Right Hear, Right Now: 5 Great Songs by Local Artists

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than practically anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new singles in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Flight of Ryan – “The Twilight” Flight of Ryan is a powerfully catchy electronic pop-rock act who hail from Flagstaff, and they…

Five Fresh Music Videos by Metro Phoenix Artists

Music videos are the way in which bands and performers share the vision of their music with their fan base, and many of Phoenix’s best musical acts are almost as creative visually as they are musically. It’s the musical visionaries who keep the Phoenix music scene fresh, exciting, and always…

Fatigo’s Mike Montoya Reveals His Secret Love for The Cardigans

Not many bands survive the passing of time, let alone when members move cross-country. Yet, Fatigo manages to come together amidst breaks, relocations and new projects. If anything, the fact that the band can evolve, taking on new members and styles as the members spread out, enhances their sound. After…

Jared & The Mill Reflect on the Road

In the golden morning sun of Jared & The Mill banjo/mandolin player Michael Carter’s Tempe backyard, the Phoenix-based folk band begins their fraternal cajoling with the regularity of an act that has spent the past year incessantly touring — which they have. When we last checked in with Jared &…

Phoenix Comicon Offers a Variety of Geeky Music Options

Comic books may have been considered kids’ stuff or something for nerds and geeks in the ’90s, but in 2015, comic book conventions are springing up all over the country and attracting thousands of people with programming and activities for just about anyone. Phoenix Comicon has taken to calling itself…

Heritage Hump Day – The Stumbles, “And She”

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…

Yes Bassist (and Phoenix Resident) Chris Squire Has Cancer

Chris Squire, the virtuosic bass player for YES, has cancer and will not join the band on its upcoming tour, the band announced today. Squire will receive treatment in Phoenix over the next couple months, a release on the band’s website stated. The band was scheduled to tour North America…

New Rhythm Room Mural Features Blues Greats in Action

Just days since the world suffered the tremendous loss of music icon B.B. King, the Rhythm Room’s recent addition of a mural featuring the blues great, along with six other legends of the genre, feels especially poignant and significant. The venue has been a go-to spot for live roots and…

6 Amazing Classical Versions of Heavy Metal Songs

At Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio this past weekend, there was a ton of old and new metal. You had the classics, like Judas Priest, Dillinger Escape Plan and Slash; favorites from the last decade, like Slipknot and Halestorm; and artists that are starting to break big on…

10 Nu-Metal Songs That Actually Don’t Suck

Remember when everyone was really big into rapping and rocking and wearing backwards baseball caps all at the same time? Yeah, the ‘90s (and early ‘00s) were a weird era for music. It’s probably best that nu-metal hasn’t made a huge resurgence on the back of ‘90s nostalgia, but here…

For the Freaks of Nature, It’s All About Raw Fuzz

Songs for Savages by the Freaks of Nature has been a long time in the making. It’s been more than a year and two personnel changes since Daniel Shircliff led his band of freaks into the studio to begin recording what would become his band’s long-awaited debut. But goddammit if…

Shining Soul Prepares to Teach Hip-Hop to German Children

“If you’re down with the SS say yes yes,” is one ad-lib that Bronze Candidate and Liaison of Shining Soul are going to be leaving in Phoenix this June when “the most targeted band in Arizona,” as Liaison AKA Alex Soto likes to say, takes their first tour outside of…

Heritage Hump Day: Crushed – “The Sky Is Curved”

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…