If you’ve been online within the past week, chances are you’ve already heard Wugazi. If not, the project is exactly what it sounds like: a mash-up of Wu-Tang Clan and Fugazi. Cecil Otter and Swiss Andy, the DJs behind the project, came up with the concept shortly after Danger Mouse…
Adult Swim Pool Party at Millennium Resort Adult Swim, formerly the hippest of weekly hipster pool parties, returned for just one day on Sunday. Promoters Jared Alan and Jen Deveroux brought Adult Swim to the Millennium Resort this summer instead of to the Downtown Phoenix pools of the past. The…
, according to Billboard.While the two fought in a hotel room in Dallas, Texas, Samuels allegedly shoved a suitcase full of his personal belongings in Minaj’s face and hit her in the lower lip after she told him she wanted him to leave the room with nothing.Minaj tweeted that she…
Everyone’s favorite sardonic folk duo, Andrew Jackson Jihad, have announced details regarding their new album, Knife Man, due out on Asian Man Records on September 20.I spoke with bassist Ben Gallaty about the new record.”Sean [Bonnette, singer/guitarist] gave me a CD of 13 demos in December. The working title for…
When Bruner isn’t helping out others in the studio and on the road, he records his own bass-driven, jazz fusion music under the name Thundercat. Bruner’s debut Thundercat album, The Golden Age of Apocalypse, is due out August 30. It’s an overwhelming mixture of his bass funk, experimental jazz, and electronic-minded rhythms…
, according to Consequence of Sound.Dan Auerbach says the next album “doesn’t sound like Brothers. It doesn’t have that open soul feel to it. It’s way more driving and the tempos are really fast.”The Black Keys have not yet announced a release date, a title, or a track list for…
Reverend Horton Heat Marquee Theatre Saturday, July 16, 2011 Reverend Horton Heat makes an annual stop in Phoenix year after year and never fails to put on a good show. Sure, the band tends to play a lot of the same songs and tell a few of the same jokes,…
America Wild Horse Pass Casino Friday, July 15, 2011 Sure, the venues that America is likely to play these days have gotten smaller, but it doesn’t mean that the band isn’t still capable of putting on a good show. The crowd of folks who came to watch them perform at the…
Megadeth, Godsmack, and Disturbed at Rockstar Mayhem Festival Friday, July 15, 2011 The Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion”You guys are fucking amazing, Phoenix!”This was the first thing I heard as I approached the Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion for the Rockstar Mayhem Festival. The compliment, enthusiastically hollered from the stage by Machine Head singer…
Roar is a popular band name, but the bewitching vocal-driven pop of Phoenix’s Roar makes them stand out from their hard rock contemporaries. Plus, our Roar recorded a Daytrotter session. As much as I’d like to classify Roar as ’60s pop, indie pop, beach pop, or vaudeville, frontman Owen Evans…
Snake Snake Snakes are coming to the Yucca Tap Room tonight at 9 p.m. for a 21-and-over show. Boys & Frogs, Milo the Mayor, and Seaworthy Vessels will be joining them. Best of all, like every show at Yucca, it’s a free gig!It’s sure to provide a rockin’ good time…
2011 is the year that music geeks finally beat the jocks. When it comes to Valley bars, live music fans seem to be gaining the upper hand. The Red Owl announced its sports grill to music venue conversion earlier this week and now the Canyon Club, formerly Fox Sports Grill…
This Sunday marks the return of the Adult Swim pool party at Millennium Resort, 7401 North Scottsdale Road, in Scottsdale. The event won’t be a weekly one, like the SPLASH and Cannonball parties, but will feature DJs Jared Alan, Tricky T, Goldsmith, Sean Watson, Benni Beatnik, and Don Ricardo.In addition…
As temperatures continue to rocket upwards of triple digits here in the Valley, the idea of going to an all-day concert at an outdoor venue sounds like an adventure in masochism. Today, the Rockstar Mayhem Festival (featuring Disturbed, Godsmack, Megadeth, Machine Head, In Flames, and more) is going on at…
Shantidas Contu-Owen The local fashion designer was the winner of Project Ethos’ VitaminWater Zero Fashionista Challenge. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Generally 96.9-FM. I’m not really loyal to any one station. I just switch around and…
The time is nigh to get your last dose of local songstress Courtney Marie Andrews before she embarks on her west coast tour later this month. The acoustic americana singer has assembled a full band to accompany her on stage for next week’s show.Andrews will be playing at The Rhythm…
120 Minutes, the MTV show that broke countless alternative bands from 1986 to 2000, is coming back, this time on MTV2 — and it will be hosted by the show’s original veejay, music geek extraordinaire Matt Pinfield. Pinfield has been one of the most influential and enthusiastic figures in alternative…
Well, thankfully for those Americans who must have their tunes on them at all times, Swedish streaming music service Spotify has officially landed on U.S. shores. Spotify allows you to stream music from Spotify’s gigantic database of 15 million songs — on any computer with an Internet connection. Best of…
Despite some media reports to the contrary, DMX did not “smuggle drugs” into prison, according to both a representative for DMX and a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Corrections. Though the public inmate record for DMX (real name: Earl Simmons) shows a disciplinary infraction on June 30 for failing…
BY LAUREN WISE If you’ve never heard of Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jace Everett, there’s little doubt you’ve heard a song he’s best known for — the theme from HBO’s massively popular, supernatural-saturated television series True Blood. Everett’s music is a fusion of blues, rockabilly, and country, brimming with primal emotions and…
Local and national sports pundits are still somewhat befuddled by the degree of ferocity with which Arizona fans brought the hate on Monday and Tuesday nights.
But don’t let this uproar fool you. Unruly crowds can appear anywhere. And not just in sports.
We recently caught you up on The Persuaders, a local band comprised of veteran Valley musicians whose influence of 90’s sounds can be heard in their music today. You can check out the group, who plan to release a new album this September, when they play Foundry on First in…
