Kid Rock has announced that he has purchased 1,200 $25 Meijer gift cards that he plans to distribute throughout the city of Detroit as a Christmas present to people in need in his hometown. It’s easy to be cynical when celebrities do something charitable and then announce it loud and proud, but 1,200 people...
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This Saturday, country/Americana-ish singer/songwriter Jennifer Westwood will be performing at her CD release party at Biker Bob’s between 1 and 3 p.m. The venue is located at 14100 Telegraph Rd., Taylor. According to Biker Bob’s newsletter, it is an “all ages, live performance at Biker Bob’s! Refreshments, Santa Photo ops, and a portion of...
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Phantasmagoria have graduated, in a sense. It’s coming up, sorta soon here, on a whole year since Metro Times dialed up the buzz on this local duo by giving them the cover page for their expansive Blowout cover. And, it feels like it’s been a whole year (almost, in calendar days) that they’ve been...
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Eclectic folky-blues rockers Woodman will be hosting a Christmas show this coming Tuesday, December 20, at the Loving Touch in Ferndale. Main man Frank Woodman is a much-loved figure on the scene, and a force of nature. The dude is freakin’ everywhere. Anyway, of this show he said, “We have written and recorded a...
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When Seduce appeared in the rockumentary movie The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years and said that they were the “best band in Detroit”, they weren’t kidding. This was the late ‘80s, when hardcore punk was all but done with and the world’s eyes were on the dumb, vacuous fun being...
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It’s been a strong seven days for Detroit rapper Danny Brown. Late last week, SPIN Magazine came out with their list of the Top 50 Albums of 2011 and Brown’s XXX record clocked in at number six. That’s well ahead of Fleet Foxes’ stunning Helplessness Blues, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne and...
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