Detroit

Shark Hunt!

Negative Approach

7 p.m. Wednesday, June 6. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

F-Bombs Get Man Tossed From Plane After KC Wedding

Luckily the attendants on this flight didn't have such virgin ears.​A fella flying home to New York City from a wedding in Kansas City says he was ejected from his flight after he complained in a tirade that would earn an R-rating.The Detroit Free Press reports that Robert Sayegh was on a layover ... More >>

Interview: Ms. Bee of B.O.S. On Recording With Ginuwine and Being A Female Rapper in the Local Scene

B.O.S. is a relatively new local hip-hop collective with an impressive repertoire. Rebecca Plasencia (a.k.a. Ms. Bee), Olivier Jean-Joseph (a.k.a. Oli) and Michael Naylor (a.k.a. $leepytime) joined forces as B.O.S. in 2009. In that short time, the group has already performed across the country, open ... More >>

Coyote’s Back on the Menu

Bring on the Sad Meals - San Francisco Outlaws Fast Food Toy Giveaways

Sorry kids, but San Francisco has outlawed fast-food toy giveaways. Reuters reports that the city's Board of Supervisors passed the law on Tuesday, making them the first U.S. city to pass a law - not just an ordinance - banning the toys. Toy giveaways stop on December 1. NPR visits with Lisa Johan ... More >>

St. Louis: Nation's 5th Most-Stressful City

Shh. Don't tell Corle 2 Da.​Another week another survey ranking the livability of the nation's cities. This one from Portfolio.com that's out with a new poll of America's most stressful cities. Coming in at No. 5 is St. Louis with a stress index of 4.737. The most stressful city? Detroit. (They al ... More >>

Show Review: Detroit Cobras, Those Darlins, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound Bring the Sound of Young America to Twangfest, Friday, June 11

Todd OwyoungThose Darlins at Off Broadway, 11/12/09​The local American music festival Twangfest is now in its fourteenth year. Long past its adolescence and its awkward phase, the booking for the four-night showcase shows that its teenage years are both classically minded and musically adventu ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 3.23

​The James Beard Foundation announced its 2010 finalists yesterday. This is the twentieth year the organization has recognized chefs, food professional and food writers. Locally, Gerard Craft of Niche made the cut. (CNN.com) Detroit-area kosher food bank Yad Ezra sees increase in need for Pa ... More >>

Deadstring Brothers

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 1.6

​ New food trend for vegetarians - eating meat. (Newsweek)Detroit's industrial wasteland turning into farmland. (Chicago Tribune)Fishermen lost at sea a reminder of the hard life of commercial fishing. (Newport News Daily Press)Florida beer delivery company celebrates first anniversary. (St ... More >>

Show Review Setlist: Electric Six at the Firebird, December 30

Although the club wasn't lucky enough to nab Electric Six for the actual holiday, the Firebird scored big by getting the Detroit sextet to play on New Year's Eve Eve. The group's funky synths and churning hard-rock guitars combine with frontman Dick Valentine's uproarious lyrics and cocky delivery t ... More >>

Sponge

7 p.m. Thursday, December 31. Fubar, 3108 Locust.

Electric Six

9:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 30. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

The Morning Brew: Monday, 12.14

​ Sagging fast-food market leads to upcoming gimmicks including new value menus and "shower babes". (Detroit Free-Press, The Business Insider)Woman gets probation for smuggling monkey meat. (Associated Press)PBR, hipsters, and the economics of cheap beer in an economic downturn. Elsewhere, V ... More >>

Sponge Playing a New Year's Eve Show at Fubar

The varied reactions to the news that Detroit rockers Sponge are playing a New Year's Eve show at Fubar have surprised me -- on Twitter, they've ranged from, "Hell yes!" to "What year is it again?" to "'Plowed' is such a great song!" Who knew the band would still hit a nerve? Growing up in Clevela ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 8.27

​ Baby scorpion in McDonald's bag - accident, hoax, or the new Unhappy Meal? (Phoenix New Times)Cheap beer is about to get more expensive. (Bloomberg)Move over, ice cream man. Detroit's starting a produce truck program. (Detroit Free Press)Are you not getting enough caffeine? Maybe it's time ... More >>

Champions of Breakfast

8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 5. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Tyvek

8 p.m. Friday, March 6. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

Detroit Cobras

9 p.m. Saturday, September 20. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

MP3: Left Arm, "Electric Babies" Shows

Left Arm Recording 7" in Detroit with Jim Diamond

A Novel Idea

Gettin' loud at the library

Wolf Eyes

8 p.m. Thursday, June 26. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street

Meet us in St. Louis, Mexicans

The Mexican takes a look at the biggest cities in the U.S. with the smallest Mexican communities.

Shame Club Signs to Small Stone Records

The Detroit Cobras

8 p.m. Monday, August 27. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.

The Download

The Go: Supercuts

NOMO

9 p.m. Tuesday, May 8. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).

The Hard Lessons

7 p.m. Wednesday, April 4. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

Last of the V8s

10 p.m. Saturday, January 20. Way Out Club (2525 South Jefferson Avenue).

The Silent Years / Troubadour Dali / Brandy Johnson

9 p.m. Tuesday, November 14. Cicero's (6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City).

Bee True

From wowing locals to impressing P. Diddy, rapper Rebecca "Bee" Plasencia is on her way

Stars and Bars

Slumber Party's Aliccia B.B. goes it alone, while B-Sides gives good Download and makes a mix of anti-patriotic songs

Obscurity Knocks

CD Baby's weird and wacky Missouri musicians, "Yo! RFT Raps" talks to inBox magazine's svengali, and the Raconteurs star in this week's Download

Ambulance LTD

New English EP (TVT)

The Deadstring Brothers

Thursday, March 9, at 9 p.m. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue)

Shirock

Saturday, February 4; the Billiken Club (20 North Grand Boulevard)

The High Strung

Saturday, November 19; the campus of Saint Louis University (20 North Grand Boulevard)

The Fags

Wednesday, October 12; the Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Sufjan Stevens

Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)

The Waxwings

Friday, August 6; Rocket Bar

Blasts from the Past

Recent compilations unearth a secret history of the United States of Funk

Panic in Detroit

Saturday, August 23; Rocket Bar

Austin City Limits

The Living Things were the living end at South by Southwest

DJ Assault with Bitch Ass Darius

Friday, February 14; Lo

Assault Charge

DJ Assault makes his St. Louis debut this weekend, bringing his raw and funky Detroit techno to the Lovetronic party

Arcanum Festival, featuring Kevin Saunderson, Jesse Saunders, Q-Bert and D-Styles and Handsome Boy Modeling School

Saturday, Aug. 19; Black River Amphitheater (Lesterville, Mo.)

DETROIT ROCK CITY

Directed by Adam Rifkin

Wheel Be Seeing You

A first-timer's guide to this year's auto show