by Rebecca Rudnyk – The lights dim, the cast ascends into the fractured light projected onto the stage, and the audience is almost immediately taken to church...
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For the Record: ‘Cactus Candy’ by Emby Alexander
by Mark Anderson
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Cactus Candy, the brand new release from Phoenix weird pop creatures Emby Alexander, has been wrapped up and delivered into the collective hive-mind…
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¡Dale! featuring Quay Dash Brings Out Local Artists, DJs, and Live Performers
On my endless journey of searching Phoenix metro for the truly unsung, I came upon a flyer for the mononymous ¡Dale!. Marketed as an underground QTPOC (Queer Transgendered People Of Color) after-hours party featuring DJs, live performances, and two locally-prolific drag queens, the convincing point for me was the inclusion of headliner Quay Dash: a no-nonsense wordsmith rapper from The Bronx, NYC. ¡Dale! isn’t your run-of-the-mill, mainstream “queer” event. Instead of making it palpable for the lowest common heteronormative denominator, it separates itself by solely and consistently booking queer performers and artists of color. I would later learn from a speech by organizer and DJ La Siento, this would be the last edition of the event in its current form as he announced his move to New York…
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Good Question: Daughters Bring Their Raucous Energy to The Rebel Lounge
by Jacob Unterreiner
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In 2003, Daughters played a show at the Mason Jar (before it became the Rebel Lounge). They were opening for Dillinger Escape Plan. Daughters’ drummer Jon Styverson recalls, “I remember the line to get in was wrapping into the street. I don’t know why it was in the street, but it was, and a car came by and hit like 4 people. It was terrible. After the show, I was at the merch table and these four kids came up to me in bandages, with blood all over their shirts–they’re the ones who got hit. They got released from the hospital and came right back to the show.”
This story tells you all you need to know about Daughters; they have fans who get hit by a car before the show starts, go the hospital, and manage to make it back in time to catch the set. It is not a leap to say the music Daughters makes is the soundtrack to brushing off the blunt force trauma of a car accident…
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The Black Queen Brings Moody Synth Sounds to The Rebel Lounge [interview]
by Jacob Unterreiner
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If I told you there was a band called The Black Queen and it was fronted by former Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato, what genre of music do you think they would play? You maybe guessed it: moody, synth-based pop…
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For the Record: Reactions by MRCH
by Mark Anderson – To me, it’s obvious why the new MRCH album, Reactions, is being released in October: their brand of otherworldly pop completely encapsulates...
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An Insider’s Introduction: Ann Seletos
by Mark Anderson Senior Editor Ann Seletos is fuckin’ cool. And not cool in like a “cool” way. You know, that too cool for school, disaffected by...
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Fairy Bones: The Interview
By Frank Ippolito Associate Editor Since exploding onto Phoenix Valley stages and just about everywhere else in Arizona including Prescott, Flagstaff, Tucson, Bisbee, and quite possible...
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