We’ve been covering the Phoenix Suns dance team auditions since they started earlier this month (slideshow here). So why quit now?The Suns — who also operate a basketball team tacitly connected with their very popular dance squad — announced the results of their fan-selected squad in a show called Making…
Grab a Stetson and your autograph pad: The AZ Music & Entertainment Hall Of Fame is holding a benefit concert on September 6 at Handlebar J in Scottsdale, a great little honky-tonky type bar just north Shea and Scottsdale Roads. Heard of the institution we lovingly know by it’s overly-complex…
By Becky Bartkowski The most obvious realization when seeing Dungen at The Rhythm Room: These Swedes can kick out serious jams live. Sitting somewhere between pure-Kinks classic rock riffs, the gentle, beaming soundscapes of Sigur Rós and the most American of jazz quartets, this quartet marries some seemingly disparate ideas…
Stephanie Foxx, lead singer of Martini Ranch’s resident 80s cover band Rock Lobster will be honored as the Honorary Race Chair of the 2009 Komen Phoenix Race for the Cure. Foxx, a Chandler resident and mother of two, was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year and is currently undergoing…
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The Los Angeles County coroner’s ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide, according to the Associated Press. Officials say a fatal combination of drugs was given to Jackson hours before he died at his rented mansion; he was apparently poisoned by an interaction between the powerful anesthetic propofol and two sedatives…
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fun. is playing a Phoenix-area show on their tour after all — an in-store signing and performance at Zia Records in Chandler. Touring in support of their upcoming record, Aim and Ignite, which we reviewed in last week’s paper, the new project by former Format member Nate Ruess will stop…
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong isn’t a fan of cell phones at concerts. “Put away your cell phones, this is a fucking live concert!” he yelled at Saturday night’s show at U.S. Airways Center in downtown Phoenix. Still, the Valley of the Sun was ablaze with tweets from the show…
a) vaguelyorb) obviously and irredeemably pathetic about a 37-year-old man in skinny black jeans. So, yes, Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong immediately looked a little silly strutting on stage at U.S. Airways Center as the piano-driven opening of “21st Century Breakdown,” the title track to his band’s latest record,…
Arguably the best new punk band of the decade — Against Me! — is coming to a super cool small venue in Phoenix next Sunday and you can see the show for free.Kia, the South Korean car maker, is bringing one of the cooler events of the summer to Phoenix…
By Adriane Goetz”We’re not just a band…we’re a social club!”Boots Riley repeated this phrase several times throughout Street Sweeper Social Club’s performance on Thursday night, and while the largely high school aged crowd didn’t seem to grasp the finer points of the political message, it didn’t stop them from cheering…
contestants coming, and that’s not the only big show coming in October, as Boys Like Girls, the Atticus Tour, and Tech N9ne all bring their shows through town. Still, the thing we’re most excited about is not a concert but a speaking date by author David Sedaris in May. Sure, it’s…
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I’m not sure we’ve honored them with a Flier of the Week nod before, but Colorstore is another one of the Phoenix bands who consistently delivers great concert posters. This week’s pick, for a show at Rhythm Room tonight, has some great typography, something too infrequently honored in this weekly…
Brian “Head” Welch, the former Korn guitarist turned God-faring Phoenix resident (read our cover story here) has canceled dates on his upcoming tour, including a show in Flagstaff on August 26. The statement from his publicist:Brian “Head” Welch became ill during the past few days, cutting short his August 19…
Daughtry, who canceled their show Tuesday because singer Chris Daughtry came down with laryngitis, has rescheduled. The almost Idol now comes to The Marquee on Monday, October 13. Tickets are $20 and on sale here.Be sure to check out the hilarious response the Twittersphere had to his cancellation here…
Nowhere Man and Whiskey Girl aren’t a Phoenix band, per say. The duo lives down in Bisbee, a former mine town in southern Arizona. Shooting our latest installment of The Sun Sessions they regaled us with tales of life in the quaint town, where the temperature drops in to the…
From a historian’s perspective, it’s probably impossible to pinpoint the exact year humanity — or at least the rich, Western portion of it — peaked. There are thousands of related theories out there, many even offering up the zany possibility that it hasn’t yet. So maybe it’s unfair of me…
Hope Modified Arts’ soundguy is ready: Bad Veins play the downtown venue Monday, August 31. The Cincinnati duo does an intricately-layered brand of indie rock you’d expect a band to par down significantly live. They use a third member to avoid that, instead aiming for precision, which should make for…
Usually we confine our Crowdsourced posts to shows that actually happened. However, last night’s Daughtry show, canceled because Chris (of almost Idol fame) came down with laryngitis, prompted some interesting tweets:@CHRIS_Daughtry 1/2 Ok. Here goes: Just came back from the Doctors & I have viral laryngitis. Doctor has ordered me…
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