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2013 Stories by Jason P. Woodbury

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  Questlove of The Roots Is So Much Better at Instagram Than You

  published Mar 19, 2013

  Of all the stupid things we do with our phones, Instagram might be the worst. Not only has the app falsely convinced us all we're professional photographers, but it's done something even worse: It's e... More >>

• Guess What's Going on With the Morrissey Show at Marquee (Hint: It's Not Happening)

  published Mar 18, 2013

  We're pretty sick of reporting it, but seriously, Morrissey's upcoming Friday, April, 19, show at Marquee Theatre has been canceled. The past TWO TIMES he's postponed his tour stop in Tempe, fans were... More >>

• Phoenix New Times Needs a New Music Editor

  published Mar 18, 2013

  Dear readers, let's get this out of the way: In nearly every possible way, being the music editor of Phoenix New Times/Up on the Sun has been my dream job. No joke: I've chatted with Brian Wilson (it ... More >>

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  Marianne Dissard Blames the Cat for Her Dark New Record

  published Mar 14, 2013

  Tucson-based singer/songwriter Marianne Dissard didn't set out to make a dark album when she teamed with bandleader/arranger Sergio Mendoza to craft her new record, The Cat. Not Me, but looking back, ... More >>

• Depeche Mode Is Coming to Phoenix; Shadowplay to Pay Tribute This Weekend

  published Mar 12, 2013

  It's a ways off, but electronic pioneers Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, and Andy Fletcher -- collectively known as Depeche Mode -- are coming to Phoenix. The band will end its U.S. tour at Desert Sky Pavi... More >>

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  Video: Cold War Kids, Hanni El Khatib, Mergence, and More at Carnaval Electrico

  published Mar 11, 2013

  By now, you know the scoop regarding New Times' Carnaval Electrico at Crescent Ballroom: It rained -- a lot -- but performances by pop princes Diners, the soulful Stan Devereaux and the Funky Suns, ha... More >>

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  Carnaval Electrico ft. Cold War Kids, Hanni El Khatib, Mergence, and More, Crescent Ballroom, 3/8/13

  published Mar 09, 2013

  Carnaval Electrico ft. Cold War Kids, Hanni El Khatib, Mergence, Stan Devereaux & The Funky Suns, Diners, and More @ Crescent Ballroom|3/8/13It's awesome when everything goes right at a show: great li... More >>

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  Sensitive Badass: Discussing Lee Marvin With Point Blank Biographer Dwayne Epstein

  published Mar 08, 2013

  Stone-faced and brutal, Lee Marvin defined the role of cinematic "tough guy." Dwayne Epstein, author of the new biography Lee Marvin: Point Blank, describes the moment he realized Marvin's role as f... More >>

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  Meet the New Times Carnaval Electrico Lineup: Cold War Kids, Hanni El Khatib, Mergence, and More

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Following up last year's New Times Soundcheck, a two-day festival at Club Red in Tempe -- which featured performances by The Love Me Nots, Sugar Thieves, 2 Tone Lizard Kings, Jason Devore, The Insects... More >>

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  Yo Gabba Gabba! Is Proof That Kids Like Awesome Music

  published Mar 06, 2013

  Can you imagine how you would have turned out if The Flaming Lips -- the same Christmas on Mars/crazy/insane Flaming Lips you're thinking of -- had appeared on Sesame Streetr It's a question we'll s... More >>

• Cold War Kids Turn Up the Experimentation With New Record

  published Mar 06, 2013

  Nathan Willett of Cold War Kids says that when it came time to make the band's new record, the forthcoming Dear Miss Lonely Hearts (due April 2), they decided to play less to what the band "should be"... More >>

• Christian Jacobs of Yo Gabba Gabba! Doesn't Talk Down to Kids

  published March 7, 2013

  Thom Yorke of Radiohead isn't into doing interviews. He prefers to be the shadowed cock-eyed intellect behind the Radiohead machine or to spout... More >>

