Louder Than Love, the documentary movie about the Grande Ballroom, will be the feature documentary at a June 8 screening at the New Film Makers Festival presented by the NFMLA. More information can be found here. Apparently, “NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) is a non-profit organization designed to showcase innovative works by emerging filmmakers from...
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Detroit mayoral candidate Tom Barrow is claiming that opponent Mike Duggan’s name should be kept off the August primary ballot because Duggan failed to meet the one-year residency requirement mandated by the City Charter. Barrow made the allegation in a complaint filed with Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey on May 20. Attorney Melvin “Butch”...
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Audra Kubat will celebrate her 40th birthday on Friday, June 7 at the Tangent Gallery/Hastings Street Ballroom from 8 p.m. According to a press release, “The event is a kick-off fundraiser for the recording and release of her sixth studio album, due out this Fall. She will be showcasing new songs from her forthcoming...
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Send CDs, vinyl, cassettes, demos and 8-tracks to Brett Callwood, Metro Times, 733 St. Antoine, Detroit, MI 46226. Email MP3s and streaming links to bcallwood@metrotimes.com. The Rogue Satellites has a new album, Other Angels, a record which perfectly showcases the band’s evolution from electronica-tinged pop rock, Pixies-esque love monkeys to challenging, experimental, impossible to...
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Plllllaaa-NET- Rock! Bangin’ jams for the dim discotheques of 1981 – Get out the broken down cardboard boxes and limber up – This local duo is resurrecting breakdance for you, grab a plate and fill up on some B-boy goodies. Metallic vocode-heavy sound fx’s splashing over nifty, buzzing bass grooves, thrumming with quintessential post-disco decadence...
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Too often I find myself listening to whatever’s next – the newest of the new. The hour-glass view of just what’s bubbling this week, a symptom of what Ypsi-area pop outfit Saturday Looks Good To Me penned as “…the ever-present new times condition.” It’s either whatever’s newest or its some junkfood-ish afternoon snack of some old favorite from...
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