Blogs: Music Blahg

The Black Dahlia Murder is streaming a track with the help of Revolver magazine. The track is called “Rape in Hatred by Vines of Thorn”, and it can be heard here. The song is an ode to Evil Dead, of which BDM’s Trevor Strnad said, “I remember the first time I saw Evil Dead…...
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Friday night saw the Metro Times take over the Soundboard venue at the Motor City Casino as we celebrated the Best Of issue. It was a bit of a “world’s collide” event too – with CEOs rubbing shoulders with rockers, high-ranking execs with DJs and all manner of reprobates. Thanks to the open bar...
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On Sunday, May 19, 150 Detroit students will perform on stage at Orchestra Hall in the Honda Power of Dreams String Music Project, a program presented by Honda and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. “Most of the children involved in this project would otherwise never have had the opportunity to even touch an instrument, let...
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This is as good ‘a time as any to blog about Hospital Garden. As expected, they have a new album out. Why else would an ostensible culture upstart like me be blogging about a band? But these Chicago lo-fi/noise noodlers, these refiners of quintessential fuzz-rock, are Detroit friendlies… They’re practically cousins with our Destroy This Place. They’ve...
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Veteran hardcore punks the Meatmen have launched a Kickstarter campaign, which can be seen here. Frontman Tesco Vee released a statement saying, “That’s right, I’ve been entertaining your sorry asses for over 30 years, and now it’s time for YOU to become a part of Meat History! After 18 years, we embark on our...
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The Detroit Cobras will play the Magic Stick on Saturday, June 1 in support of the Tied & True album on Bloodshot Records (which is weird, because that album came out in 2007, but that’s what the label is saying). According to a press release, “When we come into this world, some of us...
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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. Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers’ Recorded Live in Stereo at the Russell Industrial Center was exactly that. It’s all given away in the title. So what we have...
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Covering Desperate Ground - The Thermals perform at the Loving Touch in Ferndale on Friday night. Here’s the new single: “Born To Kill” The notoriously energetic band with its notoriously propulsive Portland-bred pop style are upping the indie-cred of Ferndale by making the Loving Touch a tour-stop, supporting their new album on Saddle Creek records. While writing...
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Detroit rapper Boldy James gave some insight into his life to SBTV at SXSW in Austin, TX. The clip can be seen here. Click here to join the City Slang Turntable community!!! Follow @City_Slang
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A compilation follow up to the much loved Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit, amusingly titled The Pathetic Sounds of Detroit, has recently been completed and will be released soon. According to a statement, “In doing the project, we were looking for a way to showcase some of the best talent in the scene while also...
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