As far as nightlife is concerned, Mondays are among the slowest nights of the week. Sure, most clubs won’t have a line and the bartenders are a bit more attentive, but it can be a little boring to see the same small group at your neighborhood watering hole. Fortunately, this…
Front Line Assembly The Nile Theater in Mesa June 7, 2011It’s not often that an old school industrial band comes through town and plays a venue that isn’t a sports bar or some shady, swinger-filled fetish club, but Front Line Assembly did just that and rocked the house at the Nile Theater…
, according to Consequence of Sound.James Franco and Kalup Linzy have become the new musical duo that they’ve appropriately named Kalup and Franco. Their three-track EP, Turn It Up, will be released July 12. They’ve got plans to shoot music videos that will feature multiple “surprise guest cameos” for all…
Panic! at the Disco is back. Yeah, the band may be only a pair now since guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker left in 2009, but their new album, Vices & Virtues, is their best yet. Singer Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith left behind the 70’s feel on their…
The New York Dolls’ new album, Dancing Backward in High Heels, comes out today, June 7. As one of the most influential acts in the punk and glam rock genres, the New York Dolls’ body of work mostly consists of gritty garage rock and glam punk songs — you know,…
The African djembe drum may be a familiar sight for pop music fans — it’s popped up onstage with plenty of Western artists like Paul Simon, Ben Harper, and Peter Gabriel — but intrepid percussionists will have a chance to hear the drum played by two grand masters, Mamady Keïta…
Do you fear the upcoming zombie apocalypse? Do you have a dog-eared copy of The Zombie Survival Guide stashed on your night stand next to a loaded revolver? Well, prepare for big news: The Zombies are indeed coming to town.But don’t climb into your shelter just yet; It’s the lovelorn…
Glendale death metal band Job for a Cowboy released their new EP, Gloom, today, but don’t bother looking for it at Zia or Best Buy. The four-song EP is available for download through most online digital outlets, but a mere 2,500 physical copies are being sold exclusively via mail order…
However, may I direct your attention towards Canadian electronic pop duo Junior Boys? Their latest album, It’s All True, is set to be released next Tuesday. A solid follow-up to 2009’s rather excellent Begone Dull Care, It’s All True finds Junior Boys producing yet more electronic pop-driven music, complete with…
Arizona Hopi reggae artist Casper Lomayesva is used to playing big gigs. In 2009, he was invited by legendary folk artist Pete Seeger to play Seeger’s 90th birthday party at Madison Square Garden (alongside the likes of Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, and Bruce Springsteen). He also headlined the Native Music…
Well, fuck all that nonsense — it’s finally June 7th and Gloss Drop is finally out. It’s a good thing, too, since I believe Gloss Drop is one of 2011’s finest albums to date — a proper 1-B to the 1-A ranking of Fleet Foxes’ brilliant Helplessness Blues. Gloss Drop…
, according to Spin.The band’s upcoming album, titled I’m With You, is officially scheduled to drop on August 30, per an announcement on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ website.This time around, they’ve got a new guitarist, too. Josh Klinghoffer has replaced John Frusciante after Frusciante left the band on good…
Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, who record under the name 2Cellos, just released a video for their super-symphonic cover of Guns ‘N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle.” If you’ve ever seen an Apocalyptica video, then you’ve seen guys headbanging while playing cellos. Sulic and Hauser do plenty of…
Phoenix/Las Vegas duo HavocNdeeD recently remixed Linkin Park’s “Wretches and Kings,” and the track is getting some major love from the NME Blog. “Oh my. This is, well, bloody amazing,” writes Rebecca Schiller about the remix. “Wretches and Kings” originally appeared on Linkin Park’s divisive album A Thousand Suns, a…
Yesterday, West finally released the finished version of “Monster,” which you can watch after the jump:…
, according to Prefix.He better keep his promise! If he doesn’t, Jay-Z will have something to say about it. Along with his new vow to do away with auto-tune came the unfortunate introduction of the pathetic-sounding “T-Pain Effect.”The title “The T-Pain Effect” makes it sound like he’s just renaming auto-tune,…
This weekend Phoenix indie-poppers Boys and Frogs released their new video, “Old Tribes” and album, Rain Dance Snowed In, at MADCAP Theaters. We blogged about the video premier a few weeks ago, but couldn’t share the actual video at the time, which we are now happy to do, as it’s…
My favorite people watching moment at Phoenix Comicon had to be spotting a crew of teens dressed as Hogwarts students smoking outside of the Convention Center. I liked to imagine I had found the “bad kids” of the school, looking bad-ass in their school uniforms, puffing away with magical indifference.The…
It’s been quite a year for local indie band The Whisperlights. Their debut EP, Wake up Dead , has been out for about a year now. “Death” was ranked number one on Michael Lopez’s Top Ten Best You Asked For It Songs. Former music editor Martin Cizmar included the album…
Local hard melodic rock band Digital Summer, whom we profiled in 2008, continues making strides outside Arizona.After having a local hit with their song “Just Run” (which made the rotation at 98 KUPD for seven weeks) and touring with national acts like Sevendust and Drowning Pool, Digital Summer will be…
GiversTrunk SpaceSaturday, June 4, 2011It’s not hard to tell when you’ve just watched a young, buzzworthy band perform. They usually thank the crowd for coming out — regardless of how big it is — while perhaps mentioning that it is the band’s first time in a particular town. Such was…
The Bled The Underground in Mesa Friday, June 3There’s something to be said for metal bands who can make the most of being buried underneath a booming rave. That’s what happened on Friday, as the three local bands who tore up the stage at The Underground — The Author, The Fair and…
