We’ve checked out the calendar, and musically, it seems like summer is coming to end. Musically, at least. From here on out, there are a steady diet of great shows coming to town. Check out our picks below, and browse our comprehensive concert listings if you’d like more options…
Though not obvious, the connection is strong between punk and country music. Both genres can be rough around the edges, feature bad-boy frontmen, and contain songs about societal woes. Hank Williams III has turned his country music into a thrashing, moshing affair. Less outwardly abrasive, but no less fun, is…
By Keith Plocek This week, 68,000 revelers will descend on Nevada’s remote Black Rock Desert. (That is, assuming the rain lets up.) They will travel from Los Angeles, London, Melbourne, Mexico City, and places you’ve never heard of. They will take part in the temporary city that is Burning Man…
Has Tony Bennett ever played a bad show? It would be hard to find anyone who attended such a mediocre performance in the 50-plus years the man has been recording, let alone have it documented in print. Truthfully, it doesn’t seem possible. The 88-year-old legend came out dressed to the…
Keep going, y’all — the end of summer is almost here. And by that, we mean that the officially recognized transition into the season known as the fall will take place in less than a month’s time. Anyone who’s lived in the Valley longer than five minutes, however, knows that…
Locals shine this weekend. Wooden Indian, Playboy Manbaby, and Thin Bloods are all releasing albums, so there are plenty of ways to support local arts these next few days. We’ve sifted through the listings and selected five shows worthy of checking out this week. If you’d like to double-check our…
Your favorite band played for only an hour. Not an hour and 15 minutes. The big hand went around the clock just once. No further. The content of the show review below won’t matter to anyone who saw Interpol at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe in person. You left that…
Check out our picks for the best shows happening in Phoenix this week. Don’t forget the browse our comprehensive music listings if you’d like more options…
These days, The Burning of Rome frontman Adam Traub is a happy man. His band’s self-described “Jesus and Mary Chain doing a spaghetti Western” style is fully realized on the Burning of Rome’s new album, Year of the Ox (Surfdog Records), and in the last year, the band has shared…
Billy Joe Shaver slides out of his battered white Ford Econoline van with surprisingly agility for a man celebrating his 75th birthday tonight. There’s already a small crowd gathered around the outside of The Satellite in Los Angeles, an unlikely venue for such an act and such an evening, but…
Sure, the pickings are a little slim this weekend for live music. But there’s still some great stuff around town, so check out our selections if you need a little help choosing what to do. And if you want a more comprehensive list, be sure to visit our full concert…
While waiting for Paul McCartney to start his set Tuesday night at US Airways Center, I tried to think of living and performing musicians who are irrefutably rock legends (metal bands purposefully excluded). I came up with The Who, Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Rush, and The Beach…
The old joke is to say one likes both types of music: country and Western. That’s not easy anymore. There still are two types, only now it’s run-of-the-mill, generic pop country, or cliché-free, from-the-heart-because-the-song-matters country. Texas singer-songwriter Bart Crow falls into the latter category. “I feel like I’ve got my…
When I got in the door to Funny World, I asked Space-Alien Donald how he was doing. “I have music,” he said. “So I’m happy.” And it turned out, it indeed was a good night for music. A great night actually, from a variety of weird backgrounds from all over…
Typically held in August, the D-Low show is a double-edged sword for many of us. It is both celebration and painful reminder wrapped in a tremendous rock ‘n’ roll show that Dana “D-Low” Wells, son (and stepson) of Gloria and Max Cavalera would have loved. For the uninitiated, Dana was…
7 Seconds recently released its first album in nearly a decade, and the band is back with a vengeance. The new album Leave a Light on harkens back to the band’s signature ’80s hardcore punk sound and positive themes. “It’s an everyday process, it’s not something that you just pick…
The countdown to the end of summer is here. In just five weeks, summer will be over, and so will the city of Phoenix’s annual indoor exile. Time flies when having fun, so check out these concerts as a way to get all Flux Capacitor on the most hated of…
The Monumentour was an apt name for bringing together pop-punk behemoths Paramore and Fall Out Boy for a mega-co-headlining concert. The veteran bands, both more than 10 years old, showed off their greatest hits for an audience who had mostly grown up with them at Friday’s Ak-Chin Pavilion show. Considering…
There is a difference between a “rock star” and a “superstar,” and Justin Timberlake is a superstar. He’d been a rock star since his years with ‘N Sync touring the world and selling millions of albums. But now, in his early 30s, with decades experience performing his own catalog of…
It’s very easy to be seduced by the Nashville-based country/garage-rock quartet Those Darlins. Like a classic issue of Playboy, you pick it up because you love the cover, but you keep reading because the articles are good. The cover of their latest album, titled Blur The Line, displays the four…
Don’t be fooled by the naysayers. Those who say Phoenix doesn’t have live music options in the summer are either lying or basing their statements off of the dark days before engineers mastered central air conditioning. There’s enough music going on this weekend to keep Bomont barn-dancing for years. Here’s…
We’re officially hip deep into the time of year that’s officially know as the dog days of summer, which — if you’re not familiar with the term — refers to the most sweltering period of the season. But while the weather might be keeping your ass glued to the couch,…
