Perhaps you noticed the commercial Miller High Life ran during the Super Bowl which spotlighted Phoenix’s Bizarre Guitar. The shop, in case you aren’t familiar, is on 7th Avenue and is owned by Robert Tuner a “renowned expert in vintage guitars” who caters to higher-end customers.How did the shop end…
When I get off of work on Friday after working like a dog all week, I go to meet the boys for a cold one at a little joint up the street. They got a jukebox in the corner full of old country tunes, feed it five dollars worth of quarters…
Is cowboy-chic fever gripping Old Town Scottsdale’s nightlife? One might think so, given the impending arrival of Shotgun Betty’s Rock & Roll Saloon later this month. The Western-esque club, located in the Stetson Drive space that used to house Drinx, is scheduled to open on February 26, mere weeks after…
Aron Mezo has quite the yen for off-the-hook theme parties. It seems the proprietor of after-hours Scottsdale nightspot Afterlife is putting on some sort of stylish shtick-filled soiree every weekend, and they’re almost guaranteed to pack in the peeps. For instance, a couple of weeks back he threw a massive Jersey…
Massive Attack is getting porny. And, actually, it was their idea. The band commissioned a series of short films to go with select tracks from their newest album, Heliogland, which is set to be released on Tuesday. The song “Paradise Circus” accompanies a video titled Life of a Pornstar about…
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and write about…
[jump] Sia will play the Marquee Theatre Tuesday, April 20. Ticket info can be found here.Here is the adorably charming video for “You’ve Changed”…
I’m loathe to admit it, but I went into last night’s Scott H. Biram show at The Rhythm Room a bit skeptical, or worse, even a bit cynical. Don’t get me wrong. I like the whole punk-blues-country-bluegrass thing as much as the next guy, but I tend to find the…
Borders, Battles & Beers(Self-released)GRADE: D+Note: Michael Lopez is taking over our long-running You Asked For It review column.Music is a medium that comes to a particular person through inspiration. It is also a medium that inspires others to be creative and to perhaps make their own music. Sometimes a historical…
A day after playing Coachella, Lucero will be in Tempe playing an outdoor show in the parking lot outside Yucca Tap Room on April 17. The show, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, will be free and have a carnival-type atmosphere like last year’s Tiki Throwdown. The event will have a…
Touring is expensive, what with gas prices so high and all. Tempe punk band Die Ignorant has one answer to the high start-up costs, a car wash fundraiser at a local Applebee’s this Saturday. “If we don’t make close to 700 dollars we have to kiss the tour bye bye,”…
The music feature story in week’s edition of Phoenix New Times is about George Strait.George Strait is underrated. Perhaps that statement sounds ridiculous: Strait has 34 albums that have sold over a million copies each, seemingly countless hit songs, and a string of sold-out concerts year after year. He’s only…
According to the medical examiner in Shelby County, Tennessee, where Memphis is located, 29-year-old Jay Reatard died from “cocaine toxicity, and that alcohol was a contributing factor in his death.” His real name was Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., and on Jan. 17 he was buried near Isaac Hayes. At the…
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and write about…
Seriously, who would want to miss a Japanese musical group modeled after Devo? Not these peeps. Check out what people from around the Valley had to say about Polysics’ show at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix last night (and read our review here.) @MistressKitty @MistressKitty-WEEE!! Me with Fumi and Kayo…
Polysics bassist Fumi sits on the curb outside Rhythm Room chatting with the band’s photographer Tsukasa as drummer Yano stretches out. The show’s over, but she’s still wearing her orange flight suit with iconic “P” tacked onto the front and says she’s tired. After witnessing the explosive set Polysics laid…
Okay, this flier for Andrew Jackson Jihad at the Rogue Bar is a little disturbing (aren’t black birds supposed to be bad luck?), but it’s still fun since THERE’S A BIRD WEARING A CORSET! Seriously, how often do you see birds wearing corsets?! Not that often, my friend, and what better…
Tribute bands are like high-tech silicone sex dolls — it looks like the real thing, feels like it, hopefully even sounds like it. But who’s kidding who? That ain’t Gwen Stefani. Still, it’s fun to pretend sometimes, no? Take Badfish, a collection of former University of Rhode Island computer science…
THURSDAY 4 27th Avenue Bar: Ladies Night with DJ Moy, & DJ Jared Paul (Top 40, hip-hop, Latin) AZ88: Mr. P-Body & Friends (classic and old-school grooves) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop, Top 40) Bomberos: Rani G., dk.strickler, Deon Pearson,…
George Strait is underrated. Perhaps that statement sounds ridiculous: Strait has 34 albums that have sold over a million copies each, seemingly countless hit songs, and a string of sold-out concerts year after year. He’s only the second Country Music Hall of Fame inductee to be honored while still recording…
Few of us get creamed by a speeding 18-wheeler and live to tell about it. Even fewer of us take that near-death experience and use it to fuel our signature brand of devilish lo-fi blues-punk. But, hey, that’s Scott H. Biram for you — a down ‘n’ dirty East Texan…
Denver-based synth-buddies David Schmitt and Kyle Even are very young, very tattooed, and very loud. Their brand of buzzing, densely layered electronica is sometimes classified as screamo — which in this case means it sounds like someone took a death-metal band, replaced their guitars with Korg X50 synthesizers, and let…
