 at the door, you can purchase them online here. Or, you can enter to win a pair of tickets to the show courtesy of Party Store Productions. If you would like to enter to win, please email your full name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with the subject line #gotothewholeshow. Then, make sure that if you win, you get up to Marble Bar early and enjoy the whole show to get more music for your money!

~S

24 Hour Ticket Giveaway: Surf Curse at Marble Bar

This Thursday night Surf Curse will be playing LIVE at Marble Bar in Detroit. The surf rock duo is currently out on tour in support of their latest album Nothing Yet that was released in early 2017. This is the band's first release since their Sad Boys EP that came out back in 2013. You can check out the latest album for yourself below.

Surf Curse will be joined by Lala Lala and Detroit's own Double Winter. Tickets for the show are only $12 in advance. You can pick yours up here. The night of the show the price will increase to $14. Thanks to our friend Virginia at Party Store Productions, we are giving away a pair of tickets to this show! To enter to win those tickets, send your name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with #surf in the subject line. We will draw one lucky winner on Thursday morning and will send them details on how to claim their prize.

Doors are set to open at 8 p.m. on Thursday night and 18+ are welcome.

~C

Win Tickets to See Japanese Breakfast at UFO Factory this Thursday

This Thursday, July 21st Party Store Productions is bringing Japanese Breakfast, don't and Double Winter to the stage at UFO Factory. Another week, another set of amazing shows booked by none other than Virginia Benson.

Japanese Breakfast is the solo project of Michelle Zauner. Her brand of experimental pop is catchy as hell and fun to listen to. You can check out some of her tunes here. You can also check out her latest music video for the song "Jane Cum" below. It's so great to see all these powerful female artist coming through town!

Tickets to attend the show are $8 - $10 in advance and they can be purchased online here. You can also win a pair of tickets by emailing your full name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with the subject line #JB. We will draw one lucky winner this Thursday morning and give them details on how to claim their prize. Doors for the show open at 9 p.m. this Thursday and and 18+ are welcome to attend and enter!

~S