Motörhead, Slayer, Slipknot, and more Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion Friday, July 6 See also: Why Isn’t Corey Taylor of Slipknot Listening to Metal? See also: What Mayhem Band Has the Craziest Fans (According to Tom Araya of Slayer)? See also: Motorhead, Slipknot, Anthrax, and Slayer Unite for Mayhem Fest See…
Foster the People Comerica Theatre Friday, July 6, 2012 See also: Foster the People at Venue Scottsdale Foster the People played to a packed house at Comerica Theatre last night, along with opening act Kimbra and Detroit’s Mayer Hawthorne and the County…
Joan Jett Talking Stick Resort Friday, July 6, 2012 Joan Jett is one of those musicians whom everybody should see if they get the chance. She’s an inspiration to every girl who ever picked up a guitar, pioneering the riot grrl movement before it had a name (she later produced…
See also: The Menzingers’ Tom May Discusses Touring With His Heroes, Like The Descendents and Bouncing Souls The Bouncing Souls’ recently released its ninth album, Comet, celebrating 26 years of energetic New Jersey punk. “We’re doing it for us and them [the audience] almost as a family, it feels like…
See also: Chilean MC Ana Tijoux to Celebrate Women With Puente Arizona This Weekend As if it weren’t bad enough that Spain owns international soccer (or football, as the rest of the world insists on calling it), now it’s cutting into our musical turf. No pues, ¡wow! While soccer may…
Curious about what’s going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don’t fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend…
See also: Slipknot, Anthrax, Motorhead, and Slayer Unite for Mayhem Fest See also: Why Isn’t Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Listening to Metal? American thrash-metal band Slayer can easily be called one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Their 1986 album Reign in Blood is considered to be the foundation…
Punk is just too stubborn to die. Because of the genre’s tenacity, some young bands are lucky enough to tour with artists that have been making music for decades. The Menzingers have played shows with The Descendents, and the group is currently on the third leg of a tour with…
Summerland Tour Featuring Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Marcy Playground, and Lit Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Comerica Theatre See also: Our full Summerland slideshow, featuring Gin Blossoms, Everclear, Lit, Marcy Playground, and Sugar Ray. See also: Should We Feel Bad About ’90s Nostalgia? See also: Our Throwback Thursday archives, feat…
See also: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Shawn M. Crahan Launch Production Company; Taylor Explains “I’m still waiting to write the ultimate song,” explains Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor, a bold statement for a musician who fronts two successful bands, appeals to a wide range of music fans, and, in the age…
For those that crank pop country radio out of their pick-ups, Darius Rucker is the breakthrough solo singer with a silky baritone and two chart-topping albums. For those that haven’t turned on a radio in ten years, Darius Rucker is perhaps more recognizable as the leader of 90’s pop-rock balladeers…
The Men and Lower Dens Sail Inn Thursday, June 28 See also: ‘Open Your Heart’ to The Men In a two-for-one deal that worked out swimmingly, the combined bills of Lower Dens and The Men converged at Sail Inn for a two-stage show that felt like a mini-festival…
Vans Warped Tour Camelback Ranch Baseball Stadium Thursday, June 28 See also: Valley Bands Sweat it Out on Warped Tour Stages See also: Warped Tour 2012 at Camelback Ranch Stadium full slideshow See also: Vans Warped Tour 2012: The Good, the Bad, and the Auto-Tuned See also: Crowdsourced: Fans Beat…
Jonathan Richman Crescent Ballroom Thursday, June 28 See also: Jonathan Richman Doesn’t Care for “Masculine Arrogance” See also: Our full Jonathan Richman at Crescent Ballroom slideshow. It’s hard to know exactly what to say about about Jonathan Richman’s performance at Crescent Ballroom last night. Not because things weren’t memorable (they…
Curious what’s going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don’t fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend…
Scott Lucas, Black Carl, Saddles Rhythm Room Wednesday, June 27, 2012 By Michael Cryer See also: Scott Lucas and the Married Men: Local H Frontman Stretches Out With Heavy Americana Somehow the stage shrunk last night at the Rhythm Room. Or at least it felt like it. Scott Lucas and…
White Horse Yucca Tap Room Wednesday, June 27, 2012 I feel I should mention this is the first show I’ve ever worn earplugs to. Why? Because as three of my friends can demonstrate, the dangers of tinnitus are very real, you guys! Also, because nothing would help me from being…
El-P and Killer Mike Crescent Ballroom Monday, June 25 Brooklyn indie-rap linchpin El-P and Atlanta journeyman Killer Mike are kind of on top of the world right now. There’s nothing like seeing two dudes with critically acclaimed new albums on the same bill, popping in on each other’s tracks and…
See also: Vans Warped Tour 2011 See also: Hot Chicks at Wicked Tattoos at the Vans Warped Tour If you’re going to The Vans Warped Tour on Thursday, look around and try to spot the dinosaur. It won’t be a giant carnivorous lizard with huge teeth and disproportionately small arms…
What’s in a name? Well, maybe a lot, but surely not everything. Take the rapping white kid from San Francisco who goes by the name Watsky. A handle like that certainly doesn’t evoke images of a slick, fast-talking rapper who also has a penchant for spoken word poetry; but that’s…
Against Me! and The Cult at the Marquee Theatre Last night’s lineup was strange, to say the least. Noise rockers The Icarus Line drew comparisons to Iggy Pop while Against Me! played its first Phoenix show after singer and guitarist Tom Gabel announced the decision to start living her life…
Phife Dawg Club Red Friday, June 22 If there was one point that was made clear in last year’s documentary Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, its that the members of the influential hip-hop group won’t be staging a reunion anytime soon. Although Q-Tip is…
