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Paperhaus with Playboy Manbaby and St Ranger - Trunk Space - 4/26/2013

Paperhaus with Playboy Manbaby and St. RangerThe Trunk SpaceApril 26, 2013 Post-punk is a minefield for modern musicians. There's always going to be a group of people who dig through a cool older relative's record collection or read Simon Reynolds' Rip it Up and Start Again and discover bands like ... More >>

Coachella 2013 Official Lineup is Posted

The wait, as they say, is finally over. You can cease all the speculation of who the hell is officially playing this year's Coachella as Goldenvoice unveiled the lineup in grand fashion. See also: -Who Is Really Playing Coachella This Year? -The Rolling Stones Aren't Playing Coachella, but Some ... More >>

Top Phoenix Music Stories of the Week

The news waits for no one -- at least that's what we read somewhere -- so it's perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of our biggest stories f ... More >>

In Honor of Pussy Riot: Five of the Greatest Punk Protest Songs

Even faced with seven years in prison for a political stunt pulled in the Russian Orthodox Church, feminist punks Pussy Riot shouldn't feel alone. The riot grrls' plea for the Virgin Mary to expel Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin has gained global support from musicians as varied as Madonna, Paul McC ... More >>

Artists React and Reach Out as London Riots Continue

Sony warehouse fire in London on August 9, 2011 The people of London are taking Bob Marley's song "Burnin and Lootin" to heart with a multiple-day riot that has not yet ended. The riots, which are a response to police shooting and killing 29-year-old Mark Duggan, have affected other citi ... More >>

Happy Birthday, MTV: 30 Videos to Celebrate 30 Years

I want my MTV back​Music Television turns 30 today, but the network doesn't look a day over 16 and Pregnant. Well before MTV started exploiting the incredibly difficult lives of irresponsible teens expecting a first child and balancing high school algebra, the Viacom-network played music vid ... More >>

This Week in Music History: June 27 through July 3

Wikimedia CommonsSaxophones: First patented this week in music history.​Music and musicians have been around for centuries, and every day, new music news breaks. Every Monday, we're going to take a look back at the notable music stories, births, and deaths that took place that week.This week saw t ... More >>

Pavle Milic, What Are You Listening To?

Pavle Milic​Pavle Milic You can find the co-owner of restaurant FnB at the Old Town Farmers' Market in Scottsdale every Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? If my wife drove, it's highly likely that NPR will ... More >>

Lisa Savidge's Name Might Be the Only Thing the Band Didn't Obsess Over

Stars Performed For Qaddafi's Family

​Usher, Mariah Carey and Beyonce are among some of the artists that have been performing for the family of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, according to Rolling Stone.Qaddafi's sons Muatassim and Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi hired the afformentioned artists for their consecutive New Year's parties. M ... More >>

Franz Ferdinand Singer Calls Epic "Arrogant Motherfucking Pig-Brained Arseholes"

​Epic Records, owned by Sony, evidently allowed McDonald's to use a Franz Ferdinand song without checking with the boys first. Lead singer Alex Kapranos was less than pleased about the decision. While he did state, "I'd rather eat a cowpat on a bun than a bloody McDonald's," he's actually far more ... More >>

January 22 In Blogs: Franz Ferdinand, IPA, and Drug Ballads

​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: Up on the Sun: Franz Ferdinand Singer Calls Epic "Arrogant Motherfucking Pig-Brained Arseholes" Arty Girl: ... More >>

Lady Gaga Gets More Airplay Than You May Have Even Expected

They go gaga for Gaga.​Seemingly always in the news, Lady Gaga has once again found a way to top all the other pop stars out there. This time her single Bad Romance broke the record for most weekly plays in the history of Billboard's seventeen years of keeping track. The song was played 10,859 t ... More >>

Dr. Dog to Skip Phoenix?

