i'm from NW detroit, there's a band called Killer Flamingo's that's really good. they play a lot of covers, but have 1 all origanal album out. good stuff.
http://www.killerflamingos.com
and there's a band in the DC/Richmond area called Fighting Gravity. They came to detroit once and freakin' rocked (even though there were only like 8 of us there, they played like it was a packed house).
http://www.fightinggravity.com