Someone better call in Mulder and Scully, because there’s gonna be a UFO sighting going down during tonight’s First Friday in downtown Phoenix. Or at least, that’s what the people at the Firehouse (1015 North First Street) are saying is gonna happen. According to Firehouse artist-in-residence Michael 23, the unidentified…
This week’s show announcements have a little of everything, including two of the finest purveyors of good ol’ boy drinking music you’ll find: George Thorogood and the Destroyers are set to play Celebrity at the end of July, Toby Keith comes to town in August. Surprisingly, even considering the desparity…
[jump] FRIDAY, MAY 1: Tomcat Courtney[blues]8 p.m., $7Rhythm Room, 1019 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, 602-265-4842. DJ Matt DareyWith Sean Essex, & Brook B[trance/house]9 p.m., $5-$20Myst, 7340 E. Shoeman Ln., Scottsdale, 480-970-5000. Bruce Fine[comedy]8 & 10 p.m., $10-$12The Comedy Spot, 7117 E. Third Ave., Scottsdale, 480-945-4422. Jim Florentine[comedy]8 p.m.., $20Club…
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According to our man Murph’s blog So Much Silence, Baltimore indie-folk act Wye Oak is coming to Stinkweeds tonight.The show starts at 7 p.m. and costs $5. So Much Silence has a downloadable track and more info on the band…
Our friends over at Electric Mustache have been following Wilco news like the old No Depression zine circa 1997. They’ve got news about the name of Wilco’s new album — turns out it’s Wilco (the album) — and a free downloadable track, called “Jolly Banker.” They’ve also got a full…
Not only does Back Ted N-Ted have a kickass poster for this First Friday show at The Lost Leaf, the band also has new music up on their MySpace. “Loose Control” sounds a little like the stuff Ryan Breen produced for Medic Droid, formerly of Modern Art Records, while “Parks…
Yes, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Louisiana-bred indie act that’s been broken up for a decade, has dispatched an e-mail asking for help. And, since I’m something of an Elephant 6 fan boy, I immediately made a mental pledge to assist in any way I could.Turns out I’ll be voting to…
Jobing.Com Arena is offering limited pre-sale tickets to P!nk’s headlining concert at the arena – slated for Sunday, Sept. 20 – at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 30. The pre-sale ends 10 p.m. Friday, May 1. The password for pre-sale tickets is 1FUNHOUSE in honor of the rocker’s Funhouse Tour. There…
In what has to be the biggest music news since the band formed in 1995, Creed has reunited. All four members are back at it, including lead singer/public drunkard Scott Stapp, since they parted ways in 2004. But wait, the good news doesn’t stop there, Valley rock fans. That’s right,…
Even with all his self-professed shortcomings, shock jock Howard Stern was bound to be tied to a porno movie someday. And while the “Howard Stern Porno” doesn’t actually star Stern, it does feature actors in Stern masks having sex in the DJ’s chair at his old WXRK studios, before he…
During his tenure on American Idol, Matt Giraud was like the Little Dueling Piano Player Who Could: Snubbed by the voting public in the Top 36, the judges made him one of their “judges choice” picks for the Top 13. Then, when he finally got voted off two weeks ago…
We told you it was on the way and here it is: X-Men Origins: Wolverine reviewed by none other than our Music Editor Martin Cizmar. Did he want to give the film an adamantium hug or rip it apart with his metallic claws? See for yourself. And if you didn’t…
Not every rock, pop, or rap tune sounds good jazzified. If you tune your radio dial to that yucky thing called smooth jazz, you’d better have a barf bag handy. But Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine, the LOL cover band from the nation’s capital of jazz corniness, Los…
Alt-country poster boy Ryan Adams might get the lion’s share of accolades, but Jason Molina, the driving force behind Magnolia Electric Co., seems more than capable of giving Adams a run for his money. The similarities between the two artists don’t end with their penchant for brooding, alt-country balladry. Both…
We know what you’re thinking: Napalm Death, the founders of grindcore, circa 1982, are still around? What can they offer the metal world after nearly three decades of sonic brutality and numerous changes in sound and personnel? Well, listen to the group’s newest, Time Waits for No Slaves, and try…
Though San Diego quartet Dredg has toured with Taste of Chaos and major-label metal acts like Hoobastank and Deftones, their atmospheric, undulating sound defies easy categorization. Their willowy guitar drones are melodic enough for post-grunge radio rock, though the arrangements waver, dip, and swerve like a spacey prog act, and…
The intersection of Washington and Second streets in downtown Phoenix is an absolute hip-hop hotspot, as places such as PHX Nightclub and Silver pump out the bumps and beats for thousands of crazed club-goers every weekend. It’s precisely why Sol Martinez and the rest of the peeps behind FUSE Fridays…
It’s impossible to mention William Elliott Whitmore without talking about his voice. Its deep, weathered ache sounds as though it was rescued from a well four score ago, only to wander the Earth in muddy boots with a banjo strapped to its back. Raised on gospel and schooled in the…
THURSDAY 30 Bomberos: DJ Rani “g,” dk.strickler, & guests (house, global soul) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cherry Lounge: Scandalous Thursday with DJ Juan Rocha (house, electronica) Club Red: The Blunt Club with Pickster Uno, DJ Element, Emerg McVay, & more (hip-hop) Copper State Tavern: The Copper Club with DJ Kavi,…
As a card-carrying Dave Matthews hater, you should know something about yourself: You don’t really hate Dave Matthews. Oh, you beg to differ, but it’s true. One cannot genuinely loathe the mellow South African and his eponymous, Grammy-winning light-rock foursome, The Dave Matthews Band, any more than one can genuinely…
A Trekkie from Compton. An Iraqi war veteran who majored in physics. An intellectual alt-rapper who idolizes Canibus but beat down his former manager over money. Without a doubt, Greydon Square is as contradictory and complex a figure as you’ll find making music in Phoenix. Not that most people know…
