TucsonScene.com: 2009

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Provocative Whites New CD Produced by Steve Albini

The Provocative Whites are proud to announce the release of their self-produced sophmore LP, 'EVOLYM' (engineered by Steve Albini & mastered by John Golden). To celebrate, they will be hosting a CD release party at Plush on Saturday, April 25th. Musical guests will include local super-group Garboski (featuring past members of such bands as Lloyd Dobbler, Laides & Gentlemen and IsToFeel) as well as Portland, Oregon's Floater. Free CD giveaways all night to every 20th patron, plus all new merchandise at rock bottom prices! WHEN: Saturday, Aprli 25th @ 9pm WHAT: 'EVOLYM' CD Release Party ($5.00 cover, 21 & over) WHO: The Provocative Whites, Garboski, & Floater (Portland, OR) WHERE: Plush (340 E 6th St. Tucson, AZ 85705, ph# (520) 798-1298 ) WHY: How often do a group of locals make it all the way to Chicago to record with an engineering legend like Steve Albini, a man most commonly known for his work on such albums as Nirvana's 'In Utero', The Pixies 'Surfer Rosa' and most recently The Stooges 'The Weirdness'. Add to that the superb mastering of John Golden, who's most known for his work with Primus and Sonic Youth. The boys like what they got, and feel its time to celebrate with the rest of the world.

FIND OUT MORE!!!!!!!
The Provocative Whites Official Website
The Provocative Whites on MySpace

Garboski on MySpace
Floater on MySpace
Plush Official Website

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Club Crawl 2009

The weather is beautiful and the flowers are starting to bloom so that means it’s time for Tucson Weekly’s Spring Club Crawl to return to downtown on Saturday Apri18th. It’s Tucson’s largest music festival with 25 stages of entertainment. There will be several outdoor stages and numerous venues downtown and on 4th Avenue. Venues include the Rialto Theatre, Hotel Congress, The District, Sharks, Vaudeville, O’Malley’s, The Hut, The Red Room, Enoteca, Cushing Street, Twelve Tribes, Café Passe, Delectables, Martin’s, Magpies, Café Vicente, Delectables, Chocolate Iguana, Shot In The Dark Café, Kelly’s Market, Café Theater, and Burger City. Club Crawl gates open at 7pm.

Club Crawl boasts two major headlining acts this spring and that is Alt-music guru M. Ward at the Rialto Theatre and direct from Kingston Jamaica, Rootz Underground on the Mountain Stage. Playboy Magazine just named Rootz Underground the winner of their 2009 Music Award for Best World Music Album. Returning this spring is European piano sensation Mr. Boogie Woogie. From Phoenix are Rasta rockers Another Day and RAC performing at the Hut. Split Hoof, from Austin Texas returns to rock the roof off of Vaudeville as the headliner for “The Church of Rock Revelations”, hosted by Rev. Larry. Other prominent acts confirmed are Mostly Bears, Static Session, R. Cougar, Cosmic Slop, Whole Lotta Zep, Al Foul, Al Perry and Sunday Afternoon. Final band lineups and maps of the event will be posted at www.clubcrawl.net

Club Crawl wristbands will be available in advance at both Zia locations and are $8 in advance and $10 the night of the event. Club Crawl gates open at 7pm. The Tucson Weekly, Budweiser, Land Shark Lager, Cuervo Silver, Jeremiah Weed Sweet tea, Ch. 18, Ch. 11, The Mountain, KRQ, Tejano and La Preciosa sponsor Club Crawl.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers Announce Circus Mexicus 2009 at Chango's in Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point, June 6th)

The reviews are in, and Jim Dalton is one rockin' hombre!"

On a scale of 1 to 10, Jim's debut was at least an 11! "

"Jim Dalton was absolutely solid, did not miss a step.""...damn that cat can play!"

That's just a sampling of the many positive reviews fans have posted on RCPM's message board about The Peacemakers' new lead guitarist, the unflappable James "JD" Dalton. The first leg of the 2009 tour is underway and the boys are showing no signs of winter hibernation. The amps are plugged in, the tequila is being passed around, the crowds are singing and glasses are being raised each night to celebrate life through rock-n-roll. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers will be on tour all spring. Check http://www.azpeacemakers.com/ to find out when the band is coming to your area.

