Downtown Phoenix’s art scene is hard to exactly quantify in some respects, with creativity running amok across multiple genres and mediums. Hyphenates abound as musicians, DJs, painters, and other talented types collaborate and feed off each other’s muses. So it’s apropos that one of the art scene’s more pre-eminent bands,…
Phoenix isn’t anywhere near topping the list of the punkest cities in the U.S. Not even close. Burgs like New York City, Frisco, and Detroit have always, and will always, be far more famous for their contributions to the world of Mohawks and three-chord thunder than our fair city ever…
It’s a Christmas Eve tradition to spend time in the presence of the divine. If you’re Christian, it’s congregating with holy men spreading the blessed word of the birth of Yeshua (his Hebrew name, you dig?). If your soul seeks a more entertaining form of enlightenment, try hanging out with…
Is it over yet? Can we look? Don’t know about y’all, but we’re more than ready to put the titanic clusterfuck that was 2008 behind us. Frankly, we’re hoping to forget the past 365-odd days (with the exception of November 4, natch) and welcome 2009 with open arms and more…
Hector Bagnod (left) and Chris Donathon, no longer The Medic Droid. It’ll break the hearts of countless teenaged emo and scene kids to hear this, but The Medic Droid is no more. The local electro power-pop band announced the break up Tuesday afternoon through a pair of blog postings on…
The name may change, but the party remains the same. There’s been some changes lately at the east Phoenix watering hole 26th Street Blues Bar. Namely it’s name, it’s paint job, as well as the establishments ownership. Earlier in the month, the neighborhood bar’s old owner Lane Marcus sold the…
Kris Roe, picking at his gee-tar. We got a rather excited-sounding text message on our cell phone last night from Jeremiah Gratza (a.k.a. President Gator) of Stateside Presents informing us of a rather cool upcoming gig he just booked with Kris Roe, singer/songwriter/guitarist for pop-punk band The Ataris on Friday,…
Carlos Coy (a.k.a. South Park Mexican): Sentenced to spend the the next four decades or so in the pokey. The life of Texas rapper Carlos Coy (a.k.a. South Park Mexican) is a tale of triumph, terror, and tragedy. As John Nova Lomax, current staff writer and former music editor for…
You won’t be able to resist La Grande Orange’s vegetarian sandwich. Local vegetarians have described it as “the best they’ve ever tasted.” It’s gotten lauded by gourmands across the Internet. And it’s something that we’re certain even the most die-hard of meat lovers will enjoy.And the particular “it” in question? The vegetarian…
Staind vocalist/guitarist Aaron LewisWe got word late yesterday that the Edge 103.9’s annual holiday concert “How the Carolla Stole Christmas,” scheduled to happen tonight at Dodge Theatre, has been cancelled due to the illness of Staind frontman/guitarist Aaron Lewis. Refunds for the event are available at point of purchase…
Limbeck is scheduled to perform tonight at the Chyro Arts Venue in Scottsdale. If I was an arrogant, self-centered kind of music journalist, I’d probably spend the next 400 or so words detailing all the cool-ass concerts I was planning to check out this weekend, dishing out details in between…
Defensive end Antonio Smith shows off the “raise the roof” gesture. Wanna high-five a few Arizona Cardinals players on their recent clinching of the NFC West crown? We’ve got info on where a few players will be kicking back tonight…
The Daddy of Rock ‘N’ Roll (1963-2003)The late Wesley Shabazz Willis was one of the coolest mofos in music. The schizophrenic African-American musician (who refered to his psychotic episodes as “hellrides”) sung howling songs set to keyboard music usually about such disparate subjects as McDonalds, Alanis Morrisette, and Spider-Man. If…
The Medic Droid’s Hector Bagnod and one of his fans. You can’t spell “fanatic” without “fan.” As I detailed wrote in this week’s cover story in the Phoenix New Times, local electro power-pop group The Medic Droid has built a considerable teenaged and twentysomething (not to mention overly-enthusiastic) fanbase across…
One of the grooviest things about the Valley’s EDM scene is that DJ/dance events seemingly spring up in the unlikeliest of places. An all-night rave can take place in the middle of the forested mountains up near Camp Verde, for instance. Or some local turntablism collective will put on a…
Zach Daniell is wiped out. It’s the night before Thanksgiving and the 18-year-old New Yorker has just flat-out sprinted through lower Manhattan with his 16-year-old girlfriend Kiki Fausel, his sister, and some friends. Bounding and pounding, they make the frenzied one-mile dash from Washington Square Park to a concert at…
FutureKind is scheduled to perform at The Lost Leaf.It’s probably gonna be a chilly one tonight, so be sure to bring a jacket or hoodie when you’re out traipsing along Roosevelt Row and Grand Avenue in search of art during tonight’s First Friday. Besides heading to Tammie Coe’s or Conspire…
The HoodRide treehouse. The intersection of Fifth and Roosevelt Streets has become one of the hotspots for the downtown Phoenix arts district. And one of the coolest parts of this cluster of galleries, boutiques, and coffee places was the HoodRide treehouse. Built into an olive tree in front of the…
DJ Deadmau5 is scheduled to spin tonight at Myst in Scottsdale. While we’re sure most of you are gonna be heading out west to the Cricket Pavillion to check out tonight’s mega-sized Phooson shindig, there’s more than just that concert going on this weekend. Here’s our weekly rundown of the…
The holiday season is all about getting together with your friends and family. So it’s kinda groovy that local EDM fanatics are gonna get the chance to reunite with Joe DiPadova this weekend. The 29-year-old mixmaster, who rocked the house at many a PHX nightspot for years before relocating to…
By Benjamin Leatherman Treasure Mammal’s Abe Gil in action. If we had to put together our top 10 favorite local bands to see live, Treasure Mammal would undoubtedly be somewhere on said list. It’s because Abelardo Gil III, the hyperactive dynamo behind the one-man spazz-tronica outfit, always puts on an…
Normally, we’d never urge anyone to mimic George W. Bush (except in jest, of course), but we’re making a one-time exception: Ape the soon-to-be-ex-President’s annual tradition of pardoning a turkey by refraining from ripping through the usual 10-pound Butterball on Thanksgiving Day. Instead, give your karma a major boost by…
