The Dodos, an indie rock duo from San Francisco, made a splash on the music scene back in 2008 with their second album Visiter. That album landed them on everyone’s radar (including mine) and made them a force to be reckoned with in the indie/folk/baroque pop/whatever the hell you want…
Over the past decade or so, Clutch have become the musical equivalent of comfort food. The recipe may vary slightly from album to album, but, for the most part, you know exactly what you’re going to get: crunchy, Southern-fried riffs from guitarist Tim Sult complemented by a thick, hearty groove…
Just because an artist matures doesn’t mean his fans will. So while Chris Palko, a.k.a. Cage, may have experienced a personal epiphany that’s taken his music in a new direction, he doesn’t blame his fans for not wanting to come along for the ride. The rapper’s latest, Depart from Me,…
Got no car, Got no money, I got nothing, Nothing, nothing, nothing Nothing at all It’s a sad irony that Danny Dirtnap hates hipsters like Nathan Williams, the San Diego kid who records under the name Wavves. Though one is a Pitchfork darling who every tight-jeaned kid in the country…
So Much Silence: Incoming: The Cool Kids, Aug. 14 (?) Electric Mustache: Video: Wilco and Feist – “You and I” on Letterman Electric Mustache: mp3: Bird Names “Taxicabs and Bicycles” Idolator: Courtney Love Has A Hole Lotta Things To Say To Her Former Guitarist Idolator: Injuries Continue To Chip Away…
It’s been a pretty great year for New Times when it comes to lining up headliners for our Summer of Sound showcase featuring the best local bands of five genres. First we had hard-nosed LA R&B band The BellRays, who killed at our Americana show at Mill Cue Club. Then,…
It’s been 15 long years since The Toadies scored a big hit with “Possum Kingdom” — possibly the most popular song ever written about murdering somebody behind a boathouse. The nationwide popularity of that song, and the success of the Dallas-Fort Worth band’s 1994 debut, Rubberneck, portended a promising future…
What do you get when you combine The Kills, The White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age and The Greenhornes? A fuzzy, alt-rock supergroup known as The Dead Weather.Like Damn Yankees and The Travelling Willburys before them, The Dead Weather are intent on taking over the world with their collective…
NME: The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas to release solo album – exclusive Waved Rumor: “Dis-co Sucks!” Disco Demolition Night, Comiskey Park, Chicago, July 12, 1979 Idolator: Jack White Can’t Get Out Of Music Writers’ Spotlights Rolling Stone: Ex-Panic! At the Disco Members Will Embrace Beach Boys, Kinks Electric Mustache: Pearl Jam…
Philly psych rockers Dr. Dog seem a lot older than they are. That sound seems straight out of the 60s, as does the animation in the above video. Hell, even the name seems like something that should’ve appeared on Nuggets. Still, we kind of love them.What other shows were announced…
This Wednesday, July 15, marks the last day for Valley bands to submit for the upcoming 2009 CMJ Music Marathon, to be held October 20-24 in New York City. The festival, named for the New York City Marathon that takes place at the same time, is geared towards college radio…
NME: Blur defy illness to play ‘last gig’ at T In The Park State Press: Bowerbirds’ simplicity shines Idolator: The Invisible Glove: Jackson Presides Over Parallel-Universe Charts Idolator: Panic! At The Disco Post New Music, Restore Their Exclamation Point Pitchfork: Billy Corgan Explains Why He’s Keeping the Smashing Pumpkins Name Rolling…
Name: Rani “g” A.K.A.: Rani Gharfeh. Club night(s): Thursdays at Bomberos Cafe & Wine Bar, first and third Fridays at Incognito, and I’m the resident DJ at Desert Botanical Garden. Preferred genre(s): It could involve anything from global soul, good house music, deep house music. That may mean some Afro-tech…
Glendale-based deathcore act Job for a Cowboy dropped the new record Ruination Tuesday in the midst of their run on the Mayhem Festival tour that comes through their hometown a week from today.Though the New York Times praised them in the same paragraph as arty French outfit Gojira, who they…
Idolator: Wikipedia Sparks Rumor About Panic At The Disco And Michael Jackson’s Guitarist NME: Michael Jackson’s death causes The Dandy Warhols to cover The Beatles NME: Black Keys side project announces album, tour Pitchfork: Jack White’s Third Man Opens NYC Store Rolling Stone: M.I.A. Protege Rye Rye Speaks Out About…
Edge Radio FM 103.9 is kicking off its first Third Thursday installment under it’s new moniker with some big name talent. The radio station, formerly known as The Edge, will host its Third Thursday block party between Dos Gringos and Upper Deck Sports Grill in downtown Scottsdale, Thursday, July 16 with a performance from…
Fuck You Ups, an Arizona punk band, has posted a fun cover version of defunct Phoenix indie duo The Format’s “The First Single” on it’s MySpace. It’s seriously good stuff. Hat tip to Jose Gonzalez for this one…
Brooke White, the 5th place finisher on Season 7 of American Idol, will be hosting a unique live performance with the help of social networking site Facebook today at 5 PM PST. The event, dubbed “Facebrooke,” will showcase songs from the singer’s debut, post-Idol album High Hopes & Heartbreak –…
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As a musician working the local club scene, Russ Covner has tasted his fair share of failure. So, when it looked as if his 48th birthday gig was about to be canceled, he was disappointed but not shocked. The story: His band, Bitter Allegiance, had been booked for a show…
It’s been over a decade since Jenny Lewis quit her acting career to pursue music full time. Nonetheless, the sultry redhead’s child-star past has remained an endless topic of curiosity for fans and critics alike — first as a credibility blocker for her band Rilo Kiley, and now as a…
That voice. Country-rock icon Gram Parsons called him “The King of Broken Hearts” and routinely wept onstage while covering “She Once Lived Here” with The Flying Burrito Brothers. Elvis Costello wrote “Stranger in the House” as a duet for them to sing at a time when Costello was still rock’s…
