Fleetwood Mac

Albums Redesigned as Vintage Book Covers by Christophe Gowans

If the recent death of Storm Thorgerson was any indication, music is often married to its album art. All the more reason to take something incredibly iconic in the age of Pirate Bay and iPods and turn it on its head, like the graphic reinventions of Christophe Gowans. The former Esquire art director ... More >>

In The Valley Below: Irresistible Synth Pop for Even the Most Jaded Indie Fan

There comes a time in every music snob's life when they realize pre-judging a band based on the city where it resides and what musical genre it fits into is just as stupid as it sounds. In the case of L.A.-based duo In the Valley Below, a new musical project comprising singer/multi-instrumentalist ... More >>

Director Dave Grohl, Rockers Toast L.A.'s Sound City

TMI Radio SxSW Showcase at Crescent Ballroom, 1/9/13

Palms, Wiley One, Jared and the Mill, and Sara Robinson and Midnight Special @ Crescent Ballroom|1/9/13South by Southwest, the sort of Mecca of indie music, is kind of a big deal. A good show there can make or break a band, even if the event itself is a tad self-indulgent. I once hitchhiked there, s ... More >>

Blake Mills: Fiona Apple's Guitarist Makes Killer Pop on His Own

Blake Mills isn't a household name, but like classic sidemen of lore (David Lindley, Ry Cooder, Leon Russell), he's makes an impact wherever he shows up. As a guitarist in Fiona Apple's band (he's performing with her on Tuesday, September 18, at Mesa Arts Center), Lucinda Williams, Cass McCombs, B ... More >>

The Coolest Metal Shows To See in Phoenix This Month

See also: Six Desert Metal Bands You Need to Hear See also: Do You Look "Metal Enough" For Metal Shows See also: Sci-Fi Thrash Group Vektor on Mexican Food in PhiladelphiaIt's tempting to dash off some sort of cliché metal salutation here, like "Get your devil horns up! It's a good month for metal ... More >>

Allah-Las: Analog Garage Rock With Actual Soul

By now you've no doubt read, re-read, shared on Facebook and Twitter, and angrily commented on our friends at West Coast Sound's monster of a list, The 20 Worst Hipster Bands. Like it or hate it, it's hard to debate one key fact brought up by Ben Westhoff: "...most of today's 20 and 30-something b ... More >>

Gardner Cole, What Are You Listening To?

Gardner Cole Cole, who has written and produced for artists such as Madonna, is the producer for local country pop band Arrowheart, who are schedueld to perform Sunday, May 27 at Hidden Meadow Ranch. For more information, head here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what ... More >>

Vocal Points

Rich Berra, What Are You Listening To?

Rich Berra​Rich Berra Berra is one of the hosts of the Johnjay and Rich radio show heard on 104.7 KISS-FM here in Phoenix. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play? It sounds like a scam, but I listen to KISS to hear what our station sounds like af ... More >>

Judas Priest at Arizona State Fair, 10/21/11

Maria Vassett​Judas Priest Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fair Friday, October 21, 2010 Let's get it out of the way straight off the bat: I've never been big Judas Priest fan. I don't dislike the band, mind you, but I've never really delved in beyond the hits. (I think I have a ... More >>

Lindsey Buckingham at Celebrity Theatre, 10/12/11

​Linsdey Buckingham Celebrity Theatre Wednesday, October 12 "The small machine." That's how Lindsey Buckingham described his solo work, comparing it to the "big machine" that is Fleetwood Mac. Buckingham was about halfway through a kind of extended monologue about the differences between hi ... More >>

Duos With More Chemistry Than Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher

​ Last week's season premiere of Two and a Half Men had nearly 28 million viewers due to sheer curiosity. It played out like a revenge fantasy of Chuck Lorre killing off Charlie Sheen without the gore or entertainment of Kill Bill. Alan (Jon Cryer) wasn't the least bit upset about his brother ... More >>

Black One on Sampling Artists, Kanye West, and Why Phoenix's Hip-Hop Scene Reigns Over Tucson's

