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Local Wire: Cover The Crescent, Alice Bag, And More Valley Music

[The Valley is a big place, and it puts out more interesting music than we could ever hope to cover. Every week or so, Mike Bogumill will use this space to cover a little more of it. - Ed.] The goal of this column is to document, explore, and create awareness for interesting things happening in loc ... More >>

Five Bad Religion Albums To Hear Before That Damn Show 2013

If you're going to That Damn Show--tickets here; schedule here--on Saturday and you don't already know a lot about Bad Religion, you might be in trouble by the time they hit the Main Stage at the Mesa Amphitheatre at 9 p.m. Luckily, our print feature this week is all about five essential Bad Religio ... More >>

Bad Religion Experiences a Punk Renaissance

Bad Religion, That Damn Show Headliners, Have Been Around Longer Than You Think

On Saturday That Damn Show is back for 2013 at the Mesa Amphitheatre, featuring national acts like Bad Religion and local favorites like the Veragrooves. Check out the full schedule here. (Full disclosure: We're co-promoting this show with KUKQ, because we just want you to be happy.) Bad Religion h ... More >>

First Wave of Punk Rock Bowling Bands Announced, Includes Black "Flag" Reunion Show

For the past 14 years, Las Vegas' Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival has featured some of the biggest names in punk music. Previous lineups mostly comprised Warped Tour veterans that were big in the '90s -- think NOFX, Rancid, Good Riddance, etc. The festival combines that nostalgia factor with th ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week.

Refused is Not F*cking Dead

The seminal politically-charged Swedish hardcore band, Seminal politically-charged Swedish hardcore band, Refused, made music well ahead of its time. No debate - these guys were the real deal. "We wanted something more than what was on offer and we gave it our best shot. It didn't pan out, we went ... More >>

The Aggrolites' Reggae Sound Avoids Needless Polish

World/Inferno Friendship Society @ Marquee Theatre

Hip-Hop Duo Atmosphere Strives to Tell Stories

Pool Parties, First Friday, The Palace, Jeff Bridges, Dropkick Murphys, Face To Face, and Nightlands Over the Weekend

​Cannonball Pool Party Kickoff The hipster pool party is officially back. The promoters of Sticky Fingers and Retro Hi-Fi have come together for the all new Cannonball Pool Party at the Lexington Hotel. The summer's remaining Sunday afternoons are going to be all about looking hip, taking a di ... More >>

Face to Face at Nile Theater, 7/1/11

Melissa Fossum​ Face to Face Nile TheaterFriday, July 1 The '90s were a good time for punk rock. Fat Wreck Chords, Epitaph, Lookout, and Nitro were powerhouses of the upbeat catchy punk that dominated Warped Tour's glory days. While many of the bands that defined the genre have faded away after y ... More >>

Busdriver on LA's Hip-Hop Scene, Giving Music Away for Free and Why European Audiences Rule

​It's been a good couple weeks for fans of indie hip-hop. Last weekend, Nocando and Open Mike Eagle stopped by the Hidden House, and this weekend, fellow LA underground rapper Busdriver is performing at the Red Owl in Tempe. (Tickets available here or at the door.) In a recent e-mail Q&A, Bu ... More >>

Social Distortion - California (Hustle and Flow)

​Song: Social Distortion, "California (Hustle and Flow)"Context: Social D's rescheduled shows at Marquee Theatre are next Thursday and Friday. The band will have a new album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, out the Tuesday after their Tempe show. So far this track has been warmly received -- "[Sing ... More >>

Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Gave the People What They Wanted -- But He Betrayed Me

Story of the Year

Does Alkaline Trio Represent New Trend Away From the Major Label?

Does This Addiction represent an entirely new trend, or is it just a blip in the radar?​Alkaline Trio's newest album, This Addiction, which is set to be released on the 23rd of this month, will be the first record put out on their own, newly formed label, Heart & Skull, in conjunction with Epi ... More >>

William Elliot Whitmore Fights the World’s Monsters in Animals in the Dark

NOFX

The Matches

Gallows

Catching The Draft

Not so Hot in herre

OK Go, Motion City Soundtrack, and Plain White Ts

Psychedelipunkpop

Death By Stereo

What a way to go

Agnostic Front

You can't take the punk out of the boys

Sage Francis

Ideas with the force of bullets

The Epitaph Tour

A mixed bag at a reasonable price

Hot Water Music

A high-water mark for emo punk

Punk rock, video game, and DVD reviews

Your weekly pop culture wrap-up

Bad Religion

The "old school" teaches the new

H2O

Punk that packs a punch

Jolie Holland

Catalpa (Anti-)

Bouncing Souls

They like your mom and you'll like them

Fellowship of the Ring

Rebounding from health scares, the Promise Ring sheds its emo skin for a Brit-pop sheen

Bellrays de Jour

California's amphetamine punk-soul revue wants to knock some sense into America

R.L. Burnside

Burnside on Burnside (Fat Possum/Epitaph)

Tricks of the Trade

Sick of fighting the music industry, Tricky's decided to use it instead

Hammer of the Gazas

Chicago's Gaza Strippers take it all off and show their scars on a high-powered sophomore album

No Lag in the Hag

Merle Haggard makes a triumphant return. Wait -- he never went away.

Critical Mass

Even with impending Willennium looming, 1999 proved to be a banner year for music

Wargasm

L7 declares an all-out assault on Warped boys and Lilith Fairies with slap-happy

Pennywisdom

"The kids" benefit from Pennywise's punkish golden rules

Carry That Waits

Tom waits for no one, but the lowlife bard's new album is well worth the six-year wait

Mob Tops

Mob 40's build a large, loyal punk fan base beneath the industry's radar screen

Indie Outings

The highs and lows of another adventurous year in the world of indie rock

Fixing a Hole

Disappearance of Epitaph owner forces the label to face the needle and the damage done

No, Just Ixnay

Something Old, Something New

In 1996, punk was murdered by its parents and resurrected by its children

96.Rant

MINGUS AMONG US

BORN IN NAGALES, BASSIST CHARLES MINGUS SPENT HIS LIFE EXTENDING THE FRONTIERS OF JAZZ. NOW HIS HOMETOWN IS THROWING HIM A 71ST BIRTHDAY PARTY.