Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 06.18.18 Grandson – “Blood//Water” (Fueled By Ramen) Olivia Fox – “Play The Game” (Olivia Fox) Nine Inch Nails – “God Break Down The Door” (Capitol) Jim James – “Throwback” (ATO) Stella Donnelly – “Mechanical Bull” (Secretly Canadian) Cigarettes After Sex – “Crush” (Partisan) Death Cab For Cutie – “Gold Rush”…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 06.11.18 Poptone – “Heartbreak Hotel” (Cleopatra) Badflower – “Ghost” (Big Machine John Varvatos) Prism Tats – “Daggers” (Anti-) Smashing Pumpkins – “Solara” (Martha’s Music) Turbowolf – “Domino” (SO Recordings) Gathering of Strangers – “Nice Hair” Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – “Ohio” Brick + Mortar – “All Alone” (Brick +…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 06.04.18 Diplo, French Montana, Lil Pump, Zhavia – “Welcome To The Party” (Columbia) Mikaela Davis – “Other Lover” (Rounder/Concord) Gorillaz – “Humility” (Warner Bros.) The Magpie Salute – “Send Me An Omen” (Eagle Rock Entertainment) Houndmouth – “This Party” (Warner Bros.) Love Past Blue – “Vanilla” (Dark Spark Music) Weezer…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 05.14.18 The Interrupters – “She’s Kerosene” (Hellcat Records) Turbonegro – “Part II: Well Hello” (Burger) Arctic Monkeys – “Four Out Of Five” (Domino) Bastille – “Quarter Past Midnight” (Virgin/Capitol) San Mei – “Wonder” Biffy Clyro – “Many of Horror” (Warner Bros.) Dave Matthews Band – “Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)”…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 04.30.18 Chvrches – “Miracle” (Glassnote) Naked Giants – “Everybody Thinks They Know” (New West) Post Precious – “Lose Myself” Fall Out Boy – “The Last Of The Real Ones” (Island) Dog – “Heart Killer” (We Buy Gold/Thirty Tigers) Meg Myers – “Numb” (300 Entertainment) Donkeyboy – “It’ll Be Alright” (Warner…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 04.23.18 Vincent – “Masseduction” (Loma Vista) Foo Fighters – “The Line” (RCA) Jim James – “Just A Fool” (ATO) Nothing But Thieves – “Sorry” (RCA) Alexis Taylor – “Beautiful Thing” (Domino) Still Woozy – “Lucy” Ezra Furman – “Rainy Life” (Sony) Stef Chura – “Degrees” (Saddle Creek) Zach Wolf –…
How cool would it be to own a guitar made here in Detroit with a Chevrolet twist? General Motors has partnered with Wallace Detroit Guitars to make a limited-edition line of guitars made using wood from GM's truck plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This will help mark the centennial of Chevy Trucks. Wallace Detroit Guitars…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 04.16.18 Ghost – “Rats” (Loma Vista/Concord) Layto – “The Way” (Brother Bear) Cherry Glazerr – “Juicy Socks” (Secretly Canadian) Jack White – “Hypermisophoniac” (Third Man/Columbia) King Tuff – “Psycho Star” Mansionair – “Violet City” (Glassnote) Daktyl – “6 Letters” (Counter) Camaromance – “Audrey” (Simone) Welles – “Seventeen” (300 Entertainment) Idles…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 04.9.18 Rainbow Kitten Surprise – “Fever Pitch” (Roadrunner) NoMBe – “Drama” (TH3RD BRAIN) Cary Brothers – “Crush” (INgrooves) AJR – “Burn The House Down” (AJR Prod/Scurve-Hollywood) Alice Merton – “Lash Out” (Mom + Pop) Bear Hands – “Back Seat Driver Spirit Guide” (Spensive Sounds) Vendetta Red – “Encantado” (Cleopatra) Bullet…
ICYMI, it was announced yesterday that the Fillmore Detroit is set to close its doors for up to 5 months as the building undergoes renovations. The final show will be TECH N9Ne on June 3rd. Read more about it HERE.
