"Local band brawls with gunmen in Ferndale" is the headline for Channel 4's piece on the spot of trouble local act Motives of Existence found themselves in over the weekend. We won't spoil it further than that; this really is a well-executed local news piece that you ought to spend two minutes on.
The local band was rehearsing in their house on Livernois just north of Eight Mile. As soon as we saw the piece, we were curious what they sound like, and are glad the group has their music readily available. Check it out! Boogie biker jams galore.
Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...
