Monthly archives:February 2012

  • Out Today!!! Divorce Party-Astrocongertion Oporiums

  • This just dropped on vinyl today via Aphonia Recordings. Here is the description straight from the wolf's mouth: "The Limited Edition 12 inch vinyl EP of Divorce Party ships today! It is a one sided piece of vinyl with a hand splatter paint job on the blank side. There are less than 50 of these puppies out there and I am shipping at least two out today alone! Get 'em quick!" You can order[...]
  • A Conversation With Briar Rabbit

  • Phillip Michael Scales is a performer currently living in Chicago, trained at the Berklee School of Music, and raised in Metro Detroit.  Coinciding with Black History Month, Scales has released a record on Bandcamp entitled “The Great Routine,” a concept album exploring some of the personal and political dynamics of a Minstrel performer.  Scales plays under the moniker Briar Rabbit, whic[...]
  • Hear First: Something Cold Presents L OW T E C H MIX 2012

  • Something Cold has been a party thrower///label for the past few years. All things headed by Mr Justin Carver. I think he booked Men Without Hats at the Token Lounge once. He just released this sweet mix on Soundcloud 2 days ago. Check it out and download it for free! Tracklist: SOMETHING COLD PRESENTS: L O W T E C H 2 0 1 2 "Rozenberg's Dead 3" [excerpt] - Absolute Controlled Clinica[...]
  • Blowout Tours, Planning, and Scheming

  • Aren't we all just so fucking excited for Blowout? So many bands, so many venues, so many damn facebook event invites. Yes, it can become quite cumbersome. Who are the cool bands to see? Where can I meet up and bang that chick with the tri-color hair? Which show can I score the best kush for the lowest invest? Luckily, we outsourced to two adjuncts to help you answer these questions and more[...]
  • Bigtime Blowout Giveaway: Checker's Records Collective

  • Did you remember that the Metro Times Blowout is this week? Of course you did. You're no dummy. Anyways, Passalacqua is putting out a cassette of their self-titled EP on Thursday, March 1st at the PNA Lounge via Checker's Records Collective. How would you like to win one of these tapes? Pretty sweet right? Well to make it even sweeter, CRC is going to throw in a cassette of House Phone's G[...]
  • -jr's Pick of The Weekend

  • The Whiskey Rebellion at Cadieux Cafe w/ Duende, The Mantons, Mariah Dallas & A Few Unfaithfuls Sure Cadieux Cafe is a hike, but the weathermen lied about this snow shit anyways. Here's the lingo taken from the Facebook Event Page: "The Whiskey Rebellion, or Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States in 1789, during the presidency of George Washington. Farmers who sold t[...]
  • Martha Reeves becomes "Detroit Legend," appears in documentary

  • Motown legend and former Detroit councilwoman Martha Reeves will be appearing at the Emagine Royal Oak on Thursday, February 23 to cast her hands and her signature for the Detroit Historical Society’s "Detroit Legends Plaza," an outdoor tribute to some of Detroit’s top athletes, broadcasters, writers, entertainers and more. According to Martha's people, "Detroit Legends Plaza is part of the Det[...]