As summer comes to a close and we prepare for fall, Detroit still has an expansive offering of unique events. Here are some of DMM’s top picks for September. 36th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 7, 2015 Hart Plaza & Campus Martius, Downtown Detroit This Labor…
Fans of the Growwing Pains’ ramshackle, rowdy garage-punk jams were introduced to the Detroit five-piece’s fondness for power pop melodies on 2013’s 17 Songs About the Same Girl, released on local imprint Urinal Cake Records. With a new 7″ out on San Diego-based Volar Records, the band deliver four sweetly packaged songs that listeners…
The best bands make hard work look easy, and nowhere is that more true than with Detroit garage-punk group Growwing Pains. Two years ago, the five-piece released their debut album 17 Songs About the Same Girl on local imprint Urinal Cake Records, a label known for its dedication to independent artists who largely appeal…
Royal Oak’s largest summer music event, Arts, Beats & Eats, will return for its 18th year this Labor Day weekend (Sept. 4-7)… and its recently released 2015 lineup is chock-full of nostalgia. Last year’s highly-promoted set from 90s pop-rock group Third Eye Blind hardly compares to this year’s roster, which features megastars of…
Mo Pop Festival is back, and it’s bigger than ever. For its third year, the indie rock-heavy event has moved from Freedom Hill Amphitheatre in Sterling Heights to the newly created West Riverfront Park in Downtown Detroit and expanded to two days. Headlining this year are alt-pop titans Modest Mouse, synth-poppers Passion Pit,…
If you thought the release of a long-awaited EP from Detroit’s rising electro-pop duo Gosh Pith would mean a break from new material for a while, then you’d be wrong — or at least partly so. Although Josh Smith and Josh Freed put out their debut record, Window, about two months ago, they’ve also…
More than two months after the release of their self-titled LP, punk/garage quintet Mexican Knives have unveiled their visual component for the album’s second track – “Beach Song.” “Dash-cam” encounters with everyday characters are carefully spliced with scenes from a blonde model’s lonely travels. Directed by Erin Barry, the group’s new release is…
Widely considered the breakout story of last year’s Detroit rock scene, post-punk act Protomartyr could have easily coasted on the success of their sophomore album, Under Color of Official Right, our pick for the best album of 2014. But they’re not resting on their laurels; today the band announced the upcoming release of their next…
Vocalist Zee Bricker and instrumentalist Adam Michael Lee Padden are Tart, a Detroit-based duo making songs that are a unique union of sultry blues and shiny electro-pop. After their debut, 2014’s Knots and the single “Rabid Dogs,” the pair have kept busy writing, recording, and playing, and now they’re back with a brand new…
