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12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
100 Years of Music That Defined Arizona "Not alone for gold and silver / Is Arizona great / But with graves of heroes sleeping / All the land is consecrate!" — "Arizona March... More >>

Live Wire

12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Kenny G @ Celebrity Theatre 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 >>

Turntable

12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing Thursday 9 16th Street Bar & Grill: Kickback Thursdays with DJ Cedric Ceballos (hip-hop, classics, neo-soul, reggae, R&B, Top 40, old... More >>

Music

12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
More on "The Fool" by Sanford Clark "The Fool," Sanford Clark (single, 1956, MCI/Dot) In March 1956, KTYL disc jockey, producer, and songwriter Lee Hazlewood was out of money... More >>

Music

12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
More on "Out of Here" by Sleepwalker "Out of Here," Sleepwalker, Man on the Moon (1998, Hayden's Ferry) "There's just something in the vocal delivery of Jamal Ruhe. It was just... More >>

Live Wire

12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Children of Bodom @ Marquee Theatre You know, if Bob Larson, the Scottsdale-based exorcist who tried to draw the devil out of Mayhem's bassist last August, were into expelling... More >>

Music

12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
More on the Music of Tucson's Rainer "One Man Crusade" (1994), "The Inner Flame" (1997), and "The Farm" (2002) by Rainer Blues guitarist Rainer Ptacek was born in East Berlin and... More >>

Music

12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
More on "Found Out About You" by Gin Blossoms "Found Out About You," Gin Blossoms, Dusted, (1989, San Jacinto) Having spent close to 15 years booking the old Long Wong's on Mill Avenue, Sara... More >>

Up on the Sun

2:30 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Tumblr of the Week: American Aquarium Drinker Remember Dave Holmes, the former MTV VJIt turns out that he hasn't dropped off the face of the earth after all. In fact, he's been writing some pretty interesting blogs.This week we're bringin... More >>

Up on the Sun

12:30 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Man-Cat Explains the (Very NSFW) Video for "Yeast" 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 re... More >>

Up on the Sun

11:30 am
Feb. 8, 2012
Win Tickets to New Times Soundcheck 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 >>

Up on the Sun

9:30 am
Feb. 8, 2012
Download: Digital Leather, "Young Doctors In Love" 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 mini... More >>

Up on the Sun

8:00 am
Feb. 8, 2012
Club Candids: The Lost Leaf The Roosevelt Row district sees some of its heaviest foot traffic during the First Friday artwalk. When the weather is nice, it can be next to impossible to get into some of the more packed gal... More >>

Up on the Sun

6:00 am
Feb. 8, 2012
Jivemind Co-Op Music Lab Finds Home in Glendale, Start Recruiting for Sampler EP Over the past year Jeff Rose and Dustin Chaffin have endured their fair share of problems in establishing Jivemind, a cooperative music lab geared towards facilitating local musicians with a cent... More >>

Up on the Sun

11:30 am
Feb. 7, 2012
ILL AL Explains "Political Science" 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 >>

Up on the Sun

10:30 am
Feb. 7, 2012
The Jealous Sound at The Rogue: Check Our Slideshow 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 tun... More >>

Up on the Sun

9:30 am
Feb. 7, 2012
All American Rejects to Play Free Devilpalooza Show It's no "Dirty Little Secret" : Pop-punk band All American Rejects will be performing on ASU campus this Friday, February 10. Last time I saw All American Rejects live, the were warming up for ... More >>

Up on the Sun

9:00 am
Feb. 7, 2012
Take Cover: Sweetbleeders Cover PJ Harvey PJ Harvey's musical style suits Sweetbleeders well. These local rockers were spot on in reproducing her sound, even though a man was singing her songs. The idea to cover PJ Harvey arose when... More >>

Up on the Sun

8:30 am
Feb. 7, 2012
Madonna Coming to US Airways in October 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 allege... More >>

Up on the Sun

7:00 am
Feb. 7, 2012
Incoming: Noel Gallagher, Guitar Wolf, Puddle of Mudd Even more Coachella runoff? That's fine by me.Noel Gallagher of Oasis will be making his way to Phoenix on April 18. Apparently he has been playing some Oasis songs at his High Flying Birds gigs... More >>

Up on the Sun

6:00 am
Feb. 7, 2012
What's Selling: Stinkweeds Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. Stinkweed's shoppers are ... More >>

