You thought Revolver Records’ Outer Bounds of Sound had the market cornered on experimental shit? Nope. The Rogue Bar continues their show announcement extravaganza with Mount Righteous, a 9-piece orchestral punk ensemble and choir from Texas, which will be playing the South Scottsdale dive on January 18. Check out the…
Remember that bus crash involving Rivers Cuomo? Turns out the Phoenix date is not, in fact, safe, as we were told at the time. The show has now been canceled on “doctor’s orders.” (Phoenix, AZ) – Due to the recent bus crash involving Rivers Cuomo, as per doctors orders, the…
[jump] This list is by no means complete, nor is it in any chronological or ranking order. It is simply to ramp up some interest in 2010 and show that there is hope for this new, yet-unnamed decade.Yeasayer – Odd BloodFebruary 9 (Secretly Canadian)Vampire Weekend – ContraJanuary 12 (XL)Lightspeed Champion…
While pop rock music fans are used to seeing bands like All Time Low and Cobra Starship don the graphic tees and hoodie sweaters of Glamour Kills clothing company, the trendy fashion line (which also sponsors Valley band The Maine) has adopted unsigned Portland, Maine band The Bay State into their…
“You people aren’t making Christianity any better,” no-nonsense TV dad Hank Hill tells a young Christian-rock enthusiast in a landmark episode of King of the Hill. “You’re just making rock ‘n’ roll worse.” Hallelujah. Sort of. As someone who holds Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible in higher esteem than the King…
God bless the Internet jukebox. There’s not much more glorious than sitting in your favorite neighborhood watering hole with the power to hear pretty much anything at your fingertips, offered up at the mere price of a couple of bucks. Upset that someone is ruining your G & T with…
Certainly, this publication has already spent some time extolling the virtues of Tucson’s Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta — especially when I called them Arizona’s most important band in September. Considering probably only a few of you drove down I-10 to see the band perform in Tucson at the HoCo…
One stint of working retail during December was all it took to ruin Christmas music for me. Listen to “Little Drummer Boy” enough times and the only thing you’ll want for Christmas is noise-canceling headphones. Yet even as I write this I’m happily rocking out to “Deck the Halls” thanks…
Arizona’s own Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle) takes the his side project, Puscifer, east in spring 2010. The musical/comedic/theatrical stageshow that is Puscifer played a few shows in the Southwest earlier this month including two dates at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Phoenix (our review is here).The show…
Scottsdale’s The Rogue Bar’s booking continues to evolve. So far they haven’t strayed too far from the DJ/electropop/pop sound the popular haunt was known for in its Shake! days. However, on January 29 they’re bringing in Mississippi band Come On Go With Us, which has a fairly straight-forward rock sound…
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Ambling Alp – Yeasayer…
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[jump] Starting with the 2010 festival, Coachella will offer campers the opportunity to camp right by their car in an allotted 10′ x 30′ space. In years past, campers have had to lug all their shit from their car over to the camping spaces/endless sea of tents. This year will…
Mariah Carey brings her first major tour in three years in support to Dodge Theatre on Saturday, February 20, 2010. The Angels Advocate tour supporting her new record Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel will last a total of eight weeks an 19 cities and has RydazNrtist, an R&B group from…
As you’ll read below, the 33-year-old mixmaster has a lifelong passion of hip-hop and has been sharing the love with Valley music fans, whether it was at nights like Kill Mill or the long-running Blunt Club night. Name: Dusty Hickman AKA: Pickster One. Club night(s): Every Thursday at the Blunt…
It undoubtedly would also be my choice for one of the more outrageous acts to ever come out of the local music scene (with the exception of the wafer-slinging punks of NunZilla). As I described in my 2005 music feature on IHYWYP, the one-man synth-rock freakazoid act features Flagstaff musician Phil…
The Grand Avenue Merchants Association doesn’t want to see one merchant, Jim Seagrave, doing business on their street. The association, which is run by a committee made up of Beatrice Moore (who owns the building where beloved “rival” bar, Bikini Lounge, is), Tim Sprague, Gloria Marsiglia, Kate Benjamin, Lee Berger,…
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Phoenix is lucky to have Alice Cooper. While the shock rock artist has steadily become cheesier over the years and seems to spend just as much time on the golf course as he does in the studio, he’s still one of the most recognizable Valley faces to longtime music lovers…
In this week’s music feature, Clubs Editor Benjamin Leatherman asked local musicians and scenesters to share their memories and thoughts about Modified Arts, the downtown music venue that will soon close down to the stage to focus on being an art gallery. At last night’s not-so-secret Jimmy Eat World show,…
Last year Kid Rock headlined Tempe Music Fest. This year he’s headlining Country Thunder. Is it just me or should the two festivals, which took place the same weekend last year, definitly not have this much in common?Country Thunder does bring us Willie Nelson on Saturday, but that’s barely enough…
