What’s up with RiRi? TMZ reported Rihanna had an outburst backstage at the Grammy Awards before she canceled her scheduled appearance. Her people say that she had bronchitis and wouldn’t have been able to perform, but the gossip website reported “the singer was loudly expressing displeasure over her rehearsal …
It’s been just over 20 years since D.R.I. released a new record, but that’s about to change. The Texas band launched in 1982 as a hardcore act. Five years later, their short, ferocious songs (most clocked in under a minute-thirty) got longer as the group moved in a more metal…
Touring with Beck, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the Shins, Jessica Dobson played some of the biggest stages a rock guitarist could hope for, but it came at the expense of her own band. So Dobson put herself front and center, walking away from the Shins to focus full time on…
The live music lineup over Valentine’s weekend has something almost everyone will love: profanely funny heavy metal acts, R&B legends, a locally focused rock festival, profound blues artists, geeky rappers, alt-rock heavyweights, an enormous EDM throwdown, and even a show aimed at protecting the naughty bits of men everywhere. Here…
Roaring out of Orange County in the late 2000s, Ty Segall is as known for his prolific output as he is his considerable onstage volume. Since 2008, Segall has released some nine studio albums, dozens of singles, a handful of EPs, and teamed up with like-minded bashers for collaborative albums…
If you’re a Hall & Oates fan, the songwriting duo will be making your dreams come true this September. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will play a concert at Ak-Chin Pavilion on September 14. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 12, at 10 a.m. at www.livenation.com. It’s…
Here are our picks for best concerts in Phoenix this weekend. Check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options. Marty Friedman – Monday, February 8 – The Rebel Lounge After guitarist Marty Friedman left heavy metal titans Megadeth in 2000, ending a decade-long run with the Dave Mustaine–led group,…
Phoenicians would be within their rights to be pissed off at Robin Thicke, who has not performed a show in the state since “Blurred Lines” became the summer song of 2013. He cancelled an October 27, 2013, appearance at the Arizona Jazz Festival claiming illness. Three days later the news…
The Waste Management Phoenix Open is billed as the “People’s Open,” but how do you get the Old Town crowd to the green? You book the w hat many consider the “world’s greatest DJ” to spin on a Saturday night: the Dutch record producer Tiësto. As someone who enjoys and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Like so many musicians before him, Redemptions front man Anthony Fama is trying to use his music as a vehicle to a second a chance to right all of the perceived wrongs in his life. Whether it be his personal financial mistakes, the missteps against past lovers, the wrongdoing against…
More than 90 bands played at more than two dozen stages at last year’s Viva PHX festival, which turned downtown Phoenix into a scene from South by Southwest for a night. Stateside Presents today provided a small sample of the bands scheduled for this year’s Viva PHX festival, scheduled for…
Modest Mouse and Brand New are launching a nationwide tour and will play in Phoenix this summer, the bands announced today. Though Brand New is no stranger to Phoenix, having played at Summer Ends Music Festival just a few months ago, Modest Mouse hasn’t played in Phoenix since 2013, when…
Here’s some news that should make you smile (Or should that be SMiLE?). The tortured genius behind so many Beach Boys classics has announced a concert in Phoenix this summer. Brian Wilson is scheduled to play Celebrity Theatre on Saturday, July 9. Tickets go on sale January 29. Wilson will…
