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Why The Clash is still ‘the only band that matters’

By Thomas Bond

By Thomas Bond

While some musical groups fade into mere memories, that was never going to be the case with The Clash, once famously dubbed “the only band that matters.” More than two decades on from their break-up, interest in the group remains high. How high? Well, a new concert album The Clash Live at Shea Stadium was issued last month and today marks the release of “The Clash,” a 384-page book that tells the band’s story through quotes from its members.

Vote for Free Starbucks Coffee!

By Niki D'Andrea

Tomorrow (Tuesday, November 4) is election day, and as a “thank you” to voters for casting their ballots, Starbucks is offering a free small coffee to anyone who comes in and says they voted.

Concert Review: The Faint at Marquee Theatre on Nov. 1

By Martin Cizmar

By Martin Cizmar

If you want to judge a concert based on how far back the crowd is dancing – and I think it’s a pretty fair way to do it – it would be hard to top The Faint’s show Saturday. Feet weren’t just moving in the first few rows, or in the main clump in front of the stage at the spacious Marquee, they were sliding around all the way back by the soundboard, where some dude in a day-glow hat had his own little rave and where a girl in a gray dress indiscreetly scanned every guy around her in search of a suitable dance partner then, coming up empty, switched to a new spot.

The 5 Most Offensive Band Names in Phoenix

By Benjamin Leatherman

By Benjamin Leatherman Saturday night is your last chance ever to get assaulted by E.T.T.S. I deal with a crapload of local bands as Clubs Editor for the Phoenix New Times. Each and every week I sift through hundreds of web pages, flyers, and e-mails in the process of assembling…

Flier of the Week: GRAVE 1NF3KT3D

By Martin Cizmar

By Martin Cizmar Halloween fun doesn’t end Friday, as the poster for this underground rave shows. This forum has some info, but for the location, call the infoline on the day of the show, (602) 501-5466…

Danzig Leads the Blackest of the Black Tour Screaming into Town

By D.X. Ferris

Glenn Danzig is the Devil’s curator for the Blackest of the Black Tour, a metal mini-festival he’s been presenting and headlining intermittently since 2003. The punk alumnus has reached highs beyond most of his peers, but, 31 years into his musical career, he still thinks it’s important to help bands…

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

THURSDAY 30 Bikini Lounge: DJ HFE (rockabilly, surf, jazz, classic country, indie, obscuro) Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo (rockabilly) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cherry Lounge: DJ M2 (hip-hop, Top 40) Club Red: The Blunt Club with Pickster Uno, DJ Element, Emerg McVay, & more (hip-hop) Crabby Don’s: DJ Johnny Knuckles…

Forgive Durden, Atreyu, and Other Band Names Stolen from Pop Culture

By Cole Haddon

In 1996, Chuck Palahniuk wrote a novel about a pussy tormented by our consumerist society who creates a fight club and, in order to get over his aforementioned lack of balls, a badass alternate personality called Tyler Durden. Years later, four dudes from Seattle named their band Forgive Durden for…

After Hours at Johnny’s Uptown

By Benjamin Leatherman

As any 18- to 21-year-old will probably tell you, our fair city is in serious need of places where underage types can party. The folks behind The Spot at Johnny’s Uptown, 40 East Camelback Road, must’ve thought so, too, as they’ve launched a weekly after-hours shindig that’s sure to pack…

Secret Machines

By Michael Lopez

Boasting a new guitar player and radio-friendly appeal, the Secret Machines’ third full-length meanders through the band’s trademark shoegaze sound. Founding guitarist Benjamin Curtis left the band in 2007 to form his own band, but the remaining members recruited Phil Karnats of Tripping Daisy fame to fill the large void,…

Waylon Jennings and the .357’s

By Martin Cizmar

With his final works, the American Recordings series, Johnny Cash had some of his biggest commercial and critical success, setting the bar ridiculously high for departed country singers. On Waylon Forever, billed as the country outlaw’s final record, Jennings doesn’t come close to Cash, though the record has a few…

Tito Puente

By Ernest Barteldes

Mambo was all the rage in the 1950s, thanks to Cuban maestro Pérez Prado. And among the best artists of the era was Bronx-born Ernesto “Tito” Puente, a prolific musician, songwriter, and bandleader whose legacy resonates to this day. Though his best-known tunes are readily available in stores, his earlier…

Castanets

By Mark Keresman

Yet another band moniker for a solo performer, Castanets is the nom de musique of Raymond Raposa, a San Diego singer/songwriter with a playfully warped approach to American roots music. Not quite country, not quite folk, not quite blues or gospel, Castanets weaves aspects of each into a haunted, doom-laden,…

Oasis

By Thomas Bond

Sometimes the journey is better than the destination. Take Oasis’ musical career. As hungry upstarts trying to become rock stars with their first two albums, there was no more exciting band on the planet. With stardom achieved, has there been a more boring one? Here’s the proof: Spot someone all…

The Mighty Underdogs

By Ben Westhoff

The term “hip hop supergroup” gets thrown around a lot, but Bay Area outfit The Mighty Underdogs can make a pretty good case. Composed of MCs Gift of Gab (from Blackalicious) and Lateef the Truthspeaker (of Latyrx), and backed by producer Headnodic (of Crown City Rockers), the group just released…

Kottonmouth Kings

By Michael Lopez

Hip-hop punk rockers Kottonmouth Kings, fresh from their performance at this year’s Edgefest, return to the Valley with a show that is sure to be a frightful event. The band’s new The Green Album will no doubt fill out the night’s set list of bizarre theatrics and stoner antics, a…