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The Aggrolites' Reggae Sound Avoids Needless Polish

World/Inferno Friendship Society @ Marquee Theatre

H2O's Adam Blake on Promoting a Positive Lifestyle, Post-9/11 New York City, and Appropriate Times to Hardcore Dance

​Within These Walls has a pretty impressive line-up of hardcore acts. H2O is headlining and making their first Arizona appearance since playing with Bane three years ago. We spoke to bassist Adam Blake, who insists that Arizona has not intentionally been skipped. The band likes to play in as ... More >>

Hip-Hop Duo Atmosphere Strives to Tell Stories

​Within These Walls has a pretty impressive line-up of hardcore acts. H2O is headlining and making their first Arizona appearance since playing with Bane three years ago. We spoke to bassist Adam Blake, who insists that Arizona has not intentionally been skipped. The band likes to play in as ... More >>

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

​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 >>

Story of the Year

​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 >>

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

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 >>

NOFX

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 >>

The Matches

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 >>

Gallows

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 >>

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

Electric Youth

The upstarts of Static Management bring new energy -- and undiscovered bands -- to the Vans Warped Tour

Jolie Holland

Catalpa (Anti-)

Bouncing Souls

They like your mom and you'll like them

Rock en Español

Chicano music festival pumps up the volume for Valley debut

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

Hand Jive

Punk legend Keith Morris battles back illness to emerge with a spoken word/musical hybrid and a talented oddball ensemble

Merle Haggard

If I Could Only Fly (Anti-)

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

Pretty Flawed

At Desert Sky, the Offspring drag "punk" into the mire of mindlessness

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

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

Something Old, Something New

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

96.Rant

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

Recordings

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

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.