Conflict Breeds Progress for Painted Palms

Sometimes tension is a necessary tool in the creative process, and other routes must be taken reach a goal. Such is the case for Painted Palms, the San Francisco-based electro-pop act composed of cousins Reese Donohue and Christopher Prudhomme, whose late-night emailings of clips and samples has yielding something much…

Top 5 Phoenix Concerts This Week

Want to get in a show this week? There are plenty of concerts over the next five days around Metro Phoenix to choose from, as you can see for yourself by viewing our extensive online concert listings. And we’re fairly certain that there’s something for everyone, regardless of your particular…

Nite Jewel’s Ramona Gonzalez: “You Can Create Your Own Era”

Ramona Gonzalez is simply a musical paradox. Operating under the moniker Nite Jewel, the Echo Park-based musician weaves synth-driven pop that’s as much a product of the Casiotone era as it is ’90s R&B. Where one might expect instrumentation to be lo-fi, Gonzalez shines such production to a polish, layering…

The Ataris – Pub Rock – 2/28/14

The Ataris Pub Rock 2/28/14 Kris Roe is the perfect cannon fodder for a music reviewer looking to go harsh on a singer. His band is hardly relevant, his recent shows have been fairly lackluster, and he’s had his fair share of attitudinal problems. Saying his group, The Ataris, stunk…

Top 5 Concerts in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Hear that? It’s the clock counting down the hours until your weekend begins and it’s nearing the magic moment known as quitting time. To help the time pass more quickly, you might consider what it is you’ll actually be doing during the next couple days and nights of work-free bliss…

Miley Cyrus – US Airways Center – 2/27/14 (VIDEO)

Miley Cyrus US Airways Center 2/27/14 It was a pot — and pop — lover’s paradise at 21-year-old Miley Cyrus’ packed-house Bangerz tour stop Thursday night in Phoenix. Concertgoers walked in to see multi-colored balloons hanging from the ceiling and covering giant fixtures throughout US Airways Center. The smell of…

Kris Roe Reconvenes The Ataris (Circa 2004) for One Last Tour

The Ataris have always been Kris Roe’s baby. He is the singer, chief songwriter, and one constant member of the platinum-selling pop-punk band. An Indiana native, Roe has been fortunate enough to see music he wrote and performed go platinum in March 2003. For the 10-year anniversary of that platinum…

The Pixies – Comerica Theatre – 2/24/14

The Pixies Comerica Theatre 2/24/14 In the darkened setting of Comerica Theatre on Monday night, it was easy to close your eyes and imagine the floaty female harmonies are those of the Pixies’ original bassist, Kim Deal. It wasn’t, of course, as those harmonies belonged to Paz Lenchantin, a more…

Top 5 Must-See Concerts in Phoenix This Week

Want to get in a show this week? There are plenty of concerts over the next five days around Metro Phoenix to choose from, as you can see for yourself by viewing our extensive online concert listings. And we’re fairly certain that there’s something for everyone, regardless of your particular…

The Wind-Up Conspiracy – Roosevelt Row – 2/21/14

The Wind-Up Conspiracy Roosevelt Row 2/21/14 Downtown Phoenix’s most bizarre DJ duo ever, The Wind-Up Conspiracy, made their public debut last night and added an extra touch of strange to the oddball art circus known as Third Friday. The distinctly strange twosome of DJ Birch and DJ Decca played their…

Cibo Matto – Crescent Ballroom – 2/21/14 (VIDEO)

Cibo Matto Crescent Ballroom 2/21/14 It’s been a minute since the NYC-based band, whose name means “crazy food” in Italian has graced a Valley stage. And by a minute, we mean close to 15 years. Last night, supporting their first release in about that same amount of time, Cibo Matto…

Top 5 Must-See Phoenix Concerts This Weekend

Hear that? It’s the clock counting down the hours until your weekend begins and it’s nearing the magic moment known as quitting time. To help the time pass more quickly, you might consider what it is you’ll actually be doing during the next couple days and nights of work-free bliss…

Cibo Matto Is Still Strange After All These Years

Admit it: You’ve always longed for a music video that, in sum, features shots of bananas, pineapples, and other fruit; an explosively gaudy color scheme; several bizarre green-screen backgrounds seen at a rapid-fire pace; a rap interlude; a saxophone solo; lyrics about French bread and oysters; and the phrase “motherfucking…

Imagine Dragons – U.S. Airways Center – 2/17/14 (VIDEO)

Imagine Dragons U.S. Airways Center 2/17/14 Alternative rock hitmakers Imagine Dragons came to US Airways Center in Phoenix last night and were greeted by a lively Arizona crowd. The concert opened with “Fallen” as a faux moon rose above the stage. Lead singer Dan Reynolds told the near-sellout US Airways…

Top 5 Must-See Concerts in Phoenix This Week

Want to get in a show this week? There are plenty of concerts over the next five days around Metro Phoenix to choose from, as you can see for yourself by viewing our extensive online concert listings. And we’re fairly certain that there’s something for everyone, regardless of your particular…