Excited for supergroups? Disappointed that the Dead Weather’s album isn’t quite as good as you think it should be? Well let Monsters of Folk — Conor Oberst, Jim James (Yim Yames, whatever), M. Ward and Mike Mogis — ease your mind with their folky goodness. Sure, their name sounds like…
GWG have been gradually building up steam in the AZ and have made a name for themselves locally, often packing their shows. The guys played last month on the New Times Summer of Sound bill alongside Jim Adkins at the Tavern on Mill. FBGM is a follow-up to the group’s…
A few days ago, it sounded like the head of our esteemed contributor Michael Lopez was about to explode from all the huge concert announcements that were made this past week. “When will this madness end?” he asked. Apparently not anytime soon, M-Lo, as there’s been a slew of even…
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We’ve lost count of the number of DJ collectives and crews (“cliques,” if you must) that occupy our fair city’s EDM landscape. Just off the top of our heads, there are: Salacious Beat Slingers, Cosmic Sea, Groove Corps, the Solstice posse, and Warsaw Pact. Hence the idea behind Tribes, where…
It doesn’t take long to get into El Ten Eleven. Hell, I was hooked a few songs into the L.A. post-rock duo’s self-titled debut. Then, toward the end of my listen, I got a call from a blocked number. It was “Dave,” who had dialed the wrong number, but didn’t…
Artists will spend their whole career searching for the elusive beast that will turn out to be their defining work. Portland, Oregon, artist/musician Jona Bechtolt, who records under the moniker YACHT as a solo artist, has likely done that with his fourth album, See Mystery Lights. Throughout, Bechtolt exercises his…
Outside of jazz circles — and people who actually pay attention to the Grammys, where she’s been a perennial nominee and/or winner for well over a decade — Canadian-born singer/pianist Diana Krall’s name usually rings a bell because she’s the wife of Elvis Costello. The pair married in 2003, and…
The Reverend Horton Heat is the undisputed king of psychobilly, but you could make a helluva case for Nekromantix frontman Kim Nekroman as the genre’s crown prince. In many ways, Nekromantix epitomize the psychobilly look and sound even more than the good Reverend himself. With their gravity-defying pompadours and fixation…
How many teenage girls would be willing to read their diaries aloud to a roomful of strangers? Okay, so Phoenix singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews doesn’t literally read passages from her diary to audiences around the Valley. But the heartfelt — and occasionally uncomfortable — honesty in Andrews’ lyrics is something…
Florida emo/screamo-pop quintet Red Jumpsuit Apparatus may be one of the quietest success stories in recent years, having jumped from the pack of Warped Tour forgettables to platinum-selling stars — via 2006’s Don’t You Fake It and the recently released Lonely Road — without a ton of fanfare. Frontman and…
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The first time I laid ears and eyes on Los Angeles quartet War Tapes, I thought to myself, “Now this is a band that’s going somewhere!” Ultra-chic and unabashedly dramatic, their debut disc, The Continental Divide, has all the ingredients for success: • A brooding, pathos-splashing baritone vocalist who croons…
Yes, folks, the hits just keep on coming. Indie rock shoegazers Titus Andronicus have announced a September 26 date at Modified Arts. Andronicus’ debut album The Airing of Grievances was lauded by the fine folks at Pitchfork as one of the 2008’s best. The New Jersey quartet have been enjoying…
Jonesin’ to hear some new Let Go music? Us too. Thankfully, the wait is over. The popular AZ pop-rock act has released a split EP with Dayton, Ohio two-piece indie act The Story Changes, who are friends of the band as well as past touring buddies. Just last weekend, the guys shared a bill…
Black Metal Box Black Metal Box (Self-released) Grade: B 98 KUPD is the premier (if not the only) radio station in the Valley for rock and metal. The station has a devoted following of music lovers in it for the soul-crushing bass and the scream-your-pain away vocals, not the cookie-cutter…
icture this: teen girls in too much makeup channeling new wave goddesses with their overbearing, nacho-chowing mothers, wrinkled women in low-cut, studded halters exhibiting chests long past their perky prime, and grooving chicks with hair too long and pants too high. All once- or to-be punks, plus their counterparts. Ladies…
Nathan Williams, the creative force behind Wavves, has been having an interesting last few months. There was the meltdown incident in Spain and the broken wrist. He released a new song, Mickey Mouse, a week ago and now he’s announced the icing on the cake : a tour stop in…
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The power of a good party never ceases to amaze us. Not even triple-digit heat can stop the droves of drinkers from spending Friday night on the patio at Dos Gringos in Scottsdale. While it was tough to tell whether it was sweat or just an over-active misting system, but…
Once a year when the sun it at its strongest, dedicated geeks nationwide (and in some cases, worldwide) make the long, arduous pilgrimage to the shores of California. The journey is long, but the benefits are many. Geeks are cured of their lousy-summer-blockbuster-ennui. Dedicated purveyors of nerdy tomes and playthings are…
