Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

Big 4 vs. Coachella: Which Will Reign Superior?

​The Empire Polo Club in Indio, California has booked a third event to go down on their grounds between Coachella and the Stagecoach country festival this April.Metal fans are rejoicing over The Big 4, a one-day concert featuring some of metal's most prominent acts: Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer, a ... More >>

Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, The Black Keys Headlining Bonnaroo

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival​ Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, and The Black Keys will be headlining the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival for its 10th year, according to the Bonnaroo website.The good people who run Bonnaroo have put together a bomb-ass lineup. Other artists confir ... More >>

Feb. 15 In Blogs: Anchor Babies, Up With People, Eminem, Cookies, and Medical Marijuana

​​​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:

Activision To Discontinue Guitar Hero and DJ Hero

​The Guitar Hero franchise has officially been canceled by video gaming publisher Activision, according to Blabbermouth.The decline in the game's popularity was significant enough to make the company pull the plug. The DJ Hero franchise will also be coming to an end.Activision Publishing CEO Eric ... More >>

Scottsdale's Ultimate Block Party

Scottsdale's Ultimate Block Party @ Craftsman Court

Toubab Krewe @ Compound Grill

Why Nick Mason Rejected Pink Floyd Reunion

Nick Mason turned down the idea of a Pink Floyd reunion this summer due to personal politics, according to Spinner.It's not that Mason, Pink Floyd's drummer, didn't want to support Palestinian refugee children, but rather that he was displeased with the choice of venue that was made for the eve ... More >>

Mark Your Calendars: Festival Announcements Galore

Feather headdresses were the hot accessory of 2010 music festivals.​While music festival season is pretty much wrapped up for the year up, there's still plenty to get excited about since next year's festivals are being planned.Announcements have been rolling out one after another this past week. B ... More >>

Kings of Leon: Taking it a Little Too Far For Their Upcoming Music Video?

​Kings of Leon has stooped to a new low by bringing a potentially offensive yet interesting idea to the table, according to NME.The band posted an ad in an effort to recruit "characters with scars, pockmarked skin, physical abnormalities or deformities" for their next music video.In the ad, Kings ... More >>

Wayne Coyne Makes Commemorative ACL Screen Print With His Own Blood

​The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne made a poster using his own blood as ink, according to Consequence of Sound.Wayne poured four vials of blood that he had drawn in early September into a cup, spilled his hemoglobin onto a screen print, and went to town on an Austin City Limits poster. A warni ... More >>

Garage A Trois: Improvised Jazz That's Probably Too Arty for You at Compound Grill

​File this one under: 'Way too arty for most readers but pretty cool anyway.' Garage A Trois, a four-man improvisational jazz/funk/rock combo comes to The Compound Grill on Tuesday. The New Orleans group, which features the famous-if-you-follow-the-genre names of Skerik, Mike Dillon, Marco Benev ... More >>

Kings of Leon: Why They Are Hugely Popular, Despite What the Critics Say About Them

The Authenticity Issue

Why Kings of Leon Are Hugely Popular, Despite What the Critics Say About Them

Zoroaster Stream New Track "Black Hole," Set to Play Show in Scottsdale This Tuesday

Kevin GriggsZoroaster: Their tattoos could beat up your tattoos​Since their 2007 debut album, Dog Magic, At​lanta's Zoroaster have been building momentum in the world of underground metal. The band's 2009 sophomore release, Voice of Saturn, saw Zoroaster push the boundaries of traditional doom m ... More >>

Who Is Edward Sharpe?

Bonnaroo Video and Audio Footage

The Avett Brothers at Bonnaroo. Photo by NPR.​If you dared to log on to Twitter this weekend, you undoubtedly saw the onslaught of not only massive amounts of Tweets on the start of the World Cup, but also on the Bonnaroo Festival that you were not at.There's nothing like a constant influx of inst ... More >>

This Week In Chow Bella

Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let's have one last look at the blog posts from this week Damon Brasch, What Are You Eating? New Summer Foodie TV: Four Season Openers, O ... More >>

Nicky's Week, Bonnaroo Buzz and National Candy Month in Today's Eater's Digest

http://lauriebot.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?  Nicky's Week This week is Nicky's Week at all RA Sushi locations. One-hundren percent of the proceeds from select food and beverage items on the RA menu will be don ... More >>

Melvins

Dead Weather Offer Free New Download, and Chance to Win VIP Paid Trip to Bonnaroo

