Detroit filmmaker Kristian Hill is looking to share the musical influences of Detroit’s electronic music scene with the world, but the negative aspects of his hometown have set production back, according to reports by the Detroit Free Press. His latest documentary, “Electric Roots: The Detroit Sound Project,” has been stalled in production due…
Detroit may have fallen on some hard times of late, but its musical spirit is soaring like never before. That’s the main takeaway from the seventh episode of Noisey’s Made in America series, which focuses on the diverse music being made by local artists. Past installments of this Budweiser-sponsored series have featured cities such as Memphis…
The 17th-annual Arts, Beats & Eats festival in Royal Oak (Aug. 29 – Sept. 1) has announced its robust performance schedule, which includes nationally-acclaimed stars, up-and-comers and local legends performing on 10 stages. The Detroit-area’s largest art, food and music event features more than 200 music acts, 135 art vendors and a whopping…
In the wake of recently-postponed road construction in Ferndale, DIY Street Fair has announced its un-cancellation for 2014, pending final approval from the city. Since 2008, the DIY Street Fair has been comprised of art vendors, area-food & beverage favorites and local music acts in Ferndale. This year’s three-day event is scheduled to…
Diplo’s Mad Decent record label will bring the Mad Decent Block Party tour to the Detroit-area August 16, with the help of some of the label’s favorite associates. Mad Decent, a Philadelphia-based record label founded by DJ/producer/rapper/songwriter Diplo, has offered fans a “block party” concert tour, since 2008, showcasing current label artists in…
In the early aughts, two musicians — separated both by genre and geography — decided to collaborate on a set of tracks that would eventually comprise a full-length album. Painstakingly created over ten months through a process of mailing CD-Rs back and forth, the project eventually adopted the name The Postal Service after the organization that assisted in…
He is an icon of Detroit techno’s second wave, yet that statement alone not only obscures, but also misrepresents, the truth about Richie Hawtin. To start, he isn’t truly from Detroit, but rather Windsor; moreover, his background reads like a travelogue, with stops in England, New York, and Berlin. Nevertheless, Hawtin’s mind-bending, minimalist…
The electronic duo Disclosure has added a Detroit stop to their 2014 WILD LIFE tour, which has been scheduled for August 2, at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights. Disclosure suddenly announced the addition via Facebook, citing the tour date as one the group is “very excited about.” This could easily be explained by…
Philadelphia-based Freeway’s reputation had been in dire need of a rehabilitation since 2007, when the rapper parted ways with Roc-A-Fella: enter a collaboration with Gregg Gillis, a.k.a Girl Talk. At first glance, their partnership on this year’s Broken Ankles EP might not have seemed like a natural fit, but Girl Talk’s vibrant take on pop’s…
Friday marked the second day of one of Michigan’s largest music festivals – Electric Forest. The four-day electronic extravaganza boasts more than 75 artists, five stages, and is expected to bring approximately 35,000 attendees to Rothbury, Michigan. Among the countless acts, Detroit-area artists have stood out among the performances with ambassadors such as: Golf Clap, Jimmy Edgar, Chrome…