Jim Adkins

Says Who??

Source Victoria offers free downloads for its CD

Givin' Us Static

One year ago, Jimmy Eat World was just another Mesa indie band. Now it's a Capitol investment.

Goin' South

Seven local bands head to SXSW for a week of industry excess

Capitol Gains

Jimmy Eat World braves the major-label waters one more time and delivers a daring new album

World Domination

Jimmy Eat World heads out on tour as its new album creates a radio stir

Growing Pains

After 13 years, SXSW remains Austin's greatest/worst display of self-love

Phoenix Independents Bowl: Local Music Types Roll For Charity

After 13 years, SXSW remains Austin's greatest/worst display of self-love

BEST LOCAL BAND

Reubens Accomplice

Jimmy Eat World

Chase This Light
(Tiny Evil)

Source Victoria

The Fast Escape
(www.myspace.com/sourcevictoria)

Phoenix band Source Victoria's brew of distress and pleasure just may have created a new genre: Xanaxcore

The Fast Escape
(www.myspace.com/sourcevictoria)

Jimmy Eat World’s got more to do with The Boss than Panic at the Disco

The Fast Escape
(www.myspace.com/sourcevictoria)

Source Victoria, Scotty Johnson gig this weekend in Scottsdale

Valley indie-rock buzz band Source Victoria (a Jim Adkins favorite!) and Gin Blossoms ĂĽber-guitarist Scotty Johnson are mixing it up this weekend with gigs outside the box. Source Victoria will perform at Scottsdale's Art One Gallery, 4120 N. Marshall Way. The show starts around 10 p.m. Cov ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World's Clarity Anniversary Show Impressive

Luke Holwerda All week we've been sharing personal essays about Jimmy Eat World's Clarity, online and in print. Sadly, I don't have a Clarity story because I wasn't in to the Mesa emo/pop act until my college paper got an advance copy of Bleed American, the follow-up to Clarity, in July 2001. But ma ... More >>

Guest DJs Spinning on ASU's Radio Station This Week

Sorry for not giving you earlier notice, but ASU's student radio station, The Blaze, is hosting their annual Guest DJ week this week, featuring everyone from Jimmy Eat World frontman Jim Adkins, to Miniature Tigers to... me.You actually already missed Adkins, who spun this morning, but you can still ... More >>

Guest DJ Week on The Blaze: We're Loving It

Around the New Times office we're really loving The Blaze's Guest DJ week (which I participated in yesterday). ASU's student radio station does this once a year, pulling in people like Murph from So Much Silence, Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World and, right now, our man Steve Chilton.But, seriously guys ... More >>

Dark Victoria

Around the New Times office we're really loving The Blaze's Guest DJ week (which I participated in yesterday). ASU's student radio station does this once a year, pulling in people like Murph from So Much Silence, Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World and, right now, our man Steve Chilton.But, seriously guys ... More >>

Format Busters

Songwriting duo Nate Ruess and Sam Means had enough of major-label drama, so now they're calling the shots

Back Atcha, Future

A look back at the music scene in -- 2005?

Seeing Futures

Tempe's Jimmy Eat World heads in the right direction with a new album

Summer Daze

Sure, it's hot. But so are some of the records coming from local acts.

Positive Spin

Locals find national success – despite a lack of Valley interest

Top Jimmy

An oddball arena-rock triple bill showcases Mesa's returning heroes

Brave New World

No makeup. No gimmick. No shtick. But does Mesa's fast-rising Jimmy Eat World really stand a chance against the likes of Britney and the Backstreet Boys?

Pop Music

Jimmy Eat World's new release is a pop meisterwork. But will their fans like it?

Let It Bleed

Valley rockers Jimmy Eat World prove to be the stuff that DreamWorks is made of.

Y2 Chaos

Looking back at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of local music in 2000

Jimmy Eat World

Singles and Jimmy Eat World/Jebediah Split EP (Big Wheel Recreation)

The Adkins Diet

Jimmy Eat World front man sounds a new vibe with Go Big Casino

Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

Jimmy Eat World gets some Rolling Stone-size love from Blink-182

New Times Summer of Sound Pop Show is Tonight

Pssst! Wanna hang out with Jim Adkins for a night? You can do just that Thursday evening at the Tavern on Mill in downtown Tempe when the Jimmy Eat World singer plays the role of DJ during the New Times Summer of Sound: Pop showcase. But before we let Adkins take over the bar's sound system with ... More >>

No Age Plays Summer of Sound Indie Show Saturday

It's been a pretty great year for New Times when it comes to lining up headliners for our Summer of Sound showcase featuring the best local bands of five genres. First we had hard-nosed LA R&B band The BellRays, who killed at our Americana show at Mill Cue Club. Then, we had Jim Adkins make his ... More >>

Source Victoria to Play Rhythm Room Twice This Month, August

 Although they've been on the quiet side the last few months, local favorites Source Victoria are back with two shows in the next two months. First up, the guys will play Phoenix's The Rhythm Room Wednesday, July 22 for an all-ages show with LA indie-rock act JP Inc. (formerly Pleasea ... More >>

