Sunday, March 13, 2011Trunk SpaceWhat’s a band to do en route to next week’s SXSW? Perhaps spend a night on Grand Ave. in Phoenix at Trunk Space whilst they make their way to Austin? Such was the more than decent decision by Portland indie/electronic outfit Starfucker. March is a busy…
First there was word about Mumford & Sons playing at the upcoming Canned Beer Festival, and now there are rumors spreading about the Foo Fighters. This week seems to be full of false local rumors about awesome musical performances in Chandler, which is both disappointing and quite a shame.Toward the…
Song: Lisa Savidge, “90 Pills”Context: This is my favorite old song from Lisa Savidge, the band featured in this week’s New Times. Listening to this new, much noisier version and the one from 2008 I’m struck by how drastically the band has evolved. Most local bands break up long before…
Tennessee garage rockers Cheap Time are playing Sound Kontrol Sunday night, with last week’s music feature darlings Vegetable, Sexual Slurs and Mangled Men (featuring members of Soft Shoulder, Pods, Pigeon Religion), which is all the excuse I need to post this tune, from their Scion A/V 7″ series. The show…
Longstanding Valley club Anderson’s Fifth Estate is set to return, says club owner Tom Anderson.The club was known as Anderson’s from 1982 to 2007, when it became Club Forbidden, then switched names to Vagabond Ballroom in November, 2010.”We were trying to get rolling with Vagabond Ballroom, but people were still…
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor has finally had enough of the Broadway show’s complications and has chosen to step down from her position, according to Rolling Stone.For the time being, Taymor will still be the director and co-writer of the show, but she will no longer be…
When it comes to corporate-sponsorship of venue names, Phoenix is blessed.Our basketball team plays in U.S. Airways Center, named for a successful local airline. Our hockey team plays in Jobing.com Arena — anything with a dot com at the end sounds so modern! Our football team plays in the University…
Numerous local bands and artists are headed to South By Southwest over the next week to represent our fair city, including Random, Kinch, and the boys of Gospel Claws.Turns out you can also add DJ Melo to that esteemed list, as the 36-year-old Karamba resident will be travel to Austin…
March and April are certainly busy months for Pains, as the kids call them. Their time at SXSW in March is followed by a slot at Coachella in April, all with the release of Belong sandwiched rather nicely between. Unfortunately, the band is playing Tucson the same night Phoenix gets…
Pavle Milic You can find the co-owner of restaurant FnB at the Old Town Farmers’ Market in Scottsdale every Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? If my wife drove, it’s highly likely…
According to the Hebrew Bible, it took God 7 days to create the Earth. According to manager Cory Adams, it took 77 to create a new Majerle’s in Old Town Scottsdale.The sports grill, owned of course by former player and current Phoenix Suns assistant coach Dan Majerle, opened last night…
The outdoor amphitheater previously known as Desert Sky Pavilion, Cricket Pavilion, and Desert Sky Pavilion again now has a new name. It’s a doozie, too. How much are you going to love seeing shows at the Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion?Live Nation Entertainment announced a five-year name deal with Ashley Furniture HomeStore…
This week’s music feature is about local shoegazers Lisa Savidge. Ever wondered what sort of music soldiers in Iraq blast while patrolling the streets of Baghdad? Dan Somers, the band’s singer, did two tours of duty and shared his experience with writer Melissa Fossum.Another thing you may be wondering: Why the fuck…
Song: The Dodos, “Fables” Context: The Dodos will play The Duce — which is a super-cool venue in downtown Phoenix — on Sunday The Dodos // Fables by user1479531…
“Fierce Creatures is a wonderful band from Fresno, California, and they’ve got a great ear for melody and good music,” said Ade Kassim, who designed the flier.Indie folk band Fierce Creatures will be joined by local talents Small Leaks Sink Ships and Kid Sampson.”Small Leaks Sink Ships and Kid Sampson…
Lady Gaga has revealed to Neil Strauss that her apartment used to be covered in cocaine and cockroaches, according to NME.American and Kittian author Neil Strauss’s upcoming novel, Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead: Journeys Into Fame and Madness, has included exclusive Gaga excerpts in his book. Gaga had a…
Portland is a city that’s known for its amazing music scene. So much so that it’s starting to give Los Angeles and Brooklyn a run for their money as a place bands looking to get discovered relocate. In such a crowded scene it can often times be difficult to stand…
It’s been a productive few weeks for local hip-hop, giving us new video releases from local rappers Mav, Trap and Mr. Miranda, three of the busiest MCs in the Valley scene. Mav is still promoting his 2010 release, Independent Hustlin’, which recently won the “Best Album” award in the Phoenix…
Title: The Dalliance AlbumBasics: Underground Cities is described as being “formed by old high school friends in the summer of 2009 from the remnants of punk, indie, metal and rockabilly bands.” Thankfully, Underground Cities is not just one of these sounds — the band plays instrumental rock songs in the…
DeVotchKa is Russian for “girl.” Not sure what that has to do with anything, but I like when foreign words are so much longer than their English counterpart. DeVotchKa is also the name of a crazy-ass band from Denver that sounds like Fiddler on the Roof if many, many more…
California singer-songwriter Joey Cape is best known for his work in bands like Lagwagon and Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies. When he’s not working on records for those groups, Cape is building a pretty strong solo career for himself. Unlike the pop-punk sound Cape developed with his bands, his…
The grungy hard rock band 10 Years has had its share of ups and downs. Like most groups that last more than a hot minute, they’ve gone through personnel changes, management changes, and a few creative crises. In fact, the band wasn’t even certain that its most recent album, Feeding…
