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The Who, Jobing.com Arena, 2/6/13

The Who @ Jobing.com Arena|2/6/13If anything stoked the fears that this Who go-round was going to be another case of living legends living off their legends and treading the floorboards only to show off their diminished firepower, it might have been this announcement, which went up on the big screen ... More >>

Eddie Vedder, Comerica Theatre, 10/4/12

Eddie Vedder @ Comerica TheatreEddie Vedder lists his tools. In the booklet handed out to concertgoers at last night's packed performance, the Pearl Jam frontman laid out a detailed list of gear he'd be using during the evening: guitars, ukuleles, amplifiers, a modified kick drum made from a Coron ... More >>

Earth, Rhythm Room, 10/31/12

Earth @ Rhythm Room|10/31/12"The last time I was in Phoenix, I was opening for The Lemonheads," Earth guitarist Dylan Carlson intoned with a chuckle last night at the Rhythm Room. "I was all by myself." See also: Earth Drummer Adrienne Davies Discusses Cutting Loose (By Earth Standards) The contr ... More >>

Jesse Malin Links The Clash and The Grateful Dead

See also: Chasers Sold to New Owners and Becomes Pub Rock, A Music Venue With an In-House Radio Broadcasting Studio Jesse Malin has done it all, or most of it at least. In his barely-teens he was fronting Jersey-based hardcore ensemble Heart Attack, then spent the '90s in glam-punk wreckers D-Gen ... More >>

Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks at Crescent Ballroom, 2/24/12

Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks Crescent Ballroom Friday, February 24 Okay, Phoenix. First, the good news: According to no less an authority than Stephen Malkmus, godfather of slacker cool, genuinely tall and good-looking former frontman of Pavement and current leader of The Jicks, Portland now consi ... More >>

Five Amazing Pieces of Music Memorabilia Up for Online Auction Starting Today

www.gottahaverockandroll.comA 1960s jacket signed by George Harrison​Starting today, you can bid on historic music memorabilia, like the strap from the guitar Jimi Hendrix burned on stage at the Monterrey Pop Festival in 1967 and a glove Michael Jackson wore at a 1997 concert in London -- provide ... More >>

MIM and New Times Partner To Give Away Surf Pioneer Dick Dale Signature Guitar

Winner Don Hyde with representatives of The MIM and Fender Musical Instruments ​The Musical Instrument Museum is, simply put, an absolute treasure in Phoenix's collective backyard. The Museum recently became a Smithsonian Affiliate and celebrated their first anniversaryin April. New Times partnere ... More >>

Next Fest, McDowell Mountain Music Festival, Edward Sharpe, Dirty Beaches, and Stick Fingers Over the Weekend

​Crusher Sound System and Mr. Meeble Last Night at The Sail Inn You know, the old substance over style debate can get a little old. Isn't it possible to have both? It sure seemed like it watching Mr. Meeble on the outdoor stage at Next Fest at Sail Inn last night. The band was premiering its n ... More >>

Dirty Beaches, Outro Mundo & Where Dead Voices Gather Last Night at The Trunk Space

Maria Vassett​ Dirty Beaches, Outro Mundo, Where Dead Voices Gather The Trunk Space Friday, April, 29 2011 My favorite review of Dirty Beaches' latest LP, Badlands, is also the most negative one I've read. In a review for Dusted Magazine, Doug Mosurock states: So, the '50s sucked, right? They ... More >>

Dirty Beaches @ The Trunk Space

Ronnie: Ronnie -- Volume Three

Welcome to Obscuro, a feature where Up on the Sun dives deep into the world of vinyl oddities: private press jobs, major label cast-offs, and general thrift shop clutter that's thus far escaped anyone's attention. These LPs have been hiding out, collecting dust, until we come along, investigate, pro ... More >>

