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…
The Audubon goes aural on Clyde Moop’s latest release, but Wavy Lab Volume 2 Phase 1 is no run-of-the-mill audio book. Instead, it’s an immersive sonic environment populated by mallards and Molly Soda, pekins and pot smoking, sandwiches and “stuff for sale.” Anyone familiar with the Scrummage and #CoOwnaz-affiliated producer would not expect anything…
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…
Clyde Moop’s Wavy Lab Vol. 1 is a love letter to the classic ’90s sounds of Detroit’s ghettotech scene, a genre that started in the city’s dance clubs but cross-pollinated with electronic styles as varied as house, techno, UK garage, jungle, hip-hop, and R&B. The music was loose-limbed and lewd, with fast, four-on-the-floor rhythms…
Hebinomichi, which means “The Serpent’s Path” in Japanese, is an artists’ collective and label founded by Denver-based producer SteLouse and Detroit beatmaker aah-ooh. The crew recently announced that it had found a new home in Detroit with its upcoming Future Perfect series. Future Perfect plans to bring some of the most talented contemporary…
With 2015 in the books, we’re ready to start 2016 with a bang. We hope your resolution involves going to more shows and listening to new music. With that in mind, here’s our shortlist of events we recommend checking out this month. Secret Friends Fest 3 Friday, January 8 – Sunday, January 10 7:30…
Jack White has dug into his seemingly bottomless vault of recordings and come up with some live performances with pre-White Stripes bands Two Star Tabernacle, The Go, and Jack White and the Bricks. Three LPs will be released in the latest installment of Third Man’s Vault subscription series, with each album dedicated to one…