But will the van make it to Phoenix?​ Such is the plight of our desert city. We are not a destination for enough musicians. We are merely a stop between Dallas and L.A., Vegas and god-knows-where. Smaller acts are more likely to come to Tucson, and larger ones may skip us altogether. Sadly, it ... More >>

The Scourge of Aesthetic Atrophy, and the Top 50 Albums of the Aughts

Rock 'N' Roll Tsars

“Rolling Stones of Russia” bring “rockapops” sound to the Ranch

Scotland May Be Small, But It's Big On Pop Music

The flag of Scotland What is it about Scotland that makes the country of just more than 5 million people produce far more than its fair share of great pop music artists? Consider the following sample list: Simple Minds, Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Big Country, Altered Images, The Bluebells, The Je ... More >>

Coachella, Franz Ferdinand, Scottsdale Culinary Festival, Phoenix Improv and More Over the Weekend

Best of Coachella 2009 The festival's tenth anniversary took place again this past weekend in the Indio desert with Paul McCartney, M.I.A., Leonard Cohen, My Bloody Valentine. Food and Fights: Highlights of the 2009 Scottsdale Culinary Festival Everyone who's anyone in the Phoenix metro culinary ... More >>

Franz Ferdinand (Eventually) Resurrects The Dead at Marquee

Martin CizmarSorry folks, this iPhone setlist shot is the best photo we got, as our photographer's credentials were lost.I know it's probably unfair to compare a crowd at the Marquee to a crowd at Coachella -- where the music-obsessed kids even greeted the white reggae band who came o ... More >>

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Concert Calendar for This Weekend: M. Ward, Franz Ferdinand, Grayskul, Junior Boys, and More

Astronautalis is scheduled to perform on Sunday at the Trunk Space.

M. Ward, Vetiver, Owen, and Sigur Ros are Just Some of What's Selling at Revolver Records

Mathew Ward and Zooey Deschanel (a.k.a. She & Him). We fully admit to our jealousy of Mathew Ward. Not only does the Portland guitarist have an obscene amount of talent (which he's demonstrated much over the past decade on seven separate full-length albums), Ward's collaborated musically with ... More >>

Andrew Bird, Franz Ferdinand, Bon Iver, and Courtney Marie Andrews are Just Some of What's Selling at Stinkweeds Record Exchange

The phenomenally talented Andrew Bird. It sucks pretty hard that Tucson gets all the cool shows these days. Like Andrew Bird, who's making a stop in the Old Pueblo this Saturday to gig at the Rialto, but won't make a stop in Phoenix. This truly blows, since we've been digging on the talented singe ... More >>

Just Announced: Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, E-40 and Il Divo

With so many big announcements this week, including (finally!) the bill for Tempe Music festival, Franz Ferdinand, E-40 and Il Divo we didn't have time to give you the scoop on this one in a special post, but you'll be happy to learn that Kings of Leon are coming to Mesa Amphitheatre on Tuesday ... More >>

Animal Collective, John Frusciante, Atmosphere, and Lady GaGa are Just Some of What's Selling at Zia Record Exchange

The animals of B'More foursome Animal Collective. Do y'all smell that? No, it's not the repulsive scent of the titanic dump those Pittsburgh Steelers bastards dropped on the PHX's collective hopes and dreams for Super Bowl championship. I'm talking about something much, much better: The glorious ... More >>

The Editors, Louis XIV, and Hot Hot Heat

A Shot of Scotch

Jonezetta

Mississippi mod

'06 Pandemic Poll - William Fucking Reed installment

Déjà Dance

Newest DDR: Same game, fresh set list

Boy Kill Boy

Civilian
(Island)

Bring On the Backlash

Stirring up hype and spiting the haters

xrayok

Like Life
(self-released)

The Big Sleazy

Tall trannies, polyamorous pagans and tipsy rounds of tonsil hockey: That's Hot Pink! redux, baby

Pop Rocks

Ten albums that'll snap and fizz in your ear buds all winter long

Nous Non Plus

Nous Non Plus
(Aeronaut)

For Those About to Rock

Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to 11

Top 10 best selling CDs at Hoodlums Music (ASU Main Campus, Tempe)

Chart-busters for the week

Franz Ferdinand

You Could Have It So Much Better
(Sony)

Time Bomb

The Frames have only gotten better with age

Against Me!

Searching for a Former Clarity
(Fat Wreck)

Gang of Four

Entertainment! (reissue)
(Rhino)

Bloc Party

Silent Alarm
(Vice)

Futureheads

You'll be seeing Scots

Hello, Goodbye

Get a case of the Mondays at Hollywood Alley

Marrying the Mainstream

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records

Razorlight

Up All Night
(Universal)

Interpol

Less gloom, more sonic boom for New York's Interpol

What's Selling

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand (Domino)