With Halloween and Day of the Dead behind us, we turn now to our Month of the Dead tally and see if there were any October surprises. Of course, there were. Like the nine months before it, we lost some great underrated musicians, many of them songwriters whose names may not…
When we threw down the list of Tucson’s 10 most buzzworthy bands, you might have noticed a handful of glaring omissions. We didn’t forget. The Old Pueblo is proving itself to be a home for hip-hop with innovative events, a bunch of great artists, and its own Tucson Hip Hop…
We all had an imaginary friend growing up. Singer-songwriter Erin Fein imagined a recording partner. In 2012, Psychic Twin, led by Fein, released several rapt, evocative singles. These starry-eyed exercises in the shoe-gaze genre, filled with wistful counter-melodies and dark rhythms, were meant to be solitary affairs, a way to capture the…
The Weeknd announced his 2017 tour today, and it will include a Phoenix stop at Talking Stick Resort Arena on Tuesday, May 2. The Weeknd has a highly-anticipated new album, Starboy, coming out Friday, November 25. The singer is coming off a tremendous two years. “Can’t Feel My Face,” a…
Cover songs were a huge part of Joan Baez’s repertoire and success, especially at the beginning of her career as a folk artist. Her self-titled debut album, as well as her second record, consist only of traditional blues and folk numbers. Both became gold records. Her first two singles to…
Still got some mojo and money left after Halloween weekend? Don’t put away your costume just yet. There’s at least one more night of parties on tap, including a Thriller-inspired shindig at Valley Bar featuring the DJs of Motown on Mondays and Sean Watson’s always popular Halloween affair at Crescent…
For the fifth year, a slew of Phoenix bands will pack their vans and head down to the Sidepony Express Music Festival in Bisbee on November 11-13, and New Times has the exclusive scoop on the 101-artist lineup this year. Yes, the festival takes place in Bisbee, the haunted mining…
Harper and the Moths have released a special Halloween treat for their fans this year with Mixtape, where the band dresses up, musically speaking, as a synth-laden, drum machine-driven pop band from the 1980s. It’s something the band members have been working on in their off time when they aren’t…
Zac Carper’s pissed off but he hasn’t changed a bit. The FIDLAR frontman is as affable as ever but a renewed focus and stable personal details have allowed him to start writing material that’s unlike anything FIDLAR has put out before. As for the band, they’re bigger than ever, with…
It’s funny how life often serves up some unexpected twists and turns, some of which wind up being positive. Just ask the Justin Warfield or Adam Bravin of She Wants Revenge who probably couldn’t have predicted he’s be spending most of 2016 on a lengthy tour celebrating the 10th anniversary…
Watchu doing this weekend? There’s most definitely no shortage of things to do, whether its hanging out at the Arizona State Fair, checking out Ignite Phoenix’s first-ever music edition, And lest we not forget, it also just happens to be Halloween weekend, which means tons of costume parties, masquerades, and…
True story: In late January 1991, along with about 25,000 folks peacefully protesting Desert Storm in front of the Federal building in San Francisco, I got to hear Joan Baez sing in person for the first and only time. To say the 75-year-old Baez, who lives in Northern California, has…
Many fans and critics alike felt Black Rebel Motorcycle Club had gone soft, given the tone and sound of their most recent album, 2013’s Specter at the Feast. Album opener “Fire Walker” meanders in with Pink Floyd “Echoes”-like wanderings, and even with the fuzzed-out guitars, sullen harmonies and dark basslines,…
Those three lights in the night sky everyone was talking about yesterday? The ones that stayed in the sky for 45 minutes, disappeared, and caused everyone in the city to declare the return of the Phoenix Lights? If those were somehow related to the press release we just received, every…
Not unlike The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne last Saturday night, Tom Araya, Slayer’s ass kicking bassist/vocalist, talked to the Fair crowd about the importance of remembering to share the love about halfway through the band’s set. Then he and his band melted the faces off the people in the front…
Injury Reserve – “All This Money” Injury Reserve is at it again with their second single from their forthcoming album Floss. Quick on the heels of “Oh Shit!!!” comes “All This Money,” and one thing is for sure, Floss cannot get here soon enough based entirely on these first two…
“Reward the listener.” When was the last time you heard any artist say that and not have it not mean including a discount coupon for their fragrance tucked away in a CD? Okay, so Brooklyn neo-psychedelic pop band Yeasayer never actually say anything about rewarding the listener either, but Chris Keating,…
Let’s face it, there’s something downright magical to Stevie Nicks. When I think of Nicks, three things come to mind: Fleetwood Mac, the sexiest voice on the planet, and magic, probably in that order. Even the way I had the opportunity to see Stevie Nicks and the Pretenders on Tuesday night…
Singer-songwriter Cait Brennan’s first crowdfunding campaign, created to cover some of the costs for Debutante (her debut album, released last January), was all sweetness and light. Contrast that to her new GoFundMe campaign where, Brennan says, “I look like Nixon resigning.” 2016 has not been the year Brennan had hoped…
It’s always bittersweet to see a band unexpectedly hang it up at the height of their game and call it quits prematurely, but sometimes it’s a blessing in disguise. Metal’s most chaotic act, the Dillinger Escape Plan, doesn’t want to be that band who makes the subpar record fans despise…
Miss Krystle aptly titled her latest album when calling it Woman in Motion. As of right now, she has her own entertainment law practice, is the CEO/founder of a local charity, and just released her fifth music video this year alone. The former beauty pageant queen won Miss Palo Verde…
Look at the cover of Paper Bird’s eponymous album. Standing clustered together in Old West-styled garb on a white background, shades of Fleetwood Mac are apparent. Musically, the Denver band strikes numerous similarities to the Stevie Nicks-fronted band. With multiple female harmonies, catchy hooks, and driving pop songs, the appeal…
