When it comes to St. Patrick’s Day in the Valley, a few things are a given. Green beer will be in abundance, as will silly hats, Guinness necklaces, plates of corned beef and cabbage, shamrocks, and braggadocious claims of Emerald Isle ancestry, albeit real or imagined. You might even spy…
Because it’s all about that bass.
The band is playing Pot of Gold Music Festival.
Why let the NCAA have all the fun?
The group has a knack for nailing what so many bands fail at.
Chicano/O’odham hip-hop crew Shining Soul is most at home on the front lines. The Phoenix trio — MCs Bronze Candidate and Liaizon, along with DJ Reflekshin — first came up with staunch criticism of Arizona’s racist SB 1070 “papers please” measure in 2010, but on their latest, Politics Aside, they mostly…
There was lots to see over the weekend, and we saw all of it.
Get ready to feel old.
The ability to reinvent oneself as a relevant musical talent in any era is difficult. To do without giving into popular trends, is as much an art form as the music that emanates from that talent. No one exemplifies that sentiment quite like legend Mavis Staples. The irony of her…
It’s easy to forget how dire the root meaning of “nostalgia” is. From Latin it translates to something like “severe homesickness — a kind of disease,” which means, if we’re being technical, we might want to put the attendees of those recurring Emo Nights popping up around town (and popping…
Stateside Presents has announced that former Fugees member Wyclef Jean, a.k.a. the guy Young Thug wrote a song about, has joined the Viva PHX lineup. Get ready for some brand new jams from the rapper, who released an EP called J’ouvert in February. The songs are intended as a teaser…
Catch the band at Viva PHX next weekend.
Grouplove has always been thrown into situations they never saw coming, from impulsively forming the band while abroad, to nonstop touring, to now getting back on the road with a child in tow. It’s no wonder why their latest album aptly was named Big Mess. The band’s roots began when…
Everything you need to know about the festival, happening March 3-5.
Pop is okay!
Anthony Kiedis has a cough.
In Pound for the Sound, we talk to musicians about their gear.
Get your local music fix inside.
You’ve heard the story before. Local genius becomes indispensable, then leaves.
Bands to watch this year.
Pokemon will probably be involved.
Contrary to what you may have read on the internet, LVL UP was not going to break up if they didn’t sign to Sub Pop. There is a difference between the truth and the legend, but the myth took off and gave the lo-fi rock band, with origins in Purchase,…
