THURSDAY 12 Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Club Red: The Blunt Club with Pickster Uno, DJ Element, Emerg McVay, & more (hip-hop) Copper State Tavern: Southwest Rapstock with DJ Kavi, & guests (hip-hop) Karamba: Vaquero Thursdays with DJ Miguel (cumbia, Norteña, banda, Latin) Margarita Rocks: DJ Mr. Eaton (Top 40) Red Bar: All…
If there’s one thing that P-town won’t be in short supply of this weekend, it’s pro basketball players, as seemingly the entire NBA roster will be hanging in the PHX for the league’s annual All-Star Game. Besides all the big ballers and shot callers, the Valley’s also gonna be filled…
Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy was once seen as the last great Southern hope. He had the ‘hood respect of T.I. and garnered the admiration of practically every drug dealer in North America with his rap sheet and lyrical references to his drug-dealing days. It’s not that he’s overly gangster or…
After his arrest in 2007, rapper T.I. was charged with possessing heavy artillery and was forced to spend months under house arrest. He also was sentenced to serve 1,000 hours of community service and will begin a year and a day in jail on March 27. But while it’s been…
Voted Tucson Weekly’s “Best New Band” in 2007, Mostly Bears have steadily been working their way up the list — a very, very short list — of innovative Arizona bands. Of course, they are from Tucson and not Phoenix, so they fit in nicely with the other bands emerging from…
If 2008 started things in motion for sultry songstress Jessica Lea Mayfield, 2009 may prove to be a banner year for the upstart musician. She released her debut album, the cleverly titled With Blasphemy So Heartfelt, in September and has been tabbed to open for the likes of Annuals and…
It’s been only a year since Z-Trip pulled a spin gig in his hometown, and over the past 12 months, the PHX native has been racking up frequent-flier miles like a motherfucker. The ultra-talented 34-year-old just returned from Australia, where he crisscrossed the continent with the Big Day Out festival…
Though he is, in a sense, crystallized in the public’s memory as the first act to perform at the original Woodstock, legendary folkie Richie Havens is arguably still in possession of the vitality and spirit that made him famous 40 years ago. Sure, Havens hasn’t had an onstage epiphany quite…
Cradle of Filth scaled back their twisted-burlesque spectacle on the Thornography tour, which, combined with the record’s unseemly catchiness, led to some dismayingly unfreakish sets. But the British metal provocateurs reverted to harsh thrash on last year’s Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder, a concept album chronicling the depravity of French…
North Carolina’s Annuals remain a gravity-defying whirlwind with the release of their latest disc, Such Fun. Pairing herky-jerky rhythms and over-the-top musical drama, the players follow the whimsical lead of frontman Adam Baker into robust country, rapturous string sections, and myriad other musical pathways. To wit: “Hot Night Hounds” peaks…
Valley bar and club owners have been busting much ass recently in preparation for this weekend’s All-Star Game, and Gary and Renetta Slone are no exception. The couple’s new nightspot/restaurant Open Gallery Bar & Grill (5025 North Seventh Avenue, 602-277-0323), will make its debut tomorrow night and they’ve been spending…
So, we don’t normally blog about shows outside the area, but our contributor Psyko Steve Chilton is putting a real dandy at SxSW in Austin next month. The “I Heart AZ” showcase features Dear and the Headlights, Miniature Tigers, What Laura Says, The Stiletto Formal, Kinch, Back Ted N-Ted and…
It sucks pretty hard that Tucson gets all the cool shows these days. Like Andrew Bird, who’s making a stop in the Old Pueblo this Saturday to gig at the Rialto, but won’t make a stop in Phoenix. This truly blows, since we’ve been digging on the talented singer/songwriter since…
So before we delve into Tuesday night’s episode of Idol, I need to pose one very pressing question: What the eff was Paula wearing around her neck?! Abdul has worked some pretty funky neckwear over the span of Idol, but this particular piece of hardware takes the proverbial cake. It looked…
From The Daily Swarm:Independent artists and labels had a banner year at the 2009 Grammy Awards winning 56 of the 110 awards given or just over 50% of the total prizes.Most of this is simply major artists releasing music independently of the big four major labels. But Album of the…
Rap star and Mary Jane-toker Snoop Dogg will bring his new variety talk show “Dogg After Dark” to MTV at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 17. The new weekly variety show, which will air on MTV for seven weeks, was filmed in an LA nightclub and features Snoop chatting up celebs…
So I’ve made a big deal out of the relentless first come-first served policy we have for You Asked For It, our weekly local CD review column, a few times before. This week, I’m breaking it. I’m only moving Kinch up one week, but I wanted to confess it up…
So we all know Phoenix is going to be brimming this weekend with all the ballers and shot-callers an NBA All-Star game usually brings with it. But between the popping of bubbly and the dunking of balls, we can all still carve out a little time for some culture, can…
Pre-sale tickets for Jack’s Mannequin’s Farther From Earth tour, slated to hit Tempe’s Marquee Theatre on Saturday, May 23, are available on the band’s Web site.The pop-rock band, which started out as a side project of Something Corporate frontman Andrew McMahon and seemed to turn into the singer/pianist’s main love,…
Ah, new music Tuesday. It’s always exciting to note what new albums come out on any given Tuesday, especially so early into the new year. While today may be a particularly slow day in the American market, one French artist has released some of 2009’s finest work to date. The…
When Verbal Kent first heard about how Sheriff Joe Arpaio paraded 200 shackled Hispanic inmates through the streets of downtown Phoenix last week, the enraged Chicago-based hip-hop artist took action immediately. Kent phoned his friends in the Valley, the promoters behind the weekly GALLERY BLU re:DEF hip-hop night at the…
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTV on the Radio – Dancing ChooseColbert Report Full EpisodesFunny Political NewsChristian Bale ParodyJoke of the DayTV on the Radio appeared on The Colbert Report on Monday night to perform their single “Dancing Choose,” off their latest album, the critically acclaimed Dear Science. This was a…
