Less than 48 hours remain until Kurt Warner and the rest of the Arizona Cardinals become either champs or chumps. As Steve Jansen wrote earlier today over on our Valley Fever blog, Kurt and the boys in red have a golden opportunity to not only redeem the enitre Cardinals franchise…
We’ll give you three guesses as to why there’s only one concert listed on Sunday (and the first two don’t count). As music editor Martin Cizmar reported earlier this week, no one wants to compete with the Arizona Cardinals’ Super Bowl battle with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with the lone exception of…
Believe it or not, P-town peeps, but there are plenty of other events going on this weekend besides that certain championship football game on Sunday afternoon that everyone seems to be all hyped up about. Case in point: SoCal mixmaster J.J. Keo will be staging a boffo birthday bash on…
I was fortunate enough to be in attendance last night at an invite-only preview of The Sail Inn, which is re-opening to the drinking public this weekend after a three year absence from the Tempe music and nightlife scene. It really couldn’t have come at a better time, as I’ve…
Hyphy sure has faded quite a bit in popularity over the past couple years (check out this story in our sister publication SF Weekly as to the reasons why). The rambunctious and uptempo Bay Area hip-hop subgenre, which helped introduce “ghost riddin’ the whip” into the national consciousness, blew up…
Next week is shaping up to be pretty “boss” for fans of Bruce Springsteen (awkward pun very much intended). The Grammy/Oscar/Golden Globe-winning rock ‘n’ roll legend will be performing during halftime of Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday, and tickets for his upcoming worldwide tour go on sale the following morning…
This unidentified westside cat, who’s apparently living large, was a previous target of Nik Richie’s scorn. Call me crazy, but has TheDirty.com gotten a little tired? Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had loads of fun gawking at ribald snapshots of Ed Hardy-clad scenesters or other human train wrecks that the…
Greeley Estates is scheduled to perform on Saturday at the Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe. We’ve got some mighty big plans this upcoming weekend. On Friday, we’re gonna be stopping by the Marquee Theatre in Tempe to witness the return of SoCal metal-punk legends Snot, followed by a jaunt over…
To say that Nik Richie has had a beef with the West Valley is as an obvious understatement as saying that Hamas and Israel are known to get into a minor dust-up once in a while. The infamous “reality blogger” has spent years on his debaucherous tattletale site TheDirty.com labeling…
It’s easy being “green” in Phoenix, from xeriscaping and carrying chic reusable grocery bags to giving up meat for good. After I had tipped the scales at almost 400 pounds and admitted to a massive daily intake of soda, cigarettes, and fast food, the physician wasn’t pleased. “If you don’t make…
[jump] Since the Sail Inn’s old location was unoccupied (a danceateria called Trax had taken over the spot in the interim but eventually fizzled out), Lombardi decided to resurrect her old joint, albeit after a complete renovation. “I had to do a bunch to get this place in shape again…
Otis Jackson Jr. (a.k.a. Madlib) wins the award for the coolest bedroom ever.With apologies to Russell Simmons, Madlib’s arguably the hardest working cat in hip-hop.Besides creating his own jams and flows under a few different noms de guerre (Quasimoto, Sound Directions, Yesterday’s New Quintet), the California-born MC and DJ has…
The rumors are true: J-Heads is about to be under new ownership. The long-running east Phoenix bar and punk rock institution is in the process of being sold by its current proprietor Tonya Copeland due to recent financial woes. The deal is expected to be completed by January. And as…
The Breadfruit’s “Vegan Special” will be Jamaican your mouth water.The Valley isn’t exactly known for its Jamaican culture.Truth be told, there’s a grand total of two restaurants around these parts that serve up cuisine straight from the tiny Caribbean isle that birthed Bob Marley and the Rastafari religion. It’s quite…
Where will you be watching Sunday’s big game?Tomorrow is shaping up to be one of the biggest days in Phoenix sports history. It all depends, of course, on how well the Arizona Cardinals do against the Philadelphia Eagles in Sunday’s NFC Championship game. Will the Red Birds defy the predictions…
Corey Busboom and one of his photo theremin creations. Click here for more photos of Busboom’s and Ryan Avery’s works. Last week, local artist and musician Corey Busboom got a rather interesting phone call. It was from Mark Mothersbaugh, the eccentric frontman for 80s hitmakers Devo. The legendary keyboard player…
Mid-’90s hitmakers Sponge are scheduled to perform tonight at the Edge 103.9’s Third Thursday in Scottsdale.Is it just me, or does it feel like the ’90s never ended at The Edge 103.9? Not only does it seem as if every time I flip on the local alt-rock radio station they’re…
A Rocket to the Moon is scheduled to perform Friday night at the Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe. With Monday being Martin Luther King Day, chances are most of you are gonna get three whole days of relaxation and recreation this weekend (that is, unless “the man” is making you…
If manufacturing sick-ass mixes and phat sounds were a crime, then The Gaslamp Killer undoubtedly would have fried in the electric chair by now. The 25-year-old turntablist genius is a certifiable freak, whether he’s sporting kinky hairstyles or molesting the wheels of steel to spit out his filthy-sounding experimental flows…
There’s been a rip-roaring debate raging through the religious world for years over the role of Christian rock. Although some hard-liners feel it’s the devil’s music and has no place in the Lord’s house of worship, more moderate (and less fundamentalist) types feel it’s just another avenue for paying tribute…
Performance artist Ryan Avery and photographer Wayne Michael Reich used to get along about as well as Israel and Hamas. Around four years ago, the downtown artists engaged in quite the scenester spat: The ultra-serious Reich argued that the kooky 22-year-old’s goofy drawings and disruptive performances had no artistic merit…
It seems like everyone is becoming enamored of local indie rock outfit Miniature Tigers and their catchy songs these days, including Ben Folds. The Sony power pop pianist is reportedly a fan of the band and decided to tap them as an opening act for an upcoming tour of of…
