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AF 2018 IN REVIEWOur Favorite Albums and Singles of the Year

Here we are again! As the new year approaches, it's time to look back and take stock of the albums and singles that defined this moment in music history. 2018 was an eclectic year, to say the least, and there are a lot of new names on the list: Tirzah, Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy, Noname, King...

Lindsey Rhoades

NEWS ROUNDUPBlurred Lines, The NRA and More

NEWS ROUNDUP: Blurred Lines, The NRA and More By Jasmine Williams Blurred Lines Gets Cleared Up On Wednesday, Robin Thicke and Pharrell lost their appeal in the infamous “Blurred Lines” copyright case, the landmark music verdict ruled that the groovy 2013 track sounded way too familiar to Marvin...

Jasmine Williams

NEWS ROUNDUPRihanna Snaps Back, Lauryn Hill to Headline Pitchfork Festival and More

NEWS ROUNDUP: Rihanna, Lauryn Hill, Pitchfork and More By Jasmine Williams Rihanna Snaps Back Rihanna has publicly accused Snapchat of victim shaming after the social media app displayed an advertisement the referenced Chris Brown’s 2009 brutal assault of the mega-star. The ad, for online game,...

Jasmine Williams

NEWS ROUNDUPWarped Tour, Bowie in Brooklyn and More

Warped Tour's Goodbye It’s the end of an era for pop-punks, emo kids, and sk8er bois - Warped Tour just announced their final cross-country lineup and it’s going to be a very grand finale! The show will hit the road for virtually the whole summer; kicking off on June 21st in California and ending...

Jasmine Williams

NEWS ROUNDUPBK Steel Opens, Synth Pioneer Dies and More

RIP Ikutaro Kakehashi Ikutaro Kakehashi passed away last Saturday at age 87. He founded Roland in 1960, meaning without him, we’d be way behind in drum machine and synthesizer technology. After leading the company for decades, he founded the electronic instrument company ATV Corporation in 2014 and...

Emily Daly

PLAYING DETROITThe Gories Return!

Forged from the weightiness of post-war blues and the primally riotous audacity of 60’s garage punk, scuzz rockers, The Gories, return to their hometown of Detroit this Friday

Jerilyn Jordan

NEWS ROUNDUPMusic In Space, Prophets Of Rage, and The Strokes

It’s been a busy month for Jack White. After being named to Nashville’s new Council On Gender Equity, he and Third Man Records are planning to put a record player into the cosmos to be the first to play one in space.

Emily Daly

PLAYING DETROITWAT'ER YOU THINKING?! A Playlist for Flint

If you’ve seen the cover of this month's TIME Magazine or have recently tuned into any national media outlet, you know that Detroit’s sister city, Flint, is in crisis. Due to corrupt government, dangerous mismanagement, and incompetence, thousands of Flint residences have been poisoned by lead...

Jerilyn Jordan