Say what you want about Insane Clown Posse: Never before in the history of popular music has a band created so complete a lifestyle for its fans. The Dead, Buffet, and Slipknot don’t even come close. No, the Detroit-based rap duo’s concert at Tempe’s Marquee Theatre last night wasn’t much…
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Tonight is a huge night for Phoenix shows. Not only are !!! and The Cave Singers combining their shows at Rhythm Room, Bon Iver is nearly sold out at Mesa Arts Center, Creed is selling $10 tickets at Jobing.com and Insane Clown Posse is coming to Marquee Theatre.For me there’s…
To browse Twitter, you’d think the most common word used in describing The Killers show at Dodge Theatre was “amazing.” Eh, I didn’t really think so, but here are a few people who did — and one lone dissenting voice of reason, a wise young man under the handle dsmitch…
There is no better group of Indie Rock impersonators than The Killers. Last night’s sold-out show at Dodge Theatre demonstrated that clearly, as the band’s Fabulous Las Vegas Indie Rock Revue brought down the house, showing the band is, however improbably, one of the biggest acts to emerge in the…
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There was something very telling about the two songs The Get Up Kids chose to open their encore at last night’s packed Clubhouse Music Venue show in Tempe. On one hand, it was odd to hear covers of The Cure’s “Close To Me” and The Replacements’ “Beer For Breakfast” get…
Kimber Lanning, the prominent Phoenix record store owner turned community activist, has released a statement saying she plans to step away from her Roosevelt Row gallery/venue, Modified Arts. Lanning has become more and more involved in big-time community planning issues in recent years and says she plans to retain ownership…
By Frances Michelle Lopez After a successful year in 2008 touring their critically acclaimed debut album The Airing of Grievances, Glen Rock, New Jersey’s Titus Andronicus graced the Modified Arts stage to once again dazzle a lucky Phoenix audience with their immensely exuberant and inspiring punk rock gems. I had…
The tour will resume on October 16 in Washington, DC after lead singer Brian Johnson, who recently underwent a medical procedure, takes some time to rest on the advice of his doctors. In related news, AC/DC fans are officially banned from using the adjectives “badass,” “tough,” “macho,” manly,” or “ballsy,” to…
Do you like Alice in Chains but are bothered by Layne Stanley’s deadness? Have we got a band for you! Grind, a Tempe-based Alice in Chains tribute band plays Joe’s Grotto (32nd Street and Thunderbird) tonight. Astrocreep 2000 and Aces High (White Zombie and Iron Maiden, respectively) also play.Warning: Do…
An incident where Lindsay Lohan was confronted by a man in Scottsdale has made a New York Daily News list of “celebrity Stalking Victims.”A 38-year-old alleged stalker was arrested outside a club in Scottsdale, Arizona after lunging at starlet Lindsay Lohan. The actress was leaving the nightclub… when the man,…
Huge news in this week’s concert announcements: After taking a year off, Flogging Molly is coming back to headline Tempe’s St. Patrick’s Day shindig. The Los Angeles Celt-punk band is officially listed as playing The Marquee, but we expect to see that moved to Tempe Beach Park.KISS is also coming…
Has your tapedeck — and your Credence — gone missing? Yucca Tap Room will host another of their cover nights (previously Bob Dylan and Tom Petty got their turns) Wednesday night, this time paying homage to Credence Clearwater Revival. Solid lineup and no cover, as always…
Having followed their fliers for a year or so, I’ve always been impressed with the varied styles of posters for shows with punky trio The Green Lady Killers. Depending on the week you may see a flier that leads you to believe they’re a Psychobilly band, riot grrrls, lazy indie…
David Cross is a very funny guy. As such, he got away with saying things about deaf people, blacks and native Americans that the rest of polite society can’t conceive of uttering at his Orpheum Theatre gig on Wednesday. Dressed in a blue polo shirt, plaid shorts and hiking shoes…
Tickets to Creed’s Tuesday show at Jobing.com Arena are now available at the bargain basement price of $10. Yes, this is the original lineup, and Staind opens too. $10! This band was the first act to have seven consecutive number one rock radio singles, four of which came off of…
Pearl Jam’s new album, Backspacer, which hit store shelves Sunday, is a landmark record. Not musically. Despite what critics are saying, it sounds like every other Pearl Jam album since No Code, neither possessing any real New Wave vibe, nor sounding obviously “like the band is having fun again,” as…
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This Christmas album thing is really overdone — shit, even The Grinch himself, Bob Dylan is doing one — so it’s nice to see a jam band like String Cheese Incident taking their genre’s longstanding Halloween traditions to the next level. Like Phish, Colorado’s STI likes to play lots of…
Baltimore indie folk duo Cotton Jones plays Modified Sunday. The band, made up of Michael Nau and Whitney McGraw along with their friends, are also playing Denver’s Monolith and Austin City Limits on their national tour. Nau, formerly of Page France, has been releasing solo work under the name The…
I have to admit when I heard about Las Bandas Borrachas (slideshow here) back in May it seemed like quite a novelty to me. Turns out the guys from the Minibosses have been doing the every-bandmember-does-a-shot-between-songs thing for years. This year’s Shotfest (Las Bandas Borrachas is a better name, I…