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 03.26.18 Two Feet – “I Feel Like I’m Drowning” (Republic) Wendy Rae Fowler – “Svengali” (Plug Research/Round Trip) Gaz Coombes – “Walk The Walk” (Hot Fruit/Caroline) No Alarms – “Right Is What’s Left” (Andrew Lane) The New Schematics – “Prove Me Wrong” The Driver Era – “Preacher Man” (TOO) Snow…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 03.19.18 The Fever 333 – “Walking In My Shoes” (333 Wreckords Crew) Sin Shake Sin – “Idiocracy” (Bron Music) The Strypes – “Behind Closed Doors” (Fairly Extreme Limited/Virgin EMI) Brian Fallon – “Etta James” (Island) Cub Sport – “Good Guys Go” Kitten – “I Did It” (Red Music) Vacationer –…
"Mind Over Matter" is a documentary that follows the story of Brandon Mendenhall who was born with cerebral palsy. The condition can affect individuals in a multitude of ways and can limit their lives in terms of what they can and can not do. Mendenhall had difficulty controlling his hand motions, but he never let…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 03.05.18 Jack White – “Over And Over And Over” (Third Man/Columbia) Warbly Jets – “Between The Lines” (Rebel Union) Screaming Females – “Black Moon” (Don Giovanni) Tuxedo – “Shy” (Stones Throw) The Kills – “List of Demands (Reparations)” (Domino) Flora Cash – “You’re Somebody Else” (C05 Music) Culture Wars –…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 02.26.18 Five Alarm Funk – “We Play The Funk” Mona – “Kiss Like A Woman” (Bright Antenna/ADA) Peking Duk – “Wasted” (Sony) Penguin Prison – “Turn It Up” (Act Normal Music) Muse – “Thought Contagion” (Warner Bros.) Parquet Courts – “Almost Had To Start A Fight/In And Out Of Patience”…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 02.12.18 Danielle Duval – “Whenever You Want It” (PeoplePlay) Sheldon Universe – “Pretty Woman” Z-Berg – “I Fall For The Same Face Every Time” (Metropolitan Indian) King Tuff – “Psycho Star” (Sub Pop) MGMT – “Me & Michael” (Columbia) The Unlikely Candidates – “Oh My Dear Lord” (RED Music) Snny…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 01.29.17 Lane 8 – “No Captain” (This Never Happened) Zach Wolf – “Dark” Thirty Seconds To Mars – “Dangerous Night” (Interscope) *repeat repeat – “Mostly” (Dangerbird) Sufis – “After Hours” (Burger) 8 Graves – “Hang” (AWAL) Watt – “Burning Man” (Republic) Milk & Bone – “Daydream” (Bonsound) Hop Along –…
Jimi Hendrix – “Mannish Boy” (Legacy/Experience Hendrix) The Lonely Biscuits – “Endlessly” (Soundly Music) Nalani & Sarina – “Young & Inexperienced” (Telepathy/AWAL) Karen O – “Yo My Saint” (Karen O) AWOLNATION – “Handy Man” (Red Bull) Queens Of The Stone Age – “Feet Don’t Fail Me” (Beggars Group/Matador) Jeff Rosenstock – “Yr Throat” (Polyvinyl)…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 01.08.17 Judah and the Lion – “Going To Mars” (Caroline) The Coronas – “We Couldn’t Fake It” (So Far So Good) The Fratellis – “Stand Up Tragedy” (Cooking Vinyl) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – “Echo” (Vagrant/BMG) Faze Wave – “Leagues” (Canvasback) Iration – “Hit List” (Three Prong) A Day To…
