Piñata Protest @ Rhythm Room | 8/14/12 See also: Los Tigres del Norte, Wild Horse Pass Casino, 8/3/12 Much as in the United States, Mexican music is very regional. Our border brothers in the northern Mexican states for example, have a predisposition for accordion-filled norteños, while rural areas are known…
See also: Phife Dawg at Club Red, 6/22/12 See also: Talib Kweli, Club Red, 7/21/12 See also: Elzhi and RoQ’y TyRaid, Chasers Bar & Night Club, 8/1/12 It’s been a good time for Valley hip-hop fans lately. Over the last few weeks major rap players like Phife Dawg, Talib Kweli,…
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. See also: YUS Paints a Cinematic Picture With “Girls” British new wave bands tend to dominate the conversation when we talk ’80s with our local bands. Belgium-born Phoenix-dweller Youceff Kabal,…
The best punchlines are the ones that you don’t see coming. In 2009, New York-based Venezuelan funk/dance outfit Los Amigos Invisibles thought they were being pretty slick when they decided to try and shed their underground Alternative Latin act image, putting out a record chock-full of uplifting pop rhythms. But…
See also: Arizona Hip-Hop Duo Numbers Continue Chasing Paper with New Album Well, I felt sheepish Tuesday night. When Phoenix rapper I.P. (from local hip-hop duo Numbers) sent me a heads-up about a Tuesday-night show going on at The Lost Leaf, I figured a few loyal followers would make their…
See also: DJ John Blaze and PhoenixHipHop.net Team for New Mixtape Valley music fans have a pair of new club nights where they can get their hip-hop fix, without having to travel all the way over to the east side of town. Rick Sanchez, A.K.A. Mav of Sol Camp, and…
Los Tigres del Norte Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino Friday, August 3, 2012 With a career that’s spanned four decades, immensely popular norteño group Los Tigres del Norte has plenty of practice making Grammy-award winning music. So when I say last night’s show was riveting, electric, compelling, or any…
Big K.R.I.T. Club Red Thursday, August 2, 2012 See also: Big K.R.I.T.’s Blowing Up, but the Rapper’s Got Underdog Appeal Success can sometimes have a funny way of taking the edge away from competitors. In the ever-growing rap game, artists are often a one-hit wonder away from retirement. Southern rapper…
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. The network formerly known as Music Television celebrated its 31st birthday on Wednesday, August 1. Coincidentally, teen heartthrob Justin Bieber unveiled a new music video on the same day. The…
Elzhi, RoQ’y TyRaid, So Realistic Chasers Bar & Night Club Wednesday, August 1, 2012 See also: Elzhi Gets Elmatic See also: Writer’s Guild: Don’t Call Mr. Miranda, MC Pennywise, Mega Ran and RoQ’y TyRaiD a “Super Group” “Is hip-hop in the house?” was the rhetorical question of the evening when…
See also: Mr. Miranda Spits A Freestyle Over Nicolay’s “Tight Eyes” Beat See also: Writer’s Guild: Don’t Call Mr. Miranda, MC Pennywise, Mega Ran and RoQ’y TyRaiD a “Supergroup” Channeling the late, great funk doctor Rick James takes a lot more than throwing on a wig, and screaming, “I’m Rick…
See also: The Writer’s Guild Release Song in Response to Dark Knight Rises Shooting in Colorado Local music website PhoenixHipHop.net has been an advocate of the Valley’s hip-hop scene since its inception in 2009. Sticking to its promise to “help continue the growth of the Phoenix area’s hip-hop scene by…
Luckyiam, Mouse Powell and Creed Chameleon Yucca Tap Room Thursday, July 26 See also: Mouse Powell’s “Holding Home” Music Video Features Local Landmarks and a Slew of Wet Girls The Valley’s revered no-charge hip-hop night, The Blunt Club at Yucca Tap Room, stayed true to its reputation for rocking the…
See also: Elvis Presley Week Kicks Off at The MIM Elvis hasn’t left the building since last summer, when he took up permanent residency in the renovated Artist Gallery at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. But that doesn’t mean the MIM can’t shake things up a bit. To commemorate…
See also: Russell Pearce Blames Victims for Dark Knight Massacre See also: Russell Pearce Apologizes, Kinda-Sorta, for Dark Knight Massacre Remarks See also: Writer’s Guild: Don’t Call Mr. Miranda, MC Pennywise, Mega Ran and RoQ’y TyRaiD a “Supergroup” The individual artists of local hip-hop co-op The Writer’s Guild are focusing…
See also: Remembering Kirby Allan – The Man Behind the Mystique Arizona’s rich music history is often forgotten, but luckily local label Fervor Records is doing its part to preserve some of that legacy with their dynamic catalog of vintage recordings. Coupled with pop culture’s continued love affair with period…
El Komander Celebrity Theatre Saturday, July 21, 2012 See also: Narcocorridista El Komander To Bring the Sound of the Drug War to Phoenix See also: José “El Pelón” Ávila Blames New Times for Canceled Show I would have really liked to chat with popular Mexican corridista El Komander before his…
Kongos Crescent Ballroom Friday, July 20, 2012 See also: Kongos Are Huge in South Africa — Is Phoenix Next? See also: Kongos on the Cutting Room Floor See also: Take Cover: The Rolling Blackouts Cover the Kongos So it looks like not even the transplanted Phoenix-via-South Africa rock ‘n’ roll…
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. So this totally missed my radar last year … or maybe it didn’t and I just plum forgot. But apparently George Michael almost died late last year…
Musicians, producers and do-it-yourself novices rejoice: the community workshop known as Jivemind Cooperative Music Labs officially opened her doors last week. Founders Jeff Rose and Dustin Chaffin have transformed the old Bead Museum in downtown Glendale into a lean mean recording and rehearsal space machine. Jivemind officially opened for business…
See also: Zach Booher of Pop-Punk Band While We’re Up Killed in Car Accident Steven Rouk of Tempe acoustic pop-punk outfit While We’re Up, and Trevor McCoy have been released from the Luther Hospital in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, following the fatal accident that claimed the life of Mesa-native Zach Booher…
See also: Span Phly Drops Third Free Album in Spy vs Spy Series See also: Phal Kilmer Talks Spy vs. Spy Collab, Set to Challenge in The Voicebox Battles Phoenix rapper Jose Alberdi, better known as Span Phly, continues his lyrical assault with the fourth release in his collaboration series,…
