Jessica Simpson

How to Speak Republican

The Five People You'll Meet at Country Thunder

Two years ago, yours truly embarked on finding a real country experience that didn't lead me into the backwoods of some quaint southern town, but rather out into a barren field in Florence. I was alone. I was scared. I was wearing flip flops, at the risk of getting my tootsies stomped by the cowboy ... More >>

Jan Brewer's a Candidate for the TIME "100" List, and Currently Ahead of President Obama

​If you think annual lists by TIME magazine are still relevant, get a load of this -- Governor Jan Brewer's being considered for the mag's "100" list of influential people, and according to its reader poll, she's doing better than President Obama.According to TIME's website, only the number one vo ... More >>

Meghan McCain: Not a Lesbian. "Strictly Dickly," She Says

​Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain, isn't a lesbian.That's about the most important fact we derived from her new Q&A with Playboy, in which she mostly talked about dudes and some politics.McCain was asked to expand upon her recollection of a girls trip to Sedona after her father's ... More >>

Incoming: John Mayer, The Aquabats, Thrice

​Blues pop lover boy John Mayer is heading west.He has recently opted for a more mature look, and over the years his attitude has matured too, and it would seem that he's also moved on from saying things like, "My dick is sort of like a white supremacist" and that his relationship with Jessica Sim ... More >>

Arrowheart Aims for Disney Pop Hype in the Desert

Now on iTunes: The Beatles Catalog

​Stop the world. Apple has announced that the Beatles catalog is finally available on iTunes, according to Billboard. I love when Christmas comes early.After plenty of rumors went around yesterday about what Apple's big announcement regarding iTunes was going to be, practically everything under th ... More >>

Jessica Simpson, "With You" (a.k.a With Nothing But a T-Shirt On)

​Song: Jessica Simpson, "Nothing but a T-Shirt On"Context: Say what you want about Ms. Simpson, she's still a more talented performer -- and a much better human being -- than her former beau John Mayer, who plays Cricket Wireless Pavilion tonight. Maybe it's just me, but I think this song is bette ... More >>

"Weird Al" Yankovic at Celebrity Theatre Last Night

Victor PalaganoWeird Al on stage at Celebrity Theatre.​Weird AlCelebrity Theatre, PhoenixAugust 12, 2010Last night, I went to a multimedia pop extravaganza: A virtual who's who of past and present Top-40 artists was represented, from Michael Jackson to the Biebs to Lady Gaga!Except they weren't th ... More >>

John Mayer May Be the Douchiest Douche of All Time

Carrie Underwood Takes the Classy Route in "Undo It"

​Slashing your ex's tires after a breakup isn't exactly the healthiest way of dealing with things, and it seems Carrie Underwood is moving on from her "Before He Cheats" ways into a more mature way with "Undo It." The song, off her album Play On, also deals with breaking up, bu ... More >>

Yelp Has Buckled to Pressure, But It Ain't Enough

The Grand Tour: Seven Car Pileup

​Welcome back to our continuing series The Grand Tour, a feature where PHXmusic.com takes you inside practice spaces, tour vans and seedy apartments occupied by Phoenix-area bands. This week we give you a look inside Seven Car Pileup's rehearsal space. If you'd like your band featured, tweet @PHXm ... More >>

Concert Calendar for This Weekend

As Tall As Lions is scheduled to perform on Sunday at the PHiX.

Jessica Simpson

Lisa Hannigan

Slumdog Millionaires

Huntington Beach babes don’t need talent – or panties

Jessica Simpson's Weight Gain Makes Three Magazine Covers, and the President Is Speaking Out

Do you think Jessica Simpson is fat? The not-so-talented Jessica Simspon graces the cover of three celebrity weeklies today, according to celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton. Simpson, who has been all over the news lately because of her recent weight gain, will appear on the cover of People, Us W ... More >>

Rascal Flatts Coming to Cricket March 12

It's probably an oddity that Columbus, Ohio had a reputation for producing quality country music for so long, but that's what spawning Dwight Yoakam does for you. But whatever country cred the giant-Applebee's-of-a-city had through Yoakam was quickly squandered in 2004 when Rascal Flatts' "Mayberry" ... More >>

The Euro Stops Here

Eurovox's mod musin' sounds straight outta Camden, not Mesa

Deadly Sanctuary

Sylvia Nobel dreamt of a movie version of her Kendall O'Dell mysteries — until the money disappeared.

Snoop and Diddy headline a cast of stars destined to steal the spotlight from Super Bowl XLII

More than mariachi: Yes, Mexicans dig your rock 'n' roll. So why can't you listen to some Café Tacuba?

Katherine Heigl (27 Dresses) can learn a thing or two from Diane Keaton (Mad Money)

Desert Heat

America's idol and a hoops star keep Phoenix's mercury rising

Been There, Beamed That

Technical difficulties

The Mane of Mayer's Existence

Hair today, hair tomorrow

Super Star Search

13-year-old rapper Supa Nova Sta's got game, if the hip-hop industry's willing to play

A Fin Mess

A fish story for undemanding tweeners

Big Eeeewww!

HBO's created a hot-soccer-mom fantasy in which Jeanne Tripplehorn plays the elder wife in a polygamous marriage

Tae Kwon Ho

Dead, alive, and finally hardcore

They Did What?

2005's top WTF? moments

Bangin' Blow-out

The Kreme Machine lands in Barcelona and parties with the bootylicious Zowie Bowie

Give Peace a Trance

Good vibrations in Tucson

The Euro Stops Here

Eurovox's mod musin' sounds straight outta Camden, not Mesa

White Trash

Bad remake of an awful show

Hangover Helper

Who needs The Real World: Austin? Scottsdale's got its own 3-D version at Mickey's

Elvis Lives

Impersonator conjures crooner

Wing Nuts

Rival eateries play chicken

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, '05 may be a pleasant surprise

Petting the Pussycat

Kreme enjoys a dom's ass-whacking, which drives Jett to drink -- heavily -- at the Pussycat Lounge.

Fish Tales

Seafood spectacle: wading through the oceanic buffet at Serrano's

Cursed . . .

. . . and put a stake in it!

Liberty for None

Mandy Moore's likable enough; wish we could say the same about her movie

A Fan's Notes

Ideas that were forgotten but not gone in 2003

Adam Green

Friends of Mine (Sanctuary)

Small World

Radio Disney feeds the new pop underground with music for tweens

The Album Leaf

One Day I'll Be on Time (Tiger Style)

Best Alternative To Alternative Radio

KNIX-FM 102.5 and KISS-FM 104.7 playing simultaneously

Pop Tarts

'N SYNC's Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears live and love at the top of the pops. Or do they?