Even with summer in the rearview mirror and fall in full swing, Detroit’s music scene is just as active as ever. Check out some of the most interesting events the city has to offer for October. Kickback House Show Festival Saturday, October 3, 2015 4:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Woodbridge, Detroit…
Detroiters living elsewhere: prepare to rush home for the holidays. The second annual GRiZMAS, Detroit’s new favorite Christmas party, will return to The Masonic Temple on December 19. What started as a one-off mega show seems to be the new holiday tradition in Detroit. Last year, Michigan’s very own GRiZ teamed up with…
Fans of Detroit music were treated twice last night, as two icons of the city’s sonic history made appearances on late-night television programs. Not only did The Dead Weather — Jack White’s band with Kills singer Alison Mosshart — perform for the first time live in five years on The Late Show with Stephen…
Video may have killed the radio star, but it has been enjoying quite the afterlife online, with numerous Internet radio stations catering to a increasingly fractured listening audience. Prominent among these is Pitchfork Radio, the recently launched broadcasting wing of the popular music website, Pitchfork.com. After a promising start in Los Angeles this winter,…
As summer comes to a close and we prepare for fall, Detroit still has an expansive offering of unique events. Here are some of DMM’s top picks for September. 36th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 7, 2015 Hart Plaza & Campus Martius, Downtown Detroit This Labor…
Royal Oak’s largest summer music event, Arts, Beats & Eats, will return for its 18th year this Labor Day weekend (Sept. 4-7)… and its recently released 2015 lineup is chock-full of nostalgia. Last year’s highly-promoted set from 90s pop-rock group Third Eye Blind hardly compares to this year’s roster, which features megastars of…
Sir Richard Branson loves Detroit. The British entrepreneur just announced direct flights to and from Detroit Metro to London Heathrow via his own Virgin Atlantic airlines. The maiden voyage of this new route featured celebrity passengers, including Mr. Branson himself, as well as the cast of “Motown: The Musical.” As passengers embarked…
Detroit-native producer/emcee Black Milk will host a spectacular tour stop at Midtown’s Garden Theater on June 20, which will showcase multiple styles of homegrown talent and big Detroit names. Since the release of 2014’s If There’s a Hell Below, which featured Pete Rock, Bun B and fellow Random Axe members, Black Milk has…
Detroit’s funk supergroup is back. In an announcement on Friday, May 1, the group revealed a teaser video for the continuation of their “Mixtakes” series, which documents live studio performances as a one-take visual recording. In conjunction with the two new video releases, Mixtakes 3 & 4 will also be released on CD and vinyl,…
