Alternative/Indie
James Linck — “Black to Black” [Peace to Mateo Remix] ft. Doc Waffles | DMM Premiere
Young Heavy Souls’ founder Matt Black, aka Peace to Mateo, plays with alt-R&B artist James Linck’s “Black to Black,” giving the track a light, sleepy feel. It evokes the sensation of waking up from a long nap or the hazy mood after breaking a lucid dream. Even though Linck has stated that he plans…
Valley Hush — Valley Hush
Valley Hush recently put out their highly anticipated debut LP. It’s surprising that this is the indie-pop duo’s first full-length, as they have been active performers since 2014. The self-titled release — most of which was recorded at Assemble Sound — includes the previously teased singles “Iris,” “Iced Cream,” “Sedimentary,” and “Concepts,” but the…
Interview: Shady Groves
In a year riddled with the loss of so many musical icons and titans — Bowie, Haggard, Prince, Cohen — it felt perverse to see so many publications eager to throw a whole genre onto the funeral pyre. But that seemed to be the fate befalling indie rock, as countless thinkpieces abounded on the…
The DMM Guide to Echo Fest 2017
Echo Fest will hold its seventh iteration this weekend in Detroit, hosting a slew of influential and prolific bands from the realm of psychedelia, garage rock, noise, and experimental music. Over the last couple of years the festival has grown in popularity, often selling out of tickets and moving from The Loving Touch to…
Tumblr users release Sufjan Stevens and Drake mashup album
Last Halloween, Detroit native Sufjan Stevens shocked the world when he covered “Hotline Bling” and proved that even the nomadic folk singer was susceptible to the human meme that is Aubrey Drake Graham. Something not so shocking is the amount of online fan fiction surrounding Stevens. This is a man who went from…