There was good reason to believe that Jordin Sparks would disappear right around now-ish. Her first album sold 2 million copies, but Battlefield, despite being a significant improvement over its predecessor, hasn’t even made it to a tenth of the sales. Then, her tour of midsize theaters was postponed. The…
There was good reason to believe that Jordin Sparks would disappear right around now-ish. Her first album sold 2 million copies, but Battlefield, despite being a significant improvement over its predecessor, hasn’t even made it to a tenth of the sales. Then, her tour of midsize theaters was postponed. The…
The great “could have been” story is a tired tale in the music business. Anyone with more than a casual relationship with popular music can remember a band that should have been huge, likely an act similar to another act that did hit it big. Mine: Christian pop geniuses, the…
The great “could have been” story is a tired tale in the music business. Anyone with more than a casual relationship with popular music can remember a band that should have been huge, likely an act similar to another act that did hit it big. Mine: Christian pop geniuses, the…
Dear residents of the Phoenix metropolitan area,I hope you enjoyed Cizmarch Madness, Rampage Fest, or the two-hour series premiere of Minute To Win It this weekend.While I’m sure those of you who made it out to one of the “Let’s catch the bands heading to SxSW” shows had a fun…
George Strait is underrated. Perhaps that statement sounds ridiculous: Strait has 34 albums that have sold over a million copies each, seemingly countless hit songs, and a string of sold-out concerts year after year. He’s only the second Country Music Hall of Fame inductee to be honored while still recording…
Certainly, this publication has already spent some time extolling the virtues of Tucson’s Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta — especially when I called them Arizona’s most important band in September. Considering probably only a few of you drove down I-10 to see the band perform in Tucson at the HoCo…
If you live in the Phoenix area, you’re obligated to badmouth Tucson at every possible opportunity. In fact, I’m sure some readers saw the word “Tucson” somewhere in or around this block of text and have already turned the page. Congratulations to you, the reader who is open-minded enough to…
Is there anything more ridiculous than finding yourself upset by a change in management on a music blog? No one seems to managed to stay employed in one place anywhere for long, so Maura Johnston’s three year run at Idolator (starting with the site’s founding) was bound to come to…
I respect the hell out of whoever books the concert series at the Arizona State Fair. Though I’m sure the something-for-everyone policy that steers the decision-making process must be a pain and likely leads to grumbling from nearly everyone, you’d have to be a seriously joyless indie snob not to…
There are few relationships in music quite as strong as the one between power pop and its fan base. Sure, every genre of music has devotees who absorb everything they can, but at some point, the product of most such obsessions ends up in a cardboard box and passed over…
If you live in the Phoenix area, you’re obligated to badmouth Tucson at every possible opportunity. In fact, I’m sure some readers saw the word “Tucson” somewhere in or around this block of text and have already turned the page. Congratulations to you, the reader who is open-minded enough to…
