Up on the Sun is counting down the days until the unveiling of music editor Martin Cizmar’s personal Best of 2009 list with some other lists from Phoenix New Times’ stable of excellent freelancers. Today we bring you a list from Michael Lopez, a New Times contributor, and regular blogger…
Clear your calendars now for what’s likely to be a pop music fan’s wet dream when cutie pie Christofer Ingle, aka Never Shout Never, comes to town and brings a bevy of sugary acts along with him.Ready for the line-up?It includes Decaydance vets The Cab and Hey Monday, along with…
You know who loves finding out about just announced shows in the Valley? This guy. I, however, understand how this time of year is painfully slow for any real music news. That is why everyone and their mother — myself, included — trots out their best of/year end lists of…
It’s been a slooow news week around the music-oriented blogosphere. In fact, several blogs, like our friends at Electric Mustache, have just taken the rest of the year off. We’re soldiering on and reading over some of the many funny and fascinating pieces on wheel chair-bound indie-folk scion Vic Chesnutt,…
When throwing oneself a birthday party, you can’t go wrong with a Hulkster theme (of course, having 20-ish DJs, live art, a bike expo and a secret downtown location don’t hurt either). Ali Karim and crew put their party planning skills to the test this Saturday, and passed with flying…
With Missy Elliott missing in action the past few years (fyi, she has a new album coming out in January), her producer Timbaland’s been busy working with Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake and…Miley Cyrus. It sure would have been fun to have been in the studio then. The teen pop star’s…
This isn’t really the place to discuss global politics and/or the death penalty, but, for those of you following the case of Akmal Shaikh, the Briton (of Pakistani descent) who is scheduled to be executed for carrying a suitcase of heroin into China, it’ll probably be very interesting. Shaikh claims…
Miniature Tigers will hold a low-key goodbye show at Trunk Space tomorrow night. The band, which we’ve written about approximately eleventy billion times over the past two years, is moving to Brooklyn for reasons I won’t hazard a guess about. I’m sure I speak for everyone here at New Times…
Up on the Sun is counting down the days until the unveiling of music editor Martin Cizmar’s personal Best of 2009 list with some other lists from Phoenix New Times’ stable of excellent freelancers. Today we bring you a list from Jason P. Woodbury, a New Times contributor, a staff…
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco at the Orpheum Theatre Perhaps it’s pathetic that any music critic would have to re-affirm his interest in seeing his favorite band stay together through Bart Simpson-style repetitive writing exercises, but I can’t help it. Jeff Tweedy’s solo performance at Phoenix’s Orpheum Theatre Sunday night was…
I will not hope Wilco breaks up.I will not hope Wilco breaks up.I will not hope Wilco breaks up.I will not hope Wilco breaks up.I will not hope Wilco breaks up.Perhaps it’s pathetic that any music critic would have to re-affirm his interest in seeing his favorite band stay together…
Mercifully, it appears as though reports of downtown Phoenix art space and performance venue’s impending demise are prove to be mildly exaggerated, as co-owners JRC and Stephanie Carrico believe their establishment has been weathering a recent financial nightmare and will continue to exist in the coming months. And such a…
As we near the end of the aughts, most of the bright minds in gaming are focusing on what was. They’re all over the best games of 2009 and the best games of the decade. Well that’s fine, but we’re looking forward. Whether Uncharted 2 was the best game of…
To paraphrase legendary professional wrestler Hulk Hogan: Watcha gonna do, brotha, when an energy drink company wants to support a dance party put on by you? Such is the situation with DJ Bigie, who claims a certain local beverage company (we ain’t naming names) supplied him with several large posters…
THURSDAY 24 Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (Top 40, dance) Bobby Qs: All-Star Thursdays X-Mas Eve Mistletoe Party with DJ 4Play, & DJ Skilzz (hip-hop, R&B, reggae, old school) Marc’s Sports Grill: DJ and dancing (Top 40, rock, hip-hop) FRIDAY 25 27th Avenue Bar & Grill: Club Night with DJ Ariez (old…
Patti Smith, in her own words, is “an American artist . . . [who has] no guilt.” Though she has been making music for over 35 years, her thick, unapologetic voice can still stir you to the core. In each note is her every experience. Her joys, her sorrows. Her…
Would the “real” Jay Bennett have been disappointed in me? The late guitarist was, by all accounts, a free-spirited soul who appreciated mischief and who didn’t shy away from good-natured troublemaking. He might’ve gotten a laugh out my misrepresenting myself — had I taken my many chances. The real Jay…
Wayne Coats and Nicholas Villa are Phoenix-based musical confederates whose surnames happen to sound really classy together — suggesting, perhaps, a high-end home furnishings boutique or a Jean Renoir flick. As it turns out, they make damn handsome music, too. The pair, which once formed half of the Mesa-based folk…
Let’s hear it for gender diversity in the workplace. After tearing up Valley gin joints for the better part of two decades in mainly all-female bands, blueswomen Rochelle Raya and Nancy Dalessandro have relaxed their ladies-only policy and launched a new group with some help from the less-fair sex. Not…
So even if your grandma didn’t get you an awesome new sweater for Christmas just begging to be shown off downtown, there are still plenty of reasons to drag your butt to Trunk Space Fest. Namely, reunion sets from some of the scene’s most sorely missed acts, like Shizz founder…
Until Sufjan Stevens gives California his “Fifty States Project” treatment, we’ve got Your Yellow Dress, a gentle indie-folk outfit that waxes wistful and nostalgic about the people and places of its native Orange County. The band centers around Alex Poska — who sings of SoCal coastlines, streets, childhood memories, and…
The holiday season holds a special meaning for each of us. For most, the holidays are all about coming together with family and friends in celebration. For me the holidays have always been and always will be about the presents. As a music lover I got the best present I…
