Gabba gabba, we accept you, one of us: A history of The Ramones in Ann Arbor

Tue, 02/09/2021 - 10:00am by christopherporter

[Updated February 9, 2021, with photos and reviews from The Ann Arbor News].

Friday Five: Laughing Hyenas

Fri, 12/11/2020 - 12:00pm by christopherporter

Friday Five is where we celebrate new and recent music by Washtenaw County-associated artists.

Bootleg Washtenaw: Repulsion live at Schoolkids Records, June 9, 1991

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 2:00pm by christopherporter

An occasional series highlighting live recordings made in Washtenaw County.

On Repulsion's lone album, Horrified, the Flint-based grind-metal pioneers' sound is a muffled blur of blast beats, gnarly guitar, and grunted vocals. Same is true of the band's many demos, which is what Horrified was when it was recorded in 1986 and released as the Slaughter of the Innocent tape. That sort of audio is what you'll hear times 100 as featured in this June 9, 1991, in-store concert Repulsion did at Schoolkids Records, 523 East Liberty Street. But it's still wonderful to see the inside of Ann Arbor's most legendary record store once again. 

WCBN's Radio Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa offers up Sproton Layer and Ramones rarities

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 3:00pm by christopherporter

Frank Uhle's Radio Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa on WCBN 88.3-FM always features a treasure trove of vintage rock 'n' roll and punk, and he's one of the great historians of 1960s and 1970s underground Michigan music. Uhle also re-released the ultra-obscure and totally rippin' lone 7-inch by Ann Arbor 1960s garage rockers The Beau Biens, which we talked about in-depth here.

Bootleg Washtenaw: Vulfpeck live at The Blind Pig, April 24, 2015 (plus a new LP)

Mon, 11/02/2020 - 2:00pm by christopherporter

An occasional series highlighting live recordings made in Washtenaw County.

Vulfpeck began in 2011 as students in U-M's school of music. Last year the band sold out Madison Square Garden, which you can watch here.

Bootleg Washtenaw: Wipers, July 7, 1987, at The Blind Pig

Wed, 10/21/2020 - 3:00pm by christopherporter

An occasional series highlighting live recordings made in Washtenaw County.

You may not know the music of cult group Wipers, but you've definitely heard songs by one of the group's biggest fans: Kurt Cobain.

Bootleg Washtenaw: Nirvana, April 10, 1990, at The Blind Pig

Thu, 10/15/2020 - 3:00pm by christopherporter

Someone recently uploaded Nirvana's April 10, 1990, show at The Blind Pig to YouTube for the umpteenth time with the bad audio and wonky video.

Why bother when there's the version above, which has been online since 2012 and it sounds pretty good? It also boasts the following: "New Custom 2-Camera Mix/Deshaked with synced Audio (Aud1 JWB remaster)."