It has only been eight months since producer Alex Kaye and vocalist Lianna Vanicelli, operating as electro-pop duo Valley Hush, released their promising EP To Feel Small. Their most recent single, “Children,” off their upcoming EP Don’t Wait, shows the group have been busy since and indicates their excellence continues to grow. Vanicelli’s…
Detroit filmmaking duo The Right Brothers have released a video for Chicago-based artist Emily Kempf’s “Dynamite,” from her album FEELINGS. The track, which was recorded live on an iPhone4, also bears a local music connection as it features additional drums and production from Eddie Logix, who has been rebuilding his studio with the help…
Halfway through his nearly two-hour set at the Masonic Temple Theatre, Sufjan Stevens took a break from the stirring renditions of the spare, haunting songs off his latest studio album, Carrie & Lowell, to address the audience. In a brief monologue, he reminisced about his childhood in Detroit, from his birth in Hutzel Hospital…
Last year’s Under Color of Official Right introduced Protomartyr’s brand of searing, world-weary post-punk to a larger audience and earned the Detroit band a great deal of acclaim in the process. The group are now working with a new deal, one Kelley Deal of The Breeders, on a new track from a split-single titled…
Just three days after a career-spanning set at Coachella, Jack White has announced that he will take a break from live performing… “for a long period of time.” According to a Facebook post by Third Man Records, White has decided to lay low after years of touring with multiple configurations, but will embark…
Resident neo-grunge rockers MPV (aka My Pal Val) definitely know a thing or two about gigging in Detroit. The trio have been a staple for some time now, playing every dive bar and DIY space in the city, or in Michigan for that matter. It’s no surprise then that the video for “Mister Sister”…
Powerhouse experimental pop trio Jamaican Queens are back in Detroit after a stint on the road. Their tour hasn’t slowed them down a bit, as they have just shared the third advance track from their upcoming sophomore album Downers. “Love Is Impossible” starts relatively subdued, featuring a minimalist beat and the quaint strum…
After two successful years at the Freedom Hill Amphitheatre in Sterling Heights, organizers of the Mo Pop Festival announced today that the indie rock-themed event will expand to two stages and two days (July 25 and 26) when it moves to its new home at West Riverfront Park in Downtown Detroit. This year’s…
He traces her shadow with his shoe… the swim instructor can’t quite pronounce his name so instead calls him “Subaru”… when he was three or four she left them behind at a video store: There is no lack of faithfully recalled memories on Sufjan Stevens’ seventh full-length Carrie & Lowell, but they can’t bring…
For eighteen years now, the Metro Times Blowout has been one of the premiere showcases for local talent in the greater Detroit area. Guaranteeing this year will be the most insane party yet, Andrew WK will return to his home state to headline one night, as well as definitive hardcore act Fucked Up. If…