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Concert Review: Whirr / Nothing / Rzl Dzl – Garden Bowl – Detroit – Aug. 19th, 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 09:18 am
I had fair warning. Several people had told me Whirr was insanely loud and to wear ear plugs. Did I listen to them? Of course not. I’ll be damned if I’m going to wear ear plugs to a shoegaze show! Tha...
Video Round-Up 22 Aug 2013 | 10:20 pm
Every week I go to YouTube and type ‘Detroit’ into the search bar. Here’s this week’s videos. First up–in the interest of history–here is a clip from Metallica’s 1986 show at Joe Louis. The band roll...
Concert Review – Black Sabbath – DTE Energy Center – August 6, 2013 19 Aug 2013 | 08:23 pm
Birmingham England’s Black Sabbath played DTE Energy Center (or Pine Knob, as we all still call it) on August 6th. Despite a pretty good downpour rolling through a few minutes before the show was abo...
Concert Review – Frank Turner – Blind Pig – Ann Arbor – Aug 5, 2013 17 Aug 2013 | 01:27 am
There was quite a bit of buzz around Frank Turner’s recent sold-out show at the Blind Pig. It’s the first go-around supporting his latest record Tape Deck Heart and tickets sold out quick and remaine...
New Bryan Metro Kickstarter To Refund the Funders 6 Aug 2013 | 03:28 am
Our resident guru/yoga instructor Bryan Metro was leading the staff through their morning exercises–we find this assists morale and lowers our healthcare costs–when he started speaking at length about...
Don’t Listen To This Band #1: Electric Corpse 2 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
As someone who has been Saved, I review music from the perspective of my faith. That is why I must warn you about this band Electric Corpse. Don’t listen to them. For starters, I have yet to hear a s...
Review: Sacred Slut–Don’t Kill The Kids 1 Aug 2013 | 12:49 am
Don’t kill the kids isn’t just a cool album…it’s great advice. It can soothe your auditory taste buds and, potentially, save you a lot of time in jail. Jeff ‘Sacred Slut’ Spisak has prepared another s...
My Night With Kevin McDonald…or How I Got Pregnant 27 Jul 2013 | 06:16 pm
What does an evening with Kevin McDonald entail? Excessive crying and stealing pandas? Sure, that’s the typical evening—but there’s also lots of laughter…because Kevin McDonald is funny. The evening ...
Album Review: Cocoon Life – The Power of Nightmares 24 Jul 2013 | 08:40 am
It’s difficult for me to review The Power of Nightmares. I started off writing about the first line of the opening track, Four Chambers, but it was hard not to get too personal. See, I’ve known member...
MCR welcomes Justice–our new staff writer 23 Jul 2013 | 07:20 pm
With -Jr still examining archeological relics in the Congo and Barman occupied with his train set there has become an apparent need for additional writers at MCR. That is why we are glad to welcome ou...
