I was excited to see this documentary about the explosion of the garage-rock scene in early-2000s Detroit, a cultural occurrence that drove a Spin magazine writer to ask, “Is Detroit the new Seattle?” This theory is interesting to me because I, too, came from Detroit. I left in 1998 and watched, from a 206 area code, as the White Stripes and the Von Bondies quit playing downtown bars where I used to waitress and started appearing on national magazine covers, radio stations, and late-night TV. Though I’m the perfect demographic for this film—a fan of both the city and the music—for me, the documentary falls flat. The interviews with singer Jason Stollsteimer of now defunct Von Bondies are long and tedious. The comparison of Seattle grunge and Detroit garage isn’t a good one, and it becomes irrelevant about halfway through the film. And footage of still-relevant bands like the Gories and the Dirtbombs isn’t nearly enough to save this two-hour yawnfest.