Ever see that movie Heavy Metal Parking Lot? It’s a good flick, but Juggalo Parking Lot would put it to shame.Why no one has made a serious documentary about Insane Clown Posse fans baffles me. The hooting and hollering, the facepaint, the cheap soda, the bullshit allegations of gang membership…
Usually things get snarkyish when Shawn takes over the reigns at Electric Mustache. You know, like the time he called the entire city of Scottsdale out.Not this time.Shawn loves this folkie Tempe two-piece called Sorry Charlie.I can’t say I’m in agreement about Sorry Charlie — I listened to the four…
Song: “The Glory of Montage,” a 25-minute track that takes you through the greatest training montage songs of all time.Context: Remakes of Starsky and Hutch and Charlie’s Angels did not make me feel old — I’m too young to remember those programs in their original incarnation — but seeing a…
Let’s clear off the desk, shall we?Stereo Total: Baby Ouh! — This band on the Kill Rock Stars label is a multi-lingual new-New Wave boy-girl band with songs sung in English, German, and French. It’s quirky with a capital “Q” and not nearly as charming as it thinks it is…
Since he was here, like, three months ago, and since we ran a big ol’ piece on him last time, New Times has sorta skimped on the coverage of the David Bazan show at Martini Ranch Sunday.That fact should in no way suggest you should skip the show. You shouldn’t…
Is Glendale’s Darien Solaris the greatest MyStudio user ever? You be the judge, but I vote yes.Darien, apparently loyal You Hang Up fan, tweeted at me earlier today: “i had 2 follow u after the frankie muniz column. His girlfriend is HILARIOUS! I could use the fame. Wanna write about…
Name: Steven Chung AKA: DJ Tranzit Current nights: Giant Wednesdays at Cream Stereo Lounge. Genres spun: Electro-house, progressive house, tech house, minimal. How did you get started as a DJ? Same ol’ typical cliche DJ story. Got sick of hearing someone else’s CDs at a house party so ended up…
Christina Aguilera is all about reinvention, so she says, and on Bionic, she’s moved on from the 1920’s-inspired artist she was on Back to Basics and has reverted back to the naughty girl everyone remembers from her “Dirrty” days and juxtaposed it with a sweet and innocent motherly figure. It’s…
Here’s reason number 7,082 why Amanda Palmer is awesome: The Dresden Dolls frontwoman is celebrating her victory over Roadrunner Records with an EP of Radiohead covers played on ukulele.The songs were recorded in Australia after she learned how to play the mini-guitar “as a joke” to do a memorable cover…
Song: T.I. featuring Rihanna, “Live Your Life”Context: So Rihanna isn’t coming to Phoenix… this is still some serious real talk from T.I.P…
It seemed unlikely to happen, but R&B star Jason Derulo actually has a single out with a positive message to women. It’s called “Ridin’ Solo,” and it’s a song all about how being single is just fine, and loving yourself is just as important as loving someone else–something a lot…
Formed in 1994, Authority Zero have become the de facto torchbearers of the Valley punk rock scene over the past 16 years. The band’s new album, Stories of Survival, is set for a June 22 release, but Valley fans can get a sneak preview this coming Thursday night, when the…
I’ve always wondered if there’s some sort of unseen force in nature that dictates the following: “If Phoenix ever gets anything even the slightest bit cool, it will inevitably (and eventually) go belly up.”If so, than it’s possibly one of the culprits behind the latest closure (which Michele Laudig blogged…
Artist: Gemma RayTitle: It’s a Shame About Gemma RayRelease date: June 1Label: BronzeratThe best part of writing “Nothing Not New” is hearing an artist that, under nearly any other circumstance, would probably escape my attention. Back in the day, when I was more attuned to new music, I probably would’ve…
Weird: The Backstreet Boys have announced a boycott of BP because of the massive oil spill.Weirder: Korn instigated this.Actually, maybe not so weird: These band will forever be linked in the realm of “shitty music that should have failed to exist in any form after the big ball dropped on…
Apparently someone forgot to tell Mesa rockers Authority Zero just what goes on at Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. The band has a free show lined up a week from today at the restaurant, where I am sure there are going to be a lot of pissed…
This week’s music feature is an explanation of the strange series of events that made Elycia Marie, the girlfriend of Malcolm in the Middle child star Frankie Muniz, who plays drums for a Phoenix band, the Twitter nemesis of music editor Martin Cizmar.While this may sound like an odd twist…
So Much Silence is about to turn five years old. Five years. That makes it practically older than Pitchfork and actually older than Up On The Sun.Everyone here in the Phoenix New Times music section heartily congratulates Kevin “Murph” Murphy on that feat. It’s been a joy to read his…
Song: You Hang Up, “Closer”Context: Why not, right? Closer by YouHangUp…
When it came to crafting the flier for their show this Saturday, June 12 at Long Wong’s in Tempe, maybe Shelby James and the Crying Shames should have insisted on putting it together themselves. Instead, they’re stuck with the attractive piece of work above. And no, the man behind the…
You’re a culturally land-locked Arizonan. As such, the closest you’ve ever come to a bona fide New Orleans “second line” street band is an episode of Treme — or maybe that funny funeral scene in the voodoo-rific James Bond flick To Live and Let Die. Well, your jazz illiteracy days are…
THURSDAY 10 27th Avenue Bar: Ladies Night with DJ Moy, & DJ Jared Paul (Top 40, hip-hop, Latin) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop, Top 40) Bomberos Winebar: dk.strickler, Dr. Drea, & World Famous Rani “g” (electronica, world beat, house) Capitol…
