The Michigan City Vandals

Michigan City Vandals want to drop ax for hammer, nails

For one area band, the pur­suit of fame and fortune is taking a back seat to a higher goal: raising $75,000 to put a family into a house in Benton Harbor.

Chicago-area band Michigan City Vandals are trying to raise $75,000 off the sales of their new album, "Our Own Little Slice of Hell,” which they released independently, to fund a house through Habitat for Humanity.

"Rollicking, optimistic and relentlessly tuneful, the Vandals’ indie-pop songs take aim at Gen Y apathy and attempt to inspire it to action—all without taking themselves too seriously."

Recommend for fans of: “Shark Week, Formula 1, penicillin, and a good shillelagh”

"The Michigan City Vandals play "crunk surf melodic music" with an infectious sound similar to Veruca Salt or a harder version of Pretty Girls Make Graves."

On "Our Own Little Slice of Hell," the band presents a dark pop-rock sound reminiscent of the indie rock from artists such as Juliana Hatfield, The Breeders and Throwing Muses.

"This rock ’n’ roll makes a difference."