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SXSW bands make a PHX pit stop on their way back to the NW

HE AIN'T HEAVY... HE'S MY BUSINESSCOUGHT BETWEEN PROFITS AND POSTERITY, JIMMIE VAUGHAN STRUGGLES TO KEEP STEVIE RAY'S LEGACY A STEP AHEAD OF THE BOOLEGS

SXSW bands make a PHX pit stop on their way back to the NW

A FIRST LISTEN

SXSW bands make a PHX pit stop on their way back to the NW

SXSW.97

SXSW bands make a PHX pit stop on their way back to the NW

SXSW: C Minus

SXSW bands make a PHX pit stop on their way back to the NW

Recordings

SXSW bands make a PHX pit stop on their way back to the NW

Town Without Pity

The country-rock heroes of Whiskeytown find solace in their instability

Lone Star Trek

Revolver goes to SXSW for music and free major-label beer

Second Helpings

Revolver goes to SXSW for music and free major-label beer

Car Talk

Jesus Chrysler Supercar prepares to take on the industry big boys at South by Southwest

Crunk and Disorderly

Hunting for rapture in the live music capital of the world

Black Angels

Genuine madness

The Whigs, and What Made Milwaukee Famous

Genuine madness

SxSW 2009: Friday

Attention, all Phoenicians unable to attend SxSW this year: Don't worry. Sure, it's not as good as standing inches away from your favorite band in a trendy Austin club, but we've got the coverage to keep you satisfied. Mark C. AustinThe Von Bondies South By Southwest, Day Two In Photos The action c ... More >>

SxSW 2009: Saturday

Attention, all Phoenicians unable to attend SxSW this year: Don't worry. Sure, it's not as good as standing inches away from your favorite band in a trendy Austin club, but we've got the coverage to keep you satisfied. Village Voice Media SXSW Party: Meese, Bear Hands, Crystal Antlers, Gomez and ... More >>

SxSW 2009: Sunday

Attention, all Phoenicians unable to attend SxSW this year: Don't worry. Sure, it's not as good as standing inches away from your favorite band in a trendy Austin club, but we've got the coverage to keep you satisfied. Scenes from South by Southwest We've got some images from around town (that to ... More >>

Can’t Make it to SxSW? Check Out These Shows

Attention, all Phoenicians unable to attend SxSW this year: Don't worry. Sure, it's not as good as standing inches away from your favorite band in a trendy Austin club, but we've got the coverage to keep you satisfied. Scenes from South by Southwest We've got some images from around town (that to ... More >>

Crawford

Attention, all Phoenicians unable to attend SxSW this year: Don't worry. Sure, it's not as good as standing inches away from your favorite band in a trendy Austin club, but we've got the coverage to keep you satisfied. Scenes from South by Southwest We've got some images from around town (that to ... More >>

More Human than Human

Big Apple slam poet likes the sprite in you

Austin's The Meat Puppets Have New Album, Tour

The Meat Puppets of Austin, Texas Austin, Texas based-band The Meat Puppets (How much do you old Mill types hate seeing that? But that's how they bill themselves!) have a new album, Sewn Together, coming out next month and will tour extensively in support of it, playing everywhere in the continenta ... More >>

Rejuvenated Men

Smells like profiling

More is More

Too much of a good thing is just right at SXSW

Asylum Street Spankers

It hurts them more than it hurts you

Recordings

It hurts them more than it hurts you

Tall Poppy

Bob Schneider goes nationwide without the -- gasp! -- approval of Austin's hipsters

Austintatious

Rock 'n' roll rousers the Van Buren Wheels roll to success at SXSW

Death of a DJ

Rock 'n' roll rousers the Van Buren Wheels roll to success at SXSW

Texas Flood

Rock 'n' roll rousers the Van Buren Wheels roll to success at SXSW

THE ART OF NOISE IF MUSIC HAD A LOUVRE, AUSTIN'S ED HALL WOULD BE HUNG

Rock 'n' roll rousers the Van Buren Wheels roll to success at SXSW

Teen Guitar God-In-Training Yayo Comes To The Blooze Bar

Yayo Guitar phenom Yayo Sanchez, 16, will play The Blooze Bar Saturday. The Austin, Texas native has been playing clubs since he was 14, and has opened for Quiet Riot, L.A. Guns and Dirty Penny. He tends to sound like a mix of all of them, with a little Slash thrown in.Longtime Kiss guitarist Bruce ... More >>

Village Voice SXSW Party Features Superchunk, the xx, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Surfer Blood

Superchunk​ Some news from our corporate parent: The lineup for the 2010 Village Voice SXSW party has been announced. Superchunk, the xx, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Surfer Blood will play the show in Austin. We know the economy is tough, but if you can beg, borrow or steal your way to ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Harlem at The Trunk Space

​It would probably be plenty of fun to sit down to a nice candlelit dinner with the boys of Austin, Texas-based band Harlem. The good-looking threesome plays poppy indie rock that makes it evident the group isn't all about being fancy and dressing up in matador jackets--they seem like the type of ... More >>

