Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory, and H2O Marquee Theatre Monday, October 28, 2013 Last night’s line up was a dream come true for pop punk fans. New Found Glory and Alkaline Trio last embarked on a U.S. tour together in 1999 in support of Face to Face, so it was…
Valley Fever has become a Phoenix country music institution, thanks to DJs Dana Armstrong and Johnny Volume. I heard of the Yucca Tap Room ritual by way of Tony Martinez after interviewing him before his farewell show at Valley Fever, where he talked excitedly about how important those Sunday nights…
True Music Festival’s lineup-opening one-two-three punch of Bassnectar, The Flaming Lips, and Wiz Khalifa got a wide swath of Valley music fans talking when they were announced back in August. Now Kill Paris and Hellogoodbye have joined the bill in a second wave of touring acts. An updated look at…
Your friends hate your Halloween costume idea. I’m not a mindreader or anything, but I’m just pretty sure that’s the case if you’re going in any pop cultural direction for this year’s festivities, particularly pop music. It isn’t that this year’s music memes are especially egregious, although one rises above…
Linkin Park and current Stone Temple Pilots singer Chester Bennington knows how to throw a party–especially when it comes to benefiting the children of Cardon Children’s Medical Center. Bennington may have outdone himself this year at Saturday night’s fourth annual Stars of the Season charity at Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale,…
Robin Thicke’s performance at the Arizona Jazz Festival was canceled abruptly Sunday, depriving people who insist on dressing like him for Halloween one last look at his unnervingly perfect hair. Word at the festival and on their website is that illness is the reason for his absence, which wasn’t confirmed…
Do you have a Halloween costume yet? Okay, okay. Do you have two Halloween costumes yet? Just keep your audience in mind if you plan on starting the evening handing Krackel bars to seven-year-olds and ending it dancing with somebody who’s also wearing an Anthony Weiner costume. (View our complete…
Gin BlossomsHarold’s CorralFriday, October 25, 2013 The Gin Blossoms know exactly what they are, and they’re good at it. During the summer they’ve been playing the nascent ’90s nostalgia tour circuit, blowing through “Hey Jealousy” and “‘Til I Hear It From You” and “Follow You Down” between the one-hit wonders…
Since 1983, metal band Megadeth has sold more than 20 million albums, and earned eleven Grammy nominations. The band has built an enduring fanbase around their intelligent take on heavy metal, lyrical themes like religion, politics, and addiction, and densely driven grooves. Most recently the band toured the world with…
Tragic news broke this morning of the death of venerated rock ‘n’ roll vanguard Lou Reed. He was 71 years old. Rolling Stone first reported the passing of the rock and pop legend, who died from unspecified causes, early today in New York. He had undergone a liver transplant earlier…
Last night’s Alabama Shakes concert was like being teleported back in time. Brittany Howard sings with a soulful ferocity that is only matched by someone like Janis Joplin or Mama Cass. Her guitar hooks channel the likes of Chuck Berry, with a heaping dose of Southern blues. Howard even looks…
A few months ago, I took 80’s music to task in a little ditty called High School Music: A Reunion from Hell. Of course, I took some shit from some of my friends and classmates, so I promised them I’d try to look at the positive side to the eighties…
I’ve been talking to the judges, and they tell me that–because this is the last genuine weekend until Halloween–they’re going to uphold your appeal about being able to wear costumes without being judged too badly about it. Well, most costumes. Good luck trying to get that super hilarious Miley Cyrus…
It took moving to Seattle and getting his heart stomped on for Harper Lines to get a record full of breakup hits. After the Harper and the Moths (whom we profiled in this week’s issue of Phoenix New Times here) frontman said goodbye to the Valley for what he thought…
Phantogram Crescent Ballroom Wednesday, October 23, 2013 New York trip hop group Phantogram played its third show in Phoenix last night. The band put on a fantastic show almost two full years ago at Crescent Ballroom, leaving us to wonder if lightning could strike twice, but the band’s popularity has…
By Nick Keppler It’s a Tuesday night and I am sitting on a yoga mat in the back of a former grocery store in Pittsburgh, spreading my legs as far as they can go. I reflexively turn to see how the woman next to me is managing her dragonfly pose…
“Esoteric” is the first word that comes to mind when describing Josh Tillman, the mystic muse behind Father John Misty. Inspiration for his 2012 album, Fear Fun, struck via a psychedelic lightning bolt, giving Tillman the courage to be (as clichéd as it sounds) himself. That meant embracing both his…
For a band that celebrates the subtlety of the classic influences within its music — rhythm and blues, folk rock, alt-country — Harper and the Moths is raw and bold when it comes to their subject matter. They relish the concept of channeling romance, heartbreak, and desire straight into their…
Costume? Check. Drinking money? Yup. The phone number for a reliable cab company? Locked in. Looks like you’re ready to hit the town for some Halloween revelry. So where do you go from here? If our All Hallow’s Eve party guide (see page 44) doesn’t provide enough options, consider heading…
Thursday 24 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Thursday Ladies Night with DJ AL3, & DJ NERD (hip-hop, Latin, EDM) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays…
In today’s age of omnipresent coverage and instant information, it’s pretty difficult for bands to maintain any sort of anonymity. The art-rock collective The Residents has stayed unknown for more than 40 years, and Slipknot pulled it off for a while. But one eccentric Swedish act has kept their names…
In addition to his prodigious talents as a rapper, actor, hip-hop impressario, author, producer, Hot Pocket video-maker, youth football coach, Rastafari worshipper, and weed smoker (note: the last two are interchanagable), it turns out that nonuple threat Snoop Dogg/Lion is also a right good DJ…
