Critic's Notebook

The weird thing is, none of the original members are in the band.

If Jobot’s sudden closure made you worry about other Fifth Street businesses, don’t fret.

The lineup features Black Tiger Sex Machine, which has possibly the best name ever.

When Phoenix songwriter Trevor Hedges formed Sundressed in 2012, he was pulled in two directions.

Something old is new again at the downtown Phoenix venue.

What, oh what, can it be?

There’s a very important reason why artists flock to unpermitted DIY venues like Ghost Ship in Oakland, California.

The best new music from Phoenix bands.

November 2016 was a brutal month for music fans, as legends dropped at a seemingly nonstop rate.

Get your headphones ready.

Longtime Phoenix music fans will remember Barry Smith of Gentlemen AfterDark, Arizona’s new wave/post-glam legends from the early ’80s.

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.

Bottles and other debris flew through the air, prompting one witness to say “It felt like those stories you hear on the news.”

The former accordion store turned 30 before disco was a thing.

Today would have been Andrew Duncan Brown’s 30th birthday. Just over three years ago, the well-respected local singer/songwriter lost his life under mysterious circumstances while vacationing and performing in France. At the time he was experiencing something of a musical renaissance of his own, having released his self-titled album on…

It’s a space designed to be intimate and focused entirely on the artist.

Beginning in the 1930s, “border blaster” radio stations began lining the southern divide of the United States. Unencumbered by American frequency restrictions, these Mexican superpower stations — dubbed “X stations” after the first letter of their corresponding call signs — pumped music via high-wattage frequencies across much of North America…

What makes an electronic music festival a memorable one? The lineup’s typically the biggest thing, as are such factors as production value, execution, the energy level of the crowd, and (of course) the quality of the actual performances. There’s also something to be said for the location itself, which can…

We sift through all the local music so you don’t have to.

Took them long enough.