West Coast All-Stars feat. Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube @ Comerica Theatre | Friday, September 14, 2012″Can I take y’all back to 1994?” It’s a question that Ice Cube popped in the midst of his performance during last night’s West Coast All-Stars Tour stop at Comerica Theatre. The near-sellout crowd…
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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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See also: Packrat Explains “Vultures of Knowledge”I’m used to hearing bands getting excited for an upcoming gig, but when a band is also excited for the other groups on their bill, it tends to be a special night of music. Local rockers Packrat have one such date coming up next…
See also: Passion Pit: The Electropop Band is Doing Just Fine These Days Passion Pit @ Marquee Theatre| 9/11/12Massachusetts electropoppers Passion Pit haven’t performed in the Valley in almost three years. The band’s second full-length album, Gossamer, was released a couple of months ago, and fans responded quite well to…
See also: Bad Lucy Team Up with Studio At The Farm for Live Session Video Series See also: Take Cover: Bad Lucy Covers Bob DylanOl’ Dirty Bastard likes it raw, and you know what, so do we. Not the slang term with several connotations, but the indie arts organization, RAW:…
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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…
Massachusetts’ electropop outfit Passion Pit got fans moving with its full-length debut, Manners, in 2009. The group followed it up this year, with Gossamer, full of the same catchy synth tones, but with much darker undertones. Songs like “I’ll be Alright” provide a glimpse into songwriter Michael Angelakos’ struggle, 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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See also: Strung Out’s Jason Cruz: Twisted in a Suburban Teenage Wasteland See also: Strung Out at Clubhouse Music Venue, 1/28/12 (VIDEO) See also: Ataris’ Kris Roe Explains the Meaning Behind His Arizona Tattoo, Classic Phoenix Venues, and Warped Tour See also: The Ataris at Yucca Tap Room, 3/16/12Strung Out…
See also: Twin Shadow: Songwriter Trades in Gauzy New Wave Honesty See also: Download: Bogan Via’s Sparkling, Pulsing “Kanye” See also: Take Cover: Bogan Via Covers Department of EaglesTwin Shadow and Bogan Via @ Crescent Ballroom| 9/4/12Twin Shadow played its first Phoenix show last night and there’s no denying that…
See also: Strung Out at Clubhouse Music Venue, 1/28/12 (VIDEO) See also: Top Five Must-See Shows This Week Strung Out has been generous about performing in Phoenix over the course of its two decade career. The band tends to perform old songs (link to Face to Face/Strung Out review) while…
See also: Rise Against Ends Boycott of Arizona; Sound Strike Changes Focus See also: Five Sound Strike Bands We’d Like to See Perform in ArizonaYeasayer @ Crescent Ballroom, 9/3/12 Last night had all the ingredients for a great performance: a band fresh off the Soundstrike, a sold-out show, a cool…
See also: Mergence and Quick Henry Unite See also: Quick Henry’s Musical Recipe: Equal Parts Passion, Soul, Jameson and Ginger AleWhile most people took some well-deserved time off to mark the Labor Day holiday, consummate Tempe blues rockers Quick Henry used the extended weekend to log in some time at…
Tycho @ Crescent Ballroom | 9/2/12To set the scene for this show, I should let you know I took some 25i-NBOMe. This research chemical is so new that it doesn’t yet carry with it any scary taboos, let alone a nickname that makes it more sellable on the streets. Apparently,…
Purity Ring @ Crescent Ballroom 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…
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…
Tedeshi Trucks Band, B.B. King, Robert Cray @ Comerica Theatre| 9/1/12See also: Derek Trucks Talks Family Life on the Road See also: The full B.B. King SlideshowLet’s get something straight: last night’s show at Comerica Theatre was not a B.B. King show. It was a Tedeschi Trucks Band concert. B.B…
The Tallest Man on Earth @ Crescent Ballroom| 9/1/12It’s not hard to find a folk singer strumming a guitar in public. Stumble into a coffee shop or look out on the street corner and you’re bound to find someone doing it. Finding someone in one these spots who also happens…
