Don’t judge Chris Daughtry by the company he keeps. Touring with Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, and Finger Eleven, the American Idol hopeful and the band he assembled could easily be lumped in with the pool of indistinguishable Clear Channel rockers. In fact, even if you judged him by his first…
Like Baywatch, Balkan warfare and runaway Internet speculation, Lyle Lovett will always be indelibly linked to the 1990s. It was in the ’90s, after all, that the spindly country crooner won three of his four Grammy Awards, married Julia Roberts in history’s most egregious abuse of Funny-Looking-Musician Romantic Privilege, and…
Fivespeed seemed to have everything going for it three years ago. The five-piece Peoria hard-rock outfit was signed to Virgin Records. Their music was receiving national radio play. They toured nationally, packing in sweaty fans on the Warped Tour. They sold out hometown shows. Inside the veteran band, though, things…
The force is quite strong with DJ Dark Vader. While he doesn’t wield a lightsaber or bomb around in a TIE Fighter (at least, not that we’re aware of), the renowned mixmaster has spent the past few months making the East Valley a little bit more irie with his weekly…
THURSDAY 13 Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop) Club Red: The Blunt Club with Kraddy, DJ Element, Pickster One, & more (hip-hop) Copper State Tavern: Copper Club with DJ Kavi, & guests (hip-hop) Drinx: Roc Thursdays (various) Goat Head Saloon: DJ Sissko, & guests (electro house, UK garage, drum ‘n’ bass)…
Mesa Ampitheatre will host the MAKE It Happen Music Festival, a benefit for the Cardon Children’s Medical Center Music Therapy Program, on September 12. Tickets for the show are supposed to be $10 for the all-ages show, which Gadger from 103.9 will emcee.Scheduled performers include Lyra the Harp, Shawn Johnson…
Guitar Center is hosting a contest to find “the next great blues guitarist” with local tryouts across the country, including Phoenix and Tempe. The winner of the national contest gets $40,000 in cash and prizes. Local sign-ups have begun — they’re allowing a maximum of 30 contestants per store –…
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Fifteen years ago today, Generation X arguably reached it’s zenith, as Woodstock ’94 began in Saugerties, New York.Upstate locals 3 kicked things off on a Friday that also saw Blues Traveler, Collective Soul, Ice T, Live and The Violent Femmes. Tomorrow, August 13, was when the big guns of the…
Arizona Brand New fans can rejoice. The Long Island hardcore rock band will release Daisy, their forthcoming disc, Tuesday, Sept. 22. The disc is the highly-anticipated follow-up to 2006’s The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me. And to top things off, the band will swing into Mesa Ampitheatre Thursday, Oct. 22…
will perform during FM 103.9’s monthly 3rd Thursday Block Party on Craftsman Court, across from Dos Gringos. The group, which also features Boots Riley, released its self-titled debut album earlier this summer and embarked on a two-month North American trek opening for Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction.The 11-song disc was produced by Morello…
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has green lit a deal between Michael Jackson’s estate, AEG Live and Columbia Pictures for the release of rehearsal concert footage from the late singer’s comeback tour This Is It. The footage will be released as a movie, scheduled to hit theaters October 28 via…
Steven Rogers’ downtown Phoenix dance club empire is about to expand. The nightlife entrepenuer (who owns the Central Avenue strip containing the fiery DWNTWN, the gothy Palazzo, and the tony Amsterdam) is preparing open a new joint called Sanctum sometime in the late summer/early fall. The club will take over…
We’re on a roll with hitting bars that make us feel all warm and comfy. Last week, it was the home-like Rose & Crown, and this week, we hit another cozy house-turned-bar, Casey Moore’s in Tempe.Perhaps it’s because there’s hardly a damn thing going on in town this time of…
Bob Dylan’s canceled show in Glendale tonight got us thinking about his son, Jakob Dylan, who is still young and fit enough to perform in just over 100 degree weather. He’s less at risk for heatstroke, sure, but, of course, the number of folks who will shell out cash to…
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The second record comes from British singer-songwriter Jack Penate, who has a fairly low profile in the U.S. but gets rave reviews from his countrymen. “A testament to the power of having nothing to lose, the second album from south Londoner Peñate is one of 2009’s more pleasant surprises,” says…
Tour dates on the jump…
As announced Saturday, the Big Four music labels — Sony, EMI, Warner and Universal — are all planning a new technology that will allow an album sleeve to be included in digital downloads of their music. The technology (which attempts to rival Apple’s similar plans) has been named “CMX” and…
Ashley Roberts, a Phoenix-bred member of The Pussycatt Dolls dancing (and “singing”) squad will script a routine for the Suns Dancers audition, which is scheduled for Saturday. Roberts, who reportedly spilled the beans on the group’s impending breakup a few weeks back (something their spokesman denied), is making the journey…
Turns out it’s too hot for Bob Dylan in Phoenix — the legendary singer-songwriter canceled his Tuesday show at Camelback Ranch — but you’ve got another chance to get tangled up in Bob next Wednesday as Jim Bachmann (check out Jim playing an Alan Jackson cover for The Sun Sessions…
Adult Swim: William Reed’s Birthday Pool-Side at the Wyndham Local DJ William Reed turned 32 this weekend and he did it with style. Sure, there was a cake, but there was also wicked DJ sessions, plenty of hot bods and pool-side dancing. Happy Birthday to you…see photos First Friday: August…
