Concerts

Here are our picks for the best concerts in Phoenix this weekend. For more options, visit our comprehensive concert calendar…

In an age when the Internet immediately determines the popularity of an artist, it seems presumptuous to heap the hype on a musician after releasing just one song. After listening to the malaise-filled anthemic “Stuck In The South” by Nashville-based artist Adia Victoria, the song legitimizes the practice of being…

With seemingly every alternative rock band of note reunited to dolefully tour the classics, Los Angeles band Fishbone remains a vital exception to the “play the hits” rule. For 33 years, the group has experimented and evolved, incorporating influences including ska, punk, hardcore, psychedelic rock, soul, funk, reggae, and jazz…

Friday night’s South by South Roosevelt festival in the older neighborhood (older as in less gentrified) went off without a hitch but Saturday night was apparently alright for fighting, as one perturbed neighbor, intent on playing Mr. Wilson to SXSR’s Dennis the Menace, started complaining about the noise to police…

On any given weeknight in Phoenix, at least one band covers Eric Clapton’s “Crossroads” (probably without giving ASCAP a dime). The song is a blues-rock masterpiece, adaptable to the widest range of skill levels, and well known and catchy enough to please even the most mainstream of tastes. Tuesday night…

Viva PHX has announced its schedule, giving a pretty complete picture of who’s going to be playing where during the festival, which will all but dominate downtown Phoenix on Saturday, March 14. Check it out…

Seeing Cursive perform its seminal 2003 record, The Ugly Organ, in its entirety is a dream come true for most fans. The album arguably is the band’s best work (with Domestica coming in a close second), and The Ugly Organ is the last record to feature cellist Gretta Cohn. The…

Hope you enjoyed the wonderful weather this past weekend in the Valley. Here are our concert picks this weekend. Be sure to check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options…

Bob Seger was on to something when he wrote “You can come back, baby / rock ‘n’ roll never forgets” because he and the Silver Bullet Band were greeted by a sold-out crowd last night at Gila River Arena in Glendale. Fans not only never forgot about Detroit’s original badass…

It’s a good time to be a music fan in Phoenix with disposable income. Over the next few weeks things are going to get busy, what with a dozen or so festivals slated to hit the Valley in the next eight weeks. Call these next few weeks the calm before…

Yes, the man behind commercially ubiquitous songs like “Old Time Rock and Roll” and “Like a Rock” is coming to Phoenix this week. Bob Seger’s legacy includes 17 studio albums that have gone platinum 20 times, a co-writing credit on the Eagles hit “Heartache Tonight,” and countless, mind-boggling numbers of…

I’m unable to decouple Riff Raff, the rapper, from the character of “Alien,” as played by James Franco in Harmony Korine’s 2012 film Spring Breakers. This is not an uncommon thing, as even Riff Raff himself is insistent that the character is not just inspired by him, but is him,…

The Marquee Theatre was packed from wall to wall Friday night when the pale emperor Marilyn Manson paid a visit to the Valley in front of a sold-out crowd. Half of the fun of attending a Manson show is that you just never know what you’re gonna get out of…

Happy Valentine’s Day weekend. Here are seven shows, with varying degrees of hearts and chocolates, to enjoy this weekend…

It’s Monday, and you’re probably ready for the weekend. We get it. Until you get there, here are our concert picks for this week’s school nights. For many more options, check out our comprehensive concert calendar…

Nika Rosa Danilova, better known to her fans as Zola Jesus, walked onstage Friday night at Crescent Ballroom and slowly raised her arms in a style reminiscent of the savior as depicted in the Catholic faith. The soothing blue stage lights turned a deep crimson as she danced wildly to…

Here are our concert picks for this weekend. Be sure to check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options. Snake! Snake! Snakes!, The Redemptions, The Desert Beats, The Echo Bombs – Friday, February 6 – Tempe Tavern Formed in 2010 following the dissolution of electro-dance band The Analog Society,…

Look, we understand if you spent all of last weekend locked inside your house. We can’t blame you in the slightest, considering all the madness surrounding that whole football thing. Now that its past, we wholeheartedly emerging from you self-imposed exile and getting out, especially if it involves seeing some…

There was nothing remotely positive about DirecTV Super Fan Fest last night. Nothing. In my ever so humble opinion literally, LITERALLY, every single thing about DirecTV’s event is either insulting, stupid, overpriced or bad, and it made me feel like I needed to apologize to Bonnaroo and Coachella for blasting…

Would you stand in the rain for four hours with no shelter, only to know that your night would be topped off with getting your car stuck in the mud, in a two-and-a-half hour traffic jam — just to see Calvin Harris? Most people wouldn’t, but I did, and I…

Saguaros, roadrunners and palo verde trees rarely call country music to mind for most aficionados of the genre. For Chelsea Bain, the Arizona-raised 25-year-old country artist who’s made waves with her single “James Dean,” it’s the desert that’s most conducive to her upbringing and music, that inspires her most. She’s…

It’s Super Bowl weekend, and that means there is a massive amount of concerts and parties to attend, should you either know the right people or have the right job. That said, we’ve tried to pick out some non-Super events this week as well, but unfortunately, unless you’re rolling in…