Articles tagged: Macpodz

Macpodz, Frank Zappa guitarist highlight 2 Hash Bash-related events Saturday

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Posted: Apr 02, 2013

The 42nd edition of Ann Arbor’s annual Hash Bash will be upon us on Saturday, bringing with it several thousand marijuana legalization proponents to the University of Michigan Diag. Less well known, but now well ... Read more »

Earth Tones concert bringing top local musicians together in support of conservation group

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Posted: Sep 29, 2012

Several environmentally minded local bands and artists will gather at The Ark on Tuesday for the annual Earth Tones benefit to raise funds for the Michigan League of Conservation Voters. The Earth Tones benefit is ... Read more »

photo gallery: Scenes from the Macpodz appearance at Sonic Lunch

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Posted: Aug 02, 2012

The popular local band the Macpodz was the featured attraction today at Sonic Lunch, the weekly outdoor summer concert series in downtown Ann Arbor. Sophistafunk played an opening set. Photographers Melanie Maxwell and Mike Glinski ... Read more »

video q and A: Macpodz members talk about Friday's Top of the Park show

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Posted: Jun 28, 2012

Over the last few years the Macpodz have become one of the mainstays of the local music scene, playing an infectious style of music incorporating funk, rock and beyond. Macpodz shows are a highlight of ... Read more »

Bands offer post-Hash Bash musical high Saturday

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Posted: Apr 03, 2012

You know what the first thing is that comes to mind when you think of the Ann Arbor Hash Bash. But if the second thought that pops up has anything to do with music, well ... Read more »

Macpodz explore 'The Truth' with new EP, eye-popping video and Blind Pig party Friday

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Posted: Sep 06, 2011

Macpodz play the Blind Pig on Friday. It’s not every day you need 3-D glasses to best enjoy a local band’s new music video. But that’s the case with the Macpodz, who are releasing the ... Read more »

How Sander 'Cast' Bregman learned to stop worrying and start breakdancing

Posted: Dec 05, 2010

B-boys are always showing off. At least it seems that way when, of the 100 people dancing at a show, only a handful of them are spinning on their heads, legs flying about, so supreme ... Read more »

daily entertainment links: Macpodz in High Times; new Hendrix movie; Kanye West profile; and more

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Posted: Nov 19, 2010

Some national recognition comes to the Macpodz, one of Ann Arbor's favorite local bands in recent years: They were recently named "unsigned band of the week" by the website for High Times magazine. (Yes, that ... Read more »

Friday's Top of the Park: Music after work with Annie Capps Band, Groove Spoon, Macpodz, DJ after dark

Posted: Jul 08, 2010

Here's an introduction to the acts appearing Friday, July 9 at Top of the Park — the Ann Arbor Summer Festival's free, outdoor component, held outside the Rackham Building, on East Washington Street at Ingalls ... Read more »

slideshow: Macpodz kick off Sonic Lunch 2010

Posted: Jun 03, 2010

Weekly free summer music series Sonic Lunch returned Thursday with a performance by Ann Arbor's own disco-beboppers Macpodz. Read more »

with jukebox: Ann Arbor's Sonic Lunch adds musical spice to Thursdays downtown

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Posted: May 29, 2010

In the mood for something extra-tasty for your mid-day meal this summer? Then feast your ears on Sonic Lunch, the free concert series that returns Thursdays from June 3 -Aug. 26 at the corner of ... Read more »

with audio: My Dear Disco to play Lollapalooza; other local bands book festival gigs

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Posted: Apr 22, 2010

Talk about great exposure for Ann Arbor and its music. My Dear Disco The local band My Dear Disco will play at this year’s Lollapalooza music festival, one of the country’s largest such events, in ... Read more »

with slideshow: Hippie New Year: Blind Pig plays host to 4/20 Super Jam

Posted: Apr 21, 2010

April 20 is all but a holiday in stoner parlance — "Hippie New Year," they call it. Local concert promoter Matt Altruda hopes to turn 4/20 into a localized — and less political — extension ... Read more »

“Re.Fresh” photo exhibit celebrates Ann Arbor Summer Festival

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Posted: Dec 15, 2009

Myra Klarman’s “Re.Fresh” exhibit at Café Zola is as close to a community snapshot as we’re going to get out of Ann Arbor any time soon. One of our town’s celebrated portrait photographers, Klarman’s crafted ... Read more »

With Jukebox: Preview: The Jamboree to bring wide variety of roots music to Ypsilanti on Sept. 4-5

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Posted: Aug 29, 2009

Okay, are you ready to “jamboree” next weekend? If so, then Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park would be the place to be. The Park will be the site of The Jamboree music festival, an event that organizers ... Read more »