Brad Paisley

Watch The New Arrested Development Trailer: "Final Countdown" Is Rehabilitated

Arrested Development ruined the Segway. Lots of things ruined the Segway--don't get me wrong--but the first time Gob Bluth made his dramatic, perfectly self-confident entrance into the frame on his fanny-packed Segway he instantly summed up all the worries people had about them. Will this make me lo ... More >>

Django Unchained: The Most Moving Scene Quentin Tarantino Has Yet Filmed

Django Is Like "Accidental Racist," Except Not Godawful.

How to Spot Hollywood's Nonthreatening Black Man (NTBM)

The "Okie From Muskogee" Has Always Been a Populist

Why Is "Accidental Racist" So Ridiculous? Because Brad Paisley And LL Cool J Just Won't Speak For Themselves

So I finally listened to "Accidental Racist," and the upshot is that now I kind of want to write some Brad Paisley-LL Cool J fanfiction. Nothing weird--that would be Brad Paisley/LL Cool J fanfiction, and there's a huge and scary difference--just Brad Paisely and LL Cool J hanging out at the video s ... More >>

Reign of Vengeance's Marshall "F*cking" Beck vs. New Times (Again)

From Up On The Sun's "Fire Marshall Beck" rant in 2007 to praise of his project Staren Black in 2010, the relationship between the Phoenix New Times and local metal figure Marshall "Fucking" Beck has always been, um, "complicated." Certain members of the New Times staff -- past and present -- thi ... More >>

Sara McClellan, What Are You Listening To?

Sara McClellan McClellan is the freelance writer, creative mentor and brand consultant behind Intuitive Horizon. She is also author of The World Needs Hope and is an inspirational speaker on hope, grief and empathy. Learn more here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what ... More >>

Songwriter Jimmy Webb Scored Big Hits -- For Glen Campbell, That Is

By the time he gets to Phoenix, Jimmy Webb expects to be over the flu that's been dogging him recently. The consummate songwriter of such iconic hits as "MacArthur Park," Up, Up and Away," "Galveston," Wichita Lineman," and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," is excited to bring his intimate solo show t ... More >>

Brad Paisley Tells Country Audiences There's Nothing Wrong With White Folks Becoming the Minority

Editor's note: Every couple weeks, Alan Scherstuhl, the film editor at our sister publication The Village Voice, will be taking a hard listen to the music in which millions of Americans soak. We're happy to share his findings. By Alan Scherstuhl Brad Paisley, Southern Comfort Zone Current Billboa ... More >>

TMI Radio SxSW Showcase at Crescent Ballroom, 1/9/13

Palms, Wiley One, Jared and the Mill, and Sara Robinson and Midnight Special @ Crescent Ballroom|1/9/13South by Southwest, the sort of Mecca of indie music, is kind of a big deal. A good show there can make or break a band, even if the event itself is a tad self-indulgent. I once hitchhiked there, s ... More >>

Like Marriage, This Is 40 Is Long, Aimless, and Worth It

Six Desert Metal Bands You Need to Hear

See also: Monday Monday: Is Heavy Metal Really The Devil's Music? The desert is the perfect place for heavy metal to spawn: desolate, hot, seemingly devoid of life, save for the plants and critters that spit poison or are encased in thorny flesh. Yet Valley of the Sun's healthy metal scene just c ... More >>

91: Mike Pitt

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Greg Lake Is Not a Fan of "Progressive Rock"

Greg Lake says he doesn't have a whole lot of time to listen to music. He's too busy playing it, as he's done since the 1960s, doing time as a member of King Crimson, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, The Gods, Asia, and Ringo Starr's All-Star Band, effectively establishing himself as progressive rock roya ... More >>

Kiss My Bottom: Paul McCartney and Other Awful Album Titles

Last night's Grammy Awards was a mixed bag, but it was hard not to well up a bit hearing Paul McCartney sing "Golden Slumbers." It wasn't his first performance of the night -- he started off with a performance of "My Valentine," from his strangely titled new record, Kisses on the Bottom. It hasn't ... More >>

Glastonbury Going Green... But Who's Playing?

​Worthy Farm, home to the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in the UK, now boasts what festival organizer Michael Eavis calls "the best solar power system in the country," according to NME.The cluster of 1,116 solar panels that is fixed on top of the cowshed at Worthy Farm is pr ... More >>

Junction 10 Singer Robert Perez Ain't Your Typical Singer

Jimmy Eat World

Ten Songs I'm Not Afraid To Admit That I Love

Surprisingly, their duet is not on the list.We all have guilty pleasures.When we like something that falls outside the realm of our normally stringent tastes, it can be exhausting to constantly keep up appearances around our peers.Maybe you've had that experience when Britney Spears' "Toxic" comes o ... More >>

Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley @ Cricket Pavilion

Devo, Weezer, Menomena, and More in This Week's Issue

James SierraSynthesizing machine Corey Busboom holds a homemade musical contraption​This week's music feature is on Corey Busboom, a local who makes quirky instruments and one-of-a-kind synthesizers. He never thought he'd get a call from Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo. Mothersbaugh was enamored with Bu ... More >>

Odds 'n' Sods: Tom Jones, Los Lobos, Chely Wright, 36Crazyfists, and more

​Lots of CDs piling up. Let's have a listen at a few, shall we?Norman -- Hay, Hay, Make a Wish and Turn Away: These boys play Neil Young-meets-Uncle Tupelo country-folk-rock through a cloudy, green filter befitting their Oregon provenance. Mostly, it works, especially when they veer away from the ... More >>

Incoming: Jamie Lidell, Autolux, Menomena, Kenny Loggins, Brad Paisley

This is, hands down, either the best or worst album cover of all timeOne thing that Arizona does well -- perhaps better than any other state in the union -- is strike fear in the heart of Mexican Americans create a welcoming climate for retirees.Save Florida, Arizona is a hotbed for the older genera ... More >>

George Strait Is Classy and Totally Underrated

Incoming: Dierks Bentley, Jello Biafra, fun., Brian Setzer

​ If you missed local boy Dierks Bentley's opening set at the Brad Paisley show this week you're in luck, as the Feel That Fire singer will be back in town in less than two months. The show is at Tempe Marketplace -- but is ticketed -- so it should be interesting to see how that works out, since w ... More >>

Brad Paisley

Keith Urban, & Sugarland

George Jones: A National Treasure

Live Nation Gives Concert Fans Something to Sing About With "No Service Fee Wednesdays"

Live Nation wants to help you save money in this trying economy. The concert promoter will eliminate its service fees on more than five million lawn seats and hundreds of concerts throughout North America beginning Wednesday, June 3 for a 24 hour event.No Service Fee Wednesdays will kick off June 3, ... More >>

Top 10 Country Records of 2008

By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barrier ... More >>

Poppy Hybrids

Annuals´ sound stems from Brian Wilson, Brad Paisley, and "big-ass dogs"

Swift Success

From farmer's daughter to hitmaker

Cinco de Drinko

¿Porque? Because it's allí

Cinco de Drinko

¿Porque? Because it's allí

Down-Home Delights

Ten of the best from Nashville and elsewhere

Viva Divas

Event toasts ladies of jazz

Country Convert

Darryl Worley arrives at country stardom near midlife, but his brand of traditionalism may have fresh legs