Born Ruffians return to Phoenix for a show on Saturday at Modified. I interviewed singer/guitarist Luke LaLonde. Thus, the resulting story. Plants and Animals and Nurses open the show. Buy tickets ($11). If you're already a Born Ruffians fan, you'll wanna hit the show because the band will be selling the new Little Garcon EP, which is [...]
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Having spent a week with the new Murs album, Murs for President, I still haven't formed a solid opinion on it. I do know that it's no Murray's Revenge (such a snob thing to say, I know). Warner Bros. certainly opened up the purse strings on the promotional/production budget for this album, Murs' major-label debut. [...]
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I talked a few times earlier this year about The Baseball Project, the collaboration of Scott McCaughey and Steve Wynn (check a Q&A with Wynn here). What better time to discuss the band again than during the playoffs? To that end, the group is putting on a pretty cool contest: They want you to predict the [...]
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The 37th installment of I Used to Love H.E.R., a series in which artists/bloggers/writers discuss their most essential or favorite hip-hop albums and songs, comes from MC/producer/writer Zilla Rocca, whose first solo project, Bring Me the Head of Zilla Rocca, was released Sept. 23 (a mixtape to which I give my highest recommendation). He's also [...]
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Don't forget Monday night's show I'm putting on: Birdmonster, Kinch and Miniature Tigers at Yucca Tap Room in Tempe. What else are you going to do on Columbus Day? Remember, there's no cover at Yucca, but it is 21 and over. Hope to see you there. If we're lucky, the boys in Birdmonster will drop [...]
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Just the other day, I was speaking in amazement at what a hold Barack Obama has right now on popular culture, especially in the form of T-shirts. (I’m just as guilty for buying into it.)We’ve all seen the shirts with Obama as Superman and others sporting cutesy slogans playing off his name: “Barack n Roll” [...]
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The fine folks at Beggars/Matador would like to send one of you and a guest to the Jaguar Love show on Oct. 21 at the Clubhouse in Tempe. The Polysics and Black Gold also are on the bill.Jaguar Love, whose debut Take Me to the Sea came out in August, is made up of Johnny [...]
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The 36th installment of I Used to Love H.E.R., a series in which artists/bloggers/writers discuss their most essential or favorite hip-hop albums and songs, comes from keyboardist Josh Charney of Los Angeles-based band Le Switch, whose debut album "And Now … Le Switch" was released last month on Autumn Tone, the label run by our [...]
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If you haven't seen that flyer over there on the right, I'm really happy to have added Miniature Tigers to the Oct. 13 Birdmonster and Kinch show at Yucca Tap Room. The group (from Phoenix!) is getting some airtime on Sirius' Left of Center, and the band just released a new video for the single Cannibal [...]
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Man, I really enjoyed watching the VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors on Monday night. More to the point, seeing the De La Soul tribute was great. What's not to like about Q-Tip, Public Enemy, Mos Def, Cee-Lo and friggin' EPMD covering De La tracks? I mean, how cool would that be to see Chuck D spittin' your [...]
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I've already told you that Frightened Rabbit is returning to Phoenix on Nov. 6 for a show at the Rhythm Room. Well, the news just keeps getting better: Earlier that evening (5:30 p.m., to be exact), they're gonna do an in-store performance at Stinkweeds in Phoenix. And if it wasn't enough that the band has released [...]
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Cadence Weapon is about to hit the road for a Canadian tour, which doesn't help me very much. However, it means his '08 gem, Afterparty Babies, is getting a second push. Here's a new video for the song Real Estate, with Cadence in suit and tie as a real estate agent and DJ Weez-l dressed [...]
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Just in my last post I discussed VH-1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs countdown, which brings me to another gripe: Digable Planets' Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) at No. 62. That seems criminal for a song that really helped usher in that jazz-infused hip-hop style, an important period for the genre, even if it [...]
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I gotta hand it to VH-1: I enjoyed watching its 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs countdown, even if I take issue with the list itself.Where does A Tribe Called Quest fall in the list? Glad you asked. Check the Rhime, a song previously discussed (with a couple remixes) here, drops in at No. 30. Considering the [...]
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After rocking Denver at Unconventional ‘08, DJ Z-Trip is now offering his 54-minute Obama mix as a free download, encouraging people to share it and its message.From the man himself:“I encourage you to download it and pass it along to anyone you think should hear it. Feel free to burn copies, share it with friends, [...]
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Howe Gelb’s Giant Sand plays Friday night at Modified in Phoenix. Given Gelb’s roots in Tucson, I asked Catfish Vegas (also based in the Old Pueblo) for his thoughts on the show and Gelb’s new album, proVISIONS – a sort of primer, if you will. He responded with a wonderfully written piece that I’m almost [...]
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Strong as the San Diego Street Scene lineup was, there was little doubt that seeing the National was my main event. (Side note: After Black Crowes canceled as the Saturday headliner, why not bump the National into that role instead of adding an old, withering Devo? Seriously, now. Devo?)There’s really little doubt at this point [...]
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I swear, I didn’t plan this on a day I already posted about PUTS. But here’s a new video for The Wiz, off Fun DMC (due out Tuesday).You can also download Thes One’s promo mixtape Funner Than Leather.People Under The Stairs - The Wiz VideoUploaded by golddustmedia
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It’s sort of a shame that the new record from People Under the Stairs, Fun DMC, is coming out in the fall (on Tuesday, to be exact). This is, like most PUTS records, an album best suited for the summer. That’s not to say it can’t be enjoyed in any season, but Fun DMC is [...]
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I’ve been enjoying the hell out of the new Damien Jurado album, Caught in the Trees (at eMusic).I’ll have more to say as I take it in some more. In the meantime, here’s a great spot spot with the Black Cab Sessions of Jurado and his bandmate Jenna Conrad performing Last Rights, which is off [...]
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