As many others will inevitably do during the holiday season, Elizabeth Quintanilla (a.k.a. DJ Alkemé) is planning on serving up some sweet treats to her nearest and dearest. But instead of peppermint pinwheels and peanut butter bars, the 32-year-old she-jay’s confections are of the auditory variety. Quintanilla is planning on…
They don’t come more original than Sweet Pie. The 67-year-old is, as far as anyone can tell, the world’s only nudist boogie-woogie pianist. The eccentric self-taught musician, born Paul Winer, roamed the country from 1965 through 1990, performing at ski resorts, colleges, and tourist spots all along the East Coast…
Local pop/rock band The Maine seems to be on a quest for world domination. They’re barely out of high school but already they have an imprint on Warner Brothers, a keepsake book, a box set, and a button pack. Now, the early-20-somethings have set their sights on cinema. The Maine…
THURSDAY 16 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old school, R&B) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ/88: Josh One (rare groove, urban funk) Bar Smith: Bass, Lettuce, & Techno with DJ Josh Lestis, & DJ OG (deep bass) Bikini Lounge: DJ…
I first met Nate Allen a couple of years ago, when he played a house show in downtown Tempe where he rolled up in a ramshackle van full of ‘zines and self-pressed CD-Rs. I don’t think the cops were called that night, but if they were, they would have stumbled…
Song: The Maine, “Growing Up”Context: In going back to listen to prominent releases from local bands to prepare my “Best Local Records of 2010” list I was struck by how mature this song from The Maine is. Ya know, these guys could really grow into something even Phoenix indie snobs…
What is rock ‘n’ roll if not the sound of youthful exuberance? In that context, Orange Juice might just be the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band of all time. Led by a young Edwyn Collins, he of the “A Girl Like You” international mega-hit in the mid-’90s, Glasgow’s Orange Juice…
While lots of people are polite concergoers, so many others just don’t understand the basics of concert etiquette. Maybe you’re that tall guy that blocks the view of shorter people, or you’re the wasted guy singing the song at the top of your lungs. There’s a reason people are giving…
The Maine are well on their way to selling out Pollack Tempe Cinemas for the screening of their debut short film, In Darkness and In Light this Friday, December 17.Up on the Sun is doing a contest to win a pair of FREE tickets, and entering is simple.All you have…
At a benefit event he recently hosted for Los Angeles radio station KCRW, former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins revealed that he produced an album for serial murderer and cult leader Charles Manson, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Rollins produced a handful of Charles Manson’s acoustic “pop songs” at some…
As a lifelong Phoenician, it’s hard not to get all nostalgic for the old Boston’s when stepping foot into 910 Live, but even without its dirt lot and smelly interior, the location has once again become a great place to see bands. We stopped by on Saturday for the No…
Greetings, programs! Didja know there’s some kind of movie called Tron Legacy hitting theatres this weekend? Yeah, it took us by surprise too, considering there’s been absolutely zero promotion or press about it lately. All jokes aside, the flick that many are expecting to be one of the biggest of…
Neon TreesDecember 14, 2010Ovations Live! Showroom at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino I never thought one of the best shows I saw all year would be in an Arizona casino.Even the bands playing last night at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler, Paper Tongues and Neon Trees,…
Paper Tongues and Neon Trees played a very interesting venue last night for their show — the Ovations Live! Showroom at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino.Tons of fans (including The Summer Set’s Jess Bowen) made it out to Chandler to show their support and were quick to live Tweet…
Ska kids and rude boys from throughout the Valley will definitely be skanking up a storm at this news: alt-rock station X103.9 and local promoter Jeremiah Gratza (a.k.a. President Gator) are bringing a massive two-night ska festival to the Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe next month. The first night takes…
Congratulations, Alice, you’re headed to Cleveland.Alice Cooper, the shock rocker raised and residing in Phoenix (Detroit is also trying to claim him today) has been selected for enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on the shores of Lake Erie.Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, Dr. John and…
Song: Foals, “Spanish Sahara”Context: NME’s top song of the year is, as the Brits say, a load of donkey bollocks. They’re trying to do that LCD Soundsystem thing where a seven-minute song has five minutes of build-up to two minutes of brilliance but they’re not near pulling it off. There…
Artist: Tierra del Fuego Title: Queen of the Rendezvous Release date: December 11 Label: Scapular Winging Through pure happenstance, I witnessed this local band, Tierra del Fuego, on Saturday night play as they played to a small but appreciative crowd at Trunk Space. It just happened to be the band’s…
While December is a time usually reserved for the hordes of formulaic top ten lists, it is also a time for looking ahead to next year’s most anticipated releases. South Carolina wiz-kid Chaz Bundick — better known as Toro Y Moi — has one of those anticipated releases, his sophomore…
At some point in time, Michael Jackson wrote a song for Hanson, according to ShowBiz 411.The song was written for them to play, not in their honor. Jackson never actually gave the song he wrote for Hanson to them. He intended to send it to the 90s boy band but…
KWSS 106.7’s morning show, The Morning Infidelity is making a big push for local music fans. The show, which airs weekday mornings is running a countdown featuring Arizona-only acts every day at 9.a.m. Pretty cool, right?Here’s the details:…
Some prominent faces were in the audience last night at Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill for The Tempe Trap show. Openers for Neon Trees tonight at Ovations Live! Showroom at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler, Paper Tongues, took in the show, as well as…
