Stand-up comedian Jim “Hot Pockets” Gaffigan isn’t coming to Dodge Theatre until November 27, but tickets go on sale this morning at 10 a.m.Gaffigan’s 2006 Comedy Central Special Beyond the Pale is certified Platinum, and his memorable stints on “My Boys” and “Law & Order: SVU,” have raised his profile…
”An old broom knows the dirty corners best.” -Old Irish proverb There’s nothing like St. Patrick’s day falling on a Wednesday to separate the men from the boys. By “men” I mean the poor saps cursed with the responsibilities of grownup life, leaving them unable to really let lose mid-week…
This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A’s first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with MC Ren, a rapper/writer who joined N.W.A just before the group’s meteoric rise and stayed…
A lot of people bag on Kings of Leon for being wanna-be arena rockers. Yet the “arena rock” tag was never literally true — not in this country at least. While the Kings might be able to, say, sell out three nights at London’s O2 arena, they were still playing…
This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A’s first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with DJ Scratch, a DJ who may have gone on to become an actual member of…
If you’ve ever been through the system for a ridiculous traffic infraction at Tempe’s downtown kangaroo court (full disclosure: I have), you probably know the city is run by idiots. Like, the sort of idiots who wanted a now-shuttered Borders Books on their downtown strip instead of several legendary bars?…
This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series where www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A’s first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today we continue with Sir Jinx, a producer who went on to create the beats for some of the…
This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A’s first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we start things off with Arabian Prince, a producer who was an original member of N.W.A. To…
The cover of N.W.A. and the Posse, does not look like something released by the most important rap group of all time.Actually, just looking at the photo, who would believe that some of the guys in this alleyway would change the course of popular music forever less than a year…
A new video from Phoenix/Tucson alt-reduxers Race You There is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen a local band do. Made entirely with Google Street view, “Starcrossed” takes you through a beautiful desertscape while vaguely Coldplayian rock whizzes by.Yes, this sort of thing has been done before, but…
D-JR is the top party DJ in town, at least according to the Red Bull Thre3Style contest held at the Venue of Scottsdale Wednesday night. D-JR, who prides himself on his technical skills, won the local stop on the energy drink-sponsored 13-city tour, where he faced off against eight other…
Our man Kevin Murphy at So Much Silence is probably the biggest hip-hop head you’ll find in this town — at least when it comes to the obscure East Coast stuff of the mid-90s. So it’s no surprise that he correctly named the inspiration behind The Main Ingredient, a new-ish…
Random If Random wanted to be any more the opposite of mainstream rap, he’d probably have to take up the banjo and start playing country music. A middle-school social studies teacher by day, Random writes hip-hop music that is devoid of profanity, misogyny, violence and (thankfully) Auto-Tune. Instead, Random’s hip-hop…
Hemoptysis has finally released their very professional video for “Shadow of Death.” It’s a slick piece of work, even if the lip-syncing is just a little off. The Phoenix melodic-thrashers are SxSW bound — having received Phoenix New Times automatic bid — and are also playing this Saturday, March 13…
Tonight ABC’s Nightline will feature a segment on killer Juggalos, including an interview with the Insane Clown Posse, which was conducted by anchor, Martin Bashir.Bashir, who is probably most famous for his series of Michael Jackson interviews, enters the Juggalo world through the story of a Pennsylvania man named Michael…
With Lil Wayne’s imprisonment this morning, and T.I. still behind bars, the two greatest rappers of a generation are currently incarcerated. That’s pretty ridiculous, considering neither of them actually hurt anyone in any way. Only one person has ever had a number one record while in prison — Tupac –…
It was not a great weekend for a beer festival. At least, traditional wisdom holds that the overcast skies which threatened Saturday, and pouring rain that hit Sunday, were not good conditions for The Great Arizona Beer Festival at Tempe Beach Park.Really though, you can’t gather that much beer in…
Personally, I love seeing shows in Scottsdale. I’ve seen some amazing shit at Martini Ranch, and I’ve always loved The Rogue. However, I’m an East Valley guy. Always have been, probably always will be. What happens when you drop a West Sider into an awesome show at, say, Martini Ranch,…
Seriously, I’m about to e-mail Romenesko — the beloved chief of the journalism industry’s unofficial police department — about the Arizona Republic’s music section.When they’re not re-writing band biographies or naming DJs who haven’t lived in Arizona for eight years to their “Valley’s Most Intriguing People” list, they’re advancing their…
Satellite radio personality Howard Stern had a little fun with Phoenix pop-punkers The Heartless earlier this week.Lead singer Abe Schmidt and guitarist Jeff Tretta played the song “Just to Be” on Stern’s show to win a $5,000 prize. It wasn’t quite that simple, of course. Stern attached a microphone to…
Bonnaroo announced the addition of Ween, Galactic and Umphrey’s McGee, singer/songwriter Brandi Carlisle and The Gossip this morning. Tucson’s Calexico is still the only Arizona band in the four-day Tennessee festival’s full lineup, which can be found below…
Glendale’s Independence High School has pulled the plug on this weekend’s Gospel Rap Extravaganza, which DMZ was set to perform at, says TMZ.Apparently a $1 million insurance policy wasn’t enough to allow DMX to lose his mind “Up In [T]here.” The show had been scheduled for Saturday and was hosted…
