Folks can dance their blues away and help the St. Mary’s Food Bank by attending the 12 Hour Blues for Food Benefit Festival October 19 at the El Dorado Bar and Grill in Scottsdale. The festival runs from noon to midnight. There’s no cover charge, but those attending are asked…
So Dave Mustaine said that he hates to be singled out. Yeah–absolutely despises being the center of attention. One time he was at a Kenny G. concert and the musician asked him to stand up in the crowd because he was going to play at that same venue a couple…
Forget gang and murder references. There is nothing more gangsta than singing about lines in the bathroom, getting high on purple stuff, and trees in your lap — especially when you’re 20 years old. No matter the bleached blonde hair or teddy bears she likes to bring on stage and…
Affixing labels is often a bane and a blessing for a band. For Savannah, Georgia’s Kylesa, the esteemed Southern psych-metal act that helped usher in the first waves of indie’s acceptance of sludgy, off-center metal, pigeonholing is hardly an option. There’s just too much to process, too many edges being…
As members of Vetiver, Daniel Hindman and Sarah Versprille explored the gauzy textures of Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac (occasionally recalling the hazy mysticism of the Peter Green era, too). As Pure Bathing Culture, the duo fast-forwards the Mac dial to Tango in the Night o’clock. No, really: “Pendulum,” which opens their…
It’s been a brutal year for local nightlife insitutions, to say the least. First, Axis/Radius’ proprietors pulled the plug on the iconic Scottsdale dance club in late June. A month or so later, venerated Mesa music venue Hollywood Alley ceased to exist in early August after its owners were forced…
Housed on Grand Avenue, a road with quite a history of its own, Bikini Lounge is a Phoenix cocktail staple. In fact, the tiki-themed dive bar has been open since 1947, when Grand Avenue was at the Phoenix end of U.S. 60, long before Interstate 10 was completed. Because the…
By Stan Bindell At this year’s Arizona Blues Showdown, Paul Cruize Blues Crew Band won in the band category and Juke Joint won in the solo/duo category. Winning means that these two bands will represent Arizona during the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, from January 21 through 25. More than…
Punk has always been made to be atypical in both approach and presentation. In 2013, however, few would expect Fall Out Boy, the once-TRL darling pop-punk five-piece, and Ryan Adams, one of the most prolific genre-crossing musicians of our generation, to come together to release a hardcore, punk EP. In this case, the presentation, approach and the collaboration is anything but expected.
As if made in a perfectly hasty, indirect response to the vitriol spread by once-loyal fans (myself included), “Love, Sex, Death” is the perfect foil to Save Rock and Roll as the actual rock ‘n’ roll that needs to be resurrected. Given their radio success with mega-hit “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ‘Em Up),” Fall Out Boy’s upcoming PAX AM Days is finally the unlikely harbinger of the same message they set out to spread.
It’s hard to determine who to chalk this reinvigorated reincarnation of the band to. Adams, always the prolific eccentric, is no stranger to the hard stuff, writing under his black metal project Werewolph and releasing 2010’s space odyssey thrash concept album Orion. But while Adams as known in the mainstream scope as the voice behind “that ‘Wonderwall’ cover” and the uncannily-timed video for 2001’s “New York, New York,” he’s made significant ventures into hardcore and punk with The Finger, formed in 2002 with Heart Attack’s Jesse Malin.
Three weeks ago I had the opportunity to talk to Ministry’s legendary frontman and all-around heavy metal veteran Al Jourgensen. We had a slightly concerning start to the interview (Jourgensen was sick from food poisoning caused by Chobani yogurt that had since been recalled, and was sitting around, drinking vodka…
You know him as Johnny D., as in Mostly Vinyl with Johnny D., the radio program on KWSS that celebrates rare and obscure soul and funk. But John Dixon is also an obsessive collector of recorded music — mostly on vinyl — as well as a record producer, a former…
Just because Mother Nature’s dialed down the blast furnace and summertime is officially over doesn’t mean that the pool party season is done quite yet. Nope, it turns out that there’s one final water-wing wingding to enjoy before hanging up your swimsuit to dry. The promoters and EDM fiends behind…
Danny Zelisko has so much concert memorabilia that some of it is even boxed up by artist, sometimes untouched for years. He may not know exactly what is in there, but based on the remainder of his extensive collection of signed posters and shirts, it’s bound to be impressive. Zelisko,…
Fun fact: If a Phoenix New Times Club Candids photographer is caught out in the line of duty–and given the size of the cameras they carry around, this happens a lot–we disavow all knowledge of their activities. So when you see them taking photos in every nook and cranny of…
Things are really hit-or-miss when it comes to heavy metal covers of pop songs. There’s been some great ones (Exodus’ “Low Rider,” Marilyn Manson’s “Tainted Love”), and some not-so-great ones (Children of Bodom’s “Oops I Did It Again,” Evile’s “Born This Way”), to be sure. But when you get some…
Gentleman, this is a public service announcement. We know that things can get hot and sweaty on the dance floor. The atmosphere is festive, the music is peaking, and the ladies are looking good. You see one you like, and you want to dance with her. Totally cool. Men and…
It was 1981. We were young, and there was nothing better to do. And so my girl friends and I — a bony chick we called Uncle who rarely spoke and her best friend, Laytchie McJeep, a corpulent girl who never stopped talking — got dressed up in funny clothes…
The throng of thousands who invaded Indian Plaza in Scottsdale for the Sound Wave Block Party this past Saturday were definitely in the mood to move their bodies to the beat. And believe us, they had plenty of big beats to soak up. Like the three previous editions of Sound…
The enigmatic local EDM combo Spiders Down Yonder are as dark as they are mysterious. The duo — who are known simply as “!” and “?” — often adorn themselves with bandannas, lampshades, or other face coverings that obscure their identity, whether its on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/spidersdownyonder) or during…
It’s that time of year again. After months of planning, research, and collecting the gems of our city, the Best of Phoenix 2013 issue has hit the stands. This year, we take a journey into Phoenix’s past to unearth the vintage beauty of our city…
To musical purists, Los Angeles’ FIDLAR isn’t all that complicated. To the Urban Outfitters, vinyl-collecting teen set, FIDLAR could be seen as intimidating. To the dirty, denim-clad, skateboarding, chainsmoking neo-angst kids, FIDLAR is a voice. Acronymic for Fuck It Dog, Life’s A Risk, the band, in all aspects of their…
Al Jourgensen is 54 years old–a veteran in the metal scene–and has gone through more than most can fathom. He’s sold millions of albums and endured a decade of habitual drug abuse. He’s also been pronounced dead three times along the way, and has a ton of stories about roadie…
