They Twitter to tell fans what they’re doing. They use MySpace to post bulletins and blogs. And they use Buzznet to post videos and photos to let their fans in on some of their more intimate moments, from pics of their pets to videos of them on tour. These social-networking…
From the music blog run by our sister paper in Houston comes a piece on the upcoming Peter Tosh box set that’s got two DVDs documenting the ex-Wailer’s life and one CD of Tosh rarities. Ernest Barteldes, one of our freelancers, penned the piece, which has some cool videos included…
Yes, it’s Tuesday again, so you know what that means: more new music. This week, I have chosen to focus my energy on The Von Bondies’ new album, Love, Hate And Then There’s You. Now I know what you’re saying: “Their last album wasn’t all that good.” You’re right, it wasn’t…
Langerado, an annual music festival in Miami, has announced it’s canceling its 2009 event because of sluggish ticket sales. The festival, which has been going since 2003, had problems beyond the economy, having moved from a rural Indian reservation where a legendary Phish show happened to downtown and booking indie…
On Sunday, the New York Times ran a story on how many major-label executives fear the computer maker. Apple and the labels announced last month a deal to allow iTunes to sell music with out any DRM (digital rights management), something Jobs has long called for. In return, the labels…
Jimmy Buffett is coming to Cricket Wireless Pavilion on May 14 as part of the inimitably named “Summerzcool Tour.” Tickets go on sale next Monday at livenation.com. Expect lots of hats like those pictured above…
From our sister paper in the Twin Cities comes news that Prince is launching a new web site to… well, that’s not exactly clear, but it will definitely promote and possibly distribute Prince’s three albums due this year. The best part of this blog post? The category: The Purple One…
I recently stumbled upon “Inside Creative Minds” a great local TV show. The show is an interview show where host Tray Goodman interviews creative people in Phoenix, rather like a local version of The Charlie Rose Show. Watching most of the 18 episodes in the last week I am struck…
One last big concert announcement for the week: Flight of the Conchords will be at Dodge Theatre on May 19. The joke folk duo from New Zealand’s new season on HBO just started, so expect a few new songs from that. Tickets are $38.50 and availible through www.livenation.com…
Most of this week’s big announcements were already up here earlier this week when they broke — Modest Mouse, Bruce Springsteen — but we do have a few surprises on the next page. Like David Archuleta, the American Idol contestant who was too devoutly Mormon to sing the first verse…
With the economy in the toilet and massive layoffs occurring daily, the Coachella Music Festival, which announced its lineup today, is offering two layaway options for people wanting to purchase three-day passes and avoid paying the lump sum at once.Considering that these passes go for $269, this is a smart choice…
Rob G., a tattoo artist known for his work on celebrities such as Suns star Shaquille O’Neal, hip-hop stars G-Unit, Ice Cube, Lil Jon, and DMX, and the New England Patriots, died at his home in Orlando, Florida on Monday, January 26.
Coachella’s 2009 official lineup is officially out — as of 3:15 this morning, says Michael Lopez. Here it is: Girl Talk, Crystal Castles, The Knux, Fleet Foxes, Lupe Fiasco (that’s, in order, five of my 10 favorite records of 2008) plus The Black Keys, Late of the Pier, The Yeah…
Most of the time, this fact is blatantly true and indicative of the über-conservative “fair and balanced” news channel. For all intents and purposes, 98 percent of what is aired on Fox News is “fucked up.” However, what I am specifically referencing is Damian Abraham — lead singer of Toronto…
A couple of weeks ago, we brought you an unofficial list of acts supposedly slated for Coachella. Still no word from the promoters on who is and isn’t coming, which has stirred some angst amongst concertgoers. Now, he’s speaking up, according to our OC Weekly music blog, and he urges…
As if the news from Wall Street, Detroit, and Starbucks was not bad enough, DigitalMusicNews.com is reporting that CD sales have now fallen to less than half the number of CDs sold in their peak year, 2000. In 2008, CD sales were down 54.6 percent from 2000, or a giant…
Frank Zappa is often credited with saying, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” If describing music can’t capture the emotions music evokes, then making a movie that talks about writing music must reside somewhere between sculpting an opera and cooking with Frank Lloyd Wright. Yet there’s probably no…
As you probably know, there are two different and well-known songs called “I Kissed a Girl.” One is by upstart 24-year-old pop singer Katy Perry and became a huge hit in the summer of 2008; the other is by veteran singer-songwriter Jill Sobule and was a hit in 1995. Which…
I was lucky enough to be invited to the recent Festival of the Fuck Bands, led in a ceremonious fashion by Fucked Up’s very own Father Damian. The festival is a chance for bands worldwide to get together, discuss music and politics, and chat about how awesome they are for…
Lynyrd Skynyrd pianist Billy Powell died in his home near Jacksonville, Florida last night. He was 56 years old. While an official press statement from the band states “We have no further details,” this article from MTV.com suggests that Powell may have died from a heart attack.
Did you hear that?! Modest Mouse is coming to Tempe on February 25. Like, less than a month from now. And tickets go on sale tomorrow. The Issaquah, Washington six-piece sold out the 5,000-seat Mesa Amphitheatre in May 2007, so these tickets for a room half that size will go…
Do you see anything wrong with this display of Cardinals memorabilia at the front of the Wal-Mart at Country Club and Baseline in Mesa? Yes, that’s right, there’s a bunch of Steelers shit on it. The week before the Super Bowl. In metro Phoenix.Now this is Wal-Mart, so if anyone…
