View image | gettyimages.com You might have heard by now that Kanye West had some things to say about Beck’s Morning Phase winning the award for Album of The Year over Beyonce at last night’s Grammy Awards. If you haven’t heard yet, here’s a recap: As Beck walked up to…
It’s Monday, and you’re probably ready for the weekend. We get it. Until you get there, here are our concert picks for this week’s school nights. For many more options, check out our comprehensive concert calendar…
One of the great things about Phoenix bands is that they constantly pump the local scene. Local hardcore/death metal at Ella Kaye reinforced this with their recent EP release Comas Collide on February 8. It’s a collaborative effort; meant to showcase metal variety and musicians having a damn good time,…
Nika Rosa Danilova, better known to her fans as Zola Jesus, walked onstage Friday night at Crescent Ballroom and slowly raised her arms in a style reminiscent of the savior as depicted in the Catholic faith. The soothing blue stage lights turned a deep crimson as she danced wildly to…
Here are our concert picks for this weekend. Be sure to check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options. Snake! Snake! Snakes!, The Redemptions, The Desert Beats, The Echo Bombs – Friday, February 6 – Tempe Tavern Formed in 2010 following the dissolution of electro-dance band The Analog Society,…
Love listening to music, but hate all the time and effort it takes to pick out something you like? Good news! There’s a burgeoning industry of vinyl subscription services, what they like to call “Netflix for record lovers,” making the rounds.The formerly arduous process of developing personal music taste –…
Piss-flavored beer. Dank nugs. Loud as fuck guitars. It’s just another day in the life of Wolvves, one of the grungiest, venomous garage rockers gracing Phoenix these days. A calculated, even mix of aggressive punk and noise pop (with some rapping thrown in for good measure) Wolvves continue to earn…
The name isn’t blasphemous, at least not intentionally. In fact, Zola Jesus (sometimes known as Nika Roza Danilova) combined French writer Émile Zola with our Lord and Savior’s name to alienate her peers, not to piss off the pious. But it seems now Zola has more friends than she could…
Look, we understand if you spent all of last weekend locked inside your house. We can’t blame you in the slightest, considering all the madness surrounding that whole football thing. Now that its past, we wholeheartedly emerging from you self-imposed exile and getting out, especially if it involves seeing some…
Adele, T Pain, John Legend, Wilco, Trey Anastasio, Cat Stevens, Jackson Browne, The B.O.T.S., Trampled By Turtles, Hozier, The Pixies, and Neko Case are just a few of the notable bands and musicians that have participated in National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Concert Series. The concept is pretty simple and…
There was never any question about what Jon Yousko was singing in a Junior Achievement song. Yousko’s perfectly enunciated lyrics weaved intoxicating tales over his bandmates’ equally concussive riffage, and it was good. Goddamn, it was good. From the opening riff of “Dr. Cutthroat’s Revenge,” which kicks off the stellar…
It’s taken us a few days to decompress from the Super Bowl. But now that the out-of-towners have fled, we’ve thought back onto the previous weekend and come up with some reflections on some of the nightlife events that had our fair Valley looking more like Las Vegas than Arizona…
TMZ is reporting that Diddy got into a scuffle with a fan in Scottsdale at a Super Bowl party he hosted Saturday night. The fan, Steven Donaldson, has filed assault charges, and Scottsdale police are seeking Diddy for questioning, the website is reporting. Sergeant Ben Hoster of Scottsdale Police Department…
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…
Awe is a powerful word. Upon first listen, 1986’s Age of Quarrel by the Cro-Mags was (and still is) capable of rendering mere mortals to a state of awe. For fans of the band and the genre it helped create, awe is both a fitting and fascinating term, especially for…
Blood is thicker than water, but for the Avett Brothers, music is thicker than blood. It’s not just a moniker — Scott and Seth Avett really are related, and they’ve been playing together since they were kids. But 2000 was the year they started releasing their signature blend of fervent…
In 2015, it is more important than ever that a band trying to get noticed can present more than just music, but an entire multimedia experience. That doesn’t just apply to those on the brink of stardom either. Bands at every level are working overtime to come up with interesting…
Raised on a farm in southern Ontario, Fred Eaglesmith has nevertheless found himself grouped in with the type of outsider Texas songwriters who came of age in the late ’70s and ’80s. Though it’s not a designation that comes with huge album sales, Eaglesmith says he’s proud to find his…
The post-Cobain era of alternative rock was very kind to Gavin Rossdale and his band, Bush. The band’s multi-platinum debut record, Sixteen Stone, thrust them into mainstream and made Rossdale the crush of 16-year-old girls around the world. But let’s face it, Bush happened to be in the right place…
The Valley didn’t want for ultra-exclusive and high style parties during Super Bowl weekend. And some of the bigger soirees were put on by poker publication All IN magazine, which hosted three days of Super Bowl parties at an undisclosed home in Paradise Valley sitting on five acres and reportedly…
Diddy tested my patience, and I failed. Or, maybe I should leave Diddy out of this and direct some frustration toward promoter Scottsdale Nights. The Old Town Scottsdale Block Party (and Scottsdale Nights’ one-year anniversary party) was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m., though doors opened at 6 p.m. Admission…
You know, this city gets a lot of hate. And it’s not just from the outside, either. Recent transplants to Phoenix notice a trend when talking to the residents about their new home. The people who most often ask why a new resident would ever think to move here? Or…
