Phantom Planet guitarist Darren Robinson, who recently took over on guitar in the local indie rock outfit Miniature Tigers is offering video chat guitar lessons, according to a bulletin he posted via Phantom Planet’s MySpace Page. Robinson says in the bulletin that he works with beginners or intermediate players and…
As the press release announcing Alice Cooper’s appearance at Arizona State’s graduation ceremony Wednesday says, the local shock-rocker has played on some pretty big bills: John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix. Even Pele.All big, but not Barack Obama big.Cooper will perform “School’s Out” for 63,000 people at…
Even though music editor Martin Cizmar already laid out the latest show announcements earlier today, we’ve got one last gig to tell y’all about. NYC alt-rock faves the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are gonna be hitting the Valley at next month for a gig at the Marquee Theatre on Monday, June…
Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis is finally, finally, making an appearance in Phoenix, Stateside Presents announced today. The cute-as-a-button indie songstress is a critical darling (hell, my colleague Albert Ching in Orange County has reviewed her shows two times in his seven months on the job!) for good reason. Read…
Does Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon want you to toke up today? Probably not, though, if you’d had a few bong hits you could read that in to a press release declaring today “A Green Day for Green Day,” in honor of tickets going on sale for the California punk trio’s…
A funny thing happened while scouring the interwebs today: a ton of noise is being made about the forthcoming Nine Inch Nails/Jane’s Addiction tour that rolls through Phoenix on May 15. Three different sites I looked at all had a different story about either act on the tour. Billboard is…
NME: Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist dies, aged 48Spin: M.I.A. Hangs Out with Oprah!Rolling Stone: “Guitar Hero: Van Halen” Confirmed, Game Due in 2009…
“‘Lucero got their name from a Spanish-English dictionary. They’re sort of like The Replacements, and they’ve been on the road forever.’ I think that stuff is mandatory. You know, you try to be a little informative, maybe get in one funny part or tagline or whatever, and then put where…
A lot of really hideous things can happen to you in the desert. You can be stung by a scorpion. You can get lost without any water, wander around for a couple of days, and then drop dead of dehydration. You can get sucked into quicksand. But probably the worst…
“It’s about time.” That’s probably not the answer one might expect when asking a 19-year-old guitarist in a band that’s barely a year old how he feels about signing to a national indie label, but The Word Alive’s Tony Pizzuti is no egomaniac with delusions of entitlement. He just believes…
Phoenix native Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. DJ Z-Trip) is scheduled to appear on tomorrow’s edition of the highly influential radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic, which airs weekdays on Santa Monica’s KCRW. According to the e-mail we received, Sciacca will be “taking over the turntables” during the three-hour program, which runs from…
One night. Two great slide shows. Check out these images direct from ASU’s SRC Field featuring thousands baring it all for charity. Also don’t miss these shots from Cinco central in Scottsdale. ASU Undie Run 2009 Sure, you could clean out your closet with a few Goodwill runs, but thousands…
We’re very happy to see our friends over at the Train Tracks have followed our lead and done a video with local folk singer Matthew Reveles, who first caught our eye with his excellent record, We’ll Meet Halfway, and who impressed us both in his cover of Hot Tuna for…
Roger Clyne has posted a blog entry on The Peacemakers’ website declaring that Circus Mexicus will go on a month from today, despite the Mexican Swine Flu pretendemic and the very real surge in violence along the Mexican border as federal troops battle drug cartels.Judiciously and with full knowledge of…
NME: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy responds to lawsuitElectric Mustache: ‘I kinda like Dave Matthews’Spin: Hear 6 New Green Day Songs!So Much Silence: Win tickets to see Haiku D’EtatNME: Regina Spektor reveals new album details…
The Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, is coming to Phoenix this month but, sadly, sans guitar. The conservative “Cat Scratch Fever” guitarist will appearing at the National Rifle Association’s 138th National Convention on May 16 and 17.Now, as we all know, normally the NRA likes to wait until after a…
You’re probably going to be hearing a lot more about this from us: We got a call from a local rapper, Mickey Swift, about his new video “Eff Sheriff Joe,” inspired by a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office raid on his recording studio.Apparently the MCSO received reports of a lot of…
If you’re looking for a new album to complement your collection on this Cinco de Mayo, let St. Vincent’s new Actor be just that album. Annie Clark, the driving force behind St. Vincent, has somehow outdone herself on her second LP. She combines her yearning vocals with complex and overwhelming…
Local kiddie dance-pop act Anarbor has announced a massive slate of tour dates with The Cab, The Secret Handshake, Forgive Durden and You Me and Everyone We Know, as well as a stint on Warped Tour.The Phoenix-based band has been touring pretty much non-stop since releasing Free Your Mind, their…
Rolling Stone: Radiohead Advised to “Split Up” Prior to “In Rainbows”Rolling Stone: “The Beatles: Rock Band” Reveals Vintage Guitars, Opens Pre-OrderPitchfork: Jay Bennett Sues Jeff Tweedy Over Wilco Royalties, DocumentaryElectric Mustache: New Site…What Do You Think?…
Sadly, Phoenix is not getting Wilco this summer, as the band decided to take their extraordinary show to Tucson, but we’re getting a pretty good consolation prize in Son Volt/Cowboy Junkies at the Mesa Arts Center on July 14. Tickets go on sale May 5 and will cost $40/$35. Old-timey…
Can’t get enough swine flu coverage? Thought maybe reading a music blog would offer you an opportunity to get away from the media blitz surrounding the fervor? Well, such is the nature of the beast that the swine flu has now affected concerts, forcing cancellations all across Mexico and even…
