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April 11, 2012
Squeeze's Chris Difford on England, John Cale, and the Paul McCartney-Produced Record That Never Came to Be
Coachella is a weird beast: In addition to hotly tipped acts like Avicci and Justice, big name standard bearers like Radiohead and The Black Keys, and holy-hell-they're-reuniting bands like Refused and At the Drive In, there's always a few bands that have just kept soldiering on, whose break-ups and ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
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 >>
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December 15, 2011
The Serene Dominic Show: Jim Adkins, Amy Uzi, Drunk & Horny, Source Victoria
Jim Adkins and your host Serene DominicNobody does TV specials like this for Christmas anymore, and after reading this yuleblog you'll know why. It's a lot of head-snapping work, flashing back and then flashing ahead forward to the present again, then flashing back, each time having to rememb ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
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 >>
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September 21, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Gospel Claws Explain "I Can, I Will"
www.myspace.com/gospelclawsGospel ClawsOn their Twitter page, local rock band Gospel Claws describes their music as "grainy and rough yet still deeply soulful." That's a pretty fitting description; the songs on Gospel Claws' 2010 debut LP, C-L-A-W-S, embody this aesthetic, as songs like "Summer ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
June 28, 2011
U.K. Buzz Band A Silent Film Relocates to Phoenix
A Silent FilmIt'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 >>
Blogs
April 1, 2011
DJ Funkface Talks Steve Aoki, Beatport, Sex in the VIP Room, Club Freedom, and More
DJ FunkfaceName: James Edwards Hammerschmidt III AKA: DJ Funkface Genres spun: Whatever is on Beatport's Top 10. Current gigs: My cousin asked me to work her wedding next weekend. I'm also dating one of the go-go girls at Axis/Radius, so I'm hoping to get a guest slot there sometime soon. Ho ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2011
No Gimmick: Loss For Words EP
No GimmickArtist: No GimmickTitle: Loss For Words EPBasics: I think I was getting far too cocky atop my YAFI perch. Here I was about to collect my two month chip for being pop punk sober. Thanks to power punk trio No Gimmick, I'm off the wagon yet again. I give up -- it's a fact of YAFI life ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2011
Sam Means' "Yeah Yeah" Used in AT&T Commercial
Sam Means, one half of defunct duo The Format, put out a great record last year. Despite my admonishment to pick it up when it was only $1.99 on iTunes, you may well not have heard the record since it since it was the soundtrack to an indie flick called The Sinking of Santa Isabel and a lot of it w ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2011
'Whip My Hair' Songwriter Lashes Back at Soulja Boy With Diss Track
What's the real deal: did Soulja Boy actually write Willow Smith's smash hit "Whip My Hair"? Hell no, but he did receive a bit of songwriting credit for a line that came from his own song, "Turn My Swag On."Ronald "Jukebox" Jackson is less than thrilled by the songwriting claim made by Soulja Boy ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2010
D-JR Talks Pussycat Lounge, Requests, Blockhead, Z-Trip, Swingers, and More
D-JRName: 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 >>
Blogs
November 24, 2010
Avoid This on Black Friday: New Michael Jackson Video Game
Hopefully you've prepared yourself for this year's lamest Christmas gift. According to Paste, Ubisoft just dropped a Michael Jackson video game available for Nintendo DS and PSP.As if there weren't enough terrible video games that revolve around dancing already. Yet this one might take the cake. ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
October 19, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Knox Discusses His New Album, His Influences and the Local Hip-Hop Scene
KnoxPhoenix rapper Knox is the hip-hop equivalent of a throwback jersey.His new album, From the Ashes, came out last Tuesday, September 14, but with its old-school beats and Knox's retro flow, it sounds like it could have come straight out of hip-hop's "golden era" of the early '90s.The album is ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2010
T.I. Sticking to His Motto, "Live Your Life:" Arrested for Alleged Drug Possession
Tiny and T.I.T.I. has been arrested! Already? What took so long? Cue the sad trombone noise. TMZ broke the news early this morning that the Atlanta-born rapper and his wife Tameka "Tiny" Harris were pulled over late last night on Sunset Boulevard by an L.A. County Sheriff for making an illegal ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2010
Pot Roast and Summer Vacation
We decide to make a pot roast mainly because our husband spent the vast majority of his childhood summer vacations sharing the backseat of a silver stationwagon with his two brothers, while the family made their way from Philadelphia to Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina. They were on the ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2010
Landmine Marathon Debuts New Video for "Shadows Fed to Tyrants"
How do you make a metalhead swoon? Play him the new video for "Shadows Fed to Tyrants" by Phoenix grindcore band Landmine Marathon. If you read my feature on the band last year, you probably didn't have to read between too many lines to figure out that I have a huge crush on lead screamer Grace P ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
June 9, 2010
Your Guide to Navigating Blogger-Created Genre Names
"What the fuck is chillwave?????" Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast tweeted back in April, when MTVU blogger Lindsay Hood described her band as "chillwave," after dismissing genres like "lo-fi," "glo-fi" and "Gorillavsbearcore" in her blurb advancing the video for the band's single "When I'm Wi ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
May 5, 2010
The Maine Sets Release Date for Black & White Album, Releases New Track
Tempe kiddie-poppers The Maine have announced the release date for their new record, Black & White, the major-label followup to Can't Stop, Won't Stop. Sire will drop the record, produced by Howard Benson (Papa Roach, Creed, Hawthorne Heights), on July 13. In the least surprising news of th ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
Jimmy Eat World Show Off How to Fly on Dogs, and Other Local Music News
If you're craving a little vintage Jimmy Eat World, you're in luck. The Arizona rock band has a vintage video on YouTube from a performance way back in the day, at the 1997 Mind Over Matter Fest in Detroit. And if you happened to miss the band when it performed on the hip kids' show Yo Gabba Gabba!, ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
December 17, 2009
The Top-Selling Download of All-Time? You'll Never Guess...