New Zealand Prog-Metal Molten-Core Rockers Hit the Valley

The mysterious sounds of "molten-core" rockers, Kerretta.​One of the best, and worst, things about living in Phoenix is that we're a pitstop on the way to and from loads of other more exciting places.Yes, we're strategically located six hours from LA, four hours from Coachella, and a long day's dr ... More >>

Fiddlin' Around

Austin band's pickin' makes us grin

The Gourds

Swampadelic hippies the Gourds rock the Casbah all the way to Jericho

The Maine Plot Massive National Tour with Never Shout Never

​The Maine are playing a much-hyped show at The Nile Theatre in Mesa next Friday.Actually, though, that's just the mid-point in a massive tour to promote their Billboard-charting second album Black & White. They team up with Never Shout Never for a tour of small theaters and large clubs starti ... More >>

Stoner Doom

Music to bust out record-store windows by

Hump Day

Get it on with the atmosphere at Air Sex Championships

Austin Chantos: Olive and Ivy

Carol BlonderAustin Chantos​ Pastry Chef Austin Chantos grew up eating hearty midwestern meals in central Illinois. He still favors the flavors and kind of cooking his chef father provided for the family: biscuits with gravy and one- pot meals filled with meats, vegetables and potatoes. Austin gl ... More >>

A Look at the Four Arizona Acts to be Showcased at South by Southwest

Carol BlonderAustin Chantos​ Pastry Chef Austin Chantos grew up eating hearty midwestern meals in central Illinois. He still favors the flavors and kind of cooking his chef father provided for the family: biscuits with gravy and one- pot meals filled with meats, vegetables and potatoes. Austin gl ... More >>

Starfucker at Trunk Space Last Night

Starfucker​StarfuckerSunday, March 13, 2011Trunk SpaceWhat's a band to do en route to next week's SXSW? Perhaps spend a night on Grand Ave. in Phoenix at Trunk Space whilst they make their way to Austin? Such was the more than decent decision by Portland indie/electronic outfit Starfucker. March i ... More >>

Kinch Posts Video of their Wednesday SXSW Shows

You'd never know it to read any sort of music journalism this week, but everyone on earth has not converged on Austin, Texas for South By Southwest. Not quite, anyway.Knowing this, local indie rock band Kinch hired a videographer to shoot their shows on Wednesday. Because they're ambitious gu ... More >>

South By Stateside: Day 2 Last Night at The Sail Inn

​It's a real shame that Mother Nature didn't see if fit to cooperate with Stateside Presents' plans for South By Stateside: Day 2, the annual Phoenix run off of indie-bands on their way to the West Coast from Austin's South by Southwest Festival. The nine band bill was divided pretty evenly betwee ... More >>

South by Southwest Was Embarrassing for Arizona -- But Who Cares?

​It's a real shame that Mother Nature didn't see if fit to cooperate with Stateside Presents' plans for South By Stateside: Day 2, the annual Phoenix run off of indie-bands on their way to the West Coast from Austin's South by Southwest Festival. The nine band bill was divided pretty evenly betwee ... More >>

Five Japanese Bands For Your Heavy Rotation

Jonathan McNamaraHystoic Vein performs at the Japan Preview Day Show during SXSW 2011.​U.S. fans of Japanese Music face one, ever-present obstacle in their quests to discover new J bands: They're not here. Up on the Sun constantly monitors upcoming concerts from Japanese bands. In good years, that ... More >>

Meat Puppets at SXSW, Great White, Baseball Project, Lady Gaga and More in This Week's Print Edition

​This week's main music feature is a column I wrote in Austin, Texas after a week of South By Southwest craziness. It was a rough week for Arizona -- the most attention anything related to our state got was a panel hosted by boycotters -- but Meat Puppets frontman Curt Kirkwood managed to put ever ... More >>

The Decemberists Coming to Mesa Arts Center

​Huge and old-timey show announcement today: The Decemberists will play Mesa Arts Center on August 11.The date comes at the end of the Portland indie-folk act's extended summer tour, which is in support of their January record, The King Is Dead. No support for this date announced yet but other leg ... More >>

The Black Angels to Play The Rhythm Room This Wednesday

​ Get your illicit substances and Syd Barrett bootlegs in order: Austin psych band The Black Angels are bringing their droney rock 'n' roll sound to the Rhythm Room this Wednesday, May 18. The band's latest album, 2010's Phosphene Dream, comes courtesy of Blue Horizon Records, legendary for its mi ... More >>

Rocking the Road to SxSW: Echo Cloud Raises Money for Local Showcase Through Series of Concert Fundraisers

​Arizona is pretty much as Southwest as it gets. What other state can claim Southwestern staples like the OK Corral, Grand Canyon and SB 1070. (We said claim, not be proud of.) It's only natural that our local bands get some serious stage presence at SxSW, Austin' yearly arts and music gather ... More >>