Vampire Weekend Brings the Love to Marquee Theatre

Sounds like things got pretty crazy at the Vampire Weekend concert last night at Marquee Theatre. Someone threw up, and girls and guys alike lusted after the band–although it seems like the crowd was filled with underaged peeps. Here’s what was happening on the interwebs after the show. @yourreddress vampire…

MGMT: Congratulations

Artist: MGMTTitle: CongratulationsRelease date: April 13Label: ColumbiaI guess the kids are kinda disappointed in the new record by MGMT. Apparently, they expected another dose of harmless and forgettable electro-pop, like they got a couple of years ago with the band’s debut, Oracular Spectacular, and the singles “Kids” and “Electric Feels.”I…

Nothing Not New: Podcast #3

You wanted the best, you got the best with another Nothing Not New podcast. This time, New Times web editor/Japanese music aficionado Jonathan McNamara and photography intern/Coachella attendee Ryan “The Wolf” Wolf joined me in our studios to compile 10 more songs from some of the better music I’ve listened…

No Need for a Baby-Sitter — Drop the Kids Off to Owl City

It seems like, after Selena Gomez, the Owl City concert may have brought some of the youngest fans Marquee Theatre has ever seen to the venue. The tween-friendly artist’s non-offensive lyrics and sugary sweet melodies sold out the spot, bringing both kids and their parents to the show–which, judging from…

Chester Bennington Among Crowd at Muse Concert

Common folk weren’t the only peeps to check out Muse and Silversun Pickups last night at US Airways Center. Apparently a famous face, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, was also in the audience checking out the show. To offset the fact the band doesn’t alter their set list, they tried…

Murder by Death: Good Morning, Magpie

Artist: Murder by DeathTitle: Good Morning, MagpieRelease date: April 6Label: VagrantWhat would you expect a band called Murder by Death to sound like? I figured these guys were gonna be among the new breed of “punk” bands in which one dude sort of croons while another screams his lungs out…

The Shizz Set to Launch Record Label

Over the past decade, TheShizz has gradually grown into one of the most popular local music websites in the Valley. This month, The Shizz is launching its own record label, starting with a 17-track compilation of songs from Arizona bands called The Shizz Presents: AM or PM? I Don’t Know…The…

What Laura Says Set to Release New LP, Bloom Cheek, on June 8

Factory Made Future is reporting that What Laura Says will release a new album called Bloom Cheek on June 8.FMF also predicts it’ll be big: “While the band has already started to garner some national attention, I have a feeling this will be the album that helps them break out on…

Harlem: Hippies

Artist: HarlemLabel: HippiesRelease date: April 6Label: MatadorWhatever happened to the 10-inch record? Do they still make those things? I always thought they were a great way to listen to music because they had no room for filler. I’ve got some killer 10-inches by Pavement, The Drags, Urge Overkill, Lazy Cowgirls,…

Vampire Weekend Is Now the Whitest Band on the Planet

This judgment comes to us from no less an authority than Christian Lander, the Canadian humorist whose Stuff White People Like blog has become an Internet staple of the pigment-poor, diploma-rich, probably-votes-Democrat set. The blog’s appeal is quite simple: It shows those very same navel-gazing whiteys the folly (and, by…

Elvis Costello Is King

My Elvis Costello phase started pretty much by accident. I found a cassette copy of Blood and Chocolate in a thrift store, marked at 50 cents, and bought it not knowing much about Costello or his work. I did, however, have the concrete sense that I was supposed to know…

Becky Lee Is Big in Portugal

I was at Eastside Records, maybe a year and a half ago, when I found myself eyeing an EP from Becky Lee and Drunkfoot. It was an eye-catching package: a heavy paper case decorated with glitter and black permanent marker. After briefly wondering what a “drunkfoot” was, I bought the…