On December 18th, 1997 in the 9th season of 'Seinfeld', the episode "The Strike" aired and birthed a new holiday! "A Festivus for the rest of us!" For those of you who aren't familiar, Festivus is a holiday created by Frank Costanza where you put up an aluminum pole for decoration, air out your grievances and complete the…
Sleigh Bells – “Favorite Transgression” (Torn Clean) Moon Honey – “Betta Fish” (Rob The Rich) Jane N’ The Jungle – “Smoke & Dust” (Angel Rock) Graham The Empire – “Save Me” Jim James – “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” (ATO) Knox Fortune – “I Don’t Wanna Talk About It” Kimbra – “ Top…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 12.04.17 Sin Shake Sin – “Can’t Go To Hell” Midnight Mantics – “You For A Lifetime” Joywave – “Doubt” (Hollywood/Cultco) They Might Be Giants – “I Left My Body” (Idlewild) Awaken I Am – “Black Dreams” (Victory) Gingerlys – “Turtledoves” (Top Shelf/Babe City) Gordon Raphael – “Sleep On The Radio”…
Riff2’s Undercover Sound System Playlist 11.27.17 Amy Shark – “Adore” (RCA) Aviva – “GRRLS” Dan Croll – “Tokyo” (Dan Croll/Kobalt) Aquilo – “Who Are You” (Harvest) Fall Out Boy – “Hold Me Tight Or Don’t” (Island) Eye On Attraction – “Pleasantville” Sonic Kharma – “New Day” GBH – “Momentum” (Hellcat) Black Pistol Fire – “Lost…
1. Bastille - "World Gone Mad" (Atlantic/RRP) 2. Jessica Boudreaux - "Ask Me To Stay" (New Moss) 3. Hembree - "Had It All" (Ribbon/ADA) 4. Les Techno - "Where Were You?" (Solid Bass) 5. La Bouquet - "Loveless" (Washington Square/Razor & Tie) 6. Spinning Coin - "Sleepless" (Geographic/Domino) 7. Bad Llama - "Apocrypha" 8. Sin…
1. Liam Gallagher - "Come Back To Me" (Warner Bros.) 2. Everything Everything - "Can't Do" (Big Picnic) 3. Mansionair - "Astronaut (Something About Your Love)" (Glassnote) 4. Franz Ferdinand - "Always Ascending" (Domino) 5. Curtis Harding - "On And On" (Anti-) 6. GGOOLLDD - "Secrets" (Roll Call/INgrooves) 7. The Midnight Club - "Close Your…
1. Fever Ray - "To The Moon & Back" (Rabid Mute) 2. Cut Copy - "Black Rainbows" (Astralwerks) 3. Donora - "This Heart" (Rostrum) 4. Trudy and the Romance - "Twist It, Shake It. Rock and Roll" (B3SCI) 5. Made Violent - "Unamused" (Columbia) 6. Magic Giant - "Window" (Washington Square/Concord) 7. New Politics -…
1. AWOLNATION - "Passion" (Red Bull) 2. Nada Surf - "Out Of The Dark" (Barsuk) 3. St. Vincent - "Los Ageless" (Loma Vista/Concord) 4. JR JR - "Control (Secretly Sorry)" 5. RAC - "Unusual" (SLP/Counter) 6. The Amazons - "Ultraviolet" (Fiction/Caroline) 7. Primus - "The Scheme" (ATO) 8. A Day To Remember - "We Got…
1. Cults - "I Took Your Picture" 2. The Glorious Sons - "Everything Is Alright" (Frontside/Blackbox/BMG) 3. Morrissey - "Spent The Day In Bed" (BMG) 4. Walk The Moon - "One Foot" (RCA) 5. Slothrust - "Sex and Candy" (Dangerbird) 6. Shout Out Louds - "Porcelain" (Merge) 7. QTY - "Michael" (Strange Loop/Dirty Hit) 8.…
1. Beck - "Up All Night" (Capitol) 2. Bjork - "The Gate" (One Little Indian) 3. Arcade Fire - "Creature Comfort" (Columbia) 4. Dispatch - "Painted Yellow Lines" (Bomber) 5. The National - "Day I Die" (Beggars Group/4AD) 6. Pat Benatar - "Dancing Through The Wreckage" (We Are Hear) 7. Gary Clark Jr. - "Come…
