A film called A Band Called Death, chronicling the weird and wonderful story of the punk band Death, will be screened at SXSW. According to the press release, “The film chronicles rebirth and rise to cult stardom of early-’70s African-American “proto-punk” trio Death, following a new generation’s discovery of a virtually unheard demo tape...
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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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We would like to wish a warm and happy 68th birthday to the one and only Mitch Ryder today. To celebrate the occasion, have another look at our piece on the great man from last year, here. Back then, Ryder said of his new album, “At my age, you can’t pretend to be something...
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Another sonic summit of psychedelic/experimentally-minded music makers gathers upstairs in the Berkley Front on Thursday, swelling together their sweet harmonies only to provocatively drown them out with fuzzed-out fenders and forage their own  kind of heady dream-pop – Right! Who needs that finally-released-My-Bloody-Valentine album, types like the laid-back-yet-intense post-apocalyptic bohemians embodying the Axis Mundi...
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The Second Annual Bestest Concert Ever will take place Saturday, March 23, at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Performers will include the Howling Diablos, Candy Band and students from the Detroit School of Rock and Pop. According to the press release, activities include: McCourts Musical Petting Zoo, Golfing...
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The lineup for this year’s mega Orion Festival, taking place on Detroit’s Belle Isle on June 8 and 9, has been announced and there are a few local bands on the bill. Metal-heads Battlecross, rock ‘n’ soul dudes the Dirtbombs and punks Death represent Detroit. Also on the bill are the Red Hot Chili...
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