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  • 1 week ago | wdet.org | Jeff Milo

    What a busy night on MI Local! We premiered so much new music by metro area artists; we had exciting in-studio guests talking about an expansive emo-centric music festival happening next weekend, AND I announced that voting is now open for Sounds Like Detroit, 2025! This is the chance for WDET listeners to cast their vote for the next Tiny Desk stars! Over 150 local musicians entered the 2025 NPR Tiny Desk Contest this year, and while none claimed the national title, Detroit’s talent is truly...

  • 2 weeks ago | wdet.org | Jeff Milo

    Each week on MI Local, you’ll hear me refer to admittedly cryptic-sounding sub-genres, like for example, “post-punk” and “shoegaze.” Well, it’s all done in an attempt to give you, dear listener, a few stylistic and influential reference points for a particular local artist that I’m featuring on the show, like, say, the four-piece “rock” group known as Zastava.

  • 3 weeks ago | wdet.org | Jeff Milo

    Identity and self-empowerment imbued with fast punk-tempos and ferocious guitars: it’s “Zeros & Ones,” the brand new single from Detroit-based singer-songwriter Jon Mikal-Bartee, who leads the long-running genre-defying-yet-rock-adjacent project know as The Idiot Kids. That song is officially out this Friday, but WDET listeners got a sneak preview this week during MI Local.

  • 4 weeks ago | wdet.org | Jeff Milo

    If you seek a pleasant peninsula — look about you! But also, if you’re seeking out sensational singer-songwriters, then just stream the latest episode of MI Local, because there’s several new releases out this week by solo musicians and band leaders that you can catch live in the weeks ahead, including a stellar showcase coming up at Detroit House of Music.

  • 1 month ago | wdet.org | Jeff Milo

    One of the top reasons to tune in to MI Local every Tuesday is the live energy! Sometimes even I, as the host, can’t be totally sure what might happen! This week, for example, I was contacted by an esteemed Ypsilanti-based singer-songwriter, Kylee Phillips, who has been featured on WDET recently for her last album, “The Good Parts,” — turns out Phillips has a new song, “Devil I Know,” dropping on Friday paired up with a music video and, naturally, MI Local listeners were treated to an...

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Jeff Milo
Jeff Milo @milo_jeff
11 Feb 24

RT @wdet: Tune in from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. today to meet our incoming music hosts! Kaleigh Wilder, Mike Latulippe, @milo_jeff, @Waajeed_, @par…

Jeff Milo
Jeff Milo @milo_jeff
11 Feb 24

RT @lamesjinck: a bunch of people shazam my songs when @milo_jeff plays em on @wdet and thats about the only time that happens. what else c…

Jeff Milo
Jeff Milo @milo_jeff
19 Nov 23

RT @wdet: This just in: Jeff Milo’s Latest in Local November playlist, as heard today on CultureShift 🍂 https://t.co/HsUCjaHShR