TItle: The J & D Experience EPBasics: More YAFI hip hop? I could get used to this. This EP was passed along to me by resident PHX hip-hop expert Mike Meyer, so I knew I was in for something decent — if not actually good. Well, you know what? Miranda…
Artist: The WalkmenTitle: LisbonRelease date: September 14Label: Fat PossumIt hit me about halfway through my first listen of the new album by The Walkmen: The singer sounds a lot like Billy Squier. You know who I’m talking about, right? He sang “The Stroke” and “Everybody Wants You” and danced around…
Phoenix’s biggest theater has a new name.Live Nation, the concert promoter who owns the building at 400 West Washington Street formerly known as Dodge Theatre, issued a press release today saying we are henceforth to refer to the 5,000 seat venue as Comerica Theatre.In keeping with longstanding Phoenix tradition “Theatre”…
Internationally successful multi-platinum recording artists Local band Jimmy Eat World just missed a top ten hit on Billboard’s album chart with their new record, Invented, which debuted at number 11 this week. Jimmy Eat World has toured the world for nearly 20 years and is signed to DGC/Interscope lives in…
Canada can’t brag about Nickelback and Alanis Morissette like they can about alt-rockers Arcade Fire. Arcade Fire is a band of risk takers that writes powerful songs and puts on awesome shows. Furthermore, they released one of the most revolutionary music videos of the year for their song “We Used…
@ChristaSauce MATT & KIM FUCK YEAAAA You couldn’t escape the smiles at the Matt and Kim show at Clubhouse Music Venue last night. The duo is notorious for their super-cheerful sets, and last night’s was no different, as the band inspired the sold-out crowd to dance and sing along. They…
Song: Tom Petty, “Girl On LSD”Context: Tom Petty’s rescheduled show at US Airways Center is tonight. I totally forgot he did this song. It’s a great one, wonder if he still plays it anymore? Girl on LSD – Tom Petty…
Matt and KimClubhouse Music Venue in TempeOctober 6, 2010Summer seemed to end about 48 hours ago in Phoenix, when golf balls of hail fell from the October sky, finally banishing triple digit temperatures from the Valley for a few months.You’d never know it inside the Clubhouse Music Venue where Brooklyn-based…
Travis EnglerMike Mangan’s Big Organ TrioOrgans aren’t just for church, as the rock n’ roll stylings of Mike Mangan’s Big Organ Trio prove. The band, with a Hammond B3 organ taking center stage, perform tonight, October 7 at The Rogue Bar in Scottsdale, and the show is sure to be…
Bono has gone back to aiding Africa again. Well, sort of. According to NME, Bono has partnered with Louis Vuitton to produce an African-inspired clothing line. He’s connecting the project to his clothing line, Edun. “We are excited to draw attention to the new mood in Africa, which is positive…
European scientists recently discovered a method of transmitting sound waves through the lonely vacuum of outer space, which might be good news for German trance music heavyweights Cosmic Gate. The Deutschland DJ duo of Claus Terhoeven and Stefan Bossems have spent the past decade creating a slew of spacey and…
For Dan Snaith, the mastermind behind Canadian electronic outfit Caribou, 2010 has been a busy year, starting with the release of his critically acclaimed album Swim in April and a subsequent spring tour. Never one to slow down, Snaith has embarked on yet another tour to promote Swim. His massive…
Last year, Steve Martin released a 15-song banjo album, The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo. Sounds funny, right? Well, with winsome songs such as “Pretty Flowers” and guest spots from Vince Gill and Dolly Parton, it was actually a surprisingly earnest affair that ended up picking up all…
“I don’t wanna live in my father’s house no more.” — Arcade Fire, “Windowsill” For argument’s sake, let’s call Arcade Fire “the greatest Canadian rock band/act of all time.” Many rock fans will object, and with great conviction. They’ll rebut with the unquestionably great Neil Young. They’ll point to the…
Since 1994, Seattle-based indie label Barsuk records has proved that there’s more to the area than Sub Pop. It has released music by Death Cab for Cutie, Mates of State, Ra Ra Riot, Nada Surf, and Rilo Kiley. So when Phantogram — guitarist Josh Carter and keyboard player Sarah Barthel…
For some, the very concept of a tribute band flies in the face of traditional American values. It could be viewed as the easy way out: Rather than doing the hard work yourself and writing original material, you simply learn how to mimic a successful band’s style so well that…
Tech N9ne and E-40 are two of the most successful independent artists in hip-hop, so it seems like a no-brainer for them to tour together. Tech N9ne founded his own label, Strange Music, in 1999 and has gone on to release 11 albums, which have sold more than 1 million…
No outlaw-country music singer has labored harder to prove his outlaw bona fides than David Allan Coe. A few years ago, the Akron, Ohio, native led a Dallas TV crew through the Ohio prison where he was incarcerated in the 1960s, showing them the spot where he supposedly killed a…
THURSDAY 7 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old-school R&B) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88: Josh One (rare groove, urban funk) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities, vintage vinyl) Blue Martini: Rewind Thursday (retro) Bobby C’s:…
Life sucks for hippies without The Band and the Grateful Dead. Good thing San Francisco jam band Tea Leaf Green is around to combine the sounds of those two legendary bands. TLG brings spirited keyboard licks, funky guitar riffs, and soft vocals to the table, singing about shit like gardens…
Do you quietly address world issues in the songs you write on your porch? Have you got America thinking you’re the chillest person in the country? Do you go everywhere barefoot? What, you don’t? That’s all right, because acoustic pop mellow man Jack Johnson is coming to town to fill…
Artist: The Gay BladesTitle: SavagesRelease date: October 5Label: Triple CrownFans of Foxy Shazam, take note: I’ve just heard a Foxy-lite act that you may wind up loving just as much as you do FS. They’re called The Gay Blades, and they bill themselves as “an NYC trash pop duo,” but…
