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| Entertainment Along Blue Star Highway
Beards, Dreadlocks, and Rock’n’Roll: Sons of Psyience and Midwest Hype at Mickey’s Pub When St. Joseph band Sons of Psyience began their set at Mickey’s Pub on Saturday, February 20, the audience was of a somewhat different makeup than most winter rock concerts in the St. Joseph/Benton Harbor area. This was a younger, longer-haired, more generously bearded (the men, not the women) crowd than usually appears at Mickey’s shows, or any for that matter, in the non-tourist months between November and May. Sons of Psyience played an energetic, jam-band progressive rock, with driving riffs and dynamic time changes. The band is made up of guitarist and lead vocalist Brenden Bowser, bassist Matthew Nelson, drummer John Howland, and percussionist Matthew Sypian. When I asked guitarist and lead singer Bowser who their bands influences were, he cited jam-band Umphrey’s McGee, but added: “Everyone wants to be like Led Zeppelin. But I think that’s our sound.” I don’t know about Led Zeppelin, but sounding like Sons of Psyience isn’t bad.
The headliner Saturday night was Midwest Hype, a ska-punk band from LaPort, Indiana. They played a tight set, throwing in covers of hip-hop songs that got the audience, who were primarily (it appeared) Sons of Psyience fans, singing along. The best Midwest Hype cover, said Japhy Bartlett, bassist for the SW Michigan rock sensation The Chuck Yeagers, was Warren G’s “Regulate.” Midwest Hype is made up of Matthew (Wayne) Gillon on lead vocals and guitar, George-Matthew Prellwitz on lead guitar, Nate Miller on bass, Max Kepler on drums, Kevin Krizmanich on keys, Ben Morrissey on Saxophone and flute, and Scott Whitford on tru +more +art & culture article archive |
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41 North Gallery
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Where: 110 Washington Ave, Grand Haven, MI 49417-1355
Phone: 616-842-5759
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ABC Museum
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Where: 450 Saint John Rd, Michigan City, IN 46360-7354
Phone: 219-874-8222
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Accents for Dance
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Dance Studios
Where: 141 S Front St, Dowagiac, MI 49047-1754
Phone: 269-782-6800
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Accomplish Quilting
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Where: 2797 Kimmel St, Stevensville, MI 49127-1220
Phone: 269-556-2552
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Adetude Inc
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Where: 514 W 4th St, Buchanan, MI 49107-1127
Phone: 269-695-0228
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Affinity Photography
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Where: 731 Harrison Ave, Holland, MI 49423-6917
Phone: 616-355-2701
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Alderson Photography
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Where: 5630 Us Highway 6, Portage, IN 46368-5212
Phone: 219-764-3232
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Alexandra Winslow
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Jewelry Design
Where: 125 Mason St, Saugatuck, MI 49453
Phone: 269-857-2752
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Alices Looking Glass
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Stained Glass
Where: 1523 71 1/2 St, South Haven, MI 49090-9309
Phone: 269-637-5403
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Allen Bill Photos
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Where: 422 Laurel Dr, Trail Creek, IN 46360-6515
Phone: 219-872-0339
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