Flier of the Week: Great White
This week’s flier of the week — for Great White’s show at Club Red tommorow night — presented without comment…
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The One Year Anniversary of You Asked For It
It’s hard to believe, but we’ve been slogging through You Asked For It submissions for a year, as of today, May 21. My predecessor, Niki D’Andrea, started YAFI as a way of catering to local bands that bitched about her coverage and it still fills that function today though, as…
Detroit Cobras in Phoenix: Like Jazz in Japan
I’ve never understood the obsession with garage rock you’ll find in some corners of Phoenix. I like garage rock, sure, but I’m from Akron, Ohio, a Rust Belt town with strong ties to lo-fi punk and garage. Phoenix? Well, Phoenix was mostly ranchland and desert when “96 Tears” topped Billboard’s…
Other People’s Blogs: Eminem Returns, Gift of Gab at Blunt Club, Green Day Tops Charts, Pandora Profitable
So Much Silence: Incoming: Gift of Gab, May 28, Blunt ClubRolling Stone: On the Charts: Green Day Sprint to Number One With “Breakdown”Idolator: Somehow, I Don’t Really Mind The Ubiquity Of “Don’t Stop Believing” All That MuchWaved Rumor: Pandora! Pandora! Profit!NME: Eminem makes live comeback in Detroit…
Kings of Leon Cocky and Sloppy at Mesa Ampitheatre
If the George W. Bush presidency taught us anything, its that uppity rednecks are bad for America. Not that I want to compare last night’s Kings of Leon concert at Mesa Amphitheatre to the national nightmare that was Dubya’s reign — exactly. But the cockiness of these two Southern-bred powers…
You Asked For It: J.D. Stooks
J.D. Stooks says it best himself on his MySpace: “I play slow sad bastard music.”For all intents and purposes he does, though there’s an occasional buoyancy to Stooks new record, Women & Gold that’ll appeal to most fans of acoustic folk-rock, even the ones who prefer the more upbeat offering…
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Other People’s Blogs: Aerosmith Goes Wal-Mart, Libertines Reunite, Abba Musical
So Much Silence: The Walkmen on WOXY.com’s Lounge ActRolling Stone: Aerosmith’s Joe Perry Hints At Walmart Deal For New AlbumNME: ABBA-penned musical to get English language debut in NYCNME: Libertines reunion: Carl Barat speaks about more gigsIdolator: A Quick Guide To Your “American Idol” Pre-Finale ControversiesNME: Jennifer Love Hewitt to…
Big List of AZ Bands on Twitter Thanks to AZOverload
True to it’s name, local blog AZOverload has done a ton of legwork to compile a huge list of Arizona bands on Twitter. Check it out here. Oh, and if you’re not following me (twitter.com/martincizmar) you really should be…
Other People’s Blogs: DMX’s Doped Up Dogs, Video of Mini T’s “Japanese Woman,” Beastie Boys Audiobook
Idolator: Yung Joc’s Twitter Tells The Tale Of Why It’s Bad To Give Animals CocaineElectric Mustache: Video: New Miniature Tigers SongRolling Stone: The Story of Beastie Boys’ “Paul’s Boutique”: Free 33 1/3 AudiobookSo Much Silence: The Twilight Sad: Reflection of the TelevisionPitchfork: Sigur Rós Singer Remixes Depeche ModeWaved Rumor: The…
Just Announced: Jay Z, Akon, Deer Tick, CKY
Do ya’ll want more of the jigga man? Well if y’all want more of the Jigga man, then I need ya’ll to help me, bring him back to stage. Say Hova, c’mon say it! HO-VA! HO-VA! Are y’all out there?Yes, J-A-Y is coming back to Phoenix, playing the cozy confines…
Sponge, Seven Mary Three and Days Of The New At Celebrity Tonight Canceled
We’re used to seeing the occasional Motown review or single original member-led hair metal act come through Celebrity Theatre, but tonight’s show was supposed to be an oldies extravaganza of another stripe.Three post grunge acts who never gave up the ghost — Sponge (“Molly,” “Wax Ecstatic”), Days of the New…
