Get ready for one of the biggest local shows in December, filled with 12 bands on two stages–and when you go, you’ll be helping out kids in need over the holidays. The 5th Annual Rock for Tots event goes down Saturday, December 12 at Olive Branch in Tempe. The event…
Phoenix garage rock outfit The Love Me Nots are planning to do a split live record with The Hounds Below, a new project by Jason Stollsteimer of The Von Bondies. The record will be produced by Jim Diamond, the Detroit garage rock godfather behind the first two White Stripes records,…
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It was briefly mentioned on Monday that Slayer and Megadeth are planning a North American tour that will kick off in January. Phoenix metalheads can rejoice because the aptly named American Carnage Tour is coming to the Dodge Theater on Saturday, January 23. Megadeth is currently busy with their Endgame…
Listening to “Paper Bag,” the scuzzy, shuffling opening track from Phoenix-based garage rockers The Chandails’ forthcoming EP, it’s easy to imagine a good-for-nothing street gang, maybe the “cholos performing satanic rituals while eating pozolé” described on the band’s Web site. But the group of 16- and 17-year-olds hardly casts that…
John Prine sang about senility at 19, ditched his record label at 38, and became an indie darling at 59. As a music icon, he has seemingly unspooled in reverse, a country-folk Benjamin Button. Through all the ups and downs, including a bout with neck cancer in the ’90s that…
All right. Who the fuck let MC Hammer back on the stage? That’s right, he’s back. He’s breakdancing. He’s writing albums. He’s starting up Internet ventures. Hell, he’s even tweeting. I suppose we’re all to blame. The man has been trying to claw his way out of bankruptcy for almost…
Last week’s issue of College Times features an interview with Kimber Lanning where the Modified Arts owner talks a bit about her plans for the future and a little about the controversy surrounding my “Downtown is Ovah” column (and my followups) on the subject: College Times: Martin Cizmar from the…
As I told you last week, Arizona is (apparently) a hotbed of competitive yodeling. Now we’ve got some (proverbial) hardware for the trophy room: Tucson’s 17-year-old entrant, Tiffany Jo Allen, bested our boy from the QC and another competitor to win the U.S. competition. Now, she’ll be featured on the…
Right Hand Hi – Kid Sister…
I’m not sure if Rick Alvin Schaier counts as “local” since he was based in Southern Cali, and the Phoenix-associated band he drums for, Miniature Tigers, up and moved to New York City, but just in case anyone’s interested, his side project, Alvin Band, is making some noise. Spike Jonze’s…
We already told you about two of last week’s bigger concert announcements, Weezer and Passion Pit, but there’s a whole lot more in this week’s list. Like, for example, Metric. The Canadian indie outfit will drop by Scottsdale on December 12. Give ’em a listen below or click through for…
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As I reported on Friday, Arish “King” Khan and Mark “BBQ Show” Sultan — as well as their tour manager — ran into some legal problems in a sleepy Kentucky town. They were a no-show at their Thursday show in St. Louis amid speculation that they had been arrested. Friday’s…
Arish “King” Khan and Mark “BBQ Show” Sultan have been making some news headlines this morning after not showing up to their gig at St. Louis’ Off Broadway last night. As reported by the Riverfront Times’ music blog A to Z, members of the band were nabbed in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on…
It’s shaping up to be a big weekend for Jared Alan. Mere hours from now, the 29-year-old DJ/producer/scenester/ fashion plate/eagle scout will be staging the “official” re-launch of his long-absent fauxShow Friday Nights gig at Sanctum. Less then 24 hours later, he’ll then welcome NYC disco-punk superstars of The Juan…
Weezer will play Dodge Theatre on January 15. Touring on perhaps their worst reviewed record ever ( a record, admittedly, I have not bothered to actually listen to yet) Rivers Cuomo and Co. seem to be getting more ink for Snuggie-style publicity stunts, like playing with Kenny G, than playing…
It’s been a few months since I had the onerous task of reviewing Tempe punk band VW Trainwreck’s super-shitty record Dramaturgy in our You Asked For It column, only to field comments from the band suggesting:1) I did not really listen to the record even once.2) Record companies pay for…
Is there anything more ridiculous than finding yourself upset by a change in management on a music blog? No one seems to managed to stay employed in one place anywhere for long, so Maura Johnston’s three year run at Idolator (starting with the site’s founding) was bound to come to…
Oderus Urungus’ language is as colorful as the fake bodily fluids he spews on his audiences. The singer of theatrical splatter-metal band GWAR — the intergalactic crew of sinewy beasts (read: costumed former art students from Virginia) that’s been wreaking havoc on heavy metal for a quarter-century — describes GWAR’s…
Neil Sedaka was right: Breaking up is hard to do. Especially when you and your lover are a pair of working musicians with a productive and profitable creative partnership. Then it’s real, real hard. The trick, if you can do it: Break up, but don’t disband. Glen Hansard and Marketa…
I was, by happenstance, in Tempe when the shit-storm started: Sitting in one of those outdoor booths at Casey Moore’s drinking with some friends and playing with my phone only to discover a bunch of angry @martincizmar messages from tweeps pissed about my latest column. It raged on from there…
