If country superstar Dierks Bentley had a résumé, he’d get whatever job he wanted — two certified platinum albums, eight certified gold singles and another two singles that went platinum. He’s not even two years removed from the release of “Drunk On A Plane,” a massive hit with a now-iconic…
Krystle Delgado paid for college by competing in beauty pageants. She was Miss Palo Verde and Miss Sonoran Desert, titles she dutifully carried from the end of one contest until the beginning of the next year’s. But as an artist, she didn’t want to have anyone else’s reputation or legacy…
Haymarket Squares — “Let’s Start a Riot” Your favorite punkgrass anarchists are back and better than ever! The Haymarket Squares are ready to release their highly anticipated new full-length, Light It Up, at Last Exit Live on February 27, and last week, they released a video for the album’s first single…
Here are our picks for best concerts in Phoenix this weekend. Check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options. Al Jarreau – Friday, February 5 – Highlands Church Some might say that 34 seems a bit “past one’s prime” to have started a singing career. For Al Jarreau, that’s…
We’re almost two weeks removed from the Arizona Cardinals getting their asses handed to them by the Carolina Panthers and it still stings. Crescent BallroomThe Crescent’s lounge will once against host it’s amusingly named “Hamm’s Me the Ball” viewing party, which will feature the gridiron action being projected onto a…
What would it be like to move to another country and end up being called “Mr. Heavy Metal”? Marty Friedman knows. The gifted guitar player, initially known for his groundbreaking work in Cacophony, moved to Japan a decade ago after living in Phoenix from 1993 to 2003. Since his move,…
For those who want to “feel the Bern” with a veritable who’s who of local talent, Saturday, February 6, will be everything you could want and a little bit more as Sacred Reich and friends have a little fundraiser for the Presidential candidate from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, at the Rebel…
Justin Beiber’s “Love Yourself” is a little passive aggressive. The chorus of “You should go and love yourself” is a radio-friendly, PG-rated euphemism, and we all know it. The entire song, is a soft-sung but arrogant dismissal of an ex-girlfriend. It’s arrogant, too. Justin Beiber might be the only singer…
On Vetiver’s latest record, Andy Cabic let the songs percolate slowly, getting to know them almost as if they were people. The result is Complete Strangers, a title that hints at how people can sometimes struggle to find connections and how two contradictory sensations keep showing up in relationships: feeling…
Sitting down with Christian Dion Dean, a.k.a. Vee Tha Rula, it’s clear he’s always had a vision. His foresight is how he got his name in the first place. “In the neighborhood, anything that would happen, my homeboys would always come to me and ask what’s going to happen,” Vee…
Looks like the George & Dragon wasn’t the only local spot that got the makeover treatment from Bar Rescue recently. Baseline Sports Bar, a biker-friendly watering hole located in Tempe, was also paid a visit by the Spike TV reality show last month and got a new look and new…
The month of February brings a packed calendar of events to the Valley of the Sun—the Barrett Jackson car show is wrapping up, the Waste Management Open kicking off, and the weather is gorgeous, prompting an array of other outside festivals and activities. It also prompts bands to get back…
Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known as five-time Grammy-nominated producer, DJ, and recording artist Diplo, has had many illustrious collaborators since his rise in the early 2000s — M.I.A., Shakira, Robyn, Kid Cudi, Bruno Mars, No Doubt, and Snoop Dogg, to name a few. Now to that list you can add —…
Stephen Kellogg – Tuesday, February 2 – Crescent Ballroom There’s a reason the somewhat vague term “Americana” fits for a wide expanse of sounds and region-specific musical traditions. As expansive and eclectic as the country itself, Americana isn’t a genre but a collection of shared sounds and ideas from coast…
Viva PHX announced the addition of 40 bands to the festival, which will take place at 15 venues in downtown Phoenix on Saturday, March 12. The festival, which turns downtown into a South by Southwest-type festival for a night, is in its third year. Electronic music band Neon Indian will…
Here are our picks for best concerts in Phoenix this weekend. For more options, check out our comprehensive concert calendar. No Limit Takeover – Saturday, January 30, at Arizona Events Center in Mesa In October, JustUs Samuel announced that his label, Respect the Underground, would build a partnership with the…
Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Harper and the Moths – “In the Shadows”Last weekend, Harper and the Moths released their new EP, Rock.Pop.Soul., to a packed house…
Since late 2013, the Devil Makes Three has been touring to support I’m a Stranger Here, the acoustic band’s breakthrough fourth album, which pushed its way not only near the top of the bluegrass chart but onto the Billboard 200 albums chart as well. In keeping with the folk tradition,…
The idea of disruption is big these days. It seems everyone is trying to disrupt something: the mattress industry, healthcare, taxi services. You don’t have to look far to see advertisements talking about new, better, and different ways of looking at established products and services, especially when it comes to…
Jodi Arias “really wants to see” the music video Phoenix rapper Kareem “Lefty” Williams made about her, a cheerful Arias said in a prison phone call leaked to Radar Online published yesterday. In the 15-minute phone call between rapper Williams and convicted murderer Arias, the two also talk prison food, what books…
Myrlin Hepworth is loath to admit it, lest anyone get the wrong idea, but when we called him at his home one recent Tuesday morning, the local rapper, poet, activist, and educator was watching a documentary on the Eagles. Not exactly what one might expect from an aspiring hip-hop artist…
The new year means new beginnings, fresh ideas, and more chances to give birth to new projects. In such a populous area, we are privy to a tremendous amount of ambition and diversity when it comes to the local music scene. The area’s creative class constantly churns out new music…
