Sounds from Thee Underground:
No Fun Records’s Annual Garage Rawk Showcase
At the Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
It’s easy to forget that the Stooges, perhaps the single most legendary of the proto-punk “Detroit” bands of the late ’60s, actually hailed from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. No Fun Records, Ann Arbor’s only label specializing in redline-raw rock’n’roll music, has not forgotten. Sounds from Thee Underground is their annual showcase: with a roster to die for (including hometown faves the Avatars and the Hard Lessons), interlude music by WCBN DJ Brian Tomsic and MC duties …