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Kelly Fletcher of House of Tricks on Lori Hashimoto, the Boys at Citizen, and the Next Big Thing

Kelly Fletcher House of Tricks 114 E. Seventh Street, Tempe 480-968-1114, houseoftricks.com See also: -- House of Tricks: Happy Hour Report Card -- Quiessence Chef Greg LaPrad Leaving the Farm at South Mountain for Sonoita This is part one of my interview with Kelly Fletcher, executive chef at Ho ... More >>

Six Used and Re-Used Band Names, Inspired by The Sounds

The Sounds. With an "S."​In the world of rock n' roll, there's plenty of room for creativity. There's also a huge emphasis on respecting the "classics," which in turn leads to confusion. Plenty of different, unique bands take on the same names, leading to perplexing Google searches and sometimes, ... More >>

Kid Sampson Talk Moon Rock and Explain "Savannah Night Train"

​What kind of music do you listen to? It's an honest question that rarely yields an honest answer. After all, the wrong answer could get you shunned in certain circles. However, a more complex question could very easily be, what kind of music does your band play? With lines blurring more an ... More >>

Luz de Vida Benefit Compilation Unites National Indie Acts and Tucson Bands

​Luz de Vida, a compilation featuring Neko Case, Spoon, Jimmy Eat World, Calexico, Giant Sand, Lenguas Largas, Robyn Hitchcock, Brian Lopez, The Meat Puppets, and many, many more, is set to see release in two formats, a 37-track digital album, and a limited-edition 12-song vinyl release, on Octobe ... More >>

DeVotchKa at Marquee Theatre Last Night

Maria VassettDeVotchKa performs at Marquee Theatre.​DeVotchKaMarquee TheatreSunday, March 13Considering how many indie-centric shows took place around The Valley last night it wasn't a big surprise to find a smallish crowd at the Marquee Theater for DeVotchKa. It was a decent showing, but far fro ... More >>

March 14 In Blogs: The Brides of March, Asobi Seksu, Devoured Culinary Festival, and Vampires

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

DeVotchKa @ Marquee Theatre

Lisa Savidge, Motorhead, Joey Cape and More From This Week's Print Edition

​This week's music feature is about local shoegazers Lisa Savidge. Ever wondered what sort of music soldiers in Iraq blast while patrolling the streets of Baghdad? Dan Somers, the band's singer, did two tours of duty and shared his experience with writer Melissa Fossum.Another thing you may b ... More >>

Obscura To Present 2nd Annual "Love is a Battlefield" Dance-Off At Rips Ales and Cocktails

​Hope everyone is ready to tease their hair up and rock some leg warmers, because Obscura is back with their 2nd annual "Love is a Battlefield" Dance-Off. DJ Roya and DJ Funkfinger will be spinning their signature mix of dancey New Wave and Britpop all night, but it's your best Pat Benatar impress ... More >>

Incoming: Katy Perry, Murs, Stevie Nicks, Rush, The Dodos, Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart ca. 1984Rod Stewart is the leader in the clubhouse for this week's just announced shows. He's 66-years-old and is the former lead singer of the Faces and The Jeff Beck Group. People who know of his non-solo work appreciate it, but the majority of folks cherish the Brit for his solo caree ... More >>

Painting by Cris Kirkwood, Signed Calexico and DeVotchKa Guitars, and More in Artists For Action Raffle

​Artists for Action, those plucky do-gooders counteracting Evil Mastermind Zach de la Rocha's attempts to make our state silent until SB 1070 is "repealed" (despite the fact that California's "eerily similar" Prop 187 was never repealed -- it just got stopped by a judge, the same way SB 1070 did) ... More >>

Sunorus

Sunorus

Dry River Yacht Club Makes Friends with Unusual Sound, Lo-Fi Setup

Band of Gypsies

Netherlands import plays “misbehaved village wedding” music

Austin City Limits Jumps on Festival Bandwagon, Announces Lineup

Austin City Limits: recycling this year's festival headliners so you don't have to The lineup for the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival has been announced and it is teeming with top-notch talent. The Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews Band round out the top slots of Outside Lands Lollapa ... More >>

Jazz Masters

Funky fun with Black Carl

M. Ward, Vetiver, Owen, and Sigur Ros are Just Some of What's Selling at Revolver Records

Mathew Ward and Zooey Deschanel (a.k.a. She & Him). We fully admit to our jealousy of Mathew Ward. Not only does the Portland guitarist have an obscene amount of talent (which he's demonstrated much over the past decade on seven separate full-length albums), Ward's collaborated musically with ... More >>

DeVotchKa

Flier of the Week: DeVotchKa

Do you like Arcade Fire? How about Gogol Bordello? Sure you do! So why not check out DeVotchKa's show at The Clubhouse tonight?Cuz here's the thing: As The Village Voice has pointed out, DeVotchKa was those bands before those bands were those bands. It sounds ridiculous to say an act is proto-gypsy ... More >>

Concert Calendar for This Weekend: DeVotchKa, The Dirtyheads, Joshua James, and More

Joshua James is scheduled to perform on Sunday at Modified Arts. Things are changing up just a bit for this edition of the weekend concert calendar. We're going to start including Thursday in our weekly roundup, if for no other reason than there seems to be a number of big and boss shows that ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Sonorous

Noise Boy: funky fun with Black Carl

Frontier Girl: April Bojorquez

Naim Amor

Before the beret passes by

DeVotchKa

Those fancy little gourmet jams

Ready, Betty, Go!

L-Word band rocks The Biz

Top 10 selling CDs at Stinkweeds Records (12 West Camelback Road)

Chart-toppers for December 27 through January 2

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

DeVotchKa

The band hits the surface streets of Tempe

The Best of Times, The First of Times

Christmas at First brings Dickens to the desert

Garage Chic

The Hypno-Twists put a fresh spin on retro-instrumental voodoo with a wicked new CD

Brave New World

DeVotchKa's cultural collisions make for fascinating art