Music

Song: Sufjan Stevens, “The Age of Adz”Context: Sufjan Stevens’ show at Mesa Arts Center tonight is sold out. Guess people don’t hate The Age of Adz that much after all! Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz – 03 Age of Adz…

Name: Samuel Groove AKA: DJ Sam Groove Current schedule: Audiometric is the next event my company, United Groove, is throwing at Club Stratus on November 6. You can usually catch one of my sets on a Friday or Saturday night at any given underground event in the Valley, and from…

Back in May, when SB 1070 hysteria was at a fever pitch, Cuban-American rapper Pitbull jumped in the fray with both feet, canceling a show and issuing a statement in text-speak. “I am canceling my concert in Phoenix on May 31,” he wrote. “How is the country we enjoy and…

, according to Spinner.Conan O’Brien and White teamed up for the final performance on Late Night With Conan O’Brien as well, so while the collaboration is nothing new, it’s still an exciting favorite to watch.It has not yet been said whether Jack White will be performing solo or with one…

Released last month to theaters across the country for a special one-night-only screening, legendary concert film Ladies & Gentlemen The Rolling Stones is now available for home viewing on its first authorized release on Blu-Ray and DVD. Just another Rolling Stones concert flick, you say? Uh, yeah, much like the…

Artist: JunipTitle: FieldsRelease date: September 14Label: MuteI admit to being one of those swept up in Jose Gonzalez fever in the wake of that TV ad (circa 2003) with all the colorful balls bouncing all over San Francisco. My then-fiancée bought Veneer, the debut album by the Swedish guitarist, and…

Song: Toubab Krewe, “Sirens”Context: Just got word that Toubab Krewe will be opening for the Yo Gabba Gabba! live show at Comerica Theatre in December. I wasn’t expecting to see them play Phoenix in support of TK2 since the Valley isn’t a hotbed for jazz-and-Afro influenced instrumental acts, so this…

Yesterday Us Weekly reported that Beyonce and Jay-Z have a baby on the way. However, Beyonce’s mother Tina Knowles shot down those rumors, according to Billboard. TMZ has a clip of the pre-recorded Ellen show, which will air today, in which Tina denied any gorgeous kids are on the way…

Now Sufjan Stevens has gone in another direction with his new album The Age of Adz, Christian rock fans are realizing they set bar a little too high for Sufjan Stevens. He’s done with the concept album project of making a record about every state in the US, sadly. While…

Who cares if the Marquee Theatre smelled like a fishtank last night? Not the hundreds of people who came out to shake it like it was nobody’s business last night at the Paul Oakenfold concert. Before the Big O came out, Calvin Harris got the crowd warmed up, and not…

How’s this for a video game plot: You’re trapped in an asylum that looks a lot like the asylum from the first flick in the Batman reboot. In fact, it looks so much like it that they even have The Scarecrow’s burlap masks! Anyway, you’re in there and weirdo doctors…