Rolling Stone: Michael Jackson Memorial Confirmed for July 7, AEG’s Ticket Information Pitchfork: Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste on Symphonies, Festivals, and Going Top Ten So Much Silence: Kissing Cousins: Pillar of Salt NME: Oasis’ Noel Gallagher praises Lily Allen State Press: Deer Tick album not up to snuff Electric Mustache: Video…
It seems like almost everyone in Authority Zero have a side project or two going on these days. Case in point: Authority Zero guitarist Zach Vogel and bassist D.J. Farmer play in the party rock band R.A.D. According to the guys MySpace page, R.A.D. “has been around forever” and their goal…
Idolator: What Have You Done With Your CD Library? (If You’ve Done Anything With It?) NME: Obama: ‘I grew up on Michael Jackson’s music’ NME: Watch Bloc Party’s new video now – exclusive Pitchfork: Jesu + Isis = Greymachine Rolling Stone: Michael Jackson’s Neverland: What Should Happen to the Superstar’s…
Good With Grenades will take a page from fellow popsters The Maine and appear at Desert Ridge’s Hot Topic Thursday, July 2. The local band, who are hot off performing at the New Times Summer of Sound pop show last week at the Tavern on Mill and have quickly built a steady fanbase…
“Is Shane MacGowan still alive?” That’s the immediate reaction I got from a co-worker after informing them of the news that legendary Irish rock band the Pogues will be coming to Tempe’s Marquee Theatre on October 21. It’s not an unreasonable question, given MacGowan’s notorious penchant for drinkin’ and druggin’…
Since their debut in 2004, The Heartless have gone through more members than Jay-Z goes through white sneakers, Girl Talk goes through samples, or Bret Michaels goes through groupies. They lost their singer and drummer and have used a steady rotation of bass players. Now with a solid lineup —…
When a local band earns the chance to headline the Valley’s largest club, Tempe’s Marquee Theatre, it’s a big hint that the group is good enough to stand next to national acts. Though the show is promoting the band’s first album, I think it’s fair to say Joey Arroyo Band…
Hell hath no fury like a New Age physician scorned. That’s what Sedona healer Reinalda de Souza wants the world to glean from the untimely demise of Michael Jackson. She especially wants the famous and wealthy individuals who beat a path to her door seeking a cure for their mental,…
Dear Jay, Can I call you Jay? Thanks. I heard you were coming to town and I just wanted to make a little public service announcement sharing my concerns about your latest high-profile celebrity feud. Up against NaS and The Game, you handled yourself well, and I think it’s fair…
Local folk standout Courtney Marie Andrews has made a song from her new album — which will be availible July 31. “The Buffalo and the Bird” is one of a few songs I really like on her sophomore effort, Painters Hand and Seventh Son, so be sure to check it…
Electric Mustache: Photos: AA Bondy at Modified Arts 6/29 Idolator: Beyoncé’s Clothing Line: Like It Enough To Put A Romper On It? Idolator: M.I.A.’s Directing Aesthetic Is As Crazy As You Might Expect Idolator: Wilco (The Irresistible Journalistic Construct) NME: Diana Ross to succeed Michael Jackson’s mother as kids’ guardian…
It’s a pretty slow new release schedule today, unless your name is Rob Thomas, Jeff Tweedy or Moby (or Mephistopheles, for that matter). What I do have to offer, however, is a new EP from Austin indie rockers Spoon. Got Nuffin contains only 4 tracks, yet it is their first new…
Jens Lekman, a Swedish indie pop singer-songwriter who writes sugary ballads about pretending to be the lover of a lesbian friend to fool her conservative father, playing bingo in the countryside and accidently chopping his finger off while trying cut up an avocado (they’re all amazing songs, I swear!) has…
We told you about Weird is the New Cool back in April and now the guys have a couple shows booked for July. WINC are scheduled to perform Saturday, April 18 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum and Saturday, July 25 at Chyro Arts, according to the group’s MySpace page. The local band can…
Pitchfork: MGMT, Karen O Guest on Flaming Lips LP State Press: Stardeath and White Dwarfs Electric Mustache: Video: Jay-Z Continues Assault on Auto-Tune Idolator: Michael Jackson Might Have One Last Live Album Wrung From Him NME: Michael Jackson will not be buried at Neverland Ranch Pitchfork: Pixies to Celebrate Doolittle…
I’ll be real with ya: I don’t often get excited about a DJ coming through town especially since Girl Talk (a) never comes through town and (b) is supposedly not a DJ.A-Trak is a different story. Since he’s Kanye’s tour DJ, you may well have seen him before. If you…
In Phoenix, there ain’t no cure for the Summer Time Blues, except the sweet relief of fall, and the much fuller concert calender it brings. We’re finally through the super lean times, show announcement-wise, and looking forward to better days. Much better days, actually: Local sons The Meat Puppets will…
What Laura Says has become the latest Phoenix band to get some love from influential blog series Daytrotter (check it out here). The band played “Dot Dot Dot,” “What’s Done Right,” I Suppose” and “Waves,” which are all available for download. The series also recently hosted Dear and the Headlights,…
Last night’s 2009 BET Awards were left scrambling and revamp their program to accommodate the sudden passing of the King of Pop Michael Jackson this past Thursday. It was the obvious choice to honor one of black music’s biggest — if not the biggest — icon in history. There was…
So Much Silence: A few hip-hop tracks that sampled Michael Jackson Spin: Watch: Beck Covers Velvet Underground’s “Waiting For My Man” [sic] Seriously, Spin, you don’t know the name of that song? Idolator: The Mets Are Asking Everyone To Clear Their Throats Again Pitchfork: Reznor Reveals Rejected Timbaland Remix NME: Bruce…
“Yellow Minute is the next big buzz band,” Rodney Hu, owner of Tempe’s Yucca Tap Room and one of my good friends, declared during a recent phone conversation of the AZ band. “Just watch. You’ll see.” After catching some of the band’s performance at Hu’s bar last week where they opened for…
Tempe pop-rockers The Maine have jumped from Fearless Records (a pretty decent label in it’s own right) to Warner, one of The Big Four, reports Absolute Punk and elbo.ws.The band already had pretty legit distribution, but they’re now making an even bigger push, re-releasing their 2008 debut, Cant’ Stop, Won’t…
