Detroit Underground

In association with the Grammys, director Amir Bar Lev, created a film that takes a look at the creative process and history of several different music genres through the eyes of some of today’s most influential electronic DJ’s and producers.  Each of these electronic artists team up with influential musicians from different genres of music [...]

Everyone here at Detroit Underground is in full support of the internet blackout that will be occurring tomorrow as web sites around the world show support for defeating SOPA. This bill will do nothing to curb piracy, it only gives content managers the ability to abuse laws that are already in existence. It is vague [...]

Detroit is a bastion of talent in both sports and music. Many Detroiters have enjoyed championships, playoff appearances and general kick-assery from their favorite teams. Detroit is also known for staying on the cutting edge of, if not paving the way for, some of the greatest music in the world. These two elements often come [...]

Eight freestyle rappers from the Detroit metro area competed in an invitational freestyle battle called Red Bull EmSee at St. Andrews Hall. The winner of the event, Hostyle, (@Hostylewoofpac) will advance to the National Championship in Atlanta, Georgia later this year. “Right now, I feel amazing, I feel like I’m on top of the world. [...]

On August 19th-21st the 9th annual Hoxeyville Music Festival will take place in Manistee National Forest, just outside of Wellston, Mi.  This festival will have a great line up including Umphree’s McGee, Mickey Hart Band (former Grateful Dead drummer), əkoostik hookah, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, and many more.  There will be several local Michigan bands in [...]

Skullcandy’s Identity Fest summer traveling electronic music festival will be stopping DTE Energy Music Center in Clarkston on Friday, August 12th, 2011. For a limited time (20 hours) they will selling tickets for $20. Purchase your general admission ticket starting at 9:00am EST on July 13th, 2011 through any Ticketmaster Outlet and it will only [...]

It has been five years since Detroit antiquarian bookslinger and hip hop emcee, Doc Waffles (@doc_waffles) released his last record, titled Golf View Drive. His new album titled Seizure Suit Farms features beats from Eddie Logix (@eddielogix) and Sheefy McFly, (@sheefymcfly) a collaboration with SelfSays, (@selfischarles) and includes esoteric references to Jurassic Park, 19th Century [...]

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Memorial day weekend launched on Saturday night with Movement 2011, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Red Bull Music Academy has once again provided unique sounds and acts to the DEMF tradition. A diverse set of artists performed last night, including highly anticipated artists Daedelus and Skrillex, energizing the crowd despite inclement weather. “It’s all about [...]

Boston filmmaker, Erik Proulx, (@eproulx) wants to make a documentary film about Detroit, but his concept is much different from the docs we’ve seen from BBC and Chris Hansen. This documentary strays from the typical ruin porn that has been used by the media to perpetuate all of the negative misconceptions about the city. Instead, [...]

I was shocked beyond belief the other day, when I received an invite to a secret group on Facebook. The title: “Motor: The Reunion”. My heart almost stopped. Is this an April Fools joke in the making? I’m almost hesitant to post this blog today, because that’s probably what many people are thinking right now. [...]

Movement 2010 was a spectacular even, with the return of Plastikman Live, Detroit got a feel for the future of live electronic music. Unless you’re a celebrity DJ, it’s really not enough anymore just to play records. The audience wants an audible and visual experience that stimulates all of their senses. With iPhone and iPad [...]

It’s pretty rare that you find a white kid from Detroit that is able to produce Motown style arrangements and back it up with one hell of a singing voice. Enter Mayer Hawthorne, a Detroit artist who is reinventing the way that people view R&B through a revival of tracks resembling artists such as Otis [...]

Detroit experimental outfit Child Bite will play its last show with its current lineup on February 26, 2010. The band will be losing members Christian Doble and Zach Norton who are pursuing a new band (FAWN) and a new job in Seattle respectively. While this comes as quite a blow to Child Bite not only [...]

Paul Miles, an accomplished musician has the style of some of the great delta bluesmen of the early 1900s such as Robert Johnson. During his career he has worked with some of the most talented musicians to ever grace the art and released nine albums of his own. Despite his accomplishment in music, Miles can [...]

Beginning his career in 1998, musician Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr. a.k.a. Jay Reatard developed a name in the indie rock circuit. Respected by even the most particular indie rock critics, the tunes of Jay Reatard will forever be remembered as noisy, hard edged, and completely uncompromising. On January 13, 2009, Lindsey become immortalized when he [...]