Detroit Underground

Based on the classic Mel Brooks comedy, a musical presentation of Young Frankenstein will be coming to the Detroit Opera House. A re-imagination of the journey Dr. Frankenstein’s journey to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, the performance is an upbeat discourse about ethical arguments and death, a classic horror comedy set to some [...]

A concert that needs to be previewed, an amazing indie rock outfit coming to Detroit to promote their new album Shame Shame, Dr. Dog is one of the up and coming underground acts in the indie music scene. Psychedelic rock with old fashioned indie rock tendencies, the creative composition of Dr. Dog’s music is being [...]

By now, everyone knows about the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti (not the good kind of rocking). As the whole world pulls together in an attempt to stop some of the social and economic bleeding within the country, Detroit bands have also stepped up and joined the fight. Some of the most prevalent Detroit local [...]

December 17, 2009 at 10:00pm Woodbridge Pub 5169 Trumbull Detroit, MI The Few Records label is home to some of the most creative minds in Detroit underground music. To celebrate their successful year and showcase some of the bands on their label with talent coming out of their ass, they’ve scheduled a FREE holiday party [...]

What Detroit’s underground music scene needs more than anything is innovation, a reason for people to care, experimentation both musically and economically. Emerging genre ending experimental group the Summer Pledge may be one of the best examples of how a handful of bands can redefine how people look at Detroit concert scene. Catch them at [...]

Friday night 12/11 in Luna Royal Oak, Love Meets Lust will play for the first time since the passing of their keyboard player/co-songwriter Mike Stefanski this past August. With their future uncertain, and tumultuous times in recent history, Detroit concert goers have a chance to see what might be the final farewell of an understated Detroit [...]

After ten years of circulation in the Detroit music scene, the Recital will play its farewell show on December 4th. Along for the ride is psychedelic pop outfit Zoos of Berlin and experimental rock/pop group Thunderbirds are Now. During the show, the Recital will be handing out digital copies of their final recordings titled The [...]

As mentioned in an earlier post, the event formerly known as the Detroit Electronic Music Festival is now known simply as Resistance is one of the world’s largest techno festivals. Here is a full piece on the history of the movement as well as some history on the techno genre and Detroit’s part in establishing [...]