Do not cross Miranda Lambert. You can go see her perform on Thursday at Desert Sky Pavilion, and you can listen to her music, you can probably even say you’re a big fan, and you can go buy a T-shirt. But crossing her does not seem to be a good…
Welcome to Ask Willie D, where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, “funny, serious or unpredictable.” Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! Photo courtesy of Peter BesteBURNED BY THE RELATIVE I LOANED MONEY Dear Willie D: I loaned my cousin $500 more…
By Chris Parker Syracuse’s Ra Ra Riot — set to play Du Hot Club De Bizarre Thursday night — began playing college parties, and before long they’d found a strange, intoxicating sweet spot between spiky Pixies-inflected post-punk and chamber pop that earned them comparisons to fellow emerging New Yorkers Vampire…
Welcome to Ask Willie D, where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, “funny, serious or unpredictable.” Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! Photo courtesy of Peter BesteREPULSED BY A CO-WORKER’S BAD BREATH Dear Willie D: I am a female working at the…
One of the bands you can see this week around Phoenix has a famous song called “A Praise Chorus.” Another of the bands you can see this week titled the first song of their first album “Penis.” See which one of those bands is Jimmy Eat World after the jump!…
Prince will not be playing anywhere this weekend. He’s surprised me before, but I’m willing to make the call now and just be wrong if he shows up at “Rock the Purple,” which is not what you think it is, probably. In his stead: Lydia comes home in support of…
By Caleb Haley Usually it happens this way in the music industry: A band comes together based on its talent and, eventually, drugs and alcohol get in the way, tour dates get canceled, and members go their separate ways into substance-abuse rehabilitation and counseling. Rock/hip-hop group Rehab took the opposite…
Normally we showcase five interesting shows in Phoenix each week in this space. This week, Prince is playing four shows. It is, therefore, with the public interest in mind that we condense all four of those shows down to one White-Dwarf-dense ball of concert-recommendation. That and more after the jump:…
This weekend is Prince Eve. We understand that. But if you’re unable or unwilling to part with the kind of money it takes to see Prince in something smaller than an arena, you can divert yourself with any of these coming attractions:…
Phoenix, we’re surrounded. This year, we set out on a mission to find emerging creatives around the city who could use some cash for their next big projects. Truth is, there are countless individuals who continue to shape Phoenix through their visual art, performing art, design, online, culinary, and craft…
On Saturday, more than 3,000 people attended That Damn Show, a full day of performances by rock and punk bands like Bad Religion, Tiger Army, and The Faint at Mesa Amphitheatre. But according to several attendees, the outdoor concert — which was co-promoted by New Times and local online alt-rock…
There isn’t a Coachella this weekend, so far as I can tell — neither a real Coachella nor The Real Coachella, which honestly seemed like a better time. That leaves us, globally, with a notable shortage of people listening to music in weird outfits and from strange campsites. These five…
This week’s New Times cover story examines the music industry’s only 21st-century success story: The incredible boom in live music in general and festivals in particular. Since you might still be in the throes of a Coachella hangover — or maybe you’re getting ready to camp out at That Damn…
Brian Smith, onetime member of Gentlemen Afterdark and Beat Angels (and onetime New Times staff writer) reminisces about his late great bandmate, Kevin Pate. My old band Gentlemen Afterdark once had a demo deal with A&M Records. We were very, very young, and living in L.A, and recording at A&M…
Of all the things Merle Haggard and Sigur Rós have in common, this is perhaps the most important: They’re both playing in Arizona on Friday. But that doesn’t guarantee they’ll end up in today’s Top Five Must-See Shows in Phoenix This Weekend. Of course, if you’re at Country Thunder this…
Credit: Nanette Gonzales “Love Is Strange”By Katie Bain Ladies travel site Misstravel.com recently named named Coachella the number one music festival at which to go on a first date. For so many reasons, this is a terrible idea. Issue number one is that unless you have a day-pass scenario worked…
Black SabbathBy Nicholas Prell Okay, we get it. You like Sabbath. Everyone does. But out there is a whole big world of ’70s metal bands beyond Sabbath — even beyond Sir Lord Baltimore, if you can believe that. The ’70s offered so much in the way of doom-and-gloom heaviness that…
Since October 2011, Up on the Sun has featured the Record Heat strip from punk rocker, cartoonist, and full-time dad Brad Dwyer each week, and it’s been included in the print edition as well. With this week’s strip, Brad finishes his run. It’s been great…
Phoenix! It’s our top five must-see shows this week…
Hey ya, the weekend is here. So get off the couch and go dancing, Phoenix. Maybe these shows: Our Top Five Must-See Shows in Phoenix This Weekend…
Lindsey BestAndrew Youssef [Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Heard Mentality, the music blog of our sister paper OC Weekly. Longtime concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV Colon Cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music…
Once a week, Up on the Sun features a new comic strip from punk rocker, cartoonist, and full-time dad Brad Dwyer. See New Times’ print edition to check out the strip in glorious, inky newsprint each Thursday…
