FREE CD: Bloodshot's Andre 'Dre Williams plays Park Bar Detroit - Sat 3/20

Andre Williams Live
At the Park Bar on Saturday, March 20th

**New Album THAT’S ALL I NEED coming out on Bloodshot Records in the spring!**

Andre "Mr. Rhythm" Williams is a R&B legend, and you may not even know it.

He wrote "Shake A Tail Feather," and sang such uber-raunch cult classics as "Bacon Fat" (covered by the Cramps), "Greasy Chicken," and the epitome of songs about little girls, "Jail Bait." He worked at seminal labels such as Motown, Chess, and Fortune. He wrote songs for, or produced folks Ike Turner, Parliament/Funkadelic, Edwin Starr and Stevie Wonder. The guy is like music's version of Zelig; he's been everywhere, man.

Yeah, baby.

After a few hard years in... er... retirement, he stormed back in the late 90's with a record of smutty garage punk called Silky recorded with members of the Demolition Doll Rods and the Dirt-Bombs. Since then he has recorded with the Sadies, Jon Spencer, Two-Star Tabernacle (which included a very young Jack White) and many others. His resurgence of popularity (and notoriety) continues as he tours the world. Recently he was the subject of a documentary, Agile, Mobile, Hostile that premiered at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival. Andre tells it like it is, and if you get all bashful and shit with the blue language, you might want to steer clear--this guy can make Redd Foxx (who gave him his nickname, by the way) look like Bill Cosby.

Don't let the shtick fool you, though, the man has put together some of the most bad-ass soul shakers in the history of music. He strips away all the bells and whistles and shoots musical arrows right to your goodie spot. Music at its most feral.

Andre Williams Live
Saturday, March 20th at the Park Bar
2040 Park Ave. – Detroit, MI
Ticket Cost: $10
Show Time: 8pm

We got the upcoming release "That's All I Need" in the mail just in time for the weekend

It was one of those rare MCB weekends where we didnt work much but rather attended a few shows to have some fun without the hassle of video and photos.

As we drove the streets of Detroit digging this new record it felt like we were running numbers or hustling on Cass Corridor and we would have to say that

there is a such thing as good dope

THIS ALBUM!!

we dont have any promos yet for the new record(drops May 18th)

but Bloodshot sent over a copy of the previous release

to give you a taste of what this guy has knocked out before

1st emailer gets it - motorcityblog@earthlink.net

Get to this show - you will not regret it

Cant make the Detroit show?

Catch him in Ann Arbor on Sunday night as well...

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FREE VINYL: Downunder Detroit by Tall Kiwi Chick meet up with YACHT

TALL KIWI CHICK was a winner in one of our contests for free tickets

and of course we chatted it up a bit and met up with her and her crew at the show.

After knocking back a few cold ones we were fast friends and thick as thieves.
Anyway - we thought it would nice to get some insight about good ol dietroit

from someone with a bit different perspective so we created this column

She loves music, men & drinking

"She's Sweet As!"

DOWNUNDER DETROIT

BY Tall Kiwi Chick

photos/sidekick coolness by Lauretta West

So i've been a little bit lazy lately...

but i blame Vegas!!

Lauretta & I spent the last weekend in Feb there drinking far too much and going to The Cheesecake Factory.. and it's taken me a while to fully recover... Well it was amazing if you're interested, although the rule is we can't talk about it...

but i can tell you i got a new tattoo.

I'd been thinking for a while about what i wanted to get, and decided after having some drinks that i wanted to get one that weekend.

So here i am with 'Little Miss Detroit'

tattooed on the back of my neck.

No color or text though. I may add that later. If you haven't heard of "Little Miss Detroit' then you obviously haven't checked out www.detroitmfg.com because they sell the t-shirts online, and they are super cool! They also sell Mr Detroit shirts & other detroit clothing... Check it out!!

(PS IF YOU WANT TO POST THE PIC OF LITTLE MISS DETROIT..

HERE IS THE LINK


So after getting back hungover as crap, on Dr Zeus's birthday, we ventured out to The Crofoot in Pontiac to see and interview 'Y.A.C.H.T'!!

Yacht consists of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans. Touring for the first time with a full band, this duo were really interesting and we're glad we had the opportunity to sit down with them.

YACHT - Are you guys Australian?

Tall Kiwi Chicks- No we're from New Zealand

Y - Oh wow even better! Which city?

TKC - Christchurch? You know it?

Y - Awesome! Yeah we've toured there twice! That's so cool!

TKC - YAY!! So i heard your music has been described as 'Indies' Timbaland.

Y - Yeah, that was a quote in Vibe Magazine

TKC - How do you describe it?

Y - We try not to describe it (they say in unison). Well we try not to describe it if we dont need too. we want to let it speak for itself. Genre can be very limiting and we try to make music that is genreless. We get a huge kick out of making music that is genreless, people often say electronic music or dance music or pop music but i wouldn't say that it fit into any of those categories, and thats just the music side of it too so i think when we describe it, we say it's a Band, Belief system and business. It's more than just music for us. We try not to be too specialized.. we fear overspecialization. We don't ever want to lose touch with what we want to do. We never want to become repetitive or typecast or boring. We want to continue to evolve as music as possible and never limit ourselves.....But yeah it's pop music.

