La Dispute Get Wild Away from GR

La Dispute brings their honestly refreshing punk to the Magic Stick this Saturday.

Anybody that follows the hardcore/punk/metal scenes here in Michigan know that there’s a burgeoning scene, borne out of the rage and anger that people have when living in an economically depressed state like this. But showing some hope from the west side [...]

Danny Brown Gets XXX in Mt. Clemens

Fresh of the mega critical buzz he got last year, Danny Brown plays his first Detroit area show at the Emerald Theater this Saturday.

In Detroit, hip-hop breakout acts have been few and far between since Eminem blew up and the demise of Slum Village.  But 2011 was a sign that Detroit’s hip-hop scene may [...]

School of Seven Bells Tell a Ghostory

The airy and profound School of Seven Bells hits the Magic Stick on Monday, April 30th.

The sub-genre of Dream pop has been quite the commodity over the past several years, with many from the indie world giving the quiet and serene art form a valiant try. But one of the groups doing it the [...]

Fort Lean Sunsick in Ann Arbor

Keenan Mitchell's soaring vocals lead Fort Lean to the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor on Saturday,

With the guys coming from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, also home to indie darlings MGMT and Das Racist, the guys who form the quintet Fort Lean seem to have their sound moving in a different direction than the previously [...]

Battlecross Show Honor For Detroit

Battlecross makes their first apperance on a major metal tour opening for Origin at Harpo's April 25th.

If you’ve been around the Detroit metal scene for a while, the guys in Battlecross are a fixture of the scene. Whether they were on one of their numerous opening slots at any venue in town, [...]

UFC 145 Preview & Fearless Predictions

Finally! The long awaited grudge match between Jon Jones and Rashad Evans takes place this Saturday.

Has it really been seven weeks since the last major UFC pay-per-view event? I swear, it felt like an eternity for me and many other fight fans as we have waited patiently. We sat through [...]

Young Widows Brings Lightness to Pontiac

Young Widows bring their atmospheric noise metal to Small's this Wednesday.

Go back to 2006 and the number of bands that could have been labeled “mathcore” was growing to an astronomical number. But fans and let’s be honest, most of the band’s were starting to do something a bit different. As [...]

White Denim Not Getting “D” Grades

White Denim brings the best from their "D" album to the Pike Room this Tuesday.

Coming straight out of the mecca of indie music these days, Austin’s White Denim has been on a release tear since forming in 2006 and starting release full length albums in 2008. Nearly every year, the quartet [...]

All Shall Heed The Apocalypse

Fans can probably get this close to the band when All Shall Perish hits Harpo's on Wednesday.

Last summer, the guys in All Shall Perish and Fleshgod Apocalypse were on competing summer festivals. For the Bay Area based band All Shall Perish, they were slugging it out to throngs of sweltering fans [...]

Celldweller's Blackstar Return to Detroit

Klayton brings Celldweller to Detroit for a DJ Set at the Works Bar in Detroit tonight.

For fans of the electro-rock band Celldweller, fans have been awaiting since 2009 to see the finished product behind his “Wish Upon a Blackstar” effort. Patient eyes have waited since August of 2009, Celldweller to continue [...]