Detroit’s lo-fi-obsessed garage group NEWBORNS have released a new album titled, We Are Newborns: a follow-up to their October EP All Our Friends Went Hi-Fi. The garage-rock duo, consisting of Michael Younker (guitar/vocals) and John Zimmerman (drums), recorded the 12-track album at Younker’s family home in Metro-Detroit. Additionally, the audio samples preceding many of the album’s…
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has announced its first-ever “Om @ the Max”: a yoga class to be accompanied by live chamber music inside the Max M. Fisher Music Center. The event is scheduled to take place on Sunday, January 26, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. Eight-year DSO Librarian and Yoga Shelter…
Woven Tangles, the Detroit-based Americana/folk/blues duo, have released a 10-song album titled Lumber Jackson via Funky D Records. Accompanied by several supporting musicians, Holly Bernt and Kevin Kline return with the power of American harmony in a down-home testament to American sound. Woven Tangles’ Lumber Jackson elegantly integrates the instrumentation of folk, the emotional…
Detroit horror-punk rockers The Crypt Kickers have released a self-titled, two-song EP follow-up to 2012’s Dance of Death. The Crypt Kickers specialize in dark punk melodies, rock-n’-roll progressions and fuzzed-out guitar improvisations. The three-piece group consists of Nik (bass, vocals), Mark (guitar, vocals) and Sean (drums). The EP’s first track, “Dead Rise,” is a…
Detroit-frequenter and Grammy-award-winning jazz musician and composer Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston) died Monday at his home in Massachusetts at the age of 93. The Chattanooga-born Lateef ventured to Detroit in 1925 when his family relocated from Lorain, Ohio. As a young musician, Lateef befriended countless Detroit jazz icons before graduating high school,…
After a five-year wait, Urinal Cake Records’ own Terrible Twos have released their second full-length album titled Horror Vacui. Between album releases, the band has seen personnel adjustments, released several singles and replaced multiple tour vans. Their synth-based punk signature has elevated to a matured-version of a now neo-classic Detroit sound: Horror Vacui. The 13-track,…
Detroit rapper Danny Brown joined James Beard Award-winning bartender Jim Meehan for a taste-testing of celebrity-endorsed spirits on First We Feast. The emcee participated in the tasting of celebrity drinks such as: Nicki Minaj’s flavored moscato, Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Head Vodka, Jay Z’s D’USSE cognac and Pharrell’s Qream peach liqueur. In…
Detroit producer/artist Mike Posner has released a video for his single “Top of the World,” which features Detroit landmarks, celebrity cameos and Motor City sports teams. Posner is joined by fellow-Detroit artist Big Sean, who offers multiple verses on the new track while donning a Blade Icewood tribute t-shirt. The video includes appearances by Posner’s…
Three masked gunmen entered Cliff Bells jazz club at approximately 4 a.m. on Sunday, December 15, making off with $3000 and a customer’s stolen vehicle. The Detroit Police Department reports that the assault began when a 27-year-old employee was placing trash in a dumpster located behind the Downtown Detroit establishment near Grand…
Nothing Elegant (Amy Dreamcatcher and Lady Fantastic) have announced a 90s-fueld New Year’s Eve dance-party at Detroit’s Old Miami. The event will feature CoOwnaz artists Doc Waffles and Eddie Logix, Cold Men Young and singer Laura Finlay in a barrage of live hip hop and DJ sets. The event description says: “New Years…