TKC - So what's your favorite Yacht song to play at the moment?

Y - Right now they're all exciting to play because we just moved, changed, evolved to having a full band, which is still very new to us. We've been on tour with the band for 10 days now with our band and thats the big thing. It feels really good right now. Our songs, they're like children to us so it's really hard to pick which one we like better, especially the songs from the new record cos they all came together in one place and one moment in time in the far west texas dessert, so for us it's a set, and thats our favorite set. We're not thinking of the older songs right now. The new-ness of it right now is really great for us. The reason we got a band in the first place is because we get really sick of what were doing every 6 months or so.. we feel like if we do the same thing too much we end up feeling slightly inauthentic in our presentation, even if we really believe in it, if we just do it too much it loses the element of fear and loses the abilility to frighten us and make us feel vulnerable. The band for us has accomplishd it's purpose and rendered the old new.

TKC - What are you most looking forward too this year?

Y - Touring LCD Soundsystem is going to be incredible. I'm also looking forward to playing in places we haven't been before like Colombia! That should be really interesting. I'm excited to bring the band to SxSW and introduce it to the greater music world, not that im superjazzed on the industry aspect of what we do, but im excited to introduce our new brothers to the world. We're playing 8 shows over 3 days. i'm excited to make a new record someday soon this year. maybe this summer. we've never made a record in summer before, so that should be interesting.

TKC - YACHT's musical highlights so far?

Y- Getting a review in the New York Times, a positive review at that. we're still very gracious and we dont take anything for granted. We made all of this music on an imac computer with one $50 microphone, so for us to beable to travel the world and come to clubs like this, for anyone to show up at all or to listen to us, let alone for the New York Times to review us is really overwhelming! And to make this whole community around it is awesome!!

TKC - Tell me something that most people won't know about your band?

Y - We're not only a band and that we're not overspecialized. We're buiding an incluive community, which is more than just music..its more about idealogy. Most people don't know that we're serious in everything we do, that's not to say we dont have senses of humour... alot of people think that some of the things we talk about are marketing schemes or jokes, which i understand but it's not .

TKC-Ok guys so we've come to the most important question of the interview.. Who would you go gay for, or, if you're gay, who would you go straight for?

Y-(Jona) Great question!! We should name 2 people to keep in Ambiguous!! I'm going to say Ginnifer Goodwin and Robert Von Kieswette from 'Bobby Birdman'.

(claire) Yolandi Visser from the great south african hip hop group 'Die Antwoord' and if you don't know who she is, do yourself a favor and google them!! And Robert Downey Jr.


YACHT were also selling a book they've written about their own ideologies 'The Secret Teachings of the Mystery Lights', which looked really facinating....Now remember i said that we had just gotten back from Vegas? Yeah well while we were waiting for YACHT to play, we started getting super sleepy and we had to leave. Our beds were calling our names!! Super bummed because they sounded great during the sound check and i was looking forward to experiencing their show!! Later I read online from other fans that were there, that it was an amazing show!!

email motorcityblog@earthlink.net for your chance to win YACHT vinyl

Still to come is TKC at MT Blowout Review

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3/12/2010 The Flaming Lips kicks off SXSW in Austin, Texas with Love!

The Flaming Lips kicked off SXSW 2010 at The Austin Music Hall last Friday night with a bang! I (nardo) was supa lucky to get a last second hook-up to witness this amazing sold out show!
This was by far one of the best Flaming Lips show I’ve seen!







Be sure to check out Stardeath and White Dwarfs new LP “The Birth”. They opened the show with an amazing set and finished with a cover of Madonna’s “Borderline”





I’ll be back in a few to post more text/pictures/video from SXSW 2010 this week!
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PHOTOS: PAUL HITZ - The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights premier @ the Burton Theatre

the burton theate was sold out for the premier of "The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights"

"In 2007 the legendary American duo White Stripes toured Canada. Besides playing the usual venues they challenged themselves and played in buses, cafés and for Indian tribal elders. Music video director Emmett Malloy followed the band and managed to capture both the special tour, extraordinary concert versions of the band's minimalist, raw, blues-inspired rock songs and the special relationship between the extroverted Jack White and the introspective Meg White - a formerly married couple who for a long time claimed to be siblings. The film makes striking use of the band's concert colors: red, white and black. Written by Göteborg International Film Festival "

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1487275/





The Burton Theatre is an exciting, new, independent cinema in the Chinatown/Cass Corridor neighborhood of Detroit that features classic art house, independent, LGBT, foreign and cult films. Responding to the shortage of art house venues in the city, the Burton Theatre aims to help Detroit rival Chicago and New York as a center for independent film.

The Burton Theatre will also be the home to the Cass Avenue Film Syndicate (CAFS). Under the guidance of dedicated Detroit based artists, CAFS exists as a resource for independent filmmakers in Detroit with public outdoor displays of art, lectures from professionals and by providing a space and encouragement to inspire local filmmakers to experiment and create.

