MotorKam-BlackDaddy is a cross genre artist whose foundation is strongly rooted in hip hop. Today, he drops the single and music video for “F*Internet” directed by djkage and Spike Spielberg. Watch the release below! Relocating back home to Detroit after college, he found himself immersed in a scene in which he used to watch from […]
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Détroit Is The New Black has teamed up with We Are Culture Creators for a very special day party to create an interactive art installation and provide lunch for protesters and folks that are seeking community on Saturday, June 6th, from 12-4PM. (Featured image credit, Xavier Cuevas). After the downtown Detroit-based retail store found itself at odds with landlord, […]
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Words by Broccoli Around the world people have commented on the stillness of the streets in recent months, stoplights blinking for no one over once-busy intersections. Detroit is no stranger to this phenomenon, having experienced several socioeconomic sine waves in its lifetime far beyond the current pandemic. But for some, the lull will feel particularly […]
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In celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd, two Detroit-based interdisciplinary and multi-talented artists, VNESSWOLFCHILD and Christiana Laine (Beckley) organized a digital screening of two short video releases. Watch the premiere of VNESSWOLFCHILD new music video for her track, “heart gushes constantly forever into the earth.” “This song is a love song to the Earth,” […]
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Detroit electronic du ke thu has been dropping a new track every Friday for the past few weeks, which debuted with a left-field Tiger King cover, then followed by last week’s banger track “Thinking About You,” and once again- this Friday with their latest offering “Dissolve: into.” “The track starts with a noisy low frequency […]
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RESPONSE. is a new music label and media company created during the Coronavirus to use art to fight the disease -all while giving artists a platform. The brainchild of Detroit artist Alex Wilcox, RESPONSE. stems from a passion for findings ways that artists can continue to engage with audiences while also supporting the greater cause. […]
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Detroit-based live techno duo ke thu made quite the impression when they launched into the local music scene with a unique force in late 2018. Fans quickly caught on to their carefully curated body of electronic music and equally cool visuals that accompanied their increasingly frequent appearances across the city. One year after their initial […]
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The single, “Space,” is premiering below from Ayana Love’s To Be Human EP, exists as a climax within the project as a whole. In her own words she explained, “Quite literally, [with this project] I’m giving myself the ‘Space’ to get to know myself more, and to be the well-rounded artist and woman that I […]
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Hajime Kinoko is considered Japans’s foremost contemporary practitioner of Shibari, a traditional Japanese form of rope-binding. The word Shibari means “to limit someone’s movement so they can not move freely,” not to be confused with Kinbaku, which means, “to bind tightly.” Kinoko explained this important distinction in a 2018 interview with Office Mag: “…the way […]
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Released today, Placebo Palace is the newest EP album from an artist and music producer loved and known by many as Eddie Logix. This EP is perhaps not what you would most likely expect from a quick review of Eddie’s discography- however, his keen ear for music and his technical prowess have allowed him to […]
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Darling Kaye drops his first single “Pick-up Game” of 2020 in an all-natural style, inspired by his personal journey handling emotions and his refusal to ever once allow pharmaceutical anti-depressant drugs into his body. With a New Year, comes a new, fresh perspective. He explains, “This choice naturally brings many ups and downs to my […]
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This holiday season marked the Sixth Annual Bruiser Thanksgiving. For more half a decade, on the ‘biggest party night,’ Detroit‘s own party king Danny Brown and his crew Bruiser Brigade have brought together generations of fans. And with full of enthusiasm for the hype crowd, Brown made sure to let the audience at The Majestic know, that “I’m tryna make […]
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