Years ago, when I lived in Dallas, one of the local bands threw a huge party for itself to celebrate its two-year anniversary. Keeping a band together for two years is a rare, extraordinary feat, its ...

Ansel Averitt is a closet rapper. The Phoenix twentysomething has a loyal audience of three friends, and his finest piece of music equipment is the tape recorder he keeps in his back pocket. But soon, ...

Although local band Bionic Jive signed to Interscope Records nearly two years ago and has opened for the likes of Nas, D12, Kottonmouth Kings and Digital Underground in support of their latest release ...

I don't know much about Bionic Jive, but I know this: Armageddon Through Your Speaker is a brilliant record. This Phoenix group writes every song as an epic, with lyrics that dive into places that ...

The Anger Management Tour, led by Eminem, pulls into HSBC Arena on Thursday for a 6:30 p.m. show. Also on the bill are Ludacris, Papa Roach, Xzibit, Bionic Jive, the X-Ecutioners and D12. We caught up ...