Social Distortion

Music Fests Like Coachella Drive Concert Sales to New Heights

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.

The Blasters vs. X: It's L.A. Circa '80 For The Yuletide Season

It's peculiarly fitting that these two punk trailblazers should arrive in town on the same night, because they've been inextricably bound together for more than 35 years since the beginnings of Los Angeles' punk underground. For one thing, they've endured, even though (or perhaps because) their me ... More >>

Our 10 Favorite Metro Phoenix Music Venues

It's a hard pill to swallow, but music venues in the Valley tend to come and go. Fact. Look no further than the closing of The Compound Grill within the past week or last month's nixing of Clubhouse Music Venue for proof. Some live music joints and concert halls have figured out the magic for ... More >>

Frank Turner @ Marquee Theatre

More Oral History of Phoenix Skate Punk

​Over the past couple weeks I interviewed key members of the early '80s Phoenix skate punk. The results, printed in this week's issue, coincide with this weekend's JFA 30th Anniversary show at Hollywood Alley. Everyone I spoke to was funny, insightful, and has a genuine lifers; people doing it ... More >>

Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls at Rhythm Room, 10/10/11 (VIDEO)

Photos and video by Melissa FossumFrank Turner​Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls Rhythm Room Monday, October 10, 2011 A sold-out, super energetic Monday night show is somewhat of a rarity in Phoenix (or, you know, anywhere). British punk/folkie Frank Turner had no problem selling out Rhyth ... More >>

The Qwikster/Netflix Debacle: Ten "Sorry" Songs

Look, don't tell Netflix or Qwikster or whatever it's called today, but I am their perfect customer. When Netflix raised prices, I didn't cancel my plan. When CEO Reed Hastings announced that the service would be splitting into two services, Netflix for streaming video, and the absurdly named Qwikst ... More >>

H2O's Adam Blake on Promoting a Positive Lifestyle, Post-9/11 New York City, and Appropriate Times to Hardcore Dance

​Within These Walls has a pretty impressive line-up of hardcore acts. H2O is headlining and making their first Arizona appearance since playing with Bane three years ago. We spoke to bassist Adam Blake, who insists that Arizona has not intentionally been skipped. The band likes to play in as ... More >>

The Man Wore Black: Five Awesome Johnny Cash Covers

​Johnny Cash died eight years ago today. Do you remember the first time you saw the video for "Hurt," the Nine Inch Nails song brilliantly interpreted by Johnny Cash on this album, American IV: When the Man Comes Around? I do. The song and accompanying Mark Romanek film are beautiful. You may ... More >>

Destroy Nate Allen on Andrew Jackson Jihad, Touring and Not Allowing Indifference

​ Destroy Nate Allen is a folk-punk duo, made up of married Christian rockers Nate and Tessa Allen. The pair's music is a strange thing -- acoustic guitar anchored and melodically reminiscent of Social Distortion as much as recalls groups like Dogbreth and Andrew Jackson Jihad (the band has playe ... More >>

TSOL's Jack Grisham Looks Back on 32 Years of Hero Worship and Riots

T.S.O.L.

This Week in Music History: June 20 through 26

Wikimedia CommonsHappy birthday, Brian Wilson​Music and musicians have been around for centuries, and every day, new music news breaks. Every Monday, we're going to take a look back at the notable music stories, births, and deaths that took place that week. This week was a doozy: Columbia Records ... More >>

Lucero's Brian Venable on Touring, Horns and the Band's Brief Major Label Stint

​Alt-country/punk/Southern rockers Lucero are true road warriors, spending more than half their days on tour in any given year. The band has earned a die-hard fan base thanks to their near-constant touring and twangy, rough-and-tumble sound. In a recent e-mail Q&A, Up on the Sun asked guitaris ... More >>

Punk Rockers, Porn Stars, Born Losers, and Other Thanksgiving Weekend Cheap Thrills

Porn star Priya Rai will be in attendance at Club Silver tonight.​Unless you happen to be some hermit living by yourself in a Hoarders house, chances are good that you'll be hanging out with your friends and family sometime during the next few days. But instead of sipping and supping with dear Au ... More >>

Bad Religion May Suck, But That's a Super-Awesome Logo, Right?

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: D.I.Y., Europop, and Danny NSK's Benefit

The Bollox are scheduled to perform tonight at Club Red in Tempe. Can't find enough scrilla to take you S.O. go see Star Trek for the 16th time? Don't wanna take out a loan just to go see Les Claypool or Peter Murphy live and in concert? Then check out our list of ultra-affordable events happe ... More >>

The Edge 103.9 Continues Booking '90s Has-Beens for Its Third Thursdays Concerts

Mid-'90s hitmakers Sponge are scheduled to perform tonight at the Edge 103.9's Third Thursday in Scottsdale.Is it just me, or does it feel like the '90s never ended at The Edge 103.9? Not only does it seem as if every time I flip on the local alt-rock radio station they're broadcasting some chart-t ... More >>

It Came From YouTube: Black Flag’s 1982 Phoenix Gig

Mike Ness

Future Shock: Mike Ness, Flo Rida, Nevermind, and more

The Rhythm Room hosts a benefit show on April 14 for blues singer Candye Kane

D.I.

Social Distortion

Settling for Ness

It Girl

Welcome to the Cult of Katie Rose. Hope your liver can handle it

Warped Minds

A day at punk rock's biggest summer tour takes more than just stamina

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange (1940 West Chandler Boulevard in Chandler)

Chart-toppers for February 14 through 20

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange (3851 East Thunderbird Road)

Chart-toppers for January 24 through 30

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange (105 West University Drive in Tempe) for November 12 through 18

North Side Kings

Organizing Our Neighborhood
(Thorp Records)

Green Guzzlin'

Our Beelzebubbas hang with a fire-eater and girl band Hell on Heels at the Emerald Lounge

When and Wear

The fashion-forward look back

Skating Through Life

Mt. Egypt's Travis Graves moves from pro skateboarding to touring the Americana roads with legends

Authority Wins

Time is on the side of Authority Zero, Mesa's masters of the tempo change

Label Makers

Reuben's Accomplice gets Better Looking; the Pistoleros flirt with Elektra

Ace Venture

Prowling strip clubs and dishing dirt with the members of Johnny Ace

Shout It Out

Three-chord heroes take the hokey out of karaoke

Hooked on Phonics

Deke Dickerson and the Eccofonics echo the happy days of '50s rock

Lookin' for a Hero

Local punk preservationists pogo back into the spotlight after a four-year absence

Easy Being Green

Fred Green explores new rhythmic permutations on its third album

Calendar for the week

Calendar for the week

Queers and Sneers

A talk with Joe Queer. Also: Dub Narcotic Sound System, J Church, and the resurgence of wuss rock.

Seven Storeys Underground

Can a band too loud for Prescott find happiness in Tempe?

The Real MacKaye

Talking punk, new and old, with one of its primary architects

AGGRESSION SESSIONIT'S GLOVES OFF FOR KUKQ "ANTIFEST"

THE GLASSMAN COMETHKEITH JACKSON PREACHES THE PUNK GOSPEL FROM STAGE AND SCREEN

MOVED BY THE SPIRITTHE REVEREND HORTON HEAT IS RIDIN' ROCKABILLY TOWARD A BLESSED REWARD

PUCKER UP FOR POP SHUNNED IN THE VALLEY, FORMER PHOENICIANS BEST KISSERS IN THE WORLD GOT SLOBBERED OVER IN SEATTLE