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Limp Bizkit Features Controversy, Lil Wayne on Comeback Tour

By Lauren Wise

Ask him what he wishes someone had told him 30 years ago, when he began his music career, and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst's answer might surprise you. "To remain." Long pause. "Silent." For... More >>
Steve Aoki, Paul Oakenfold, Thomas Gold, and More This Weekend

By Benjamin Leatherman

So it's Memorial Day weekend, which equals three days and four nights devoted to rest, relaxation, and thoughtful reflection, right? Eff that, gramps. More like 72 hours filled with ragers,... More >>
Enormodome @ Stray Cat Bar & Grill

By Nicki Escudero

Jeff Lusby-Breault and Mike Seitz of Enormodome never really thought their collaborations would go past entertaining themselves. The longtime friends — one in Flagstaff and one in Phoenix... More >>
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Addresses the Specter at the Feast Head-On

By Troy Farah

Like the volumes of Edgar Allan Poe and Allen Ginsberg that inspire Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's dark lyrical oeuvre, Robert Levon Been's music has often dealt directly with death. So it's only... More >>
Fictionist @ Crescent Ballroom

By Brian Palmer

Provo, Utah-based Fictionist wants to make your troubles melt away, and the band can do it in any number of ways. Singer Stuart Maxfield channels a slightly less throaty Caleb Followill over... More >>
!!! @ Crescent Ballroom

By Ali Reyan

Over the past decade, "hipster" has re-emerged as the insult du jour — an increasingly vague, increasingly common label placed on elitists and enthusiasts of all stripes. No one's really... More >>
Taylor Swift @ Jobing.com Arena

By Dan Moore

It is impossible to ignore Taylor Swift, which makes it incredibly easy for music fans to dislike her — people just don't like to have their attention monopolized, whether they enjoy... More >>
Seven Days of EDM, DJs, and Dancing

By Benjamin Leatherman

Thursday 23 Afterlife: Touch Thursdays with DJ Tsunami, DJ Michael Ryan, & DJ Matt Fox (Top 40, EDM) AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney's Boathouse: Thirsty... More >>
Black Moth Super Rainbow Gets Weird with Kickstarter

By Chase Kamp

It would be overly simplistic to imagine a chasm between the haves and have-nots in today's psych-rock landscape, even between the ones with huge production values and the ones sticking it out... More >>
Man-Cat Breaks Up with Taylor Swift So That You Can Too

By Troy Farah

Taylor Swift has always devoted herself to her fans. Now she has a brand-spanking-new website that allows you to break up with her, perhaps to inspire her next greatest hit! Just point your... More >>
DJ Josh Evans @ Canyon Speedway Park

By Benjamin Leatherman

Listen up, local party monsters and EDM fans. We're about to dispense some sage advice. There are a few things you'll definitely need before going wild out at the massive outdoor dance fiesta and... More >>
Sundressed Plays Rough-and-Tumble With Midwest Pop

By Glenn BurnSilver

Is it an ominous sign when a band's first gig is broken up and shut down? For Sundressed, it clearly was inspiration. When the Phoenix quartet's first performance ended before it began, they... More >>
Los Dias de la Crescent Brings the Scenes Together

By Dan Moore

It's been a little more than a year and a half since Crescent Ballroom opened, and about nine months since the downtown Phoenix venue celebrated its first anniversary a little early with the... More >>
Brown Bird @ Sail Inn

By Brian Palmer

David Lamb and MorganEve Swain — the duo that makes up indie band Brown Bird — made a left turn last month with the release of Fits of Reason. The electric guitar that joins their... More >>
Blue-Eyed Son @ Lost Leaf

By Glenn BurnSilver

Just because a former hardcore punker turned surf instructor decides to dump the angst for acoustic guitars, it doesn't instantly make him a Jack Johnson shuffle artist. (And the world needs... More >>