Let’s Meet Dave Pratt’s New Co-Host Kassi Jade (Pics)

After Up On The Sun broke the news about legendary Valley broadcaster Dave Pratt making an imminent return to radio Sunday he took to his blog on AZCentral to confirm, promising “Full details on our new show with the Republic/azcentral’s Larry Rodgers coming soon.”It’s great to see ol’ Larry Rodgers,…

Nirvana – Polly (Remix)

Song: Nirvana, “Polly” (Remix)Context: This one goes out to “Big” Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Congrats on making it to the Super Bowl, guys… Nothing makes the rubes in Pittsburgh forget sexual assault allegations like a few big wins. Nirvana-polly by breakbeatfunk…

Best Coast at Clubhouse Music Venue Last Night

You know what record is severely — “criminally,” one might say if they were given to old timey rock writer sayings — underrated? Hole’s Live Through This. Some (a lot? a bit? — I’m not exactly sure) of this certainly has to do with the oft-whispered allegations that Kurt Cobain…

Dave Pratt “Set To Return” to Morning Radio

Legendary Phoenix broadcaster Dave Pratt — the “Morning Mayor” of Phoenix who built KUPD into a powerhouse in the 80s before working at a string of other big FM stations — says his return to radio is imminent.Pratt was bounced off the airwaves at KMLE, one of the Valley’s twin…

Kinch, “Once” – Pro Video from LA Show at Silverlake Lounge

Kinch plays Rogue Bar Saturday night, the penultimate date of their residency at the South Scottsdale bar. In the meantime, here’s live video of the band playing “Once” (a.k.a. I Was A Mainsail) live at Silverlake Lounge in LA’s hippest hood. I was there, actually, and this video does a…

Best Coast – Sunny Adventure

Song: Best Coast, “Sunny Adventure” Context: This is a just-released song from Best Coast, who will be at Clubhouse Saturday. Read our interview with Bethany here if you haven’t yet. Sunny Adventure by bestcoastt…

Zia Prepping Annual Local Music Compilation Disc

Record Store Day is still a few months off, but local chain Zia Records has already put out a call for songs to include on their annual You Heard Us Back When compilation.Bands have until March 7 to get their material in, and they’ve got a good shot of getting…

Katy Perry Coming to Phoenix (Thank Her Sponsor, Schick Razors!)

Skankstress Katy Perry just announced a tour date for Phoenix’s Comerica Theatre on August 3.It’s part of a “California Dreams” tour that starts on June 7 in Atlanta and runs through August 14, the second show in Katy’s hometown Santa Barbara, California. Tickets, priced pretty modestly at $30-48, go on…

Andrew Jackson Jihad on Downtown Phoenix

Sean Bonnette has a theory concerning time, space, and the area of Phoenix that city planners officially refer to as the “Central Business District.” “I have this idea — I’ve had it for six months now — that ‘Central Phoenix’ and ‘Downtown Phoenix’ are two totally different places, but they…

Pazz & Jop Announced. Kanye Won. Duh.

Our sister paper, The Village Voice, has announced the results of their annual Pazz & Jop critic’s poll.If you’re unfamiliar, basically like 1,000 music critics get to vote on their favorite albums and singles, assigning points to the top 10. Then those points are tabulated and Kanye West wins.Or at…

Kinch at Rogue Bar Last Night

KinchSaturday, January 15, 2011Rogue Bar, ScottsdaleThe Rock ‘N’ Roll Arizona Marathon was this morning — thousands of runners, both locals and tourists, jogged 26 miles of Valley streets on a warm January day.The race wasn’t the weekend’s only impressive show of endurance along Scottsdale Road, though. Kinch’s second week of…

The Underground’s First Birthday Party

Does it seem like a full year since The Underground opened in downtown Mesa?It’s hard to believe, right?The venue opened on February 12, 2010 but there’s apparently another show that day (not on the calender yet). Also, the venue is kind of small so they’re doing it upstairs at the…

Meat Puppets Announce New Record, Lollipop, for April 12

Local legends The Meat Puppets will put out a new record, Lollipop, on April 12. The followup to 2009’s Sewn Together will come out on Megaforce Records. It was also recorded in Spoon’s HiFi Studios in Austin. Curt Kirwood produced the record himself — Curt lives in Austin and also…

Roundup of Music-Related Gabrielle Giffords Stories

If you’re a loyal reader of all the New Times blogs you may have spotted a few familiar bylines over on our news blog, Valley Fever.All our coverage related to the tragic shooting in Tucson is there for convenience sake, but in case you missed some of the music-related (and…

Calexico’s Joey Burns on Giffords, Upcoming Show at Corona Ranch

In 2008, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was given the chance to choose the “wake- up” music to roust her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, and the rest of the crew slumbering above Earth aboard the Discovery mission.The song she chose, “Crystal Frontier,” had several layers of significance. First, it’s a loud, fast-track…