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.
J Dilla already has his own day, but Devil’s Night might soon be renamed Dilla’s Night after we get a load of this. On October 30, the legendary Detroit producer and rapper will see a posthumous release of over forty of his instrumentals. Dillatronic is a compilation that was made possible by the late…
Attention all fans of high-stakes video game driving and high-speed verbal freestyling, this story is for you. This afternoon, Detroit emcee Danny Brown and rap provocateur Tyler, the Creator are taking a seat with Rockstar to play Grand Theft Auto V online. Other members of Bruiser Brigade and Odd Future will be in on…
Guilty Simpson may have taken a break from his solo career since putting out O. J. Simpson in 2010, but he hadn’t slowed down, releasing five records with five different collaborators in that time. That boundless energy was there from the start, on 2003’s “Strapped,” the Jaylib song that served as Guilty’s debut, and…
Fans of Detroit music were treated twice last night, as two icons of the city’s sonic history made appearances on late-night television programs. Not only did The Dead Weather — Jack White’s band with Kills singer Alison Mosshart — perform for the first time live in five years on The Late Show with Stephen…
Video may have killed the radio star, but it has been enjoying quite the afterlife online, with numerous Internet radio stations catering to a increasingly fractured listening audience. Prominent among these is Pitchfork Radio, the recently launched broadcasting wing of the popular music website, Pitchfork.com. After a promising start in Los Angeles this winter,…
James Linck is caught in a liminal space, stuck between stations. He knows his home is both a rest stop and a delivery spot, but he doesn’t know its location. His lover could help him find it, but she shifts shapes and eludes his grasp; in fact, she may very well be gone for…
Damn RIP YOUNGIN….. Had a lot of talks with you about getting out them streets and chasing ya dreams! I really believed in you and seen you putting on for Detroit! RIP @dex_osama 🙏🏾 for all my fellow young kings coming up tryna make it out, take ya time and think about where you want…
Jack White is bringing back the fine art of black-and-yellow photography. Yes, you read that right. Continuing his ongoing trend for reviving all things vintage, the Detroit native’s label Third Man Records is partnering with The Impossible Project — a company whose mission is to preserve the art of Polaroid photography — to produce…
Dej Loaf’s last mixtape, 2014’s Sell Sole, represented a turning point for the Detroit emcee, after her breakthrough hit “Try Me” unexpectedly introduced her to a wider audience earlier that summer. “Try Me” may have put her in the spotlight, but Sell Sole showed off Dej’s many talents, whether full-on rapping on “Bird Call”…
Metalcore has earned a rather unfortunate reputation, especially for a genre that was formed by fusing two of the heaviest styles in existence: extreme metal and hardcore punk. The Armed, a supergroup who describe themselves simply as “a punk rock band from Detroit, Mi.,” steer clear of the aforementioned label, despite their obvious…