No Age: Everything in Between

Artist: No AgeTitle: Everything in BetweenRelease date: September 28Label: Sub PopAfter two weeks of total Best of Phoenix immersion, a time during which I worked a whole lot and listened to very little music, the new record by No Age is a welcome blast of noise.Some of that noise created…

Deerhunter – Earthquake

Song: Deerhunter, “Earthquake” Context: Michael Lopez raved about this song in this week’s review roundup of Halcyon Digest. Check it out. 01-deerhunter-earthquake-caheso by kirotnes…

Alice Cooper Nominated to Join Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Local boy Alice Cooper is up for induction into Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Better news yet, this year’s field is so weak he appears to be a shoo-in.Actually, this year’s list of 15 nominees is probably no weaker than last year when, somehow, ABBA was inducted into…

Lady Gaga Brings Monster Ball Tour Back to Phoenix in 2011

Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball Tour — a concert that probably generated more buzz that any other in Phoenix this year — will come back through town on March 26, 2011. The show will again be at US Airways Center.Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. here.Gaga’s July show sold…

Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest

Theirs is a complex aural equation, one that bursts through with genuine moments of genius mixed with just quite too dense to comprehend instrumentation. Whatever your take may be, Halcyon Digest is the band’s crowning achievement — which is, by the way, saying something for a band like Deerhunter –…

Vincent Gallo’s Band Coming to Rogue Bar

​File this one under: Review at your own risk.Vincent Gallo, the Chloë Sevigny sex tape Brown Bunny director who famously put a hex on Roger Ebert’s prostate after the Pulitzer-winning critic panned said flick, is coming to Rogue Bar on Friday, November 19 with his band RRIICCEE.While Ebert didn’t die…

Album Stream: Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz

Perhaps noticing that the album hit the internet or perhaps having already planning to do so, NPR has given Adz their First Listen treatment, offering to stream the album in its entirety — I personally suggest giving the 8-minute “Age of Adz” a listen first.Those fans of Stevens who pre-ordered the…

What Can Apple Do With $75 Mil Instead of Running iTunes?

Apple co-owner Steve Jobs has more money than God by now, which is why Apple has unlimited options for what they could do with everything they’ve earned from iTunes alone.According to Hypebot, it costs around $75 million per month for Apple to operate iTunes. Prefix pulled together a solid list…

Surfer Blood – Anchorage

​Song: Surfer Blood, “Anchorage”Context: Surfer Blood comes to The Clubhouse tonight. Astro Coast is one of the best albums of 2010, so this should be an awesome show. Surfer Blood – Anchorage…

Pixies Play Doolittle in Its Entirety at Mesa Amphitheatre

@4ess138The Pixies​If you were a big fan of the album Doolittle by the Pixies, then last night’s concert at Mesa Amphitheatre probably made you really happy. The alternative rock band played the album in its entirety to an all-ages crowd, and people couldn’t stop Tweeting their appreciation (and disappointment) for…

Cymbals Eat Guitars – Definite Darkness

​Song: Cymbals Eat Guitars, “Definite Darkness”Context: NME writes about why Soundcloud is the only music sharing service that matters. Just kidding, they didn’t use those words this time but did explain why it’s so awesome and point out the social media elements which I think are going to push it…

Katy Perry’s Sesame Street Segment Banned

Katy Perry’s guest spot on Sesame Street has been pulled from being broadcasted on the show.While there was nothing controversial about the clean reworking of her song “Hot N Cold,” it was her racy outfit that bothered parents of so many youngins. Many parents feel her top was not appropriate…

Matt & Kim – Cameras

Song: Matt & Kim, “Cameras”Context: Matt &Kim will be at the Clubhouse in less than two weeks, but their new record, Sidewalks, won’t be out until November. Here’s the first single. Cameras by mattandkim…