Surveying the music of Detroit from the postwar period to the present, Acid Detroit uncovers Motor City's radical history and possible futures, revealing a legacy of local pride, resilience, and collective dreaming about a better world.
Covering everything from Motown and hardcore to incendiary garage rock and experimental hip-hop crews, Acid Detroit intertwines the artists' lives and works withthe city's rise and decline, showing how Detroit has always been a radical city at the cutting edge of American life and culture.
Utilizing Mark Fisher's idea of Acid Communism to excavate the radical potentials hidden in the countercultural music, alleyways and abandoned factories of Motor City, Acid Detroit investigates a place imbued with a seemingly unbreakable spirit and where the possibilities of a post-capitalist future are forming.
Size: 130 x 197mm
Pages: 176
Publisher: Repeater
