Soon to be available as a physical cassette tape, the Seraphine Collective's spring mix (various artists, 20 tracks) is available for streaming or as a pay-what-you-will download, right here. Detroit is so lucky to have this collective, whose aim is simply to "promote female-identified musicians and artists in the Detroit area."
Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...