Green Day

10 Greatest Love Songs (That Aren't Actually Love Songs)

In case you haven't set foot in a grocery store in the past week only to be assaulted by a red and pink barrage to the eyes, let us clue you in: Valentine's Day is on the way. You've no doubt began prepping (or, you've at least convinced yourself that waiting until the last minute is a good idea), o ... More >>

Throwback Thursday: What is "Orgcore Punk?"

We've taken a look at the bands that dominated the '90s with chart topping singles and one hit wonders, but this week, we're doing something different. The term "orgcore" may have you scratching your head more than a cultural institution like Green Day, but it's always been my favorite subgenre of ... More >>

Rumspringer: Earnest Trio Builds Up to Nothing on Punk's Ever-Shifting Sands

Soulive @ The Compound Grill

The Black Keys at Mesa Amphitheatre Last Night

Maria VassettThe Black Keys playing a concert at Mesa Ampitheatre.​The Black Keys with Cage The Elephant and Stone Foxes Mesa Amphitheatre Thursday April 14, 2011 The duo is dead. That fact hadn't occurred to me until about ten songs into The Black Keys set at Mesa Ampitheatre last ... More >>

Tom Hanks to Bring American Idiot to the Silver Screen

​Tom Hanks has big plans to move American Idiot into movie theaters, according to Consequence of Sound.Considering that Hanks and the guys of Green Day are involved in the film, there's little doubt that it'll bring a lot of people into theaters. Plus, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is ru ... More >>

Quick PHX: Nightlife

Ten Most Overplayed Sports Arena Songs (with Music)

​I was grumblings of the Suns' porous, lackadaisical defense during a recent game when a different debate started between my girlfriend and I.Which Green Day album is "Brain Stew" is on again? The answer, of course, is 1995's Insomniac. But a better question is why such an odd query came ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 9/9 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts.How was watching Green Day like a nostalgia trip for one reviewer?What happens to teenagers when they're forced to ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 9/2 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. • What are the 25 craziest things The Maine's singer has tweeted? • Why did Bob Dylan's "ticketless" show i ... More >>

10 Musicians in Guyliner to Love--or Mock

In honor of impending arrivals in the Valley by Adam Lambert and Green Day, here is a list of 10 modern-day musicians who don't think it's girlie to rock a little black eye pencil. Emo girls, eat your hearts out. And the rest of you, feel free to point and laugh.His expression is energetic, but he l ... More >>

March 31 In Blogs: Al Beadle, Republic Ramen, and the Mummy Bandit

​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: First Friday Celebration of Al Beadle at Phoenix Metro Retro Incoming: Justin Bieber, Green ... More >>

Styx Isn’t the Only Band Capable of a Concept Album

Green Day Moves to Broadway

​Victory! After a hugely successful run of American Idiot at the Berkeley Rep in California (the show sold out its eight weeks of performances), the musical inspired by Green Day's album of the same name and directed by Spring Awakening's Michael Mayer is really hitting the big time with a Br ... More >>

More Modified Memories, Stevie Wonder Joins U.N., Animal Collective Film

So Much Silence: Modified memories: Ami Johnson (booking manager)Idolator: Green Day Premiere The Stage Musical Version Of '21 Guns'NME: Stevie Wonder becomes United Nations Messenger of PeacePitchfork: Animal Collective's Highly Anticipated Film to Premiere at Sundance 2010Rolling Stone: Dave Grohl ... More >>

Apple Announces New iPods, Lady Gaga on Green Day, Video of The Thermals at Rhythm Room

Electric Mustache: Video: The Thermals "Now We Can See" at The Rhythm Room 9/8/2009Sky Bison: This Local Arizona Band's Near Death Experience!Idolator: Can The Former Lead Guitarist Of Korn Bring 50 Cent To Jesus?NME: Lady Gaga: 'I used to lick the booklet of Green Day's 'Dookie''Rolling Stone: Per ... More >>

Woodstock '94 Started 15 Years Ago Today

Fifteen years ago today, Generation X arguably reached it's zenith, as Woodstock '94 began in Saugerties, New York.Upstate locals 3 kicked things off on a Friday that also saw Blues Traveler, Collective Soul, Ice T, Live and The Violent Femmes. Tomorrow, August 13, was when the big guns of the day c ... More >>

Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher's Drunken Flight, Charles Manson Courts Phil Spector, Green Day at the VMAs

Spin:Listen: Scarlett Johansson Duets with Pete Yorn NME: Rejected Britney Spears Song Set for Har Mar Superstar Album NME: Ray Davies: 'The Kray Twins Wanted to Manage The Kinks' NME: Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher Cause Boozy Havoc on 11-Hour Flight NME: Charles Manson Asks Phil Spector to Collabor ... More >>

Michael Jackson's Deadly Doctor, Kanye's Director's Cut, Green Day the Musical?

