What Laura SaysThe IcehouseMay 20, 2011I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of the folks who packed into The Icehouse last night to watch and listen to Tempe-based What Laura Says don’t own any Canned Heat or Allman Brothers Band LPs. “Boogie Rock” just isn’t a genre name that…
Kronos QuartetMusical Instrument Museum May 20, 2011San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet occupies an interesting niche in classical music. All four are adept players, and make their instruments (some of which are more than 300 years old) sing. But they don’t play classical music from the canon. Instead of Bach, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff, Kronos…
“Macho Man” Randy Savage died this morning, killed in a car accident after he suffered a heart attack on the road. Savage started his career as a mid-card wrestler brought in to spice up matches but eventually ascended to the top as WWF champion. He became fellow wrestler Hulk Hogan’s…
Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We’ve got you covered with another installment of What’s Selling. Looks like Fleet Foxes are doing pretty well this week, with their heady folk album Helplessness Blues. Foo Fighters are rocking solid,…
Yesterday, MTV released the trailer for Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside, a documentary scheduled to premiere on MTV on Thursday, May 26. “While we all know the artist who has matured into a major force in music, fashion and pop culture, Lady Gaga has seldom discussed in detail the young…
A lot has happened to funk-metal pioneers Living Colour in the 23 years since their breakthrough album, Vivid, was released. After having hits with their songs “Cult of Personality” and “Open Letter (To a Landlord),” the band broke up while the members devoted themselves to various solo and side projects…
If you’ve looked at the musical artists lined up to play at Phoenix Comicon next weekend, you may have noticed that one of these things is not like the others. That would be singer-songwriter Abri Van Straten, whose picturesque acoustic folk songs contrast starkly with the Japanese pop (Toybox), psychobilly…
Michelle Donovan Donovan is the co-owner of The Nile Theater and The Mantooth Group. This Sunday, May 22, Combichrist performs at the Theater. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? 101.1-FM The Beat. I love old school hip-hop…
For almost three years, locals have flocked to Ignite Phoenix to check out what their peers are passionate about, by watching 5-minute, 20-slide presentations that expose audience members to a wide variety of unique interests. While music has made its way into the actual presentations, for the past two Ignite…
You can catch Jared Paul Jackson, better known by his moniker J. Paul, at such local venues as Cadillac Ranch or School of Rock in Tempe…when he’s in the Valley that is.Jackson’s performed at various clubs and music venues all around North America and a few other destinations, either doing the solo…
Markus Schulz has a big standing (and an even bigger reputation) among local DJs, so it’s only fitting that his homecoming this weekend be equally as supersized.The German-born trance specialist, who spent the formative years of his career in Phoenix, is returning to the Valley tomorrow night for a special…
The place made a splash when it opened last summer, offering a flashy interactive LED dance floor that was like something out of Saturday Night Fever. Dubstep found a home there every Thursday when the cats from Subversion brought in major names like Jakwob and (most recently) 12th Planet. It…
The Musical Instrument Museum is, simply put, an absolute treasure in Phoenix’s collective backyard. The Museum recently became a Smithsonian Affiliate and celebrated their first anniversaryin April. New Times partnered with the MIM and the folks at Fender Musical Instruments to give away a signature Dick Dale guitar, signed by…
I know what you’re thinking: Oh great, another fucking indie band from New York. I know, I know — but hear me out on this one. Hooray For Earth are legit as legit can be. With its mix of tribal-esque drums, kitschy 80’s-inspired synths and subtle gloom overtones, True Loves — the…
, Scotland, according to NME.When two female 18- and 19-year-old cousins went to the VIP area to have their picture taken with Basshunter, they got a lot more than they bargained for. First he pulled their hair and their heads down to his crotch, and then he made the younger of…
Tragedy struck the hip-hop world last Sunday, when rapper M-Bone (of the group Cali Swag District) was killed in a drive-by shooting in Inglewood, California. As of this writing, the investigation is ongoing, and police have not released the names of any potential suspects, nor any possible motives for the…
Polkadot Cadaver The Rogue Wednesday, May 17, 2011I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I — a devout metal head — had never heard of Polkadot Cadaver before this show. I went to see them because I had about a dozen friends who were going, and for weeks, they’ve been going on and…
The Best Friends’ CD release show is coming up on Saturday, May 21 at the Trunk Space. Prepare to have a good time with your own best friends at 7:30 p.m.If you and your friends wish the show would come sooner, keep yourself in check with this video of Liam’s…
[jump] Up On The Sun: You’re booked for the first Dave Matthews Band Caravan three-day gig in Atlantic City, New Jersey. How did Rebelution get hooked up with DMB? Tell me everything you know about the special things that will be going down at the DMB Caravan. Marley D. Williams:…
Chicago indie-folk troubadour Joe Pugliese, known better as Joe Pug, has a baby face and an old man’s soul. The 25-year-old former carpenter and aspiring playwright emerged a few years ago with his Nation of Heat EP — a temperate yet self-assured collection of songs that seemed more the work…
Supposedly, there are three things you never talk about in polite company: sex, religion, and politics. It would seem no one passed that memo on to local “punkgrass” band Haymarket Squares, who formed in 2009 and immediately became a fixture on the downtown arts scene, playing in coffeehouses, bars, and…
In 2000, Prefix Magazine called Devin the Dude “your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper.” Eleven years later, the Dude still hasn’t achieved mainstream recognition, despite the fact that his string of laid-back, ganja-obsessed albums has earned him a loyal fan base and Billboard-charting albums. Despite his propensity to smoke out, Dude’s…
