So, we don’t normally blog about shows outside the area, but our contributor Psyko Steve Chilton is putting a real dandy at SxSW in Austin next month. The “I Heart AZ” showcase features Dear and the Headlights, Miniature Tigers, What Laura Says, The Stiletto Formal, Kinch, Back Ted N-Ted and…
It sucks pretty hard that Tucson gets all the cool shows these days. Like Andrew Bird, who’s making a stop in the Old Pueblo this Saturday to gig at the Rialto, but won’t make a stop in Phoenix. This truly blows, since we’ve been digging on the talented singer/songwriter since…
So before we delve into Tuesday night’s episode of Idol, I need to pose one very pressing question: What the eff was Paula wearing around her neck?! Abdul has worked some pretty funky neckwear over the span of Idol, but this particular piece of hardware takes the proverbial cake. It looked…
From The Daily Swarm:Independent artists and labels had a banner year at the 2009 Grammy Awards winning 56 of the 110 awards given or just over 50% of the total prizes.Most of this is simply major artists releasing music independently of the big four major labels. But Album of the…
Rap star and Mary Jane-toker Snoop Dogg will bring his new variety talk show “Dogg After Dark” to MTV at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 17. The new weekly variety show, which will air on MTV for seven weeks, was filmed in an LA nightclub and features Snoop chatting up celebs…
So I’ve made a big deal out of the relentless first come-first served policy we have for You Asked For It, our weekly local CD review column, a few times before. This week, I’m breaking it. I’m only moving Kinch up one week, but I wanted to confess it up…
So we all know Phoenix is going to be brimming this weekend with all the ballers and shot-callers an NBA All-Star game usually brings with it. But between the popping of bubbly and the dunking of balls, we can all still carve out a little time for some culture, can…
Pre-sale tickets for Jack’s Mannequin’s Farther From Earth tour, slated to hit Tempe’s Marquee Theatre on Saturday, May 23, are available on the band’s Web site.The pop-rock band, which started out as a side project of Something Corporate frontman Andrew McMahon and seemed to turn into the singer/pianist’s main love,…
Ah, new music Tuesday. It’s always exciting to note what new albums come out on any given Tuesday, especially so early into the new year. While today may be a particularly slow day in the American market, one French artist has released some of 2009’s finest work to date. The…
When Verbal Kent first heard about how Sheriff Joe Arpaio paraded 200 shackled Hispanic inmates through the streets of downtown Phoenix last week, the enraged Chicago-based hip-hop artist took action immediately. Kent phoned his friends in the Valley, the promoters behind the weekly GALLERY BLU re:DEF hip-hop night at the…
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTV on the Radio – Dancing ChooseColbert Report Full EpisodesFunny Political NewsChristian Bale ParodyJoke of the DayTV on the Radio appeared on The Colbert Report on Monday night to perform their single “Dancing Choose,” off their latest album, the critically acclaimed Dear Science. This was a…
I got an e-mail from our main man Murph over at So Much Silence today expressing some concern The Flaming Lips were not going to be at McDowell Mountain Music Festival after all, despite what I reported Sunday. Don’t worry folks, while Murph is right that they aren’t listed on…
The last time Eagles of Death Metal were in town, their show was nearly unberable. Opening for The Hives at the Marquee, the band made their (now latest, then soon-to-be released) record Heart On sound so boring I almost gave up on them. “By the end, it was like watching…
Can’t say we didn’t see this coming. E! Online is reporting that Chris Brown has canceled his participation in a few of this weekend’s festivities surrounding the NBA All-Star Game. The 19-year-old R&B artist was arrested early Sunday morning in connection with an alleged assault of his main squeeze, pop…
First Friday: February 2009 Modified bikes, tasty drinks and The Love Me Nots had Phoenix’s streets covered in First Friday fans on February 6, 2009. See: shots direct from Phoenix in this First Friday Slide Show. ‘The Heart is a Drum Machine’ Draws Big, Loud Crowd For Premiere It’s not…
Those dudes are responsible for two years of drunken debauchery on the dance floor of the now defunct GLAM and we will follow their partying ways across this town as long as we’ve got legs.Speaking of having legs, we hit their newest dance party, Best Friends Forever at Club Red…
Partially-clothed but fully painted dancers reinvented artistic expression on stage at The Orpheum during the Tuaca Body Art Evolution Tour on Feb. 8, 2009. See more shots from the tour in our Tuaca Body Art Evolution Slide Show…
Latin music, in all its variations, has become one of the most popular and prominent genres in the United States over the past several years. In addition to the explosion of reggaeton, Latin music artists have crossed into mainstream music with contributions to rock and hip-hop, and many have established…
For those of you who tuned into the 51st annual Grammy Awards Sunday night, you were most likely treated to a lamely named performance of the “Rap Pack:” Jay-Z, Kanye West, T.I., and Lil’ Wayne. The four artists gave a dapper performance, no doubt flustering audiences of 40-year-olds in the Midwest…
Turns out I should go to my neighborhood hotel bars more often! Yes, that’s Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder doing U2’s “Where the Streets Have No Name” at the Best Western Dobson Ranch Inn in Mesa. Vedder was in town for the Chicago Cubs 2009 Fantasy Camp, according to Stereogum.Two…
On Friday, Tempe Music Festival announced a pretty uninspired lineup (Kid Rock, Three Doors Down) for April 3 and 4 at Tempe Beach Park. It was better than I was expecting (ahem, nothing) but it certainly didn’t pack the punch of last year’s event, headlined by Fergie and My Chemical…
Extended bikes, tasty drinks and The Love Me Nots had Phoenix’s streets covered in First Friday fans on February 6, 2009. See the antics in our First Friday Slide Show…
