It’s not even Christmas, but we have our first piece of big summer concert news today: Dave Matthews Band is coming to Cricket Wireless Pavilion on May 6.Yes, it’s time for “Dave” again, already.DMB’s first studio record in four years (oddly produced by Rob Cavallo of Green Day and My…
Last week, I called out Andy Rourke of the Smiths for standing me up not once, not twice, but thrice. As you may know, Rourke of The Smiths took my advice and showed up to spin this weekend at the Ruby Room. And me? Well, I took the opportunity to…
Whew! Boy did we cover a lot of ground this weekend. Clubs Editor Benjamin Leatherman was out being a one man wrecking ball for this weekend’s “Night Out” slide show while Music Editor Martin Cizmar hit up Bloc Party last night. I kept myself busy reviewing the Aquabats show while…
Costume designer Randall Christensen has dressed some very famous people throughout his career. Since 1985, he’s tailored for stars such as Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, R&B singer Toni Braxton, actress Susan Lucci, and *NYSYNC member Lance Bass. He’s been the sole costume designer for the popular ABC TV series Dancing with the Stars since season two, and he won an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Costumes for a Variety or Music Program” in 2006 for his work on DWTS.
Where: Copper Door Restaurant and Bar at The Hotel San Carlos (202 N. Central Avenue). Jump off the train and head East on Central toward the historic Hotel San Carlos. It should take you about two minutes on foot. Drink: The Humphrey’s Palm Room Mojito. Bacardi Razz combined with fresh black…
In their review of Bloc Party’s latest record Intimacy, the guys over at Pitchfork went in to a long and arduous comparison between the band and U2. I didn’t really see it, until last night’s show at The Marquee.Playing for an impressively packed house – Sunday night shows are risky…
Last Thursday, Lilia Menconi brought you the first word on Saturday’s “Fill in the Groove: Vinyl Art Show” at Hoodlums in Mesa in both blog and article form. Frankly, we have a great interest in crazy art, so we couldn’t help but get a few shots direct from the show…
See more shots in our Aquabats slide show.Ask what sets The Aquabats apart from other former ska outfits turned synth-punk and the answer is simple: enemies. After all, what would a crime-fighting band of costumed crusaders be without a few villains to lob their collective super powers at? Saturday night’s…
Where: Marjele’s at 24 N. Second Street. Walk a block West, turn on Second and you’re mere steps away from liquid goodness. You can make the trip in about five minutes on foot. Drink: The Suns Bomber. What you’ll get is a glass of orange energy drink and a shooter of…
Almost every slip of paper the publicist for Bloc Party sends out has some mention of how much Kele Okereke doesn’t like interviews. Without fail, the articles in their publicity packet have some bit about how shy the singer is, or how he hates to discuss his personal life, or…
Where: Los Dos Molinos at 1010 E. Washington Street. It’ll take you about five minutes to walk there from the station. Drink: House Margarita. Yes, despite the fact that you’ve now stumbled your way through 13 drinks on our epic bar crawl, we’re going to insist that you keep this…
Limbeck is scheduled to perform tonight at the Chyro Arts Venue in Scottsdale. If I was an arrogant, self-centered kind of music journalist, I’d probably spend the next 400 or so words detailing all the cool-ass concerts I was planning to check out this weekend, dishing out details in between…
Defensive end Antonio Smith shows off the “raise the roof” gesture. Wanna high-five a few Arizona Cardinals players on their recent clinching of the NFC West crown? We’ve got info on where a few players will be kicking back tonight…
It’s not often that a bassist leaving your band can make you somehow much more popular, but that’s just what happened to Black Label Society. Of course the situation wasn’t exactly normal, what with Robert Trujillo leaving the band to join The Beatles of Metal, Metallica. Soon after Bobby T…
The Daddy of Rock ‘N’ Roll (1963-2003)The late Wesley Shabazz Willis was one of the coolest mofos in music. The schizophrenic African-American musician (who refered to his psychotic episodes as “hellrides”) sung howling songs set to keyboard music usually about such disparate subjects as McDonalds, Alanis Morrisette, and Spider-Man. If…
It can’t be easy to forge your own musical identity when every music writer insists on reminding you and everyone else in every article they write about you that you were good friends with Jeff Buckley. And you sound an awful lot like him. And come to think of it,…
Where: The Chevron Station located just West of the stop and about two minutes on foot. Drink: Grab 24 ounce can of Budweiser for $2.09. It’s the official beer of gas station drinking (as far as we’re concerned) and what the hell, grab a moon pie too. Microwave action is a necessity. Scene:…
The Medic Droid’s Hector Bagnod and one of his fans. You can’t spell “fanatic” without “fan.” As I detailed wrote in this week’s cover story in the Phoenix New Times, local electro power-pop group The Medic Droid has built a considerable teenaged and twentysomething (not to mention overly-enthusiastic) fanbase across…
This one comes from the “leave your number at the beginning of any voice mail you leave me” file: I got a call from the front man of Glass Heroes yesterday about the Joe Strummer benefit and memorial the band is hosting this Saturday at George and Dragon downtown. His…
It just wouldn’t be Christmas in Arizona without Alice Cooper’s annual event, Christmas Pudding, where the shock rocker turned radio jock assembles local and national talent to raise money for The Solid Rock Center, a Christian center aiming to keep teens out of trouble and teach them about the Way…
You may be wondering: Can a shirtless guy in his mid-50s who dresses in purple velour shorts still rock like he did in 1979? I know I asked myself the same question before AC/DC took the stage Wednesday night at U.S. Airways Center. But now I’m done doubting my aging heroes. Like…
Rolling Stone, that music magazine that felt it necessary to feature the ladies from MTV’s The Hills on the cover of its May issue, just released its list of top 50 albums of 2008. Wouldn’t you know it; they put Bob Dylan at number two. Why not number one, Rolling…
