LOS DIAS DE LA CRESCENT DAY TWO @ CRESCENT BALLROOM | 8/18/12 The party continued to rock local on night two of Los Dias de la Crescent, adding the Latin flair that’s inescapable in Arizona. Saturday night’s set showed that the flag placement, Chicano-inspired art and official state color hues…
LOS DIAS DE LA CRESCENT @ CRESCENT BALLROOM | 8/17/12I challenge anyone who thinks that Phoenix has a faltering music scene to go to the second night of Los Dias de la Crescent tonight. Go ahead, I dare you. You’ll most likely see that this so-called Tempe versus Phoenix rivalry…
Curious about what’s going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don’t fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend…
See also: Hank Williams III Rips the Rulebook to ShredsHank Williams III @ Marquee Theatre| August 15, 2012 “The kind of country I hear nowadays is a bunch of fuckin’ shit to me.” That lyric from Hank Williams III’s “Dick in Dixie” sums up his performance Wednesday night at Marquee…
Daniel Hart @ Trunk Space| 8/14/12 Perhaps the New Times staff ought to add a new review classification– something along the lines of “You Shoulda Seen It.” Unfortunately, Daniel Hart’s performance last night at the Trunk Space would fall into that category…
Piñata Protest @ Rhythm Room | 8/14/12 See also: Los Tigres del Norte, Wild Horse Pass Casino, 8/3/12 Much as in the United States, Mexican music is very regional. Our border brothers in the northern Mexican states for example, have a predisposition for accordion-filled norteños, while rural areas are known…
Nashville Pussy @ Rhythm Room| 8/13/12 After last night, I can’t get enough Nashville Pussy. I have a confession. I’ve fallen in love with almost every female guitarist I’ve ever seen. Last night was as good as it gets. Guitarist Ruyter Suys — pronounced “rider sighs” — wails on her…
Christopher VictorioStevie Wonder at Outside Lands.The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. See also: Metallica @ Outside Lands See also: KISS/Motley Crue @ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion See also: Reubens Accomplice @ Crescent Ballroom See also: Neil Young @…
METALLICA @ OUTSIDE LANDS | 8/11/12 Metallica, headlining Saturday night of the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, proved just about as huge and satisfying and powerful as Metallica can be in 2012. With a greatest-hits setlist, a small war’s worth of explosives and pyrotechnics, and a…
Yeah, yeah, yeah…we get it Mondays suck (we’ve read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week…
Christopher VictorioMetallica at San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival.METALLICA @ OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL | 8/11/12 The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. Metallica, headlining Saturday night of the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, proved just about…
Christopher VictorioNeil Young and Crazy Horse last night at Outside Lands Festival.The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, by Ian Port, at our sister paper, SF Weekly. See also: More Outside Lands Festival news from SF Weekly While he’s putting everything into a solo, Neil…
Reubens Accomplice, Jim Adkins, Roar Crescent Ballroom Friday, August 10, 2012 See also: Reubens Accomplice Returns With Sons of Men (Download) See also: Does Reubens Accomplice’s I Blame the Scenery Hold Up More Than a Decade Later? See also: The Full Jim Adkins/Roar/Reubens Accomplice Slideshow It’s not like Reubens Accomplice…
KISS and Motley Crue Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion Friday, August 10, 2012 See also: KISS and Makeup: 8 Male Makeup Icons See also: KISS/Crue Openers The Treatment Make American Rock ‘n’ Roll (But Hail From England) See also: The Full KISS/Crue Slideshow A few things are guaranteed at a KISS/Mötley…
The best punchlines are the ones that you don’t see coming. In 2009, New York-based Venezuelan funk/dance outfit Los Amigos Invisibles thought they were being pretty slick when they decided to try and shed their underground Alternative Latin act image, putting out a record chock-full of uplifting pop rhythms. But…
Curious about what’s going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don’t fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend…
Agalloch, Taurus, and Rituals Rhythm Room Wednesday, August 8 See also: Agalloch: Folk-Metal Conjurers See also: Six Desert Metal Bands You Should Be Listening To Though the Rhythm Room parking lot was near capacity and the venue itself crammed full of metalheads, there wasn’t a single display of physicality last…
See also: Arizona Hip-Hop Duo Numbers Continue Chasing Paper with New Album Well, I felt sheepish Tuesday night. When Phoenix rapper I.P. (from local hip-hop duo Numbers) sent me a heads-up about a Tuesday-night show going on at The Lost Leaf, I figured a few loyal followers would make their…
Nicki Minaj Comerica Theatre Tuesday, August 7, 2012 See also: The full Nicki Minaj @ Comerica Theatre slideshow See also: Nick Minaj’s 10 Best Rap Lines See also: Nicki Minaj’s Twitter Haters and Fans React to her Pink Friday Tour When I saw Nicki Minaj open for Britney Spears last…
See also: Lollapalooza Suspended, Resumed After Dangerous Weather Conditions See also: 10 Things Your Lollapalooza Outfit Says About You By Reed Fischer Ready for some GIFs? To quote Ozzy Osbourne, “I can’t fucking hear you!” I said, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME GIFS?! This past weekend’s running of Lollapalooza in…
Iron Maiden Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion Monday, August 6 See the full Iron Maiden @ AFHSP slideshow. See also: Deep Purple Tribute: Iron Maiden, Metallica, More Salute Keyboardist Jon Lord See also: Six Desert Metal Bands You Need to Hear See also: Iron Maiden Put on Awesome Show for the…
See also: Filardo, “I Can Love You More” See also: Key Losers’ Katy Davidson: “Phoenix Is Way Cooler than Portland, In a Lot of Ways.” Discussing the inspiration behind his new dark pop outfit Bouquet, Tempe songwriter Tom Filardo says the idea is fairly literal: a number of self-contained contributions…
