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PLAYING DETROITHumons "Try it for Me"

Enjoy the video for “Try it for Me,” a stunning visual marriage of organic and digital landscapes, both of which reflect the sincere duality of the EP Spectra bringing Humons’ vision full circle.

Jerilyn Jordan

LIVE REVIEWBlue Healer at Rockwood Music Hall

Blue Healer pulled at our heartstrings on Wednesday, November 2 at Rockwood Music Hall as they expertly played tracks from their debut album.

Nicole Ortiz

PLAYING DETROITHumons "Underneath"

“Dream house” voyager Ardalan Sedghi is Humons, a kinetically electrified project whose atomic beats swell in “Underneath” the debut single from the Spectra EP due out this fall.

Jerilyn Jordan

VIDEO OF THE WEEKInfinity Shred "Choir VI"

Infinity Shred's video for "Choir VI" is a 3-D adventure packed with nostalgia, innocence, and a sense of wonderment. Review by AudioFemme.

Nicole Ortiz

PLAYING DETROITDear Tracks: "Aligning with the Sun"

Matt Messore and Victoria Ovenden found a way to give a soundtrack to dust particles colliding within a shaft of mid-afternoon light.

Jerilyn Jordan

ALBUM REVIEWHÆLOS “Full Circle”

There’s something inherently chill and laid-back about HÆLOS, which becomes immediately obvious upon clicking play on their latest full-length, Full Circle. It starts off with an ominous intro track that leads you into an enchanting whirlwind in the form of the song “Pray,” transporting you through...

Nicole Ortiz

PLAYING DETROITDear Tracks "All The Outs Are Free"

Think John Hughs meets Beach House topped with whipped cream, a cherry, and that mix tape your imaginary boyfriend would have made you in the early 90’s. This is the essence of “All The Outs Are Free,” the new single from Grand Rapids-based dream pop four piece, Dear Tracks. I first met Dear Tracks...

Jerilyn Jordan

#NEWMUSICMONDAYKedr Livanskiy "Sgoraet"

This Monday, as Thanksgiving travel plans peak over the horizon, there is an energy of paused excitement. Today's vibe is a little weird. To honor that, we're going to share with you something a little weird for New Music Monday. We have the debut track "Sgoraet" from Russian artist Kedr Livanskiy....

Sophie Saint Thomas

PLAYING DETROITJamaican Queens "Wormfood"

I’m in denial and am disruptively nostalgic at 3am on a Tuesday. While I struggle to retire my sundresses to the back of the closet, this seasonal transition has me hungry for that time a few months ago when I had tan lines and bite marks and could keep my windows open without complaint. My time...

Jerilyn Jordan

VIDEO REVIEWHomeshake "Give It To Me"

Once during a sticky New York City summer weekend amongst a web of personal chaos, I called up a friend and sometimes lover from my couch and said: "Let's go on an adventure." An hour later we had taken his friend's car and were driving lesisurely to Coney Island. The best word for a lover and...

Sophie Saint Thomas

TRACK REVIEWXan Young "Passion"

“We had affection, but you couldn’t handle passion,” Xan Young sings on “Passion.” While I feel for anyone stuck in the friend zone, I’m kind of glad his heartbreak inspired this track. Xan Young is new to the electronic music scene, and “Passion” is the first song ever released from the Brooklyn...

Emily Daly

ARTIST INTERVIEWMexico City Blondes

Mexico City Blondes are a musical duo from Santa Barbara, CA, that know how to place the packaged whipped cream with the homemade cherry pie, so to say, lovingly delicious. Or, put more succinctly, "Sort of marriage between the electronic and organic sounds," says Greg, one-half of the Blondes. The...

Sophie Saint Thomas