Subject: Vancouver

• 'Billies of the Bizarre

  March 26, 2009

• In Honor of Thanksgiving: The Top Music Turkeys of 2007

  November 13, 2007

• NXNW

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

  March 19, 2009

• Grapes Juice

  January 17, 1990

• The Men Who Love Women

  February 21, 1990

• Grrls, Grrls, Grrls! Live! On Stage!

  September 5, 1996

• Skinny Puppy

  The Greater Wrong of the Right
  (SPV)

  June 10, 2004

• The Black Halos

  Alive Without Control
  (Liquor and Poker)

  June 30, 2005

• 3 Inches of Blood pools together a classic metal sound

  January 24, 2008

• Front man Dan Bejar deconstructs Destroyer

  May 15, 2008

• The Mexican Clears Up Some Canadian-Held Misconceptions

  November 6, 2008

• Big John Bates and the Voodoo Dollz

  March 26, 2009

• Deconstructing Destroyer

  May 15, 2008

• The Cave Singers, and Black Mountain

  October 18, 2007

• 3 Inches of Blood

  Fire Up the Blades
  (Roadrunner Records)

  June 21, 2007

• Snake on a Plane

  Continental Airlines had a cold-blooded killer on board but refused law enforcement's pleas to land

  June 14, 2007

• Subhumans

  Human subs could also be fun

  March 30, 2006

• Primal Fur

  Disney parade of pooches

  February 16, 2006

• Clumsy Lovers

  A decade of picking -- and choosing

  November 17, 2005

• Cutting-Edge Cup o' Joe

  Tea and mocha at SMoCA, anyone?

  September 1, 2005

• Destiny's Child

  All grown up and leaving the nest

  August 25, 2005

• Clumsy Lovers

  Emotional intelligibility

  July 7, 2005

• Ball Busters

  Soccer showdown heats up

  June 2, 2005

• Black Mountain

  Black Mountain
  (Jagjaguwar)

  February 17, 2005

• Is It Over Yet?

  January 20, 2005

• Fivespeed rejoins the field

  December 23, 2004

• The Clumsy Lovers

  November 25, 2004

• Forever Yours

  October 28, 2004

• Idle Talents

  Comedian's performance leaves out the Spam

  December 18, 2003

• Jolie Holland

  Catalpa (Anti-)

  December 11, 2003

• Light Fantastic Tripping

  Easing into an unscripted night out with the New Pornographers

  June 5, 2003

• Dead Again

  There's fresh meat for the Reaper in Final Destination 2

  January 30, 2003

• Off the Rails

  The Guns N' Roses tour collapses, and Axl folds. Is anyone really surprised?

  December 19, 2002

• Theory of a Deadman

  Grunge guys rock like they mean it

  November 28, 2002

• Fly Spy

  Murphy and Wilson fool around with formulaic fun

  October 31, 2002

• Canadian Smoke

  With a new album, killer fashion and trendy referencing, Hot Hot Heat prepares to invade the hip U.S.

  October 17, 2002

• Drive Away

  The members of Sparta leave At the Drive-In, expectations and a so-called hiatus behind

  August 1, 2002

• Highway to Hell

  Speed-metal demons Slayer on songwriting-by-thesaurus, boy bands and favorable exchange rates

  August 1, 2002

• Devil Fish

  The majestic gray whale inspires awe, conflict and troubling environmental questions from the icy seas of Russia to the warm lagoons of Baja.

  March 29, 2001

• The Black Halos

  The Violent Years (Sub Pop)

  March 8, 2001

• Say You Want a Revolution?

  Visiting revolving restaurants is playwright's hobby

  January 4, 2001

• A Clone Is Born

  Schwarzenegger reproduces the best of all his movies with a conceptual twist in The 6th Day

  November 16, 2000

• Straits of Magellan

  Canadian investors in a Phoenix-based company say they are victims of an international incident

  November 4, 1999

• Green Day Announces Tour Dates (But Not Venues), Phoenix in August

  Green Day announced dates for their 21st Century Breakdown Tour this morning (full list on jump) but haven't said where they'll be playing in each city. They come to Phoenix on August 22. That could just be a hiccup -- bands do sometimes announce dates before venues if one or two are up in the air -- but I think in this case it might actually be that they're not sure where they're playing a lot of places. I don't think anyone quite knows what the appetite for Green Day will be considering they'

  April 20, 2009

• Former Format Frontman's New Band, Fun, Starts Touring Tomorrow

  That Format-size hole in the heart of Phoenix music fans is about to get a little healing. Fun, the new NYC-based project by The Format's Nate Ruess, with ex-Anathallo multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost and Steel Train's Jack Antonoff, will embark on a 34-date tour with Manchester Orchestra tomorrow.Their first record isn't due until August, released this coming but the band is offering a free download of the Elton John-ish "At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)" by joining the band's mailin

  April 20, 2009

• Unskinny Bop, Local Poison Tribute Band, To Appear in John Cusack Flick

  This guy is about to be a movie star.We thought enough of local Poison tribute band Unskinny Bop to give them a Best Of Phoenix award last year. John Cusack apparently thinks enough of them that they're slated to appear in his new flick Hot Tub Time Machine, which is filming in Canada right now. The band's drummer, Tony, (aka Rikki Rockett) writes us: "[S]omebody at MGM United Artists found the article and asked us to be in an upcoming movie with John Cusack. Our contracts are signed and we are

  May 26, 2009

• Canada's Mother Mother to Play Rogue Bar Aug. 21

  Vancouver indie rock buzz band Mother Mother, who have been touring the festival circuit this summer, will bring their beautifully-crafted pop-rock melodies and vocal harmonies to the intimate Rogue Bar Friday, Aug. 21. Gospel Claws are set to open the 21-and-older show. Doors are at 8 p.m. and cover is $10. The group is currently touring in support of O My Heart, their 2008 sophomore effort, which Spin Magazine touted last year. The album also garnered the No. 3 Best Indie Album of The

  July 20, 2009

• The Love Me Nots Set Album Release Date, Plan Tour

  ​The top act in Phoenix's garage rock scene, The Love Me Nots, has set a September 18 release date for their new record, Upsidedown Insideout, which they recorded at Mesa's Flying Blanket Recordings with the legendary Detroit-based producer Jim Diamond. (You can read my interview with Diamond, done while he was working on the record, here.)The band, which now includes local uber-producer Bob Hoag, will debut material from the new record on tour and at several local shows, beginning with an Aug

  August 17, 2009

• Hot Links: Kidnappings, Plane Crashes, and 15 Pounds of Meth

  ​Two children have been safely returned to their mother after an early morning kidnapping near 27th avenue and Indian School Road. According to police, a group of men stormed the victims' house, yelling that they were police, and forcibly took the children, ages two and eleven months. Police are searching for the suspects and their vehicle, described as a white Honda or Toyota with tinted windows...A Chandler-based company called Banda Group International LLC has won a five-year contract with

  August 18, 2009

• Kanye West, Lady Gaga Plot Tour: Phoenix is First Stop

  ​Kanye West and Lady Gaga are coming to U.S. Airways Center on November 10, the first date on their Fame Kills joint tour.Having been blown away by Kanye's last tour, I'm super excited, as you should be, even if that Taylor Swift stunt pissed you off, as it did Michael Lopez.Full concert dates below. Tickets here.

  September 15, 2009