Have you grown weary of the garage-rock fallout that has spawned an army of Jack Whitewannabes and aging would-have, could-have, should-have beens? Indifferent to over-hyped groups whoseperformances pale in the light of their glowing reviews? The answer is YES! and the solution is in theform of six barely employed young men and women who together are Macrame Tiger.Macrame Tiger is a band hell-bent on breaking the status quo of a divided city. This diamond inthe rustbelt has refined their craft through a year of performing at art shows, impromptu parties, and off-the-radar venues like Scrummage University and Izzy’s. They have come out of this with a year’s worthof noise complaints, arrests, and a loyal following of brightly colored hipsters, drunks, and art kids.A DIY attitude and plenty of support from the art community has driven Macrame Tiger’s live setfrom more than a mere rock show, performances are on a theatrical scale with larger than life backdrops,a stage littered with cartoonish space monsters, bizarre spandex costumes, live projections, confetti guns,and an open-invitation for the audience to join in the mayhem are standard fare. This is all made possibleby the efforts of Detroit creatives such as the spandex-queen Angela McBride, projectionist AnthonyCholag, videographer Gavin Bates, the Lollybot Collective, and numerous other warped minds.The sounds produced by Macrame Tiger show an eclectic mix of influences, always at neardeafening volume, channelling Motown soul, orchestral ebb and flow, and the dirtiest punk rock you’veever heard. This is all in support of a powerful vocal delivery, embellished by up to 10 back-up singersdepending on what local musicians show up on a given night. Macrame Tiger has re-assembled whatdefines contemporary Detroit rock: a crushing low end ala the Dirtbombs, unconventional instrumentationala the Silent Years, a ruthless delivery ala Child Bite, an outlandish stage presence ala Championsof Breakfast or Charlie Slick, and the same can-do attitude that defines groups like Deastro and theScrummage kids.Macrame Tiger is the bastard child of musical evolution: imagine a furry woodland creature with ashark fin, a horn, fangs, a wing on upside down, a puffball tall, one or more slimy tentacles, and sevensets of legs.If you have read this far (or not) you now owe it to yourself to investigate this strange sensationfor yourself. Please take the time to give their CD a few spins in you car, computer, or home stereosystem. If you do not possess these means, or wish to share the experience with others, visit MacrameTiger online at myspace.com/macrametiger.