Buzzcocks

Vive la France! Five Songs in Celebration of Bastille Day

Joyeux Le Quatorze Juillet, tout le monde! Pardon my Franglish, but it's Bastille Day tomorrow, so feel free to eat some cake and go raid a prison or something-- just leave your guillotine at home. La Fête Nationale celebrates the French Revolution on the anniversary of the storming of the Bastil ... More >>

When I Think About You I Touch Myself: Five Songs In Celebration of Masturbation Month

See also: Peel Me Off This Velcro Seat: 15 Songs About Being Bored Hope you had productive May. Today is the last day the official month of masturbation. Who comes up with that stuff, anyway? We hope you gave yourself some lovin' this month, and we encourage you to continue doing so today, next ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Punk Indie Rock Wave Covers Night

Dfactor and friends will be throwing down for a night of punk covers. The flier looks like it could have come straight out of the mid-to-late '70s, with kind of a New Wave meets punk rock vibe. And the flier isn't the only awesome thing we're expecting this Flashback Friday of sorts.A slew of your f ... More >>

William Fucking Reed, What Are You Listening To?

William Fucking ReedReed deejays Sticky Fingers every Friday night at Bar Smith. For more info, visit Sticky Fingers' official website. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Currently, my car radio defaults to KWSS 106.7-FM, which hosts ... More >>

Squeeze's Chris Difford on England, John Cale, and the Paul McCartney-Produced Record That Never Came to Be

Coachella is a weird beast: In addition to hotly tipped acts like Avicci and Justice, big name standard bearers like Radiohead and The Black Keys, and holy-hell-they're-reuniting bands like Refused and At the Drive In, there's always a few bands that have just kept soldiering on, whose break-ups and ... More >>

fIREHOSE's Ed Crawford: "...It Was Our Job. We F**kin' Showed Up Every Day."

It's always a questionable thing when a long-gone band suddenly reappears on the musical landscape. Too often the motive is obvious--money--and the performances laughable. Yet, there are those bands with the integrity to come back and do it right. More often than not, these are punk bands. (Remember ... More >>

Feist: Coming to Phoenix and Dropping Video for "The Bad in Each Other"

​You know, if Coachella didn't sell out in record time, I'd argue that a lot of Phoenicians wouldn't really need to head out to Indio to catch some big-time shows. M.Ward and fIREHOSE? Coming to Phoenix. Florence and the Machine? Coming to Phoenix. At the Drive In, Refused, Godspeed You Blac ... More >>

Five English Riot Songs

London is burning. Storefronts are busted. Looting is rampant. And rioters are reducing many of the city's buildings to piles of timber. But what is it all for?

The Roots, Miniature Tigers, Johnny Rawls, Djentrification, and Other Weekend Events

The Roots are scheduled to perform at American Junkie in Scottsdale on Saturday during the Red Bull Soundclash.​Who'd win in a fight between local legends Miniature Tigers and the hip-hop icons of The Roots? Although its feels like we're making a Sophie's Choice between our two favorite children ... More >>

M.O.T.O.

Slash's Solo Album Stream: Hear It Before Its May Release

Slash has a new record out...with the help of loads of famous friends.​When you used to be in a band with a guy that made arguably the most anticipated album of the last two decades, which turned out to be Axl Rose's epic failure Chinese Democracy, it's kinda hard to top the hype yourself. But ala ... More >>

Turbonegro

Retox
(Cooking Vinyl)

Roadhouse Blues

Holidays? Get over 'em

The Atlantic Divide

Ten bands that weren't singing "Yankee Doodle Dandy" in '06

Buzzcocks

Hey! You got sex in my music

State of the Reunion

The Impossible Ones will let you watch

Supergrass

Britstream

Vinyl Fetish

Henry Rollins rummages through his beloved record collection

The Briefs

Punky pseudo-Brit good times

Band of Bees/The Redwalls

Free the Bees
(Astralwerks)

De Nova
(Capitol)

Caught on Disc

Finding ultraviolence on DVD, and old-school punk on CD

The High Strung

Musical underdogs pack big bite

Stiff Little Fingers, Throw Rag

Unofficial night of punk at Mason Jar

Legendary Pink Dots

Euro gloom rockers LPD perform at the Mason Jar

The Princess & Me

Everyone's favorite ogre is back for more

Washboard Confessional

Holy saccharine. Absolve this man of his sinful affection for pop-punk.

Exploding Hearts

Guitar Romantic (Dirtnap)

The Star Spangles

Bazooka!!! (Capitol Records)

Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks (Merge)

New Order World

In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths

Elf Power

Creatures (spinArt)

File Shearing

After whacking Napster, the labels needed their own digital download alternatives, and fast. It shows.

Dogs' Life

British punk-era warriors Slaughter and the Dogs regroup for a shot at the respect they never got

The Liars Club

The Liars Club (Self-released)

Noise Annoys

With its latest album, In It for the Money, Supergrass turns sonic clutter into highly interesting listening

Bugs' Buffet

Tempted by record company largess? Drink up and dig right in.

Hey, Come On!

Shunning the mantle of rock 'n' roll saviors, Verbena overcomes internal chaos to prove there's still some life left in three chords and an attitude

Hotwired

11 great records paid for with your soul

Never Mind the Academia

A cultural generation gets an education in a new ultrascholarly analysis

Cocked and Loaded

British punk pioneers the Buzzcocks invade America again

Hearts Full of Napalm

Three decades after the fact, L.A.'s Streetwalkin' Cheetahs make good on that old Detroit Rock City promise

Holy Rollers

New compilation spotlights the growing underground force of the local Christian rock scene

Recordings

Hope You Die Before We Get Old

The reunited Who and Sex Pistols cheat death one more time

Recordings

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDINGS

GIGS GALORE

TAPES IN THE MAIL, VOL. III

SCREED

BUZZCOCKS RELOAD

FOUNDERS OF ONE OF PUNK'S SEMINAL BANDS REUNITE

LOOK WHAT'S POPPED UP THE WONDER STUFF MINES AN OLD VEIN FOR NEW SOUND