I’m going to toot my horn a little bit here. On Tuesday, February 26, yours truly will be the featured guest at the “Good Reds Good Reads – Motor City Rock Night”, hosted by Wayne State University Press and MotorCity Wine. I’ll be talking about my books, MC5: Sonically Speaking and The Stooges: Head...
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Maybe you think it’s nothing more than a Hallmark holiday, maybe you enjoy the celebration of love. Either way, Valentine’s Day exists (it’s still way cooler than Sweetest Day), and it’s not going anywhere. To celebrate, and appropriately enough, Amy Gore & Her Valentines will play the Loving Touch on Friday night with Patrick...
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Wednesday 22nd CHARLI XCX St. Andrew’s Hall:  Synesthesia Red Bull House of Art: Exploring how seven artists who work in both fine art and electronic music during a three-day showcase of full circle creation, cultivation and abstract presentation. disciplin.  Joe Louis Walker Callahan’s Music Hall:  BORN RUFFIANS / MOON KING Magic...
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Jack White’s Third Man Records is said to be digging deep into White’s past to unearth and release recordings by his band Jack White & the Bricks from 1999. The record will be called Jack White and the Bricks: Live on the Garden Bowl Lanes, obviously due to the fact that the show took...
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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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More Juggalos have come forward with stories of injustice relating to the group being officially labeled a gang. “My daughter started listening to Insane Clown Posse years ago. I kept hearing bad things about Juggalos, so I decided to listen to the music myself. I really like the fact that they embrace the ‘Family’...
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