No matter how many times you’ve stated the contrary, you will more than likely find yourself on a black buoyant tube floating along Salt River’s murky waters this summer. You will drink copious amounts of alcohol, forget to apply sun block on at least 13 percent of your body, and…
You have to give it up to the folks organizing the 2011 Winter Soulstice event presented by Walking Stick. Rather than just guess who the people want to see, they are allowing Facebook fans of their page to actually vote on who is going to get booked at this year’s…
Music and musicians have been around for centuries, and every day, new music news breaks. Every Monday, we’re going to take a look back at the notable music stories, births, and deaths that took place that week. Here’s “This Week in Music History” for June 13 through 19. June 13:…
Well, here we are again. It’s Monday morning, we’re all back at work (if we’re lucky), and we’ve got those beginning-of-the-week blues. Over the years, many songs have been written about the first day of the traditional work week. Here, we give you our list of the five best songs…
The 1993 film Six Degrees of Separation, about how everybody is ultimately connected to everybody else through somebody else, has spawned some spin-offs — most notably, the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” where the goal is to show how every movie star can somehow be connected to the Footloose…
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? I hope not, but just in case someone is, there’s good news on the horizon. Just after 7 a.m. this morning, X 103.9 announced The Foo Fighters are coming to town, on October 16 at US Airways…
, according to Pitchfork.The blues rock duo has filed two lawsuits against Della Femina Rothschild Jeary and Partners for using The Black Keys’ song “Tighten Up” in a television commercial for New Jersey’s Valley National Bank without asking permission from the band’s record label, Nonesuch Records. The label has asked…
Cake and Calexico Mesa Amphitheatre Friday, June 10, 2011 Calexico and Cake on the same ticket…seems a little unexpected, right? The bands have more in common than meets the eye. Both bands use horns, and Calexico’s connection to Artists for Action makes them a forerunner for political change. What does…
Phoenix-based hip-hop group Cut Throat Logic has been on the proverbial grind longer than most local rap acts. Since 1996, CTL has tirelessly promoted their shows through street teams, fliers, merchandising, and networking — and it’s paid off. In addition to having shared stages with the likes of Wu-Tang Clan,…
Fight Club Sadisco* is justifiably legendary around town. How often do you get to watch real live fights to the grinding sounds of electronica, industrial, and generally angry jams? This year, the down-and-dirty party goes down on June 18, at The Firehouse Gallery. Last year, our own Benjamin Leatherman climbed…
Michelle KableThe associate artistic director for the Space 55 Theatre Ensemble invites you to the variety show 7 Minutes in Heaven, every Saturday in June at Space 55 at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $10, and more info may be found at www.space55.org.When you put your key in the ignition and turn…
Arizona’s own Jimmy Eat World have been added to the lineup for the X103.9 Arizona Fall Frenzy. Punk band blink-182 and indie duo Matt & Kim were already slated to play the Frenzy, as part of the 2011 Honda Civic Tour.Jimmy Eat World will be touring for the next year…
When Martin Cizmar did a recent New Times cover story about KWSS 106.7’s The Morning Infidelity morning show, he detailed the fact that the three lovable goofballs who run the thing, Brad “Beef Vegan” Pfirrman, Lisa “Shorty” Short, and “Big Buddah,” don’t get paid a normal salary from the station…
Sometimes a remix doesn’t need to drastically depart from an original song. The Strobes — a Phoenix-based DJ collective featuring William Reed, Ryan Breen, Thomy Hoefer (AKA Prince $$) — doesn’t go off the map with their take on T. Rex’s classic rock anthem “Bang a Gong (Get It On),”…
The prince of parodies, “Weird” Al Yankovic, will be riffing on songs new and old tonight (Friday, June 10) in Chandler. With a career that spans more than 30 years and 150 songs (parodies and originals), it might be hard for Yankovic to whittle down his set list. If we…
Small towns and big boozers go together. If you don’t believe that, then you’ve probably never lived in a small town, where the most exciting thing to do is drink and gossip about how much of a drunkard everyone else in town is. The members of NYC pop-surf-punk band Jesus…
Local indie rock band Tremulants is kicking off their coastal tour in Phoenix next Friday, June 17. The band plans to bring their dreamy, psychedelic songs to several cities this summer, but first, they need gas for front man Marco Holt’s van.It might seem illogical for them to play a…
This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What are the top 40 songs with Arizona in the lyrics? What shows will new downtown…
This week’s issue of Phoenix New Times features a profile on local DJ Seduce, a.k.a Miguel Ivery, who has been bringing Afro-Brazilian sounds to the Valley for the past five years. Seduce recently released Brazil:Sambossica 3, a compilation of up-and-coming Brazilian artists he wanted to introduce to the rest of…
Liz IsenbergTrunk SpaceWednesday, June 8, 2011 One of the absolute treats of a stripped down, do-it-yourself show is that a musician cannot hide behind bright lights, over-processed distortion, or the skills of other musicians. One mic. One voice. One presence. Touring artists Liz Isenberg and Vio/Miré, and Phoenix-based artists Courier…
Winter’s Bone- Music from the Film Performed LiveMesa Arts CenterJune 8, 2011Americana is a funny genre. It’s not fair to call every dude or lady in cowboy boots a poser — and, seriously, in 2011 the word poser sounds awfully outdated — but it does seem that the acoustic guitar-wielding…
Leon Botha, who is often associated with Die Antwoord, has passed away from complications with progeria, according to Stereogum.Botha is also known as DJ Solarize. He’s known for being a prominent visual artist in Cape Town, South Africa, as well. He appeared in South African hip-hop duo Die Antwoord’s hit…
