Detroit emcee WarrenPeace has released a visual component for his Christmas-themed single, “Egg Nog Heavy,” directed by Josef Petrous. The seasonal video consists of WarrenPeace wandering city streets, playing a game of basketball, sweating profusely, cooking, eating, visiting Sam’s Liquor Store in Detroit and guzzling eggnog – all while dressed in a Santa…
Third Man Records’ infamous “Vault” subscription is celebrating its 19th collection by offering four White Stripes tracks from their 2003 album, Elephant, on limited-edition vinyl. “Seven Nation Army,” “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself,” “The Hardest Button to Button” and “There’s No Home for You Here” will be packaged in…
Detroit music-lovers were gifted a massive variety of album releases in 2013: folk, classical, punk, electronic, and of course, the seemingly constant stream of hip hop records. 2013 was a monumental year for many Detroit artists, but an even more exciting one for listeners. In honor of the new year, Detroit Music Magazine…
Jack White appeared on the Charlie Rose interview program this week to discuss the history of Paramount Records, and his recently-released box set titled The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-1927) through his Third Man Records label. White discussed the process of gathering the box set’s 800 rare recordings, the blues and…
New Year’s Eve in Detroit will offer concert-goers a wide variety of live music events – spanning across countless genres. Detroit Music Magazine has compiled a list of five of the best music events in Detroit. Have a safe and happy New Year! 5) White Shag, Sick, DJ Dante LaSalle @ PJ’s…
Detroit’s lo-fi-obsessed garage group NEWBORNS have released a new album titled, We Are Newborns: a follow-up to their October EP All Our Friends Went Hi-Fi. The garage-rock duo, consisting of Michael Younker (guitar/vocals) and John Zimmerman (drums), recorded the 12-track album at Younker’s family home in Metro-Detroit. Additionally, the audio samples preceding many of the album’s…
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has announced its first-ever “Om @ the Max”: a yoga class to be accompanied by live chamber music inside the Max M. Fisher Music Center. The event is scheduled to take place on Sunday, January 26, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. Eight-year DSO Librarian and Yoga Shelter…
Woven Tangles, the Detroit-based Americana/folk/blues duo, have released a 10-song album titled Lumber Jackson via Funky D Records. Accompanied by several supporting musicians, Holly Bernt and Kevin Kline return with the power of American harmony in a down-home testament to American sound. Woven Tangles’ Lumber Jackson elegantly integrates the instrumentation of folk, the emotional…
Detroit horror-punk rockers The Crypt Kickers have released a self-titled, two-song EP follow-up to 2012’s Dance of Death. The Crypt Kickers specialize in dark punk melodies, rock-n’-roll progressions and fuzzed-out guitar improvisations. The three-piece group consists of Nik (bass, vocals), Mark (guitar, vocals) and Sean (drums). The EP’s first track, “Dead Rise,” is a…
Detroit-frequenter and Grammy-award-winning jazz musician and composer Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston) died Monday at his home in Massachusetts at the age of 93. The Chattanooga-born Lateef ventured to Detroit in 1925 when his family relocated from Lorain, Ohio. As a young musician, Lateef befriended countless Detroit jazz icons before graduating high school,…