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DJ FRANKI CHAN (8:00 pm, Majestic Theatre) IHEARTCOMIX main man DJ Franki Chan kicks the night off right, spinning all the jams that you wish you'd downloaded first. He'll continue on like this all night, so it'll give you something to do instead of watching burly men move around amps in between sets. |
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BREEZEE ONE (8:30 pm, Magic Stick) The ladies of Vh1's "Miss Rap Supreme" ain't got shit on Breezee One, whose rhymes are more poison-tongued than a Sarah Silverman comedy routine. Who's fucking Matt Damon now? LISTEN |
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MARCO POLIO AND THE NEW VACCINES (9:00 pm, Garden Bowl) As far as Detroit's electro duos go, Marco Polio and the New Vaccines are the new kids on the block. But with a live show that's haphazard, chaotic, and all the right bits of sexy, there's no doubt that they've got the right stuff, baby. LISTEN |
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JAVELINS (9:15 pm, Majestic Theatre) Lean and sharp-edged like the lawn dart they're named after, the shimmering indie rock of Javelins is sure to stick into your skull long after it lands there. We say, "let it bleed." LISTEN |
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DEASTRO (9:30 pm, Magic Stick) E'rybody knows that Deastro's Randolph Chabot Jr. is giving Guided by Voices' Robert Pollard a run for his money in the prolific department. But now, with a live drummer pouncing all over his Atari-pop, the boy genius is coming into his own as Detroit's "must-see" live act. LISTEN |
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PRUSSIA (10:00 pm, Garden Bowl) Remember those toy microphones that made your voice sound all haunting and reverberated? Well, imagine an entire band plugging in and playing Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons covers through one of those things. Welcome to Prussia. LISTEN |
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THE HARD LESSONS (10:15 pm, Majestic Theatre) The Hard Lessons have been touring so much lately, they've begun giving Bon Jovi, Poison, and all those bands featuring ex-members of the Grateful Dead a run for their money. Somehow, in the 15 seconds they'll be home, we've managed to convince them to bring their dazzling, high-energy rock show to our equally dazzling, high-energy rock festival. A match made in heaven? Absolutely. WATCH |
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JUICEBOXXX (10:30 pm, Magic Stick) The break-out star of Detour's Launch Party, white Urkle Juiceboxxx will assault your very being with a finger in the air and a finger in your ear. Practice chanting "100 miles per hour!" now, 'cause you'll be singing it all weekend long. WATCH |
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BENNY STOOFY (11:00 pm, Garden Bowl) An art project that's more broke-ass synth than Jackson Pollock-style paint splatter, Benny Stoofy plays hooky from Scrummage University for a night, tantalizing us with songs that sample barking dogs, monsters, and all of our Technicolor nightmares. LISTEN |
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THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW! (11:15 pm, Majestic Theatre) After touring the world, getting props from the likes of Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, and delivering one of the most manic live shows this side of vintage Braniac, Thunderbirds are Now! recently put on the brakes for a much deserved rest. Rock City will find them coming out of hibernation, ready to tear into flesh like a hungry grizzly bear. Timothy Treadwell's of the world, beware. LISTEN |
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CHAMPIONS OF BREAKFAST (11:30 pm, Magic Stick) Frankie say, "Relax"? Champions of Breakfast say, "Funk dat!" These two unicorn-obsessed beanpoles are sure to hype you up quicker than Flavor Flav at a casting call. And we hear they absolutely shred the cardboard keytar. LISTEN |
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WILDCATTING (12:00 am, Garden Bowl) Wildcatting: more human than human? Riffs for days, a drummer with 8 arms to pound you, and instrumental jams that reference everybody from the Stooges and Radio Birdman to Trans Am and Sonic Youth. Whatever these guys eat for breakfast, we want some. (It's probably people's brains). LISTEN |
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MATT & KIM (12:15 am, Majestic Theatre) The happiest band to ever get in a food fight with one another, Matt & Kim are set to explode like a cotton-candy cloud filled with unicorns, rainbows, and Skittles. And they will do this with a shitty keyboard and a drum kit held together by duct-tape. Consider Rock City their coming out party, coming out all over you. Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah! WATCH |
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SSM (12:30 am, Magic Stick) With a list of rock credentials that reads like the wet dreams of the NME circa 2001 (including the Sights, the Hentchmen, and the Cyril Lords), SSM's robo-rock draws from Isaac Asimov novels and makes killer use of the "bossa nova" setting on rickety old organs. You know, like the one chilling in your grandma's basement. LISTEN |
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