While the Burton Theatre will focus on film, it will not be limited to that. Its vision is to expand as a venue for music and other performance art with a focus on local artists. It will also work to engage its audience more deeply than typical theaters by making them active in programming and by creating a space where artists and patrons of the arts connect.

The theatre is located in the auditorium of the former Burton International School at Cass Ave. and Peterboro. Click here for a map.

Free secure parking in the former Chung's parking lot on Cass just north of the theatre.

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PHOTOS: PAUL HITZ - Allan Machielse - Light in the Darkness: Architectural Preservation's Promise

WHAT YOU MISSED!

at The FUTURE GALLERY - CASPER 2

Allan has a deep display of photos from the depths of Detroit, defining urban exploration in Detroit Allan was a pioneer then and still is now, his photography was on display and there was a ton of music there all night, we didn't stay long but to congratulate Allan on another awesome exhibit, Detroit was calling and we had to accept the charges..

http://www.allanmachielse.com/



http://www.allanmachielse.com/

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PHOTOS: RJD2 with Break Science @ Magic Stick, 3/12 by Jeremy Whiting

http://www.flickr.com/jtothejeremy

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MCB weekend ahead does not include working late today

well - its 3:47 and time to skip out of the office
not as early as usual but here are a few extra things to do this weekend

Tonight you could head to Royal Oak for a beer tasting at the old Billing's Feed Bldg on Main St near Lincoln - its called Cloverleaf Fine Wine (http://www.cloverleafwine.com/ ) and tonight a cool band called Skin and Bones will be tearing it up till about 10pm

then head to The Magic Stick for RJD2 or The Berkley Front for Dale Beavers

tomorrow is easy for us here at MCB

we can relive 1/3 of our MCB5 show at Northern Lights Lounge with Mick Bassett and the Marthas / Satori Circus and the Detroit Dizzy Dames
Sunday you will have to head to corktown for the parade

and drink the motorcity special beer till you pee neon green

stopping in at smalls for a little bite to eat

next week look for giveaways from

The Beggars - Gary Nueman - The Dirty Flags - Andrew Williams - Our Lady Peace The Sights - Acrylics - Bullet for My Valentine - SIA

and more if your lucky

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The English Beat @ The Magic Bag May 20th

Legendary British rockers The English Beat will be playing The Magic Bag in Ferndale on May 20th.

Tickets can be purchased here.

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8th Annual Central Michigan International Film Festival - March 19-28

This is a popular festival featuring numerous domestic and international films. The event will be taking place at Broadway Theatre, Celebration! Cinema, and Park Library Auditorium.

Click here for this year's film list!

The charge is $5 per individual ticket and $30 for a book of 20. Tickets are available at Java City, Art Reach Office and Gallery, Celebration! Cinema, and at the CMU School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts.

Contact Darcy Orlik at (989) 774-2694 for more information.

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TONIGHT: Light in the Darkness: Architectural Preservation's Promise

Detroit photographer Allan Machielse will be staging an art show opening entitled LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS: Architectural Preservation’s Promise.

Allan Machielse has been photographing buildings in Detroit and environs since 2006, when he began the study of Architecture at Lawrence Technological University. Architectural training informs his vision of the city's sublime monuments as threatened ruins. Although a 'straight-shooter,' his photographs transcend documentation, becoming artistic statements that probe the question of historic preservation as the city's path to revival. Images which both celebrate and mourn Detroit's grandiose structures evoke comparisons with antiquity. Dark, abandoned interiors are infused with an ethereal light offering the promise of rediscovery and renewal. These wrenching 'still lifes' have been shown in solo and group exhibits at Royal Oak, Detroit and Hamtramck galleries.

The Future 2 Casper Gallery in Royal Oak is proud to host Allan Machielse’s photography show and invites attendees to experience an evening of reflection & live music.


Friday, March 12, 2010 at 6:00pm
Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 12:00am
Location: Future 2 Casper Gallery
Street: 210 W. 11 Mile Road
City/Town: Royal Oak, MI

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St. Patty's Day Edition of ORBITSUNS DRUNKEN BINGO! on Wed. 3-17

Extra Rowdy Irish Bingo at Four Green Fields Pub!


Photos by Brett Lawrence

What could be wilder then The Orbitsuns DRUNKEN Bingo? St. Patrick's Day - Orbitsuns Drunken Bingo! Combine the wild Irish celebration with our regular PARTY and you have one night of mayhem & fun!

FREE Pub style Bingo with cool prizes followed by a Rowdy LIVE show by The Orbitsuns! Vinnie and the boys will be rocking an unbridled GUINNESS and IRISH WHISKEY soaked set!

The fun starts at 9:30 pm - no cover, free to play Bingo too! Ages 21 and over welcome to attend!

