1 Hamtramck Music Festival 2020 Sponsors Hamtramck Music Fest Survival Guide 2020 2 Thursday – February 27 — Kickoff Party Friday – February 28 Bar/Ter (2) Baker Streetcar (1) 8:00 Phil Profit and his Fast Fortunes – Phil Profitt and his Fast Fortunes An exciting, new Ameripolitan ensemble playing a modern 8:15 Betty Cooper – Betty Cooper’s sound is full of spirit and grit; brand of roots music, while keeping traditional honky–tonk alive. Original reminiscent of 90s girl groups like the Breeders and Belly. Singer Annette music with a familiar vibe. Barbara doesn’t shy away from personal storytelling in her songs about insecurity, jealousy, unrequited love and being dutiful to family, but 9:00 Spaceband – They play a rhythmic bebop inspired experimental served up as catchy, harmonic indie rock. One fan described the song world beat with a touch of moondog meets Sun Ra. “For The Girls” as perfect pop. 10:00 Maiyana Davis – Long–time Detroit blues rock artist fronting an 9:15 Scott Masson – A songwriter, record producer and visual artist, awesome power trio playing jamband style. Influences include Hendrix, Masson found national success during the 2000s as the songwriter for the Queen and Clapton. Chicago pop band OFFICE. There he was signed to Scratchie/New Line Records. Masson spent his 20s touring, recording, and playing high 11:00 Werewolves – High energy rock and roll/punk rock, Werewolves profile shows at Lollapalooza, Pitchfork Music Festival events, SXSW, play hard every time. Werewolves sound like Werewolves –– spanning CMJ, showing up on MTV, and licensing music to various TV shows, from high energy rock and roll, to punk rock, to stoner metal and space movies, and popular clothing stores throughout every mall across rock. America. 12:00 The Wrong Numbers – Featuring powerhouse vocals and a dual– 10:15 French Method – The sound of the wrong Wire cassette playing guitar attack and performing original material and carefully curated on a warbled deck. nuggets from the Detroit rock and soul song book. The band also doubles as the backing band for Motown and soul singers like Melvin 11:15 Porchsleeper – “When Porchsleeper finally took the stage, my Davis and Pat Lewis. ears were battered with 5th rate Big Star aping. Guitars too metallic and loud, no dynamism between the songs and a particularly (memorable) terrible lyric somewhere along the lines of “I can’t get over all these High Dive (9) coffee shop kids. When I was young, kids didn’t drink coffee.” I definitely understood the presence of “sleeper” in the band name. I yawned. Time 8:30 Kayla Drange wasted." – Ben Blackwell 9:30 Bad Fashion – "Bad Fashion…fuses Tame Impala and Absofacto 12:15 Strictly Fine – Born from a combination of the underground the with, um, playing Nintendo underwater.” The Metro Times seedy bar scene and the high end jazz clubs, Strictly Fine brings a unique, powerful, and energetic sound to the stage with each show. In their music 10:30 Remote Viewing Party you can hear Motown, James Brown, Tower of Power, P–Funk, Blue Note, and even Louis Armstrong. 11:30 NUCLASSICA® – Appeared on Season 11 of NBC's "America's Got Talent." Nominated, "Best Entertainment in Michigan, 2014–2019" –– Michigan Meetings + Events Magazine Bar/Ter (2) 12:30 Rebecca Goldberg 8:30 EnD – A constantly evolving improvisational journey in Chaos Musick that will hypnotize you with their stimulating visuals to a soundtrack of genre defying cacophony. 3 reprocesses them and spits them all back out with a unique and 9:30 Dirt Room – An experimental folk electronica outfit, Dirt Room unmistakable voice and vibe. See him once and you will never forget. began as a multimedia artist collective in Lansing in 2016 and has performed with the likes of ADULT, Andrew Starr, Who Boy, Ape Not Kill Ape, Albert Bagman, and Period Bomb. Delite Cafe (5) — Saturday programming only 10:30 Ladyship Warship – There’s nothing soft about Detroit duo Ladyship Warship. Together Kristin Lyn and EZ Meyers meld the rolling Detroit Threads (24) demonic sludge of Black Sabbath with their own brand of northern swamp rock. 8:00 Detroit Techno Militia DJs 11:30 Blueflowers – Led by the husband–wife duo of Tony Hamera and singer–songwriter Kate Hinote, Blueflowers are all about the vibe they The Film Lab (6) create: a dark and moody atmosphere with elements of space rock, shoegaze, Americana, and plenty of reverb for flavor. 10:00 AM People – New line up new songs same upbeat beachy bbs. 11:00 VVISIONSS – Disorienting shred–heavy space rock. Bumbo’s (3) 12:00 Shadow Show – A power trio of a mysterious hue that combines 8:30 Co–Stars – Rock trio with catchy melodies and minimalist elements of 60’s garage–psychedelia into a 21st century modern pop–art arrangements. incarnation, they project a vision to the world in their display: a spectacle of light as curious as shadow. 