Fireworks began in 2005 in the Metro Detroit area of Michigan, where they signed to the independent label, Run For Cover Records, who released their debut EP, We Are Everywhere, and 7″ Adventure, Nostalgia, and Robbery. From there on, the band toured extensively, until 2008, when they were signed by the well-known independent label, Triple Crown Records, home of other popular bands such as As Tall As Lions, Fight Fair, Hit the Lights, and Honor Bright. There, Fireworks re-released We Are Everywhere, and in March 2009, they released their debut full-length, All I Have to Offer is My Own Confusion produced by Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory.

During the Summer season of 2009, Fireworks supported Four Year Strong and Set Your Goals through America on the Giglife tour.

In December 2009 Fireworks set out on their first European tour, supporting Set Your Goals. Read the full story

The official DETROIT EXPOSURE Studio Opening party. Bringing you the hottest footage and entertainment around the Detroit Area.

DJ Sets: MICHNA, New York (GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL) / THEREV. ROBERT-DAVID JONES (GSHC) / ERNO THE INFERNO (TOUR DETROIT) / DJ AVA / DIALLO (SAKANA, DEK, KOALA BUTTER)

Visuals: KOOLIK

Sponsor: 323EAST GALLERY

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David Bazan :: Bless This Mess
The Mynabirds :: Numbers Don’t Lie

Known for his work fronting the enigmatic rock band Pedro the Lion, David Bazan’s emotionally charged narratives, eye for telling detail, and mournful voice have more in common with J.D. Salinger’s ‘Nine Stories’ or Flannery O’Connor’s ‘Wise Blood’ than with the usual lyrical slant of popular music. Bazan is a gifted storyteller, weaving parables of spiritual conflict, suburban ennui, and personal surrender into magnetic, well-crafted songs.

His debut solo full-length album, Curse Your Branches (out now on Barsuk), is a masterwork by a modern American poet at the height of his powers. Paste Magazine called him one of the ‘100 Best Living Songwriters’. This record is the deepest and most explicit exploration of his struggles with faith and a meditation on all things passed between the Read the full story

Frontier Ruckus :: Nerves of the Nightmind

Ask The Ragbirds how to describe their hard-to-define Folk Rock and World fusion and they’ll tell you it’s “infectious global groove”. Led by fiery front-woman Erin Zindle (called “Highly Impressive” by USA TODAY), they put on a show that is designed to engage the audience on many levels – to get people thinking, listening and dancing. As the band’s founder and songwriter, Zindle is like a bright excited tour guide through a beautiful foreign world of sights and sounds. Her earthy-sweet voice is the center of the storm of energy around her – the whirlwind of guitarist T.J. Zindle and dynamic bassist Dan Hildebrandt spinning over the ethnic grooves of drummer Randall Moore and percussionist Tim Dziekan. Amidst this blissful, restless energy Zindle skillfully switches between violin, mandolin, banjo, accordion, and percussion in addition to singing lead vocals (all while dancing!)

At a young age, the courses of Matthew Milia and David Jones somehow converged within the large and vaguely defined world of Metropolitan Detroit. And from that point on, with merely a banjo and a guitar, they moved forward towards one common creation-something that reflected the very world from which they came with a zeal and vividness afforded only to the young. The singular vision of Frontier Ruckus that modernly exists, growing fuller each day, is eternally rattling with a youthfulness impossible to shed. Unblinking and ferocious in its expression, it spits out with every gasp dusky images of a Read the full story

Since forming in 1988, Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys have emerged as one of the world’s most respected practitioners of American roots music—western swing, rockabilly, and traditional country—playing it like they invented it. “I think of us as just a rock and roll band—a rock and roll band that’s letting the roots show,” says bandleader Big Sandy. Whether they’re playing the Grand Ole Opry, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, or simply climbing out of a bus after rolling into your town, these guys are bringing us some great old-time rock and roll.

The first lyric on their newest Yep Roc Records release, Turntable Matinee, commands us to “Drop the needle in the groove and start to move!” That opening track—”The Power of the 45, Part 1″—is a dance call to arms as well as a love song to the group’s musical influences. Big Sandy sings a rapid roll call of diverse musical heroes: Junior Parker, Ronnie Dawson, Little Esther, Chuck Berry, Glen Glenn, Etta James, Johnny “Guitar” Watson. The list goes on, showing the Read the full story

This year marks the five year anniversary of the Baar Bazaar! Originally just a handful of vendors selling in the Garden Bowl for a summer, the Baar Bazaar has grown and evolved over the years, has been a stepping stone for hundreds of businesses, designers and vendors, and has inspired many to organize other, similar shows. To celebrate the past five years, we’ll be doubling the size of the Summer Baar Bazaar! The Majestic Theater will be host to 30+ vendors and great local bands (tba) on Saturday, July 10th, from 8pm-2am. No cover or presents necessary, just have a drink with us and get yourself something there instead!

The Legendary Pink Dots are a Netherlands-based rock band formed in August 1980 in the UK who, although distinctly underground, have been musically influential over the years. The band name was derived from pink dots of nail varnish on the piano in their squat, where founding members Edward and April lived. The band has as its focal point vocalist Edward Ka-Spel, who is, along with Phil “The Silverman” Knight, one of the original remaining members of the band. In the mid eighties the band resettled in the Netherlands, where they still reside today. Apart from Edward and Phil, the line-up has gone through many changes. Members such as Ryan Moore, a Canadian bass player, who joined in 1991 after the recordings of the Last Man to Fly with the Tear Garden (he joined as a session musician), went on to form their own labels and musical projects. See Twilight Circus and M Records. Their music is nothing if not original and it is difficult to categorise, but comparisons may be drawn with bands like Pink Floyd and Can. Their sound has been described as an amalgamation of psychedelic rock, industrial, synth-pop and avant-garde. They have released over 40 records and continuously tour the world.

The Gories :: Chick-Inn

The seminal Detroit garage band returns to the Majestic Theatre for one night only. Formed in January of 1986 over a six pack of Budweiser and “Scum of the Earth” on the record player. Played dives around Detroit for six and a half years with a couple of trips to New York City and Chicago. Released three LPs and a handful of singles. Toured Europe in the Spring of ‘92. Broke up. Reformed in 2009. Played sold out shows. Blowing your mind post-Thanksgiving at the Majestic Theatre. Read the full story

Born Ruffians :: Sole Brother

The music industry convention of calling a second album a “sophomore record” makes it sound like rock is some kind of college, which is weird. If Born Ruffians’ 2008 debut album Red Yellow and Blue was the result of a talented and precocious gang of freshmen, their 2010 follow-up, Say It, would be the project they left school to finish ? a declaration that they’re smart and ambitious enough to make it on their own, and furthermore, that they’re in it for the long haul. Read the full story