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Mudwest at the Avenue Cafe

Friday, Sept. 11 @ The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. 18 , $5, 9 p.m. 

Lansing-based shoegaze-punk band Mudwest plays Friday at the Avenue Café. In May, the band — which describes its lo-fi, ‘90s-inspired sound as “loud, God-awful and sad” — released its “Sobersided,” LP. The nine-song record can be streamed or purchased at mudwest.bandcamp. com. Sharing the bill is King Median, Geistlos and Blaine and His Keyboard. King Median is a Kalamazoo-based a psychedelic/baroque/pop band. In May, the band released its “Namaste” EP, a follow up to 2013’s “Carousel.” Meanwhile, Geistlos is the ambient-Americana solo project of Nicholas Merz, a busy Lansing musician who also moonlights as a guitarist in local bands, including the Fiction Junkies and the Hat Madder. Fans of Townes Van Zandt, Sid Selvidge or Gene Clark may want to check out Geistlos.


´American Idol´ contestant David Luning at the Pump House

Friday, Sept. 11 @ Pump House Concerts, 368 Orchard St., East Lansing. All ages, $15 suggested donation, 7 p.m.

Americana songwriter/producer David Luning has hit a few milestones in his songwriting career — one was scoring some airtime on “American Idol.” On a season 13 episode, Keith Urban praised him for his “staunch originality” after Luning performed his original song, “In Hell I Am.” Friday he headlines a 7 p.m. show at the Pump House. Earlier in the day, Luning performs a 12:30 p.m gig at the Broad Art Museum´s free Acoustic Lunch Series. The San Francisco-based songster first delved into alt-country after discovering the music of John Prine. In 2012, he dropped his debut record, “Just Drop On By.” Since then he’s gigged across the country, opening shows for Leon Russell, Ramblin´ Jack Elliott, Rodney Crowell, Elvin Bishop and Junior Brown, to name only a few.


Full Devil Jacket at the Loft

Wednesday, Sept. 16 @ The Loft, 414 E. Michgian Ave., Lansing. All ages, $10/$8 adv., 7 p.m.

Post grunge/hard-rock band Full Devil Jacket, which headlines Wednesday at the Loft, started out with a bang after its formation in the late ‘90s. With a sound reminiscent of Alice In Chains and Godsmack, the band played Woodstock ’99, issued a Billboard charting album and toured the globe. But in 2000, the band’s lead singer, Josh Brown, suffered a nearly fatal heroin overdose. The band went on an extended hiatus as Brown refocused his life. In 2011, Full Devil Jacket guitarist James Michael Reaves died of cancer. At that point, Brown and drummer Keith Foster relaunched the band in honor of Reaves. In March, Full Devil Jacket released, “Valley of Bones,” its first full length album in 15 years. Opening the show is Bridge to Grace, VIA, 3 Minutes to Oblivion and Flops Ego.

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