It may be too early to call it, but this spring already looks to be an impressive one for live music in the Valley. I know, I know — it’s not even 2010, but can’t we just look ahead to March and April? The holiday season is notoriously thin for…
When you call rapper JFK’s cell, you hear the Wu-Tang Clan’s “C.R.E.A.M.” before the phone actually starts to ring — a rather ironic gesture for the Seattle-based MC, half of the brooding rap duo Grayskul. The group’s new LP, Graymaker, feels inspired by late-’90s Wu-Tang production — RZA specifically. It’s…
A few years back, California native Brett Dennen was a camp counselor, teaching kids outdoor survival skills and playing his acoustic guitar by the fire at night. Yep, he was that guy. But that guy self-released an album in 2004 and started playing in coffeehouses. Since then, the bushy-haired singer-songwriter…
Before Kimber Lanning debuted her version of Modified Arts in 1999, the decrepit brick building located on Roosevelt Street in downtown Phoenix was nothing more than a quirky art gallery neighboring numerous nearby crackhouses and endless urban blight. It’s been more than a decade since the DIY die-hard opened her…
The French version of Rolling Stone magazine cannot get enough of Phoenix’s own Love Me Nots. The mag ran a massive feature on the garage rock band in this month’s issue, which you can read in translated form on the jump. The mag seems to relish comparing the band’s sound…
Electric Mustache: Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Big Pink & A Place To Bury Strangers Coming to PhxIdolator: Jamie Foxx and Justin Timberlake Have A ‘Winner’ In New Leaked TrackNME: Amy Winehouse photographed with Blake Fielder-Civil – Daily GossipPitchfork: Neko Case Programs Movies for Turner Classic Movies Channel TonightRolling Stone: Dimebag…
We’re used to screaming and hard rock from Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise singer Chester Bennington, but the tough, tatted guy shows off a softer side by advocating for animals in a new PETA campaign…and he’s shirtless! The Phoenix native displays his massive collection of tattos in the “Ink Not…
Not just any band could have their praises sung by fellow musicians as disparate as Bono, Siouxsie Sioux and Chic’s Nile Rodgers, but then Roxy Music were not like any other band. Emerging from Great Britain in the early 1970s, U2’s lead singer remembers Roxy like this, “Imagine you’re a…
Carly’s Bistro on Roosevelt is not really known as a live music venue, but such big holes in the CenPho venue game thanks to Modified’s changes and Ruby Room closing it’s nice to see they’re booking some music. Bay Area singer-songwriter Mark Growden has a three-night stand on January 7,…
Kinda Like A Big Deal (Explici…..
Maybe I’m forgetting something, but I’m pretty sure a former American Idol contestant has never played The Rhythm Room. The Maricopa County fair? Sure. Even The Marquee. But, from what I’ve seen in local show listings over the past two years it’s rare that anyone who gets the benefit of…
Electric Mustache: SNL Jabs JuggalosElectric Mustache: Photos: Little Dragon & Black Carl @ Modified Arts 12/2/09Idolator: Catch Kid Cudi’s All-Star ‘Pursuit Of Happiness’Idolator: Lady Gaga Meets The Queen And Miley CyrusNME: Eminem: ‘I wasn’t sharp enough on ‘Relapse”Pitchfork: New Liars: “Scissor”Rolling Stone: Weezer’s Cuomo Improving In Hospital Following Tour Bus…
After glam rocker Adam Lambert was shunned by ABC by having performances on Good Morning America and Jimmy Kimmel Live! cancelled, the very openly gay singer is finally getting back on the station this Thursday, December 10 when he performs on the estrogen-powered The View. Maybe it’s because host Barbara…
I have to admit, when I saw a press release about Scott Weiland’s “personal belongings” going on the auction block I assumed the auctioneer was an agent of Big Bob’s pawn shop in Santa Cruz, California. Nope. The noted junkie (and sometimes singer for acts like Stone Temple Pilots and…
In a bit of unfortunate news, Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo had to be hospitalized after the bus carrying him, his family and an assistant hit a patch of ice, busted through a guardrail and ended up in a ditch early Sunday morning. The accident occurred on a New York State Thruway…
Just weeks after totally remaking the Arizona music scene with a show that rivaled the insane intensity of the Beatles at Shea Stadium, VW Trainwreck is on hiatus.I’m just kidding about their show, folks, it probably sucked. But the band, who you may recall caused a big stink with the…
This show may not appeal to all our readers, but it’s definitely worth mentioning: George Strait comes to U.S. Airways on Friday, February 5. Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack open. Like I said, maybe it’s not for you, in which case I feel sorry for you. I’ll personally be…
So Much Silence: Modified memories: Ami Johnson (booking manager)Idolator: Green Day Premiere The Stage Musical Version Of ’21 Guns’NME: Stevie Wonder becomes United Nations Messenger of PeacePitchfork: Animal Collective’s Highly Anticipated Film to Premiere at Sundance 2010Rolling Stone: Dave Grohl Says He Never Meant For Foo Fighters “to Be a…
[jump] The “contestants” of the “Trend You Wish Would Go Away” are as follows:90s revivalism (No Age, Japandroids, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Afropop indie (Dirty Projectors, Fool’s Gold, Abe Vigoda) Animal Collective acolytes (Blind Man’s Colour, Our Brother the Native, USF) Balearic (jj, John Talabot, Windsurf/Hatchback) Chillwave/glo-fi (Washed Out, Neon Indian,…
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Back in the late 90’s, when grrrl power was all the rage, and artists like Paula Cole and Sarah McLachlan actually sold records, an all-female music festival like Lilith Fair was a great idea–especially to modern-day hippies who flocked to the shows. Nowadays, the most popular women in music are…
Maynard James Keenan has always been more an artist than rock star, and his newest project, Puscifer, is a continuation — possibly an evolution — from his other bands Tool and A Perfect Circle. “It’s a variety show,” says Keenan from a tour stop in Salt Lake City. “It’s like…
