The annual South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival (SXSW) began in 1987 and has grown to encompass not only music, but also film and emerging technology. The music festival, however, is now the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 2,200 official performers and bands playing in more than 100 venues….
The new track from Detroit “cosmic-trap” duo Gosh Pith finds them expanding into and experimenting with more genres. “Window” borrows guitar lines from your favorite indie rock bands of the 2000s and mixes them with the spastic, skittish percussion we’ve come to expect from Gosh Pith. These elements blend nicely with the vocal stylings of Josh…
Detroit rapper Eminem once famously used an interpretation of Aerosmith’s “Dream On” for the chorus of his track “Sing for the Moment,” but on Sunday he made a terminally ill teenager’s dream come true, and this time it was with relatively little fanfare. Seventeen-year-old Gage Garmo, a student at Rochester High School, has fought…
It’s been almost five years since the Detroit-born singer-songwriter put out his last proper full-length album, The Age of Adz, but he hasn’t stayed quiet. In that time, he’s released an LP and an EP with his side project Sisyphus, scored a documentary about rodeos, collaborated with Nico Muhly and Bryce Dessner on classical music,…
Detroit native Jack White is best known for his hand in the revival of garage rock and punk blues, among other retro styles, but lately he’s been dipping his toes into the world of hip-hop. Last week his label Third Man Records tweeted the opener for the artist’s January 30 show at Madison Square Garden in…
Secret Friends Fest, a local music festival created by Detroit-area tastemaker Jason Stollsteimer, will return to Ferndale’s Loving Touch (Friday and Saturday) for two nights of regional and national talent. The 2014 Secret Friends Fest included 18 acts, featuring performances by: Silent Lions, George Morris & The Gypsy Chorus, The ILL Itches,…
It’s played host to hometown heroes like The White Stripes, as well as major national acts such as Interpol, Kings of Leon, Mudhoney, Modest Mouse, The Kills, Sleigh Bells, and — well — The National, but starting this spring, one of Detroit’s most beloved and respected rock clubs — The Magic Stick — will see new life as an electronic…
In honor of the 10th-anniversary of The White Stripes’ fifth studio album, Get Behind Me Satan, Jack White’s Third Man Records is offering fans a special edition vinyl subscription series. The 23rd “Vault” package will highlight the release of Get Behind Me Satan with a custom box containing rare recordings, custom art and reinvented keepsakes, including: a live-recorded…
Sex, drugs, and… waterfalls? When you’re in Microphone Phelps’ world, you learn to expect the unexpected, and that extends to his choice of metaphors. In the case of “Waterfall,” from his recently released full-length debut The Grand Design, the aquatic gush of the eponymous body of water stands in for the erotic flush of a woman’s body. The track’s narcotic production, provided…
Detroit’s rap almighty, Eminem, is being accused of using an unlicensed sample within his 2013 tongue-twisting hit “Rap God,” according to reports by TMZ. The sample in question is a clip from Chicago-based rap group Hotstylz’s 2007 smash single “Lookin Boy.” Members of the group, Krazee, Meatball and Raydio G, claim that a…