Four Green Fields Pub
30919 Woodward Avenue
Royal Oak, MI 48073
(248) 288-2088

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FAST FREE FRIDAY

since we missed last weeks FFF being out on vacation we thought we would make this weeks edition a good one with the winner getting 3 pairs of tickets and 3 CDs

plus this awesome ORANGE off my desk

as usual the 1st responder gets the goods. motorcityblog@earthlink.net

Pair of tickets to see Cage the Elephant at St Andrews Hall next Tuesday 3/16

Pair of tickets to see Julian Casablancas from the Strokes at St Andrews 4/5

Pair of tickets to see Mayer Hawthorne at St Andrews on 3/26

Free CD from Evelyn Evelyn

Free CD from HYPERNOVA

FREE CD from The Dig

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PHOTOS: 2010 Metro Times BLOWOUT

Check out the MCB action from Whiskey in the Jar, Baker's Streetcar, The Belmont, Atlas Bar, Kelly's Bar, and Painted Lady Lounge from the 2010 BLOWOUT from Stanley

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Detroit Industrial Projects - March 13 - Opening of "Earliest Ending of Winter"

 

Detroit Industrial Projects presents 

"Earliest Ending of Winter" 

 

Addie Langford 

Abigail Murray 

Amanda Thatch

Rebecca Tufts.

March 13 through April 10, 2010

Opening Reception: March 13, 6-9pm

Closing Reception April 10, 6-9pm

The installation demonstrates a wide range of reactions to nature and to natural processes interpreted through artistic practice.  Intrinsic in each artist's work is the transformation that occurs when materials are layered or accumulated methodically according to an individual sensibility.  Through highly personal modes of construction and mark-making, the artists achieve works that reflect on the "natural" when it relates to personal inclination, memory and environment. 

 

For further information, visit detroitindustrialprojects.wordpress.com 

The mission of artist and founder Jeanette Strezinski's Detroit Industrial Projects is to "provide artists with an environment where they can exhibit their art in an uninhibited setting free of conventional constraints."

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FREE TICKETS AND CDs: HIM - Clutch Cargos Pontiac - 4/2

HIM
with Special Guests We Are The Fallen , Dommin , Drive A
Friday April 02, 2010 @ 6pm

$26.00 in advance / $30 day of show • all ages

Want to check out HIM at CLutch CArgos in Pontiac on 4/2???

Enter to win a pair of tickets to the show

motorcityblog@earthlink.net

Get show info here

Purchase tickets here

ADDED BONUS for ticket winners!!!

MCB has a few copies to giveaway

of the latest side project from HIM

called VOL. II

The End Records is proud to announce the worldwide release of VOL. II from Daniel Lioneye (on Warner Bros. Records in Finland), the side project from members of HIM, on April 27th. Consisting of Linde (HIM) on guitars, bass and vocals, Burton (HIM) on keyboards and Bolton (Enochian Crescent) on drums, the band has always embraced breaking boundaries and taking new directions, which is exactly what they did on their sophomore release.

Formed in 2001, Daniel Lioneye’s debut album, The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, was only released in Finland and Germany and was a “tongue in cheek” psychedelic stoner rock album. Earning the group quite a bit of attention, the band played at handful of festivals in Finland which resulted in the title track being the theme song for Bam Margera's TV show, Viva La Bam. Simply called VOL. II, the band’s North American debut is heavier than the band’s prior release, making it an extreme, yet melodic, rock n' roll album influenced by black metal.

The first song available for listening on the band's Myspace page is "I Have Never Wanted To Be Number One". Linde had the following to say about the song... "This is no doubt the most accessible song on the album and believe it or not it was written about 5 years ago. It was meant to be an acoustic ballad but this album is not about acoustic ballads so we started to fuck around with it. At first I thought that it sticks out a bit too much from the rest of the stuff and wasn't sure if I should include it. It sounded too serious and stiff to me. Then Burton came in with his 80's keys and we added the blast beat part in the end and it changed my mind. Lyrically I guess it is about moving on. But it kind of raises more questions than gives answers and I like to keep it that way."

VOL. II Tracklisting:
1. Euroshaman
2. Flatlined
3. Saturnalia
4. Neolithic Way
5. I Saw Myself
6. The Mentat
7. I Have Never Wanted To Be Number One
8. Who Turned The Lights Out
9. Kiss of the Cannibal

www.myspace.com/daniellioneyeofficial
www.twitter.com/DLioneye

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FREE TICKETS & VINYL: Fake Four Inc - Division Gallery Detroit - 3/28

MCB has a copy of the 12" Battlefields from Sole & Skyrider Band on vinyl

plus a pair of guest list passes for the show on 3/28

enter to win - motorcityblog@earthlink.net

include mailing address and full name

Fake Four Inc. is hitting Detroit

on 3/28 at the Division Gallery

The bill consists of Onry Ozzborn (Grayskul/Oldominion/Rhymesayers) and his new project Dark Time Sunshine (who just released a free LP below, with a new LP out in April on Fake Four), trailblazer Sole and the Skyrider Band, and label founder Ceschi.

Rooted in conceptual hip hop, the tour is all the more intriguing in light of some recent news in the indie hip hop world like Definitive Jux going on hiatus, and Sole himself parting ways with the juggernaut he helped create and define in Anticon.

