Win Tickets to See Mover Shaker, Niiice., Greet Death, and Ally Evenson @ The Loving Touch

Who: Mover Shaker wsg niiice., Greet Death, Ally Evenson.

What: Playing a farewell show @ The Loving Touch on Saturday, October 23rd

Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 the day of the show, they can be purchased here.

Or you can enter to win a pair!

How? Email your full name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with the subject line #movershaker

Enter now, the winner will be drawn on Friday, October 22.

~S

Win Tickets to See The Doozers at The Loving Touch

There's a new booking company in town and they are hosting a show at The Loving Touch this Saturday night! Audiotree Presents will be putting on shows in Michigan and Illinois and this weekend they will bring The Doozers to the stage. You may have seen this band at Mo Pop over the summer, but if you didn't catch them, here's the low down. They are a four piece based out of Rochester, MI with influences like The 1975, Cage The Elephant, Hippo Campus, The Monkeys, Catfish and The Bottlemen, and The Pixies. That's quite the range of music, so to get an idea of what The Doozers sound like, just hit play on their latest EP below.

The Doozers will be joined by Mover Shaker, Who Boy, and The Plastic Beach for this weekend's show. Tickets to see these four bands live are only $10 and can be purchased in advance here. Lucky for you, we are also giving away a couple of pairs of tickets to this show. To enter to win, send your name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with #doozers in the subject line. We will draw two lucky winners on Saturday morning and they will each get into the show with a friend for free that night. 

All ages are welcome to attend this show and doors are set to open at 7 p.m.

~C

Win Tickets to See Bear vs Shark

Bear vs Shark is one of those amazing bands that you have to catch every time they play or else you will feel an incredible amount of FOMO when you see everyone else posting about the show on their feed. These five dudes know how to take over a room and make sure that everyone in that room is having fun, dancing, singing, and enjoying themselves, something that most bands can't do, even when they try.

They will be performing right after the holiday at El Club on Friday, December 28th alongside Mover Shaker and Bong Mountain. Tickets to attend the show are are $20-22 in advance and they an be purchased here. We also have one pair of tickets to give away to the show courtesy of El Club. If you would like to attend the show and make sure that you do not get FOMO next weekend, please email your full name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with the subject #Bear. We will draw one lucky winner  the morning of the show and they will get attend with a friend for free. 

~S

24 Hour Ticket Giveaway: Mom Jeans. @ The Loving Touch

This Thursday night, Mom Jeans. will be hitting the stage at The Loving Touch in Ferndale. The band is out on tour after releasing their latest album Puppy Love earlier this summer. This is the second LP for the Berkley, CA based band, and if you haven't given it a listen yet, you probably should. Just hit play below.

Mom Jeans. will be going world wide with this release, with shows planned for Mexico, Europe and the UK throughout the winter. So don't miss your chance to see these guys while they're in town! They will be joined by Just Friends, Mover Shaker and Shortly for Thursday's show. This will also be your first chance to see Shortly live since she released her latest EP last week. (You can find out more about that here.) Tickets to see these acts live are only $13 and can be purchased in advance here. Thanks to our friends at Fusion Shows, you can also win a pair of tickets to this show. Just send your name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with #mom in the subject line. We will draw one lucky winner Thursday morning and they will get into The Loving Touch Thursday night with a friend for free. 

Doors are set to open at 7 p.m. for this one. For more info, click here. 

~C

Win Tickets to See Bars of Gold this Sunday!

Some bands are great on an their albums, but not so good in person, and other bands are really great live, but their albums don't do them justice. Bars of Gold is one of those bands that is as good on record as they are live, but in person there is something super magical that cannot be experienced anywhere else. There is something magical that happens when these 5 dudes take the stage. They don't play live as much as they used to and they haven't released any new music recently, but that's what makes seeing them in person even more important. These magical moments that they create aren't as common as they used to be, so don't make the mistake of missing out.

Bars will be performing live at PJ's Lager House alongside Slow Mass and Mover Shaker this Sunday, June 10th. Tickets to attend the show are $8 in advance and they can be purchased here. We also have one pair of tickets to give away to attend the show with a friend courtesy of the JSB Squad.  If you would like to enter to win, please email your full name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with the subject line #gold. We will draw one lucky winner and they will get to attend this Sunday night's show for free!

~S

24 Hour Giveaway: The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die

Fusion Shows is bringing The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die to the Pike Room this Friday, March 24th. The 7 piece self proclaimed emo band is keeping the genre alive. They recently released a new album called Formlessness on Topshelf Records. The band doesn't tour with the same lineup twice, so it's always important to catch them when they come into town. It's also interesting to catch an act that has five different vocalists that all sing during the performance. 

TWIABP will be performing with Fred Thomas and Mover Shaker. Tickets to attend the show are $13 and doors for the show open at 7 p.m. on Friday. We also have one pair of tickets to giveaway to the show courtesy of Fusion Shows. If you would like to enter to win please email your full name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with the subject line #TWIABP.  We will draw one lucky person on Friday morning and they will get to attend the show with a friend for free!

~S

See The Idiot Kids for FREE this Weekend

It seems like the talk of the town for months now has been The Idiot Kids. The three piece, featuring Nicholas Zambeck, Ryan Chlebek and Jon-Mikal Bartee, classifies themselves as garage-punk, and that sound might be the reason why this band has bridged a gap. They have accomplished something that very few bands around here have been able to do, they play shows with the punk bands and they play shows with the indie bands. Although Detroit has an amazing music scene, it's no secret that there are very definitive groups within that scene. It's rare for these groups to mix (unless you're at a Hip In Detroit anniversary show), but The Idiot Kids are crossing those lines. For instance, a few weeks ago they played with Matt Wixson's Flying Circus at their release show and then shortly after they played with YUM and The Erers.

This weekend they are playing with yet another awesome lineup. Friday, April 8th The Idiot Kids will be playing at The Painted Lady with Blakdog, Mover Shaker and Junk Food Junkies. With a lineup like that, we guarantee this will be a super fun show! Make sure you click on each of those bands and have a listen so you know just what we mean! Admission for this great show is only 5 bucks, doors are set to open at 9 p.m and 18+ are welcome. We are also giving away 2 pairs of tickets to this show. If you would like to enter to win, please send your full name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with The Idiot Kids in the subject line. We will draw 2 lucky winners the morning of the show and they will get in the door with a friend for FREE.

In the meantime, take a listen to The Idiot Kids album Manic below. Make sure you keep these guys on your radar because we're sure you will continue to hear a lot about them!

~C