Does Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon want you to toke up today? Probably not, though, if you’d had a few bong hits you could read that in to a press release declaring today “A Green Day for Green Day,” in honor of tickets going on sale for the California punk trio’s…
We haven’t heard much from our pals Antique Scream since they moved to Seattle shortly after we featured them in a story that had one of my all-time favorite quotes from a local band in it: “We look like we suck.”They’re back in town this weekend to play a special…
Tempe hardcore act Eyes Set to Kill are back with a new disc. The band, who is signed with California-based BreakSilence recordings, will release their sophomore effort “The World Outside” on June 2. The group have spent a lot of time on the road since releasing their debut album last…
A funny thing happened while scouring the interwebs today: a ton of noise is being made about the forthcoming Nine Inch Nails/Jane’s Addiction tour that rolls through Phoenix on May 15. Three different sites I looked at all had a different story about either act on the tour. Billboard is…
NME: Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist dies, aged 48Spin: M.I.A. Hangs Out with Oprah!Rolling Stone: “Guitar Hero: Van Halen” Confirmed, Game Due in 2009…
So I’ll be the first one to cop to my American Idol obsession, but in the past I’ve always prided myself on being pretty level-headed about the show. I’d be by happy when somebody I liked made it through to the next round and the appropriate amount of pissed when…
Despite a moment in the sun, screamo increasingly appears a failed experiment without the undying appeal of chocolate in your peanut butter. Blending hardcore aggression with emo’s pop impulse didn’t produce a juggernaut with heart, but a conflicted creature unable to satisfy either impulse. Recent arrivals Polar Bear Club attempt…
Like moonlight on a starless night, The Silent Years project across a crisp, endless expanse both starkly beautiful and with a rich, engaging brightness. The Detroit quintet indulge plenty of textured atmospheres but aren’t as shambolic as their dream-pop antecedents. Keyboards paint in broad shimmering strokes, and frontman Josh Epstein’s…
It’s not hard to figure out what kind of music New Orleans’ Zydepunks play. Their name gives it away: a mixture of zydeco, punk, Cajun music, and Eastern European styles. It’s an overwhelming mixture to comprehend, but it makes perfect sense that a band with such a wide range of…
The early ’90s were ripe for the taking, musically. People were tired of the Sunset Strip’s hair-metal scene. Alternative rock — particularly grunge — ushered in the slow death of hair bands, giving record labels a new genre to fawn over. Although not from Seattle, Stone Temple Pilots reached massive…
Life’s been good to the DJ collective of Above & Beyond (a.k.a. Jonathan Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, and Tony McGuinness). Madonna reportedly is a big fan of the U.K.-based trance triumvirate and requested that they remix two of her singles (2001’s “What It Feels Like For a Girl” and 2003’s “Nobody…
THURSDAY 7 Club Red: The Blunt Club with Saigon, Dyme Def, Akshen, DJ Element, Emerg McVay, & more (hip-hop) Copper State Tavern: The Copper Club with DJ Kavi, & guests (hip-hop) Jugheads: BANNED with DJ Johnny Volume (punk, hardcore) Margarita Rocks: DJ Mr. Eaton (Top 40) Tavern on Mill: DJ Nameless…
“‘Lucero got their name from a Spanish-English dictionary. They’re sort of like The Replacements, and they’ve been on the road forever.’ I think that stuff is mandatory. You know, you try to be a little informative, maybe get in one funny part or tagline or whatever, and then put where…
A lot of really hideous things can happen to you in the desert. You can be stung by a scorpion. You can get lost without any water, wander around for a couple of days, and then drop dead of dehydration. You can get sucked into quicksand. But probably the worst…
“It’s about time.” That’s probably not the answer one might expect when asking a 19-year-old guitarist in a band that’s barely a year old how he feels about signing to a national indie label, but The Word Alive’s Tony Pizzuti is no egomaniac with delusions of entitlement. He just believes…
What do we have here? Imagine the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. Now imagine Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy transformed into homosexual folk singers with flawless hairlines. Yeah, Rock the Folk OUT! is kinda like that — a confederacy of hyper-earnest singer-songwriters who have joined forces to…
Had your fill of clean-living, yoga-mat rock stars? The kind who avoid meat and alcohol like Brandy Norwood avoids brake pedals? Then go to Club Red on Saturday, when six Valley rock bands will perform as God intended: completely effing wasted. No idle promise — it’s a stone-cold guarantee. According…
A collection of observations from the Dave Matthews Bands’ performance at Cricket Wireless Pavilion, time-stamped by solo:Time: First violin solo (presumed)As DMB hit stage promptly at 8 p.m., the ticket line is not moving. The reason? A graying gentleman with a backwards Callaway ballcap, sunglasses perched on it even though…
Phoenix native Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. DJ Z-Trip) is scheduled to appear on tomorrow’s edition of the highly influential radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic, which airs weekdays on Santa Monica’s KCRW. According to the e-mail we received, Sciacca will be “taking over the turntables” during the three-hour program, which runs from…
One night. Two great slide shows. Check out these images direct from ASU’s SRC Field featuring thousands baring it all for charity. Also don’t miss these shots from Cinco central in Scottsdale. ASU Undie Run 2009 Sure, you could clean out your closet with a few Goodwill runs, but thousands…
We’re very happy to see our friends over at the Train Tracks have followed our lead and done a video with local folk singer Matthew Reveles, who first caught our eye with his excellent record, We’ll Meet Halfway, and who impressed us both in his cover of Hot Tuna for…
Roger Clyne has posted a blog entry on The Peacemakers’ website declaring that Circus Mexicus will go on a month from today, despite the Mexican Swine Flu pretendemic and the very real surge in violence along the Mexican border as federal troops battle drug cartels.Judiciously and with full knowledge of…
