Indie rock group Vampire Weekend didn’t miss a beat throughout their 19-song set Friday night at Meadow Brook Music Festival, offering concertgoers an early slice of summer sun, even as they took the stage when dusk descended. Coming off last year’s Modern Vampires of the City, the band’s star has been on the rise…
Detroit’s Motor City Pride festival, an annual two-day event celebrating Michigan’s LGBT community, will honor Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender citizens with a weekend of food, pageantry, and music at Hart Plaza June 7 & 8. In addition to the event’s scheduled golf outing, family picnic, and commitment ceremony, the Michigan Equality-backed festival…
Between his “feud” with The Black Keys and recent comments about ex-wife and former White Stripes bandmate Meg White, it seems that Jack White’s media attention has attempted to overshadow his highly-anticipated album release. That feeling of destruction is mirrored in the video for “Lazaretto” the title track for the Detroit rocker’s upcoming…
Detroit techno icon Richie Hawtin announced a new album Wednesday under his Plastikman alias, his first since 2003’s Closer. EX will be released via Mute Records digitally on June 10 and on vinyl, CD, and a limited edition SubPac bundle on July 14. Hawtin recorded the LP last year as part of…
Metro-Detroit area pop-legend Madonna made an unannounced trip to the Motor City Tuesday, during which she visited the Detroit Achievement Academy charter school, the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood’s famed Heidelberg Project, Detroit’s EmPowermentplan, and the Downtown Boxing Gym training facility. Madonna posted several images to her Instagram account (along with the hashtag “#revolutionoflove”) highlighting her tour of Detroit,…
After what seems like two months of constant Jack White-related announcements, the Detroit-native rocker has made his latest album Lazaretto (due June 10) available as a full stream via iTunes. White has slammed the music media world with countless antics, including the album’s feature-filled “Ultra LP,” recording Lazaretto‘s title track with record speed…
Windy & Carl’s 2012 album We Will Always Be came with a caveat — a confessional blog post about marriage’s trials that, depending on your worldview, either upheld or undermined the work’s title. With tracks as generous and genuine as what they ended up recording, songs like “Remember” or “Nature of Memory”,…
Detroit’s annual “Rockin’ on the Riverfront” free concert series has announced an addition to the initial lineup for its 9th year of summer music at GM Riverfront Plaza, in partnership with Detroit’s classic rock station 94.7 WCSX. The announcement came Tuesday that Eddie Money would be scheduled to perform Friday August 8, in…
Jack White kicked-off the North American Lazaretto Tour Thursday evening in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which revealed a surprising setlist spanning his entire career, in addition to classic reworks. The Tulsa crowd was treated to favorites by The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, Jack White (solo), Hank Williams, Led Zeppelin and others. After 13 songs, White…
Michigan-based production house Never Say Die MI has released a visual accompaniment for J Walker and the Crossguards’ live performance via The Living Room Sessions Vol. 2. The NSD MI Living Room Sessions Vol. 2 project is comprised of several private performances which are filmed and recorded live from their secret living-room location. The…