Interview with Christina Chriss of Kaleido

Hi, Christina! Welcome to Shut Up And Play! So, being from Detroit, you know that…

Interview: Showoff’s Dave Envy

Shut Up And Play: Tell me and future readers about yourself- musically and as a person. Was your childhood as musical as your adult life?
Dave Envy: Me as a musician and a person really are one and the same. I am a bass player above all other instruments- but can play all…

Review: Aaron Carter

The Shelter, Detroit 2017.06.08

So, first off, this show got moved to the shelter, which for most bands isn’t great news. But something about Aaron Carter fits here so well. Maybe its an underground thing. But I’m sure glad it happened! I think people forget that…

Review: Scary Women

2017.05.27 PJ’s Lager House

I always find it refreshing to meet bands who don’t take themselves too seriously. They describe themselves as “searing rock and roll” that “aims to celebrate frightening females”- which I can get behind. Scary Women is a…

Review: Bob Seger

2017.09.23 The Palace of Auburn Hills

Bob Seger and the Grande Ballroom were some of my inspirations for reopening my rock correspondent path. If you’re in the know you can’t help but think of Bob and the Silver Bullet Band first thing when someone asks about Detroit…

Review: Scarlet Lies

PJ’s Lager House 2017.05.27

Let’s just start out by saying that probably every speck of glitter in the venue was for Scarlet Lies. The band immediately got the whole room’s attention with their first few chords and the place was in a constant groove of dance-hopping…

Review: 2017.07.31 From Boston to Berkeley tour- Sterling Heights, MI

Review: ARC ATTACK: Proving You Can Indeed See Music

This weekend I had the pleasure to work backstage, and sitting in front of house, for the show Arc Attack. For those who don’t know, Arc Attack (of America’s Got Talent fame, 2010) is a show brought to us by three madmen- brothers and Michigan natives (yeah!) Joe and John…

Disgress

I went into a local record store today, Melodies and Memories. I kind of expected to be left alone while I dig for Vandals CDs, which for the most, I was. There’s not a whole lot of room in that store for someone to actually help you look for something- it’s safer to just go it alone!

X Los Angeles at EL Club. Detroit. The club outright said if I used flash at all in my photos I would be kicked out. Super.