The Dandy Warhols, Roxy Lounge, 5/20/12

The Dandy Warhols The Roxy Lounge Sunday, May 20, 2012 You’d be hard-pressed to find a band as crowd-pleasing as The Dandy Warhols. On Sunday night, the Portland-based quartet covered all their bases, unwinding into shoegaze drifts of fuzz that sent out waves of psychedelic charm balanced by catchy power-pop…

The Donkeys, Yucca Tap Room, 5/14/12

The Donkeys Yucca Tap Room Monday, May 14, 2012 It’s hard to tell your friends “I’m going to the Donkeys show” with a straight face. No, not some perverted freakshow in Mexico. I mean the psychedelic San Diegan blues rockers The Donkeys, who tore the Yucca Tap Room apart with…

Phoenix Indie-Rock Band Knesset Is Big in Japan

Released last year, Coming of Age is an appropriate title for Knesset’s first album, as the band is only now starting to step up locally. Pronounced KA-NESS-ET and named after the legislative branch of the Israeli government, these locals have played in the background of Phoenix since 2007. “[Originally] we…

Sareena Dominguez: “I Wouldn’t Say I’m ‘Super Folk'”

Ambition goes a long way — just ask Sareena Dominguez, who signed with River Jones Music Label a scant six months ago, is releasing her debut in the spring, and is currently booking her first tour — and she’s only 19. Raised in Gilbert, Dominguez came from a rather large…