This year, I’ve asked a few Phoenix-area musicians/people of interest for their year-end, best-of lists: albums, songs, whatever. It’s only natural I start with Brendan Murphy, singer/guitarist for Source Victoria. And, oh, yeah, he’s my brother, and he’s probably had as much influence on my music tastes as anyone. Go to sourcevictoria.net to download a … Continue reading Guest list: Brendan Murphy of Source Victoria
Anyone who has read this blog knows that Source Victoria means more to me than the average band. Now you have no reason to not listen to me: The band is offering its 2007 release, The Fast Escape, as a free download – with liner notes, album art and all (mp3s are 320 kbps, by … Continue reading Free download: Source Victoria’s The Fast Escape
Saturday night’s show at Yucca Tap Room was an absolute blast. Thanks to everyone who showed up and drank, thus allowing bands to be paid properly. I can’t say enough great things about all the bands involved. Check out a few pictures below. .Sub. Traindead. The Small Hours. Birdmonster. Source Victoria. Source Victoria + the … Continue reading Photos from Source Victoria + Birdmonster
My first stab at concert promoting goes off Saturday night at Yucca Tap Room in Tempe, where Source Victoria and Birdmonster headline a five-band bill. Also playing: Traindead (Phoenix), the Small Hours (LA) and .Sub (England). (Read a bit about Traindead here and Source Victoria here.) It’ll be a fun night, so anyone in the … Continue reading Sat. night: Source Victoria + Birdmonster + more
I announced this show, which I’m helping curate, previously, but the venue has moved. We are official now: Source Victoria, Birdmonster and Traindead on March 8 at Yucca Tap Room in Tempe. No cover (as always at Yucca). 21 and over. Remember, Yucca is a cash-only bar. Bring your friends. And their friends. Birdmonster | … Continue reading Incoming: Birdmonster + Source Victoria, March 8
Great feature on Source Victoria and the band’s new record, The Fast Escape, in the latest Phoenix New Times. Read it here. “The Fast Escape, however, is no political manifesto. It’s a beautiful narcotic that allows you, the lucky listener, to sail for the better part of an hour above (Brendan) Murphy’s roughhewn voice as … Continue reading Source Victoria feature in Phoenix New Times
For many reasons, sourceVictoria has been name-checked here quite often, not the least of which is that the band hovers among my favorites (think the sort of admiration reserved for bands like the National). The group has been recording new material, and, from what I’ve heard so far, it only cements my near-flawless reasoning. You … Continue reading sourceVictoria streaming new tracks
(Look out, two posts in one day!) I’m excited for tonight, when we’ll see ex-Catherine Wheel frontman Rob Dickinson, exactly a year to the day we saw him last, at Anderson’s in Scottsdale. I’ve gone on at length about Dickinson before, so I won’t do it here again. Also, local favorite sourceVictoria is opening with … Continue reading Tonight: sourceVictoria and Rob Dickinson
I’m slowly learning the delicate art of how to take picturess at shows sans flash, thanks to some tips from Frank. Need more practice, but some of these, from sourceVictoria’s set Saturday night at the Last Exit in Tempe, turned out decent. Others, not so much. I think I need Photoshop. My favorite shot of … Continue reading A few pics of sourceVictoria (7/22/06)
Annie and I spent Thursday night carousing at a swank Scottsdale club – ahem, act like you’ve been here before – to celebrate the new issue of a friend’s magazine (oh, complimentary Skyy vodka drinks … you know we’re all up in that!). Then we hit our friends’ house to practice a little blackjack for … Continue reading Sweet Bleeders/sourceVictoria on Saturday