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GTG Fest 2023

Posted on October 9, 2023 | Leave a comment

GTG Records’ 16th annual celebration of live music, independent art, culture, community and Lansing – October 20-22, 2023! GTG Fest 2023 on Facebook

Friday October 20 @ The Avenue Cafe –
Punks vs Pokes! 9 PM / $5 / 21+

9-9:30 Kindness, Texas
9:30-10 Flatfoot
10-10:30 Mileage
10:30-11 Cold Mountain Child
11-11:30 The Hunky Newcomers
11:30-12 Jeff Gower
12-12:30 No Skull
12:30 Wild Honey Collective

Saturday October 21 @ The Avenue Cafe
9 PM / $5 / 21+

9-9:30 Mad Moon
9:30-10 Nonbinary
10-10:30 Dale J Gordon
10:30-11 Ambrosia Blue
11-11:30 Narc Out The Reds
11:30-12 Lemoncollies
12-12:20 Blaine & His Keyboard
12:20 The Plurals / GTG Party Band

Sunday October 22 – Parachute Party Potluck @ Hunter Park! 2 PM / All Ages

A Rueful Noise Acoustic, Plurals Acoustic, Open Mic, more!

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June 2023

Posted on June 1, 2023 | Leave a comment

A fair amount of shows featuring GTG acts are happening this month, catch ’em!

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6/1 – Wild Honey+Jack Straw (Honey Straw) @ Mac’s (Lansing)
6/1 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ Happy Dog (Cleveland, OH)
6/2 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ Highland Taproom (Louisville, KY)
6/3 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ Weasel Boy Brewing (Zanesville, OH)
6/3 – The Stick Arounds @ Tip Top (Grand Rapids, MI)
6/3 – Wild Honey Collective @ Moriarty’s (Lansing)
6/9 – The Plurals, A Rueful Noise @ The Avenue (Lansing)
6/9 – No Skull @ Speciation (Grand Rapids)
6/10 – A Rueful Noise @ Winewood Organics (Ann Arbor, MI)
6/10 – Wild Honey Collective @ Horrocks GR (Grand Rapids)
6/15 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ Westside Bowl (Youngstown, OH)
6/16 – Small Parks @ The Avenue – Rodeo Boys Record Release!
6/16 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ The Loud (Huntington, WV)
6/17 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ Tootle`s Pumpkin Inn (Circleville, OH)
6/23 – The Plurals @ Pyramid Scheme (Grand Rapids) w/ Lazy Genius
6/29 – Wild Honey Trio @ Jaycees Park (Grand Ledge, MI)
6/30 – Mistic Mountian @ The Avenue w/ Pocket Vinyl

All this plus Matty Carlson is hitting the road for a house concert tour (read more here):

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The Avenue Cafe – November 2021 Shows

Posted on November 3, 2021 | Leave a comment

Lots of great events at our home base of The Avenue this month. Thursday November 4th features GTG family Mistic Mountian (Nich Plural, Blaine “And His Keyboard”), and LoLo (Pudvay, Hunky, Knights, et al), November 5th is a sticky sweet Stick Arounds night, November 12 features the first-ish show by Cutlass Supreme (Frank and Earnestish), November 24 will have a cover band of Baratonos, Plurals, Aymors ‘n such, and every weekend is chock full of a wide variety of music! Whoo!

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GTG Fest 2019 Full Lineup + Poster!

Posted on September 23, 2019 | Leave a comment

UPDATED: Now with Schedule + Fest compilation!

It’s here! The full GTG Fest lineup and the poster. Big props to Matt “Harborcoat / The Sweetest Stick Around” Carlson for the design work.

 GTG 2019 Poster

October 11, 12, 13, 2019 – Lansing, MI

FRI October 11 @ THE AVENUE CAFE / Doors 7 PM / $8 / 21+

8:00 Silktail (first show / EP release)
8:30 Blaine and His Keyboard (full band)
9:00 Singing Lungs (EP release)
9:30 Cavalcade
10:00 Rites of Gaia
10:30 Disappointed Dad
11:00 No Skull (CD release)
11:30 Squarecrow
12:00 Scary Women
12:30 Conspicuous Bystanders

SAT OCTOBER 12 @ RECORD LOUNGE / Doors 1 PM / No Cover / All Ages

1:30 Tedward / Neighbor Kidz Acoustic
2:00 Ouch, My Shoe! (first show)
2:30 Nicholas Weltschmerz
3:00 Erotic Novels (solo-ish / alt set)
3:40 DEZ
4:15 Plurals Acousticish
5:00 worm (full band)

SAT OCTOBER 12 @ THE AVENUE CAFE / Doors 7 PM / $8 / 21+

8:00 The Ryne Experience
8:30 Ortho Roi
9:00 Harborcoat
9:30 Lazy Genius
10:00 Erotic Novels
10:30 Narc Out The Reds (10 year anniversary set)
11:00 Matthew Milia (Frontier Ruckus / full band)
11:45 The Soods (split/CD release)
12:15 Drinking Mercury (split/CD release)

SUN OCTOBER 13 @ MAC’S BAR / Doors 5 PM / $8 / ALL AGES

5:30 Sleeping Timmy
6:15 The Stick Arounds
7:00 Mistic Mountian
7:45 Rodeo Boys (tour kickoff)
8:30 The Plurals
9:30 The Lippies

All this plus lights by Britt Paul!

AND…. it’s GTG Fest so there’ll definitely still be some surprises in store. Get ready!