Up on the Sun

11:00 am
Feb. 6, 2012
Celtic Punk Band Bollox (Featuring Members of Authority Zero and Sister Cities) Re-Release Debut Album 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, Autho... More >>

Up on the Sun

10:00 am
Feb. 6, 2012
George Strait, Beatles Covers, and Social Distotion This Weekend 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 the... More >>

Up on the Sun

9:00 am
Feb. 6, 2012
Blog Collectives Ad Hoc, Portals Embrace Communal Fandom Over Influence It's obvious music blogs have a unique place in the great big music discussion. Entire careers have been bolstered by one lone blogger posting a hot new MP3 that quickly catches fire and burns up... More >>

Up on the Sun

8:00 am
Feb. 6, 2012
Boys and Frogs Debut "Lay Your Wet Hair Down" Video Any news of an upcoming Boys and Frogs music video is good. This Peoria indie pop group has an outstanding track record of starring in beautifully produced music videos. Boys and Frogs has once... More >>

Up on the Sun

7:00 am
Feb. 6, 2012
Controversial Super Bowl Halftime Show Better Than 2011 But Still Nothing Special Unlike in 2011, this year's Super Bowl halftime show didn't make me feel like I had entirely wasted 12 minutes of my life. The performance wasn't anything special, but it certainly wasn't b... More >>

Up on the Sun

4:00 am
Feb. 6, 2012
Kelly Clarkson Nails Super Bowl 2012 National Anthem It's safe to say that Kelly Clarkson nailed her performance of the national anthem at Super Bowl XLVI last night. Largely a low-scoring, defensive affair between the New York Giants and New Engl... More >>

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100 Years of Music That Defined Arizona 100 Years of Music That Defined Arizona
By Jason P. Woodbury

"Not alone for gold and silver / Is Arizona great / But with graves of heroes sleeping / All the land is consecrate!" — "Arizona March Song" The goal of finding… More >>

Hip-Hop Hybridist Moe'Z Art Isn't Short on Ambition. Hip-Hop Hybridist Moe'Z Art Isn't Short on Ambition.
By Lauren Wise

Does any label evoke doubt more than "white rapper?" For every Eminem, there are a dozen Vanilla Ices. "I agree there are authenticity issues with white rappers, and I think just… More >>

Raphael Saadiq Keeps Riding The Soul Train Raphael Saadiq Keeps Riding The Soul Train
By Jason P. Woodbury

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 self-inflicted gunshot in his… More >>

Rapper One Be Lo Has a Way With Letters Rapper One Be Lo Has a Way With Letters
By Chris Hassiotis

Wordplay is essential for a rapper. Without it, what more is he than a dude who talks with music in the background? A love of language suggests a lot, and… More >>

Parenthetical Girls @ Trunk Space Parenthetical Girls @ Trunk Space
By Serene Dominic

Seeing Parenthetical Girls for the first time, via their Bergman-esque video for "A Song for Ellie Greenwich," induced the same chills I got when I saw Devo's TV debut on… More >>

More on "The Fool" by Sanford Clark
By John Dixon

"The Fool," Sanford Clark (single, 1956, MCI/Dot) In March 1956, KTYL disc jockey, producer, and songwriter Lee Hazlewood was out of money — to pay for more recording sessions and record-pressings,… More >>

More on "Out of Here" by Sleepwalker
As told to Jason P. Woodbury

"Out of Here," Sleepwalker, Man on the Moon (1998, Hayden's Ferry) "There's just something in the vocal delivery of Jamal Ruhe. It was just Jamal singing and playing guitar, and Jon… More >>

American Standards @ The Underground American Standards @ The Underground
By Melissa Fossum

Hardcore bands are kind of like the Tea Party: Both have strong opinions and are keen on shoving their righteous agendas down as many throats as possible. The genre can… More >>

More on the Music of Tucson's Rainer
As told to Jason P. Woodbury

"One Man Crusade" (1994), "The Inner Flame" (1997), and "The Farm" (2002) by Rainer Blues guitarist Rainer Ptacek was born in East Berlin and spent his childhood in Chicago but rose… More >>

More on "We Got Cactus" by Bloodspasm

"We Got Cactus," Bloodspasm (1985) Bloodspasm tore up a series of now-closed Tucson clubs and house parties with blistering hardcore punk starting in the mid-1980s. But the band's lasting mark is… More >>

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