BackBeat Detroit, a music-equipment retail pop-up, may arrive in downtown as soon as spring of 2014. Now two years in the making, BackBeat Detroit looks to serve the music equipment and supply needs of musicians in the city of Detroit while promoting Detroit-made products. The “music convenience store” will carry accessories, such…
Royal Oak Music Theatre is offering a generous Cyber Monday deal December 2, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for online customers only. The offer is a “buy one, get one free” (BOGO) for all concerts currently available for ticket purchasing. Tickets can be purchased directly through the Royal Oak Music Theatre website….
Saturday evening marked the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s premiere of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major and the world premiere of David Del Tredici’s Alice in Wonderland-inspired Dum Dee Tweedle from Lewis Carroll’s Through The Looking Glass. The two pieces, completely different in style, instrumentation and length, created an undeniably diverse offering…
Ben Blackwell is Detroit-rock’s renaissance man. As a drummer for the highly-acclaimed Detroit garage-rock band, The Dirtbombs, Blackwell has been instrumental in Detroit’s rock culture evolution, and the rebirth of Detroit garage-rock. Blackwell is also the sole founder of Cass Records (which has released records by The Muldoons, The Black Lips and…
Eminem has released his visual compliment to his November MMLP2 hit single, “Rap God.” The video portrays Eminem as a parody-version of British TV personality Max Headroom, a rap battling Slim Shady and a Matrix-like ‘rap God’ – soaking up hip hop culture through a bio-download process and levitating. Eminem’s appearance has…
Big Sean, the Detroit emcee responsible for this summer’s Hall of Fame, was in the giving spirit two days prior to Thanksgiving, when he and volunteers of the Sean Anderson Foundation passed out Thanksgiving meal supplies to less-fortunate Detroiters. The 25-year-old rapper and his foundation brought turkeys, side dishes (including macaroni and cheese…
The Gories, the 1980s garage-punk group which revolutionized blues-rock in Detroit, have released a live-recorded album from a 1988 performance in Detroit, titled The Shaw Tapes: Live in Detroit 5/7/88. The release is being offered through Third Man Records as the group’s first live album, their fourth full-length album and the band’s first…
Detroit emcee, and former member of Detroit hip hop super-group Slum Village, looks to fund his newest album, Glow 365, by using the popular crowd-funding website Kickstarter. The project’s Kickstarter page indicates that the $25,000 venture has already received more than $15,000 in contributions. Elzhi’s team is offering more than 30 Kickstarter reward…
Insane Clown Posse, the Detroit-based horrorcore duo, has indicated that their annual Gathering of the Juggalos festival may be held in a new location as soon as next year. According to a tweet issued by the group, Jumpsteady, aka Robert Bruce, brother of ICP member Joe “Violent J” Bruce, has been scouting…
Next year’s July 4th weekend will mark the return of Detroit’s infamous techno gathering – DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival). On Wednesday the DEMF team announced the creation of two new techno-based events: the first being a free festival at Campus Martius under the DEMF moniker. The second event will be a…