Atmosphere, the duo of Sean Daley (a.k.a. Slug) and Anthony Davis (a.k.a. Ant) has been a commanding force in indie hip-hop since the group formed in 1989. Not only did the two help found Minneapolis-based Rhymesayers Entertainment, but their 2003 release, Seven’s Travels, co-released by punk-minded label Epitaph, helped expose…
Thursday 25 27th Avenue Bar: DJ Manage (Top 40) AZ 88: Josh One (various) Blue Martini: DJ Mendez (hip-hop, dance, Top 40) Bobby Q’s: DJ Deuce (hip-hop) Capitol Sports Lounge: DJ JS3 (various) Cream Stereo Lounge: Blush Thursdays (various) Hanny’s: Mark 5 (hip-hop, electro) Karamba Nightclub: Tejano Thursdays with DJ…
Maxine Johnson is something of an RnB legend in Phoenix, and she’s got the resume to prove it, having worked with everyone from Wayne Newton and Diana Ross to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Johnson is known for her big voice, which can regularly be heard at juke joints around…
With so many girls wearing bikini tops to raves, a lingerie-themed party was bound to happen. Jackson’s on 3rd hosted the fifth annual Lingerieve on Saturday, August 20 and did not disappoint. There were plenty of corsets, fishnet stockings, and glow sticks to go around. Check it out in this…
The last time I was invited to a Black and White Party, a buddy of mine convinced me it would be a great idea to cram into his Scion tC with a third dude, drive across the border around the time shit started getting sticky, and hit up this crazy…
To the surprise of an awful lot of people, it turns out that no illegal substances were found in Amy Winehouse’s body. Furthermore, a drug overdose was not the cause of Winehouse’s unexpected death. However, reports mentioned that alcohol was present in her system, but it is still unclear whether…
The concert gods giveth and the concert gods taketh away. Phoenix has been getting a whole lot on the giveth side lately. (Is this punishment for the whole Bon Iver-Fleet Foxes thing?!) The taketh part came with an announcement yesterday afternoon that Lil Wayne postponed his Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion…
“Music for a cause.” You’ve heard it, and it’s not good. Go ahead and listen to “We Are the World” for a refresher. But sometimes music does serve a cause other than inflating a performers ego. Americana artist Adam Smith, who performs September 9 and 10 at Desert Ridge Marketplace…
I’m positive that wherever you are reading this, whatever you were doing before reading this, you’re not having more fun than Freddie Gibbs. I phoned the Gary, Indiana-based rapper last Friday, and could barely make out his laid-back voice over the roar of the early afternoon party going down on…
On her 2009 release High Hopes & Heartbreak, Mesa-born American Idol finalist Brooke White covered “Use Somebody.” It’s tough not to hold the song choice against her (I’m going to blame Randy Jackson, dawg), but Gemini from White’s new project Jack and White certainly goes along way in helping to…
Most people who post an ad on the free online classifieds site are just looking to start a band, but then there are the others. Foraging the thick forest of weird that is Craigslist for tasty nuggets reveals strange bits of musical nonsense. Here are a few creepy, annoying, or…
Good news for lovers of gravelly-voiced eccentric songwriters: There’s a new Tom Waits album coming down the pipe. It’s called Bad As Me and drops on October 25, courtesy Anti- Records, Waits’ home for the past decade. The title track hit both iTunes and Amazon for download today, and it’s perfectly…
What do you call a beautiful woman on a bassist’s arm? A tattoo. Bassists get picked on, even more than drummers. You’ve heard the insults: “failed guitarist,” “ugly,” and “forgettable.” So many bassists just pluck the same four notes, so it’s easy to see why everyone views the instrument as…
Local rap-duo Cut Throat Logic is gearing up for the video release party of their dance jam “We Own The Night” this Friday, August 26, at Majerle’s in Scottsdale. The track is the lead single off of the group’s upcoming album, When The Lights Go Out, scheduled to come out…
If Prince ever revealed anything about himself, it’s that he liked to take charge (just too demanding, and like his father, too cold). There’s no better example than The Time. When Warner Brothers allowed Prince to recruit new talent for the label, he hooked up Minneapolis band Flyte Tyme with…
She’s at the forefront of the “white folks saying the N-word debate,” been compared to Odd Future’s Tyler the Creator, and her big single “Gucci Gucci” possesses anti-commercialism undertones, but if you ignore all the implications of her music, Kreasyshawn makes party music. And that’s a handy thing, seeing as…
As if anything could possibly tarnish Lindsay Lohan’s reputation more than her past actions already have, Lohan is reportedly suing Pitbull for defamation due to the lyrics he wrote in his annoying, overplayed hit song “Give Me Everything.” The lyrics that are getting Lohan fired up are “Hustlers move aside…
Sad news hitting the web today: Jerry Leiber, the lyricist who wrote classic songs from Elvis Presley, The Drifters, Stealers Wheel, and many more, passed away today at the age of 78. Leiber and Stoller worked as a team, with Leiber writing words to Stoller’s compositions (that man’s way with…
Twin Sister is a Long Island-bred indie-pop quintet that creates lush, dreamy music. The songs are an outburst of melody enriched with a deep sense of emotion and atmosphere, personified by lead singer, Andrea Estella’s warm, whispered vocals resulting in a remarkable set of songs that can only be described…
Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We’ve got you covered with another installment of What’s Selling. Looks like the students returning to nearby ASU have been hitting Zia Records in Tempe up for some dorm-rocking jams. Just about…
Last week marked the 16th anniversary of the tragic death of Mike Condello, who took his life on August 17th, 1995, in his Santa Monica apartment. Best known as the musical director of The Wallace and Ladmo Show, Condello’s musical career was marred by spotty promotion and record company politics…
