By Lilia Menconi Silverio Blackout Party on Saturday, August 30th For more, take a look at our slideshow. And, yes, it happens to be muy caliente. So maybe we spent too much time in Spencer’s Gifts when we were 14-year-old mallrats, but we’ve always been suckers for black lights. Sure,…
Lohan’s blog has made headlines lately because — well, because it’s really written by Lindsay Lohan, but also because she 1) posted a tirade about her father, and 2) wrote a political blog that commented on Sarah Palin’s announcement that her unmarried 17 year-old daughter was pregnant.
By Benjamin Leatherman Hip-hop and R&B are king at Circles Records & Tapes, 800 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, as evidenced by the store’s top 10 best sellers for the week of August 25-31. Here’s what’s poppin: 1. The Game, L.A.X. (Geffen) 2. Immortal Technique, The 3rd World (Viper) 3…
This week’s review is the second release from local label Afro-Baile Records, an EP from U.K. collective Yaaba Funk.
By Jonathan McNamara We said goodbye to Summer (yeah right!) in style this weekend. Check out the plethora of summer themed parties. And just in case that isn’t enough, we’ve got a few shots from a Lucha Libre. Is there a better seasonal send off than a bunch of burly…
By Jonathan McNamara Friday: CopperCon That’s right, Phoenix. It’s time to get your geek on. Enjoy more science fiction and fantasy than you can shake your bantha stick at. Read more: “CopperCon 28” Saturday: AZ Bully Expo 2008 Saturday’s for the dogs. No, really. This Saturday, Pitbull Terriers will descend…
By Benjamin Leatherman The power was off, but the party was on at the Trunk Space. Better than: Watching Colorstore in the middle of a hurricane. “Holy shit! What the hell is going on outside!?!” This profanity-laced exclamation was uttered by yours truly at around 10 p.m. last night as…
By Benjamin Leatherman Labor Day weekend is upon us, which means three straight days and nights of potential partying before you’re required to return to the rat race on Tuesday. As such, this week’s edition of the weekend concert calendar includes what’s scheduled for Monday, September 1. As always, click…
Thomas Ian Nicholas: Saturday, August 30, at Cave Creek Coffee Company By Clay McNear Okay, I’m gonna throw a bunch of names at you and ask you to tell me the common denominator: Steven Seagal, Zooey Deschanel, John Corbett, Scott Baio, Kevin Bacon, Leif Garrett, Russell Crowe, Tony Danza, Jennifer…
The Metal Masters Tour rolled through the Valley last night, with a bill that boasted four titans of heavy metal: Testament, Motörhead, Heaven & Hell, and Judas Priest. Unfortunately, Testament hit the stage at 5:30 and I was stuck in traffic on the I-10 W until about 6. When I arrived at the venue, Motörhead had just started playing.
Here are a handful of shows that were just announced this week.
This week’s “Flier of the Week” is for a show tonight featuring O Pioneers!!! and Andrew Jackson Jihad. In case you don’t recognize him by now, the surly mug on the flier belongs to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. We particularly like the SS-style lightning bolts shooting out of his eyes.
By Jonathan McNamara If there’s one thing we don’t like it’s people referring to Wednesday as “hump day.” Very annoying. Luckily the cats and kittens out and about last night were of a sort that knows better. They referred to Wednesday as a night to go chill at George and…
By Steve Jansen Earlier this week, the group formerly known as the Phoenix Bach Choir announced that they have changed their name to the Phoenix Chorale. Along with the more contemporary-friendly sounding moniker comes a slick new logo (as seen above) and a cool redesigned Web site that is still…
THURSDAY 28 Axis/Radius: Red Bull Thursdays with DJ MCB (hip-hop, Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Peppermint Lounge with DJ Brazilia, DJ Mara, & guests (electro, funk) Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo (rockabilly) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Club Forbidden: Respect is Burning with DJ Tsunami, & DJ Red (Top 40, dance) Club Red:…
Portugal. The Man likes spontaneity. They also like random punctuation in the middle of their name. You could even say the Alaska-based quartet has a knack for doing things ass-backwards. For example: Even though the band writes music while on the road and works out the parameters of its live…
It’s 3 p.m. on a Saturday and I’m sitting on the floor, Indian-style, across from Teague Cullen in a Mitchell Park home that he rents out with six other 20-somethings. Behind a closed door in an adjoining room, Jen McMaster is messing around with what sounds like a clickety electronic…
Labor Day is upon us once again, so we’re paying tribute to America’s celebration of the workingman by recognizing the worst jobs in rock. They don’t get any shittier than these, boys and girls. Guns N’ Roses’ management June saw the release of nine allegedly mastered tracks from Guns N’…
A symphonic heavy metal concept double album about Nostradamus may not rank among such conceptual classics as Pink Floyd’s The Wall, David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, or the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, but when the band making Nostradamus…
This may sound pathetic to some, but I am proud to report that I made it five days, 14 hours without a drink. Zero, zilch, nada! And I have to admit: Beyond the intense sweating, short-fused temper tantrums, and sleepless nights, I felt great. So what does a confirmed Booze…
Long before steroids scandals, routine strikes (hey, it’s hard living on 175 grand a year), and the high jinks of Pete Rose and Darryl Strawberry made national news, baseball was considered America’s great national pastime. As near-religious zeal for Abner Doubleday’s invention cuts across generational lines, it’s only natural there’d…
It’s nearly laughable that this album is being marketed as “previously unreleased.” Bowie’s 1972 show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is, perhaps, one of the most-bootlegged concerts of the rock era, seen by most fans as the ultimate statement of what Bowie offered live in the ’70s. Broadcast on…
