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Detroit Free Press Rachel May Music column LOCAL MUSIC A smashing good
time The eighth annual Detroit Summer Smash started last night
at Detroit's Lager House, but there's still time to catch some great Detroit indie
acts tonight and Saturday at the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit. Summer
Smash began in 1999 when a group of Detroit area musicians decided to organize
a three-day music festival. It showcased soon-to-be local stars the Sights, Slumber
Party and Outrageous Cherry. This year is rumored to be the final Summer
Smash. Event coordinator Stephen Cramer has moved out of state and hasn't found
anyone to take over. Playing tonight beginning at 9:30 are buzz band Siddhartha
(formerly Velvet Audio), the Pizazz, Fifth Period Fever and Oblisk. The
Cyril Lords, the Silent Years, Wildcatting, Loco Gnosis Super Group, Emily Jane
Powers and the Low Hello close out Saturday's event, which also begins at 9:30
p.m. Both shows are all ages, and admission is $7 each day. That includes
the dance parties that last well into the early a.m. hours. All proceeds go to
the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit. It's at 5141 Rosa Parks, Detroit. For
more: www.summersmash.org Detroit rockers South Normal are taking their
music to the big screen, landing songs from their two discs, 2003's "Book
of Matches" and 2005's "No More Songs About Girls," in various
independent films. The group recently wrote, recorded and starred in a commercial
for the Colorado-based Burt Automotive Network. That commercial is running on
radio and TV in Colorado. |