It’s 2014 and high time you got some new music into your playlist — seriously. And that’s doubly true when it comes local music, of which there’s an abundance in metro Phoenix. The Valley’s music scene is gifted with burgeoning bands and emerging artists who will be making waves and…
Local blues lovers are sure to be raving about next month’s Blues Blast if the daylong festival is nearly as successful as last weekend’s Raise the Roof benefit at the Rhythm Room. The fundraiser, which took place on Valentine’s Day night at the popular CenPho music venue, earned somewhere in…
It’s 2014 and high time you got some new music into your playlist — seriously. And that’s doubly true when it comes local music, of which there’s an abundance in metro Phoenix. The Valley’s music scene is gifted with burgeoning bands and emerging artists who will be making waves and…
While trance music may not have caught on as much in America as it has in other parts of the world, the trippy, uptempo electronic dance music genre still maintains a huge following here in the states. Tomorrow night, local trance fanatics will find sanctuary at INTL in Old Town…
It’s 2014 and high time you got some new music into your playlist — seriously. And that’s doubly true when it comes local music, of which there’s an abundance in metro Phoenix. The Valley’s music scene is gifted with burgeoning bands and emerging artists who will be making waves and…
A few weeks back, I wrote about the most metal moments at NAMM, but now I’d like to touch base on some of the amazing products at the one of the largest music trade shows in the world. Manufacturers seem to have found a way of creating affordable instruments that…
When the esteemed International Blues Challenge took place in Memphis late last month, one local band got an opportunity to go for blues immortality. Namely, the Valley’s Paul CruiZe Blues Crew, which represented Arizona at the annual competition and made it all the way into the semifinal round before bowing…
It’s 2014 and high time you got some new music into your playlist — seriously. And that’s doubly true when it comes local music, of which there’s an overabundance in metro Phoenix. The Valley’s music scene is gifted with burgeoning bands and emerging artists who will be making waves and…
Some people will do just about anything for a shred of acknowledgement from their pop idols. For Arcadia High School student Matt Peterson, that meant filming himself naked on Camelback Mountain with his no-no area obscured by a foam twerk finger as he asked his celebrity crush Miley Cyrus to…
It’s 2014 and high time you got some new music into your playlist — seriously. And that’s doubly true when it comes local music, of which there’s an overabundance of in Metro Phoenix. The Valley’s music scene is gifted with burgeoning bands and emerging artists who will be making waves…
Editor’s Note: Shea Serrano is an award-winning music writer and goofball whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rap Coloring and Activity Book, and writes this weekly column about his life and times. Earlier this week, I went to the funeral of a person that I cared about. While I am…
No matter who you are, it’s a pretty sure bet guitarist Kid Congo Powers has cooler friends than you do. After all, Powers (real name Brian Tristan) got his start in 1979 playing guitar with legendary punk-blues firebrands the Gun Club, then jumped ship in 1980 to spend a few…
For bands that take the stage at any of the Fetish Revolution events, the term “tough crowd” can take on an entirely new meaning. The annual party is equal parts sexual dream (or nightmare, depending on who you ask), bondage carnival, alternative lifestyle symposium, and lingerie fashion show. It’s one…
While Phoenicians are busy planning romantic dinners, exchanges of roses and chocolate, and other sappy Valentine’s rituals, those in the local dance music scene are busy with plans of their own. The Crush Music Festival is scheduled to go down on Saturday at Arizona Event Center in Mesa, and its…
It’s 2014 and high time you got some new music into your playlist — seriously. And that’s doubly true when it comes local music, of which there’s an overabundance of in Metro Phoenix. The Valley’s music scene is gifted with burgeoning bands and emerging artists who will be making waves…
If there’s been one thing missing from Time Out Lounge over the years — and, frankly, there isn’t much you can’t find at the infamous Tempe dive bar and pool joint — it’s live music. But that situation’s changed, thanks to Westley Allen. The veteran Time Out bartender, DJ behind…
It looks as though Ricky Williams may have some competition when it comes to weed-related football jokes. That’s because local comedy rapper Hot Rock Supa Joint (the self-described “punk rock hip-hop dude who makes your booty pop”) has started an Indiegogo fundraiser with the goal of raising $4.5 million, all…
Confession time: Alice in Wonderland was one of my favorite childhood films. In fact, I had an Alice in Wonderland tea set with cracked cups picturing the White Rabbit and Mad Hatter. Don’t judge me, but it’s one of the one things I’ve managed to keep over the years in…
For Rod Piazza, playing the blues isn’t just an ordinary pursuit. The legendary harmonica player considers it to be his life’s calling. “It wasn’t a choice for me. I heard the blues, and it chose me,” he says. “I never looked back.” During his 47-year career in the genre, Piazza,…
Featuring a silhouetted collection of dudes, Mystery Science Theatre 3000-style, in front of videos of white people doing ridiculous, Jackass-style nonsense, Atlanta rapper Rawcus’ “White People Crazy” is the sound of the Internet eating itself alive. Although it remains a little south of viral (still only 253,000 YouTube hits as…
Few bands can straddle the fine line between hard rock and heavy metal — or underground credibility and commercial viability — as well as Stone Sour. The band has released five studio albums, each of which has challenged and exceeded the band’s — and its fans — expectations. Stone Sour…
The Valley’s Latin dance scene could best be described as a melting pot of sound. But while there are dollops of such popular genres as salsa, merengue, bachata, and reggaeton in the mix via the discotecas, more tastemaking Latin-influenced styles such as moombahton and cumbia-crunk also have added distinctive flavors…
