Jimmy Eat World Playing Modified Arts Tonight?

Electric Mustache is speculating that Mesa pop-punks Jimmy Eat World will make a special appearance at the soon-to-be totally-different Modified Arts tonight. After a cryptic message on the bands Twitter it’s looking more like the surprise is going to be Jimmy Eat World. This is the message posted on the…

Concert Review: Passion Pit at The Clubhouse

Damn you, Ben Gibbard, you’re fucking up indie rock. Not by virtue of anything you’ve done yourself, mind you. Death Cab for Cutie is fantastic, The Postal Service’s lone album is one of the best of the decade. The problem, which I’m far from the first to recognize but can’t…

Concert Review: Puscifer at The Orpheum

​Even if you’re not a fan of Maynard James Keenan’s two main projects, Tool and A Perfect Circle — and I generally am not — you’ve gotta admit the guy has good taste in comedy. He helped popularize Bill Hicks by bringing the late comic along on Lollapalooza, he’s done…

Puscifer Plays The Orpheum Thursday and Friday

I’m definitely on the record with my thoughts about Tool’s lame-ass stage “show” but honestly I’m pretty excited to see Maynard James Keenan’s new side project Puscifer at The Orpheum Thursday. Why? Well, this video should help explain, as should the article we ran in this week’s paper, which explains…

Concert Review: J. Tillman at Modified Arts

J. Tillman is perhaps best known as being the drummer of Seattle based folk-rock group Fleet Foxes. A fact that regional concert promoter Stateside Presents was probably banking on to bring in an audience to Modified Arts on Monday night. But to identify J. Tillman only as the drummer from…

Final Folk Festival at Modified

Sunday afternoon, Modified filled to capacity for River Jones Music Label’s Final Folk Fest. Seventeen bands and solo artists played to eager audiences, mainly sitting pretzel-legged on the rickety floorboards, hot beverage in hand, while wintery winds sauntered through the old house. This ain’t your grandma’s Woody Guthrie. This is…

Real Estate at Modified Arts

Real Estate’s self-titled record snagged one of those coveted Best New Music tags stuck to their debut full-length, an homage to The Shins if depressed and dropping lysergic, with Fruit Bats-style naturalist trimmings. Certainly the press helped, but, after some distinct uncertainty about the band’s impending arrive, Real Estate turned…

Free Treasure Mammal Show at The Lost Leaf

Phoenix experimental band Treasure Mammal proves two hours of driving doesn’t mean the Arizona scene needs to be split. The indie group joins forces with neighbors-to-the-north, Flagstaff’s Feel Free, on a untitled 7″ record, which will be available at a free show Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Lost Leaf. You can…

Ana Sia Plays The Rogue December 12

Concert announcements are starting to filter in for The Rogue, the Scottsdale night spot that formerly hosted the beloved hipster dance night Shake! (for about a half decade, if you can believe it) but is now moving in to live-action rock shows.San Fran electro pop act Ana Sia (listen to one of…

The Cover Up Plays Last Show Tonight

Quick recap of some news we broke in this week’s New Times music newsletter (sign up here): The Cover Up is playing its last show tonight.The melodic hardcore band was signed to Modern Art Records, which maintains an office in Phoenix but which has seen its owner and production guru…

How Many Bands Can Fit at Club Red?!

It was exciting to hear one of the Valley’s catchiest bands, Violet Wild, is playing a show this Friday, November 20 at Club Red, opening for Days of the New. But after taking a look at the flyer for the show, it’s flabbergasting how many freakin’ bands are on one…

Concert Review: The Swell Season at Mesa Arts Center

​By Lindsey Holder I’m not sure how many bands I saw last night. …maybe three-ish? The ticket said The Swell Season, but the show was more like The Swell Season, Glen Hansard, The Frames, and a combination of the three. I figured it would be fairly straightforward, with songs from…

Earthless, Iron Age, Baroness Coming To Clubhouse December 5

San Diego psychedelic hard rockers Earthless join their thrash metal Tee Pee Records labelmates Iron Age, and Georgia sludge metal act Baroness for a show at The Clubhouse on Saturday December 5. Should be one hard rocking show, as you can hear from the Mp3s below. Tickets here.Bullhead’s Psalm -…