Found about this Portland, Oregon band, The Quick & Easy Boys and I was going to hold on for a CD review of their sophomore release (ooh, dirty), Red Light Rabbit. But hell, this is too good. Yep, easy going, polished and unbelievably energetic with great vocals. The keys in the ribcage from the video, [...]
Six New Bands. Look Them Up.
July 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
Took April 13, 2010 at Grinders Coffee in the Sunnyslope area of Phoenix. So few people have heard of these groups, it’s ridiculous. Violins are involved.
Arizona Bands – CD / EP Release Shows on Animal Planet
July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
You’re about to love you some snake and tiger noise! The Phoenix music scene generally stays underground. Sometimes – as a fan, anyway – it’s better that way since intimacy remains. That, and they stay hungry, bringing the raw and the edge out through voice and instruments. Again better for fans than band members but [...]
Three Keyboards and The Machine
July 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
from Silversun Pickups, their photo from Marquee Theatre stage, Phoenix, July 17, 2010 Just over an hour ago. Three bands at The Marquee in Phoenix. The best concert I’ve been to all year – for the music alone. Each band had a keyboard player, which is more rare than you think. Also rare? All three [...]
Beats and Brushes: Desert Bloom 2 Opens Up Music, Visual Collaboration
July 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
“If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” You’ve heard that. It’s wise. Also, occasionally wrong. Desert Bloom, and all its sights and sounds, plans to show you just how wrong by setting things right. Friday, the event that seeks to meld music and art heats up for Round 2. It’s free. [...]
Unexpected Duets
July 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Duet: Do it! Has the concept of “duet” evolved from the classic romantic musical setting of two people singing back and forth? Can’t be sure, but the Judgment Night soundtrack? In its entirety? Yes. That’s where my brain went when I thought of “duet.” (Check the track listing) (from kouldeliee) Two modern hits that juice [...]
Funstyle – Liz Phair … wish you were here?
July 12, 2010 By 5 Comments
(SOUNDLUST REVIEW) — So as I was writing this review I fell asleep and dream-pictured Liz Phair, hands over bent-up knees, her face large-lipped, large-headed, floating above a small-bodied cartoon caricature, talking to people on stage with her. Not her band but fans, who’d crowded into this little anonymous, low-ceilinged place to listen to her [...]
Authority Zero – Stories of Survival
July 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
(SOUNDLUST REVIEW) — “Hello, girls and boys. Today we’re going to make music. Happy music and sad music. Funny music and serious music. Music that has many of the feelings we have. So get your instrument and come along with me. Let’s put some of our feelings into music.” — Wake Up Call. I want [...]
Downloading Liz Phair’s Newest
July 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
More Bands Formally Join AZ Boycott Over SB1070
July 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
(PHOENIX) SoundLust e-mailed The Sound Strike the day our previous article on boycotting Arizona was originally published, June 24, asking for any other bands that had joined the boycott. The site had not been updated since May 25, the day the effort launched. We did not receive a reply, but last week the boycott group [...]