Dark Time Sunshine 'Believeyoume' free LP:
http://www.fakefourinc.com/believeyoume/

http://fakefourinc.com/

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Marche du Nain Rouge - Sun March 21st 2010 - 300th Anniversary of Le Nain Rouge of Detroit

As told to you earlier in the week by SLAW stars Evans and English
there will be a parade on Cass Ave on March 21st

Check all the details here

http://www.lenainrouge.com/

and check out this old school google scanned book

about detroit legends

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PJ's Lager House Birthday Bash

Check out a couple of other things from Khalid Hanifi who will be part of the birthday bash over at PJ's Lager House this saturday night in Corktown

download-only single out called Hog Futures
playing live with his band on Ann Delisi's WDET show on 3/20

www.khalidhanifi.com






Saturday, March 13
PJ's Birthday
w/The Sugarcoats, Kahlid Hanifi f/George Bedard, The Reelers
10pm

Dun dun dun....
PJ's a year older and celebrating in the finest fashion he knows how-- throwing a big ass rock'n'roll party! Headlining the night will be Woodbridge's prodigal sons, The Sugarcoats. The Sugarcoats are a kickass project of Corey Weedon and Todd McNulty from Lee Marvin Computer Arm. Original bassist and former Bad Indians member Neal Simms is BACK and better than ever. They've got that Woodbridge sound... it's a true commonwealth 'round them parts! Did you hear them on WDET's Detroit Today a few months ago? Good stuff. The Sugarcoats have been favorably compared to The Rolling Stones AND The MC5 and The Faces. HOW'S THAT FOR CREDENTIAL?! When at the top of their game, this is truly one of the best live bands in Detroit.

Khalid Hanifi is the hardest working Afghan in show biz. Hanifi has been writing and performing his songs since the early 1980s, with such bands as Map of the World (Atlantic Records 1989-90), Kiss Me Screaming, and Maypops. His first proper solo album, “Pamplemousse Presse,” produced by Khalid and Geoff Michael, was released in September 2008. Recently, his work has been featured in such places as the NBC show "Mercy," and the PRX radio documentary "Finding Our Bootstraps: Americans Deal With Recession."

Accompanying him will be Ann Arbor's rockabilly king, George Bedard.

Local group The Reelers is a locally-based three-piece with obvious 60s influences. Link Wray plays strong in their intros while the backend of the songs remain light and easy to do the indie kid toe-tap head-bob to. The Reelers open.

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UPCOMING: The Sights - Alvins Detroit - 3.27

The Sights, a psychedelic blues-rock-power pop band from Detroit ready the release of their new album “Most of What Follows is True.”


The bands 4th full length was produced by the legendary Jim Diamond (White Stripes, Dirtbombs.) Hailed by critics and fans alike, The Sights continue to build on an incredible legacy of uncanny blues-rock-power pop.



Famed typhoon of rock and roll energy Eddie Baranek (guitar/vocals) is joined by Dave Lawson (bass/vocals), Gordon Smith (guitar, keyboards and vocals) and Skip Denomme (drums) to deliver incredible songwriting and electrifying live performances.With 2010’s “Most of What Follows Is True,” The Sights have achieved an unprecedented level of song and studio craftsmanship.



In an era of soulless keyboards, drum machines and Autotune, The Sights respond with thrillingly catchy songs. No gimmicks, no studio trickery – just rock and roll from the heart. The Sights combine the unobtrusive honesty of The Band with countless slivers of influence from their own personal record collections: Ike & Tina, Solomon Burke, The Everly Brothers, Bob Seger, Tim Hardin and all manner of raucous, infectious songwriting.To whet the appetites of their fans, the band have just released a limited pressing of 200 of “Silver/Gold,” a maxi-single (a 12-inch LP that spins at 45 RPM with grooves on one side only).

There are four songs on the A-side and the B-side is just smooth vinyl with a very cool screen-printed design on it. Two songs ("Ba Bump" and "Silver/Gold") will only be available in this format. The Sight’s precocious ability to blend frenetic garage rock with 60’s pop and create something equally classic and catchy has garnered worldwide critical acclaim. The NME wrote “(The Sights are) a revelation - a treasure trove of sparky and wildly immediate songwriting” while Rolling Stone commented, “at last - a new Detroit-garage band that comes in colors.”

The Sights legendary live shows have stunned and captivated countless audiences throughout North America and Europe. Lock up your daughters as the band have already begun moving and shaking across the country to a club near you.“Most of What Follows is True” will be released on April 23rd. The tour begins now.

Video for “Rock and Roll Circus”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH4kp-9dOZI

The Sights on Tour
Mar 26 Toledo, OH Mickey Finn’s
Mar 27 Detroit, MI Alvin’s
Apr 9 Cincinnati, OH Mayday
Apr 16 Detroit, M Magic Bag
Apr 24 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
Apr 30 NewYork, NY Pianos
May 1 Brooklyn, NY Bruar Falls
May 22 Chicago, IL Double Door
May 29 Saginaw, MI White’s Bar

http://www.sightsarmy.com/
www.deviousplanet.com/sights
www.myspace.com/thesights

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CALL FOR ENTRIES Maker Faire Detroit begins March 18

Beginning on March 18th, 2010 applications will be accepted for participation in Maker Faire Detroit: Motor City to Maker City.

See http://www.makerfaire.com/ for information and applications as soon as they become available.

Organized by Make magazine, makezine.com and craftzine.com, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft and engineering plus music in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum.

