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ONLY NOISEFall Preview

Benjamin Clementine's I Tell A Fly arrives October 2. Tomorrow marks the first day of autumn. You might not believe it given these muggy 80-degree days, but Fall is upon us nevertheless. Fall is the best for multiple reasons, including turtlenecks, Halloween, and mock-necks; but it is also a time...

Madison Bloom

LIVE REVIEWBasilica Soundscape 2017

Blanck Mass at Basilica Soundscape 2017. Photo by Samantha Marble/The Creative Independent Day 1: I knew this would happen. My one-person tent is sagging like ruined soufflé. Its support beams are in all the wrong holes, and the whole thing is yet to be staked in the ground. The bus for Basilica...

Madison Bloom

PLAYING DETROIT"I'm Feelin' Mean" Playlist

I'm not okay. I've said this out loud and silently in mirrors at least a three hundred times over the past week. I'm. Feeling. Mean. Winter is hovering around like an unwanted party guest and I've exhausted pop radio's repetitive and empty saccharine excuses. When you feel that the world is against...

Jerilyn Jordan

PLAYING DETROITProtomartyr "The Agent Intellect"

Rolling Stone gave Protomartyr's third album The Agent Intellect four out of five stars. Pitchfork gave it a 8.2 rating, and Consequence of Sound thought it worthy of an A-. And somehow, I feel like I just walked into a movie theater during the credits and everyone is clapping. I feel like I missed...

Jerilyn Jordan

CMJ 2015Bands to Hear

CMJ Music Marathon 2015 is here. With an overwhelming abundance of artist to sort through, we made your life easier by providing you with a list of a few can't-miss bands to hear. Read on. Cosmo Sheldrake Rare is the mere mortal who can play more instruments than years they’ve lived. Cosmo...

Madison Bloom

TRACK OF THE WEEKProtomartyr "Scum, Rise!"

Hooray for being angry as fuck! Hooray for growling, depressive post punk! Hooray for creating a dystopian musical landscape that mirrors your hometown! "Scum, Rise!" doesn't just get at a superbly timed sense of anxiety--with all that compulsively fast strumming and all those bleak lyrics--it also...

Carena Liptak