Janis Joplin Drove A Porsche 356

  We love Janis Joplin for her indelible audacity. She remains a rock n’ roll icon, who rejected strict notions of gender and instead turned toward fantastical style to present her guttural material in her short lived life and career. Her famous customized Porsche represents her longstanding statement and memorable blend of the heady 60s aesthetic, in which life and... Read More

Automechanic by Jenny O.

“Automechanic is metaphor for taking the wheel, self sufficiency and the courage of artistic honesty.” That’s how Sam James Velde describe’s singer songwriter Jenny O’s second album “Automechanic” scheduled for Feb. 5 release on Holy Trinity. Listen to the title track and hear the rumble of a Chevy 454 motor. She told MTV, ““A... Read More

New Exhibition: Vision in a Cornfield

    We love abandoned robot cars. The fantastical exhibition “Vision in a Cornfield” is open at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, bringing together classic Detroit art rebels Destroy All Monsters, the activist perspective of Ogun and the fascinating electromechanical collective Apetechnology. The exhibit offers a chance to see into the creative foundations... Read More

Uncle Daddy: Tales from a Los Angeles band practice

Collins Reiter sat down with up-and-coming LA band, Uncle Daddy, before a Monday night rehearsal. She describes the experience, after knowing the band for about a year as profoundly “Uncle Daddy.” Piled in the back of a truck bed, multiple cans of Rock Star energy drink and cigarettes later, she finds them six men of both insanity and genius. TJ Stafford, Noah Needleman,... Read More

Ghostly x Detroit T-Shirt

“Detroit Make the World Go Around.” Ghostly International has released a new t-shirt. The text paraphrases Phat Kat’s lyrics from “Game Over,” which is the closing track to Dabrye’s “Two/Three.” To order visit the Ghostly Store before Aug. 16. Tweet This Post Read More

Eminem Writes a Letter to Detroit

“The home of Motown, Cadillac and Joe Louis.” That’s one line that Eminem recites in his open letter to Detroit circulating the computer waves. We can’t get enough of people expressing love for Detroit. Lately, we’re impressed by Eminem’s efforts to show and prove his adoration of home. We like that. “Stay Up, Detroit.” — Gotryke... Read More

New Music: The Daylights

Collins Reiter caught up with the LA band The Daylights. They talked music, recording their self-titled debut album and their trusty van, affectionately named Blanche. Photos by Nathan Winston. If you haven’t heard of the Los Angeles based band The Daylights by now, you will most definitely hear of them in the near future.  The band is made up of Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson... Read More

Dennis Coffey Covers Cee-Lo’s F**k You

Dennis Coffey covers Ceelo’s “F**k You.” He will release a new studio album in spring on Strut Records. Mayer Hawthorne, Melvin Davis, Ed Wolfrum and lots of Detroit players make an appearance in the clever video. sources: Blackadelic Tweet This Post Read More

Volkswagen x Fender

Jim Resnick combines his interest in  automotive, music recording for Gotryke. Resnick is an award-winning, yet recovering automotive journalist-turned-PR exec and has written extensively about the engineering, the design and the marketing of cars and trucks. Volkswagen — which recently offered skis, bikes and even guitars that plugged into the car’s sound system to... Read More

Holiday Special: Jazzy Ladies

I’ve always loved to sing the jazz songs meant for instruments, and the holidays are a perfect time to listen to old jazz records. There are a few songs that I’ve had an incredibly difficult time finding, including Ray Noble’s beautiful Indian love song “Cherokee” (I used to bang it out on my piano in high school) sung by the fantastically brassy Sarah... Read More