Email Author Serene Dominic

Awards

• 2008 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 12, 2007

  "Back on the Sun"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  The music beat

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2004 Stories by Serene Dominic

• Rock Against Bush

  published September 23, 2004

  One thing we know about this lineup of punky malcontents is that they don't want George W. Bush to become president again. In order to achieve... More >>

• The Ms

  published September 16, 2004

  The glorious thing about playing Chicago buzz band The M's debut for the first time is that it captures the thrill of discovery that the band... More >>

• Straight to Video

  published September 9, 2004

  October 2003. You usually don't find this many miscreants in the parking lot of Jugheads on a Sunday morning. You've got some rough trade in spiky... More >>

• Bebel Gilberto

  published August 26, 2004

  Dear Bebel, It has come to my attention that you're making it a little too easy for the general public to perceive you as a Portuguese... More >>

• . . . And Guppies Eat Their Young

  published August 19, 2004

  Sure, any group can record 10 unhappy tracks in a row and call it an album, but it takes truly accomplished visionaries to make 10 miserable songs... More >>

• The Reign Kings

  published August 12, 2004

  You don't hear many kids saying they want to be in an adult alternative band when they grow up -- and no wonder. Unlike punk, ska, metal,... More >>

• Joe Myers

  published July 22, 2004

  For his long-awaited follow-up to Under the Crazy Hat, Tempe guitar virtuoso Joe Myers, his artist/writer wife Casebeer and their two... More >>

• When Danny Punched Danzig

  published July 22, 2004

  When Dan Stone took his video camera to film the North Side Kings' July 3 show in Tuba City, he hadn't counted on capturing heavy-metal... More >>

• North Side Kings

  published July 1, 2004

  If there weren't asshole junkies and layabouts, Danny Marianino and company would have precious little to go on a tirade about. Lucky for us,... More >>

• Skull's Out

  published June 24, 2004

  Like a trip to the dentist, most bands put off making an album for as long as they can. It's a put-up or shut-up moment that forces a band... More >>

• Stereotyperider

  published June 10, 2004

  With VH1's I Love the '90s mere weeks away from airing, it's officially okay to long for the decade when the record industry co-opted... More >>

• Home Grown (Local)

  published June 3, 2004

  Although some would have you believe our local music scene is deader than Tony Randall, consider that two new bands have migrated here: Tramps... More >>

• Reubens Accomplice

  published May 13, 2004

  It's rare when a show gets a rain delay in Arizona. This cozy local lineup was originally scheduled to play Day One of the Tempe Music Festival in... More >>

• Reubens Cubed

  published April 1, 2004

  "I wish a tomato would carry me away." Perhaps these lyrics aren't the truest universal to be found on the brazen and amazing new album by... More >>

• Log Jam

  published February 26, 2004

  Few of us will ever know the joy of invention, devising something of dual capability that not only fills the needs of the many but gets to touch... More >>

• Merle Haggard

  published February 26, 2004

  Waylon and Willie spearheaded the outlaw movement in country music, but if you separate their stylistic felonies like fiddle shunning and pigtail... More >>

• The Zombies

  published February 19, 2004

  It's only fitting that the Zombies enjoyed their biggest-ever hit posthumously. The group's excellent 1964 debut chart entry "She's Not... More >>

• David Bowie

  published February 5, 2004

  The Thin White Investment's got a new album, his best since -- Scary Monsters? There are two possible reactions to this news. The more... More >>

• Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers

  published January 29, 2004

  With Americano!, Roger Clyne and his caballeros have returned with the most potent album in their Southwest-loving canon. Before we... More >>

• Battle Act

  published January 8, 2004

  Nothing screams "nothing new" quite like a "Battle of the Bands" contest. It's not so much the groups themselves competing for cash or valuable... More >>

• Original Soul

  published January 1, 2004

  "Here, put this on." Nearly everyone you met in 2003 came with a personal soundtrack. From the little middle school "sevvie" in your car pool... More >>