NME: Authorities release Michael Jackson 911 call Pitchfork: MGMT to Open for Paul McCartney Rolling Stone: U2’s “Spider-Man” Musical to Star Evan Rachel Wood, Alan Cumming So Much Silence: Incoming: Sunny Day Real Estate (!), Oct. 9 Spin: Michael Jackson’s Legacy: Neither Black Nor White NME: Lisa Marie Presley: ‘Michael…
We learned about Michael Jackson’s untimely passing yesterday afternoon in likely the same fashion that y’all reading this did: Twitter. In fact, as news of the King of Pop’s death spread across the Web 2.0 tweetscape so fiercely that it caused the social media service to pull a major Death…
Hey Gin Blossoms fans, did you miss GB lead singer Robin Wilson and guitarist Scotty Johnson’s intimate gig at Last Exit last Tuesday? Don’t stress. Wilson will be doing a very similar show again Tuesday, June 30 to continue to raise funds for the Love Hope Strength Foundation, a music…
Spin: Watch 50 Cent’s Sensitive Slow Jam Pitchfork: Buy Billy Corgan Lunch! Rolling Stone: Weezer’s “Undone – The Sweater Song” Turns 15: A Look Back Rolling Stone: Rob Halford on Recording at Ringo’s, Opening for Led Zeppelin NME: Phil Spector demands iPod for new prison cell Electric Mustache: Video: Deerhoof…
The good news: God is coming — soon. The bad news: He’s bringing Steve Winwood. The good news: He smites with guitar instead of cricket plagues. The bad news: He won’t be smiting the Jonas Brothers. The good news: “After Midnight.” The bad news: “Higher Love.” The good news: You…
Emperors of Japan weren’t the first band to give away their music for free on the Internet, but they were definitely ahead of the curve when they released Your Freak Majesty as a free download on emperorsofjapan.com in 2006, long before big-name bands like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails followed…
It’s mid-afternoon at The Tiniest Bar in Texas, and Dear and the Headlights have just finished playing the fourth and final show they’re cramming into four days at South by Southwest, a music industry circle jerk that’s a make-or-break week for up-and-coming bands. Onstage, bearded singer Ian Metzger draws the…
I’ve owed Emperors of Japan a favor since, like, six weeks on the job, when Tony Poer’s entry in my Flier of the Week contest won, committing me to attending one of their shows. Through cruel circumstance, I actually haven’t made good on that quite yet, but I hope to…
After 10 years in AZ music scene, once-hot indie-rock band Stereotyperider are calling it quits — for good. The guys will say goodbye to their fans with a final show at Tempe’s Yucca Tap Room Saturday, June 27. The show will also feature The Necronauts and The Reddmen and Stereotyperider…
Rolling Stone: Lil Wayne’s Lawyer Questions Role of Drug-Sniffing Dog in Bust NME: Deftones re-record new album without bassist Pitchfork: Jay Bennett’s Death: Overdose Idolator: Casey Kasem To Reach For The Stars For The Last Time Next Week Electric Mustache: Video: Know Your Enemy NME: Florence And The Machine: ‘my…
Our experience with Sonny Long — and the subsequent support for his fraud by people who should know better, but maybe have more in common with him than they’d like to admit — shows me that a lot of folks in Phoenix’s small but boastful hip-hop community are full of…
God Help The Girl God Help The Girl (Matador) So you’re Stuart Murdoch, successful songwriter, vocalist and leader of Scottish indie darlings Belle and Sebastian. Your work with the group has made it one of the best-loved bands of the last decade-plus while your songwriting has developed from almost painfully…
Electric Mustache: Woods coming to Phoenix Idolator: Crystal Castles: Still Brawlin’ NME: Jack White and Jimmy Page diss ‘Guitar Hero’ video game Pitchfork: Radiohead/Wilco/Marr/Finn Supergroup Benefit Album Details Revealed Rolling Stone: Perez Hilton Reportedly Assaulted By Will.i.am’s Manager So Much Silence: Brendan Benson: Feel Like Taking You Home Spin: Watch:…
Portland — by way of Arkansas and Olympia, Washington– three piece The Gossip have had intriguing existence — thanks to their outspoken lead singer Beth Ditto. Ditto, who refers to herself as a “fat, feminist lesbian from Arkansas” and constantly pushes the envelope of aesthetic appeal — particularly in these…
Scottsdale-based Elvis Presley tribute act Metal Elvis, who have been covering The King’s classics with a metal twist from hard to glam to thrash metal, will bring their covers to Martini Ranch Friday.The group is comprised of lead singer “The King,” guitarist “Slush,” bassist “Stikki Lixx” and drummer “The Kattman.”…
Sure, I’ve written a little about my love of The Get Up Kids before, but I’ve never actually got a chance to see them live. That’s why I’m so happy to see them scheduled to hit The Clubhouse Music Venue in September. More good news: Jessica Lea Mayfield, the young…
First, let me just get it out there: I watch a bunch of TV. I love it, and though I know it deadens my intellectual abilities, I’m not quitting. So, take it from a junkie, late night TV — with the recent addition of Conan O’Brien to the Tonight Show…
Idolator: The Case Against Phish’s Name: Why It Seems Like PETA’s Press Releases Are Being Written By “The Onion” Editorial Staff NME: Amy Winehouse launches St Lucia residency bid State Press: Review of Wilco show in Tucson Electric Mustache: Renminbi’s New EP is Free and Great Idolator: Would You Be…
NME: Kelis and Nas’ divorce details released Pitchfork: Dead Body Found at Bonnaroo Waved Rumor: The Horrors coming to Tempe! Spin: New Air Album Due in October Rolling Stone: Former Warrant Singer Jani Lane Arrested For DUI in Los Angeles Idolator: Millionaires Never Forget To Floss, For Better Or Worse…
Peachcake, AZ’s colorful electronic dance/rock/party band, will play an intimate show Friday, June 26 at Tempe’s Clubhouse Music Venue before hitting the road for a tour that will take them all the way to Tonsberg, Norway. The tour kickoff show will also feature Good With Grenades, Sisterbrother and XOXO. Doors…
Gin Blossoms’ frontman Robin Wilson is one of 30 musicians from around the globe planning to climb Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s largest freestanding mountain, to raise money for the Love Hope Strength Foundation in September and October.But before the big climb, Wilson and Gin Blossoms uber-guitarist Scotty Johnson, will help…
It’s open mic night on the outdoor patio of Conspire, and several local poets and writers are taking turns reading prose poems or excerpts from novels-in-progress. Then Michelle Blades is called up to perform a few songs. The girl with the ukulele slowly strolls to the stage — and by…
