Glendale death metal band Job for a Cowboy released their new EP, Gloom, today, but don’t bother looking for it at Zia or Best Buy. The four-song EP is available for download through most online digital outlets, but a mere 2,500 physical copies are being sold exclusively via mail order…
However, may I direct your attention towards Canadian electronic pop duo Junior Boys? Their latest album, It’s All True, is set to be released next Tuesday. A solid follow-up to 2009’s rather excellent Begone Dull Care, It’s All True finds Junior Boys producing yet more electronic pop-driven music, complete with…
Arizona Hopi reggae artist Casper Lomayesva is used to playing big gigs. In 2009, he was invited by legendary folk artist Pete Seeger to play Seeger’s 90th birthday party at Madison Square Garden (alongside the likes of Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, and Bruce Springsteen). He also headlined the Native Music…
Well, fuck all that nonsense — it’s finally June 7th and Gloss Drop is finally out. It’s a good thing, too, since I believe Gloss Drop is one of 2011’s finest albums to date — a proper 1-B to the 1-A ranking of Fleet Foxes’ brilliant Helplessness Blues. Gloss Drop…
, according to Spin.The band’s upcoming album, titled I’m With You, is officially scheduled to drop on August 30, per an announcement on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ website.This time around, they’ve got a new guitarist, too. Josh Klinghoffer has replaced John Frusciante after Frusciante left the band on good…
Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, who record under the name 2Cellos, just released a video for their super-symphonic cover of Guns ‘N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle.” If you’ve ever seen an Apocalyptica video, then you’ve seen guys headbanging while playing cellos. Sulic and Hauser do plenty of…
Phoenix/Las Vegas duo HavocNdeeD recently remixed Linkin Park’s “Wretches and Kings,” and the track is getting some major love from the NME Blog. “Oh my. This is, well, bloody amazing,” writes Rebecca Schiller about the remix. “Wretches and Kings” originally appeared on Linkin Park’s divisive album A Thousand Suns, a…
Yesterday, West finally released the finished version of “Monster,” which you can watch after the jump:…
, according to Prefix.He better keep his promise! If he doesn’t, Jay-Z will have something to say about it. Along with his new vow to do away with auto-tune came the unfortunate introduction of the pathetic-sounding “T-Pain Effect.”The title “The T-Pain Effect” makes it sound like he’s just renaming auto-tune,…
This weekend Phoenix indie-poppers Boys and Frogs released their new video, “Old Tribes” and album, Rain Dance Snowed In, at MADCAP Theaters. We blogged about the video premier a few weeks ago, but couldn’t share the actual video at the time, which we are now happy to do, as it’s…
My favorite people watching moment at Phoenix Comicon had to be spotting a crew of teens dressed as Hogwarts students smoking outside of the Convention Center. I liked to imagine I had found the “bad kids” of the school, looking bad-ass in their school uniforms, puffing away with magical indifference.The…
It’s been quite a year for local indie band The Whisperlights. Their debut EP, Wake up Dead , has been out for about a year now. “Death” was ranked number one on Michael Lopez’s Top Ten Best You Asked For It Songs. Former music editor Martin Cizmar included the album…
Local hard melodic rock band Digital Summer, whom we profiled in 2008, continues making strides outside Arizona.After having a local hit with their song “Just Run” (which made the rotation at 98 KUPD for seven weeks) and touring with national acts like Sevendust and Drowning Pool, Digital Summer will be…
GiversTrunk SpaceSaturday, June 4, 2011It’s not hard to tell when you’ve just watched a young, buzzworthy band perform. They usually thank the crowd for coming out — regardless of how big it is — while perhaps mentioning that it is the band’s first time in a particular town. Such was…
The Bled The Underground in Mesa Friday, June 3There’s something to be said for metal bands who can make the most of being buried underneath a booming rave. That’s what happened on Friday, as the three local bands who tore up the stage at The Underground — The Author, The Fair and…
If there were ever an artist who has passed the half-century mark in age and is making new works every bit as engaging, if not more so, than what was created in their so-called “prime,” it has to be Nick Cave. Well, we can throw Bob Dylan and his last…
For £7.50 ($12.27), fans can download ten out of a possible twenty tracks, create their own album art and then sell the album — earning £1 every time their particular version is downloaded. Every one of the twenty Tony Visconti-produced tracks can be listened to before being chosen.Drummer Rick Wilson…
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards will be honored at Spike TV’s “Guys Choice” awards on Friday, June 10. And what does he get for playing guitar and surviving rampant drug use for almost 50 years? Brass balls, of course. We imagine Richards is one of those “guys who have everything,”…
Today is First Friday, which means a few blocks of central Phoenix will be transformed into an art walk/street fair tonight. But in addition to the art, antics, and people, First Friday offers a variety of live, local music.Here are some highlights of what’s going on where with local music…
Crystal AntlersThe Rhythm RoomThursday, June 2Last night, outside of The Rhythm Room, Damien Edwards of Crystal Antlers explained to me some of the band’s punk cred. “Keith Morris (Circle Jerks, Black Flag, OFF!) is like our godfather,” the lanky percussionist said, smoking an American Spirit. “He saw us play in…
Devin BerkoThe director is the co-founder of Ber Co. Productions, specializing in music videos, commercials, and creative content. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? 103.9-FM. What’s the last song played on your music player? “Jack Sparrow” by…
, according to NME.Australian scientists have concluded that the behavior of great whites was affected in different ways when different kinds of music was played in the water around them.When a diver played the music of AC/DC, the sharks’ behavior became “more investigative, more inquisitive, and a lot less aggressive,” said…
