Subject: Backstreet Boys

• Name Game

  They're bad, they're nationwide, but this locally obscure band won't be Vitamin much longer

  September 4, 1997

• Family Values

  The Loud Family's Scott Miller battles the limitations of life in pop-cult hell

  July 23, 1998

• House Warming

  The war against hip-hop moves to the zoning administrator's office

  November 5, 1998

• The Teen Commandments

  Why Hollywood's high on children of the multiplex

  May 20, 1999

• Pretty Flawed

  At Desert Sky, the Offspring drag "punk" into the mire of mindlessness

  May 20, 1999

• Letters

  June 3, 1999

• Jonesing for Joan

  Trashman laments the decline of the American record store, and gets his Joan Jett fix

  June 10, 1999

• My Left Footloose

  When bad movie musicals become worse stage presentations

  July 8, 1999

• Recordings

  September 16, 1999

• Beards aren’t just for freak-folk rockers anymore

  August 14, 2008

• In The Heart Is a Drum Machine, Filmmakers Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke Ask the Ultimate Musical Question

  January 29, 2009

• Backstreet Boys Canceled

  By Martin Cizmar I sure would hate to be a bartender at the Chandler TGI Friday’s tonight: The Backstreet Boys show at Dodge Theatre this evening has been canceled – CANCELED – at the last minute. Due to illness. “The Backstreet Boys and Live Nation sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused fans.” Well, ladies, you got the sitter anyway, so may as well make a night of it and see The Secret Life Of Bees, maybe drink a few frozen margaritas. Feel free to vent ab

  November 21, 2008

• MSTRKRFT, Dim Mak Have an Interesting Week

  In Canada, we wear mustaches, ehIt should come as no surprise to know that in today's music scene, albums are leaked months before their release date. Ever since Napster became all the rage and the MP3 format made world domination a feasible notion in the latter half of the 90's, bands have been seeing the promotional copy of their new album hit the internet well before it's due in stores. The RIAA and Satan himself -- I'm sorry, Mr. Lars Ulrich -- have tried their best to put a stop to the mad

  February 16, 2009

• Desert Heat

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

  January 3, 2008

• An Albatross

  Loud, with scattered nudity and unconsciousness

  March 16, 2006

• Burning the Faithful

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

  October 27, 2005

• Snap Shots

  Contemporary sampler platter

  October 27, 2005

• The Thrifty Ear

  Spend nothing on music this week

  September 8, 2005

• Puffy AmiYumi

  Tasty duo says "Hi Hi"

  April 28, 2005

• Boy Oh Boy Bands

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

  November 27, 2003

• Critics VS 2002: Rebuilding From Ash

  2002 spent the year in a 9/11 hangover. Through the confusion, notable and amazing works still arose

  January 2, 2003

• It Ain't Good -- So What?

  Sometimes, the best music is the stuff you wouldn't dream of praising in public

  December 26, 2002

• Into the Mouths of Babes

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

  July 18, 2002

• N*E*R*D

  In Search of N*E*R*D (Virgin)

  April 4, 2002

• Cyber-Hit Factory

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

  March 21, 2002

• Small World

  Radio Disney feeds the new pop underground with music for tweens

  December 13, 2001

• Summertime Blues

  Trashman wants his MTV � and a shotgun

  August 30, 2001

• Kitten Caboodle

  Josie and the Pussycats isn't a movie; it's a marketing meow mix

  April 12, 2001

• Musiq Soulchild

  Aijuswanaseing (Def Soul)

  March 1, 2001

• Candy Cane Mutiny

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

  December 21, 2000

• Back in the Zone

  Retooled version of local music showcase returns to the FM dial

  November 2, 2000

• What, Them Worry?

  As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

  November 2, 2000

• Nerd in a Punch Bowl

  Loser, Amy Heckerling's clueless new teen com, lives down to its title

  July 27, 2000

• Britneymania!

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

  July 27, 2000

• Valley del Soul

  Say "Amen," brothers and sisters, for soul food served in south Phoenix and Scottsdale

  July 13, 2000

• Bugs' Buffet

  Tempted by record company largess? Drink up and dig right in.

  July 13, 2000

• Pop Tarts

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

  June 1, 2000

• Laughing Matters

  The Bloodhound Gang and Nerf Herder differ drastically in terms of musical style and stage presence, but they share emphasis on the humorous and insulting

  May 18, 2000

• Smooth Operators

  Haikus and lows abound in this month's jazz and heritage releases

  May 18, 2000

• Music Showcase 2000

  48 locals have their run of the Mill

  April 27, 2000

• Austin, We Have a Problem!

  What happens when you cram too much music into one city and two pairs of eardrums? Nothing, if you move too fast to hear it all.

  March 30, 2000

• Going Ballistic

  I'm a marked man -- and I'm not talking about tats

  March 9, 2000

• Honk If You're Gay, Dad

  Is the UK's Gay Dad a nurturing rock patriarch or the Pop that embarrasses you in front of your friends?

  February 3, 2000

• Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

  Jimmy Eat World gets some Rolling Stone-size love from Blink-182

  January 20, 2000

• Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

  Seizing the yesterday with Warrant's Jani Lane

  October 14, 1999

• Live From New York

  Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

  October 7, 1999

• The Journey

  Markus Schulz's growing DJ empire has been a lifetime in the making

  September 30, 1999

• Return of the Native

  May 20, 1999

• Dookie and the Peak of Profitable Cheap Plastic, Not Music or Culture

  One of the things I like most about New Times Music Editor Martin Cizmar is disagreeing with him. We've had some fun arguments and discussions on music, culture, the role of the press and even Eazy E. Which is why I felt compelled to write this post completely and unequivocally disagreeing with his latest column "An Ode To 1994: Green Day's Dookie and the Peak of Western Civilization." Dookie, while a milestone, was not in any way the peak of Western Civilization. It was the peak of one specific

  August 24, 2009

• Looking for a Laugh? The Backstreet Boys Have You Covered

  I admit, I was a huge Backstreet Boys fan back in the day. I attended every concert, bought every CD, wore their T-shirt and wrote them fan mail. That's why it saddens me that their latest music video, "Bigger," made me laugh really hard, and not in a good way.

  November 17, 2009