The Baseball ProjectMartini RanchFriday, March 25There’s really no better tune to sum up The Baseball Project’s set than their opening one, “All Future and No Past.” In its 3-odd minutes, the tune encapsulates everything that makes the band so great, the opening day optimism that makes eager fans believe that…
Downtown club Jackson’s on 3rd has come and gone in recent years, but the bar is once again officially open. The club re-opened early this month, and have revived their infamous weekend parties. Friday nights feature no cover for ladies and a $5 cover for gentlemen before 11pm. Saturday nights…
Do you remember watching the the trailer for Machete during Grindhouse and thinking, “Man, it would be bad ass if that were a real movie?”Lucky for us, Machete did become a real movie. Let’s hope the same exact thing happens with the Black Keys’ Howlin’ For You, the new fake…
In a recent interview with Cowbell Magazine, Mountain Goats songwriter John Darnielle says, “I grew up a geek, so I wasn’t good at sports. A lot of us maintain those biases, but those biases are silly. Sports are awesome.” Darnielle doesn’t appear on the new record by The Baseball Project,…
Davila 666Yucca Tap RoomTuesday, March 22One of the great things about rock & roll is its lack of language barrier. I don’t need to speak any of the many languages of Nigeria to know that the Nigeria 70 comps rule — don’t need to learn Japanese in order to turn…
It’s a real shame that Mother Nature didn’t see if fit to cooperate with Stateside Presents’ plans for South By Stateside: Day 2, the annual Phoenix run off of indie-bands on their way to the West Coast from Austin’s South by Southwest Festival. The nine band bill was divided pretty…
Looks like last fall’s string of tour dates (including two nights at Marquee Theatre, which our own Mike Meyer covered) has invigorated the long-inactive A Perfect Circle, as the band has dropped news of a North American tour set for this summer, including a stop at Comerica Theatre on July…
Tempe Beach Park was alive with green last night. Flogging Molly made their annual stop in Arizona to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, playing a show heavy on Irish ballads played at maximum speed, witty Celtic banter and plenty of toasts to their Arizona fans. The band showcased songs from their…
Flogging MollyTempe Beach ParkThursday, March 17With all of indie folks invading Austin to schmooze and snap photos at SxSW, the rest of us were left with what’s become a Tempe St. Patrick’s Day tradition: watching Flogging Molly at Tempe Beach Park.The band has been a staple each year, with this…
At the risk of sounding like a real nerd, when I got knockout drunk on this day last year, it had nothing to do with green beer or a quick embrace of my Celtic heritage. Big Star leader, Box Tops singer, and solo provocateur Alex Chilton died one year ago…
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and for Celtic punk bands like L.A.’s Flogging Molly and local boyos Keltic Cowboys, today is the biggest day of the year. Each March 17, mobs of frat boys, sorority girls, punkers, and 9- to 5-ers get the Irish itch, tossing on as much emerald as…
New bar Tempe Tavern is set to open in a few weeks in the historic White Dairy Barn building, formerly the home off Murphy’s Pub, on the Northeast corner of Apache and McClintock.According to the city of Tempe’s historical properties website, the building is the only known river cobble building…
Each week on their blog, the folks over at Light in the Attic pick one brick and mortar record store to honor as their pick of the week. Downtown Phoenix store Revolver Records is featured this week. The label, known for reissues by The Monks, Serge Gainbourg, Karen Dalton, The…
Tennessee garage rockers Cheap Time are playing Sound Kontrol Sunday night, with last week’s music feature darlings Vegetable, Sexual Slurs and Mangled Men (featuring members of Soft Shoulder, Pods, Pigeon Religion), which is all the excuse I need to post this tune, from their Scion A/V 7″ series. The show…
Longstanding Valley club Anderson’s Fifth Estate is set to return, says club owner Tom Anderson.The club was known as Anderson’s from 1982 to 2007, when it became Club Forbidden, then switched names to Vagabond Ballroom in November, 2010.”We were trying to get rolling with Vagabond Ballroom, but people were still…
According to the Hebrew Bible, it took God 7 days to create the Earth. According to manager Cory Adams, it took 77 to create a new Majerle’s in Old Town Scottsdale.The sports grill, owned of course by former player and current Phoenix Suns assistant coach Dan Majerle, opened last night…
According to Associated Press, former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead in a home in Salt Lake City earlier today. Starr, 44, played bass in the band from the band’s formation in 1987 till 1993, when he was kicked out of the group, though not before playing…
Sad news for ASU students: College Dropouts Bar, located conveniently next to Sun Devil Stadium on College Avenue, closed at the end of February. The bar, known for its retro Nintendo console and a seriously insane penny drink Tuesday (“Drinking With Lincoln,” they called it) may have had a primo…
Hope everyone is ready to tease their hair up and rock some leg warmers, because Obscura is back with their 2nd annual “Love is a Battlefield” Dance-Off. DJ Roya and DJ Funkfinger will be spinning their signature mix of dancey New Wave and Britpop all night, but it’s your best…
Things should be plenty funky around CityScape tonight. From 6 p.m. to midnight, the downtown hub will be bustling with rowdy folks celebrating Mardi Gras. Festivities are sure to include elaborate costumes, giant puppets, stiltwalkers, and, of course, barrels of bawdy music to soundtrack your last night of indiscretion before…
Tempe art-punks Vegetable sprouted much more quickly than most bands. Whereas plenty of their peers’ projects take years to develop, Vegetable’s backstory comprises a flurried few months, culminating in a debut single, a regional tour, and the honor of closing out the now-defunct Eastside Records in the time it would…
When Quiet Riot singer Kevin DuBrow passed away in 2007, many felt that his death would mark the end of the band. Among them was Quiet Riot drummer and figurehead Frank Banali, who issued a statement on the band’s official website declaring that, “Kevin was too important to go on…
