AZ Vibe – The Ultimate Phoenix Entertainment Resource

Just wanted to put a list of some great cover songs together for listening and viewing pleasure. This is by no means a ‘best of’ list. It’s just some great cover songs that you should check out and would probably enjoy. The music cover a wide range of styles and talents. So if you’re open to something new, give these tracks a listen.

Exodus – Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap) – Original by AC/DC – Playing AC/DC on guitar is an easy thing. However, a band being faithful to an AC/DC song is a completely different story. Exodus does such a great job of putting their own stamp on this track but is still faithful to the original.

Walking On The Moon – Sly & Robbie – Original by The Police – From the Compilation ‘Reggatta Mondatta: Reggae Tribute to Police’ which is an amazing Reggae compilation of Police songs by some of the top Reggae artists in the world.

Grateful Dead – Big River – Original by Johnny Cash – #1 on my list of the best Johnny Cash cover songs ever. Just a great version that has a backbone of country but yet is still a classic Dead song.

Nine Inch Nails w/Gary Newman – Cars – Original by Gary Newman – This is technically not a cover but I have yet to find a version of this song that ROCKS as hard as this version.

Iron Maiden – Cross-Eyed Mary – Original by Jethro Tull – Iron Maiden doesn’t do cover songs that often if at all. However, this B-Side from the ‘Piece of Mind’ sessions makes people wish they did do more covers. A very faithful version of the Jethro Tull classic.

Stone Temple Pilots – Dancing Days – Led Zeppelin – Great Band. Great cover.

Primus – Have a Cigar – Original by Pink Floyd – Les Claypool of Primus has a long standing love of all things Pink Floyd and it shows in this amazing cover.

Phish and Kid Rock – ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ and ‘We’re an American Band’ – Original by AC/DC and Grand Funk Railroad – I’m willing to bet that Kid Rock wishes he wrote this song as it’s made for him.

Phish and Wynonna Judd – Free Bird – Original by Lynyrd Skynyrd – Not a fan of Wynonna but she just KILLS it in this song.

Metallica – The Wait – Original by Killing Joke – If this song can’t get your blood flowing then you might be dead. I’ve never been able to drive under 90 MPH when this song is playing in my car.

Flaming Lips – Borderline – Original by Madonna – A Flaming Lips cover done only the way the Flaming lips could do it.

Pearl Jam – Whip It – Original by Devo – Boatloads of Awesome.

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Came across this awesome deal as I was poking around the web today.  Amazon.com has over 800 of their MP3 albums for only $5 each.

From Rihanna’s new album ‘Rated R’, to Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ to, John Coltrane’s ‘Blue Train’ to even LMFAO’s ‘Party Rock, there is literally something for everyone’s musical tastes.

Sure, there’s some stinkers in this list of 800 but there’s some great music in the list as well.

In case you’re wondering, yes these albums will work on your iPod and

Click this link to check out the amazing deals on music!

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R&B superstar Mariah Carey will making a rare Phoenix appearance on her first extended tour in over three years. She will be supporting her #1 album ‘Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel’ and will be stopping at the Dodge Theater February 20th. Show starts at 8:00 PM.

Tickets go on sale Saturday December 19th at 10 AM at all Live Nation outlets and at LiveNation.com:

http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/416304

Ticket prices:

$89.75, $69.75, and $49.75.

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This is something we’re going to do every once in a while when we just have so much stuff to publish and don’t think individual posts for every topic would serve the best interest.

David Cross Advanced Ticket Pre-sale

First off Comedian David Cross, whom is most recognized from his role as Tobias Fünke on the now defunct show Arrested Development, is coming to town on September 23rd at 7:30 PM at the Orpheum Theater in Phoenix. Tickets go on sale Friday August 21st at 10 AM (at all Live Nation outlets and on LiveNation.com). However, you can purchase tickets now through a special pre-sale offer until 10PM tonight by using the following presale code:

Twitter

….at the following link:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1E00430CF3735AE2?cce_tid=73F3F653F7A773F3F5D3F3F363F3F3F5D3F103F&oid=73F3F653F7A773F3F5D3F3F363F3F3F5D3F103F&eid=411969&artistid=768214&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1&brand=livenation&

Arrested Development

Speaking of Arrested Development…

Did you know you can watch every episode of the cult comedy on Hulu?

Check it out!

http://www.hulu.com/arrested-development

Pearl Jam debuts new song from ‘Backspacer’ last night in London (UK)

Pearl Jam is currently on a mini-tour in Europe and last night at the O2 Arena in London, UK they debuted a new song off their upcoming album ‘Backspacer’ (due out September 20th) called ‘Supersonic’.  Enjoy.

