ZelooperZ, the youngest member of Detroit’s Bruiser Brigade rap crew, has released a visual accompaniment to his single “Plateau” from his upcoming mixtape Help. The Trevor Denai-directed video features Bruiser Brigade leader Danny Brown, desolate scenes of a CNN-angled Detroit, and the alternative hip hop phonetics of ZelooperZ himself. The 20-year-old rapper dons a…
“Freedom at 21,” Jack White’s razor-sharp third single off his 2012 solo debut effort Blunderbuss, still packs a punch. As arguably one of the Nashville-by-way-of-Detroit musician’s better songs — a lovesick garage rock nightmare, turbulent and tumultuous like a fever dream — it contains much of what makes his sound engaging. “Freedom” deals…
Between his “feud” with The Black Keys and recent comments about ex-wife and former White Stripes bandmate Meg White, it seems that Jack White’s media attention has attempted to overshadow his highly-anticipated album release. That feeling of destruction is mirrored in the video for “Lazaretto” the title track for the Detroit rocker’s upcoming…
Windy & Carl’s 2012 album We Will Always Be came with a caveat — a confessional blog post about marriage’s trials that, depending on your worldview, either upheld or undermined the work’s title. With tracks as generous and genuine as what they ended up recording, songs like “Remember” or “Nature of Memory”,…
When you think of jazz, Ghostface Killah and Detroit’s Danny Brown don’t immediately jump to mind. However, these two maestros of rap have lent their rhymes to music by Toronto’s post-bop trio BADBADNOTGOOD. The single is called “Six Degrees,” and it’s part of a 10-inch record scheduled for release on June 24 via Lex/eOne….
Detroit’s experimental post-punk five-piece Bars of Gold have released the first video from their stunning sophomore LP, 2013’s Wheels. The clip for “Blue Lightning” cycles through a refracted set of close-ups of the band members’ faces as they undergo some playful – but disconcerting – transformations. This, combined which the neon-colored, but slightly…
Detroit’s own Jack White shared a new track Friday from Lazaretto, his upcoming sophomore solo LP from Third Man Records. “Just One Drink” is the third cut he’s revealed ahead of the June 10th album release. Unlike the previously-released instrumental number “High Ball Stepper,” “Just One Drink” kicks off with fuzzed-out, bluesy guitar…
As promised on an announcement via his Instagram account yesterday, Detroit’s very own Eminem has released a video for the latest single from his multi-platinum selling album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 just in time for Mother’s Day. The clip for “Headlights” — directed by renowned filmmaker Spike Lee — depicts a reconciliation…
The Detroit five-piece Fireworks’ 2011 record Gospel was pure pop-punk that smelled like teen spirit: frontman David Mackinder reflected on adolescent angst as if in need of tranquilizers, yet the slower-paced alt-country touch on songs like “The Wild Bunch” foreshadowed maturity. Nevertheless, on Fireworks’ third full-length studio release, there is no real release…
Michigan-based production house Never Say Die MI has released the highly-anticipated The Living Room Sessions Vol. 2 live album recordings. The first Living Room Sessions release was focused primarily on musical acts of Northern/Mid-Michigan. The 2013 project featured several private performances which were filmed and recorded live from their separate and secret living-room locations. The newly-released…