Arts & Culture

Raise a pint or two in honor of the Valley’s longest-running punk band while enjoying performances by such bands as The Dark Hearts, Vinyl .45, Asses of Evil, Rogue Anthem, and Scorpion vs. Tarantula. Sat., Nov. 13, 2010…

It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. They practiced, they planned, they were ambitious and optimistic. Then, like so many rock musicians before them, excessive use of alcohol took it all away. Before they knew it, Hooves had embarrassed themselves at probably the biggest annual event in the Phoenix rock…

Cellist Thomas Landschoot, violinist David Gillham, and pianist Chiharu Linuma will present a variety of piano trios by Schumann, Shostakovich, and Haydn as a part of the Sonoran Chamber Music Series. Sun., Nov. 14, 2:30 p.m., 2010…

Led by ASU faculty member and tuba player Sam Pilafian, the Sonoran Brass Quintet will offer an afternoon of musical selections, followed by a special reception after the concert. Sun., Nov. 14, 4 p.m., 2010…

The legendary composer’s Don Giovanni Overture and Symphony No. 40, as well as Haydn’s Symphony No. 60 will be featured at this special midweek concert by the Phoenix Symphony. Wed., Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m., 2010…

Erin Williams at The Lost Leaf (Saturday): If you need a break from the utter madness that is the Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts, duck into the Lost Leaf and enjoy a few cold ones, as well as music from L.A. indie folk artists, as well as locals Wooden…

Both Franz Schubert’s infamously uncompleted masterwork and Marcel Tyberg’s approximation of the finished symphony will be the focus of the PSO’s weekend performances. Thu., Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Nov. 12, 11 a.m.; Sat., Nov. 13, 8 p.m., 2010…

The orchestra will present musical selections for throughout the world during their November recital, including Copland’s El Salón México and Brahms’ “Hungarian Dances”. Sun., Nov. 14, 3 p.m., 2010…

Shake your ass all night long on Saturday as Afrobeat reigns supreme in North Phoenix when the eight-member Chicago Afrobeat Project takes over the Compound Grill to dole out big funk and elevate the crowd’s collective body heat. Tickets cost a mere $10, which is a bargain, even before you…

Robert Cray was the blues laureate of infidelity in the ’80s and early ’90s, a smooth and innovative classic-soul craftsman who brought synthesizers to blues, gave John Lee Hooker a career-jolting backing band, and crossed over to MTV with 1986’s “Smoking Gun” on pure strength of haunting riff, murderous lyric,…

​The Trunk Space may be one of the best places in town to catch an intimate vaudevillian-type show. Just last week, the downtown Phoenix spot hosted the sideshow variety act the Squidling Bros. Circus Sideshow, and this Saturday, November 13, vaudeville music takes over The Trunk Space stage when Zoe…

In September, Jose Gonzalez and his chillwave band, Junip, released Fields, their first full-length record since forming over a decade ago. “It feels new for me, even though we started playing 12 years ago,” Gonzalez told me earlier this year. The songs on Fields have all the right Gonzalez hallmarks…

Everybody together now: Anoint my phallus with the blood of the FALLEN!! With that quaint little sing-along, South Carolina death metal institution Nile takes cock rock to an all new level. Potential latent menstruation envy aside, you gotta give Nile leader Karl Sanders credit for sticking to his, uh …

Ma Rainey was a real person. One of our earliest professional blues singers, she performed and recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s, and her popularity and folksy style earned her the title “Mother of the Blues.” Among her more noteworthy compositions are “Bo-Weevil Blues,” “Black Bottom,” and “See See Rider…

If you’re jamming out to your favorite tunes, you feel awesome. That’s because your serotonin is a-pumpin’. And when you’re thrashing at the gym, you feel like a million bucks. That’s because physical activity makes your endorphins go nuts. Put the two together, add a dash of alcohol, and, good…

Between blogs, talk radio, and television talking heads, there are countless sources of blather and idol chatter. That’s why it’s good that Sound Effects Poetry keeps it real with poets and writers in the same room with their audience. Valley poetry master Bill Campana hosts and keeps the good times…

There’s a ton going on Saturday (a Pie Social, an arts parade, and tons of burlesque madness, to name just a few events), which means you’re going to need some body fuel. Might as well stuff yourself full of locally-reared protein and carbs, thanks to the Certified Local Fall Festival…

Chris Armstrong admits he doesn’t go out too much — working the door Pussy Cat Lounge in Scottsdale is about as much excitement he can handle when he has to get up in the morning.Armstrong says he actually likes to wake up early to watch and trade the markets (he’s…