• R3hab @ Axis/Radius

  published March 7, 2013

  Fadil El Ghoul — better known to dance floor princes and princesses as R3hab — is relatively new to the EDM game, breaking out in... More >>

• Phoenix R&B Stud Stan Devereaux Says Young Folks Are Getting Hip to Soul Sounds

  published Mar 05, 2013

  Singer Stan Devereaux has been playing R&B and soul in Arizona since the 1960s, growing up in Tucson before exploring the Phoenix soul scene after college, then departing for Europe, South America, an... More >>

• decker., Sail Inn, 3/1/13

  published Mar 02, 2013

  decker. @ Sail Inn|3/1/13Sedona-based songwriter Brandon Decker bounced around the Sail Inn like a pinball, shaking hands, raising drinks, and grooving intently to the lineup of bands dueling between ... More >>

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  Shoegaze Festival Beautiful Noise to Celebrate 20th Anniversary at Hollywood Alley

  published Feb 27, 2013

  I'm no prophet, but 2013 might go down in the books as some sort of "shoegaze revival banner" year. Not only did My Bloody Valentine release the long-awaited (22 years) MBV, the followup to the genre-... More >>

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  The Red Rippers: Lost Country Psych LP Sees New Light

  published Feb 21, 2013

  In 1983, an unknown songwriter named Edwin Bankston decided that if no labels were interested in putting out his record -- a nine-song country-boogie album called Over There...and Over Here, credited ... More >>

• Puscifer Gets Freaky With "Bohemian Rhapsody" Video

  published Feb 20, 2013

  The times I've chatted with Maynard James Keenan, he's always seemed calm, collected, and to-the-point. He's a businessman, a vitner, and he's real busy. Then, just when I've imagined him as a normal ... More >>

• Stone Sour, Flotsam and Jetsam, Chevelle, and More to Perform at KUPD's UFiesta

  published Feb 20, 2013

  Each spring, right before it gets just ridiculous hot in the Valley, local modern rock station KUPD hosts UFest, a gigantic rock/nu-metal/modern rock outdoor festival. Past lineups have featured Three... More >>

• Reckless Kelly @ Wild Horse Pass

  published February 21, 2013

  Somewhere between Dwight Yoakam's honky-tonking cover of Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me" and Terry Manning's power-pop take on "Guess... More >>

• Modest Mouse Is Coming to Phoenix

  published Feb 19, 2013

  It's been a hot minute since Portland-based indie rock stalwarts Modest Mouse put a record out (the band's latest EP, No One's First and You're Next came out in freaking 2009). Songwriter Isaac Brock ... More >>

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  New Times and KUKQ Present: That Damn Show 2013, with Bad Religion, Awolnation, The Faint, and More

  published Feb 15, 2013

  Phoenix New Times and KUKQ have partnered to resurrect a Phoenix festival tradition, That Damn Show. On Saturday, April 20, at Mesa Ampitheatre, Bad Religion, AWOLNATION, Against Me! (Editor's Note:... More >>

• Graveyard Doesn't Aim for "Throwback Metal"

  published Feb 15, 2013

  When Swedish hard rock Norrsken disbanded in 2000, its principles both embarked on their own doom rock journeys: Guitarist Magnus Pelander formed Witchcraft, while vocalist Joakim Nilsson formed Grave... More >>

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  Sir Richard Bishop Speaks About His "Constant State of Creation"

  published Feb 14, 2013

  In this week's issue, we speak with guitarist Sir Richard Bishop, whose path from Phoenix and his days in the Sun City Girls has found him at the forefront of guitar experimentation from his home base... More >>

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  Rodriguez Show Moves From the Orpheum Theatre to Mesa Amphitheatre

  published Feb 13, 2013

  Atencion, long-lost singer/songwriter types: If you're looking to make a big comeback, having a mythical backstory, two stone-cold classic LPs in the can, and a blockbuster documentary goes a long way... More >>