Captain Beefheart

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Desert Discs

The promised reviews are here at last

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The promised reviews are here at last

Say, What?

The promised reviews are here at last

Giant Sand Gives Fans the Boot

When is a bootleg not a bootleg? When it's "official." Howe Gelb explains why.

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When is a bootleg not a bootleg? When it's "official." Howe Gelb explains why.

Renegade Radio

Radio Free Phoenix delivers everything you ever wanted to know about music but were afraid to request

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Radio Free Phoenix delivers everything you ever wanted to know about music but were afraid to request

Recordings

Radio Free Phoenix delivers everything you ever wanted to know about music but were afraid to request

Trout Mask Original

New Captain Beefheart boxed set documents 17 stormy years of brilliant eccentricity

Molten Wax

New Captain Beefheart boxed set documents 17 stormy years of brilliant eccentricity

BEST LIBRARY FOR CD AND DVD BURNERS

Burton Barr Central Library

Seasoned veterans Los Lobos create cinematic music as they touch upon some thorny issues

Burton Barr Central Library

Straight Outta (Bill) Compton

Radio Free Phoenix takes the city's ghost radio to the next level

Califone,and Rebecca Gates

"Rootsy folk blues" blows through the Valley

Lost at Scene

After spearheading the post-punk revival, GoGoGo Airheart is still on its own island

Aesop's Riddles

The indie hip-hop legend of Aesop Rock grows as his rhymes become more mystifying

Ghost Radio

Who's behind Arizona's nonstop oddball rock time capsule?

Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas

Songs to No One, 1991-1992 (Knitting Factory/Evolver)

Killing Joke

The Kills want you to know that they don't want you to know about The Kills

End of the Road

Thirty years later, Harry Belafonte finds closure in a once-lost project

Book 'Em

Taking a look at some of the best music literature from the past few months

Big Enough to Reappear

Moris Tepper talks about crickets, vampires, and how everything falls beautifully apart

Wild Years: The Music and Myth of Tom Waits

By Jay S. Jacobs (ECW Press)

The Residents

Icky Flix DVD (The Cryptic Corporation)

The Scientists

Blood Red River 1982-1984 (Citadel, Australian import)

Critical Mass 2000

Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K

Mo's Wild Years

After a lifetime playing sideman to a string of eccentric talents, Moris Tepper discovered what he likes to do best -- make music for himself

Bin There

Where have all the overeducated, underachieving record-store clerks gone?

Obsessions, Passions, Perversions

New Times music critics reveal their deepest, darkest record-buying secrets

Live From New York

Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

Out of Their Heads

Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, is terrifically obsessive -- and potentially dangerous

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Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, is terrifically obsessive -- and potentially dangerous

A TASTE OF STRUM AND FOLKMAKING PEACE WITH HIS PAST, DAVID WILCOX DISCOVERS A PROMISING FUTURE

Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, is terrifically obsessive -- and potentially dangerous

CREATIVELY CRAZEDPOP ECCENTRIC ROBYN HITCHCOCK HAS BEEN TOYING WITH ADULTHOOD

Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, is terrifically obsessive -- and potentially dangerous

Alice Cooper: 'Actually, it was Ozzy Osbourne, Who Did That Crazy Thing You Remember'

If you can tell Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne apart in these photos, Alice Cooper would like to shake your hand.​Shock rocker Alice Cooper would like to remind you that he did not, in fact, do that crazy thing you think you remember him doing. That was actually Ozzy Osbourne.   "Fo ... More >>

Man Man

If you can tell Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne apart in these photos, Alice Cooper would like to shake your hand.​Shock rocker Alice Cooper would like to remind you that he did not, in fact, do that crazy thing you think you remember him doing. That was actually Ozzy Osbourne.   "Fo ... More >>

Black Bottom Lighters, Treasure Mammal, and Waytansea Point Play The Fixx this Weekend

www.reverbnation.com/blackbottomlightersBlack Bottom Lighters​This weekend, you can have your local funk and experimental art rock, too. Not only are Black Carl and Gospel Claws playing a free show at hip hot spot The Duce on Friday, but there's another killer music show of local acts lined u ... More >>

Top Ten Things That Make Frank Sinatra Cool

A young Frank Sinatra, after being arrested for "carrying on" with a married woman (which was a crime way back then). Not one of the things that makes him cool, but a damn good photo.​When it comes to crooners, they don't get any cooler than Frank Sinatra. Over the course of his 60-year career, "O ... More >>

Voices Lifted Brings Comfort to Valley Hospice Residents

A young Frank Sinatra, after being arrested for "carrying on" with a married woman (which was a crime way back then). Not one of the things that makes him cool, but a damn good photo.​When it comes to crooners, they don't get any cooler than Frank Sinatra. Over the course of his 60-year career, "O ... More >>

Westley Allen (Erratic! Radio) on Yus, The Eastside Jets, and The Muddy Moneys

Clockwise from top left: The Eastside Jets, Muddy Moneys, Yus, and Westley Allen​If you're into scuzzy rock 'n' roll in this town, you know Westley Allen -- either from his time onstage with The Plainfield Butchers, his gig behind the bar at Time Out Lounge, or as the host of Erratic! Radio o ... More >>

Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Crescent Ballroom, 10/4/11

Jason P. Woodbury​Unknown Mortal Orchestra, What Laura Says, and St. Ranger Crescent Ballroom Tuesday, October 4, 2011 It's official: Crescent Ballroom is open, and people are excited about it. Last night was...well, really, kind of perfect. The rain mostly cleared, leaving a strange...what' ... More >>

French Quarter Tour Diary - Weeks 3 & 4

​There's so much to report and so little Internet to shove it in. First things first: the small bit of youth music we've witnessed in the Western United States convinces me thoroughly that my generation of American musicians has the studiousness and audacity to be emotionally unflinching in th ... More >>