Phantom Cats had so many trippy light effects beamed around the library, it felt like we were inside a lava lamp. Very distracting, but I could still hear the singer’s wooing and warbling. It was like if Poly Styrene of X-Ray Specs was trying to sing like Kate Bush. I didn’t not like it,...
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Four days have passed since the conclusion of the Hamtramck portion of Blowout, and the very first day of the festival in Ferndale is here. Let’s not mince words here – this is a bit of an experiment, but it’s a very necessary one. The Blowout had to change to survive, and this is...
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Have you noticed how expensive beef has gotten? Thanks to the higher prices of ground beef, even the once humble hamburger has become something of a treat. Ground beef used to be the way Americans would stretch their dollar and add protein to inexpensive meals like Hamburger Helper and spaghetti. Although pork prices have...
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What, go to Blowout? Or just go to a live-music-thing, in general? I would go because I want to very nearly have my forehead smacked with a guitar neck. It’s that physiological reaction, the hurk and jerk where you duck your head or collide, recoil, rollick off of a swarm of perfect strangers. The...
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra guest conductor John Storgårds will lead them through Holst’s The Planets on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4, featuring Women of the MSU Chorale and State Singers. The program will also include Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring pianist, Rafal Blechacz and the DSO premiere of Ligeti’s Lontano. They say,...
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Listen: The Anonymous – “Smash For Funkers” - Interview – Kwesi / Goldzilla There’s this rapper and producer loudly hiding out amidst the gentrified/shabby post-hipster culture klatches of Woodbridge. “Does that make me a bass-head ‘cuz I’m turning up the Dolby…?” Goldzilla raps, “…in the middle of the burbs, at 7:30 in the morning? This...
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