After performing in Joliet, IL, Friday night, Detroit’s rap favorite Danny Brown decided to generously answer fan questions via Twitter, following a few drinks. Brown opened the floodgates to fans, who inquired with topics ranging from hip hop culture to video games. Fans asked the rapper about upcoming projects, his highly-anticipated Bruiser Brigade…
Rebel Kind make hip-swaying tunes that are better suited for AM radio than laptop speakers. The group comprises three women who have had their fair share of musical success in Metro Detroit’s garage rock scene (Bad Indians, Tyvek, Swimsuit). Chief songwriter Autumn Wetli lays down thick sheets of guitar fuzz, crooning about her perpetual unluckiness…
Big Sean has released the visual accompaniment to his upcoming album’s lead single, “IDFWU,” which features an array of hip hop personalities and a less than subtle narrative. The football-themed storyline follows Sean and his team (the Lions) as they battle their opponents down to the last few seconds of the ‘big game.’…
Two icons of Motown will bring their talents to The Great White Way this winter. The Temptations and Four Tops have been tapped to play a one-week engagement at Broadway’s Palace Theatre from December 29 through January 4. Robert Ahrens, Eva Price, Manny Kladitis, A Broadway Concert Event, and Live Nation Entertainment…
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has announced a series of concerts in tribute to Simon & Garfunkel. The performances will be given under the direction of the much sought-after Pops Conductor, Michael Krajewski, and will include many of the folk-rock duo’s greatest hits such as “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Kodachrome,” and “Mrs. Robinson.”…
Listeners who haven’t already been sucked in by Gosh Pith’s self-coined brand of “cosmic-trap” can now get lost in the fog of the electronic duo’s new single, “Smoke Bellow.” On this “early morning soundtrack for Detroit’s sleep-deprived ravers,” singer Josh Smith half-raps atop a skittering beat that morphs over the course of the song. Smith…
Usher may be making a stop at the Palace of Auburn Hills tomorrow as part of his fall tour, but the R&B star took a smaller — albeit, equally important — tour today through downtown Detroit. His guide? The billionaire developer and Usher’s partner in the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, Dan Gilbert. Gilbert, who owns…
Detroit-based electronic duo Sleepless Inn self-released their debut The Rainbow Room EP last April, offering up a slew of mid-tempo dreamy gems. Now they’ve put out their first video, a colorful clip for “Karol Simon,” which was created with the help of Motor City collective #CoOwnaz. It’s clear there are many imaginative minds at work…
The Birmingham Historical Museum has announced a special exhibit event on November 1, which will showcase artifacts from Detroit’s most infamous rock-n’-roll publication – CREEM Magazine. Crowned “America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine,” the national publication was first introduced in March of 1969, by Barry Kramer and founding editor Tony Reay. Notable…
New York rap legend Nas surprised listeners at a Run The Jewels listening party (promoting the release of their new album RTJ2) when he asked permission to debut a brand-new track. The “new” track, titled “The Season,” bears the production of the one-and-only J Dilla, suppling a lyrical accompaniment to “Gobstopper,” from the…