The finale of Jimmy Eat World’s Clarity x 10 tour at the Marquee will see digital release next week. Distributed through jimmyeatworld.com, the release will feature the front-to-back live performance of the wildly influential 1999 album Clarity along with two bonus tracks (“What I Would Say To You Now,” “No…
Local hip-hop personality Karlie Hustle has provided us with some juicy gossip and news tidbits over the past couple years, either during her mid-day shift on Power 98.3 FM or through her various blogs (check ’em out here and here). Here are the latest morsels of gossip she’s dispensed: Scottsdale…
Sorry for not giving you earlier notice, but ASU’s student radio station, The Blaze, is hosting their annual Guest DJ week this week, featuring everyone from Jimmy Eat World frontman Jim Adkins, to Miniature Tigers to… me.You actually already missed Adkins, who spun this morning, but you can still tune…
We trust Hoodlums to put on a damn fine event. So when we heard about the “Support Your Local Band” Poster Art Show, put together by Hoodlums and the Spraygraphic.com community, we were in, baby!On Saturday, March 28th, we perused the walls that were filled with some stellar artwork, honoring…
Celebrity Fight Night XV From the Red Carpet Michael Phelps, Forest Whitaker, Kurt Warner and more showed up to support Celebrity Fight Night which raised $6.6 million for charities such as the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center on Saturday, March 28, 2009…see the shots *Sadisco: The SadisClones Prosthetic Army Falsies were…
In my five years of covering the local music scene for New Times, I’ve seen some pretty crazy things happen at the Trunk Space. I’ve witnessed lobster-handed ladies, full grown men dressed as diaper-clad babies, and even half-naked body modification artists piercing their supple flesh with gleaming steel hooks. But…
All of the emo/scene blogs have been ablaze with last week’s news that Phoenix hardcore act The Word Alive have signed to Fearless Records, the California based indie label that has released such divers bands as At the Drive-In, the Aquabats, Sugar Cult and most recently Phoenix phenomenon The Maine…
Oh, the controversy! The New York Times is reporting that this season American Idol is using pre-recorded tracts. The show claims that the contestants do not “lip-sync” because they are really singing live, they just happen to be singing over a track of their own voices. This is a Clinton…
I just got word that tonight’s Sexy Saturdays affair, which is put on by local station Power 98.3 FM, has been cancelled. The weekly hip-hop dance party was set to move into its new digs at the Golden Buddha, the Sino eatery located at the Chinese Cultural Center in east…
It’s quiz time. Last night we checked out a swanky bar with kickin’ tunes and an amazing outdoor lounge area. Where were we? Time’s up. The answer: a hotel; the first hotel newly constructed in Tempe in the last ten years in fact. From a hotel perspective, Aloft couldn’t make more…
Bar Smith’s Wednesday night electro/hip-hop affair Pinky Ring has offered some choice guests over its six months of existence (including local legend Z-Trip and NYC/ATL funkmeister Treasure Fingers). And now its organizers are about to add top themselves with their latest coup: Afrika Bambaataa. The Bronx-born hip-hop pioneer (who’s considered…
If you’re looking for a place to get your swerve on this weekend, we advise you to seek out the Golden Buddha. No, we’re not dispatching you on some spiritual journey to seek out enlightenment a la Siddhartha, but instead are urging you to head for the Chinese Cultural Center…
Is it just me, or is anyone else feeling a little over-Boomered lately? Maybe it’s that Billy Joel concert I saw last night, or maybe it’s the “review” I just read in that other paper, written by someone who’s probably a little too young to be a Boomer, but sure…
The Academy Is… and This Providence did a stellar version of Jimmy Eat World’s “A Sunday.” You can watch the YouTube video here: The pop-rock acts stopped by the NK2 studio in Seattle last week when they decided to cover the popular track from Mesa’s Jimmy Eat World’s 1999 “Clarity”…
In 1994, when Billy Joel and Elton John first took the stage together in Philadelphia, it was quite a novelty. Two piano-playing singer-songwriters — who’ve each sold more than 100 million records on their own — together in concert! Wowza!Five tours and 15 years later, the newness is gone. Last…
Authority Zero will hit the road with punk-rockers Pennywise and Pepper for a Jagermeister tour kicking off in May. Before the band joins their friends on tour, the AZ punk-rock act will perform at Tempe’s Marquee Theatre Friday, April 3 for a headlining show. The show will start at 8…
Tempe’s countrified punk-rockers Truckers on Speed have two big performances in Mesa this weekend. The guys will share a stage with Tempe rock guys Dead Hot Workshop and Los Guys at Mesa’s Goathead Saloon (1423 S. Country Club Drive) on Friday and will take part in the AZ Bike Week…
Fleet Foxes? Check. TV on the Radio? Check. Parisian rockers Phoenix join the ranks as the next hip, trendy band to grace SNL’s music stage this season. Their next album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, isn’t due out until May 26th, but the band still managed to swing a spot on the…
As music editor Martin Cizmar mentioned in his post earlier today, the slate of concerts scheduled to go down from tonight until Sunday kinda pales in comparison to the overwhelming assortment of superstars who’ll be in town next weekend. But while this weekend’s line-up of major music and comedy events…
There’s not a ton of live music in town this weekend — especially compared to next weekend’s musical bonanza of Country Thunder/Tempe Music Fest/Springsteen/Bonnie Prince Billy/Calexico/Leonard Cohen — so this week’s flier is for a dance night. Not just any Dance night though, as Benjamin Leatherman wrote in this week’s…
Scene from the green room of Scottsdale’s Martini Ranch: A burly security guard approaches Phoenix rockers Vayden, who are hanging out before their headlining Friday-night set at the club. “I heard you guys are all the rage,” the guard says. “Ah, man,” Vayden singer Curtis Casey sighs, tucking one of…
It’s opening night of the 2009 Billy Joel/Elton John “Face to Face” tour. Five minutes before showtime, Billy Joel stands behind the curtains, nervously looking at his Rolex, when Elton John scurries up beside him. Billy [under his breath]: Ah, the bitch is back . . . Elton: William. Billy:…
