Subject: Bonnie Prince Billy

• Gimme Shelter Again

  The Green Room's Altamont 2 takes rock back into the bowels of hell

  July 1, 1999

• What's Selling

  Top 10 selling CDs at Stinkweeds (1250 East Apache Boulevard in Tempe) for August 26 through September 1:

  September 9, 2004

• Top 10 selling CDs at Stinkweeds Record Exchange (1250 East Apache Boulevard in Tempe)

  Chart-toppers for February 20 through 26

  March 3, 2005

• Dan and the Deadhead

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

  January 3, 2008

• Conor Oberst Is Coming to the Marquee on April 14

  Conor Oberst, a.k.a. the guy from Bright Eyes I know my excitement about this show is going to give people a chance to give me shit, but fuck it: Conor Oberst and the Mystique Valley Band are coming to the Marquee on Tuesday, April 14. Already, you can feel the excitement building. Witness this conversation between my friend Ashley and me: me: conor oberst is coming :) Ashley: ? me: bright eyes Ashley: ohhhh cool me: super cool!Ahem.Also announced by Stateside Presents are Bonnie Princ

  January 26, 2009

• Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Sends Us The Worst Promo CD Ever

  Bonnie "Prince" Billie's Beware: Do Not Buy This CDBefore today I really had nothing against Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Sure, his insistence on saying he plays "Appalachian post-punk solipsist" when he's clearly a fairly run-of-the-mill folkie is a little pompous, and I've always been a little skeptical of failed actors trying their hand at music, but William Oldham's always been OK by me.That was, until today, when the most annoying promotional CD in the history of promotional CDs was guided by The

  February 13, 2009

• Feb. 13 In Blogs: Porn Stars, Tom Morello, TeHaru 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: Mesa Teacher Accused of Molesting Junior High School Student Researcher Says Anti-Meth Ads Don't Work and Waste Taxpayer Funds Feathered Bastard: House Judiciary Committee Presses Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano to Investigate Sheriff Joe ArpaioPorn Star Stormy Daniels Tal

  February 13, 2009

• Cymbals Eat Guitars Explain Why There Are Mountains

  Cover art by Raymond Garneau. Pretty interesting, if you ask me. What's that? You're not asking? Fine, then.Those wily whippersnappers over at Pitchfork have dubbed yet another indie buzz band with their "artist to watch" label. This time around it is Staten Island rockers Cymbals Eat Guitars, masters of the ancient, time-honored tradition known as the art of "using a sentence as our band name." All sarcasm aside, the band is deserving of the label, even though Pitchfork has been known to sugges

  March 24, 2009

• Flier of the Week: Danse Macabre

  There's not a ton of live music in town this weekend -- especially compared to next weekend's musical bonanza of Country Thunder/Tempe Music Fest/Springsteen/Bonnie Prince Billy/Calexico/Leonard Cohen -- so this week's flier is for a dance night. Not just any Dance night though, as Benjamin Leatherman wrote in this week's paper, Danse Macabre, at The Ruby Room, should be pretty special, with crazy assortment of tracks. The flier ain't bad either.

  March 26, 2009

• Amazon Trots out Their "100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time"

  Amazon takes their shot at indie rock's 100 greatest albumsThe fine folks over at amazon.com decided that the time was ripe to assemble a list of the best indie rock albums of all time. Indie rock is a genre either really easy to define or kind of confusing to define, but that sentiment did not hold back amazon.com as their staff writers compiled their massive list. It is a sight to behold and it includes some impressive (and not so impressive) albums. Revel in the glory of the list after the j

  April 1, 2009

• Concert Calendar for This Weekend: Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Country Thunder, Tempe Music Fest, and Much More

  Art PerryLou Reed and Laurie Anderson are scheduled to perform on Sunday at the Chandler Center for the Arts. If you're the type who bitches how nothing ever goes on in Phoenix, please feel free to grab a nice steaming cup of STFU. We've been referencing all week long on this very blog about how huge this weekend's concert line-up is going to be, but "huge" doesn't even begin to describe it. As music editor Martin Cizmar noted, it's probably the biggest concentration of superstar musical talen

  April 2, 2009

• Flier of the Week: The Yucca's Open Mic Night

  This weekend is probably the biggest three days of music I can remember in my time in the Valley, with two multi-day festivals (Country Thunder and Tempe Music Fest) along with Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Fall Out Boy, Leonard Cohen, Bonnie Prince Billy and Calexico all coming to town.Think you'll still be craving live music Monday? If so, head on down to Yucca Tap Room for their weekly open mic night hosted by Troy. I've never actually been, but if it's anything like Rockeroke (and knowing Rod

  April 2, 2009

• Bonnie Prince Billy Awes at Modified Arts

  Bonnie Prince Billy (a.k.a. Will Oldham) doing what he does best. I've never seen Modified Arts as packed as it was last night during Will Oldham's performance as Bonnie Prince Billy. And it's no surprise why. More than 60 people jammed into the downtown Phoenix music venue to watch the iconic and enigmatic indie folk hero's long, powerful concert that lasted well into the wee hours of the morning. Two of Will Oldham's biggest fans: Sean Bonnette (left) and Shane Kennedy.But no one seemed to

  April 4, 2009

• Country Thunder 2009: Where My 'Necks At?

  Watch out, another twisters a-comin! Damn, how I wish we were in that there V.I.P tent!I've spent the last year telling everyone who'll listen that Country Thunder is the premier music festival in Arizona. Whether you like country music or not, you should recognize that compared with any other festival in the state Country Thunder's acts are bigger, the crowd crazier, the part wilder. So it was that I made every effort to make the pilgrimage out to Canyon Moon Ranch in Florence Thursday afternoo

  April 4, 2009

• Tempe Music Festival, Country Thunder, Bruce Springsteen and (Way) More Over the Weekend

  Wait! Before you check out all the content from our weekend coverage, grab a big cup of coffee and relax. It was a big weekend and as such, there's a lot here. Take it in and enjoy it.  Tempe Music Fest 2009 This weekend Tempe Music Fest 2009 united us once again from scattered Valley citizenry to one cohesive force bent on rocking the hell out. This year Fergie and My Chemical Romance got traded in for straight ahead rock-'n'-rollers Kid Rock and 3 Doors Down with a couple of All-American Re

  April 6, 2009

• Israeli Gears

  Monotonix bring licks with chutzpah

  November 8, 2007

• Pink Nasty

  Mold the Gold
  (self-released)

  December 21, 2006

• Dark Star Rising

  Watch out for the undertow

  November 30, 2006

• Bonnie "Prince" Billy

  The Letting Go
  (Drag City/Caroline)

  October 5, 2006

• Magnolia Electric Company

  Good and miserable

  April 21, 2005

• William Elliott Whitmore Stomps and Strums at Chyro, Crowd Goes (Literally) Crazy

  Jonathan McNamaraWilliam Elliot Whitmore on stage at Chyro Arts.It's rare to see a fight at a Phoenix show. When that fight is between two girls standing outside a Scottsdale art gallery where they just witnessed a brilliant performance by a banjo-playing bluesman from Iowa? Well, that's just weird.Yes, William Elliot Whitmore's show at Chyro Arts was quite a weird one, but also an amazing evening for what the bearded ex-hardcore kid turned deep-voiced horse farmer called "a broad cross-section

  May 5, 2009