Need a reminder of where and when RCPM is playing? Want daily updates on what our swashbuckling pirates, banditos and beachbums are up to? Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers are now on Twitter! If you'd like to get daily "tweets" from RCPM, sign up for your own Twitter page, look up "azpeacemakers" and friend us. Daily updates on where The Peacemakers are playing, who's being interviewed, and any breaking RCPM news will posted on the Twitter page for you to follow. One of the advantages of Twitter is you can have messages sent to your mobile device. For those who don't have time to be on the message board everyday, Twitter is a great way of keeping up on RCPM happenings until your return visit to http://www.azpeacemakers.com/.

And speaking of outstanding shows, it's time again to start thinking about orange sunsets sinking into the bay, taco stands and Mexican Moonshine. Start making your travel plans now for the biggest RCPM concert event of the year...Circus Mexicus 2009.

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers are proud to announce Circus Mexicus in Rocky Point on Jun. 6, sponsored this year by our new friends at Chango's Rocky Point Bar & Grill. Tickets will go on sale April 1st for $28 through our website at http://www.azpeacemakers.com/go/?O_OQ&TR=YzQ5OSw0MjQsMTEsYzA=. Tickets will be $30 day of the show.

Pack your toothbrush and sandals and join old amigos and new compadres as we reconvene on the beaches near the bay, pass around cervezas, tequilas and sweet rums to celebrate life through rock-n-roll with the familiar songs we all know and love. This year, Roger, PH, Nick and Jim are very excited to welcome the greatest rock-n-roll audience on the planet to a new venue. This year's show will be in a lot near the Sonoran Sea and Sonoran Spa resorts, and the entrance to Las Palmas, between the ocean and Sandy Beach Road and near Chango's Rocky Point Bar and Grill. Circus Mexicus 2009 promises to deliver the same powerful, no holds barred, uncompromising show fans have come to expect, at a new location that will make for another unforgettable evening.

This year RCPM welcomes Dead Rock West, from Los Angeles, to the opening slot (7pm) on Saturday night. This intense and mysteriouis five-member Americana band blends roots rock melodies with a punk rock attitude. You can find out more about them at http://www.deadrockwest.com/.

For hotel reservations you can still contact our good friends at Fiesta Beach travel, at http://www.fiestabeachtravel.com/.

PH Naffah will be at JJ's Cantina on Friday, June 5 for his annual Hot Dog and a Smile charity event to raise money for the children of Esparanza para los Niños. Let PH grill up a hot dog for you, and then sit back and relax with other fans while enjoying live music courtesy of Colorado's Best Country band The Railbenders, featuring RCPM's Jim Dalton. For more info on JD's outlaw country outfit, go to http://www.azpeacemakers.com/go/?O_MTI&TR=YzQ5OSw0MjQsMTEsYzA=. Then, with the music still ringing in your ears from Saturday's concert, return to JJ's on Sunday for Bloody Marys during the 2009 Mañanathon.

Remember, you will need a passport or passport card this time. If you don't have one and you haven't applied for one, do it TODAY! Come June 1, the new passport rules go into effect, and customs officials at the border will be strictly enforcing them. An RCPM board member recently applied for passports for the entire family (five members) in January. The passports arrived in about 4 weeks. So please DON'T WAIT until the last minute to apply for your passport. Should there be a big rush of last minute applications come mid-May, your passport could be delayed. We don't want you missing out on what's sure to be one of the most memorable concert experiences of the year. So please send in your passport application information as early as possible.

For information about passports, go to: http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738_2.html.

For information on passport cards, go to: http://travel.state.gov/passport/ppt_card/ppt_card_3926.html

There have also been some concerns in recent weeks about the safety of traveling through Mexico. Rocky Point is safe. It has not experienced any of the violence being reported in cities elsewhere on the mainland. As when traveling anywhere, use common sense; obey local laws and customs and conduct yourself responsibly. RCPM will continue to keep you up to date on the safety of traveling to Mexico. Stay tuned into http://www.azpeacemakers.com/ for the latest. There was an excellent article written recently about tourism concerns in Mexico and how Rocky Point proudly remains a safe and inviting community. You can find it here:
http://www.chollabayhoa.net/ChollaHOADocs/?p=163.

