It’s irresistible: Your favorite band releases a new album, and along with it comes a drawn-out narrative about the recent trials and tribulations of whoever in the band. It’s kind of like reality TV or gossip mags for the more self-aware or artsy crowd, to get a taste of the…
If chains of love got a hold on you, then you’re in luck. Bon Jovi will come to Phoenix for the This House Is Not For Sale tour on Saturday, March 4. The band will come play a concert at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The tour is in support of the…
Those of us who grew up watching MTV in the ’90s will no doubt remember Rock The Vote’s push to get young adults out to the polling places. Flash forward to the present: Despite the fact that young voters were a key factor in getting Barack Obama elected in 2008,…
There has never been a mega-festival quite like Desert Trip. There are just six acts and only one stage. No art installations, no dance tent, no bands you never heard of serenading you in the distance while you stand in line at the beer garden. Just a half-dozen rock &…
Got any big plans this week? You probably should, considering there are few (if any) reasons to stay home. The weather’s certainly nicer, your television is choked with wall-to-wall election coverage, and there’s a grip of great concerts and nightlife events happening over the next several nights. Naturally, most of…
Just because its been three years since Alice In Chains has put out new music doesn’t mean that the band or singer William Duvall hasn’t had a busy summer. After opening five shows on the Guns N’ Roses reunion tour they are now headlining a tour of their own that…
Up for seeing a great concert this weekend? If so, we’ve got a few suggestions for y’all. As a matter of fact, we’ve got a 13 of ’em, and the list includes shows from a wide variety of genres and formats, from emo and dream pop to blues and folk. If…
We sincerely hope y’all have some disposable income saved up from the summer. Because if you like great music and really like seeing it live, you’re going to buying plenty of concert tickets over the next few weeks. That’s because October’s concert calendar is pretty much all treats and no…
Psych-folk troubadour Donovan hit the stage at the Musical Instrument Museum last night for the second of two sold-out shows. His current tour is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of his Sunshine Superman record. That album’s title track was a number one U.S. hit, and the album itself contained…
Omar “Bombino” Moctar straddles two worlds. A Tuareg, the desert people of the Sahara, Bombino, as he is known, adheres to the centuries-old musical traditions of his people, weaving tales of struggle, hardship, and redemption. Yet, he openly embraces western rock ’n’ roll’s stalwarts: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and Santana…
Death Cab for Cutie, Flogging Molly, G-Eazy, and Sublime With Rome top the bill for the third annual Pot of Gold Music Festival, which will take place on Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18, at Rawhide in Chandler. The festival will be spread across two stages on each day…
Got any big plans this week? You probably should, considering there are few (if any) reasons to stay home. The weather’s certainly nicer, your television is choked with wall-to-wall election coverage, and there’s a grip of great concerts and nightlife events happening over the next several nights. Naturally, most of…
In a year in which the fringe aspects of country music are taking on more shine than ever with traditionalist acts like Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, and Sturgill Simpson sitting firmly in the spotlight, it’s as good a critical time as ever for Joe Nichols to come in swinging. An…
Up for seeing a great concert this weekend? If so, we’ve got a few suggestions for y’all. As a matter of fact, we’ve got 10 of ‘em, and the list includes shows from a wide variety of genres and formats, from electronic dance music and hip-hop to country and pop-punk…
It’s an end of an era. Black Sabbath has played its final concert; the ride has stopped. A moment of silence for the best and most influential metal band in history. It didn’t feel like the band’s final concert last night at Ak-Chin Pavilion last night, despite the marketing video…
The image of a handful of young dudes barreling around the country in a van touring on neo-psych, garage-influenced rock music has almost become a cliché at this point. Thanks to a steady flow of Burger Records lo-fi cassettes and psych festivals across the country, the sound of this generation’s…
Another year, another Mad Decent Block Party has come and gone. We had our scribes on site to document the music, the culture, and the people. Here’s what they saw. Best: Dada Life’s Pillow Fight Halfway through our journey to Dada Land, the Swedish duo shouted the words “pillow fight,”…
Going into Saturday night’s Prophets of Rage show at Ak-Chin Pavilion, there were two questions that immediately came to mind. The most obvious was why on earth are the members of Rage Against The Machine doing a tour revisiting their past with Chuck D of Public Enemy and B-Real of Cypress Hill…
Looking for a great local concert to check out this week? Look no further. We’ve got the lowdown on biggest and best shows happening at music venues throughout the Valley over the next several nights. And all of ‘em are worthy of both your time and money. For instance, if…
Finding the balance between advances in modern technology and the excess that can come from them has always been at the center of the message that permeates the mysterious and yet mesmerizing music created by Kraftwerk, the godfathers of modern synthesizer music. Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider formed the band…
Up for seeing a great concert this weekend? If so, we’ve got a few suggestions for y’all. As a matter of fact, we’ve got nine of ‘em, which include shows from a wide variety of genres, from the gleeful pop stylings of Demi Lovato and the hip-hop of Post Malone to the emotive indie music of Cass McCombs and the down-home sounds of newgrass king Sam Bush. There are also much anticipated gigs by hometown heroes Jared & The Mill, who will have a release party for their new album at Livewire in Scottsdale on Saturday, and the long-awaited gig by the much-ballyhooed supergroup Prophets of Rage, which features three-fourths of Rage Against the Machine plus Chuck D. and B. Real.
There’s something special about the moment when a big-piece soul ensemble clicks and all the musicians start really feeling each other. That undefinable, magical groove is no doubt what enchanted Daryl Hall and John Oates in the first place and led to their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career…
