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Five Songs That Speak to Those Celebrating the Jodi Arias Guilty Verdict

News broke within the last couple of hours that Jodi Arias was found "guilty as charged" by a jury of her peers in a Maricopa County Superior Court room for the brutal 2008 murder of lover Travis Alexander. Needless to say, there's been much celebrating both outside the courthouse (where chanting ... More >>

Top 10 Hard Rock Venues in Phoenix

We're lucky in the Valley of the Sun. There are plenty of hole-in-the-wall venues, which, in most enthusiasts' opinion, are the best places to see a great show. Especially when it comes to hard rock and metal. We're not talking Slayer gigs with $45,000 worth of pyrotechnics, or the kind of places th ... More >>

Desert Uprising: Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, and More, Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion, 9/28/12

Desert Uprising, featuring Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Buckcherry, Corey Taylor, The Art of Dying @ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion| 9/28/12There have been a lot of ups and downs during the planning of 98 KUPD's first annual Desert Uprising last night, which found Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie's ... More >>

Desert Uprising: Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, and More, Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion, 9/28/12

Desert Uprising, featuring Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Buckcherry, Corey Taylor, The Art of Dying @ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion| 9/28/12There have been a lot of ups and downs during the planning of 98 KUPD's first annual Desert Uprising last night, which found Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie's ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson Stage a Desert Uprising

Rob Zombie's Guitarist John 5 Has a Motto: "More is More"

"I love Phoenix," Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 says excitedly. "Rob [Zombie] and the other guys in the band, they like the colder weather, but for some reason I love the really hot weather." He pauses, then anxiously asks, "It should be really warm there still when I'm there in September, right?" ... More >>

The Coolest Metal Shows To See in Phoenix This Month

See also: Six Desert Metal Bands You Need to Hear See also: Do You Look "Metal Enough" For Metal Shows See also: Sci-Fi Thrash Group Vektor on Mexican Food in PhiladelphiaIt's tempting to dash off some sort of cliché metal salutation here, like "Get your devil horns up! It's a good month for metal ... More >>

10 Songs About Cocaine

See also: 15 Songs to Light Up to on 4/20 Drugs are responsible for lots of great songwriting, so every Friday in August, we're going to take a look at various drugs and their impact on popular music. Disclaimer: I've never actually snorted cocaine, so I'm going to assume that Chuck Klosterman's d ... More >>

Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson to Headline KUPD's Desert Uprising

See also: We Chat with John Holmberg About "Mom Farts" See also: A Closer Look at KUPD's MILF Contest Phoenix heavy music fans, prepare to bust out the heavy metal sex playlist and celebrate: KUPD has announced Desert Uprising, a huge, two-day metal festival headed to Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pav ... More >>

KUPD's John Holmberg Chats About MILFs, Naked Grandmas, and Mom Farts

The Big Red Radio, known by its longtime call-letters 98 KUPD, is known for putting on big productions, like UFest, the End of Summer Scorcher, and the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Concert events and heavy music are the station's bread and butter, but the unique and hilarious contests they ... More >>

GOP Candidates and Their Theme Songs

​Herman Cain was served a tall order when this video leaked a few days ago. He's got a reputation to protect. That reputation: Future Chief Executive Pizza Man and past Godfather's Pizza CEO. Damn it, Americans love pizza. Who is he to hide his affection toward the garnished bread? He might as wel ... More >>

Rock Allegiance Tour, Extreme Lingerie, Tailgating, and Within These Walls Over the Weekend

​Rock Allegiance Tour at Mesa Amphitheatre, 9/23/11 Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, and P.O.D. all sharing the bill...what year is this, 2002? In spite of all four artists releasing their biggest hits about ten years ago, all continue to tour and record new music. I for one had no idea ... More >>

Rock Allegiance Tour at Mesa Amphitheatre, 9/23/11

Photos By Melissa FossumBuckcherry​ Rock Allegiance Tour Mesa Amphitheatre Friday, September 23 Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, and P.O.D. all sharing the bill...what year is this, 2002? In spite of all four artists releasing their biggest hits about ten years ago, all continue to t ... More >>

Alice Cooper's Welcome 2 My Nightmare

​You've got to wonder when Alice Cooper even finds time to play celebrity golf tournaments. Not only is he busy inspiring attractions at Universal Studios, feeding Adam Richman Big Units at Cooperstown, and hosting a popular radio show on KDKB 93.3 FM, but Cooper's prepping release of a new record ... More >>

