Subject: Bob Hoag

• You Asked for It: Slut Sister

  July 15, 2008

• Resident Aliens

  Steeltown transplants of Pollen learn to love the desert and stop hating girls

  September 18, 1997

• Letters

  July 23, 1998

• Best Excuse to Look at a Drum Riser

  Bob Hoag, Pollen

  September 21, 2000

• Adam Panic

  December 6, 2007

• Hughes Your Daddy?

  The Breakup Society recalls teen movie angst

  December 13, 2007

• Slut Sister

  July 31, 2008

• Art for Starters Is a Startup Operation That’s Barely Gotten Started

  April 9, 2009

• Runaway Diamonds Are Forever

  October 30, 2008

• Sugar High

  August 14, 2008

• Starter Homies

  April 9, 2009

• Awake and Alert

  Yes, they are

  September 13, 2007

• Runaway Diamonds Are Forever

  Local rockers form "a lovable cult"

  April 5, 2007

• Come Out and Play

  Persistence pays off for Dear and the Headlights

  November 2, 2006

• California Dreamin'

  One state, two state, red state, blue state

  October 26, 2006

• The Heart of the Heartless

  They sure can work a crowd

  July 27, 2006

• xrayok

  Like Life
  (self-released)

  February 16, 2006

• You Asked For It: J.D. Stooks

  J.D. Stooks says it best himself on his MySpace: "I play slow sad bastard music."For all intents and purposes he does, though there's an occasional buoyancy to Stooks new record, Women & Gold that'll appeal to most fans of acoustic folk-rock, even the ones who prefer the more upbeat offering of Pete Yorn types.The well-connected Stooks (local production mastermind Bob Hoag recorded the CD, and plays on it, as do former Loveblisters Lou Kummerer and Ryan Casey and long-time singer/scenester Y

  May 19, 2009

• Tuesday, I'm in Love

  Out late on a "school night"

  January 26, 2006

• The Heartless

  This Could Take Some Getting Used To
  (self-released)

  January 12, 2006

• Mr Kline + The Wizards of Time

  These Soft Pipes, Play On./This Albums Cursed!
  (Uncle Abbott Records)

  December 15, 2005

• Fine China's Big Break?

  O.C. how they run

  December 8, 2005

• Mourning Maxwell

  Mourning Maxwell
  (self-released)

  October 27, 2005

• Caught on Tape

  Is home recording equipment killing the professional recording studio?

  January 20, 2005

• You Say You Wanna Resolution . . .

  Well, you know, we all want to change careers

  January 20, 2005

• Tough Habit

  January 13, 2005

• School's Out!

  Teens Adam Panic and Scary Kids Scaring Kids are better than your average baby acts -- way better.

  June 26, 2003

• The Gag Reflex

  Coeds gone wild in Mexico

  May 1, 2003

• Devils and Mormonism

  Letters from the week of March 27, 2003

  March 27, 2003

• Exploring Bob

  Bob Hoag may orbit the moon, but he may just launch your band into the stratosphere

  March 20, 2003

• Blind Ambition

  Before Braille is after success, but will it endure major stumbling blocks on its way to indie credibility?

  October 3, 2002

• The Power of Five

  Fifteen Minutes Fast is in no hurry to use up its quarter-hour of local fame

  August 8, 2002

• Blessed Today

  After a decade of mixing it up, Valley rapper Pokafase inks a cool deal with a hot new label

  November 15, 2001

• Hunky Dory

  Despite the chaos, a revamped Sugar High and a renamed 40 Watt Las Vegas debut; meanwhile, James Hall spreads the gospel.

  September 20, 2001

• The Short and the Long

  Sometimes arty, sometimes poppy, the boys of New California are ready to go the distance

  July 26, 2001

• Apocalypse Now

  The end is near -- does anyone care for a 'caack-taail'?

  May 24, 2001

• Comp Runamok

  A spate of new various-artist releases forces us to ponder the question 'Who Put the Comp?'

  May 10, 2001

• Group Efforts

  Make-ups, breakups and other local band gossip abound

  April 19, 2001

• Flashing Red

  New compilation finds the local indie scene burning brightly

  February 1, 2001

• Rock, Roll and Remember

  Young scruffs Marah try to breathe life into a two-day Valley oldies show

  July 6, 2000

• Just Desserts

  After a messy split, Sugar High returns, refining its sweet sound with Ice Cream Anti-Social

  February 24, 2000

• Heartbreak Kids

  That's not despair in the air, it's Pollen

  January 27, 2000

• Recordings

  June 5, 1997

• Hughes Your Daddy?

  May 14, 2009

• Broken-Up Before Braille to Release Final Disc May 26

  Although they're no longer together, one-time hot indie AZ rock band Before Braille, which has shared the stage with Jimmy Eat World, will drop one last release for the die-hard fans. The guys released Kill the Messenger, Keep the Message, today. The final Before Braille disc features 20 songs including three acoustic tracks from The Rumor, five out-of-print compilation songs and nine new, unreleased tracks.According to a MySpace bulletin, most of the songs "are brand new recordings from The Ru

  May 26, 2009

• Off the Stooks

  June 18, 2009

• Producer Bob Hoag Joins Love Me Nots As Drummer

  Bob Hoag (left) and his new bandmates in the Love Me Nots.Some news from the Love Me Nots: Drummer Vince Ramirez has left the band. Local uber-producer Bob Hoag will be jumping in behind the kit starting with a July 31 show at Yucca Tap Room. Hoag who runs Flying Blanket Recordings in Mesa, has a lot of experience as the former drummer for Pollen, as well as playing with The Go Reflex, and The Breakup Society. He assisted Jim Diamond in the production of the band's new disc, which is due in Sept

  July 16, 2009

• July 17 In Blogs: Mary Murguia, Job For A Cowboy, CityScape, and "Lobster Claw" Game

  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: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Scores: Judge Mary Murguia Recuses Self From Racial Profiling Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio Up on the Sun: Job For A Cowboy Hits Billboard Charts Producer Bob Hoag Joins Love Me Nots As Drummer Chow Bella: Prickly Pear Cactus for Sale, and for Dinner CityScape: Chef Aaron May and Moj

  July 16, 2009

• The Love Me Nots Set Album Release Date, Plan Tour

  ​The top act in Phoenix's garage rock scene, The Love Me Nots, has set a September 18 release date for their new record, Upsidedown Insideout, which they recorded at Mesa's Flying Blanket Recordings with the legendary Detroit-based producer Jim Diamond. (You can read my interview with Diamond, done while he was working on the record, here.)The band, which now includes local uber-producer Bob Hoag, will debut material from the new record on tour and at several local shows, beginning with an Aug

  August 17, 2009

• Stephen Steinbrink, a.k.a. French Quarter, Is Hyper-Productive

  September 24, 2009