Sadly, Phoenix is not getting Wilco this summer, as the band decided to take their extraordinary show to Tucson, but we’re getting a pretty good consolation prize in Son Volt/Cowboy Junkies at the Mesa Arts Center on July 14. Tickets go on sale May 5 and will cost $40/$35. Old-timey…
We almost hesitate to tell you what we did this past Saturday night.And this time, it’s not because we happened to drink too much or stumble in our heels or run our mouths to people we hardly know (even though those things did, indeed happen).No, we hesitate because we found…
Can’t get enough swine flu coverage? Thought maybe reading a music blog would offer you an opportunity to get away from the media blitz surrounding the fervor? Well, such is the nature of the beast that the swine flu has now affected concerts, forcing cancellations all across Mexico and even…
MTVu has Miniature Tigers’ video for Cannibal Queen” up on their web site for a contest called “The Freshman.” Vote for it here. They could use a little love, facing an unimpressed MTVu commentator:”I started off enjoying this video and thought, “well it’s getting the strongest reaction out of me…
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First Friday in Photos Local music was the focus of First Friday on May 1, 2009. Back Ted N-Ted hit up Roosevelt Row for an outside gig, while local favs What Laura Says, and Dry River Yacht Club battled it out for band supremacy at Phoenix Art Museum. See more shots…
Local music was the focus of First Friday on May 1, 2009. Back Ted N-Ted hit up Roosevelt Row for an outside gig, while local favs What Laura Says, and Dry River Yacht Club battled it out for band supremacy at Phoenix Art Museum. See more shots in our First…
In the disorganized menagerie of music and art that you’ll find at a typical Phoenix First Friday, I’ve found that it’s usually best to show up without plans and let the muse lead you. Friday night I showed up with a mission, though: See Back Ted N-Ted at Lost Leaf…
In this week’s cover story, “Desert Chills,” we reported on local comic book writer and horror enthusiast Brian Pulido’s first full-length feature film, The Graves, which was shot on location in Vulture Mine near Wickenburg. Pulido’s story of two goth geek sisters and their fateful trip to a freaky Arizona…
Want to get wasted with some local bands? Vistalance, a local metal band, will be hosting a night of Drunken Debauchery called Las Bandas Borrachas – which translates to ‘the drunken bands’ – Saturday, May 9 at Tempe’s Club Red. The bands will perform sloshed from start to finish, which…
Someone better call in Mulder and Scully, because there’s gonna be a UFO sighting going down during tonight’s First Friday in downtown Phoenix. Or at least, that’s what the people at the Firehouse (1015 North First Street) are saying is gonna happen. According to Firehouse artist-in-residence Michael 23, the unidentified…
This week’s show announcements have a little of everything, including two of the finest purveyors of good ol’ boy drinking music you’ll find: George Thorogood and the Destroyers are set to play Celebrity at the end of July, Toby Keith comes to town in August. Surprisingly, even considering the desparity…
[jump] FRIDAY, MAY 1: Tomcat Courtney[blues]8 p.m., $7Rhythm Room, 1019 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, 602-265-4842. DJ Matt DareyWith Sean Essex, & Brook B[trance/house]9 p.m., $5-$20Myst, 7340 E. Shoeman Ln., Scottsdale, 480-970-5000. Bruce Fine[comedy]8 & 10 p.m., $10-$12The Comedy Spot, 7117 E. Third Ave., Scottsdale, 480-945-4422. Jim Florentine[comedy]8 p.m.., $20Club…
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According to our man Murph’s blog So Much Silence, Baltimore indie-folk act Wye Oak is coming to Stinkweeds tonight.The show starts at 7 p.m. and costs $5. So Much Silence has a downloadable track and more info on the band…
Our friends over at Electric Mustache have been following Wilco news like the old No Depression zine circa 1997. They’ve got news about the name of Wilco’s new album — turns out it’s Wilco (the album) — and a free downloadable track, called “Jolly Banker.” They’ve also got a full…
Not only does Back Ted N-Ted have a kickass poster for this First Friday show at The Lost Leaf, the band also has new music up on their MySpace. “Loose Control” sounds a little like the stuff Ryan Breen produced for Medic Droid, formerly of Modern Art Records, while “Parks…
Yes, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Louisiana-bred indie act that’s been broken up for a decade, has dispatched an e-mail asking for help. And, since I’m something of an Elephant 6 fan boy, I immediately made a mental pledge to assist in any way I could.Turns out I’ll be voting to…
Jobing.Com Arena is offering limited pre-sale tickets to P!nk’s headlining concert at the arena – slated for Sunday, Sept. 20 – at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 30. The pre-sale ends 10 p.m. Friday, May 1. The password for pre-sale tickets is 1FUNHOUSE in honor of the rocker’s Funhouse Tour. There…
In what has to be the biggest music news since the band formed in 1995, Creed has reunited. All four members are back at it, including lead singer/public drunkard Scott Stapp, since they parted ways in 2004. But wait, the good news doesn’t stop there, Valley rock fans. That’s right,…
Even with all his self-professed shortcomings, shock jock Howard Stern was bound to be tied to a porno movie someday. And while the “Howard Stern Porno” doesn’t actually star Stern, it does feature actors in Stern masks having sex in the DJ’s chair at his old WXRK studios, before he…
During his tenure on American Idol, Matt Giraud was like the Little Dueling Piano Player Who Could: Snubbed by the voting public in the Top 36, the judges made him one of their “judges choice” picks for the Top 13. Then, when he finally got voted off two weeks ago…
