Plus, R&B/soul star Tinashe will visit The Van Buren in downtown Phoenix while this year’s Country Thunder Arizona music festival makes its long-awaited return on Thursday down at Florence’s Canyon Moon Ranch.
Read on for more details about these shows or music events or check out Phoenix New Times' online concert calendar. Keep in mind, though, that the Delta variant of COVID-19 is a growing danger right now and multiple local venues have started requiring proof of vaccinations or a recent negative test result to attend shows. More info can be found on the ticketing sites for each gig.
Bleachers at The Van Buren
While touring with Fun – the rock outfit that dominated the airwaves in the early 2010s with “We Are Young” and “Some Nights” – multi-instrumentalist Jack Antonoff began writing music for a solo indie-pop project. Under the stage name Bleachers, Antonoff released his debut album to critical acclaim in 2014. Seven years later, the New Jersey native will bring his tour in support of his third record, Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night, to The Van Buren, 401 West Van Buren Street, on Monday, October 11. Bedroom pop singer-songwriter Claud opens the 8 p.m. show. Tickets are $37 to $40. Matthew KeeverCombichrist at Pub Rock Live
As founder of the iconic futurepop act Icon of Coil, Norwegian-born musician Andy LaPlegua showed an early penchant for the darker, harder sounds of the industrial music fringe. However, it was with his current outfit, Combichrist, that he fully realized his caustic musical dreams.Unapologetically eardrum-splitting, brutal, and even vulgar, the group represents the apotheosis of aggrotech, a subgenre that sounds exactly like its name. At the core of Combichrist, songs are danceable beats that lock into a robotic, usually high-BPM groove. It's what keeps the common thread among songs that, above all that, gleefully push both sonic and content boundaries. For a clue, just check out the title of the band's most recent albums, including 2016's This Is Where Death Begins and 2019’s One Fire. Catch them at Pub Rock Live, 8005 East Roosevelt Street in Scottsdale, on Monday, October 11. Heartsick and Reign of Z provide support and tickets are $30 for the 7:30 p.m. gig. Arielle Castillo