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Concert Review: Those Darlins, The Grates and Chandails

By Frances Michelle Lopez

Although the Vivian Girls and Wavves don’t come from the same coasts, their melodic surf pop music and close ties to Brooklyn-based label Woodsist/ Fuck-it Tapes can easily clump them together. For Those Darlins however, it’s their nitty-gritty southern fried swing that makes them stand out in such a densely…

DJ Dossier: Squalor

By Benjamin Leatherman

Change is in the air for the monthly freakfests held by Sadisco*, as the kooky cadre of industrial music dance demons are switching things over to a biannual format after next weekend. (Don’t fret, the dope DJ collective will still be presenting the annual Fight Club Sadisco in January). Next…

Microsoft Strikes Back: Touring the Microsoft Store

By Jonathan McNamara

Just last week Scottsdale Fashion Square became a new home for chain department mega store Barneys New York and now this: the first ever Microsoft store. Jumping on the coat tails of another high-end computer store we won’t mention, the Microsoft store is clean, shiny and covered in gleaming screens. In…

Islands at Rhythm Room Sunday

By Martin Cizmar

It’s probably too early to compile my top 10 albums of the year list for 2009, but I’ll go ahead and tip my hand on one that will almost definitely make it: Islands’ Vapors. I’ve had the Montreal indie band’s new record in and out of my car’s CD player…

Just Announced: Bon Jovi, Shooter Jennings, Pete Yorn

By Martin Cizmar

It’s hard to tell how much mileage Pete Yorn sure is getting out of his collaboration with actress Scarlett Johansson. On one hand, touring in support of Break Up, the New Jersey singer-songwriter is charging $37 for tickets to a show at The Marquee, which seems pretty steep — not…

Gym Class Heroes Headline ASU’s Homecoming Concert This Wednesday

By Benjamin Leatherman

Arizona State University’s Programming and Activities Board must’ve had a major bankroll at its disposal for this year’s homecoming week (which starts tomorrow) since the student-run organizations is bringing in Travis McCoy and the rest of the Gym Class Heroes crew for the occasion. The rap-rock group will headline a…

Bon Jovi Comes To Glendale on February 24

By Benjamin Leatherman

You can scribble in Bon Jovi on said list as the Jersey fivesome are coming to Glendale early next year on their upcoming world tour. John Francis Bongiovi, Richie Sambora, and the boys have reserved a date at Jobing.com Arena on Wednesday, February 24, in what’s sure to be a…

Flier of the Week: Neil Young Night at Yucca

By Martin Cizmar

The “ENTER FAMOUS MUSICIAN HERE” nights at Yucca Tap Room have apparently been a huge success, since we keep seeing more of them. This week’s Neil Young show doesn’t have the clever name of, say, a “Petty Thieves,”but has a similarly great lineup of local artists.Who’s got “Heart of Gold?”…

The Pogues in 140 Characters or Less

By Benjamin Leatherman

Witness the progressions of Pete Icke’s opinions in regards over the course of yesterday evening in regards to The Pogues’ concert at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe. Much like the topic of my review of the show, the 39-year-old music blogger from Gilbert was questioning whether or not to spend…

New Against Me! Record Will Be Called “White Crosses”

By Martin Cizmar

I’ve been excited about the new Against Me! record since we got to hear half of it at the band’s stellar Kia-sponsored show at The Icehouse a little while back. Now, it has a name: White Crosses. Butch Vig (Nevermind, Siamese Dream, etc.) produced the record, which was finished in…

Digital Leather Set To Rock Tempe’s The Manor on Saturday

By Michael Lopez

Digital Leather is the lovechild of Shawn Foree and, well, Shawn Foree. He is the creative force behind the band — injecting dirty synths, subdued guitars and crunchy drum machines into his grimy sound. This paragraph, taken from the band’s website, best sums up Digital Leather’s live sound:The live Digital…

Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine

By Benjamin Leatherman

Old punks never die, they just reunite with their former bandmates and start touring again. Just like The Zeroes, the Subhumans, Agent Orange, and Flipper before them, Jello Biafra is back. And if you shut your eyes while listening to his new band, the Guantanamo School of Medicine, it sure…

Brother Ali

By Craig Outhier

Though his skin boasts less pigment than a peeled lychee nut, this Minneapolis-based Albino MC is not tight with white. Teased ruthlessly by fellow white classmates as a child, the albino artist formerly known as Jason Newman found comfort and outsider-kinship among black people. Subsequently, he became more of a…

Kurt Vile

By Craig Outhier

It’s possible, even probable, that Philly lo-fi darling Kurt Vile was wearing nothing more than boxer shorts and a stained wife-beater when he recorded Constant Hitmaker, the 2007 mini-label LP that announced his unique sound to the greater indie-rock community. That’s one of the advantages of recording an album in…

Peaches

By Brian Bardwell

Listening to Peaches is a lot like dating that girl who loves to flash her tits. When you’re too drunk to know better, she’s endlessly entertaining. But in the light of morning, you always find yourself feeling dirty. But what do you expect from a 40-year-old woman whose artistic output…