Rockstar Games has unveiled the track list for an updated radio soundtrack in anticipation for the new Grand Theft Auto V gaming experience, coming to Xbox One and Playstation 4 on November 18. GTAV, which was initially released for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, debuted in September of 2013 earning $1 billion in…
The celebrated Detroit techno duo Drexciya will have their 2002 LP Harnessed the Storm reissued by the prolific Berlin label Tresor. The album was composed as the first of seven conceptually connected works (referred to by the act as “storms”) that James Stinson and Gerald Donald wrote over the duration of a single year. However, Harnessed the Storm is…
The Motor City’s favorite rap-rockin’ cowboy, Kid Rock, announced today that his new album, First Kiss, will be released on February 24 through Warner Bros Records — his first for the label. The record is largely produced by Kid Rock, with co-production by Dann Huff on two songs, and recorded at the artist’s studio in Michigan….
Carl Craig has already announced the reissue of his seminal album More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art, but now the second wave Detroit techno legend is ready to embark on another act of creative revolution. The veteran of the Motor City’s electronic music scene has shared details on an international event concept entitled Detroit Love. …
Every newly announced LP from Black Milk promises to reveal another side of the Detroit MC’s idiosyncratic production, which has changed course several times across six albums. Before going electro on Tronic, Milk explored the Sound of the City and brought wax back by Popular Demand; he later incorporated live-band musicians on Album…
Given some of the troubling lyrics in the recently released “SHADY CXVPHER” that Shady Records released in support of the upcoming Shady XV compilation, it may seem like Eminem vs. the World right now. But on the final track of the album, which hit the Internet today, the Motor City’s resident bad boy shows it’s always…
In celebration of Orbit Magazine’s 25th anniversary, Detroit-native author and radio host Rob St. Mary has successfully raised more than $20,000 to produce a book on the magazine’s history. The “heavily illustrated” book, “Re-Entry: The Orbit Magazine Anthology”, will showcase the local legacy of three iconic Detroit magazines: Fun, White Noise and Orbit. Before…
He’s already won 25 Grammy Awards and been nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but on November 24, Motown icon Stevie Wonder will join another rarified group. The musician is set to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the nation’s highest civilian honor, during a ceremony at the…
Detroit’s own Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas made their television debut this week, when the group appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman Monday evening. The band performed “Sorry I Stole Your Man,” a track from their new album Secret Evil, which blends jazz, soul, rock and the powerful Motown-sound voice of Jessica…
Last week, Detroit rapper Eminem announced the upcoming release of “SHADY CXVPHER” featuring Yelawolf and Slaughterhouse (Royce Da 5’9″, Crooked I, Joe Budden, and Joell Ortiz). This cypher — which was filmed to promote the forthcoming compilation album Shady XV — dropped this afternoon, just a few days later than initially expected. Even with the delay, the video promises…