[jump] Big thanks to Gabe over at Videogum for pointing this out. Enjoy:Man, fuck talking to scientists! They are always up in my shit, pissing me off, too. It’s so nice to have someone finally articulate so passionately what I’ve been feeling!Let’s take a look at some of the more inspired lyrics, shall…
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[jump] Emotion & Commotion is due out next Tuesday, 4/13, yet the album leaked 2 weeks ago — hardly a surprise for a big label (Rhino) release like this. Emotion is Beck’s first album since 2003’s appropriately-titled Jeff and features a guest vocal from Joss Stone, who also happens to…
Those not familiar with Twin Sister will notice a flowing, romantic feel to their music. Lead singer Andrea Estella’s vocals are sinfully innocent with a heady nod to Stereolab’s Lætitia Sadier…
Band: Mike LennonTitle: Save The EarthBasics: A tame record from self-proclaimed rockabilly fanatic Mike Lennon, Save The Earth shows that absolutely anyone and everyone can get out there and record an album if they have the time and money to do it. Though that’s no guarantee they have the talent…
Green Day, Chicago, Tim McGraw, The Doobie Brothers and Paramore round out the rest of this week’s show announcements — but seriously, with the news of Justin Bieber coming to town, who the hell really cares?…
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The anticipation for freak-folker Devendra Banhart’s show at The Clubhouse was palpable Saturday night — and it all came to a crashing stop thanks to Banhart’s affinity for skateboarding. The rocker “broke some bone” in his leg whilst tearing it up on his skateboard before his Clubhouse gig, effectively canceling that…
[jump] As you may or may not know, the Arizona Cardinals play their home games at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Phoenix Coyotes play their home games at Jobing.com Arena — which is in Glendale, for those keeping tabs on the Phoenix Coyotes.Football and hockey are fall and winter sports,…
Band: Race You ThereTitle: Acts of Treason, the band’s debut LPBasics: Phoenix five-piece Race You There started out in Tucson, moving westward, toward the big city. Armed with ambition, the band tried to incorporate a few different styles in their music, which coalesces best around a slowed-down, melodic rock sound…
Do you you like free music? Do you like French rockers Phoenix? If you answered yes to either, then today is your lucky day. Thomas Mars & co. have made a recent live recording, Live in Sydney, available for a free download. The eight-song offering spans 38 minutes and features songs solely…
M. Ward truly has found his muse in Deschanel. The actor really can sing, and it is her vocals that carry the album. The marriage of M. Ward’s slick, befitting production and Deschanel’s light, cherubic vocals takes listeners of Volume Two to a simpler time, when AM radio was king…
The band had this to offer about the leak:”Hey everybody, the album leaked, and we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn’t make sense to anyone but us.”A free download is a pretty noble idea…
Country Throwdown, Flyleaf, Alexisonfire and Cute Is What We Aim For help round out the rest of the show announcements from last week. Full list below…
Title: Midnight Glass, the duo’s 2009 LP.Basics: Phoenix’s Travis Bunn and Calvin Markus have a pretty decent following compared to most acts reviewed here in You Asked For It. They have already had plenty written about them, including one guy who deemed Midnight Glass the best album of 2009. While I…
In case you haven’t heard, The Rolling Stones are preparing to reissue their iconic 1972 album Exile on Main Street this May. There will be original remastered tracks as well as 10 unheard new tracks available.This has gotten plenty of people excited — American Idol producers, who featured some of…
Gone are the college-era days of the The Whigs raucous live shows and raw sound. Instead you’ll find a timid homage to one of America’s biggest sell-outs. Still, The Whigs press on, and In The Dark will stand as an extension of their garage/grunge sound, even if that same sound…
Summer. Her collaboration with producer/performer M. Ward — She & Him — has become quite the force in today’s music scene.NPR’s Exclusive First Listen has made the duo’s second album, the appropriately-if-not-imaginatively titled Volume Two, available for a full album stream a whole week before the album is released…
Title: The Last Stand, the band’s first full-length.Basics: The band, a classic mix of hard rock and punk influences, recently had their song “Game Face” named as the Phoenix Coyotes’ home intro song, an honor their song “Superblinded” previously held.Despite their prominent place in the Jobing.com Arena playlist, “arena rock”…
Conan O’Brien has announced via his twitter account (@ConanOBrien) that he will tour North America this spring.O’Brien’s “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” will span 30 dates will kick off April 12 in Eugene, Oregon and will come through Phoenix on April 30. Much speculation had been made whether…
[jump] Shows announced in the past week:Iron Maiden: With Dream Theater, Thursday June 17, 7:30 p.m. Cricket Wireless Pavilion, 2121 North 83rd Avenue Phoenix, (602) 254-7200. Caribou: Tuesday, May 18, 7 p.m. Clubhouse Music Venue, 1320 E. Broadway Rd., Tempe, 480-968-3238. Sage Francis: Thursday, June 10, 7 p.m. Clubhouse Music Venue, 1320…
[jump] What this critic says:Plastic Beach doesn’t have the touches of super-producers like Danger Mouse and Dan the Automator, yet it is the band’s most polished effort. Lead single “Stylo” is the perfect sample of what Plastic Beach feels like — grimey and subdued, yet plenty funky.”Stylo” has that widespread…
