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PLAYING DETROITPrude Boys Unpack Grief and Grievances on New Seven Inch

Hamtramck-based DIY band Prude Boys (Caroline Thornbury, Quentin Thornbury, and Connor Dodson) recently celebrated the release of their new 7-inch record, The Reunion/Daddy. The songs - put out on the band’s own label, Grumble Records - are a preview of a full-length record the band recorded last...

Sara Barron

PLAYING DETROITGIRL FIGHT Release Fiery Sophomore Album 'She's a Killer'

Ellen Cope and Jacob Bloom fine-tune their brazen two-piece effort with tighter riffs and rhythms and lyrical...

Sara Barron

ALBUM REVIEWMeilyr Jones "2013"

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never heard of Meilyr Jones, or his former band Race Horses. It doesn’t matter if you think Jones is English, when in fact, he’s a Welshman. It doesn’t even matter if you’re stumped on how exactly to pronounce “Meilyr”-because an authoritative voice tells you within the...

Madison Bloom

ARTIST OF THE MONTHBRONCHO

Dream-pop, garage-rock, black-punk. In an era where the blogosphere battles to name genres, sometimes it's nice to simply return to rock 'n' roll, which is just what we have for you in the first Artist of the Month profile of the new year. "As cliche as that is, I think that’s what we’re going for....

Sophie Saint Thomas

LIVE REVIEWThe Muffs @ Del Monte Speakeasy, Venice CA

These days, it seems no one is impervious to nineties nostalgia, least of all Burger Records, who release Whoop Dee Doo on July 29th, the first album of new material from grunge-pop aficionados The Muffs in ten years. The three-piece, consisting of lead singer/songwriter/guitarist Kim Shattuck,...

Callie Ryan

FLASHBACK FRIDAY"The Big Come Up"

Ending your band's debut album with a 23-minute hidden track is a bold move, but then again, The Black Keys have always been pretty bold in their bluegrass/garage rock. Years before they were selling out tours throughout the country, Akron, Ohio natives Dan Auerbach (guitar/vocals) and Patrick...

Kelly Tunney