Love it or hate it, but Andy LaPlegua of Combichrist is the closest thing that contemporary industrial music has to a bona fide rock star. While his promotional materials and highly publicized boozing and philandering have gone a long way to create and perpetuate this reputation, his band’s music and…
When you see the name White Denim, it’d be understandable to assume that the band would be some type of hair-metal tribute act. And while White Denim would make an awesome name for a ’80s cover band, this act is definitely not stuck in the Reagan era. Instead, White Denim…
Ska punk’s come a long way since its beginnings in the late ’70s with bands like The Specials and Madness. While those bands helped pioneer the 2 Tone music genre by combining elements of reggae with New Wave, the ska punk wave that hit in the ’80s was a lot…
It takes real skills to maintain staying power in the realm of hip-hop. Just look at such one-hit wonders as Buck 65, The Ying Yang Twins, and Das EFX, all of which have faded into rap history. Thankfully, the proficient peeps behind The Blunt Club have little in common with…
THURSDAY 19 27th Avenue Bar: DJ Manage, & DJ Android (Top 40, dance) Afterlife: Thumpin Thurzdays (various) AZ/88: Josh One (rare groove, urban funk) Bar Smith: Splash Thursday (reggae, dancehall, Top 40, house) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities, vintage) Blue Martini: Rewind Thursday with DJ…
Bad news for any hipsters who like to stay up late in style: The Quincy ain’t gonna be hosting any more after-hours affairs until the end of the summer. Photographer Quincy Ross is taking a break from presenting parties at his CenPho studio and gallery for the next few months.There…
Local boys St. Ranger were featured today on My Old Kentucky Blog, a national indie-blog that is part of the Blog Radio program on Sirius Radio’s XMU channel. The blog focused on their jam “Ohnowoe,” comparing the band to Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective, though I hear the former a…
However, for those worried about the fate of humanity, I have prepared a list of the ten best last songs on an album. These final tracks are the last glimpse we have of a certain album — that last gasp of air before the silence comes and we have to…
Everybody always hears about Phoenix or Tempe bands moving to California, but occasionally, a Cali band moves here – especially if they can thrive around the Valley’s always-strong metal scene. That’s exactly what Lustmord, a five-piece black metal band, did in 2008. The year before, they released a full-length album,…
Country music legend Willie Nelson, whose marijuana use is also legendary, has endorsed Republican candidate Gary Johnson for president in 2012.Nelson, founder of the newly formed Teapot Party, met with Johnson (a former governor of New Mexico) after a Nelson concert in Texas. In a statement on the Teapot Party blog,…
Joan of Arc Rhythm Room Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Joan of Arc has constantly been evolving over the past 16 years. Exploring the wilderness between math rock, emo, and experimental indie, each album is different from its predecessor. Life Like, which was released a week ago, is no different. Tim…
I don’t always write about music videos, but when I do, you can bet that they are fucking badass. When my attention was directed towards the latest video from Portland grunge/stoner rock band Red Fang for their song “Wires,” I was initially skeptical. For one thing, the video was simply…
, according to MySpace Music News.The intimate performance was for bar mitzvah boy Andrew Zucker, son of former NBC/Universal president and CEO, Jeff Zucker.The newly bar mitzvahed 13-year-old was glad to have Drake, his second choice performer, on board to be part of his special day.Drake himself was raised in…
Officials and investigators from the Phoenix Police Department are looking into the death of a teenage raver at an all-night dance party at the Madison Events Center this past weekend. Melyssa Gastellum, an 18-year-old high school student from the West Valley, died on Saturday night after collapsing outside of…
At the start of this year, Martin Cizmar wrote an excellent piece about local folk-punks Andrew Jackson Jihad. Though the band is known for lyrically dense, poignant songs, they also have a reputation as being damn funny guys. The duo, comprised of guitarist/singer Sean Bonnette and bassist Ben Gallaty, released…
Valley indie rock band The Maine has been one of the city’s success stories. The quintet toured with bands like Good Charlotte and Boys Like Girls before being signed to Warner Brothers Records in 2009, and their debut for the label, 2010’s Black & White, debuted at #16 on the…
Seminal British post-punk band Killing Joke, who were scheduled to play at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale on May 31, have canceled their entire North American tour. Aside from showing the cancellations, the band has not posted any additional information on its website, but the scrapped tour is reportedly “due to…
Lee “Scratch” Perry is one of the most important names in reggae, and for damn good reason.In addition to pioneering the dub sound, Perry has cranked out dozens of albums as both artist and producer, collaborating with Bob Marley & the Wailers, Max Romeo, The Heptones, Beastie Boys, Andrew W.K.,…
Lil Wayne’s new video, “John,” premieres today. Weezy’s latest visual opus finds the rapper in an abandoned warehouse, outside on a dock, on top of a mountain of car tires, and surrounded by bats, while guest rapper Rick Ross rolls around in a wheelchair with flashy spinners. Bizarre? A bit,…
Indie rockers Joan of Arc will be playing at the Rhythm Room tonight, but fans who can’t get enough should be happy to know that Joan of Arc’s Tim Kinsella will also be performing in-store at Revolver Records before the big show at the Rhythm Room. Kinsella’s scheduled to perform…
Seether’s sixth studio album, Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray, comes out today. The good news is, fans of the band will find that this is Seether’s best album yet. The bad news is, it’s still not good enough to garner the band a whole lot of new fans…
Danger Mouse has done a lot of things over the course of his career, but Rome, his new album released yesterday with composer Daniele Luppi, may be one of his best projects. As a producer, Danger Mouse (born Brian Burton), has received accolades for his work with artists like the…
