Hey there, Phoenix! We’re rolling out the grassy green carpet in honor of the biggest event to hit town since – well, since the last Super Bowl rolled through. The 49th annual celebration of all things professional football promises to be the grandest yet, and Phoenix New Times has it…
If you happen to dig chillwave singer Twin Shadow or indie pop band Smallpools, you’re going to be buying some tickets to this year’s Viva PHX music festival sometime today. Guaranteed. Same goes for those who are down with party-hearty freak Andrew W.K., indie rock/dream pop act Geographer, psych-heavy art…
Joel Robinson is a young man with a clear view of his heroes, artists like Sun Ra, Captain Beefheart, and the Meat Puppets, musicians who followed their own singular paths. As band leader of experimental jazz combo Sunn Trio, Robinson’s goals are lofty: music reflecting the desert and addressing no…
When Christian Berishaj writes music, he disconnects. The iPhone is turned off, the e-mail and texts and phone calls reach an electronic dead end, and the Los Angeles-via-Detroit artist seeks out space. For now, that space is the North Hollywood apartment he rents, yet another place of his own he’s…
The station formerly known as KDKB didn’t take long after the format change to start hosting concerts. Alt AZ 93.3 has announced a concert on April 10 in Quail Run Park in Mesa featuring Death Cab for Cutie. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. for $25. Death Cab…
All evidence indicates that the hacker group calling themselves the Cyber Caliphate are amateurs. Their takedown of the U.S. military’s Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts on Monday, followed by threats, leaked documents, only seemed to prove that the “jihadists” in question don’t even know their own name. Oh, but…
Happy New Year, Phoenix! What, you’ve already broken all your resolutions? Yeah, us too. But we’re bouncing back with some inspiration. Whether you’ve been considering a new hair style or a new kitchen project, we’re here to help with Project PHX, our annual “how to” guide. Step into Pane Bianco’s…
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Check. Grammy winner. Check. Major inspiration for the Blues Brothers. Check. Valley resident. Check. Sam Moore is almost 80 years old. He’s an original “Soul Man,” one of the best tenors the music biz has ever seen or heard, and you can spend your…
Remember that TV show American Idol, where people dissolve musical talent into a cutthroat Twitter tournament? Jordin Sparks (and Pepperidge Farms) remembers. The 24-year old Glendale singer took home the gold in 2007, and she’s kept busy ever since. Most recently, Sparks signed to a new label and released a…
Gilgongo Records founder James Fella smiles mischievously as he pulls a record from a sleeve and puts it on the turntable. “This is incredible,” he says, dressed unassumingly in a button-down, blue jeans, and New Balances. The youthful-looking 32-year-old brushes his hair to the side as haunting sounds emit from…
Jim Eno, drummer for indie stars Spoon, reveals some insider knowledge about the creation of “The Beast and Dragon, Adored,” the opening track from their fantastic 2005 album Gimme Fiction. It’s a peek behind the curtain of how the Austin-based band constructs an album. Once privy to the information, you…
There are a handful of high-profile bands and artists that have never, ever performed in Phoenix — Daft Punk being chief among them — that we’d give anything to see in concert here. As of yesterday, however, Knife Party is no longer on that list — at least not any…
You know how people are always complaining that good bands never come to Phoenix? Those people can put this on their Sonoran hot dogs and eat it: U2 announced two dates in Phoenix at the venue formerly known as US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena. The band will be…
Another local stadium’s naming rights now belong to a casino. Maybe our local sports teams owe someone money? The venue formerly known as US Airways Center will now be called Talking Stick Resort Arena, the Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury, and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community announced today. The arena serves…
The first two albums Fleetwood Mac released after Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined Christine McVie, bassist John McVie, and drummer Mick Fleetwood provided the pop soundtrack of the late 1970s. The tender nature of singles like “Landslide,” the mysticism of “Rhiannon,” and the bold confessional nature of “Go Your…
Lana Del Rey announced tour dates for May and June today, and the fourth stop of the tour will be in Phoenix at Ak-Chin Pavilion on May 14. Somewhat surprising is the announcement that supporting Lady Lana on the tour will be Courtney Love. Yes, the Hole lead singer and…
Elmo Kirkwood recently got a haircut. It’s a standard barber cut, short on the sides but with a dramatic swoop of curly brown hair combed over that serves as a constant reminder of his familial heritage, that of the brothers Kirkwood, his father Curt and his uncle Cris, two of…
Foo Fighters announced their 2015 tour a few days ago. The radio rock stalwarts will swing through Ak-Chin Pavilion on September 25, 2015…
With nearly 80 musicians playing, Sidepony Express Music Festival in Bisbee promises to be one wild weekend. From Friday, November 14, to Sunday, November 16, folks from as far as Los Angeles, North Carolina, New Mexico, El Paso, Nashville, and Portland will make it to the southeastern Arizona mining town…
Take a look at the following quotes about digital music and try to guess which came out of the mouth of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich during the Napster days and which came from Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney a few weeks ago while talking to New Times. “It has nothing…
Things get particularly crazy on weekend nights in Scottsdale’s entertainment district when last call looms — and we mean even crazier than its usual brand of madness. Grab a spot on the sidewalk anywhere along Saddlebag Trail or Stetson Drive in the early hours of Saturday or Sunday and you’ll…
So much for American Junkie 2.0. The Scottsdale nightlife hangout and day-drinking hangout for football fans, which shut down for several weeks over the summer for extensive renovations, has apparently closed again. And there’s been no indication if it will be reopening anytime soon. For the last several weekends, American…
