Buddy Holly

Okay, It's Time to Stop Saying Vampire Weekend Sounds Like Afropop (or Graceland)

Vampire Weekend -- the album -- sounded a lot like Graceland, inasmuch as most of us hadn't heard that bright Afropop guitar tone on any other albums in the intervening 20 years, and Ezra Koenig's lyrics were as epigrammatic as Paul Simon's, if in a different way. It wasn't just the guitar, even tho ... More >>

Holly Jolly

Chad Horstman, What Are You Listening To?

Chad HorstmanHorstman is the CEO of Yandy.com, an online lingerie and costume retailer.When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now?  The radio is pretty bad. I usually stream Pandora.What's the first album you bought? Bon Jovi.What's the first ... More >>

Five Great Lost Albums

By Mark Keresman Brian Eno was quoted as saying, "The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band." Rock history is filled with bands and albums that were somewhat unappreciated in their time yet occupy an enviable (by some people, at any rate) ... More >>

Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, Rhythm Room, 8/29/12

Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys @ Rhythm Room| 8/29/12Sometimes, different is good. After a long, steady musical diet of mostly rock, jazz, blues and Cuban music, I let my country side out for an evening with Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys. Though, in all honesty, it was pretty rocking country--a two ... More >>

Five Must See-Shows This Weekend (Father's Day Edition)

Curious what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend. Sunday, June 17: The Kirkwoods @ Musical Instrument Museum It's not every father that gets to share a sta ... More >>

Waylon Jennings' Spirit Still Haunts Phoenix

Throwback Thursday: TLC

Tupac's hologram appearance at Coachella sparked all sorts of buzz, from the Hologram Tupac Twitter to the exclusive all-hologram Coachella line-up. And sure, it would be pretty rad to see Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, and Bob Marley & the Wailers on the same bill, but Golden ... More >>

Joey Bradfisch, What Are You Listening To?

Joey Bradfisch (center) with musical group Karmin ​Joey BradfischBradfisch is a producer for the Johnjay and Rich radio morning show on 104.7 KISS-FM. His segment, What'cha Doin At The Courthouse?, airs on the station every Friday at 7:40 a.m. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the ... More >>

Flashback to 1972: Happy Birthday Eminem and Wyclef Jean

​America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon, N'Sync singer Chris Kirkpatrick and Beavis and Butt-Head creator, Mike Judge have something in common. Besides making us laugh, they all share a birthday with music celebrities Eminem and Wyclef Jean. That's right, Slim Shady and the Lead Fugee enter th ... More >>

Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and Seven More Music Flicks That Don't Suck

A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>

Best Cover Songs in Other Languages

Rave On Buddy Holly, a 19-track tribute album, was released on June 28, 2011.​Last week, Fantasy Records and Hear Music released Rave On Buddy Holly, a 19-track tribute album dedicated to the bespectacled rock and roll icon. Artists like Paul McCartney and Lou Reed cover Holly classics o ... More >>

Kepi Ghoulie

Kepi Ghoulie

Night of the Hunter

Blues legend carts around some tall tales of his own

The Love Me Nots in Europe: The Hilarious Google-Translated Version

http://happy-few.tumblr.comA fan photo from the Love Me Nots European tour.​How is The Love Me Nots tour of Europe going? Pretty well, at least according to the foreign language reviews we're reading with the help of Google Translate.Now, honestly, it's sorta hard to tell just how professional the ... More >>

Buddy Holly Car Pulled From Barrett-Jackson Auction Due to Concerns Over Authenticity

​The 1958 Chevy Impala that was being billed by organizers of the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction as a car that once belonged to rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly was pulled from the auction block today over concerns about its authenticity.A few weeks ago, Barrett-Jackson was boasting about t ... More >>

January 13 In Blogs: Eels, Thomas Keller, Barrett-Jackson

​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: Word To the Nativists: Learn to Type, Your Phone Messages Are Lame Up on the Sun: Memphi ... More >>

Buddy Holly's 1958 Chevy Impala to be Sold at Barrett-Jackson Auction

www.nndb.com Buddy Holly​If the price is right anyone can get their hands on all sorts of high-priced hog-wash found at the Barrett-Jackson luxury auctions in Scottsdale, and at the 2010 auction buyers will be able to bid on a little piece of rock 'n' rol ... More >>

December 23 In Blogs: Kinch, Sucker Punch Sally, and Global Warming

​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: Nativist Violence: "Angry Jim" and the Hatred and Bigotry He Represents Up on the Sun: K ... More >>

Valley Fever Celebrates Waylon Jennings’ Birth

Valley Fever Celebrates Waylon Jennings’ Birth

Night of the Hunter

M. Ward

Night of the Hunter

A Visit to the Grave of Waylon Jennings

Reviews and previews of what's on Valley stages now

Night of the Hunter

Blues legend carts around some tall tales of his own

Various Artists

Juno: Music From the Motion Picture
(Rhino)

Unknown Legend

Somebody give Joe Ely the spotlight

New Duds

With CDs like these, who needs lumps of coal?

Exploding Hearts

Guitar Romantic (Dirtnap)

Nouveau Swing

Hot Club of Cowtown and others revive the rebel spirit of Django Reinhardt

Erasure

Other People's Songs (Mute)

Butthole Surfers

Humpty Dumpty LSD (Latino Buggerveil)

White Men Can't Rap

But they talked your ear off about war, morality and patriotism in the '60s. Is Young America again ready for More Talk, Less Music?

Requiem for an Outlaw

Waylon Jennings bucked the Nashville system, and became a legend in the process

Crenshaw Chronicles

A look at the work of pop's bespectacled bard

The Impossible Dream

Underrated blue-collar pop punks the Impossible Ones

Tombstone Blues

1,161 rock stars were fatally injured in the making of The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries

A Simple Pan

Several Dog Night

At least nobody's demanding Geritol or Depends

Double Duty

The Cartwheels and the Zen Lunatics share everything but musical genres

Frustrated

You got The Knack a long time ago, but Doug Fieger thinks you need it again

King Bobby

Bobby Fuller billed himself "The Rock & Roll King of the Southwest." His reign was short. He dropped acid, died young and left behind some of the wildest rock guitar ever.

Nothin' but Net

The Earth Reinherits Joe Meek

A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

SPANIC RISEFATHER TOM, SON IAN AND COUSIN BUTCH KEEP IT ALL IN THE FAMILY

EASTSIDE STORY: THE DRAGS COME WEST

YOU CAN'T KEEP A BAD MAN DOWNWITH A DRUG-FREE HEAD AND A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, WAYLON JENNINGS FIGHTS THE GOOD FIGHT AGAINST NASHVILLE