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MC Magic Explains Why "We Can't Stop" Is the Right Move For Miley Cyrus

Within 24 hours the new Miley Cyrus single, "We Can't Stop," hit over two million plays, and I predict 100 million within a week. At first listen it feels like the intro for a new song by 2 Chainz, especially considering the stamp producer Mike Will Made It leaves on it. (To say MWMI is currently a ... More >>

Carla Morrison: "If I'd Have Followed the Rules, I'd Still Not Be Doing Anything"

Carla Morrison's return to the Valley is a bit of a homecoming: She attended high school at Marcos de Niza and took music classes at Mesa Community College before dropping out to perform with friends in Tempe's Babaluca. They built a local following for three years before Carla moved out to Mexico C ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Weekend in Phoenix

Awesome 'ish alert: Drake and Riff Raff are collaborating. Yeah, totally. Along the same lines: It's the weekend, and all sorts of great shows are scheduled for Phoenix. We've gone ahead and rounded 'em up for you, including a broken-hearted industrial party at the Rogue, a night of experimental mu ... More >>

What Would Life Be Like Without Technology? A Onetime Addict Finds Out

Top Five Phoenix Music Stories of the Week

The news waits for no one -- at least that's what we read somewhere -- so it's perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of our biggest stories f ... More >>

Maynard James Keenan: Events and Rituals

The journey known as "Vintage 2012" is almost complete. Not finished, but it's most certainly arriving at a fairly calm station. No more 2 a.m. panic-related insomnia attacks, where I stare at the ceiling going over and over the logistics of a tiny workspace. I'm not about to kid myself; there's sti ... More >>

Pop Isn't Dead: Here's Seven New Songs That Prove It

If you've ever felt like all music on the radio is the same, you're not alone. Your grandmother felt the same way once. It's an old complaint that has always bugged me, because sure, the latest Rhianna single is a pile of dogshit, but I hate blanketing all music with this strain of despair. There ... More >>

Amy Donohue, What Are You Listening To?

Amy Donohue The stand-up comedian presents as part of Ignite Phoenix After Hours Friday, July 27 at Radius in Scottsdale. For more information, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? 101.1-FM. I love old school hip-hop! What's the ... More >>

Hoodlums Music and Movies in Tempe To Close in August (Temporarily?)

See also: Hoodlums Music Turns 13: Reflections From Owner Steve Wiley See also: Hoodlums to Host "Hoodstock" Festival to Benefit Tempe's Broadmor Elementary Sad news out of Tempe today: Hoodlums Music and Movies is going into "hibernation" on Wednesday, August 15. It's a curious term, hibernation ... More >>

10 Phoenix Bands You Need to Hear This Summer

Village Voice Media Rolls Out Seven Sins, an Electronic True-Crime Anthology

Every week writers for New Times and our parent company, Village Voice Media, produce elegant magazine-style feature writing -- a gritty portion of which comes in the form of true-crime stories.Now VVM has collected some of its best recent true-crime yarns into an ebook: Seven Sins: A True Crime Ant ... More >>

William Fucking Reed, What Are You Listening To?

William Fucking ReedReed deejays Sticky Fingers every Friday night at Bar Smith. For more info, visit Sticky Fingers' official website. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Currently, my car radio defaults to KWSS 106.7-FM, which hosts ... More >>

Rich Berra, What Are You Listening To?

Rich Berra​Rich Berra Berra is one of the hosts of the Johnjay and Rich radio show heard on 104.7 KISS-FM here in Phoenix. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play? It sounds like a scam, but I listen to KISS to hear what our station sounds like af ... More >>

New Times "Best of" App Gets a Little Love From iTunes, Wired

Best "Best of" app: Village Voice Media (we're awesome...admit it).​We're not typically in the business of shameless self-promotion here at New Times, but we'll make an exception to toot our own horn over recent accolades for our "Best of" smartphone app, which apparently is pretty friggin' awesom ... More >>

Rapper Hannibal Leq Celebrates Birthday, Hype Music Deal With New F-O's Show at The Roxy

