Idolator: Your Lil Wayne Imitation Could Bring You Some Young Money, BabyRolling Stone: Flashback: A Brief History of Phish, Before They Hit BonnarooPitchfork: Weezer Get an Online Radio StationNME: Trent Reznor says Bonnaroo was last-ever US showIdolator: Bruce Springsteen May Have To Apologize To TicketmasterPitchfork: Blur Make Live ReturnWaved Rumor:…
In an effort to help and curtail online music piracy, Universal Music will partner up with U.K. telecommunications (“telco,” if you’re British) provider Virgin Media to launch an unlimited downloadable music service. This service will set users back anywhere from $16 – $24 (10 – 15 pounds) a month and…
Onstage at Bonnaroo Music Festival Bonnaroo kicked off Thursday with sets from, among others, Passion Pit and Those Darlins. Friday’s acts included Al Green, the Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix and Grizzly Bear. Saturday’s sets included Bon Iver (with Justin Long and Drew Barrymore in the crowd), Wilco and…
Up-and-coming AZ buzz band A Life of Science, who New Times writer Mike R. Meyer profiled in May, are set to perform Thursday, June 18 in downtown Scottsdale. The guys are one of three bands on this month’s KEDJ 103.9 FM’s Third Thursday billing. The all-ages monthly concert series is…
Can’t find enough scrilla to take you S.O. go see Star Trek for the 16th time? Don’t wanna take out a loan just to go see Les Claypool or Peter Murphy live and in concert? Then check out our list of ultra-affordable events happening in and around P-Town this weekend…
DJ Brazilia stands out from Phoenix’s myriad mix-masters, knob-twisters, and record-spinners for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the 30-year old is one of a handful of she-jays currently working in the Valley’s man-tastic dance scene; and secondly, she’s the only DJ we’re aware of claiming to have been sired by…
Are you in dire need of a Wu Tang fix? It’s been months since a Wu-related act rolled through town, but fear not, we’ve got Method Man, Redman, and Ghostface Killah at the Marquee in August. Who else is coming through just a little too soon? Read on for full…
How do you know when your local band has hit it big in Arizona? Just ask Joey Arroyo, who might point to the fact that this acoustic rock quintet is headlining at one of The Valley’s top venues next month.The Marquee Theatre is usually reserved for national acts passing by…
Yesterday, we wondered about who had the illest beats in the Valley’s hip-hop community. Today, we’ve got our answer: Lifted. At least that’s according to a crowd of more than 500 strong at PHX Nightclub last night, as they chose the 29-year old beat-maker/producer as the regional winner of the…
Electric Mustache: Video: Animal Collective – “Summertime Clothes” Spin: Rihanna To Testify At Chris Brown Hearing Rolling Stone: Oberst, Jim James and M. Ward Form Monsters Of Folk Supergroup Spin: Bonnaroo Day 1: The Best & the Worst Rolling Stone: Green Day Bring New “Breakdown” Tracks To “Rock Band”…
With Loretta Lynn coming to town next Wednesday we were eager to find someone capable of doing justice to one of the Coal Miner’s Daughter’s songs for The Sun Sessions. We ended up working with local singer-songwriter Dakota Jeane, who strummed out a great version of classic “Honky Tonk Girl.”Dakota’s…
Sometimes, the response to a story is almost as interesting as the story itself. Our June 4 cover story, “Sonny Long Is a Legend in His Own Mind,” has garnered mixed reactions. (Click here to see the feedback, or if you missed the story entirely, check it out here). The…
The Agua Caliente Plaza in north Scottsdale hasn’t exactly been a place where nightspots have flourished as of late. Three separate clubs have come and gone from its boundaries in the past two years, including sexed-up burlesque palace Minx, the Asian-inspired Taste Ultra Lounge, and the swanky Black Card Ultralounge…
Who’s got the illest beats in all of the ‘Nix? Could it be Young Seph, who helped create tracks for Jim Jones and 40 Glocc? Or maybe it’s Slopfunkdust, the ultra-skilled Beat Society DJ/producer and member of the Rawkus Records crew. We’ll get the answer later tonight, as both will…
Rolling Stone: Mars Volta Frontman Hints At Possible At The Drive-In Reunion Pitchfork: Black Lips’ Jared Swilley Attacks Wavves Waved Rumor: Aerosmith – ‘Toys in the Attic’ in entirety this summer Idolator: Jordin Sparks Still Has A Cold Spin: Sonic Youth Debut New Album in NYC Idolator: Phil Spector’s Wall Of…
Today’s Flier of the Week is for a show we told you a lot about in our print product this week, Waylon Day at Yucca Tap Room. Click here to read more about the show and, if you’re a fan of outlaw country, or paying respects to one of The…
Cardiac Party singer Ryan McDowell had it all planned: By including a pack of Skittles with a copy of his band’s new EP, Teen Challenge, he says, he was assured of getting at least one positive remark in my review: “The songs sucked, but the Skittles were delicious!” Actually, Teen…
In the increasingly formula-following rap game, Phoenix rapper Willy Northpole likes to do things a little differently. For example, because he’s signed to a Def Jam imprint run by hip-hop superstar Ludacris, you’d think he’d be lining up the star to give his debut a little extra juice. Nope. Not…
Put simply, Loretta Lynn is the “Queen of Country Music.” The just-turned-74 singer occupies rarefied air in the pantheon of country musicians, and deservedly so. She’s enjoyed a slew of chart-topping hits since the early ’60s, including “Don’t Come Home A- Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind),” “One’s on the…
You can count the number of Valley residents who have made a major splash in country music on one hand, even if that hand has lost a finger in a farm equipment mishap. There’s Glendale’s Marty Robbins, he of the famous gunfighter ballads, the awesome ‘stache, and the part-time gig…
THURSDAY 11 AZ 88: Mark 5 (rare groove, trip-hop, house) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cherry Lounge: Scandalous Thursday with DJ Juan Rocha (house, electronica) Club Red: The Blunt Club with Pickster Uno, DJ Element, & more (hip-hop) Coach & Willie’s: The Recession Sessions with DJ Borisimo, DJ Mecca, DJ Rockledg,…
Autobots and Decepticons are gonna be battling across the silver screen at your neighborhood megaplex in a couple of weeks, so it’s only natural that some local EDM promoters are putting on the robot-themed Transformers 2 rave to cash in on the mechanical madness. And though it would be totally…
