Warped Tour

Music Fests Like Coachella Drive Concert Sales to New Heights

Anberlin: Frontman Stephen Christian Discusses Art and Faith

Florida rockers Anberlin have been together for just over a decade, and what a ride it's been. After starting out small with Tooth & Nail Records and experiencing great success with Blueprints for the Black Market and Never Take Friendship Personal, they soon were playing on the Warped Tour and foun ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week in Phoenix

The weekend is over, and it's back to the grind. You sit there despondent at your desk, visions of a wild weekend replaying your head, scenes from A Good Day to Die Hard -- which you caught a sick matinee showing of -- bouncing around your cranium. How can you get back to that blissful state? Go see ... More >>

First Wave of Punk Rock Bowling Bands Announced, Includes Black "Flag" Reunion Show

For the past 14 years, Las Vegas' Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival has featured some of the biggest names in punk music. Previous lineups mostly comprised Warped Tour veterans that were big in the '90s -- think NOFX, Rancid, Good Riddance, etc. The festival combines that nostalgia factor with th ... More >>

Man Overboard's Justin Collier on Pop Punk, New Jersey, and New Found Glory

​Man Overboard, a Garden State pop punk group, is enjoying a whirlwind career. After touring with New Found Glory last year, the band just wrapped up a series of shows in the UK, and is gearing up for its first American headlining tour. The group has released 50 or 60 songs since it formed ... More >>

Glendale Outfit Cold Blooded Theory Added to the Metal Alliance Tour

​Glendale metal band Cold Blooded Theory was fresh off of a show at the Nile Theater Saturday night when they announced that they would be joining Devil Driver and fellow Arizonans Job for a Cowboy at the second annual Metal Alliance Tour. This year's lineup includes The Faceless, Dying Fetus ... More >>

The Adolescents and Youth Brigade Represent Punk Well Into Middle Age

Tom "Soda" Gardocki on Spike Jonze, 12-String Banjo, Jackass, and Weezer

​Tom "Soda" Gardocki spent years playing guitar in SoCal rockers Wax (go rewatch the credits of Mallrats; the band plays right after its pals Weezer) but more recently he's devoted himself to more rustic purposes. Either performing with his Large Band, his "Million Piece Band," or solo with ... More >>

Holli Christensen, What Are You Listening To?

Holli Christensen​Holli Christensen The owner of Park Avenue Blow Dry and Beauty Bar is also a makeup artist and studio hair stylist who teaches a free class every first Friday of the month 6:00 p.m. at Park Avenue, demonstrating how to take the latest trends from the runway and translating them i ... More >>

Top Five Rockin' Grannies

Image credit: Photoshop.​Last week we announced the bummer news that Blondie has called off the show scheduled for tomorrow at Foundry on First due to "last minute scheduling conflicts. Promoter Danny Zelisko states that the band may reschedule its date, but until then, you can continue l ... More >>

August 12 In Blogs: Russell Pearce, Venue 104, Kings of Leon, Jamie Oliver, and Honeywell

​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:

Summer Concert Survival Guide

Wikimedia CommonsOutdoor concerts: Survival of the fittest.​As temperatures continue to rocket upwards of triple digits here in the Valley, the idea of going to an all-day concert at an outdoor venue sounds like an adventure in masochism. Today, the Rockstar Mayhem Festival (featuring Disturbed ... More >>

Pool Parties, First Friday, The Palace, Jeff Bridges, Dropkick Murphys, Face To Face, and Nightlands Over the Weekend

​Cannonball Pool Party Kickoff The hipster pool party is officially back. The promoters of Sticky Fingers and Retro Hi-Fi have come together for the all new Cannonball Pool Party at the Lexington Hotel. The summer's remaining Sunday afternoons are going to be all about looking hip, taking a di ... More >>

