For Pete Bernhard, one of the guitarists and the primary singer for The Devil Makes Three, the process of creating the band’s most recent album, I’m a Stranger Here, was surprising. It was the first time the trio did not produce the record themselves (country singer Buddy Miller took the…
As a regular solo act at San Tan Flat in Queen Creek, Mike Easterday puts on a country performance that tends to get people out of their seats and onto the dance floor. During his shows, the 27-year-old country musician sings an array of country covers, from Garth Brooks to…
So, how was your weekend? Ours was a pretty busy one as we attended a slew of shows, concerts, and gigs around Metro Phoenix, starting off with George’s Strait’s swan song at US Airways Center on Friday and concluding with White Denim’s well-attended performance last night at the Crescent Ballroom…
White Denim Crescent Ballroom 2/10/14 You could say that White Denim has had a great week. They performed on Conan last Thursday, and then they played two sold-out shows at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. And then they hit Phoenix on a Monday night for a packed concert at Crescent…
What happens when you take 20 well-known (to varying degrees) local musicians, shuffle them around, and give them only 10 hours to start a band? Crescent Ballroom decided to find out, hosting the Phoenix Rock Lottery on Sunday night. Not only was this a pretty damn cool idea, it benefited…
Stone Sour Marquee Theatre 2/9/14 Generally, when singers of huge bands decide to launch side projects or go back to rekindle the rock ‘n’ roll romance of bands they started before hitting the big time, it’s because they don’t like having time off, have material that doesn’t quite fit into…
Want to get in a show this week? There are plenty of concerts over the next five days around Metro Phoenix to choose from, as you can see for yourself by viewing our extensive online concert listings. And we’re fairly certain that there’s something for everyone, regardless of your particular…
Slapshot Yucca Tap Room 2/7/14 As the winds of fate would have it, of all the places for Boston’s Slapshot to land in the Sonoran landscape, the infamous Tempe watering hole Yucca Tap Room is where the Massachusetts straight edge legends returned to the desert last night after a 20-year…
George Strait US Airways Center 2/7/2014 How many songs does an artist have to play to make a great concert? 15? That’s pretty sub-par for a headliner, but some acts skate by on it. 20? There are many renowned tenured musicians who operate at that number. With a reputation in…
If you’ve been waiting for the venue schedules and lineups for the Viva PHX to be announced, said wait is now over. Stateside Presents, which is co-promoting the one-night downtown Phoenix music festival on Friday, March 7, with New Times, released the set times and locations this afternoon. Better start…
When you listen to Mind Over Matter, the new album from Young the Giant, it is impossible not to notice the different energy coursing through the band’s collective vein. With his throaty cries, frontman Sameer Gadhia sounds as if he’s expelling personal demons, and Mind undeniably is more propulsive than…
Hear that? It’s the clock counting down the hours until your weekend begins and it’s nearing the magic moment known as quitting time. To help the time pass more quickly, you might consider what it is you’ll actually be doing during the next couple days and nights of work-free bliss…
Without using too much hyperbole, there is an outstanding number of great concerts happening this month — and they represent a wide variety of genres and styles. The offerings ain’t just indie and alt-folk, but also include upcoming shows by rock royalty (Pixies, Cibo Matto), a king of country (George…
Despite the chill in the air, many of you have been champing at the bit to slip on a wifebeater, draw Xs on the back of your hands, and slam-dance to classic East Coast hardcore and old-school straight-edge thrash. When Boston’s Slapshot makes its first trip to the desert in…
Those who have come to know The Motet as an Afro-centric band should be happy with the band’s directional shift on its eponymous new album. While the African influences that gave the Boulder, Colorado, group its footing in the 1990s can still be heard, The Motet has morphed into a…
What did you wind up doing this past weekend? Yeah, we’re sure in all likelihood that y’all took time out to watch the big game (and that big, lopsided slaughter that went along with it) or attending one of the many parties being thrown in its honor. We got to…
Want to get in a show this week? There are plenty of concerts over the next five days around Metro Phoenix to choose from, as you can see for yourself by viewing our extensive online concert listings. And we’re fairly certain that there’s something for everyone, regardless of your particular…
TKLB? F-Bom Residency Long Wong’s 1/31/14 Kalen Lander, known to many in the local music scene as TKLB?, wrapped up his Friday “F-Bom” residency at Long Wong’s Tempe last night, and it was quite the epic finale. The Tempe indie rapper, who’s the brother of The Sugar Thieves’ Mikel Lander,…
Weezer Coors Light Birds Nest at Waste Management Phoenix Open 1/30/14 As the famous 20th Century Fox fanfare played and the lights dimmed inside the Coors Light Birds Nest at the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Friday night, the crowd might have expected Weezer to greet them with all the…
In case you’ve been avoiding the Internet the past several days, thanks for coming back. Now let’s catch up: The Grammys went down on Sunday night (with all the schwag such an industry fete entails) and people are talking about it. While much of the post-Grammy discussion has centered on…
Jake Owen Coors Light Birds Nest at Waste Management Phoenix Open 1/30/14 Country music fans definitely know a thing or two about having a good time — and Thursday night’s concert by Jake Owen inside the Coors Light Birds Nest at the Waste Management Phoenix Open was no exception. Everyone…
Hear that? It’s the clock counting down the hours until your weekend begins and it’s nearing the magic moment known as quitting time. To help the time pass more quickly, you might consider what it is you’ll actually be doing during the next couple days and nights of work-free bliss…
