Purity Ring @ Crescent Ballroom|8/31/12 Lesson of the day: don’t overestimate the obscurity of a band. Or, at least check ticket sales. I went to Purity Ring confident that standing room would be still available for me and my girlfriend, but I was the only one able to get in…
Rehab @ Rhythm Room| 8/30/12Not since bearded-era Jim Morrison have rotund drunks been celebrated with such crazed enthusiasm. Not that I could ever compare last night’s Rehab show at The Rhythm Room to even the most spaced-out of Morrison’s career and consider it fair. But I did learn a few…
Curious about what’s going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don’t fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend…
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys @ Rhythm Room| 8/29/12Sometimes, different is good. After a long, steady musical diet of mostly rock, jazz, blues and Cuban music, I let my country side out for an evening with Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys. Though, in all honesty, it was pretty…
There are many distinct “walls of sound,” though it might be easy to generalize their impactful effect on ones cranium and aural canal. There’s the Phil Spector recording technique which huddled a number of musicians across an equally scattered array of microphones, resulting in a panoramic, ensconced dynamic warmth. There’s…
See also: Cut Throat Logic Spit Live (Video) See also: Lifted Aims for Timeless Pop, Like His Boss Kanye WestRapper Kendrick Lamar had some choice words about voting earlier this week. Namely, that it’s pointless. “My vote counts? I’m not voting, I don’t do no voting. I will keep it…
See also: Five Finger Death Punch’s Jason Hook on Giving the Fans What They Want See also: Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe Set Free; Five Finger Death Punch Weighs In See also: The full Trespass America slideshow.Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage, and More @ COMERICA THEATRE|8/26/12 The Trespass America…
Yeah, yeah, yeah…we get it Mondays suck (we’ve read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week…
See also: Ghostface Killah @ Club Red See also: Local DJ/Producer El-Jay Beats to Share The Stage with Ghostface KillahGhostface Killah @ CLUB RED | 8/23/12 Coming from rappers who know a thing or two about the power of the mixtape, last night’s show featuring Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch, and…
Curious about what’s going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don’t fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend…
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IDENTITY FESTIVAL @ ASHLEY HOMESTORE PAVILION | 8/19/12See also: Live Nation Looks to Cash In on EDM Rage with Identity Festival See also: Paul van Dyk on Why He Dissed Madonna, His Quest for the Perfect Track, and the Growth of EDM in America See also: Luke Romero on The…
King Tuff @ Meat Market Garment Factory| August, 19, 2012See also: King Tuff at Meat Market Garment Factory Show PreviewThe overcast summer evening meant lots of humid heat, building up exponentially as Meat Market grew packed with bodies. Turnout was solid for a showcase of anthemic yet charmingly lacksidasical pop…
Yeah, yeah, yeah…we get it Mondays suck (we’ve read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week…
LOS DIAS DE LA CRESCENT DAY TWO @ CRESCENT BALLROOM | 8/18/12 The party continued to rock local on night two of Los Dias de la Crescent, adding the Latin flair that’s inescapable in Arizona. Saturday night’s set showed that the flag placement, Chicano-inspired art and official state color hues…
LOS DIAS DE LA CRESCENT @ CRESCENT BALLROOM | 8/17/12I challenge anyone who thinks that Phoenix has a faltering music scene to go to the second night of Los Dias de la Crescent tonight. Go ahead, I dare you. You’ll most likely see that this so-called Tempe versus Phoenix rivalry…
Curious about what’s going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don’t fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend…
See also: Hank Williams III Rips the Rulebook to ShredsHank Williams III @ Marquee Theatre| August 15, 2012 “The kind of country I hear nowadays is a bunch of fuckin’ shit to me.” That lyric from Hank Williams III’s “Dick in Dixie” sums up his performance Wednesday night at Marquee…
Daniel Hart @ Trunk Space| 8/14/12 Perhaps the New Times staff ought to add a new review classification– something along the lines of “You Shoulda Seen It.” Unfortunately, Daniel Hart’s performance last night at the Trunk Space would fall into that category…
Piñata Protest @ Rhythm Room | 8/14/12 See also: Los Tigres del Norte, Wild Horse Pass Casino, 8/3/12 Much as in the United States, Mexican music is very regional. Our border brothers in the northern Mexican states for example, have a predisposition for accordion-filled norteños, while rural areas are known…
Nashville Pussy @ Rhythm Room| 8/13/12 After last night, I can’t get enough Nashville Pussy. I have a confession. I’ve fallen in love with almost every female guitarist I’ve ever seen. Last night was as good as it gets. Guitarist Ruyter Suys — pronounced “rider sighs” — wails on her…
Christopher VictorioStevie Wonder at Outside Lands.The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. See also: Metallica @ Outside Lands See also: KISS/Motley Crue @ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion See also: Reubens Accomplice @ Crescent Ballroom See also: Neil Young @…
