Jim Shaw died this morning. He was 54 and had fiercely, bravely, elegantly fought a nasty cancer of the liver for nearly two years. To the end, he was with family and friends in his Hamtramck home, where he wanted to be. Jim was a humble giant on the Detroit music scene for a...
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Judgment day is nearly upon us and old JC himself is set to return, and then the world will burst into flames in October 2011, thus the end. No shit. And according to this AP report, at least one Christian group is chirping the return of Jesus Christ with billboards in select American cities,...
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A onetime MT editor once chirped that all award shows suck — until you win. And this year we can say with some jaundiced certainty that the 2010 Grammy Awards don’t suck. Here’s why: Detroit-related releases are up for not one, not 10,but 30 awards, give or take. That includes the more high-profile hit-makers...
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Jack White didn’t think that auctioning records online could create such a dust-up with his fans. But that’s exactly what happened this week when White’s Third Man Records imprint decided to auction off five limited-edition newly reissued White Stripes debut LPs on their own eBay page. The bidding on all five copies immediately went...
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Here’s a new video from local emcee Moe Dirdee that’s bound to be a Detroit hip-hop anthem soon enough. It’s called “You Don’t Belong in Detroit” and is full of enough grittiness and straight up ‘tude that people in the city need to get behind this song. The reality is, most outsiders don’t belong...
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One of Detroit’s most exciting new hip-hop groups just (re)released a free EP to all of their fans and it’s definitely worth a listen. The EP is called Gas Leaks and it was meant to be a three-song prequel to Gas Mask, the full length album that members of the Left (Journalist 103, Apollo...
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