Young Heavy Souls’ founder Matt Black, aka Peace to Mateo, plays with alt-R&B artist James Linck’s “Black to Black,” giving the track a light, sleepy feel. It evokes the sensation of waking up from a long nap or the hazy mood after breaking a lucid dream. Even though Linck has stated that he plans…
Movement Electronic Music Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has revealed the Phase 1 lineup for 2017. The highly acclaimed outdoor event will feature the venerated acid house pioneer Carl Cox as the Main Stage headliner on Monday night of the three-day fest, which returns to Hard Plaza on Memorial Day weekend,…
Valley Hush recently put out their highly anticipated debut LP. It’s surprising that this is the indie-pop duo’s first full-length, as they have been active performers since 2014. The self-titled release — most of which was recorded at Assemble Sound — includes the previously teased singles “Iris,” “Iced Cream,” “Sedimentary,” and “Concepts,” but the…
In a year riddled with the loss of so many musical icons and titans — Bowie, Haggard, Prince, Cohen — it felt perverse to see so many publications eager to throw a whole genre onto the funeral pyre. But that seemed to be the fate befalling indie rock, as countless thinkpieces abounded on the…
Embed from Getty Images Detroit-born vocalist Colonel Abrams, who became popular in the 1980s underground dance scene, has died at the age of 67. Before scoring his first major hit in 1984 with “Music Is the Answer” on the independent label Streetwise, Abrams sang in a band called 94 East, which featured Prince…
Echo Fest will hold its seventh iteration this weekend in Detroit, hosting a slew of influential and prolific bands from the realm of psychedelia, garage rock, noise, and experimental music. Over the last couple of years the festival has grown in popularity, often selling out of tickets and moving from The Loving Touch to…
To say that this week has been an emotional one is an understatement. If you’re in need of a release, we have just the thing for you. Detroit Music Magazine is honored to premiere the local duo Mega Powers’ newest single “Rooftop,” which will launch you into a blissful, melodic escape. Mega Powers…
Payroll Giovanni has debuted his music video for “Came Up Off Work” ahead of his forthcoming Sosa Dreamz mixtape, which drops later this month with producer Cardo. It’s the follow-up to Big Bossin Vol. 1, which was released earlier this year, also produced by Cardo. Those unfamiliar with the Detroit native should pay attention…
Sean Don recently fired off a new track, delivering a proto-Drake flow over a skeletal, collaborative beat by Hitmaka, Smash David, Metro Boomin, and Amaire Johnson. “Bounce Back,” which follows the release of “No More Interviews” (another non-album drop), leaves the Cudi/Drake/Kanye beef behind in exchange for straight bars. Seriously, Big Sean hasn’t rapped…
On Tuesday, October 25, proto-punk icon Iggy Pop will appear at the DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre to discuss Gimme Danger, a new documentary about The Stooges.