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The world’s largest music streaming service Spotify has announced that Detroit’s rap superstar Eminem is the “most streamed artist” ever, according to USA Today. Data collected by Spotify shows that Eminem’s upcoming tour-partner Rihanna is the most streamed female artist of all time. Together the duo have hundreds of millions of streams combined,…
Movement Electronic Music Festival 2014 began on Saturday with countless electronic super-acts, seas of electronic enthusiasts, and unlike Movement 2013 – dry weather comfortably fluctuating in the 70’s. The annually-hosted festival brought more than 100,000 attendees to Detroit in 2013, and boasts a six-stage setup in 2014. The stages include: The Red Bull…
Detroit’s finger-gunslinging rock group Flint Eastwood has announced a barbecue-style super-show on Saturday, May 31, at Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, appropriately titled The Flint Family BBQ. The Flint Family BBQ will feature “BBQ-style games,” free food, and music performed by a fully-loaded lineup of the Detroit-area’s favorite rock groups. Artists scheduled to perform…
Golf Clap is a Detroit-based house duo that specializes in deep bass, after after-party soundtracks, and golf culture style. Hugh Cleal and Bryan Jones have performed more than 150 shows within the last year, were awarded “Best Electronic Artist in Detroit” by former print-weekly Real Detroit Weekly in 2014, and are resident royalty…
The Seattle-native rock group Pearl Jam has announced their first Detroit tour stop in more than a decade, scheduled for October 16, at Joe Louis Arena. As an extension of their 2014 tour, Pearl Jam has announced a month-long leg of dates spanning from Cincinnati to Denver, throughout the month of October. The last…
Detroit’s garage super-label Urinal Cake Records has announced its second label showcase, Urinefested II, which will be hosted at PJ’s Lager House from June 19 through June 21. Urinal Cake Records will supply the infamous sounds of artists/groups, such as: Feelings, Terrible Twos, Growwing Pains, Smelly Tongues, and others. In addition to live…
Swedish-born Malik Bendjelloul, Director of the Academy Award-winning “Searching for Sugar Man” (focused on the life of Detroit folk musician Sixto Diaz Rodriguez), died on Tuesday near Stockholm, according to local police. Foul play is not suspected, according to police testimony, but official statements have not yet been provided. The director was…
After a flood of Third Man Records/Jack White-related announcements this month, Jack White and Neil Young appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” to cut a vinyl record live, with the help of White’s infamous 1947 Voice-O-Graph machine. As part of the on-air performance, Young performed Willie Nelson’s “Crazy” inside the analog…
Psychopathic Records has released a 23-minute trailer in honor of the 2014 Gathering of the Juggalos festival, to be hosted in Thornville Ohio, July 23-27. The CGI-riddled mini-film follows a Juggalo on a back-and-forth journey between heaven and hell, where he is privy to the details of this year’s event. In the video,…
California-based Burger Records has joined forces with Light in the Attic Records to reissue the two-album Rodriguez discography via cassette on May 13. In a series of weekly releases, Rodriguez’s Cold Fact (1970) and Coming From Reality (1971/2008) will be the first to reach audiences in limited numbers. Only 1,000 copies of each album will be…