On Vetiver’s latest record, Andy Cabic let the songs percolate slowly, getting to know them almost as if they were people. The result is Complete Strangers, a title that hints at how people can sometimes struggle to find connections and how two contradictory sensations keep showing up in relationships: feeling…
The month of February brings a packed calendar of events to the Valley of the Sun—the Barrett Jackson car show is wrapping up, the Waste Management Open kicking off, and the weather is gorgeous, prompting an array of other outside festivals and activities. It also prompts bands to get back…
Stephen Kellogg – Tuesday, February 2 – Crescent Ballroom There’s a reason the somewhat vague term “Americana” fits for a wide expanse of sounds and region-specific musical traditions. As expansive and eclectic as the country itself, Americana isn’t a genre but a collection of shared sounds and ideas from coast…
Viva PHX announced the addition of 40 bands to the festival, which will take place at 15 venues in downtown Phoenix on Saturday, March 12. The festival, which turns downtown into a South by Southwest-type festival for a night, is in its third year. Electronic music band Neon Indian will…
Here are our picks for best concerts in Phoenix this weekend. For more options, check out our comprehensive concert calendar. No Limit Takeover – Saturday, January 30, at Arizona Events Center in Mesa In October, JustUs Samuel announced that his label, Respect the Underground, would build a partnership with the…
Since late 2013, the Devil Makes Three has been touring to support I’m a Stranger Here, the acoustic band’s breakthrough fourth album, which pushed its way not only near the top of the bluegrass chart but onto the Billboard 200 albums chart as well. In keeping with the folk tradition,…
Myrlin Hepworth is loath to admit it, lest anyone get the wrong idea, but when we called him at his home one recent Tuesday morning, the local rapper, poet, activist, and educator was watching a documentary on the Eagles. Not exactly what one might expect from an aspiring hip-hop artist…
Like so many musicians before him, Redemptions front man Anthony Fama is trying to use his music as a vehicle to a second a chance to right all of the perceived wrongs in his life. Whether it be his personal financial mistakes, the missteps against past lovers, the wrongdoing against…
More than 90 bands played at more than two dozen stages at last year’s Viva PHX festival, which turned downtown Phoenix into a scene from South by Southwest for a night. Stateside Presents today provided a small sample of the bands scheduled for this year’s Viva PHX festival, scheduled for…
Modest Mouse and Brand New are launching a nationwide tour and will play in Phoenix this summer, the bands announced today. Though Brand New is no stranger to Phoenix, having played at Summer Ends Music Festival just a few months ago, Modest Mouse hasn’t played in Phoenix since 2013, when…
Here’s some news that should make you smile (Or should that be SMiLE?). The tortured genius behind so many Beach Boys classics has announced a concert in Phoenix this summer. Brian Wilson is scheduled to play Celebrity Theatre on Saturday, July 9. Tickets go on sale January 29. Wilson will…
Jane Lynch should have a show on NPR. After seeing her performance “See Jane Sing!” at the Virginia G. Piper Theatre at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, I felt like I saw the jazz equivalent of A Prairie Home Companion with one gay joke and some cussing thrown…
Here are our concert picks for this week. Check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options. All Them Witches – Tuesday, January 26 – Rebel Lounge The quiet, almost Americana-ish intro to All Them Witches’ latest album, Dying Surfer Meets His Maker, is something of a false lead. Beginning…
Here are our picks for best concerts in Phoenix this weekend. Check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options. Chief Keef – Friday, January 22 – Livewire Chief Keef caught Interscope’s eye (and everyone else’s) after a raw, ghetto-chic music video for his song “I Don’t Like,” featuring Lil’…
There has always been a bluesy edge to Big Head Todd & The Monsters’ ever-expanding sound. Now, more than 30 years after forming in Boulder, Colorado, the band’s 2014 blues-infused Black Beehive and the recent Live at Red Rocks June 6, 2015, serve as strong affirmation of the band’s roots…
Coachella has not been the kindest to rock en español fans these past few years. Sure, Venezuelan funky acid-jazzers Los Amigos Invisibles played the festival’s first year, in 1999. Then the following year featured L.A.’s cross-cultural music circus of Ozomatli along with Tijuana’s beat-heavy-banda grupo Nortec Collective. Then, all the…
During a conversation with singer/songwriter Mike Doughty, two things come to his delightfully twisted mind about playing music in Phoenix: “Shopping at Zia Records” and being here “when it was 125 degrees outside.” Luckily for Doughty, who is playing Crescent Ballroom in downtown Phoenix on Sunday, January 24, he can…
Here are our picks for best concerts in Phoenix this week. Browse our comprehensive concert calendar for more options. The Maension – Joe’s Grotto – Monday, January 18 The Maension plays an intriguing combination of ’90s grunge and ’00s nu-metal, filled with slogging, heavy riffs and hard-hitting breakdowns that brings…
Last Saturday, 25 local musicians met at Crescent Ballroom to become five randomly selected bands, each tasked with creating three new songs and tackling a cover by the time the evening’s show began. For the third year in a row, the Phoenix Rock Lottery was another rousing success, with pretty stunning results…
Say what you want about the quality of Weezer’s new material, you have to hand it to the band: They sure keep their nose to the grindstone. Weezer is set to release its 10th studio album in 2016, just two years after releasing its previous album, and has announced a…
The song has one of those universally recognizable intros that everyone who has ever listened to the radio or streaming music has heard. It opens with an iconic bass line, followed by echoing finger pops, and the opening vocals, “I got sunshine on a cloudy day.” Few songs more epitomize…
Looking for something to do this weekend? Look no further. Here are the best concerts happening in Metro Phoenix this weekend. Check out our comprehensive online concert calendar for even more live music options. Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour – Friday, January 15 – Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts…
