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.
No one ever predicted they would get this far. Having gradually reentered into the public consciousness over the past few years, Detroit proto-punk band Death have recorded their first new material in over three decades. A Band Called Death may have been the film the long-forgotten act needed to get the attention they always…
Big Sean has had a big month. The Detroit-bred rapper born Sean Anderson kicked off June with a visit to his hometown, where he unveiled a new recording studio at his alma mater of Cass Technical High School. This 784-square-foot space will become a part of the school’s music curriculum and is a joint…
Singer/rapper Tunde Olaniran’s music eludes easy description. His voice skyrockets into the heavens with gravity-defying aplomb while his lyrics maintain an earthbound consciousness that is the very definition of “keeping it real.” The arrangements are a melange of sugar, spice, and spikes — so even his most pointed barbs go down smoothly. Thus far…
When many people think of Nick Cave, they may immediately think of The Bad Seeds and The Birthday Party, rock music’s reigning “Prince of Darkness,” whose death-obsessed lyrics and dark baritone voice have made him a staple among lovers of the post-punk era. But there’s another Nick Cave, arguably as important to the cultural…
A full year after it was first announced, Jeff Mills’ Exhibitionist 2 will finally see release. The CD + DVD package is due out September 2015 — 11 years after the first project of that name — and will be accompanied by a series of three EP releases that serve as “an introduction to…
Last summer, a little earworm of a track seemed to sprout out of nowhere, gaining heat in the streets and then setting fire to the charts. “Try Me,” the straight-shooting single from Detroit emcee DeJ Loaf was an unexpected success story from a city that by now should be used to them, but the…
Fresh off a much-lauded performance last weekend at Governors Ball in New York City, Weird Al Yankovic made a stop at Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville to make a very unique kind of recording. The reigning king of song parodies tried his hand, and his vocal cords, out in the Voice-O-Graph booth,…
If you didn’t catch Theo Parrish’s live tour last year, then you’re in luck, as the Detroit-based techno producer is putting out a 12″ of the show under the alias The Unit. Due out later this month via Wildheart Recordings, the two-track release was recorded during a scheduled date and features a cover of…
In what should be a highly auspicious announcement for Midtown Detroit, particularly following recent developments on the new arena for the Detroit Red Wings, Shinola founder Tom Kartsotis has partnered with Detroit-native Jack White to purchase the building that currently houses the Shinola Flagship store at 441 W. Canfield in Cass Corridor. This deal…
Next month, Jake Gyllenhaal will star in an Antoine Fuqua-directed boxing movie entitled Southpaw and very likely garner a great deal of praise for his performance. At one point, however, Detroit’s very own Marshall Mathers was tapped to play that role. Eminem is no stranger to acting; his turn as the lead in 8…