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See also: Packrat Explains “Vultures of Knowledge”I’m used to hearing bands getting excited for an upcoming gig, but when a band is also excited for the other groups on their bill, it tends to be a special night of music. Local rockers Packrat have one such date coming up next…
What happens when you cross acid jazz, disco, funk, and a performance-driven Latin dance troupe from New York by way of Venezuela? You get the sexy sounds of Latin Grammy winners Los Amigos Invisibles. The six-piece ensemble left its underground hometown scene 20 years ago to trot the globe and…
See also: Keize Montoya Explains “Mad At ‘Cha” (Video)Clovis, New Mexico, is a small town: Home to around 30 or 40,000 people R&B artist Keize Montoya guestimates. If that number is true, that means Montoya’s entire hometown, and then some, caught his last music video on Youtube, the summertime head…
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You don’t need us to remind you that the Valley is a massive piece of land. Phoenix alone is a whopping 517 square miles, according to Wikipedia (which is never wrong, right?). That dwarfs metropolises such as Chicago (234 square miles) and Seattle (142 square miles). Even Los Angeles is…
When it comes to hip-hop, cadence is everything. Well, maybe not everything, but a rapper’s flow is a damn big deal. Whether you’re making a club banger or flexing your lyrical chops, delivery makes or breaks a jam. Phoenix emcee Sar KAZum knows this, so he looked to hip-hop heavyweights…
See also: Mergence and Quick Henry Unite See also: Quick Henry’s Musical Recipe: Equal Parts Passion, Soul, Jameson and Ginger AleWhile most people took some well-deserved time off to mark the Labor Day holiday, consummate Tempe blues rockers Quick Henry used the extended weekend to log in some time at…
See also: Five Artists ESPN Should NOT Tag to Replace Hank Williams Jr.Hear that buzz in the air? No, not the whirring noise coming from your trees. I’m talking about the electricity caused by the click-clack of cleats; the smell of freshly cut grass and iron-tinged blood. Ah, yes –…
See also: Metal Band Vektor Goes Back to the Future In this week’s issue, we speak with Frank Chin, bassist for former Tempe-based sci-fi metal thrash band Vektor, about the band’s recent move to Philadelphia. The quartet may still be settling into their new surroundings, but that doesn’t mean they’ve…
Sci-fi thrash-metal band Vektor has seen the future, and it’s a cold, dark place: “A bleak, barren wasteland that has been destroyed by greed, power, corruption, hate, violence, ignorance, and control.” It’s the present, too, Vektor insists, with lyrical themes mirroring their home state of Arizona’s political system. But it…
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See also: New Documentary Bigger Than Sound Tracks the Career of Local Promoter Charlie LevyIf you didn’t catch the screening of Bigger Than Sound at ASU’s downtown journalism school last May, then chances are you probably haven’t seen the student-made documentary that chronicles the career of local promoter Charlie Levy…
See also: FBI Report Officially Classifies Juggalos a Hybrid Gang; Arizona Boasts “Strong Juggalo Presence” See also: The Gathering of the Juggalos 2012 Lineup Is Pretty Good. Really!Shawn Wolf is a Juggalo — one of countless fanatics of rap outfit Insane Clown Posse. But outside of his punk appearance, there…
See also: Ghostface Killah @ Club Red See also: Local DJ/Producer El-Jay Beats to Share The Stage with Ghostface KillahGhostface Killah @ CLUB RED | 8/23/12 Coming from rappers who know a thing or two about the power of the mixtape, last night’s show featuring Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch, and…
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As one of the original nine MCs who came together like a hip-hop Avengers team, Wu-Tang Clan alumnus Ghostface Killah has reached immortal status in the rap realm. He’s been critically acclaimed as a soloist and written off as the same, but like all legends, he hasn’t died, just grown…
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LOS DIAS DE LA CRESCENT DAY TWO @ CRESCENT BALLROOM | 8/18/12 The party continued to rock local on night two of Los Dias de la Crescent, adding the Latin flair that’s inescapable in Arizona. Saturday night’s set showed that the flag placement, Chicano-inspired art and official state color hues…
See also: Phoenix Rockers Dynamite the Liberator Talk About What’s Been Missing in the Valley Music Scene Alternative funk rockers, Dynamite the Liberator have become regulars around town. The fledgling quartet comprising singer Marcus Terrell Smith, guitarist John J. Yohimbe, bassist Rich Tokatyan, and drummer Chad Calton has made an…
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. See also: Pet Shop Boys’ New Release Rivals Muse’s Official 2012 Olympic Anthem See also: George Michael: Better Today Than Yesterday? See also: Madness, a Soundtrack to ’80s Fun Houses…
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