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Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson - Masters of Madness Tour, Tucson - 6/7/13

Alice Cooper and Marilyn MansonMasters of Madness Tour, TucsonJune 7, 2013 Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson blew the Amphitheater roof off last night as they paid a visit to Tucson for the shock rock extravaganza dubbed The Masters of Madness Tour. Fans of all ages packed the house for the freak fes ... More >>

Golden Gods 2013: How Gene Simmons Gets Out Of Interviews And Other Black Carpet Tales

If you've been reading this whiskey-drenched, devil-horn-throwing column every week for more than a year, here's a little thank-you flashback to the beginning. In one of the first Metal Mondays installments, I talked about the Revolver Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles--basically the heavy metal Gra ... More >>

The Worst Shows of SXSW 2013

Security and Cops Gettin' Wild: Look, I get it. Every drunken dickhead in town "knows someone" or thinks he has pull at the door, but that doesn't mean the hammer goes down on everyone. I was stopped by two cops who didn't want me to walk 50 yards from where the Smashing Pumpkins would be playing an ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing and EDM

The 50 Commandments of SXSW

You're going to South by Southwest, right? Or you're already there? One of those things is bound to be true. Well, we here at DC9 have got some advice for you, and we've managed to format it all into the style of commandments, because one of our favorite things to do is pretend we're angry gods. Or ... More >>

Cold War Kids Headline New Times' Carnaval Electrico at Crescent Ballroom

Meet the New Times Carnaval Eléctrico Lineup: Cold War Kids, Hanni El Khatib, Mergence, and More

Following up last year's New Times Soundcheck, a two-day festival at Club Red in Tempe -- which featured performances by The Love Me Nots, Sugar Thieves, 2 Tone Lizard Kings, Jason Devore, The Insects, Crusher Sound System, and more -- was a serious task. But challenges are cool, right? Up on the S ... More >>

The Soft Moon: Pop for Outsiders

The sound of San Francisco's Soft Moon is disorienting: A darkly hyperactive Neu! mixed with the dance-floor sensibility of Depeche Mode and the stark despair of Bauhaus makes The Soft Moon one cynically-crafted machine. But the most disorientating tactic in frontman Luis Vazquez's arsenal is his mu ... More >>

13 Phoenix Bands You Need to Know in 2013: The Complete List

As 2012 draws to a close, we couldn't be more optimistic about the state of music in the Valley of the Sun. With new bands emerging from various scenes and subgenres, it can be hard to keep up with the latest in Phoenix music. What follows are our picks for 13 acts that will make an impact on the S ... More >>

13 Phoenix Artists You need to Hear in 2013

Russell Ramirez on the History of Swell Records, Old School Phoenix DJs, and Eclec'tech

If you happened to be a member of the Valley's old school DJ/rave scene back in the mid-1990s, there was one place where you almost always hit up for both your music and gear: Swell Records. Without getting too overly hyperbolic, the music and clothing emporium owned by Russel Ramirez (which bounced ... More >>

Former Friends of Young Americans Talk The Cure, Siouxsie Sioux, Sonic Youth and A Tribe Called Quest

See also: Former Friends of Young Americans Stream New Album, Estas Diluculo Where we're going, we don't need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. It may not be easy to lump locals Former Friends of Young Americans into any one specific genre, ... More >>

Chevelle's Pete Loeffler Loves the '80s; Gun-Wielding Fans? Not So Much

Illinois-based rockers Chevelle have a clear-cut formula when it comes to making music: They keep it honest and real. They've never strayed far from their controlled chaos and somehow gentle rampage or their mix of dark magnetism and gothic pop (think early Tool meets The Cure if you haven't heard r ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Mr. Meeble's European "Vacation" Was Anything But

The Man Wore Black: Five Awesome Johnny Cash Covers

​Johnny Cash died eight years ago today. Do you remember the first time you saw the video for "Hurt," the Nine Inch Nails song brilliantly interpreted by Johnny Cash on this album, American IV: When the Man Comes Around? I do. The song and accompanying Mark Romanek film are beautiful. You may ... More >>

An Exclusive Soundtrack to Charlie Sheen's "Bi-Winning" Lifestyle

www.perezhilton.comCharlie Sheen's got hos in different area codes.​​As we all know by now, our all-American main man Charlie Sheen is "bi-winning." He's attempting to leave drug use behind, although he's still down to get crazy with porn starts. Who can blame him? Has the country's classier, o ... More >>

21 Questions: William Reed

Becky Bartkowski​Welcome to 21 Questions, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com goes to the favotire hangout of a notable Phoenician and asks the "big" questions. This week we met up with DJ William Reed at Middle Eastern restaurant Fattoush in Phoenix. Reed walks into Fattoush and greets the ... More >>

Scissor Sisters: Night Work

​A funny thing happened to NYC glam-poppers Scissor Sisters on their way to recording their third album, Night Work -- the band scrapped 18 month's worth of effort in order to finalize the album. Lead singer/utterly charismatic young man Jake Shears noted that the year and half of work left him "a ... More >>

Q & A: Bishop Allen's Justin Rice Talks Punk, Being in Depeche Mode (sort of), and Puzzle Obsessions

​ Bishop Allen are a prim pop confectionary who churned out their third proper full-length last March titled "Grrr..." The candy-coated tracks are worth the impending toothaches, placing Bishop Allen, named for the street where the founding members lived, in cahoots with fellow saccharine rockers ... More >>

Green Day in 140 Characters or Less

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong isn't a fan of cell phones at concerts. "Put away your cell phones, this is a fucking live concert!" he yelled at Saturday night's show at U.S. Airways Center in downtown Phoenix. Still, the Valley of the Sun was ablaze with tweets from the show. Here are a few of ou ... More >>

Fine China's Big Break?

O.C. how they run

Trails to Terror

Welcome to Creepy Town

Trails to Terror

A terrifying bag o' fun

Marrying the Mainstream

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records

Tastes Like Teen Spirit

Peachcake serves up electronic party music for the indie rock crowd.

No Flags Here

Bella may be the Valley's premier all-female band, but they won't march for anyone but themselves

Timo Maas

Music for the Maases2 (Hope/Kinetic)

Shattered

With its second record, Fine China breaks the news that, really, rock 'n' roll isn't that big a deal

Nothing but Love

Things are looking up for Southern California electro-break pioneer Überzone

Perpetual Movement

Not content to simply milk his invention, trance music pioneer BT continues to trip the light fantastic in a never-ending search for sound

Lake of Fire

Trash Compactors

Pop music may be in its most confused hour, but Garbage is covering all the genre bases

Tomorrow Never Knows

With its recent U.S. tour, Kraftwerk stakes its claim as the most important group since The Beatles

Pop Stops the Traffic

U2 still hasn't found what it's looking for--but has it given up trying?

The Mother Road

A new compilation disc celebrates the mythology of Route 66

Achtung, Baby!

The guiterrorists in Germany's KMFDM "rip the system" with gallows humor and high-tech aggression

TUNES OF '93 IN TEN EASY STEPS SIR CHARLES, BARRY GOLDWATER AND DAVE FROM CIRCLE K WEIGH IN WITH THEIR FAVES

Style Counseling

How to get musically postmodern without really trying