By now, we’re sure you’ve given local Phoenix ska-punk-funk band Playboy Manbaby‘s newest album, Don’t Let It Be, a spin. Released November of last year, the third full-length should feel and sound familiar. If you’ve been to any Playboy Manbaby show recently, you’ll immediately recognize songs off the new album, like “You Can Be A Fascist Too”…
PHXSUX and its music is noisy If you’ve ever been to Crescent Ballroom, you’ve probably noticed a small house no more than 100 steps away from the venue. What you probably didn’t know is that it’s a venue, too — The Pueblo. One of the most recent events it’s hosted was Night of Neuralgia, a noise…
Image: Brand New/Instagram The stage was bare, empty — save a handful of people all sprawled, sitting in a pathetic excuse for a circle. I sat cross-legged next to Brad and across from Shannan. We were 16 and painting a slab of wood for the next school…
It was around 7:30 p.m. when we made our way down Roosevelt, crossed 2nd St. and stumbled upon a group of eight guys jammin’ right next to the monOrchid bird mural we’ve all come to know and love. What caught my eye? The sax player because a) how often do you see bands with sax players?…
Sure, you’ve probably been to an underground club in Phoenix (literally, if you’ve been to The Nile in Mesa), but Valley Bar takes it to a whole other level (metaphorically). How to get there: Parking This can be tricky to those who a) don’t have a lot of experience driving through downtown Phoenix and b) hate…
If you’re like me and haven’t been in the local music scene for some time, then you’ve probably had a few if not all of the following thoughts while staring blankly at Crescent Ballroom, The Rebel Lounge and Valley Bars’ respective event listings: Where’s Mergence? I haven’t see those guys in a while. That reminds me:…
Image: Sejo Basic “Is there an underground electronic movement in Arizona?” asks Bit-Flip founder and Tempe local musician Cory Bergquist. “Yes,” he affirms, “there is.” “It’s so underground, only the people making the music know about it,” he continues. And that includes Bergquist, who goes by the moniker Tribal Leader. With this in mind, he created Bit-Flip…
Image: Sejo Basic “How about there?” I asked, with a video camera in one hand and the other pointing toward one of the ramadas at Papago Park, where we’d eventually set up the interview. I was with Tempe local and electronic artist Tribal Leader, and we had been hiking for a few minutes now on…
We sat down with MAN-CAT, the local pranksters that are equally thoughtful with their art practice as they are with their electro-pop masterpieces. We discuss the use of samples in their music, how they feel about (and fit into) the Arizona music scene, and their plans for an upcoming release.
We sat down with the guys from Phantom Airship at a local electronic music night in Scottsdale, AZ to talk about their new EP Jötunn, what inspired them to delve a bit into drum and bass, and how they feel about the state of electronic music in Arizona.
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