Detroit's own rock and roll he-man John Krautner's first solo full-length is called Fun With Gum Vol. 1. It's out today on the southern California-based, red-hot record label Burger Records.
Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...