Articles by Theo

Theo Czajkowski is an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan who drums for Ann Arbor band My Girlfriend Beru.


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Third Man Pressing announces grand opening details

  On Saturday, February 25 at 10:00 a.m., Third Man Pressing — a new vinyl pressing plant located in Midtown Detroit’s Cass Corridor — will hold a free grand opening event. This occasion is open to the public and will feature performances by The Mummies, The Oblivians, and Craig Brown Band.   Perhaps the most…

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Moonwalks — In Light (The Scales in the Frame)

  Moonwalks’ second full-length effort, In Light (The Scales in the Frame), is all blistering guitars soaring eight miles high across the firmament. The Detroit psych outfit have managed to take their wall of sound — huge enough, surely, on 2015’s Lunar Phases to excite any Trump supporter — and make it even bigger. The…

Iggy Pop does Tai Chi in hazy “Sunday” video
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Iggy Pop does Tai Chi in hazy “Sunday” video

  Proto-punk icon and Detroit-area native Iggy Pop has released a music video for “Sunday,” the fifth track off his latest album. The Andreas Neumann-directed clip “gives fans an inside look at Post Pop Depression from its creation at Rancho de la Luna up until the band’s first public performance at the Teragram Ballroom in…

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Interview: Deadbeat Beat

  I recently caught up with Detroit indie rockers Deadbeat Beat before a show at Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater. I had seen them play in Ann Arbor a little over a week before but nearly failed to recognize guitarist Alex Glendening when he showed up to the venue, on account of the bitchin’ mustache he had…

Third Man releases box set of Jack White acoustic work

  In the 28th and latest installation of Third Man Records’ Vault series, label boss and Detroit native Jack White has released Live in Idaho, a double LP of solo, White Stripes, and Raconteurs songs he recorded in Boise, Idaho, as part of his first-ever all-acoustic tour.   The box set also includes Live in…

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Iggy Pop announces collaborative album Post Pop Depression

  Detroit proto-punk legend Iggy Pop (The Stooges) has teamed up with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal to create an album titled Post Pop Depression, due out March 18 via Loma Vista/Concord. Recording sessions were completed in secret at Homme’s studio in Joshua Tree, California. Both artists…

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Berserker Fest moves to The Masonic Temple for its third year

  The details of the third annual Berserker Fest, which brings together local, national, and international extreme metal and underground punk acts, have been released. Due to overwhelming interest, the event has been moved to The Detroit Masonic Temple this year after having taken place at The Loving Touch in Ferndale for the past two…

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Third Man to release live albums by Jack White’s early bands

  Jack White has dug into his seemingly bottomless vault of recordings and come up with some live performances with pre-White Stripes bands Two Star Tabernacle, The Go, and Jack White and the Bricks. Three LPs will be released in the latest installment of Third Man’s Vault subscription series, with each album dedicated to one…

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Echo Fest VI to kick out the space jams this Saturday

  Echo Fest VI, curated annually by Detroit’s Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor, will take place Saturday night at The Loving Touch in Ferndale. The festival, which brings together national and local psychedelic rock acts, will also feature a “3D visual experience” involving glasses.   Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor are set to play, along…