Vicious Cycles

Arcade Fire Outduels Eminem, Lands Top Spot on Billboard Charts

​Big news from last night/this morning -- The Suburbs, the third album from Montreal indie rockers Arcade Fire, landed on the top of the Billboard 200 this week.The Suburbs sold 156,000 copies in its initial week, edging out Eminem's Recovery by 4,000 units. Thanks to a lofty $3.99 pricetag at Ama ... More >>

Incoming: Social Distortion, Hot Hot Heat, Ra Ra Riot, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nickelback

A picture of Canadian rock band Nickelback​I remember it like it was yesterday: it was the summer of 2002 and I was in super-humid Milwaukee for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. We were in the parking lot of Miller Park, enjoying the pre-game festivities, eating and drinking all of the ... More >>

Heidi of Christie's Cabaret Tempe

Benjamin LeathermanClick "More" for an undistorted peek. Welcome to Stripper Songs, a weekly feature that proves not all Phoenix strippers bump and grind to Warrant's "Cherry Pie" of Flo Rida's "Low." Scan the Internet for the top stripper songs of all time, and chances are you'll happen upon list ... More >>

Incoming: Kiss, Gogol Bordello and King Khan & BBQ Show

Kiss is bringing their over the top stage act to Glendale this December as part of their Kiss Alive 35 Tour​Get excited, Kiss Army, because the Starchild, the Demon, the Spaceman and the Catman are on the prowl yet again. Seminal 70s rockers Kiss have just announced their Kiss Alive 35 Tour and it ... More >>

Beyond The Now: You Asked For It

Beyond The NowSubject to Change (Self-released) Grade: CIt's hard to believe, but tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of Woodstock 1999. Though organizers have done everything they can to protect the Woodstock brand since, distancing themselves from the fiery debacle in Rome, New York, if you ask m ... More >>

Mötley Crüe's Crüe Fest

Concert Calendar for this Weekend: NOFX, Avenged Sevenfold, Buckcherry, Goblin Cock, and More

Bay area punkers NOFX are scheduled to perform on Saturday at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe. We'll give you three guesses as to why there's only one concert listed on Sunday (and the first two don't count). As music editor Martin Cizmar reported earlier this week, no one wants to compete with the A ... More >>

Jan. 29 In Blogs: PETA, Coachella, The Cove Trattoria, Arpaio 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: PETA "Barbecues" Woman to Promote Veganism. Tasty Drumsticks! Police: ... 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 >>

New Shows: Black Label Society Coming to PHX in April

It's not often that a bassist leaving your band can make you somehow much more popular, but that's just what happened to Black Label Society. Of course the situation wasn't exactly normal, what with Robert Trujillo leaving the band to join The Beatles of Metal, Metallica. Soon after Bobby T left, th ... More >>

The Biggest Dick in Phoenix: Richard Cheese at Celebrity Theatre on Saturday, June 7

Future Shock: Annuals, Jimmy Eat World, Times New Viking, and more

Attitude Adjusting

Playing "straight to the middle"

White Demons

Say Go
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Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange, 2510 West Thunderbird Road

Chart-busters for the week

Off the Rails

The Guns N' Roses tour collapses, and Axl folds. Is anyone really surprised?

Bottoming Out

Trailer-park Scrooge finds 10 reasons to say humbug about the music of 2001

Sleaze Queens

The hard-rocking women of the L.A.-based Betty Blowtorch prove their mettle with Are You Man Enough?

Trailer Park Buddha

Trashman takes failure and football on the road to enlightenment

Danger Zone

Trio of Valley vets proves to be the Wild Bunch of local music

Best Noir Ambiance at a Topless Bar

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Ace Venture

Prowling strip clubs and dishing dirt with the members of Johnny Ace

Jive Talkin'

Local rap metalers ink a bionic record deal

Paperback Writer

Trashman pours his beer-fueled soul into a saga of Guns n' Mooks

Beer, Cigarettes and Has-Beens

Stumbling through 48 hours in Hollywood

The Award for Mediocrity, Again

Yearning for civil unrest from any '99 Grammy nominee

Annual Retentive

The 10 best rock 'n' roll records of '99

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Seizing the yesterday with Warrant's Jani Lane

Molten Wax

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