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2 Live Crew Live in Phoenix (in 1990)

By Shea Serrano 8:45 p.m.: So here's what this is: More than 20 years ago, 2 Live Crew, one of rap's most notoriously offensive acts, performed in Phoenix. The concert was recorded and released as a live show album called The 2 Live Crew Live In Concert. It came out a few months after their Banne ... More >>

Controversial Psychological Thriller Compliance Based on True Story of Fast-Food Worker and Horrible, Horrible People (No, Not Chick-fil-A)

A man calls a fast-food joint in Kentucky, tells the manager he's a cop and that an employee has stolen from a customer, and convinces the manager to strip-search the employee. Sounds ridiculous, right? Wrong. It really happened. The true story is the premise of Compliance, the psychological thri ... More >>

Failed Resolutions: Some of Robrt Pela's Favorite Memoirs are Total Busts

​In this week's issue of New Times, you'll see our annual Resolution Guide. This year: a collection of writers and contributors resolved to love their city. Some failed and succeeded (read Snapshots of a City, and New-Found Love for a Hometown), and others found reasons to love Phoenix because of ... More >>

Good Amount Kickstarts In a Quiet Way

​They say it ain't bragging if it's true -- but last time we wrote about someone's Kickstarter project, big things happened. Now I know that we aren't the sole reason Shawn Demumbrum's Smiths comic met and exceeded its goal. It's a great idea on its own, and the fact that The Guardian, Paste, and ... More >>

Train Makes 'Drops of Jupiter' Wine

​Pop music hit makers Train are making a "Drops of Jupiter" wine, according to Entertainment Weekly.Train's wine, which is a 2009 Petite Sirah, will be available for just $9.99 as of July 18. The proceeds from the sales will be donated to a charity called Family House.The idea for making the group ... More >>

TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light

TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light​Well, we're smack dab in the crux of April's wheelhouse -- today is an overwhelming solid day with tons of new releases, this Saturday is Record Store Day and next Tuesday sees more quality releases. If April is to be considered the best month for new music in ... More >>

First Ever Twitter Cover Band Created

​A group called Tw1tterband (@tw1tterband) has become the first Twitter music group, according to Paste.The project began when an Englishman named Richard Newman decided to reach out for singers, musicians and producers via Twitter to make a cover song together in honor of his two year Twitter ann ... More >>

Adam Levine, Cee Lo to Judge on NBC's 'The Voice'

​Mark Burnett has yet another reality show in the works. The upcoming singing competition called The Voice is coming to NBC. Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and Cee Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley and independent fame will be the judges, according to Entertainment Weekly.Christina Aguilera has also been negoti ... More >>

Elton John is Now a Father

​Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish are now proud parents of a baby boy, according to MTV News.The pair welcomed Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John into the world on Christmas Day. Man, what a name.The surrogate mother is unidentified. Regardless, the baby is "healthy and doing well," th ... More >>

Another Possible Best-Seller of the Year in the UK for Susan Boyle?

​Could overnight British superstar Susan Boyle have the top album in the UK two years in a row?It's very possible, according to Billboard.Boyle just released her second album, The Gift, which debuted at the top spot on the UK charts. Her first album, I Dreamed a Dream, which was a Christmas album, ... More >>

Kanye West Responsible for "Worst Part" of Bush Presidency

THIS was the worst part of Bush's presidency. What that guy on the right said that night.​It's soapbox time, everybody.In a recently taped interview with Matt Lauer, George W. Bush claimed that Kanye West's candid outburst on the September 2, 2005 Concert for Hurricane Relief telethon -- "George B ... More >>

Chromeo: Business Casual

​She'a a bountiful lady, that Tuesday September 14. With plentiful new music from most every genre, today is a cornucopia of musical offerings, a rare instance where picking one album is actually somewhat difficult -- lord knows that wasn't a problem on July 20. I digress -- today marks the t ... More >>

