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Is the 2016 Tigers bullpen an improvement?
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Spring is here! Let’s celebrate with a bunch of craft beer
There’s only one cure for spring fever: more beer.
Stream the first single from Cheerleader’s debut album
We’re exclusively premiering this cool, heavy track— but you don’t have to get dressed up to listen to it.
A PSA from Metro Times: TORNADO DRILL TODAY!
Alternate title: hey what’s that noise?
Just announced: Jandek plays El Club in June
One of the living gods of outsider music is coming to town; weirdos and record collectors, rejoice!
ATTENTION: Alice Cooper-fronted ‘supergroup’ Hollywood Vampires are coming
The Hollywood Vampires are headed to the DTE (with Cheap Trick opening)!
Study aims to find out why people hate Nickelback so much
Should we stop making fun of Nickelback?
Remembering Big Proof on the 10th anniversary of his death
Check out this brand new track dedicated to Proof by Lenn Swann of the 12 Tech Mob.
Score a free grilled cheese at Batch Brewing Company today
Happy National Grilled Cheese Day!
Bike the ‘burbs on this new inter-city bike route
Coming soon!
Who is the QLine (M-1 Rail) really for?
In short, corporations.
Panic in Detroit: What really happened with Josh Homme and the autograph hound
Our friend Jarett Koral addresses the controversy over Homme’s viral video.
Tonight at Marble Bar: Prince Rama
Hypnotizing, aerobicized psychedelic dance music from two hyper-creative Texan sisters.
Maxwell brings his baby-making music to Mt. Pleasant
Maxwell is back! Hooray for sexy times.
See Apple’s first computer at the Henry Ford Museum
Apple I was released 40 years ago today and life was never the same.
You won’t believe what got a Red Wings fan arrested at a Boston Bruins game
This story has legs, eight of them in fact.
Life expectancy lower for Detroit’s poorest residents
Detroit is the third-worst large city when it comes to the life expectancy of poor men.
Datsyuk wants to leave Red Wings and fans are super sad
The Red Wings player wants to return to Russia to be a dad.
Gov. Snyder lawyers say Flint lawsuit is ‘too late’
If you were upset that Michigan tax dollars were going towards Gov. Rick Snyder’s Flint-related legal fees, at least you can gain some solace in the fact that we’re paying for skilled lawyers. The MI taxpayer-funded lawyers filed a complaint last Monday stating that a suit filed against the governor should be dismissed because the…
Watch Third Man Records artist Margo Price’s SNL debut
Margo Price turned 30 Rock into a boot stompin’, whiskey drinkin’ grand ole time Saturday night. The Third Man Records artist made her Saturday Night Live debut this past weekend during a Russell Crowe-hosted episode. Like we mentioned before, Price hails from the midwest, but found her country roots in Nashville when she moved there…
Watch the new ‘soulful’ Detroit Pure Michigan ad
Reasons why Detroit has soul (according to Pure Michigan).
Jane’s Addiction and special guests hit Freedom Hill in July
If you really love the ’80s, then you’ll want to see Jane’s Addiction and special guests at Freedom Hill in July
Rochester Hills man arrested for throwing bottles of liquor
#OaklandCountyProblems
A few thoughts on Detroit’s 60 years without streetcars
They say hindsight is 20/20, but looking back on the death of the streetcar in Detroit fills us with questions.
Watch the trailer for Vice’s NOISEY Detroit episode
You in Detroit? Yeah, you wanna hear some dark shit.
WYCD Downtown Hoedown moves to the ‘burbs
So…now it’s just called….Hoedown.
Canadian chain Smoke’s Poutinerie to cross border into Michigan
The “gravy train” is totally a thing.
Mark your calendars for Pig & Whiskey 2016
Can it just be July now?
Social Kitchen to make its way to Grand Rapids
The Detroit-Grand Rapids connection continues.
Show review: Iron Maiden at The Palace of Auburn Hills
Smoldering cauldrons! Plenty of pyro! Pyramids! Dry ice! Multiple appearances from their mascot Eddie!
11-year-old accidentally shoots himself in southwest Detroit
Last year there were at least 278 incidents where a person age 17 or under unintentionally killed or injured someone with a gun — 18 of those incidents occurred in Michigan.
We’ve got Movement 2016’s full schedule with stage times
The biggest party of the year is almost here.
Detroit journo Anna Clark reveals details on her upcoming book on the Flint crisis
Metropolitan Books has purchased the rights to the project, titled ‘Water’s Perfect Memory.’
Live Review: Savages unleashed at the Shelter
Did you catch the British post-punk act at the Shelter on Wed. night?
Chicago Tribune highlights the greening of Detroit
The Chicago Tribune’s travel section is seeing green when it comes to Detroit.
Don’t sleep on Jay Squared’s new ‘Stargazer’ EP
Click here to check out some of Detroit’s most original hip-hop being made today.