Jim Adkins Modified Show Sells Out, Second Show Added

​ Jimmy Eat World singer Jim Adkins has added an early show to his September 17 engagement at Modified Arts. Adkins 8 p.m. show sold out online (we hear there are still some for sale at Stinkweeds) so now he'll also be playing a 5 p.m. set.Tickets are $10 and we'd recommend you get them very soon ... More >>

Jim's Big Jam

Jimmy Eat World singer puts on some shows

Jimmy Eat World Play Not-So-Secret Modified Show With Short, But Sweet Set

Luke HolwerdaJim Adkins singing at Modified Arts.​Christmas came early for the couple hundred die-hard Jimmy Eat World fans who came out to catch the Mesa rock band Wednesday at the intimate Modified Arts for a mere $5 cover. The lucky Jimmy fans in attendance - at one of Modified's last ... More >>

Jim Adkins on Modified Arts in Video

Luke HolwerdaJim Adkins before Wednesday's secret Jimmy Eat World show at Modified Arts.​ In this week's music feature, Clubs Editor Benjamin Leatherman asked local musicians and scenesters to share their memories and thoughts about Modified Arts, the downtown music venue that will soon close ... More >>

Concert Review: The Shaky Hands and the Rural Alberta Advantage

​It was a blistering cold winter night in Phoenix and it seemed like a bunch of folks opted to stay home instead of catch locals Yellow Minute support touring acts the Shaky Hands and the Rural Alberta Advantage at the Rhythm Room last night. I had bundled up and gotten to the venue (after a pit-s ... More >>

By the Time I Get to Phoenix: Courtney Marie Andrews Is the Biggest Star in the Valley's Blooming Pop-Folk Scene

​It was a blistering cold winter night in Phoenix and it seemed like a bunch of folks opted to stay home instead of catch locals Yellow Minute support touring acts the Shaky Hands and the Rural Alberta Advantage at the Rhythm Room last night. I had bundled up and gotten to the venue (after a pit-s ... More >>

21 Questions: Jim Adkins

Jim Adkins at the canal trail near the BiltmoreWelcome to 21 Questions, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com goes to the favorite hangout of a notable Phoenician and asks the "big" questions. This week we met up with Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World at the trail along the canal that runs by the Arizona ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World @ Marquee Theatre

Jim Adkins at the canal trail near the BiltmoreWelcome to 21 Questions, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com goes to the favorite hangout of a notable Phoenician and asks the "big" questions. This week we met up with Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World at the trail along the canal that runs by the Arizona ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World at Marquee Theatre on 10/30/10

Maria VassettJimmy Eat World performing in costume at Marquee Theatre.​Arizonans often don't have much to root for. Most of the time our state is an afterthought, or the butt of jokes about immigration policy and home foreclosures. For many years, the Cardinals, the Sun Devils, and the Wildcat ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World at Fiesta Bowl Block Party Last Night

​Jimmy Eat WorldFiesta Bowl Block Party in TempeDecember 31, 2010 - January 1, 2011Playing a New Year's Eve concert is sort of a big responsibility. Sure, it's easy to impress a merry and well-lubricated crowd, but there's a larger obligation, too. If you're playing before the largest crowd assemb ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World Added to Fall Frenzy Lineup; Tickets on Sale Today

Wikimedia CommonsJim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World​Arizona's own Jimmy Eat World have been added to the lineup for the X103.9 Arizona Fall Frenzy. Punk band blink-182 and indie duo Matt & Kim were already slated to play the Frenzy, as part of the 2011 Honda Civic Tour.Jimmy Eat World will be touri ... More >>

Jim Adkins, What Are You Listening To?

Jim Adkins​ Jim Adkins The singer and guitarist for Jimmy Eat World is playing Tempe Beach Park Friday, September 30 as part of Fall Frenzy. It will be the last show of the band's year-plus long tour supporting their album, Invented. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the ... More >>

Blogs Teased in our September 15 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at over the past week. Here are links to those posts. •What's up with Manu Chao's Alto Arizona benefit concert? •Where are gigs scheduled for the now closed Canyon Club ... More >>

Sound Off: DJ Dana on Courtney Marie Andrews, Source Victoria, and Sun Ghost

Clockwise from top left: DJ Dana, Courtney Marie Andrews, Sun Ghost, Source Victoria ​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 yo ... More >>

The Serene Dominic Show: Jim Adkins, Amy Uzi, Drunk & Horny, Source Victoria

Jim Adkins and your host Serene Dominic​Nobody does TV specials like this for Christmas anymore, and after reading this yuleblog you'll know why. It's a lot of head-snapping work, flashing back and then flashing ahead forward to the present again, then flashing back, each time having to rememb ... More >>

Secret Fox: Guided By Voices Tribute (With a Certain Jimmy Eat World-er)

​It's been a long time since The Secret Fox, Phoenix's brightest (only?) Guided by Voices tribute band took the stage. Like, over 10 years long. "I'm not exactly sure of dates," says guitarist Jim Adkins (yeah -- that Jim Adkins). "But you could still smoke in bars, so it was a while ago." ... More >>