Mid-November appears to be a great time to stage a concert in an Old Town. The Big Pour will have Everclear (also known as “My Favorite Band of Sophomore Year of High School”), in Scottsdale and Old Town Cottonwood (near Sedona) has three mellowish shows planned for people who don’t…
Electric Mustache: mp3: Passion Pit Remix Max Tundra “Which Song”Everyone’s Blog Posts: All Nov. Events @ The Trunk Space: K Recs, Sound Art, Local break-neck rock, Label show cases, punkersIdolator: Aqua Warn Against The Dangers Of Color-Coordinating Your Dinner Parties’ MenusNME: Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi ‘feeling great’ after stem-cell treatment…
[jump] Here she is:”I’m Your Daddy” is pretty standard fare, even for a band like Weezer. Rivers Cuomo loves to gallivant around these days, and why not? He hasn’t aged a bit since the Buddy Holly video. This video/collaboration is what it is, as deep as that may sound. Kenny G…
Did you miss Phish’s festival in Indio, California last weekend but just really, really want to be at a show where everyone is high? You’re in luck, as 311 comes to The Marquee on Dec. 10. If smack is more your speed there’s also a Sublime cover band coming through…
Electric Mustache: Awsomeness: Christopher Walken – “Poker Face”Idolator: Shakira Engages In Some Bedroom AcrobaticsNME: The Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture finishes 23,347th in New York MarathonPitchfork: Hot Chip Announce New AlbumRolling Stone: Rihanna Confirms Slash, Will.i.am, Young Jeezy Guest on “Rated R”So Much Silence: Incoming: Rob Dickinson, Dec. 18Spin: Puscifer’s Tricks Are…
God bless Al Gore for inventing the Intarwebz. Besides being a place for needless arguing and rampant free porn, the global information superhighway is allowing music fans from around the world to experience Phish Fest 8. Not everyone is as lucky as music editor Martin Cizmar and got to make…
It’s somewhat fitting that two of the most influential dance events are ending on the same night in (roughly) the same area. Last week, DJ Dossier profiled Sadisco* czar Squalor (who ending their monthly parties as of tomorrow night) and this week it’s William Fucking Reed’s turn. More than five…
Phoenix-based shock rock icon Alice Cooper has scheduled his ninth annual holiday show, Christmas Pudding. The Christmas-themed variety show is a blend of comedy, music, and dance and will take place on Friday, December 18 at Dodge Theatre.This year’s acts has a heavily hair-metal bent. Besides Alice Cooper and fellow…
Don’t judge us, but we’re sort of digging Chris Brown’s latest single, “Transform You.”
With the last Shake! scheduled for this Saturday, it’s a safe bet a lot of hipster types are going to be looking for new indie dance nights. Obscura is stepping up to the plate at CenPho’s Ruby Room with a Flight of the Conchords night on Friday, November 13.DJ Funkfinger…
[jump] This handy-dandy video explains just how Google’s new music search works:Type in a half-assed lyric you just heard and Google figures out you’re a Lady Gaga fan. What’s not to love?Google’s partnerships with Lala and MySpace (recent buyers out of iLike) make getting a song to your ears a…
Sound of the City: And Now Let’s Play “Find Jimmy Rollins In The MC Hammer Video”So Much Silence: Dfactor: Shake ItIdolator: I Can’t Wait For Lil Wayne To Create A Whole Mixtape About The Cake Created In His LikenessWaved Rumor: Sea Wolf, Sara Lov Friday at Modified (PHX)Electric Mustache: Video:…
We’ve been disappointed by sophomore albums by pop rock artists we love before–see Cute Is What We Aim For, Quietdrive–so we were very happy that Michigan-based Every Avenue’s Picture Perfect, off Fearless Records, is even better than their solid debut, Shh. Just Go with It.
I respect the hell out of whoever books the concert series at the Arizona State Fair. Though I’m sure the something-for-everyone policy that steers the decision-making process must be a pain and likely leads to grumbling from nearly everyone, you’d have to be a seriously joyless indie snob not to…
Hating R&B is more or less the default setting for the critically inclined nowadays. I mean, who has anything nice to say about the genre? As one of our freelancers argued not too long ago, R&B appears to be at a point where its acronym should stand for “Rap and…
A lot of rappers call themselves teachers, but few have self-applied the title as accurately as Raheem Jarbo. For Jarbo — a.k.a. Random or Mega Ran — it’s no holier-than-thou, conscience-rap boast. He teaches middle school English and social studies at Omega Academy in west Phoenix. At Omega, Jarbo puts…
It’s fitting that All In One, Bebel Gilberto’s new studio album, has been released by Verve Records. It’s the label that released Getz/Gilberto in 1964, still one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time and the one that launched Brazil’s sexy bossa nova sound to international acclaim with the…
Electric Mustache: Photos: Those Darlins and The Grates @ Modified Arts 10/25/09Idolator: Charlie Brown’s Rap Song: Just Slightly More Out Of Tune With The Times Than “Flashbeagle”Idolator: The Insane Clown Posse Are Laughing All The Way To The BankNME: Jarvis Cocker denies Pulp reunion claiming quote was ‘twisted’Pitchfork: Watch Ted…
[jump] Real Estate will be gracing the small, often aurally-challenged staged at Modified on Wednesday, November 25. For those keeping track, that is the day before Thanksgiving, a night notorious for heavy drinking due to either: a) having to spend the whole next day with extended family or b) the…
While I love Owl City’s music, the lyrics pain me because they’re so freaking wimpy.
Grace Perry of local death metal act Landmine Marathon is on the cover of this month’s Revolver to commemorate the mag’s annual “Hottest Chicks in Metal” list — which is sort of a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue for the motorcycle jacket set. Perry, who shares the glossy spread with Halestorm’s…
