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06/02/2026

04/24/2026

Join us next Friday May 1st for the latest installment in our Free Music Fridays in store concert series (proudly presented with ). This month’s concert features a quartet of improvisers comprised of:

Ben Miller (The Eleventh Hour, Porcelain Hammer, Destroy All Monsters) - Guitar
John Raleeh - Trombone
Dominic Bierenga (Northwoods Improvisers) - Woodwinds
Dave Hurley - Drums

Doors at 6 PM
Music by 7 PM

04/16/2026

This upcoming Saturday Cat-urday April 18th: The Purrfect Hello Records Customer Appreciation Sale returns.

50% off Used Records, CDs + Tapes.
20% off New stuff.
DJs all day ( , , , )
Absolutely no official RSD titles.

Party starts at 10 AM.

03/27/2026

Next Friday April 3 - Free Music Fridays, our live in-store concert series curated by continues with a performance by Power Quartet Unit.

A powerhouse unit blending soulful foundations with experimental sensibilities.

Kenn Thomas (Piano) : A pillar of Detroit creative music known for his sophisticated harmonic language and elegant touch rooted in both Classicism and the Avant-garde.

Zekkereya El-magharbel (Trombone): A visionary artist who integrates North African Maqam and Afro-Arab sonic histories. Curator of .at.trinosophes, member of The Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra.

Jaribu Shahid (Bass):
A veteran of Detroit improvised music, member of Griot Galaxy, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, and the Sun Ra Arkestra, providing a legendary, deep-toned foundation.

David Hurley (Drums):
A versatile rhythmic engine known for his conversational flow and technical ingenuity.

Metro Detroit native Nathan Erskine Smith (Woodwinds, Bass Clarinet, and Electronics) opens the show and sets the tone with an intimate solo set, creating atmospheric, textured soundscapes that bridge classical precision and Avant-garde freedom.

Doors at 6
Music by 7

02/27/2026

Next Friday March 6th here at - Free Music Fridays, our live in-store jazz performance series co-presented with continues with the heavy quintet of:

Alex Harding (AfroHORN, Agape Trio) - Baritone Sax

Djallo Djakate (Junk Jazz, Inner Ear) - Drums

Dave Hurley (Dr. Prof Leonard King Orchestra, Agape Trio) - Drums, Percussion

Zekkereya El-Magharbel (artist, educator, .at.trinosophes curator) - Trombone

Alex Colista (Dr. Prof Leonard King Orchestra, Planet D Nonet) - Woodwinds

This one is pretty much a no-brainer for anyone who keeps tabs on local creative improvised music. Some of these players have established chemistry in smaller combos and shared connections through the Detroit jazz scene and with figures from the AACM, and this set is guaranteed to be super lively, eclectic and satisfying for anybody who loves Post-Bop, Latin Jazz, the Blues, the Avant Garde, and Middle Eastern Music.

Doors at 6
Music by 7

02/01/2026

Join us here at in Lincoln Park this Friday February 6th for the next installment of Free Music Fridays presented and curated by the man . This month’s free in-store concert features Terraform, the explosively energetic free funk trio of:

Sami Calamity
Voice/Effects, Winds

Jon Jackson
Drums

Martin Schiller
Electric Bass

Fans of post-Prime Time free funk, AACM-style experimentalism, 80’s Cass Corridor sensibilities, abstract electronics, contempo classical vocal music, and avant-progressive rock will find this ferociously creative free music unit particularly exciting.

Doors at 6
Music by 7

12/27/2025

Next Friday January 2nd - the Hello Free Music Fridays series extends further into future dimensions with a live performance from the far out trio of:

John Pablo Rojas (Cello)
Indira Edwards (Viola)
Dave Hurley (Percussion)

John Pablo Rojas’ raw and unconventional voice on cello was a highlight of last March’s Free Music Friday performance, and we look forward to more classical counterpoint and unbridled abstraction from him in this format.

Indira Edwards is a composer and improviser who performs on viola, keyboards, electronics and voice in various contexts, including solo as Little Fly, in ensembles with Mike Khoury and Ben Hall, and in an abstract duo with Rojas as Iron Joy.

Dave Hurley is a percussionist and is the organizer of Free Music Fridays. He is an indispensable catalyst for creative activity in the Detroit improvised music scene, and we are always overjoyed to help him present his all-killer programming and ensemble curation here in the shop.

Doors at 6
Music by 7

11/29/2025

This upcoming Friday December 5th - please join us at for the 21st installment of Free Music Fridays, the free in store concert series curated by . This edition will showcase Spectrum 2 - a duo exchange between Saxophonist/Multi-Instrumentalist Skeeter Shelton and Percussionist Nick Ashton (Northwoods Improvisers). Spectrum is the modular ensemble of composer improviser Skeeter Shelton, the number afterward reflecting the size of the group at a given outing. Skeeter is known for his command of jazz forms from bop to the farthest out avant garde, and his technical mastery of saxes and flutes, but the Spectrum project often incorporates a diverse array of instruments, including Piano, Acoustic Bass guitar, Shofar, Kalimba, and countless AACM style Little Instruments. Nick Ashton is the longtime drummer of the Northwoods Improvisers (a group of which Skeeter has also been a member in the past), known for their collaboration with late Afro-futurist luminary Faruq Z. Bey. This duo form should be a unique and high energy manifestation of the Spectrum concept.

Doors at 6
Music by 7

11/22/2025

Also available in the shop : the newest entry in the catalogue. K-6000 “War Games”

continuing the label’s impressive run of freaky/ abstract/deeper house and electronic offerings, K-6000’s second full length is a mischievous industrial collage of dystopian club sonics. Optimized side lengths for high fidelity and clarity. This record commands you to blow up the sub. It’s also the perfect length to make you want to flip it over again and take another trip. With primo artwork by , rendered in an elaborate glossy printed package.

11/22/2025

now available in the shop - The new full length LP “JL HUDSONS DEMOLITION PROJECT 1998” from Noise Camp counselors Princess Dragon Mom, a split release on Time Stereo/UFO factory. Japanese Style Harsh Noise + Viennese Aktionism + Michigan Summer Fun + Spray Paint = PDM. Grab a copy here in the shop and then come celebrate with a release show at on Wednesday December 3rd featuring
PRINCESS DRAGON MOM
SHADES
K-6000
SUPERAMBULANCE

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