The final, up-to-date schedule for the Movement Festival, taking place May26-28 at Hart Plaza, is now online at the official Movement website. Ted Nugent has been named Detroit’s Greatest Guitar Player of All Time by a poll initiated through Mlive! Nugent pulled in over 51% of the votes. The Nuge is currently out on...
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Remember – if you send it, it will get reviewed. That’s the City Slang promise. It doesn’t matter what genre the music is – as long as it has a Metro Detroit connection, it’ll get in. Preferably, we’d like to concentrate on new releases but, while we’re getting warmed up here, feel free to...
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On Wednesday, May 16, PJ’s Lager House will host the In-Between, Growwing Pains, Screams of Christ and Esper. The action starts at 9 p.m., and cover is $5. According to the Lager website, “The In-Between is an Indie Rock Band From Detroit MI. Stated in 2011 the band consists of Matt Diederichs (guitarist/ Vocalist),...
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Moms are awesome, ain’t they? Who else makes boo-boo’s feel better? In honor of mothers everywhere, here are some celebratory Detroit tunes. First up, an oddity from Alice Cooper that we had, to be honest, pretty much forgotten about. I’ve written home to mother. The Candy Band are punk rock moms who sing about...
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There are just three days to go on the Kickstarter appeal to raise the $4,500 Amy Gore & Her Valentines need to finish and release their debut album. We’ve heard it (reviewed here), and it’s a corker. At the time of writing, the band are about halfway to the total, and if they don’t...
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On the evening of Friday, May 11 and the afternoon of Saturday, May 23, the Community Chorus of Detroit presents A Detroit Panorama: Music of a Great American City. Find out more at the CCD website. According to the website, “This unique, collaborative program will be a celebration of the history, present, and future...
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The Kodaks are celebrating the release of their new album Night Surfing with a show at the Magic Stick in Detroit on Friday, May 11. Cover is $5, and the bill also includes the Vatican and the Handgrenades. According to, awesomely enough, front man Adam’s dad, “The Kodaks are four guys in their early...
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There will be a tribute to jazz bassist Marion Hayden at St. Matthew’s & St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church (8850 Woodward, Detroit) on Sunday, May 13. The event begind at 4 p.m. with an Afterglow to follow. Tickets ate $20, or $40 including the Afterglow. According to AllAboutJazz.com, “Marion Hayden is one of the nation’s finest...
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Remember – if you send it, it will get reviewed. That’s the City Slang promise. It doesn’t matter what genre the music is – as long as it has a Metro Detroit connection, it’ll get in. Preferably, we’d like to concentrate on new releases but, while we’re getting warmed up here, feel free to...
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Metal heads 60 Second Crush releases a new album called Seven this month, and will celebrate the release with a show at the Corktown Tavern on Saturday May 19. Also on the bill will be Superlast and Devil Elvis. Doors are at 9, cover is (appropriately enough) $7. Produced by The Loft’s Andy Patalan...
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