Maker Faire Detroit
July 31 - August 1, 2010
at the Henry Ford

Motor City to Maker City, meet the Makers! 200+ exhibiting makers, demonstrations & hands-on workshops

A two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It’s for creative, resourceful people who like to tinker and love to make things. Experience it here, in the birthplace and showplace of one of the world’s most famous tinkerers, Henry Ford.

Maker Faire Mission: To inspire, inform, connect and entertain thousands of Makers and aspiring Makers of all ages and backgrounds through the public gathering of tech enthusiast, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, science clubs, students, authors, and commercial exhibitors.

I'm pretty excited about this event and will continue to post reminders and updates as they come in. If you've wondered about what sorts of things go on at these events, take a look at a couple of videos from the original Maker Faire (Bay Area) which is still going strong.

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FREE TICKETS/CD: Zechs Marquise - Magic Stick Detroit - 4/3

MCB has a pair of tickets

and a copy of the latest release on vinyl

enter to win - motorcityblog@earthlink.net

Get tickets to the April 3rd show at The Magic Stick here

The Mars Volta sibling band Zechs Marquise hits the road once again supporting RX Bandits on a lengthy North American tour. The El Paso quartet featuring Mars Volta multi-instrumentalist Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez and his bassist brother Marfred Rodriguez-Lopez has toured almost incessantly since the August 2009 release of its debut album Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare via the label of the pair's elder hermano Omar's Rodriguez Lopez Productions.

In the limited time since its winter 2009 tour, Zechs Marquise has been hard at work recording its followup album in El Paso, TX. The yet-untitled disc is expected out in Fall 2010.

Zechs Marquise formed in El Paso, Texas during the spring of 2003 when brothers Marfred and Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez came together with childhood friends Matthew Wilkson and Marcos Smith. The group soon named itself after a popular Japanese anime character and hit the studio to record its first album during the late summer months of 2004. That studio effort was later scrapped and in June 2006 the band instead released 34:26, a live improvised set that showed its great range of talents and influences.

By fall of 2006, Zechs was touring the west coast consistently, sharing the stage with such eclectic acts as Daedelus, Busdriver, The Album Leaf, (DJ) Nobody, Daddy Kev, The Gaslamp Killer, and Totimoshi.July 2007 saw the band return to the recording studio. Having learned from the difficulties of their first attempt, the quintet decided to keep all of the recording in house, purchasing a mixing board, microphones, and Pro Tools in order to track all of the recordings themselves. After a few days in their studios, dubbed Castle Greyskull and El Morro, the members realized they had enough material for a full length album. The record, Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare, was completed in February 2008.

Zechs Marquise then spent time on the road, auspiciously touring with Free Moral Agents & Blank Blue. In March 2009, the band made its first venture overseas to Europe, opening for the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group, in which Marcel -- then performing double duty -- is also a player. During the overseas tour, Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare was released in Europe by RLP/Willie Anderson Recordings on CD as well as the first pressing of the album on vinyl.

Since that time, the group toured extensively throughout North America with RX Bandits and Mars Volta's Grammy Award winning keyboardist Ikey Owens' group Free Moral Agents.

In May 2009, Zechs Marquise signed on to the prestigious management roster at Sargent House and released Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare in the U.S. on vinyl and CD on August 25th through Rodriguez Lopez Productions.

RX Bandits / The Builders And The Butchers / Zechs Marquise
03/09 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
03/10 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
03/12 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
03/13 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's
03/16 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
03/18 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
03/19 Orlando, FL @ The Social
03/20 Orlando, FL @ The Social
03/21 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
03/23 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
03/24 Washington D.C. @ Rock and Roll Hotel
03/25 New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
03/26 New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
03/27 New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
03/28 Philadelphia, PA @ The TLA
03/29 New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
03/30 Allston, MA @ Harper's Ferry *
03/31 Allston, MA @ Harper's Ferry
04/01 Montreal, QC @ Underworld
04/02 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
04/03 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
04/04 Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
04/05 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
04/06 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
04/08 Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theatre
04/09 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
04/10 Boise, ID @ The Venue
04/11 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
04/12 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
04/14 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
04/15 San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
04/22 Long Beach, CA @ Alex's Bar (w/ Lisa Papineau, Technology, Cast Spells) *
04/23 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House *
04/25 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brewing Co. *

* Without The Builders And The Butchers

Zechs Marquise

Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare

http://www.zechsmarquise.bandcamp.com/

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Take the Night Move to Travel Channel’s Detroit Food Wars Competition

The Night Move Helps Travel Channel Determine Once and for All

—Whose Coney is Better?

Green Shuttle Service Will Bus Coney Fans

to Travel Channel’s Detroit Food Wars Competition.

Eco-conscious shuttle service the Night Move
is pleased to welcome the Travel Channel’s new show,

Food Wars to Detroit March 10–12.

The Night Move has been chosen as the official transportation provider for the show’s taping on March 12, and will be transporting Coney fans and other passengers to the Old Shillelagh for the big event.

Food Wars debuts on the Travel Channel March 9 at 10 p.m.

