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INTERVIEW: TUNDE OLANIRAN ON HIS MUSIC, MOCAD & MORE

Tunde Olaniran takes the stage at Summer at the MOCAD Homestead Series in collaboration with El Club on Mike Kelley’s lawn for the second killer line-up on Sunday July 22nd. We caught up with him to chat about his music, inspiration and what he’s looking forward to most about performing in Detroit. What have you been listening […]

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Summer at the MOCAD Homestead Featuring Raphael Saadiq, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Tunde Olaniran

Summer at the MOCAD Homestead Series in collaboration with El Club returns to the Mike Kelley’s lawn for the second killer line-up on Sunday July 22nd of the to present yet another  night of music hosted in ‘plein air,’ featuring the best aspects of a summer festival, except with shorter bathroom lines and less sunburn. Raphael Saadiq […]

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INTERVIEW: WAKING WINDOWS FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDER NICK MAVODONES III

Taking an idea or place laying quietly dormant and giving it new life is a process  often witnessed in the city of Detroit. Waking Windows co-founder Nick Mavodones III has mirrored this concept in developing the Waking Windows Festival seven years ago in Vermont- and it’s now hitting Southwest Detroit’s El Club on July 21-23th […]

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FRONT ROW PHOTOS & NEW VIDEO FROM DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR.S SHOW AT BROOKLYN BOWL

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. played a killer show at Brooklyn Bowl this past Saturday and played another show at Bowery Ballroom the next evening. It turns out these two shows were their last of a two-year tour, as they told the audience. Actually, they shared that their first show ever was in Brooklyn- at the Knitting […]

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DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR. TO PLAY BROOKLYN BOWL, TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. is performing on Saturday March 31st at Brooklyn Bowl  in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Don’t miss your chance to check out this Detroit duo live also performing with Ms Mr! The Detroit-based duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott) is hard to classify. The label calls them “indie-pop.” If […]

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DALE EARNHARDT JR JR TO PLAY BOWERY BALLROOM, TICKETS ON SALE NOW

    …Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. are a sweet, fairly unassuming electro-tinged indie pop band; nothing less, but precious little more. –Pitchfork Don’t miss your chance to see Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr live at The Bowery Ballroom on April 1st! This Detroit-based duo, Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott will be sending electro-dreams at Bonaroo this year, if you aren’t […]

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BLACK MILK TO PERFORM AT THE KNITTING FACTORY IN BROOKLYN, NY

  Detroit rapper Black Milk is performing this Wednesday at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. Catch this smooth rapper while you can. If you’re lucky, you can win tickets from XXL here: The first person to email XXL@harris-pub.com with their full name (first and last) along with the answer to the following question will […]

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DANNY BROWN TO PLAY SANTOS PARTY HOUSE, TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Danny Brown, Detroit rapper signed to Fool’s Gold record label, is playing a show with World’s Fair at Santos Party House on March 22nd. Don’t miss this show! Danny is an unconventional hip hop artist employing multiple flows and cadences thus the moniker of “The Hybrid”. His style varies from low pitched gravely tones to a manic, high pitched, […]

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