Lollapalooza

Swookie Monster of TABS on How Creating New Material Sometimes Makes Him Want to Throw His Computer Against the Wall

If you haven't seen Ben Andersen out at any Valley clubs lately, it isn't because the house and nu-disco DJ/producer known as Swookie Monster is hiding out at home or anything. In fact, he isn't even in the Valley at all. Although his two-man collaborative project TABS with Tempe's Eric "Speedy Graf ... More >>

Why Is Everyone So Pissed About the EDM Reality Show?

By Andy Hermann As the Hollywood-based casting guru behind Jersey Shore and A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, Doron Ofir knows how the lowbrow culture game is played. But even the man who gave the world Snooki might have been caught off-guard by the outrage over one of his latest projects: a compet ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Reality TV Show Warped Roadies Sweats it Out in Phoenix Tonight

Touring around the country for two months to set up and break down Warped Tour almost every night sounds like a nightmare, especially in a place like Phoenix where the heat isn't doing anybody any favors. Being a part of the road crew is a tough job, yet the stars of Fuse's Warped Roadies behind the ... More >>

Jane's Addiction, Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fair, 10/24/12

Jane's Addiction @ Veteran's Memorial Coliseum|10/25/12I have a confession to make. I've never taken Jane's Addiction all that seriously. I think it's largely due to guitarist and modern-rock caricature Dave Navarro. His dedication to choosing mascara over shirts remains laughable. But you'd have ... More >>

Baltimore's Dan Deacon Is No Joke, But It's Okay to Laugh

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it. Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week.

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week.

Top Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Ten Things Your Lollapalooza Outfit Says About You

BY REED FISHER Now more than ever, Lollapalooza is a mélange of different fashion decisions to accompany the varied musical offerings crammed together throughout Chicago's Grant Park. When EDM butts up against metal, alt-country, and whatever the hell you'd call Die Antwoord, there's really n ... More >>

Reptar on Oblangle Fizz, Y'All

​Reptar makes it look easy. Y'know, the whole "band" thing. The whole build a fanbase, tour, release albums... all that. But the way that the fast-rising dance-pop band's career has evolved seems so by the book that it seems a little off. After all, didn't the digital revolution mean that ever ... More >>

Cults' Madeline Follin on Dee Dee Ramone, Sneaking Into Coachella, and Inspiration for "Abducted"

Martin Sanmiguel​ Cults became a buzz band without even trying. Last year, the '60s pop-influenced group posted a couple songs on Bandcamp for friends to hear, not expecting bloggers to find and praise the demos. Content that the music spoke for itself, Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion deci ... More >>

Lara Plecas, What Are You Listening To?

Lara Plecas​Lara Plecas The local artist has a show at Art Detour at her studio The Aviary from March 19 to 21. It is located at 1020 Grand Ave. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I pretty much only listen to NPR radio. I like their tak ... More >>

10 Steps to Becoming the Next Indie Buzz Band

Arcade Fire​So, it's Saturday night and you are playing another show in front of an empty dive bar. You can't figure out why your Linkin Park tribute band hasn't become more successful. You've spent hours working on your bands MySpace page, you've worked hard to get your original stuff played o ... More >>

B.o.B. He's the Man of the Year For Doing Awesome Covers

​It pissed me off so much when MGMT didn't play their hit song "Kids" at Coachella this year, and I'm sure plenty of other people weren't too pleased either. Right before Coachella, MGMT released their album Congratulations, which a lot of music lovers weren't particularly crazy about. Most of MGM ... More >>

Nicki Minaj Concert at Montclair State University Confirmed To Be a Scam

The Montclarion​Nicki Minaj claimed via Twitter on Wednesday that she had no idea about a concert booked for Montclair State University. It turns out that she wasn't lying: the show was actually a scam.She tweeted, "what is this i'm hearing about a MSU concert? where and when is this concert suppo ... More >>

Minus/Plus?

What does it mean when Pitchfork says Minus The Bear’s record is a “spectacular” “clusterfuck”

That '70s Sound

Wolfmother brings the buzz

Dream On

Alive and picking

War of the Cyber Worlds

Gamers go out in public

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the top 10 music stories were all about winning the popular vote

Hare Situation

Tempe finds transcendence

21st-Century Digital Boy

Sloane McFarland casts his "southwestNET" at SMoCA

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Next Movement

The Roots return to the Valley, fresh off an effort helping to bridge the gap between electronica and hip-hop

Mondo Carny

Eating with Jim Rose is a picnic, if not a circus

Dude Raunch

All-girl quartet Kittie has more balls than the rest of Ozzfest 2000

We Be Clubbin'

Young alternative rockers are spending more and more downtime playing golf. How the hell did that happen?

Long Journey Home

A trio of Valley vets goes for aride down that lonesome highway

The Teen Commandments

Why Hollywood's high on children of the multiplex

Poetic Justice

After a decade on hip-hop's front lines, Gang Starr is finally reaping the rewards

Night & Day

July 9 - 15, 1998

Child Con Carny

Abominable showmen bring new life to jarring midway attraction

Calendar

Dry Cleaning

Ex-Phoenician Tim Alexander steps out from Primus' drum seat to lead Laundry

Hot Five

Phonoroyale carries the torch song into the modern world

Compound Fractures

Zig Zag Black guitarist learns how to play with pain

Rocks Off

It ain't heavy, it's the unclassifiable thunder of Freudian Slip

Punk Rock Grrls

Soul Kitschin'

Anal Dementive

Butthole Surfers tone down the insanity on Electriclarryland

Blue Ska Ahead

Thirty years after ska was born in Jamaica, its prospects in the U.S. have never looked better, thanks in part to Toasters founder Rob "Bucket" Hingley

Texas Flood

Recordings

THE SKA'S THE LIMITPHOENIX'S KONGO SHOCK IS STARTING A SKANK LINE OUT OF THE VALLEY

PICS HITS AND THRILLS

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAIL

HOMEBOY JOM ROSE AND HIS CIRCUS SIDESHOW ARE BACK. YOU PROBABLY WON'T VOMIT.

LEAN AND SOBER

BARTHOLOMEW'S RHYTHM AND BLUES CRUISE

A RIVET RUNS THROUGH ITFLESHING OUT THE BODY-PIERCING PHENOMENON