Tim Allen must think Thomas Wolfe was full of crap. In a television sense, Allen is proving you can go home again – home to the network where you scored your greatest career success nearly two decades ago, back to the tried-and-true sitcom format, a...
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Tickets to the 13th annual Gathering of the Juggalos, curated by ICP, are on sale now and can be purchased at the official website. According to a statement, “The music festival, curated by Insane Clown Posse and Psychopathic Records, will take place August 8th-12th...
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Reunited ‘70s hard rockers Cactus, featuring stellar local guitarist Jimmy McCarty as well as Carmine Appice, plays the Magic Bag in Ferndale on May 5. Support comes from the Muggs. According to the press release, “Cactus’ 1970 self-titled debut — referred to by McCarty...
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Just what I need in my life, another Record Store! (No, really, I probably need it.) Record Store Day is looming. It’s often a personal victory if I’m able to restrain myself from dropping dollar amounts surpassing triple digits – because then, really, I’d admit...
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You don’t have to listen to blues singer Janiva Magness for long before knowing, really knowing, that she has suffered through more than her fair share of pain and heartbreak in her life. As she sings about “never wanting to hurt a man so...
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Local Metal Blade Records artists Battlecross will play Harpos in Detroit on April 25. Cattle Decapitation will headline, and the bill is rounded off by Origin, Decrepit Birth and Aborted. BATTLECROSS’s Metal Blade debut, Pursuit of Honor, was released August 2nd, 2011 and within...
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Dustin says, “I feel like Vessels is where we’re gonna be for a long time…We’ve finally pin-pointed the sound we’re looking for–this, this hybrid of all our weird brains combined.” Over the last few years, Woodbridge-based The Summer Pledge were known for their throwback-emo aesthetic...
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Legendary poet and founding member of the Fugs Ed Sanders will be performing at Wayne State University tonight (Wednesday, April 11), with Rodriguez The show is free, and it will be hosted by local poet M.L. Leibler. This event will mark a rare Detroit...
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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...
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