Alice in Chains played the Dodge Theatre last night, and the attendees were quick to become reviewers once they got home and logged on to Twitter. Here’s what was being said about the show.@tmearick- Alice in Chains kicked ass last night!! Think I love Jerry Cantrell. To the girls who…
With William “Fucking” Reed, the undisputed king of Phoenix hipster dance nights, scheduled to move to NYC, we’re on the lookout for a new Saturday Night Messiah. This is only news to some of you, but DJ Anthony Hart a.k.a HartBreaks has a good shot at claiming that title.Not that…
It would probably be plenty of fun to sit down to a nice candlelit dinner with the boys of Austin, Texas-based band Harlem. The good-looking threesome plays poppy indie rock that makes it evident the group isn’t all about being fancy and dressing up in matador jackets–they seem like the…
THURSDAY 18 27th Avenue Bar: Ladies Night with DJ Moy, & DJ Jared Paul (Top 40, hip-hop, Latin) AZ88: Mr. P-Body & Friends (classic and old-school grooves) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop, Top 40) Bomberos: Rani G., dk.strickler, Deon Pearson,…
You can call him Raconteur Number Two, but Brendan Benson, the other songwriter in Jack White’s first side project, has been pumping out tuneful, classic power-pop on his own since 1996’s One Mississippi. Despite his modest solo success, he’s definitely been overshadowed — a fact to which he seems comfortably…
Participating in a teleconference interview with Bon Jovi is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s not every day that you get to talk to your all-time favorite band. And when I say that, I’m not exaggerating. Case in point: I named my dog Jovi to pay homage to…
The club gods haven’t been too kind to either DJ Joshie or Benni Beatnik over the past two years. A couple of summers ago, their popular weekly dance affair, Electrostatic, was 86’d at Glam after the club’s property owners decided to shut down the hipster bar. Then, the situation repeated…
It’s not uncommon for formerly wicked musicians to foreswear their evil ways and turn to the Heavenly Father for inspiration. Dylan did it, as did MC Hammer, former Korn member Brian “Head” Welch, and the late New York Dolls bassist Arthur Kane. So does the fact that the Asylum Street…
Beware the anthrax-laced bubblegum-pop of Cheese on Bread. Musically, the kooky New York fivesome is tangy, upbeat, and innocuous — sort of a more sugary version of The Cardigans, with singer-lyricists Sara FitzSimmons and Dan Fishback chirping happily over a sunny montage of zydeco, country, synth-pop, and Beach Boys-style compositions…
One must admit that Mariah Carey seems much cooler — much saner — after her gutsy, concealer-free turn in the Oscar-nominated abuse saga Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. You think it was easy for the image-oriented star of Glitter to go public with the same mottled bed-face…
Upon hearing Henry Rollins perform one of his profanity-laden, loudmouthed spoken-word tirades on cassette, my then-middle-aged father adroitly summed up the former Black Flag frontman’s blustering travelogues in one sentence: “He’s just like Charles Kuralt, only with a dirty mouth.” And that’s pretty much the case. (Well, aside from the…
Listening to the first track from Matt Hires’ debut full-length, Take Us to the Start, it’s impossible to deny that the Floridian singer-songwriter dabbles in the melodramatic, quavering vocal delivery Conor Oberst popularized. Hires is sorta like Oberst 2.0. He’s got the yearning, quasi-depressed lyrics. He’s got a face that…
They say everyone’s a critic. That doesn’t include me, apparently. Even though I am paid to write about music — thanks to my role as a blogger responsible for writing about one new CD a day at www.NothingNotNew.com, an ostentatious yearlong project that has me listening to nothing not released…
The Oak Ridge Boys took their name from a Tennessee town best known for the Manhattan Project. What started as a gospel quartet evolved into a Grammy-winning sensation that rode the pop culture wave of southern accents that briefly dominated the terrestrial radio waves in the 1970s. Listen to “Bobbie…
Long Wong’s at the Firehouse owner Avi Sadote seemed a bit frazzled during last night’s grand opening. It’s to be expected, since was bouncing betwixt greeting patrons, confabbing with his bar staff, making cell phone calls, and working in the kitchen. Providing a contrast to his harried state was the…
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and…
He’s the Prince of Darkness. He’s a pioneer of both heavy metal and reality television. And now, finally, he’s a best-selling author.Ozzy Osbourne’s book I Am Ozzy, was recently released in the U.S. and has been extremely well received. He’s making appearances across the country in support of the new…
In the Zone is out of luck. And out of business. The North Phoenix sports bar, located adjacent to Metrocenter Mall, was shut down at the end of January by its property owner, PDG America Shopping Centers, evidently due to non-payment of rent. (Landlords are kinda funny that way, expecting…
It sounds like the Oscars are hoping to take an approach to putting together an awards show that is opposite of the Grammys. While the Grammys were chock-full of performances and showed only a handful of awards presented, it seems that the Oscars will opt for all awards, and no…
It’s easy to miss being a college student when shows like Arizona State University’s Devilpalooza go down on campus this Friday, February 19. Thankfully for graduates and drop-outs alike, the event is free to the public, so you can make like a sorority sister, too, as bands such as Story of…
What this critic says: “With his cowboy boots and 10-gallon hat in tow, Devonte Hynes has crafted a fantastic follow-up to 2008’s Falling Off The Lavender Bridge. Where his first album established Hynes’ incredible talent for writing a song, Life Is Sweet! shows just how talented a composer the British…
When word broke a few weeks back of the impending return of Long Wong’s to Tempe, I’m sure Valley music lovers had visions of the Gin Blossoms or Dead Hot Workshop headlining its grand opening. Sorry to disappoint, but Robin Wilson and the boys won’t be playing at tonight’s unveiling…
