The response was overwhelming, proving that Front 242 is still a popular act even after all these years. In 2016, they released the single “Lovely Day,” inviting fans to send in their remixes via Bandcamp and promising to release the top three on their next single. Since the zenith of their popularity in the early ‘90s – the video for “Rhythm of Time” was featured in the 1992 stalker thriller Single White Female – Front 242 has worked steadily, both together and with the members’ other projects, and tours Europe often. Joscha Wiedrich/ CC BY 2.0/ Flickr Front 242 at The Nile TheaterĪt the vanguard of ‘80s industrial music after their 1988 breakthrough album Front By Front, the Brussels-formed Front 242 also coined the term “electronic body music,” which to this day is synonymous with that particularly throbbing strain of techno. on Tuesday, September 28, at Valley Bar, 130 North Central Avenue. The three-piece band of brothers Radkey opens Local H's show at 7:30 p.m. So, even if "Bound for the Floor" is all you know them for, there is still so much to be seen here. Local H is known for its high-energy shows that set the standard for bands like The White Stripes, The Front Bottoms, and Japandroids – who followed Local H's footsteps in making an electric guitar and a drum set sound like arena rock. songs, "Oddfellows Local 151" and "Swan Swan H." A two-piece band throughout its history, Local H has seen three different drummers across nine studio albums and dozens of other releases. Led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Lucas, Local H was formed in 1987, drawing its name from two R.E.M. You might have even found yourself singing "And you just don't get it, you keep it copacetic, and you learn to accept it, you know you're so pathetic" from the band's best-known single "Bound for the Floor," but there is so much more to Local H than that. Julia Simone Paul Local H at Crescent Ballroom See her at Crescent Ballroom, 308 North Second Avenue, on Tuesday, September 28. Since then, the Kansas City native has released seven solo records, racking up plenty of accolades and quite a bit of fanfare along the way. Before she was 21, Fish’s debut caught the attention of a talent agency barely two years later, she had another record under her belt: 2011’s Girls With Guitars, which was recorded with Cassie Taylor and Dani Wilde. She grew up on Stevie Ray Vaughan and The Rolling Stones, rounding out the gospel influence she received from her mother being an instructor at a local church. (Read our recent interview with Kat Von D here.) Tom ReardonĪs a teenager, Samantha Fish was drawn to blues music.
Electronic rock act Prayers, fronted by her musician husband Rafael Reyes, opens the 8 p.m. Katherine Von Drachenberg), who is mostly known for being a reality television star/tattoo artist/makeup impresario, sing with her eponymously named band at The Van Buren, 401 West Van Buren Street.
On Monday, September 27, it'll be interesting to see just how many Phoenicians are willing to pay to see Kat Von D (a.k.a. It's a commodity, too, and human beings are often willing to pay for it. We crave it, don’t we? We look for it, and when we find it, we hold onto it. It’s by no coincidence that his latest label-wide collaborative project was named Dominion – Tech N9ne will not stop until he and Strange Music have completely dominated the world of hip-hop and beyond.Sincerity is an interesting thing. Everyone from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to Elton John has been spotted bumping Tech N9ne records, a testament to constant reinvention and inarguable excellence that has become standard of Tech’s work. Tech’s multi-faceted skillset has not gone unrecognized by artists of all genres, exemplified by collaborations with such diverse artists as The Doors, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Eminem, and Boyz II Men, to name just a few. In less than two decades, Tech himself has earned three gold records, sold over two million albums, and made multiple appearances on Forbes’s “Hip-Hop Cash Kings” list. Tech’s unparalleled tour schedule and signature rapid-fire “chopper” style combined with the business acumen of Strange Music CEO Travis O’Guin have molded Strange Music into the number one independent hip-hop label in the world.
The independent underground would not be what it is today without pioneers like Strange Music cofounder Tech N9ne.
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