Where to Find Traditional Holiday Music Concerts in Phoenix

Sometimes, there’s no better way to get in the spirit of the holidays than to listen to some of the great music that has endured centuries. Phoenix is full of orchestras, choirs, and instrumentalists dedicated to classical music. Here is where to find classical holiday music in Metro Phoenix…

US Airways Center Renamed Talking Stick Resort Arena

Another local stadium’s naming rights now belong to a casino. Maybe our local sports teams owe someone money? The venue formerly known as US Airways Center will now be called Talking Stick Resort Arena, the Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury, and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community announced today. The arena serves…

Lana Del Rey to Play Phoenix — With Courtney Love (Yup)

Lana Del Rey announced tour dates for May and June today, and the fourth stop of the tour will be in Phoenix at Ak-Chin Pavilion on May 14. Somewhat surprising is the announcement that supporting Lady Lana on the tour will be Courtney Love. Yes, the Hole lead singer and…

Primus’ Chocolate Factory Concert Was Insane

There was a moment at the Primus concert last night at Orpheum Theatre when bassist Les Claypool left the stage and came back wearing a mask, joining the droning groove his bandmates Larry “Ler” LaLonde (guitar) and Tim “Herb” Alexander (drums) were maintaining. The audience gave a raucous cheer. At…

The Best Concert Photographer in Phoenix Is…

In the past few months, we opened a call for photographers to nominate themselves as the Best Concert Photographer in Phoenix. We then had a panel of judges winnow the almost 50 entries down to 10 finalists. Over the next few weeks, we introduced you to each finalist and showed…

Black Keys – US Airways Center – 11/10/2014

The Black Keys came on stage at US Airways Center last night in front of a light blue curtain with red, velvet stage drapes with gold trim on either side. After the fourth song, during a tension-building burst of distorted guitar noise, the curtains dramatically dropped, and the band launched…

The Best Concert Photographer in Phoenix: Vote Now!

Throughout the past four weeks, we’ve introduced you to the 10 finalists in our Best Concert Photographer in Phoenix contest. To recap for those who haven’t been paying attention, earlier this year, we made a call for photographers to submit 10 concert photos. A panel of five judges winnowed the…

Roger Clyne Builds an Empire From His Music

Roger Clyne sits at a table at Four Peaks Brewing Company’s Tempe stronghold, and he’s about three beers into an afternoon dominated by Pumpkin Porter. Through the patio speakers, Coldplay’s “Yellow” comes on. When the song came out, Chris Martin’s reedy, thin falsetto crooning “your skin, oh, yeah, you’re skin…

Is Black Keys Drummer Patrick Carney the New Lars Ulrich?

Take a look at the following quotes about digital music and try to guess which came out of the mouth of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich during the Napster days and which came from Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney a few weeks ago while talking to New Times. “It has nothing…

Queens of the Stone Age – Memorial Coliseum – 10/30/2014

Queens of the Stone Age began its set a little after 7 p.m. at the Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fair. To get there, you have to spend time winding through the fairgrounds, past the hordes of children tugging their parents’ hands, begging for tickets to games and rides…

Best Concert Photographer in Phoenix: Finalist Jim Louvau

Earlier this year, we announced a concert photography contest. We received more than 46 submissions, and a crack panel of judges winnowed down the submissions to 10 finalists. We are now introducing you to each photographer, presented in random order. Next up is Jim Louvau…