Nightspots
Saturday Oct 20, 2012
Blind Pig: El Ten Eleven
Layered, hypnotically pulsing postrock instrumental dance music by the L.A. duo of guitarist-bassist Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty. “El Ten Eleven’s songs are all lifts and falls, transitioning easily from mellow indie sounds to full-on bounce-worthy rock and back again all within the span of four minutes,” says OC Weekly. Opening acts TBA. Advance tickets: $10 ($12 at the door).
Circus: Back Forty 
Local acoustic string jam quintet that plays a brand of twangy roots-folk music fused with elements of jazz and psychedelic rock that it calls “down-home funkgrass.” In the Cavern Club. 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
Conor O'Neill's: Lucas Paul Band
Local quartet led by pop-rock singer-songwriter Paul.
Crazy Wisdom Tea Room: John Churchville
Local tabla player, accompanied by several musician friends, who plays Indian classical, light classical, fusion, and folk music.
Elks Neighborhood Kitchen: FUBAR 
6-piece band led by guitarist Randy Tessier and featuring vocalist Sophia Hanifi. Their repertoire is an eclectic mix of originals by Hanifi and Tessier and covers of everyone from the Everly Brothers, the Kinks, and the Yardbirds to Miles Davis and Steve Earle. 5:30- 9:30 p.m.
Guy Hollerin’s: Thornetta Davis
Soulful, rocking Detroit-style R&B by a band led by Davis, a powerful, Etta James-style vocalist.
Habitat Lounge: Starfarm
80s covers by this East Lansing retro rock and pop quintet.
Inverness Inn: Spur 9
Country, blues, and classic rock.
Lighthouse Coffee Company: February Sky
Chicago-based duo of guitarist, banjoist, and dulcimer player Susan Urban, a singer-songwriter who writes story songs and humorous slice-of-life vignettes, and guitarist Phil Cooper, who sings original arrangements of traditional and contemporary songs.
Mash:
TBA.
Necto: Disco.Very 
Dancing in the Red Room to 70s and 80s disco music to records spun by this DJ crew and guest DJ Cassandra Monzon. From the electric funk of Rick James to the sophisticated soul of the O'Jays, cheesy Star Wars-disco cash ins to the trance inducing sounds of Arthur Russell, classics like "Got to Be Real" and "More, More, More" to ridiculously obscure nonsense...pretty much anything goes. 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Pleasant Lake Inn: Jim, Mike, & Bob
Classic rock trio.
Quarter Bistro: Hal Davis & HiDef
Local quartet that plays everything from hard-swinging post-bop and Latin jazz to 70s-style rock fusion.
Silvio’s Organic Pizza: DaVinci
Local composer-pianist, the winner of the 2010 U-M New Music on the Block competition, whose music ranges in style from classical and jazz to Argentine tango and Persian piano music.
Tap Room: The Shelter Dogs
Local self-styled “lounge-a-billy” trio that plays vintage swing, rockabilly, and blues. With upright bassist Todd Perkins, guitarist Pete Bullard, and drummer Tom Twiss. Opening act is Billy Mack & the Juke Joint Johnnies, a local roots-rock quartet, led by former Starlight Drifters singer-guitarist Mack, whose repertoire includes originals and rockabilly, early rock ’n’ roll, western swing, and hillbilly bop covers.
Wolverine State Brewing Co.: Mike Shimmin Blues Trio
Kalamazoo blues band led by Shimmin, the drummer in Seth Bernard & May Erelwine’s band.
Woodruff's: “Elbow Deep”
Drag show and gay and lesbian dance night hosted by Maxi and Jennifer of the House of Chanel, with a DJ TBA.
Zou Zou’s Cafe: Bridge Club
Wistful, witty roots-pop by the trio of guitarist Keith Kiser, bassist Ralph McKee, and pedal steel guitarist Mark O’Boyle.
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