When you are a young musician and still new to the game, there is often a moment when you have a choice: Do something the quick and easy way or do it the right way. Jessica Hernandez took the latter approach when it came time to record Secret Evil, her…
It’s been slightly more than eight years since Body Count’s last speed/thrash metal assault on the world’s eardrums. The lengthy delay doesn’t come from a lack of desire, but rather the day job that keeps founder and frontman Ice-T out of the recording studio and on the production set. “I’ve…
Sean Carey’s Range of Light begins like the still quiet of a forest morning. “Glass/Film,” the opening song of Carey’s second full-length album, comes with the distinct sense of an awakening, starting with a heart-beat drum and slowly building, a soft guitar, a flash of horn. Carey says the album…
Bob Corritore’s new CD Taboo, which was released earlier this year, is unique. Why? The master harp-player’s album is all-harmonica. Not a single voice appears anywhere on the album. In place of vocals are the sounds of Corritore’s harmonicas…
A few weeks back we brought you a list of our favorite heavy metal charities. Here’s one that we saved for this week, since Phoenix metal lovers can interact with this one as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival this Friday, July 11, at Ak-Chin Pavilion. That’s because…
What’s a kid to do when caught between the world’s of psychedelic rock, surf music, bebop, rhythm and blues, and Cha Cha? If you’re Poncho Sanchez, you combine them in giant soul stew on the way to becoming the leading purveyor of funky, grooving music with a deeply soulful edge…
Don’t let the haboob slow you down. It might be monsoon season, but that just means slightly cooler temps when you go to check out some sweet live music at night. Check out the following six shows if you’re looking for something to do, and don’t be afraid to check…
BroLoaf’s 5th Annual Patriotic Meltdown Yucca Tap Room Friday, July 4, 2014 Most Tempe residents flocked to Tempe Beach Park to watch fireworks on Fourth of July, which is a shame, because they missed out on a massive party at Yucca Tap Room. BroLoaf returned for its 5th annual Fourth…
The United States can’t tell Cannibal Corpse what to do. (I mean, if you ever came across anything with that name, would you want to mess with it anyways?). Other countries can – in fact, Germany has tried to regulate the hell out of them over the years, and an…
History has proven that Ted Nugent is one of the most polarizing and controversial figures in the entertainment industry. It’s hard to discuss him as just a musician with the bevy of racially charged, political and extremely in-your-face opinionated tirades he has gone on throughout the years. And yet, as…
Skalloween, Ska Prom, Ska-turday, Skanksgiving. For at least the duration of its third wave, the upbeat-heavy, horn-driven sound of ska has enjoyed giving its own spin to holidays and special occasions. This Sunday, after a three-year hiatus, Ska Prom returns to Pub Rock Live in Scottsdale. Headlined by rising Las…
Some of us over here at New Times are in the middle of our first summer here, and at times the heat can be, well, overbearing. Here are 12 songs that have helped us forget that third digit hanging on the edge of the thermometer, compiled by Mandi Kimes. Click…
Scottsdale bar and nightspot Firehouse has been extinguished. The hybrid dance club, sports bar, and lounge located along Drinkwater Boulevard in the city’s entertainment district reportedly closed its doors a few weeks back. On June 16, Firehouse’s Facebook page changed its cover photo to a picture of a “Sorry, We’re…
As the temperatures rise in the Valley, the turnout at local bars and clubs tends to drop, for the most part. Some nightlife spots still attract a crowd despite the killer heat, like the place that Club Candids visited in June. Whether it was costumed partiers at Apollo’s Lounge, college…
Todd OwyoungBruce!Bruce Dickinson rules. He’s the greatest singer for one of the greatest bands of all time, Iron Maiden. But recently, he unleashed some pretty charged words in an interview with the Guardian. In addition to dropping one of the most incredible quotations ever, “fame is the excrement of creativity,”…
In the three years following Wye Oak released its breakthrough album, Civilian, the band toured endlessly, returning depressed and creatively drained. Guitarist Jenn Wasner was emptied of the passion she had for music. Playing the same songs every night had become redundant for her. From discord arose discovery. The six-string…
The smoky smell and haze in the night sky from a fireworks show is a typical way to end a Fourth of July celebration. However, what leads to the fireworks at the end of the night is the fun part. Many choose to grill and have parties to celebrate or…
Ten years ago, writer Tom Reardon had a front-row seat to see the punch heard ’round the punk world. Reardon was playing bass for Phoenix punk act North Side Kings, which was in Tuba City, Arizona, to open for Danzig, the metal band fronted by former Misfits singer and punk…
Earlier today, metal band Upon A Burning Body posted that their singer, Danny Leal, is missing and was last seen June 30. According to the band’s label, Sumerian Records, it was a hoax…
It’s coming — and there’s little, if anything, you can do to stop it. The dog days of summer? Nope, although those are due this month, too. We’re referring to the imminent invasion of throwback acts, nostalgia tours, and long-in-the-tooth musicians who take to the road come summertime, and there’s…
The whiz-bang spectacle of the Fourth of July isn’t gonna be limited to just skyrockets in flight or legal pyrotechnics going off in your neighbor’s backyard, bub. The Valley’s club scene tends to turn up the razzle-dazzle during the annual holiday with an abundance of can’t miss Independence Day dance…
Look no further for proof of Bob Marley’s legacy than the vast number of bands influenced by his work and the multitude of Marley posters that adorn dorm-room walls. More than 30 years after his death in 1981, Bob Marley and the Wailers touch people of all ages. Mostly because…
