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David Byrne

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Fatboy Slim Talks Las Vegas, Detroit, Quitting Drinking, and How Cool Americans Think They Are

    ​ Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, has been rocking beats hard since the late '70s, when he played in bands like Disque Attack and the Housemartins. He achieved mainstream popularity in the '90s, when "Praise You" blew up as a radio staple. In recent years, Cook has focused on production, stepping ... More >>

  • Film

    December 30, 2010

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

    ​ Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, has been rocking beats hard since the late '70s, when he played in bands like Disque Attack and the Housemartins. He achieved mainstream popularity in the '90s, when "Praise You" blew up as a radio staple. In recent years, Cook has focused on production, stepping ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    May 28, 2009

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

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2009

    Ballet Arizona's Masters of Movement

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    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 >>

  • Music

    September 25, 2008

    Byrne After Reading: Advice from a Talking Head

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Music

    September 11, 2008

    David Byrne & Brian Eno

    Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
    (everythingthathappens.com)

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008
  • Calendar

    April 24, 2008

    Lust in Translation

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

  • Home Entertainment

    May 31, 2007

    Cannibal Corpse

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

  • Music

    April 12, 2007

    Hella

    Have to kiss a lot of prog

  • Music

    February 8, 2007

    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

    Some Loud Thunder
    (Self-released)

  • Music

    July 14, 2005

    Fatigo

    Menso
    (727 Records)

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    Thievery Corporation

    The Cosmic Game
    (ESL Music)

  • Film

    August 14, 2003

    London Underground

    Stephen Frears delivers accidental tourists caught up in Dirty Pretty Things

  • Film

    May 8, 2003

    Mighty Mediocre

    Wind bags a few charming laughs, but mostly meanders

  • Culture

    April 10, 2003

    Made With Love

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

  • Film

    November 8, 2001

    Simulating the Senses

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

  • Music

    September 27, 2001

    Rip It Up! Rock 'n' Roll Rulebreakers

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

  • Music

    August 9, 2001

    Cover Me

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

  • Music

    May 31, 2001

    David Byrne

    Look Into the Eyeball (Virgin/Luaka Bop)

  • Music

    January 25, 2001

    Gotta Have the Phunk

    Valley rap-rock pioneers return with a new record

  • Music

    January 4, 2001

    Obsessions, Passions, Perversions 2000

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

  • Music

    November 23, 2000

    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

  • Film

    October 12, 2000

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

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

  • Music

    June 22, 2000

    The Leaves

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

  • Film

    April 6, 2000

    Vinyl Jeopardy

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

  • Calendar

    May 20, 1999

    Chico Is the Man

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

  • Calendar

    January 14, 1999

    Kane Is Able

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

  • Music

    January 7, 1999

    Recordings

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

  • Music

    October 22, 1998

    Problem Children

    L.A. pop band the Negro Problem makes an art of playful provocation

  • Music

    September 10, 1998

    Recordings

    L.A. pop band the Negro Problem makes an art of playful provocation

  • Music

    June 26, 1997

    Recordings

    L.A. pop band the Negro Problem makes an art of playful provocation

  • Culture

    March 27, 1997

    Exile on Central Avenue

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

  • Music

    October 10, 1996

    Recordings

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

  • Calendar

    October 26, 1995

    Pic Hits for the week

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

  • Music

    September 28, 1995

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

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

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