 

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2019 – So Far

Posted on August 1, 2019 | Leave a comment

Halfway through the year, this is what we’ve got:

Cavalcade – Sonic Euthanasia. A sludgy masterpiece from our favorite experimental metal friends.

The Plurals – Mumblebee. Volume one of GTG noisy-poppy-ceiling-punchers’ “BEES” album series!

Robot (Re)pair – End Transmissions. Wry, catchy, spicy garagey pop-punk from our lovely Arizonan artificial “intelligent” pals.

Jeremy Porter – 1987. The best Detroit powerpopper in the land gets his acoustic side out there for all to bask in.

For The Record Showcase Volume 1. Both a celebration of Sleeping Timmy & Ryne Clarke’s radio show and a new compilation with tons of new and previously unreleased music from Michigan and beyond.

Plenty more to come in the second half of 2019!

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For The Record Showcase Vol 1 OUT NOW

Posted on July 16, 2019 | Leave a comment


Out now! A new compilation showcasing the artists that have appeared on Sleeping Timmy and Ryne Clarke’s For The Record Radio Show in the last year. 20 songs, including new music by Blaine and His Keyboard, The Hat Madder, Sleeping Timmy, and Tommy Plural, plus tracks from old friends Elroy Meltzer, Bet On Rats, When Particles Collide, The Quirk, The Sailor Kicks, The Ryne Experience, and more! Lots of great talent and it’s all a free download! Check it out!

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GTG March 2019!

Posted on March 2, 2019 | Leave a comment

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2019 is starting to shape up! We’ll have announcements on new releases very soon as well!

3/6 – The Plurals @ Mac’s Bar (Lansing, MI) w/ Messthetics (ex-FUGAZI), Helen Money
3/8 – The Stick Arounds @ New Way (Ferndale, MI)
3/9 – The Stick Arounds @ Maidstone (Ypsilanti, MI)
3/9 – GTG Presents: When Particles Collide @ The Avenue Cafe (Lansing) w/ Dasterds, Bike Tuff, The Quirk
3/12 – Drinking Mercury, Blaine and His Keyboard @ Mac’s Bar w/ Pocket Vinyl
3/14 – Tommy Plural @ The Avenue Cafe w/ Orc, Towner, Blue Pines
3/15 – Two Houses @ Reed’s (Chicago, IL)
3/17 – The Plurals (covers n such set) @ Claddagh (Lansing, MI)
3/23 – The Stick Arounds @ Ghost Light (Hamtramck, MI)
3/26 – Mistic Mountian @ The Avenue w/ DEZ, Michael Strike

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January 2019!

Posted on January 9, 2019 | Leave a comment

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Good stuff this month! See you out there!

1/10 – Blaine and His Keyboard @ The Loft w/ Marc Rebellit
1/11 – Extra Arms @ Cellarmen’s (Hazel Park, MI)
1/17 – Tommy Plural, The Stick Arounds @ The Avenue Cafe
1/18 – The Stick Arounds @ New Way Bar (Ferndale, MI)
1/18 – Erotic Novels @ APYC (Asbury Park, NJ)
1/19 – Jeremy Porter and The Tucos @ Rumba Cafe (Columbus, OH)
1/19 – The Stick Arounds @ Tree Bar (Columbus, OH)
1/20 – The Stick Arounds, Jeremy Porter @ Melody Inn (Indianapolis, IN)
1/26 – Blaine and His Keyboard @ White’s Bar (Saginaw, MI)
1/26 – Jason Paul and the Know-It-Alls @ The Knockout (San Francisco, CA)

February sees some more activity from Sleeping Timmy, Drinking Mercury, more of the above, and a west coast jaunt from City Mouse!

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More GTG November Shows!

Posted on November 12, 2018 | Leave a comment

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October was wild, bringing the new releases by Extra Arms, The Stick Arounds, and Blaine and His Keyboard into the world. And now there’s some great shows this month! We’ve already had a couple bangers from The Plurals, Extra Arms, Small Parks, and The Tucos, but let’s not let my lazy web-updating self drop the ball on the rest of ’em!

11/15 – Blaine and His Keyboard @ Mac’s Bar (Lansing, MI) w/ Marc Rebillet
11/16 – Tommy Plural @ The Avenue Cafe (Lansing) w/ Invisible Cartoons
11/17 – Bong Mountain @ Sleeping Village (Chicago, IL) w/ Typesetter
11/18 – GTG House Show (Lansing) w/ Mistic Mountian and Third Twin Sister
11/21 – The Hat Madder @ Mac’s Bar (Lansing) 10 Year Anniversary Party!
11/30 – Jeremy Porter and the Tucos @ Village Idiot (Maumee, OH)
11/30 – Sleeping Timmy @ Tip Top Deluxe (Grand Rapids, MI)
12/1 – Jeremy Porter and the Tucos @ PJ’s Lager House (Detroit, MI) 7-inch Release Party!

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Yep, you read that right, a new 7-inch from Jeremy Porter and the Tucos to round off a great year of releases! Wow!

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Blaine and His Keyboard EP – OUT NOW

Posted on November 2, 2018 | Leave a comment

Blaine cover pngLansing weirdo singer-songwriter Blaine and His Keyboard has finally issued their debut EP and we couldn’t be more stoked to be a part of it! Blaine has been kicking around the scene for a few years and is a veteran of multiple GTG Fests but has never had a proper release. With the help of engineer extraordinaire Jason Roedel, Blaine has finally captured the manic energy of his stage show in a neat little package and you can stream it, download it, and buy it on CD now! Whoo!

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