What's the top selling digital download of the decade -- and, thus unsurprisingly, also the top selling digital download of all time? If you guessed Flo Rida's "Low" you're smarter than I am. After bursting onto the scene in late 2007, Poe Boy/Atlantic recording artist Flo Rida has claimed ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2009
Canada's Mother Mother to Play Rogue Bar Aug. 21
Vancouver indie rock buzz band Mother Mother, who have been touring the festival circuit this summer, will bring their beautifully-crafted pop-rock melodies and vocal harmonies to the intimate Rogue Bar Friday, Aug. 21. Gospel Claws are set to open the 21-and-older show. Doors are at 8 p.m. ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2009
Vans Warped Tour at Cricket Wireless Pavilion: The Maine, Dear and the Headlights, and Popsters Aplenty Entertain the Twees
The local heartthrobs of The Maine: Better than NOFX and Bad Religion. Until yesterday, I used to loathe the Warped Tour. Not because of the bands or music, mind you, but rather because of some bad experiences I'd had while attending the annual summertime mega-tour. When the Warped Tour first c ... More >>
Music
June 25, 2009
Phoenix’s Emperors of Japan to Release Ice Queen
The local heartthrobs of The Maine: Better than NOFX and Bad Religion. Until yesterday, I used to loathe the Warped Tour. Not because of the bands or music, mind you, but rather because of some bad experiences I'd had while attending the annual summertime mega-tour. When the Warped Tour first c ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2009
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 >>
Blogs
June 15, 2009
A Life of Science to Play KEDJ 103.9 FM's Third Thursday Concert Series
Up-and-coming AZ buzz band A Life of Science, who New Times writer Mike R. Meyer profiled in May, are set to perform Thursday, June 18 in downtown Scottsdale. The guys are one of three bands on this month's KEDJ 103.9 FM's Third Thursday billing. The all-ages monthly concert series is held on Cra ... More >>
Culture
June 4, 2009
Summer Guide: Checking Out the Library
Up-and-coming AZ buzz band A Life of Science, who New Times writer Mike R. Meyer profiled in May, are set to perform Thursday, June 18 in downtown Scottsdale. The guys are one of three bands on this month's KEDJ 103.9 FM's Third Thursday billing. The all-ages monthly concert series is held on Cra ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2009
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 >>
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May 28, 2009
For A Life Of Science, Music Is Only Part of the Equation
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 >>
Music
April 16, 2009
Five Reasons to Support Record Store Day
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 >>
Calendar
April 9, 2009
Willie and Wailin'
Outlaw icon’s daughter displays some serious, er, chops
Calendar
February 5, 2009
Free Vanity
A local metal artist plans to give away half a million CDs
Blogs
February 3, 2009
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 >>
Blogs
September 12, 2008
This Weekend: Brad B., Monster Commute and Kate Voegele
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 >>
Blogs
June 4, 2008
University of Arizona's Mars Mission Videos on iTunes
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 >>
Music
December 6, 2007
Stop and Smell the Noises
Clipd Beaks peck away at post-rock
Blogs
October 10, 2007
Radiohead, In Rainbows: A Review, Upon First Listen, Track-by-Track Style
Clipd Beaks peck away at post-rock
Music
March 22, 2007
Everyone Gets a Deal!
The son of Napster moves to sign every unsigned band on Earth
Music
December 21, 2006
Big in Japan
Tempe rapper Intrinzik's journey from the Valley of the Sun to the Land of the Rising Sun
Music
August 10, 2006
Boy Kill Boy
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Music
December 22, 2005
Pass It On
Your personal soundtrack = the perfect holiday gift
Music
October 20, 2005
The Download
"Do They Know It's Halloween?"
Music
August 11, 2005
Mt. Egypt
Contact high
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