For a lot of people, the Vans Warped Tour is a mixed bag. Though the idea of putting on an all-day rock music event at Cricket Wireless Pavilion sounds like a good time, there are a lot of different things that can put a damper on people’s good times. The…
Song: Mike Posner, “Cooler Than Me”Context: Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman says he thinks Posner will be the breakout star from this year’s installment of the annual fest. We’ll see how he does in Phoenix tomorrow. Mike Posner, “Cooler Than Me” by gardnerz…
Getting kids to choose to see your set over other bands on the Vans Warped Tour can be a challenge, but when your band has two of the hottest women in the metal genre, things are a little easier. So metalcore band Eyes Set to Kill, which comes straight out…
This is part of a series of reviews of bands who play weekly at local bars. The show: Stan Sorenson Trio at Sacred Grounds in Scottsdale. The look: Your standard church social hall. The smell: Coffee. If my olfactory sense serves me correctly, a dark roast. The taste: Church cookies…
It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since the King of Pop’s untimely death. Today marks the anniversary of the sad occaision and a few DJs in the PHX are marking the occaison with tribute nights and mixes. William Fucking Reed and the rest of the Sticky Fingers…
lthough downtown may or may not be ovah (depending on the particular mood of our fair editor Martin Cizmar), but in the meantime, East Phoenix might just be coming alive when it comes to live music. In addition to the venerated Rhythm Room and its two decade legacy as blues…
Name: Elizabeth Quintanilla AKA: Alkemé Current club nights: Thursdays: Azúl at San Carlos, Fridays: Fuse at Bar Smith, Saturdays: Z Girl Club. Guest spots at other venues such as Cream Stereo Lounge. Genres spun: All that encompasses sexy…mmm, I love me some sexy. Yet, I love what gets the crowd…
Band: TugboatTitle: Patches of LandBasics: Tempe five-some Tugboat are quite an anomaly in today’s You Asked For It game — a rare effort from a band that, when I tell my peers about the record, I don’t have to be six beers deep, lamenting why it is I do these columns.Previous You Asked For…
KWSS’s The Morning Infidelity ran a funny segment on Frankie Muniz’s publicist/girlfriend, Elycia Marie, earlier this week.Now, of course my own tangle with Elycia is well documented, but I’m not the only Phoenix media type who has run afoul of Ms. Marie. KWSS DJ Tatty Talia has her own tale…
This week’s music feature is on the local band Anarbor. Though their recent tour to Japan may have been a bit of a flop, involving lost teeth and a select band members lying in a pool of his own blood, they’re poised to rock the Warped Tour, and are hoping…
Eminem is shaping up to become quite the softy.His first single off his current album, Recovery, was “Not Afraid,” where he sang, “Everybody come take my hand, we’ll walk this road together.” He’s also done collaborations with popster Pink and emo girl Hayley Williams of Paramore, whom in a past…
While Radio Phoenix keeps up on what’s new, and fresh, and hip, they don’t get so caught up on it that they can’t appreciate things that are a couple weeks, or months, or years old. This isn’t to say that retro hits will be charting, but if a good comp…
Song: Yonder Mountain String Band, “This Train Is Bound for Glory” (Live in Flagstaff) Context: My train is bound for Flagstaff’s beer festival this weekend. This Train Is Bound For Glory by stray-hound…
Artist: FoalsTitle: Total Life ForeverRelease date: June 22Label: Sub PopThough I disagree with a commenter on one of my posts this week (Shawn from excellent local music blog Electric Mustache) about the merits of electro-punk Sleigh Bells, I agree with him that S.B. are a band that you either love…
You may not necessarily associate popular music with the Library of Congress, but a few recent inductees have just made the catalog a little bit cooler. NME reports that the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry’s recent inductees include: R.E.M.’s single “Radio Free Europe” Patti Smith’s album Horses Tupac Shakur’s…
Erykah Badu may not have canceled her show last night at Marquee Theatre because of any Arizona immigration laws, but the funky soul singer still managed to make some sort of statement, by wearing a T-shirt that read, “I am an immigrant.” She’s actually from Dallas, but whatevs. The crowd…
At first glance, this poster for the Sweetbleeders show at Long Wong’s in Tempe Saturday, June 26 looks like a crime scene–there is what appears to be a bloody hand print and some eerie red substance dripping down the walls.But a closer look reveals there’s nothing sinister at all about…
Charlie Levy, the boss over at Stateside Presents, one of the best promoters in the state, has written an open letter to bands boycotting the state because of SB 1070.The letter started circulating last week and The Arizona Republic ran it as an op-ed in this morning’s issue.I’d have trouble…
On paper having Erykah Badu and Janelle Monáe on the same tour is an interesting pairing. On the one hand you have Badu, the experienced neo-soul songstress who has been making hits since the late ’90s. On the other hand you have Monáe, the up and comer who has managed…
Okay, this is just getting effin ridiculous. I feel like a broken record when typing this, but another Mill Avenue nightspot has been locked down and this time it’s nightclub Cherry Lounge & Pit. Unlike the recent closures of its neighbors The Library Bar & Grill (which, more or less, is permanent)…
The Cherryholmes are not your average family. The six piece Nashville based family band has received four Grammy nominations since 2006, and topped the Billboard bluegrass charts on several occasions, including with the release of their latest record, Cherryholmes IV: Common Threads. The band is currently on tour in support…
Song: B.o.B, “Nothin’ On You” (Remix: Breekpunt Bootleg)Context: I never really dug this song until this remix, for some reason. Nothing On You (Breekpunt Bootleg) by TheGetDownnn…
