There’s been a non-stop chorus of girlish screams of joy coming from across the Valley since this morning, and we’ve finally deduced they cause behind all the shreiking: The Jonas Brothers are coming in concert this summer. The trio of Disney-programmed animatronic pop robots Disney-backed pop stars will visit Jobing.com…
Tempe’s Last Exit Bar & Grill has two big shows on its calendar for April. Valley pop-rock favorites Violet Wild, who haven’t played for months, will take the stage on Saturday, April 4 while New Times quirky faves The Loveblisters and Let Go are set to perform on Saturday, April…
Attention, all Phoenicians unable to attend SxSW this year: Don’t worry. Sure, it’s not as good as standing inches away from your favorite band in a trendy Austin club, but we’ve got the coverage to keep you satisfied. South By Southwest, Day Two In Photos The action continues in Austin,…
MxPx lead singer Mike Herrera will bring his side project Tumbledown to Tempe’s Yucca Tap Room for a free show Monday, March 23. But don’t expect to hear the sugary pop-punk sweetness that MxPx is known for because Tumbledown is the night to MxPx’s day. The band has a rockabilly/country…
Attention, all Phoenicians unable to attend SxSW this year: Don’t worry. Sure, it’s not as good as standing inches away from your favorite band in a trendy Austin club, but we’ve got the coverage to keep you satisfied. Twitter Music Editor Martin Cizmar has been uploading twit pics of Phoenix…
There’s a bunch going on this week, and by a bunch I mean SXSW. It is hard to compete with that wonderful festival right now, so I will let our coverage — handled dutifully by our own ambassador of the funk Martin Cizmar — of the events take precedence over…
It’s a stark contrast in weather while talking to Steve McGraw, guitarist for Gilbert indie-rock act Lydia. From New York City, where McGraw is enjoying the tail end of a lovely little storm that dumped snow all across the Northeast, he gets to hear all about another mild, sunny March…
Co-founded by Phoenix musicians Pandy Raye and Rhonda Hitchcock, the inaugural Chicks with Picks Music Fest — featuring Sedona-bred popster Michelle Branch, singer-songwriter (and Waylon Jennings’ widow) Jessi Colter, country newcomer Sarah Buxton, and 70 other female performers — will take place Saturday, March 21, at Tempe Beach Park. We…
Not so long ago, Mill Avenue was the center of the universe for local bands trying to break into the music industry. Almost every band signed out of the Tempe scene in the ’90s made it via the conventional route, cutting their teeth in the nightclubs along the strip, winning…
The Valley saw green on March 17, 2009 as everyone and their blarney stones came out in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. PHX folks were Dublin their fun all night at bars and clubs across the Valley with green outfits, goofy-ass hats, and plenty of Guinness. We checked out the…
The music portion of SxSW starts today, but the interactive portion finished yesterday. One of the big stories out of interactive this past weekend was how ill-prepared AT&T was for the influx of iPhone-wielding hipsters and geeks descending on Austin. Tens of thousands of attendees are using their phones far more than…
Last month Neba, Underwater Getdown, Kinch, Black Carl, Kirkwood Dellinger, and Lisa Savidge all donated their time to the grassroots, DIY, volunteer-based, non-profit organization that is beginning to fill a void that Phoenicians so desperately crave. They call it Radio Phoenix, the only community-based radio station in town. Radio Phoenix’s…
Former Polyphonic Spree member Annie Clark, better known to the world as St. Vincent, will be bringing her fantastic brand of dark, melodic indie pop to the Valley this May. The former member of Sufjan Stevens’ band will release her new album, Actor, on May 5 as a follow-up to 2007’s remarkable…
Not too many acts have as streaky a career as Nine Inch Nails. One tour they’re playing the Marquee, the next they’re headlining at Cricket Wireless Pavilion with Jane’s Addiction, as they will in May. The bands are joined by Tom Morello’s new band Street Sweeper. That show is just…
Former Poison frontman — and the pride of Mechanicsburg, PA — Bret Michaels is set to release a tell-all book this June. You heard correct, folks: Christmas is coming early this year. Roses and Thorns: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy to My Reality will prove to set itself apart from…
Last week I told you about a story in the Wall Street Journal about Artist approved scalping. Well over the weekend Trent Reznor of NIN posted in the NIN forum on his website a long explanation of the current situation from the perspective of some one in the middle of…
Girls Do What They Want Tempe kiddie rockers The Maine released a new video via their MySpace yesterday. The video shows the band, which is on the cover of this month’s Alternative Press, doing typical band stuff: hanging out on the tour bus, rocking, hanging out on the tour bus,…
Promoter Lance Wilson will host his annual Rock for the Cure (aka “Save the Boobs”) benefit concert Saturday, March 21 at Tempe’s Last Exit Bar & Grill. The bill is packed with some of Arizona’s finest including Let Go, Audra, Five High, The Bollox, Breaking Down, Pants, Sleepwalk a Robot,…
When No Depression, The New York Times of roots music, stopped publishing last May, then stopped updating the site frequently shortly thereafter it left a huge hole in the alt-country scene. Now it’s back. Sorta. The magazine, named for a Carter Family/Uncle Tupelo song, launched in 1995 is now a…
Phoenix’s prime place in the vast desert between Los Angeles and Austin really comes in handy this time of year, as we get tons of shows by otherwise-usually-too-hip-to-play-here acts stopping by on their way to South by Southwest. Jose Gonzolez rounded a bunch of them up for you in the…
Jacksonville, Fla. indie rockers Black Kids will grace DJ William Fucking Reed’s popular weekly dance/rock night Shake! Saturday, April 25 following their show at The Clubhouse Music Venue at south Scottsdale’s The Rogue Bar. Some of the members will guest spin for what is sure to be a packed club…
On March 11, the Wall Street Journal ran an article titled “Concert Tickets Get Set Aside, Marked Up by Artists, Managers” written by Ethan Smith. In it, Smith explains the practice of large promoters, Ticketmaster, and artists teaming up to take the best seats at concerts and then not selling…
