Tomorrow is Live Nation Southwest Chairman Danny Zelisko’s 35th anniversary as a show promoter, and we’d like to extend a hearty congratulations. That’s right, Zelisko booked his first show on June 2, 1974, bringing Englishman John McLaughlin’s jazz-rock fusion group Mahavishnu Orchestra to Tucson.Danny also hosts a radio show, Regular Guy Radio Hour…
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New York hardcore punk act Roger Miret & The Disasters, who packed ’em in at the Yucca Tap Room last month, will take their show to Jugheads Saturday, June 6. The high-energy group, who is led by Agnostic Front front man Roger Miret, features local musician Roy Valencia on bass…
Not too many local shows sound more fun than this: Some of the Valley’s best Americana, country, and rock singers getting together for a full night of Tom Petty songs at Yucca Tap Room. “Petty Thieves” features our old pal Chris Orf, a New Times freelancer, Jim Bachmann, who wowed…
June is a big month for AZ Taking Back Sunday fans. The New Jersey band will drop their highly-anticipated fourth album, New Again, Tuesday, June. 2. The CD is the follow-up to 2006’s “Louder Now” and features new guitarist Matt Fazzi. The first single off the album,”Sink Into Me,” is…
National mix master Paul van Dyk, who is one of the most recognized DJs in the industry, will take the helm of the wheels of steel at downtown Scottsdale dance club Myst Thursday, June 11. The DJ will be in town as part of his Volume World Tour 2009 and…
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The Offspring’s June 1 show, which was scheduled for Mesa Amphitheatre, has been switched to The Marquee. There was scheduling conflict, we’ve been told. Tickets are still available here.While I wasn’t super excited about this show at Mesa Amp, seeing a band this big at a mid-sized venue like Marquee…
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To call A Life of Science “ambitious” would be an understatement. The Phoenix band’s debut concept album, The Apneist, has grown into a multimedia project that spans both coasts and makes the cross-promotional efforts of bands like Coheed & Cambria seem almost underwhelming by comparison. A Life of Science released…
If it’s true, as Billy Joel once famously said, that dying is the best career move a musician can make, then the same apparently rings doubly true for musicians who play black metal. Case in point: Norway’s infamous Mayhem, which still attracts just as much (if not more) attention for…
If you attend only one talent-swollen, multi-stage music festival this summer, make it . . . Well, that’s the perennial question, isn’t it? We live in a veritable golden age of Lollapaloozas, Bonnaroos, and otherwise funny-sounding alt-music orgies. How to pick the one that’s right for you? First, you may…
Guitar phenom Yayo Sanchez, 16, will play The Blooze Bar Saturday. The Austin, Texas native has been playing clubs since he was 14, and has opened for Quiet Riot, L.A. Guns and Dirty Penny. He tends to sound like a mix of all of them, with a little Slash thrown…
Total dickhead and social pariah Chris Brown has released a 37 second video blog post today in which he updates his fans — all 12 of them — on his new album as well as defending his name. It’s a noble effort by the R&B singer and almost-star of the…
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On this momentous last Tuesday in May, It’s safe to say that it’s been a pretty remarkable month for new releases. I have dedicated my entire month’s worth of Tuesday posts to new albums I felt necessary to share with those willing readers (I will recap after the jump for…
We thought enough of local Poison tribute band Unskinny Bop to give them a Best Of Phoenix award last year. John Cusack apparently thinks enough of them that they’re slated to appear in his new flick Hot Tub Time Machine, which is filming in Canada right now. The band’s drummer,…
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Ever since I interviewed Darkness Dear Boy for a column I did back in March, I’ve liked those crazy kids. Heck, we called them up to do one of our very first Sun Sessions. Here they are on video again, this time for “Domino,” the single off their new album…
It always catches us off gaurd, but Arizona-based winemaker and film producer Maynard James Keenan occasionally still dabbles in his side project, making spooky prog metal with his band Tool. The band’s show at U.S. Airways is this week’s biggest show announcement, headlining a list of thin summer offerings that…
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Austin indie band The Wooden Birds start their tour at Modified Arts on May 27. The band — which plays a mellow, pretty brand of folk flavored by the vocals of Andrew Kenny, formerly of American Analog Set — just released their debut record, Magnolia, on Barsuk.You can check out…
