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A Shady Legacynew
After fifteen years of Shady Records, Marshall Mathers and crew talk hip-hop, lessons learned, and new Detroit.
Metro Times |
Valerie Vande Panne |
11-19-2014 |
Music
More Mind, Less Grind: Women of Detroit hip-hopnew
There's a definite shift taking place in Detroit. Women with intelligence in music is nothing new, but the fact that they're banding together, tired of all the institutional bullshit and mainstream-encouraged hyper-sexualization — that is a wonderful thing, and it's happening in Detroit now.
Metro Times |
Brett Callwood |
08-08-2014 |
Music
The Music Issuenew
Here in Detroit, we’re blessed with countless great artists spanning all genres. When you include visiting bands, touring festivals and our renowned performing venues, the verdict is indisputable: Motown is one of music’s critical hubs.
So when the Music Issue rolls around, the question isn’t what to include but what not to. We think you’ll like what we did:
• None More Black: Isenblast
• Jimmy Ohio & the Ultimate Lovers
• Keeping the Demons at Bay: Sleigh Bells
• MT Staff’s “First and Best” Concerts
Metro Times |
Brett Callwood, Jeff Milo, Kelly Johnston and MT Staff |
11-07-2013 |
Music
Back in Blacknew
Michael Jackman interviews Keith Morris on the eve of his appearance with Flag at the Orion Music + More festival on Belle Isle. Morris discusses why he left Black Flag, his time with the Circle Jerks and what he has been up to now, as a middle-aged man.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
06-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Roundup Of Raunchnew
Just in time for Valentine's Day, the frontman of the Meatmen offers his take on the raunchiest records ever recorded, including such artists as Little Richard, Blowfly and GG Allin.
Metro Times |
Tesco Vee |
02-07-2013 |
Music
Noise of Summer: How 1990s summer jams made us dumberernew
In the days before earbuds, they were the anthems you knew by heart from just walking around town. And they were catchy and smart. But something happened in the 1990s: Summer jams started getting so subnormal, so tweaked to appeal to below-average intellect, that they'd rightly earn their place as sports anthems or become culturally appropriated by Disney.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
08-27-2012 |
Music
Underground Persistencenew
How the Movement festival keeps it cred as dance music hits mainstream.
Metro Times |
Hobey Echlin |
05-24-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Motown Revivalnew
Remembering the Marvelettes and the hit factory's beginnings.
Metro Times |
Travis R. Wright |
05-16-2012 |
Music
Ready, Steady ... Popnew
The High Strung paid their dues in full. Now it's time for the payoff.
Metro Times |
Jeff Milo |
05-11-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Detroit Music, The High Strung
Blowout is Back!new
The biggest local rock fest in the known universe, Metro Times' Blowout Festival, returns for a 15th glorious time. Honorary Detroiter (and rock legend) Kim Fowley, the Dirtbombs, rising rapper Danny Brown and myriad bands the rest of the world should know about rock 13 venues over four nights.
Metro Times |
Metro Times Staff |
03-06-2012 |
Music
Pay As You Choose: Why the eclectic Beehive label mattersnew
Since its founding in 2007 by Steve Nawara, Beehive has digitally released a consistent — and consistently eclectic — selection of sounds, a bona fide representation of Detroit’s fertile music scene, from funk to noisy-electro, country and folk to space rock. And it’s all available for download on a pay-as-you-choose basis.
Metro Times |
Chris Handyside |
12-02-2011 |
Music
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Womannew
Aretha Franklin's early years -- which is to say before she had discovered her style of soul or become its queen -- come into focus in Columbia Anthology.
Metro Times |
Brian Smith |
07-15-2011 |
Music
How Girl Talk Helped Me Get Over the Classic Rock Bluesnew
Girl Talk is the great musical bridge-builder of our time, and a hell of a lot of fun.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
02-23-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Girl Talk
Why Indie Rock is Deadnew
A few words with the label behind Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and Frontier Ruckus.
Metro Times |
Travis R. Wright |
08-11-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Frontier Ruckus
Darkred is Determined to Bring Shoegazer Psych Into the Modern Agenew
Decked in a dark blue tailored two-piece suit and sporting a bush of an Afro — he could've stepped straight out of Super Fly — the tall, svelte Rob Smith tugs anxiously at his goatee and talks of the events leading up to this night.
Metro Times |
Kent Alexander |
03-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
