Metallica in Glendale: Niki’s Review for Spin
By Martin Cizmar
As promised, we’ve got a link to New Times Staff Writer, and former Music Editor, Niki D’Andrea’s review of last night’s Metallica show for Spin.com.
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Showing 19383 - 19404 of 27269Club Candids: Hellen at Joes Grotto
By Lilia Menconi Get something a little more metal in the slideshow. So, after reading the New Times Best of Phoenix Award for the death metal band, Hellen, we thought one of their live shows would drudge up a club candids-worthy crowd for sure. And, just as we suspected, Joe’s…
Concert Review: Metallica at Jobing.com Arena on Oct. 21
By Martin Cizmar
It’s not often that a band’s only top 10 hit is the low point at a concert – let alone by a band that’s been around 25 plus years and released 40 plus singles – but that’s exactly what happened Tuesday night in Glendale.
You Asked For It: Graceful Degradation
Graceful Degradation
There You Go
(Self-released)
By Martin Cizmar
As I wrote last week, every band selected for You Asked For It, no matter how bad, gets at least one spin when they go in the queue. Graceful Degradation got a lot more than that as I listened to their three-song EP, There You Go, at least ten times today. Honestly, I still can’t think of much to say about it.
CD Review: The Stiletto Formal
By Martin Cizmar
You know a local band is big when they get not one but two CD release parties. The Stiletto Formal will be all over town this weekend, celebrating the release of ¡Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta! at The Clubhouse on Friday and The Rogue on Saturday.
Pop Goes Obama: Why B-Rock Is the Coolest Presidential Candidate Since Bill Clinton
What makes Barack Obama such a pop culture icon? There are numerous things, but here we present The Top 10 Reasons Barack Obama Is Cool.
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Over the Weekend: Weezer, Streetlight Manifesto, Hollywood Alley, Il Terrazzo
By Jonathan McNamara Weezer at The Arizona State Fair Music Editor Martin Cizmar admits that he’s been neglecting his old friend Rivers Cuomo. Streetlight Manifesto at The Venue of Scottsdale Streetlight Manifesto filled The Venue of Scottsdale with a skank-tastic Ska frenzy on Friday, October 17, 2008. Friday Night Out…
Rihanna, Katy Perry, Fall Out Boy and Pussycat Dolls coming for Phooson fest on Dec. 5
By Martin Cizmar
I don’t know why anybody would want to celebrate or encourage Phoenix and Tucson growing together, but apparently someone does, which is why there’s a Phooson festival leading this week’s upcoming show announcements.
Concert Review: Weezer at the Arizona State Fair on Oct. 18
By Martin Cizmar
OK, I admit it, I’ve been neglectful of my old friend Rivers Cuomo. I haven’t really paid much attention to Weezer since The Green Album and I haven’t seen him since 2002, when I went a couple shows to see The Strokes, who I was spending a lot of time with at the time, open for him. As far as I knew, though, Rivers was a little nutty, in a harmless sort of way, but seemed like a pretty cool dude. I wasn’t in touch much, but hearing the singles off the last three albums filter through the radio, it seemed like things were pretty normal. Rivers was doing his thing, I was doing mine, everything was cool. We weren’t close, like we had been back in my high school days, but I had no reason to suspect he’d fallen on hard times.
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Streetlight Manifesto at The Venue of Scottsdale
By Joseph Golfen Some say that punk is dead, but Streetlight Manifesto’s frenzied show at the Venue of Scottsdale proved that at the very least, Ska is still alive and kicking widely. Friday night’s show packed the house with manic kids flailing their limbs to horn-fueled mayhem. See more shots…
Concert Schedule for This Weekend
By Benjamin Leatherman Streetlight Manifesto is scheduled to perform tonight at the Venue of Scottsdale. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17: Back N the Day Concert [R&B/hip-hop] With Adina Howard, Case, H-Town, Troop, SHAI, Next, AZ Yet, and more 8:30 p.m. $25-$300 (visit www.celebritytheatre.com) Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix, 602-267-1600. Guitar…
This Weekend: Weezer and Spam
By Jonathan McNamara Saturday, October 18: Weezer at the State Fair Here at New Times we’re trouble makers. That’s right, we eat our candy with the pork and beans. Which is why we’ll be venturing off to see Weezer at the State Fair. We swear it’s true. Oh! You’re planning…
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Edge 103.9’s Third Thursdays Moves To Venue of Scottsdale Starting Tonight
By Benjamin Leatherman Innerpartysystem will perform at the Edge 103.9’s Third Thursday concert in Scottsdale. This is just an FYI for those who might not have heard the news: Starting tonight, the Edge 103.9’s Third Thursday monthly free concert series will no lo longer be held at the Tempe Marketplace,…
Flier of the Week: Sadisco*
By Martin Cizmar
Halloween creeps ever closer, and with it the concert posters get ever darker. Like this one for Sadisco* collective’s monthly party this Saturday.
Giantkiller: A David Versus Goliath Rematch with the Majors?
Epic is a word that frequently punctuates Larry Elyea’s conversation. Not enough times to warrant a drinking game — like with Sarah Palin and the word “maverick” — but enough to notice it’s the ultimate compliment he can bestow. Sitting in the dramatic control room of his Mind’s Eye Digital…
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Metallica’s Therapist Opens Up
By now, even if you’ve never seen the 2004 Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster, you probably know that the band was rescued from the brink of its own creative and personal disintegration through a couple years of intensive group therapy sessions led by life coach Phil Towle. Granted, St…
Weezer Frontman Rivers Cuomo Seeks Soul Mate
Hey all, SWM looking for some fun and possibly a LTR. Figured I would come on here and try this, as recent career success has made me famous among 14-year-old girls, but I’m far too old for them. I am a musician and I’ve been plugging away in various bands…
Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing
THURSDAY 16 Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo (rockabilly) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cash Inn: DJ Sting (hip-hop, dance) Cherry Lounge: DJ M2 (hip-hop, Top 40) Club Red: The Blunt Club with Pigeon John, Pickster Uno, DJ Element, Emerg McVay, & more (hip-hop) Crabby Don’s: DJ Johnny Knuckles (mash-ups, Top 40,…
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Brother Ali
“Don’t you know you’re in the presence of greatness, bwoi?” Brother Ali snarls from the pulpit on “Original King,” shortly before launching into a brief refresher course/sermon for the uninitiated over a beat that sounds like Earth Wind and Fire on crack: “I bring it like it never been brung/Swing…
Cousins of the Wize
If there’s one way that Cousins of the Wize’s second album, The Art of Living, suffers, it’s in poor track sequencing. There’s a lot to like here, from the radio-ready “Two Bottles of Beer” to the instrumental “Spaghetti Western,” which could easily be subbed into the Kill Bill soundtrack without…
Amanda Palmer
In a match made in piano-rock heaven, Dresden Dolls vamp Amanda Palmer teamed with fellow ivory-tickler Ben Folds to produce this strings-and-spinet stunner. Originally, the singer had planned a low-budget project, showcasing some songs she felt sounded better without Dolls collaborator Brian Viglione’s distinctive drumming. Palmer’s vocal acrobatics, dynamic pianism,…
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Facing New York
Facing New York is a band that easily defies pigeonholing. Their brand of heavy-handed melodies infused with a jazz-like swagger is remarkable — especially considering what it means to be an “indie rock” band these days. Convention is hardly their main concern, as evidenced on a song like “Comin’ Up,”…