The series follows Travel Channel host Camille Ford in her travels around America, as she stops at various destinations to lead blind taste tests using some of the nation's most iconic foods—like Coney dogs in Detroit, buffalo wings in Buffalo and Italian beef sandwiches in Chicago—pitting famous eateries against each other in unique food battles.
In the Detroit Food Wars challenge, American Coney Island will face off against Lafayette Coney Island as a
blind taste test determines once and for all whose Coney dog is superior.

The final showdown will take place Friday, March 12, at the Old Shillelagh in Detroit.

American and Lafayette fans alike will be able to ride the Night Move from Royal Oak and Ferndale down to
the Old Shillelagh for a special reduced rate of just $6 round-trip.

The biodiesel-fueled shuttle will start in Royal Oak at 5:30 p.m. to get Coney eaters to the event, and will return uptown when the competition and filming are over (approximately 9:30 p.m. or 10 p.m.).

Bus tickets can be purchased at

http://www.thenightmove.com/bookit

The Travel Channel is looking for Coney fans to speak out for their favorite supplier at the main event on March
12, as well as at the preliminary lunch time (11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.) tastes on March 10 and 11 at American and
Lafayette, respectively.

Fans interested in professing their love on TV

can email fanfoodcasting@gmail.com for more information.

MCB has been a sponsor of TNM since its inception

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Flying Lotus and Kode9 - April 1 - Magic Stick

Red Bull Music Academy: On the Floor Tour

Featuring:

Flying Lotus and Kode9

W/ Special Guest Opener.


April 1st
The Magic Stick
4120 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI

$10 @ door

$5 @ www.majesticdetroit.com

18+

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MCB Artist Spotlight: Marianne Audrey Burrows; in the words, and through the lens of Riaz K

MCB turns it's Spotlight this month on artist Marianne Audrey Burrows: self-taught artist and part of the creative duo behind White Room Productions. She's one of thirteen artists being showcased in WRP's "Small Dark Worlds" opening on Saturday at the Motor City Movie House in the Russell .



Marianne considers herself a painter first and foremost but this girl doesn't shy away from other forms of creative expression. What she's working on for Small Dark Worlds, is an installation piece she calls "Destitution".

We were intrigued, and Marianne indulged.

"Small Dark Worlds" addresses the fears we all have but try to avoid in favor of happier, better lit microcosms in our mind. Each of the artists have been asked to introspect, and give some kind of shape to some of their fears...and then share it for the world to see.

"Destitution" is what Marianne chooses to focus on for her piece: part installation-art and part performance-art. Utter poverty. Deprivation. Lack, or absence. The fear of being broke and insignificant. Not able to feed oneself. Destitution.

Marianne's performance is scheduled to start at 9:30pm and without giving anything away, we promise you: you won't want to miss it!

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UPCOMING: PiL, 28 April @ Crofoot, Pontiac

How often do you get to be face-to-face with a rock LEGEND? Or, in the case of the Crofoot, face-to-beltbuckle at least?


For their first tour in SEVENTEEN YEARS, Public Image Ltd has done the right thing and just added a Detroit date to their 2010 tour.

And 30 years to the DAY since their first Detroit show.

How old are you? How frakkin OLD AM I! (Not old enough to have been at that show, shut it.)

PiL has been in constant rotation in my life for... well, most of it. But like a lot of old loves, they've been shuffled toward the back a bit for a little while now. When I got wind that they were coming to Detroit, I made with the playlist and reacquainted myself. Jesus Christ vampire hunter, I'd forgotten how much I love this shit. I mean, REALLY. LOVE this shit. "Rise" is a bloody anthem, and the re-arranged version of "This Is Not A Love Song" is one of my favorite things ever.

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.
at the Crofoot Ballroom
1 South Saginaw, Pontiac, Michigan

WEDNESDAY APRIL 28
Doors at 8pm
Tickets: $30 in advance; $35 day of show

Tickets are already on sale, get 'em here. It's John Lydon, for fuck's sake. And he sounds every bit a bag of kittens as he always has.

PiL Rehearsals, London, November 2009 (left to right: Bruce Smith (Drums), John Lydon (Vocals), Scott Firth (Bass), Lu Edmonds (Guitar)) Photo by Dave Wainright © Public Image Ltd 2009

Public Image Ltd
North American Tour 2010
February, 24th 2010

Since returning in December 2009 for seven monumental concerts in the United Kingdom–their first shows in 17 years–PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) now continue into 2010 with a headlining North American tour starting Saturday, April 17 in San Francisco.

After fronting the Sex Pistols, John Lydon formed Public Image Ltd in 1978. With their experimental sound fusing Rock, Dance, Folk, Ballet, Pop and Dub, PiL are regarded as producing some of the most diverse music of the 70s and 80s. As a band, the music and vision constantly evolved like no other, culminating in an incredible live experience.

The North American tour will be preceded by a special performance at the COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL on Friday, April 16 (opening day of the three-day event) in Indio, CA. It marks their first show in the United States in 18 years.

Cited as one of the most innovative and influential bands in music history, PiL return to a country where they enjoyed a special relationship throughout their career for what are set to be stunning shows. The North American dates will be followed by a series of high-profile summer European Festival appearances.

John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Bruce Smith and Scott Firth earned critical and public acclaim for their concerts in December 2009, with many British media outlets championing them as the shows of the year.

