Different notable gigs happening at native live performance venues from Friday, November 11, to Sunday, November 13, embrace Latin singer-songwriter Lila Downs, indie rock princess beabadoobee, dubstep DJ/producer Borgore, and “Bayou Soul” artist Marc Broussard. You can even attend the domestically centered micro-music pageant WayneFest or catch Todd Rundgren and different rock ‘n’ roll all-stars paying tribute to the late David Bowie.
Learn on for extra particulars about every present or go to Phoenix New Instances’ concert calendar for much more stay music within the Valley this weekend.
beabadoobee
Friday, November 11
The Van Buren, 401 West Van Buren Road
The dream of the ‘90s is alive in beabadoobee’s Bea Kristi. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter crafts evocative bed room pop songs out of the detritus of the grunge rock period, creating freshly trendy songs that nonetheless recall the heyday of MTV’s Buzz Bin. She is not shy about acknowledging her influences: her breakthrough music is named “I Want I Was Stephen Malkmus,” in any case. Just like the Pavement frontman, Kristi has a knack for strong gold hooks and witty turns of phrase. On her newest album, Beatopia, she branches out into new sonic territory with crunchier riffs, bossa nova rhythms, and even a little bit of emo on “Photos of Us.” Collaborating with a bunch of artists that embrace The 1975, Jock Strap’s Georgia Ellery, and PinkPantheress, Kristi sounds extra like a communal effort than 2020’s Pretend It Flowers. One factor that hasn’t modified is her eager insights into being an outsider: despair, heartbreak, and emotions of profound alienation populate the songs on Beatopia. It’s on this manner that beabadoobee is conserving the spirit of the alt-’90s alive by being a blissful bummer. 8 p.m., $65 by way of livenation.com. Ashley Naftule
Elton John
Friday, November 11, and Saturday, November 12
Chase Discipline, 401 East Jefferson Road
Earlier this week, Disney+ introduced it can stream Elton John’s final US concert live from Dodger Stadium later this month, serving to allay any FOMO being felt by anybody who can’t pony up the dough for his two-night stint at Chase Discipline this weekend. That being stated, it’s well worth the cash to see the legendary musician carry out stay and in individual. Barring any additional extensions of his Farewell Yellow Brick Street tour (now in its fifth yr), each gigs are your final likelihood to see John carry out within the Valley. They’re additionally going to be phenomenal live shows. In case you didn’t attend the primary time the tour swung by means of city in 2019, it is a two-hour-plus retrospective spanning his prolonged profession with close to two dozen of his biggest hits being carried out. Relying on which reseller you hit up, tickets will run between $75 to $200 per individual however might be value each penny. Belief us. 8 p.m. Benjamin Leatherman
Lila Downs
Saturday, November 12
Mesa Arts Middle, 1 East Foremost Road
Earlier than she grew to become a world-renowned six-time Grammy winner, Lila Downs adopted The Grateful Lifeless. Whereas she had already picked up the performing bug in class, studying the right way to sing conventional and pop songs with trilingual ease (Downs can communicate Spanish, English, and Mixtec fluently), she didn’t actually start severely pursuing music till after going by means of the time-honored American ceremony of passage of dropping out of school to observe the Lifeless round. Finally, she discovered herself in Oaxaca, the place she met her future musical companion/husband Paul Cohen, and the remainder is musical historical past. Stylistically, Downs drinks from a deep properly of influences. Along with singing covers and writing unique songs within the type of conventional Mexican and Oaxacan folks music, she additionally attracts on nation, jazz, blues, bolero, flamenco, cumbia, and norteño. She’s paid tribute to her influences with stirring covers of songs by Woody Guthrie and Santana. Most of all, except for the high-energy and celebratory vibes of her stay reveals, Downs is thought for her outspoken activism on behalf of indigenous folks and her pleasure in her Miztec heritage. She provides voice to these historical past has silenced along with her luxurious, craving songs. 8 p.m., $35-$60 by way of mesaartscenter.com. Ashley Naftule
WayneFest 2022
Saturday, November 12
Coronado Park, 1717 North twelfth Road
