Detroit’s finger-gunslinging rock group Flint Eastwood has announced a barbecue-style super-show on Saturday, May 31, at Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, appropriately titled The Flint Family BBQ. The Flint Family BBQ will feature “BBQ-style games,” free food, and music performed by a fully-loaded lineup of the Detroit-area’s favorite rock groups. Artists scheduled to perform…
Golf Clap is a Detroit-based house duo that specializes in deep bass, after after-party soundtracks, and golf culture style. Hugh Cleal and Bryan Jones have performed more than 150 shows within the last year, were awarded “Best Electronic Artist in Detroit” by former print-weekly Real Detroit Weekly in 2014, and are resident royalty…
The Seattle-native rock group Pearl Jam has announced their first Detroit tour stop in more than a decade, scheduled for October 16, at Joe Louis Arena. As an extension of their 2014 tour, Pearl Jam has announced a month-long leg of dates spanning from Cincinnati to Denver, throughout the month of October. The last…
Detroit’s garage super-label Urinal Cake Records has announced its second label showcase, Urinefested II, which will be hosted at PJ’s Lager House from June 19 through June 21. Urinal Cake Records will supply the infamous sounds of artists/groups, such as: Feelings, Terrible Twos, Growwing Pains, Smelly Tongues, and others. In addition to live…
In celebration of his self-run label FXHE Records’ tenth anniversary, the notoriously cryptic Detroit house producer Omar S is releasing the second in a series of mix CDs, due out next month. Omar S first announced this project in January to Juno Plus, stating his intention of including previously released material from the…
Detroit’s experimental post-punk five-piece Bars of Gold have released the first video from their stunning sophomore LP, 2013’s Wheels. The clip for “Blue Lightning” cycles through a refracted set of close-ups of the band members’ faces as they undergo some playful – but disconcerting – transformations. This, combined which the neon-colored, but slightly…
Detroit’s own Jack White shared a new track Friday from Lazaretto, his upcoming sophomore solo LP from Third Man Records. “Just One Drink” is the third cut he’s revealed ahead of the June 10th album release. Unlike the previously-released instrumental number “High Ball Stepper,” “Just One Drink” kicks off with fuzzed-out, bluesy guitar…
In conjunction with Movement Electronic Music Festival 2014, local pre-parties, day-parties, and after-parties have become a festival of their own. Movement performers and special guests showcase their most organic, underground, and unearthed material in the form of intimate performances hosted by nightclubs, area venues, and off-the-beaten-path concert spots. This year’s Movement festival provides…
Swedish-born Malik Bendjelloul, Director of the Academy Award-winning “Searching for Sugar Man” (focused on the life of Detroit folk musician Sixto Diaz Rodriguez), died on Tuesday near Stockholm, according to local police. Foul play is not suspected, according to police testimony, but official statements have not yet been provided. The director was…
After a flood of Third Man Records/Jack White-related announcements this month, Jack White and Neil Young appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” to cut a vinyl record live, with the help of White’s infamous 1947 Voice-O-Graph machine. As part of the on-air performance, Young performed Willie Nelson’s “Crazy” inside the analog…