Cizmar/Chilton: The Future of Indie Rock on KJZZ

The future of KJZZ has been a hot topic for a week or so now. The debate started with a Facebook group called “Bring Independent Music to KJZZ” which now racked up 1,000+ fans and continued when the station’s music director, Blaise Lantana, chimed in to defend her jazz-only programming.This…

The Suite Life

Remember the good ol’ days, when area indie rock festivals were “Presented by Such-and-Such” or “The Such-and-Such Company’s Festival/Throwdown/Party/Show”? That’s apparently old and busted. The new hotness? Suitefest: Presented by Campus Suites. How’s that for branding, marketing majors? I won’t pretend to understand much about Tempe’s Campus Suites student-oriented housing…

Hoodlums, Spraygraphic Open “Lost Album Art” Show Saturday

Tempe’s Hoodlums record store and Spraygraphic, an online community of artists and designers founded by two locals present open their latest show “The Lost Album Art” Saturday. The show, the fourth Hoodlums and Spraygraphic have teamed up for, will run for one month. It’s high concept and very cool: Spraygraphic…

Tempe Apartment Complex Plans Huge Indie Music Fest to Promote Itself

Remember the good ol’ days, when area indie rock festivals were “Presented by Such-and-Such” or “The Such-and-Such Company’s Festival/Throwdown/Party/Show”?That’s apparently old and busted. The new hotness? Suitefest: Presented by Campus Suites.How’s that for branding, marketing majors?I won’t pretend to understand much about Tempe’s Campus Suites student-oriented housing. I imagine it…

Halocene to Play Outside Saturday’s Coyotes Game

Halocene, a female-fronted Valley pop-rock act I kinda like, is scheduled play at this Saturday’s Phoenix Coyote’s game. The show will be staged just outside the doors of Jobing.com Arena and will run from 5:30 until just before the game begins.I won’t be there, having vowed to not travel to…

The Summer Set on Alternative Press’ April Cover

Scottsdale kiddie-poppers The Summer Set are on the cover of the April issue of Alternative Press. The band is playing their asses off on the 25-year-old Cleveland-based magazine’s brutal coast-to-coast tour right now so they earned it. You can also get a free download of their single “Chelsea” here…

Thirty Seconds to Mars Gets Rescheduled, Downsized

It seems Jared Leto’s band isn’t drawing as well as he may have hoped. The band’s April 10 show at Mesa Ampitheatre has been moved to May 16 and scaled back from the larger outdoor setting to the mid-sized Marquee Theatre.Tickets will be honored or refunds are available from the…