Scarf-and-sweatered, I took my place at the very end of a very long line that wrapped around Martini Ranch and down Stetson Drive. For amusement, confused attendees waltzed up and down the line, asking with perplexity, “Is this the will call line?” I gathered that the majority of the Metric…
Even if you’re inclined to believe Gingers do indeed have a soul — and as a matter of policy I take no position one way or the other on the matter — you must concede that they do not rock. Axl Rose is the only Ginger rock star that pops quickly…
Christmas came early for the couple hundred die-hard Jimmy Eat World fans who came out to catch the Mesa rock band Wednesday at the intimate Modified Arts for a mere $5 cover. The lucky Jimmy fans in attendance – at one of Modified’s last hurrah’s before they switch owners and transform into…
Electric Mustache is speculating that Mesa pop-punks Jimmy Eat World will make a special appearance at the soon-to-be totally-different Modified Arts tonight. After a cryptic message on the bands Twitter it’s looking more like the surprise is going to be Jimmy Eat World. This is the message posted on the…
Phoenix Tour de Coops Shows Off Urban Fowl Phoenicians interested in urban agriculture flew to several Valley locations to see “a self-guided tour of the Valley’s coolest urban poultry setups” in the form of Tour de Coops on December 4, 2009. This eggcelent event was designed to crack open some…
Damn you, Ben Gibbard, you’re fucking up indie rock. Not by virtue of anything you’ve done yourself, mind you. Death Cab for Cutie is fantastic, The Postal Service’s lone album is one of the best of the decade. The problem, which I’m far from the first to recognize but can’t…
The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band’s show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That’s not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely negative about…
Even if you’re not a fan of Maynard James Keenan’s two main projects, Tool and A Perfect Circle — and I generally am not — you’ve gotta admit the guy has good taste in comedy. He helped popularize Bill Hicks by bringing the late comic along on Lollapalooza, he’s done…
I’m definitely on the record with my thoughts about Tool’s lame-ass stage “show” but honestly I’m pretty excited to see Maynard James Keenan’s new side project Puscifer at The Orpheum Thursday. Why? Well, this video should help explain, as should the article we ran in this week’s paper, which explains…
The scene: June 28, 1996. Detroit, Michigan. For the first time, in 13 years, Kiss is playing its first show in makeup with the original lineup of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. It’s nearly midnight at the now-defunct Tiger Stadium, and despicable opening acts Alice in…
J. Tillman is perhaps best known as being the drummer of Seattle based folk-rock group Fleet Foxes. A fact that regional concert promoter Stateside Presents was probably banking on to bring in an audience to Modified Arts on Monday night. But to identify J. Tillman only as the drummer from…
Sunday afternoon, Modified filled to capacity for River Jones Music Label’s Final Folk Fest. Seventeen bands and solo artists played to eager audiences, mainly sitting pretzel-legged on the rickety floorboards, hot beverage in hand, while wintery winds sauntered through the old house. This ain’t your grandma’s Woody Guthrie. This is…
Club Candids: The Final Party Foul at Homme Lounge For the last four years, Homme Lounge has hosted dance nights for every music scene from hip hip to industrial to indie rock; but its most consistently crowded affair for the last year and a half has been its Party Foul…
Real Estate’s self-titled record snagged one of those coveted Best New Music tags stuck to their debut full-length, an homage to The Shins if depressed and dropping lysergic, with Fruit Bats-style naturalist trimmings. Certainly the press helped, but, after some distinct uncertainty about the band’s impending arrive, Real Estate turned…
Phoenix Art & Soul While music-minded patrons shopped for deals on used CDs and audio equipment at the Used Beats Swapmeet, more than fifty artists set to work painting New Times stands with their own artistic visions. See them up close and personal at Local Breeze next First Friday. In…
Laughing Gas – Neon Indian…
Phoenix experimental band Treasure Mammal proves two hours of driving doesn’t mean the Arizona scene needs to be split. The indie group joins forces with neighbors-to-the-north, Flagstaff’s Feel Free, on a untitled 7″ record, which will be available at a free show Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Lost Leaf. You can…
Concert announcements are starting to filter in for The Rogue, the Scottsdale night spot that formerly hosted the beloved hipster dance night Shake! (for about a half decade, if you can believe it) but is now moving in to live-action rock shows.San Fran electro pop act Ana Sia (listen to one of…
Quick recap of some news we broke in this week’s New Times music newsletter (sign up here): The Cover Up is playing its last show tonight.The melodic hardcore band was signed to Modern Art Records, which maintains an office in Phoenix but which has seen its owner and production guru…
It was exciting to hear one of the Valley’s catchiest bands, Violet Wild, is playing a show this Friday, November 20 at Club Red, opening for Days of the New. But after taking a look at the flyer for the show, it’s flabbergasting how many freakin’ bands are on one…
By Lindsey Holder I’m not sure how many bands I saw last night. …maybe three-ish? The ticket said The Swell Season, but the show was more like The Swell Season, Glen Hansard, The Frames, and a combination of the three. I figured it would be fairly straightforward, with songs from…
For Phoenix rock band Year of the Moth, being in a band isn’t about getting signed to a label and becoming Nickelback-scale famous. It’s all about playing music the group members stand behind, and that’s what the band attributes to the support they’ve felt in the local scene. “For the…
