Months after a rare performance at The Masonic Temple, it was announced today that German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk will make history with a first-ever appearance at the 10th anniversary of the Movement Electronic Music Festival. The GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award recipients will headline the event, which takes place Memorial Day weekend, May 28–30,…
Producer and DJ Robert Hood recently announced a partnership with Dekmantel under the name Paradygm Shift. The cutting-edge Dutch label is an ideal facilitator for Hood to revisit his minimal roots, as its members have a reputation for being laid-back, despite being one of the busiest imprints in Amsterdam. Hood, who has continually…
The details of the third annual Berserker Fest, which brings together local, national, and international extreme metal and underground punk acts, have been released. Due to overwhelming interest, the event has been moved to The Detroit Masonic Temple this year after having taken place at The Loving Touch in Ferndale for the past two…
Lil Durk and Dej Loaf have released a visual accompaniment to their anthem of love “My Beyoncé.” The Love and Basketball-themed video features the pair canoodling in the bedroom, playing a little one-on-one on the basketball court, and just being all-around adorable. The video is romantic in a cheesy, endearing way that remains…
The esteemed DJ-Kicks series is without question one of the most important mix collections of all time. From its inception in 1995, it has hosted legendary artists from around the world, encompassing genres from techno and house to drum’n’bass and beyond. While its list of international curators is staggering, the series has always respected…
Detroit-based indie electro-pop duo Gosh Pith have long described their sound as “cosmic trap,” but with Josh Freed and Josh Smith’s second single off their forthcoming Gold Chain EP, that characterization has never seemed more apt. Through the thrum of “K9″‘s, indeed, trap-inspired bass synths and skittering snares, you can make out the alien…
D12 returned to the scene in 2015 with The Devil’s Night Mixtape: Reloaded, proving Detroit’s Dirty Dozen are still a forced to be reckoned with. This week, they released a full-length video for their track “Steel Ill,” produced by none other than Mr. Porter. The piece is more than a music video, at times…
It’s Nigel & The Dropout…/ And a couple other dudes, too. Passalacqua announce the return of the popular Detroit dance-rock duo in the opening line of Nigel & The Dropout’s new single, “Rearrange.” The track is a collaboration between the two groups, with Passalacqua’s Mister and Brent “Blak” Smith spitting a couple of…
Detroit MC and producer Black Milk dropped a new track late last week on his SoundCloud page, released under the independent label Computer Ugly. This is the fifth song he has released since 2014’s excellent If There’s a Hell Below, and the second to feature his own vocals. “Everybody runnin’ for the spot…
Quite the busy man, Detroit rapper Red Pill has released music at a seemingly breakneck pace in the past couple years. As a third of the hip-hop trio Ugly Heroes, the artist born Chris Orrick put out an EP in 2014 in addition to a full-length in 2013. While it seems Ugly Heroes are…