​Expat RecordsJason Ikner is Black One​I had never met a rapper who claims to like Adele, the Black Keys, and dubstep. That is, until I spoke to local hip-hop artist Jaron Ikner, commonly known as Black One. Black One draws from different sections of the record store than your average backp ... More >>

Kepi Ghoulie @ The Trunk Space

Swell...Adios Share Songs That Have Inspired the Band

​The members of Swell...Adios, made up of the core-duo of guitarist/vocalist Lauren Farrah and drummer/producer Shane Kennedy, are quick to discuss the music they love.It should come as no surprise that Farrah and Kennedy are such avid music nuts. Listening to the demos the pair has been steadily ... More >>

Stevie Nicks Turns 63 Tomorrow; We Look Back at Her Birthdays through the Years

Wikimedia CommonsStevie Nicks​Pop chanteuse Stevie Nicks turns 63 tomorrow. Though Nicks is no longer a Valley resident (she sold her home in Paradise Valley in 2007 for more than $3 million), she was born here at Good Samaritan Hospital and we still count her among Arizona's most famous rock resi ... More >>

Country Thunder

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Lady Antebellum @ Comerica Theatre

Independent Record Stores, Bands with New Lead Singers, and More in This Week's New Times

The defunct Hollywood Records on Camelback.​This week's New Times music feature is a look at the slow death of Associated Distributors, and several really cool locally owned record stores. All I'd ever wanted to do was work in a record store. I'd begun collecting LPs in earnest during my freshman ... More >>

The Swell Season's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Carry on a Tradition of Music-Making Exes

Swell Band, Bad Relationship

The Swell Season's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Carry on a Tradition of Music-Making Exes

Lindsay Lohan in Steve Nicks’ Life Story?

Lindsay Lohan in Steve Nicks’ Life Story?

Fleetwood Mac Coming to Jobing.com Arena?

So we still haven't got any sort of press release on this, but eagle-eyed Clubs Editor Benjamin Leatherman spotted this listing for Fleetwood Mac on LiveNation.com. According to the info there (which may get taken down, for all we know) the Mac in back in Glendale on May 24. Tickets for the Fleetwoo ... More >>

Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding This Weekend

It just wouldn't be Christmas in Arizona without Alice Cooper's annual event, Christmas Pudding, where the shock rocker turned radio jock assembles local and national talent to raise money for The Solid Rock Center, a Christian center aiming to keep teens out of trouble and teach them about the Way ... More >>

The Sea and Cake

Car Alarm
(Thrill Jockey)

Future Shock: Beck, Ani DiFranco, EdgeFest 2008, and more

Some Janis Joplin Crap N Vomit for your Monday lunch hour

Georgie James

Midlake

Fame, Shmame: Overlooked AZ Hall of Fame Nominees

The Back of Love

Lindsey Buckingham has big, big love for his work

Clinic

Visitations
(Domino)

M's the Word

Four guys with a ravishing new album are emissaries of rock 'n' roll's Future Women

Camper Van Beethoven

New Roman Times
(Vanguard)

Camper Van Beethoven

A double dip for CVB

BEST PLACE TO BUY USED CDs

Zia Record Exchange

BEST DRIVING SOUNDTRACK

KSLX-FM 100.7

The Coral

Magic & Medicine (Sony/Deltasonic)

Subpoena Me!

The record industry thinks I'm a criminal. Here's the evidence.

Moth and Flame

Fleetwood Mac remains a troubled, resilient love affair

Jewel

0304 (Atlantic)

Hammer of the Gods

With a handful of artists, 'classic rock' is not a pejorative

Nicks of Time

Pop's gold-dust woman bounces back from drugs, depression and sluggish sales

Letters

Mac Daddies

Fleetwood Mac writes a new chapter in its endless musical psychodrama

STOP DRAGGING THAT SHAWL AROUND!PHOENIX'S FAVORITE MYSTICAL CHILD COMES BACK FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR TO GET REAL

ANOTHER SLICE OF MEAT LOAF

MR. LOAF REUNITES WITH JIM STEINMAN FOR THE SECOND CHART-TOPPING SLICE OF HELL