7 Articles tagged

tunde-olaniran

COLUMNS  |  Playing Detroit
 | Apr 11, 2018

PLAYING DETROIT: April Releases Flaunt Detroit’s Musical Depth

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COLUMNS  |  Playing Detroit
 | Jan 31, 2018

PLAYING DETROIT: Tunde Olaniran Goes to Bat for Sleigh Bells at El Club

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Last night, Sleigh Bells brought their dark electro-pop to a packed El Club for a...

COLUMNS  |  Playing Detroit
 | Sep 20, 2017

PLAYING DETROIT: Tunde Olaniran Goes a Shade Darker on “Symbol”

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] In 2015, Flint native, artist and activist Tunde Olaniran enchanted with his vibrant, otherworldly debut...

FEATURES  |  Show Reviews
 | Mar 30, 2017

LIVE REVIEW: Sleigh Bells @The El Rey

In 2010, I woke up each day in Queens, NY and took the N train to the Flatiron district. The walk from the train stop to the publishing company where I worked was just enough time to listen to...

FEATURES  |  Recent
 | Dec 30, 2015

PLAYING DETROIT: Best of + Most Anticipated

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] It’s New Years Eve-Eve, and I’m flooded with the sounds of the past year. 2015 saw...

Recent  |  Reviews
 | Aug 31, 2015

Album Review: Tunde Olaniran “Transgressor”

Named as one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s “Artists to Watch” this month just a week after his wildly anticipated sophomore album Transgressor (Quite Scientific Records) dropped to an outpour of local and national praise, Flint, Michigan native Tunde Olaniran...

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FEATURES  |  Interviews
 | Feb 24, 2014

INTERVIEW: Tunde Olaniran on Otherness, Archetypes, and Activism

It can be a daunting thing to challenge stereotypes day in and day out, work for change as a social activist, and rep a town that most of the country writes off as an impoverished wasteland.  But Flint, Michigan-based...