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Italian metal legends Lacuna Coil presented their new single "Swamped XX" on September 15, 2022. This song follows the previously launched track, "Tight Rope XX", which is also taken off the upcoming re-issue, Comalies XX, set to be released on October 14th through Century Media Records. Watch "Swamped XX" here (directed, filmed and edited by Trilathera True to the maxim "never change a winning team", Lacuna Coil decided to release the opener of the album - like its original predecessor "Swamped" (2002) - as a Read more
“Princess of Soul” Alicia Keys brought the house down at Arizona Financial Theatre with her mighty chest voice, riveting talent on piano, and smooth, confident moves in an approximately two-hour performance. Read more
REVIEW: Incubus, Sublime with Rome, The Aquadolls Chill Out the Desert at Ak-Chin Pavilion (8-22-22)
Jump to Photo Galleries View Incubus Setlist PHOENIX — Ak-Chin Pavilion wrapped up its summer concert series with Incubus, Sublime with Rome, and The Aquadolls as part of their “Summer 2022” tour. The three California bands brought a reggae-meets-alternative end-of-summer party to Phoenix, and a party it was! The kick-ass girl band The Aquadolls, plus 90’s and beyond radio favorites Sublime with Rome and Incubus brought a “chill” to the Read more
Psyko Steve Presents (PSP) and Downtown Phoenix, Inc (DPI) are excited to reveal details for the inaugural ZONA Music Festival—a new two-day boutique music festival taking place December 3 & 4 in Downtown Phoenix at Margaret T. Hance Park. The event will feature a diverse range of national and local alternative, indie, pop and rock artists in addition to highlighting several nearby businesses and vendors. Headlining acts include Beach House, Read more
Halestorm’s mega Summer Tour 2022 brought The Pretty Reckless, The Warning, & Lilith Czar to Arizona Financial Theatre for a night of high octane rock & roll. Every song was an experience & the on-stage energy was absolutely infectious. Read more
Jump to Photo Galleries Tempe, AZ – Co-headliners Less Than Jake and Bowling For Soup stopped at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe for the second to last show before a break in their “Back From The Attack” tour, which will resume on September 2nd in San Diego. This tour was a long time coming: Less Than Jake and Bowling For Soup had briefly toured together in 2019, and have appeared Read more
Future Club is an alt-electronic mini-festival series featuring multiple stages of live music and DJs. View Gallery on Flickr Read more
Finnish symphonic power metal band Everfrost shares brand new single "Flyers" taken from Frostbites, an EP of anime opening song covers coming out November 2022. The band adds about the track: "‘Flyers’ by the band BRADIO became a big hit in the Japanese anime scene when it was used as the opening for cult classic show Death Parade. It’s a song we’ve wanted to cover for a long time because Read more
So Cal all-female rock trio The Aquadolls will be on the road with Incubus and Sublime With Rome from July 24 through September 3rd. See dates below. Watch for new music coming soon. In the meantime, the band's latest single titled "Help (I’m Falling 4U and I Can’t Get Up)" is out now. Stream the single here, and stream the video here. Frontwoman Melissa Brooks says, "This song tells the Read more
"'Translucent' is the start of a brand new era for TERMINA. We took everything that we and our fans loved about our first album...and used that as the foundation for this new song - but, we cranked it up to an 11 for this release." Read more
PHOENIX — Jonny Hawkins’ vocal acrobatics were absolutely mesmerizing.... His voice evolved from gravel enriched screams as they opened with “Turn It Up”, to technically precise softness in the opening verse of “Go To War”. And, oh yes, he made his presence known early in the show as he rose up to ride The Scorpion Tail that not only looks dangerous but also contributes to the sound as Hawkins jammed Read more
Tori Amos’ show at Orpheum Theater on her “Ocean to Ocean Tour", with support from Companion, was a sold out event. In this grand structure of a venue, a ceiling painted like the sky and lit with starlight, the audience seemed to recognize we were in the presence of herstory, and everything was absolutely glowing. Read more
Phoenix, AZ — Failure returned to Crescent Ballroom for the third time since their reunion in late 2013, much to the delight of an eager and boisterous crowd. This was the first US tour in over 3 years, thanks to COVID, and was to support their newest album Wild Type Droid. Read more
In this episode of Burning Hot Interviews, host Ryan Novak talks with Xiån Austin [3pac] & Mike Lee of Goth Brooks about how they conceptualized the band beginning with the name, making multiple genres work within a song, wanting to compose a classical music and industrial metal hybrid symphony, the glory days of MTV, Christmas music, and carrying on after a tragic loss. Their new album Freakabilly was released on Read more
Lamb of God follows 2020's No. 1 Hard Rock Album with a vicious new testament. Riding high on a creative renaissance saluted by the likes of Rolling Stone and NME, the Grammy-nominated goliath returns with the gloriously unhinged Omens, produced by longtime collaborator Josh Wilbur (Korn, Megadeth). Omens Arrives October 7 The first single, "Nevermore," arrives on Friday, June 10. Omens follows on October 7 via Epic Records. The New Read more
Yngwie Malmsteen thrills fans at Marquee Theatre during the Parabellum Tour 2022, featuring metal acts Jessikill, Culprit and Deimer. Read more
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