Critic's Notebook

This isn’t your grandpa’s chamber music.

His first tour since dropping Some Rap Songs last year.

“You can’t have light without shadows.”

The rapper’s new album FM! is a different kind of drive-time radio show.

The live music institution is closing its doors for good later this year.

They play the Marquee Theatre tonight.

“Notice that he does have the Rape 3000’s on, and those are gonna cost you ’bout $450 deadstock.”

The band will play a tribute show to the celebrated series and its composer, Yoko Kanno.

Peter Murphy and David J. of Bauhaus perform in Phoenix this week.

We got lead singer Chris D’s thoughts on Flamenco, The Gun Cub, and hating The Eagles.

Wanna learn how to make it in Arizona music? Look no further.

“We were going to stop it at 10 years, but like Spinal Tap we went to 11!”

They’re young, angry, and they hate cops.

The “drearwave” artist has been active in the Arizona avant-garde for years.

Renowned guitarist Andrés Vadin will lead a talented ensemble through an evening of dance and song.

The four-piece band makes music inspired by the darkness of the forest.

From performing at hookah lounges to opening for Freddie Gibbs, the collective is on the way up.

This was a good year for fans of punishing music.

The 77-year-old musician became a local sensation back in the ’70s thanks to radio airplay.

And we mean everything.

2018’s in the books – here are our favorite musical moments of the year.