Coachella 2011 Saturday Recap
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Tollett and Goldenvoice were determined to make 2011 as different from 2010 as best they can. Their work, so far, is a marked improvement over last year…
The New Pornographers, “Your Hands (Together)”
Song: The New Pornographers, “Your Hands (Together)”Context: The New Pornographers will play Marquee Theatre tonight. New Pornographers – (Your Hands Together) by Perriquin79…
Christwire Issues Hilarious Coachella Warning
Christwire has issued a hilarious warning about Coachella titled “Coachella is a Festival of Disease and Sin. Your Children Most Likely Will Die.”The satirical site — that means it’s not real, folks — begins by describing the California festival as “a concert event for neo hippies, naked beer drinkers and drug addicts. Each year…
Cold Cave’s Wesley Eisold Talks Dance Music, His Hardcore Past and That Fall Out Boy Lawsuit
Cold Cave comes with a loaded resume. Wesley Eisold, the group’s songwriter, has played in punk and hardcore bands like Some Girls and Give Up the Ghost, and past and current members are associated with Xiu Xiu, Prurient and Miko Miko. Cherish the Light Years, Eisold’s latest, won’t get away…
Jeff Dahl on Stage Rust, a Possible New Album and the Volcanoes in His Backyard
The Jeff Dahl Band is gearing up for its first gig in three years tonight.Dahl is back in town from Hawaii to celebrate drummer Russ Covner’s 50th birthday with a one-off gig at Hollywood Alley. Bassist Jason Smith made the trek back from Kentucky and guitarist Frank Labor is on…
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The Black Keys at Mesa Amphitheatre Last Night
The Black Keys with Cage The Elephant and Stone Foxes Mesa Amphitheatre Thursday April 14, 2011 The duo is dead. That fact hadn’t occurred to me until about ten songs into The Black Keys set at Mesa Ampitheatre last night when I realized the band had doubled in size after a few songs…
Mack Duncan, What Are You Listening To?
Mack DuncanThe improviser, filmmaker, puppeteer, teacher, co-founder of The Torch Theatre and creator of the web series Vincent and Me helped organize the Phoenix Improv Festival this weekend at the Herberger Theater. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right…
Lil Wayne, David Hernandez, Stevie Nicks, Black Keys and More in This Week’s Issue
Is Weezy sober as good as the Weezy who was getting blazed and freestyling about Al Sharpon in a 9 minute song? Now that Lil Wayne is out of jail and on probation he’s supposed to stay straight, which is bound to have an impact on his work. So is…
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Tom Hanks to Bring American Idiot to the Silver Screen
Tom Hanks has big plans to move American Idiot into movie theaters, according to Consequence of Sound.Considering that Hanks and the guys of Green Day are involved in the film, there’s little doubt that it’ll bring a lot of people into theaters. Plus, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is…
Steve Earle Caves to Sound Strike Pressure, “Postpones” Tucson Show
Score one for Zack de la Rocha, Javier Gonzalez and the Sound Strike.Steve Earle has bowed to intense pressure from organizers of a boycott of Arizona related to an immigration law that will never take effect, postponing his upcoming Arizona show indefinitely.In a statement, Earle says he was “under the…
The Stone Foxes, “I Killed Robert Johnson”
Song: The Stone Foxes, “I Killed Robert Johnson” Context: San Francisco’s Stone Foxes have been impressing us for awhile. Glad to see them back in town tonight opening for The Black Keys. I Killed Robert Johnson by The Stone Foxes…
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Steve Nash Got to Meet Arcade Fire
It’s not often an NBA star can be described as “the short one” in a group photo, but check out this picture of Phoenix Suns star Steve Nash meeting Canadian indie rock outfit Arcade Fire before their show at Comerica Theatre last night.Yup, Nash is the short one on the…
Dirty Beaches Talks Film, Hip-Hop, Home, and Performance Art
Dirty Beaches is the work of Alex Zhang Hungtai, a 30-year-old born in Taiwan before spending time in Hawaii, San Francisco, New York, China, and, currently, Montreal. To call Dirty Beaches a band would be a misnomer. What Zhang Hungtai does is more akin to performance art, with live performances…
Arcade Fire at Comerica Theatre Last Night (+ Video)
Arcade FireComerica TheatreWednesday April 13, 2011Considering his band hasn’t played a Phoenix show in nearly seven years, Arcade Fire singer Win Butler seems to have a pretty good sense of the place.That connection goes deeper than a few localized references Butler slipped into last night’s show at Comerica Theatre in…
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David Hernandez of ‘American Idol’ Talks ‘Motown Memories’ at Talking Stick Resort
This week’s issue of Phoenix New Times features a preview of Motown Memories, a revue show currently playing at Scottsdale’s Talking Stick Resort that features American Idol alum and Valley native David Hernandez. Check out more from the interview with Hernandez, plus videos from the show, below.New Times: Catch us…
Biffy Clyro @ The Clubhouse Music Venue
The Beatles’ attack on American charts in the ’60s was only the first incarnation of “The British Invasion.” Like clockwork, at least one British band seemingly every decade manages to become ridiculously popular in the States — even more popular than they are across the pond. The Rolling Stones, Oasis,…
Jeff Dahl Band @ Hollywood Alley
It’s been more than three years since local punk icon Jeff Dahl played his last gig in the Valley, packed up his belongings, and moved to the tropical climes of Hawaii. Dahl hasn’t played a gig since — the small island town he lives in doesn’t have a proper live…
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The Black Keys @ Mesa Amphitheatre
It’s a strange time to be the Black Keys. With their five albums before 2010’s Brothers, they were critical favorites, selling more copies with each release, gaining momentum with the Danger Mouse-produced Attack and Release. When the more soul-influenced Brothers was released last year, it connected with listeners quickly, with…
Fake Problems @ Hard Rock Cafe
Orgcore loosely defines a subgenre of punk that draws from alt-country, pop punk, and hardcore, spawned mainly by the tastes of the Punknews.org community. These PBR-drinking, flannel-wearing beardos favor sing-alongs that have the proper balance of melodic beats and gritty vocals. Fake Problems started out as a characteristic orgcore band:…
The New Pornographers @ Marquee Theatre
The idea that a power pop supergroup comprising mostly Canadians unheard of by many people would be wildly successful and one of the most popular indie acts around probably seems absurd. But after nearly 15 years as a band, it’s easy to take The New Pornographers for granted. With four…
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Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks @ US Airways Center
Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks make a pretty good pair for a lot of reasons. For one, both partied incredibly hard in their ’70s heydays, when Stewart fronted The Faces, arguably the finest blues rock band England ever produced, and Nicks singing in Fleetwood Mac, definitely the hardest soft-rock band…