If you’re a Hall & Oates fan, the songwriting duo will be making your dreams come true this September. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will play a concert at Ak-Chin Pavilion on September 14. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 12, at 10 a.m. at www.livenation.com. It’s…
If country superstar Dierks Bentley had a résumé, he’d get whatever job he wanted — two certified platinum albums, eight certified gold singles and another two singles that went platinum. He’s not even two years removed from the release of “Drunk On A Plane,” a massive hit with a now-iconic…
Krystle Delgado paid for college by competing in beauty pageants. She was Miss Palo Verde and Miss Sonoran Desert, titles she dutifully carried from the end of one contest until the beginning of the next year’s. But as an artist, she didn’t want to have anyone else’s reputation or legacy…
Justin Beiber’s “Love Yourself” is a little passive aggressive. The chorus of “You should go and love yourself” is a radio-friendly, PG-rated euphemism, and we all know it. The entire song, is a soft-sung but arrogant dismissal of an ex-girlfriend. It’s arrogant, too. Justin Beiber might be the only singer…
Viva PHX announced the addition of 40 bands to the festival, which will take place at 15 venues in downtown Phoenix on Saturday, March 12. The festival, which turns downtown into a South by Southwest-type festival for a night, is in its third year. Electronic music band Neon Indian will…
Jodi Arias “really wants to see” the music video Phoenix rapper Kareem “Lefty” Williams made about her, a cheerful Arias said in a prison phone call leaked to Radar Online published yesterday. In the 15-minute phone call between rapper Williams and convicted murderer Arias, the two also talk prison food, what books…
More than 90 bands played at more than two dozen stages at last year’s Viva PHX festival, which turned downtown Phoenix into a scene from South by Southwest for a night. Stateside Presents today provided a small sample of the bands scheduled for this year’s Viva PHX festival, scheduled for…
Modest Mouse and Brand New are launching a nationwide tour and will play in Phoenix this summer, the bands announced today. Though Brand New is no stranger to Phoenix, having played at Summer Ends Music Festival just a few months ago, Modest Mouse hasn’t played in Phoenix since 2013, when…
Here’s some news that should make you smile (Or should that be SMiLE?). The tortured genius behind so many Beach Boys classics has announced a concert in Phoenix this summer. Brian Wilson is scheduled to play Celebrity Theatre on Saturday, July 9. Tickets go on sale January 29. Wilson will…
Two members of the famous Russian activist band Pussy Riot will appear in Phoenix in February. Maria Alyokhina and Ksenia Zhivago will appear at Beth Hebrew Synagogue (333 E. Portland St.) on Saturday, February 16. Alyokhina received worldwide attention in February 2012, when she and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were arrested for…
Most people around the country would have never heard of Winslow without the intervention of The Eagles, Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey. The most recognizable line in The Eagles’ hit “Take It Easy” famously name-checks the 9,600-person city — “Standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona / And such a…
Here are our picks for best concerts in Phoenix this week. Browse our comprehensive concert calendar for more options. The Maension – Joe’s Grotto – Monday, January 18 The Maension plays an intriguing combination of ’90s grunge and ’00s nu-metal, filled with slogging, heavy riffs and hard-hitting breakdowns that brings…
Say what you want about the quality of Weezer’s new material, you have to hand it to the band: They sure keep their nose to the grindstone. Weezer is set to release its 10th studio album in 2016, just two years after releasing its previous album, and has announced a…
The surprise news of David Bowie passing Sunday night caught everyone off guard, and there has been a massive outpouring of emotion and support for a man whose music and art touched many (New Times has published two such pieces). Those tributes are well-deserved. Bowie leaves behind an incredibly diverse and…
If there were any doubts that Kendrick Lamar dominated 2015 critically, this should lay those to rest. Our former sister paper Village Voice released its annual critic’s survey, Pazz + Jop, today. The project tallied votes from nearly 500 music journalists, who voted for up to 10 of their favorite…
Phoenix music fans love visiting our kindred desert sister city of Indio for Coachella, and the lineup for the mega-festival published yesterday. In addition to headliners LCD Soundsystem and Guns N’ Roses — both groups haven’t played publicly in years, and remember when LCD Soundsystem “retired”? — some big names…
15) Taylor Swift Made 15,000 New Best Friends in Glendale Last Night “They say with enough repetition, even the most asinine messages start to have a ring of truth to them. Hell, that’s not even just true in government propaganda. It’s the whole basis of the radio industry — “we’ll…
Christmas came early for digitally attuned music fans this year, as the Beatles announced on Christmas Eve that their entire catalog would become available on streaming music services. (Remember that Michael Jackson bought the catalog in the ’80.) In just five days since becoming available, the 10 most popular Beatles…
Looking for something to do this weekend? Look no further. Here are the best concerts happening this weekend. Check out our comprehensive concert calendar for more options. Kottonmouth Kings – Friday, December 18 – Joe’s Grotto Twenty-one years after Kottonmouth Kings’ humble beginnings in the Orange County town of Placentia, it’s…
2015 was the first full year I lived in Phoenix, and this year, my music habits tended toward extremes. I made an effort to attend as many arena shows as possible, while the albums I listened to most were either from local artists or small indie acts. Here are the…
Music videos are more important now than they ever were. As the music market has saturated with bands, anything that makes an artist stand out from the crowd becomes vital, and music videos are a great way for artists to distinguish themselves from the masses. Luckily, video technology is so…
Less than a year after playing Summer Ends Music Festival in Tempe, Big Sean has snagged another headlining slot in the Valley. Organizer Lucky Man Concerts announced last night that Big Sean would headline Pot of Gold Music Festival at Rawhide in Chandler on Saturday, March 19. Lucky Man is…
