CMJ: Lightning Love leader reviews Ypsilanti music scene

Posted on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 : 10:12 a.m.

Lightning Love

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"Ypsilanti is a super small town, but there’s a large population of artsy young people and weird locals that makes it an interesting place to live," writes Leah Diehl, leader of the local band Lightning Love, on the music website CMJ.

Diehl is featured this week in a CMJ feature called Scene Report, where a local musician describes the music outlook in their hometown.

In the post, Diehl talks about places to play in Ypsilanti (with a bit of Ann Arbor) and also covers such angles as the best post-show hangouts.

Local entertainment website iSpy recently reviewed Lightning Love's upcoming EP, "Girls Who Look Like Me," which will precede a full album later this year.

Read the full CMJ post here. And for more information, see Lightning Love's website.

This isn't the first national attention for Lightning Love; last year, the trio was a finalist in Billboard magazine's national Battle of the Bands competition.