If you tune into KDKB right now — 93.3 on your FM dial — you’ll hear something a bit different from the classic/hard rock station’s usual offerings of Ozzy, Metallica, Judas Priest, or AC/DC. At this exact moment, the local radio institution is broadcasting nothing but wall-to-wall Richard Cheese, including…
Right now, the world is the S.S. Turdboat and its fecal-matter hull is slowly dissolving in the piss that is society. By proxy, the United States is at war with Russia, not to mention Iraq again (or did that occupation ever really end?) as the war on drugs continues to…
For as long as the folk songs of hillbillies and Appalachian wailers have been called “country songs,” the genre has been the province of those tip-toeing between grace and damnation — Hank Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, the Louvin Brothers, and others for whom the pursuit of holiness often…
Could erupting Icelandic volcanoes be the premise for Ian Anderson’s next concept album? “It could well be,” Anderson says with a laugh from his London home, noting that he must fly over Iceland on its way to the United States for the group’s upcoming tour. “We do have to pray…
Last time around, Foxygen proclaimed themselves “the 21st-century ambassadors of peace and magic.” The mischievous, fun-loving, experimental psych-rock band — formed and fronted by songwriting partners Jonathan Rado (guitar and keyboards) and Sam France (vocals) — sound well beyond the 22nd century on its new release …And Star Power…
The new documentary film David Bowie is does not tackle the epic career of the legendary rock star, but rather takes you inside London’s Victoria and Albert Museum’s (V&A) exhibition, where more than 300 pieces of Bowie history are on display. Stories behind the extraordinary stage costumes, handwritten lyrics, sketches,…
On the heels of last Friday’s wild Mad Decent Block Party, Phoenix electronic dance music promoters Relentless Beats announced another huge EDM concert coming to Phoenix: Global Dance Festival. The Arizona iteration of the party is scheduled for Friday, November 21, at Tempe Beach Park…
This was supposed to just be an article about douche bags. It was supposed to highlight a sleazy rapper with a drug-addled party complex that mirrored the underbelly of the equally sleazy frat scene found just a few miles from Phoenix. See, Mickey Avalon has his dual lives: he’s a…
It is not often a review of a book is longer than the book itself, at least in number of words, but this is not just any book review and the book in question is not just any book. What Every Child Needs to Know About Punk Rock, by Valley…
Phoenix hip-hop duo Shining Soul say Canadian Border Services Agency recently stopped, detained, and heavily questioned them at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. The duo was trying to get to a concert scheduled as part of its “Hometown Foreigners Tour.” This is the second time the pair — Franco Habre, a.k.a. Bronze…
Thousands upon thousands came to Rawhide Western Town in Chandler this past Friday, all of whom had pretty much the same goal in mind — partying their asses off at the Valley’s biggest electronic dance music event of the year, the Mad Decent Block Party. They came clad in off-kilter…
By the end of 2012, Godsmack’s concert album the band released that year,Live and Inspired, was the furthest thing from the band’s mind…
In the four-plus decades of punk’s angsty rule, it has become easy to get lost in a sea of band T-shirts, jeans, and flannel, not to mention the safety pins and hair glue maintained as the uniform of choice for so many #trupunx and fans of the Casualties. So, when…
Have you recovered from Mad Decent Block Party? Last weekend, everything musical in Phoenix paused to give space for what is arguably the largest EDM event that will happen this year. This week, the Phoenix music universe has adjusted, compensating for the overabundance of beats and turntables with a slew…
San Francisco-based singer-songwriter Sean Hayes knows you heard about him from your folk-music-loving lady friend. He says he gets that a lot. “I feel like women are the gateway,” he jokes…
Despite anything you might’ve read online, Dillon Francis does not own a Taco Bell. That was just a clever April Fool’s prank. That said, the infamous dance-music producer seems to spend enough time patronizing the fast food chain and professing his love for its various menu items that one could…
Don’t look now, but the live music scene in Mesa has gotten bigger and a bit livelier recently. Yes, you read that right — Mesa. The often-quiet East Valley suburb, which was notoriously deemed as one of the “10 Most Boring Cities in America” earlier this year, has become noisier…
Dancing, as famed poet Robert Frost once wrote, is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire. In other words, when some couples take to the dance floor at your average club night, it’s not only from a desire to show off some sweet steps and fancy moves. More carnal intentions…
Overnight success can take years. The Kopecky Family Band’s buoyant folk-estral sound goes back seven years to Nashville’s Belmont University where they all met. The sextet had released three EPs and were about to self-release their full-length debut, Kids Raising Kids, when they inaugurated a co-headlining tour with an equally…
So few concerts come through downtown Phoenix’s majestic Orpheum Theatre that when one cancels, it’s always a shame. Unfortunately, that’s the case for October 5 Neon Trees show. The Provo, Utah, mega-poppers announced that they had to cancel several upcoming tour dates due to health reasons. Here’s the statement: “Neon…
Filed under the category of “Everything That’s Not Mad Decent Block Party,” here are your five best options for live music this week in Phoenix. Be sure to check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options…
In the 2013 mini-documentary chronicling the rise of the Mad Decent Block Party, über-producer and festival founder Diplo has a bit of advice for anyone who performs at the event: “If you’re an act, don’t play after Flosstradamus,” he says. “That’s really hard.” It’s a simple edict that illustrates not…