So brush off your sombreros, find your dark sunglasses, get those passports in order and prepare to go down together with us for the only one and only Circus Mexicus event of 2009.

Gracias,RCPM

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Daily Club Congress Specials

Monday

Retro-Lution with DJ Sean T
The city’s first and best ’80s night heads back to the future with $1 well drinks!
Ladies in free ’till 11pm & $2 otherwise.
Thats Right We have a SPECIAL SUMMER SPECIAL, $2 Cover all Summer long Radical drink specials running from 9pm to 12am
$1.00 well drinks
$3.00 Bacardi
DJ Sean T spins the retro hits each & every Monday night. From the classics you know by heart to the ones you forgot you love; to those who love the eighties we say, “It’s on!”
Cover: Ladies free until 11 PM; $2 otherwise
Doors: 9 PM
Tuesday

Tuesday Drink Specials
From 10pm - 1am

$3.00 42 Below Vodka
$3.00 Newcastle
$3.00 Red Stripe
Wednesday

Wednesday Night Drink Specials
From 10pm-1am

$2.50 Fat Tire Cans
$3.00 Jim Beam
Thursday

The Optimist Club
with $1 well vodka drinks, and gasp, it’s free! (for members)
If it has a good beat and you can dance to it…
Tucson’s worst-kept secret, with ever-changing special guests and DJ Fancy Pants.
http://www.myspace.com/optimistclub.
Doors open at 9pm with drink specials from 10 pm-1 am:
$1.00 Barton vodka
$3.00 Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum
$3.00 Red Stripe

Cover: $3
Doors: 9 PM
Friday

Friday Night Drink Specials
From 10pm-1am

$3.00 Jack Daniels
Rotating Specials
Saturday

Bang! Bang!
Saturday night is now the best night of the week, the one you look forward to & live for. TGIF - totally out. TGIS - so hot. Like Maury Povich, we here at Congress are giving Saturday Night a much needed makeover.

Club Congress & Saturday Night present: Bang! Bang! The dance party of your dreams.

Drink specials begin right at 10pm
$3.00 All Stoli Flavors
$4.00 Maker’s Mark
$2.00 Session
Tucson’s newest dance night, Bang! Bang! features the best & brightest in dance rock, hip hop, pop jams, 80’s favorites, indie mixes, mutant disco, electro punk & pretty much anything deemed danceworthy by Bang! Bang! DJ’s Matt McCoy (Black Mondays @ Surly; Heart Five) & Dewtron (Black Mondays). Double M, as we call him- much to his dismay, & Dewtron are madmen on the turntables. They’ve made us step up & buy all new equipment AND plan a complete DJ booth overhaul. They have plans for guest DJs from all over the globe. These two are not messing around.Bang! Bang! should be a steady fixture on Saturday Night. The place to be! The way to go! The harmony to your melody! The reason to your rhyme!
The party starts at 9pm, cover is NOW FREE, & drink specials run from 10pm until 1am.
People of Tucson, we present to you the new & improved Saturday Night.

Cover: FREE
Doors: 9pm
Sunday

S.I.N. (Service Industry Night)
+
Club Karaoke
Featuring $3 drinks

It’s new and it’s kinda freaking crazy - $3 you-call-its on S.I.N. Sundays - our Service Industry Night!

Wanna red-headed slut? 3 bucks. Captain and cola? That’s $3, too. Any drink is $3 at S.I.N., featuring Crown Royal, Captain Morgan and Jose Cuervo.

While you’re enjoying those $3 drinks, live out your rock and roll dreams on the stage that the self-same fantasies are played out on a near daily basis.

The crooning begins at 9 and goes all night, show up early to secure your place in the rotation.We’re not joking when we say that the first night of S.I.N. went so well …people got naked. Seriously.

This event is FREE!

311 East Congress Street
Tucson, AZ 85701

Friday, February 13, 2009

SXSW 2009 Official Band List (S-Z)

SXSW 2009 Official Band List (P-T)

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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Provocative Whites New CD Produced by Steve Albini

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Club Crawl 2009

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers Announce Circus Mexicus 2009 at Chango's in Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point, June 6th)

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Daily Club Congress Specials

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