Poison and Def Leppard at Cricket Wireless Pavilion After drawing some fire for making an unfavorable comparison between Green Day and Poison in my review of last Saturday’s show at U.S. Airways Center, I saw a rare chance to subject one of my statements to some scrutiny this Saturday as…
There were hundreds — not thousands — of people at Sunday night’s Against Me! show at The Icehouse in downtown Phoenix, but we did manage to find some pretty fun tweets from the hip little art gallery venue that housed a weekend of music presented by Kia. The twittersphere was…
There are probably some people who’d question the credibility of any punk band playing a show staged by a carmaker, especially if that carmaker didn’t just stake out prime product placement, but actually paid for the whole shebang so it could give tickets only to people who test-drove a new…
Also check out our show review here.VictorVladmir: Poison was fucking awesome but they didn’t play cherry pie! Dam you bret michaelsjhoium: Poison sucked big time. Bret michaels should go back to banging skanks.DXDONMEGA: I’m in phoenix at the Poison & Def Leppard concert! Been waiting to see this show since I was 7, and I’m finally here at 31! Rock on!…
After seeing both shows within seven days, the results are in: I feel pretty confident saying that, live, Green Day is the poor man’s Poison. (Read what fans had to say here.) Now, before anyone writes this statement off too easily let me point out that I’m on the record…
In 2001, Wegner launched a class dedicated to the ins and outs of the DJ biz over at Scottsdale Community College, the first of its kind in the Valley (which got some ink in the pages of the Wall Street Journal). It’s since expanded to three separate courses that cover…
Stacey Earle, of the Steve progeny, and her hubby Mark Stuart are planning their third and final appearance on at Mama Java’s Coffeehouse. They’ll dole out their brand of Tennessee twang-a-lang in a coffee-buzzed room in the Indian School corridor on September 13th.The pair are set to finish out their…
MC Chris got a great review from Michael Lopez when he came to Clubhouse last year so his Halloween show at Club Red should be amazing. Who knows what kind of crazy costumes the geeks that show up for that concert will be wearing on The Devil’s Day. What other…
Welcome back from your summertime hiatus. Your absence was particularly missed by local bar and club owners, as was your supply of disposable income. A few things are different since you squeaked through final exams in May. The light rail started running until last call, which means you can have…
Jimmy Eat World singer Jim Adkins has added an early show to his September 17 engagement at Modified Arts. Adkins 8 p.m. show sold out online (we hear there are still some for sale at Stinkweeds) so now he’ll also be playing a 5 p.m. set.Tickets are $10 and we’d…
Let me preface this by saying that the fact Dylan is donating all of the U.S. royalties from his upcoming album to the charity Feeding America is a very noble move, and one that deserves respect. He obviously doesn’t need the money, but there might be something more — something…
Filmed and edited by local lensman Giulio Sciorio (who’s photog work has been featured in New Times over the past few years), the three-minute video is for the single “Gravity” and is a vibrant nighttime tour of some of the cooler/funkier parts of downtown Phoenix. Oren and Carnegie hop onboard…
When it comes to “stoking the fires of passion,” men have porn and women have authors like Diana Gabaldon. Yeah, yeah, we know that there are plenty of women who find some manner of porn — whether it be Internet smut, Debbie Does Dallas or Penthouse letters — enticing, and at least a…
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Nick Kizer, the mastermind behind the When In AZ compilation I wrote a column about this week, will be on the radio twice today. For more info on When in AZ check out that column here.Listen to Nick on The Blaze, 1330 AM (or here if you live more than…
Doggass Productions’ monthly Best Fucking Live Show at Last Exit is scheduled for Friday night. The show, promoted by Darkness Dear Boy’s Ted Organ (read my column on Ted’s “Support Live Music” movement here) will feature DDB along with Soulafide, Whats Left, and Juicy Newt. Comics Tim Bateman, Ricardo Rocha,…
Football season is only two weeks away, which means you’re either super excited for, or desperately dreading, Frank Caliendo’s impressions. His Madden (above video) is of course the most famous, but the former MadTV personality certainly has plenty more.If you’d like a closer look at the Tempe native’s career will…
Looking for something to do this Friday, Aug. 28? Two noteworthy local shows popped on our radars. First up: Rising Peoria pop-rock shaggy-haired heartthrobs Hello Hollywood will headline a show at Glendale’s The Bridge with fellow West side buzz band It’s Like Love (pictured), Crash Coordinates, Hey Girl Hey and…
Mondegreen is planning to take some time off of playing out to work on writign and recording a new record, but first they’re playing a show at what they’re calling “the only ‘cool’ bar in Scottsdale.” “No shiny shirts required!” they say.Now, we can disagree with Mondegreen on whether The…
At first glance, a bill featuring Def Leppard and Poison seems a natural fit. After all, they’re two of the most successful bands of the 1980s and, no doubt, they probably share a significant number of fans, which should bode well for this tour. But upon closer examination, Def Leppard…
Americans who witnessed the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 surely reacted in a variety of ways. Some applauded the violence. Others abhorred it. But you can be certain not one of them turned to his or her neighbor and said: “This would make a totally sick dance song.” Ultimately, strangely,…
In 1978, Village Voice music critic Robert Christgau stood in the shadows of Akron, Ohio’s sputtering smokestacks, penning a 5,000-word piece about the city’s music scene. Why did the self-described “Dean of American Rock Critics” make the jaunt from NYC to my hometown, a smallish city most famous as home…
