Chuckie Duff will give up his duties as bassist for Dear and the Headlights following the band’s show at Martini Ranch on September 9. Duff, who co-owns Mesa’s top-notch Flying Blanket Recordings with Bob Hoag, has not been touring with the band he co-founded for some time, and is passing…
Though it’s certainly arguable that society needed a self-appointed Director of Jingoistic Activities to rally around eight years ago — and that Toby, though a nominal “Democrat,” filled that role pretty well — his focus on patriotism in the years since has put his real talent in the back of the extended…
Both Oren J. and Carnegie will not only be playing all 12 songs from the album for those in attendance but will also have DJ sets during the afternoon party, which runs from 1 to 5 p.m. (Their boy Epidemic and Phunk Junkeez singer Soulman will also spin). Partygoers will…
Matthew Reveles has won the second quarterfinal of The Train Tracks. At the most recent First Friday, the Tempe singer-songwriter impressed the Phoenix Art Museum crowd, winning more votes than Captain Squeegee and Nowhere Man and Whiskey Girl. Along with Dry River Yacht Club, Reveles represents two of the big…
When the 34-year-old drops his tracks, it isn’t happening inside some bourgie-looking DJ booth at an Old Town Scottsdale club like Martini Ranch or Axis/Radius for a couple thousand peeps. Nope, his chosen venue is a wee bit larger. Namely, Chase Field in downtown Phoenix, where an average of 25,000…
Phoenix’s best theater is getting a little more use: Arrested Development star David Cross will perform at downtown’s beloved Orpheum Theatre on September 23.Cross is best known for his role as Tobias Funk on the Emmy winning Fox comedy, but began is career performing stand-up in his hometown of Atlanta…
Sound of the City: There Is Now A Shrine in the Spot Where John Hughes Died Spin: Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week Spin: Watch as Nick Cave Reads from New Novel Rolling Stone: “The Beatles: Rock Band” Boasts Unheard Lennon, McCartney Audio Rolling Stone: Aerosmith Cancel Summer Tour Due…
Doggass Productions August 28th Promotional Video from Ted Organ on Vimeo.Darkness Dear Boy’s Ted Organ and the guys over at Doggass Productions have put together a fun little video to promote their August 28 edition of the monthly “Best Fucking Live Show,” at Last Exit in Tempe. As always, the show…
Fresh off their stint on the Warped Tour, Phoenix pop act Anarbor has landed their song “You And I” from its debut EP Free Your Mind in the upcoming Cartoon Network movie Scooby Doo: The Mystery Begins. The band is also featured (briefly) in the commercial previewing the movie (above). Hear…
That nutty naturalist Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “All good things are cheap.” Frankly, we couldn’t agree with the Walden author more, especially since our weekend roundup if chock full of events and gigs that are both boffo and bargain minded. There’s hip-hop shows, industrial rock blowouts, and even some…
Nayo Jones My Name Is Nayo Soul (PowerMove Records) Grade: C+ Critics have been commenting on the death of R&B for a few years now, to the point it’s almost universally accepted that the genre is artistically bankrupt, with few if any quality acts still practicing the time-honored craft of…
Lil Wayne and his entourage fired up Cricket Wireless Pavilion with pyrotechnics, giant screens and all the hot dance moves they could Flash for the “America’s Most Wanted Tour” on Wednesday. Check out shots from the show in our Lil Wayne slide show…
When Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard takes up a solo project the results can be stellar — just look at The Postal Service. So his newest project, a team effort with Son Volt’s Jay Farrar (read an extended Q&A with Jay from earlier this summer here), is pretty intriguing…
Another day, another deal for a Tucson band. Digital Leather recently inked a deal with Fat Possum, and now The Bled is signing with Rise Records. The veteran melodic post-hardcore act, who comes through The Marquee on September 6 was dropped by Vagrant earlier this year. They’re expecting to release…
I don’t know how I let this one slip through the cracks this long — but Portland, by way of Alaska, indie rockers Portugal. The Man will play a highly anticipated (hopefully by people other than myself) set late September at The Clubhouse. The band has an impressive new album,…
Idolator: Les Paul, R.I.P. NME: Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr pays tribute to director John Hughes NME: Bob Dylan inspiration Mike Seeger dies NME: Weezer announce new album release date Pitchfork: Listen to Jack White’s Solo Single Sound of the City: Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson’s Song of the Summer “Relator”…
In other Meat Puppets news, check out:This feature from Rolling Stone which hails their latest record as their best since Too High To Die, which came out in 1994.This Behind The Music style story on ABC Amplified.Their Daytrotter Session here…
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To a classics scholar, Asteria is a mythical goddess who drowned herself in lieu of a non-consensual shtupping by the all-powerful Zeus. She’s a symbol of feminine power and defiance. To fans of Midwestern pop-punk, Asteria are five well-dressed 20-somethings with week-old stubble who sound a little like Hit the…
Detroit’s automotive heyday is long gone, but the Rust Belt metropolis still leads the world in at least one manufactured good: scary-ass rap music. These are hardly unrelated phenomena. Which is to say it’s no coincidence that dirty, dispossessed Detroit — with its surreal, post-industrial poverty and malignant crime —…
This is typically where you’d find a diatribe against Hellogoodbye and their bland, unoriginal electro-rock sound. True, the band sounds like an unlikely (and unwanted) collaboration between Blink-182 and T-Pain. True, there are certainly bands that do the whole dance-rock thing to much greater effect (Under the Influence of Giants,…
Max Cavalera is the Roger Waters of heavy metal. Both men spent the early part of their careers fronting hugely influential and innovative bands (Sepultura and Pink Floyd), then left to pursue solo careers that have been inconsistent and, at times, self-indulgent. Meanwhile, their original bands have dutifully continued on,…
