Brad Shultz of Cage The Elephant doesn’t have the Southern accent you would expect from someone native to Kentucky. He’s eager for the tour to reach Louisville, which is two hours north of Bowling Green, Kentucky, where Shultz grew up. His feelings toward his hometown seem to have mellowed in…
Update: As of last night, all the voucher-eligible Phoenix concerts have been removed from the master list. We will update as we get more information. Tired of paying for concert tickets? If you’ve bought tickets via Ticketmaster.com between 1999 and 2013, you might not have to part with your hard-earned…
Seldom does a band come around that exemplifies the true essence of lamentation like Pennsylvania’s dreary pop-rock quartet Nothing. Beyond sheer talent and vision, Nothing has overcome a truly jagged past, the sort that many melodramatic try-hards posture toward but could never live up to. Born from the unmistakably grim…
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There’s a little bit of everything at EDC Las Vegas. The outfits, décor and stages are all unbelievable, and the massive festival grounds offer plenty of chances to intermingle with fellow ravers. Throughout the weekend, there were many, many bests. But, as with any large logistical nightmare of a gathering,…
The EDC shuttles could use some love. We get it; it’s not easy trying to transport thousands of people between Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the Strip. For those of us taking the giant buses, it was frustrating having no clear signs or indication of where, exactly, to find the…
If you can manage to make it outdoors without catching heat stroke, there are plenty of live music options this week. Here are our weekly concert picks; if you’d like more options, check out our comprehensive concert calendar at www.phxconcerts.com. Lonesome Wilderness – Monday, June 20 – Valley Bar Lonesome…
A nation was stunned and horrified at the senseless shooting spree that took the lives of 49 innocent people and injured at least another 53 at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, in the early hours of June 12. One of those heartbroken over the tragedy was Melissa Etheridge, who…
Choosing to ride a helicopter into EDC might sound a little ridiculous; it did to me. But while most of the hundreds of thousands of festivalgoers make the hour-or-more trek to from the Vegas Strip to Las Vegas Motor Speedway by car or shuttle, a few take to the air…
Behind an unmarked door in a nondescript wall behind a row of vendor tents, there’s a small army of positive-minded people whose job it is to make EDC Vegas fun and safe for every attendee. They’re called Ground Control, and over the course of the weekend, 370 of them roam…
The shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, has sent shockwaves throughout the world, and the Phoenix gay community is no exception. There is a brutal randomness to the attack that almost says, “there but for the grace of God go I.” “I’m shocked and concerned,” says John Martinez, who…
Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Sundressed – “Autopilot” Sundressed is one of the hardest working bands in Phoenix and in my opinion they are also one…
You’re heading to Las Vegas with more than 100,000 of your closest friends for the greatest EDM show on earth, Electric Daisy Carnival. We hope you packed sunscreen and water. We already know you don’t plan on wearing much — an EDC tradition. Temperatures are expected to soar this weekend, according…
As you’ve probably heard a million times by now, it’s going to be phenomenally hot this weekend. Phenomenally. Hot. So much so that it’s probably best to do the vampire thing and stay inside while avoiding sunlight at all costs. After dark, however, it will be a bit more tolerable…
Relapse Records obviously knows a good band when it sees (and hears) one. The Pennsylvania-based label is home to an absolutely killer lineup of grind, death, and the heaviest of metal bands including household names (at least in cool households) like Cephalic Carnage, Exhumed, Obituary, and Iron Reagan. And as…
The mass shooting that took place last weekend at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando has left us truly devastated. Luckily, people are coming out in droves to lend a hand; finding different ways to help affected parties and communities. Last night, at fundraiser at BS West in Scottsdale raised more…
There are some extremely intelligent punk bands in the Valley of the Sun. These are bands that have a whole lot more going on in their tunes than a general middle-finger-to-the-establishment affectation. But not many of them are putting as much thought into their lyrics as Clipper “Danger” Arnold and…
Back in 1986, death was in the air. India’s Bhopal gas leak disaster exposed half a million people to toxic fumes, scorching lungs and killing thousands. The nuclear reactor meltdown at Russia’s Chernobyl power plant spewed radioactive fallout throughout Eastern Europe, an outbreak of cancer and birth defects riding the…
Classifying Fishbone is about as easy as explaining what makes Phoenix a desert environment. Some things just are what they are. So, while Fishbone is simultaneously labeled a funk punk ska soul alt-rock band, it’s important to look at how Fishbone got to this place. Though the band formed in…
The Phoenix gay community has not stood still after a shooter killed 49 people at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. About 750 people attended a vigil held Sunday night outside the Phoenix Pride LGBT Center, according to various news reports. Stacy’s at Melrose, a gay bar, hosted its own vigil…
As a young man, Ice-T had a penchant for rock ‘n’ roll. And while his path led him into the hardcore hip-hop world, he never lost that passion for music of the heavier, guitar-driven variety. It wasn’t until the early ’90s until he began to explore the type of music…
Love rock ‘n’ roll? If you live in the Valley, you’re in for a treat this week, especially if you’re into rock of a punk, indie, fuzz-filled, hardcore, or take-no-prisoners variety. This week’s slate of “can’t miss” concerts happening in Phoenix includes band from each of these subgenres, including British-born…
