Blog Posts

City Slang: Black Dahlia Murder live clip

The Black Dahlia Murder have posted a live clip of the song “Moonlight Equilibrium”, recorded in Columbus, OH, in November...
Metro Times  |  05-23-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: LA loves Louder Than Love

Louder Than Love, the documentary movie about the Grande Ballroom, will be the feature documentary at a June 8 screening...
Metro Times  |  05-22-2013  |  Music Blahg

ripe•people by Silent Lions

Detroit b/w/o Toledo duo Silent Lions are testing the Twitterati attention spans with their newest, a fuzz-mucked, fire-charged freak-funk jam...
Metro Times  |  05-22-2013  |  Music Blahg

Silent Lions – ripe•people

Detroit bwo Toledo duo Silent Lions are testing the Twitterati attention spans with their newest, a fuzz-mucked, fire-charged freak-funk jam...
Metro Times  |  05-22-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Audra Kubat birthday party

Audra Kubat will celebrate her 40th birthday on Friday, June 7 at the Tangent Gallery/Hastings Street Ballroom from 8 p.m...
Metro Times  |  05-21-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Weekly music review roundup

Send CDs, vinyl, cassettes, demos and 8-tracks to Brett Callwood, Metro Times, 733 St. Antoine, Detroit, MI 46226. Email MP3s...
Metro Times  |  05-20-2013  |  Music Blahg

Lt.Bad

Plllllaaa-NET- Rock! Bangin’ jams for the dim discotheques of 1981 – Get out the broken down cardboard boxes and limber up...
Metro Times  |  05-20-2013  |  Music Blahg

Epic: “Episode VII: Random 2013 Memories”

Too often I find myself listening to whatever’s next – the newest of the new. The hour-glass view of just what’s bubbling...
Metro Times  |  05-20-2013  |  Music Blahg

Other Angels -by Rogue Satellites (6.1.13)

June 1 Rogue Satellites release Other Angels - available on vinyl & free digital download, featuring a video documentation of local duo’s collaboration with...
Metro Times  |  05-20-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Bill Grogan’s Goat at Magic Bag

Celtic rockers Bill Grogan’s Goat will play the Magic Bag in Ferndale on Saturday, June 8. They say, “Joining us...
Metro Times  |  05-19-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Black Dahlia Murder streams track with Revolver

The Black Dahlia Murder is streaming a track with the help of Revolver magazine. The track is called “Rape in...
Metro Times  |  05-18-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Best of Detroit celebrates

Friday night saw the Metro Times take over the Soundboard venue at the Motor City Casino as we celebrated the...
Metro Times  |  05-18-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Students to perform at Power of Dreams concert

On Sunday, May 19, 150 Detroit students will perform on stage at Orchestra Hall in the Honda Power of Dreams...
Metro Times  |  05-16-2013  |  Music Blahg

Hospital Garden

This is as good ‘a time as any to blog about Hospital Garden. As expected, they have a new album...
Metro Times  |  05-16-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Meatman launch Kickstarter campaign

Veteran hardcore punks the Meatmen have launched a Kickstarter campaign, which can be seen here. Frontman Tesco Vee released a...
Metro Times  |  05-15-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Cobras at the Stick

The Detroit Cobras will play the Magic Stick on Saturday, June 1 in support of the Tied & True album...
Metro Times  |  05-14-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Weekly music review roundup

Send CDs, vinyl, cassettes, demos and 8-tracks to Brett Callwood, Metro Times, 733 St. Antoine, Detroit, MI 46226. Email MP3s...
Metro Times  |  05-14-2013  |  Music Blahg

Thermals in Ferndale (5.17.13)

Covering Desperate Ground - The Thermals perform at the Loving Touch in Ferndale on Friday night. Here’s the new single: “Born...
Metro Times  |  05-13-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Boldy James interview

Detroit rapper Boldy James gave some insight into his life to SBTV at SXSW in Austin, TX. The clip can...
Metro Times  |  05-12-2013  |  Music Blahg

Game of Thrones Power Rankings (Season 3, Week 6)

Game of Thrones Power Rankings Episode 3:06 – The Climb Last week’s rankings   As Cersei famously said back in...
Metro Times  |  05-12-2013  |  Music Blahg

City Slang: Pathetic Sounds of Detroit LP and video coming soon

A compilation follow up to the much loved Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit, amusingly titled The Pathetic Sounds of Detroit, has...
Metro Times  |  05-11-2013  |  Music Blahg

Destroy This Place – 5.17.13 – Lager House

May 17 Destroy This Place release an album called “Destroy This Place” Bellyache Records Performing at PJ’s Lager House, with:...
Metro Times  |  05-11-2013  |  Music Blahg

Saturday (May 25th) Looks Good To Me

Saturday Looks Good To Me - One Kiss Ends It All Polyvinyl               This...
Metro Times  |  05-11-2013  |  Music Blahg

Satellite Orchestra Beaming the Funk to You

Satellite Orchestra’s live show keeps the music flowing.
Random Lengths News  |  Melina Paris  |  05-24-2013  |  Reviews

Indiana Gov. Says Federal Media Shield Law is Needed

Indiana Governor Mike Pence is in favor of giving the press a shield against government.
NUVO  |  Lesley Weidenbener  |  05-24-2013  |  Media

Still Life

If not for love and art, Ndume Olatushani would have died on death row.
Nashville Scene  |  Laura Hutson  |  05-24-2013  |  Features