As 2015 unfolds, we’re thinking back on 2014 and lamenting the DJs and producers who didn’t think to grace the Valley of the Sun with their presence. We’re anxious to see which DJs will make an appearance in the Valley this year, and we’ve come up with 10 artists we…
The lineups for Coachella and Bonnaroo have been released, and they both absolutely suck. Seriously, Coachella is only four hours away and I could probably a finagle a free ticket, and I still won’t go. Shoot, I wouldn’t go if it was in Glendale. Now, some music writers would get…
The station formerly known as KDKB didn’t take long after the format change to start hosting concerts. Alt AZ 93.3 has announced a concert on April 10 in Quail Run Park in Mesa featuring Death Cab for Cutie. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. for $25. Death Cab…
Some say that Eric Clapton is God. Others say it is Kanye West who is a deity incarnate. Deadheads will clamor on about Jerry Garcia, while hip-hop heads will claim Biggie or Pac. I’m here to tell you they are all wrong; Bob Hoag is God. This became clear at…
Check out our concert picks for this week. This time next week, the Super Bowl will be here, bringing with it the two most unlikeable teams in football that, not coincidentally, boast the NFL’s two most obnoxious fan bases. Oh joy. Peruse our comprehensive concert calendar for more options…
As one of the most influential punk rock bands of all time, the Ramones completely redefined American music, creating a blueprint for the future of hardcore and punk. In the early 2000s, Spin Magazine rated the band the second greatest band of all time, just behind the Beatles. In 2002…
Periphery is one of those bands that are difficult to forget. It’s not because they are constantly in the mainstream, shoved in your face by way of radio play, music videos or non-stop festival headlining. Although I’m sure they wouldn’t turn down any of that. No — you remember Periphery…
DJ Dana Armstrong started her weekly country night, Valley Fever, a decade ago. Now, this weekend, it’s coming to an end — at least in its current form. Running a weekly gig for 10 years is no small feat. Armstrong started the country with as a reaction to vapid pop-country,…
Like a hibernating sasquatch, the Phoenix music scene, missing for a few weeks, is raging back with a vengeance this weekend. There are not only a boatload of shows, but there are two major music events, the Phoenix Rock Lottery at Crescent Ballroom and the final Valley Fever show, a…
McDowell Mountain Music Festival (March 27-29 at Margaret T. Hance Park) announced its the lineup for the local stages this week, all but solidifying the festival lineup for the end of March. On the bills are Pastries With Teeth, Snake! Snake! Snakes!, The Senators, Captain Squeegee, Gus Campbell, Wooden Indian,…
View image | gettyimages.com Rihanna is finally coming back to play Phoenix as part of DirecTV’s Super Saturday party the night before the big game. Too bad that her regular ol’ fans, who haven’t seen the singer grace the Grand Canyon state since a 2010 concert in Tuscon, won’t be…
And the Super Bowl concert announcements just keep on coming. Here’s the latest: chart-topping rap wunderkind G-Eazy, the artist behind the 2011 viral hit “Runaround Sue,” is set to perform at Livewire in Scottsdale on Saturday, January 31. Its one of many blockbuster concerts and club events that will be…
In case you haven’t been flooded with hundreds of cheering reposts on your social-media feeds, Scott Stapp is having a hard time. When bad things happen, people laugh. Whether it’s out of some sort of genuine happiness for the pain of someone that isn’t you or just as a way…
Good news for anyone who wasn’t lucky enough (or quick enough) to score tickets to the post-Super Bowl taping of the Tonight Show in Phoenix — or any local fans of the program’s house band, The Roots: they’re reportedly going to be putting on a free concert in downtown Phoenix…
Don’t call Sunset Voodoo a reggae band. Not that its members have anything against rocksteady rhythms. It’s just that the Tempe trio, who identifies as straightforward rock mixed with psychedelia, just isn’t sure how it got the label in the first place. Lucas Roth (bass, backup vocals) says he can’t…
If there’s one thing that Scottsdale is known for – other than high-style everything – is the sheer number of celebrities that visit the city every year. And during Super Bowl week later this month, that number will increase tenfold as hordes of the rich and famous (including many high-profile…
From now on, when someone asks you what the day in the middle of the week is, no longer need you say, “err, hump day.” Now you can say “It’s Heritage Hump Day!” That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big…
Hip-hop has been an integral part of Armon Collins’ life for a long time — nearly three decades now — but the music wasn’t quite what brought him to the music. Before Collins became better known as Scarub — a speed-rap-proficient MC who rose as part of the well-regarded Los…
Guitarists Julian Lage and Nels Cline lead wildly different musical lives. Lage operates primarily in a jazz realm, having collaborated with Jim Hall, Gary Burton, and Eric Harland. Yet, he’s also worked with mandolin master David Grisman and fiddle and bluegrass virtuoso Mark O’Conner, among others. Cline, when not fronting…
All evidence indicates that the hacker group calling themselves the Cyber Caliphate are amateurs. Their takedown of the U.S. military’s Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts on Monday, followed by threats, leaked documents, only seemed to prove that the “jihadists” in question don’t even know their own name. Oh, but…
They say women love blues pianist Henry Gray, and Henry Gray loves women. He married a woman 30 years younger than himself. Rhythm Room owner Bob Corritore recalls him joking that you shouldn’t put two older people together. “You don’t get a spark with two dead batteries,” Gray told him…
Happy New Year, Phoenix! What, you’ve already broken all your resolutions? Yeah, us too. But we’re bouncing back with some inspiration. Whether you’ve been considering a new hair style or a new kitchen project, we’re here to help with Project PHX, our annual “how to” guide. Step into Pane Bianco’s…
