Though his skin boasts less pigment than a peeled lychee nut, this Minneapolis-based Albino MC is not tight with white. Teased ruthlessly by fellow white classmates as a child, the albino artist formerly known as Jason Newman found comfort and outsider-kinship among black people. Subsequently, he became more of a…
It’s possible, even probable, that Philly lo-fi darling Kurt Vile was wearing nothing more than boxer shorts and a stained wife-beater when he recorded Constant Hitmaker, the 2007 mini-label LP that announced his unique sound to the greater indie-rock community. That’s one of the advantages of recording an album in…
Listening to Peaches is a lot like dating that girl who loves to flash her tits. When you’re too drunk to know better, she’s endlessly entertaining. But in the light of morning, you always find yourself feeling dirty. But what do you expect from a 40-year-old woman whose artistic output…
Gabe Saporta lifted the severed head of his one-time idol and mentor into the air and let forth a triumphant, guttural cry. “Behold! The beast, Pete Wentz!” Saporta roared, eliciting awestruck cheers from the mob of admirers spread below him on the White House’s south lawn. Eyes twinkling with cold…
How’s this for a lazy Sunday-afternoon experience? Hang out with Power 98.3 personality Karlie Hustle and the hottie divas of the Fresh Fiends on the funky and laid-back patio of Padre’s Modern Mexican Cuisine, 1044 East Camelback Road, while resident DJs M2 and Tricky T spin downtempo, hip-hop, electro, and old…
Here’s what some critics say about Dave Longstreth and the rest of Dirty Projectors: Although vastly complex, some of their work is nearly un-listenable. It’s too busy, too demanding, or just flat-out too peculiar. Here’s what I say: That sort of talk is beyond stupid. Calling the Projectors’ work anything…
A few years ago, the great Alan Jackson and the incomparable George Strait, the true standard-bearers of tradition in contemporary country music, recorded a tune called “Murder on Music Row,” in which they blamed the suits in Nashville for killing traditional country music and offered this scathing refrain: “The steel…
THURSDAY 22 Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays with DJ Phlava vs. DJ Dark Vader (reggae, hip-hop) Bomberos: Rani G., dk.stricker, & more (lounge, house) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cherry Lounge: UK Thursdays with Reid Speed, Amen Ra, HavocNdeeD, & more (dubstep, grime, drum ‘n’ bass, garage, ghettotech) Club Red: The Blunt…
There’s got to be something nice to say about Steely Dan. I just have no idea what it is. If you’re like me, you probably knew two songs by them — “Reelin’ in the Years” and “Do It Again” — until about a year ago, when Rock Band included “Bodhisattva”…
Every zombie walk and kitschy zombie indie comedy is milking the zombiemania cash cow. However, the films that paved the way still get little recognition, which is a darn shame.These films explore just what a human can do under apocalyptic circumstances and how far people will go to survive. Also,…
Let it never be said that there’s never anything rad to do in Phoenix, especially since there’s an overabundance of awesome events going down this evening. Not only are Shane MacGowan and the Pogues visiting Tempe tonight, but the Monsters of Folk Tour will be hitting the Orpheum and Valient…
Here are just a few of the scenes I witnessed last night at the Gogol Bordello concert at the Maruquee: Complete strangers linked arms like brothers and can-caned in a circle pit while avoiding incoming moshers. Lead singer Eugene Hutz at one point used not one but two microphones to…
Maybe it’s just that we’ve run not one but two think pieces on the concept of and criteria for “supergroups” in the last month, but I became physically ill upon seeing the headline over The Arizona Republic’s review of U2’s show in Glendale last night.”Supergroup U2 delivers in Glendale,” it…
[jump] Granted, West isn’t exactly most people’s favorite person right now, especially after his little shit-fit at the VMAs this September. Then the news came that his “Fame Kills” Tour with Lady Gaga was no more, due to the fact that West needed to take a break from the limelight –…
How was last night’s U2 show at The University of Phoenix Stadium? Well, I slaved over a review here but why take a critic’s word for it when you can consult the twittersphere.And the Twittersphere says…. cdaukas: Traffic is bad. U2 is good. Almost there. So, yeah, that’s pretty much…
There’s something inherently incongruous about the serene, relentlessly thoughtful music U2 made at its creative peak and the stadium-sized spectacle that came to Glendale last night. Sure, the band has been one of the few extant rock acts capable of (nearly) selling-out football fields for two decades, but I still…
Local indie band Dear and the Headlights has been tapped to play a Red Bull Soundclash show with SoCal Rock/rap/reggae outfit The Dirty Heads on November 4 at Marquee Theatre. You can get a pretty good feel for the event from the above video or read this blurb from the…
Wow, has it really been two decades since The Black Crowes released their debut album Shake Your Money Maker? Just about, kids, that disc dropped in January 1990. Almost 20 years later, the Crowes are many things to many people, depending on when you came to their party: classic rock…
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Band: The Green Lady Killers, an all-girl garage rock trio from Phoenix. Record: Just Fine LP. Basics: There are a bazillion garage rock grrl bands to compare these ladies to, any of which would undoubtedly raise hackles from someone citing some small difference between The GLKs and the other band…
We’ve got some fantastic slideshows up this week, we really do. So while our co-workers were watching the clock all weekend, making sure to show up on time for the big events, we decided to just take it easy and bar hop on our own schedule. Yes, we’re the lucky…
[jump] White stated, “I don’t know if Tom Waits and Bob Dylan are as authentic as I think they are. Perhaps they’re not.” The kicker to his comment came when he added, “Sometimes you start thinking that maybe Britney Spears or someone like that who’s doing exactly what they want to…
