
Orion Fest 2012 ( more by Dana (distortion) Yavin ) Metallica debuted their Orion Music & More festival in Atlantic City last year, which saw the legendary thrashers playing two of their albums in its entirety while a lot of indie/alternative rock bands (and also other metal bands) played throughout the day. The festival was great and we were excited to hear they'd be doing it again, however it's not going to be as close to NYC this time. They just announced that [...]

In Detroit there is Big Sean... and there is Guilty Simpson. For many reasons both emcees do a good job each representing the sentiments of Detroit, but let's just say Guilty & Apollo Brown have found the holy grail. Whenever these two link, they emit nothing but the blue collar attitude that swerve's in and out of D-town. Hit the jump for today's offering "Parkour" a bonus track from their recent collab effort Dice Game . Parkour (Bonus Track) by Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson

This track is super eerie. Norma Jean Bell - London Fog (Instrumental) Mediafire • YSI • 2001 --- Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/shawnryan

With a guitar on his back, a book of songs in his pocket and the promised glamour of stardom, Brendan Benson left the land of Jack White and Chrysler for mighty Los Angeles . Unfortunately, the Detroit-native classicist was welcomed with the abrupt news that Virgin records would be letting him go. Subsequently, the magic of his 1996 poorly promoted debut album, One Mississippi, wouldn't be discovered until five years later when his sophomore effort was released under the name Lapalco . Both at least fantastic albums, but One Mississippi soars [...]
With all those tropical keys jangling around Big Sean's "Guap," listeners would expect Sean's visuals for the track to take place in Barbados or something. Nope: Sean Don and directors [...] The post Big Sean - "Guap" Video appeared first on The Smoking Section .
As the legendary Detroit producer/emcee says: “A batch of demo beats for the hell of it.” - Black Milk…

Stop what you're doing, and lock your eyes and ears front and centre on this new video for 'No Rest Until Ruin' , the first track to be released from Spreading Joy , the forthcoming new EP from The Armed . It's more intense, more ferocious, and just plain better than whatever the Hell you're listening to right now. We guaran-damn-tee it. This is 1 minute and 53 seconds you cannot afford to ignore. If you like it, then next week get ready for Spreading Joy - it's a [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Samiyam, J Dilla, Waajeed Song: House Shoes - Empire Reprise [download here ] What's so good? House Shoes lineage [...]

Here's another winner from the collection DJ Image recently found. This edit goes heavy on the break and leaves out the OG's cheese. Grab a copy on Discogs . C.J. & Co - We Got Our Own Thing (Re-Edit) Mediafire • YSI • 1977 --- Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/shawnryan
New exclusive mix by Detroit Swindle to celebrate their new EP "Guess What" out now on Dirt Crew Recordings. www.facebook.com/detroitswindl e Tracklist : 01. Max Graef - Life On Mars 02. Punky Blaster - Missin (Art Of Tones Remix) 03. And.ID - Black Mamba 04. Fred Everything - What You Say 05. Midnight Special - Steady One 06. Noir - Satisfied (House Dub) 07. Timmy P - What You Sayin' 08. Eddie Leader, Agnes - Keep On Movin' (Agnes Booty Mix) [...]
www.deepgoa.com from psychedelic to urban times PRESS > PLAY! © dg , 2012

Frontier Ruckus returns fully cocked and loaded with their ambitious 20 song LP Eternity Dimming on January 29th(via Quite Scientific ). Preview the 20 tracks here . Yesterday - the band released the first single from ED - 'Careening Catalog Immemorial'. The B-side version is available to listen to below. You can pick up this and the album version over @ BandCamp . They invade the Majestic Theater/Magic Stick in the D on NYE. Tickets . [...]

Stones Throw is releasing one of the best albums of the past decade as a 45 box set in January , featuring Dilla's " seminal beat album on seven 7-inch singles ... plus one extra ." Listen to " The Diff'rence ," complete with attached "Donuts Outro/Intro" which "dates back to the first, original sequence of the album," and pre-order the box here .
short before christmas time we present to you our first podcast-special - more surprises follow, stay tuned! this set is an amazing dubtech to detroit-techno set, created by the sound-project Hiver . -->> The "HIVER" project was born from the meeting of two minds. The influences that compose this musical weaving range from the darkest rhythms of dub-techno to the melodic lines that characterize the music scene in Detroit. The analog and enveloping sound complete a process of creation that is always new and unexpected.

Bedrock Manufacturing, an upstart company from Detroit, is attempting to reinvent Shinola , one of America's most famous heritage brands. The brand revival started last year, when Bedrock set out to create a new line of high-end leather accessories. From the start, the venture was not only about the products themselves but where they would be produced: Here at home, in the U.S. In Bedrock’s eyes, the new company would be a throwback to a time when goods were built to last, when customers weighed price points with quality, and, most importantly, when those [...]
Ogni volta che mi capita di pescare nell'enorme calderone della roba uscita dal Michigan negli ultimissimi Sessanta-primi Settanta rimango sempre colpito da quanta aggressività ci fosse in quelle band, quanta mancanza di mediazione, quanti vaffanculo sottintesi.. E sia benedetto Julian Cope per questo sampler sulla scena di Detroit di quel periodo, ce n'è da scavare..cominciate a scaricare ..A parte i classici MC5 e The Stooges, per vie traverse qualche settimana fa mi sono imbattuto sui The New Order , una delle band di Ron Asheton nel post Stooges, recuperatevi Declaration [...]
Elzhi of the legendary Slum Village gets remixed by the UK’s Sourface. Peep this great remix of a great track. Deep - Elzhi - Sourface Remix - Click to download
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Danny Brown, Theo Parrish, Moodymann Song: Waajeed - Hood Tech [download here ] What's so good? Silently, Waajeed is [...]