Hoodlums Music Screens Girl Talk Documentary For Free

Hoodlums Music, at 6434 S. McClintock in Tempe, will be screening RiP! a remix manifesto for free Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. Here’s a bit from the movie’s promotional materials:In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the…

Deer Tick Gets Sweaty At Modified

Despite sweltering heat and scarce air conditioning, about 160 folks crammed into Phoenix’s Modified Arts last night to watch the much-hyped Deer Tick as they rolled into town in their converted school bus to support their new record, Born on Flag Day.  The boys, lead by singer/songwriter John McCauley, plowed…

Jay-Z, First Friday, and Joey Arroyo Over the Weekend

Could Jay-Z Replace Michael Jackson? Jay-Z’s claim to being “The Best Rapper Alive” is delivered so flippantly it’s almost filler anymore. Certainly, there was a time after 2003’s The Black Album dropped that it’d have been indisputable to any serious fan of hip-hop music, but, in the years since, it’s…

Deer Tick Tonight At Modified Arts

We already told you a lot about Deer Tick in this week’s paper, and we’ll tell you a little more tomorrow, after tonight’s show at Modified Arts but in the meantime we just wanted to give you a little reminder: DEER TICK IS TONIGHT.In case you’re too lazy to click…

Joey Arroyo Band at The Marquee Theatre: Sheer Joy

The last time I went out to The Marquee Theatre, The Offspring made themselves at home amongst the sweaty, aging punk audience. Friday night’s performance by The Joey Arroyo Band at this very same venue can be described in two words that The Offspring show could not: civil and desolate…

Could Jay-Z Replace Michael Jackson?

Jay-Z’s claim to being “The Best Rapper Alive” is delivered so flippantly it’s almost filler anymore. Certainly, there was a time after 2003’s The Black Album dropped that it’d have been indisputable to any serious fan of hip-hop music, but, in the years since, it’s become such a droning constant that…

Let Young Buck Get Things Going Proper This Weekend

Sometimes a show falls through the cracks that deserves more coverage in the ‘Nix. It’s no one’s fault in particular — it can be a tough task to be on top of every single noteworthy show that comes to The Valley. Such is the case for this Friday night as…

John Vanderslice Hugs It Out At Modified

By Heather Hoch About two years ago, John Vanderslice made a promise to a Phoenix audience that he would return to Modified Arts again. Though you couldn’t blame anyone who wanted to avoid Phoenix this time of you, Vanderslice delivered, while supporting his newest release Romanian Names, making his Sunday show at…

Ida Maria’s Martini Ranch Show is Short and Sweet

If you’re worried Ida Maria is the next in a long line of indie princesses to go “pop” the first time some douchey A&R guy suggests it might be a prudent career move, fear not. As she showed last night in Scottsdale, although “I Like You So Much Better When…

Loretta Lynn Plays the Classics at Celebrity

It’s been five years since Loretta Lynn’s Grammy-winning collaboration with Jack White but it seemed even longer at last night’s Celebrity Theatre show, where the Van Lear Rose era seemed long forgotten. Sure, a few curious hipsters made their way down to the show, but, for the most part it…

Viva Voce Represent the Rose City in Phoenix

By all definitions, Viva Voce are a Portland band. They feature at least one member with a beard, and while no one was wearing flannel, it felt like they were one load of laundry away from reaching that point. It is easy to bunch together Portland music as being simple…

Summer of Sound Americana Show Brings Live Music To Mill

I feel like it’d be a little cheesy to write a real “review” of a show I helped book but, suffice to say, our first Summer of Sound showcases kicked some ass Saturday night. In addition to our annual effort to spotlight the best local bands of five genres, we’re…

Summer of Sound: Americana Show Saturday

New Times annual local music showcase, Summer of Sound, starts this Saturday at Mill Cue Club. Yes, Mill Cue Club. It’s part of our effort to bring music back to Mill Avenue, where all five of our genre-based shows (Americana, pop, indie, hard rock, hip hop) will be. The show…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs at The Marquee: Spazzy and Brilliant

Karen O’s charms are mysterious. The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s frontwoman can’t sing, for one. Truth be told, I’m not sure she would score well singing her own song, “Maps” on the pitch-sensing mic for Rock Band — at least not in expert mode. She’s regarded as a sex symbol, but she looks a lot like…