Hallelujah, summer has arrived. The happiness index in Detroit this time of year, despite the city’s latest financial stressors, is palpable given how shitty Michigan winters can get. (read more)

Reading through the 128-page report Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr provided to creditors last week, we here at the Hits had a question others in the media didn’t seem to think was all that important to ask. (read more)

When Bill Haley and Jack Scott were rocking around the clock and burning bridges through the 1950s and ’60s, they couldn’t have imagined what is happening in today’s Detroit rock ’n’ roll scene. It’s likely genres like industrial rock, electro-pop and death metal would mean nothing to them — and garage rock would imply nothing but the very literal definition. (read more)

When one thinks of monks, simplicity or austerity are adjectives that might reasonably come to mind. Although Monk Beer Bar’s name pays homage to the Belgian monks who have for centuries brewed many of Belgium’s most renowned beers, its extensive beer list and selection of familiar food with luxurious twists is anything but ascetic. (read more)