The AZ Derby Dames rocketed on to the rink for the official fourth season opener on January 31, 2009. As these battlefield betties beat each other to bits, L.A.’s Devil Doll provided a kickin’ soundtrack. See: shots from the opener in our AZ Derby Dames slide show. Read: Exploring the…
Last week I wrote about Steve Martin’s album The Crow New Songs for the 5-String Banjo. Well, last Saturday night Martin hosted Saturday Night Live (he curently holds the record for most times hosting the comedy show at 15 times) preforming a song called “Late For School” off of his…
Less than 48 hours remain until Kurt Warner and the rest of the Arizona Cardinals become either champs or chumps. As Steve Jansen wrote earlier today over on our Valley Fever blog, Kurt and the boys in red have a golden opportunity to not only redeem the enitre Cardinals franchise…
One last big concert announcement for the week: Flight of the Conchords will be at Dodge Theatre on May 19. The joke folk duo from New Zealand’s new season on HBO just started, so expect a few new songs from that. Tickets are $38.50 and availible through www.livenation.com…
Most of this week’s big announcements were already up here earlier this week when they broke — Modest Mouse, Bruce Springsteen — but we do have a few surprises on the next page. Like David Archuleta, the American Idol contestant who was too devoutly Mormon to sing the first verse…
With the economy in the toilet and massive layoffs occurring daily, the Coachella Music Festival, which announced its lineup today, is offering two layaway options for people wanting to purchase three-day passes and avoid paying the lump sum at once.Considering that these passes go for $269, this is a smart choice…
Earl Simmons, better known as the rapper DMX, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for abusing his dogs and theft-related charges. He’s scheduled to be released on April 30.DMX also received 18 months of supervised probation, during which time he can’t own firearms or animals, according to a news release from…
Rob G., a tattoo artist known for his work on celebrities such as Suns star Shaquille O’Neal, hip-hop stars G-Unit, Ice Cube, Lil Jon, and DMX, and the New England Patriots, died at his home in Orlando, Florida on Monday, January 26.
I have to admit, before New Times music editor Martin Cizmar asked me if I wanted to review O.A.R.’s show at the Birds Nest, I was only peripherally familiar with the band. “Aren’t they a hippie jam band?” I asked. Fortunately, the chicks in my life came to the rescue…
Coachella’s 2009 official lineup is officially out — as of 3:15 this morning, says Michael Lopez. Here it is: Girl Talk, Crystal Castles, The Knux, Fleet Foxes, Lupe Fiasco (that’s, in order, five of my 10 favorite records of 2008) plus The Black Keys, Late of the Pier, The Yeah…
We’ll give you three guesses as to why there’s only one concert listed on Sunday (and the first two don’t count). As music editor Martin Cizmar reported earlier this week, no one wants to compete with the Arizona Cardinals’ Super Bowl battle with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with the lone exception of…
Most of the time, this fact is blatantly true and indicative of the über-conservative “fair and balanced” news channel. For all intents and purposes, 98 percent of what is aired on Fox News is “fucked up.” However, what I am specifically referencing is Damian Abraham — lead singer of Toronto…
A couple of weeks ago, we brought you an unofficial list of acts supposedly slated for Coachella. Still no word from the promoters on who is and isn’t coming, which has stirred some angst amongst concertgoers. Now, he’s speaking up, according to our OC Weekly music blog, and he urges…
As if the news from Wall Street, Detroit, and Starbucks was not bad enough, DigitalMusicNews.com is reporting that CD sales have now fallen to less than half the number of CDs sold in their peak year, 2000. In 2008, CD sales were down 54.6 percent from 2000, or a giant…
Mill Avenue’s Cherry Lounge & Pit is getting all Dita Von Tees-ed on us. The trendy ASU dance club, located at 411 South Mill Avenue, hosts Scandalous Thursdays every week with Scandalesque, a classy Valley burlesque troupe known for its tease and seductive performances around town. The provocative cabaret features…
Hey! We’re almost there, folks! Almost at the end of the tedious Idol audition process and what is shaping up to be a yawner of a season so far. Hollywood Week starts on Tuesday, and that promises to be, at least, a little more exciting. When you put 100+ chicks…
This week’s Flier of the Week was chosen not because of the art work (which is pretty cool, but not amazing) or the headliner, Magic Bullets, (who are pretty cool, but not amazing) but because it’s the best I can come up with to pimp the new Gospel Claws EP…
Things I witnessed while waiting nearly two hours for Lil Wayne to perform at US Airways Center on Wednesday night: An impromptu routine by all of opener T-Pain’s assortment of dancers, including two midgets, a fire-eating contortionist, two dudes with their faces painted like Juggalos and two of (what appeared…
Frank Zappa is often credited with saying, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” If describing music can’t capture the emotions music evokes, then making a movie that talks about writing music must reside somewhere between sculpting an opera and cooking with Frank Lloyd Wright. Yet there’s probably no…
As you probably know, there are two different and well-known songs called “I Kissed a Girl.” One is by upstart 24-year-old pop singer Katy Perry and became a huge hit in the summer of 2008; the other is by veteran singer-songwriter Jill Sobule and was a hit in 1995. Which…
THURSDAY 29 Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Club Red: The Blunt Club with J. Boogie, Pickster Uno, DJ Element, Emerg McVay, & more (hip-hop) J-Heads: Thursday Night Artist Spotlight with DJ Kavi, & guests (hip-hop) Margarita Rocks: DJ Mr. Eaton (Top 40) Ruby Room: Phoenix Sol Party with Djentrification, & Johnny D…
Avenged Sevenfold — a band as unique as a tribal armband tattoo and as clever as using the term “thinking outside the box” — has an appeal that’s mystifying. People continue to listen to this band well into the year 2009, and A.S. apparently have enough clout to book an…
