Looking for something to do this Friday, Aug. 28? Two noteworthy local shows popped on our radars. First up: Rising Peoria pop-rock shaggy-haired heartthrobs Hello Hollywood will headline a show at Glendale’s The Bridge with fellow West side buzz band It’s Like Love (pictured), Crash Coordinates, Hey Girl Hey and…
Bronx-based rapper Fat Joe is involved in a tense game of mudslinging due to his feud with the wife of deceased rapper Big Pun. The widow, Liza Rios, has alleged that Fat Joe failed to pay her family the royalties from the album released by her late husband Big Pun,…
Rocky Horror fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Three months after the closure of Chandler Cinemas where The Rocky Horror Picture Show became a staple for awhile, the show has found a new home in Tempe’s Madcap Theaters, formerly Harkins Centerpoint. Rocky theater hopped over the last several years and was often homeless for some…
Haggis is back. And they have a show planned at Mesa’s Hollywood Alley on Saturday, Aug. 29. The rock band, who has been around for years although they rarely gig these days, will perform with desert rockers Truckers on Speed and N.A.P.P.The show starts at 9 p.m. and cover is $3…
Both Oren J. and Carnegie will not only be playing all 12 songs from the album for those in attendance but will also have DJ sets during the afternoon party, which runs from 1 to 5 p.m. (Their boy Epidemic and Phunk Junkeez singer Soulman will also spin). Partygoers will…
Fivespeed seemed to have everything going for it three years ago. The five-piece Peoria hard-rock outfit was signed to Virgin Records. Their music was receiving national radio play. They toured nationally, packing in sweaty fans on the Warped Tour. They sold out hometown shows. Inside the veteran band, though, things…
Arizona Brand New fans can rejoice. The Long Island hardcore rock band will release Daisy, their forthcoming disc, Tuesday, Sept. 22. The disc is the highly-anticipated follow-up to 2006’s The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me. And to top things off, the band will swing into Mesa Ampitheatre Thursday, Oct. 22…
will perform during FM 103.9’s monthly 3rd Thursday Block Party on Craftsman Court, across from Dos Gringos. The group, which also features Boots Riley, released its self-titled debut album earlier this summer and embarked on a two-month North American trek opening for Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction.The 11-song disc was produced by Morello…
Do you have a vinyl Ramones or The Smiths album you’re jonesin’ to share? Or maybe a rare music piece that you’ve always wanted to play DJ with? Head to Jugheads on Sundays where you can turn some of the friendly bar patrons on to your music over a round…
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If stores like Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods sold music, Bowerbirds would be on the list of organic artists in stock. Simple folk music with haunting melodies and lyrics (free of any overproduction or trans fats) is the recipe for guitarist Phil Moore and keyboardist/accordionist Beth Tacular. Oh, yes, and…
If you haven’t heard of The Cab yet, you’re probably over the age of 23. Associated with Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, and Cobra Starship, this Las Vegas quintet is known for dance-rock ear candy. Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump and Panic at the Disco singer Brandon…
You have to love a band that puts its name in its song titles, as Reno punk trio Cobra Skulls have done in the past. Take their 2007 disc, Sitting Army, for example. Every one of the 13 tracks utilizes the word “cobra.” “Don’t Count Your Cobras Before They Hatch,”…
R.I.P. American Junkie. You’re in some hot water. Two undercover police officers busted a few of the girls from the Tempe12, a local promotional modeling agency that often hosts bikini contests on Sunday’s, outside the club a little before 9 p.m. Sunday. Did anything appear out of the ordinary? Not to…
Skinny Puppy fans, get ready to rock. Cevin Key, a founding member of the industrial rock band Skinny Puppy, will headline Scottsdale’s Mardi Gras Bar & Grill Saturday, Aug. 15 for a special DJ set packed with industrial jams. According to a flyer posted on the club’s Web site, Key…
GWG have been gradually building up steam in the AZ and have made a name for themselves locally, often packing their shows. The guys played last month on the New Times Summer of Sound bill alongside Jim Adkins at the Tavern on Mill. FBGM is a follow-up to the group’s…
Love him or hate him, there’s no escaping rapper Dirt Nasty, otherwise known as actor Simon Rex. Rex has performed with Mickey Avalon and will be invading Scottsdale’s Martini Ranch on a weekly basis for the club’s new night Hustlerwood. You’re welcome, Scottsdale. Rex seems to be a regular in…
Jonesin’ to hear some new Let Go music? Us too. Thankfully, the wait is over. The popular AZ pop-rock act has released a split EP with Dayton, Ohio two-piece indie act The Story Changes, who are friends of the band as well as past touring buddies. Just last weekend, the guys shared a bill…
Love him or hate him, there’s no escaping rapper Dirt Nasty, otherwise known as actor Simon Rex. Rex has performed with Mickey Avalon and will be invading Scottsdale’s Martini Ranch on a weekly basis for the club’s new night Hustlerwood. You’re welcome, Scottsdale. Rex seems to be a regular in the…
