After three successful years at Comerica Park, Detroit’s premier country music festival, Downtown Hoedown, is moving to West Riverfront Park at Jefferson Avenue and 10th Street, just west of the Riverfront Apartments and Joe Louis Arena. The event is being reduced from three days to two, as well, though with headliners like Darius Rucker…
Late last year, Detroit Music Magazine had the pleasure of premiering the trailer for Jamaican Queens’ upcoming “Bored + Lazy” video, and now the genre-defying group have released the full clip. As directed by local filmmaking duo The Right Brothers, the video depicts a wild night out in the city, including stops at UFO…
The second annual Hamtramck Music Festival will take place from Thursday, March 5 to Sunday, March 8. A celebration of local music, the event will feature over 150 Metro Detroit bands and take place across the city in 17 of Hamtramck’s most beloved venues, including 7 Brothers, Café 1923, New Dodge Lounge, Paychecks, Rock…
One week after releasing his third studio album, Dark Sky Paradise, Detroit emcee and GOOD Music affiliate Big Sean has shared a music video for “Blessings.” The track, which features perhaps the two other rappers who’ve dominated hip-hop headlines thus far in 2015 — Kanye West and Drake, comes to life in a stark, black-and-white…
In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of The White Stripes’ fifth full-length, Jack White’s Third Man Records will be releasing Get Behind Me Satan on vinyl for the very first time. The penultimate LP from the iconic Detroit garage rock revivalists will be available on Record Store Day 2015 (April 18) in a limited…
The Queen of Pop is about to embark on a world tour in support of her upcoming new album, Rebel Heart, and she’ll be paying a return visit to her hometown. Madonna announced today an extensive stretch of dates encompassing North America and Europe, with details to follow for Asia and Australia. Madonna…
Producer Alex Kaye and vocalist Liana Vanicelli are Valley Hush, a Detroit-based experimental indie pop act whose music exudes a mystical enlightenment beyond their years but still exhibit a down-to-earth charm in person. Having recorded and released their first EP, To Feel Small, in a matter of only six months, the ambitious duo…
Detroit hip-hop heavyweight Boldy James will celebrate the culmination of his new mixtape, Trapper’s Alley 2: Risk Vs. Reward (The Brictionary), with a record release party, Friday, hosted at Detroit’s underground rap-Mecca – The Shelter. As a follow up to his 2011 release Trapper’s Alley: Pros & Cons, James’ new mixtape comes on the heels…
Growth can be a double-edged sword in rap. Even the upcoming N.W.A biopic can’t undo the damage of Are We There Yet? Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, better known as Big Sean, is a far way from Ice Cube’s gangsta-turned-family man fate, but he is growing up. A serendipitous meeting with Kanye West a decade…
In 2008, Elzhi’s The Preface was lauded as one of Detroit’s best hip-hop albums of the year. Seven years and one Kickstarter project later, the former Slum Village member plans to release his follow up project Lead Poison. “February” is our first glimpse at what the artful emcee has been up to. A…