It's 5:00 somewhere, right? Two Michigan companies have partnered up to combine two great beverages. The Arcadia Brewing Company and Biggby Coffee have collaborated to created Morning Nightcap, a coffee porter brewed by Arcadia with Biggby Coffee’s new Papua New Guinea blend. The brew will be released on draft Thursday, September 28th at Arcadia Brewing Company in Kalamazoo.…
The Detroit landscape is hitting the big screen once again... Sort of. Director and Royal Oak native Jordan Vogt-Roberts ("Kong: Skull Island") came back to his home town back in July to film the live-action trailer for "Destiny 2" the next installment in the popular sci-fi video game franchise. "Destiny 2" is set to launch…
Riff2's Undercover Sound System Playlist 8.28.17 1. Motorhead - "Heroes" 2. The Bronx - "Two Birds" (ATO) 3. Foo Fighters - "The Sky Is A Neighborhood" (RCA) 4. Brand New - "Can't Get It Out" (Procrastinate! Music Traitors) 5. Grizfolk - "In My Arms" (The Vagabonds Trail) 6. Sleepy Sun - "Crave" (Dine Alone) 7.…
Ghost has unveiled their next music video for 'He Is' off the album Meliora which came out back in 2015. They filmed it right here in downtown Detroit, one location being a church on the east side. Naturally, some WRIF employees are pretty big fans of the band and decided to answer the casting call! Check…
1. Liam Gallagher - "For What It's Worth" (Warner Bros.) 2. Neon Trees - "Feel Good" (Island) 3. Superet - "Who Is This Guy" (Rob The Rich) 4. Living Colour - "Come On" (Megaforce) 5. LCD Soundsystem - "tonite" (Columbia) 6. Awaken I Am - "Black Dreams" (Victory) 7. Toadies - "Broke Down Stupid" (Kirtland)…
Riff2's Undercover Sound System Playlist 7.31.17 1. Francis and the Lights - "May I Have This Dance" 2. Waax - "Same Same" 3. Jen Cloher - "Regional Echo" (Milk!) 4. Ben Gibbard - "What You Do To Me" (Canvasback) 5. 311 - "'Til The City's On Fire" (BMG) 6. Offa Rex - "The Queen Of…
1. Armstrongs - "If There Was Ever A Time" (Hellcat) 2. Wolf Parade - "Valley Boy" (Sub Pop) 3. State to State - "The Shifter" (No Bounds) 4. The Preatures - "Girlhood" (Universal) 5. Dan Croll - "Bad Boy" (Kobalt Music) 6. Harts - "Peculiar" (Washington Square Music) 7. Kit Walker - "Mr Wright" 8.…
Riff2's Undercover Sound System Playlist 7.17.17 1. Arkells - "Knocking At The Door" (Last Gang/eOne) 2. Secret Colours - "Changes In Nature" 3. Jupiter In Velvet - "Til The End Of The World" (Free 2B Free) 4. Linkin Park - "Talking To Myself" (Warner Bros.) 5. Prophets of Rage - "Living On The 110" (Fantasy/Concord)…
1. KMFDM - "Hell Yeah" (earMUSIC) 2. DJ Premier - "My Space Baby" (TTT/INgrooves) 3. Rococode - "Brutal" (Marquis) 4. Portugal. The Man - "Live In The Moment" (Atlantic) 5. J. Roddy Walston and the Business - "The Wanting" (ATO) 6. Deer Tick - "It's A Whale" (Partisan) 7. Cage The Elephant - "Whole Wide…
1. Portugal. The Man - "Number One" (Atlantic) 2. Umm - "Black Summer" 3. The Killers - "The Man" (Island) 4. Pickwick - "Turncoat" (Small Press) 5. PVRIS - "What's Wrong" (Rise/BMG) 6. The Shins - "Half A Million" (Columbia) 7. Death From Above - "Freeze Me" (Warner Bros.) 8. Alvvays - "In Undertow" (Polyvinyl)…
