'NSYNC

No One Trusts the Tastes of Teenage Girls But Should: Why Justin Bieber Is the Next Beatles

By Brittany Spanos At what point did teen girls suddenly just become wrong? "Serious" music fans seem to have universally accepted a critique of quality that befalls any artist who willingly sells to the rabid teen girl market and stigmatized the fans who dare to sometimes be male or at least above ... More >>

Pink, US Airways Center, 2/13/13 (VIDEO)

Pink @ US Airways Center|1/23/13 Oh, what fun it is to be the opening city for a two-month-long tour. Pink got to work out the kinks of her The Truth About Love Tour when she played in Phoenix last night to kick-off her love-themed show. "I'm so glad we got that mistake out of the way," the singer ... More >>

Alexus Poulette, What Are You Listening To?

Alexus Poulette Poulette plays Aldonza in the musical, Man of La Mancha, performed by the Scottsdale Musical Theater Company tonight, December 28, through Sunday, December 30. For tickets, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? The ... More >>

Korn, Alt-Metal Standard Bearers, Aren't Slowing Down

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it. Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week.

Jill Bryan, What Are You Listening To?

Jill Bryan The comedian hosts Stand-Up Live's Comedy Gold showcase and radio's "What A Mouth." Check out www.jillbryancomedy.com for upcoming shows and events! When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? KMLE Country, 107.9-FM. I'm a big fan of T ... More >>

One Direction, Comerica Theatre, 6/10/12 (VIDEO)

One Direction Comerica Theatre Sunday, June 10, 2012 See also: One Direction: Beautiful Lyrics Meet Breathtaking Photos See also: Can You Explain One Direction? No, Seriously Having a crush as a tween girl is sort of like being addicted to drugs: only the object of your affection will satiate you ... More >>

Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

Curious what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend. Friday, June 8: Action Bronson @ Club Red in Tempe Action Bronson, who hails from Flushing, Queens, burst o ... More >>

One Direction @ Comerica Theatre

America's 9 Worst Music Venue Names: When Shoddy Sponsorship Deals Embarrass an Entire City

The newly-named 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre in Tampa: Is this the gold standard in shitty corporate-sponsored venue names?​When it comes to corporate-sponsorship of venue names, Phoenix is blessed.Our basketball team plays in U.S. Airways Center, named for a successful local airline. Our hockey te ... More >>

Latest Cake Album Hits No. 1, Sets Dubious Record In The Process

Robert McKnightCakeThis year sure has been a fickle beast thus far -- treacherous weather, Jared Lee Loughner and now a slumping music industry.Showroom Of Compassion, the latest album from venerable rock band Cake, took the top spot on the Billboard charts for the week ending on January 1 ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Groove Candy Prom at PHX Nightclub

​Maybe you loved your prom and were voted into Prom Court and got lucky that night and had the perfect dress and everything was oh-so-magical and memorable.Or maybe, like most, things went wrong on prom. Your date ditched you halfway through, you spilled punch on your tux and you ended up going to ... More >>

Life After Harden

Will ASU b-ball break down?

2008 Music Sales Less Than Encouraging For Artists

You can apply this graph to a myriad of possibilities in today's economy, but let's stick to music sales for now​The Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit took place this past Sunday through  Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and the news coming out of everything was music sales in 2008. Specific ... More >>

OneRepublic

Dreaming Out Loud
(Interscope Records)

Lance’s Gay Odyssey: The former 'N Sync star lets loose

Rock On, Write Off

Music can be a taxing enterprise

Snow Bored

Extreme sports may be fun, but this is not

Zippo Hot Tour

Hold 'em high

Drummerpalooza

Feel the benefit

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

BT at the Marquee

Eighth Wonder

Rush the stage -Alicia Sutton's doing Wonder of the World

Various Artists

Songs From the Street: 35 Years of Music (Sony Wonder)

Viggo Mortensen

Pandemoniumfromamerica (Perceval Press)

Boy Oh Boy Bands

Stray Cat Theatre's paean to bubblegum music hits a flat note

Basement Jaxx

Kish Kash (Astralwerks)

Hokey for the Holidays

Christmas CDs are as unpredictable as the seasons, but a few find character of their own -- somehow

Canadian Smoke

With a new album, killer fashion and trendy referencing, Hot Hot Heat prepares to invade the hip U.S.

Best Place To Buy New CDs

Tower Records at Desert Ridge

Into the Mouths of Babes

How graying scribes are turning teen pop ballads into songs of experience

White Wash

The White Stripes create mystique the old-fashioned way: lying and keeping mum

Cyber-Hit Factory

Tonos.com is connecting aspiring songwriters with the teen-pop music machine

Letters

'N Sync? Get real

Pretty Vacant

New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

Small World

Radio Disney feeds the new pop underground with music for tweens

Famous and Tired

Pop stars complain about their jobs like everyone else. Here's what's happened when some of their gripes have actually made it to tape.

HIStory Repeats Itself. Again?

With Invincible, Michael Jackson continues to spill blood on the dance floor

Tall Poppy

Bob Schneider goes nationwide without the -- gasp! -- approval of Austin's hipsters

Best Alternative To Alternative Radio

KNIX-FM 102.5 and KISS-FM 104.7 playing simultaneously

Cover Me

TNT does the bad-boy boogie; the Mystery Tribute Band will rock you

The Pound of Music

STOMP motion comes to the Orpheum

Musiq Soulchild

Aijuswanaseing (Def Soul)

Candy Cane Mutiny

Consumers fight back! You have the power to make the ultimate Christmas album yourself. Use it!

Back in the Zone

Retooled version of local music showcase returns to the FM dial

Tigre Beat

Former Bikini Kill leader Kathleen Hanna's new group is the cat's meow

Britneymania!

What would the face of rock history have looked like if the British Invasion had been a Britney Invasion instead?

Pop Tarts

'N SYNC's Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears live and love at the top of the pops. Or do they?

Music Showcase 2000

48 locals have their run of the Mill

Flashes