I'm Still Here: Joaquin Phoenix Implodes to Prove a Point to Hollywood

Lady Gaga Isn't So Much a Phenomenon as a Prophecy Fulfilled

M.I.A.: /\/\/\Y/\

​Do you remember the first time you heard "Bamboo Banga," the lead track from Kala, the 2007 landmark hip-hop/pop artist M.I.A.? It seems like all that was a decade ago (both chronologically and musically) for the outspoken Maya Arulpragasam, known to the world as hip-hop visionary M.I.A.&nbs ... 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 >>

The Roots: How I Got Over

​There may not be a track released the rest of the year that has an ounce of the substance and effortless polish of "Dear God 2.0" off of How I got Over -- the long-awaited new album from The Roots.The song employs a genius guest vocal from Jim James of My Morning Jacket and Monsters of Folk fame ... More >>

Drake: Thank Me Later

​A funny thing happened to Jimmy Brooks, the dude in the wheelchair from Degrassi: The Next Generation. Yeah, he grew up to become Drake, hip hop's next biggest star.After what seems like two years of singles and mixtapes and other nonsense, Canadian sensation Drake's debut album, Thank Me La ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening

​What more can be said about May's slate of new releases that hasn't already been said? I have been proclaiming this month as the year's best for new releases, and LCD Soundsystem only solidify that with their newest effort, This Is Happening. The lead single from the album "Drunk Girls" was a war ... More >>

She & Him - Volume Two

She & Him - Volume Two​You may not know it by looking out at the gray, rainy Phoenix skies this week, but spring is upon us. The weather currently doesn't want to cooperate, but She & Him will more than happily oblige your springtime needs. The duo's sophomore effort, Volume Two, is a perf ... More >>

The Holiday Spirit Is Fueled by Longing for Past Merry Little Christmases

Nick Jonas Namechecks Prince, Lady Gaga Says She's Bisexual, White Stripes Boxed Set Due

Electric Mustache: mp3: The Soft Pack - "C'mon"Idolator: Nick Jonas Names Prince As An Inspiration For His Solo AlbumIdolator: Kanye West Apparently Ends Feud With Entertainment WeeklyNME: No Doubt counter-sued by Activision over 'Band Hero'NME: Lady Gaga: 'I'm bisexual and I've had sex with women' ... More >>

Coldplay

Jason Segel keeps Forgetting Sarah Marshall from being forgettable

Tokyo Police Club

Chafing dishes

That Old Black Magic

Smarty-pants Renaissance man revives the chitlin circuit – sort of

Revenge of the Nerds

Judd Apatow enjoyed a pretty good year

Honey for Nothing

No wonder all the bees are dying

Double Fault

Woody Allen’s latest can’t return serve

The Reel Truth

Hollywood claims the sky is falling. To which we say, Puh-lease

Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids

Pick His Brain

What the #$*! doc headlines expo

The Princess & Me

Everyone's favorite ogre is back for more

Fade to Black

Jay-Z returns with The Black Album - and renewed disdain for the hip-hop game

Year in TV: Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Adapt This

If being Charlie Kaufman is no fun, watching Charlie Kaufman is a real drag

Crush Groovin'

Our male and female pundits attend the press junket and then ponder the subtext of surfer girls

Duh Press

Fear and self-loathing at the Minority Report junket

Dr. Strange

Grant Morrison's the best writer in comics—and maybe the nuttiest

White Wash

The White Stripes create mystique the old-fashioned way: lying and keeping mum

Richard Davies

Barbarians (Kindercore)

Rancid

Rancid (Hellcat)

Short Cutlets

A Magnolia by any other name still smells like Altman

Never Too Old to Tango

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs take back the past with La Marcha del Golazo Solitario

Are You Coming With Us?

The Lo-Fidelity Allstars pose some dizzying musical questions with a riot of sounds and styles

Night & Day

June 11 - 17, 1998

TURKEY OF THE SEA

COME TO HER WINDOWFROM THE CLOSET TO THE CHARTS, MELISSA ETHERIDGE IS OUT AND RISING