Guns N’ Roses Comerica Theatre Tuesday, December 27 See also: Our complete Guns N’ Roses and Sebastian Bach slideshow. Our interview with Guns N’ Roses bassist Tommy Stinson. The line stretched around Comerica Theatre, and snaked all the way down Adams, placing us just across the street from the stucco…
NOFX has been a mainstay of punk rock for almost 30 years. The band has gained notoriety for its antics and activism, recently getting banned from Emo’s in Austin because frontman “Fat Mike” Burkett tricked the audience into believing he served free tequila shots mixed with his own urine. When…
You excited to see hometown heroes Jimmy Eat World on the night before the night before Christmas?Well you better have grabbed tickets quick, because the Wooden Blue Records Reunion Show, featuring a classic Phoenix lineup of Haskel, Aquanaut Drinks Coffee, Halema’uma’a, and Jimmy Eat World, is officially sold out.For the…
Punk is a dish best served in a confined space. Wait, that’s all wrong isn’t it? Proverbs are always calling to me; Klingon or otherwise. But let’s get back to the point here. A lot of people are pretty damn excited about the sort-of-rebirth of Eastside Records and with good…
Andrew Jackson Jihad at Crescent Ballroom Some guy spat on my face, I have random bruises all over my legs, and even though I only drank water, I reek of beer. The crowd booed and yelled “fuck you” to Andrew Jackson Jihad…looks like Andrew Jerkson Jerkwad needs to go back…
Andrew Jackson Jihad Crescent Ballroom Saturday, December 17, 2011 See the full slideshow of Andrew Jackson Jihad at Crescent Ballroom. Some guy spat on my face, I have random bruises all over my legs, and even though I only drank water, I reek of beer. The crowd booed and yelled…
Alice Cooper, Rob Halford, The Tubes, Brian “Head” Welch, and more Comerica Theatre Saturday, December 17 See the full slideshow of Alice Cooper’s Welcome 2 My Pudding at Comerica Theatre. They don’t call it a variety show for nothing. Most of the crowd for last night’s Welcome 2 My Pudding,…
Field recordings made in crypts, caves, and slaughterhouses combined with eerie, ambient electronics. Sound like your idea of holiday cheer? Exactly. There probably won’t be a lot of green and red at Saturday, December 17’s Lustmord gig at Club Red, but that’s the idea. Since the early ’80s, British musician…
In spite of limited commercial success, The Quakes are one of the most influential bands in the tatted up, creepers-and-pompadour subgenre psychobilly. The band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1986 and relocated to London shortly thereafter, where they established a reputation as a fearsome live combo. “There was no…
This time of year is normally characterized by holiday cheer and good tidings but there’s one more thing December brings; finals. While sharpened number two pencils scratch feverishly on Scantron’s across the Valley, the students of Music Maker Workshops will be taking a different kind of exam this weekend. On…
X, The Love Me Nots, and more at Club Red Eight overlapping bands in four hours. Last night’s X show felt more like a music festival than a Friday night concert. Eager fans bounced back and forth between Club Red and Red Owl to see a bunch of bands that…
CakeMarquee TheatreSaturday, December 10, 2011Cake can be great for a lot of things, including eating, smashing, and celebrating. Thanks to John McCrea and the gang, last night’s Cake show left an equally sweet taste in my mouth. An absolutely packed house at the Marquee was treated to two sets of…
Puscifer Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center Friday, December 9, 2011 For more photos, click here. “I’ve read through that handbook for the recently deceased. It says: ‘Live people ignore the strange and unusual. I, myself, am strange and unusual.” -Lydia Deetz So, Maynard James Keenan has a flair for…
X Club Red Friday, December 9 For more photos, click here. Eight overlapping bands in four hours. Last night’s X show felt more like a music festival than a Friday night concert. Eager fans bounced back and forth between Club Red and Red Owl to see a bunch of bands…
Well, it’s Friday. You know, I feel like there was some song that made a big splash this year about Friday…but…I can’t quite remember it. Must not have been that catchy. Your weekend is not doubt packed with holiday parties to attend, but in case you need a break from…
UPDATE: For more photos of Tennis, Miniature Tigers, and Gospel Claws click here.Let’s just put it out there: The first time I heard indie boy-girl buzz band Tennis, I absolutely hated them. For starters, I generally hate chick singers who don’t have anything spectacular to offer (though a few of my…
What can we say? We’re suckers for a good cause. Hoodlums Music’s Art Rocks! event is certainly a good one. The indie record store is teaming with Arts Council for Youth, Marcos de Niza High School, Kyrene Middle School, and the City of Tempe for the Saturday, December 10 gig,…
X set itself apart from its first-generation punk contemporaries with Exene Cervenka and John Doe’s dueling vocals and a serious dose of roots and rockabilly in its sound. X has a difficult and fascinating history. Cervenka and Doe started the band as a couple, got married, divorced, wrote a few…
Dream Theater at Ikeda at Mesa Arts Center Loyal fans talk about Dream Theater’s live show in hushed, reverential tones. I’d never experienced the band live before last night, but years of hearing fans rave about the prog-rock theatrics of the long-running group set my expectations high. Mesa Arts Center’s…
Dream Theater Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center Sunday, December 4, 2011 Loyal fans talk about Dream Theater’s live show in hushed, reverential tones. I’d never experienced the band live before last night, but years of hearing fans rave about the prog-rock theatrics of the long-running group set my expectations…
Best Beach Wavves Coast House Fossils. There are plenty of “beachy” bands out there, and most of them combine 60’s pop melodies with boatloads of reverb. Tennis plays off the nautical theme — on in name, but in origin: the Colorado husband and wife team were initially inspired by a…
Iron & Wine Crescent Ballroom 12/2/11 How much saxophone is too much saxophone? You might want to ask the young lady who passed out during the extended dub-into-free jazz-psychedelic blues skronk of “Wolves (Song of the Shepherd’s Dog),” the fifth song played by Iron & Wine last night at Crescent…
