Bob Dylan

Top Five-Must See Shows in Phoenix This Week

Holy crap! What a weekend. We had the soggy-but-stellar Carnaval Eléctrico with Cold War Kids, Hanni El Khatib, Mergence, and more at Crescent Ballroom, the raucous Rampage Fest with Nü Sensae, White Lung, Allah-Las, and more at Sail Inn, and a thoroughly enjoyable-but-exhausting performance by Ma ... More >>

Leftover Cuties' Retro Ukelele Sound Makes You Smile

With a name like Leftover Cuties and a penchant for unabashed use of ukelele, how could the Los Angeles-based quartet of Shirli McAllen, Austin Nicholsen, Stuart Johnson, and Mike Bolger be anything other than adorable? The group's folksy sound evokes images of happy couples strolling down a board ... More >>

Robyn Hitchcock, Musical Instrument Museum, 10/4/12

Robyn Hitchcock @ Musical Instrument Museum| 10/4/12The Musical Instrument Museum theater was a lonely place this evening, with a scant 50 music insiders in attendance to hear one of England's great musical treasures, Robyn Hitchcock. Insiders, I say, because it takes a certain kind of music fan, on ... More >>

Five Great Lost Albums

By Mark Keresman Brian Eno was quoted as saying, "The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band." Rock history is filled with bands and albums that were somewhat unappreciated in their time yet occupy an enviable (by some people, at any rate) ... More >>

B.B. King, Purity Ring, Tallest Man on Earth, and More Over the Weekend

Purity Ring @ Crescent Ballroom Lesson of the day: don't overestimate the obscurity of a band. Or, at least check ticket sales. I went to Purity Ring confident that standing room would be still available for me and my girlfriend, but I was the only one able to get in. I needed to cover this show fo ... More >>

The Perks of Being a Wallflower(s Fan)

See also: No Seriously, Chumbawamba Has a Storied Anarchist Past See also: Our Throwback Thursday Archives Ladies and gentlemen, may I present The Wallflowers: The Only Band That Matters. Just kidding, but the Clash vibes from the band's new tune, "Reboot the Mission," are clearly intentional. It ... More >>

Bad Lucy Team Up with Studio At The Farm for Live Session Video Series

See also: Bad Lucy Covers Bob Dylan Video may have killed the radio star, but Internet made the video star a viral monster. The fine folks at recording house, Studio At The Farm in Gilbert know this and have come up with a way to appeal to the inner voyeur in all musicians.

Guns N' Roses at Comerica Theatre, 12/27/11

Guns N' Roses Comerica Theatre Tuesday, December 27 See also: Our complete Guns N' Roses and Sebastian Bach slideshow. Our interview with Guns N' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson. The line stretched around Comerica Theatre, and snaked all the way down Adams, placing us just across the street from t ... More >>

Decker: Love, God, and Sex in Sedona

decker.​The music of Brandon Decker, who records as decker. has proven to be a pleasant surprise. Primarily based in Sedona, an area known more for snoozy New Age, smooth jazz, and coffeehouse folk, Decker's third record, Broken Belts, Broken Bones doesn't sound unlike something you might hear ove ... More >>

Five Musical New Years Resolutions (You Might Actually Keep)

Some sort of famous bassist...​"This year is going to be different." That's what you told yourself last year, isn't it? Well, just because you have the desire and will to make a New Year's Resolution doesn't mean you have the will to actually get it done. It's pretty easy to make Wishtown you ... More >>

Ke$ha Does Bob Dylan; Plus Three Other Pop Artists You've Probably Misjudged

​Ke$ha is sort of awful, but not for the reasons you think. Yeah, her music is terrible. It's fun music you don't really need to think about. But it's alleged that the songstress is smarter than people give her credit for. It's rumored that she scored a 1500 on her SATs and has a 140 IQ. She even ... More >>

Jeff Freundlich, What Are You Listening To?

