Nightspots
Elbow Room
6 S. Washington, Ypsilanti
483-6374
This Ypsilanti tavern features live music and/or DJs Mon.-Thurs., 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Fri. & Sat., 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Also, occasional Sun., 8 p.m.-midnight. No cover ($5 suggested donation), dancing.
December 2: "Tiki Tuesday."
The Elbow Room Tiki Tuesday band plays surf music and various exotica. Also, performance by the belly dancer Aurora and magician Scarboni.
December 3: Hana Malhas
Local singer-songwriter, originally from Jordan, who writes intimate, thoughtful songs and accompanies herself on piano, guitar, and occasionally violin. Opening acts are The Ferdy Mayne, an Ypsilanti folk-rock trio, and Remote Luxury, a Detroit acoustic ambient band.
December 4: "MoFo Karaoke."
(See review.) With "the standard karaoke playlist crap plus 2,500+ obscure and awesome songs."
December 5: The New Green
Local pop-folk octet led by singer-songwriter Steven Clausnitzer that's been compared to the Beatles, Wilco, and Sufjan Stevens. Opening acts are Your Best Friend, a Saginaw rock quartet, and Kaslo, an Athens, Ohio, folk-rock sextet.
December 6: "Rock and Rummage"
A variety of rummage vendors, with music by DJ Scarboni.
December 7: Old Man Underground.
DJ duo that plays an incendiary mix of garage, punk, hip-hop, indie, metal, glam and rock 'n' roll.
December 9: Direct Hits Mod Club
DJ collective that plays vintage British pop and soul.
December 10: Jameson Blade
Pop-folk singer-songwriter from Clarkston. Opening acts are Adam M. Arscott, a local singer-songwriter who is part of the alt-country duo Bone Orchard Revival, and Gi Gi Allyn, an Ypsilanti acoustic pop-folk duo.
December 11: "MoFo Karaoke."
(See review.) With "the standard karaoke playlist crap plus 2,500+ obscure and awesome songs."
December 12: The Satin Peaches.
Commerce, Michigan, rock 'n' roll quartet. Opening acts are Wildcatting. Ypsilanti metal-rock band, and Dark Dark Dark, a pop-folk quartet from Minneapolis fronted by singer-songwriters Nona Marie Invie and Marshall LaCount.
December 13: Which Way Is Home
Detroit quartet that plays emo-tinged pop-rock. Opening acts are the Ypsilanti funk-rock trio Looking for Mammoths, the New York indie rock band Finding Fiction, and the Michigan pop band Solitary States.
December 14: Old Man Underground
DJ duo that plays an incendiary mix of garage, punk, hip-hop, indie, metal, glam and rock 'n' roll.
December 17: The Johnny Timbers.
Experimental garage band from Grosse Ile. Opening acts are Lay of the Cid, a Grand Rapids postpunk rock trio, and Trace the Veins, an Ypsilanti punk-rock quartet.
December 18: "MoFo Karaoke."
(See review.) With "the standard karaoke playlist crap plus 2,500+ obscure and awesome songs."
December 19: The State
Veteran local hardcore band fronted by the stentorian vocals of singer-poet Preston Woodward. Opening acts are First Offense, an Akron punk-rock band, and Anguish, a Detroit punk-metal band.
December 20: Dropjaw
Reunion of this melodic Ypsilanti emocore band. Opening acts are the Plain Dealers, the Grand Rapids punk band Cain Marko, and the Pinckney indie rock band Valentine.
December 30: "Club Fit"
Indie rock dance party with DJs Ayron Michael Nelson and Louis P.
December 31: "New Year's Eve Dance Party"
With bands TBA.