9:30 Monica Plaza – Music for sinking ships. 10:30 Eroders – Eroders began as a trio of architecture students piecing Ghost Light (7) together interests in rock'n'roll, tension, and the built environment. Now, they are a four–piece, coming in hot off the release of their debut LP. 10:15 Throwaway – Haunted by a mysterious woman with a brown paper bag for a head, acclaimed guitarist Kirsten Carey created 11:30 Doctor Pizza – An instrumental quartet that creates smooth 'n Throwaway, an art rock / no wave duo that acrobatically leaps around funky psychedelic space jazz. It’s a laid–back ride through sultry electric virtuosic riffs and unexpected rhythms. Throwaway’s electric energy is pianos, dizzying synth lines, and triumphant, wailing sax, all underscored “absolutely brilliant” (Soundsphere), with “a next–level kind of elegant by tight grooves. Greasy! ferocity and a fully crystallized aesthetic” — Detroit Metro Times. 10:45 Twelve Bridges – Two voices harmonizing over a fresh blend of Cafe 1923 (4) rock, pop and Americana. 6:00 Luckey June – Luckey June is a Metro–Detroit native singer– 11:30 Just Plurals – An experimental/math rock band, their sound is songwriter. characterized by frequently shifting time–signatures, tempos, keys, and genres that fall in and out of dissonance. 7:00 Emilie Rivard – Songs that are personal but have a universal message. 12:15 Earth Engine – Big, heavy, delicate, and complex in its simplicity, Earth Engine is a seven–piece production line waiting for a genre to be 8:00 Dan Minard – Born in England and raised in Detroit, Dan Minard named after them. Gliding along top the weight of its parts is an ever– combines different genres, including blues, jazz, country and folk, present reverence for traditional pop hooks. Think: Steely Dan operating a bulldozer or Talking Heads meets Queens of the Stone Age. 4 Hamtramck Public Library (8) Moose Lodge (11) 5:30 Hamtramck Public Schools Elementary Choirs – Students in the 9:00 Pneumatic – Rock from an eclectic variety of influences. Holbrook and Dickinson West Elementary come together after school for an hour of rehearsal each week, beyond typical music class. There is 10:00 SpaceSkull – Detroit's premier blood cult. nothing sweeter than children singing; bring your whole family to enjoy this special youth performance! 11:00 Rogue Satellites – Post–punk duo delivers synthy swells and driving guitars beneath melodic harmonized vocals. 6:30 STEM Middle School Jazz Band – Hailing from the Dearborn Public School District and proud to be led by Director Nichole Hartrick, 12:00 The Idiot Kids – "The Idiot Kids have the energy of punk, the the STEM Jazz Band teaches young musicians the basic skills needed to roughened aesthetic of garage rock and the melodic sensibilities of art play jazz. Come hear their Big Band sound and the art of improvisation. pop... This is music with shake–you–up hooks, frenzied tempos, gnarly guitars and anthemic vocals." 7:30 Carmel Limbardi Quartet – Local indie songstress is pushing boundaries with her new Dixieland infused quartet, complete with vocals, 1:00 SROS Lords – Among the rubble and wastes of Detroit lies a lost guitar, and horns. A unique blend of influences including ragtime, jazz, beast...one with terrifying and grinding teeth...tearing jagged long claws, punk, blues, world music, and indie, her sound is full of rhythm, soul, and glowing eyes and drool like toxic waste that melts all. That beast is Sros wit. Her music and interactive/conversational stage presence will lift your Lords. (For Fans of the Spits, Jay Reatard, Devo and MSI.) spirits, and her newly assembled backing band will make you want to dance. New Dodge Lounge (12) The High Dive (9) 8:00 Bryan Hugo Iglesias – An interdisciplinary musical and visual artist, Iglesias has spent the past three years honing in on his craft both in the 9:00 Mr Furious and dj SntNck – This hip hop duo has been performing studio and onstage (performing internationally with artist Jax Anderson. live together in traditional hip hop form (two turntables and a His sound can be described as the modern evolution of Detroit garage microphone) for many years. rock, featuring elements as rooted in pop and hip–hop as they are the blues. This intersection between past, present and future encapsulates 9:30 Tru Klassick – MC/Producer based out of Michigan. Dropped debut the heart and soul of the Motor City, and with it will soundtrack the album "Mastah Chief" summer of last year. renaissance of Detroit. 10:00 Leaf Erikson – This energetic and informative emcee delivers 9:00 Characteristics – A local favorite for the past six years, politically charged and raw honesty Characteristics are known to really give a show, and bring a large crowd.