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2 comments December 23rd, 2008

Concerts in Arizona for the second half of November and December!

Hello folks,

Yes, we are in the midst of that dreaded “R” word. The right wing claims if we don’t say the word out loud that this will all go away. Let’s see if that works …

But we must soldier on, and we still need to treat ourselves out for a night on the town occasionally. Here are some shows in the next month and a half that will help ease the pain of these times a bit.

Wednesday, November 26. Coldplay at Jobing.com Arena. Some of you may be reading this and wondering if the Dust Devil sold out. Folks, Coldplay is a great band. Soaring melodies, superb musicianship and stellar vocals characterize this Britpop outfit. This band has created some great music on the four discs they have released, and although they probably won’t play gems like Daylight or Square One in favor of newer material, you can rest assured you are in store for a quality show. There are still tickets available for the concert.

Thursday, December 4. Dressy Bessy at the Modified. This band jumped out at me when I was searching for shows on Pollstar. Then I remembered they played on the Esurance Main Stage at the Monolith Festival this year. Dressy Bessy is a band out of Denver, CO, and play an infectious, bouncy style of indie-pop, led by the vocal stylings of Tammy Ealom. One of their members, guitarist John Hill, also plays with the Apples in Stereo. This show should be a lot of fun, and of course the fact it is at the Modified makes it that much better. Kimber is doing fabulous work at bringing in consistent, quality entertainment. If you don’t go to shows at the Modified, shop for music at Stinkweeds, or support Kimber’s endeavors with Local First Arizona, then you are doing a lot to pump up big business in Phoenix, rather than supporting local and independent artists and businesses.

I’ll get off my soapbox now.

Tuesday, December 9. Snow Patrol at the Marquee Theatre. I saw this band in 2007 at the Dodge Theatre on the Eyes Open Tour. They SMOKED, and that is quite a statement to make about a band that plays quite a bit of mellow music. You can bet they will play plenty of tracks from their latest offering A Hundred Million Suns. This show should be a must-see on everyone’s agenda. Snow Patrol has released three great discs in a row, Final Straw in 2003, Eyes Open in 2006, their latest just last month, plus contributed the track Signal Fire to the Spiderman 3 soundtrack, so the band has a great catalog to choose from. This already is in the running for Best Concert of 2008, that is how confident I am they will put on a great show.

Sunday, December 14. The Bloc Party at the Marquee Theatre. Less than a week after Snow Patrol, it’s time to re-group for another great band, the Bloc Party out of the U.K. One of several bands that has been a part of the eighties retro movement, the Bloc Party stand out as one of few that is good enough to stand on its own merit. Combining frenetic guitar work with a classic post-punk attack, the Bloc Party has issued three incredible discs since 2005. Their latest, Intimacy, was released in October of this year, and shows a lot of progression while maintaining their trademark sound. I missed these guys last time they were in town, no way will I make that mistake again.

As more comes in I will post again. However, I am going to start pumping up a show now that takes place on Saturday, March 7 of 2009. Jimmy Eat World and No Knife will be playing a very special show at the Marquee Theatre that evening. Why special?

2009 will mark the ten-year anniversary of what may well be the best disc to come out of Jimmy Eat World, Clarity. To celebrate the band is playing a special ten-date tour where they will play the Clarity disc in its entirety. The band became media darlings with the release of Bleed American in 2001, but a true Jimmy Eat World fan knows that Clarity is the disc when the band really began to unleash its emo-inspired power-pop attack on the masses. This is also the disc when Jim Adkins began to take over as lead vocalist for the group.

No Knife is opening the show, and this is a huge deal to the Dust Devil. One of my favorite bands and a group that has actually been defunct for some time now, No Knife plays a thought-provoking style of indie-pop, driven by melodic guitars and the stellar vocals of Mitch Wilson. Their last disc Riot for Romance!, released in 2002, was an amazing display of indie art-rock. The band last played together March of 2003, but announced in early 2008 on their webiste that they may play together again. They will end up playing three of the ten dates on the Clarity Tour, and the fact Arizona gets one of those shows is a HUGE deal!

That’s it for now folks. Cheers!

The Dust Devil

1 comment November 24th, 2008

Upcoming concerts and shows for the month of October in Phoenix

Hello everybody,

September was a great month for live music, and October is shaping up to be another one. There are actually some good concerts this year at the Arizona State Fair and a show down in Tucson that has the potential to be a mind-blowing experience. Let’s get to it!

