Certainly, this publication has already spent some time extolling the virtues of Tucson’s Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta — especially when I called them Arizona’s most important band in September. Considering probably only a few of you drove down I-10 to see the band perform in Tucson at the HoCo…
One stint of working retail during December was all it took to ruin Christmas music for me. Listen to “Little Drummer Boy” enough times and the only thing you’ll want for Christmas is noise-canceling headphones. Yet even as I write this I’m happily rocking out to “Deck the Halls” thanks…
Band: HaloceneRecord: The Secret, a six-song EPBasics: Halocene is a Phoenix female-fronted fivesome that’s a little bit Letters to Cleo, a little bit Veronicas, a little bit The Maine. For the most part they’ve got a pure pop rock sound but they show a little edge from time to time. Love…
Arizona’s own Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle) takes the his side project, Puscifer, east in spring 2010. The musical/comedic/theatrical stageshow that is Puscifer played a few shows in the Southwest earlier this month including two dates at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Phoenix (our review is here).The show…
Scottsdale’s The Rogue Bar’s booking continues to evolve. So far they haven’t strayed too far from the DJ/electropop/pop sound the popular haunt was known for in its Shake! days. However, on January 29 they’re bringing in Mississippi band Come On Go With Us, which has a fairly straight-forward rock sound…
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Some may argue this little kid is better at performing Jason Mraz’s hit single “I’m Yours” than Mraz himself. We’re not quite sure about that, considering you can’t understand anything the kid is saying (he speaks Japanese), but he sure has some wicked mad ukulele-playing skillz. The 5-year-old’s only been playing…
Phoenix metalcore act Blessthefall has a new video out. The kiddiecore act which is also featured on the cover of the Winter Issue of AMP Magazine (in stores now) has a new frontman, Beau Bokan, and is signed to Fearless Records. The new record, Witness, was produced by Michael “Elvis”…
Looks like the corner of 32nd Street and Indian School is finally getting the love it has so desperately missed since the demise of Glam. If its maiden voyage Friday night was any indication, Club Vibe maybe the new spot to kick off the weekend with its anything-goes dance night…
Ambling Alp – Yeasayer…
[jump] Omaha’s Saddle Creek Records, Rural Alberta drew the biggest crowd of the night with their sweet and energetic songs about loves lost, haunted railroad towns, and missed opportunities. Almost reminiscent of a Bleed American era Jimmy Eat World, it was no surprise to me what their appeal to this…
Jacob Smigel is hosting a CD release party for his new album, Hope This Passes the Secretary on January 16 at The Trunk Space. The Las Vegas transplant. makes “warm thoughtful folk and found audio” and while the folk is good the found audio project is really the coolest part…
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Lately, it seems all the world’s heard from Christina Aguilera is her pitch for DirecTV, as her commercials seem to be playing 24-7. And with Lady Gaga dominating the pop world for now, it’s a wonder whether Aguilera has anything up her sleeve to get back on top in the…
[jump] Starting with the 2010 festival, Coachella will offer campers the opportunity to camp right by their car in an allotted 10′ x 30′ space. In years past, campers have had to lug all their shit from their car over to the camping spaces/endless sea of tents. This year will…
Phoenix Tequila Festival in Photos The first Phoenix Tequila Festival went down this weekend at U.S. Airways Center. How many of them did we try? All of them. Tequila distilleries including Patron, Three Amigos, Cruz and many more were present and representing the agave goodness…see photos Concert Review: Metric at…
Mariah Carey brings her first major tour in three years in support to Dodge Theatre on Saturday, February 20, 2010. The Angels Advocate tour supporting her new record Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel will last a total of eight weeks an 19 cities and has RydazNrtist, an R&B group from…
“The music in there is terrible,” says a customer to Revolver Records co-owner Steve Zimmerman, referring to the warbling tones of saxophonist Lol Coxhill spinning on the turntable as doom-metal one man band Via Vengeance sets up. The bands gathered to perform at the record store’s Sunday night experimental showcase…
OK, I’m going to say this, and it’s not just because Jared Leto is freaking hott: 30 Seconds to Mars put on one of the best band performances on network television when they performed last week on Conan O’Brien, and my YouTube browser can’t refresh quickly enough.The rock band performed…
Scarf-and-sweatered, I took my place at the very end of a very long line that wrapped around Martini Ranch and down Stetson Drive. For amusement, confused attendees waltzed up and down the line, asking with perplexity, “Is this the will call line?” I gathered that the majority of the Metric…
Even if you’re inclined to believe Gingers do indeed have a soul — and as a matter of policy I take no position one way or the other on the matter — you must concede that they do not rock. Axl Rose is the only Ginger rock star that pops quickly…
As you’ll read below, the 33-year-old mixmaster has a lifelong passion of hip-hop and has been sharing the love with Valley music fans, whether it was at nights like Kill Mill or the long-running Blunt Club night. Name: Dusty Hickman AKA: Pickster One. Club night(s): Every Thursday at the Blunt…
