Joe Zimmer

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Some Detroit holiday gigs for your radar

Dec 19, 2023 | metrotimes.com | Joe Zimmer

Got a Detroit music tip? Send it to . Gather with Family at TV Lounge this holiday season: There isn’t much physical evidence of the legendary ’90s Detroit rave scene left, with warehouses torn down and venues closed. The popular Instagram account @DetroitRaveFlyers — now with a printed zine — serves as a great time capsule of the scene’s visual style, but what did it truly sound like?
Frontier Ruckus releases new song, with album on the way

Dec 11, 2023 | metrotimes.com | Joe Zimmer

Got a Detroit music tip? Send it to . Frontier Ruckus has new album on the way: The banjo-wielding Michigan folk band Frontier Ruckus has returned with new music, and a new album coming on Feb. 16, 2024. As the primary vehicle for singer Matthew Milia’s kodachrome songwriting, On The Northlinewill be the band’s first LP of new material in seven years (though, Milia released a solo album in 2021).
Detroit rallies around Amp Fiddler with more fundraising events

Dec 5, 2023 | metrotimes.com | Joe Zimmer

Got a Detroit music tip? Send it to . Detroit continues to rally around Amp Fiddler: An incredible group of people in the Detroit creative community have all joined forces for a week of fundraising, volunteering, and donating their time and talents to help the legendary funkmeister Amp Fiddler pay off medical bills. On top of the Amped Up for Amp event starting at 6 p.m. this Sunday at Spot Lite (2905 Beaufait St., Detroit), there’s Slow Jams Detroit from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. on Monday, Dec.
Fundraiser planned for Detroit’s Amp Fiddler

Nov 27, 2023 | metrotimes.com | Joe Zimmer

Got a Detroit music tip? Send it to . Come together for Amp Fiddler: Detroit’s international ambassador of funk Joseph “Amp” Fiddler has been a mentor to countless musicians from the Motor City and beyond, with an irreplicable soul that has permeated through every record he’s produced over the years.
You can catch jazz scholar Salim Washington at Cliff Bell’s this Saturday

Nov 21, 2023 | metrotimes.com | Joe Zimmer

Got a Detroit music tip? Send it to . The modern-day Detroit beatdown DJs: Detroit’s club and radio DJs of the ’70s and ’80s, perhaps most famously Ken Collier and the Electrifying Mojo, are known for playing a unique blend of funk, disco, and italo/hi-NRG music that bridged the gap between decades and inspired the first techno records.
Kai Alcé returns home for a Thanksgiving Eve show

Nov 14, 2023 | metrotimes.com | Joe Zimmer

Got a Detroit music tip? Send it to . Kai Alcé comes home: The evening before Thanksgiving (landing on Wednesday, Nov. 23 this year) is often a time for reconnecting with hometown friends and family — colloquially known as the busiest bar night of the year. Raised in Detroit, deep house legend Kai Alcé is back in town for the holidays, and his hometown bar of choice for the occasion is Motor City Wine (1949 Michigan Ave., Detroit; motorcitywine.com).
Dinner based on Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter III’ is coming to Detroit

Nov 7, 2023 | metrotimes.com | Joe Zimmer

Got a Detroit music tip? Send it to . Issa Party celebrates one year: Hard to believe that it’s already been one year of Spot Lite’s quarterly residencies like Aboudi Issa’s “Issa Party,” but time waits for no man. These nights, and the club’s other regular parties like Fourplay and JUDY, are perfect opportunities to see of-the-moment local talent, with occasional visits from kindred out-of-towners. To mark the anniversary on Nov.
Detroit rap legend Payroll Giovanni is coming to El Club

Oct 31, 2023 | metrotimes.com | Joe Zimmer

Got a Detroit music tip? Send it to . Detroit rap legend Payroll Giovanni coming to El Club: Detroit rap has had its moment in the spotlight in recent years, and it seems like some of the biggest names in the industry are finally taking notice. But there are plenty of artists that grind outside of that spotlight as they continue to help define the sound of the city, and one of the best examples of that is Payroll Giovanni.
Jersey Club queen UNiiQU3 heads to Detroit’s Magic Stick

Oct 24, 2023 | metrotimes.com | Joe Zimmer

Got a Detroit music tip? Send it to . The sound of Jersey Club crash lands at Magic Stick: The self-proclaimed “Club Queen” of New Jersey, UNiiQU3 shares a birthplace (Newark) with the dance genre that has skyrocketed in popularity recently: Jersey Club. Hovering around 135 to 145 BPM, the sound of Jersey Club is composed of call-and-response lyrics, hip-hop and R&B samples, and pounding drum kicks.
Samhain XXIII takes spookiness to a cosmic level, Halloween weekend

Oct 17, 2023 | metrotimes.com | Joe Zimmer

Got a Detroit music tip? Send it to [email protected]. Taking spookiness to a cosmic level: The Interdimensional Transmissions crew have been the preeminent techno party-throwers for the better part of two decades, and their annual Samhain party is a particular local favorite. The event is named for the Celtic holiday that Halloween spawns from, when, supposedly, the planes of the living and the dead are touching.