Dead Kennedys

Kurt Cobain Died 19 Years Ago; Watch This Incredible Nirvana Show Recorded in Phoenix

It's hard to imagine that once upon a time, Kurt Cobain wasn't the voice of a generation, or grunge's foremost martyr. A long time ago, he was simply the guy who fronted a great band called Nirvana, and brought thick, fuzzy metal/punk distortion to great pop songs. He had already established himself ... More >>

10 Best Punk Bars in Phoenix

Phoenix has a long tradition of punk bars that serve up cheap beer and fast, aggressive (sometimes sloppy) punk rock. Some great venues have closed over the last few years, and while we dearly miss Jugheads and Rogue West, punk bars continue to thrive in the Valley of the Sun. Most are situated in u ... More >>

Valley Bands Head to the Lake for the Weekend

Dead Kennedys, Marquee Theatre, 9/22/12

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14: Josh Hebert

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

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 >>

Record Heat: Sludge by Brad Dwyer

Every Monday morning Up on the Sun features a new comic strip from punk rocker, cartoonist, and full-time dad Brad Dwyer. See the New Times print edition to check out the strip in glorious, inky newsprint each Thursday. In this week's Record Heat, Brad Dwyer investigates a case of mistaken musical ... More >>

Dead Kennedys Are Coming to Tempe (Sans Jello)

Seeing the Dead Kennedys without Jello Biafra is kind of like seeing the reformed Misfits -- it's just not quite the same when it's only Jerry Only, but that's better than nothing, right? Or is it? Jello hasn't performed with the Kennedys since the band's split in 1986, but the band's been at it a ... More >>

This Week in Music History: June 13 through 19

Wikimedia CommonsWeezer singer Rivers Cuomo: Born 41 years ago today.​Music and musicians have been around for centuries, and every day, new music news breaks. Every Monday, we're going to take a look back at the notable music stories, births, and deaths that took place that week. Here's "This ... More >>

Big Bang

Dead Kennedys, "At My Job"

​Song: Dead Kennedys, "At My Job" Context: After a three day vacay from the salt mines, it's time to head back to work cubicle drones. And I can think of now better song to embody ennui of the rat race than this hellacious little song from the DK's Frankenchrist LP. Dead Kennedys - At My Jo ... More >>

Cobra Skulls

Concert Review: Jello Biafra at the Clubhouse Music Venue

Benjamin LeathermanJello Biafra postures and poses at the Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe. See more shots in our slideshow of the concert.What do punk icon Jello Biafra and B-52s singer Fred Schneider have in common? Prior to last night, I thought it was only a shared a penchant for nasally singing v ... More >>

The Return of Jello

Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Free Rock Shows, Bad-Ass Country, and Tattooed Punks

Loren Scott Sketching In Stereo is scheduled to perform tonight at the Hot Topic at Tempe Marketplace. Was the four-day workweek too much for y'all to handle? Fear not, fellow cubicle drones, as we've got a decatet of onexpensive options to spend your weekend recovering from the rat race. Th ... More >>

When Tragedy and Politics Turn into Popular Music

Cobra Skulls

Polka Faces

VW Trainwreck

VW Trainwreck

Dramaturgy
(self-released)

Blue Skies Revisited

Ataris frontman performs classic disc live

The Verdicks

It Came From YouTube: Nirvana at the old Mason Jar

Roadhouse Blues

Holidays? Get over 'em

Season's Beats

Trolling for recent Yuletide carols

Punk Junkies

We wanna be sedated

Jello Shots

Paranoid punk prose

Punk Debunked

Rockabilly club

Mudhoney

Under a Billion Suns
(Sub Pop)

Hat Trick

About as Moroccan as Mo Rocca

Final Thoughts

Leaving the scene of the Crime

Throw Rag

13 Ft. & Rising
(BYO Records)

Nouvelle Vague

Nouvelle Vague
(Luaka Bop)

MDC

Unpleasant as ever, and that's a good thing

Yuppie Pricks; The Doers

Brokers Banquet
(Alternative Tentacles)

Ready Set . . . Do/I Can Enjoy Almost Anything
(Red Cat Records)

T.S.O.L.

Punk pioneers, all grown up

Dramarama

Ode to VH1

Drunken Immortals

Local hip-hoppers keep it real

Punk Voter Tour

Getting registered with legends

BEST PUNK ROCK JUKEBOX

The Rogue

X Marks Its Territory

Legendary L.A. punks are still shoving it in your face, but gracefully so

DK Kennedys

The same old punks, minus Jello Biafra, plus Brandon Cruz

System of a Down

Toxicity (American)

Lonesome Brothers / Ribeye Brothers

Swamptown Girl (Captivating Music), If I Had a Horse...(All Indie)

We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews

Daniel Sinker, editor (Akashic Books, $16.95)

Music From the Masses

Sweden's (International) Noise Conspiracy has more than a few things they'd like to talk about

Punk Positive

Propagandhi's singer sets the record straight -- he's not gay, straight-edge, or prone to violence

Revolver

Where the seven-inch is still king

Letters