Like so many musicians before him, Redemptions front man Anthony Fama is trying to use his music as a vehicle to a second a chance to right all of the perceived wrongs in his life. Whether it be his personal financial mistakes, the missteps against past lovers, the wrongdoing against…
More than 90 bands played at more than two dozen stages at last year’s Viva PHX festival, which turned downtown Phoenix into a scene from South by Southwest for a night. Stateside Presents today provided a small sample of the bands scheduled for this year’s Viva PHX festival, scheduled for…
Modest Mouse and Brand New are launching a nationwide tour and will play in Phoenix this summer, the bands announced today. Though Brand New is no stranger to Phoenix, having played at Summer Ends Music Festival just a few months ago, Modest Mouse hasn’t played in Phoenix since 2013, when…
“We have all been here before, we have all been here before…” It’s only fitting that the guy who drummed on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Deja Vu album would die two deaths, one year apart. If you remember, there wasn’t any major rock ’n’ roll carnage taking place in…
It’s hard to imagine a more destabilizing feeling for an indie touring band than waking up to see that the entire trailer has been stolen off the hitch, but that is exactly what Sundressed woke up too Saturday in Salt Lake City. “It was the most devastating feeling. I woke…
Here’s some news that should make you smile (Or should that be SMiLE?). The tortured genius behind so many Beach Boys classics has announced a concert in Phoenix this summer. Brian Wilson is scheduled to play Celebrity Theatre on Saturday, July 9. Tickets go on sale January 29. Wilson will…
Jane Lynch should have a show on NPR. After seeing her performance “See Jane Sing!” at the Virginia G. Piper Theatre at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, I felt like I saw the jazz equivalent of A Prairie Home Companion with one gay joke and some cussing thrown…
Here are our concert picks for this week. Check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options. All Them Witches – Tuesday, January 26 – Rebel Lounge The quiet, almost Americana-ish intro to All Them Witches’ latest album, Dying Surfer Meets His Maker, is something of a false lead. Beginning…
Two members of the famous Russian activist band Pussy Riot will appear in Phoenix in February. Maria Alyokhina and Ksenia Zhivago will appear at Beth Hebrew Synagogue (333 E. Portland St.) on Saturday, February 16. Alyokhina received worldwide attention in February 2012, when she and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were arrested for…
Here are our picks for best concerts in Phoenix this weekend. Check out our comprehensive concert listings for more options. Chief Keef – Friday, January 22 – Livewire Chief Keef caught Interscope’s eye (and everyone else’s) after a raw, ghetto-chic music video for his song “I Don’t Like,” featuring Lil’…
Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Emby Alexander — “In Your Doorstep Bleeding” For the third year in a row, Emby Alexander will kick off June with…
There has always been a bluesy edge to Big Head Todd & The Monsters’ ever-expanding sound. Now, more than 30 years after forming in Boulder, Colorado, the band’s 2014 blues-infused Black Beehive and the recent Live at Red Rocks June 6, 2015, serve as strong affirmation of the band’s roots…
Coachella has not been the kindest to rock en español fans these past few years. Sure, Venezuelan funky acid-jazzers Los Amigos Invisibles played the festival’s first year, in 1999. Then the following year featured L.A.’s cross-cultural music circus of Ozomatli along with Tijuana’s beat-heavy-banda grupo Nortec Collective. Then, all the…
Most people around the country would have never heard of Winslow without the intervention of The Eagles, Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey. The most recognizable line in The Eagles’ hit “Take It Easy” famously name-checks the 9,600-person city — “Standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona / And such a…
During a conversation with singer/songwriter Mike Doughty, two things come to his delightfully twisted mind about playing music in Phoenix: “Shopping at Zia Records” and being here “when it was 125 degrees outside.” Luckily for Doughty, who is playing Crescent Ballroom in downtown Phoenix on Sunday, January 24, he can…
Cris Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets begins talking almost immediately, standing in his driveway, dressed casually in sweats, his hair and beard gray save for a few stray dark strands radiating in all directions from his head. A fuzzy halo. His neighbor, he says, was the victim of a recent…
Rest peaceful and easy, Glenn Frey. Last year when Don Henley opened his tour here in Phoenix, AZ., I tried to get to the bottom of why so many people who love country rock hate the band that had the most success with it, that being The Eagles. Which is…
The quiet, almost Americana-ish intro to All Them Witches’ latest album, Dying Surfer Meets His Maker, is something of a false lead. Beginning with bassist/vocalist Michael Parks singing as sweetly as any folk troubadour, almost imperceptibly the song builds into a storm of rolling thunder and psychedelic lighting. It is…
From styles that range from sweet, sad pop to in-your-face blistering punk rock, there are plenty of talented female musicians showing off their skills in bands all around the metro Phoenix area. We made you a list of ten local bands to check out that are fronted by women. Here…
Phoenix band Harper and the Moths’ throwback funk/soul blend not only matches their clean-cropped look perfectly. It makes their sound accessible to a wide variety of people, an attribute that has landed them some solid successes, including getting some radio play on KWSS. “We see people as young as 16…
Here are our picks for best concerts in Phoenix this week. Browse our comprehensive concert calendar for more options. The Maension – Joe’s Grotto – Monday, January 18 The Maension plays an intriguing combination of ’90s grunge and ’00s nu-metal, filled with slogging, heavy riffs and hard-hitting breakdowns that brings…
Last Saturday, 25 local musicians met at Crescent Ballroom to become five randomly selected bands, each tasked with creating three new songs and tackling a cover by the time the evening’s show began. For the third year in a row, the Phoenix Rock Lottery was another rousing success, with pretty stunning results…
