A couple of weeks ago, our music feature was on the earliest musical recordings from Arizona, created in 1929 by a cowgirl singer/guitarist named Billie Maxwell. Though her music is obscure to most, a handful of Arizona collectors are on a quest for to obtain a very rare original copy of…
Song: Lil Wayne, “6 Foot 7 Foot”Context: I’m seeing Weezy tonight. Can someone tell me what the fuck bananas have to do with the verses on this song? I’ve consulted Urban Dictionary on the matter and the only connection to slang I see is that the song is about a…
French pop star Yelle played Rhythm Room last week and Up On The Sun cartoonist Robbie Pfeffer was there.As a result, he has some advice for people who wish to blog about such events. Read on for those tips…..
A new commercial for Vitamin Water pairs up Steve Nash and “Barbra Streisand” by Duck Sauce, according to Prefix. What a winning combination.Keeping it classy by wearing a suit and tie to a party and then at a fancy restaurant, Steve Nash plays himself in the ad. There couldn’t be…
However, it’s punk quartet Face to Face who have perhaps the most intriguing just announced show with their June 1 date at the Nile Theater. The Victorville, CA band rose to prominence with the release of their second album, Big Choice, which contained such radio stalwarts as “Disconnected” and “I Know…
There’s nothing like sifting through the missed connections after your favorite concert of the year.Craigslist is poppin’ with missed connections from Coachella. With the Coachella car camping grounds being a great place to hook up with strangers and whatnot, plenty of festival goers probably got some action.But what about those…
w h o k i l l picks up right where BiRd-BrAiNs left off, bolstered by the catchy, unique lead single “Bizness.” Garbus’ vocals are in top form, commanding your attention from start to finish. She also ditched the DIY recording style from BiRd-BrAiNs, opting instead to go the more traditional recording studio…
Fake Problems doesn’t have many problems, real or imagined. Instead of worrying, they focus on having a good time and touring often. Singer/guitarist Chris Farren taught the band how to play Bobby Darin’s “Dream Lover” while lounging poolside before opening for Lucero in Phoenix a couple months ago.The band is…
As everyone knows, The Dude was in the music business, briefly. As a roadie for Metallica during the Speed Of Sound tour. The band was, reportedly, a bunch of assholes.Now the Dude, using his professional alias Jeff Bridges, will record an album with Oscar and Grammy award winner T-Bone Burnett…
Dear Coachella,Remember me? I wrote you a letter about this time last year to voice my concerns about you. I was worried that you’d gone off the rails, blatantly ignoring the ones who loved you the most in favor of a new group of peers who were ultimately leading you…
, according to Idolator.”Judas” will be released on Tuesday, April 19 as Gaga’s followup single to the track that shares a name with the album. The song clip sounds like a low-quality preview. The music video is expected to be rather religious and, naturally for Lady Gaga, pretty racy and controversial. Check…
YouTube brings it’s first national tour, the 6 week, 27 city “DigiTour” through Club Red in Tempe tomorrow night. The line-up features many of the video site’s most popular novelties, accounting for more than one billion views combined.MysteryGuitarMan, Dave Days and AutoTune The News guys The Gregory Bros. headline the show.Let’s see…
Song: Fake problems, “Soulless”Context: Fake Problems will be at Hard Rock Cafe downtown tomorrow night. Fake problems – Soulless by totosarg…
Huge and old-timey show announcement today: The Decemberists will play Mesa Arts Center on August 11.The date comes at the end of the Portland indie-folk act’s extended summer tour, which is in support of their January record, The King Is Dead. No support for this date announced yet but other…
The Musical Instrument Museum in North Phoenix — the largest of its type in the world — has released a warm-and-fuzzy new promo video. “Music is the language of the soul…” it begins.Along the way you get quotes about how awesome the museum is from guys like Carlos Santana and…
You just don’t hear enough flutes in pop music, amirite? Couple that breathy sound with flanged and plucked bass, vintage synths, a sexy beat and an incredibly high falsetto and you’ve got “Orange Blossom” by Santa Barbara band Gardens & Villa. The tune tips its hat to The Talking Heads…
This time around, it’s all about the music…
Tollett and Goldenvoice were determined to make 2011 as different from 2010 as best they can. Their work, so far, is a marked improvement over last year…
Song: The New Pornographers, “Your Hands (Together)”Context: The New Pornographers will play Marquee Theatre tonight. New Pornographers – (Your Hands Together) by Perriquin79…
Christwire has issued a hilarious warning about Coachella titled “Coachella is a Festival of Disease and Sin. Your Children Most Likely Will Die.”The satirical site — that means it’s not real, folks — begins by describing the California festival as “a concert event for neo hippies, naked beer drinkers and drug addicts. Each year…
Cold Cave comes with a loaded resume. Wesley Eisold, the group’s songwriter, has played in punk and hardcore bands like Some Girls and Give Up the Ghost, and past and current members are associated with Xiu Xiu, Prurient and Miko Miko. Cherish the Light Years, Eisold’s latest, won’t get away…
The Jeff Dahl Band is gearing up for its first gig in three years tonight.Dahl is back in town from Hawaii to celebrate drummer Russ Covner’s 50th birthday with a one-off gig at Hollywood Alley. Bassist Jason Smith made the trek back from Kentucky and guitarist Frank Labor is on…
