Name: Ariel Perez AKA: The Ariel Current club nights: Every Saturday I play with my crew the Night Thieves at Brick for White Rabbit. Occasionally I play at Sticky Fingers and Ransom and Fuse Friday, and every Tuesday night I play at Electrostatic at Philthy Phil’s. Genres spun: Oh, man…
Song: Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven, “Born Too Blue” Context: Max and his band come to town Wednesday night. Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven – Born Too Blue by blastjacket…
Along with trends like ‘the bear thing,’ ‘the wolf thing,’ and ‘the beach thing’ has come ‘the remix thing.’Lately, indie bands have recently been all about organizing remix contests and projects for their fans.The latest band to jump on the bandwagon? Metric. They’ve partnered with Indaba Music, Topspin, and RCRDLBL.com…
Longtime MTV president Tony DiSanto is leaving the network, according to Variety.DiSanto is moving on to pursue a role as an independent program producer on primetime reality series.He’ll be sticking with MTV through the end of the year to help with the transition process for his replacement, who will likely…
@TSIKA9Sara BareillesSara Bareilles is one of those artists you just can’t help but love. The singer-songwriter proves pop doesn’t have to be trashy by keeping her clothes on and putting the focus on her music and her interaction with fans. Bareilles played piano and guitar at her show at Marquee…
It’s pretty sad when a guy has to rely on alcohol to have luck with the ladies, but here Trey Songz is singing “Bottoms Up” to potential hook-ups in the club. Never mind that alcohol-induced sex makes the line between rape and consent blurry–Songz just wants you to get your…
Artist: John Legend & The RootsTitle: Wake Up!Release date: September 21Label: ColumbiaThe new collaboration between neo-soul singer John Legend and ace hip-hop band The Roots is a lark dressed up as an important record, given the source material, mostly cover tunes from the Civil Rights Era.Fans of John Legend and/or…
Song: Lissie, “Stranger”Context: I’ve had Lissie’s record, Catching A Tiger, in my iTunes for awhile now but usually skip over it. Today I let it play until this track really caught my ear. Lissie – Stranger…
A gay rights group is up in arms about tweets from 50 Cent they seem to believe had something to do with the recent spat of tragic, high-profile suicides of young, gay men. “If you a man and your over 25 and you don’t eat pussy just kill your self…
After three straight months of rebuilding and remodeling following a major fire, the Blooze Bar is scheduled to reopen its doors to local music lovers and daydrinkers in a couple weeks.The interior of the North Phoenix bar and live music venue was almost totally destroyed by a massive fire back…
If there’s one thing our country is good at, it’s not knowing how to properly allocate our spending money. After hearing about America’s big budget for military marching bands, NPR wanted to know just how much tax payers are collectively throwing down for these guys.It turns out that the Marines…
The uber-controversial song “Kill Joe Arpaio,” which sent Valley media into a tizzy earlier this week, made it over the airwaves of a Valley radio station.Beef Vegan, the man behind KWSS 106.7’s The Morning Infidelity, spun the track by San Diego band Crocodiles this morning.Before you get all worked up,…
Bright Eyes has recorded a single for the group of musicians boycotting Arizona. “Coyote Song,” can be bought for $2 here if you want to support people boycotting our state. Or you can give money to people actually working in to make a difference on the ground in Arizona by…
I’m just gonna come right out and say it – college football is the best sport in the world. Unlike professional sports, where lockouts and strikes by multimillionaires are commonplace and players allegedly collude to form all-star teams in an attempt to “earn” an easy ring (I’m looking at you,…
This week’s music feature is on singer-songwriter Jeff Arundel taking a trip down memory lane. Depending on how narcissistic or realistic they are, asking an artist to review the work he did a decade ago could either go pretty well or rather horribly. Martin Cizmar caught up with Jeff Arundel,…
Brad WiatrThe Other 49 at The Rogue BarIf you didn’t know this flier was for a rock show, you might say it was downright pretty, with a poignant image juxtaposed with a fancy headline.Brad Wiatr, of the indie progressive band The Other 49, designed the poster in honor of the…
As geekazoids of the world will undoubtedly tell you, crossovers can be pretty effin’ cool. Doesn’t matter if it involves Aliens battling Predators or the heroes of Marvel taking on the dudes from DC, whenever characters from differing realms hang out, the result is almost always greater than the sum…
Crave critical consensus? Just take a look at the reviews for The Brutalist Bricks, the sixth and latest album from Washington, D.C.-based gentleman-punkers Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. Ted and Rx got 31/2 out of 5 stars from three leading national periodicals, and a 7.9 from a certain infernal online…
Tucson-based musician/filmmaker/artist Marianne Dissard has a unique gift for marking connections among disparate places, mediums, and ideas. On the surface, the elements she uses appear to have only abstract links, but in her capable hands, they go together like peanut butter and jelly. So it’s not surprising that Dissard is…
These days, it can seem like America’s youth is too jaded to care about their fellow man, but Adam Smith is doing his level best to change that. Last year, more than 26,000 Arizona teens attempted suicide, and the young singer/songwriter is using what he can — his musical ability…
Ten years ago, I reviewed a record called Mood Ring by a Minneapolis singer-songwriter named Jeff Arundel. It wasn’t a particularly good record, and it’s fair to say that it earned its spot in the great milk crate in the sky, where promo discs go after they’ve had their industry-standard…
If you watch the music video for Matt & Kim’s indie-dance hit “Daylight” but know nothing else about the band, here’s exactly what you’ll think: “Good gracious. Those are very happy-looking people.” Frolicking through their Brooklyn ‘hood, humorously crammed into refrigerators, dumpsters, and other uncomfortable spaces while — wait for…
