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Bob Hoag

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    The Love Me Nots' Nicole Laurenne on New Album, New/Old Drummer and Beating Breast Cancer

    Jason GarciaThe Love Me Nots​If you're looking for an example of the old platitude that "attitude is everything," you could do a lot worse than Love Me Nots vocalist/organist Nicole Laurenne. Less than a year removed from a breast cancer scare that forced the band into a five-month hiatus, Laurenn ... More >>

  • Music

    February 17, 2011

    How Phoenix Almost Lost J.D. Stooks, Our Quintessential Hipster Singer-Songwriter

    Jason GarciaThe Love Me Nots​If you're looking for an example of the old platitude that "attitude is everything," you could do a lot worse than Love Me Nots vocalist/organist Nicole Laurenne. Less than a year removed from a breast cancer scare that forced the band into a five-month hiatus, Laurenn ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2010

    They’re Serious

    Do you expect less than complete professionalism from local bands? Sorry, you’re not Black Cactus material

  • Music

    July 22, 2010

    Black Cactus Records Is Serious

    Do you expect less than complete professionalism from local bands? Sorry, you’re not Black Cactus material

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 29, 2010

    Do you expect less than complete professionalism from local bands? Sorry, you’re not Black Cactus material

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    The Love Me Nots: Big In France

    ​The French version of Rolling Stone magazine cannot get enough of Phoenix's own Love Me Nots. The mag ran a massive feature on the garage rock band in this month's issue, which you can read in translated form on the jump. The mag seems to relish comparing the band's sound to earlier acts, like th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    Runaway Diamonds Are Forever

    Local rockers form "a lovable cult"

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    Runaway Diamonds Are Forever

    Local rockers form "a lovable cult"

  • Music

    October 26, 2006

    California Dreamin'

    One state, two state, red state, blue state

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    The Heart of the Heartless

    They sure can work a crowd

  • News

    July 6, 2006

    Format Busters

    Songwriting duo Nate Ruess and Sam Means had enough of major-label drama, so now they're calling the shots

  • Music

    January 26, 2006

    Tuesday, I'm in Love

    Out late on a "school night"

  • Music

    December 8, 2005

    Fine China's Big Break?

    O.C. how they run

  • Music

    June 30, 2005

    Kidding Around

    Scary Kids Scaring Kids stay down to earth as their career skyrockets

  • Music

    November 4, 2004

    Happy Endings

    The Necronauts land smoothly with their latest release

  • Music

    October 9, 2003

    Adjusting to Format

    The Phoenix duo chronicles its scary serendipity on a sublime debut album

  • Music

    October 24, 2002

    Big Deal

    The Format burst from nascent Valley obscurity to major-label glory. Here's how.

  • Music

    August 8, 2002

    The Power of Five

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

  • Music

    November 15, 2001

    Blessed Today

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

  • Music

    September 20, 2001

    Hunky Dory

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

  • Music

    February 1, 2001

    Flashing Red

    New compilation finds the local indie scene burning brightly

  • Music

    October 19, 2000

    Balls to the Wall

    Surviving bad luck, barroom brawls and band squabbles, Balls reveals real cojónes

  • Music

    July 6, 2000

    Rock, Roll and Remember

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

  • Music

    October 21, 1999

    Trunk Restoration

    Local pop outfit emerges from a year of turmoil

  • News

    July 23, 1998

    Letters

    Local pop outfit emerges from a year of turmoil

  • Music

    June 5, 1997

    Recordings

    Local pop outfit emerges from a year of turmoil

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