Today, Grand Rapids, Michigan-based indie rock band The Crane Wives share their eagerly anticipated, self-produced, rousing fifth studio album, Beyond Beyond Beyond, out everywhere now. In addition to the new album, the band treats fans to an all-new music video for the smooth lead single, "Arcturus Beaming," which tells an optimistic queer love story in the digital age.

Today, Grand Rapids, Michigan based indie rock band The Crane Wives share upbeat, introspective track and official video "Bitter Medicine" out everywhere now where the group embraces imperfection.

Boston, MA bred band Lake Street Dive delivered a high energy 21-song set to a sold out crowd at the Outdoor Beer Garden behind Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI on Sunday evening, August 23.

Originally formed in 2004 while studying at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music, they are named after a popular strip of bars in trumpet/guitarist Mike “McDuck” Olsen’s hometown of Minneapolis, MN.

There is a small unincorporated lil “town” called Hoxeyville in the northern Michigan mitten and once a year the population exponentially grows when they open the gates to one of my all time favorite fests.  The drive north winds through quick moving clouds and green rolling fields that inspire but not quite as much as the dashing downbeat and the humbling hugs that abound at Hoxeyville.