Kalamazoo rock band Willamena took some time to sit down with WMI editor, James Quatrine, and Flashing Blue Lights’ guitarist, Jason Roy, before their June 14, 2013 show at The Intersection in Grand Rapids.  Lukas Ross, Chad Hendrickson, Chris Newman, and Ted Mitchell talked about their new CD ‘Lost In The Shadows,’ Chad’s cancer, getting [...]

Artist: Chvrches Song: Gun I warned you at the end of last year I told you all Chvrches would be a band that would blow up in 2013, and they are. Just look at all the comments in the section of this song. It’s been like that for all their songs. But it’s simply because [...]

Artist: The Wytches Song: Beehive Queen This is what it would sound like if Jack White was into lo-fi recording. No shit. Oh yeah…he already kind of was into lo-fi. I guess it sounds like something the White Stripes could of done back in the day then. https://soundcloud.com/thewytches/beehive-queen-1 [...]

Chain of Lakes front-man, Kyle Rasche, and bassist, Mat Churchill, hung out at Mulligan’s in Eastown with WMI editor James Quatrine and The Northern Skies front-man Eric Engblade.  They talked about their new CD ‘Softer Sticks,’ the evolution of Chain of Lakes, song-writing, and the Grand Rapids open-mic scene.  Podcast includes tracks: Your Day, Follow, [...]

Artist Queens of the Stoneage Album “…Like Clockwork” Rating 9.3/10 By: Philip Moreno @philipmoreno Forget about the names you heard that were “guests” on this album. Trent Reznor, for instance, sings backing vocals on the amazing “Kalopsia”, but is mixed in a way where you only hear his familiar voice for a split second alone. [...]