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  • Thursday, May. 17, 2012

    Junior Brown

    “With a voice that ranks in the low registers somewhere between Johnny Cash and James Earl Jones, Junior Brown provides the soundtrack that makes you want to become a long hull freight trucker. Reason being, just to listen to his nine studio albums while driving over the Rockies from the east coast to the west coast, and then do it again.”—Reverb.

    Aside from his hard-to-classify style, Brown is known for the unique sound he pulls from the guitar he created—one that combines the standard six-string with the steel guitar, yielding what he calls a double-neck “guit-steel.”

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  • Thursday, May. 17, 2012

    Eric Hutchinson

    Hutchinson has been widely acclaimed for his prowess as a pianist, songwriter, and performer. He has been called "one of the most talented singer-songwriters that Boston has to offer and placed second at the 2002 Los Angeles Songwriter's Grand Slam.

    Graffiti6 opens the show. 21+. Tickets available at Stinkweeds.

  • Thursday, May. 17, 2012

    Jeff the Brotherhood, Wooden Indian and North Dakota

    Jeff the Brotherhood is the duo of Jake and Jamin Orrall from Nashville, Tennessee. The two brothers tour relentlessly, playing over 200 shows a year and released their latest album We Are the Champions in 2011. Get set for a unique night of music, these guys deliver a mesh of "psychedelic, classic rock, kraut-punk, garage pop, monster metal, scrungy, filthy, fizzy and fresh" music.

    Opening this show will be Phoenix's Wooden Indian and Tempe's North Dakota. All ages show

  • Thursday, May. 17, 2012

    The Shondes, Daniel Hart

    The ladies of The Shondes make punk rock that doesn't have to sneer, spit, or rip apart it's throat. Sure there's power chords, some swearwords, and a defiant radical stance; but it's honest--not a fashionable pose. There's even room for a full-time violinist and Soul (capital S). It's exactly what you'd expect to come from Brooklyn, and not at all at the same time.

    With Daniel Hart, THE in-demand Violinist for St. Vincent, The Polyphonic Spree, Flesh the Racist Crayon, and Pattern is Movement, with a growing fan-base of his own. He recently touring with Phoenix's own Michelle Blades! Hart is a supremely confident musician who doesn't need the spotlight, but knows how to hold it when it comes.

    Our very own Haymarket Squares open the show. All ages.

  • Thursday, May. 17, 2012

    Contradicktion, Jack The Cat and Abraham Drinkin'

    Hollywood Alley gets the weekend going early with this show featuring Contradicktion, Jack The Cat and ska punk band Abraham Drinkin' from Phoenix. 21+ show

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  • Wednesday, May. 23, 2012

    Sparta

    With At the Drive-In reunited, Sparta returns and will be playing at the Crescent in May! After a 3 year hiatus, the Texan band will be back in the studio during the year to work on new material a follow up to Threes.

  • Monday, Jun. 04, 2012

    Santigold (Sold Out)

    Her 1st appearance in Phoenix, and now it is sold out!

  • Saturday, May. 19, 2012

    Morning Teleportation/GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS (venue change)

    Great Lake Swimmers have long been a word-of-mouth favorite in their home country of Canada for whom critical mass was inevitable. They've been regarded as a national treasure by the CBC, with "Lost Channels" (2009) topping the charts at CBC Radio 3 and on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Chart. In the U.S., Lost Channels debuted at #10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and was a favorite among influential bloggers and NPR staff. The band has received public endorsements by the likes of Feist, Robert Plant, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and cyclist Lance Armstrong. The latter two have both raved about the band on their personal websites; the former have handpicked the band to open shows and whole tours. Josh Groban has been known to open his show with a Great Lake Swimmers cover, and the band has shared the stage with such varied artists as Calexico, Sarah Harmer, Bela Fleck & The Sparrow Quartet, Hayden, Goldfrapp, and Bill Callahan of Smog. This show has moved to Sail Inn.

    With the combined energy of a basement party, a back-room jam session, and a futuristic hootenanny, Morning Teleportation's raucous, off-kilter explosion of enthusiasm is guaranteed to raise a smile.

    With COLD SPECKS, NICO'S GUN. 21+ Tickets available at Stinkweeds.

  • Tuesday, Oct. 09, 2012

    The Black Keys

    The Black Keys return on a bigger stage! Tegan and Sara will open.

