It’s summer. The nights are short. Therefore, so is the nightlife.This time around, instead of waiting for nightfall, we decided to head out while the sun was still up (gasp!) to check out “An Evening of POP!” at the Heard Museum (click here for the slideshow). It was all a…
Phoenix fedora-rock band The Wiley One admits right up front to being wily, so I approached their latest single, “Never Board on a Board,” with a little hesitation.This is a song about how great all board sports are? Seriously? Kinda seems like a ploy to get a song featured on…
Looks like Psyko Steve’s annual Indie Bowl won’t remain Phoenix’s only charity tournament featuring local bands.The Maine, A Change Of Pace, Reece, Halocene, The Season Premiere, Culture Chemistry, Crash Coordinates, Square Eyes, Milo The Mayor, and My Girl Friday are all signed up for the first Project Homeless tournament by…
Name: Erika DelemarreAge: 27Occupation: Marketing Coordinator for Entertainment Solutions Inc.New Times: In one sentence, what do you do all day in your job?Erika Delemarre: I design, I create, I connect, I network, and I push pixels. …
Song: The Black Keys, “Unknown Brother”Context: The standout track on the new Black Keys’ record, Brothers. 13 – Unknown Brother…
First let me say right up front that I don’t agree with SB 1070. I think it is veiled racism that is self-serving for those bleeding-heart, Arizona-bred conservatives out there who sit at home scheming up ways to make the state, at least by their standards, “perfect.” It is soul-crushing to know that…
The song employs a genius guest vocal from Jim James of My Morning Jacket and Monsters of Folk fame splayed over a smooth, downtempo beat that is indicative of vintage “What They Do” mid-1990s Roots. It’s the perfect song for an impressive album from the hardest-working band in show business.It…
An altercation involving moshers, bouncers, and the Tempe Police Department may be headed to court.If you follow the local metal scene, you may have heard about an incident at Tempe’s Club Red involving Mesa metal act Rising Pain, who were opening for Dutch death-metal outfit Pestilence. After bouncers tossed a…
Artist: DanzigTitle: Deth Red SabaothRelease date: June 22Label: The End/EviliveOn Danzig’s new record, Glenn Danzig sounds like Waylon Jennings trying to pass a kidney stone. The guy turns 55 years old on Wednesday, so I wasn’t exactly expecting him to sound like vintage Danzig, but listening to him howl and…
Fresh off a successful run on the AP Tour this spring, Scottsdale pop rockers the Summer Set are not slowing down. The band returns to the road this week as part of the annual Vans Warped Tour. The genre-bending mega-festival kicks off this Friday in Carson, Calif. and makes a…
Since their 2007 debut album, Dog Magic, Atlanta’s Zoroaster have been building momentum in the world of underground metal. The band’s 2009 sophomore release, Voice of Saturn, saw Zoroaster push the boundaries of traditional doom metal, while their forthcoming third album, Matador, pretty much ignores genre classifications altogether. In all…
To some, the Vans Warped Tour is heaven — dozens of pop, rock and punk bands on multiple stages and tons of young, scantily clad people reveling in the sweaty, fun mess of dancing and moshing. And to others, Warped Tour is hell. Besides the 100-plus degree heat, there…
Song: Best Coast, “When I’m With You”Context: Today is officially the first day of summer. Maybe it’s cliche, but that makes Best Coast perfect music for the day. Best Coast – When I’m With You…
This is part of a series of reviews of bands who play weekly at local bars. The show: Running From Bears at the Lost Leaf. The look: Like an New York jazz club underground, but with more space and above ground. The smell: Light perspiration and aluminum. The taste: Savory,…
When “alternative rock” radio debuted in the early ’90s — displacing stations spinning hard rock, classic rock, hair metal, or ’80s college rock — it seemed to be a format designed to evolve. At least to a middle-school me, who imagined it to be fresh, vital, and destined to change…
Artist: The Chemical BrothersTitle: FurtherRelease date: June 22Label: AstralwerksI knew it would happen sooner with this electronic music genre. I figured that if I listened to enough of it, I would find something that I liked (and I’m not counting LCD Soundsystem because that’s more a rock record than an…
Album: Eddie WestBasics: Phoenix country/bluegrass/folk musician Eddie West bills himself as trying to market himself to Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Denver and Fort Collins. West also recorded his eponymous album in Los Angeles, so it’s safe to say that the dude is all over the place. Eddie West, reflects a little…
While Americans don’t take to football (“soccer” in our land) the way the rest of the world does, there’s something special about the World Cup. Something so special, that even musicians can’t help put take part in all the excitement. While R. Kelly wrote an official theme for the global…
I’ll admit it, this one caught us off guard. If we had to pick a spot in Phoenix where Snoop Dogg was going to do a surprise show, Chandler wouldn’t be at the top of the list. Such will be the case when Tha Doggfather is scheduled to perform tonight…
Many a hipster spinster in this town might just owe a debt of gratitude to Larry Tee. The NYC club promoter/producer/DJ helped give birth to the style of upbeat, ultra-colorful dance events put on by Jared Alan or the Party Foul! crew every weekend. Not only is the 42-year-old a…
Apparently, the Lakers-Celtics game wasn’t enough to keep droves of people from attending Iron Maiden at Cricket Wireless Pavilion last night. According to fans who Tweeted their mini-reviews of the show after the concert, the crowd was filled with quite a few young’n’s, and everyone got to witness the legendary…
Slashing your ex’s tires after a breakup isn’t exactly the healthiest way of dealing with things, and it seems Carrie Underwood is moving on from her “Before He Cheats” ways into a more mature way with “Undo It.” The song, off her album Play On, also deals with breaking up, but this time,…
