If you’ve ever wanted to feel connected to your city, all you need to do is make a trip to downtown Phoenix and experience the music scene that has been doing it’s own thing for longer than most people know. Now all of that hard work from bands and small venues (and any house that doesn’t…
I’ll be upfront about this: I loved Mergence. Still do. And I’m almost positive I’ve attended every one of their shows — and I miss seeing them perform (especially at The Sail Inn — R.I.P.). But those days are long gone. The Sail Inn has turned into The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, and Mergence hasn’t performed…
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…
No Body brings on point harmonies and smashing riffs to Arizona. Monday night, why not head over to The Trunk Space to check out some new music? That’s exactly what tonight was all about, and I was definitely glad I made the trek to downtown phoenix. Mixing vocal harmonies, tempo changes and raw energy, No Body definitely…
Local favorites Andrew Jackson Jihad and Playboy Manbaby recently took a sold out Crescent Ballroom for a wild ride on 12/30/14. There’s no doubt that local music is alive and well when you see how these two local bands can easily whip up a crowd and keep a sea of jumping bodies and flailing arms…
Tempe Beach Park to host an indie, reggae, punk and rock festival in March 2015 called Pot of Gold Music Festival. And it’s bound to be a great one.
Let’s keep this post short and sweet. Follow us on Instagram, won’t you? http://instagram.com/indi_az_music As it says on the page, our Instagram account will feature music/artist spotlights, bite-size reviews and more. Here, we’ll keep you in the loop re: upcoming shows, newly released albums and songs we just really, really like. Have ideas on what…
Jumping off to the side of the circle pit, I bent down to put my shoe back on. Without hesitation, 4-5 people quickly locked their arms together and formed a “shoe back on protection circle” around me until I stood back up. I’m used to crowds taking care of each other, picking up fallen fans…
I like to keep my live shows active. If I’m not in complete control at each moment on stage I just don’t know what to do with myself. So I ordered an Akai APC Key 25 to give me access to a small set of keys as well as a whole mess of buttons to launch…
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