Cover songs were a huge part of Joan Baez’s repertoire and success, especially at the beginning of her career as a folk artist. Her self-titled debut album, as well as her second record, consist only of traditional blues and folk numbers. Both became gold records. Her first two singles to…
Harper and the Moths have released a special Halloween treat for their fans this year with Mixtape, where the band dresses up, musically speaking, as a synth-laden, drum machine-driven pop band from the 1980s. It’s something the band members have been working on in their off time when they aren’t…
Those three lights in the night sky everyone was talking about yesterday? The ones that stayed in the sky for 45 minutes, disappeared, and caused everyone in the city to declare the return of the Phoenix Lights? If those were somehow related to the press release we just received, every…
Injury Reserve – “All This Money” Injury Reserve is at it again with their second single from their forthcoming album Floss. Quick on the heels of “Oh Shit!!!” comes “All This Money,” and one thing is for sure, Floss cannot get here soon enough based entirely on these first two…
Singer-songwriter Cait Brennan’s first crowdfunding campaign, created to cover some of the costs for Debutante (her debut album, released last January), was all sweetness and light. Contrast that to her new GoFundMe campaign where, Brennan says, “I look like Nixon resigning.” 2016 has not been the year Brennan had hoped…
Miss Krystle aptly titled her latest album when calling it Woman in Motion. As of right now, she has her own entertainment law practice, is the CEO/founder of a local charity, and just released her fifth music video this year alone. The former beauty pageant queen won Miss Palo Verde…
Good Charlotte began its career with a bang and went on to rule the roost as one of pop punk’s most successful bands among fans with more than 10 million in sales. This happened despite harsh criticisms from rock critics as being too boy-bandish and heavy on the teen angst themes…
Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Holy Fawn – “Reykur (Live)” To be clear, I’m not one to usually share or review a live video for…
BOO! Arizona at Rawhide this past weekend had everything you could want in a Halloween-themed electronic dance music festival. There were loads of eerie decorations, including a ginormous skull onstage that loomed behind DJs, a cannonade of lasers lighting things up, a spooky atmosphere augmented by the bass-heavy sounds blasted…
Insane Clown Posse is not a critically acclaimed band, to say the least. While ICP’s press is more positive than it used to be, and that was a low bar to clear to begin with, most of it has focused on Juggalos, their devoted fanbase. Why the FBI decided that…
Alex Trebek, you need to chill. On Jeopardy the other day, host Alex Trebek talked to one the contestants, Susan Cole, for one of the short get-to-know-you interludes he does between rounds. Voice dripping with cynicism, Trebek announced that Cole was into a type of music that “doesn’t sound like fun.” …
While the new generation may ask, without irony, who’s Bob Dylan? And, who cares about Willie Nelson? Many of us know it wasn’t always this way. Once, there was an era that hung on Dylan’s every move, and when the folk singer eventually retired as the protest voice of his day,…
Over the course of just 10 years and four albums, progressive rock/hardcore outfit Pierce the Veil accomplished what most bands strive for yet few achieve: the skyrocketing whirlwind of the rock star dream. But they didn’t get there by seeming “untouchable” or big-money ad spots. Pierce the Veil did the opposite,…
Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. No Volcano – “Blackout” No Volcano’s Who Saved The Party was in my top five of The 25 Best Albums…
The 2016 Best of Phoenix edition has hit the stands. Here, we’ll look at the very best of what Phoenix has to offer in terms of nightlife, music venues, dive bars — everything that makes a night out worth it. Best Nightclub: Cake Nightclub Gleaming with style and panache, Cake embraces…
Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Fairy Bones – “Pink Plastic Cups” Before Fairy Bones went on hiatus for the summer, long before they were asked to…
Luna Aura’s career in pop music may be blossoming, with radio play, widespread licensing, and critical acclaim all in the past year, but it’s still the small moments that have the greatest impact. At McDowell Mountain Music Festival this past March, Aura met a family that traveled three-and-a-half hours from…
The 2016 Best of Phoenix issue is on stands now. That means that we’re giving you our authoritative take on what’s good in the Valley of the Sun, and here are the best radio stations to tune into when cruising the freeways of the vast city of Phoenix. Best Hip-Hop…
Now cognizant of the dwindling rock star pool that is 2016, you’ve no doubt you’ve clicked on a story like this a couple of times every day on FaceBook: “BREAKING: Rock Music Legend Found Dead — Please Pray” I only just noticed that the source of this click bait turns…
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now,featuring a series of “as told to” profiles that explore how our city’s proximity to Mexico makes it better. One day, I was walking down the street in Guadalajara. I was 10 years old. And this man came over…
Behold this massive list of local artists (we counted 245) that will be playing the Arizona Hip Hop Festival on November 19, which promises to be bigger than ever. On top of the flood of Arizona rappers that will be scattered throughout the theater, the festival boasts a few headliners…
That first time at Karamba, the thing I noticed was the conversations. When you go from hearing your language everywhere, all the time, to only hearing snippets sporadically, a single word can almost feel like home. It transports you. “Güey, ¿me das una chela?” a guy asked the bartender near…