Jeff Freundlich​Jeff Freundlich Freundlich is the co-owner of Fervor Records, home to bands such as Super Stereo.  When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? KWSS. Beef Vegan and the crew crack me up, and they embrace new music. What ... More >>

Buck 65 @ Chasers

The Sowing of The Bad Seeds, Part Three: Third Set of Nick Cave and Band's Catalog Reissues

Steve Gullick / NickCaveandtheBadSeeds.comNick Cave, third from left, and The Bad Seeds​If there were ever an artist who has passed the half-century mark in age and is making new works every bit as engaging, if not more so, than what was created in their so-called "prime," it has to be Nick Ca ... More >>

Sept. 29 In Blogs: Rick Romley, Batman, Obama, Pig's Blood, and ABC World News

​​​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:

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 9/9 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list 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.How was watching Green Day like a nostalgia trip for one reviewer?What happens to teenagers when they're forced to ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 9/2 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list 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. • What are the 25 craziest things The Maine's singer has tweeted? • Why did Bob Dylan's "ticketless" show i ... More >>

Sept. 2 In Blogs: Joe Arpaio, Brent Green, Bob Dylan, Sashimi, and Gilbert Police

​​​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:

Merle Haggard Is Long Past His Angry-American Phase

Cowboy Mouth/Junior Brown

Hanksgiving at Yucca Tap Room

Hank done it this way.​Undoubtedly, one of the coolest things about the Yucca Tap Room is the community of people that congregates there. Starting last summer, a core group of musicians from that community began putting together special concerts as a tribute to some of their favorite musicians. ... More >>

Fair Warning

10 things to know before heading down to 19th and McDowell

Bob Dylan Cancels Phoenix Concert Due To "Excessive Heat"

​Breaking news: Phoenix, Arizona gets rather warm during the summer months.Is this a good reason to avoid scheduling an outdoor concert at a minor league ballpark in suburban Glendale for mid-August? Probably. But, if such a concert a concert is scheduled -- as Bob Dylan did, by planning to play ... More >>

March 25 In Blogs: The Bronx, Mutant Pinatas, Bank Robbers and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Peoria Bank Robber Cuts Hole In Wall, Surprises Bank Employees Arriving ... More >>

My Chemical Romance Give Fans Inside Look to Making of 'Desolation Row'

Brooding rockers My Chemical Romance have posted a making-of-the video for their track "Desolation Row" on the band's MySpace page.The track is a cover of a Bob Dylan song and is featured on the Watchmen soundtrack. Fans will hopefully see a new album drop later this later from the band, wh ... More >>

Sunday's Worst Super Bowl Ad

Is this what you think of the American public, Pepsi? There were some truly awful ads on during yesterday's insanely competitive Super Bowl. The economy is changing, America is changing, and the past two Super Bowls have been some of the best games in Super Bowl history. I remember watching some Sup ... More >>

The Old School Jingle Jam Reminds Us of the Ghosts of Hip-Hop’s Past

What's Age Got to Do with It?

Superfly songstress is still rocking it at 68

The Felice Brothers

The Felice Brothers
(Team Love)

Dan and the Deadhead

The music that moved Dan Wilson and Al Franken in '07

Final Cut

The very, very best of 2007

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Some Loud Thunder
(Self-released)

Get Out of the Exploding-Closet Rut . . .

And admit that you just need some space

The Kids Are Alright

Classic rock lives on in the hands of youngsters the Redwalls

Keep It in Play

The humble iPod strikes a chord with Matt Kata and his D-Backs brethren

Tune In, Turn On

The Walkmen drop out of the New York rock revival

Alice in Revolver Land

Analysis: Beck's New Heart

With Sea Change, Beck forgoes the 'Loser' of the past for a session with irony-free honesty. More power to him.

Brutally Frank

Fasten your safety belts for the world's worst interview with indie-rock legend Frank Black

An Essence Rare

The daring, uncompromising art of singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams

DJ Rock

Non-dance turntablists come to the fore; Smog puzzles; GbV rules; and more

Marshall Law

Power-pop icon Marshall Crenshaw refuses to be pigeonholed as a nerdy relic of the early '80s

Wallflowers

Breach (Interscope)

Hey, Joe!

Gumbo lines up the most wanted in jazz, blues and heritage

Rancid

Rancid (Hellcat)

Obsessions, Passions, Perversions

New Times music critics reveal their deepest, darkest record-buying secrets

Stone Blues

After a lifetime backing musical legends, drummer Sam Lay has become one himself

At Long Lost Live?

In search of the historic double live album . . . who started it, and who finally finished it off?

Dr. Cynic's Revenge

Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96

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