He’s basketball player-size tall. He’s lanky. And he’s bearded. He may not look like a twinkle toes, but drop him in a dance battle, and Jonathan Sakas can throw the f- down. The local electro pop musician might not have a traditional dancer’s body, but in his music video for…
They may not be active anymore, but you can currently hear four Arizona bands from the ’80s in a film-worthy setting. Nicolas Cage and John Cusack’s new film The Frozen Ground is set in 1980s Alaska, and classic AZ groups including New Wave band The Jetzons and power poppers Blue Shoes…
Miley Cyrus keeps breaking records. This week, her polarizing, bizarre, what-drugs-is-she-on? performance at the MTV Video Music Awards caused a Twitter avalanche, inspiring more than 300,000 Tweets per minute and upsetting the slightly classier Beyonce as the title holder of most Tweets in a minute in the process. As parents…
In December 2012, Dagwood Reed was singing, playing keyboards, and writing songs for his sci-fi-inspired local band, Se7en of Nin9. His romantic partner of nearly 20 years had passed away a year earlier from Addison’s disease, but the self-proclaimed most positive person he knows stayed in high spirits. He loved…
Think a guest on Good Morning America can’t bring their own chair to an interview? Think again. The weirdness that is Lady Gaga stormed onto the GMA stage this week, as she lugged out her transparent, technology-filled chair that serves to be Gagaloo’s own modern throne as she promotes her…
Love symphony music, but hate tuxedos? Skip the traditional classical music experience characterized by stuffy crowds and head to Tempe Center for the Arts for a more laid-back show where the musicians dress casually and where attendees get a chance to get up close and personal with the performers before…
In December 2012, Dagwood Reed was singing, playing keyboards, and writing songs for his sci-fi-inspired local band, Se7en of Nin9. His romantic partner of nearly 20 years had passed away a year earlier from Addison’s disease, but the self-proclaimed most positive person he knows stayed in high spirits. He loved…
Two of the biggest superstars in the world had two of the biggest musical fails this week, as Katy Perry and Lady Gaga released two singles that tarnish whatever reputations they had as solid songwriters. Perry completely ripped off a lesser-known singer, and Gaga released a barely intelligible track all…
You’d never know Fayuca’s video for “Por Que Seguir” wasn’t produced on a big-budget national scale. The local Latin rock band’s clip, featuring dozens of extras and a perfectly rendered digital urban factory setting, is so impressive, it’s currently competing for a spot for heavy rotation on MTVu, in its…
Bruno Mars, US Airways Center, July 31, 2013 It’s so cool to see the American dream in action. Last night at US Airways Center, Bruno Mars played to a sold-out crowd at US Airways Center for his Moonshine Jungle Tour. About 20 years ago, he was a child performer in…
You may never have heard of Bonnie McKee, but you’ve definitely heard her. The singer-songwriter’s songwriting touch has graced everything from tracks by Katy Perry and Ke$ha to Carly Rae Jepsen and Adam Lambert — all who appear in the star-filled music video for her new single, “American Girl.” Not…
Jimmy Eat World’s new album, “Damage,” is all about breakups and heartache, so a cover of Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” made perfect sense for the band — especially when they could add a hard-rock touch to the track. The band has been playing the song…
It’s hard to believe Bruno Mars was playing small clubs like Martini Ranch back when his breakout single, “Just the Way You Are,” started to gain traction. Now, after a steady takeover of pop airwaves, he’s playing US Airways Center. It’s hard to avoid hearing the tracks he’s touched, whether you’re…
The latest way to “shock” music video viewers? Nope, it’s not making gazers feel like they’re tripping out on drugs while they’re watching, a la Miley Cyrus and “We Can’t Stop.” It’s putting not just scantily clad ladies, but fully nude women, all over your video. Yep, that’s a naked…
Miley Cyrus’ video for “We Can’t Stop” is one of the weirdest videos of the year. It features giant bear backpacks, a french-fry-covered skull, and lots and lots of bread. As the nation sat scratching its heads after its June 19 debut, California-based The Pet Collective saw an opportunity for…
Ke$ha and Pitbull, Ak-Chin Pavilion, June 19, 2013 See the full slideshow of Ke$ha & Pitbull here. Pitbull and Ke$ha put together one of the most genius tours of the summer — a pop princess and Spanish-speaking smooth rapper got the masses out at Ak-Chin Pavilion Wednesday night. The show…
Pick up a copy of this week’s Phoenix New Times, and check out the feature on Scattered Melodies, a rhythm duo who featured nine different singers and several guitarists on their upcoming album, A Collective Agreement. We shot a video of the guys explaining the track, featured below. Check it…
Phoenix has plenty of things going against it when it comes to uniting the local music scene. The venues that most often book local acts are often miles and miles apart, forcing fans to hop on freeways and drive up to an hour to see their favorite bands. Some of…
Fall Out Boy Marquee Theatre (View the full slideshow.) June 11, 2013 It was as if Fall Out Boy had never left. When they played Marquee Theatre last night, it was hard to imagine they’d ever abandoned the scene and called it quits four years earlier. The Marquee was sold…
Fall Out Boy is to blame for a lot of what was bad about the middle of the last decade: The broad acceptance of 19-word song titles; males wearing the jeans that inspired Kanye West to rap, “They just buy tight jeans ’til they nuts hang all out, boy”; even…
Fall Out Boy is to blame for a lot of what was bad about the middle of the last decade: The broad acceptance of 19-word song titles; males wearing the jeans that inspired Kanye West to rap, “They just buy tight jeans ’til they nuts hang all out, boy”; even…
Zach Booher and his pop-punk band, While We’re Up, might have been on their way to the Van’s Warped Tour. The singer, along with his two bandmates, was following the tour in the summer of 2012 and playing shows in the same cities it hit. One night, on a freeway…