​ The Hype Music project has added another Arizona rapper to its family. Mesa's lyrical linguist Hannibal Leq has joined the MTV and Extreme Music partnership. The last time we saw Leq he was rocking the microphone alongside New F-O's MCs Pancho and Lifted in our exclusive video. As a membe ... More >>

Hoodlums Music Turns 13: Reflections From Owner Steve Wiley

​Birthday parties for 13-year-olds are usually pretty awkward (or maybe I'm thinking of my own, just-sorta-pubescent 13th birthday), but that doesn't seem to be the case with Hoodlums Music's 13th birthday bash this weekend. On Saturday, November 5, the local record store institution celebrate ... More >>

World Famous Rani "g" Talks Cypress, Lofty Monikers and Straying From the Mainstream

​DJ Name: World Famous Rani "g."Real name: Rani GharfehGenres spun: House, global soul, afrobeat, ancestral soul, jazz, hip-hop, rap, R&B, funk, worldbeat, disco, indie dance, UK garage and whatever else feels right at the moment.Current residencies: Mabel's On Main on Friday and Saturday, Ret ... More >>

H2O's Adam Blake on Promoting a Positive Lifestyle, Post-9/11 New York City, and Appropriate Times to Hardcore Dance

​Within These Walls has a pretty impressive line-up of hardcore acts. H2O is headlining and making their first Arizona appearance since playing with Bane three years ago. We spoke to bassist Adam Blake, who insists that Arizona has not intentionally been skipped. The band likes to play in as ... More >>

Them's the Rules, or Why I Like The New Lenny Kravitz

Kravitz, looking tough as a kiddo.​If you honestly love music, you've got rules about it. Here are a few my mine. 1. Non-jazz artists and bands may feature no more than two saxophone solos during the duration of their career. 2. Bass guitars should be strung with two to four strings, bu ... More >>

Soul Punks: Seven Artists Who Mixed Soul and Punk Before Patrick Stump

​ "This City," the first single from Patrick Stump, previously know as "that guy in Fall Out Boy who doesn't flash his wang on the interwebs," drops on iTunes today.The single, which features Lupe Fiasco, is from Stump's upcoming solo debut, Soul Punk. The record has been plagued with delays, but ... More >>

U.K. Buzz Band A Silent Film Relocates to Phoenix

A Silent Film​It's logical for a band from the U.K. that's been compared to Coldplay and Snow Patrol and received more than a thousand spins for their first single on Sirius-XM's Alt Nation channel to move to the U.S. seeking stateside success. But Phoenix seems like an unlikely relocation choice ... More >>

Publishing Rights Could Hold Back Apple From Releasing Cloud Service Soon

​Just a few speed bumps and stop signs are hindering Apple from releasing its new cloud music service sooner rather than later, according to Prefix.The company has yet to conclude its negotiations with publishers. All that Apple has to left to figure out with the music publishers is how much they ... More >>

What Laura Says at The Icehouse

​ I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of the folks who packed into The Icehouse last night to watch and listen to Tempe-based What Laura Says don't own any Canned Heat or Allman Brothers Band LPs. "Boogie Rock" just isn't a genre name that gets tossed out a lot by the hip set, existing more exc ... More >>

D-JR Talks Pussycat Lounge, Requests, Blockhead, Z-Trip, Swingers, and More

D-JR​Name: J.R. Philips. AKA: D-JR Current club gigs: I'm at Dirty Pretty on Tuesdays, Airia at Wild Horse Pass in Chandler on Thursdays, Pussycat Lounge and Dirty Pretty on Friday and Saturday (kinda like a rotation, I'm either at one or the other). I'm also doing PCL on Sundays several times t ... More >>

Static March: All At Once EP

​Artist: Static MarchTitle: All At Once, a six-song EP.Basics: Formerly known as Five High, this mellow Phoenix trio plays alternative/indie rock inspired by -- according to to the band -- Incubus, Muse, Death Cab for Cutie and Kings of Leon.Red flag!While the Kings may be personas non gratas with ... More >>

