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Friday (7/17)
Coldclock, Gorevette & The Chet Offensive @ Magic Bag

George Clinton, WAR @ Chene Park Ampitheater

Kid Rock @ Comerica Park

Amino Acids vs. Daikaiju – Round Two! featuring Freak Ache @ Lager House

Root Bear, The Earwhigs @ Painted Lady

The Briggs, Left Alone @ Smalls

Darling Imperial, Serenity Court, The Jaye Thomas Band @ Belmont

Peter Murphy, Venus Infers @ Clutch Cargos

Saturday (7/18)
Upper Crest, Wolfbait and Shakey Jakes @ Smalls

Kid Rock @ Comerica Park (free event out front before the show)

7″ RELEASE: Childbite with Big Bear, Javelins @ Lager House

Concert of Colors @ Max M. Fisher Music

Four Hour Friends, Solitary States @ Belmont

Rogue Satellites, Marco Polio, Carjack @ Trowbridge House of Coffee

Sunday (7/19)
Concert of Colors @ Max M. Fisher Music

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How did Darling Imperial first get together?
The easy answer is necessity. There was an earlier version of the band that Sarah (Sadovsky, vocals & percussion) and I were a part of that fell apart with some shows already booked – one Valentine’s Day show and a spot on the 2008 Metro Times Blowout. Carl (Yute, bass and guitar) helped Sarah and I with what became an acoustic set last February and Chris (Vieau, guitarist) was pulled in for last year’s Blowout. The four of us got along great – Sarah and I knew Carl well from his days in Hotness and Chris and I grew up on the same dead end street in Shelby Twp. It took some time to find a drummer, so much so that we just started booking acoustic shows with three guitarists. The first show we did like that was at Jacoby’s in August or September of last year. We picked Adam (Hayes, drums) up at that first show. He was playing drums for the last band and liked what we were doing. And it’s been good for us since then.

Describe Darling Imperial’s sound?
I like to just keep the description as pop/rock. I’m not a fan of slashes and hyphens, but that’s what it is. Because we operate more on a song-by-song basis – some end up sounding jangly, some will have a blues or shoegaze feel, and some will have more of a classic or glam rock feel – we’re not really pigeonholed by the description. There’s not a particular aesthetic we adhere to and there’s no band we are trying to emulate. We’re also not trying to recreate the wheel.

Tell me about your debut Darling Imperial recording?
It’s an EP called I Know Everyone You Know. It’s six songs, each of which are fairly different in terms of sound and structure than the rest. We recorded it between December and February with Jon Weier and Adam Cox at their space in the Russell – the Brooksfield Gentleman’s Club. Jon played keys on a good chunk of the songs, which really added effect to the songs. Anyway, we’re really happy with the experience and how everything came out. I think it shows us to be a pretty diverse band.

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“Company You Keep” – Darling imperial

Who are some of your favorite bands to play with?
With this band, we really haven’t played multiple times with other bands to really say so-and-so’s a favorite to play with. I think we really enjoyed shows we played recently with The Prime Ministers, The Croff Family Band, and Last Tourist. The Vamps were fun too. I really enjoyed one show at The Lager where Mick Bassett played acoustic. In looking ahead to Friday, I’m sure we’ll very much enjoy playing with Serenity Court, which I’ve done before as part of Troy Gregory’s band, and Jaye. I really like what I’ve heard from The Rogue Satellites and am curious to hear what The Jaye Thomas Band stuff will sound like.

What can we expect at the Belmont show Friday night?
You’ll hear some new things. You’ll see cool people you know and some you only kind of know. You’ll buy bottles of High Life. We’ll all be friends and have a good time. And it’s Carl’s birthday. We’ll all be in good spirits for that.

** Darling Imperial play with Serenity Court and Jaye Thomas at the Belmont on Friday night.

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The Avett Brothers just released an EP featuring three songs from there upcoming album I and Love and You. I finally got to listen to the recording of their song “Laundry Room”, which I have heard live twice (and is one of my favorite new songs), but had not been released yet. I was slightly disappointed with the recording. Not because it wasn’t well done, but it just wasn’t as good as the live performance. It just felt like it was missing some of that energy that is always present at their live shows.  On the other side, both of the other songs on the EP exceed expectations.  The title track “I and Love and You” is freekin amazing.

At anyrate, they remain to be one of my favorite bands. Check out the new EP.

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Friday July 10 – DOORS 8PM – SHOWTIME 9PM
Lineup: Isles of ESP, Johnny Ill Band, Olivia Mancini & The Mates (from D.C.) Electric Fire Babies, Pigeon, Troy Gregory, and SSM

For those who camp out that night, there will be a pancake and mimosa breakfast from 11 AM to 1 PM on Saturday (contact the CAID to reserve your breakfast info@caid.org) – followed by a bicycle scavenger hunt from 3PM – 6PM (featuring Ferndale’s own DEFYING THE LAW BICYCLE CLUB).

Saturday July 11 – DOORS 5PM – SHOWTIME 6PM
Lineup: DevilFish, Sik-Sik Nation, Sons of Moon (from New York), Heavy Times (from Oakland CA), The Pounders, Prussia, The Grande Nationals, Pinkeye and Oblisk.