David Byrne

Did Death Grips Shoot Themselves in the Foot by Leaking Their Album?

Following the disintegration of electroclash hardcore hip-hop outfit Death Grip's relationship with their label, Epic Records, has been as drama-filled as a reality TV show. It seems to have started when Epic pushed back the due date for a follow-up to their debut, The Money Store, so Death Grips ... More >>

Paul van Dyk on Why He Dissed Madonna, His Quest for the Perfect Track, and the Growth of EDM in America

There isn't much that Paul Van Dyk hasn't done during his 21-year career. The venerated German electronica all-star has won a Grammy and a slew of other awards, performed for hundred of thousands, traveled the world, collaborated with the likes of David Byrne and Wayne Jackson, and is one of the ric ... More >>

Los Amigos Invisibles Tried to Make a Pop Record, But They Found Themselves Instead

The best punchlines are the ones that you don't see coming. In 2009, New York-based Venezuelan funk/dance outfit Los Amigos Invisibles thought they were being pretty slick when they decided to try and shed their underground Alternative Latin act image, putting out a record chock-full of uplifting ... More >>

David Bickford, What Are You Listening To?

David Bickford​David Bickford Bickford writes two prominent local blogs, PHX Rail Food and PHX Trail Dude. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I listen to KJZZ for news by day and jazz by night. I grew up listening to rock, and it still ... More >>

Christopher Danowski, What Are You Listening To?

Christopher Danowski​Christopher Danowski Danowski is the co-conspirator of Theater in My Basement, which is working on a new series of performance/video/installations on the nine muses and planning for the next Teatro Caliente festival in January 2011.When you put your key in the ignition and tur ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's Karina Longworth Names Her Top 10 Films of 2010

What's Spinning: Radio Phoenix

Their 2009 winners are stil #1 for Radio Phoenix.​While Radio Phoenix keeps up on what's new, and fresh, and hip, they don't get so caught up on it that they can't appreciate things that are a couple weeks, or months, or years old. This isn't to say that retro hits will be charting, but if a good ... More >>

Born Ruffians: Say It

​As we all slowly warm up to the Tuesday after a holiday like Memorial Day, it's hard to put any focus on new music, and today's new releases reflect that sentiment. There are, however, a few gems in the rather meager new release lineup, like the latest album from Ontario rockers Born Ruffian ... More >>

Jay-Z, Jack White Record New Song Together

Jay-Z and Jack White. Together at last. (Image taken from twentyfourbit.com.)​Jay-Z and Jack White have collaborated on a new song.Can this week get any better? I submit that it cannot!While the two had publicly discussed a desire to work with one another, no specifics had ever been announced. Whi ... More >>

Five Old Songs That Still Sound Brand New

Tom Verlaine. The archetypal ultra cool indie rock frontman?​The goal of Jay Bennett's ambitious Nothing Not New project is to avoid slipping into a state of "aesthetic atrophy." That's why Jay is listening only to brand-new music for one year. I, for one, believe some people have t ... More >>

Lady Gaga Gets More Airplay Than You May Have Even Expected

They go gaga for Gaga.​Seemingly always in the news, Lady Gaga has once again found a way to top all the other pop stars out there. This time her single Bad Romance broke the record for most weekly plays in the history of Billboard's seventeen years of keeping track. The song was played 10,859 t ... More >>

2010's Most Anticipated Albums

2010 brings with it the hope of a new, much better decade chock full of impressive albums​Some of you may or may not have noticed that the 2000s, or aughts for the cool kids, was a pretty crappy decade. That sentiment is becoming more and more prevalent as we inch toward a brand new decade, and B ... More >>

Concert Review: Dirty Projectors at Rhythm Room

BY LINDSEY HOLDER Shawn Anderson courtesy of ElectricMustache.com​Last night at the Rhythm Room, Dirty Projectors held our hands and led us on an auditory cross-country journey. Each song performed was like a different piece of scenery along the trip, with sometimes unpredictable tempo changes an ... More >>

Q&A: Dave Longstreth of Dirty Projectors sure does like Wikipedia

​It was early morning when I got the e-mail confirming my phone call with Dave Longstreth from Dirty Projectors. It was to be at 9a.m. my time, the following day. I went to work and went about my business as usual when it hit me. What does one ask the Dirty Projectors anyway? I went online to do s ... More >>

New Release Tuesday: Dirty Projectors ( Mp3)

Brooklyn avant-garde rockers Dirty Projectors show their polish on their latest offering Bitte Orca Dave Longstreth is an antsy dude. The driving force behind experimental indie-rock band Dirty Projectors, Longstreth is always shifting his lineup to accomodate his ever-evolving sound. It often makes ... More >>

Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and All Points West — Pick Your Festival

Ballet Arizona's Masters of Movement

N.A.S.A.: Fun Concept, Boring Reality

That is some pretty awesome album art for a pretty average albumAs we come right smack into another Tuesday rife with new releases, I will choose to focus my energies on one particular release, N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit of Apollo. N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) is the collaboration between DJ Ze ... More >>

Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

Byrne After Reading: Advice from a Talking Head

Local Music Musings: Vinyl Dreams & The Jekyll/Hyde Scene

David Byrne & Brian Eno

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
(everythingthathappens.com)

National Music News: Metallica takes its show on the road, Jackson Browne takes John McCain to court, and more

Lust in Translation

Vampires. Mermaids. Loverboy. We’re not dumb. We get it. We think.

Cannibal Corpse

Hella

Have to kiss a lot of prog

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Some Loud Thunder
(Self-released)

Fatigo

Menso
(727 Records)

Thievery Corporation

The Cosmic Game
(ESL Music)

London Underground

Stephen Frears delivers accidental tourists caught up in Dirty Pretty Things

Mighty Mediocre

Wind bags a few charming laughs, but mostly meanders

Made With Love

Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't

Simulating the Senses

The director of Slacker returns to put reality in suspended animation with Waking Life

Rip It Up! Rock 'n' Roll Rulebreakers

By Denise Sullivan (Backbeat Books; 320 pages; $17.95)

Cover Me

TNT does the bad-boy boogie; the Mystery Tribute Band will rock you

David Byrne

Look Into the Eyeball (Virgin/Luaka Bop)

Gotta Have the Phunk

Valley rap-rock pioneers return with a new record

Obsessions, Passions, Perversions 2000

Music critics reveal their deepest, darkest record-buying secrets in New Times' annual poll

Write or Wrong

Our quarterly roundup of music books lets us get lost with Chet Baker, nasty with Bill Monroe and saved by Al Green, while Ted Nugent teaches us that happiness really is a warm gun

The Dr. Is In, Out, In, Out...

Robert Altman nails Dallas' shallow society to a T in Dr. T & the Women

The Leaves

The Leaves . . . are happening!: The Best of the Leaves The Barbarians, Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl (Sundazed)

Vinyl Jeopardy

High Fidelity -- you read the book, now CD movie

Chico Is the Man

Kane Is Able

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Exile on Central Avenue

Phoenix Art Museum wants to take ya higher, boom, shockalocka, boom

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Pic Hits for the week

SLACKER'S COUGHSOUL COUGHING GETS ILL WITH HIP-HOP FOR HEPCATS