Detroit’s annual “Rockin’ on the Riverfront” concert series has announced its 9th year of summer music at GM Riverfront Plaza, in partnership with Detroit’s classic rock station 94.7 WCSX. The festival is scheduled to host live music performances every Friday evening from 7:30 pm – 10 pm, between July 11 and August 15,…
Radio Reddit, a Reddit-associated music service dedicated to showcasing Reddit user musicians, has chosen Detroit for its live event debut on Thursday, May 22. Radio Reddit is a division of Reddit.com which allows users to upload music to a custom streaming service for listeners to access for free. Listeners are able to “upvote” and…
Eminem and Shady Records affiliated hip hop collective Slaughterhouse (Royce da 5’9″, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, and Crooked I) have announced the first event for their highly-anticipated “UFC of rap battle leagues,” appropriately titled, Total Slaughter. Total Slaughter, produced by Shady Films (of Detroit’s “Burn Rubber” web series), will document the training, preparation, and…
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2014 summer lineup, including the return of many of the organization’s most beloved summertime events. Attendees can expect to experience the ‘Most Accessible Orchestra on the Planet’ with the added benefits of outdoor venues, special guests, and classic American themes. See a breakdown of the…
Ann Arbor-founded independent record label Ghostly International will celebrate 15 years of music and cultural curation with a super-show at Saint Andrew’s Hall on May 23. Founded by Sam Valenti IV in 1999, Ghostly International has become a worldwide tastemaker of electronic and avant-garde dance music. Valenti, a DJ and electronic aficionado, eventually…
Detroit heavy-soul duo Silent Lions have released a visual accompaniment to their January 2014 The Compartments track “Runnin’ Me Down.” The Matt Klein-directed video features a seemingly possessed young woman (Renee Granados) alone in her apartment interpretively dancing in frustration, anger, and eventually – exhaustion. The harsh, spiraling camera techniques capture the dark musical elements…
Despite a successful inaugural year for Detroiters in 2013, Laneway Festival has announced its postponement of Laneway Detroit 2014 “due to timing.” Originally hosted in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004, St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival chose Detroit as its first American outpost after co-founder Danny Rogers spent time in the city. Nearly 7,500 attendees descended…
Tonight’s Detroit Music Awards ceremony will award Detroit musicians from all genres with one of the most well-known local music trophies in Southeast Michigan. The foundation’s members choose their favorite local representation of ten musical genres: Folk/Acoustic, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Country, Classical, Rock/Pop, R&B/Hip-Hop, Electronic and World. The three-part award process includes…
The Henry Ford Museum has announced an exciting new rock-n’-roll exhibit fit for a diva. Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power (May 17 – August 17) will highlight the contributions of the music industry’s most influential and controversial female artists of the last half-century. The exhibition promises the inclusion of “music sheets, handwritten notes,…
Detroit foursome Protomartyr suggest a garage rock group gone the way of Joy Division. As a post-punk blitzkrieg piles atop frontman Joe Casey, his vocals convey a complete world-weariness equally well whether they’re sung or snarled. Arriving on the heels of their debut LP released last year, Protomartyr’s follow-up Under Color of…