Twenty-five years ago, an album shifted the future of metal. It shed old stigmas and embraced a new musical blueprint and, for many, offered renewed hope for the future of metal. It was named for four groundbreaking musicians — Phil Anselmo, Darrell “Dimebag” Abbott, Vinnie Paul, and Rex Brown —…
Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Huckleberry – “Trouble Is Real” I’ve been waiting for Huckleberry’s follow up to Fine Highway for far too long, in fact it’s been more than…
Is there anything more adorable in the world than nerd love? There just can’t be, and therein lies much of the appeal of nerdcore duo Snailmate, which is made up of local music nerd and former Sister Lip drummer Ariel Monet and her rapper beau Kalen Lander, formerly of TKLB?…
Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector’s item of a much beloved…
Some good news and some bad news comes this morning from San Antonio, Texas, where Mesa punk band Authority Zero got robbed of their transportation and gear earlier this week. Police have recovered the stolen van and trailer from an apartment complex parking lot some 45 minutes away from where…
Monday evening news broke that Griffin Kolinski, singer of local band Apparitions and former Knights of the Abyss bassist, passed away on July 20. He was 28. The cause of death was congenital heart failure. Apparitions issued a statement on the passing of Kolinski on their Facebook page, stating: “Some…
Texas. Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, and now this. Local punks Authority Zero reported on Facebook that their van containing all their gear — and their only means of transportation — was stolen last night, stranding the band in San Antonio. The gear was in a white dual axle Lark trailer…
Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms takes a look around the live room at Uranus Recording and sighs. There are a few guitars still hanging on the walls, some scattered furniture, gold and platinum records in a corner, and framed pictures of Lynda Carter and Julie Newmar, Wilson’s favorite Catwoman…
Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That’s because every Wednesday (give or take) from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector’s item of…
In the 2002 song “Without Me,” Eminem told Moby: “You’re too old, let go, it’s over/Nobody listens to techno!” He was wrong, of course. And in a cruel twist of fate, techno ended up outlasting Slim Shady himself. The Detroit native wasn’t oblivious to techno (a genre his hometown played…
Concertgoers that are of legal drinking age might want to raise a toast to The Nile Theater the next time they’re at the downtown Mesa venue, since it’s achieved a major milestone recently. And thanks to the nature of said milestone, it oughta be a pretty easy thing to do…
Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new songs in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Merit – “Take Care” I try to keep pretty close tabs on the bands I enjoy, but somehow, Merit was able…
Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector’s item of a much beloved…
I have a modest proposal that I doubt many of you will cotton to: It’s time to critically re-evaluate nu metal. You remember nu metal, right? Chugging riffs. Grunted vocals. Big pants. Soul patches. It’s one of the last remaining mutations of rock that no one has bothered to pick…
It seemed like only a few years ago that dance music had a slow, dying pulse in the American scene. Boy, how times have changed. Since 2011, dance music has gone gangbusters with an estimated net worth in the U.S. that’s well into the billions of dollars. Someday, when our…
In June of this year, Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms quietly decided it was time to close the doors of Uranus Recording of Tempe, the small studio he’s operated for more than 20 years. In late 1994, the Gin Blossoms moved into the quiet, historical spot along Eighth Street…
Phoenix’s (and quite possibly the world’s) only klezmer funk band, Jerusafunk, is all about firsts in the summer of 2015. Not only will J-Funk put on the first great local show of the summer — along with the Stakes, the Hill in Mind, and Pro Teens on Thursday, July 2,…
Over the past five years, Slayer’s world has been turned inside out. But proudly displaying what they’re made of has always been the band’s strong suit—2015 might just mark one of the most raw, visceral and vulnerable transitions for the band in its 30-plus year career so far. Touring extensively…
Arizona has certainly provided a lot of fodder for cable television comedy shows and comedians over the past few years. In fact, we’ve been the butt of many a well-timed joke over the last decade or so from such Comedy Central yukksters as Daniel Tosh, Dave Attell, and outgoing host of…
Yo, you wanna smoke some weed? Chances are, this is the first thing you’ll hear from HotRock SupaJoint once he walks through the door. This particular Saturday night, he’s crashing through the gates of Chop N Wok, a Chinese takeout bar in North Scottsdale. The instant the tall, gangly rapper…
It’s a warm Wednesday night in Phoenix at Carly’s, and songwriter Lonna Kelley’s thoughts flow out in a steady stream, punctuated by sips from her Lumberyard IPA. She’s speaking about how life influenced her new EP of swooning noise pop, Take Me Home Spiderman: her desire to live honestly, being…
According to Phoenix hip-hop maven Mike Cosentino there aren’t enough hip-hop nights going on in the Valley on Friday nights, and when they do exist there is just too much “bull shit” attached. Whether it be a cover charge, dress codes, bad vibes, or bad music, something about the current…
