Explosions in the Sky brought their ambient, instrumental sound to the Royal Oak Music Theater over the weekend and moved everyone in attendance. It was a spiritual experience you could only feel if you were there. Did you go? What was your experience?
Lupe Fiasco is coming to the EMU Convocation Center on November 5th with special guest Chiddy Bang!
Surely it’s going to be a rager, so don’t wait and get your tickets now at www.emutix.com.
iSPY Needs Your Help!
We’re rolling into our November issue where we’ll announce our Awesome Award winners. We’re letting our readers decide who the most awesome and well deserving business, places and things are within Washtenaw County. To vote just Like our page on Facebook, click the Questions tab and answer away. Also, we wouldn’t hate it if you shared with your friends :D
It was another raging dance party last week at Necto when Zedd rolled through. Here are the pics. Were you there? Let us know about it.
My legs are still sore from dancing all night long. It was a crazy Tuesday in Ann Arbor. Avicii was so sick, but the sold out show was even better. If you like the pics from above, check out the entire photo set over on the website: http://mispymag.com/2011/09/avicii-at-necto/
Did you go? What did you think of Avicii’s set?
Take a peak at the September issue
We’ve got a ton of goodies in our September Welcome Back issue! Peter Bjorn and John and an exclusive with Royce Da 5’ 9” on his new album, working with Eminem and his show at the Blind Pig. Take a look inside the hip hop scene from Detroit to Ann Arbor and of course some must have advice for all you students coming back to class.
Thanks to all who made our Ann Arbor Art Fair experience such a blast! It was great to see and meet all of you came out and supported not only us at iSPY, but all the great, local artists as well!!
To see all of the photos from Wednesday-Saturday, check ‘em out over on mispymag.com!
Saturday saw another great showcase of independent Michigan artists at the Shadow Art Fair. The 12 hour hipsterific event gathered hundreds of folks at Corner Brewery for indie art, music, beer and to raise money for the “Shadow Grant Fund” which gives cash to a local artist to help launch their project.
I got to Corner and as soon as I walked inside I started sweating profusely. There was no air conditioner inside and hundreds of people all over the place, so I went out back to catch some air and grab a beer within minutes of getting there. The beer garden was packed and was almost a separate event completely from what was going on inside. As soon as I grabbed my beer I headed back in to chat with some vendors. I ran into our local foodie crusader, Stefanie Stauffer who had some home grown salsa for sale and I also talked with several people who make prints. That was the big theme this year (if there ever is a theme) prints. Most of the vendors made prints or hand made jewelery.
I go to SAF every year and every year I find something really unique and fun. In year’s past it’s been t-shirts, photos and/or man accessories (I bought a messenger bag once made out of recycled sail boat sails) but this year I opted to purchase a print of the Ypsilanti water tower.
The event was great, the Shadow Brew beer was really good, sour and good and I got to leave with a really cool piece for the apartment, and I thought I saw the Guinness people there witnessing a new record with the most fixed gear bikes in one place at one time…
Did you go? Who was your favorite vendor?
