Recordings
By Tom Reardon, September 2019 Issue. One of the great things about reviewing music is getting the records sent to you, especially when they are as killer as some of this [...]
Music
The B-52s’ Cindy Wilson: Still cosmic after all these years
By Mark C. Horn To local Arizona music fans, the power of the sun, mountains, and vistas have always been a part of what energizes us. The national acts who have made tour [...]
Carly Rae Jepsen brought emotion and dedication to Phoenix
By Ashley Naftule Saving your biggest hit for the encore is for amateurs. Dropping the ‘song everyone knows’ as the sixth song in your set? Now that is a power [...]
Straight from the volcano’s mouth: A conversation with Lydia Lunch
By Ashley Naftule Lydia Lunch isn’t just the voice of her generation — She’s also its eyes, its ears, its memory. The spoken word artist, author, and musician is, in [...]
Weird Al Yankovic and the importance of being funny
By Jason Kron Dull minds everywhere differentiate comedy music from “real art”, separating the funny from the humorless creative expression that is put on a [...]
The Alarm’s Mike Peters on life, luck, and a long-running career
By Mark C. Horn From its earliest utterances, rock ‘n’ roll was the music parents hated and the music that gave hope to many wayward teenagers in search of [...]
Imperial Teen is back in action
By Tom Reardon, August 2019 Issue. You know two members of a band are pretty cool when you start off your conversation with them talking about whether or not hummingbirds [...]
Recordings
By Tom Reardon, August 2019 Issue. It’s the dog days of summer here at the mighty Echo Magazine. One of the great things about summer hibernation here in Phoenix is the [...]
Howard Jones brings his Transform tour to Phoenix
By Tom Reardon Just for a little while, let me take you back to a magical time in every boy’s life … his first Howard Jones show. The year was 1985 and I was just about [...]
Melissa Etheridge talks career highlights, Springsteen, and activism
By Laura Latzko With her raspy voice and universal lyrics, Melissa Etheridge has connected with different generations of fans since her rise to fame in the late 1980s. The [...]
Recordings
By Tom Reardon, July 2019 Issue. Sebadoh – Act Surprised Several months ago, Sebadoh’s Lou Barlow played a living room show here in Phoenix at a cozy little house near [...]
Recordings
By Tom Reardon, June 2019 Issue. Exploring the mind and body can be a dangerous thing, especially when it comes to music. The highs are often really high, but the lows … [...]
Meet Kid Congo Powers
By Tom Reardon, June 2019 Issue. When your first band is the legendary Gun Club from Los Angeles, then you get handpicked by (the late) Lux Interior and Poison Ivy to join [...]
Recordings
By Tom Reardon, May 2019 Issue. Kinda like two truths and a lie, this month features two relatively new local Arizona bands and one old British band. Spring has fully sprung [...]
The World Would Be a Very Different Place Without Calvin Johnson
By Jason Kron For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Olympia musician Calvin Johnson, who’s playing at The Trunk Space on April 13th, here’s a little [...]
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