John Lydon: "I sound like a bag of kittens thrown down the staircase."

2010 sees the 30th anniversary of the band’s first U.S. tour and also their U.S TV debut on "American Bandstand," where singer John Lydon invited the audience onstage to dance with the band! Host Dick Clark famously introduced their appearance as "a memorable moment in rock n roll, something special and interesting."

With a wide and varied back catalogue spanning three decades, Public Image Ltd will be showcasing the unique sounds of tracks such as "Public Image," "This Is Not A Love Song," "Rise," and "Disappointed," with many further surprises in store.

Lu Edmonds: Multi instrumentalist and former guitarist in The Damned Lu joined PiL in 1986 recording and playing on the album Happy? and co-writing the album 9 adding yet another dimension to the PiL sound. Lu is also associated with a variety of eclectic and acoustic bands including The Mekons and Siberian band Yat-Kha.

Bruce Smith: Former drummer in The Pop Group and The Slits became percussionist for PiL also in 1986 playing and recording on the albums Happy? and 9. Seen as a drumming virtuoso, Bruce Smith brought his unique style into the fold. Bruce has also played with the likes of Björk and Terence Trent D’Arby.

Scott Firth: A bass player/multi instrumentalist that has collaborated and played with a variety of top musicians and bands including Steve Winwood, John Martyn, Elvis Costello and The Spice Girls. Scott’s arrival into the band in 2009 resulted in John Lydon declaring him "Genius at work!"

The preliminary North American tour dates are as follows, with more shows to be added:

DATE CITY VENUE
Fri 4/16 Indio, CA Empire Polo Field/Coachella
Sat 4/17 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom @ Regency Center
Tue 4/20 Seattle, WA Showbox at The Market
Wed 4/21 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Fri 4/23 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
Sat 4/24 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Wed 4/28 Pontiac, MI Crofoot Ballroom
Mon 4/26 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre
Fri 4/30 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
Sun 5/2 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Tue 5/4 Boston, MA Royale Boston
Wed 5/5 Boston, MA Royale Boston
Fri 5/7 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
Sat 5/8 Montreal, QC Theatre L’Olympia de Montreal
Tue 5/11 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
Wed 5/12 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Fri 5/14 Pittsburgh, PA Club Zoo
Sat 5/15 Atlantic City, NJ The Borgata Music Box
Sun 5/16 Northampton, MA Pearl Street

For further PiL information, see: www.pilofficial.com/shows.html

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Official 2010 DEMF: Movement Launch - Loco Dice presents A Desolat Bus Tour this Sat. 3-13

The OFFICIAL launch of the Movement 2010 campaign!

Weekend passes to the Movement Electronic Music Festival went on sale earlier today, and will be sold on site at Reliv on Saturday, March 13 during Loco Dice’s Desolat Bus Tour show:

LOCO DICE

MARTIN BUTTRICH

LIVIO & ROBY

We are very excited to bring back our good friends to Detroit. Last year at Movement, Loco Dice demonstrated why his performances are in such high demand, he nearly brought the house down. A LIVE set by Martin Buttrich will be epic accompanied by an opening set by up and coming artists Livio & Roby!

Reliv (formerly Elysium Lounge) is located at 625 Shelby. Ages 21 and up will be admitted.

Tickets available at WWW.PAXAHAU.COM

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UPCOMING: Free the Robots play Majestic Theatre Detroit - May 2nd 2010

 

Free the Robots Unveils Sneak Peak Of New Alpha Pup LP A staggering work of mind-warping electronics, fuzzed-out psych and devastating hip-hop beats, Ctrl Alt Delete will catapult Free The Robots to the forefront of the world renowned L.A. beat scene. Ikey Owens of Mars Volta guests... Free The Robots "Ctrl Alt Delete" Promo Video #1 from Alpha Pup on Vimeo. TOUR DATES: *w/ The Glitch Mob                              May 2 2010  Majestic Theatre    Detroit, Michigan* NEW MP3: Orion's Beltbuckle Free t Free the Robots Alpha Pup Records is proud to announce the release of Ctrl Alt Delete, the debut album from Free The Robots. A staggering work of mind-warping electronics, fuzzed-out psych and devastating hip-hop beats, the impending release of Ctrl Alt Delete will catapult Free The Robots to the forefront of the world renowned L.A. beat scene. Initially started as a side project by Chris Alfaro in 2003, Free The Robots has quickly garnered a worldwide audience. Combining dusty swap-meet samples, futuristic synthesizers and live instrumentation, Free The Robots has created a unique harmony of past sounds and future ruminations. Much like his L.A. contemporaries Flying Lotus and Nosaj Thing, Free The Robots knows no genre boundaries. Ctrl Alt Delete, which also features Ikey Owens of The Mars Volta, has been a long time coming. Originally signed to Alpha Pup over two years ago, Free The Robots has put his heart and soul into this album. Meticulously constructed, the album is a culmination of countless late nights at Low End Theory Club, combined with a spirit of fearless experimentation. The result rattles with grit and swagger -- a firm proclamation of Free The Robot's sonic arrival. ------------------------------------------------------------ www.alphapuprecords.com www.myspace.com/freetherobots "This Place Is Dead Anyways"

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