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The 10 Most WTF Moments of 2012

Election years tend to carry more chaos then normal ones, but there was something else going on in 2012. Maybe it's the aura of apocalypse made people a little stranger this year. We had the Syrian Civil War, the Aurora Shooting, Israel being dicks to Gaza and vice versa, Mitt Romney was treated l ... More >>

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Macy Gray Performs Special DJ Set Tonight at W Scottsdale Hotel's WET Deck

The DJ booth up on the W Scottsdale Hotel's WET Deck will host a special guest spin session tonight, and its someone you might not normally associate with the world of turntables and club nights. Grammy-winning R&B singer Macy Gray will dialing up tracks on the mixers during her set this evening d ... More >>

Blood Diamonds, Grimes, Kreayshawn and Tragik Make Fools of Themselves in New Group L$D

See also: Kreayshawn at Marquee Theatre See also: Grimes at Rhythm Room For the most part, Blood Diamonds, Grimes, Kreayshawn and Tragik are each decent artists as separate entities (with the exception, of course, being Kreayshawn). For whatever reason, they've teamed up to form a group called L$D ... More >>

Lady La, What Are You Listening To?

Lady La Lady La is the morning show host for 101.5 JAMZ FM Monday-Friday from 6-10 a.m. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? KOOL 94.5 FM. What's the first album you bought? Timbaland & Magoo. What's the first concert you saw? E ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

Tumblr of the Week: Video Killed the Radio Stars

It's hard to find music videos on TV these days. Sure, one could argue that the internet has ushered in a new era of DIY or underground video creativity, but it's hard not to miss the days when you could waste hours watching clips on MTV or VH1. If musical nostalgia has been getting the best of you ... More >>

RE:GENERATION Documentary: Finally Skrillex Teams Up with The Doors

Photo by Brian Nevins​If the Grammy's taught us anything, it's that despite Dave Grohl's apparent objections, electronic dance music, or EDM, has stepped boldly into the spotlight, with artists like Skrillex and Deadmau5 leading the charge toward the mainstream. Director Amir Bar Lev's RE:GENER ... More >>

Ten Strange Names Rock Stars Gave Their Kids

Wikimedia CommonsMama, don't let your babies grow up to be Bronxes -- or Diezels or Moon Units.​On Monday night, singer Jewel and her husband, Ty Murray, had their first child, a boy they named Kase Townes Murray. And while "Kase Townes" isn't that bizarre of a name, it's not as traditional as say ... More >>

Coachella 2011 Official Lineup Announced

​In perfect Girl Talk fashion, the good people of Goldenvoice set up a surprise late night release of Coachella's overwhelmingly impressive lineup.Many of Michael Lopez's lineup predictions were spot on. The Strokes made the cut, as did Duran Duran, although on a different day than what Billboard ... More >>

Top 25 Lists of 13 New Times Contributors

Groove Candy Hip-Hop Night Returns Next Week

​After more than a year of occasional one-offs and special events, one of the PHX's best hip-hop nights is making its return as a weekly. Groove Candy, the ultra-fly affair put on by Karlie Hustle and Power 98.3's DJ M2 makes its comeback on August 26, offering the same swanked-up selection of n ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2010: Everything That Rises Must Converge

Look! It's the Cribs (and that guy who used to be in the Smiths)!​Lollapalooza 2010 on Sunday was a little off from the other days from the start.  At the begininng of the day, it looks like the elements were going to ruin the day with a nasty storm running through downtown Chicago.  Th ... More >>

June 24 In Blogs: Andrew Thomas, Evil Dead, Erykah Badu, Cat Coa, and Jan Brewer

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Erykah Badu, "Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)"

​Song: Erykah Badu, "Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)"Context: Ms. Badu is in Tempe tonight -- this is her latest single. Erykah Badu - Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY) by Hypetrak

Win Erykah Badu Tickets and a Meet and Greet

​Erykah Badu is coming to Marquee Theatre Wednesday and we've got a chance for you to win a pair of tickets and meet-and-greet with the soulful Texas singer who is touring in support of her new album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh.What do you need to do? Follow PHXmusicdotcom on twitter ... More >>

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Making Good Hip-Hop, Male Barbarellas, Iron Maiden and More in This Week's Issue

American Negro.​This week's music feature is on the local hip-hop duo American Negro and their belief that good beats and socially conscious lyrics belong together, even though they claim a lot of people can only get a handle on one, and not both.Craig Outhier talks with Alex Ebert, frontman for E ... More >>

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Death Cab for Cutie Has New Album on the Horizon

Death Cab for Cutie.​According to Spin and MTV, Death Cab's ultra-busy frontman Ben Gibbard has announced that the band is working on a new record that should be out in the spring of next year. The album will be produced by guitarist Chris Walla, who also produced last year's record by The Thermal ... More >>

Soul Mates

Erykah Badu's New Music Video Causes Loads of Controversy: She's Naked and She's Where JFK Was Shot

So in case you haven't yet seen, or heard, about the new Erykah Badu video, it's stirring up quite the controversy. The clip, embedded above, shows Badu walking through Dealey Plaza, in her hometown of Dallas while taking off her clothes one piece at a time.The plaza is infamous as the location whe ... More >>

Concert Review: Dirty Heads and Dear and the Headlights at Red Bull Soundclash

Luke HolwerdaThe Dirty Heads. See more shots in our Red Bull Soundclash slide show.​I've said it before: With very few exceptions (well,  really one exception, The Aggrolites) white reggae is a pox upon America. So, believe me, it's not that I wanted to go see The Dirty Heads play last night's Re ... More >>

Nayo Jones: You Asked For It

​Nayo Jones My Name Is Nayo Soul (PowerMove Records) Grade: C Critics have been commenting on the death of R&B for a few years now, to the point it's almost universally accepted that the genre is artistically bankrupt, with few if any quality acts still practicing the time-honored craft of m ... More >>

First Lady of Neo-Soul

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Just Announced: Third Eye Blind, Aerosmith, Erykah Badu

Third Eye Blind: Still alive.Did you know that Third Eye Blind is still around? Yeah, me either, but the "Semi-Charmed Life" guys (they were crystal meth before crystal meth was cool!) are still a band and still touring, apparently at venues as large as the Marquee. Go figure. What other bands you u ... More >>

Stand and Deliver

Musician channels Erykah, Ella, and nobody else at the same time

The Roots' Things Fall Apart: 10 Years Later

10 years later and this album cover still gives me chillsToday marks an important day in the vibrant history of hip-hop music. 10 years ago, Philadelphia hip-hop pioneers The Roots released their breakthrough album, Things Fall Apart. Bolstered by the strength of the irresistible single "You Got Me, ... More >>

Seventh Heaven

Get lucky in Coronado

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

Good Moon on the Rise

The sky's the limit at Friendship Garden

Strange Fruit Project

The Healing
(Om)

Bring in the Trash

Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Party

Vision ?uest

Six degrees of ?uestlove

BLACK - Digging for Beats

Aside from OutKast, most of 2003's best black music bubbled underground

Jodi Light

I Am Right Here (Self-released)

Macy Gray

The Trouble With Being Myself (Epic)

Les Nubians

One Step Forward (OmTown/Higher Octave)

Here Comes the Judge

Letters from the week of January 30, 2003

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The soul/hip-hop chanteuse returns on the strength of her recent hit single

Floetry

Floetic (Dreamworks Records)

Macy Gray

The ID (Epic)

Maxwell

Now (Columbia)

Musiq Soulchild

Aijuswanaseing (Def Soul)

Critical Mass 2000

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

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Mama's Gun (Motown)

You Go, Girls!

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