Summerland Tour Featuring Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Marcy Playground, and Lit Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Comerica Theatre See also: Our full Summerland slideshow, featuring Gin Blossoms, Everclear, Lit, Marcy Playground, and Sugar Ray. See also: Should We Feel Bad About ’90s Nostalgia? See also: Our Throwback Thursday archives, feat…
See also: Pussycat Lounge in Scottsdale Closes Anyone brimming with dreams of bringing their killer nightclub concept to the ASU crowd now has a vacant spot in which to make it a reality: The website of Tempe lounge and dance joint Wasted Velvet, located just off Mill Avenue, announced that…
Man, was it ever boiling this past weekend, even during the nighttime hours. Despite the fact that the punishing sun was nowhere to be seen, the sweltering temps stuck around and forced clubgoers and nightlife commandos scene to don a couple of extra layers of body spray to counteract the…
We’ve all had dreams of growing up to be a spy at one point or another– whether we lived vicariously by playing GoldenEye 007 (for Nintendo 64, natch) or we wished Christopher Nolan really was directing the prequel to the James Bond series. Local surf/Americana rockers The Swamp Coolers cover…
Not that we’re opposed to reading, but once in a while we want a straightforward summary of why an album is worth a listen. We’re also interested in playlists with obscure artists we’ve never heard of. Plus, we appreciate some cool vinyl cover art when we see it. We do…
Mayer Hawthorne is a terrible, terrible rapper. Should you decide to hear “Haircut” drop a quick 16, be forewarned. But the man has pipes. The sharp-suited crooner showed a deep, well vetted knowledge of African-American music–most principally Stax and Motown soul–on last year’s How Do You Do (Universal Republic), walking…
See also: Bad Lucy Covers Bob Dylan Video may have killed the radio star, but Internet made the video star a viral monster. The fine folks at recording house, Studio At The Farm in Gilbert know this and have come up with a way to appeal to the inner voyeur…
See also: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Shawn M. Crahan Launch Production Company; Taylor Explains “I’m still waiting to write the ultimate song,” explains Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor, a bold statement for a musician who fronts two successful bands, appeals to a wide range of music fans, and, in the age…
See also: Al Jardine Would Much Rather Be a Beach Boy Than Go It Alone Al Jardine played standup bass on the very first Beach Boys single, “Surfin’,” and since then he’s been an integral part of the band’s sonic makeup, playing guitar and navigating complexities not often associated with…
See also: FBI Report Officially Classifies Juggalos a Hybrid Gang; Arizona Boasts “Strong Juggalo Presence” See also: Seven Awesome Things About the Gathering of the Juggalos Last week we examined what the term “selling out” means in 2012, and concluded that it’s hard for bands to make money off the…
For those that crank pop country radio out of their pick-ups, Darius Rucker is the breakthrough solo singer with a silky baritone and two chart-topping albums. For those that haven’t turned on a radio in ten years, Darius Rucker is perhaps more recognizable as the leader of 90’s pop-rock balladeers…
Every Monday morning Up on the Sun features a new comic strip from punk rocker, cartoonist, and full-time dad Brad Dwyer. See the New Times print edition to check out the strip in glorious, inky newsprint each Thursday…
Anyone who can put up with Axl Rose’s antics as long as Slash did is one hell of a guy in our eyes.In all seriousness, if you think you’ve seen performances by some good guitarists but you’ve never seen Slash live, you’ll soon be able to change that, and you’ll…
See also: The Wiley One and Planet X Salute MCA of The Beastie Boys With “Intergalactic” Cover See also: The Wiley One is All About Going Green Think Mother Nature is behind all of those intense dust storms we like to call the haboob phenomena? Well what if the rolling…
“People think it’s all Southern rock or sludge/doom,” says Royal Thunder vocalist/bassist Mlny Parsonz (Mel Parsons) the band’s hometown, Atlanta, Georgia. According to the husky voiced singer, things are more varied than outsiders see: “I don’t think any genre encompasses everything. Everybody’s so different here, for sure. It’s just what…
The news waits for no one — at least that’s what we read somewhere — so it’s perfectly understandable that our you the reader might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some…
Scottsdale dance club Pussycat Lounge has apparently used up the last of its nine lives. The notorious Old Town nightspot – the hedonistic den infamous for its mix of drinking, decadence, and superstar DJs – will close tonight after serving the stylish and the skinny for the better part of…
The Men and Lower Dens Sail Inn Thursday, June 28 See also: ‘Open Your Heart’ to The Men In a two-for-one deal that worked out swimmingly, the combined bills of Lower Dens and The Men converged at Sail Inn for a two-stage show that felt like a mini-festival…
See also: Valley Bands Sweat it Out on Warped Tour Stages See also: Vans Warped Tour 2012: The Good, the Bad, and the Auto-Tuned See also: Warped Tour 2012, Camelback Ranch Baseball Stadium, 6/28/12 Yesterday was my first Warped Tour in eight years. A lot has changed, though oddly enough,…
Vans Warped Tour Camelback Ranch Baseball Stadium Thursday, June 28 See also: Valley Bands Sweat it Out on Warped Tour Stages See also: Warped Tour 2012 at Camelback Ranch Stadium full slideshow See also: Vans Warped Tour 2012: The Good, the Bad, and the Auto-Tuned See also: Crowdsourced: Fans Beat…
Jonathan Richman Crescent Ballroom Thursday, June 28 See also: Jonathan Richman Doesn’t Care for “Masculine Arrogance” See also: Our full Jonathan Richman at Crescent Ballroom slideshow. It’s hard to know exactly what to say about about Jonathan Richman’s performance at Crescent Ballroom last night. Not because things weren’t memorable (they…
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. The pop-infested dance craze of the ’80s was so contagious that even staunch blues-rocker Mick Jagger tried jumping on the groove train. In 1985, he departed from his band’s rock…
