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Girl Talk (Musician)

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Tumblr of the Week: The Hood Internet

    See also: Isaiah Toothtaker Discusses the Hood Internet-Produced Tooth Wavy It's been tough for us to stop spinning Toothy Wavy, the collaboration among Tucson-based Isaiah Toothtaker, Max B, and The Hood Internet, so it only makes sense that we'd wind up spending a some time with The Hood Internet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Five Music Festivals That Aren't Coachella

    Yeah, we're bummed that we didn't get tickets to Coachella. But there's is no need to panic. There are high-priced, shirtless concertgoer-attracting festivals all over the nation. (Not the mention that with South By Southwest and Coachella run-off, the Southwest's concert calendar is looking pretty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Sasquatch! Music Festival 2012: Beck Is Back, Jack White to Perform Solo

    Sasquatch! Music Festival​Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver, Pretty Lights and Tenacious D will be headlining Sasquatch! Music Festival this year.Kudos to the good people of Sasquatch for digging Beck out of the grave. Hopefully this means he's finally got some new material. Beirut, Girl Talk, The R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Ludachrist at UK Thursdays, 1/26/12

    Ludachrist UK Thursday at School of Rock Thursday, January 26 The scene: Two dudes in plaid vests, decorative cross necklaces dangling from their necks. The song: "Jump," by Kriss Kross, colliding with "Ass" by Big Sean, then samples of Nicki Minaj fading into AC/DC's "Thunderstruck." Boom. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Ash Avenue Comics Staff on Galapagos, Faces, and Drainbow

    Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly feature, Sound Off, in which Jason P. Woodbury is joined by a different guest each week to listen to and discuss three tracks from local Phoenix artists. If you would like your songs to be considered for future Sound Off columns, please email music@new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Five Reasons Why You Love Rick Springfield

    ​Singer/actor Rick Springfield is on the road once again, which can only mean one thing: it's time to get nostalgic. Watch your favorite episodes of General Hospital and break out your hottest '80s gear.I walked passed one of his outdoor shows in Florida about two weeks ago and I have to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Six Misleading Band Names

    You might be misjudging Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr... except for the whole race car theme. ​Growing up you were always told not to judge a book by its cover, but judging a band by its name? That's pretty easy. The Black Keys? They're blues rock, of course. Spice Girls? The poppiest pop imaginable. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Wugazi Speaks! Cecil Otter and Swiss Andy on Mashing-Up Fugazi and Wu-Tang

    ​If you've been online within the past week, chances are you've already heard Wugazi. If not, the project is exactly what it sounds like: a mash-up of Wu-Tang Clan and Fugazi. Cecil Otter and Swiss Andy, the DJs behind the project, came up with the concept shortly after Danger Mouse released The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Lollapalooza: "It Was 20 Years Ago Today..."

    ​It's kind of hard to imagine that Lallapalooza is 20 years-old. I wasn't in attendance in 1991, but the event still feels like a cultural touchstone for me (due in no small part to the "Homerpalooza" episode of The Simpsons, which introduced me to Sonic Youth, and cemented my growing love for The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2011

    Wolfgang Gartner at Marquee Theatre Last Night

    Melissa Fossum​Wolfgang Gartner Marquee Theatre April 2, 2011 Wolfgang Gartner (a.k.a. Joey Youngman) took an interest to electronic music at an early age. Gartner taught himself how to DJ by making remixes with a recorder and tape deck when he was only 12 years old. In 2007, he began producing h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Girl Talk at Marquee Theatre Last Night

    Maria VassettGirl Talk performs live in Tempe.​Girl TalkMarquee Theatre in TempeWednesday, March 23, 2011You know that moment at a Pixies show when the first wooooo-ewwww of "Where Is My Mind?" kicks in and the old grungers in the crowd go crazy? Or that instant where the tween girls with love Mil ... More >>

  • Music

    March 17, 2011

    Girl Talk @ Marquee Theatre

    Maria VassettGirl Talk performs live in Tempe.​Girl TalkMarquee Theatre in TempeWednesday, March 23, 2011You know that moment at a Pixies show when the first wooooo-ewwww of "Where Is My Mind?" kicks in and the old grungers in the crowd go crazy? Or that instant where the tween girls with love Mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    St. Patrick's Day Celtic Punk Cash-In's, Foster The People, Toro Y Moi, Girl Talk and More in This Week's Issue

    Flogging Molly will play a green-themed show at Tempe Town Lake today.​Top o' the mornin' to ya! It's Ireland's national holiday, and this year it's a splendid day to spend in church, praying to ol' Patrick, the mighty saint who cured our isle of snakes ages ago. What's that, you plan to take off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, The Black Keys Headlining Bonnaroo

    Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival​ Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, and The Black Keys will be headlining the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival for its 10th year, according to the Bonnaroo website.The good people who run Bonnaroo have put together a bomb-ass lineup. Other artists confir ... More >>

  • Music

    February 10, 2011

    Silver Medallion’s Oren J. Struggles to Create a Fitting Legacy for His Late Partner Carnegie

    Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival​ Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, and The Black Keys will be headlining the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival for its 10th year, according to the Bonnaroo website.The good people who run Bonnaroo have put together a bomb-ass lineup. Other artists confir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    The Strokes - Under Cover Of Darkness

    ​Song: The Strokes, "Under Cover Of Darkness"Context: Today's pick was actually chosen on account of how annoying it is. Why would The Strokes choose to release a stupid 30-second snippet of a single they're going to "give away" for two days next week? I guess they really want to up the hype -- an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2010

    Top 25 Lists of 13 New Times Contributors

    ​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 >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    A New Times Writer Fights "Aesthetic Atrophy" by Listening Only to New Music in 2010

    ​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 >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2010

    Six New Times Contributors Name Their Top 10 Records of 2010

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Neil Young: Le Noise

    ​Artist: Neil Young Title: Le Noise Release date: September 28 Label: Reprise Neil Young is a first-rate iconoclast and one of the few successful rock artists who has remained truly uncompromising throughout his long and storied career. Of course, uncompromising can result in inconsistency, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Girl Talk: All Day

    ​Artist: Girl Talk Title: All Day Release date: November 15 Label: Illegal Art Whether sample-happy mash-up act Girl Talk is "good" or "not good" and whether you "like" or "dislike" Girl Talk are completely irrelevant to any discussion regarding Girl Talk. The only things I care about when it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Gregg Gillis Is Not a Musician or: Why You Won't Find Girl Talk's All Day In My Top 25 Albums of 2010

    Does this photo make Gregg Gillis elligible for the NBA All-Star team?​As I was compiling my soon-to-be-revealed list of the Top 25 Albums of 2010, the toughest decision I faced was where, if anywhere, to place Girl Talk's All Day on said list. It was certainly one of the most talked about release ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2010

    DJ Steve Aoki

    Does this photo make Gregg Gillis elligible for the NBA All-Star team?​As I was compiling my soon-to-be-revealed list of the Top 25 Albums of 2010, the toughest decision I faced was where, if anywhere, to place Girl Talk's All Day on said list. It was certainly one of the most talked about release ... More >>

  • Music

    December 23, 2010

    Steve Aoki @ Pussycat Lounge

    Does this photo make Gregg Gillis elligible for the NBA All-Star team?​As I was compiling my soon-to-be-revealed list of the Top 25 Albums of 2010, the toughest decision I faced was where, if anywhere, to place Girl Talk's All Day on said list. It was certainly one of the most talked about release ... More >>

  • Music

    December 23, 2010

    Girl Talking: A Q&A With Gregg Gillis

    Does this photo make Gregg Gillis elligible for the NBA All-Star team?​As I was compiling my soon-to-be-revealed list of the Top 25 Albums of 2010, the toughest decision I faced was where, if anywhere, to place Girl Talk's All Day on said list. It was certainly one of the most talked about release ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Eastside Records, Girl Talk, Kinch, and More in This Week's Issue

    Benjamin LeathermanEastside Records, a local shop that will unfortunately soon become a memory.​The rumors are true: local record store Eastside Records will be closing up shop at the end of the year. Although they haven't been hosting wild shows since the mid-90s, they've still got an impressive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Girl Talk: The Full New Times Interview

    ​This week's print edition of Phoenix New Times ran a shortened version of an interview with Gregg Gillis, a.k.a Girl Talk, the mashup mastermind who will tear the Marquee Theatre apart brick by brick on March 23.As promised, here's the full transcript of that interview -- all 4,200 words of it.

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    5 Ways to Celebrate Gregg Gillis/Girl Talk Day

    I'm Gregg Gillis. I have my own day.​December 7 is a memorable day for a pretty big reason, but Pittsburgh City Councilman Bill Peduto wants some recognition for something completely different. He has proposed to sponsor a resolution declaring today "Gregg Gillis Day" in honor of Gillis' exploits ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    ​Artist: Kanye West Title: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Release date: November 22 Label: Roc-A-Fella Fitting, perhaps, that Kanye West's new record, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, is one of the final 15 or so new records that I'll be listening to before this Nothing Not New project t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Girl Talk: All Day

