We hope you don’t have a music hangover from last weekend. The weather was gorgeous, and the music festivals were so plentiful we expect you made like us and saw music every opportunity you had, which was many. So it’d be understandable if you didn’t want to hear any music…
Every week, we get thousands of notifications on Facebook, and because our lives are privileged and lonely, we pay attention to them. Everyone has commented on everything. It is everybody’s birthday today. Everyone but you has had a baby and is also celebrating their four year anniversary with a decent…
Earlier this year, we announced a concert photography contest. We received more than 46 submissions, and a crack panel of judges winnowed down the submissions to 10 finalists. We are now introducing you to each photographer, presented in random order. Next up is Maria Vassett…
I had been waiting more than 20 years to see Pearl Jam live, and the time had finally come: I was going to see Seattle’s finest at the final weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. It was worth the wait. Eddie Vedder drank a bottle of wine onstage…
There’s a little bit of everything this weekend, including a band called 40lb Vagina. Seemingly all the local bands you’re used to seeing playing around town are up at the Apache Lake Music Festival. There is a three-day R&B and smooth jazz festival, the Arizona Jazz Festival. And there is…
Things get particularly crazy on weekend nights in Scottsdale’s entertainment district when last call looms — and we mean even crazier than its usual brand of madness. Grab a spot on the sidewalk anywhere along Saddlebag Trail or Stetson Drive in the early hours of Saturday or Sunday and you’ll…
The Melvins Maybe the most misunderstood band still out slogging it out on tour today. Maybe (definitely) brilliant, maybe mad, always noisily rocking out some of the best heavy sludge you’ll ever hear, Buzz Osborne (guitar and vocals) and Dale Crover (drums) have been the core of the band which…
It’s anyone’s guess why the world’s largest porn site is trying to get into music (maybe because no one likes paying for either?), but that’s exactly what Pornhub is attempting to do. First they tried to make Coolio relevant again with a boring video featuring chicks wagging their silicon-filled breasts…
Earlier this year, we announced a concert photography contest. We received more than 46 submissions, and a crack panel of judges winnowed down the submissions to 10 finalists. We are now introducing you to each photographer, presented in random order. Next up is Katherine Vega…
Tyson Stevens, the lead singer of now-defunct Gilbert band Scary Kids Scaring Kids, has died in Tuscon. He was 29. The news was first reported by Alternative Press Tuesday, October 21. Later that day, the Facebook page of Coma Prevail, Stevens’ most recent band, confirmed the news. (function(d, s, id)…
What could be better than a beautiful lake, some great music, and the opportunity to spend a few days jamming out, fishing, and camping? For many, there isn’t anything much better, and the Apache Lake Music Festival offers the opportunity to combine several different pleasure about 60 miles from Phoenix…
It took Melvins frontman Buzz “King Buzzo” Osborne five minutes and 12 seconds to begin his usual tirade against the media that cover music. The last time we spoke, almost 10 years ago, he waited nearly seven minutes. Clearly, Osborne has even less time for the media — his mile-a-minute…
After his band broke up in Virginia, Bryan Preston, better known as Dadadoh, wasn’t sure what to do with himself. After visiting the Valley in July 2009, he decided to move to Tempe, despite not knowing anyone. He’s been here ever since. Yet for the next two years, Dadadoh avoided…
So much for American Junkie 2.0. The Scottsdale nightlife hangout and day-drinking hangout for football fans, which shut down for several weeks over the summer for extensive renovations, has apparently closed again. And there’s been no indication if it will be reopening anytime soon. For the last several weekends, American…
Earlier this year, we announced a concert photography contest. We received more than 46 submissions, and a crack panel of judges winnowed down the submissions to 10 finalists. We are now introducing you to each photographer, presented in random order. Next up is Lisa Webb…
From treadmills to paint guns, OK Go has always been pushing the creative envelope with DIY music videos. For their latest single “The Writing’s On the Wall” from their new Hungry Ghosts album, they were faced with the challenge to pushing the envelope a little further. Using more than 20…
By Chaz Kangas As the man behind the Tupac hologram and last year’s aborted George Zimmerman/DMX boxing match, Alki David is no stranger to controversy. Now the 46-year-old Greek billionaire has another wild idea: He wants to bring battle rap, the hip-hop competition where MCs have to outperform their opponent…
If you know anything about Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave, it’s probably that he’s a little, well, weird. That’s why it’s really no surprise that a documentary made about him would be out of the ordinary format as well. The film 20,000 Days on Earth melds live concert footage with scripted…
The ever-whispering and quiet Ray LaMontagne stepped away from his private life to share some insight with Up On the Sun about his new album. How quiet is he? He currently is not listening to any music other than his own to focus on the tour and his own sound…
Earlier this year, we announced a concert photography contest. We received more than 46 submissions, and a crack panel of judges winnowed down the submissions to 10 finalists. We are now introducing you to each photographer, presented in random order. First up is Ben Garcia…
“The culture is back” This is what one of the people introducing MCs on the outside stage at the Arizona Hip Hop Festival at Comerica Theatre got the crowd chanting. I have no idea what the previous culture of Arizona hip-hop was, so I couldn’t tell if you if anything…
Another great week for music. You have it good this month, Phoenix. Check out our picks for the best shows here, and browse our comprehensive concert listings for a giant list of musical options…
