There is no better venue for eclectic taste than Trunk Space, but Saturday night’s 10 Years of Gilgongo Records show was extremely motley, even by their standards. This is all due to the refined, diverse tastes of James Fella, who runs the label out of his home. It’s almost hard…
“Whoop! Whoop! That’s the sound of the police!” KRS-One had some major vocal backup on Thursday night at the Yucca Tap Room. As the bombastic boom-bap of the rap legend’s 1993 single, “Sound of the Police,” blares through the sound system of the Tempe rock bar, a horde of close…
Here are our picks for the weekend’s best musical entertainment. Be sure to check our comprehensive concert calendar for more options…
‘Tis the season for something. Whether you unironically don an ugly Christmas sweater and embrace the holidays or spend December bitching about consumerism and the inherent shallowness of modern society, there’s something about the last month of the year you’re doing differently. If you can spare the dough from your…
Get ready, jam band fans. Your demigods, Widespread Panic, are coming in just a few short months. Concert organizers announced the lineup of the McDowell Mountain Music Festival over the weekend. On top of the bill are Widespread Panic, the jam band legends. Joining them are Passion Pit, Thievery Corporation,…
Plenty to do this weekend. Check out our concert picks below, and browse our comprehensive concert calendar for many more options…
“Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies” is a lyric I could go my whole life without hearing again. It’s not that it isn’t a catchy little piece of an innocuous pop/rock song. Christine McVie’s lyric is exactly that, but I just don’t like it. I also hate myself…
Let’s get this out of the way first: This tour only has Ryan Adams and Jenny Lewis playing. Yes, there are Rilo Kiley songs. Yes, there are songs from Heartbreaker. Yes, the show is almost three and a half hours. And, yes, if you’re going to pull out your iPhone…
The Thanksgiving-to-Christmas stretch is always light on concerts, since many touring acts take that month off and many fans choose to stay home and focus on the busy lead-up to the end of the year. While there’s not much going on, the shows you do go to will be populated…
It’s a slow weekend in Phoenix, but there are still some options to get your music fix. Check out our picks here, and visit our comprehensive concert listings for more options…
Young Jeezy’s performance at downtown Phoenix’s The Pressroom Saturday night was absolutely stunning. Almost a decade after his major label debut Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, the 37-year-old Georgia based rapper with the raspy voice is still one of the most entertaining performers in the game. Jeezy is one…
A new month, a new slate of shows to tide you over until the new year. Check out our recommendations, and browse our comprehensive concert listings for more options…
Hope your Thanksgiving was full of all sorts of delicious. Burn it off by dancing at one of these concerts, and check out our comprehensive concert calendar for more options…
Is the sign that there are multiple parties happening on Thanksgiving in Phoenix a sign of a city that has come of age? After all, only quaint small towns really shut down completely on Turkey Day, and if retailers have to work Thursday night, why not the employees of music…
Phoenix music seems to breed more weird acts than American Horror Story: Freak show, and the Trunk Space very often acts as its circus tent. Things were odd at the Trunk Space for Man-Cat’s album release from the very beginning. Protesters arrived at the venue early and set up life-size…
There was a moment at the Primus concert last night at Orpheum Theatre when bassist Les Claypool left the stage and came back wearing a mask, joining the droning groove his bandmates Larry “Ler” LaLonde (guitar) and Tim “Herb” Alexander (drums) were maintaining. The audience gave a raucous cheer. At…
Dias de la Crescent at Civic Space Park was an overwhelming success in many ways. But the most impressive might be that the main draw for the estimated 3,500 people who attended the festivities were local bands. Locals playing the park included Phoenix heavyweights Black Carl and Dry River Yacht…
Before we go on to the picks for this week, let’s reflect on the events of this past weekend. Phoenix hosted Dias de la Crescent, a massive outdoor festival that walled off Civic Space Park and attracted thousands (one estimate said 3,500) people of all ages and walks of life,…
In true Slayer fashion, there was no sanctuary for anyone within earshot when the band came through town for a killer show along with Suicidal Tendencies and Exodus this past Saturday night. Yes, some might only assume that Comerica Theatre was overrun with fighting and headbanging boozers and lowlifes. Others…
Crossing our fingers, but we haven’t heard a single Christmas song yet. We hope the holiday hasn’t yet entered your ears either, and to keep it that way, here are six suggestions for great music to hear this weekend that won’t make you want to strangle yourself with tinsel. For…
The crowd at Gila River Arena in Glendale began to cheer before Judas Priest even took the stage. Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” played overhead and the audience, tuned into a frequency only they could hear, knew that one of the most prominent and distinguished metal band of the last 40…
I’m not a Phoenix guy. I am from the great state of New Jersey, and I have been around the block a little bit, and I must say that Phoenix does weird better. The Pizza Underground came through the Rhythm Room with Har Mar Superstar and Candy Boys on Wednesday…