Rolling Stone: Police Believe Jackson's Physician Administered Deadly Propofol Electric Mustache: mp3: Jemina Pearl feat. Iggy Pop - "I Hate People" Electric Mustache: Video: Friendly Fires "Kiss Of Life" Idolator: Panic! At The Disco Shift Things Around A Bit Idolator: New Kanyeism Alert: "Directo ... More >>

Q&A: Dare I Ask Son Volt's Jay Farrar About The New Wilco Record?

Jay Farrar spends a lot of time talking about the old days. Not just because his band, Son Volt, draws heavily from traditional American roots music. Also not just because his old band, Uncle Tupelo, pretty much invented the "alt-country" genre - though Farrar been known to bristle at the term.No, ... More >>

Michael Jackson Memorial Tickets, Green Day Letting Fans Play Guitar On Stage, Grizzly Bear Goes Top 10

Rolling Stone: Michael Jackson Memorial Confirmed for July 7, AEG's Ticket Information Pitchfork: Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste on Symphonies, Festivals, and Going Top Ten So Much Silence: Kissing Cousins: Pillar of Salt NME: Oasis' Noel Gallagher praises Lily Allen State Press: Deer Tick album not ... More >>

The Thermals

Punk Purists

Propagandhi

The Thermals

Other People's Blogs: New Meat Puppets, No Cameras At Lil' Wayne's Trial, No Doubt Cameo on "Gossip Girl"

Electric Mustache: Cinematic TitanicWaved Rumor: Meat Puppets 'Sewn Together' out todayNME: Cameras will be banned during Lil' Wayne drugs trialIdolator: Afroman Is Here To Remind Us That Drug Abuse Can Really Screw Up Your CopyrightsRolling Stone: No Doubt Cameo on '80s-Themed Episode of "Gossip Gi ... More >>

Other People's Blogs: Jack White's New Band, Z-Trip on the Radio, Animal Collective Box Set

Idolator: Jordin Sparks Has No Promises, No DemandsSpin: Terrible Two: Eminem Teams Up with StewiePitchfork: Animal Collective's Animal Crack Live Vinyl Box Set Finally ReleasedElectric Mustache (Phoenix-based Wilco fansite): Wilco (The Album) Cover ArtSo Much Silence: DJ Z-Trip on KCRW's Morning Be ... More >>

Other People's Blogs: Coldplay Giveaway, Green Day's Cred, Van Halen's Logo

Pitchfork: Coldplay Give Away Live AlbumSpin: Are Green Day Still Punk?Idolator: Would Van Halen's Original Logo Have Packed The Same Punch?

The Top 10 Concept Records of All-Time

In anticipation of Queensrÿche's upcoming new album, we take a look at our picks for the "Top 10 Concept Albums of All-Time," ordered from least to most outstanding, with apologies to Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Styx's Kilroy Was Here for just barely missing the list.

Let freedom rock: Ten musical moments that shaped who we are as a country

Amplified Amore at RockNRollDating.com

A Q&A with Greeley Estates guitarist Brandon Hackeson

By The Wayside

Say Goodbye to What We Once Knew
(Self-released)

Out From Down Under

Aussie punks seek American airwaves

Mudhoney

Under a Billion Suns
(Sub Pop)

Playing Politics

Of adminstration antics and hot Asian chicks

Pop Rocks

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

Battle Acts

Which act deserves your entertainment dollar this week?

Caught on Disc

Finding ultraviolence on DVD, and old-school punk on CD

Top 10 Selling CDs at Circles (800 North Central Avenue)

Chart-toppers for February 7 through 13

Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums (ASU Memorial Union building in Tempe) for December 14 through 20

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange (1904 West Indian School Road) for November 22 through 28

Washboard Confessional

Holy saccharine. Absolve this man of his sinful affection for pop-punk.

The Mockers, The B-Sides

Living in the Holland Tunnel (One Eye Open), Yes, Indeed, the B-Sides, Quite! (Rock)

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Blow in the Wind (Fat Wreck Chords)

Superdrag

In the Valley of Dying Stars (Arena Rock)

Highway to Heck

Though Christian on the inside, MxPx is pure punk on the outside

Growing Pains

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

TV RATION

DISCS WE'VE HEARDTHE CD JUST KEEP ON COMING