Artist: Titus AndronicusLabel: The MonitorRelease date: March 9Label: XLMy wife thinks this project is destroying my taste in music. I know she’s frustrated that we can’t play the hits around the house for another 9.5 months. Believe me, I’m not too thrilled about it, either. But what are you gonna…
Tonight ABC’s Nightline will feature a segment on killer Juggalos, including an interview with the Insane Clown Posse, which was conducted by anchor, Martin Bashir.Bashir, who is probably most famous for his series of Michael Jackson interviews, enters the Juggalo world through the story of a Pennsylvania man named Michael…
Give a hearty high-five to the members of the Haymarket Squares the next time you see them around town or performing at Lost Leaf, as the punkgrass/alt-folk act emerged victorious during the Train Tracks Grand Finale this past weekend…
Rocky Votolato had a lot to celebrate last night at the Rhythm Room. To start with, the Seattle singer-songwriter just recently released his sixth album, True Devotion. Votolato’s latest record continues the folksy roots sound that his fans have become accustomed to. In addition to his latest album release, another…
With Lil Wayne’s imprisonment this morning, and T.I. still behind bars, the two greatest rappers of a generation are currently incarcerated. That’s pretty ridiculous, considering neither of them actually hurt anyone in any way. Only one person has ever had a number one record while in prison — Tupac –…
It took Wayne Coyne and The Flaming Lips seven years to complete their film, Christmas on Mars, but they’re already back hard at work on a new one.Front man Wayne Coyne says he hopes to use “real actors” this time, instead of using himself and his band mates to play…
Let me start this post by doing the professional thing and making a big ol’ disclosure: I work in management at ASU’s student radio station, The Blaze.Whew. OK, now I’ll continue: Now, the Blaze was named the Best Radio Station for Local Music by the Phoenix New Times for the…
[jump] What this critic says:Plastic Beach doesn’t have the touches of super-producers like Danger Mouse and Dan the Automator, yet it is the band’s most polished effort. Lead single “Stylo” is the perfect sample of what Plastic Beach feels like — grimey and subdued, yet plenty funky.”Stylo” has that widespread…
Wrestlemania 26 at University of Phoenix Stadium is less than three weeks away and wrestling fans in the Valley and beyond are gearing up for pro wrestling’s “Super Bowl.” As WWE focuses on its biggest annual event, its biggest competitor, TNA, is essentially going for broke.Beginning tonight, the eight-year-old company…
It was not a great weekend for a beer festival. At least, traditional wisdom holds that the overcast skies which threatened Saturday, and pouring rain that hit Sunday, were not good conditions for The Great Arizona Beer Festival at Tempe Beach Park.Really though, you can’t gather that much beer in…
Mark Linkous, renowned and beloved singer/songwriter who released his music under the name Sparklehorse, took his own life this Saturday in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was 47 years old.With Sparklehorse, Linkous created a vivid, beloved alt-rock/alt-country sound adored by his fans for its earnest, yet dark, lyrics. Sparklehorse released its first…
Everyone wants to write a musical nowadays. And I don’t get it.Why musicians feel the need to write songs for musical theater is beyond me. I suppose it’s another creative outlet, but to harsh critics of musicals (like myself) it seems they’re nearly all watered-down versions of both song and…
Flying Blanket CD Release Party In Photos The Love Me Nots, Dear and the Headlights, Sister Cities, Black Carl and other local bands rocked the house at Martini Ranch on Friday, March 5, 2010…see photos Landmine Marathon at Chaser’s Despite some technical difficulties in the form of Landmine Marathon singer…
Artist: Ted Leo and the PharmacistsTitle: The Brutalist BricksRelease date: March 9Label: MatadorDid any of you watch the Oscars last night? Judging by what I saw on the Facebook this morning, it would appear I was one of the few who didn’t tune in. I like movies, but I just…
Whether you love them or you hate them, you really can’t ignore them: The 82nd Annual Academy Awards were last night, the event emitting the amount of buzz you’d expect from such a celebrity confab.Maybe Kanye’s gaff at the MTV awards freed everyone up, because this year, stars really seemed…
Personally, I love seeing shows in Scottsdale. I’ve seen some amazing shit at Martini Ranch, and I’ve always loved The Rogue. However, I’m an East Valley guy. Always have been, probably always will be. What happens when you drop a West Sider into an awesome show at, say, Martini Ranch,…
This past weekend was a busy one for local bands and fans, with bands like The Love Me Nots and Kinch packing Martini Ranch and Killswitch Engage rocking the sold-out Marquee Theatre. And, if you’ve been wondering where Digital Summer (the band with a sticker plastered on just about every…
It’d been almost two years since Kirkwood Dellinger released a record, an 8-song EP called Miniature Stallion. The title of that record is a reference to a man whose unfortunate demise came about as a result a colon punctured while having anal sex with a horse. A great title, to…
Name: Michael Johnson AKA: DJ Phlava Current club nights: Right now I’m doing every Friday night at Myst for Dream Fridays, and on Wednesdays at Bar Smith. During the week it kinda varies. Preferred genres: You can catch me anywhere doing hip-hop, but I also spin everything else. I spin…
Conan O’Brien’s got a stage show? Conan O’Brien’s got a stage show that he is bringing to Phoenix!? Huzzah! If you take a gander on Tickermaster.com presently, you’ll see the above image. Earlier today, however, those sneaky sneaks at TMZ secured a screen shot of the Ticketmaster site that seems…
If there’s any sort of credo applicable to the one-two punch of tonight’s First Friday and this weekend’s Art Detour, it would be William Shakespeare’s well-worn aphorism that “all the world’s a stage.” That’s because local musicians, DJs, and bands by the dozens will play in every conceivable setting in…
Welcome to The Grand Tour, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com takes you inside practice spaces, tour vans and seedy apartments occupied by Phoenix-area bands. This week we give you a look inside the industrial strength rehearsal space of The Whisperlights. If you would like your band featured, tweet @PHXmusicdotcom. Think…
