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Where do we go from here? It’s a question people nationwide are asking as it seems the rest OF THE country has finally caught up to the economic ... |
As part of The Neptunes, Pharrell Williams has evolved the soundscape of pop music in the 2000s (crafting hits for, um, everyone?). With N*E*R*D. ... |
Rilo Kiley are one of the few bands that continue to immensely impress me with every album they release, from the scrappy Initial Friend E.P. to the ... |
Martin Dosh is the vibrant human heart in a triangulation of musical machinery. Surrounded, as he is often described, or rather immersed in the sounds ... |
“In a lot of ways, my gimmick is to stay away from having gimmicks, only being focused on the music itself.” And what a blessing that is. For Ilana ... |
Both prior to and following the Depression of the ‘30s, Detroit’s Eastside was a bustling neighborhood filled with both well-to-do and struggling ... |
If American Idol’s auditions prove anything, aside from being hilarious and the only part of the show worth watching, it’s that if people could hear their ... |
You probably thought grunge died when Courtney Love went mainstream ... you would've been right … grunge was pretty much dead. Although things ... |
If you were asked to name off a few of the most influential musical acts ever, who would you include? The Beatles? Probably. Jimi Hendrix? Definitely ... |
Every song is a love song and every song is political. Perhaps that was the axiom that drove his former band, Rescue. Perhaps that is his mantra ... |
Detroit is not a tourist destination. If you are watching the tube in Cleveland or Minneapolis, you will not come across TV spots selling you on the “lovely ... |
The day I spoke with Dizzee Rascal it was already tomorrow. While I was seated at my desk at 4:15 in the afternoon, the sun high in the sky ... |
Former Company Flow rhyme-slayer El-P runs N.Y. indie-rap label Definitive Jux (Aesop Rock, Dizzee Rascal, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, etc.), produces ... |
There’s a family video of me at about two-years-old dancing in my crib to Duran Duran’s “The Reflex.” Since then, I’ve become quite the fan and really ... |
For rock ‘n’ roll veteran Dana Forrester, branching out of Detroit was never an option. Her friends and family are here. Her tattoo parlor, Lucky Monkey ... |
Punk rock has become acceptable. It’s a fact. The Buzzcocks are in car commercials, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines hock Iggy Pop’s heroin ... |
Someone once said that Detroit is a Southern city misplaced in the North. With our penchant for the blues, a stellar working class attitude and the fact ... |
Finally the gods are smiling on us — the grass is green again, the birds back and the sun, for the most part, is shining. That could only mean one thing ... |
It’s spring time, baby! Break out the fruity drinks and kick those hearty chocolate martinis and honey-laden glasses to the curb. It’s the first ... |
The celebrity chef phenomenon (that has come to a boil in recent years) is unprecedented. What with book publishing deals, network TV ... |
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