Fleetwood Mac Coming to Jobing.com Arena?

So we still haven’t got any sort of press release on this, but eagle-eyed Clubs Editor Benjamin Leatherman spotted this listing for Fleetwood Mac on LiveNation.com. According to the info there (which may get taken down, for all we know) the Mac in back in Glendale on May 24. Tickets…

Calexico Coming To Phoenix

Tuscon’s Calexico is finally coming north. The band will play Heritage Square on Saturday, April 4, 2009.Not since December 2006 at the Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe has Tucson’s biggest indie act headlined a show in the Valley. Calexico will be supporting their 2008 album, Carried to Dust, arguably their…

Arizona Flag Cake: Show Your State Spirit

The Arizona Cardinals headed to the Super Bowl, and unless you’re prepared to brave rowdy crowds at a hellishly over-packed sports bar, you’re probably going to be headed to someone’s house to watch the game. If you’re looking for something fun to bring, try making a fruit-topped Arizona flag cake…

Long Live Logos Charm at Chyro Arts

Sometimes you just need to see a little live music on a Friday night, and without much on the concert schedule this weekend (The Music of Led Zeppelin – A Rock Symphony! Smashmouth!) I found myself at Chyro Arts in Scottsdale to see San Diego’s Long Live Logos. Turns out,…

The Killers Coming To Dodge April 16

The big show announcements just keep coming. Earlier today we had Fall Out Boy and a host of buzzing bands (Gaslight Anthem, Black Lips) now we’ve got The Killers on April 16 at Dodge Theatre. Tickets for the Las Vegas faux-indie act’s show go on sale next Friday. Tickets at…

Check Out The New Blogroll!

So last week we solicited your advice on what websites we should link to, and now we’ve updated the blogroll to reflect the suggestions we got through comments and e-mail. Check it out below (to the right, below the categories).A few highlights:The Dish by Jess Harter… Yes, we’re still feuding…

Flier of the Week: The Stone Foxes

It’s still a bit of a deadzone, show-wise, but things really start pickup up next week and by the end of the month we’ve got Willie and Weezy in a three day span. In the meantime, we’re digging Stone Foxes, who come to The Ruby Room Saturday. Their brawny San…

Yes, Tribune, We’re Covering American Idol

It’s nice to know our coverage of American Idol is getting some attention, even if The East Valley Tribune’s food and fun columnist Jess Harter thinks it’s a little, uh, Tiger Beat.As Jess notes, we had four Idol posts last night. Jess writes: Yes, a portion of Tuesday’s casting call…

You Asked For It: Seven Car Pileup

Seven Car Pileup Seven Car Pileup (Self-released) With all the American Idol in Phoenix fever it took me awhile to sit down and do this week’s You Asked For It. Luckily, Seven Car Pileup, was a nice change of pace, sounding like nothing you’ll ever hear on Idol. Unless, that…

Scottsdale’s Scott MacIntyre: More on the American Idol Contestant

We’ve been searching for more on Scott MacIntyre, the visually-impaired Scottsdale singer who stole the show on American Idol tonight and are turning up lots of interesting stuff on him. Though The Arizona Republic has set up an “Idol Central” they don’t really have anything Phoenix-oriented, and, in fact, haven’t…

American Idol: Scott MacIntyre, Other Phoenix Folks, Impressing

So we’ll have more American Idol in Phoenix coverage for you later, but I couldn’t resist putting up a quick post on Scott MacIntyre, the visually impaired singer from Scottsdale who’s about to win America’s heart. MacIntyre is, indeed, gifted, and he and his family are one of the most…

Anarbor Take(s) Action! on National Tour

Local pretty boy rockers Anarbor will be hitting the road with Cute is What We Aim For for the Take Action! Tour starting Feb 11.The tour is put together by Anarbor’s emo-pop-rock label, Hopeless Records, through their non profit organization, Sub City, and also features Meg & Dia, Breathe Carolina,…

New Site For Light Rail Boozers

A new web site is aiming to do for booze what the PHX Rail Food blog did for dining. We’re not sure who’s behind it, but a new site called Light Rail Beer has a nifty map not unlike the one we put together for our massive Night Train project…

Jim Jones Canceled Friday at The Marquee

Jim Jones has canceled his show scheduled for the Marquee Theatre on Friday, Jan. 16. No reason was given and we haven’t even seen a press release yet, but we caught it on Lucky Man’s site. Also, Jones doesn’t have concert dates on his MySpace or the DipSet site, so…

German Rockabilly Band Plans AZ CD Release

One of the funny little things that came out of World War II is the way the Conquered Peoples of Germany and Japan joyously adopted American popular music from the time, and continue to do so. Japan, of course, has a thriving jazz scene and Germany, apparently is still in…

What Should Go On Our Blogroll?

We’re going to be overhauling the links to other music and culture blogs on the right hand side of the page (the “blogroll,” as the kids call it) and we thought we’d solicit your suggestions. We’re looking for critics, labels, promoters and fans but not band blogs. We’re most interested…

Just Announced: Shaq and Cedric, The Maine, Dokken

It’s almost quittin’ time Friday which means it’s time we brought you this week’s concert announcements. Nothing too big this week, just a little Dokken, some AP Tour and confirmation of the Dave Matthews Band show we told you about a month or so ago.There’s also “Shaq & Cedric the…

Rascal Flatts Coming to Cricket March 12

It’s probably an oddity that Columbus, Ohio had a reputation for producing quality country music for so long, but that’s what spawning Dwight Yoakam does for you. But whatever country cred the giant-Applebee’s-of-a-city had through Yoakam was quickly squandered in 2004 when Rascal Flatts’ “Mayberry” undid it all as quickly…