Scene from the green room of Scottsdale’s Martini Ranch: A burly security guard approaches Phoenix rockers Vayden, who are hanging out before their headlining Friday-night set at the club. “I heard you guys are all the rage,” the guard says. “Ah, man,” Vayden singer Curtis Casey sighs, tucking one of…
Phantom Planet guitarist Darren Robinson, who recently took over on guitar in the local indie rock outfit Miniature Tigers is offering video chat guitar lessons, according to a bulletin he posted via Phantom Planet’s MySpace Page. Robinson says in the bulletin that he works with beginners or intermediate players and…
Tempe hardcore act Eyes Set to Kill are back with a new disc. The band, who is signed with California-based BreakSilence recordings, will release their sophomore effort “The World Outside” on June 2. The group have spent a lot of time on the road since releasing their debut album last…
Want to get wasted with some local bands? Vistalance, a local metal band, will be hosting a night of Drunken Debauchery called Las Bandas Borrachas – which translates to ‘the drunken bands’ – Saturday, May 9 at Tempe’s Club Red. The bands will perform sloshed from start to finish, which…
Jobing.Com Arena is offering limited pre-sale tickets to P!nk’s headlining concert at the arena – slated for Sunday, Sept. 20 – at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 30. The pre-sale ends 10 p.m. Friday, May 1. The password for pre-sale tickets is 1FUNHOUSE in honor of the rocker’s Funhouse Tour. There…
While I usually write about music for Under the Sun, I wouldn’t be doing my part if I didn’t mention Chippendales.The long-running male revue will return to the Celebrity Theatre Saturday, May 2 for some strip show fun. Chippendales (named the “Best Male Strip Show in Last Vegas” by the…
AZ screamo rockers Scary Kids Scaring Kids will perform on all 46 dates of this year’s annual Warped Tour, according to a bulletin the guys posted on MySpace The tour kicks off in Pomona, Calif. Friday, June 26 and hits the Valley Tuesday, June 30 at Cricket Pavilion. AZ favorites…
Eminem utilized his Twitter account to release the cover art for Relapse, his forthcoming album, which he posted today. Relapse is Em’s first album in more than four years. The cover art features a head shot Eminem constructed of hundreds of pills, no doubt a nod to the rapper’s addiction…
The Ikki twins, who starred in last year’s MTV reality show A Double Shot at Love, will host a UFC fight night viewing party at north Scottsdale’s Sandbar (10050 North Scottsdale Road, 480-998-8845) on Saturday, April 18. The busty blonde twins — Rikki and Vikki — who took a page…
Pop-rock AZ boys Good With Grenades will be playing an early show Friday at downtown Scottsdale’s Martini Ranch (7295 East Stetson Drive). The group will be playing with locals Hollywood Heartthrob, Idle Red and Lyra the Harp for this 21-and-older performance. The show starts at 8 p.m. Good With Grenades…
Catch AZ rockers Comfort For Change – before they take a hiatus – at Tempe’s new Nine Ten Club Saturday, May 9. The Nine Ten Club was live music haunt Boston’s way back when and Club Macarena more recently and is located at 910 N. McClintock Drive, hence the name…
It’s not every day a band is born from a jam session, but, for The Bollox, it was the case. The Valley Celtic-rock band formed after Authority Zero singer Jason DeVore and former Last Action Zeroes drummer Keith Walker met up a little over a year ago to work together…
It’s not every day a band is born from a jam session, but, for The Bollox, it was the case. The Valley Celtic-rock band formed after Authority Zero singer Jason DeVore and former Last Action Zeroes drummer Keith Walker met up a little over a year ago to work together…
Calling all Britney wannabes: Westgate club The Shout House will be hosting a Britney Look-A-Like Contest Friday, April 17. The interactive dueling piano bar is inviting people to dress up like Britney Spears, our favorite pop-princess train-wreck, for a chance to win tickets to Spears’ Circus Tour, which will roll…
Pop-punk act The Heartless posted three new tracks “Just to Be,” “Get Away” and “Bigger Than Us” on their MySpace this week, asking fans to let them know which track is their new favorite. Our vote is for “Get Away.” Hip-hop act Silver Medallion posted one new track, “Slave in…
I was hanging out at the Big Fish Pub the other night with some friends and was chatting up Cash, a friendly bartender who encouraged us to check out his band Weird is the New Cool. Mention you write for the New Times and you get CD’s, MySpace pages and…
Celebrity sightings, beautiful weather, an on-site Circle K and a stellar music roster were part of the fun Saturday for the Tempe Music Festival. Our annual fest brought out names such as Frankie Muniz from Malcolm in the Middle, who held hands with his girlfriend most of the afternoon backstage,…
Fall Out Boy kicked off the first date of their Believers Never Die Tour Friday at Mesa Amiptheatre with a nearly 90-minute set that covered all the hits as well as highlights from their latest disc Folie A Deux. Chicago’s fantastic four, dressed sharply in suits, took the stage a…
The All-American Rejects held a super secret show Friday in a warehouse on the northeast corner of McClintock and Broadway. OK, it wasn’t a show as much as a jam session in preparation of Saturday’s Tempe Music Fest but it was pretty damn cool nonetheless. The jam session was so…
The Blunt Club boys will offer their first 18-and-older night Thursday, April 2 at Tempe’s Club Red. The Valley’s longstanding hip-hop night, hosted by Bionic Jive’s Emerg McVay, will feature live art, freestyle rhymes and DJ-spun hip-hop jams during the 3rd Annual All-Star Jam which will pit the east against…
Fall Out Boy have a few ties to Phoenix that you may not be aware of. The band released Live in Phoenix, a DVD it recorded last year at Cricket Pavilion. Kyle, the band’s soundman, is from Phoenix. And the guys used to chill with Valley promoter Will Anderson years…
“This is the year of the Rejects,” The All-American Rejects lead singer Tyson Ritter declares. “We’re going to conquer the world and this is the record we’re going to do it with.” Ritter is referencing the band’s third album, When the World Comes Down, which was released last year. And…
