Richard Thompson Musical Instrument Museum Wednesday, June 13, 2012 There’s something about a solo Richard Thompson concert that’s both depressing and enlightening. His music allows the mind to wander from the gutter where the drunkards roll to the heavens where misguided motorcycle hoods get their last respite. It’s also a…
Chris VictorioSee more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello’s DJ Set EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better? EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing Slideshow — EDC Day 1 Slideshow — EDC Day…
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One Direction Comerica Theatre Sunday, June 10, 2012 See also: One Direction: Beautiful Lyrics Meet Breathtaking Photos See also: Can You Explain One Direction? No, Seriously Having a crush as a tween girl is sort of like being addicted to drugs: only the object of your affection will satiate you…
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Calivn Harris.See more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello’s DJ Set EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better? Slideshow — EDC Day 1 Slideshow — EDC…
Kaskade.See also: Our Complete Coachella Coverage See more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello’s DJ Set Slideshow — EDC Day 1…
Steve Angello / FacebookSee more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing Slideshow — EDC Day 1 Slideshow — EDC Day 2 In early spring, a Twitter beef erupted between DJ Sneak, a Chicago house…
Action Bronson Club Red Friday, May 8 See also: NYC’s Action Bronson Plays It Tough and Cool “You want me to rap or what?” That was the first thing that Flushing, Queens, rapper Action Bronson asked the crowd last night at Club Red in Tempe. Rhetorical question or not, the…
Destroyer and Sandro Perri Crescent Ballroom Thursday, May 7 See also: Destroyer Got Rejected By Jazz Festivals, Which Is Good for Pop Fans Speaking with Dan Bejar of Canadian indie rock band (or smooth jazz or ’80s pop or Bowie-worshiping-street-poet rock — the band was all of these at various…
Curious what’s going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don’t fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend. Friday, June 8: Action Bronson @ Club Red in Tempe Action Bronson, who hails…
See also: Nicholas Petricca of Walk the Moon Wants to Jam With Michael McDonald (Let’s Make It Happen)Walk the MoonRhythm RoomWednesday, June 6, 2012Walk the Moon have conquered kiddie rock, impressed the masses at Sasquatch, and they’ve got the song of the summer. They’re coming up quickly, and they can’t…
It can be tough to get into rockabilly or psychobilly because, let’s face it: a lot of the bands blend together. Yeah, upright bass and horror movies are cool, but watching a guy with a pompadour stand on top of his bass while singing about cars gets a little old…
It took bassist Rich Tokatyan and guitarist John J. Yohimbe of Phoenix outfit Dynamite the Liberator three years to see their vision of a rock ‘n’ roll band come to fruition. They searched high and low for potential suitors — musicians who could not only jive with their philosophy and…
La Llegadora and Grupo Poderozzo La Casa del Mariachi Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Arizona’s banda scene really knows how to party. Decked-out dudes and chicas filled the music hall side of La Casa Del Mariachi last night and danced their asses off. It didn’t matter to anyone that it was…
The men of TwinGiant aren’t asking for a lot. They want some beers, and they wanna turn the amps up (way up), and tell a cosmic yarn about “the space hobo,” a character they created when imagining a theme that would conceptually link the band’s songs. Huddled around a table…
Like nearly everyone in Phoenix, songwriter Stephen Steinbrink (you may recognize his project named French Quarter, as well) has a love/hate relationship with the city. It’s easy to love the pockets of true community, the DIY art spaces, punk rock house shows, and the affordable, delicious Mexican food, but the…
With one of the catchiest songs of the summertime, “Anna Sun” has launched Walk the Moon to the top spot on millions of playlists. Between a series of stops at music festivals, the band currently is making its way across the country on a headlining tour. Once they conquer the United States,…
See also: Santigold Discusses Bjork, MySpace, and The Death of MCA Santigold Crescent Ballroom Monday, June 4, 2012 Better Than: Every show I’ve been to this year. Seriously. It’s hard to imagine a show living up to as much hype as Santigold’s Phoenix debut. The show sold out well in…
Annual Douchebag Party at Smashboxx Being called a douchebag is usually a bad thing, but patrons of Smashboxx were encouraged to sport spray tans, sunglasses, and Ed Hardy swag in honor of the 3rd Annual Douchebag Party. There was an abundance of duckface and blow outs at the packed bar…
Best of Phoenix winners, Banda La Llegadora, charge a pretty penny for their services: Something to the tune of $600 per hour the last time we checked. The whopping fee fetches you a Mexican musical menagerie that really know how to carry a puro pinche parii. Lucky for you, the…
There’s no such thing as the sophomore slump for Santi White, who has once again charmed audiences with the genre-defying Master of My Make-Believe. The album includes collaborations with members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Switch, Diplo, and David Sitek, as well as the infectiously catchy song “Disparate Youth.” Santigold’s…
