By Andy Thomas Cursive’s 2003 Album, The Ugly Organ, has been described as a masterpiece, a benchmark and a career jumping off point for an already highly touted band. The album contains elements of song-writing and musical mastery and sold more than 170,000 copies. But it can also be viewed…
Hope you enjoyed the wonderful weather this past weekend in the Valley. Here are our concert picks this weekend. Be sure to check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options…
The atmosphere at Last Exit Live was just a little different than usual Friday night for the premier of The Stakes’ debut record, The Stakes Music Vol.1. The jazz- and funk-infused hip-hop seven-piece brought the laid-back, chilled-out vibes of their music with them to south Central Phoenix, and it settled…
Sweating to the oldies will have a new connotation after Saturday, February 21, at Club Red. Local heroes, Unruh, are reuniting for their first show in 15 years and celebrating the release of their box set, Tomb, with a giant show featuring some of the best bands in the current…
Music and live performances offer an experience to let our problems and struggles take a back seat, if only for the length of a song or live set. No matter the genre, music has been known as a way to bring people closer and experience something. Whether it’s the lyrical…
Bob Seger was on to something when he wrote “You can come back, baby / rock ‘n’ roll never forgets” because he and the Silver Bullet Band were greeted by a sold-out crowd last night at Gila River Arena in Glendale. Fans not only never forgot about Detroit’s original badass…
It’s a good time to be a music fan in Phoenix with disposable income. Over the next few weeks things are going to get busy, what with a dozen or so festivals slated to hit the Valley in the next eight weeks. Call these next few weeks the calm before…
It’s well documented that rock ‘n’ roll brings out the best and the worst in Scott Weiland. He’s seen the highest of highs fronting bands like Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, both which were massively successful. Weiland’s demons have also followed him for the past 20 years and were…
“We try and make our music for anyone who can appreciate it, for people from all walks of life,” said Zalamar ‘Zeedub’ Davis one of the two MCs fronting Tempe full-band hip-hop group The Stakes. The Stakes’ music blends the smooth tones of jazz with the heavier guitars of funk,…
We sincerely hope you’ve got loads of disposable income stocked up, because — like it or not — the music festival season is upon us. Over the next three months or so, an exhaustive number of indoor and outdoor mega-concerts and big-ticket music events are scheduled to take place both…
If dance music were high school, Dada Life would be the two popular, trouble-making best friends, the cool partiers who orchestrate pranks, throw parties when your parents are away, and keep everyone laughing in class. Their not-so-serious approach to dance music was a breath of fresh air, standing out from…
In 1969, Mike Matthews of Electro-Harmonix debuted what would become one of the best-selling guitar pedals of all time: the Big Muff. Gaining age and popularity through legendary performers like Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and Dinosaur Jr., the pedal remains an indispensable part of any fuzzhead’s collection, recalling the golden…
As you might have heard recently, Steve Aoki is cutting back on the cake. More specifically, the electronic dance music icon has stated that he’s ceasing his trademark stunt of throwing sheet cake at audience members during shows, at least at big EDM festivals where he’s a support act. “If…
Mr. Scott H. Biram is nothing short of a total and complete badass mofo. First of all, he is thee one man in his namesake one-man band, and his many quality releases over the past 14 years have proved he doesn’t need anyone else to help him get the job…
The husband/wife team of Phoenix band the Love Me Nots, Michael Johnny Walker and Nicole Laurenne, has never been afraid to reinvent itself. The garage rockers in 2013 debuted their electro-fuzz outfit Zero Zero, merging 1960s psychedelia, gritty guitar licks, and new wave dance pop. Now there’s Motobunny, a garage-meets-glam-meets-’80s…
Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector’s item of a much beloved…
From the time we are thrust into the world and make an attempt to find our place in it, we have to seek ways to be seen and heard by those around us. The things we say, the words we write, and the clothes we wear help to us to…
In the past five years, Sedona-based psychedelic folk outfit decker. has played somewhere near 600 shows, according to frontman Brandon Decker, and the band has played more out-of-town dates than most Arizona-based bands have performed locally in that time. Through four albums, countless shifts in lineup, and the retirement of…
Say what you will about the power of positive thinking, but it has helped some some folks people succeed now and again. e. For proof, look no further than DJ Akshen, the Valley turntablist who won the Red Bull Thre3style regional qualifier this past weekend at Monarch Theatre. Akshen bested…
March 14 is going to be a busy day for music fans in the Valley of the Sun. Viva PHX just announced a few headliners that will make it a little busier. Best Coast, Jim Adkins (of Jimmy Eat World, who will perform solo), Unwritten Law, and Fenix TX are…
View image | gettyimages.com “I wonder what your mom is like?” Those were the words I heard waking up next to a girl, whose name I honestly don’t remember, one morning in my bed. They changed my life and made me realize I was going about this all wrong. My…
Kid Rock announced a Phoenix date today, on the heels of a wildly successful concert at the Coors Light Birds Nest during the Phoenix Open at the end of last month. The singer will play Ak-Chin Pavilion on August 26. Foreigner will open. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, February 24…
