MI Local: Stoop lee premieres new track from Local Organic collaboration with MUNCH, Datsunn + more

I love having the opportunity to feature a local artist live, in-studio, to chat about their latest projects; even better if they’ve got new music to premiere! With MI Local, one of the goals is to literally introduce you to the local music scene, and that’s why I was excited to invite stoop lee to join me this week for a conversation about his latest collaboration, and to give listeners a sneak-preview of a new song that drops on March 7.

Lee, a.k.a. Ade Olaniran, is a very driven, prolific, and often infectiously upbeat artist and human being, keen on drawing a lot of love and attention toward — and about — the Detroit music scene. Lee’s been releasing music and performing around the region for a little more than five years, with a handful of stellar EPs available on his Bandcamp. This week, on MI Local, he talked about a new project, collaborating with MUNCH and Datsunn known as Local Organic, as well as setting us up for a preview of their first single, “UR World,” which comes out next Friday.

Also on this week’s show, we heard a debut single for a new project known as Verlaine, featuring Gavin Becker and Josie Palmer, “Try My Luck,” a softly ethereal ballad in the vein of Cigarettes After Sex and Beach House. Speaking of the dream-pop subgenre, we also heard new music from local duo Bluhm, with their song “When You’re Gone.”

On the punk and indie-rock side of things, we heard a new raucous track from the trio known as The Antibuddies, with Cordelia Chase (an homage to Buffy!?), and a poignant yet bracing ballad from Wally Dogger, “Your Expiration Date Is Approaching.”

See the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above. You’ll hear my interview with lee begin around the 10-minute mark. 

MI Local Playlist for Feb. 25, 2025

• “When You’re Gone” – Bluhm
• “Try My Luck” – Verlaine
• “Roaring Golden Sunrise” – Magdalene
• “UR WORLD” – Local Organic (stoop lee, Datsunn & Munch)
• “hurt people hurt people” – falooshh
• “Burn Out” – The Dream Scream
• “Cristal Peak” – Twinn
• “Keroscene” – Ness Lake ft. David Daignault
• “Your Expiration Date is Approaching” – Wally Dogger
• “Swept Away” – Speed Circuit
• “You’ll Always Love Me” – Rose St. Germaine
• “Cordelia Chase” – The Antibuddies
• “Elf Heaven, Dwarf Hell” – Child Bite
• “Sunset” – Basic Comfort