Backstreet Boys

Backstreet Boys, ZZ Top, And More Announce Phoenix Shows

Earlier in May, Justin Timberlake announced he would be coming through Phoenix on his enormous solo tour, which set off a concert-excitement bomb the likes of which hadn't been seen since--well, since those Prince shows, I guess, even earlier in May. More recently, the Backstreet Boys announced they ... More >>

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 >>

Former Scottsdale Favorite Markus Schulz Among the Richest DJs in the World

More than 15 years ago, trance wunderkind Markus Schulz earned some serious scrilla performing at now-defunct Valley clubs like The Works in Scottsdale and Freedom in Tempe, as well as spinning up EDM on local radio. The German-born trance artist, who resided in the Phoenix area back in those days ... 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 >>

Can You Explain One Direction? No, Seriously

I can't even start writing this blog without thinking about what an utter hypocrite I am. When I was 12, I obsessed with the Backstreet Boys. I may or may not have wished my Nick Carter poster a good night as I went to sleep. I felt like their music spoke to me the same way Fleet Foxes or Sufjan St ... More >>

Intrinzik and lululemon to Bring "Yoga Rave" to Phoenix

Admit it, you saw the words "yoga" and "rave" and thought they were two mutually exclusive propositions. One involves healthy living and the other...uh, drugs and baby pacifiers is the first thing that springs to mind there. That thought has certainly crossed the mind of enterprising local rapper Wi ... More >>

Tough Songs For Tough Mudder

Some tough mudder in Colorado, 2011​This weekend sees two very different fitness events: Sunday's Rock 'N' Roll Marathon (with performances from a variety of bands, including The B-52s) and one day earlier at Mesa Proving Grounds, the Tough Mudder, described on the event's official website as ... More >>

King of the Hall

NKOTBSB at US Airways Center, 6-30-11

Photos by Luke HolwerdaNKOTBSB gets beamed down to the US Airways Center stage.​REVIEW BY MELISSA FOSSUM AND DANIEL RAVEN New Kids On the Block and Backstreet Boys have grown up a bit since their heydays on MTV and the music charts, and so have their fans. But that hasn't stopped the bands fr ... More >>

The NKOTBSB Concert Will Incite Nostalgia

Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block Form One Gigantic Supergroup of Suck and Schedule US Airways Center Gig in June

PHOENIX - (June 30, 2011) After nearly two decades of hosting concerts and sporting events, the US Airways Center was completely and utterly destroyed this evening by what is being described as a "gigantic black hole of suck." According to witness reports, at approximately 7:30 p.m. this eveni ... More >>

Dec. 6 In Blogs: Crafting, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Four Loko, and Andrew Thomas

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Lady Gaga, Rise Against, Disturbed Join Korn's BP Boycott. Oh, Yes, and Creed Too!

​When news of Korn's boycott of BP broke last week it sorta looked like a joke. I mean, at first, it was pretty much just marble-mouthed Jonathan David, his band and fellow 90s-refugees Backstreet Boys.Now, well, the lineup is not awesome or anything, but it's getting better. One huge, relevant ar ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 6/17 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a box in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. Did Insane Clown Posse really cancel a show at Marquee Theatre when their shipment of Faygo soda failed to sh ... More >>

The Backstreet Boys Are Boycotting BP? Because Korn Suggested It? Really?

​Weird: The Backstreet Boys have announced a boycott of BP because of the massive oil spill.Weirder: Korn instigated this.Actually, maybe not so weird: These band will forever be linked in the realm of "shitty music that should have failed to exist in any form after the big ball dropped on The Yea ... More >>

June 10 In Blogs: The Backstreet Boys, Joe Arpaio, Japanese Stacking Coffee Mugs, Casey Moore's, and Child Molestors

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Vitamin String Quartet and Other New Releases

​There sure are a lot of greatest-hits albums out today, including ones from Backstreet Boys and Mariah Carey, but what is most exciting in this week's new releases is Vitamin String Quartet's Death Cab for Cutie tribute album, Ghost.On the record, listeners will find a selection of ... More >>

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.

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 ... More >>

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 se ... More >>

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

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 inconvenie ... More >>

Beards aren’t just for freak-folk rockers anymore

An Albatross

Loud, with scattered nudity and unconsciousness

Burning the Faithful

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

Snap Shots

Contemporary sampler platter

The Thrifty Ear

Spend nothing on music this week

Puffy AmiYumi

Tasty duo says "Hi Hi"

Boy Oh Boy Bands

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

Critics VS 2002: Rebuilding From Ash

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

It Ain't Good -- So What?

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

Into the Mouths of Babes

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

N*E*R*D

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

Small World

Radio Disney feeds the new pop underground with music for tweens

Kitten Caboodle

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

Musiq Soulchild

Aijuswanaseing (Def Soul)

Back in the Zone

Retooled version of local music showcase returns to the FM dial

What, Them Worry?

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

Britneymania!

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

Valley del Soul

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

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

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?

Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

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

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Seizing the yesterday with Warrant's Jani Lane

Live From New York

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

The Journey

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

Recordings

My Left Footloose

When bad movie musicals become worse stage presentations

Letters