Belle & Sebastian Concert Moved to Orpheum Theatre Due to Rain

Isn’t this place supposed to be a desert? This new weather system that is moving in promises to bring about a half-inch of rain has already done some damage. Stateside Presents announced today via a press release that the Belle & Sebastian show scheduled for Civic Space Park on Wednesday,…

Check Out These Four Singles From Phoenix Musicians

Craving a respite from the same stuff you’re hearing on the radio? Check out these four new locally released songs, flavors for any musical taste. “Looking at You,” Jane Joyce Local singer-songwriter Jane Joyce worked with producer Gardner Cole for her new track “Looking at You,” a song she said…

25 Best Club Candids Photos of September

Summer is officially over, which is both a blessing and a curse. Yeah, the heat may have dissipated (for the moment, at least) but that means the end of all those groovy pool parties. As the swim soirees drop off, however, you’re gonna see club scene activity pick up a…

Venue Closures Got You Down? Throw a House Party

Khayree Billingslea has some pretty strong feelings about the Tempe Police Department’s Safe and Sober Campaign, the city’s annual zero-tolerance crackdown on parties, underage drinking, and impaired driving. “The city of Tempe turned this place into a police state for three weeks under the guise of preventing people from drinking…

Belle & Sebastian Guitarist Pined for Scottish Independence

UPDATE, October 7, 2014, at 11:37 a.m.: Due to expected rainfall, the Belle and Sebastian concert has been moved to the Orpheum Theatre. Belle & Sebastian guitarist Stevie Jackson hoped to be celebrating Scottish independence. What better way to commemorate 18 years of making music, the re-release your out-of-print vinyl…

Best of Phoenix A’fare to Feature Local Band, DJs, Food, Drinks

Our annual celebration of the best of everything Phoenix is just around the corner, and in addition to local food and booze, Valley musicians will be providing the entertainment. The event takes place Saturday, October 4, at Burton Barr Central Library. Samuel L Cool J will provide their cool, retro-soul…

KONGOS Reveal Plans for New Music at Secret Show

As if the 2,200 person capacity Marquee Theatre wasn’t an intimate enough venue for the Phoenix homecoming of the now-platinum four-piece .KONGOS, the four brothers decided to throw their own little welcome home surprise party at Scottsdale’s Rogue in the early afternoon before their Summer Ends Music Festival set. At…

13 Best Metal Shows in Phoenix in October

Our desert summer is finally winding down; and really, it wasn’t so bad, now was it? It’s probably in part to the awesome parade of metal shows that came through our fair state since the music industry’s touring season was in full swing. Either way, at least the October nights…

Album Leaf Concert at Arcosanti Canceled Due to Weather

Well, don’t we feel silly? We published an interview with The Album Leaf’s Jimmy LaVelle titled “Why You’ll Have to Visit Arcosanti to Hear The Album Leaf.” The headline was in reference to a quote LaValle gave in response to a question about playing in Phoenix, and he implied that…

The Senators Talk New Album, Recorded in Hollywood Studio

Local Americana group The Senators have had an exciting year. The band has recorded a live session album in Paramount Studios in Hollywood, opened for Phillip Phillips in front of 4,000 fans, while also playing the occasional local bit at Sail Inn or Crescent Ballroom. You can catch The Senators…

Best of Phoenix 2014: After Dark

Once upon a time, there was a city. It was not the largest city, or the smallest. It was not the richest or the poorest. But this city had a reputation, nonetheless. It was known throughout the land as dry and inhospitable — heated to unimaginable temperatures for several months…

Best of Phoenix 2014: Rock ‘n’ Roll High School

Once upon a time, there was a city. It was not the largest city, or the smallest. It was not the richest or the poorest. But this city had a reputation, nonetheless. It was known throughout the land as dry and inhospitable — heated to unimaginable temperatures for several months…

Bogan Via Used Drones, Motorcycles to Shoot Music Video in Istanbul

During the summer of 2013, Bret Bender and Maddie Miller of Bogan Via released their music video for “Kanye.” Directed by Freddie Paull of Electric Legend Pictures, this dark storyline portrays a Bonnie-and-Clyde-type duo who robs Phoenix’s own beloved Revolver Records of their register money and some unreleased Kanye West…

How Houndmouth Escaped Nowhere, Indiana

A sense of time and place inhabits Houndmouth. Rippled with various shades of Americana, as much is evident in the song titles–“Houston Train,” “Come On, Illinois,” “On The Road,” “Halfway to Hardinsburg”–along with the telling locales–jail, lonesome highways, dark hovels, trains and buses–frequented by song characters. Given that Houndmouth hails…