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The Office Finale and Five More Signs Your Indie Music Is Getting Old

Season 2 of the American version of The Office is my favorite TV show ever, and because I am a glutton for punishment, I've been using tonight's series finale mostly as an excuse to understand how old I and my tastes (and the DVDs I watched all those Jim and Pam moments on over and over) are getting ... More >>

Albums Redesigned as Vintage Book Covers by Christophe Gowans

If the recent death of Storm Thorgerson was any indication, music is often married to its album art. All the more reason to take something incredibly iconic in the age of Pirate Bay and iPods and turn it on its head, like the graphic reinventions of Christophe Gowans. The former Esquire art director ... More >>

Mr. P-Body: DJs Have Become Nothing but "Living, Breathing iPods"

Besides the likes of Pete "SuperMix" Salaz, Z-Trip, and Robbie Rob, few cats in the Valley epitomize old-school DJ culture than Stephen Peabody. For more than 16 years, the performer known as Mr. P-Body has worked turntables at practically every major club -- both past and present -- in metro Phoeni ... More >>

Ricky Brindley, What Are You Listening To?

Ricky Brindley Brindley performs with sketch comedy troupe Bully Mammoth tonight at the Tempe Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. For more information, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? The station that plays my iPod or 91.5-FM (NPR ... More >>

My Stolen MP3 Collection Got Stolen

My house got robbed over the summer and among the items taken were my laptop and iPod. I had backed up none of my data. I would estimate I lost somewhere around 12,000 songs. It also feels safe to estimate that 95 percent of my MP3 collection was not purchased. It obviously sucked at first, losing ... More >>

Ask a Failed Musician: Success is Influence

Welcome to Ask a Failed Musician, in which I will help struggling musicians make sense of their careers and even offer some advice. Whether or not it will work, who knows? It obviously didn't work for me. But then again, I was on Kimmel once, so there's that. By Daniel Hopkins A musician res ... More >>

New Film Queens of Country Has a Bizarre Vibe That Is Distinctly Arizona

Mallory Kregle, What Are You Listening To?

​Mallory Kregle Kregle is one of the FOX Sports Arizona Girls. Check them out on Facebook here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Usually 104.7 KISS-FM. Other than that, I usually have my iPod plugged in. There's nothing like jamming ... More >>

Peachcake Gives Away Customized iPod for Facebook "Like"'s

This is the iPod you could win from Peachcake​Local electro pop band Peachcake may be just one of the most social media savvy bands in the Phoenix area. The group crafted a cool Facebook "Like" drive, where you can enter to win a customized iPod simply for "Liking" their Facebook page. Existing fa ... More >>

Andrea Beesley-Brown, What Are You Listening To?

​Andrea Beesley-Brown Beesley-Brown is the owner/operator of The Royale Mesa's newest independently owned microcinema. I've also done shows in the Valley for the past 5 years under the moniker of the Midnite Movie Mamacita. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what statio ... More >>

Stephen "Psyko Steve" Chilton, What Are You Listening To?

Maria VassettStephen Chilton​Stephen "Psyko Steve" Chilton The Valley-based music promoter has more than 20 events he's producing, which may be found at www.psykosteve.com When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? When I am in the car, I ... More >>

JRC, What Are You Listening To?

JRC​JRC The co-owner/founder of The Trunk Space invites you to Dr. Zombie's Movie Lab of Terror at the venue this Saturday, April 23. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? NPR. It's the the most "reasonable volume" news in the mornin ... More >>

Gilbert Man Sets Car on Fire With Firework. Bad Move -- Car Actually Police "Bait Car"

​When the Gilbert Police Department parked a "bait car" near 950 North Gilbert Road Sunday night, they probably thought they'd nab someone trying to steal a stereo, or maybe even the car itself. But 18-year-old Anthony Rubio upped the ante: he burned the car to a crisp.According to court records, ... More >>

Girl Talking: A Q&A With Gregg Gillis

Eastside Records, Girl Talk, Kinch, and More in This Week's Issue

Benjamin LeathermanEastside Records, a local shop that will unfortunately soon become a memory.​The rumors are true: local record store Eastside Records will be closing up shop at the end of the year. Although they haven't been hosting wild shows since the mid-90s, they've still got an impressive ... More >>

Girl Talk: The Full New Times Interview

​This week's print edition of Phoenix New Times ran a shortened version of an interview with Gregg Gillis, a.k.a Girl Talk, the mashup mastermind who will tear the Marquee Theatre apart brick by brick on March 23.As promised, here's the full transcript of that interview -- all 4,200 words of it.

A Common Wall Christmas

Night Brite

Kevin Smith Makes No Claims to Knowing Music, but He's a Tastemaker Anyway

Nothing Not New: I'm No Critic But I'm Also Not a Fan. I'm a Listener

Chairlift

Chairlift

Apple Announces New iPods, Lady Gaga on Green Day, Video of The Thermals at Rhythm Room

Electric Mustache: Video: The Thermals "Now We Can See" at The Rhythm Room 9/8/2009Sky Bison: This Local Arizona Band's Near Death Experience!Idolator: Can The Former Lead Guitarist Of Korn Bring 50 Cent To Jesus?NME: Lady Gaga: 'I used to lick the booklet of Green Day's 'Dookie''Rolling Stone: Per ... More >>

DJ Dossier: JonnY Rogers

  After spending more than a decade behind the record decks, JonnY Rogers is certain that's it all comes down to creating that perfect mix. Whether it was during his college days interning as a late night electronica jock at WOXY in Cincinnati (the station that will forever be immortalized by i ... More >>

iPod, Therefore I Am

Aloft Tempe’s w xyz lets you be the DJ

The Edge 103.9's New Logo Is A Lot Like Indie 103.1's Old Logo

As we reported yesterday, Phoenix alt-rock station The Edge is currently broadcasting in iPod mode as the DJs are on hiatus while the station's creditors, who have taken control of the boards, implement cost-cutting moves and a "format modification." When the humans successfully battle back against ... More >>

Summer Guide: Discover Nature and Find Yourself

Whisper Track

The Nuclear Option

Aloft and W XYZ Grand Opening in Tempe

Jonathan McNamara See more shots from the Aloft Grand Opening in our slide show. It's quiz time. Last night we checked out a swanky bar with kickin' tunes and an amazing outdoor lounge area. Where were we? Time's up. The answer: a hotel; the first hotel newly constructed in Tempe in th ... More >>

Ska is Dead Tour

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

Stephenie Meyer and Paramore

True Bromance

Rock gangstas pledge undying dude love

Desert Heat

America's idol and a hoops star keep Phoenix's mercury rising

Groovin' Grove

Step into soundscapes of your own creation at the ASU Art Museum

Jeph Jerman

Whisper track

Man of Steel

Jon Rauhouse gives his music the ol' iPod shuffle

Various Artists

Vogue Presents Karl Lagerfeld: My Favorite Songs
(Defend Music)

Dance of the Penguin

That whole talking-animal genre? Let's be done with it

Coming Zune

Microsoft shoots at the Apple again

Doesn't Compute

Things that make you feel dumb

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Burning the Faithful

New copy-protected CDs screw over the only honest customers the music industry has left

Menu at AZ 88

Your taste in music's 15 minutes of fame

Toby Keith

Still ready for prime time

Keep It in Play

The humble iPod strikes a chord with Matt Kata and his D-Backs brethren

Mixing It Up

Variety is the spice of Coachella

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I Pod, You Pod

Welcome to the days of wearing your pretensions -- all of them -- on your hip