The MCs in Tempe’s Injury Reserve Back Up the Talk on New Album

Injury Reserve enthusiast and fellow Tempe hip-hop artist Will Neibergall (the artist once known as Glass) boldly proclaimed that “these guys are up next” in the press release preceding Injury Reserve’s second video, “Washed Up,” off the group’s new album, Live From the Dentist Office. (Listen to the full EP…

One Dead in Glendale Nightclub Shooting

Gunfire erupted inside of a Glendale bar and nightclub over the weekend, resulting in the shooting death of one patron and the injuring of another. An after-hours altercation between patrons in the early morning hours on Saturday, August 8, at the La Sierra Nightclub and Kanta Bar in Glendale turned…

Arizona Hip Hop Festival Announces 2015 Date

Last year’s inaugural Arizona Hip Hop Festival drew thousands of people to Comerica Theatre and featured around a hundred artists, all from the Copper State. The festival is on again this year. Mark your calendar for Saturday, November 14, again at Comerica. This year’s festival plans to increase the scope…

Heritage Hump: The Sciannas – “Body & Soul”

Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector’s item of a much beloved…

What Makes a Great Strip Club Song

Though people don’t really go to strip clubs for the music, it’s hard to imagine what they would be like without songs. Imagine going into a club that offered no background noise to obscure the verbal exchanges between dancer and club patron, the stomps of thick heels on the stage,…

Right Hear, Right Now: 5 Summer Drenched Songs by Arizona Artists

Sweet Ghosts – “Wreckage” Sweet Ghosts is technically the stunning duo of Katherine Byrnes and Ryan Alfred, who hail from Tucson, but on their records and often live they employ many more musicians that the two individuals in the center of this Americana vortex of sound. On “Wreckage” their first…

Heritage Hump Day: The Piersons – “Pink Dress”

Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector’s item of a much beloved…

Valentino Khan Explains Why Music Snobs Are Wrong

If you follow dance music podcasts or frequent nightclubs and bars, you’ve definitely heard the summer, deep house dance music anthem “Deep Down Low” — and Valentino Khan (actual name) is the guy behind it. He plays at Livewire tonight in Scottsdale. Valentino Khan is relatively new to the DJ…

Why EDM Producer Sharam Must Constantly Push Himself

Sharam isn’t the fist-pumping EDM DJ you may be used to hearing. You won’t be harassed by a hype man at his shows, or hear him play the most of-the-moment big room track, or notice him caring about if his music fits into whatever is trending. Sharam goes a bit…

Right Hear, Right Now: 5 Great New Songs From Phoenix Artists

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks in his column, Right Hear, Right Now.  Huckleberry – “Trouble Is Real” I’ve been waiting for Huckleberry’s follow up to Fine Highway for far too long, in fact it’s been more than…

Local Metal Singer Griffin Kolinski Passes Away

Monday evening news broke that Griffin Kolinski, singer of local band Apparitions and former Knights of the Abyss bassist,  passed away on July 20. He was 28. The cause of death was congenital heart failure. Apparitions issued a statement on the passing of Kolinski on their Facebook page, stating: “Some…