    Girl Talk - All Day​As we inch towards December -- traditionally a graveyard for non-Christmas related new releases -- the weekly roster of new music becomes dangerously slim. Some of the more notable new releases in this week's lineup include yet another Glee volume, a new Black Eyed Pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Mashup Breakdown Interactively Lists Every Sample from Latest Girl Talk Album All Day

    Let Mashup Breakdown help you figure out Girl Talk's All Day​It's been a week since Gregg Gillis released his fourth Girl Talk album, All Day. Surely you've had ample time to analyze the album and figure out every single sample Gillis used, right?Yeah, good one, pal.Well, if you're not that metic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    New Girl Talk Album All Day Available for Free Download

    ​According to conventional wisdom, Mondays often suck. Today is not one of those Mondays, thanks to a goofy white dude from Pittsburgh named Gregg.Seemingly out of nowhere, Gregg Gillis has made his fourth Girl Talk album, All Day, freely available via illegal-art.net.Do you like Jay-Z r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Girl Talk - Bounce That

    ​Song:Girl Talk - Bounce ThatContext: Girl Talk will play Marquee Theatre on March 23, it was announced today. w00t! Girl Talk - Night Ripper

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2010

    Carnegie of Silver Medallion Killed in Car Accident

    www.donutsandmilk.com​This is some heavy-duty bad news that I have the unfortunate task of reporting. Carnegie, one half of Scottsdale/NYC hip-hop duo Silver Medallion was killed in a car accident early this morning. The 25-year-old Arizona native, who was known offstage by his real name Abay Lat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Dookie and the Peak of Profitable Cheap Plastic, Not Music or Culture

    One of the things I like most about New Times Music Editor Martin Cizmar is disagreeing with him. We've had some fun arguments and discussions on music, culture, the role of the press and even Eazy E. Which is why I felt compelled to write this post completely and unequivocally disagreeing with his ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    Green Day's Dookie and the Peak of Western Civilization

    One of the things I like most about New Times Music Editor Martin Cizmar is disagreeing with him. We've had some fun arguments and discussions on music, culture, the role of the press and even Eazy E. Which is why I felt compelled to write this post completely and unequivocally disagreeing with his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Karen O, Daft Punk Movie Music, Winehouse's Husband Dishes on Drugs, Girl Talk and Jenny Lewis at Wanderlust

    Pitchfork: New Karen O, Daft Punk Movie Music? Pitchfork: Islands Reveal LP Cover, Tour Dates, Phoenix Included Electric Mustache: Video: Motel Motel "Coffee" Idolator: Nobody Is Happy About Kelly Clarkson's "Already Gone" Idolator: Chris Brown Might Want To Send Jill And Kevin A Wedding Present NME ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    New Wavves Song Available on Sendspace

    As you might have picked up from my column last week, I think Wavves is one of the most interesting bands out at the moment. So I was pretty excited to read they've got a new song out, even if:a) They're still canceling shows due to Nathan Williams broken wrist.b) The song in question is called "Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Hoodlums Music Screens Girl Talk Documentary For Free

    Hoodlums Music, at 6434 S. McClintock in Tempe, will be screening RiP! a remix manifesto for free Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. Here's a bit from the movie's promotional materials:In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information ag ... More >>

  • Music

    July 2, 2009

    The Heartless Are Hitting Their Stride

    Hoodlums Music, at 6434 S. McClintock in Tempe, will be screening RiP! a remix manifesto for free Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. Here's a bit from the movie's promotional materials:In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information ag ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 21, 2009

    Do the Rights Thing

    Doc walks the walk in corporate-copyright battle

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Austin City Limits Jumps on Festival Bandwagon, Announces Lineup

    Austin City Limits: recycling this year's festival headliners so you don't have to The lineup for the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival has been announced and it is teeming with top-notch talent. The Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews Band round out the top slots of Outside Lands Lollapa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Pittsburgh's 10 Greatest Musicians

    The PovertyNeck Hillbillies are the official band of the Pittsburgh Steelers -- yes, really. Last week we brought you a debate over the best Arizona musicians of all time after Arizona Premiere Living put out a list that includes Mr. Mister but not Stevie Nicks. Turns out, there are so many great mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    The Best Album of 2008? Sorry 'Science,' I Go With Girl Talk

    Can an album comprised solely of samples really be an artistic achievement? Honestly, I'm a little bit torn about naming Girl Talk's Feed The Animals the best album of the year. After all, it is a record made up entirely of mashups, so, strictly speaking, there's not a note of new music in this ba ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 13, 2007

    Fop Star

    Victorian dandy meets 21st-century Beck -- in one stylin' suit

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    October 18, 2007

    Southwestern Comfort

    Cool sounds + cool temps = coolio

  • Music

    January 4, 2007
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