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Friday, May 2
Tinn Parrow and his Clapfold Platune
Doors 7:30 pm

Tinn Parrow is the alter ego of Laurence Miller. You may know Laurence from his time as one of the guitarists in Destroy All Monsters, the drummer in Sproton Layer (with brothers Ben and Roger), half of the duo Empool, or the genius behind the Beefheart-inspired pop of Larynx Zillions. This "little big band" formed in 2023 with all original material by Laurence Bond Miller, most of which was composed between 1973 and 1976. Many of those compositions were recorded with twin brother Ben and issued on Cuneiform Records. The works are entitled Miller Twins Early Compositions. The Platune is made up of Laurence Miller on vocals, Bb clarinet, and bass clarinet; Tim Holmes on F-mezzo, alto, and tenor saxophone; John Woodford on euphonium; Eric Bernreuter on Trombone; John Woodford on Euphonium; Joaquin Moores on alto and tenor saxophone and Andrew Conlin on drums. They will be performing compositions documented on the 4th World Quartet record as well as those documented on Early Compositions by the Miller Twins. This free form, atonal be-bop ensemble is a force to be reckoned with.






Saturday, May 10
Alan Licht
 Doors 7:30 pm
Purchase a reserved front row seat:

or $10-$20 general admission | sliding scale at entry

Known as an experimental composer, avant-rock guitarist, writer and journalist, Alan Licht performs exploratory guitar-based compositions from his recent double-LP release Havens (Black Editions, 2024). “Licht is masterful and relentless in his negotiation of the often-unknowable intersections that exist between juxtaposing strands of sound. His work is marked by contrast and contradiction: maximalism versus minimalism; rockist inclinations versus avant, expanded-field expression; loose improvisation versus considered performance. What these dichotomies shouldn’t obscure, however, is the simple pleasure that transpires in his refracting of idiom, conjuring expansive pieces that collapse, stratify & convolve competing schools of music to wholly singular ends.” 

Licht’s book Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories (Rizzoli, 2007) is a pivotol and elucidating work. In 2021 his book Common Tones: Selected Interviews with Artists and Musicians 1995-2020 was published by Blank Forms Edition.





Tuesday, May 13
TAKAAT (of Mdou Moctar)
Doors 7: 30 pm | $15 in advance or $18 at entry


TAKAAT (pronounced tuh-cot), meaning “noise” in the Tuareg language Tamashek, is the trio of Ahmoudou Madassane, Mikey Coltun, and Souleymane Ibrahim, also known as the rhythm section of Mdou Moctar. TAKAAT is sonic chaos, improvisation, freedom of exploration, and the punk styles of bands such as Fugazi and Unwound, all mixed together with the guitar music from the Sahel.

TAKAAT started during soundchecks while on the road with Mdou Moctar when the trio indulged their shared love for amps cranked to 11 and the sound of blown out speakers. Towards the end of 2023, the three started writing music together, inspired by their shared experiences with the sounds and energy of Hausa bar bands, gritty soukous, and 2000s post-punk. The music of TAKAAT is intense, dark, and energetic. Deeply inspired by the DIY ethos of punk, Ahmoudou, Mikey, and Souleymane capture that thrill of the new and the ecstasy of togetherness in these heavy rockers. TAKAAT follows in the spirit of the independent music culture that birthed hardcore basement shows, bedroom tape labels, and generator-powered pick-up wedding bands. 

Is Noise Vol. 1 (10”) EP was recorded on a cold winter day in Washington, D.C by engineer, bass player, and producer Mikey Coltun direct to ½” tape. The band set up, took a short tea break, and banged out the four tunes in one take. Very little editing was done. The record is as raw as the way the EP was recorded. All songs written by Alhassane Gajil and Ahmoudou Madassane except Ishumar written by Hasso Akotey. All songs arranged by TAKAAT.
Photo credit Amghy Chacon and Cem Misirlioglu.




Saturday, May 17
Over the Pavement II: The New Detroit Chamber Music
featuring Michael Malis, King Sophia, Benjamin Miller's Sensorium Chamber Orchestra, Jane Rogers, Joel Peterson, Fusha
Doors 6 pm, Concert starts at 6:30 pm




CURRENTLY ON VIEW


El De Smith: Take My Name Off the Order List Don’t Want Anything
April 18 through May 25, 2025

El De Smith lived in a carriage house in Detroit’s Cultural Center in the early 1970s and was known as a humorous and unconventional artist who made paintings on plywood and cardboard, frequently gifting them to other artists in the community, including Jim Chatelain, Gordon Newton, John Egner, Robert Sestok, Douglas James and Steve Foust, to name a few. This show is comprised of works entirely from private collections and represents the first known public showcase of Smith’s art, writings, and related ephemera in Detroit, his hometown. The exhibition has been curated in collaboration with Jim Chatelain with  support from Steve Foust and Dylan Spaysky.



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