You’re a golfer. You just drove the piss out of the ball straight down that there fairway, Happy Gilmore-style. Then you sink a beast of a putt that’s more ridiculous than an Arnold Palmer hole-sinking tap at The Masters. You’re feeling good about yourself, your life, the kids at home,…
We’ve lost count of the number of projects that pianist Jacob Koller, percussionist Corey Fogel, and bassist Andrew Jones are involved in around town, and we’re especially jazzed that the dynamic trio decided to hook up and form yet another musical experiment: Music for Bowlers. The group’s sound can be…
How could Pump Up the Jams: Randemonium Thursdays at Glam not be the shit? Not only do DJs Adventure Face, Adriane, and Meow Meow rock the place with anything-goes tuneage, but they also instruct us to “wear clean underwear.” No wonder Glam’s our favorite joint for a cheap hookup. Suck…
Good news for all of you fans of faux wrestling. The two largest wrasslin’ organizations in town — Impact Zone Wrestling and Rising Phoenix Wrestling — have literally formed a tag team that should improve matches by including more pile drivers and sleeper holds. Check out the new incarnation during…
The sport of roping ain’t just for a bunch of steers and queers. Steers, definitely, but not the latter. If you’re not buying it, we challenge you to approach a cowboy and drop a “queer bait” blast in his face. There’s a 99.9% chance you are going to lose. Be…
Question for ASU football fans: Did you really want to face the mighty Oklahoma Sooners in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl? Wouldn’t you rather enjoy the game instead of watching the football deities from Norman running circles around the Devils? Yeah, it sucks that the hometown team got screwed out of…
The folks at Cherry Lounge & Pit bill the clientele who come to Kitten Thursdays Ladies Night “cougars in training.” Hey, gals, aren’t you offended? Oh, you heard they offer $2 mixed drinks, complimentary champagne from 9 to 11 p.m., and phat beats by DJ M2? Never mind. Screw this…
It’s a bloody shame that many folks outside of Chicago have never heard of Down Beat Magazine award-winning flautist Nicole Mitchell. Black Unstoppable, the first Delmark record by a woman in the label’s 54-year history, should help her achieve some much-deserved mainstream cred. Much like Bobbi Humphrey, who, in the…
It’s not uncommon for a rock group to feature guest spots, rotating personnel, or additional instruments. Add a guitarist here, substitute a vocalist there, mic that kit a bit differently, and the textures change. Usually, the band retains their foundational elements. Not so when the Andrew Jackson Jihad includes a…
Things that are typical Phoenix in the wintertime: Holiday lights. Strip malls. Strip malls with holiday lights on them. And, of course, ZooLights: Nature All A-Glow, which has become a Valley institution like the aforementioned, but way, way cooler. The seasonal light exhibit wraps up on Sunday, January 6. Nov…
Are you a poet and you know it? Psh! Talk to the hand, because we know the cats in the Jazz Poets, backed by folky rockers Obadiah Parker, are the real deal. Fri., Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m., 2007…
Name a Phoenix-based musical act that’s been nominated for five Grammys in the same year. Alice Cooper? False. CeCe Peniston? Uh, no. Jimmy Eat World? Gross, dude. Phoenix Bach Choir? Say what? Say yes to the following nominations for the choral group: • Best Classical Album • Best Choral Performance…
Name a Phoenix-based musical act that’s been nominated for five Grammys in the same year. Alice Cooper? False. CeCe Peniston? Uh, no. Jimmy Eat World? Gross, dude. Phoenix Bach Choir? Say what? Say yes to the following nominations for the choral group: • Best Classical Album • Best Choral Performance…
Name a Phoenix-based musical act that’s been nominated for five Grammys in the same year. Alice Cooper? False. CeCe Peniston? Uh, no. Jimmy Eat World? Gross, dude. Phoenix Bach Choir? Say what? Say yes to the following nominations for the choral group: • Best Classical Album • Best Choral Performance…
Name a Phoenix-based musical act that’s been nominated for five Grammys in the same year. Alice Cooper? False. CeCe Peniston? Uh, no. Jimmy Eat World? Gross, dude. Phoenix Bach Choir? Say what? Say yes to the following nominations for the choral group: • Best Classical Album • Best Choral Performance…
Andrew Jackson Jihad has received a grip of ink in our esteemed publication. From glowing praise (“Their music could almost be the perfect soundtrack to the black humor of a Kurt Vonnegut novel”) to backhanded compliments (“[co-frontman] Sean Bonnette is the poster boy for twentysomething angst”), the acoustic folk-punk duo…
Imagine a coffee shop gig. There’s dude or dudette strumming away on stage, pouring his or her heart into the mic in between sips of complimentary joe (the musician’s payment for performing). It’s a nice change from the sounds of grinding beans and your mate’s babble about post-apocalyptic literature. But,…
Chicks dig the long ball. They also be loving some rock ‘n’ rollers. So release that inner Barry Bonds/Rob Halford-wanna-be hybrid during Rock and Jock Night. The weekly event features live DJs and specials for the baseball/softball batting range. Saturdays, 7-11 p.m., 2007…
You’re a golfer. You just drove the piss out of the ball straight down that there fairway, Happy Gilmore-style. Then you sink a beast of a putt that’s more ridiculous than an Arnold Palmer hole-sinking tap at The Masters. You’re feeling good about yourself, your life, the kids at home,…
Women’s sports rule in the Valley. You hear us, Arizona Pigeons, uh, Cardinals? If you don’t believe us, let’s jostle those brain cells and remind you of the Phoenix Mercury’s championship as well as the ASU Women’s Basketball team, who made it to the last year’s NCAA Elite Eight. The…
Need some coaxing to go out on a Tuesday night? What if we told you that Stinkweeds and Retail Laboratory have put their stamp of approval on a hot weekly event? Would that sway you? Huh? If so, check out 602(sdays) at Glam, where DJs Epidemic, Jump-Off, and EPHX spin…
Austria. Home of Mozart, Hitler, The Sound of Music, the Governorator, and, uh, surfing? That’s right. A bunch of beatniks from the landlocked European country created the epic Zen & Zero, a 2006 flick that chronicles their quest to uncover “the surfer dude myth” as they travel from California to…
