As part of Mass Appeal’s ongoing producer series “Rhythm Roulette,” Detroit mixmaster and emcee Black Milk was undoubtedly put to the test. The web series “Rhythm Roulette” challenges producers by asking them to select random albums from a record store (while blindfolded), then documenting as they create a song from their selections. Former…
Local print-weekly Metro Times has released the initial lineup for their 17th-annual Blowout music festival, scheduled for April 30 through May 3, hosted in Hamtramck, Ferndale and Detroit. The event has grown in recent years, providing the Detroit-area with 300 local acts spread across more than 20 venues. Sponsors for 2014’s Blowout includes:…
Detroit’s favorite trap-pop trio has announced a 2014 month-long European tour spanning three countries – Spain, France and the UK. The announcement was posted to the group’s Facebook page on March 24 (accompanied by a violently-psychedelic cat graphic), as the tour’s first performance is scheduled for March 28 at Brise Glace in Annecy,…
24-year-old Detroit-area producer Max Landry has released a new music video for his cover of 50 Cent’s “21 Questions” via Shot Selection productions and Detroit production company B!GG. After graduating from the prestigious Berklee College of Music of Boston in 2012, Landry has been working with some of Detroit’s most influential artists…
UK-based music educators have chosen Detroit as the home of their third music education campus – welcome to The Detroit Institute of Music Education.
It has been confirmed that Danny Brown has not only reissued his 2008 classic Hot Soup on vinyl, but has also made available his 2013 masterpiece Old on the same format.The re-release of Brown’s 2008 Hot Soup is being offered via Underground Hip Hop with a pre-sale ship date of April 15. (Correlating with 2014’s Record Store Day.) The double-LP set…
Eminem and Rihanna have officially announced their Detroit performance date for the highly-publicized, three-city summer Monster Tour: August 22 at Comerica Park. Tickets for Eminem’s hometown-leg of the tour will be made available March 28 at 10 am (EST), though prices are yet to be announced. Registration for pre-sale tickets, available 3/22…
Pharrell Williams’ Academy Award-nominated single “Happy” has gone viral on YouTube – again. Unlike Williams’ original 24-hour music video project (in connection with Despicable Me 2), this two-minute clip features the Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences elementary school choir’s version of the song. The video was uploaded to YouTube on March 7 by Edward Bone…
Iggy & The Stooges drummer Scott Asheton, a founding member of the Detroit-area proto-punk group, died Saturday evening due to an unspecified illness. He was 64-years-old. After moving to Ann Arbor, MI, from Washington D.C., when he was 14, Asheton began to play music with his brother Ron, and boyhood friend Dave Alexander….
The Right Brothers have done it again. The duo’s new video-accompaniment for “Lights On Rider Anthem” features Doc Waffles, Eddie Logix and James Linck, along with countless cameos from various Detroit artists. The Andrew Miller-directed visual piece showcases the CoOwnaz brand with appearances by: Doc Waffles, Eddie Logix, James Linck, Pretty D, Ryan…