New bars and clubs are constantly popping up in Scottsdale as of late. But no matter how hip and hype the latest sensation might be, we prefer coming back to old favorites like American Junkie. The sports bar-meets-danceteria is almost always a popular playground for drinking, dancing, and debauchery, as well…
For those too impatient to wait two weeks, Grooveshark is currently streaming the album in its entirety…
On the surface, John Vanderslice seems like just another in a long line of melancholy singer-songwriters. Frankly, even if a slew of mopey indie-folk songs were his only contribution to the American music canon, he’d still be worthy of praise, just because he does that whole mopey indie-folk thing so…
People who thought Matisyahu was unusual for being an American Hasidic Jewish reggae artist will really be thrown for a loop when they hear the music of Asaf Borger, a.k.a. Borgore. This mixmaster from Israel puts a new twist on dubstep, adding layers of hard drum ‘n’ bass and metal…
You have to fish where the fish are. Maybe that’s why so many bands from Japan make their U.S. debuts playing anime and sci-fi conventions. Why slug it out like rookies when a built-in audience of squealing fan girls and manga-obsessed Pocky swallowers awaits? Toybox, the Valley’s only band whose…
The Pods make dirty, sexy music. The group incorporates a lot of styles on their new self-titled album, ranging from metal and grunge to pop. Guitarist/vocalist Dusty Rose describes the album as “spats of glitter and spats of grime,” while drummer Collin Burdette goes even further, claiming the album “cures…
Back in the day (read: the mid-1990s), one of the pimpest places to dance up a storm to goth, industrial, and alternative tracks was the old Atomic Café in Scottsdale, which has since become rock club Chasers. DJ Ricky D and Reverend Dale are reviving the spirit of the bygone…
, according to NME.Odd Future’s (OFWGKTA) Tyler the Creator commonly uses homophobic slurs, such as “faggot,” and rape fantasies in his group’s songs, as well as his solo material. Perhaps the reason he uses these words so much is to get people talking about Odd Future, which seems to be…
Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We’ve got you covered with another installment of What’s Selling. Looks like Fleet Foxes are doing pretty well this week, with their heady folk album Helplessness Blues. Foo Fighters are rocking solid,…
The Best Friends’ CD release show is coming up on Saturday, May 21 at the Trunk Space. Prepare to have a good time with your own best friends at 7:30 p.m.If you and your friends wish the show would come sooner, keep yourself in check with this video of Liam’s…
Chicago indie-folk troubadour Joe Pugliese, known better as Joe Pug, has a baby face and an old man’s soul. The 25-year-old former carpenter and aspiring playwright emerged a few years ago with his Nation of Heat EP — a temperate yet self-assured collection of songs that seemed more the work…
Love it or hate it, but Andy LaPlegua of Combichrist is the closest thing that contemporary industrial music has to a bona fide rock star. While his promotional materials and highly publicized boozing and philandering have gone a long way to create and perpetuate this reputation, his band’s music and…
When you see the name White Denim, it’d be understandable to assume that the band would be some type of hair-metal tribute act. And while White Denim would make an awesome name for a ’80s cover band, this act is definitely not stuck in the Reagan era. Instead, White Denim…
Ska punk’s come a long way since its beginnings in the late ’70s with bands like The Specials and Madness. While those bands helped pioneer the 2 Tone music genre by combining elements of reggae with New Wave, the ska punk wave that hit in the ’80s was a lot…
It takes real skills to maintain staying power in the realm of hip-hop. Just look at such one-hit wonders as Buck 65, The Ying Yang Twins, and Das EFX, all of which have faded into rap history. Thankfully, the proficient peeps behind The Blunt Club have little in common with…
Bad news for any hipsters who like to stay up late in style: The Quincy ain’t gonna be hosting any more after-hours affairs until the end of the summer. Photographer Quincy Ross is taking a break from presenting parties at his CenPho studio and gallery for the next few months.There…
Seether’s sixth studio album, Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray, comes out today. The good news is, fans of the band will find that this is Seether’s best album yet. The bad news is, it’s still not good enough to garner the band a whole lot of new fans…
Danger Mouse has done a lot of things over the course of his career, but Rome, his new album released yesterday with composer Daniele Luppi, may be one of his best projects. As a producer, Danger Mouse (born Brian Burton), has received accolades for his work with artists like the…
Sound Strike, the movement in which musicians boycott Arizona as a statement of opposition to the state’s anti-illegal immigrant law, SB 1070, is still going strong. As we reported in recent months, acts like Maroon 5 and My Chemical Romance, who had concerts booked in the Valley, canceled them as part…
Everyone had a reaction to last weekend’s downing of terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden, even the superstars of hip-hop.Rappers ranging from Public Enemy’s Chuck D to Soulja Boy had something to say about Bin Laden’s death via Twitter. For instance, Lupe Fiasco tweeted “Osama Dead!?! Afghan Operation done now??? Now kill…
Like they always say, “If you can’t say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all.” In honor of this most important credo, I now present my list of the top ten best You Asked For It songs…
Genre revivals are interesting phenomena that don’t always occur in chronological order. For example, the current thrash metal revival has been going strong since the early 2000s, but the New Wave of British Heavy Metal sound that served as a precursor to the original thrash uprising in the 1980s is…
