According to the sister-act death metal band Hellen’s Myspace page, the older sister, Desiree, passed away on Friday the 13th. My initial thought was that it was a gag, but the photo above is captioned “Chaser’s 4/7/07 Desi’s Last Show,” and I haven’t found any information to the contrary. In…
I haven’t heard this band yet, but Vag of Honor definitely ranks high in my opinion as far as band names go. It’s supposedly feminist grindcore, but the grrrls really need to get some songs up on the Myspace or list some shows so I know it’s for real. I…
Ohh yeah, the ol’ Friday the 13th barrage of shows has arrived, as you can see above. Rather than reiterating what the flyers above let you know, I’ll just say that I wouldn’t recommend the HellHouse show, but I will recommend one that I can’t find a decent flyer to…
Well, Elliott Smith’s not with us in the physical world any longer, but, especially for those of us who got to know him at least briefly, he’s still living in his beautiful songs, a double-CD of which is being released in a few weeks on May 8 (which I dig,…
If you’re anything like me, you’ve got absolutely no use for the mall-punk-distillery that is Hot Topic. It might be alright for the high school kids who need a leather-studded punk rock belt or a t-shirt of the The Used (eccchh!), but Hot Topic is really just a symbol of…
I wasn’t a fan of the band The Fray previously; definitely not enough to attend the has-been-celebration that was called the Tempe Music Festival a couple weekends back. I don’t remember all of the acts that were playing, but I know that The Fray was amongst few contemporary artists. The…
Although we have a pretty vibrant, poppin’ music scene here in the ‘Nix these days, not that many folks outside of our desert metropolis seem to recognize that. So I was stoked when I found out that Truxton Records rockabilly/psychometal act Grave Danger has a song featured in the new…
Saturday night I missed the CD release party for Runaway Diamonds album God’s Mom and Her Turquoise Chow-Chow, which my fellow scribbler Ed Masley wrote about here, because I was at the Yucca Tap Room scoping out the Drunken Immortals (two of whom are also in this week’s issue, in…
Wednesday for happy hour I spent a couple of hours watching Chip Hanna play acoustic at Last Exit. If you’re not familiar with Chip, he’s the former drummer for punk stalwarts U.S. Bombs and One Man Army, but currently he’s honing his chops as a country singer/songwriter. That might seem…
Just got my hands on this new video from Back Ted N-Ted, it’s a collaboration by Coppé and Back Ted N-Ted, and it’s pretty awesome. It was done by Tokyo’s Ben Sheppee, who also directed the video I posted a while back here of Back Ted N-Ted with Chronic Future’s…
Last weekend’s Casket Life/Liar’s Handshake/The Revenge show at the Yucca was completely out of control, just like I expected. It was the first time I’d seen the Revenge before, and goddamn do they bring the punk rock. Homeboy was swinging from the PA’s mounted to the ceiling, the guitar player…
Yeah, the Ear Infection URL is switching to http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/infection/, so if you’re smart enough to have this bitch bookmarked, make a note of it. The old steez is still working for now, but I don’t know how long it’ll last…
If you’re the road-trippin’, hip-hop-lovin’, war-hatin’ type, you’ll want to mark your calendar to take a trip on April 9 down to the Tucson stop of the Make Hip-Hop Not War tour, where local rap-activist Grime will be representing onstage. It’s coming straight from Camp Crawford in Texas, where peace-mom…
Northside Danny’s Idea of a Good Time? It may come as a surprise to those who know Danny Marianino, singer for the North Side Kings, as simply the Danzig-pounding hardcore dude (check the video below if you haven’t seen it), that he’s actually something of a renaissance man. By renaissance,…
The Casket Life boys The weekend’s almost here, and this particular Friday and Saturday there are a buttload of dope shows happening that you ought to be at. First, you’re a damn fool if you miss the Casket Life, Liar’s Handshake, Mike Skullbuster, the Revenge, and some NOFX cover band…
I’ve had Insects on the mind the last few days, and not just because the goddamn wasps are back using my pool to build their nests. Naw, these Insects are MC Brad B and producer Foundation from Drunken Immortals, the latest spinoff project from the prolific collective to hit the…
Seems that straight edge kids get a little sensitive when they’re being made fun of, judging from this video of west side death metal purveyors E.T.T.S. razzing the sober ones. Check it…..
Tonight promises to be a wild one at the Stray Cat’s weekly BANNED! in Tempe night, with both DJ Johnny Volume and wanna-be-startender Tyler King celebrating their birthdays at the punk rock DJ night (which I wrote about here, if you’re curious). Here’s the word from Mr. King’s computer on…
Hellas’ Pedals – Justin’s box Things have been a bit quiet here at Ear Infection HQ over the last few days thanks to a fractured and sprained wrist that’s been immobilized by an evil splint device which I’ve recently removed… There was some tomfoolery between brothers and instead of landing…
Pickster One In last week’s installment of my column Revolver in New Times, I issue a call to arms for DJ’s to kick out mix cds and hit me up with them, because I don’t see enough of that shit. Well, a few days ago when I was interviewing Brad…
I was all gung-ho about hitting up the free Army of Robots/Back Ted N-Ted/Loveblisters show in Flagstaff at the Monte Vista tonight until I saw a physician yesterday who told me that my wrist and tibia were fractured and splinted my entire right arm until I can see an ortho…
The Liar’s Handhsake, in a sober moment I told you last week about the marathon I was going to attempt with the Liar’s Handshake on St. Patrick’s Day – playing four different venues to four disparate crowds in the 24 hours that constitute the holiday. Since then I’ve been getting…
