Jim Morrison

Cam'ron Is the Master of Overstatement

Matthew Dear @ Rhythm Room

Rehab, Rhythm Room, 8/30/12

Rehab @ Rhythm Room| 8/30/12Not since bearded Jim Morrison have rotund drunks been celebrated with such crazed enthusiasm. Not that I could ever compare last night's Rehab show at The Rhythm Room to even the most spaced-out of Morrison's career and consider it fair. But I did learn a few things as ... More >>

The Cult Evolves with Weapon of Choice

The Cave Singers @ Sail Inn

Rock of Ages: Corporate Rock Still Sucks

Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and Seven More Music Flicks That Don't Suck

A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>

Jace Everett on True Blood, Alison Mosshart, Sex, and Religion

​ BY LAUREN WISE If you've never heard of Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jace Everett, there's little doubt you've heard a song he's best known for--the theme from HBO's massively popular, supernatural-saturated television series True Blood. Everett's music is a fusion of blues, rockabilly and ... More >>

Top Five Musician Arrests

Rapper DMX, after his arrest in June, 2004​As we reported yesterday,  Mic Todd, the bass player for metal band Coheed and Cambria, was arrested on Sunday at a venue in Massachusetts where the band was scheduled to play. Todd's alleged crime? He reportedly walked into a Walgreens, claimed he h ... 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 >>

Aretha Franklin Fighting Pancreatic Cancer

​Aretha Franklin's family has confirmed that the singer has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to Billboard.After being ordered by doctors to cancel six months of appearances and going through a very successful recovery from an unknown surgery last Thursday, we can only hope she'll b ... More >>

Jack White and Norah Jones Join Danger Mouse for New Project

​Jack White and Norah Jones will be featured on Danger Mouse's long-running project with Daniele Luppi, according to Consequence of Sound.While Norah Jones has only been rumored to be on the album in some capacity, Jack White has been in the loop for a while. After having showed off his work to Ja ... More >>

The Love Me Nots in Europe: The Hilarious Google-Translated Version

http://happy-few.tumblr.comA fan photo from the Love Me Nots European tour.​How is The Love Me Nots tour of Europe going? Pretty well, at least according to the foreign language reviews we're reading with the help of Google Translate.Now, honestly, it's sorta hard to tell just how professional the ... More >>

"POP!" Exhibition Opens Tonight at Heard Museum's NU (Native You)

"POP corn #5," 2010 by Stephen Wood, Cherokee, b. 1980, Acrylic on canvas.​Fridays are glorious.Especially when art by Andy Warhol and Fritz Scholder (one of my all-time faves...check out the review I wrote about him a while back) can be found in the same place.Such is the case tonight at NU (Nati ... More >>

On Cheddar Packing and the Oedipus Complex

OTEP

The Voodoo Organist

Graveyard Shift

Party offers Euro flair without all the dead bodies

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.

Funk Shui

American Idol: entertainment or evil?

Geisha A Go Go has Scottsdale hipsters turning Japanese

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

Rockin’ Rides: AZ gets music theme park proposal, we get some baaad ideas

Otep, and Hellyeah

Puscifer

"V" Is for Vagina
(Puscifer Entertainment)

Ghoul Talk

The paranormal can be even creepier than rehab

Future $hock: The Cult, Ozzy, Rob Zombie, and more

Mojo Rising Again

Rhino reissues the Doors´ catalogue

Critical Fatwa

Pretty in punk

Native Son

Keith Secola gives new meaning to Americana

John Doe

Forever Hasn't Happened Yet
(Yep Roc)

DKT/MC5

The absence of two key members doesn't stop the Detroit legends from touring

The Doors 21st Century

Reunion tour hits potholes aplenty

Almost? Not Even.

Penny Lane grows up and looks kind of like her mom

Apt Pupils

Indie supergroup Eyes Adrift offers a dream fusion of Meat Puppets, Nirvana and Sublime

Excess Baggage

Jane's Addiction tries to find relevance in a rock world it helped to shape

Lift to Experience

The Texas-Jerusalem Experience (Bella Union)

Touch of Evil

History tells us that musicians who turn to the written word are just asking for trouble. Occasionally, though, something special sneaks through.

Poetic Justice

Eschewing lizard-king pretense, Rainer Maria offers highbrow rock for the literate masses

Lizard Thing

From a big-name tribute to some big-beat remixes, the Doors' catalogue bulges with a soft parade of new releases

Back in the Zone

Retooled version of local music showcase returns to the FM dial

The Superfine Dandelion

The Superfine Dandelion

Beer, Cigarettes and Has-Beens

Stumbling through 48 hours in Hollywood

Misanthrope Through and Through

Nursing a broken heart and bruised ego, Trashman seeks solace and finds . . . Bush

Dust From Ashes

Never Sing Ill of the Dead

Hereafter, tunes extolling departed musicians should assume they might have a chance in hell

JOINED AT THE HEMP

WEEDING BETWEEN THE LINES AT AMERICA'S FIRST-EVER CANNABIS COMMERCE CONVENTION

THE NAKED DESERT

UNDER EVERY ROCK? SCANDAL! A GUIDE TO OUR MOST TORRID TERRAIN.