Ennio Morricone

Heartless Bastards: Songwriter Erika Wennerstorm Aims for "Clint Eastwood-meets-Nancy Sinatra" Sounds

Timberlake-style audacity aside, it takes some serious stones to open an album with a six-minute-plus slow burning anthem. But that's what Erika Wennerstrom does with "Marathon," the opening track of her band Texas-via-Ohio band Heartless Bastards' 2012 opus, Arrow. See also: -Questlove of The Ro ... More >>

Ron Hoon of Fox 10, What Are You Listening To?

Hoon is an anchor of FOX 10 Arizona Morning. He'll be serving as emcee for the 2013 Phoenix Heart Walk on Saturday, March 23 at 8 a.m. at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in Phoenix. Hoon was game to play a round of "What Are You Listening To?" with Up on the Sun.

Quentin Tarantino on His Most Ambitious Film to Date, Django Unchained

Download Frank Ocean's Django Unchained Outtake

By now you've probably formed an opinion about Django Unchained, the controversial new Quentin Tarantino film starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, and Leonardo Dicaprio. But don't let that stop you from diving into Karina Longworth's excellent Phoenix New Times cover story this ... More >>

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi's Rome

​Danger Mouse has done a lot of things over the course of his career, but Rome, his new album released yesterday with composer Daniele Luppi, may be one of his best projects. As a producer, Danger Mouse (born Brian Burton), has received accolades for his work with artists like the Gorillaz and B ... More >>

Minibosses, The Advantage, and sBACH Prove Video Game-Influenced Music Isn't Just Playing Around

Irwin Benefit Boasts Two Brash Female Voices

By Martin Cizmar st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } It was a bold move, putting Dry River Yacht Club on right before Black Carl. Here you have two of the biggest female voices in the Valley's indie rock scene -- Emma Pew of BC and DRYC's Garnet -- back to back. But, hey, when you'r ... More >>

King Crismon

All hail the giallo godfather

Sagebrush & Spaghetti

Urbs

Toujours le Même Film
(G-Stone)

Six Organs of Admittance

The Sun Awakens
(Drag City)

The Volebeats

Like Her
(Turquoise Mountain)

A Girl Called Eddy

A Girl Called Eddy (Anti)

Califone,and Rebecca Gates

"Rootsy folk blues" blows through the Valley

Soul Searching

Soul Trax revels in the simple pleasures of improvisational jazz

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Garage Chic

The Hypno-Twists put a fresh spin on retro-instrumental voodoo with a wicked new CD

Fantômas and Various Artists

The Director's Cut (Ipecac), Morricone RMX (Reprise)

Tortoise

Standards (Thrill Jockey)

The Maestro

After writing for more than 400 films, Ennio Morricone remains the man with one name

Standards and Practices

Tortoise's new album is the most obvious thing in the world -- and the most startling

Critical Mass 2000

Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K

"You Are Growing Retro..."

Hypno-Twists transcend the Curse

Border Crossing

Through its nods to tradition and embrace of innovation, Calexico emerges as a desert bloom

Prophet Ear

Ex-Green on Red mainstay Chuck Prophet continues his solo metamorphosis with The Hurting Business

Calexico

Hot Rail
(Quarterstick)

Cracking Wise

Inscrutability suits Tucson art popsters Wise Folk Malcontent just fine

Stoner Rock Royalty

Queens of the Stone Age finds tipped-out serenity in its private desert oasis

Fatal Detraction

Adrian Lyne's Lolita takes the high-minded low road

Recordings

EIGHT WAYS TO SAY "ADIOS"JOHNNY RAMONE WANTS TO GROW UP

MYSTERY DATE

PRESS TO PLAY

GIVE HIM AN ANCIENT PRINTING PRESS AND AN OUT-OF-TUNE GUITAR, AND BRUCE LICHER WILL CREATE ART

FEMALE TROUBLE