  • Monday, Jun. 04, 2012

    A Place to Bury Strangers and This Will Destroy You

    If you have not witnessed the brutal fury of A Place to Bury Strangers yet then mark this date on your calendar as a must-see show! APTBS takes the feedback-drenched excellence of Psychocandy-era Jesus and Mary Chain, adds in a barrage of pop hooks and tops it off with the songwriting, guitar-work and vocal delivery of Oliver Ackermann. A Place to Bury Strangers does not waste time when they are onstage; instead, this trio plugs in and unleashes a barrage that is unlike anything you will ever see. They have often been referred to as "the loudest band in New York" but this band goes well beyond the limits of that tag. Their opening set for The Big Pink at the Rhythm Room just two years ago was incredible. A new EP by the name of Onwards to the Wall as well as the upcoming full-length Worship will give the Rhythm Room faithful plenty of incredible new material to hear, as well as classic old favorites such as "In Your Heart" and the band's set closer "Oceans".

    This Will Destroy You hails from San Marcos, Teaxs and plays a style of music the band refers to as "doomgaze", a mesh of classic atmospheric shoegaze with dark, doom metal. This Will Destroy You delivers their music with no vocals, allowing the listener to become truly absorbed by the wall of sound they create featuring a build-up of thunderous crescendos.

    Stay tuned for ticket info!

  • Friday, Sep. 21, 2012

    FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS

    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls are returning to Phoenix on Friday September 21st to play at the Crescent Ballroom. Last time they headlined here they sold out the Rhythm Room. Since then they have toured with Social Distortion and sold out Wembley Arena in London.

    They will be here with Larry And His Flask.




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    I appologize in advance for anyone who might read this. My words can be a little mind numbing, and i'm grammatically challanged for sure, but enjoy, none the less! With never having gone to a Rocky Votolato show before and only having listened to Suicide Medicine, I wasn't sure if I was even going to make it to the Rhythm Room the other night. So happy I did! I walked in, and being by myself I not only had to feel out the music, I was looking for a nice comfortable spot to post up too. I was instantly mellowed by Kevin Long who was captivating the audience. I settled in and to my dismay it was over as soon as it started. I did not get the chance to see anything but his beautiful little guitar solo and gripping lyrics, in which he finished his set with, and was plenty good enough to be mentioned. Forward about 20 awkward minutes for myself, a small, yet sturdy jawed man took the stage. I have a great respect for stage presence, and not having seen Rocky in person before, it was incredible to see, how in such small stature, a man could seem so large. He had a harmonica on his stool, and a guitar which looked like it weathered plenty of his beautiful strumming. He started in with a beautiful mix of guitar playing and lyrics partnered with a voice that took my attention instantly. I had always felt that Rocky raised his decibels to loud to cover for a lack of voice, and I couldn't have been more wrong. As I really settled in, I started to focus on his playing. Almost as a marionette, his hand and fingers moved independent of each other, striking every cord perfectly. He had the crowd at this point and pulled "Goldfield" of the hat. The crowd responded perfectly! Rocky said "better than any show across seas, or here in the states." This really amped up the crowd and I feel that Rocky felt it too. He started in with his next song on the set list and the crowd must have felt it was sing along time as there were a few American idols still in the crowd. Rocky couldn't be more polite, as he chose something I believe either out of order on his set list, or something not even on his list to break the crowd from singing along. It was a great song, just a little tainted by a fellow that was now a few too many drinks deep, and in love with the idea of singing along with Rocky all night. After the song, Rocky chose to switch things up fully, take the title track off of Suicide Medicine. Consequently, the fellow who was singing along this whole time started right back in and even louder now. Instantly, I thought to myself, how perfect for Rocky to think to play the song as eventually he would be screaming and drowning out what ever noise may have been. I'm not sure if I have ever seen a perfect rendition of a song, but this would have been as close to one as I’ve seen. Following the song, you could tell Rocky had it by this time, and was a bit disgruntled. Still cordial, he returned his guitar, stood back up, and proceeded to announce that it was his last song. It was obvious, as the fellow still standing 2 feet from Rocky, had turned from annoying to scary. Rocky went into playing his last song, and one more time the fellow had to try and sing along, at this point Rocky wasn't putting up with it any further, and chose to stop and let him know this. He started back in, now uninterrupted, playing beautifully, yet still noticeably upset by the last 30 minutes which transpired. I left at this point, as the guy had started to get very disgruntle and I had felt that Rocky was too upset to come back out at this point anyway. I believe he came back out once the fellow was removed, but I had left by then. I hope this doesn't deter Rocky from coming back to the Rhythm Room, let alone the Valley. It seems as though he loves coming here and what more of a venue for him to play than The Rhythm Room, which accented his character perfectly. To the fellow that couldn't keep his trap shut, and may have made the concert a little better for a slight point, but overall upset the concert, please remember that more than 1 person buys a ticket to these concerts. It is always your responsibility, whether you are next to the stage or 70 rows back to partake in the concert, not alter it, or ignore it.
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    Former Oasis front man plays a rare Oasis track, Whatever, at the Orpheum.

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