Face to Face at Nile Theater, 7/1/11

Melissa Fossum​ Face to Face Nile TheaterFriday, July 1 The '90s were a good time for punk rock. Fat Wreck Chords, Epitaph, Lookout, and Nitro were powerhouses of the upbeat catchy punk that dominated Warped Tour's glory days. While many of the bands that defined the genre have faded away after y ... More >>

LIGHTS Headlines The Underground In-Between World of Warcraft Play

Caitlin CronenbergLIGHTS​Some musicians like to drink, party and hang out with groupies while they're on tour. For LIGHTS, a spunky little 23-year-old Canadian who has played on Vans Warped Tour and with Owl City, playing World of Warcraft is the perfect way to unwind. And the electro pop singer h ... More >>

Alexia Rodriguez Talks About Her New Solo Record, Underground Sounds (Plus an Exclusive Stream of "Basements")

​As the singer of Tempe metalcore act Eyes Set To Kill, Alexia Rodriguez has made a name for herself, landing a spot on the Warped Tour and getting lots of ink from the glossies.Solid vocals and great looks will do that in a genre ruled by brutish men in saggy size-40 Dickies who shred their throa ... More >>

Mayhem Explained

A Look At Each of the Mayhem festival’s Headliners

We Are the In Crowd Steps Up as Latest Pop-Punk Darlings on Vans Warped Tour

​It's nice to have a little diversity on the Vans Warped Tour, the summer punk rock festival that's notorious for its multitude of sweaty, shirtless guys running around on-stage.This year, following in the footsteps of powerful female singers Katy Perry, Charlotte Sometimes and Hayley Williams of ... More >>

Arizona Republic's "Best Music Festival:" Now Accepting Nominations for Festivals that Did Not Actually Happen

​I really should stop beating on the Arizona Republic's "Reader's Choice" poll -- poorly conceived and executed though it may be. However, a reader just pointed out two other real gems in the "best annual music festival or event" category.Go down this list and pick out which two festivals didn't a ... More >>

Crowdsourced: Whiskey Six, Fat Tree and More

It's not always easy to keep track of your favorite local artists, especially when some are busy touring around the country. So, here's a round-up of the goings-on of some of the Valley's top musical acts, including The Maine, Fat Tree and Whiskey Six.Rock Along Productions sponsored an epic Battle ... More >>

Valley Bands Performing at South by Southwest

Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake

The White Tie Affair

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ Ronnie Winter Isn’t Afraid to Ride the Snake

Bad Brains

Let’s hope for zero cranium-fluid during Noize Tour

The Riverboat Gamblers

The Maine Achieved National Success Thanks to Twitter, MySpace, and Buzznet

The Maine Achieved National Success Thanks to Twitter, MySpace, and Buzznet

MGMT at Tempe Marketplace

Future Shock: Coheed and Cambria, Chevelle, Redman, and more

Punk Debunked

Rockabilly club

Zach Attack

Riverboat Gamblers

To the Confusion of Our Enemies
(Volcom)

More is More

Too much of a good thing is just right at SXSW

MXPX

G2GB!

Mourning Maxwell

Mourning Maxwell
(self-released)

Boxin' the '90s

Collections set it up

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

Last week's chartbusters

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Comp Romp

AZ's "punk-rock utopia" releases its third CD

Wild Pitch

The Warped Tour invades Peoria Sports Complex, which suits AZPunk.com just fine

Summer Daze

Sure, it's hot. But so are some of the records coming from local acts.

By the Numbers

A conversation with local rockers Fourbanger, Fivespeed and Sixth Year Senior

Asteroids and Power Chords

Video game nostalgia isn't the only slice of '80s culture the rockin' Ataris bring to the stage

Tell It Slainte

Flogging Molly is punk, traditional Irish and rock 'n' roll, all rolled into one idyllic little Irish picture

Road Testing

The Living End is a living legend in Australia. Now the band is taking on U.S. audiences.

Balls to the Wall

Surviving bad luck, barroom brawls and band squabbles, Balls reveals real cojónes

Slash City Rockers

The Daggers cut to the chase with their edgy brand of punk

Skate Free or Die