On a recent trip to Oregon, I ended up at West Fest, an annual event aimed at drumming up business in the western outskirts of Salem, the state’s capital. Both Boston and The Kingsmen were scheduled to play, so it sounded like it would be worth the $3 admission, even…
In case your looking for a little action on a Wednesday night, head up to Scottsdale to catch Pinky Ring’s debut at its new home at the newly-remodeled Pussycat Lounge. The long-running electro/hip-hop night that’s been going down at Bar Smith since last November, has eschewed downtown in favor of…
As we reported yesterday, the closure of Tempe nightclub The Sets this past weekend left Impact Zone Wrestling, the Valley’s resident grappling group, searching for a new location to hold its bi-weekly slamfests. We just spoke with IZW spokeperson Chris McClennan, who informed us that they’ve found a new home…
Debaucherous Scottsdale nightspot Pussycat Lounge re-opened this past weekend after a undergoing a month-long renovation. So what’s new, Pussycat? Lots, including a redesigned interior space. That annoying wall that seperated the entraceway from the rest of the club has been 86’d, the DJ booth has been put in its place,…
It’s September already which means we’ve got our first piece of CMJ news. Three Phoenix bands have been invited to showcase at College Music Journal’s influential Music Marathon festival through their Sonicbids accounts. As always, CMJ seems to go for more gimmicky acts than SxSW.The always-around Peachcake (pictured) is one,…
OK, I admit it, I’m a sucker for Panic! at the Disco — especially now that they have that delicious exclamation point back — so I was pretty excited to see what the new band looks like post-split. Turns out they’re still great, in a guilt-inducing sort of way. Megan…
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Now, Ms. Hustle has upped the ante. In the last two months she’s started a blog filled with personal anecdotes about her BFF’s move to Europe, the process of getting a passport and a few introspective essays like “The Woman That Love Made,” which includes the following prose: “I’m not special…
Courtney Marie Andrews Painter’s Hands and a Seventh Son (River Jones Music Label) Grade: B+ Legend has it that Courtney Marie Andrews first tried her hand at songwriting when only 13 years old. Now 18, under the tutelage of River Jones and his music label Andrews has released two full-length…
Turns out some of our local burlesque hotties are actually real-life geeks. They crochet. They do crafts. They love books. Some of them are fans of Star Trek or Firefly. You don’t have to be naturally gorgeous to be a burleque dancer, says Provocatease Burlesque troupe member Lolli VonLingus. “You could be somebody…
It saddens us to report this, but Tempe music venue The Sets has gone belly up after five years. As in closed. Finito. The big goodbye. The multi-room bar and nightclub shut its doors permanently on Sunday night following a local battle of the bands showcase. But as startled as…
It came to my attention yesterday that former Doobie Brother/Kenny Loggins partner-in-crime Michael McDonald had collaborated with Brooklyn indie rockers Grizzly Bear for their new single “While You Wait for the Others.” I saw the news, felt a general amount of whimsy and went about my day. Fast forward to…
Arizona-dwelling Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan’s side project, Puscifier, has announced fall tour dates, including two shows at Phoenix’s stunning Orpheum Theatre. The show, which actually allows you to see Maynard, unlike Tool’s concerts, where he stands on the back of the stage, has been explained as, “a performance art…
As Rolling Stone pointed out yesterday there’s something sadly coincidental about Britpop’s guiding light, Oasis, splitting, nearly 15 years to the day after their stellar debut, Definitely Maybe, was released. And, no, they have not split before, though they’ve certainly feuded plenty.As I wrote in a column a few weeks…
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The music world was stunned and saddened by the tragic and untimely passing of DJ AM (a.k.a. Adam Goldstein), who was found dead in his NYC apartment this past Friday. It’s been reported that the 36-year-old superstar was the victim of an apparent accidental drug overdose. The shockwaves from Goldstein’s…
Earn It Yourself is the brainchild of Sarah Saturday, singer/songwriter of Gardening, Not Architecture fame. After dropping out of college to put her focus full-time on her band, Saturday began developing the blueprint for what would become the present day Earn It Yourself (EIY) ideals. Saturday self-promoted her band, booked…
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Poison and Def Leppard at Cricket Wireless Pavilion After drawing some fire for making an unfavorable comparison between Green Day and Poison in my review of last Saturday’s show at U.S. Airways Center, I saw a rare chance to subject one of my statements to some scrutiny this Saturday as…
There were hundreds — not thousands — of people at Sunday night’s Against Me! show at The Icehouse in downtown Phoenix, but we did manage to find some pretty fun tweets from the hip little art gallery venue that housed a weekend of music presented by Kia. The twittersphere was…
There are probably some people who’d question the credibility of any punk band playing a show staged by a carmaker, especially if that carmaker didn’t just stake out prime product placement, but actually paid for the whole shebang so it could give tickets only to people who test-drove a new…
Also check out our show review here.VictorVladmir: Poison was fucking awesome but they didn’t play cherry pie! Dam you bret michaelsjhoium: Poison sucked big time. Bret michaels should go back to banging skanks.DXDONMEGA: I’m in phoenix at the Poison & Def Leppard concert! Been waiting to see this show since I was 7, and I’m finally here at 31! Rock on!…
