The 10 Best Things I Heard in Metro Phoenix in 2016
Not all of 2016 sucked.
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Jobot Is Leaving Fifth Street, But Lost Leaf Isn’t Going Anywhere
If Jobot’s sudden closure made you worry about other Fifth Street businesses, don’t fret.
Relentless Beats Releases Crush Arizona Lineup — Check Out Who’s Playing
The lineup features Black Tiger Sex Machine, which has possibly the best name ever.
The 15 Most-Read Metro Phoenix Music Stories of 2016
We had a busy year covering everything going on in Phoenix.
Phish’s Mike Gordon and All-Star Grateful Dead Tribute Added to Tucson’s Gem & Jam Festival
The festival just might be the jammiest festival in Arizona.
Dead & Company (With John Mayer) Are Coming to Phoenix in 2017
Check out the full details inside.
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Neil Diamond Announces Phoenix Concert in 2017 for 50-Year Anniversary World Tour
Get ready for “Sweet Caroline” to bring the house down.
Rapper 21 Savage Attacked By Crowd at School of Rock in Tempe
Bottles and other debris flew through the air, prompting one witness to say “It felt like those stories you hear on the news.”
DRAWL!: Chastity Belt Throws a Keanu Reeves Party
How a photo shoot preceded the craziest party Chastity Belt’s Julie Shapiro has ever thrown.
6 Acts You Should See at the 2016 AZ Hip Hop Festival at Comerica Theatre
And if you don’t like these, there are more than 200 others slated to perform.
The Country Thunder 2017 Lineup Is Out — Check Out Who’s Playing the Festival This Year
This year’s linenup ups the star power from last year’s festival.
Bruno Mars Is Coming to Phoenix in 2017
Downtown will get funky.
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The Mesa Music Festival Showed How Pay-to-Play Festivals Can Go Wrong
In theory, the Mesa Music Festival sounds like fun.
Mariachi Vargas Brings Centuries-Old Mariachi Tradition to Festival at Orpheum Theatre
Mariachi Vargas was created in 1897, and that tradition will extend to Phoenix tomorrow night.
Upset About The Election? Listen to These Anti-Trump Songs
They might help. They might not. But it’s something.
Futuristic Talks About The Internet, His Future, and Growing Up with Black and White Parents
In June 2014, Futuristic’s single “I Guess I’ll Smoke” cracked 1 million views on YouTube. Now he predicts he has more than 70 videos that have eclipsed that mark.
Here’s A Playlist For Arizona Pot Legalization Should Proposition 205 Pass
It’ll be good to have these stashed away in case a celebration is in order.
The Shins and Gov’t Mule Top the Lineup for 2017 McDowell Mountain Music Festival
Gov’t Mule, The Shins, Grouplove, Flume, and Chromeo will headline the 2017 McDowell Mountain Music Festival, which will take place at Margaret T. Hance Park on March 3-5. The festival, which is in its 14th year, will also feature Lettuce, DJ Mustard, Emancipator Ensemble, Bob Moses, Railroad Earth, The Record…
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Traitor Worship Is The World’s First Anti-Joe Arpaio Grindcore Project
Joe Arpaio’s infamous tenure as Maricopa County Sheriff has inspired lots of protest art and music. But the metal community has not yet joined the flock. Until now. Thanks to a volunteer for Bazta Arpaio, a nonprofit dedicated to voting the sheriff out of office during next week’s election, there now…
The Weeknd Will Play a Concert in Phoenix in 2017
The Weeknd announced his 2017 tour today, and it will include a Phoenix stop at Talking Stick Resort Arena on Tuesday, May 2. The Weeknd has a highly-anticipated new album, Starboy, coming out Friday, November 25. The singer is coming off a tremendous two years. “Can’t Feel My Face,” a…
Check Out the Lineup for the 2016 Sidepony Express Music Festival in Bisbee
For the fifth year, a slew of Phoenix bands will pack their vans and head down to the Sidepony Express Music Festival in Bisbee on November 11-13, and New Times has the exclusive scoop on the 101-artist lineup this year. Yes, the festival takes place in Bisbee, the haunted mining…
Phoenix Lights Announces Date for 2017 Festival
Those three lights in the night sky everyone was talking about yesterday? The ones that stayed in the sky for 45 minutes, disappeared, and caused everyone in the city to declare the return of the Phoenix Lights? If those were somehow related to the press release we just received, every…