Justin Timberlake’s reunion with music is causing some weird flashbacks and leaving a miserable taste in my mouth. His new album is the pinnacle of mediocrity and exemplifies all that can go wrong when commercialism meets music. “Suit and Tie” makes me want to burn a stack of Esquire magazines…
Update: Tickets are now available from Luckyman Online. Each night will feature two shows from Prince, an early and late show, and tickets are available for $277. Folks, the time has come to purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka. Or, uh, Tempe Tempe Lake.* Because Prince is coming…
Tiger Army has replaced Against Me! on New Times/KUKQ’s recently revived That Damn Show music festival at Mesa Amphitheatre, which includes Bad Religion, Awolnation, The Faint, and more. The news of Against Me! leaving the festival isn’t too surprising, as the band canceled its spring tour with Bad Religion. See…
Pick up a copy of this week’s issue of New Times, and you’ll learn all about Haley Grigaitis, frontwoman for the feel-good, reggae-infused local band Ruca. Though she and her band are climbing the music ranks now, having played the TMI Radio Showcase at South by Southwest last week, she…
Early last week, Kevin Pate — a valued member of the Phoenix music community — was fighting for his life in a hospital in Yuma, where he was serving a six-year jail sentence for DUI and violating parole. Misinformation was spreading across online social networks that he’d passed away, but,…
Haley Grigaitis was in the closet. Literally, in the closet. The 17-year-old hung heavy coats around her, ensuring she was shrouded in pure darkness and any sound she made would go unheard. Even though she grew up with music-freak Deadheads for parents, she didn’t want them to hear her sing…
Of all the stupid things we do with our phones, Instagram might be the worst. Not only has the app falsely convinced us all we’re professional photographers, but it’s done something even worse: It’s encouraged our worst vainglorious tendencies. No one is Amaro-toning his or her real life. There are…
Yep, you read that headline correctly. Punk legends Black Flag are making their way to Club Red on Thursday, July 11. It isn’t the classic lineup, though, and some fans may be disappointed by the lack of Keith Morris, Dez Cadena, Robo, and/or Henry Rollins. Greg Ginn, the band’s only…
Dave Andrea Andrea owns Brat Haus in Scottsdale. For more info, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Howard 100 on Sirius. What’s the first album you bought? Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy. What’s the…
Once a week, Up on the Sun features a new comic strip from punk rocker, cartoonist, and full-time dad Brad Dwyer. See New Times’ print edition to check out the strip in glorious, inky newsprint each Thursday…
Dear readers, let’s get this out of the way: In nearly every possible way, being the music editor of Phoenix New Times/Up on the Sun has been my dream job. No joke: I’ve chatted with Brian Wilson (it was a terrible conversation, and my chat with Al Jardine was much…
Besides the likes of Pete “SuperMix” Salaz, Z-Trip, and Robbie Rob, few cats in the Valley epitomize old-school DJ culture than Peabody Scott. For more than 16 years, the performer known as Mr. P-Body has worked turntables at practically every major club — both past and present — in metro…
Hoon is an anchor of FOX 10 Arizona Morning. He’ll be serving as emcee for the 2013 Phoenix Heart Walk on Saturday, March 23 at 8 a.m. at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in Phoenix. Hoon was game to play a round of “What Are You Listening To?” with Up…
Friends of Thom Gabaldon, the esteemed local DJ and musician who passed away last week after succumbing to cancer, have announced details for a memorial concert next weekend. And true to the 44-year-old’s penchant for dark, moody, and harsh music, especially electronic tunes, the show will overflow with industrial, Gothic,…
As a deejay, Austin Head knows how to work a crowd. It takes finesse, and it takes being in touch. Those skills are coming in handy for the entertainer/LGBT advocate: He recently announced that he is running for a seat on Phoenix’s District 4 city council. It’s a very different…
It’s been a good year for Tempe spazz-funk weirdos Playboy Manbaby, which in that time has morphed from an art-punk joke into something more concrete. “We’re actually a band,” singer Robbie Pfeffer says incredulously. “We practice and make new songs and show up to the shows relatively on time. Nobody’s…
Every year, Flogging Molly storms into Tempe for St. Patrick’s Day, performing to a sea of drunken revelers primed to let loose to the sounds of the band’s Celtic punk. Flogging Molly never fails to bring a lineup of party-minded bands with them, and this year is no different: The…
Locating the root of singer/guitarist Matt Costa’s passion for folk music means returning to the scene of a most gruesome injury. At age 18, the Orange County-bred Costa was a skateboarder on the verge of going pro. Then, during one skating session, he botched the landing of a staircase jump,…
It’s a ways off, but electronic pioneers Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, and Andy Fletcher — collectively known as Depeche Mode — are coming to Phoenix. The band will end its U.S. tour at Desert Sky Pavilion (because, hallelujah, the owners of the venue got as sick of saying “Ashley Furniture…
Once a week, Up on the Sun features a new comic strip from punk rocker, cartoonist, and full-time dad Brad Dwyer. See New Times’ print edition to check out the strip in glorious, inky newsprint each Thursday…
Steven “Slippe” Lueder and Jesse Hudson aren’t lacking for ambition. The duo, who come together to create EDM bangers under the name Drunk Dial — are quick to tout what makes their EDM different from most of what’s out there. “The way I like to describe it is like, ‘If…
What exactly is going on with Rips’ monthly Britpop/’80s/new wave event, Obscura Dance Night? The party’s official Facebook page has vanished, followed by a flurry of subsequent “new” Obscura Facebook pages, which have all since been taken down. An event page for this month’s dance party, which features a live…
