THIS SAT: Amino Acids 7" Release Party @ Small's

You know the Amino Acids are beloved of MCB. Then you also know that no hell, high-water, or early-morning Sunday moving plans will keep me away!The Amino Acids7" Record Release ShowfeaturingThe Counter ElitesLike Like The The The DeathVoyag3rthe Rev. Ivan StangSaturday August 3Doors @ 8, expect the Aminos after midnight.Small's10339 Conant, HamtramckALL AGES SHOWThe $10 door charge includes your very own copy of the Amino Acids's'ss' new record,...

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Show preview/interview: Chris Wyse of The Cult @ The Fillmore Detroit August 8th, 2013

Photo Credit: Andy BuchananBassist and vocalist Chris Wyse is no stranger to the music scene, having performed and recorded tracks with everyone from Ozzy Osbourne to Mick Jagger to The Cult, as well as finding time to found and front his own band Owl back in 2007. Hailing from Queens, NY, his early years were heavily influenced by his Irish heritage listening to his parents albums, before discovering the likes of Kiss and Led Zeppelin in school....

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MCB Hero of the Day: Jerry Vile

Sometimes a city gets the hero it deserves...Photo via Deadline Detroit: deadlinedetroit.comDetroit Artist Installs Crisco Can At Joe Louis Fist To 'Ease City's Bankruptcy Pa...

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Hip in Detroit: A Benefit Show for Fallen Firefighter Brian Woehlk...

Hip in Detroit: A Benefit Show for Fallen Firefighter Brian Woehlk...: It is our honor to announce that this Saturday, August 3rd Hip In Detroit will be hosting a benefit show for the fallen firefighter and...

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Great White to rock Detroit riverfront Friday Aug. 2nd.Check back later this week when we post an interview with Great White Guitarist Michael Lardie!The 2013 Chevrolet Rockin’ on the Riverfront free summer concert series will feature L.A. hard rockers Great White on Friday, Aug. 2. The concert, presented by Detroit’s #1 for Classic Rock 94.7 WCSX-FM, will rock the riverfront stage starting a 7:30 p.m. with opener Artificial Agent of Detroit.Great...

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Detroit bankruptcy blues? Try getting CARJACKED to turn that frown upside down

With all the hullabaloo about Detroit being broke yet rising like a Phoenix from its own ashes we thought we should remind you that even aliens are importing to the motorcity!Get CARJACKED!http://carjackband.blogspot.c...

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Pictures: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Company and Black Stone Cherry @ DTE Energy Music Theatre 07/23/2013

Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company celebrate significant 40th anniversaries in 2013, with Lynyrd Skynyrd having released their debut album on August 13, 1973 and Bad Company being formed that same year. While the pair have shared the stage and Paul Rodgers has toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Company and Skynyrd have never toured as co-headliners together.Led by core members Gary Rossington (guitar), Johnny Van Zant (vocals) and Rickey Medlocke (guitar), along with longtime drummer Michael Cartellone, Lynyrd Skynyrd has maintained a tremendous legacy...

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Chene Park & 93.1 Doug FM presents the Battle of the Bands finals TONIGHT!

As part of Weenies, Brews & Detroit Grooves, 93.1 Doug FM presents the Battle of the Bands!It's been a great couple of months packed with lots of talented bands, but only a lucky few made it to the finals! Battling it out in the final round for the chance to play Doug-fest Rib-Off and Music Festival and $1,500 are:MIKE LESLIE BAND (Mick's pick!)MOTOR HONEY5TH WALL CONCEPTSHOTGUN SOULSOCIAL BANDITSKENDRICK HARDAWAY AND THE HTS BANDShow up to support...

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THE MIKE DILLON BAND TO ROCK FERNDALE on THU AUG 8th

Les Claypool's go-to percussionist coming to the D as a part of his summer tour with guests DOWNTOWN BROWN and PASSALACQUA.--------------------------------------Mike Dillon is a percussionist, vibraphonist, bandleader, vocalist and songwriter born in San Antonio, Texas. He is a member of Dead Kenny Gs, Les Claypool's Fancy Band, Colonial Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade and Garage A Trois. He has performed with many musicians including...

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XIAO DONG WEI @Campus Martius Park

Today, July 30th7:00 PMCAMPUS MARTIUS PARK2012 Kresge Artist Fellow, and master of the Erhu (the Chinese 2-stringed violin), a classical pianist--and a rock musician, XIAO DONG WEI will lead an ensemble of select musicians in a performance of Western and Chinese classical compositions.www.xiaodongwei.com/music.htmlBEYER-STACY DUO opens &nb...

