With songs like the first single “Be My Friend” and “Heatseeker,” the Hedrons are looking to carry the flag for female fronted punk rock. The songs maintain a raw feel to them, but also have enough hooks to lure fans in. Their latest album One More Wont Kill Us , is out on 4 West Records, which contains the standout track “I Need You."

After starting out the year in their native United Kingdom, the band headed to the States for a mini-tour, which included a date at the huge South by Southwest Festival. The band is on a round of dates with Jason Isbell, that last through the end of July, whenthey hit the Wicker Park Festival in Chicago.

The band hits Detroit tonight as they open for Isbell at the Magic Stick. Make sure you get a chance to this catchy band before they head back across the pond. They may just steal the show…

The Hedrons are opening for Jason Isbell at the Magic Stick on Wednesday, July 25^th. Tickets are still available at www.ticketmaster.com

Reminder!!! Auralgasms Compilation CD - Breath of Stars Record Release Party this Wednesday at Tripnotica

JE: We played three shows on last year’s tour and we were really just starting to record our album and getting our confidence on stage. I think coming into this year’s show, we have that confidence and the people are behind us now. These songs are full of power, the guys in the band do not have a favorite song because we feel they all stand out.

MCB: How did you get meet Munky (guitarist from Korn) and sign with his label?

JE: Some of the guys in the band knew him before we ever got signed with him. One of our guitarists used to have guitar lessons from Munky in the early days. It was one of those friends of the family type of deals.

MCB: When writing the record, was there a conscious effort to stray from falling into a trap of sounding like a lot of metal bands out there today?

After two years of dealing with weather at both ends of the spectrum, the third annual Sounds of the Underground tour got out from under the gloomy skies and invaded the Fillmore Detroit for the 9-hour traveling festival chock full of metal and hardcore music. About 2,500 packed the Fillmore and maneuvered around the tight quarters in the lower levels and stage where 15 bands took to the stage.

Recent My City Buzz interview subjects This is Hell started off the day and got the kids hardcore dancing during their set. Even though most of the bands were metal leaning fans, the crowd reacted well to the only hardcore band on the bill and got the festival going on a positive note.

Meanwhile, bands that played throughout the afternoon dealt with various issues such as microphone troubles, lost band equipment and in some cases, just needing a good amount of practice before getting back on stage again.

Even though the New Orleans band Goatwhore were powerful in their brief 20-minute (most of the early bands played around 20 minutes or so), microphone troubles plagued lead singer Sammy Duet and hurt what could have been a scene stealing performance. The bassist’s body armor made it look like they were ready to go to war with the Viking looking Amon Amarth, who played their form of brutal European death metal in an abridged set, mostly due to the band arriving right before showtime. Unlike last year’s Behemoth, who were met with laughter from this reviewer, Amon Amarth was a band to take seriously, just for the fact that they could probably pummel anyone that didn’t like the band.

I am really beginning to like Don Cheadle as an actor. Although I prefer him in semi funny roles, he is a great dramatic actor that has a presence that can exude sadness or happiness, sometimes at the same time. He is definitely one of the better actors out there and with a slick radio voice and a colorful wardrobe, he is perfect as Petey Greene. Chiwetel Ejiofor is definitely making his way up the ladder. My first introduction to was as the extremely polite, yet deadly assassin in Serenity where he was just a bad ass. Then came Children Of Men where everyone was on the ball. He does a great job here first as a self righteous ass, then as a friend to Petey, then a rival and back to friend again.

Baseball: I know the Tigers are all the rage here in Detroit these days, but baseball is a horribly boring sport to watch on television. Going to a game is one thing and can be exciting, but watching baseball on television makes you realize why baseball took such a dump in popularity in the mid-90s (that strike didn’t help matters either). And can we cut this 162 game season down by about 20-30 games as well? No one wants to watch this when football starts back up.