The Thanksgiving-to-Christmas stretch is always light on concerts, since many touring acts take that month off and many fans choose to stay home and focus on the busy lead-up to the end of the year. While there’s not much going on, the shows you do go to will be populated…
Rock music and annoying egos go hand-in-hand. In fact, the pairing is almost as guaranteed as headbanging and mosh pits. Groupies and tour buses. Dimebag and a Black Tooth Grin shots. Revolting disgust and the Kardashian clan. You get the picture. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a huge national act,…
Phoenix is on the cusp of something great, musically speaking. New festivals are popping up every year with big concepts and bigger headliners. As time progresses and the bands on top of the scene either blow up or fade away, it will be the younger acts out there stepping up…
There are a handful of high-profile bands and artists that have never, ever performed in Phoenix — Daft Punk being chief among them — that we’d give anything to see in concert here. As of yesterday, however, Knife Party is no longer on that list — at least not any…
O.T. Genasis’ “CoCo” is one of those songs that blows up, and no one really knows why. It’s a somewhat repetitive beat with a dumbed-down chorus that somehow worms its way into your ear a takes up permanent residence. For every song like “CoCo” that makes it big, there are…
It’s a slow weekend in Phoenix, but there are still some options to get your music fix. Check out our picks here, and visit our comprehensive concert listings for more options…
So, how was your November? You probably did the Thanksgiving thing with the family, watched tons of football, and got into it with other Black Friday shoppers in order to nab the biggest deals. As for the Club Candids crew, they spent the past month celebrating Day of the Dead,…
By Adam Perry While traveling from Denver to Texas a few weeks ago, I could not stop listening to Mutiny on the Bay, the searing collection of ’80s Dead Kennedys performances released in 2001; East Bay Ray, it occurred to me, is one of the most underrated guitarists in the…
Pretty much everyone has an ugly sweater, even you. Fact. Don’t bother denying it, because we know it’s hidden away somewhere dark and deep in your closet along with whatever skeletons that have been accumulating over the years. Chances are likely that you either got it from a snarky or…
Sometimes, there’s no better way to get in the spirit of the holidays than to listen to some of the great music that has endured centuries. Phoenix is full of orchestras, choirs, and instrumentalists dedicated to classical music. Here is where to find classical holiday music in Metro Phoenix…
Blues will help kids and needy parents during the seventh annual Toy and Diaper Drive Sunday, December 7 at Rhythm Room in Phoenix. Bluesman Mike Anderson and the Blues Review Band will head up an all-star cast that includes Lucius Parr, the Sugar Thieves, Paul Cruize and Blues Crew, Sir…
In 2008, a video surfaced of four Portland residents, clad in chain mail and medieval armor made solely of beer cans, going head-to-head with live-action role players. In 2011, the same four Portlanders appeared again, blowing a record label advance check on a beatup station wagon and a plethora of…
The concept of living a Kerouac-inspired lifestyle will, at some point, seem attractive to even the most jaded readers of On the Road, a tome that extolls the virtues and pitfalls of years spent doing just that. For Chris Rutledge of Antique Scream, this nomadic spirit is less a passing…
According to Harry Nilsson, one is the loneliest number. But for singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Keller Williams, one is more than enough. Unlike one-man bands of old, Williams doesn’t have cymbals on his knees, horns under his arms, taps on his toes, or a drum on his back. Rather, Williams has propelled the…
You know how people are always complaining that good bands never come to Phoenix? Those people can put this on their Sonoran hot dogs and eat it: U2 announced two dates in Phoenix at the venue formerly known as US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena. The band will be…
Another local stadium’s naming rights now belong to a casino. Maybe our local sports teams owe someone money? The venue formerly known as US Airways Center will now be called Talking Stick Resort Arena, the Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury, and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community announced today. The arena serves…
The first two albums Fleetwood Mac released after Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined Christine McVie, bassist John McVie, and drummer Mick Fleetwood provided the pop soundtrack of the late 1970s. The tender nature of singles like “Landslide,” the mysticism of “Rhiannon,” and the bold confessional nature of “Go Your…
Arizona has no shortage of offensive band names. One might even say we’re right up there with Texas in having the most offensive band names per capita. Mighty Sphincter is no exception. The band itself is something of an enigma. Known, perhaps, by fans of the dark and spooky worldwide,…
Much has changed in the world of alt-modeling since the inception of Suicide Girls in 2001. It was the first major website where you could see tattooed and pierced ladies bare it all in front of the camera. It became more than just a soft-core porn site for creepy dudes…
Members of the legendary punk band X will never “walk on down the road yelling hurry up” to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to be enshrined in its hallowed halls. It has never been their style to self-aggrandize, and yet while bands like the Clash, The Ramones, Talking…
Lana Del Rey announced tour dates for May and June today, and the fourth stop of the tour will be in Phoenix at Ak-Chin Pavilion on May 14. Somewhat surprising is the announcement that supporting Lady Lana on the tour will be Courtney Love. Yes, the Hole lead singer and…
Young Jeezy’s performance at downtown Phoenix’s The Pressroom Saturday night was absolutely stunning. Almost a decade after his major label debut Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, the 37-year-old Georgia based rapper with the raspy voice is still one of the most entertaining performers in the game. Jeezy is one…