Helping your kids succeed in school – ‘The Onion’ Style

If you have ever read ‘The Onion’ then you know you what’s in store after you click this link:

http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/helping_your_kids_succeed_in?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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Well, my man crush on the Local Band Black Carl continues as they are playing at the Star Swim – Poolside at the Hotel San Carlos in Downtown Phoenix. Probably going to check this out but I have an event that I’m going to before hand in Scottsdale. Not sure when the show starts I assume around 10. Anyways, be there and support the local music scene.

Hotel San Carlos
Monroe and Central
202 N Central Avenue
Downtown Phoenix 85004
http://www.hotelsancarlos.com/

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Steely Dan

Sunday, July 20, 2008
Doors: 6:30 pm | Show: 7:30 pm

Tickets $35-$125

Dodge Theatre
400 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85003

Phone 602-379-2800

More information and for tickets:

http://www.livenation.com/event/getEvent/eventId/322243

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An Evening with My Morning Jacket (No Opening Act)

@ The Marquee Theater

730 N. Mill Ave
Tempe, AZ 85281
tel: 480-829-0607

$30.00 – All Ages
9/23/2008 – Show starts at 6:30 PM
Will Call Box office opens at 3:00 PM

More information and to purchase tickets online:

http://www.luckymanonline.com/EventDetail.aspx?eventID=2030

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Rusted Root w/ Pete Francis (from Dispatch)

7/12/2008

@ The Marquee Theater

730 N. Mill Ave
Tempe, AZ 85281
tel: 480-829-0607

Ticket price: $24.00*
Price day of: $25.00*
Ages: All Ages

Will Call Box office opens at 3:00 PM

More information and to purchase tickets online:

http://www.luckymanonline.com/EventDetail.aspx?eventID=2024

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I was at the Tempe Marketplace the other day and noiced a sign to this free show at the Tempe Marketplace. Every month they are going to have a national act play at the Tempe Marketplace for Free

According to the Tempe Marketplace Site:

Rolling Rock Concert Series
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Venue: District Stage (It’s wedged in between Dave and Busters and San Fliepe’s Cantina)

National artists, Filter and Opiate For The Masses, perform live on the District Stage from 8:00-11:00pm.

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Ok people who I’ve talked to who have checked this site out have asked me when I’m going to put up open mic night information. Well, I’m not. The reason why is I found a website that has up-to-date Open Mic information in and around phoenix. Rather than duplicating our efforts, I’m going to put the link up for everyone to check out!

Once I get situated, I’m going to get back into performing live and leveraging this site to find places to go and jam:

http://www.azopenmic.com/

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Ok, so by now you’ve downloaded some pretty cool music from Nine Inch Nails, especially ‘The Slip’.  Ok so now that you have a new album you just released to the masses what’s next if you’re Nine Inch Nails?

Why you go on Tour, of course.

Nine Inch Nails announced their ‘Lights in the Sky over North America 2008′.

(More info here)

http://tour.nin.com/

As a preview of what’s to come on this tour, Nine Inch Nails released a free EP of (legal) downloadable music that contains samples of every band that will be joining Nine Inch Nails on tour.

The bands that will part of this tour are:

A place to bury strangers
Does it offend you, yeah?
Crystal castles
Deerhunter
nine inch nails (duhh)

To get your own copy of this EP follow the link below:

http://dl.nin.com/lightsinthesky/signup

As an additional bonus here’s some cool videos from their tour rehersals:

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letting you
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To continue the story…so Nine Inch Nails/Trent Reznor experimented with a revolutionary method of releasing his music to the masses and without the involvement of the record companies with his Ghosts I-IV album.  Not too long after that (around May) he decided to release his next album, The Slip, for free via the internet as a thank you to his fans.  Personally, I think to release this album in this manner (for free over the internet) is a ballsy move….and it’s paying off for him.

To get your own copy of ‘The Slip’ just follow this link:

http://theslip.nin.com/

Here’s the first Video from ‘The Slip’ called ‘Discipline’.

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If you have been living under a rock as of late you don’t know the ground breaking work that Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has done with his music.  Recently out of his contract with Interscope records he began to experiment with ways to release music on the internet.  His first release was Ghosts I-IV.  This is a selection of 36 instrumental tracks that are not only optimized in the most original manner in Apple’s iTunes but it comes with a whole bunch of cool stuff and extras.  The amount of extras depends on how much you spend.

You have many different options to choose from.  Here’s the ordering page:

http://ghosts.nin.com/main/order_options

…as you can see you can get tracks for free, for $5, or if you want to spend more you can get additional goodies at the $10 and $75 levels.

If you want to get a sample of what the album is all about, you can listen to Ghosts I-IV in it’s entirety.

http://ghosts.nin.com/main/player

Tomorrow, I’ll post links to his new album that can be downloaded legally for free.

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