Category archives: Reviews
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14 days ago
- The Ferndale contingent of Blowout marches on. Enough has been written about whether a more focused event held on one weekend in Hamtramck would have been better (it would have), but walking through Ferndale does allow ample opportunity to laugh at the club scene that seems to have sprung up there.
The Library seemed to be the epicenter of the evening. Phantom Cats opened up—fucking amazing as [...]
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19 days ago
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What if there was only one Spice Girl, and she was a witch? Charli XCX "True Romance" 8 out of 10. THIS IS MY FULL REVIEW.
04 Charli XCX - Stay Away
Order the debut album TRUE ROMANCE from iTunes or somewhere else.
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51 days ago
- The past few months have been quite trying. You see, I’ve begun Shark College yet again—this time working toward my Ph.d. It’s demanding. On top of that, I’ve been meaning to review the new Jeremy Porter & The Tucos album, Partner In Crime. I intended to do this review probably a month ago.
What makes the whole situation so awkward is that Jeremy is also MCR staffer. His desk is just outsid[...]
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71 days ago
- Just as the title implies, the Mexican Knives stole my toaster--and they are refusing to give it back. This has seriously gone on long enough.
Not that their refusal has been outright.
First, they were like: "Oh sorry, it was a mistake...it just got mixed in with some of our stuff--we'll bring it back." But for nearly 3 weeks I heard jack-shit. Then, I sent this really nice text message jus[...]
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88 days ago
- I love that lo-fi sound. Velma and the Happy Campers have it locked down. I love Velma and the Happy Campers. The latest album, Lo-Fi Therapy No. 1: Songs About Flannery O'Connor is a loving testament to Shrimper cassettes packed with Sentridoh songs...a blend of noise and acoustic guitar. Of course, at the core are some damn good songs. Listen to A.J.'s dreamy voice below.
Lo-Fi Therapy No. 1:[...]
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98 days ago
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It's been a while since I stepped foot in Ann Arbor’s Blind Pig. Walking up I was remembering some of the great shows I’ve seen there – mostly in the early 90s – Soundgarden, Nirvana, Social Distortion, and Afghan Whigs, to name just a few. Those were the days! People went to shows! Touring bands stopped in Detroit or Ann Arbor between Toronto and Chicago! It all came back to me as I ente[...]
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103 days ago
- Recently, the International Band Society released their new rankings for best bands. The ranking system--based quality of music, number of fans and overall radness--has firmly placed Omaha's Electric Needle Room as the 1,536th best band in the world. Hollywood was quick to recognize the achievement and quickly prepared a documentary charting the band's rapid rise to stardom.
The band has had a [...]
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105 days ago
- Add Ben Hoffman's new show 'The Ben Show' not only to your list of shit to torrent and not only to your list of things to DVR but also to your list of things to actually watch (on cable). Why? Because Ben Hoffman needs to eat and ratings drive the shitty career path he's eeked out for himself. Plus, the show is damn funny. Also, he has cancer.
I first became aware of Hoffman by being one of sev[...]
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106 days ago
- On Saturday, Pewter Cub will release If You Can Hold Your Breath—an album comprised entirely of dialogue from the 1995 Sandra Bullock film The Net.
The film/album delineates the struggles of a computer analyst who gets caught up in the exciting world of cyber terrorism.
“Writing songs is so hard,” explains Pewter Cub bassist Regan Lorie.
“Initially we thought we’d add music behind the dia[...]
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107 days ago
- The latest Jamaican Queens video is now available on YouTube. The video premiered on IFC's site yesterday but a buggy player prevented me from enjoying and, apparently, the video was only available for viewing in the U.S. when it went live anyhow. The video is fun--a sort of meditation on what happens if you crowd too many hipster girls into a house. The song is good too--a sort of meditation on s[...]
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109 days ago
- On Friday, Jess Smart Smiley wrapped up his latest adventure--Jack Tinn and the Aquanauts. Well, the story ended in the sense that the graphic novel portion came to a close. In this most recent foray, inventor and thief Jack Tinn teams up with Charles Darwin. Darwin is on the Galapagos, but nothing is as it seems. Now Jess is re-imagining the story as a novel--and the end of the graphic novel sug[...]
