By Martin Cizmar
Did you miss Edgefest only to read our comprehensive coverage (last time I’m pimping it, I swear!) and realize your life will not be complete until you see Mickey Avalon and Kottonmouth Kings? Turns out you get another bite at the apple, as both acts announced local shows this week.
This week’s Flier of the Week is a no-brainer. Check this bad boy out – despite the need to have each band’s logo in it’s own font (a decidedly metal phenomenon) it’s got a clean look. And is pretty badass to boot.
Like their Elephant 6 brethren, of Montreal has always walked the line between the accessible and the avant-garde. Usually, Kevin Barnes and Co. have fallen neatly on the pop side, making music that would work in, say, an Outback Steakhouse commercial — after being stripped of its references to Greek…
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By Martin Cizmar
So I don’t normally write about shows I don’t see, but I’ve been hearing enough complaints about tonight’s Mars Volta show that I had to throw up a post, if only to give disappointed Phoenicians a place to leave comments bitching about Cedric Bixler Zavala.
By Martin Cizmar
We haven’t had a chance to do a formal review of FutureKind’s new disc, Surround, here, but thought we’d mention their CD release party this Friday at Last Exit since they’ve got a great sound.
By Martin Cizmar
Today begins the new month, and oh what a month it is. October has everything: football, great weather, my favorite holiday and lots of activities and festivals here in the Valley of the Sun.
For a Phoenix band, Smokescreen sound pretty British. Not, like, Blur British, but British enough. It’s not the vocals – singer Gus Holwerda doesn’t sound like Liam Gallagher or anything – but the band’s musical vocabulary definitely owes a debt to the lads across the pond.
So it looks like the NFL has screwed the pooch once again, tapping an ugly old white dude to play this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
We’ve been steadily uploading more photos from Edgefest 2008, including some just in from Luke Holwerda. Check out the Flogging Molly and Atmosphere posts to see some awesome new stuff.
We are dehydrated, sunburned and covered in a fine layer of Queen Creek dust – which water can’t seem to wash off – but we’re back from Edgefest 2008.
By Martin Cizmar So that guy from Dirty Scottsdale who is apparently out there blogging (though we haven’t seen him, really) isn’t the only one who can make fun of people who put themselves in compromising situations. Witness this video of a hefty gentleman in a speedo captured by our…
By Martin Cizmar So we’re battoning down the hatches as it’s looking like rain out here… Not sure what we’ll be able to do blog-wise if the skies open up, but stay tuned. There’s a live weather camera at http://schnepffarms.com so look there to see what’s up…
Don’t get me wrong. I love music. When I woke up this morning (read: rolled out of bed and grasped toward the coffee machine) I could not wait to see Gogol Bordello.
NOFX is providing me with some music as I write. The lead singer’s candor with the crowd in between songs is actually quite funny. I just laughed at his quick jab towards an over-zealous audience member holding a NOFX poster, as if the band forgot that they were, in fact, NOFX.
When a man in a loose button-up shirt and a cowboy hat first walked on stage, my first though was “whose that old guy?” But as soon as he hit the first reverb-soaked note, there was no question that the Reverend Horton Heat had arrived.
Let me preface this by saying I am currently listening to Pennywise entertain the sun-drenched crowd with an amazingly profane set, as if they get paid an extra $50,000 for saying “fuck” over 200 times. They just ended a cover of a Minor Threat song by shouting “Pennywise,” just so the fans don’t forget who is playing.
We were all anxious to see the insane sideshow that is Gogol Bordello, but they’ve been moved back to six tonight. But Thrice bumped up their set and proceeded to blare a raucous, energetic set of emo-rockers. The four piece outfit trashed around stage, hammering out pounding tunes and shouted vocals that left them breathless after every song.
Providing the fans with a much-needed changeup, Airborne Toxic Event descended on the SRP Stage to play their unique brand of alt rock. Featuring a female violin player at Edgefest is a bold move, but the band was able to pull it off quite smoothly. Those few fans that took the set in – an unfortunately low number – were treated to a smooth and effortless set.
Screaming girls ran across the grassy field of Schnepf Farms as jumpy Brit pop started blaring from the main stage. The Kooks have arrived. The pixie-like, English groups are finishing out a solid set from their two albums, starting with their new single “Always Where I Want To Be.
Hey guys, we’re having some internet problems that’ve kept us from posting for the last couple hours but, rest assured, we’re getting tons of cool stuff, and will be back up soon. -Martin…
I’m wide awake, it’s morning. Well maybe not wide awake, but nominally awake, and about to head out to Schnepf Farms for a full day of liveblogging with a New Times crew that of eight people shooting photos, video and writing. If it’s happening at Edgefest, we’ll be telling you about it.
So the shows announced this week are all pretty underwhelming (list below) so rather than give you info on Mudvayne and an Australian Pink Floyd cover band, I present to you links of the musical guests on everyone’s all-time favorite prime-time teen soap, Beverley Hills, 90210.
