About a month after former Format singer Nate Ruess’ new band fun. released their debut, Aim and Ignite (review here), the other half the the Phoenix indie duo is making music. Sam Means will do six songs for the soundtrack of the upcoming film The Sinking of Santa Isabel, reports…
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Chickenfoot — the non-supergroup made up of Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Chad Smith and Michael Anthony — will record their Phoenix show at Dodge Theatre this Wednesday for use in a possible DVD. The band’s first single, “Oh Yeah,” is the No. 1 single on the classic rock charts (who…
We already told you about a few of last week’s biggest concert announcements — including Fuck Buttons, Kanye West and Rob Zombie. There’s oh-so-much more though: Widespread Panic, John Prine and Dashboard Confessional. Prine, known for his sad songs, and Dashboard Confessional, known for their sad songs, are interesting, but…
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I’ve never understood the Rob Thomas thing. I know the guy has sold something like 100 million records through various projects, and his voice is pleasant enough, but I’ve always considered the Matchbox 20 singer to be something of a non-entity, as bland and forgettable as his Nascar driver-appropriate double…
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You might not know this, but with Insane Clown Posse and Slipknot singer Corey Taylor coming to town within five days next week there is potential for unrest. Watch as these two teens discuss the feud between fanbases and who’s a “fag” before trying to find common ground, all the…
METRO light rail and the Phoenix Suns made a big announcement today: free rides for ticketed customers at U.S. Airways events. They’re calling it “a unique program entitled, ‘Rail Ride Event'” but it’s not so complicated. It is, apparently, “a first in the U.S. between an entertainment venue and public…
Yes, that’s right, doors to Arizona Fall Frenzy, probably the biggest music festival Arizona has ever hosted, open in 30 hours. Sure, the lineup is not what a lot of people I know were hoping for — and I, myself, had to put a little effort in to thinking of…
Yucca Tap Room’s quickly-becoming-legendary Sunday Valley Fever shows have had some great posters (review some past ones here) but this week’s has to be my absolute favorite. Kudos to DJ Dana or whoever planned this piece. I honestly can’t figure out how it looks so perfectly vintage and I have…
Hoodlums Music is celebrating it’s first anniversary at it’s new location with events spread over the next few weeks. The super-cool Tempe store burnt down along with Arizona State’s old Memorial Union and took a hiatus before re-opening between Changing Hands bookstore and Trader Joe’s on McClintock south of Guadalupe.Here’s…
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At first blush, The Meat Puppets and Dead Confederate, who joined forces for a show at a half-full Marquee Theatre last night, don’t seem to have much in common. Originating two decades and 2,000 miles apart the two twangy alt-rock bands acts do have some small musical similarities, but even…
Okay, so acts like M.I.A., The Dead Weather, Tool, and The Black Keys are not playing Arizona Fall Frenzy, as they did at the two geographically but not musically comparable festivals, San Diego’s Street Scene and Denver’s Mile High Music Festival. That’s not really the vibe organizers are going for…
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The Yucca Tap Room will host a “Tiki Throwdown” next month featuring local acts like Fivespeed, Black Carl, Liar’s Handshake, The Revenge, The Necronauts, and What Laura Says. The event is sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon (the cheap suds which The Onion has pointed out is still cruising on a…
Kanye West and Lady Gaga are coming to U.S. Airways Center on November 10, the first date on their Fame Kills joint tour.Having been blown away by Kanye’s last tour, I’m super excited, as you should be, even if that Taylor Swift stunt pissed you off, as it did Michael…
Summer is over and gone with it are the ubiquitous hipster-friendly downtown pool parties.What to do? Local party promoter Jen Deveroux’s Royal Filth seems like a pretty good option. The party kicks off next Saturday at The Rose and Crown (a.k.a. that place you go when Pizzeria Bianco’s long wait…
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Local psychedelic dance duo Peachcake are the latest Phoenix band to record a session for Daytrotter, an influential Chicago music blog. Like Dear and the Headlights and some others before them they were treated to a cool mid-fi recording session and the above portrait — though we have to say…
Just like the horror movies he gets so much inspiration from, Rob Zombie is not afraid to revisit a successful past project when there’s money to be made. Thus we have the The Hellbilly Deluxe 2 Tour, which will open in Phoenix before hitting the rest of the U.S. around…
