Khalid graduated from the same high school as Madonna and used to live with a Jamaican Queen, but he has always and will forever worship at the church of Björk.
Detroit native Jack White is best known for his hand in the revival of garage rock and punk blues, among other retro styles, but lately he’s been dipping his toes into the world of hip-hop. Last week his label Third Man Records tweeted the opener for the artist’s January 30 show at Madison Square Garden in…
It’s played host to hometown heroes like The White Stripes, as well as major national acts such as Interpol, Kings of Leon, Mudhoney, Modest Mouse, The Kills, Sleigh Bells, and — well — The National, but starting this spring, one of Detroit’s most beloved and respected rock clubs — The Magic Stick — will see new life as an electronic…
Sex, drugs, and… waterfalls? When you’re in Microphone Phelps’ world, you learn to expect the unexpected, and that extends to his choice of metaphors. In the case of “Waterfall,” from his recently released full-length debut The Grand Design, the aquatic gush of the eponymous body of water stands in for the erotic flush of a woman’s body. The track’s narcotic production, provided…
A jump to a major label hasn’t caused DeJ Loaf to rest on her laurels. The Detroit emcee best known for her surprise chart-topping single “Try Me” released the mixtape Sell Sole this fall to widespread acclaim and made an appearance on Eminem’s “Detroit Vs. Everybody.” Now, with mere days left in 2014, she’s closing out the year…
It seems the power of leaks can no longer be denied. In the same week that found Sony Pictures pulling all screenings of The Interview due to a hacking scandal, the Queen of Pop saw herself bowing down to similar pressure (albeit on a smaller scale) but not by cancelling her new album release. Instead, the unofficial…
If many hands make light work, then the sixth studio full-length from ADULT. might well end up becoming their liveliest album. However, one look at the roster of collaborators that Detroit’s foremost electroclash duo have enlisted to help them record their upcoming LP should cast aside such impressions. Detroit House Guests, as the release will be titled, takes…
With news of the Sony Pictures hacking scandal dominating press coverage and music publications busy with end-of-year lists, it might have appeared that an album leak could slip by unnoticed. But when you’re talking about the Queen of Pop, that’s just not possible. This morning, reports surfaced that thirteen new tracks from the entirety of a yet-to-be-announced…
According to Memphis Commercial Appeal, John Hampton, the two-time Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer, died on Friday at the age of 61 from complications of cancer. Over a career that spanned four decades, Hampton worked with many acclaimed musicians, including Jack White. He mixed albums for all three of the Detroit icon’s acts: Get Behind Me Satan (The…
Detroit roots-rocker Bob Seger and his Silver Bullet Band paid a visit to the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS Monday night, where he performed “All of the Roads” off his latest album Ride Out, as well as “The Fire Down Below” from the songwriter’s 1976 LP Night Moves. In addition to these performances, Seger…
Tecuciztecatl, His Name is Alive’s fourteenth full-length, sees the Livonia band expanding their conceptual aims. This “psychedelic rock opera” (their own description) builds on the chamber pop of prior records such as 1996’s nostalgic Stars on E.S.P. while moving to turf one step beyond the jazz madness of 2007’s Sweet Earth Flower….