Cloud Cult, Say Hi Play Rhythm Room Sunday
The word “experimental,” when self-applied by indie rock acts, usually means painfully slow, and, quite probably, dreary. Not Minnesota outfit Cloud Cult, which plays Rhythm Room Sunday with Say Hi (To Your Mom) and Ice Palace. They’ve got all the buoyancy of poppier indie acts, and more exotic instrumentation than…
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Other People’s Blogs: Weezer Tours With Blink, Harter on Vacay, Bonnaroo Schedule Up
Pitchfork: Weezer to Tour With Blink-182Jess Harter: I’m off until May 18Pitchfork: Bonnaroo Reveals Festival ScheduleNME: Alanis Morissette to guest star on ‘Weeds’…
Flier of the Week: The Dollyrots
The Dollyrots are this week’s Flier of the Week partly because this is one of the better offerings in a weak field, and partly because their latest record, which came out in 2007, is called Because I’m Awesome, which is also the name of the best song on said album…
Q&A: Ted Nugent Talks Guns, Meth, and Hippies Before NRA Convention in Phoenix
Ted Nugent talks a lot about discipline. Speaking on the phone from his ranch outside Waco, Texas, the Detroit-born guitarist of “Cat Scratch Fever” fame comes back to it again and again. His life of clean living is the way to go, he says, living another way is nothing less…
Wilco Is Dave Matthews Band – And That’s Okay
A funny thing happened to me as I watched the new Wilco concert DVD, Ashes of American Flags: I was forced to admit, without hesitation, that my favorite band is, in fact, a jam band. Yes, a jam band. Wilco are the kind of band that sees their shows taped…
Toybox
It’s not often an album I’ve never heard before makes me nostalgic for my high school days, let alone one that came out last year and is sang partly in Japanese. But so it was with Toybox’s five-song EP, Five Seconds To…, which really took me back. Despite the fact…
Daily Show Trashes ASU, We Laugh Our Asses Off
thedailyshow.com Headed out to the big ASU commencement tonight? Be sure to check this out first. “The Harvard of Date Rape.” Instant classic!…
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Other People’s Blogs: New Courtney Marie Andrews, Kings of Leon in Mesa Sold Out, Wilco Record Streaming, M.I.A. Not A Terrorist
Electric Mustache: Courtney Marie Andrews Announces New AlbumSo Much Silence: Kings of Leon/The Walkmen on May 19 SOLD OUTRolling Stone: Wilco Streaming Entire New “Wilco (The Album)” On WebsiteIdolator: “Paste” Throws A Hail Mary PassPitchfork: M.I.A. Responds to Sri Lanka Terrorist Accusations Once AgainPitchfork: Ex-Shins Drummer to Open Taco Cart…
The Sun Sessions: Bargrass Revival Does “Margaritaville”
Last week I sent out a Twitter (twitter.com/martincizmar) asking: “Anyone know a local band that can capture the soul-crushing pain of alcoholism, as documented in J.W. Buffett’s ‘Margaritaville,’ in a cover?””Bargrass Revival” is what we got back, so we lined them up. This Tempe-based bluegrass act is as much a…
Lucero Live: Moshing to Pedal Steel
Dear ex-hardcore kids,Please stop ruining roots music.Look, I get it, you’re pretty much aged out of hardcore shows, but you’re covered in tattoos and have plugs in your earlobes, and it’s hard to find a scene. Every band you’ve ever liked seems to be starting a folkie side project so…
You Asked For It: A Few Random Drunks
A Few Random DrunksWorld Famous County Wide(Self released)If you ask me, there’s too many alt-country acts doing the Old 97s thing, and not nearly enough doing the Drive-By Truckers thing. Now, granted, I prefer the former to the latter, but unless you’ve got Rhett Miller’s worn-denim vocals — and few…