Detroit filmmaking duo The Right Brothers have released a video for Chicago-based artist Emily Kempf’s “Dynamite,” from her album FEELINGS. The track, which was recorded live on an iPhone4, also bears a local music connection as it features additional drums and production from Eddie Logix, who has been rebuilding his studio with the help…
KMS, the record label started by Detroit techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson in 1987, has been reissuing seminal works on vinyl over the past several years. These include Saunderson’s Just Want Another Chance (made famous by its signature “Reese” bassline), as well as releases by MK, Chez N Trent, and Kreem (the duo of Saunderson…
Iconic ambient techno duo The Orb have revealed the details of their upcoming album, the first for Cologne-based label Kompakt since 2005’s Okie Dokie It’s the Orb on Kompakt, and it is set to feature a tribute to Detroit’s J Dilla. As usual, Moonbuilding 2703 AD will also see Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann…
Halfway through his nearly two-hour set at the Masonic Temple Theatre, Sufjan Stevens took a break from the stirring renditions of the spare, haunting songs off his latest studio album, Carrie & Lowell, to address the audience. In a brief monologue, he reminisced about his childhood in Detroit, from his birth in Hutzel Hospital…
Renowned Detroit musician, producer, engineer and emcee Eddie Logix has gifted the Detroit music community with a capacious portfolio of projects, EPs, albums and collectives over the years, but now – listeners are giving back. On the evening of Monday, April 13, Logix, part of the #CoOwnaz creative collective, Sleepless Inn and…
Indie electro-rock duo Nigel & The Dropout are quickly establishing themselves as one of Detroit’s hardest working acts, playing a bevy of local shows while still finding the time to record four albums in almost as many years. Now Nigel Hemmye and Andrew Ficker are fresh out of the studio with their fifth full-length,…
With her fiercely literate brand of rock ‘n’ roll and her uncompromisingly ambitious spirit, Patti Smith is often remembered as she appears on the cover of her 1975 debut album Horses — a steely, androgynous rebel with a cause. But The High Priestess of Punk didn’t stay in New York forever, eventually trading in the…
Hometown hero Eminem has contributed a banging verse to Shady Records member Yelawolf’s new track “Best Friend.” The younger rapper opts for mellow crooning over an easygoing beat with a rootsy vibe that emphasizes his Southern origins. His heartfelt reflections gain some much needed edge when Marshall Mathers comes in with an unexpected…
Jeff Mills has, in recent months, announced a film project for The Louvre and a live album released in collaboration with pianist Mikhaïl Rudy, but this week the seminal Detroit techno artist topped those stories. Mills took to social media to share that he is preparing a multimedia experience inspired by the iconic Stanley…
Last year’s Under Color of Official Right introduced Protomartyr’s brand of searing, world-weary post-punk to a larger audience and earned the Detroit band a great deal of acclaim in the process. The group are now working with a new deal, one Kelley Deal of The Breeders, on a new track from a split-single titled…