According to legend, it was a chilly November night in 1978 when Bob Dylan experienced a vision of Jesus Christ. Holed up in a Tucson hotel room, he had just finished a set and was mentally and physically exhausted. His marriage to Sara Lownds had ended a year earlier, and…
Though this weekly has featured ventures into spoken word and electro, the bread and butter at WTFunk Friday remains hip-hop. This Friday’s installment looks especially potent, hosting guest MCs DFS (Phal Kilmer & Floyd Write), Done Done One, Joe Baggs, Alkatraz (of T.S.O.I.), We Got Next, and Clockwork, and featuring…
Godsmack fans are pretty damn dedicated. At a Memphis show in May, floods, tornado-caliber winds, and, ironically, Osama bin Laden caused a show that neither Godsmack nor its fans will ever forget. The stage was flooded, tornado sirens were wailing, and thousands of fans had mud up to their ankles…
There’s hardly a subject that escapes Ben Folds’ wit. From style faux pas (“For Those of Y’all Who Wear Fannie Packs”) to apathetic scenesters (“Battle of Who Could Care Less”), Folds produces all manner of self-deprecation, sardonic observation, and irreverence, stretching from “Your Redneck Past” to his cover of Dr…
THURSDAY 14 27th Avenue Bar: DJ Manage, & DJ Android (Top 40, dance) AZ/88: Josh One (rare groove, urban funk) Bar Smith: Splash Thursday (reggae, dancehall, Top 40, house) Blue Martini: Rewind Thursday with DJ Mendez (various) Chilly Bombers: DJ Medik (Top 40, rock, old school) Cream Stereo Lounge: Bongo Thursdays…
When you team up the brotherly duo from The Necronauts, Billy and Dale Goodman, with Stereotyperider guitarist/vocalist Mike Upsahl, good things are bound to happen. And good things have taken shape in the collaborative effort that is the band High Horse. The trio released their self-titled seven-song EP earlier this…
Obscura is a fun dance party, it’s a shame it only happens once a month. DJs Roya and Adrian Flanagan spin indie, brit pop, and new wave, and raffle off CDs, concert tickets, and movie screening passes on the second Saturday of every month. A late night haboob didn’t stop…
And today on Mystery Venue Theatre, Crescent Ballroom — a mystical name that almost rivals the mystery surrounding the new downtown Phoenix venue. Formerly home to Bentley’s Nightclub, whose former website bentleysnightclubphx.com now leads to the sultry, kind of NSFW Pinupdoll.com, specific details about the venue at 308 N. 2nd Avenue,…
In March, Conspire coffee shop closed down, got a face lift, and then re-opened as a downtown art gallery and vegan cafe. There have been growing pains, for sure — the cafe still doesn’t have regular, set hours (don’t expect to ever find the door open before noon), there have…
On Monday night, singer Jewel and her husband, Ty Murray, had their first child, a boy they named Kase Townes Murray. And while “Kase Townes” isn’t that bizarre of a name, it’s not as traditional as say, Jason or John or Steven.But what do musicians and rock stars care about…
Starting today, you can bid on historic music memorabilia, like the strap from the guitar Jimi Hendrix burned on stage at the Monterrey Pop Festival in 1967 and a glove Michael Jackson wore at a 1997 concert in London — provided you’ve got some serious moolah.The minimum bid for Hendrix’s…
according to Spin.White has produced and contributed to the songs “Royal Mega” and “Brain.””Brain” is available for streaming here, and Spin has “Royal Mega” available for streaming here. It sure is catchy, and the hard blues undertones pair up perfectly with the vocals.More daily music news and gossip about Al…
Embattled rapper Earl Simmons, better known as DMX, was supposed to be released from Arizona State Prison (where he’s been incarcerated on charges of probation violation since last December) today.But that’s not going to happen. As we detailed in our exclusive feature story last year, Simmons has long struggled with…
Love it or hate it, The Sound Strike’s commercial boycott of Arizona is not going anywhere. The organization is hosting a benefit show in Los Angeles on July 29, featuring L.A.-based groups Aztlan Underground, Fitter, and New York rockers Outernational. The downtown L.A. show doesn’t feature quite as big a…
Though Local darkwave band Bella Lune is most associated with a Gothic vibe and synthtastic sound, this week, they put away the keyboards and drum kits and replace them with acoustic guitars and congas. Flexing their musical and stylistic prowess, the band performs a stripped down unplugged version of “Underwater”…
After some hardcore investigation, we finally uncovered something that James Franco doesn’t completely excel at. We found your weakness! Suck it, Franco…
After two brilliantly crafted EPs, Greene has finally released Washed Out’s much-anticipated debut, Within And Without. Buoyed by the strong lead single, “Eyes Be Closed,” Within And Without carries the chillwave torch, one still has plenty of fuel left. Greene’s latest effort not only helps broaden the appeal of the…
So Much Silence features a link to a new song by We Were Promised Jetpacks album, In the Pit of the Stomach, due out in the U.S. on October 4 via Fat Cat Records. SMS also features a few details on mysterious new Crescent Ballroom, a new venue joining the…
As we reported yesterday, Mic Todd, the bass player for metal band Coheed and Cambria, was arrested on Sunday at a venue in Massachusetts where the band was scheduled to play. Todd’s alleged crime? He reportedly walked into a Walgreens, claimed he had a bomb, and demanded six bottles of…
Yeah, we know. It’s a little late. Somehow all the mojitos we consumed during the fourth at the massive haboob from last week, have us a little behind. Be that as it may, we’re confident that even a cursory glance at the below photos will have you exclaiming, “Damn! Those…
How much does it cost to book GZA from Wu-Tang Clan? Or Lil Jon? Or Nicki Minaj?Cahleb Branch knows, because his company, Valley-based Money Power Respect Entertainment, books international shows for them, among a slew of other well-known hip-hop artists. But beyond that, the five year-old company’s established an innovative,…
Incubus fans expecting the band’s popular brand of guitar rock are in for a shock with the group’s seventh album, If Not Now, When?, released today. Listening to all twelve of the slow, concise power ballads here, one might even start to think they were listening to a Coldplay album.Well,…
