Have you ever wondered about the girl who plays the foil to Taylor Swift in her brilliant single “You Belong With Me?” I mean, it’s hard to imagine any teenage girl capable of captivating the object of Swift’s affections to the point of rendering Swift invisible to him. Listen to…
A lot of things about last night’s CMAs confused me. For example, why was there not a break in the middle so ABC could broadcast Modern Family at its regularly scheduled time? And why did no one (rightfully) interrupt Taylor Swift to point out how much better Beyonce is than…
If you pick up a copy of the brand new New Times (or, I guess, just click this link) you’ll come across my latest Sonic Truth column, a followup to the “Downtown is Ovah” column I penned predicting that the demise of Modified Arts will lead to a shift of…
Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood…..
Fresh off a 2-night stand at Marquee Theatre on Halloween weekend Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers have another big holiday show planned: New Year’s Eve at Celebrity Theatre. I’m not gonna lie, I’m still jonesing for another fall Circus Mexicus in Rocky Point, but this shouldbe a pretty classy evening…
Passion Pit — a band I regard as a poor man’s Hot Chip but every girl I know seems to be crazy about — is coming to The Clubhouse on Sunday, December 6. Like I said, this band, which was started by a guy writing songs for his girlfriend as…
Electric Mustache: 10 Music Documentaries You Really Should SeeElectric Mustache: Turn Back O Man @ Local First Festival 11/7/09Idolator: Fergie Calls Kanye West “Gay Friendly” (But Not a Gay Fish)Idolator: Eat It, ‘Les Miz’: Pop Music Takes Over BroadwayNME: Steven Tyler onstage with Joe Perry: ‘I’m not leaving Aerosmith’ -…
Wanna hear something even crazier? This is actually Enya’s second Greatest Hits record — she also put one out in 1997.
[jump] Here is NYMag’s full list, Brooklyn Top 40:40 Light Asylum – “Angel Tongue” 39 Oakley Hall – “All the Way Down” 38 Here We Go Magic – “Fangela” 37 Apache Beat – “Tropics” 36 Bishop Allen – “Click, Click, Click, Click” 35 White Rabbits – “Percussion Gun” 34 Japanther…
Unless you’re pretty young you probably don’t take notice of teen/tween pop sensations liek Taylor swift until they’re, say, trashed talked by Kanye West or appearing on Saturday Night Live.If so, maybe you don’t know who Selena Gomez is. Gomez who was named after the Selena you probably have heard…
Electric Mustache: The “Not So Fun” Story of fun. @ The ClubhouseIdolator: It’s Time (For Me) To Say GoodbyeNME: Animal Collective reveal new EP release date and tracklistingNME: Aerosmith’s Joe Perry: ‘Steven Tyler has quit’Pitchfork: Thom Yorke Takes on Nuclear PowerRolling Stone: Drummer Jerry Fuchs Dies After Elevator Shaft FallSpin:…
Yahoo! is looking for a new voice to it’s iconic YahooooOOOoooOOO and Arizonans seem to be cleaning up. Right now the competition is being won by a girl named Tiffany Jo Allen from “Tuscan” Arizona (which is very near “Tucson”) and a localish guy named Carlo Sanchez from San Tan…
Electric Mustache: Download A Free Pixies EPIdolator: Oh Awesome, I Got Twitter-Spammed By 50 CentIdolator: No Doubt Are Not Feeling Hella Good About Their “Band Hero” CameosNME: MIA working on ‘Gucci Mane meets Animal Collective’ albumNME: Strokes’ Julian Casablancas preparing ‘Pink Floyd laser show’ for UK gigsPitchfork: The Latest on…
AKA: DJ Smite Current club night(s): Every first and third Friday I DJ at Rose & Crown in downtown Phoenix. It’s free and you won’t get anything like it anywhere else. Preferred genre(s): All types of heavy Latin funky shit. Afro-Colombian funk, cumbia, salsa dura, psych, funk, soul, disco, post-punk,…
Obfuscation – Between The Buri…..
70s rock act The Doobie Brothers will play the main stage at the Fiesta Bowl Block Party in the Mill Avenue District of Tempe. The band, which has sold 50 million records, won several Grammys, and charted 16 top 40 hits (including two number 1 hits), played the half-time show…
Fact: Before last weekend, I’d never slept in a tent for rock ‘n’ roll. I’m not certain if that’s a confession or a boast. I’ve been to countless concerts in my 29 years, and many of those involved traveling, but before traveling to Indio, California, to camp under canvas for…
To borrow an overused but otherwise well-suited sports trope, Rufus Wainwright prefers to “leave everything on the field.” Or in the recording studio, as the case may be. Known for his wrenching reveries, plainspoken torch songs, and operatic ballads of confession, the 36-year-old singer-songwriter is not one for holding back…
Kelly Clarkson is pissed. After she took creative control on My December, her label decided that shipping a million copies and hitting number two on the Billboard charts wasn’t quite good enough. Then they forced her back into the studio with the poppiest songwriters they could find. To make it…
Some sad news from Tucson: Solar Culture, the venerable gallery/venue that has a lot in common with Phoenix’s soon-to-be-vastly-different Modified Arts, is on the auction block. The guy who runs it, artist Steven Eye, is apparently not the obvious winner. From Tucson Weekly. There are dark clouds gathering over Solar…
