April showers bring dogs in raingear, rubber ducks and a Chris Bathgate CD release!Jeez, is it April already? Beautiful days with temps in the 60s followed by a freak couple of days of snowfall (check your local forecast, my friends)? Yep, that’s April. But don’t you fret, because there’s a plethora of shows for you to see while waiting for a time when the sun actually shines on a continuous basis.
April 4—Chris Bathgate, Misty Lyn at the Tap Room Annex in Ypsi
—Natural Monuments, The Extraordinaires, Segernomics, Arrah and the Ferns at the JMAC in Jackson
April 6—Great Lakes Myth Society, The Mighty Narwhale, Arrah and the Ferns at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor
—Chris Bathgate at the Crazy Wisdom Tea Room in Ann Arbor
—The OffRamps at Rubbles in Mt. Pleasant
—Molly Jean, Mick Bassett at Magdalena's Teahouse in Lansing
—Freer, The Butterfly Explosion, Zoos of Berlin at The Bohemian National Home in Detroit
April 7—Great Lakes Myth Society, The Pop Project, The Mighty Narwhale at The Lager House in Detroit
—The OffRamps, Bedford Drive at TC's Speakeasy in Ypsi
—Child Bite, Tartufi, Syscrusher, The Playback at (Scene) Metrospace in East Lansing
—Mick Bassett and Annie Palmer at Fifi's French Press in Mt. Pleasant
—SikSik Nation, Christopher Plum and the Administration, The Sons of the Gun! at Boulders in Plymouth
—The Dead Bodies at Norther Lights Lounge in Detroit
April 8 —Matt Jones, Dan Kahn at the Elbow Room in Ypsi
April 10—Zoos of Berlin, CALLA at the Magic Stick in Detroit
—Son and Heir, The Whigs at The Intersection in Grand Rapids
—Minor Planets, King Kong, Vince Dynamic at Mac's Bar in Lansing
April 11—Chris Bathgate at the Elbow Room in Ypsi
April 12—The Satin Peaches, The Dardanelles, Alex Winston at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor
—The OffRamps at Union Street Station in Traverse City
—The Mighty Narwhale, Son and Heir, Happy Hour, The Giving Tree at Kraftbrau Brewery in Kalamazoo
April 13 —Black Moth Super Rainbow, Small Snails, Great Lakes Myth Society at the U-Club in Ann Arbor
—Chris Bathgate (full band!), The New Green, Porchsleepers, New Lunch at The Elbow Room in Ypsi
—The OffRamps at UpFront & Company in Marquette
—Jess Kramer, Ribbons of Song at Four Friends Coffee House in Grand Rapids
—MC Trashpedal, The Mood Romantic, The Ne'erdowells, Drunken Barn Dance at Andrew's Bar in Ypsi
—Peddlers at MSU Battle of the Bands in East Lansing
April 14—Terrible Twos, SSM, The Idol and The Whip at The Halfass in Ann Arbor
—The OffRamps at UpFront & Company in Marquette
—Perhapsy, The Bell Tree, Jason Guitarstring, Flying Victrolas, The Epitomes at the First Presbyterian Church in Brighton
—The Royal Affairs, Freer, The Jealous Type, JBoozer at The Elbow Room in Ypsi
April 15 —Chris Bathgate at the Old Town Tavern in Ann Arbor
—Onett, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Jes Kramer at the DAAC in Grand Rapids
April 16 —Jacets, The Day Manolete Was Killed at Xhedos Café in Ferndale
April 19 —Chris Bathgate (CD Release), Canada, Alex Belhaj at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor
—The Singles, Mike Vasas, The Pantones at Kraftbrau Brewery in Kalamazoo
—Capitol City Punkfest with The Cartridge Family, Space Brains, Fun Ender at Mac's Bar in Lansing
—The Mighty Narwhale, A Paschal Circus at Skelletones in Grand Rapids
—Black Jake and the Carnies, Annie Palmer at The Corner Brewery in Ypsi
April 20—LaSalle, The Bell Tree at the Albion Coffee House in Albion
—NOMO, ODU at the Neutral Zone in Ann Arbor
—Annie Palmer, American Mars, The Betamales and The Dreadful Yawns at The Elbow Room in Ypsi
April 21—The Hard Lessons, The Silent Years at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit
—LaSalle, Wildcatting, The Jehovah's Witness Protection Program at Juke's in Grand Rapids
—The Last In Line, The Singles at Rochester Hills Public Library in Rochester
—Mike Vasas, Liam McKay at Rubble's in Mt. Pleasant
—NOMO with ODU at Alvin's in Detroit
—The Hotness, The Decks, Johnny No Stars, SikSik Nation at The Elbow Room in Ypsi
—The Novel Citizen at the Neutral Zone
April 23 —The Dardanelles, Sister Suvi, Disposable Thumbs at Kraftbrau Brewery in Kalamazoo
April 26 —LaSalle, Wildcatting, The Jehovah's Witness Protection Program at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor
—Chris Bathgate, Matt Jones, Misty Lyn, Breath Owl Breath at Kraftbrau Brewery in Kalamazoo
—Lazy Genius, Son and Heir at QandT's in Grand Rapids
April 27 —Mason Proper, Chris Bathgate, The Epitomes at the MSU International Center in East Lansing
April 28 —Rescue (FINAL SHOW!), The Pop Project, Russian Circles, LaSalle at The Magic Stick in Detroit
—Mason Proper, The Architects and more at the Neutral Zone in Ann Arbor
—That's Him! That's The Guy! At Jacob's Well in Traverse City
—Totally Awesome Fest with Jes Kramer, Annie Palmer, Child Bite and more in Ypsi
—Matt Jones, Orpheum Bell at the Tap Room Annex in Ypsi
—Freer, Troy Gregory, The Stepsisters at The Northern Lights Lounge in Detroit
—Sons of the Gun, SikSik Nation at Juke's Bar in Grand Rapids
—The Dead Bodies at the Belmont in Hamtramck