Gucci Mane Collared For Traffic Violations... Lots of Traffic Violations

​Gucci Mane had a good time on the road in the ATL yesterday, according to All Hip Hop. Taking after T.I., are we, Gucci? Both were arrested for traffic violations just months after doing time for a year. Who's next, 50 Cent?Gucci, whose real name is Radric Davis, had a field day in his whip. He w ... More >>

Jay-Z - Justify My Thug (Flaming Lips Mix)

​Song: Jay-Z - Justify My Thug (Flaming Lips Mix)Context: This was the last song on The Black Album I still had rated below three stars on iTunes -- before I heard this. The Flaming Lips have announced they'll be playing The Soft Bulletin in it's entirety on New Year's Eve... Wouldn't it be great ... More >>

Far East Movement - Like A G6

​Song: Far East Movement, "Like A G6"Context: Someone told me Far East Movement killed it when opening for Mike Posner last week. This is their big single, currently in the top 25 on Billboard and iTunes. A Google search reveals that "a G6" is either something totally obscure or a Pontiac. Let's h ... More >>

Ry Cooder's Anti-SB 1070 Song, Courtesy of NPR

​ Legendary slide guitarist Ry Cooder (he's played on records by everyone from Randy Newman to the Rolling Stones) has recorded an anti-SB 1070 song called "Quick Sand." Cooder is one of those country(ish) guys the lefties love -- not only is that track available exclusively from NPR until tom ... More >>

Mav Teams Up with Juice for New Video "Til the Sunrise," Discusses Future of Latino Hip-Hop Collective Sol Camp

Minds Under Craze PhotographyMav ponders whether graffiti is an oft misunderstood urban art form or simply vandalism.​Phoenix MC Mav has been a fixture in the local hip-hop scene for the better part of the past decade, both as a solo performer and as a member of the on-again-off-again collective S ... More >>

Music Video Made Entirely With Google Street View? Phoenix Band Race You There Does It

A new video from Phoenix/Tucson alt-reduxers Race You There is one of the coolest things I've ever seen a local band do. Made entirely with Google Street view, "Starcrossed" takes you through a beautiful desertscape while vaguely Coldplayian rock whizzes by.Yes, this sort of thing has been done bef ... More >>

New Source Victoria Getting Hype From Jim Adkins (And The Band's Blood Relatives)

​ Source Victoria's forthcoming record has been getting a lot of hype around the interwebs. First Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World fame took to his band's message board to promote the release and encourage fans to donate to its recording. (Sadly only three comments on that thread so far.) Now they're ... More >>

You Asked For It: Hollywood Heartthrob

Hollywood Heartthrob The Takeover Grade B- When financial considerations mean songs needs to be replaced for a DVD release of a film or a TV show, producers usually turn to generic sounding music to take the place of the more popular, but prohibitively expensive, tune. Tinsel-town just might come ... More >>

Summer Guide: Checking Out the Library

Sony Ruins eMusic's Indie Credibility, Raises Rates

eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMus ... More >>

For A Life Of Science, Music Is Only Part of the Equation

Free Vanity

A local metal artist plans to give away half a million CDs

Animal Collective, John Frusciante, Atmosphere, and Lady GaGa are Just Some of What's Selling at Zia Record Exchange

The animals of B'More foursome Animal Collective. Do y'all smell that? No, it's not the repulsive scent of the titanic dump those Pittsburgh Steelers bastards dropped on the PHX's collective hopes and dreams for Super Bowl championship. I'm talking about something much, much better: The glorious ... More >>

How to Survive an Economic Crisis Without Sacrificing Your Love of Music

The Free Way

Kinch Makes Advances by Giving Their First Album Away

Taylor Swift, Al Barr, and More Reflect on Songs to Be Thankful for

E3 revelations are hit and miss – unless you really dig chopping wood

Believe the Hype: Sia at Austin Convention Center

Stop and Smell the Noises

Clipd Beaks peck away at post-rock

Free Vanity

A local metal artist plans to give away half a million CDs

Radiohead, In Rainbows: A Review, Upon First Listen, Track-by-Track Style

Foxy's Ladies

Lollypop, making your heart go giddyup

Brotherly Love

The Kongo's musical dynasty

Pass It On

Your personal soundtrack = the perfect holiday gift

Mt. Egypt

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