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Wild Bill Ketelhut provides the "blog" to this anti-blogWild At Heart It has been awhile since I have seen a first run film but I have been a big fan of Guillermo del Toro, who I had the pleasure of meeting 2 years ago at Toronto Comic Con while filming this movie) for awhile and really wanted to see his new film "Pacific Rim". I have been a huge anime/manga fan for awhile and I love his tribute to the genres. Watching a film where giant creatures...

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2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival @ DTE Energy Music Theatre

"Hoooooooooooooooooome!" bellowed Kyle "Gumby" Gunther, lead singer of Battlecross, as they took to the stage early in the day at the Rockstar Mayhem Festival this past Sunday at DTE Energy Music Theatre. Judging by the response and size of the crowd that had swelled to fill the parking lot of the festival stage area, it was a long overdue welcome home for Battlecross on this stop of the tour and they set the tone for the rest of the afternoon. Not...

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THIS FRI: The Defibulators @ Friday Night Live @ DIA

The DefibulatorsFriday 2 August / 7 & 8.30pmFriday Night Liveat the Detroit Institute of Arts5200 Woodward Ave. | Detroit, MIThe Defibulators music is an urban take on classic country with tight, punchy hooks and foot-stomping sing-alongs. Their music has been described as “CBGB-meets-Grand Ole Opry.” The group will perform music from their new recording, ‘Debt’ll Get’e...

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JIMMY HOFFA DAY IS TOMORROW!

"Find Jimmy!  Dig a hole!"              With this brief but stirring rallying cry, organizers are set to mobilize the population of Michigan July 30 to aid the energetic, always-entertaining, but as yet ineffective efforts of federal law-enforcement officials to locate the remains of the late labor leader, Jimmy Hoffa.              ...

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Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts /August 3rd /Artist Village Detroit - August 3rd 2013

Festival of Performing Arts /August 3rd /Artist Village Detroit Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts announces wide variety of acts. On August 3, 2013, Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts, an outdoor celebration of site-specific performance and installation art, will fill the courtyards, sidewalks, storefronts and gardens in and around Artist Village Detroit (17340 Lahser, Detroit, MI 48219) with engaging site-specific work from...

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TONIGHT: Acoustic Mondays this month featuring Joey Mazzola and Justin Walker AND YOU? plus special guest ping/pong

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"PRINTMAKER X 6" - Opening Reception: Friday, August 2, 6-9 PM - Lawrence Street Gallery

LAWRENCE STREET GALLERY PRESENTS "PRINTMAKER X 6" Show dates: July 31 - August 30, 2013 Opening Reception: Friday, August 2, 6-9 PM, public invited Mid-month reception: Friday, August 23, 6-9 PM, public invited Gallery Hours are Wed & Sat, noon to 5, Thurs & Fri, noon to 9pm. Location: Lawrence Street Gallery is at 22620 Woodward, Ferndale (east side of Woodward, in the second block south of 9 Mile.) Telephone: 248-544-0394,...

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"Collaboration and Continuum": The Carnival Photographs of Bill Rauhauser and Carlos Diaz - August 2 - August 30, 2013

Collaboration and Continuum: The Carnival Photographs of Bill Rauhauser andCarlos Diaz, curated by Mary McNichols, Ph.D.August 2  - August 30, 2013 Opening Reception is August 2, 2013 (First Friday)   Curator and Artists' Talk at 8 p.m.Northville Art House, 215 W. Cady Street The Northville Art House presents an installation of the works of tworenowned Detroit-based photographers who have collaborated in various waysthroughout...

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SHOW REVIEW: Adam Ant in Denver CO by TracyK 7/24/2013

With Adam Ant returning to Detroit next month we figured it would be a good idea to get ahead of the game and check out a show or two beforehand so we dusted off the ol MCB credit card and tagged a trusted friend out in Denver CO to cover the show and provide you with a little preview of whats to come at The Cathedral Theatre on August 27thThanks TK!Special Assignment WORDS/IMAGES by TracyK Adam Ant, Ogden Theatre Denver CO July 24th, 2013Adam...

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Show Preview/Interview with Hiran Deraniyagala of Battlecross appearing at the Rockstar Mayhem Festival Sunday July 28 at DTE Energy Music Theatre

Michigan metal band Battlecross is coming back to town on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour this coming Sunday, July 28th. Formed just under 10 years ago in the western Detroit suburb of Canon, Battlecross has been on of the hardest working metal bands this state has spawned. After putting in years of due diligence and paying their dues on the local circuit along with some regional tours, the band was signed to Metal Blade records in...

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