10/3 = Journey and Cheap Trick at Cricket Pavilion. Yeah, I know, but Cheap Trick is a great power pop band and has been for three decades now. Any band that can produce rock anthems such as Surrender and Dream Police, plus turn around and create power ballads such as Tonight It’s You and The Flame, is a-ok in my book. Too bad they are opening for the Steve Perry-less Journey …

10/5 = A Place to Bury Strangers at Plush in Tucson. This band is absolutely brutal. Hopefully you read the post about them here on The Insider when I saw them at the Monolith Festival on September 13. They are so loud, so intense, but do so with plenty of hooks in their music. The more I listen to their self-titled disc released last year, the more I am a fan of this band. That club will never be the same after the sonic assault A Place to Bury Strangers will unleash on the audience.

10/8 = Henry Rollins at the Marquee Theatre. Rollins is as intense a performer as you will ever see. I have seen him as singer of the mighty Black Flag and the Rollins Band, and have witnessed him twice performing spoken word. Go to this show! The guy will give you your money’s worth and can talk for hours. He does not waste your time with small talk, his spoken word show is one of intelligence and entertainment and will put you in a state of actually wanting to engage in some serious introspection.

10/12 = Pat Benatar at JW Marriott Desert Ridge. Odd place for a concert, but may be a cool event to attend. Pat Benatar has entertained her audience since the seventies and has a string of great hits in her career. This lady can flat out rock on songs like Hit Me With Your Best Shot, but that classically trained voice really shines on tracks like Promises in the Dark and Love is a Battlefield.

10/13 = The Stills and We Are Scientists at the Clubhouse. I got turned on to the Stills a couple of years ago. Their debut record, Logic Will Break Your Heart, released in 2003, is full of post-punk melodies. Nothing too overwhelming, but this is a fine disc. I will be interested to hear them live. We Are Scientists fall in to the post-punk genre with a healthy dose of 80’s inspired dance rhythms. Another band not overly ground-breaking, but should be entertaining.

10/14 = Bob Newhart at Casino AZ. If you grew up in the seventies, do not even try to deny watching The Bob Newhart Show, one of televison’s all-time best sitcoms. Bob Newhart can bring a smile to the face of a corpse with his wonderful brand of humor, and can do so without having to drop f-bombs every other line, a rarity today in the field of comedy.

10/15 = Jukebox the Ghost at the Rhythm Room. The Rhythm Room is a great venue for live music, very intimate and a good sound system. I had the opportunity to see Jukebox the Ghost at the Monolith Festival and was really impressed with their happy brand of indie-pop music. Imagine the addition of Schroeder on piano from Peanuts fame playing alongside a guitar and drums and you have an idea what to expect this band. This is a must-see show!

10/18 = Tokyo Police Club and Weezer at the Arizona State Fair. Another great band that recently played at Monolith, Tokyo Police Club play high octane pop music with a definite punk edge. These guys put on a great show, I have seen them three times now and they have never failed to deliver a stellar peformance. Weezer is not a particular fave of mine, but when I saw them open for the Foo Fighters a couple of years ago I was really impressed with their performance. These guys have a rabid fan base! The entire show was one giant sing-a-long and converted a non-fan into a person that now respects what Weezer has to offer.

10/21 = Sheryl Crow at the Arizona State Fair. I may not be a huge fan of the music, but I have a deep respect for what Sheryl Crow offers as an artist. Melding a number of different styles into one cohesive unit, Sheryl Crow has created music that is not only critically acclaimed but audience pleasing as well. I am really looking forward to see her live for the first time.

A lot of shows folks! Pick and choose; I know the economy is not the greatest right now, but some quality live music will help ease the load a bit. Enjoy!

Cheers!
The Dust Devil

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Add comment September 30th, 2008

Frozen iPods Inside Popsicles?

Yes it’s true. They will not be available in the U.S. but 10,000 people are going to get a frozen iPod when they open their Unileve’s Kibon ice creeam bar this summer in Brazil, which is winter in the States.

Frozen iPods Inside Popsicles Promotion

Okay, so I can’t stuff tickets into your Dove bar but I can still giveaway free concert tickets.

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1 comment September 24th, 2008

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Do not make more than one video with you in it as the entry. Use a friend or family member and have them enter their information for the contest instead. Duplicate entries may cause you to be booted from the contest at my discretion.  Failure to meet any of these requirements and your comment will be deleted and your entry will not be accepted.Entry period will end as soon as I have collected 100 valid entries.

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