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2012 Stories by Jason P. Woodbury

• Valentine's Playlist: We Select New Release Tracks To Soundtrack Your V-Day Night

  published Feb 14, 2012

  ​See also: Keep These Tunes Away from Your Valentine's Playlist You know, i's not just Valentine's Day and Arizona's Centennial Birthday: It's also New Release Day, a special day that happens o More >>

• Happy Birthday Arizona: 100 Songs that Define Arizona, Pt. 1

  published Feb 14, 2012

  ​Editor's Note: An abridged version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, we've rounded up sound clips f More >>

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  Howe Gelb on Rainer's "One Man Crusade" (1994), "The Inner Flame" (1997), and "The Farm" (2002)

  published Feb 14, 2012

  ​Editor's Note: A version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, we spoke songwriter Howe Gelb, who has l More >>

• fun. Stream New Record, Some Nights; Headed to Zia Records on February 22

  published Feb 13, 2012

  ​Doesn't matter if you're like me and have been mostly indifferent to fun. in the past, the band's new single, "We are Young (featuring Janelle Monae)" has been inescapable over the past few wee More >>

• Soundcheck, Casey Donahew Band, and Lenny Kravitz Over the Weekend

  published Feb 13, 2012

  ​New Times Soundcheck 2012 Night 1 New Times Soundcheck kicked off with 14 diverse and talented bands. Regardless of personal tastes, every performer was entertaining to watch. Like most music More >>

• Record Heat: This is Home-Core by Brad Dwyer

  published Feb 13, 2012

  ​Fresh off his stint in the hospital, things are starting to normalize for Brad Dwyer. We were happy to have Jeff Owens, musician and mini-comic artist extraordinaire, fill in last week, but i More >>

• Weekend: Decker, Andy Rourke (The Smiths), Jerry Riopelle, Mergence, Cadillac Angels

  published Feb 10, 2012

  ​This weekend is going to be busy in the Valley of the Sun. Not only is New Times invading Club Red/Red Owl for Soundcheck Festival 2012, featuring Glass Heroes, Sugar Thieves, The Love Me Nots, More >>

• Hooves Announce Phoenix Tour Stop

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​When we last touched base with Hooves, they were splitting town, cramming into the Bikini Lounge for a goodbye celebration before heading to Washington. I noted "...we can take comfort in knowi More >>

• 100 Arizona Songs, Moe'Z Art, One Be Lo, Raphael Saadiq, and More in This Week's Issue

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​We knew the daunting (impossible, really) task of picking 100 songs that define the sound of Arizona was going to be tough, but lucky for us, we had a lot of help, from you, our readers. We o More >>

• From Print: Blogs Tease in Our February 9 Issue

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. How does More >>

• More on the Music of Tucson's Rainer

  published February 9, 2012

  "One Man Crusade" (1994), "The Inner Flame" (1997), and "The Farm" (2002) by Rainer Blues guitarist Rainer Ptacek was born in... More >>

• Man-Cat Explains the (Very NSFW) Video for "Yeast"

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​Get ready for gross out. Pop deconstructionists Man-Cat, whose mission statement reads: "We're just trying to feed pop music back to the consumers in the most subversive way possible," have r More >>

• More on "Out of Here" by Sleepwalker

  published February 9, 2012

  "Out of Here," Sleepwalker, Man on the Moon (1998, Hayden's Ferry) "There's just something in the vocal delivery of Jamal... More >>

• Win Tickets to New Times Soundcheck 2012

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​It's almost here: New Times Soundcheck at Club Red is this weekend, featuring a roster of entirely local talent. Over two days you get The Love Me Nots, Father Figures (download an exclusive MP More >>

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  Download: Digital Leather, "Young Doctors In Love"

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​When we last checked in with Shawn Foree, the man behind synth punk band Digital Leather, he was touring in support of his Fat Possum LP Warm Brother. He's been busy since then, releasing a min More >>

• Raphael Saadiq Keeps Riding The Soul Train

  published February 9, 2012

  By the time this issue hits stands, it will have been just over a week since Soul Train impresario Don Cornelius was found dead by a... More >>

• Kenny G @ Celebrity Theatre

  published February 9, 2012

  It's a pretty good time to be soft. You know, like Adult Contemporary soft, the kind of stuff that 95.5 KYOT played before it started playing... More >>

• 100 Years of Music That Defined Arizona

  published February 9, 2012

  "Not alone for gold and silver / Is Arizona great / But with graves of heroes sleeping / All the land is consecrate!" —... More >>

• ILL AL Explains "Political Science"

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​Some of our favorite local hip-hop has been coming from the Avenue of the Arts Crew, and one of the best releases by said crew was last year's Cold Castle LP by ILL AL the Anglo-Saxon & Beatnic More >>

• The Jealous Sound at The Rogue: Check Our Slideshow

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​Saturday night was a good one for emotional rock 'n' roll. The Jealous Sound (featuring former and current members of Knapsack, Sunday's Best, Foo Fighters, and Sunny Day Real Estate) aired tu More >>

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  Madonna Coming to US Airways in October

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​Of all the articles concerning Madonna's Half Time show/M.I.A.'s on air fingerbird (Finger-Gate 2: Electric Boogaloo), none was quite as hilarious as this one, from Vigilant Citizen, which alle More >>

• Celtic Punk Band Bollox (Featuring Members of Authority Zero and Sister Cities) Re-Release Debut Album

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​Just in case Flogging Molly's annual St. Paddy's Day stop in Tempe doesn't make it abundantly clear to you, the Phoenix metro area loves Irish stuff, and it loves its Celtic punk. In 2009, Aut More >>

• George Strait, Beatles Covers, and Social Distotion This Weekend

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​George Strait at US Airways Center Wow, I truly underestimated the amount of country fans in Arizona. Rising to their feet for the only and only "King of Country," George Strait walked onto t More >>

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  Record Heat: War on My Body by Brad Dwyer and Jeff Owens

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​Brad Dwyer, who writes and draws our weekly comic strip, Record Heat, has had a hell of a week. Dwyer was hospitalized last week on Wednesday due to complications involving his asthma. Dwyer More >>

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  Pop Quiz: Are These Chillwave Bands or '80s Toys with William Reed

  published Feb 03, 2012

  Welcome to Pop Quiz, a new recurring series where we sit down notable folks about town and force them to take a geeky pop culture test. Today we feature electronic maven William Fucking Reed. Look ou More >>