Throughout these divisive occasions, neighborhood gatherings can create connections that give folks hope. Within the Coronado neighborhood of Phoenix, these gatherings embrace WayneFest, a micro-music pageant that helps to fund neighborhood tasks reminiscent of little libraries, murals, a neighborhood backyard, and extra. This yr’s pageant takes place on Saturday and options stay music by a number of bands and artists, together with jazz/soul/funk ensemble Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra, geek rapper Mega Ran, Americana act Of Kith and Kin, indie/artwork rock band Fairy Bones, and “one-man sound machine” Operating Thread. 4 Peaks Brewery could have a large beer truck on the occasion, a lineup of native meals distributors could have quite a lot of eats out there for buy, and native artists like JJ Horner and Tara Sharpe will carry out stay portray classes. 4 p.m., $20 for adults and $5 for youths 5-12 by way of eventbrite.com. Lynn Trimble
Borgore
Saturday, November 12
Sunbar, 24 West Fifth Road, Tempe
The music of Asaf Borger (higher recognized to digital dance music followers as Borgore) is provocative and downright filthy. All through his profession, the Israeli-born DJ/producer has crafted tracks peppered with expletives and coated with fairly presumably the grubbiest dubstep bass in existence. It is known as “gorestep,” and it is a mixture of dubstep depravity laced with Borger’s libertine-like affinity for heavy metallic hooks (he is the veteran of arduous rock band Shabira) and hip-hop raunch. It is so filthy that having a shower after listening may be vital, particularly when you’ve been grinding away to Borger’s tracks amid a sweaty mass of grinding clubgoers. Borger not solely embraces the decadent nature of his music, he revels in it. And dubstep followers have dug his stuff over the previous decade. Expertise it for your self this weekend at Sunbar in Tempe. With Mike Dao, Bigstabes, Claire Voyant, and Turbo; 9 p.m., $24.50 by way of tixr.com. Benjamin Leatherman
Marc Broussard
Saturday, November 12
Chandler Middle for the Arts, 250 North Arizona Avenue
“Like I used to be swimming in a sea of soul,” Marc Broussard sings on “Dwelling,” one of many Louisiana native’s signature songs. “Dwelling” presents a decent summation of Broussard’s “Bayou Soul” sound: a seasoned gumbo of R&B, funk, blues, and Southern rock. His sound isn’t easy a lot as it’s thick, swampy, the form of sound you’ll be able to splash round in. Swampy boogie blues is in Broussard’s blood. The son of Boogie Kings guitarist Ted Broussard, this Boogie Prince has made a reputation for himself with a string of down-home strum-and-funk albums. Longtime basketball heads would possibly acknowledge Broussard’s “Should Be The Water” as a part of the NBA’s common rotation of get-hype songs within the late 2000s. Along with writing his personal Bayou Soul tunes, Broussard additionally loves protecting soul classics by icons like Stevie Marvel, Otis Redding, and The Staple Sisters. Even when you’re not conversant in his unique compositions you’re sure to listen to a couple of covers that you simply’ll wish to swim in when he performs the Chandler Middle for the Arts this weekend. 7:30 p.m., $32-$52 by way of ticketmaster.com. Ashley Naftule
The inside of the historic Superstar Theatre and its “theatre within the spherical” setup.
Superstar Theatre
Celebrating David Bowie
Sunday, November 13
Superstar Theatre, 440 North thirty second Road
Let’s face it: the celebrities have regarded very completely different since David Bowie shuffled off the mortal coil. Within the six-plus years for the reason that legendary musician departed the surly bonds of his Earthly existence have been stuffed with tumult, strife, and division. Whereas there’s no conceivable technique to deliver Bowie again to assist set the world proper, humanity can no less than cherish his life, legacy, and wonderful catalog of music. The latter is the M.O. of the Celebrating David Bowie tour, which incorporates a roster of rock ‘n’ roll all-stars — together with Corridor of Famer Todd Rundgren, Angelo Moore from Fishbone, Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, and former Bowie guitarist Adrian Belew — performing a few of his greatest hits. Round 30 of Bowie’s greatest songs from a number of eras of his profession might be performed throughout this present, starting from early favorites like “Area Oddity,” “Life on Mars,” and “Insurgent Insurgent” and such signatures as “Let’s Dance” and “Heroes” to later tracks like “I am Afraid of Individuals” and “Hallo Spaceboy.” 7:30 p.m., $40-$100 by way of etix.com. Benjamin Leatherman
