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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2011 Stories by Serene Dominic

• Paul Gurvitz and the New Army @ The Compound Grill

  published December 22, 2011

  The Compound Grill, the Phoenix venue and eatery has hosted its share of touring classic rock veterans like Mickey Hart and Timothy B. Schmit.... More >>

• Man-Cat @ The Rhythm Room

  published December 15, 2011

  Oh, to be the highway patrolman who pulls over this band's Econoline! "What's with all the sinister masks, fellas? You're not one of those 99... More >>

• Scott Kelly @ The Rhythm Room

  published December 1, 2011

  People — maybe not the kind you want to associate with, but people nonetheless — will pay good money to be peed and shit upon,... More >>

• Rumspringer: Earnest Trio Builds Up to Nothing on Punk's Ever-Shifting Sands

  published November 24, 2011

  Although no one in the music industry with a whiff of official about them is on record as saying so, it's been widely reported throughout the... More >>

• Sting @ Comerica Theatre

  published November 17, 2011

  When did you first think Sting was a pompous twit? The love-me-I'm-tortured artistry of "King of Pain?" The way he sang "the bitter sting of... More >>

• Pegi Young @ Celebrity Theatre

  published November 10, 2011

  The last time there was a Stills-Young double-bill was in 1978, when Neil Young bailed on the tour via telegram after nine dates. Now Pegi... More >>

• Boots Electric @ The Roxy Lounge

  published November 3, 2011

  Jeez, who do you have to screw to be nicknamed "The Devil"? I mean, Jerry Lee Lewis married his teenage cuz and got booted out of Bible school... More >>

• BroLoaf Brings Its "A Game" to the Marquee

  published September 15, 2011

  When bands choose an opening act to warm up their minions, they're thinking only about getting some rookies onstage to basically test the... More >>

• The Surfside IV Gives Desert Dwellers the Adrenaline Rush of Surf

  published September 1, 2011

  When Jimi Hendrix reinvented the guitar instrumental as we know it with "Third Stone from the Sun," he took time out to make a PSA warning that... More >>

• Donny Osmond @ Celebrity Theatre

  published August 25, 2011

  Of all the Rock and Roll Hall's glaring omissions, it's hard to beat the institution's blind eye toward the "Wizard of Osmond" himself. When... More >>

• The Tubes Have Lived Several Lives in 40 Years

  published August 11, 2011

  It might not pack the same mental hot flash as having Tom Jones ask you "What's New Pussycat?" or Chubby Checker requesting your help twisting... More >>

• Dogbreth: They Did It All for the Chookie

  published July 21, 2011

  Tristan Jemsek is not a rock star, nor does he want to be. Sure, some people know him as a member of local polka-punk band Haunted Cologne and... More >>

• The Love Me Nots @ Foundry on First

  published July 14, 2011

  If you've been picking daisy petals all these years, wondering whether to assign your devotion to this black-and-white-clad band of renown, now... More >>