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.
In a year riddled with the loss of so many musical icons and titans — Bowie, Haggard, Prince, Cohen — it felt perverse to see so many publications eager to throw a whole genre onto the funeral pyre. But that seemed to be the fate befalling indie rock, as countless thinkpieces abounded on the…
Embed from Getty Images Detroit-born vocalist Colonel Abrams, who became popular in the 1980s underground dance scene, has died at the age of 67. Before scoring his first major hit in 1984 with “Music Is the Answer” on the independent label Streetwise, Abrams sang in a band called 94 East, which featured Prince…
The first sound we hear on Danny Brown’s Atrocity Exhibition recalls nothing so much as it does the eerie slide guitar riff from the title sequence to the show Breaking Bad, which creator Vince Gilligan initially pitched as “a story about a man who transforms himself from Mr. Chips into Scarface.” By series end,…
If Danny Brown’s announcement of The Exhibition Tour left you puzzled about why a Detroit date was left off the itinerary, then wonder no more. The hometown hip-hop hero recently revealed the return of his Bruiser Thanksgiving event, and this year the action will move from the Majestic Theatre (where it had taken place…
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra continues to demonstrate its commitment to diverse programming and innovative cultural experiences with two recent announcements. Last week, the organization introduced the Peter D. & Julie F. Cummings Cube, a revamped performance space that also marks the beginning of new programming stream for the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher…
In anticipation of his upcoming career-spanning new release Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016, due out September 9 on double CD, double LP, and digitally via Third Man/Columbia, Detroit-native rock legend Jack White has launched an interactive timeline on his website that tells the stories behind each one of the 26 tracks on the compilation. The…
It’s one of those torrid August evenings in Detroit, when the sweat lodge-like atmosphere refuses to relent even when dusk approaches. Humidity scales epic levels, temperatures ascend to near-scorching, and the air itself seems heavier from soaking in all those rays. Hard to imagine that in six months, the steam rising from the sunbaked…
Embed from Getty Images The unofficial end of summer will bring a bevy of musical acts big and small — both homegrown and nationally renowned — to Downtown Royal Oak for the 19th Annual Ford Arts, Beats & Eats. The schedule for the outdoor festival, which takes place Labor Day Weekend, was recently announced…
Fans of animation and Motown should get ready for their next binge-watch marathon, as Netflix has ordered a new kids series that combines the two. According to a Netflix press release, the untitled animated project will be set to classic tunes from the Berry Gordy label and is the brainchild of writer-director Josh…