​Jack White is always known for doing innovative things. He goes out on limbs, takes risks, and usually winds up pulling off some really cool events that only he, or someone with his status and incredible level of coolness, could.If it's not his pop-up record stores, his "blue series" in-studio vi ... More >>

Fry Girl Reveals the Origins of Festival Foods' Arizona Hot Dog

Conan O'Brien Makes Phoenix Date Official, Announces Full Tour

Oh, Coco, we knew you'd make it happen​Conan O'Brien has announced via his twitter account (@ConanOBrien) that he will tour North America this spring.O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour" will span 30 dates will kick off April 12 in Eugene, Oregon and will come th ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Announced: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Weezer, Stevie Wonder and More

​Tennessee's Bonnaroo music festival has announced a full line-up for this June. No real surprises here: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Weezer, and the Flaming Lips are the top of the pile.The Dead Weather, Phoenix, John Fogerty, Jimmy Cliff, Tenacious D, Zac Brown Band, ... More >>

Johnny Depp Keith Richards = New Documentary

​You may remember that little trilogy titled Pirates of the Caribbean, which featured Keith Richards playing the part of Captain Teague Sparrow, the father of Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp. Apparently, Depp's friendship and fascination with Richards goes far beyond that of a pretend father/s ... More >>

Widespread Panic

Jessica Lea Mayfield

Jessica Lea Mayfield

How Dear and the Headlights Became the Most Important Band in Arizona

Nas and Kelis Divorce Details, Dead Body At Bonnaroo, New Air Album

NME: Kelis and Nas' divorce details released Pitchfork: Dead Body Found at Bonnaroo Waved Rumor:  The Horrors coming to Tempe! Spin: New Air Album Due in October Rolling Stone: Former Warrant Singer Jani Lane Arrested For DUI in Los Angeles Idolator: Millionaires Never Forget To Floss, For Bett ... More >>

Bonnaroo, Summer of Sound, Transformers 2 Rave, and the Dub Show Tour Over the Weekend

Onstage at Bonnaroo Music Festival Bonnaroo kicked off Thursday with sets from, among others, Passion Pit and Those Darlins. Friday's acts included Al Green, the Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix and Grizzly Bear. Saturday's sets included Bon Iver (with Justin Long and Drew Barrymore in the cro ... More >>

Reznor's Last US Show, Springsteen Wrongs Ticketmaster, Blur Back

Idolator: Your Lil Wayne Imitation Could Bring You Some Young Money, BabyRolling Stone: Flashback: A Brief History of Phish, Before They Hit BonnarooPitchfork: Weezer Get an Online Radio StationNME: Trent Reznor says Bonnaroo was last-ever US showIdolator: Bruce Springsteen May Have To Apologize To ... More >>

June 15 In BlogS: Barack Obama, Al Sharpton, Bonnaroo, and Zinburger

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: Barack Obama's Shame: Joe Arpaio Wrecks Families, Wounds a Business, Makes a Little Girl Cry, Al ... More >>

Rihanna To Testify, Oberst and M. Ward Form Supergroup, Best of Bonnaroo

Electric Mustache: Video: Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes" Spin: Rihanna To Testify At Chris Brown Hearing Rolling Stone: Oberst, Jim James and M. Ward Form Monsters Of Folk Supergroup Spin: Bonnaroo Day 1: The Best & the Worst Rolling Stone: Green Day Bring New "Breakdown" Tracks To "R ... More >>

Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and All Points West — Pick Your Festival

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'

Franz Ferdinand (Eventually) Resurrects The Dead at Marquee

Martin CizmarSorry folks, this iPhone setlist shot is the best photo we got, as our photographer's credentials were lost.I know it's probably unfair to compare a crowd at the Marquee to a crowd at Coachella -- where the music-obsessed kids even greeted the white reggae band who came o ... More >>

Over the Weekend: The epic battle that is Father's Day

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester Tennessee

Mofro

'Fro better blues

Positive Feedback

Hip-hop crew Jurassic 5 moves in a new direction

Fish On

Les Claypool stays alive by swimming through subcultures

Freestyle Fellowship

Sometimes awesome live bands also make magic in the studio

Amassing the Particle

Particle rides "space porn" and all-night shows to the cusp of breakout jam-band success

Z Be Trippin'

Phoenix DJ angles for the big fish in the SoCal electronic pond