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10 Music Documentaries You Should See, Pop Music Takes Over Broadway, New Magnetic Fields

Electric Mustache: 10 Music Documentaries You Really Should SeeElectric Mustache: Turn Back O Man @ Local First Festival 11/7/09Idolator: Fergie Calls Kanye West "Gay Friendly" (But Not a Gay Fish)Idolator: Eat It, 'Les Miz': Pop Music Takes Over BroadwayNME: Steven Tyler onstage with Joe Perry: 'I' ... More >>

Lil Wayne Trial Date Set in Yuma

Lil Wayne​Nearly two years after he was arrested on drug and weapons charges, rapper Lil Wayne is set to stand trial in Yuma County. Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, was busted at a checkpoint near Yuma in January, 2008, when police found a quarter-pound of marijuana, an ounce of co ... More >>

Incoming: Lil Wayne, Daughtry, Cherry Poppin Daddies

Robert Brandon MartinezLast time Lil Wayne came to town he was two hours late to the stage, causing a chain reaction of show-stalling shenanigans that involved the opener, T-Pain, coming back on stage wearing pajamas and a scarf to dance in a futile effort to quell the crowd. None of it worked and, ... More >>

Hot Links: County Suits, Lil Wayne, and the Asparagus Tribe

An analysis released Monday by the Office of Management and Budget shows that legal disputes between Maricopa county officials cost taxpayers about $1.1. million in fees. In the past year, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, County Treasurer Charles Hoskins, and the Board ... More >>

Other People's Blogs: Lil Wayne's Ode to Kobe, New Yo La Tengo Mp3, Mastodon Gets Vans Deal

Spin: Hot Download: A-Camp's '80s Cover Rolling Stone: Lil Wayne Pens Ode To Kobe, "Rebirth" Pushed To August 18th Electric Mustache: mp3: Yo La Tengo - "Periodically Double Or Triple" Pitchfork: Mastodon Get Their Own Pair of Vans Idolator: The Most Beguiling "Weird Al" Yankovic Cover You Will Hea ... More >>

Sonny Long Is a Legend in His Own Mind

Just Announced: Nine Inch Nails, The Atomic Punks, Magnolia Electric Co.

Not too many acts have as streaky a career as Nine Inch Nails. One tour they're playing the Marquee, the next they're headlining at Cricket Wireless Pavilion with Jane's Addiction, as they will in May. The bands are joined by Tom Morello's new band Street Sweeper. That show is just one of the big co ... More >>

Is The Game Over?

Hip-Hop Artists Invade the PHX During All-Star Weekend

Snoop Dogg is scheduled to appear at Scottsdale nightspots Club Rain and Barcelona during All-Star Weekend. If we learned anything from the hullabaloo over last year's Super Bowl in Glendale, it's that the actual sporting event is almost secondary to the slew of celebrations that take place. It s ... More >>

Pregnant M.I.A. Steals the Show at the Grammys

No, you weirdo, she's actually pregnantFor those of you who tuned into the 51st annual Grammy Awards Sunday night, you were most likely treated to a lamely named performance of the "Rap Pack:" Jay-Z, Kanye West, T.I., and Lil' Wayne. The four artists gave a dapper performance, no doubt f ... More >>

Willie Nelson’s Forgotten Projects

Lil Wayne’s Live Performance Track Record Might Make You Think Twice about Attending His Show

Kanye West, Ludacris, and Nickelback are Part of What's Selling at Zia Record Exchange in Phoenix

The "Louis Vuitton Don" is moving units down at Zia Record Exchange. Although Kanye West's emotionally-wrought 808s & Heartbreak didn't prove as big a smash with most fans and critics as his previous discs, it's still a quality album (our music editor Martin Cizmar considers it one his faves of ... More >>

The Worst Lyrics of 2008: NCAA-Style Showdown

And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

South Park Mexican, Ludacris, Britney Spears, and Lil Rob Are Just Some Of What's Selling At Circles Records & Tapes

Carlos Coy (a.k.a. South Park Mexican): Sentenced to spend the the next four decades or so in the pokey. The life of Texas rapper Carlos Coy (a.k.a. South Park Mexican) is a tale of triumph, terror, and tragedy. As John Nova Lomax, current staff writer and former music editor for our sister public ... More >>

Ear to the Street: The Game's new joint "LAX"

Tilly and the Wall

Future Shock: Projekt Revolution, Hank III, Otep, and more

Michael Jackson resurrects 'The World's Biggest Selling Album of All Time' with Thriller 25

Valley musician Mat Weddle gets props from Howard Stern

Kanye West

Graduation
(Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

Young Buck

For now

Hip-Hop Love Connection

Bachelors in a row, it's you they would be dating/
So evaluate their pitches and calculate your rating

The Top 10 selling CDs at Circles, 800 North Central Avenue

Chart-busters for the week

Diddy

Press Play
(Bad Boy)

Appleseed Cast

Less Swedenborgian than you might think

Gnarls Barkley

St. Elsewhere
(Downtown/Atlantic)

Top 10 selling CDs from Circles Discs and Tapes, 800 North Central Avenue

Chart-busters for the week

Dubplate Divas

The infamous DJ Lady Tribe and hella-fine DJ Miss Lisa set the decks ablaze at the Brickhouse

Top ten selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange, 2510 West Thunderbird Road

Chart-busters for the week

Chilee Powdah

Code of Loyalty
(D2 Loyalty)

Escape Plan

Vinyl is deep and wide at roaming event

Top 10 best selling CDs at Circles Discs & Tapes (800 North Central Avenue)

Chart-busters for the week

Funky Bunch

Oddly, it's not so bad

Boyz N the Studio

Pimping ain't easy

El Pus

Don't fence them in

Club Deez at the Buzz

Friday Nutz Live

T.I.

Urban Legend
(Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

Top 10 selling CDs at Circles Records & Tapes (800 North Central Avenue) for December 6 through 12

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange (1904 West Indian School Road) for November 22 through 28

Watt, Me Worry?

Legendary bassist Mike Watt doesn't care what you think is punk rock

BEST CLOTHES FOR PHAT BOYS

Clothing City Today's Fashions

BEST HIP-HOP RADIO STATION

KKFR-FM Power 92.3

What's Selling

Top 10 selling CDs at Circles Records (800 N. Central Ave.) for August 22 through 28

Various artists

Crunk Classics
(TVT Records)

What's Selling

Top 10 sellers at Circles Records (800 North Central Avenue) for June 6 through 12:

No Doubt

With Blink-182 in tow, No Doubt prepares for a massive show

Top 10 sellers at Zia Record Exchange

BEST PLACE TO BUY NEW CDs

Circles Records & Tapes

Mystikal

Tarantula (Jive)Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings(Rhino)