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That Damn Show feat. Bad Religion, The Faint, and More at Mesa Amphitheatre, 4/20/13

That Damn Show | Mesa Amphitheatre | April 20, 2013 The history of That Damn Show is full of fond memories. A decade or so ago, the festival combined punk bands with alt-radio favorites for a blistering day in the sun. Saturday, it was back with a vengeance, and hopefully it will make a return next ... More >>

Fall Out Boy Returns to "Save Rock and Roll," But Is It Too Late?

For the excitable Generation Y character in all of us twenty-somethings: Fall Out Boy has returned. With their 2005 mega-album From Under The Cork Tree, the Chicago-based four-piece put a poetically self-aware spin on the theme of pop-punk. They laced the album with ironic and lengthy song titles, t ... More >>

H2O's Poppy Major Label Debut, Go, Has Aged Very Well

I have a theory: The first album you listen to by one of your favorite musicians ends up being one of your favorite releases by said band, regardless of how it was received by critics or fans. Of course, this isn't always the case, but who hasn't ever had to answer to "You like that album, really?" ... More >>

Open Mike Eagle @ Stray Cat

Favorite Spring Break Music Performances

It's Spring Break 2012 time, suckahs! A time for all that overrated hanging out on a boat stuff, drinking until you're blackout drunk and hooking up with pasty-wearing hard-bodied strangers. Even though MTV dropped their "music television" moniker, they are still synonymous with the college-aged ho ... More >>

Seven Songs Predicting That Travis Barker Would Get Caught With His Pants Down

First Pete Wentz, then Hayley Williams, and now Travis Barker. The Blink-182 drummer is the latest to join the oops-my-naughty-bits-are-on-the-Internet club. On Thursday, MediaTakeOut posted some very revealing pictures of Barker, who retaliated by hiring a lawyer. The photos were over five year ... More >>

The Other F Word: Punks Are All Grown Up

Fall Frenzy, Braids, Casablanca Lounge, Mean Streets, and the Rainbows Festival Over the Weekend

Fall Frenzy: blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, Matt & Kim, and Halocene Arizona got a special show last night, a combination of the yearly Fall Frenzy event and The Honda Civic Tour. Jimmy Eat World took My Chemical Romance's spot and locals Halocene shared the stage with Matt & Kim and blink-182 for an e ... More >>

Fall Frenzy: blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, Matt & Kim, and Halocene

Arizona got a special show last night, a combination of the yearly Fall Frenzy event and The Honda Civic Tour. Jimmy Eat World took My Chemical Romance's spot and locals Halocene shared the stage with Matt & Kim and blink-182 for an evening of fun and nostalgia.

Blink 182-Grows Up -- But Just a Little

MegaRan, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, blink-182, and More in This Week's Issue

​ You'll find this week's issue wrapped up in our annual Best of Phoenix special. This week, Chris Hassiotis takes us into the world of teacher-turned-rapper MegaRan, who is taking the world of nerd-rap by storm. We've also got short features on blink-182, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who are sch ... More >>

Halocene's Addie Nicole on Can You Hear Us Now, and Playing Fall Frenzy

​Last weekend, X103.9 crowned Phoenix-based rock band Halocene winner of the Fall Frenzy Showdown at the Marquee Theatre. That means that Friday, September 30, the band will join Matt & Kim, Jimmy Eat World, and blink-182 at Tempe Beach Park for Arizona Fall Frenzy. The young band just released ... More >>

Matt Johnson of Matt & Kim Talks SB 1070, Fighting Kim, and Getting Naked in Times Square

​You'll never see another musical duo that's as energetic and excited about playing music as indie rockers Matt & Kim. There's just two of them, but they put on one hell of a great show. The first thing their concertgoers often notice is how happy they are when they perform: vocalist/keyboardi ... More >>

blink-182's Mark Hoppus on the Reunion, Neighborhoods, and Still Having Fun

​Fans of blink-182 had plenty of reasons to wonder if the band would ever play together again after 2005 found the band splitting in two, with guitarist Tom DeLonge forming Angels and Airwaves and bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker forming 44. But a series of tragic events in 2008, in ... More >>

The Black Keys Done With New Album

​Considering The Black Keys got booked for seemingly every major music festival in the last year or two, it's a mystery how they could have accomplished finishing another album. But somehow they actually did it, according to Consequence of Sound.Dan Auerbach says the next album "doesn't sound like ... More >>

Blink-182 Will Premiere New Single, "Up All Night," on Friday

Wikimedia CommonsBlink-182 finally presents "Up All Night"...for real​Blink-182 fans have been anticipating the band's new single, "Up All Night,"for a long time. Fake leaks of the song date back to at least 2007. When Blink bassist and singer Mark Hoppus told MTV News two years ago they wouldn't ... More >>

