Archive Search Results

21. Shrapnel

    Anticon Evolution

    Sending out feelers

    By Mosi Reeves

    Published: January 25, 2007

    About eight years ago, the Anticon collective was known as an avant-garde and even revolutionary force within hip-hop culture. Living and recording together in a warehouse...

22. Film

    Sympathy for the Devil

    Even horny horse whisperers get off in Sundance docs

    By Rob Nelson

    Published: January 25, 2007

    Park City, Utah — Ten days of terse texting among professional narcissists working on little or no sleep in one of the last cold spots left on Al Gore's inconvenient...

23. Shrapnel

    Tour de Floor

    They make it look cool

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: January 25, 2007

    Nearly four years after forming, Tempe hardcore/trashrock quartet Casket Life has no money, no booking agent, and no record label. But they're still having a blast —...

24. Locals Only

    Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl

    Delayed gratification

    By Julie Peterson

    Published: January 25, 2007

    Surreptitiously, like folkie snipers in the night, devoted aficionados of this Willcox-based duo have been sneak-listening to tracks from their most recent record, Just Like...

25. Locals Only

    Ten Dollar Outfit

    And that's a lot of jam

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: January 25, 2007

    While Ten Dollar Outfit shies away from the "jam band" label, they are sorta like Phoenix's own version of Widespread Panic-meets-John Mayer, and singer/guitarist Brian...

26. Live Wire

    Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle

    Have you ever really looked at your hand?

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: January 25, 2007

    Welcome to your Woodstock '69 flash back! While you're getting naked and covering yourself in mud like a dirty hippie, don't forget to grab an empty coffee can and drum along...

27. Live Wire

    Jack's Mannequin

    See you at the Rec Center

    By Emily Zemler

    Published: January 25, 2007

    Even if you aren't familiar with Jack's Mannequin singer and pianist Andrew McMahon's former band, the undeniably emo Something Corporate, it's easy to see the musician's...

28. Home Grown

    Oh Doctor

    Color Behind Closed Eyes
    (self-released)

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: January 25, 2007

    While Oh Doctor doesn't really fit comfortably into the "emo" category, its music does bear some resemblance to bands in that genre: the impassioned,...

29. Listen Up

    Boredoms

    Super Roots, Super Roots 3, Super Roots 5
    (Vice Records)

    By Aaron Burgess

    Published: January 25, 2007

    While they rose to prominence in America via a bewildering major-label deal and two high-profile stints on Lollapalooza, Japanese noise troupe Boredoms had been cult favorites...

30. Listen Up

    Bracken

    We Know About the Need
    (Anticon)

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: January 25, 2007

    The further Anticon strays from its original granola posi-artiste rap roots, the more intriguing this Oakland, California label becomes. England's Bracken represents the latest...

31. Listen Up

    Peanut Butter Wolf Presents

    Stones Throw Ten Years
    (Stones Throw)

    By Mosi Reeves

    Published: January 25, 2007

    Established in 1996 by producer Chris "Peanut Butter Wolf" Manak, Stones Throw serves as a benchmark for innovative hip-hop music. This compilation, originally released last...

32. Listen Up

    Lily Allen

    Alright, Still
    (Capitol)

    By Ed Masley

    Published: January 25, 2007

    The first words out of Lily Allen's mouth here are on the song "Smile": "When you first left me, I was wanting more/But you were fucking that girl next door." So yeah, she's...

33. Listen Up

    Jay Reatard

    Blood Visions
    (In the Red)

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: January 25, 2007

    Remember the first time you heard the Pixies classic "Where Is My Mind?"? It condensed the euphoria of cutting anchor and sailing into the abyss into a four-minute pop song....

34. Needle Exchange

    The Lick

    We know where it's been

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: January 25, 2007

    Free time has got to be the eternal enemy of local DJ impresario Hyder. When the turntable trickster isn't spinning at The Blunt Club on Thursdays at Hollywood Alley, he's...

35. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Who's spinning what, where and when

    Published: January 25, 2007

    Thursday 25 AZ 88: Mr. P-Body (synth pop, electro) Blue Note: DJs Soloman, & Fred J, & guests (lounge, hip-hop, house) Bobby C's: Willie B (old school R&B) Cherry Lounge:...

36. What's Selling

    Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums Music in the ASU Memorial Union building in Tempe

    Chart-busters for the week

    Published: January 25, 2007

    1. Mos Def, True Magic (Geffen Records) 2. Nas, Hip-Hop Is Dead (Def Jam) 3. John Mayer, The Village Sessions (SonyBMG) 4. The Beatles, Love (Capitol) 5. Matisyahu, No...