Riff2's Undercover Sound System Playlist 6.5.17 1. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - "So Close" (Crush/Vanguard/Concord) 2. Cowbell - "Haunted Heart" (Damaged Goods) 3. Arcade Fire - "Everything Now" (Columbia) 4. Lorde - "Perfect Places" (Lava/Republic) 5. Electric Guest - "Oh Devil" (Downtown) 6. The Unlikely Candidates - "Violence" (Another Century/CO5) 7. Missio - "Bottom…
1. HAIM - "Want You Back" (Columbia) 2. Catfish and the Bottlemen - "Twice" (Capitol) 3. Milky Chance - "Blossom" (Republic) 4. BAIO - "Philosophy!" (Glassnote) 5. Jade Jackson - "Finish Line" (Anti-) 6. Matisyahu - "Step Out Into The Light" (Fallen Sparks/Thirty Tigers) 7. Joywave - "It's A Trip" (Hollywood) 8. I Prevail -…
Riff2's Undercover Sound System 5.1.17 1. ODESZA - "Line Of Sight" (Red Light/Counter) 2. The Wild Now - "Afterglow" 3. Rag'N'Bone Man - "Skin" 4. Fall Out Boy - "Young and Menace" (Island) 5. Foster The People - "Doing It For The Money" (Columbia) 6. Bleeker - "Where's Your Money" (Five Seven Music) 7. Stone…
1. Nate J - "Alien" (Marquis) 2. Joe Goddard - "Ordinary Madness" (Greco-Roman/Domino)( 3. Matt and Sam's Brother - "Spacesuit" (Light Organ) 4. Rise Against - "The Violence" (Capitol) 5. Royal Republic - "Baby" (Spinefarm/Caroline) 6. Jidenna - "Bambi" (Epic) 7. Los Angeles Police Department - "Grown" (Anti-) 8. Black Jack UK - "Pretty Lady"…
1. Palaye Royale - "Get Higher" (Sumarian) 2. The Lumineers - "Angela" (Dualtone) 3. Mike + The Mechanics - "Let Me Fly" (BMG) 4. Bishop Briggs - "The Way I Do" (Teleport/Island) 5. Pile - "Dogs" (Exploding In Sound) 6. Cigarettes After Sex - "Apocalypse" (Partisan) 7. Ho99o9 - "City Rejects" (Caroline) 8. The XX…
Riff2's Undercover Sound System Playlist 4.10.17 1. Future Islands - "Cave" (4AD) 2. Chicano Batman - "Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)" (ATO) 3. Eden Royals - "Time Won't Wait" (Cutmore) 4. The Kooks - "Be Who You Are" (Capitol) 5. Diet Cig - "Barf Day" (Frenchkiss) 6. Helium - "Hole In The…
Riff2's Undercover Sound System Playlist 4.3.17 1. Broken Social Scene - "Halfway Home" (Arts & Craft) 2. Leeroy Stagger - "I Want It All" (True North) 3. Bleachers - "Don't Take The Money" (RCA) 4. Bishop Briggs - "The Way I Do" (Teleport/Island) 5. Black Lips - Can't Hold On" (Vice) 6. Juliana Hatfield -…
1. Tooth & Nail - "Cryin' For You" (Saint The City) 2. Shibashi - "Salvation" (Glassnote) 3. Little Dragon - "High" (Loma Vista) 4. Greg Graffin - "Making Time" (Anti-) 5. Louise Burns - "Young Mopes" (Light ORgan) 6. Howing - "Phases" (Counter) 7. Weezer - "Feels Like Summer" (Crush Music) 8. Otherkin - "Bad…
Last night, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant joined violinist Nigel Kennedy at London's Royal Albert Hall to perform two songs. They did a 10 minute version of "Hey Joe" made famous by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and a 17 minute version of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" which you can listen to below. This performance marks the first time Plant…
Riff2's Undercover Sound System Playlist 3.13.17 1. Blood & Glass - "Hop The Fence" (Simone) 2. The Big Moon - "Formidable" (Columbia) 3. The Afghan Whigs - "Demon In Profile" (Sub Pop) 4. 311 - "Too Much To Think" (BMG) 5. SYML - "Where's My Love" (Nettwerk) 6. The Moonlandingz - "Sweet Saturn Mine" (Chimera)…
