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Fake Gold Chain – Detroit Is Bleeding

Fake Gold Chain – Detroit Is Bleeding

Fake Gold Chain is an enigmatic formless figure of debauchery for Detroit electro bounce music. Taking from Detroit’s past, it has the aura of early Juan Atkins productions mixed with the lasciviousness... 

Loopcast 008 – Mayer Hawthorne

Loopcast 008 – Mayer Hawthorne

Mayer Hawthorne has become a success story for Michigan music. After years within the Detroit and Ann Arbor hip-hop scenes, the DJ/producer we all know as Haircut (born Andrew Cohen) exploded on the... 

Quelle Chris – Pants and Tights Podcast Vol. 1 (The Loop Detroit Premiere)

Quelle Chris – Pants and Tights Podcast Vol. 1 (The Loop Detroit Premiere)

We brought you the trailer earlier this week and here’s the The Loop Detroit premiere of Quelle Chris‘ new podcast mix Pants and Tights Volume 1. We’ll just let Quelle explain the... 

Quelle Chris – Pants And Tights Podcast Vol. One (Trailer)

Quelle Chris – Pants And Tights Podcast Vol. One (Trailer)

Detroit emcee/producer Quelle Chris just released his first properly distributed album “Shotgun and Sleek Rifle” this past month. Along with mostly self-producing his own music, Quelle also... 

Quelle Chris’ Shotgun and Sleek Rifle is Killer

Quelle Chris’ Shotgun and Sleek Rifle is Killer

Quelle Chris just released his new album Shotgun and Sleek Rifle. Mostly self-produced, along with contributions from House Shoes, Roc Marciano, and Mosel, its not a throwback to hip-hop of yesteryears,... 

Africa Hitech Rocks Detroit!

Africa Hitech Rocks Detroit!

Last Friday in Detroit was the second stop on Africa Hitech‘s North American tour after kicking things off in New York. The Works played hosted to the party, and it was quite a performance. Two... 

Loopcast #007 – French Beatmaker Onra

Loopcast #007 – French Beatmaker Onra

Onra (born Arnaud Bernard) is a French hip-hop producer who’s roots are quite deep. Drawing influences from everything from funk to soul, and from jazz to prog-rock, Onra has been able to elevate... 

Recloose and Frank Booker Present Hit It & Quit It Radio Revue Volume 1

Recloose and Frank Booker Present Hit It & Quit It Radio Revue Volume 1

Hit It & Quit It Radio is the brainchild of Detroiter now based in New Zealand, Recloose, along with fellow New Zealander Frank Booker. The show, that airs every Monday from 6-8pm on George 96.6FM... 

17 Year Old Max Tkacz Drops Eclectics EP On Motech Records

17 Year Old Max Tkacz Drops Eclectics EP On Motech Records

Most probably don’t know the name Max Tkacz yet, but any electronic music fan will soon enough. Only 17 years old, Tkacz just dropped his first Motech Records release, Eclectics EP, and his sound... 

Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek Takes Africa Hitech On Tour; Stops In Detroit On November 11th

Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek Takes Africa Hitech On Tour; Stops In Detroit On November 11th

Africa Hitech, the electronic/bass/dancehall project from Mark Pritchard (aka Harmonic 313) and Steve Spacek, will begin their North American tour this week in New York ad touch down in Detroit on... 

Insect Records Drops Video For Dakim’s Fiendstheme

Insect Records Drops Video For Dakim’s Fiendstheme

Insect Records just dropped a video from hip-hop experimental genius Dakim for his track “Fiendstheme” from his Damages flexi-disc EP. The footage for the video was shot at the first anniversary... 

Trill OG Bun B Interview + Bun B/14KT Bonus

Trill OG Bun B Interview + Bun B/14KT Bonus

Not too many emcees in hip-hop have hit the timeless level of the artform like Bun B has since he hit the scene as one-half of UGK with the late Pimp C and their major label debut Too Hard to Swallow... 

Royce Da 5’9″, Trick Trick, and Mr. Porter Crown Hostyle The Winner Of The Red Bull EmSee Detroit

Royce Da 5’9″, Trick Trick, and Mr. Porter Crown Hostyle The Winner Of The Red Bull EmSee Detroit

On Friday, Saint Andrews Hall in Detroit played host to the Detroit Red Bull EmSee battles. The night was hosted by legendary southern rapper Bun B of the seminal hip-hop group UGK, and included performances... 

BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Stories – Gone Too Soon: J Dilla

BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Stories – Gone Too Soon: J Dilla

BBC Radio 1Xtra just wrapped up their five part Gone Too Soon series on their Stories show with a retrospective on the late J. Dilla. The show, hosted by Benji B, tells the history of one of the greatest... 

Salem’s Peaceful Drive Through Michigan For Interview Magazine (Video)

Salem’s Peaceful Drive Through Michigan For Interview Magazine (Video)

The Michigan trio Salem, who have made their mark recently as the pioneers of the witch-house genre, made a video exclusively for Interview Magazine. Salem was recently featured in the magazine’s... 

Black Milk & Danny Brown – Black and Brown EP Now Available

Black Milk & Danny Brown – Black and Brown EP Now Available

The time has arrived. The collaborative EP from  ...

The Red Bull EmSee Battles Hit Detroit on Friday, October 28th

The Red Bull EmSee Battles Hit Detroit on Friday, October 28th

The Red Bull EmSee battle is back at it again. Last year, Detroit emcee Fowl took whole competition by storm and won the nationals that were held at Sant Andrews Hall in Detroit. They are back at the... 

Funk Brother Dennis Coffey Lights Up The Magic Bag In Ferndale With Will Sessions

Funk Brother Dennis Coffey Lights Up The Magic Bag In Ferndale With Will Sessions

Friday night, the Magic Bag in Ferndale played host to a legend in Detroit music, Motown Funk Brother Dennis Coffey. Backed by Detroit’s own Will Sessions (the band behind the Elzhi Elmatic project),... 

deadmau5 & His Meowingtons Hax Tour Tears It Down At The Fillmore in Detroit

deadmau5 & His Meowingtons Hax Tour Tears It Down At The Fillmore in Detroit

The deadmau5 Meowingtons Hax tour rolled through Detroit tonight for the first of two nights of shows. Electronic dance music has become standard bearer of its biggest stars having huge, colorful ... 

Dabrye Hits The West Coast For DJ Tour In November

Dabrye Hits The West Coast For DJ Tour In November

The Loop Detroit has been on the forefront of Ghostly International‘s FREE DABRYE movement. Its been over five years since Two/Three dropped, and we are hoping Three/Three comes soon. I chatted...