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Review: BASS KITCHEN @ The Works No comments | JAN 16

In a dazzling combination of lasers, strobe-lighting, crowd hopping and bass dropping, React Detroit presented yet another successful dubstep show, this time landing at the popular corner of Michigan Avenue and Rosa Parks Boulevard. BASS KITCHEN: KILL THE NOISE – DETROIT featured artists Disciple, Casey Phear, Raw Wave, Kill The Noise, Serax and Matt Clarke at The Works Club & Grill.

The Beat: R.E.M. broke up today... 1 comment | SEP 21

15 years too late. Here are some bands from their hometown of Athens, Georgia that have managed to not cheapen their cause.

The Beat: Foo Fighters mock Westboro Baptist Church appropriately No comments | SEP 19

Finally, a group of musicians handle the Westboro Baptist Church’s attempt to regress society’s mindset one ineffectual protest after another in a comical way that mocks their idiocy impeccably.

The Beat: Girls delivers stellar, retro-vibed sophomore release No comments | SEP 18

On Album the superb 2009 debut from San Francisco’s Girls singer/songwriter Christopher Owens displayed a collection of throwbacks to the get-up-and-go rock ‘n roll vibe of Buddy Holly and Elvis Costello but with a distinct narrative capacity.

The Beat: You know, $20 for a record seems pretty pricey... No comments | SEP 13

John Maus, the experimental pop composer from Minnesota, blew me away with his comments in an August 3 feature on Pitchfork.

The Beat: I'm not ready for football No comments | SEP 11

Samiam returns to Detroit for the first time in 10 years and Defiance, OH is back at the Trumbullplex.

Free Motion City Soundtrack Concert a Success. 1 comment | FEB 25

After all was said and done, it seemed like those present had a good time at the Motion City Soundtrack concert that was put on at the Majestic on Feb.

Midnight review: Young Prisms' debut album worth time, money No comments | FEB 4

Young Prisms bend light, time, space, guitar strings and my sleep schedule with their debut album “Friends for Now.”

Guest review: an evening with 'Live Ladies of Literature' No comments | JAN 20

Chilling weather and deep snow did not stop “The Live Ladies of Literature: The Mocha Monologues from the Inside Showing Out, Male Edition” Jan. 16 at the Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center.

Although the characters are presented via rich, multi-dimensional personalities, presenting dynamic attitudes and theories on how and what women want from men, there is still the overarching and bothersome matter that the creator is looking at her own subjects through truncated lenses with uncritical scope.

You don't have to wait long to be offended by Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'H.A.M.' 1 comment | JAN 13

First available for streaming shortly after midnight on Jan. 11, “H.A.M” dares listeners to deal with 19 uses of the “N” word and – if not enough – 16 uses of the “F” word.