The Love Me Nots in Europe: The Hilarious Google-Translated Version

How is The Love Me Nots tour of Europe going? Pretty well, at least according to the foreign language reviews we’re reading with the help of Google Translate.Now, honestly, it’s sorta hard to tell just how professional these particular foreigners are, given the kinda-sorta hamfisted way Google’s magical software spits…

The 6 Stages of Attempting to Enter Coachella

Let’s get one thing straight: If you were one of the 75,000 or so people who attempted to get into Coachella on Friday, you were frustrated. In fact, chances are you were probably also tired, hot and certainly waiting in a long line either in your car or on your…

Arctic Monkeys at Marquee Theatre

The blessing of Arizona’s spot at the proverbial Kiddie Table is the huge number of shows we get by bands looking for a layover, or a warm-up, on their way to Sunny California. In recent years we’ve even seen California-based bands like Metallica travel out to the desert to warm-up…

Yeasayer at Rhythm Room

I walked into the Rhythm Room on Thursday evening for the Yeasayer show and surveyed the crowd. Immediately, I saw signs of potential trouble: The joint was lousy with hipsters. There were three Ben Gibbard look-alikes within 10 feet of me, and between them, they’d consumed enough PBR to drown…

Vampire Weekend at Marquee Theatre

Vampire Weekend’s 19-song set at Marquee Theatre Tuesday was totally devoid of riffs or deviations from their studio versions — the crowd couldn’t have cared less.In fact, the crowd knew every vocal and instrumental cue so well that, had the band gone off-script at any point, they may not have…

The Temper Trap Head to Clubhouse Music Venue

It’s going to be a busy week for local music lovers. As we get closer to Coachella we can expect a slew of bands from all over to make a pit stop in The Valley before heading to Indio, CA. We’ve already had performances from day 2 headliners Muse as…

Coachella Set Times Announced, Festival Tickets Sold Out

[jump] Thom Yorke and the Atoms for Peace don’t have any recorded music to their name, so their open-ended set could evolve into something rather interesting. Enjoy playing to a very, very sparsely attended set, Yann Tiersen. This is why I love Coachella, though — being able to go from…

Owl City at Marquee Theatre: They’ve Got Songs About Bugs

Say what you will about will about Minnesota synth-pop outfit Owl City. None of it seems to bother Owl City vocalist and mastermind Adam Young or his fans. And man does this guy have fans. Most of whom showed up last night at the Marquee Theatre as Owl City played…

Candye Kane and Skip Heller: Fracas Among the Cactus

Candye Kane is a flamboyant, unabashed, over-the-top blues singer with bright costumes and a vibrant, extroverted personality.She’s well known among her fans not only for her voice, but also for her style. They love going to her shows for all sorts of different reasons, but they’ll all tell you that…

Tempe Apartment Complex Plans Huge Indie Music Fest to Promote Itself

Remember the good ol’ days, when area indie rock festivals were “Presented by Such-and-Such” or “The Such-and-Such Company’s Festival/Throwdown/Party/Show”?That’s apparently old and busted. The new hotness? Suitefest: Presented by Campus Suites.How’s that for branding, marketing majors?I won’t pretend to understand much about Tempe’s Campus Suites student-oriented housing. I imagine it…

16 Second Stare Head to Marquee Theatre

Hard rock/metal band 16 Second Stare just released a new record and are out on tour in support of it. The new album is way heavier than their debut, and the band promises to pack the punches live and in person. Guitarist and singer Angry Tim just got out of…

Black Eyed Peas at Jobing.com Arena

It’s hard to believe that the Black Eyed Peas who performed last night at Jobing.com Arena once started out as a little known hip-hop group out of Los Angeles.A lot has changed since the band released their first album Behind the Front back in 1998. The addition of Stacy Ferguson,…