Five Must-See Shows This Weekend
Curious what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun?
D. Russ
Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.
No one is going to blame you for feeling a bit squeamish when hearing the words "rock" and "rap" smooshed together. After all, Crazy Town, Limp Bizkit, and Methods of Mayhem pushed out more than enough bad musical juju to completely erase any goodwill earned by the Judgment Night soundtrack or The Clash's early hip-hop appropriations. But lest we throw the baby out with the hotdog flavored bathwater, let's hold up a minute.
Hip-hop and rock music have never been closer bedfellows than now, when the dude from Coldplay is palling around with Jay-Z and Beyonce, and Kanye West is riding King Crimson and Can samples to the top of the charts. So it's less about definitions than it is about playing to the lowest common denominator, something we're certain won't be happening at the R.E.I.G.N. Network's Culture Clash, a "themed night of art, music, fashion, and dance," where Valley indie acts Doctor Bones and Emby Alexander will be teaming up with hip-hoppers Matty Dubs and D. Russ, respectively.
If the combinations make as much sense as Emby Alexander songwriter Michael B. Alexander's former collaborations with Russ (when Alexander was still fronting art-combo Boys and Frogs) the proceedings should lean toward the Solange Knowles/Dirty Projectors side of things than say, that Ice Cube and Korn's "Children of the Korn" jam. --Jason P. Woodbury
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Roxy Lounge
7443 E. 6th Ave., Scottsdale, AZ
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