The Top Ten Pop Punk Songs That Got Me Through Those Awkward Teenage Years

But someone did understand. Someone knew exactly what to say to get us through. From the anthems of loneliness to the uplifting reminders that things would get better, pop-punk kept our little hearts ticking through it all. To this day, these songs still cause little prickly twinges of nostalgia t ... More >>

Bono and The Edge Spice Up 'American Idol' Finale With 'Spider-Man' Performance

​Bono and The Edge of U2 will be performing with the cast of the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark on American Idol's live season finale Wednesday night, according to Billboard.The Spider-Man Broadway musical, for which they composed the music, has been delayed numerous times due to numerous c ... More >>

Blink-182 Schedules a Show in Tempe, Minus Boycotting Tourmates My Chemical Romance

Wikimedia CommonsBlink-182 drummer Travis Barker​My Chemical Romance may still be participating in Sound Strike, but punk band Blink-182 hasn't scratched Arizona from its tour itinerary. Per the band's website, Blink-182 will be performing at the Tempe Beach Park Amphitheatre on September 30. Bl ... More >>

May 24 In Blogs: Phoenix Comicon, Blink-182, Four Peaks, and the MCSO

​​​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:

Travis Barker's Upcoming Album Has More Guest Artists Than Kanye's Did

​Blink-182 drummer/plane crash survivor Travis Barker is set to release a solo album on March 15, according to Consequence of Sound.Turns out he won't exactly be doing the project by himself, though. After Travis made some announcements about the album via Twitter without the knowledge of Intersco ... More >>

The Get Up Kids @ The Clubhouse

Sufjan Stevens Releases New Music Video For "Too Much," Performs it on Jimmy Fallon (VIDEO)

​It was a busy weekend for indie king Sufjan Stevens, according to Pitchfork.He released a music video for his song "Too Much" today. The video kicks off with a colorful visual mess that looks like it came straight out of an M.I.A. video. The rest of it is a series of hipsters that are sporting a ... More >>

Angels & Airwaves

Angels & Airwaves

Arizona Fall Frenzy 2010 Announced: Weezer, Devo, The Cult, STP, Primus

The scene at Fall Frenzy 2009.​The lineup for Arizona Fall Frenzy 2010 has been announced and it's a huge step-forward for the festival, in its second year at Tempe Beach Park.Stone Tempe Pilots and The Cult top the bill on Friday, September 17. Tickets are $75 or $80 at the door. Weezer, "Sublime ... More >>

Tim Burton Looks to Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy?

Alice in Blink-182 Land?​How could a man of such brilliance, who creates such visually stunning pieces of art, who can seemingly do no wrong, allow the likes of Blink-182's Mark Hoppus and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz to write for the soundtrack of his latest creation, Alice in Wonderland? We may ne ... More >>

January 12 In Blogs: Tim Burton, The Notorious P.I.G., and Governor Brewer

​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: Up on the Sun: Tim Burton Looks to Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy? R.I.P. These Arms Are Snakes Chow Bella: Th ... More >>

Atticus Tour

Atticus Tour 2009

Lime-Green Day

These Texans aren’t punk, but they still rock

Hellogoodbye

Other People's Blogs: Weezer Tours With Blink, Harter on Vacay, Bonnaroo Schedule Up

Pitchfork: Weezer to Tour With Blink-182Jess Harter: I'm off until May 18Pitchfork: Bonnaroo Reveals Festival ScheduleNME: Alanis Morissette to guest star on 'Weeds'

The Morning Of

The Matches

Recent releases from local acts

Now that's what we call music!

Warped Minds

A day at punk rock's biggest summer tour takes more than just stamina

Various Artists

A Santa Cause: It's a Punk Rock Christmas
(Immortal)

The Aquabats

Vans Warped Tour

Hundreds of bands converge on Peoria Sports Complex

What's Selling

Top 10 sellers at Circles Records (800 North Central Avenue) for June 6 through 12:

No Doubt

With Blink-182 in tow, No Doubt prepares for a massive show

Washboard Confessional

Holy saccharine. Absolve this man of his sinful affection for pop-punk.

AFI

Sing the Sorrow (DreamWorks)

Boxcar Racer

Boxcar Racer (MCA)

DK Kennedys

The same old punks, minus Jello Biafra, plus Brandon Cruz

In 'n' Out

The Gas Giants split; Jimmy Eat World lives up to its name; legends Hazlewood and Strummer return to the Valley

Green Day

Warning (Reprise)

Recordings

Various artists American Pie (Universal Records)

Revolver

A periodic tour guide to indie rock subterranea (where the seven-inch is still king)