“‘Lucero got their name from a Spanish-English dictionary. They’re sort of like The Replacements, and they’ve been on the road forever.’ I think that stuff is mandatory. You know, you try to be a little informative, maybe get in one funny part or tagline or whatever, and then put where…
A lot of really hideous things can happen to you in the desert. You can be stung by a scorpion. You can get lost without any water, wander around for a couple of days, and then drop dead of dehydration. You can get sucked into quicksand. But probably the worst…
“It’s about time.” That’s probably not the answer one might expect when asking a 19-year-old guitarist in a band that’s barely a year old how he feels about signing to a national indie label, but The Word Alive’s Tony Pizzuti is no egomaniac with delusions of entitlement. He just believes…
What do we have here? Imagine the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. Now imagine Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy transformed into homosexual folk singers with flawless hairlines. Yeah, Rock the Folk OUT! is kinda like that — a confederacy of hyper-earnest singer-songwriters who have joined forces to…
Had your fill of clean-living, yoga-mat rock stars? The kind who avoid meat and alcohol like Brandy Norwood avoids brake pedals? Then go to Club Red on Saturday, when six Valley rock bands will perform as God intended: completely effing wasted. No idle promise — it’s a stone-cold guarantee. According…
A collection of observations from the Dave Matthews Bands’ performance at Cricket Wireless Pavilion, time-stamped by solo:Time: First violin solo (presumed)As DMB hit stage promptly at 8 p.m., the ticket line is not moving. The reason? A graying gentleman with a backwards Callaway ballcap, sunglasses perched on it even though…
Phoenix native Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. DJ Z-Trip) is scheduled to appear on tomorrow’s edition of the highly influential radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic, which airs weekdays on Santa Monica’s KCRW. According to the e-mail we received, Sciacca will be “taking over the turntables” during the three-hour program, which runs from…
One night. Two great slide shows. Check out these images direct from ASU’s SRC Field featuring thousands baring it all for charity. Also don’t miss these shots from Cinco central in Scottsdale. ASU Undie Run 2009 Sure, you could clean out your closet with a few Goodwill runs, but thousands…
We’re very happy to see our friends over at the Train Tracks have followed our lead and done a video with local folk singer Matthew Reveles, who first caught our eye with his excellent record, We’ll Meet Halfway, and who impressed us both in his cover of Hot Tuna for…
Roger Clyne has posted a blog entry on The Peacemakers’ website declaring that Circus Mexicus will go on a month from today, despite the Mexican Swine Flu pretendemic and the very real surge in violence along the Mexican border as federal troops battle drug cartels.Judiciously and with full knowledge of…
NME: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy responds to lawsuitElectric Mustache: ‘I kinda like Dave Matthews’Spin: Hear 6 New Green Day Songs!So Much Silence: Win tickets to see Haiku D’EtatNME: Regina Spektor reveals new album details…
The Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, is coming to Phoenix this month but, sadly, sans guitar. The conservative “Cat Scratch Fever” guitarist will appearing at the National Rifle Association’s 138th National Convention on May 16 and 17.Now, as we all know, normally the NRA likes to wait until after a…
So I think we all knew going into last night’s rock-themed episode of Idol that Danny Gokey was going to have problems. The guy is about as rock n’ roll as my grandma after hip replacement surgery (Hi Nana!). I was honestly really excited to see him make a fool…
You’re probably going to be hearing a lot more about this from us: We got a call from a local rapper, Mickey Swift, about his new video “Eff Sheriff Joe,” inspired by a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office raid on his recording studio.Apparently the MCSO received reports of a lot of…
If you’re looking for a new album to complement your collection on this Cinco de Mayo, let St. Vincent’s new Actor be just that album. Annie Clark, the driving force behind St. Vincent, has somehow outdone herself on her second LP. She combines her yearning vocals with complex and overwhelming…
Local kiddie dance-pop act Anarbor has announced a massive slate of tour dates with The Cab, The Secret Handshake, Forgive Durden and You Me and Everyone We Know, as well as a stint on Warped Tour.The Phoenix-based band has been touring pretty much non-stop since releasing Free Your Mind, their…
69 SinsG.F.Y.(Self-released)Phoenix metal act 69 Sins’ debut EP G.F.Y. doesn’t disturb me so much for what it is, as what it hints at. Though it’s a pretty standard metal CD in many ways, there are a few glimmers of what I can only describe as Bro Metal. Now, metal barely…
Stuff some cab money in your pocket, grab your dorkiest sombrero, and get ready to suck down some cerveza. It’s Cinco de Mayo and the tequila’s gonna be flowing like water today at bars, restaurants, and drinkeries throughout the Valley. Looking for a place to party? Click here to persue…
Rolling Stone: Radiohead Advised to “Split Up” Prior to “In Rainbows”Rolling Stone: “The Beatles: Rock Band” Reveals Vintage Guitars, Opens Pre-OrderPitchfork: Jay Bennett Sues Jeff Tweedy Over Wilco Royalties, DocumentaryElectric Mustache: New Site…What Do You Think?…
There aren’t many ways you can connect Sheriff Joe, Shakespeare, erect penises and puppets together. In fact, we’d be hard-pressed (no pun intended) to connect penises with any of the other three, unless Ol’ Joe ever releases a porn vid. Shudder. Anyway, now that that horrific image is burned into our brains, let…
If you’ve been trolling the streets of Scottsdale in the hopes of bumping into hometown American Idol also-ran Scott MacIntyre, at the very least now you know where to find him July 20. MacIntyre, along with the other eight runners-up and whoever the Idol winner ends up being (cough–Adam Labert–cough),…
It’s rare to see a fight at a Phoenix show. When that fight is between two girls standing outside a Scottsdale art gallery where they just witnessed a brilliant performance by a banjo-playing bluesman from Iowa? Well, that’s just weird.Yes, William Elliot Whitmore’s show at Chyro Arts was quite a…