Fox News viewers take to Facebook to say ‘Bomb Hamtramck’
…And into the comments section we go!
Detroit Urbanism digs into the history of the Woodward plan
Most U.S. cities are laid out in grids. But downtown Detroit is a semicircle. Blogger Paul Sewick shows why.
Downtown bar is a Tigers fan’s dream
Bookie’s Bar & Grille has been located on Cass Avenue just blocks away from Comerica Park for the last seven years. In those years, the watering hole has quickly gained a reputation for being the best place to eat, drink, and party before, during, and after a Tigers game. This year they’re upping the ante,…
Review: The Block restaurant completes a Midtown transformation
See photos from our trip to The Block here The value of a renewed piece of Detroit is often measured in sweat equity. It involves years of scraping together financing, back-and-forth with the city over permits, and pushing forward even when the city’s revival feels uncertain. That’s the story of one such block on Woodward:…
Savage Love: Germane
Q I am a twentysomething, straight, cis-female expat. How long do I have to wait to ask my German lover, who is übersensitive about the Holocaust, to indulge me in my greatest—and, until now, unrealized—fantasy: Nazi role-play? He is very delicate around me because I am a secular Jew and the descendant of Holocaust survivors.…
Stir it up: Bringing a changing city together
As Detroit evolves, there are numerous forces impacting the nature of that evolution. I want to focus on two of them in this column, because both involve community engagement. The first is the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN), which celebrates its 10th anniversary April 22. “The work we are doing is a model…
Clubhouse American Cream | Ale Griffin Claw Brewing Co.
Griffin Claw Brewing Co. makes some fine ass beers. They’re known for signatures like Grind Line Pale Ale, El Rojo Red Ale, Grand Trunk Bohemian Pilsner, and their seasonal favorite, Screamin’ Pumpkin Ale. Dan Rogers is the man behind these beers and he’s spent years honing his skills. He opened Griffin Claw three short years…
Could the Detroit Tigers have three aces in rotation this season?
In order for any team to be successful in a 162-game Major League Baseball season, a combination of solid defense, good hitting, and good pitching are needed. In 2015, the Tigers lacked in the pitching department, mainly due to injuries and trades. With the addition of Jordan Zimmermann to the rotation, along with a healthy…
Get to know 5 new Tigers
Free agency has been good to Detroit Tigers fans over the last 11 years. The team has been willing to spend, and spend big, and general managers haven’t been afraid to pull the trigger on a trade or big-name signing. All of this makes the Tigers the perennial contenders. While a couple of the years,…
The time for Ausmus to win is now
We’re entering year three of the Brad Ausmus management era. In his first season, the Detroit Tigers won the AL Central Division title before being eliminated in three games in the ALDS. In his second season, the Tigers finished in the basement of the AL Central with a 74-87 record. The last-place finish sparked rumors…
Tigers fans share Opening Day memories
Skip Williams, Detroit Opening day means cabin fever is over. It means summer is here, and it brings new hope of a championship being brought home by my boys. It means BBQs and tank tops are back. My favorite part of opening day usually people watching. Being a bartender downtown, some absolutely ridiculous stuff happens…
Feedback: Reader Responses
In reply to Jack Lessenberry’s Politics & Prejudices column last week, “Verdict in — Snyder is to blame,” wojoformich posted: I voted for the governor the first term. He said he had a new bridge wrapped up. I still see no new bridge. Even though I knew he had only his interest in mind, I…
Horoscopes (April 6-12)
ARIES (March 21- April 20): Nothing comes from pushing. At the same time, sometimes life needs a push — and I guess it’s in knowing when to press our case and knowing when to leave it alone that we eventually figure out how to behave. There is no right way to handle this. It’s one…
Deadbeat Beat revives their sunshine-y fuzz
It is an oddly warm night in early March as Metro Times sits down with Deadbeat Beat. Polls for Michigan’s presidential primary closed a few hours earlier, and band mates Alex Glendening, Zak Frieling, and Maria Nuccilli watch the results glow from the television in the Woodbridge house where the band practices and Glendening and…
Catching up with WHFR’s hip-hop tastemaker Orgix
Metro Times first interviewed Orgix and D.C. at WHFR 89.3 back in 2003. At the time, they were two years into their commitment to play the best, non-commercial hip-hop being made. Fast forward a dozen years, and the two have grown, alongside both their time slot and their audience. We spoke with Orgix via email.…
Politics & Prejudices: Saving Meechigan From Them Perverts!
State Sen. Tom Casperson badly wants to be in Congress. He ran eight years ago, and suffered a humiliating loss to then-Congressman Bart Stupak. This year, he’s trying again. Sadly, Tommy has had problems in the past stemming from either ignorance, stupidity, or a weak grasp on reality. Several years ago, when I interviewed him…