Dirty Beaches Talks Film, Hip-Hop, Home, and Performance Art

​ Dirty Beaches is the work of Alex Zhang Hungtai, a 30-year-old born in Taiwan before spending time in Hawaii, San Francisco, New York, China, and, currently, Montreal. To call Dirty Beaches a band would be a misnomer. What Zhang Hungtai does is more akin to performance art, with live performance ... More >>

Dick Dale Offering Group Guitar Lesson in Phoenix for Only $125

Dick Dale and his boy Jimmy.​Dick Dale is the King of the Surf Guitar. Actually, the Boston kid turned OC beach bum pretty much invented the guitar sound associated with everyone from Brian Wilson to Wavves.So it makes sense that Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum is super stoked about his Januar ... More >>

Never Shout Never's Christofer Drew Speaks About Tour, New Band

Never Shout Never​If you're a fan of indie pop act Never Shout Never, Thursday, October 28 at Marquee Theatre is your last chance in the Valley to see the band as you've grown to love them. That's because frontman Christofer Drew says he's getting rid of the NSN moniker and is forming Christofer D ... More >>

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood are Musical Chameleons

Luke HolwerdaEric Clapton and Steve Winwood play together, just like their Blind Faith days. See more shots in our slide show.Clapton began his career with the bluesy stylings of The Yardbirds and then segued into John Mayall's Blues Breakers. In his days with Cream, he slid headfirst into psychede ... More >>

Blues Rock of Ages

Toybox

Blues Rock of Ages

Blues Rock of Ages

Romantasy Cabaret at The Sets

Meet JerkRag, the Valley’s Rock Band band

Albert Hammond Jr.

Chip off the old pop

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Bands of Brothers

The family that plays together . . .

Keane

Hopes and Fears (Interscope)

Log Jam

Former Doo Ragger and one-man band Bob Log III plays with himself. But he really gets off on seeing others share his spotlight.

Billy Bragg

Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg (Rhino Records)

I'm Eighteen!

He's legal and he's legitimate. Blues prodigy J.D. Simo tells you how he's changed since 13.

Basement Ax

Built to Spill's Doug Martsch is a guitar hero for a generation not interested in 'em

Deep Black

Listeners had to travel far beyond mainstream to find sublime black music in 2002

Tunnel Vision

Bullfrog and Kid Koala look to bridge the band-DJ divide

Standards and Practices

A guided tour of the best releases across the musical spectrum

Brave New World

DeVotchKa's cultural collisions make for fascinating art

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

(Rhino DVD)

Touch of Evil

History tells us that musicians who turn to the written word are just asking for trouble. Occasionally, though, something special sneaks through.

Best Local Act to Stave Off the Aging Process

Carvin Jones

The Allies

D-Day (Asphodel)

Native Blues

Indigenous joins the tribe of rock 'n' roll

Arizona Firms Look South

Something Borrowed

Can the Valley's most spectacular blues guitarist forge his own style?

Surf King

Guitar pioneer Dick Dale is rocking like never before at 60

AGGRESSION SESSIONIT'S GLOVES OFF FOR KUKQ "ANTIFEST"

LIVE SHOTS

GOOD GOLLY, MISS GAL S!SINGER DIAMANDA GAL S AND JOHN PAUL JONES GIVE ROCK THE CROWBAR ENEMA IT SO RICHLY DESERVES

TAPES IN THE MAIL

BLUES BYTHER BOOKBLUESMAN SMITH ON VIOLENCE, LIFE AND MUSIC

THE TAPES IN THE MAIL

SCREED

HEY, DUKE, WILL UBIQUITOUS?GUITARIST ROBILLARD HAS MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE

HE AIN'T HEAVY... HE'S MY BUSINESSCOUGHT BETWEEN PROFITS AND POSTERITY, JIMMIE VAUGHAN STRUGGLES TO KEEP STEVIE RAY'S LEGACY A STEP AHEAD OF THE BOOLEGS

THE BIRDS ARE THE WORD

THEIR LEAD SINGER IS ONLY 13, BUT THE BLUEBIRDS ARE NO NOVERLTY ACT